Heart of the Angel
Acclaimed documentary that follows 48 hours in the life of London’s Angel tube station in the days before its refurbishment.
Acclaimed observational documentary by BAFTA award winning director Molly Dineen set at London’s Angel tube station in 1989, three years before its desperately needed renovation.
The programme provides a humorous account of 48 hours in the life of the tube station, from the daily round of fraught commuters, overburdened lifts and cancelled trains to the nightly activities when 'fluffers', women who clean human hair and rubbish off the tracks to avoid a fire hazard, and the Permanent Way, the gangs of men who work with pickaxes in almost pitch-black conditions to renovate parts of the track, spring into action to prepare the line for the following day.
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Director | Molly Dineen |
Producer | Molly Dineen |
Editor | Caroline Pick |
Broadcasts
- Thu 23 Nov 1989 21:30ÁùºÏ¿ª½±¼Ç¼ Two England
- Sun 18 Mar 2007 23:15
- Sat 2 Aug 2008 22:20
- Today 21:15
- Tomorrow 01:20
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