A controversial look at attitudes towards the welfare system in Great Britain, in a fly-on-the-wall style documentary following several out-of-work individuals, as they live each day on benefits during the current economic crisis.
Treatment: "Do I really need... to work?"
With the world currently in recession, everyone is feeling the pinch, and some have even been forced out of work because of it, and ultimately forced to rely on the benefit system in order to lead a basic lifestyle.
The documentary will follow several individuals from different walks of life, who all have one thing in common - they are surviving on government handouts. It will feature those who have lost their jobs due to the recession, and their struggle to find work whilst living on the benefit system, as well as the attitudes of those who simply have no intention of finding work, despite being physically and mentally able to do so, and are happy to live off of the taxpayer.
As well as interviews with these people and filming 'a day in their lives', this programme will also examine the negative representation in the media of those who depend on handouts, and interview some who, with genuine reasons, have been affected by this.
In order to demonstrate the contrast on this controversial issue, and put a positive spin on it's presentation, the first case study shown will be that of an individual who is facing a daily struggle to find a job after being made redundant.
The second to be introduced will be someone who has never had a proper job, and who has no reservations about sponging off of our welfare state, instead of earning a wage for themselves.
Thirdly, archival footage of a programme such as The Jeremy Kyle Show http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KMrJGz3EIg&feature=related will be used to show negative representations of those dependant on benefits, as well as articles from newspapers such as THE SUN with a derogatory representation of the benefit culture.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/features/2677798/The-Sun-examines-the-blackspots-of-broken-Britain-Day-1-Merthyr-Tydfil-in-Mid-Glamorgan.html
In addition to this, the use of vox pops may be employed in order to demonstrate attitudes of the general public towards those in acceptance of handouts, and of the issue as a whole.
Next, the programme will feature an interview with somebody who has a disability which disallows them to work completely, with the aim of showing their struggle to come to terms with their situation, as well as the difficulty that they experienced to obtain the financial help that they need.
To conclude the programme, the first individual will be re-visited in their search for employment to see what, if any, progress has been made, and will hopefully stand to be a positive conclusion to an issue which can potentially affect everyone, either in the present or in the future.
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