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The System: The Old Guard

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

The documentary series exploring Britain's social security system.

The Department of Social Security employs 90,000 civil servants and costs £4 billion every year to administer. Tonight's programme eavesdrops on ministers and mandarins as they struggle to control Britain's biggest bureaucracy and try to find ways to improve it.

Followed by Video Nation Shorts

Contributors

Executive Producer:
Stephen Lambert
Series Producer:
Peter Dale
Source: Radio Times

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