Assignment Childcare on the Cheap
An hour-long prime time current affairs programme featuring New Zealand stories. Assignment replaced TVNZ's long-running Frontline in 1995.
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1Childcare on the Cheap Childcare is an issue for parents all over the world. Debated are costs; quality and availability. The consequences of making the wrong childcare choice can be tragic especially in Britain. BBC Panorama used hidden cameras to film in several childcare facilities and the result was shocking.
Reporters
- Sarah Powell (Reporter, BBC Panorama)
Speakers
- Catriona Rae (Mother of Dead Child)
- Dave Charney (Inspection Unit Lancashire County Council)
- Darren Pollitt (Lancashire Social Services Commission)
- Helen Penn (Institute of Education)
- Carole Warden (Woodlands Park Nursery Centre)
- Lin Marsh (Association of Advisors for Under 8's)
- Avril Hayes (Mother Using Childcare)
- Kath Best (Mother Using Childcare)
- Liz Sewell (Gingerbread)
- Nicola Murray (Mother Using Childcare)
- Ayesha Bhatia (York Childcare)
Contributors
- BBC Panorama (Production Unit)
Live Broadcast
- No
Commercials
- No
Notes
- With the government encouraging more mothers to go out to work, Panorama investigates the quality of care on offer to children of working parents who cannot afford the high fees usually associated with good childcare. Reporter Sarah Powell asks if the forthcoming national childcare strategy will improve the standards of care available. https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/search/0/20?adv=0&q=Childcare+on+the+Cheap&media=all&yf=1923&yt=2009&mf=1&mt=12&tf=00%3A00&tt=00%3A00#search
Primary Title
- Assignment
Secondary Title
- Childcare on the Cheap
Date Broadcast
- Thursday 30 April 1998
Start Time
- 19 : 30
Finish Time
- 20 : 30
Duration
- 60:00
Channel
- TV One
Broadcaster
- Television New Zealand
Programme Description
- An hour-long prime time current affairs programme featuring New Zealand stories. Assignment replaced TVNZ's long-running Frontline in 1995.
Classification
- PGR
Owning Collection
- Chapman Archive
Broadcast Platform
- Television
Languages
- English
Captions
Live Broadcast
- No
Rights Statement
- Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Genres
- Current affairs
Hosts
- Richard Long (Presenter)
Contributors
- Trish Carter (Executive Producer)
Reporters
- Sarah Powell (Reporter, BBC Panorama)
Speakers
- Avril Hayes (Mother Using Childcare)
- Ayesha Bhatia (York Childcare)
- Carole Warden (Woodlands Park Nursery Centre)
- Catriona Rae (Mother of Dead Child)
- Darren Pollitt (Lancashire Social Services Commission)
- Dave Charney (Inspection Unit Lancashire County Council)
- Helen Penn (Institute of Education)
- Kath Best (Mother Using Childcare)
- Lin Marsh (Association of Advisors for Under 8's)
- Liz Sewell (Gingerbread)
- Nicola Murray (Mother Using Childcare)
Contributors
- BBC Panorama (Production Unit)