A Life of Grime

A Life of Grime (play on the expression A Life of Crime) is a BBC docusoap following the work of environmental health inspectors. Launched during an explosion of reality television, the apparently unpromising idea found something of a cult following. With Louis Armstrong's What a Wonderful World as the ironic title music, the episodes were narrated by John Peel and later Arthur Smith in sardonic tones. Its appeal was due to a disgust factor and the eccentric but often lucid characters encountered either hoarding rubbish or keeping huge numbers of animals, most famously Edmund Trebus. The original series was set in Haringey; subsequent series have been set in Salford, Sheffield, Tower Hamlets and New York.

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BBC - Docusoap - Environmental health - Reality television - Louis Armstrong - What a Wonderful World - John Peel - Arthur Smith - Edmund Trebus - Haringey - Salford - Sheffield - Tower Hamlets - New York

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