Ma’am, Would You Be My Neighbour?
The juxtaposition on BBC One was jarring. Picture the Platinum Jubilee concert, lavishly partying before Buckingham’s brilliantly lit beacon. Then, observe the British Gas Energy Trust campaign, screened the next day, with its Dickensian picture of a single father struggling alone to keep the lights on… This loving dad bundles his kids out the door, only to disconsolately return inside and switch off every power-sapping device – bulbs, microwave, and boiler alike. He dons a duffle coat in the dark, waiting on a call from a faceless operat...
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