SIR Bob Geldof's daughter has expressed her horror at the antics of Bolton teenagers she encountered while making a TV documentary.
Outspoken celebrity columnist Peaches Geldof filmed an average night in the life of Bromley Cross teenagers for the programme, which is being shown on Sky One on Monday.
The 16-year-old Chelsea girl, used to the bright lights of London, says she was appalled that some Bolton teenagers' idea of a good night out was sitting at a bus stop, eating chips, drinking and upsetting local residents.
She also said the group's behaviour was actually much worse than it will look on film.
"When we got there, there were just so many people and they were drinking and banging on the bins and running round," she said. "It was like something from Lord of the Flies."
But she said she could understand their frustration and blames Bolton Council for failing to provide anywhere for youngsters to go.
She said: "I can see how claustrophobic it gets in a small town with nothing to do except hang out at a bus stop at night and bang on bins. That shocked me more than them being yobs or whatever. They have nowhere to go."
The film shows Peaches confronted the youths, telling them: "I've not experienced anything like this. You don't have any respect."
When she asked some of the girls why they were being threatened with anti-social behaviour orders, they said people were intimidated when they hung around together as a group.
Producer Barbie McLaurin said the programme makers and Peaches were not expecting such extreme behaviour from the Bolton youngsters.
She said: "When I spoke to some of the girls at the youth club the week before they were lovely. If I hadn't known them and I had walked down that street I would have been intimidated."
The production team was in Bolton at the end of January to film scenes outside Bolton's Trinity Street railway station.
Bolton was chosen as a location after researchers read Bolton Evening News stories about problems in the Bromley Cross and Bradshaw areas with anti-social behaviour among young people.
At the time, local councillors said they were disappointed they were not approached by the programme makers to take part and give an insight into what the authorities were doing for local teenagers.
Young people from London, Great Yarmouth and Wolverhampton will also feature in the one-hour special, which investigates the problems faced by teenagers today.
The programme asks the question: "Who would be a British teenager today?
"Portrayed by the media as binge-drinking, drug-taking, car-thieving, sex-obsessed under-achievers, they seem to be often written off as chavs or Hooray Henrys."
The show argues that their behaviour should be accepted as an important part of growing up.
Peaches Geldof: Teenage Mind is on Sky One next Monday at 9pm.
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