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Big Issue 빅이슈

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The Big Issue is a British weekly street newspaper and social enterprise founded in September 1991 by John Bird and Gordon Roddick. It is sold by people experiencing homelessness or financial insecurity, who earn an income by buying magazines at a discounted wholesale price and selling them in public spaces. The publication was created in response to rising levels of homelessness in the United Kingdom in the 1990s, and was modelled on Street News, a newspaper sold by homeless vendors in New York City. It is now the world's most widely circulated street newspaper.

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Verified facts

Big Issue (빅이슈) — verified Korean drama (TV series). On SBS TV.

Details

• Episodes: 32
• Genre: comedy television series
• Original language: Korean
• Founded: September 1991
• Location: British
• Founders: John Bird and Gordon Roddick
• Type: weekly street newspaper and social enterprise
• Model: Street News
• Origin: 영국
• Purpose: 홈리스를 지원하기 위해 발행되는 스트리트페이퍼

Source reconciliation

• Wikidata lists the Korean name as 빅이슈 (2019년 드라마); KoreaAPI uses 빅이슈 (chosen by source authority).
• Wikipedia lists the English name as The Big Issue; KoreaAPI uses Big Issue (chosen by source authority).

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• Wikipedia — encyclopedic article · view ↗
• TMDB — film/TV community database

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Verified & tracked since 2026-08-18 · 3 verified snapshots.

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