Channel 4 Factual commissions Immigrants Guide To

Following the broadcast pilot Channel 4 Factual have commissioned from Rumpus Media a 3 x 60 series Immigrants Guide to. Comedian and first generation immigrant Henning Wehn and his team give an irreverent guide to life in Britain from the perspective of some of its most notoriously polarising inhabitants - its Immigrants. 

Britain can be a confusing place to settle in. Its culture, whims and inhabitants can seem a little odd to the new resident. So how best to integrate? Indian born Mark consistently gets it wrong as he attempts to tell prospective immigrants how they might make friends and date a Brit. Hungarian Veronika tries to work out how close is too close when it comes to invading someone’s personal space and Ghanaian Obusei tries to get his head round why Brits think spending a week in a tin box on a wheels (a caravan) is a ‘holiday’.

From the big issues to the almost overlooked minutiae of British life that we take for granted, this unique sketch show sheds a mischievous light on life in Britain.  Through a mixture of reports,  sketches and hidden camera experiments we find out whether telling a stranger that you have an angry rash on your testicles is too much information, or whether Brits will give money to a charity that claims to steal British children and send them to Africa, and that if you tell someone 'their presentation was fantastic and that you always love having them around,' you actually meant 'their work was awful and you wish they were dead.'

Emily Hudd, Managing Director, Rumpus Media said: "We're delighted that the first programme was so well received that Henning and the gang will be back to explore how to make friends and integrate people in Britain in three new programmes."

Commissioning Editor, Documentaries: Alisa Pomeroy

Production company:   Rumpus Media Ltd

Executive Producers: Emily Hudd and Iain Wimbush