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Poorland

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Sean Grundy's satirical take on attitudes towards poverty and the poor.

Come to "Poorland Yorkshire", the latest addition to our chain of exciting theme parks which have transformed some of Britain's toughest council estates. Take the family on one of our many thrilling rides - "Benefit Island" water ride, "Joyride" or "HellEviction". Stay for the night in the "Disenchanted Kingdom". Try out one of our celebrity chav make-overs or visit our Poorland gift shop where "each toy is some child's broken dream". Come to Poorland, where every dream is unfulfilled.

On the same day, Susan and John visit the new Poorland theme park which has been opened on the site of the Yorkshire council estate that they grew up in. Susan's accompanying her teenage daughter on her birthday and John's there to review the new ride "The Fires of Orgreave". They bump into each other and soon discover that they remember their childhood on the estate in starkly different ways.

Script Editor ....... Abigail Youngman
Writer ................Sean Grundy
Producer ............Alison Crawford. Show less

Contributors

Susan Varley:
Angela Griffin
John Thames:
Anthony Flanagan
Chris Varley:
Faye Castelow
Resus Chambers:
Samuel Barnett
AR Shoals:
David Reed

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