Life of Grime (1999) Reviews

Life of Grime follows a team of people working for the Department of Environmental Health in London. The people followed are the health inspectors, bin men, rat catchers, and the workmen who do the every day jobs, such as unblocking bunged up drains, and clearing homes ready for new tenants. As well as meeting the various people that ...  Read the complete review

WHAT IS IT ABOUT: This gritty documentary follows the work of the Environmental Health Office in inner city London. Narrated by John Peel, the show often follows hygiene inspectors, animal welfare officers, and those unlucky council workers who get to empty out the flats of dead or evicted tenants. IS IT ANY GOOD: This has to ...  Read the complete review

It's back, Mrs D is once more glued to the screen, and I'm trying desperately to stay in the kitchen and away from the screen. It's Life of Grime, back on our screens after a long time away ... and it's as disgusting as ever! It's been transplanted from the seamy side of London (with the foul old man - Mr Trebus - ...  Read the complete review

A life of Grime follows the work of the Environmental Health Officers and their teams. You get to see the work in the mortuary, the dog warden and the housing team along with many others. This is a real insight into how some people live, you wouldn't believe it unless you actually saw it! They are careful what they show when they ...  Read the complete review

Having much better things to do in my life than stand chained to a kitchen sink or hoover, I thoroughly enjoyed seeing how other people live in this series on BBC. Following the daily work of some environmental health employees an insight was given to what the rat catcher does, the mortician, the dog catcher and the general ...  Read the complete review

This has got to be one of the most revolting yet the most conpulsive viewing on T.V. If you haven't seen it then your missing a treat LOL It follows the Environmental health officers in Sheffield and its a real eyeopener. You see them cleaning up the mess and waste that us lazy bunch of animals leave behind in everyday ...  Read the complete review