7 DAYS ON THE BREADLINE, 3 November 2009 - programme information
Four celebrities, seven days on the breadline. In this series, Mel B, Trinny Woodall, Keith Allen and Austin Healey leave their comfortable lives behind to step into the shoes of families struggling to make ends meet in Britain.
To find out more about some of the issues addressed in this programme, go to Advice Guide Scotland
DAMAGE, Thursday 29 October 2009 - programme information
This drama deals with the trauma of rape and contains scenes of sexual violence.
If you or anyone you know has been affected by any of the events portrayed in tonight's programme, you can contact Rape Crisis Scotland online at www.rapecrisisscotland.org.uk or by telephone on Freephone 08088 010302. Lines are open from 6pm to midnight.
7 DAYS ON THE BREADLINE, Tuesday 20 October, 2009 - programme information
Four celebrities, seven days on the breadline. In this series, Mel B, Trinny Woodall, Keith Allen and Austin Healey leave their comfortable lives behind to step into the shoes of families struggling to make ends meet in Britain.
For seven days, they will try to cope on the budget of the different households they join and in the process learn about problems faced by many families across the UK, such as the daily challenges of paying for food and bills on limited means, dealing with inadequate living conditions, having little or no money to entertain the children and trying to motivate tearaway teenagers to stay in school or get a job.
In the first episode, we follow the four celebrities as they travel to Leeds to meet their families for the first time. The celebrities know that the households they will be joining are living on low-incomes, pensions or benefits - and that they will be replacing a key member of the family. But they have very few other facts about who they'll be joining beyond that it is a single parent household, a family with teenagers or an elderly person living alone.
For help with issues addressed in this programme, contact Community Legal Advice - a free and confidential service paid for by legal aid. Call their helpline number on 0845 345 4345 or visit www.communitylegaladvice.org
TO CATCH A PAEDOPHILE, Tuesday 29 September, 2009 - programme information
What can be done to protect children from paedophiles on the Internet?
Recent figures show that children are far more likely to come into contact with a sex offender via the Internet than on the streets where they live.
The internet has become an intrinsic part of children's lives; used for homework, game playing, and social networking. But, unfortunately it has also become a place where sexual predictors can chat to children online, anonymously.
Two-part documentary series To Catch a Paedophile has gained exclusive access to the Scotland Yard's Paedophile Unit as they go undercover on the Internet to catch men who want to groom children for sex.
If you would like to speak to someone about any of the issues raised in the programme please contact:
Stop it Now! UK & Ireland is a campaign, managed by the Lucy Faithfull Foundation, which aims to prevent child sexual abuse by raising awareness and encouraging early recognition and responses to the problem by abusers themselves and those close to them.
For confidential advice freephone
0808 1000 900
If you would like to report child sexual abuse content on the Internet please contact:
The UK Hotline for reporting illegal content, specifically child sexual abuse content hosted worldwide and criminally obscene and incitement to racial hatred content hosted in the UK.
