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Twenty Years On: Craghead
First transmitted in 1990, A Year in the Life revisits the story of the Craghead miners from Paul Watson's documentary from 1969.
First transmitted in 1990, Susan Ord was just two years old and her brother newly born when their father Brian and grandfather George appeared in the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ documentary 'A Year in the Life: For Craghead'. Two decades later, Susan and young Brian join Paul Watson to review his film and talk about the changes - both happy and tragic - that their family has been through in the intervening years.
Last on
Tue 7 Jan 1992
12:30
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two except East, South East & Yorkshire
Did You Know?
Paul Watson, the narrator and producer of this programme and the film that inspired it, created an innovative series called The Family, which followed the Wilkins clan of Reading and is recognised as the first British 'docusoap'. The original A Year in the Life: Craghead is also available as part of the .
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Broadcasts
- Thu 4 Jan 1990 12:10Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two except East, South East & Yorkshire
- Tue 7 Jan 1992 12:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two except East, South East & Yorkshire
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