The BBC1 Documentary
As old industries die out or slim their production lines, more and more of us are out of work. But redundancy payments offer many workers the potential working capital to become their own boss.
Christopher Brasher investigates the satisfactions and tribulations of men who have done just that. There is the electronics genius who beats the Japanese at their own game, the Salcombe man who builds the fastest single-handed Olympic boats in the world. But there is also the man who is making money out of holes and someone who set himself up as a one-man brewery ...
And the benefits are not to them. selves alone. Thriving small businesses put the froth in our national economy. And they save the tax-payer from an ever-increasing unemployment payout.
Film editor ALAN LYGO Producers
PETER SPRY-LEVERTON and CHRISTOPHER BRASHER