Panorama, Primark, Child Labour and the Alexa Chung factor
Primark has again attracted the attention of the ethical trading community today after the company’s announcement that it is severing ties with 3 suppliers because of child labour found in their supply chains. Information on the labour standards of some suppliers, gained during the filming of the BBC’s Panorama series, was passed on to the company, [...]
‘Devil Wears Primark’ pulled off air
Last night Channel 4 pulled the much publicised ‘Devil Wears Primark’ show off air. We are hugely disappointed, as we were eagerly looking forward to the show. We had anticipated some excellent in-factory footage and thought that the use of a mock sweatshop would be an innovative format to spread a hard hitting message on [...]
The Devil Wears Primark: Another dose of reality TV sweatshops
Hot on the heals of BBC3′s ‘Blood Sweat and T-Shirts‘, comes Channel 4′s ‘The Devil Wears Primark‘, which is being broadcast on Sunday June 1st at 9.00pm. Like ‘Blood Sweat and T-Shirts’ the shows concerns the working conditions of Indian workers making clothes for Britain’s low cost fashion industry. These include poor health and safety, [...]
Blood, Sweat, T-shirts, Telly and Alexa Chung
The BBC this week launched a new reality TV programme on its digital channel BBC 3. The programme, Blood, Sweat and T-shirts, is unlike other reality TV shows however – not only is it reality TV with a reasonable sound-track (boasting the likes of Muse and the Hives), this is reality TV with a conscience. [...]