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Diary

White Dee's diary: From Benefits Street to Downing Street?

Plus: On being Channel 4's biggest hit, and on James Turner Street as a tourist attraction

15 February 2014

9:00 AM

15 February 2014

9:00 AM

There’s no reason why you should have heard of me. No reason why you would have watched a Channel 4 television series called Benefits Street — with a title like that, I’d have changed channel if it came on my telly. But they didn’t tell us the title when they wanted to spend 18 months filming on our street.

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Deirdre Kelly, also known as White Dee, asked for her fee to be donated to Guide Dogs for the Blind.

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