The Scheme?

[MarioandLuigi]

Did anyone else watch last week, and will you be tuning in this week?

oh yes i did.
shocking.
but possibly i am a bit tired to be staying up tonight to be shocked again.

I am not watching it tonight - one week was enough, and the dog shite on the floor last week was enough to put me off.

Saw it ages ago when it was on in Scotland... read in the paper that they're now showing it down in England and I think I heard that they're going to be putting subtitles on it

They're not speaking a different language it's called an accent
Can people really not understand English spoken with a regional accent?

Certainly didnt have subtitles when they showed it in Scotland so not sure if that's true or not.

Anyway i LOVED it , total car crash TV that you should sit with your jaw dropped going OH. MY. GOD

Lots of my Scottish friends used to report back on Facebook about what they'd seen. From their descriptions I don't think I'll bother. Sounds like Shameless, but Scottish.

As for the comment about subtitles - don't get a chip on your shoulder -plenty of people struggle with accents. And also, what about hearing impaired viewers? I'm sure they will appreciate the subtitles.

The whole thing wasnt subtitled, just a few bits that were hard to make out.

I'm Scottish and I wished it had subtitles sometimes, couldn't make out a word that Kerry was saying.

my dh - a scot - needed the subtitles btw, as he woudl do for rab c

OMFG! Just watching now! Like another world. I thought I was working class, but this takes it to a whole new level! The mum bouncing her neighbour's head off the pavement in front of her dcs?

I watched it. I could NOT understand ONE word they were saying. Sorry! shame I do not know how to work my TV for subtitles.

I judged. Heavily. They're not working class more like underclass.

I might as well just watched without sound as I was like 'WTF' at their regional accent. Long live London.

Lol somebody will be up soon to tell me to fuck off. I will gracefully take it because that accent is just NOT the business.

It's an AWFUL accent I agree and also agree they are NOT working class. They don't work! They're underclass...

did it cause much controversy in scotland when it was shown?
only a handful of people agreed to be filmed i think i heard, and the rest must be saying Dont tar us all with the same brush!

I'm Scottish and watched it and, yes, it shocked most of us! Wait till you see ep 3 with the guy shooting up heroin in his kitchen - horrifiying! However, I'm sure they could find pretty much the same scenes in any 'sink estate' in the UK.

that is a fair point

I think the subtitles were needed......not so much for the regional accents but for the drugged slurry voices!

Sundayrose - seriously? Long Live London? You're right, i'm sure there are no people like this in London This sort of estate is rife throughout the whole of the UK. FWIW, i watched about 20 mins of it, and was absolutely disgusted, those poor kids i feel sorry for.

constantly tired,. there are these types everywhere however there arent whole estates of them in London, its generally much more mixed even in the 'rougher' considered areas.

AmberLeaf - I couldn't really comment as to the accuracy of your statement, as i don't live in London, but to think this kind of scheme only exists outwith London is naive, just my opinion.