Better off Dead (Original title)
Date: 07 October 1993 (Television)Country: United Kingdom
Synopsis: Old people are being discharged from hospitals unable to look after themselves. Long stay hospital beds have shrunk from 350,000 in 1990 to 80,000 now. The programme looks at five elderly people suffering a variety of illnesses, whose families can not give the necessary care, whose private home fees have bankrupted their spouses, who are isolated at home. Speakers also include a geriatrician; a GP; Michael Portillo MP, Chief Secretary to the Treasury; and Peter Pinfield, head of Dudley Social Services.Synopsis: Dermot Murnaghan investigates the elderly who cannot afford to grow old in 1990's Britain.
Subjects: Old People, Care in the community
Series title: Big Story
TV Transmissions
Date: 07 October 1993Broadcast channel: ITVCountry: United KingdomTransmission time: 19:30-20:00Runtime: 25 mins Local - Language: English - Colour - Sound
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(3)
Accessible materials to view(1)
Description: MP4BFI identifier: N-40525
Status: Viewing - Digital file can be accessed on request
Digital materials(2)
Description: 50IDuration: 00:25:02 minutesD10 - BFI identifier: N-40524
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Description: MP4BFI identifier: N-40525
Status: Viewing - Digital file can be accessed on request
Video materials(1)
Description: 1-inch C-FormatDuration: 25.02 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALTX date: 1993-10-07BFI identifier: C-747197
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape
Date: 07 October 1993 (Television)Country: United Kingdom
Synopsis: Old people are being discharged from hospitals unable to look after themselves. Long stay hospital beds have shrunk from 350,000 in 1990 to 80,000 now. The programme looks at five elderly people suffering a variety of illnesses, whose families can not give the necessary care, whose private home fees have bankrupted their spouses, who are isolated at home. Speakers also include a geriatrician; a GP; Michael Portillo MP, Chief Secretary to the Treasury; and Peter Pinfield, head of Dudley Social Services.Synopsis: Dermot Murnaghan investigates the elderly who cannot afford to grow old in 1990's Britain.
Subjects: Old People, Care in the community
Series title: Big Story
TV Transmissions
Date: 07 October 1993Broadcast channel: ITVCountry: United KingdomTransmission time: 19:30-20:00Runtime: 25 mins Local - Language: English - Colour - Sound
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(3)
Accessible materials to view(1)
Description: MP4BFI identifier: N-40525
Status: Viewing - Digital file can be accessed on request
Digital materials(2)
Description: 50IDuration: 00:25:02 minutesD10 - BFI identifier: N-40524
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Description: MP4BFI identifier: N-40525
Status: Viewing - Digital file can be accessed on request
Video materials(1)
Description: 1-inch C-FormatDuration: 25.02 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALTX date: 1993-10-07BFI identifier: C-747197
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape