You report that Channel 4 has announced a show called The British Tribe Next Door, “which will see Gogglebox star Scarlett Moffatt relocate her entire family to Namibia, where they will live alongside the semi-nomadic Himba people in a purpose-built replica of their County Durham semi-detached house” (22 August). Some previous Channel 4 shows have been described as “poverty porn”. Is there a suitable epithet for this one?
Mike Gautrey
Wokingham, Berkshire
• My wife and I have been gripped by the Danish drama Below the Surface on BBC Four, in which a group of vulnerable individuals, including children, are held hostage in a shipping container. Imagine our surprise at finding the programme is in fact a documentary about UK social housing policy (Report, 21 August).
John Lovelock
Bristol
• Thirty years ago my family of four survived with one metal bin for household waste (Letters, 26 August). As a retired couple we have three bins, with an industry of recyclers blaming us! Surely the food industry and online deliverers have a part to play in this growing problem? Tax them high and pierce their plastic bubble.
Sally Bates
Cotgrave, Nottinghamshire
• Rather than sending Amazon’s plastic bags back to its head office (Letters, 24 August), a better idea is to shop elsewhere, ideally at a green-minded firm that doesn’t avoid tax.
Colin Baker
Llangynidr, Powys
• Well done to Matthew Newman’s family for referring to our new prime minister as “that **** Boris (Letters, 26 August). We use “that ******** Boris”, which may give a wider appreciation of the enormities of the man.
Dr Ron Fraser
Swallowfield, Berkshire
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