'WireBurners' - BBC 2003 (Clip 2 Junkie family )

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Short clip from my BBC documentary WireBurners (2003). I follow a trio of homeless folk who make a living from scrap metal and other street rubbish. A haunting, sometimes harrowing, portrait of street life but not without a sense of hope.

Broadcast on BBC2, Aug 2003.

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  • this family is from rutherglen, they've been junkies for yeers the ma and the sis , the boy's called steff, meet the McLeans

  • Good info there my friend. Are any of them still going about?

  • sadly wee steff is dead , he o'd the ma & sis are still about down queens park

  • He's dead? I thought he was the healthiest of the lot of them but an OD's an OD I suppose. Are they around Queens Park in Glasgow or somewhere else?

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  • @MrJanesaddiction Yes, I'm from the Highlands so its featured in some of my films. I live in Glasgow now but would love to make a docu about the characters and issues in the countryside. Thanks for your kinds words !!! DGS x

  • @MrJanesaddiction Thanks a lot!!

  • @MrJanesaddiction Sure...find a website called Culture Unplugged and then type in my full name to the search box. Several of my full docs posted on my profile there inc this.

  • dude tell me how the ibo ting is going? im on 80 mls meth wanna do ibo but ppl r wanting to charge shit loads of cash, but am considering doing it, how ru doing now afte these last few yrs? peace and light!

  • FUCKIN MINKS!

  • This is a harrowing portrait of a family melting down a drain into hell. My prayers are with them. I hope they got there lives together.

  • there ain fault

    fuckin smack heeds

    fuck them aw!

  • @kingdomofdalriada thanks for ur intelligent contribution. a look at ur channel comments........u're also a popular guy, ha ha!

  • This families neck should be cracked at the end of a rope

  • God bless n help this family. A dreadful situation for any human being to be in.......to those who are curious about trying a drug as destructive as heroin........a cautionary tale!

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