Blood Sweat and T-Shirts: coming face to face with child labour

Last night we saw the final instalment of Blood Sweat and T-shirts, the BBC3 reality TV show about the garment industry in India. We have been fairly critical of the show in previous weeks since it has seemed to focus on the Brit’s shock at their living conditions, but last night’s episode managed to [More…]

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Blood, Sweat and T-Shirts, and Squabbling

The eagerly awaited  third episode of BBC3’s Blood, Sweat, and T-Shirts aired last night yet disappointingly, the focus of the show was on a blocked toilet and group in-fighting when the six British ‘workers’ were transported to pick cotton in rural India. In our opinion, the 3rd episode focussed too heavily on this at [More…]

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Ethics-terminate…? Sweatshops and Doctor Who

It’s official; supply chain labour standards are part of the zeitgeist and a staple of children’s TV!  Labour standards are not just the subject of the BBC’s new reality TV show Blood, Sweat and T-shirts, they also feature in the badinage between Donna and The Doctor.  
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