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This programme is the final case study of Nottingham families: it shows the Attenborough family and demonstrates the extent to which they use their local facilities. The implicit contrasts between ...the three families in these case-studies are brought out in the linked Radio Programme 7, in conversation between the fathers of the three families and John Oates.
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Module code and title: E351, Urban education
Item code: E351; 06
First transmission date: 08-06-1974
Published: 1974
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Duration: 00:23:38
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Producer: John Miller
Contributors: Cliff Attenborough; John Oates
Publisher: BBC Open University
Keyword(s): Attenborough family; City amenities; Council estate; Educational environment; Family interaction; Home; Margaret Attenborough.; Mr. Dowell.; Nottingham case study; Player Secondary School; Raleigh factory; Skating rink; St. Ann's; Strelley; Work and leisure
Footage description: Shots of remaining slums in the St. Ann's area of Nottingham, and of redevelopment. John Oates introduces the programme. He introduces the Attenborough family, who live at Strelley, and talks to Glen, third of the four children, about what he wants to do. Mr. Dowell, headmaster of Player Secondary talks about the local area. Mark Attenborough working at a lathe talks about his apprenticeship at the Player works. Cliff Attenborough, father of the family, bricklaying. Oates comments on his attitude to the job and aspirations for his family. His wife Margaret works evenings at the Raleigh factory: shots of her there. Margaret and Cliff at the Strelley Community Centre, a club formed by local tenants. Stage show with 'The Vicar of Mirth'. Mark Attenborough at the Nottingham skating rink. Lynne Attenborough in a cookery class at Player Secondary School. Headmaster Mr. Dowell talks about the necessity for streaming in area where some but not all of the children are deprived. Shots of Lynne as drummer in school show. Oates asks Margaret Attenborough if she is satisfied with the childrens' progress. Shots of Glen singing in school concert rehearsed with recorder accompaniment. Cliff says how long he wants them to remain at school. Final sequence show Mark's pop group performing in a practice session. Oates explains voice over how the group came together and sums up the family's position in the Strelley community.
Master spool number: 6HT/71268
Production number: 00525_6064
Videofinder number: 3970
Available to public: no