Neighbourhood Watched

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Neighbourhood Watched
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Genre Documentary
Country of origin United Kingdom
No. of series3
No. of episodes14
Production
Production companyRaw Television
Original release
Network BBC One
Release4 August 2009 (2009-08-04) 
present

Neighbourhood Watched is a British reality television programme focusing on the lives of Housing Officers and their tenants.

Contents

Episode list

No. in programme No. in series Title Air Date Reference
11"Keeping the Peace"4 August 2009 (2009-08-04) [1]
22"Moving On"11 August 2009 (2009-08-11) [1]
33"No Place Like Home"18 August 2009 (2009-08-18) [1]
44"Home Sweet Home"25 August 2009 (2009-08-25) [1]
No. in programme No. in series Title Air Date Reference
51"The Trouble With Young Men"1 March 2011 (2011-03-01) [2]
62"A New Home"8 March 2011 (2011-03-08) [2]
73"Blood is Thicker than Water"15 March 2011 (2011-03-15) [2]
84"Over-Crowded and Under-Funded"22 March 2011 (2011-03-22) [2]
No. in programme No. in series Title Air Date Reference
91"Episode 1"16 August 2012 (2012-08-16) [3]
102"Episode 2"23 August 2012 (2012-08-23) [3]
113"Episode 3"30 August 2012 (2012-08-30) [3]
124"Episode 4"6 September 2012 (2012-09-06) [3]
135"Episode 5"13 September 2012 (2012-09-13) [3]
146"Episode 6"1 April 2013 (2013-04-01) [3]

Critical reception

The programme is critically acclaimed. Neil Midgley of The Daily Telegraph , called the story-telling "a cut above". [4] David Rigby of The Guardian , while noting the housing sector gave it "a mixed reaction", praised the transparency it provided. Rigby called the show "a great advert for the diverse qualities...of landlords". [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "BBC One - Neighbourhood Watched - Episode guide - Series 1". BBC. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "BBC One - Neighbourhood Watched - Episode guide - Series 2". BBC. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "BBC One - Neighbourhood Watched - Episode guide - Series 3". BBC. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
  4. Midgley, Neil (30 August 2012). "Neighbourhood Watched, BBC One, review". The Telegraph. London. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
  5. Rigby, David (23 August 2012). "Neighbourhood Watched: television is the true test of transparency". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 9 September 2012.