
This documentary series reveals the reality of life on benefits, as the residents of one of Britain's most benefit-dependent streets invite cameras into their tight-knit community
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Air Date: 2014-01-06
Viewers are introduced to the residents of James Turner Street in Birmingham, where there is a high proportion of ben...
Air Date: 2014-01-13
This week’s episode showed the disruption caused by Romanian arrivals. Fourteen Romanians living in one house started...
Air Date: 2014-01-20
Episode three focuses on the children of the families on James Turner Street. The episode deals with Sam, whose son h...
Air Date: 2014-01-27
The fourth episode deals with ambition. White Dee's 15-year-old daughter wishes to follow a career as a gym instructo...
Air Date: 2014-02-10
The final episode of the series sees the breakdown of the relationship between Hannah and her Zimbabwean partner, Sim...
Air Date: 2014-02-17
Following the immense reaction to Benefits Street from dozens of headlines to questions in parliament, this follow-up...