Channel 4's Best and Worst (2/2) By Mark Pollard

(1/2), (2/2).

When people talk about Hull and its problems, what they are actually talking about (whether they know it or not) is inner city Hull and council estate Hull and their problems. You might as well talk about (or make television programmes about) the problems of any inner city, or the council estates of any city, because they're all the bloody same.

And in anticipation of those who would respond by telling me to lighten up, as it's only television - a bit of tongue-in-cheek fun, designed to stimulate some debate - I'd just like to tell you why it's no laughing matter. Lots of people in this city are working bloody hard, in many different ways, to regenerate the place and tear down the scandalously inaccurate and misleading stereotypes that have been attached to (usually northern) cities like Hull, by the South East-based media.

Some of those people are doing it from formal, paid, regeneration posts; others, like the good folk here at thisisUll.com, are just doing their bit in the way they live, the events they organise, the things they write and the word they spread. They all have one thing in common this morning, though: they are all hurt and angry at the way they have seen our great city dismissed as being a place fit only for the poor, stupid, immoral, unhealthy and uninspired. The ignorance and throw-away perceptions displayed by those responsible for the programme are surely an insult to their standing as otherwise intelligent people.

Makers of TV programmes have a duty to come up with responsible pieces that do not damage or prejudice people unfairly. Channel 4 have effectively damaged almost 300,000 people with this programme, and they should be ashamed. Channel 4 Best and Worst ITN 'Hull is worst place to live' BBC Propogate the story on it. (is this what our money is used for?)

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