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  • Watch Online / 1 in 200 (2022)



    Desc: 1 in 200: Directed by Lynne Harwood. With Nicholas Anscombe, Mark Brent, Shaun Cowlishaw, Joseph Edwards. In November 2017 more than 300,000 people in Britain are officially recorded as homeless or living in inadequate accommodation. That is equivalent to 1 in 200. One of them is a burnt out author and award-winning journalist. Sam has battled with injustice all her working life, but has lost her will to fight. She doesn't want to give people hope when she knows there isn't any. The Langston Dee Institute, an extreme right wing think tank, takes on the challenge of reducing homelessness. One member, the privileged and spoilt William, who thrives on making mischief, throws an extremely radical idea into the mix. He doesn't believe for one minute it will be taken up. But it is. And the 'Get Back On Track' program is piloted in Liverpool, the most militant city in England. At the Citizens Advice Bureau, Sam is given the chance of help and accommodation through this new program, which is offering everything any homeless person could possibly want. But instead of being housed and supported, she and others who have signed up for the project are imprisoned in a vast underground space that is regimented and controlled, with no way out. Like rats in an experiment, they are being watched through a series of hidden cameras. The controller is William, who knows this is make or break. The latter would mean his downfall. And he will never let it come to that. Trapped underground Sam befriends some of the others. She is determined to find out who is behind their imprisonment. She is determined to get justice. There must be some way out. Above ground the political climate is changing and there's a new regime in the making. As far as The Langston Dee Institute is concerned a new regime means new priorities and homelessness isn't one of them. William is commanded to shut down the project, to follow his proposal to the letter. William knows what this means; it means gassing the people that are imprisoned underground. Is he prepared to go that far? He has to be. Is there any hope for the captives? Is Sam their hope? Can she find the way out before it is too late?