Central News East: 20.07.1987: Class of 87

Summary

Phil Wardman previews a new series of features following four pupils at Sinfin Community School in Derby through their final year at school.

Year:

1987

Duration:

0:04:30

Film type:

Colour / Sound

Company:

Central Television

Master format:

Betacam SP

Description

Montage of shots of children in lessons at the school cut to music (Billy Bragg). Sinfin Community School does not have a Sixth Form so the pupils of 5N face the difficult decision of deciding their next steps in life. Graphics listing their potential routes and the unemployment figures. Shots of 5N in the classroom. Vox pops with some of the children about what they are hoping to do next. Interview with head teacher Pat Collings who explains that this generation have lived with the understanding that there is no longer automatic employment at sixteen. A graphic is used to introduce each of the four pupils that Central’s cameras have been following: Phuong Nguyen, Shabu Miah, Angela Towell and Martin Trask.


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