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Benefits Street

Season 1 Episode 2

2 SeasonsJan 13, 2014NR50m6

This week’s episode showed the disruption caused by Romanian arrivals. Fourteen Romanians living in one house started a metal collection business. They rooted through everyone else’s bin bags looking for scrap and left a mess the council refused to clean up. Emotions were running high and we saw Fungi abusing a Romanian woman. It made distressing viewing, especially since last week he was more loveable rogue than bigot. Contrary to what its critics allege, though, the programme does not prese...

Season 1 Episodes:

Episode 1

1.

Aired: Jan 6, 2014

Viewers are introduced to the residents of James Turner Street in Birmingham,...

Episode 2

2.

Aired: Jan 13, 2014

This week’s episode showed the disruption caused by Romanian arrivals. Fourte...

Episode 3

3.

Aired: Jan 20, 2014

Episode three focuses on the children of the families on James Turner Street....

Episode 4

4.

Aired: Jan 27, 2014

The fourth episode deals with ambition. White Dee's 15-year-old daughter wish...

Episode 5

5.

Aired: Feb 10, 2014

The final episode of the series sees the breakdown of the relationship betwee...

Episode 6 The Last Word

6. The Last Word

Aired: Feb 17, 2014

Following the immense reaction to Benefits Street from dozens of headlines to...

Info about Benefits Street

Current Status: Ended

Network: Channel 4

Production Country: United Kingdom

Genres:Documentary