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Underneath the Arches (radio programme)

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The unique presentation by producer Owen Spencer-Thomas won the Unda award for the best religious radio programme in 1977. He befriended many of the homeless people who featured in the documentary. Winning their confidence, he visited them as they prepared for another night sleeping rough on
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was presented by the homeless people themselves without any links from a programme presenter. Instead, short clips from catchy music hall songs were used to establish each location and, with careful editing, the interviewees related their own experiences and introduced each other.
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and were having difficulty returning to mainstream society; others had been battling unsuccessfully against
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also highlighted the lack of appropriate services such as hostels, drop-in centres and advice services.
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The programme revealed that people became homeless for a variety of reasons. Some had been victims of
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London's pavements. The publicity generated by the programme boosted funds for the "
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to house and feed homeless people during Christmas week each year in the 1970s.
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railway station where many homeless people have slept rough, and to the
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Diocese of Ely Official Website. URL accessed May 30, 2007.
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Crisis website - volunteers. Accessed September 5, 2007
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Underneath the Arches (documentary)
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poverty
prison
alcohol abuse
drug addiction
mental illness
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Crisis at Christmas
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