BBC SCHOOLS - GOING TO WORK: Work With People (TX 29/10/1984)

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  • čas přidán 27. 08. 2024
  • We're off to Marks & Spencer, West Everton Age Concern, Ealing Squash Club and Hammersmith Hospital to talk to young workers who work with the public. Continuity includes Follows Shortly Slide with Music and Daytime on BBC2 Ident. From my own personal collection of VHS video tapes. Uploaded purely for educational purposes only.

Komentáře • 95

  • @geoffjoffy
    @geoffjoffy Před měsícem +50

    These old schools programes are a lot more interesting than the adult programmes they make today. Thanks.

    • @sybildisobedience500
      @sybildisobedience500 Před měsícem +4

      Agree 100%. I was so lucky to go to a state school in the 1970s.

    • @geoffjoffy
      @geoffjoffy Před měsícem

      ​@@sybildisobedience500 🙂

  • @louwoods9278
    @louwoods9278 Před měsícem +14

    in the 70s we would eagerly sit on the floor in the hall to await the arrival of the big cabinet tv to watch tv instead of being in the classroom!

    • @neil73
      @neil73 Před 27 dny +1

      And pretend to dance to the cranky theme music. Same at my primary school

    • @AnnaBellaChannel
      @AnnaBellaChannel Před 27 dny

      We did that in 1980's and 1990's too!

    • @mistofoles
      @mistofoles Před 12 dny

      @@AnnaBellaChannel Aha ! We actually had a darkened "Television Room" !

  • @AddyBittler-
    @AddyBittler- Před měsícem +21

    What a pleasant young fella mark is 👍..

  • @s.m975
    @s.m975 Před měsícem +14

    I wonder where Mark is now, and what he's doing

  • @lillymay3632
    @lillymay3632 Před měsícem +10

    The narrator, Julia Watson, very well spoken. How refreshing to hear good English being spoken.

    • @catofong6905
      @catofong6905 Před 19 dny +2

      Quite right, but she would never get the job these days, she'd be slagged off for being too posh. Or elitist. Or...

    • @alanprior7650
      @alanprior7650 Před 16 dny

      I think it is the same Julia Watson that was in the TV series "Casualty".

  • @sugarfree1894
    @sugarfree1894 Před měsícem +19

    Bless those girls looking after the old people

    • @bardo0007
      @bardo0007 Před měsícem +3

      Now they are old themselves, hope someone looking after them

    • @leefr76
      @leefr76 Před měsícem +3

      @@bardo0007don’t think they are that old!! Probably in their late 50’s and still working.

    • @DL-go1xh
      @DL-go1xh Před měsícem

      And they bring the change back - dont secretly drain the bank accounts. See, some honest scousers out there. Cant believe this was 1984 in that footage.

    • @goldieandblackie
      @goldieandblackie Před 28 dny

      @@bardo0007 Fat chance of that today.

  • @atalanta9353
    @atalanta9353 Před 27 dny +3

    When the big TV trolley was wheeled into the classroom and you could smell the Spam fritters frying. I loved school.

  • @markquelch9142
    @markquelch9142 Před 25 dny +4

    First thing that stands out is how smart he looks . Shirt , tie , trousers and white Jacket. It's a look that helps give a person personal pride.
    Reminds me of how postman used to dress Peak Cap, shirt ,tie, trousers and blazer not like the scruffy uniforms they wear these days, half of them looks like they have slept in their uniform.

  • @rabbit64sj91
    @rabbit64sj91 Před měsícem +8

    Really interesting. I started my working life in 1980, aged sixteen. Enjoyed seeing the decade in which my young adult life began. 😀

  • @Highland_Moo
    @Highland_Moo Před měsícem +20

    Thank you so much for uploading these. I was born in the late 70s and it’s great seeing the programmes I watched as a kid.

    • @stevenjackson3906
      @stevenjackson3906 Před měsícem +1

      The same here. I went on a school trip circa 1989 to Liverpool and saw Fred Talbot doing his weather forecast running around his giant map of Britain that was moored in the docks. The camera panned over to us kids and we all waved!

    • @benfisher1376
      @benfisher1376 Před měsícem +5

      I'm the same. Born in 1978. I recall things like Look and Read, Words and Pictures and Zig Zag.

  • @rt492
    @rt492 Před měsícem +11

    Did you know that lQ peaked in 1975 in the UK? Every year since then average lQ has fallen. A consistent dumbing down. Once you see it, you realise it’s everywhere.

    • @Talentedtadpole
      @Talentedtadpole Před 20 dny +1

      I blame Thatcher!

    • @shadowside8433
      @shadowside8433 Před 19 dny

      IQ is just a stat to be twisted, in fact twisted more than most. Ignore it.

  • @stevecooksley
    @stevecooksley Před 22 dny +3

    I remember watching these as a kid and thinking how boring work looked compared to school. I was right.

  • @MagratheaLegend
    @MagratheaLegend Před 18 dny

    Mark - aged 19/46 🤣What a brilliant young man. Need more of him today.

  • @ianwraith3251
    @ianwraith3251 Před měsícem +21

    Interesting how this made for teenagers (?) 80s show assumes a higher level of intelligence & concentration in their audience than a modern BBC TV documentary for adults. Its modern equivalent would have needed to explain what a hospital was at the very start then a recap every 5 mins just in case the audience had forgotten or something. Also the presenter would definitely have needed to go on a 'journey'.

    • @Jade_holloway
      @Jade_holloway Před měsícem +3

      Accurate

    • @DL-go1xh
      @DL-go1xh Před měsícem +4

      Attention deficit today due to prevalence of screens - and nothing is real to audiences now.

    • @lillymay3632
      @lillymay3632 Před měsícem +2

      Today Mark would not be 'very' busy; he'd be 'super' busy. Language was more eloquent in those days.

    • @WillScarlet1991
      @WillScarlet1991 Před 29 dny +1

      Dumbing down. It's all deliberate. Was planned for years. Easier to control the population.

  • @naysmith5272
    @naysmith5272 Před měsícem +7

    very good - long before I even thought about getting a job

  • @andyt8216
    @andyt8216 Před měsícem +5

    I was 9 years old…and now I’m 49 and wondering what I can do to retire early 😅

  • @maverickhistorian6488
    @maverickhistorian6488 Před měsícem +5

    Here I am now, knackered and unable to work due to various health issues.

  • @sie4431
    @sie4431 Před měsícem +7

    What a great resource, I wonder if the companies themselves have copies in their archives and what the story behind this channel is
    Pat must be in her early 50's now. I wonder if she has ever seen this episode and if she'll ever come across it. It'd be quite unusual for anyone over 40 to have footage of themselves

  • @mistofoles
    @mistofoles Před 12 dny

    The television we had at our school was huge thing on a stand with wheels ( Probably a Ferguson ) It also had lockable doors over the screen when it wasn't in use.

  • @AlecFlackie
    @AlecFlackie Před měsícem +2

    I recognise the model in the background from when I worked at Hammersmith Hospital.

  • @AntonFanify
    @AntonFanify Před měsícem +4

    Daytime on 2 continuity announcer was Mike Gamble.

  • @martinhsl68hw
    @martinhsl68hw Před měsícem +9

    Wow - post apocalyptic Liverpool! 8:29

    • @DL-go1xh
      @DL-go1xh Před měsícem +2

      Like a scene from 'Threads' isn't it? Nuclear winter.

    • @freedomvigilant1234
      @freedomvigilant1234 Před měsícem +1

      Was this filmed just after a riot?

  • @AddyBittler-
    @AddyBittler- Před měsícem +5

    Excellent idea for a channel 👍

  • @yesdemp
    @yesdemp Před měsícem +4

    Utter devastation in Everton but the indomitable Scouse spirt in young and old shines through...

  • @cantstopthemusic456
    @cantstopthemusic456 Před měsícem +5

    awesome bit o music for the bbc?

  • @Rob-qn6od
    @Rob-qn6od Před měsícem +20

    BBC SCHOOLS - Becoming a wage slave - working with slaves

    • @klawlor3659
      @klawlor3659 Před měsícem +8

      Ain't that the fucking truth! "Satisfying aspects of going to work"....don't make me laugh!😅

  • @stephenguppy7882
    @stephenguppy7882 Před 26 dny +1

    If only M&S was like that today, with over 95% of its goods made in Britain.

  • @goldieandblackie
    @goldieandblackie Před 28 dny

    The Squash courts only closed in 2019 and Mark was still working at age 58.

  • @flutterbyenterprises8452
    @flutterbyenterprises8452 Před měsícem +2

    Make a program about these people getting near pension age.....

  • @yanikkunitsin1466
    @yanikkunitsin1466 Před 18 dny +1

    6:18 - wait a minute, where did that fancy nurses uniform went? Never seen one like this.

  • @jackiemartinez2513
    @jackiemartinez2513 Před 15 dny

    Update on Mark please!!!!!!! ❤

  • @FoxyFox999
    @FoxyFox999 Před 22 dny

    Working with people has many drawbacks. Must be solitary !!
    Can't hurt myself.

  • @user-eg8pv2om7j
    @user-eg8pv2om7j Před měsícem +1

    Got the big Telly trolley out with the VHS video in the bandit proof, kiddy resistant metal box time.
    What will it be ? Sex , biology ?
    Oh this !
    Damn

  •  Před měsícem +2

    Oh for an England now lost to us.

  • @alzeNL
    @alzeNL Před 28 dny +1

    Dumb down broadcasting has really helped society hasnt it... bring back BBC Schools, I might start to think the licence fee is worth paying

  • @rachelwest6429
    @rachelwest6429 Před 28 dny

    Shame to see how bad hospitals are nowadays. World of difference back then. Ward sisters strict cleaning and very organised. 😮😮

  • @Rob-uv8bu
    @Rob-uv8bu Před měsícem +1

    No wonder state broadcaster don't get people watching it

  • @Ladygaga4047
    @Ladygaga4047 Před 29 dny

    I do the same job as mark. He's cool

  • @shadowside8433
    @shadowside8433 Před 19 dny

    Wasn't this program made in 1981? Quite a gap between production and transmission.

    • @MrBfdpkave
      @MrBfdpkave Před 17 dny +1

      It was probably a repeat, schools programmes were usually repeated annually

    • @shadowside8433
      @shadowside8433 Před 17 dny

      @@MrBfdpkave good point!

  • @DavidMander-rs4uk
    @DavidMander-rs4uk Před měsícem +1

    Working for a minimum wage in a hum drum job doing the same ol' thing week in week out to pay for very expensive places to live...What a boring life with barely any money for enjoying yourself!

  • @DL-go1xh
    @DL-go1xh Před měsícem +1

    M&S - St. Micheal's branding. 'Twee' uniforms 'ala' Laura Ashley country.

  • @assistantto007
    @assistantto007 Před 24 dny

    Where Mark nowadays?

  • @mistofoles
    @mistofoles Před měsícem +3

    Is this Mark guy an impostor ? I'm sure that's the same guy who was called "Andrew" in another episode of GTW and he was a trainee hairdresser !

    • @debrarufini6906
      @debrarufini6906 Před měsícem +3

      Mark also had a hit in the charts in 1984 with a song titled: Somebody's Watching Me. Mark, aka Rockwell, was very busy during 1984.

    • @mandysjuice2811
      @mandysjuice2811 Před měsícem +3

      Not Rockwell 😂

    • @debrarufini6906
      @debrarufini6906 Před měsícem

      @@mandysjuice2811 ;-) ;-) ;-)

    • @commandingjudgedredd1841
      @commandingjudgedredd1841 Před měsícem +1

      No surprises from the BBC. Shysters then, shysters now.

    • @tonyhancock3912
      @tonyhancock3912 Před měsícem +2

      I thought the BBC were great back then. More of a laughing stock now sadly ☹

  • @martinsmith1870
    @martinsmith1870 Před měsícem +20

    Now all these lucky baby boomers are retired with massive pensions and mortgage free houses worth hundreds of thousands. While the generation who watched this at school live in rented homes struggling on minimum wage with no prospect of retiring. Thank you Britain 👍

    • @AndrewDaley-lr9qg
      @AndrewDaley-lr9qg Před měsícem +5

      You really believe that don't you.

    • @TinaLouise73
      @TinaLouise73 Před měsícem +5

      yup! it's a great divide between poor and rich! being a single person divorced no young children living at home I find my life boring sad and lonely most of the time and I worked for years in my past but due to severe health issues now I can't work an entry level job and I have 0 skills to work in an office type of job 50 years old n may aswel be on the garbage heap 😐

    • @numberstation
      @numberstation Před měsícem

      Hang on a minute. I’m the generation that watched this and left my failing comprehensive school a year later when there was massive unemployment. Like a lot of other kids I took every shitty job going in factories, often travelling on buses and trains from one side of the city to another and sometimes further than that, just so I could earn a wage. Eventually I paid into a pension (though I needed every penny I could get to raise my kids and buy a house) and if I’m lucky enough to live that long (after a lifetime of shift work, dust and fumes) I might get to put my feet up at the end of it in a few years. But do you know what? My parent’s generation had it WAY harder than me. And yet you sit there jealousy whining about people who slogged for decades and finally got to own their own home and draw a pension, as if it was all handed to them on a plate? Grow up and stop whinging, you tit.

    • @numberstation
      @numberstation Před měsícem

      What a repulsive person you are, jealous of working class people who grafted hard all their lives in tough jobs just so they could buy a house, raise a family and draw a pension for a few years at the end of it, yet you act like it was given to them on a plate. They earned everything they got. Grow up and stop whining.

    • @louisesomers5560
      @louisesomers5560 Před měsícem +1

      Born 1970 house bought and paid for

  • @keymeter1917
    @keymeter1917 Před 29 dny

    Thought mark was a dr, when i first saw him.

  • @AnnaBellaChannel
    @AnnaBellaChannel Před 27 dny +1

    GOING TO WORK: Work With People = Torture!

  • @commandingjudgedredd1841
    @commandingjudgedredd1841 Před měsícem

    Going to join the Rat Race.

  • @user-wb7lv7qj2t
    @user-wb7lv7qj2t Před 28 dny

    When I was a trainee porter back in 78 it was great,sometimes you’d be on your own so it was a brilliant excuse to sneak off and have a kip somewhere,then when my boss asked where ide been I would say “I’m new here and got lost but I’m getting better now” great stuff

  • @TinaLouise73
    @TinaLouise73 Před měsícem

    a gritty reality old style look into entry level jobs! no encouragement and drive to carry on into further education which for the "select" few is a privalidge but diversity shud be for ALL no matter wot their socio economic status is! great programme anyway into this sort of work!

  • @user-wb7lv7qj2t
    @user-wb7lv7qj2t Před 28 dny

    Get these ridiculous morning tv programmes off air and replace them with these,the kids need a good laugh in school