Benefits Britain: The Debate Ch4HD 9PM Monday 17th
 

Same amount of time as the Ch5HD edition
9PM -10PM so about 52mins or less due to 3 ads sections


Richard Bacon
is in charge.



Was listed as for the 10th
but not on - Removed.

I hope Ch4 do it next week,

wtf is it like the pm deal will itv and bbc get this show aswell

Now the Debate is on next monday

Anyone with playback or online
should watch this
It was live yesterday.


Superstar Dee White is there
Owen Jones is there
Creator of the big issue mag John Bird is there
MP's from all sides are there (Labours Chris Bryant)
Huffington Post (Medhi Hasan)
Spectator (Douglas Murray)


The Conservative minister MP Mike Penning gets on well with Dee White as he is working class.

Recorded not far from "benefits street"



One of the best Live Debates due to the amount of Quality People
Ch4 they picked to go Live

Actually it was spoiled for me by Richard Bacon, he really was terrible at keeping it flowing and keeping to the point too.
He was particularly rude to Owen Jones who had to tell him at one point to let him finish what he was saying.

Little was learned from it or achieved by it in my view, I preferred the one with Matthew Wright a couple of weeks ago.
There is little point in having these things if they are not going to stick to the facts.
For me Owen Jones and Chris Bryant gave a really good account of themselves and in all truth I am actually too getting a little tired of Dee as well.

A pity we didn't hear from many more of the general audience rather than constantly being taken back to Dee for her comments on whatever was said.
I watched it right through.it should have been really good with the people included on it but I found it almost a turn off due to really bad presenting from Richard Bacon.

Yes rushed due to ads
Ch4 should have gone brave
and done a 2 Hour Live Debate.

I agree,it needed far longer.