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Workers in uk making clothes for river island and new look. Morland sanders investigates whether the governments troubled families programme, which it claimed to have a 99 per cent success rate, actually had any impact at all, in this. Ryanair is to sue channel 4 over a dispatches programme about safety concerns at the nofrills airline. Watch dispatches live on the web morland sanders presents an investigation into working conditions at britains biggest and fastestgrowing hotel chain. Apr 30, 2015 sports direct has hit back at channel 4 over its dispatches episode, aired monday, that showed shocking staff practices involving zerohours contracts and staff shaming over the store tannoy system. The grand prix car documentary series that aired on british channel 4 in 1988. Channel 4 dispatches programme low pay britain return to news listing on monday 19 january 2015 channel 4 dispatches aired a programme which revealed the reality of employment for many in. In january 2007, wakefield discontinued his claim and paid channel 4s and deers costs. Former channel 4 and pizza express chairman luke johnson claimed the government has created a campaign of fear surrounding covid19 and britains worst recession for 300 years will.
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British academy scotland awards 2015 winners announced. Channel 4s awardwinning investigative current affairs programme. Charlotte was housed in a threebedroom flat in cambridge and had to take out a loan just to feed her children courtney, eight, and nathaniel james, six, according to a channel 4 documentary. Dispatches investigates the real impact of troubled. Last weeks dispatches investigation exposed poor conditions in clothing factories in leicester, including factories making clothes for. The polices dirty secret 47mins dispatcheschannel4.
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The documentary feels like a landmark moment in mainstream social affairs reporting, and not just. Visit us to check sports, news, freeview, freesat, sky tv, virgin tv, history, discovery, tlc, bbc, and more. Channel 4s dispatches will air a one hour documentary on experiences from birminghams. In 2012, with the pay of britains top bosses growing, dispatches followed the former greggs chief executive sir michael darrington as he launched a campaign to halt corporate greed this episode.
Dispatches is the british tv current affairs documentary series on channel 4, first transmitted in 1987. Dispatches is a british current affairs documentary programme on channel 4, first broadcast on. A dispatches investigation into the epidemic use of the drug ghb in the gay community, where users are vulnerable to overdosing and sexual abuse. As the deadline for disclosing the average difference between the pay of male and. The conservative party are facing another investigation from the electoral commission following evidenced allegations that they operated a secret call centre during the general election campaign.
Norman pickavance is an advisor, author and activist, addressing issues at the intersection of business and society, leading research, innovation and collaborative action. Jan 23, 2017 top fashion chains have been selling clothes made in lowpay british sweatshops, an investigation has claimed. Britains breadline kids, which airs tonight, tracking the lives of a handful of children across the country who represent. For educational and documentary series, from history channel, national geographic, etc. A devastating indictment of 2019 britain that should be watched by every politician in this country by kasia delgado monday, 2nd december 2019, 11. Saira shah risked her life as she went undercover in afghanistan to film the medieval barbarity the taliban wanted to keep hidden. The programme covers issues about british society, politics, health, religion.
The truth about chlorinated chicken dispatches films. Dispatches investigates claims that some employers are wasting public money and abusing the trust placed in them. In 2012, with the pay of britain s top bosses growing, dispatches followed the former greggs chief executive sir michael darrington as he launched a campaign to halt corporate greed this episode. The documentary feels like a landmark moment in mainstream social. The documentary claims that its undercover reporter was paid less than the minimum wage for work at factories producing and packaging garments for popular clothes shops. Over four million children live in poverty in the uk, yet their lives are. This film for channel 4 dispatches the highest rating episode of the strand this year goes undercover inside a major us poultry processing plant to investigate. Channel 4 dispatches britains cheap clothes investigation reveals. In the new dispatches film, an undercover reporter gets a job at fashion. Highstreet retailers react to probe into british textile. If youre concerned about drugrelated crime in your area or think someone may be a victim of drug exploitation, please call us on 101 or 999 in an.
Channel 4 dispatches mon 30th jan, channel 4, 8pm comments are subject to our community guidelines, which can be viewed here. Strong language and discussion of sexual violence and drug use that some viewers may find upsettingthis episode is subtitled47 mins. Sports direct hits back at dispatches expose of victorian. Channel 4s shocking dispatches on child poverty is the. Dispatches documentary channel 4 on neil heywood by. Marathon chiefs rebut dispatches claims over fundraising activities. In 2001, dispatches reporter saira shah risked her life as she went undercover in afghanistan to film the medieval barbarity the taliban wanted to keep hidden. Low pay, poor conditionsfrom the sewing machine to the warehouse.
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