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
Release
Original network BBC Three
Original release22 April (2008-04-22) 
13 May 2008 (2008-05-13)
Chronology
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Blood, Sweat and T-shirts is a British TV documentary series, broadcast in 2008 on BBC Three.

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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]

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