Synopsis
Paul Kenyon goes undercover as a cocoa trader in West Africa and discovers children as young as seven working long hours on cocoa farms, helping to make our chocolate.
- Programme: Panorama
- Episode: Chocolate - The Bitter Truth
- Channel: BBC One
- Broadcast year: 2010
- Geography | Locational Geography
Licence: ERA Licence required
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Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
Cannot be adapted
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