Boys and Girls Alone | |
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Genre | Reality Television |
Directed by | Mark Henderson & Martin Fuller |
Country of origin | England |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 1 |
No. of episodes | 4 |
Production | |
Production location | Hertfordshire |
Running time | 49 minutes |
Production company | Love Productions |
Original release | |
Network | Channel 4 |
Release | February 2009 |
Boys and Girls Alone is a British reality TV program made for Channel 4 and first broadcast in 2009.
The series attracted considerable press attention over allegations of "child abuse and cruelty". [1] As a result, the UK government has "ordered a review of child employment laws". [2]
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