Synopsis
This program focuses on the daily struggle for survival in Britain by millions of families who lived in poverty, including a look at the ingenious home cures people developed when doctors were too expensive.
- Programme: A Labour of Love
- Episode: 04: Pig's Head and Bed Bug
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 1993
- Education & Childcare
Licence: ERA Licence required
Free to watch for UK schools, colleges and universities with an ERA Licence
UK only
Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
Cannot be adapted
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