From the salt of the earth to the scum of the earth - the white working class has, supposedly, undergone a dramatic transformation in recent decades into the last social and racial group that it is acceptable to mock and condemn, the lowest of the low: "white trash." What have they done to deserve this damning portrayal? How, and why, has 'Andy Capp' become 'Chav Scum?' In Channel Four’s controversial and compelling film, south-east London born Michael Collins takes us on a passionately argued and personal journey to discover who the white working class really are. TX 10.07.05
Directed by Marion Milne for 
The British Working Class
