Channel 5 to Pay Substantial Damages to Family Filmed Without Consent on ‘Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away!’
variety.comManori Ravindran International EditorChannel 5 has apologized and agreed to pay damages to a family filmed without their consent on reality show “Can’t Pay?
We’ll Take It Away!”Appearing in London’s High Court on Wednesday, a representative for the Paramount-backed broadcaster apologized to Louise Pardoe and her two daughters for the misuse of their private information in a 2014 episode of the Brinkworth Films-produced series that has been watched by millions.In May 2014, two High Court enforcement agents attended Pardoe’s rental property to evict the mother and her two young daughters.
A film crew was in attendance and Pardoe made it clear that she didn’t want to be filmed, or for the film crew to enter her home.While the crew agreed to remain outside, agents who entered the home were wearing bodycams and radio microphones that were used to record video and audio footage without Pardoe’s consent.
The footage was used on an episode of “Can’t Pay” that first aired on Oct. 8, 2014. That episode has since been broadcast to more than 6.6 million people in a format that showed Pardoe’s face, and another in which her face was blurred, and her name removed.
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