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The Estate (2012)

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Genre
documentary film
Country
United Kingdom

How it feels

This BBC documentary series follows several families living in a housing estate in Coleraine, Northern Ireland. It captures their daily lives without narration or commentary.

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What happens

The Estate is a BBC Northern Ireland documentary series similar to The Scheme, this time following the lives of several families in the Ballysally housing estate in Coleraine. The series was broadcast every Monday at 10:35pm from 23 January 2012 to 12 March 2012 on BBC One Northern Ireland and was broadcast to the rest of the UK every Tuesday at 11:35pm, 27 March – 15 May 2012 on BBC One and BBC One HD (2nd episode broadcast on a Monday, 3rd, 4th & 5th episodes at 11:40pm & 6th episode at 11:50pm). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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