This first episode looks at how the state should support disabled, long-term sick and elderly people.
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August 12, 2013
02. Episode 2
The second episode follows three claimants as they give up their 2013 entitlement to council housing and agree to be reassessed and rehoused according to 1949 rules.
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August 19, 2013
03. Episode 3
Three unemployed claimants volunteer to live under the benefits rules of 1949. Britain needed rebuilding and there was a severe labour shortage. Anyone without work without good reason was regarded as workshy.