Saturday Magazine – July 20, 2019

Words by: Neil Batey & Tricia Martin

Norcott’s

posh cosh

INSIDE THE

BRUDERHOF

Thur 10.35pm BBC

EXPEDITION WITH

STEVE BACKSHALL

Wed 8pm Dave

Far from the madding

crowd, in the rural

Sussex countryside,

lies a modern-day

utopia.

The village of

Darvell is home to a

settlement of the

Bruderhof, a radical

Christian community

who live outside of

mainstream society. There’s no crime,

debt or homelessness, everyone has a

job but no one earns a salary.

This documentary goes behind the

scenes to discover if members have

truly found the answers to a

harmonious life.

‘I’ve seen the emptiness in people’s

lives and how messed up society is,’

says teenager Hannah.

‘Now I realise the value in community

and the joy in committing my life to

something bigger than myself – it just

makes me flipping happy.’

Geoff Norcott is an angry right-wing

comedian, but he’s lost his sense of

humour with the quinoa-munching,

Brexit-protesting metropolitan elite...

In this opinionated documentary,

the funnyman who grew up on a south

London council estate rages against

the middle classes.

He claims they’re forcing working

class folk out of their own homes and

cheating the system to get their ‘little

darlings’ into the best schools – all

while eating smashed avocado on

sourdough toast. Let the rant begin!

Drink expensive red wine

or craft beer while

watching pretentious

foreign language films.

Practise downward dog

at a hot yoga class, then

grab a frappuccino on the

way to brunch.

You’re called Oliver or

Jemima and only date people

who went to private schools.

Eat vegan burgers or

chateaubriand steak and attend

posh sports events like

Badminton Horse Trials.

HOW THE MIDDLE CLASSES

RUINED BRITAIN Tue 9pm BBC

GEOFF’S GUIDE TO

BEING MIDDLE CLASS...

physical challenges, encountering
extraordinary wildlife and meeting incredible
characters. This week, Expedition with Steve
Backshall sees our man in Suriname,
heading into the Guiana Shield, a lost world
of towering table-top mountains, while in
future episodes he’ll face blisteringly hot

desert canyons and lead the first expedition

kayaking in the Arctic at the most dangerous

time of year.

‘I feel like so many people are getting

detatched from our wild world, and losing

their sense of investment in it,’ says Steve. ‘I

wanted to prove that exploration isn’t dead.’

Another world

in rural Sussex

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