benefits street ajyone watching?

Sure it is just to show all us tax paying idiots where are money goes and how they spend it oh and what they think of us by sh1tting on our doorsteps.

We don't need these shows to know what these places people and are like.

RIP Reagan
rich or poor the pain never goes

Was watching it. Not sure what to make of it in fairness.
Rather surprised at the amount the kids got for Christmas.

Probably a lot more going on than we've seen or was revealed.

Stheno wrote: »

Anyone watching this and finding it very intrusive?

I've always found it intrusive, exploitation television - people who think they're more clever than the people who are intelligent enough to exploit them for monetary gain.

One is as morally bankrupt as the other really, so it's very difficult to have any sympathy for the people who are being exploited when they have such a cavalier attitude to their own exploitation.

silverfeather wrote: »

I think it's sad to resent what disadvantaged children get at Christmas.

Only thing he didn't get was a surface to air missile.

There are certain people within decision making positions that should be absolutely ashamed of themselves.

They would want to have a very long and hard think.

Truly felt for that lady, Julie, on the loss of her son. A true credit to what a mother is, a true credit to the strength of the human spirit. I do hope she is ok with how this was played out by Channel 4 because I am aware that if they let it at that, they are at most making a lazy and disingenuous political point, and unfortunately just plain taking advantage.

I hope this engages people, there absolutely needs to be a public debate, and leaders need to emerge. They 1 million percent can do better than this. 1 million percent there can be better outcomes and paths for these people. Some of this stuff is so wrong. I draw comparisons with some corners of the public service on this side of the Irish Sea in saying they've some neck, eating lobsters and smoking cigars, sabre rattling about bonuses and pay increases they never, ever deserved, totally oblivious to the plight & lives of others or funding realities. Sickening. F#cking sickening.

The look of utter devastation and heartbreak on this lady's face in the clip below, it is going to stay with me for a while. Just donated this morning to the charity fundraiser.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/benefits-street-finale-heartbreaking-scenes-5802820

Stheno wrote: »

What was worse was they seemed to hound the bereaved mother

I disagree. Shots of the funeral seemed to be taken from a distance and any interviews with Julie were done recently (several months after the death) and obviously with her permission. In fact, the episode went from the funeral to recent months. To me, it would appear that the camera people actually left the area in the immediate aftermath of the funeral to give the residents some space and then returned to finish off the series.

Have to say, I watched the whole series and people who feel they can give an opinion on something because they saw an ad or read about it in the paper should really sit down and actually watch it for a while first.