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

[@geoffjoffy]

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

[@sybildisobedience500]

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

[@geoffjoffy]

​@@sybildisobedience500 🙂

[@AddyBittler-]

What a pleasant young fella mark is 👍..

[@russellford5597]

Best of British.

[@louwoods9278]

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]

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

[@AnnaBellaChannel]

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

[@mistofoles]

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

[@Highland_Moo]

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]

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]

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

[@Markymarky34]

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.

[@atalanta9353]

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

[@lillymay3632]

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

[@catofong6905]

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

[@alanprior7650]

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

[@s.m975]

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

[@sugarfree1894]

Bless those girls looking after the old people

[@bardo0007]

Now they are old themselves, hope someone looking after them

[@leefr76]

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

[@DL-go1xh]

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]

@@bardo0007 Fat chance of that today.

[@rabbit64sj91]

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

[@rt492]

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]

I blame Thatcher!

[@shadowside8433]

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

[@ianwraith3251]

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'.

[@justine_holloway]

Accurate

[@DL-go1xh]

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

[@lillymay3632]

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

[@WillScarlet1991]

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

[@naysmith5272]

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

[@stevecooksley]

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

[@andyt8216]

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

[@maverickhistorian6488]

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

[@TinaLouise73]

same 😐

[@goldieandblackie]

Sponge Bob squarepants

[@MagratheaLegend]

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

[@martinhsl68hw]

Wow - post apocalyptic Liverpool! 8:29

[@DL-go1xh]

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

[@freedomvigilant1234]

Was this filmed just after a riot?

[@mistofoles]

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.

[@sie4431]

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

[@AntonFanify]

Daytime on 2 continuity announcer was Mike Gamble.

[@yanikkunitsin1466]

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

[@AlecFlackie]

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

[@AddyBittler-]

Excellent idea for a channel 👍

[@yesdemp]

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

[@cantstopthemusic456]

awesome bit o music for the bbc?

[@kevinmoffatt]

Remember the shock when I started as an apprentice car mechanic. The day seemed to last forever and as soon as one job finished it was on to the next. The mechanics had utter contempt for you until you started to earn them some bonus making yourself useful. Endless sweeping up of oil spills; all for £7.50 a week

[@goldieandblackie]

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

[@jackiemartinez2513]

Update on Mark please!!!!!!! ❤

[@Rob-qn6od]

BBC SCHOOLS - Becoming a wage slave - working with slaves

[@klawlor3659]

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

[@stephenguppy7882]

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

[@ahsenkhan5386]

Wow if only they made this programme for university graduates for today like IT, Accout Finiances, Doctors, etc...

[@flutterbyenterprises8452]

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

[@user-eg8pv2om7j]

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

[@markgreet3543]

I mean the nurse in hospitial with mark, mark is a decent guy.

[@Andy-x3e4z]

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

[@Ladygaga4047]

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

[@FoxyFox999]

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

[@shadowside8433]

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

[@MrBfdpkave]

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

[@shadowside8433]

@@MrBfdpkave good point!

[@WillScarlet1991]

@@shadowside8433 What makes you think this was in 1981?

[@shadowside8433]

@@WillScarlet1991 Maybe I miss read it, but isn't the Roman Numerals at the end 1981?

[@WillScarlet1991]

@@shadowside8433 That was the end of an earlier programme.

Oh for an England now lost to us.

[@assistantto007]

Where Mark nowadays?

[@rachelwest6429]

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

[@Rob-uv8bu]

No wonder state broadcaster don't get people watching it

[@alzeNL]

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

[@mistofoles]

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]

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]

Not Rockwell 😂

[@debrarufini6906]

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

[@KnowYoutheDukeofArgyll1841]

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

[@tonyhancock3912]

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

[@AnnaBellaChannel]

GOING TO WORK: Work With People = Torture!

[@keymeter1917]

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

[@DL-go1xh]

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

[@DavidMander-rs4uk]

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!

[@martinsmith1870]

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]

You really believe that don't you.

[@TinaLouise73]

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]

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]

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]

Born 1970 house bought and paid for

[@markgreet3543]

She says do as your told, i feel a lack of respect to an older women.

[@KnowYoutheDukeofArgyll1841]

Going to join the Rat Race.

[@TinaLouise73]

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!

[@Andy-x3e4z]

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