Media: Benefits Street; future of the BBC 15 Jan 2014




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Summary: Channel 4's Benefits Street - reinforcing harmful stereotypes, or dipicting the reality of life on benefits? Ralph Lee, Head of Factual at Channel 4, Executive Producer of Benefits Street Keiran Smith and Katharine Sacks-Jones from the Who Benefits? campaign discuss. And as a major inquiry into the future of the BBC begins, Steve Hewlett talks to MP John Wittingdale and ex BBC exec John Tate.