The Year the Town Hall Shrank (2012)
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Seasons & Episode
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Episode 1 - Winners and Losers
November. 01,2012
The first episode begins in December 2010 as the city council discovers it faces a £36m shortfall to its £210m annual budget. No service is safe from the axe in Stoke. The leader of the council, Mohammed Pervez, who is leading his own local coalition, is left with the unenviable task of deciding what to chop.
Episode 3 - We're All in this Together
November. 15,2012
The council leader and the chief executive are under pressure to reclaim unpaid council tax, which amounts to £20million and could ease the pain of another year of scathing budget cuts. Meanwhile, a local vicar seeks help to keep one of the country's oldest Victorian swimming pools open.