Blood, Sweat and T-shirts

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Blood, Sweat and T-shirts
Country of originUnited Kingdom
No. of episodes4
Production
Running time60 minutes
Original release
Network BBC Three
Release22 April (2008-04-22) 
13 May 2008 (2008-05-13)
Related
  • Blood, Sweat and Takeaways

Blood, Sweat and T-shirts is a British TV documentary series, broadcast in 2008 on BBC Three.

Contents

The series followed six British fashion consumers aged between 20 and 24 [1] as they travelled to India to live and work alongside Indian garment workers, making clothes destined for sale in British high-street stores. [2]

The series was nominated in the Best Factual Series category at the 2009 BAFTA Television Awards. [3] One of the participants in Blood, Sweat and T-shirts was Stacey Dooley, who went on to present a range of programmes for the BBC, starting off with the BBC Three documentary Stacey Dooley Investigates in 2009. [4] [5] [6]

The series was followed by Blood, Sweat and Takeaways in 2009, which focused on the food production in Asia, [7] and Blood, Sweat and Luxuries in 2010, which focused on the production of luxury goods in Africa. [8]

International broadcast

See also

References

  1. "BBC Thread: Blood, Sweat and T-shirts". BBC . London. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 24 November 2009.
  2. Sutcliffe, Thomas (23 April 2008). "Last Night's TV: They're cottoning on to the real world". The Independent . London. Retrieved 24 November 2009.
  3. BAFTA Television Awards Winners in 2009, archived from the original on 21 November 2010, retrieved 24 November 2009
  4. "Kids for Sale: Stacey Dooley Investigates". BBC . Retrieved 7 April 2011.
  5. "Kids with Guns: Stacey Dooley Investigates". BBC . Retrieved 7 April 2011.
  6. "Sex Trafficking in Cambodia: Stacey Dooley Investigates". BBC . Retrieved 7 April 2011.
  7. Billen, Andrew (20 May 2009). "Blood, Sweat and Takeaways; Dollhouse". The Times . London. Archived from the original on 15 June 2011. Retrieved 15 July 2010.
  8. Wollaston, Sam (21 April 2010). "Blood, Sweat and Luxuries, Afghan Star and Olympic Dreams". The Guardian . London. Retrieved 15 July 2010.
  9. "ABC2 Programming Airdate: Blood, Sweat & T-shirts (episode one)". ABC Television Publicity. 1 October 2010.
  10. "Australia Network Programming Airdate: Blood, Sweat & T-shirts (episode one)". ABC Television Publicity. 1 October 2010.
  11. "YLE TV2 Episode Details: Blood, Sweat & T-shirts (translated)". YLE TV Guide. 7 April 2011.
  12. "ZDFneo Factuals: Blut, Schweiß & T-Shirts". ZDF.de. 20 January 2012.