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BBC North West Regional Documentaries: Record Detail

Accession Number

B570

Series Title

BREAKTHROUGH

Programme Title

APPROVED SCHOOL

Producer

Gerald Harrison

Other Credits

Editor: Ken Langston Jones

Transmission Date

19/08/76

 

colour , sound (sep), 16 mins 27 secs

Synopsis

This programme, from the series about people struggling for success, focuses on an approved school near Windermere which houses forty young delinquent boys from the North West for three months at a time. The boys are shown participating in activities such as canoeing, camping, rock climbing, sailing and cross country running as well as in maths and art and craft lessons. There are interviews with teachers who describe how the boys benefit from their stay. Several boys are interviewed and they speak about how they have changed and their intentions to stay out of trouble. (Brief footage of Liverpool band 'Our Kid' at end.)