Returning: Downton Abbey. Airdate: Benefits Street
From British aristocracy to poverty, all in a matter of minutes.
- Published by David Knox
- on February 8, 2016
- Filed under Programming
Monday nights on Seven will be flipping from British aristocracy to poverty in a matter of minutes.
Downton Abbey returns next Monday at 9pm on Seven for its final season, due to end with a two hour Christmas finale.
The sixth and final season of Downton Abbey premieres Monday, Feb 15 at 9pm. It’s 1925 and as secrets and rifts threaten the unity of the Crawley family, those below stairs are navigating social changes which put their futures in jeopardy.
It will be followed by Benefits Street, a 2014 UK observational series that saw Channel 4 accused of making “poverty porn.”
The show attracted a petition of 60,000, a union protest and tourists to the location featured. UK regulator OfCom cleared the show of any broadcasting breach.
Controversial British documentary series Benefits Street premieres Monday, Feb 15 at 10.30pm revealing the reality of life on benefits. You may not always agree with how these families live their lives, but you’ll be rooting for them all the same.
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4 Responses
I’m glad its on Mondays. i’ve got nothing much on that night. which is funny, because there was a time when Monday was the busiest tv night of the week.
I just presumed it would replace Molly when that concludes next week. But 9pm after MKR is a good idea.
That’s a better timeslot for Downton this year.
David, Benefits Street sounds like another Life on the dole(which nine aired in 2015 for a few weeks before being axed due to poor ratings).