Accession Number

B571

Series Title

BREAKTHROUGH

Programme Title

ALCOHOLICS

Producer

Gerald Harrison

Other Credits

Editor: Richard Burrell-Davis; Director: Terry Wheeler; Assistant: Irene Ibbotson; Lighting: Peter Blyth; Sound: Graham Elliott, Harold Parry and Maud Stephens; Floor Manager: Peter Barlow; Design: Mel Bibby; Graphics: Terry Speake; Presenter: Richard Duckenfield; Film Cameramen: Arthur Selwood and Steve Stephens

Transmission Date

09/09/77

colour , sound (sep), 14 mins 48 secs

Synopsis

B571/1: This programme, from the series about people struggling for success, features recovering alcoholic and writer Michael Rose who spent twelve weeks at Lancaster Moor Hospital specialist alcohol unit. Rose is shown waking up, writing in his house and walking in the centre of Lancaster. Group therapy sessions are seen at Lancaster Moor Hospital alcohol unit and the Kingswood Clinic at Prestwich Hospital, Manchester, in which several recovering alcoholics talk honestly about their experiences and how alcoholism has affected their lives. 14m48s B571/2: Trailer for the 'Alcoholics' programme which shows Michael Rose in Lancaster. 01m12s