Alice: a fight for life

United Kingdom, 1982

TV show
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A comprehensive investigation into one of today’s greatest health hazards - asbestos. Focuses on 47 year old Alice Jefferson’s fight for her rights and her life. She has mesothelioma’ a fatal asbestos-related disease. She contracted mesothelioma through working in a West Yorkshire factory 30 years ago.

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Credits

producer/director

John Willis

production company

Yorkshire Television

Duration

01:36:00:00

Production places
United Kingdom
Production dates
1982

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