Tower Block of Commons (2010)
- Genre
- documentary television program
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Length
- 1 season, 4 episodes
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Four British members of Parliament live in poor housing estates across the country to experience conditions firsthand. The show documents their reactions and the lives of the residents they meet.
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What happens
Tower Block of Commons is a British four-episode reality documentary show produced by Love Productions and broadcast on Channel 4 in 2010 where four Members of Parliament (MPs) have to spend time living in a variety of deprived housing estates around Britain. The four MPs who participated were Austin Mitchell (Labour), Mark Oaten (Liberal Democrat), Tim Loughton and Nadine Dorries (both Conservative). In the first episode, Iain Duncan Smith appears but Dorries appears in his place for the remainder of the three episodes. Duncan Smith's exit from the show followed his wife being diagnosed with cancer. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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