I don't know if anyone watched it. Family bereavement, parents with mental health issues, domestic violence leading to family breakdown, temporary housing. None of these children asked to grow up without enough food, in inadequate housing, worrying about their parents.
Yet another example of how well off most of us are. Warm, fed, clothed, with a regular income, even if its not a lot. And before people rush to point out how bad it was a long time ago, there was no welfare system, families tended to be in the same place, and there weren't the same comparisons in daily view.
Whoever ends up in government, I hope they take note that the safety nets are just not adequate at times.