The Heart of the Angel is a 40-minute documentary made by director/producer Molly Dineen

Molly Dineen

Molly Dineen is a BAFTA and Royal Television Society award winning UK television documentary director, cinematographer and producer....

 in 1989

1989 in film

-Events:* Batman is released on June 23, and goes on to gross over $410 million worldwide.* Actress Kim Basinger and her brother Mick purchase Braselton, Georgia, for $20 million...

, before the renovation of the 100-year-old Angel London Underground station

Angel tube station

Angel tube station is a London Underground station in The Angel, Islington. It is on the Bank branch of the Northern Line, between Old Street and King's Cross St. Pancras stations. It is in Travelcard Zone 1. The tube stop serves as a portal to several Off West End, or fringe theatre, venues,...

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The film follows 48 hours in the everyday lives of the people who work in the station, including London Underground

London Underground

The London Underground is a rapid transit system serving a large part of Greater London and some parts of Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Essex in England...

 foreman Ray Stocker, ticket-seller Derek Perkins, the groups of women called 'fluffers' who clean human hair out of the tracks to avoid the fire hazard and the gangs of men who work with pickaxes in almost pitch-black conditions to renovate parts of the track in time for the following day.

This documentary was given the Documentary Award by the Royal Television Society

Royal Television Society

The Royal Television Society is a British-based educational charity for the discussion, and analysis of television in all its forms, past, present and future. It is the oldest television society in the world...

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