Film

Waiting For Work

196343mDocumentary

Director: Jack Ashley
Year: 1963

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.

Top cast

Colin Wills

Narrator (voice)

Directed by

Jack Ashley

Written by

Jack Ashley

Produced by

Jack Ashley