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Television

A badly missed opportunity: How the Middle Classes Ruined Britain reviewed

27 July 2019

9:00 AM

27 July 2019

9:00 AM

BBC2’s How the Middle Classes Ruined Britain (Tuesday) began rather promisingly. ‘I’m a working-class comedian who voted Leave,’ announced presenter Geoff Norcott, ‘and I think it’s about time you lot heard some home truths.’ But then came the programme itself — which turned out to be the TV equivalent of a footballer who, faced with an open goal, dribbles about aimlessly before falling over.

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