Documentary

Blood, Sweat and Luxuries

Six young British consumers swap their luxury lives for the simple mud huts and shanty towns of Africa and Asia to work alongside the people who mine, manufacture, process and recycle luxury goods.

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Status

Ended

Original Name

Blood, Sweat and Luxuries

First Air Date

April 20, 2010

Last Air Date

May 18, 2010

Seasons

1

Episodes

5

Language

English

Production Companies

Networks

BBC Three

S01E05

Technology

The volunteers leave Africa for the Philippines as they enter the final leg of their journey. Here, they discover the ultra-competitive world of electronics, where they join highly disciplined factory workers to assemble components. They are also given a taste of an alternative to industry life when they visit a city dump, which is both home and workplace to the people who rely on it for a living.

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