Public Enemy No 1
In 1957, when unemployment was less than 350,000, the slogan was 'You've never had it so good.' If someone then had predicted that 20 years later the jobless would total over one-and-a-half-million with no riots or political upheavals, that person would surely have been led away quietly.
Now, in 1978, CHRISTOPHER BRASHER looks ahead to 2001 with the help of a specially-commissioned survey. How many will be unemployed then? Will society be split between those in work and those condemned to the dole? If so, will there be violence ... terrorism? Or will we have transformed our attitude to work, cutting the working week and spending more time on the things that interest us?
This programme examines the forces at work in Britain today and looks for a cure for one of the most dangerous diseases of Western society.
Film editor CHRIS LYSAGHT. Producers
CHRISTOPHER BRASHER. COLIN RIACH (Expert Opinion on the dole queues: Monday, 7.40 pm, BBC2)