Blood, Sweat and T-shirts
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| Blood, Sweat and T-shirts | |
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| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| No. of episodes | 4 |
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| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC Three |
| Release | 22 April – 13 May 2008 |
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Blood, Sweat and T-shirts is a British TV documentary series, broadcast in 2008 on BBC Three.
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]
- In Australia, Blood, Sweat and T-shirts aired on ABC2 each Wednesday at 8:30pm from 7 April 2010.[9]
- In the Asia Pacific region (including India) on Australia Network from 25 August 2009 at various timeslots.[10]
- In Finland on YLE TV2 each Wednesday at 8pm from 13 January 2010, edited down to 45-minute episodes.[11]
- In Germany on ZDFneo every night at 7:15pm from 28 September – 1 October 2010.[12]
