TV programme about debt & bankruptcy

Addicted2Chocolate

Tuesday 20th Jan, BBC1, 22;35, Bust:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00h50j7
''Bust is an intimate portrait of families struggling to cope with personal debts, as the credit crunch unfolds during one of the worst recessions for decades.
Like many other families in Britain, Tracy and Melvyn opted to buy their council house on a cheap mortgage. Then, despite their best endeavours to make their books balance, they gradually sunk more and more into the quagmire of debt. Over a year, we witness their emotional roller coaster as they fight to keep everything they have worked so hard for: their jobs, their car, their home, and their sanity. What options do they have to keep their family together and a roof over their heads?
Michael, a retired chef, is struggling to afford the help he needs to cope with his lung and heart disease. Maria is a social worker who took out a loan when she and her partner could easily afford the repayments; that relationship is now over, and she is on maternity leave, with her creditors threatening to send in the bailiffs. Both are facing the terrifying prospect of declaring themselves bankrupt. We follow them as they struggle with the burden of admitting they cannot cope, and battle through the bureaucracy of bankruptcy. Is it really the answer they all expect it to be?
Bust is the emotional journey of debt and bankruptcy.''

I have had some involvement in the making of the programme, will be strange to watch it. Thought it will be of interest to many on here.

startagain_2

Thanks addicted,
I shall certainly be watching.....
I am not so sure that I agree with the wording "terrifying prospect of declaring themselves bankrupt" and "the bureaucracy of bankruptcy" - I saw it as an enormous relief, the terrifying bit was the months trying to cope with debt.
The bureaucracy is relatively simple with the advice and support from the debt charities and this forum.
Thanks for the information.
Best wishes
SA

fermi

Thanks.

Err............. That link says:

Next on:

20 Jan 2009, 22:35 on BBC One

Addicted2Chocolate

sorry is def, tuesday evening, the 20th

fermi

Addicted2Chocolate wrote: »

sorry is def, tuesday evening, the 20th

Thanks again.

Just looked it up. Definitely Tuesday.

dalip

Thanks ADTC. Glad it's on late i wll be home from work and able to watch it.


Are you on leave for a while now?;)

Addicted2Chocolate

Hi Dalip
No, i am only 20 weeks, due 05th june so thinking of finishing work mid May. Planning on taking 09 months mat leave, looking forward to the break to be honest!!

dalip wrote: »

Thanks ADTC. Glad it's on late i wll be home from work and able to watch it.


Are you on leave for a while now?;)

fermi

Addicted2Chocolate wrote: »

Hi Dalip
No, i am only 20 weeks, due 05th june so thinking of finishing work mid May. Planning on taking 09 months mat leave, looking forward to the break to be honest!!

I bet! I don't envy you at the moment. Must be busy as..... err.... anything.

dalip

I bet. Still at 20 wks you should be over all that sickness:p .Dx



PS do we get to see you on the TV:D

fermi

dalip wrote: »

PS do we get to see you on the TV:D

I was tempted to ask that as well.

dalip

ummm no reply so far........;)