Four famous volunteers agree to swap their fame and fortune for a world of joblessness, job-hunting and surviving on the poverty line and benefits

In the midst of unprecedented national prosperity in the 1960s, poverty was "rediscovered" by Americ...

A series of films which ask what it means to live in poverty in the 21st Century.
Lenny Henry, Samantha Womack, Reggie Yates and Angela Rippon experience unimaginable poverty as they...

A look at the legacy of Band Aid, Live Aid and Live 8 in reshaping global charity and politics. Feat...

The people, ideas, and events that created our current world economy.

Four famous volunteers try to untangle the complicated reasons and life choices that lie behind Brit...

A crime suspense drama that follows four female college students who live in the same dormitory. Aft...

A story about an aspiring writer who lives off of unemployment checks while chasing her dream. She r...

Two seasoned drug dealers return to the gritty street of London, but their pursuit of money and powe...

Seven British construction workers escape Britain's ever growing dole queues and travel to Germany t...

A loving heart trapped beneath an ugly facade, ignored and unappreciated by those who fail to see be...

Alan Bleasdale's five-part series relates the further experiences of unemployed Liverpudlian tarmac ...

The economic situation is a nightmare: only 20% of the population is employed. The Actives live ins...

The series is based on the award-winning Brazilian film City of God, which itself was nominated for ...

Unencumbered by wives, jobs or any other responsibilities, three senior citizens who've never really...

The daily troubles of the people who work in a busy West Midlands Job Centre, and the people who don...