Benefits Britain: Life On The Dole
Benefits Britain: Life On The Dole is a TV show on Channel 5. The long-running program has been available since 2014. A total of 107 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in November 2020.
Last broadcast:26/11/2020 at 20:00
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Benefits Britain: Life On The Dole
The first episode of the series meets some Brits claiming benefits in the seaside town of Great Yarmouth. With the majority of work in Yarmouth being seasonal, one in six people sign on and over 20% of children in the town are brought up in benefits families. One example is thre...
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Conclusion of a two-part documentary special about large families living on welfare. Tom and Stacey claim over £70,000 a year from the state to support themselves and their 14 children. With such a large family to manage, they run their household with military precision.
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Documentary series about people living on welfare. This episode focuses on the residents of Jaywick in Essex, where over half of the community are on benefits. Tony 'Scrap' Taylor claims £51.40 a week and does odd jobs for food so his benefits money goes further. Claire and Luke have three children and live in a two-bedro...
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Documentary series about people who live on welfare. A brush with fame in a reality show left Dean with no wish to get a mundane job - until he is sanctioned. With girlfriend Danielle pregnant and money already tight, Josh turns to crime to supplement their benefits. Single mum Steph wants a job, but with childcare so expe...
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A look at how some of the series's most memorable characters are spending Christmas. Single mum Marie struggles to fill Santa's sack for her eight children, but the family are destined to have a happy new year. Plus what kind of Christmas dinner you can expect to get when it all comes from a skip?
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Documentary series exploring the reality of life on benefits in Britain. The final episode of the series looks at the stories of some Roma Gypsies who have come to the UK and are now surviving on payments from the welfare state, including Katarina, who has 11 children and 11 grandchildren, many of whom claim benefits.
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In Hull, as a jobless teenage couple await their first baby, the girl's foster mother worries that her benefits will change when her children move out; the arrival of a baby will herald the third generation of another family to depend solely on benefits; and interest rates on quick, easy loans forced another welfare claima...
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Documentary series exploring the reality of life on benefits in Britain. The final episode of the series looks at the stories of some Roma Gypsies who have come to the UK and are now surviving on payments from the welfare state, including Katarina, who has 11 children and 11 grandchildren, many of whom claim benefits.
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In Hull, as a jobless teenage couple await their first baby, the girl's foster mother worries that her benefits will change when her children move out; the arrival of a baby will herald the third generation of another family to depend solely on benefits; and interest rates on quick, easy loans forced another welfare claima...
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Conclusion of a two-part documentary special about large families living on welfare. Tom and Stacey claim over £70,000 a year from the state to support themselves and their 14 children. With such a large family to manage, they run their household with military precision.
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Documentary series about people who live on welfare. Dave is an English Defence League supporter who lives in Cliftonville, one of the most deprived parts of Margate. He has spent all his life in the town and has very strong views on how the area and country have changed because of immigration.
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Documentary series about people living on welfare. This episode focuses on the residents of Jaywick in Essex, where over half of the community are on benefits. Tony 'Scrap' Taylor claims £51.40 a week and does odd jobs for food so his benefits money goes further. Claire and Luke have three children and live in a two-bedro...
1:00:00
Documentary series about people who live on welfare. A brush with fame in a reality show left Dean with no wish to get a mundane job - until he is sanctioned. With girlfriend Danielle pregnant and money already tight, Josh turns to crime to supplement their benefits. Single mum Steph wants a job, but with childcare so expe...