Waiting For Work

  • Genre: Documentary
  • Run time: 43 min
  • Premiere: 1963. February 12.

Politically passionate and one of the first working class reporters at the BBC, Jack Ashley wanted to show the suffering caused by high unemployment in Hartlepool. With no work, no prospects, and little money, Ashley asked how the unemployed reacted to their situation in an increasingly affluent society.

Discover

Colin Wills

Narrator (voice)

Camera

Robert Paynter

Camera Operator

Directing

Jack Ashley

Director

Editing

Production

Jack Ashley

Producer

Writing

Jack Ashley

Writer

Camera

Robert Paynter

Camera Operator

Directing

Jack Ashley

Director

Editing

Production

Jack Ashley

Producer

Writing

Jack Ashley

Writer