Trauma isn't entertainment
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“This series seems mainly to be about Audrey Gillan. She makes soup and lollies and cakes for homeless people, and records them for broadcast when they cannot give meaningful consent. She asks them questions that seem only good for an internet search for information on these people, something that they could not give informed consent for, and now we have their names, dates and places of birth too.
Of course they have experienced misery and abuse, of course they are profoundly sad, and sing drunkenly and become angry and forgetful and are unable to function in the world that Gillian and listeners inhabit.
I'm unsure what the point of this programme is. Should we feel sorry for Tara and George now that we know something about their histories? Should we feel chastened that we don't bother to discover what's happened to people like Tara and George as we walk past them every day? Should we make soup and cakes for homeless people?
Trauma isn't entertainment. Make a radio play based on their lives, but broadcasting this material is deeply unethical.
BBC Ethics dropped the ball on this one.”Read full review »
Wornington via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
09/12/18
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“This is heart-breakingly brilliant radio, but also full of humour and wit. Tara and George pander to nobody, but Gillan makes you understand why so many people in the community care about them. Full of all the humanity that we need so much more of. I’m two eps in and can’t wait for the rest.”
Lena LK via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
08/25/18
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“Tara and George where are they now....breaks my heart 💖”
kelly via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
08/12/20
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