New BBC drama "Shiny Shiny Bright New Hole In My Heart"

Floss

I don't want to be a miserable old DFW, but is this really what we need to see on TV? Hope the BBC do it properly, to try & educate people rather than glamorise being in debt.

"Drama in which Natalie, an attractive and successful young woman, who works as a personal shopper in a glamorous department store, becomes seduced by the opulent lives of her clients.

As her spending habits spiral out of control, she is faced with devastating consequences for herself and her family"

Starts on Wednesday 26th July, BBC2, 9-10.15pm

sarah3891

From the description Floss, I think it sounds like it will be more af an anti-debt programme than anything else? If they've emphasised the 'devastating consq for herself and her family' in the precis, then I would assume it's a tale of how devastating debt can be, and therefore, be a dissuasion??

S

Broken_hearted

Think I'll watch this as it reminds me of the friends I know who live on benefits on a roughish council estate and read those glossy mags full of celebs, then try to look/act like them.

MinnieSpender

One of the new storylines in Eastenders is about Juley being in debt. Being soap-time, he'll probably get it sorted out by three weeks on Thursday.

Toto

MinnieSpender wrote:

One of the new storylines in Eastenders is about Juley being in debt. Being soap-time, he'll probably get it sorted out by three weeks on Thursday.

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aimme13

lol........dont watch eastenders but after reading that bit above, she will prob get into debt in episode 1 be depressed in episode 2 and marry a rich young man in episode 3!!!

But ya never know it may be good???

Broken_hearted

aimme13 wrote:

lol........dont watch eastenders but after reading that bit above, she will prob get into debt in episode 1 be depressed in episode 2 and marry a rich young man in episode 3!!!

But ya never know it may be good???

Its a bloke, but you never know

Floss

Naw, he's leaving! Not that I watch them, I just read page 116/117 on ITV Teletext, gives you all the soap goss! Storyline is something like being such a bad person to beat up **** in the club, he leaves the square....big drums etc etc.

lady_fuschia

Sounds like it might be good actually. Perhaps putting something like that in glam sparkly drama form will get through to people more than something dry and documentary-ish?
I think people are starting to become a bit more debt aware in the media in general, even if not enough people are doing much about it. There's been a lot of "help I'm in debt" programmes lately- its probably a good thing.