A warm, unflinching and laugh-out-loud funny peek into the challenging lives of young people and giving them a voice to talk about the issues they face and tell their stories in their own words.
People Like Us
Described as “shockingly real and funny” by The Daily Telegraph, People Like Us was BBC THREE’s highest-rating debut factual series of 2012 by an independent production company.
Series 1 was set in and around the little-known Manchester estate of Harpurhey, where we met the Wakefield family – Paul, Karen, Amber and Maddie – bosses of the Wishee Washee launderette at the heart of the community.
Series 2 moved from Harpurhey to the Chelmsley Wood area outside Birmingham, where we met Pete and Ryan the two ambitious, entrepreneurial wrestlers who run a wrestling group; Sade who is determined to make a better life for her family; hardworking shopkeeper Mo; aspiring actors Charlie and Gareth; and football referee and aspiring history teacher, Josh.