The Great British Benefits Handout (2016)
Three long-term unemployed families on benefits will each be given a cash lump sum of £26,000 upfront (the current maximum amount of benefits given in a year to most families) in return for signing off. Will the families have what it takes to escape the benefit trap and start a business or get a job? Or will they just blow the lot?
Seasons & Episode
Six Unemployed families and individuals, including a Romford grandmother and Southend single mother, are paid a cash lump sum in return for giving up benefits.
Lorraine gets her trading licence and proceeds to set up her children's clothing stall, but will Romford's discerning market-goers like what they see?
Empty-nester Lorraine is finding the new family dynamic a shock. Adam is super-eager to get back to work, Kim's tanning business has really taken off, and Donna is still trying her best to make the cut.
Having been living hand-to-mouth for years, Danny takes the windfall to do something special for mum-of-five Fran.
Sophie must put her dressmaking business on hold after being evicted by her landlord. Fran and Danny's dream of buying a burger van is within reach, but at what cost?
Adam and Leanne's fledgling gardening business has some painful lessons in store. Having bought a burger van, Fred questions whether she and Dan have been sold a puppy. Sophie has no choice but to press on with her battle to save the family home.