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Growing Up Skint

Episode 4 of 4

Documentary about child poverty. In Glasgow, Mansfield and London, children show the courage and determination to rise above their circumstances and break out of the poverty trap.

Documentary looking at the increasing problem of child poverty in the UK. In Glasgow, two teenage boys steer a path through the gang fighting, drinking, drug dealing and crime. In Mansfield, a four year-old-girl becomes homeless when her mother is a victim of domestic violence. In London, a 10-year-old Bangladeshi girl studies hard to escape her background. The film reveals the courage and determination they all share to rise above their circumstances and break out of their cycle of poverty.

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Fri 21 Nov 2008 04:10

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