First viewed : Summer 1982
This series was originally shown on ITV in the autumn of 1981 but I saw it at school as part of my A Level Sociology course. Doing that subject was a mistake; I'd erroneously been told that my preferred third A Level subject, Politics, couldn't fit with my others, History and English Literature, in terms of timetabling. When I found out that was wrong, I simply couldn't be bothered to try and change it but I never enjoyed Sociology and only got a D in it. I always feel slightly embarrassed putting it on job application forms.
Rich World Poor World was a documentary series about global inequality between the Northern and Southern Hemispheres with particular reference to the Brandt Commission, a gathering of world players under the chairmanship of iconic former West German Chancellor Willy Brandt. The main UK representative was Edward Heath, giving the lie to the frequent suggestion that he did nothing but sulk after his ousting by Margaret Thatcher.
Obviously these problems are still with us for the foreseeable future.
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