Has anyone else been watching this? Deeply moving and clearly a good experience for these young people to express their feelings about something so tragic.
My only concern is the influence of filming on some of those children. Malone was clearly picking out some troubled children to boost and bring to the fore - but a bit of me was concerned that they were being singled out simply because they would make good TV.
I was very concerned about the young man who had been through 11 foster placements - what a disgrace that is, and it is impossible not to wonder about the quality of services that result in such a sad situation (and I am not social worker bashing - I was one!). This young man had the full spotlight of Malone's attention - a good thing? Maybe - but it could so easily have gone wrong if he had copped out at the last moment and been left feeling less worthwhile than he was before. I also feel that it is easy to use him to make good TV; but what happens when the cameras are gone, and Malone becomes just another person who drops into his life and drops out again? Such a vulnerable young man not to be exploited by TV.
Did anyone else share these worries?
How do you acknowledge Easter.