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Last night, SBS documentary series Struggle Street concluded with over a million people tuning in to hear the rarely heard voices of Australians doing it tough.
A combined 1.133 million people (Metro: 807,000; Regional: 327,000) viewed episode 2 in the 8.30pm timeslot, and a combined 1.191 million (Metro: 851,000; Regional: 339,000) viewed episode 3 at 9.30pm. SBS ONE’s metro free-to-air share last night was 11.3%.
Filmed over a six-month period, Struggle Street explored a range of issues including drug addiction, illness, unemployment and generational cycles of disadvantage.
With a reach of 3.275 million people across the three episodes (Metro and Regional combined, including the episode 1 repeat), the program has helped spark an important national conversation around social equality and disadvantage in Australian society.
Viewers responded with robust and engaged conversation on social media. The hashtag #strugglestreet trended at number 1 on Twitter in Australia during episode 1 last week, and Struggle Street was the number 1 trending TV program last night.
Struggle Street follows a pedigree of SBS factual programming including Go Back to Where You Came From and First Contact which have helped start rigorous national conversation around significant social issues.
Struggle Street is available now on SBS ON DEMAND www.sbs.com.au/ondemand