An edition of the Tyne Tees Television rural affairs programme Landmark presented by Eric Robson begins with a report on prisoners from Everthorpe Young Offenders Institute near Hull who work on a nearby farm run by the prison service. What do they and society get from it? This is followed by a discussion on Seaton Carew beach between Richard Caines from the Marine Conservation Society and Dr John Hargreaves from Northumberland Water on the issues of sewage pollution on bathing beaches and...

An edition of the Tyne Tees Television rural affairs programme Landmark presented by Eric Robson begins with a report on prisoners from Everthorpe Young Offenders Institute near Hull who work on a nearby farm run by the prison service. What do they and society get from it? This is followed by a discussion on Seaton Carew beach between Richard Caines from the Marine Conservation Society and Dr John Hargreaves from Northumberland Water on the issues of sewage pollution on bathing beaches and the £1 billion investment to clearing it up. The final part of the programme is an interview with Judith Moore, Project Officer for the Countryside Commission from Hadrian’s Wall in Northumberland about the development of a long-distance coast-to-coast walk along the wall and the issues and challenges she faces. Title: Landmark Eric Robson introduces the programme. The programme begins with a visit to a young offender’s institution in Humberside, where those held at the centre must undergo a training programme in useful work. The programme follows two trainees who will be working outside the institution for the day. Graham Charles. Deputy governor of Everthorpe Young Offenders Institution in Hull talks on camera about how they teach the trainees. The destination for the trainees is the Everthorpe farm. They are shown helping other trainees to guide a herd of cattle into a large shed. Maurice Codd the manager of H M Prison Farms speaks on camera about farm production. We see the trainees working with a milking herd, pigs harvesting crops and other farm activities. Graham Charles outlines the security policy of the institution, especially for those working away from the prison. Two of the trainees talk about their sentences and the temptation to abscond. Jeff Goundrill a manager at Everthorpe farm explains about work practices the trainees must adhere to, which are designed to help them adjust to working outside once they have been released from prison. A member of staff takes a group of trainees through the application of equipment in the milking parlour. On camera a trainee talks about his working hours and wages. At Woodlands farm some 8 miles away from the prison another trainee talks about his work at the farm, and his previous experiences in custody. Potatoes are sent to another nearby prison for processing, a trainee there talks about his work grading farm produce. Two trainees at Everthorpe are shown how to care for two Suffolk punch horses that were sent to the institution from a prison in Lincolnshire. On camera Maurice Codd says he believes there is a therapeutic value for the trainees when they work with animals. The trainees reflect on the experiences they have had in their work programme and whether it will assist them in finding work when they leave. Graham Charles gives his view on the statistic which says a high number of trainees reoffend after leaving such institutions as Everthorpe. Jeff Goundrill is asked about trainees from Everthorpe and their future beyond the prison walls. He says that one had secured a job offer on a farm but required his training certificate which he hadn’t received on leaving and was sent to him. Jeff says that was one of the more gratifying outcomes that he recalls. The trainees return to the prison and a more rigorous regime. Title: Landmark Eric Robson introduces his next report from Seaton Carew. Beaches in Britain are getting increasingly polluted, often from sewage being expelled from pipes only to get washed ashore. Amongst all the other beaches which will benefit from a government backed initiative, Seaton Carew will also have a clean-up with Northumbrian Water doing the work. Eric talks to Richard Caines of the Marine Conservation Society and author of the Good Beach Guide and Northumbrian Water chief scientist Dr Jon Hargreaves about the initiative costing millions of pounds for Seaton Carew alone. Richard Caines is anxious that all beaches should reach a European Commission standard, and Jon Hargreaves outlines the reasons why Seaton Carew beach suffers from pollution, and the plan to alleviate the problem. An intense discussion follows on the benefits of the Northumbrian Water scheme and its perceived problems. Eric Robson moves on to Hadrian’s Wall and the Countryside Commission’s proposed new long-distance walk, a Roman wall coast to coast trail. He meets Judith Moore the project officer and he asks her about the new initiative, which will take two years. She says the walk will start at Wallsend and finish at Bowness. Eric outlines the topics for the next edition of Landmark and brings the current programme to a close. Title: Hoi Polloi Film and Video Credit: Camera Andy Greenwood Credit: Sound Ron Gunn Credit: Electrician Bill Hughes Credit: Production Assistant Carole McKenzie, Pauline Grant Credit: Production Secretary Coreen Harvey Credit: VT Editors Amanda Baxter, Howard Beebe, Robin Sinton Credit: VT Assistant Editor Claire Storey Credit: Sound Postproduction John Overton Credit: Research William Mount, Crispin Sadler Credit: Executive Producer Chris Potter Credit: Director Simon Lawson Credit: Producer Charles Bowden End Credit: Waterfront Productions for Tyne Tees Television© MCMLXXXIX