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Skint Britain: Friends without Benefits

Skint Britain: Friends without Benefits

Description: The residents of Hartlepool became the test-subjects for the roll-out of the government's controversial Universal Credit system. Designed to replace various benefits payments with one single payment, the system aimed to streamline what was already in place and make it easier for people to get back into work. This is a personal and in-depth look into the impact that Universal Credit has had on the lives of people who are living on it, and the struggles they have encountered from crime to homelessness, hunger, eviction and falling prey to loan sharks.
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Skint Britain: Friends without Benefits

Skint Britain: Friends without Benefits
Plot: The residents of Hartlepool became the test-subjects for the roll-out of the government's controversial Universal Credit system. Designed to replace various benefits payments with one single payment, the system aimed to streamline what was already in place and make it easier for people to get back...

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They Lend It, You Spend It: The Loan Shop

They Lend It, You Spend It: The Loan Shop
Plot: Community First Credit Union is Yorkshire's biggest loan shop, offering loans to those who struggle to find credit elsewhere. A look at the team as they make some difficult choices to decide who gets a loan and who does not.

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Who Should Get to Stay in the UK?

Who Should Get to Stay in the UK?
Plot: Every year thousands of people from outside the EU apply for legal residence in the UK. In 2018, this figure amounted to almost 700,000. However, to be successful, they must navigate a complex and controversial immigration system. With the UK's immigration under scrutiny, this series follows several...
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Exodus: Our Journey to Europe

Exodus: Our Journey to Europe
Plot: This series documents the last 12 months in the shoes of people escaping war and poverty as they try to cross Europe. With the Syrian civil war sending thousands of people across seas to seek refuge, a mass migration crisis is born as countries close off their borders, causing Syrians to take perilous...
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The Great British Benefits Hotel

The Great British Benefits Hotel
Plot: Documentary showing the realities of life on welfare, this programme checks in to one of the many hotels being used to home people on benefits.
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Benefits

Benefits
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Brainwashing Stacey

Brainwashing Stacey
Plot: Stacey Dooley attempts to understand the psychology of some of the world's most controversial movements by living amongst them.
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Aux armes, citoyens !

Aux armes, citoyens !
Plot: Today, while the Universal National Service is on the agenda, Jérôme Lambert and Philippe Picard are interested in the millions of French people who passed under the flag between 1905 and 1996.
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Inside The Foreign Office

Inside The Foreign Office
Plot: Film-maker Michael Walden is granted special access to the activities of the British Foreign Office over the course of a year, giving an insight into the activities of British diplomats. He oversees discussions in Whitehall, visits British embassies in Nigeria and Mongolia, and even sets foot on Boris...
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Mega Council Estate Next Door

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Plot: The very different lives of people on either side of the economic divide in Islington, where the rich and the poor live shoulder to shoulder.
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