On Benefits is a Documentary programme.

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On Benefits: Depressed, Stressed, Repossessed & On Benefits

Series 4, episode 4

Directed by (unconfirmed)
George Boyle

Stories of people struggling on benefits. Mark from Cheltenham is a part-time drag queen who lost his Spanish bar after a licensing dispute. Now home and claiming sickness benefits for depression, he is keen to get well enough to work again. Plus, the stories of a widowed grandmother whose life has been tough since her drug-addicted grandson was sent to prison for attacking her, and a 63-year-old joiner who cannot work because of back trouble