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Benefit Street
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Have just watched it,dont know what to think.Do people really live and behave like that. I have not led a sheltered life but Oh dear, I can't believe it.
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Zeuhl
I don't know about burgers but it isn't unusual for production teams to hand out cigarettes or beers to interviewees.
It's usually done for good reason but does risk all sorts of issues arising:
e.g. you've just invested an hour setting up for a shot that the Director really wants when the subject says "I can't do it. I'm too nervous without a ciggie/beer".
So what do you do?
14:05 Mon 13th Jan 2014 <
so that is the cigs and beer sorted we just need to find out if they all know a nigel -)
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Zeuhl
I don't know about burgers but it isn't unusual for production teams to hand out cigarettes or beers to interviewees.
It's usually done for good reason but does risk all sorts of issues arising:
e.g. you've just invested an hour setting up for a shot that the Director really wants when the subject says "I can't do it. I'm too nervous without a ciggie/beer".
So what do you do?
14:05 Mon 13th Jan 2014 <
so that is the cigs and beer sorted we just need to find out if they all know a nigel -)
Maggie, With 90% of the residents claiming benefits, you can hardly say there are ‘many honest, hard-working people living in this street’. The purpose of the programme is to highlight that, so it would hardly focus on the 10% who aren’t claiming benefits.
Anne, that lady with her tubs and hanging baskets should have been given a special award.
Anne, that lady with her tubs and hanging baskets should have been given a special award.
naomi not all people who claim some form of benefit are out of work this is from the guardian
> Ask people where that money goes and the assumptions might be on unemployment or incapacity benefit. In fact, 47% of UK benefit spending goes on state pensions of £74.22bn a year, more than the £48.2bn the UK spends on servicing its debt.
> Ask people where that money goes and the assumptions might be on unemployment or incapacity benefit. In fact, 47% of UK benefit spending goes on state pensions of £74.22bn a year, more than the £48.2bn the UK spends on servicing its debt.
I felt a bit sorry for the older lady, the one doing the 'flowers in bloom' thing, who had lived there for twenty years. She was clearly trying to do her best at bringing the community together, but I couldn't help but think she was flogging a dead horse.
I also felt really sad for the Romanians. What a way to live, and they were doing it so they could provide for their children back home.
I got a bit emotional when we saw the Indian neighbour come and give them food. Kind of restores your faith in human nature.
Unfortunately, this program does nothing but further stigmatise people on benefits, and causes more divide.
It's a shame really, but I suppose it makes for good TV.
I also felt really sad for the Romanians. What a way to live, and they were doing it so they could provide for their children back home.
I got a bit emotional when we saw the Indian neighbour come and give them food. Kind of restores your faith in human nature.
Unfortunately, this program does nothing but further stigmatise people on benefits, and causes more divide.
It's a shame really, but I suppose it makes for good TV.
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