Channel 5 (UK) Documentaries
Slum Britain: 50 Years On
2016 • E62 Dec 5, 2016 45m
Documentary marking the 50th anniversary of the UK's leading housing charity Shelter with a compelling and emotional insight into the impact of homelessness on families and individuals over the past half century. The film tracks down some of the people who featured in a series of images on poverty taken in 1968 by photographer Nick Hedges, and compares their lives and experiences with those living through the housing crisis of today.