Boards
The Street That Cut Everything
no idea if its new (probably not, both episodes were on a BBC1 graveyard slot the other night) but this is pretty interesting:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b011crrw
it's about a street in Preston that entirely removes itself from Council services for six weeks, receiving a rebate on six weeks of council tax in order to provide services for themselves as they see fit.
i think my favourite moment in episode 1 is when the residents decline to replace the streetlights, so the BBC send some hoodies in a car to play drum 'n' bass really loudly late at night.