Talking TV #11: Benefits Street and Henry Winkler

Published: Jan. 17, 2014, 10:03 a.m.

b'Broadcast\\u2019s fortnightly podcast returns with more debate on Channel 4\\u2019s controversial series Benefits Street and a look at the new CBBC series from Henry Winkler (aka The Fonz).\\n\\nChannel 4\\u2019s head of documentaries Nick Mirsky talks to host Jake Kanter about why the Benefits Street has struck a chord, but refuses to commit to a second series of the Love Productions show.\\n\\nBroadcast editor Lisa Campbell and Steven D Wright, the creative director of Whizz Kid Entertainment, also discuss ITV\\u2019s stinging attack on the BBC this week and the spectre of top-slicing the licence fee.\\n\\nElsewhere, Kindle Entertainment director Anne Brogan pops by to discuss Hank Zipzer, CBBC\\u2019s adaptation of Happy Days actor Winkler\\u2019s series of children\\u2019s books starring a boy with dyslexia. \\n\\nFinally, find out how much BBC2\\u2019s new series The Great Interior Design Challenge resembles Changing Rooms and why Radio 2\\u2019s Ken Bruce divides opinions on BBC1 gameshow Reflex.'