60 Days on the Streets (2019– ) User Reviews

Means well but ultimately it a similar story we've seen before

[Pizzaowner · 7/10 · 30 March 2019]

Firstly I have to admit I've seen MANY doccos similar to this one...and at least 2 or 3 of them have been 'living the life for a while' style, similar to this one. What I found interesting is that DESPITE Ed Stafford's worldliness he seems somewhat naive about the world around him as witnessed by the first episode where the charming street guy of 26 cons him into believing he REALLY has been hard done by and deserves a chance only to find out later that despite the poor-me just-out-of-school act he puts on he is in fact VERY street-wise and the money is ABSOLUTELY for drugs and not a bed. Soon we understand that all the other documentaries we have seen were probably right AS WELL. I'm not certain if the %'s are valid worldwide and city wide but we all should know that MOST street people are on drugs...of one kind or another. Secondly many street people have mental problems...of one variety or another and when you give them $ you're helping them feed their problem...and I'm not saying that is wrong....but it is a fact. Most aren't willing or capable of streaming themselves back into society so your pity for them is wasted......THEY are their own worst enemy. By the end of the 3 segments Ed has woken up a little although he still has some hidden guilt about his situation vs theirs. Worth a watch but don't expect any revelations not made clear in most of the other street docs.

must-see doco

[gilleliath · 10/10 · 19 March 2019]

Fair play to Ed Stafford for having the bottle to live rough on the streets, even for a few weeks, and show the rest of us what it is really like. And it turns out, it is not as brutal as he (or we) feared - there were arguments, but the first ep didn't have a single instance of anyone gratuitously abusing or attacking the homeless. Refreshingly (especially for C4) the programme didn't sanitise or idealise its subjects - it was clear that they all bore some responsibility for their situation - yet it still showed them as people deserving of sympathy (and help!). I don't think you could ask any more from a documentary of this type.

I have to say that it wasn't entirely fair to Manchester; the place was portrayed as being littered with drugged-out zombies and street latrines, and it certainly isn't. Still it can't be denied that there are a lot of people sleeping rough in the city centre.