Growing Up Poor: Lads
Duration: 1 x 57'
Play Trailer Play Screener Contact SalesA striking and sensitive documentary that follows three very different teenage boys growing up and struggling to survive on benefits.
Filmed over one summer this sensitive documentary follows three very different teenage boys. All on the cusp of adulthood and dealing with the normal pressures of growing up with one similarity – they are all surviving on benefits.
Craig doesn’t want to leave home but his mum’s lost her job and cannot keep the house, leaving him unsure of where to go or what to do. After growing up with no father figure, Wes is determined to be part of his son’s life.
However being there and financially supporting him are two different things, so finding work is a priority in a city where jobs are scarce. Life on the streets means the smallest mistake can affect your entire future, as Frankie knows only too well. He’s a changed person now and has a plan, but in a recession just getting a chance is hard enough.
Each of the guys lets you into their world, and we witness them trying to make their dreams come true.
What the Press Say:
“A sobering conclusion underlines how markedly the odds are stacked against the trio – and young people in general” – The Guardian
“Pick of the day” Sunday Times
“Dave Foulkes’ excellent, unflinching film” – The Times
For BBC 3
Also in this genre
The Knowledge: The World’s Toughest Taxi Test
Growing up Poor: Britain's Hidden Homeless Kids
Britain's America's Cup Challenge 4K
Our Soldiers: Return To Civvy Street
Deliveroo: How Do They Really Do It?
Living With My Supersized Pets
Ross Kemp: On the NHS Frontline
The Beckhams' Billions: How Did They Get So Rich?
Michael Palin In North Korea
Stacey Dooley Investigates: Gypsy Kids In Crisis
Kashmir's Torture Trail
Heal Me In The Name Of Jesus
Stacey and the Lockdown Babies
Poundland: How Do They Really Do It?
Face The Consequences - Format
Life On The Psych Ward
Farther And Sun, A Dyslexic Road Trip
The World’s Worst Place To Be Disabled?
The Beckham Feud - Truth & Lies
Dr Xand's Con or Cure - Format
National Trust: My Historic Home
How To Be A Young Billionaire
Retreat: Meditations From A Monastery
The Titan Sub Disaster: Minute by Minute
Stacey Dooley Investigates: Spy Cam Sex Criminals
Stacey's Lockdown Heroes
Stacey Dooley Investigates: Sex In Strange Places
Living with the Boss - Format
Fake Homeless: Who's Begging On The Streets?
Growing Up Poor: Britain's Breadline Kids
Britain’s Refugee Children
Jasmine Harman’s Renovation in the Sun
Historic Homes at Christmas
Prisoners' Wives: Visiting Hours
Stacey Dooley Investigates: Mums Selling Their Kids For Sex
Britain's Child Drug Runners
Inside the Bruderhof
Stacey Dooley: On The Psych Ward
Prince Andrew and Scandal in the Royal House of York
Born On The Breadline
Hannah Spearritt: Me & Breast Implants
Paul O'Grady's Little Heroes
Stacey Dooley Investigates: Kids Selling Drugs Online
Bring Back the Bush: Where Did Our Pubic Hair Go?
Sheridan Smith: Becoming Mum
Doom Scroll: Andrew Tate & The Dark Side of the Internet
Stacey Dooley: Face to Face with The Bounty Hunters
School of Hard Tricks
Prison, My Parents And Me
Stacey Dooley: The Young And Homeless
School of Hard Tricks - Format
of
Format Info
Growing Up Poor: Lads
A striking and sensitive documentary that follows three very different teenage boys growing up and struggling to survive on benefits.
Series Duration: 1 x 57'
Resolution: HD
Genres: Human Interest