I saw the first one, its very weak. The problem with these gimmicks where they send a celeb, or Micheal Portillo into poor peoples lives for a few day is that they are people who are naturally the centre of attention. They can't help themselves they hold the attention of the room in any setting. I want to know something about these people but they've got a film crew in their kitchen and someone who will speak to fill any pause, and I'm learning nothing.
I always find it quite telling when commercial channels bow to their charter and make actual, factual television that almost nobody wants to advertise in the commercial breaks, often theres no adverts at all, just trails for other programmes, or maybe public info-verts. But the Co-op advertises during breadline britain, good on them. And so do Crazy Georges/ Brighthouse, the hideous, unapplogetic vultures that they are.
I said in another thread that when you're poor nobody wants your money and nobody wants your vote. Well in truth only scoundrels want your money or your vote.
