The Mighty Redcar | |
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Genre | Documentary |
Directed by | Dan Dewsbury Stuart Bernard Jonny Ashton |
Narrated by | Madison Cooper |
Opening theme | Friday Afternoons ("Cuckoo") |
Composer | Mat Davidson |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 1 |
No. of episodes | 4 |
Production | |
Executive producer | John Douglas |
Production location | Redcar |
Editors | Samuel Sananta Sam Bergson Reva Childs |
Camera setup | Dan Dewsbury |
Running time | 45 minutes |
Production company | 72 Films |
Original release | |
Network | BBC Two |
Release | 6 September 27 September 2018 | –
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The Mighty Redcar is a 2018 British documentary series first aired on BBC Two. Marketed by the BBC as a "real-life soap opera", the four part series focuses on young people from the town of Redcar and nearby Grangetown, an area with high unemployment following the 2015 closure of SSI Redcar steelworks. The show was praised for its portrayal of the area and for avoiding the "poverty porn" stereotypes associated with similar documentaries.