This first episode looks at how the state should support disabled, long-term sick and elderly people.
EP2 Episode 2Aug 19, 2013
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.
EP3 Episode 3Aug 26, 2013
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.