Skint
2005–2006 · BBC One · 30 min · 2 seasons
S02E05 · Episode 5
Wed, 11 Oct, 7:35 am
Tony is on his own after being assaulted by his girlfriend, but manages to find a job for the first time in 11 years.
About
Skint is an observational documentary series that examines the little-known world of pawnbrokers and "buy-back" shops, and those who use them to survive.
Episodes
- E01
Episode 1
Wed, 13 Sept· 30 minThe critically acclaimed docusoap returns to the "buy-back" stores, pawn shops and streets of Birmingham and Bristol. Indomitable Big Issue seller Vernon Burgess is homeless again, so he's off to seek refuge with the Salvation Army.
- E02
Episode 2
Wed, 20 Sept· 30 minA Big Issue seller wants a change of career, while a couple are deep in debt and facing a court summons for assault. Meanwhile, Tara [text removed] has changed dramatically since the last series: she has taken her children away from Birmingham and their alcoholic father.
- E03
Episode 3
Wed, 27 Sept· 30 minChristmas is coming and Vernon is skint. Will busking help? Heroin addict Gaz wants to spend his first Christmas in years out of prison with his mum, and Nick has a gambling addiction that even his pawn shop connection finds unsettling.
- E04
Episode 4
Wed, 4 Oct· 30 minThe stress of debt is taking its toll on Tony, while Nick gets lucky when a woman gives him two free televisions that he can flog to the pawn shop.
- E05
Episode 5
Wed, 11 Oct· 30 minTony is on his own after being assaulted by his girlfriend, but manages to find a job for the first time in 11 years.
Cast
David Morrissey
Narrator
Dean Lennox Kelly
Narrator