A Life of Grime
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A Life of Grime is a BBC
BBC
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 reality series
Reality television
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 following the work of environmental health
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 inspectors. Launched during an explosion of reality television
Reality television
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, the idea found something of a cult following
Cult following
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Overview

With Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong , nicknamed Satchmo or Pops, was an American jazz trumpeter and singer from New Orleans, Louisiana....

's "What a Wonderful World
What a Wonderful World
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" as the title music, the episodes were narrated by John Peel
John Peel
John Robert Parker Ravenscroft, OBE , known professionally as John Peel, was an English disc jockey, radio presenter, record producer and journalist. He was the longest-serving of the original BBC Radio 1 DJs, broadcasting regularly from 1967 until his death in 2004...

 and later by Arthur Smith
Arthur Smith (comedian)
Brian Arthur John Smith is an English alternative comedian and writer. He was born in Bermondsey, South London, brother to Richard Smith...

 in sardonic tones. Its appeal was due to a disgust factor and the eccentric but often lucid characters encountered either hoarding rubbish or keeping huge numbers of animals, most famously Edmund Trebus
Edmund Trebus
Edmund Zygfryd Trebus was a Polish-born English man and compulsive hoarder, who came to fame when he was featured on the British television documentary series A Life of Grime.-Biography:...

. The original series was set in Haringey
London Borough of Haringey
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; subsequent series have been set in Bristol
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, Salford
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, Sheffield
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, Tower Hamlets
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, New York
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 and Edinburgh
Edinburgh
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U.S. version

An American version of the series titled A Life Of Grime New York, aired on the Discovery Times Channel that takes place in New York.

Syndication

Both A Life of Grime and A Life Of Grime New York have been aired on UKTV People
UKTV People
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