As the unemployment statistics once more start to head up, BAFTA winning film-maker Brian Woods takes us behind the numbers to the people they represent.Filmed throughout 2009, and seen in part through the eyes of the children, Jobless tells the interwoven stories of several families, across the length and breadth of Britain as both husbands and wives cope with losing their jobs, in most cases for the first time in their lives.

RUNTIME:
60 Minutes

PRODUCER:
Deborah Shipley

DIRECTOR:
Brian Woods

RELEASED:
2010

Awards

Nominee – RTS Craft & Design Awards – Editing Factual - in 2009/10

Reviews

"Woods’s film – a small gem about the pain that ordinary families undergo – is exactly what the BBC does best...leaves you moved and inspired."
Liz Hoggard, The Independent

"Most poignant of all are the children’s contributions, who describe the effect of unemployment on their parents with heartbreaking clarity and wisdom"
David Chater, Sunday Times

"A fine piece of television and, sadly, all too relevant."
Mail on Sunday

"Deeply moving and thought provoking...a beautifully structured, well-executed documentary...genuinely sobering stuff, both effective and affecting."
Sarah Vine, The Guardian

"A thoughtful and balanced film, using split-screen very effectively as narrative device and metaphor, as unemployment drives a wedge between couples. An observational-doc so simple and effective it seems effortless"
Gabriel Tate, Time Out