When the god squad came to town - spoof?

Watching When the god squad came to town on BBC2, I cant shake the feeling that its s spoof. Its all to good to be true, the little scallies asking all the difficult questions, rebelious teenagers, Middle class christians helping the poor - all the usual stereo types. But it seems there is an Eden in Hamersly, but Google doesnt find many relevent results for Eden. It just feels like a Chris Morris program weve yet to discover - though Morris usually does stuff for Channel 4, maybe the greatest trick the Devil pulled is convincing the world he doesnt exist.