‘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 [...]
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 [...]