The Nelsons and Margaret Marchant
The story of an Edwardian family trapped in welfare dependency and a mother accused of a shocking crime against her own child.
The story of an Edwardian family trapped in welfare dependency and a mother accused of a shocking crime against her own child. Did the handouts given to Susan Nelson's family by a prosperous charity visitor provide her descendants with the chance to move up in life or was it all down to their own hard graft?
More than a hundred years on, some of Susan's descendants are still locked in patterns of benefit dependency, while others have freed their families from the desperate poverty of their ancestor. Meanwhile, a descendant of Susan's benefactor discovers why her well-to-do ancestor decided to cut off financial support for Susan just when she needed it most.
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Nothing to spare
Duration: 01:29
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Susan's begging letter
Duration: 01:43
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Nils Frahm
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Executive Producer | Ruth Shurman |
Producer | Havana Marking |
Director | Havana Marking |
Series Producer | Joseph Bullman |
Assistant Producer | Nicola Harris |
Broadcasts
- Sun 3 Apr 2016 19:00
- Thu 21 Apr 2016 02:35
- Thu 29 Nov 2018 14:45
- Fri 9 Aug 2019 00:00
- Wed 1 Jul 2020 09:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two except Scotland
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