Peckham Finishing School for Girls is a three-episode show for BBC3, in which four home counties "posh girls" are dropped into Peckham. They are mentored by four Peckham girls, and given the odd job or task to do, while, hopefully, seeing the other side of things. All three episodes are currently up on the BBC's iPlayer. There's also a rather good overview of the general idea of the series in the Metro.
There are clashes from the start. One girl compares her routine of getting up at 5am, ice-skating and modelling to that of being a cleaner. They all, when given £30 to spend on Peckham clothing, decide to waste the money and arse about, something that greatly angers the Peckham girls who rarely get new things. One of them, on hearing about a Peckham girl's experiences in care, starts crying. I paraphrase; "Oh-em-gee, your experiences have upset ME so much, everyone crowd around and comfort ME, because it's just so hard for ME hearing about how tough your life is!".
And so on.
I love train wreck TV. I also rather like Serena, although she's not really getting as much screen time as that irritating Cat.
There are clashes from the start. One girl compares her routine of getting up at 5am, ice-skating and modelling to that of being a cleaner. They all, when given £30 to spend on Peckham clothing, decide to waste the money and arse about, something that greatly angers the Peckham girls who rarely get new things. One of them, on hearing about a Peckham girl's experiences in care, starts crying. I paraphrase; "Oh-em-gee, your experiences have upset ME so much, everyone crowd around and comfort ME, because it's just so hard for ME hearing about how tough your life is!".
And so on.
I love train wreck TV. I also rather like Serena, although she's not really getting as much screen time as that irritating Cat.
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