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Last broadcast on Fri, 30 Apr 2010, 03:35 on BBC One (except HD) (see all broadcasts).
Synopsis
Panorama follows the fortunes of four young people searching for work in Swindon. The programme first met them in 2007 and set them real-life Apprentice-style work challenges, with dramatic results. Since then the recession has struck, and hit Swindon - and their prospects - hard. How have they responded?
Job tip for Neets: 'Get a haircut'
Lord Digby Jones, the plain-speaking captain of industry, offers some straight advice to two of Britain's million-strong army of jobless young people.
Would you hire British workers?
A Polish immigrant who rose from minimum wage employee to cafe owner explains what it takes to get him to give you a job.
Britain's young 'Neets' face the reality of recession
Panorama returns to Swindon in recession to catch up with four young men who were unemployed at the height of economic boom.
Lord Digby Jones says Britain needs US-style 'workfare'
The former industry minister and business leader Digby Jones says it is time Britain adopted a strict US-style 'workfare' system for the chronically unemployed.
Real Apprentices: The updates
Panorama caught up with four young 'Neets' they first met in 2007.
'Make 'em work' - could workfare work for Britain?
Panorama reported on the 'workfare' system in the United States in it's film 'Make 'em Work' first broadcast on 6 April 1986. Watch an archive clip from that film here on the Panorama blog.
Read and join in the debate on 'workfare' on the Panorama blog
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Credits
- Presenter
- Jeremy Vine
- Reporter
- Vivian White
- Producer
- Patrick Barrie
Broadcasts
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Mon 26 Apr 201020:30
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Thu 29 Apr 201004:30
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Fri 30 Apr 201003:35
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