Thursday 17 April 2014

AUDIO: TV team choose next 'Benefits Street'

Producers of Channel 4's Benefits street are considering featuring a Southampton road for a follow-up series.

Executive producer Kieran Smith said the show, which would focus on Derby Road's "long history" of immigration, was in the very early stages and had yet to be commissioned.

Mr Smith said that residents and community leaders who were concerned about the impact of the show would be consulted throughout the process.

He told BBC Radio 5 live's Breakfast: "If they felt it wasn't a fair or accurate depiction of their life or what we had filmed with them, then we would take bits out."


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