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UK axes Benefits Street?
Channel 4 could not find a street or story compelling enough for more of its controversial "poverty" series.
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The UK is not proceeding with a third season of Benefits Street, the fore-runner to Australia’s own controversial series, Struggle Street.
Radio Times reports Channel 4 could not find a street or story compelling enough for more and is not proceeding this year.
The UK series attracted complaints to regulator OfCom and was branded by politicians as “deplorable, dishonest poverty tourism”.
Channel 4 is not believed to have formally decommissioned the series but sources say that while it is promising to continue focusing on the same “arena” of austerity and poverty with other factual shows, Benefits Street will not be among them.
It also had a screening in Australia following the ratings hit of Struggle Street on SBS.
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One Response
‘Benefits Street’ is not the forerunner to “Struggle St”. “Struggle St” is made by Keo who also made “Skint”. “Benefits Street” also came after “Skint.