I was about 14 in those days. No one would believe you if an adult tried it on. It was put up and shut up !! When the likes of Jimmy Saville , Gary Glitter were hiding in plain sight 😡😡 Thank God times have changed for our youngsters
You are right. People were very reluctant to believe accusations of child abuse back in the era when this programme aired. The people like those you mention are very, very devious wicked people. Jimmy Saville courted and befriended politicians and even royalty. Undoubtedly to booster his image as a trustworthy person simply by what he did for a living and by association with those society typically consider to be 'respectable'. The saddest thing of all however, is that there is very likely someone popular doing exactly the same thing whilst deceiving those around them and at sometime in the future will be exposed and appear in headline news.
"Things have changed"... I'm not sure if your comment is due to misinformation or naivete, but the nightmare for ALL abused, still goes on. The perpetrators are just more careful not to get caught.
@@williaminavanbottle9297 I am neither misinformed nor naive. I am just saying how things were when I was 14. That was many years ago. Now there is the scourge of the internet and yes, abuse is rampant. Also by the people we least expect. I have always told my children to be very careful who they are speaking to and mixing with. My Daughter is an adult now and soon off to university, I still tell her to be very careful. My son is a teenager so I keep a close eye on what he does online as well as warning him of the dangers in the street
This was a very sad episode in many ways. Not the saddest thing in this episode by any means, but of all those aspects, I felt it was sad that Alison Cowan was so misunderstood when she proved herself to be highly competent, caring and professional. Thankfully, Tom came to realise that due in part to his wise wife's viewpoint. Colin however, got off so lightly that I would even say that he got off scot-free. It goes well beyond a feeling of sadness to the point of utter disgust that people like him in a position of trust (or anyone for that matter), abuse a child.
Tony Parker wrote a 'Softly Softly Task Force' episode called 'Slip Of The Tongue' which featured Elizabeth Power ( who was once married to Michael Aspel ) in basically the same role, this time as a probation officer rather than social worker. Parker's main job was as an oral historian, he would do audio recordings of people mostly on the margins of society ( criminals, sex offenders, lighthouse keepers, single mothers ) & published several books containing their stories. Parker was unusually tolerant of sex offences, viewing the perpetrators as victims as much as the victims themselves, hence the social worker in this episode is still employed after two previous warnings. Parker wrote a Wednesday Play called 'Chariot Of Fire' which is amazingly tolerant of a child abuser, in the story the offender is befriended by a prison visitor who goes as far as to invite him into her house & introduce him to her children, unthinkable in this age. Parker in fact received criticism from a BBC producer who knew him for being too tolerant of serious offences.
Hello! May I ask, do you have Episode 6 (Mates) from Season 4? Could you please upload it or send me a link to download it? I will be very grateful to you, because I can’t find it anywhere 🙏
Very worrying story. Social Services had two previous complaints about this man but continued to allow him to work with vulnerable children. The police were never informed about any of it and when he again abuses a child he's allowed to quietly resign without any further action being taken. To make matters worse, his wife acts as if it really isn't that bad. I can only assume it's the way Social Services in the 1980's handled this kind of thing, because if, not, the BBC would have come under fire for screening this.
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Jülliet bravo ist one of May favoüriate TV series
Love the staircase carpet sub-plot
Thank you for posting this series
I was about 14 in those days. No one would believe you if an adult tried it on. It was put up and shut up !! When the likes of Jimmy Saville , Gary Glitter were hiding in plain sight 😡😡 Thank God times have changed for our youngsters
You are right. People were very reluctant to believe accusations of child abuse back in the era when this programme aired. The people like those you mention are very, very devious wicked people. Jimmy Saville courted and befriended politicians and even royalty. Undoubtedly to booster his image as a trustworthy person simply by what he did for a living and by association with those society typically consider to be 'respectable'. The saddest thing of all however, is that there is very likely someone popular doing exactly the same thing whilst deceiving those around them and at sometime in the future will be exposed and appear in headline news.
"Things have changed"...
I'm not sure if your comment is due to misinformation or naivete,
but the nightmare for ALL
abused, still goes on.
The perpetrators are just more careful not to get caught.
@@williaminavanbottle9297 I am neither misinformed nor naive. I am just saying how things were when I was 14. That was many years ago. Now there is the scourge of the internet and yes, abuse is rampant. Also by the people we least expect. I have always told my children to be very careful who they are speaking to and mixing with. My Daughter is an adult now and soon off to university, I still tell her to be very careful. My son is a teenager so I keep a close eye on what he does online as well as warning him of the dangers in the street
I thought it was strange that the woman social worker didn’t go up to show the girl the room. In situations like that you have to be careful.
This was a very sad episode in many ways. Not the saddest thing in this episode by any means, but of all those aspects, I felt it was sad that Alison Cowan was so misunderstood when she proved herself to be highly competent, caring and professional. Thankfully, Tom came to realise that due in part to his wise wife's viewpoint. Colin however, got off so lightly that I would even say that he got off scot-free. It goes well beyond a feeling of sadness to the point of utter disgust that people like him in a position of trust (or anyone for that matter), abuse a child.
Great stuff 👏
Tony Parker wrote a 'Softly Softly Task Force' episode called 'Slip Of The Tongue' which featured Elizabeth Power ( who was once married to Michael Aspel ) in basically the same role, this time as a probation officer rather than social worker.
Parker's main job was as an oral historian, he would do audio recordings of people mostly on the margins of society ( criminals, sex offenders, lighthouse keepers, single mothers ) & published several books containing their stories. Parker was unusually tolerant of sex offences, viewing the perpetrators as victims as much as the victims themselves, hence the social worker in this episode is still employed after two previous warnings.
Parker wrote a Wednesday Play called 'Chariot Of Fire' which is amazingly tolerant of a child abuser, in the story the offender is befriended by a prison visitor who goes as far as to invite him into her house & introduce him to her children, unthinkable in this age. Parker in fact received criticism from a BBC producer who knew him for being too tolerant of serious offences.
10:13 - It's Mrs Hewitt from EE!!
Hello! May I ask, do you have Episode 6 (Mates) from Season 4? Could you please upload it or send me a link to download it? I will be very grateful to you, because I can’t find it anywhere 🙏
Mr Todd is Norris from Corrie
Very worrying story. Social Services had two previous complaints about this man but continued to allow him to work with vulnerable children. The police were never informed about any of it and when he again abuses a child he's allowed to quietly resign without any further action being taken. To make matters worse, his wife acts as if it really isn't that bad. I can only assume it's the way Social Services in the 1980's handled this kind of thing, because if, not, the BBC would have come under fire for screening this.
You know that this is fiction, don't you?
@@bridgetstoli2347i can imagine things were covered up back then.
@@robertprees603 Fiction is made up stuff. Not real. Not covered up. What other bs do you believe?
The theme from 'Shoestring' is played at 40:04
That would be when Jean was wearing her lace nighty to bed...
Eddie shoestring.....Jazz funk soul boys .....🎧😷
What sort of a social workers offers a fourteen year-old girl a cigarette?!
those were the days & the police are getting a round of shandies to go with the Cornish pasties at 8.33
When I was in a childrens home you were allowed to smoke at 15.
The p.c. brigade of today don't know they're born!
A hip down to earth one
You can smoke when your with me but it's against the law for you to buy them yourself...
16:00 Michael Aspel's wife from 1977 - 1994, (until he cheated on her).
3:26 Padiham Power Station
I asked pc MC grumpy one time would sell me a cigg he went mad at me told me to behave myself said he dint smoke and I shouldn't be smoking either
No Courts carpets in that area?
no one in these episodes is nice. they are cold, rude, suspicious.
I D get it.
In the beginning Barbara
is stone cold to the women
then Colin comes in and he
hugs him. Then he accuses
him of this.
I still say that the wimpy husband character was a mistake.
I don’t like the character of Tom. If I was the Juliet character I wouldn’t have married him! 😆 He’s very immature for his age.
and VERY boring