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How to Get a Council House

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How to Get a Council House
Narrated byAnthony Read
Country of originUnited Kingdom
No. of series4
No. of episodes12
Production
Executive producerRos Ponder
Production companyStudio Lambert[1]
Original release
NetworkChannel 4
ReleaseAugust 1, 2013 (2013-08-01) 
May 24, 2016 (2016-05-24)

How to Get a Council House is a British documentary series shown on Channel 4. It is about the difficulty in gaining council housing, due to the long waiting list and not enough housing.[2]

Series 1

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Episode 1

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  • Air date 1 August 2013

Episode 2

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  • Air date 8 August 2013

Episode 3

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  • Air date 15 August 2013

Series 2

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Episode 1

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  • Air date 16 April 2014

Episode 2

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  • Air date 23 April 2014

Episode 3

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  • Air date 30 April 2014

Series 3

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Episode 1

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  • Air date 8 July 2015

Episode 2

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  • Air date 13 July 2015

Episode 3

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  • Air date 20 July 2015

Series 4

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Episode 1

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  • Air date 9 May 2016

Episode 2

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  • Air date 17 May 2016

Episode 3

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  • Air date 24 May 2016

Production

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Development for the series How to Get a Council House was announced on 14 May 2013, when Channel 4 had ordered a new three-part documentary television series originally titled I Want a Council House, the new series would tackle on day-to-day realities of local authority housing teams, homeless persons' units, and families navigating the UK's social housing system with Studio Lambert serving as a producer for the series.[3] Two months later the series had been renamed to How to Get a Council House.[4]

References

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  1. "How to get a Council House". Studio Lambert.
  2. "How to Get a Council House, Channel 4, review: 'austerity makes for tough choices'". The Daily Telegraph. 6 July 2015. Archived from the original on 10 May 2017.
  3. "New series documents life for those on social housing list". Channel 4. 14 May 2013.
  4. "How to Get a Council House". Channel 4. 31 July 2013.
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