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THE millionaire TV boss who made Benefits Street last night dodged a
plea from its hard-up residents for a cut of the smash hit show’s
profits.
RUN-DOWN: James Turner Street is worlds apart from the road that boss Richard McKerrow lives on
Neighbours include celebrity chefs Gordon Ramsay, 47, and Ainsley Harriott, 56, and Take That star Mark Owen, 42.
It is a sought-after area nicknamed Nappy Valley because there are so many yummy mummies from well-off families who do not have to work.
Unlike on James Turner Street, in the shadow of Birmingham’s Winson Green Prison, McKerrow’s neighbours frequent the many trendy cafés, coffee shops and restaurants in the area pushing £1,000 Bugaboo prams.
Yesterday Mr McKerrow declined to answer the door and failed to respond to questions via the show’s publicist.
Anna Korzen, who was in several episodes, said: “We were never given anything to be in the show. If they are to sell this for loads of money they should share that with the people that made the show what it is.’’
Last night a spokesman for Channel 4 said: “Channel 4 is a publicly-owned, not-for-profit corporation and money made from advertising funds our investment in programming.’’
He added that Channel 4 did not own the international rights to the show and could not speak on behalf of the production company.
RUN-DOWN: James Turner Street is worlds apart from the road that boss Richard McKerrow lives on
Richard McKerrow, 50, remained inside his
£3million house and refused to say if he would let any of its desperate
dole claimants share in its success.
The
television exec’s Love Productions company, which made the series for
Channel 4, turned over more than £13m last year and banked a £1m profit
following the success of one of its other shows The Great British
Bake-Off.
McKerrow is set to rake in another fortune when he sells the rights to Benefits Street worldwide.
His
six-bedroom home near trendy Clapham Common in south London is worth
the same as half of the 99 tiny terraces on James Turner Street in
Birmingham, where the five-part series was based.
Mr McKerrow counts Ed Miliband, 44, among his pals.
But
he and partner Anna Beattie, 46, a fellow creative director in the
company, did not appear to share the Labour leader’s love of wealth
re-distribution when we asked him if he planned to reward some of his
Benefits Streets stars.
Neighbours include celebrity chefs Gordon Ramsay, 47, and Ainsley Harriott, 56, and Take That star Mark Owen, 42.
It is a sought-after area nicknamed Nappy Valley because there are so many yummy mummies from well-off families who do not have to work.
Unlike on James Turner Street, in the shadow of Birmingham’s Winson Green Prison, McKerrow’s neighbours frequent the many trendy cafés, coffee shops and restaurants in the area pushing £1,000 Bugaboo prams.
Yesterday Mr McKerrow declined to answer the door and failed to respond to questions via the show’s publicist.
Anna Korzen, who was in several episodes, said: “We were never given anything to be in the show. If they are to sell this for loads of money they should share that with the people that made the show what it is.’’
Last night a spokesman for Channel 4 said: “Channel 4 is a publicly-owned, not-for-profit corporation and money made from advertising funds our investment in programming.’’
He added that Channel 4 did not own the international rights to the show and could not speak on behalf of the production company.
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