SBS confirms season two of Struggle Street

April 28, 2016 10:42

SBS has confirmed it has commissioned a second season of Struggle Street, one of the most controversial shows of 2015.

Some of the participants from the first season of documentary Struggle Street.

Some of the participants from season one of documentary Struggle Street

The move comes after reports last year that the multicultural broadcaster was scouting locations in Sunshine one of Melbourne’s poorer suburbs.

The documentary, which has been labelled “poverty porn” by its critics, last year drew an angry response from some in Western Sydney when it screened earlier this year but the controversy translated to strong audiences with the first episode drawing 935,000 metropolitan viewers.

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Nic Christensen

Nic Christensen worked for Mumbrella from 2013 to 2016, in roles including deputy editor and media & technology editor. He is former media writer for The Australian and has also worked as a reporter for The Daily Telegraph and senior producer for Radio 2GB.

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2 COMMENTS

nick bartlett 28 Apr 16

Poverty porn always rates. If they could put the cast in a cooking show where they visited each others Housing Commission apartments it would rate its socks off. And it would be the perfect match for an Aldi sponsorship.

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Paridell 29 Apr 16

SBS must be gluttons for punishment.

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