1978: Open Door - Leisure for All, Work for All

Open Door was a programme in which the BBC handed over air time to the public, running for ten years from 1973-1983.

In this episode, Kathleen Smith (founder of the Work and Leisure Society) presents Leisure for All, Work for All.

"Chronic unemployment is already with us, and people are afraid. Automation and the computer are destroying jobs so fast that within ten years Britain will have four million unemployed. But there is a happy solution. It is the half-working year and the half-leisure year for everybody."

Made by Kathleen Smith with the help of the BBC's Community Programme Unit.

This programme was originally broadcast on BBC Two, Monday 23 October, 1978.

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