1978: Monty Don on the price of being a student

For many university students, making limited funds last through all the academic terms is as much of a concern as timetables and reading lists. When Tonight travelled to Cambridge to report on the traditional May balls hosted by the colleges, one young man revealed he wouldn't be attending because his student finances wouldn't stretch that far.

Clip taken from Tonight, originally broadcast on BBC One, 16 June 1978.

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