THE fall-out continued today from Colin McAllister and Justin Ryan's TV series on Arden, with more local people expressing disquiet over the way it depicted the area.

One woman said she would have thrown an egg at them during filming had they not been talking to her neighbour at the time.

And a local teenager said the programme's view of Arden could influence would-be employers.

Colin and Justin, meanwhile, said they had made many friends in the area and defended the four-part Thursday night series on Channel Five, saying "We're proud of the show, and proud of the project."

Justin added: "Everyone has a right to express their opinion and to be honest, if we have made Arden more visible and got anyone to take note to solve the problems that exist there, then we'll happily take a bit of criticism on the chin."

As the Evening Times first revealed on Tuesday, many Arden residents are unhappy with parts of the documentary.

Margaret Bryce, 42, who was with her daughter Kirsty, 23, described the programme as a "farce."

"There's only eight occupied houses out of five closes where I live.

"We're all staying in a close with empty houses and they're doing up a showhouse, putting money into it and painting verandahs, and we're left with nothing. It's ridiculous."

Kirsty added: "The two of them did nothing apart from walk about Arden as if they were something.

"I was that close to hitting them with an egg - the only reason I didn't was because my neighbour was talking to them at the time."

Yesterday, shopkeeper Naveed Habib, 24, of the Arden Foodstore, said: "The way I look at it is, they made it more of a ghetto than it actually is.

"But they did raise a few issues that needed to be raised."

Mrs Josephine Darroch, 54, said the programme "made Arden look like a complete and utter dive. It's not. Slowly but surely, it's getting back on its feet again."

Jade McLean, 18, said: "I phoned up about an office job in Glasgow because I'm unemployed at the moment and the man asked where I stayed and I told him 'Arden'. He said, 'You are famous at the minute'.

"It was kind of like putting a dampener on people's chances of getting jobs."

Asked if the programme had affected her chance of getting the job, she said, 'yes'.

One local woman said a family member in Germany had phoned her in concern after the first programme to ask: "When did the estate get as bad as that?"

She told him that the flats featured at the start of the programme were in the process of being demolished.

She added: "They haven't shown any of the nice new houses or the nice modernised ones round the corner.

"But I think Colin and Justin have at least brought back some community spirit."

School janitor Tam McFalls, 43, however, praised the duo for helping raise £60,000 for a local youth project, and added: "I know it hasn't opened yet but it's hoped to open it in the next week.

"They've definitely done some good, but when they were here they said they would create a community garden, and they've left it half-done." Don't judge us now - wait until you see rest of the programme

Colin McAllister has assured Evening Times readers: "We didn't make this up."

And Justin added: "Drive round Arden and you'll see that it does have run-down areas. That is not a reflection on the people or the housing association, who are strangled by cost cuts.

"It's a scandal there is not enough money, even to demolish the blocks that need demolished, never mind put up new ones in their place."

Colin said the duo had made many friends in Arden and added: "What you'll see in the next two programmes is the community really rallying around. The team spirit there is fantastic.

"There are many properties not scheduled for demolition in the short term, which are in very poor nick."

He added: "The programme makers weren't making it up - they were showing what exists."