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Home | Geography | Development and Inequality

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1: Seduction | Robert Peston Goes Shopping

1: Seduction | Robert Peston Goes Shopping

Development and Inequality | BBC Two | 2013 | 59'09''

Robert Peston charts how shopping in Britain was transformed from a chore to be endured in the 1950s into our favourite pastime by...

2: Addiction | Robert Peston Goes Shopping

2: Addiction | Robert Peston Goes Shopping

Development and Inequality | BBC Two | 2013 | 59'05''

The remarkable story of the 1990s and 2000s, when the goods we bought got cheaper, fashion got faster and supermarkets got smarter.

3: Revolution | Robert Peston Goes Shopping

3: Revolution | Robert Peston Goes Shopping

Development and Inequality | BBC Two | 2013 | 58'54''

Robert Peston reveals how shopping in Britain was transformed over the 20th century, focusing on how the high street is coping wi...

6: The Industrial Landscape | Britain from Above

6: The Industrial Landscape | Britain from Above

Development and Inequality | BBC One | 2008 | 29'21''

Comparing footage of Britain's industrial landscape in the 1940s with today.

Bags | Show Me What You’re Made Of

Bags | Show Me What You’re Made Of

Development and Inequality | CBBC | 2016 | 28'36''

Ellie, Alice, Faith, Joe and Sam begin their working journey in Cambodia.

Bikes | Show Me What You’re Made Of

Bikes | Show Me What You’re Made Of

Development and Inequality | CBBC | 2013 | 28'09''

Oliver, Rhianna, Michael, Kassia and Mali are set to work in an enormous bike factory.

Buses | Show Me What You’re Made Of

Buses | Show Me What You’re Made Of

Development and Inequality | CBBC | 2015 | 28'30''

The kids move to London to join the cleaning team at a bus garage.

Chocolate – The Bitter Truth | Panorama

Chocolate – The Bitter Truth | Panorama

Development and Inequality | BBC One | 2010 | 59'00''

Paul Kenyon goes undercover as a cocoa trader in West Africa and discovers children as young as seven working long hours on coc...

Clothes Recycling | Show Me What You’re Made Of

Clothes Recycling | Show Me What You’re Made Of

Development and Inequality | CBBC | 2015 | 28'11''

The kids make their way south west, to a clothes-recycling centre in Bristol.

Clothing and Skateboard Factory | Show Me What You’re Made Of

Clothing and Skateboard Factory | Show Me What You’re Made Of

Development and Inequality | CBBC | 2014 | 28'13''

The kids fly to South Africa to build skateboards.

Cocoa | Show Me What You’re Made Of

Cocoa | Show Me What You’re Made Of

Development and Inequality | CBBC | 2014 | 28'12''

The kids have to prove themselves to a village full of cocoa farmers.

Coffee | Show Me What You’re Made Of

Coffee | Show Me What You’re Made Of

Development and Inequality | CBBC | 2016 | 27'42''

The kids head off to a remote Cambodian coffee plantation.

Corruption and the Rana Plaza | This World

Corruption and the Rana Plaza | This World

Development and Inequality | BBC Two | 2014 | 5'11''

Power and connections allowed Sohel Rana to cut corners with his clothing factory complex, the Rana Plaza.

Cosmetics | Show Me What You’re Made Of: UK

Cosmetics | Show Me What You’re Made Of: UK

Development and Inequality | CBBC | 2017 | 28'10''

Five kids work alongside the people in the UK who make and do the things they rely on, travelling to a cosmetics factory in...

Cotton production and the Aral Sea crisis | Stacey Dooley

Cotton production and the Aral Sea crisis | Stacey Dooley

Biodiversity and Human Impact | BBC Three | 2018 | 5'02''

Stacey Dooley visits the Aral Sea Basin in Kazakhstan, which has almost entirely dried up due to cotton production.

Diamonds | Show Me What You’re Made Of

Diamonds | Show Me What You’re Made Of

Development and Inequality | CBBC | 2014 | 28'11''

The kids head to the diamond-mining capital of Africa.

E-Waste | Show Me What You’re Made Of

E-Waste | Show Me What You’re Made Of

Development and Inequality | CBBC | 2014 | 27'56''

The kids work on a toxic e-waste site where old technology can end up.

Environmental impact on the Aral Sea | Stacey Dooley

Environmental impact on the Aral Sea | Stacey Dooley

Biodiversity and Human Impact | BBC Three | 2018 | 1'28''

Stacey Dooley visits the Aral Sea Basin in Kazakhstan, which has almost entirely dried up due to cotton production.

Fast fashion | Stacey Dooley

Fast fashion | Stacey Dooley

Business and Management | BBC Three | 2018 | 1'20''

How the fashion industry keeps us buying more.

Fish | Show Me What You’re Made Of

Fish | Show Me What You’re Made Of

Development and Inequality | CBBC | 2016 | 28'11''

The teens make their way to a fish-canning plant on the Taiwanese coast.

Fish Factory | Show Me What You’re Made Of

Fish Factory | Show Me What You’re Made Of

Development and Inequality | CBBC | 2015 | 28'22''

The kids head to a fish-processing factory in the north eastern port of Grimsby.

Gap and Nike: No Sweat? | Panorama

Gap and Nike: No Sweat? | Panorama

Development and Inequality | BBC One | 2000 | 38'56''

Gap and Nike say their top-selling clothes are made under the strictest ethical codes. Paul Kenyon uncovers some disturbing realities.

Hats | Show Me What You’re Made Of

Hats | Show Me What You’re Made Of

Development and Inequality | CBBC | 2013 | 28'10''

It's the last leg of the kid's incredible adventure around Brazil and they head to a Brazilian town that is the world's capital of b...

How They Built The Channel Tunnel

How They Built The Channel Tunnel

Development and Inequality | Channel 4 | 1992 | 48'50''

Looking at how the Channel Tunnel was built from an engineering point of view.

Industrial Work | Welcome to Lagos

Industrial Work | Welcome to Lagos

Development and Inequality | BBC Two | 2017 | 4'16''

Industrial work in the Ebute Metta neighbourhood of Lagos.

Mandalay Jade Market | Burma with Simon Reeve

Mandalay Jade Market | Burma with Simon Reeve

Development and Inequality | BBC Two | 2018 | 5'27''

In Mandalay, the second largest city in Burma, Simon Reeve goes to a jade market and explores the trading of the valuable stone.

Marbale tea factory | This World

Marbale tea factory | This World

Development and Inequality | BBC Two | 2014 | 2'49''

Simon Reeves visits a tea factory in Uganda.

Nestle | This World

Nestle | This World

Agriculture and farming | BBC Two | 2014 | 2'32''

Simon Reeve visits a Nestle factory, in Ho Chi Minh City.

Onesies | Show Me What You’re Made Of

Onesies | Show Me What You’re Made Of

Development and Inequality | CBBC | 2016 | 28'13''

The teens get the chance to make onesies in Cambodia.

Photo Factory | Show Me What You’re Made Of: UK

Photo Factory | Show Me What You’re Made Of: UK

Development and Inequality | CBBC | 2018 | 28'19''

In part two of their Britain trip, our five kids head join Stacey Dooley as she heads to Liverpool to a huge photo proc...

Pineapple Farm | Show Me What You’re Made Of

Pineapple Farm | Show Me What You’re Made Of

Development and Inequality | CBBC | 2014 | 28'11''

The kids travel to Nsawam to work on a pineapple farm.

Recycling | Show Me What You’re Made Of: UK

Recycling | Show Me What You’re Made Of: UK

Development and Inequality | CBBC | 2017 | 28'28''

Five kids work alongside the people in the UK who make and do the things they rely on. The kids start their working trip wi...

S1E1: Blood in the Sea | Living on the Edge

S1E1: Blood in the Sea | Living on the Edge

Development and Inequality | Channel 5 | 2014 | 45'15''

Chris lives and works with the fishermen of Mauritania as they make their daily living battling the ocean swells in the fertile f...

S2E2 | Sea City

S2E2 | Sea City

Development and Inequality | BBC One | 2014 | 29'07''

A look behind the scenes at the Port of Southampton and at a few of the people who keep the port running. Plus, the sailors who enjoy the annual cricket matc...

S3E1: Tea Bags | Inside the Factory

S3E1: Tea Bags | Inside the Factory

Development and Inequality | BBC Two | 2017 | 59'03''

Gregg Wallace receives some tea leaves from Kenya and follows them through the factory that produces one quarter of all the tea drunk in ...

Shoes | Show Me What You’re Made Of: UK

Shoes | Show Me What You’re Made Of: UK

Development and Inequality | CBBC | 2017 | 28'17''

Five kids work alongside the people in the UK who make and do the things they rely on, travelling to an enormous shoe factory i...

Strawberries | Show Me What You’re Made Of

Strawberries | Show Me What You’re Made Of

Development and Inequality | CBBC | 2015 | 28'14''

The kids head to an enormous strawberry farm on the south coast.

Tea | Show Me What You’re Made Of

Tea | Show Me What You’re Made Of

Development and Inequality | CBBC | 2016 | 28'11''

The teens fly to the island of Taiwan to work on an enormous tea plantation.

Tea Fortunes | Commodities

Tea Fortunes | Commodities

Development and Inequality | Channel 4 | 1986 | 50'51''

The history of tea is now closely associated with the british empire, but only china and japan grew tea indigenously.

Technology | Show Me What You’re Made Of

Technology | Show Me What You’re Made Of

Development and Inequality | CBBC | 2013 | 28'09''

It's halfway through the kids epic trip around Brazil and they are in the Amazon rainforest. They attempt to cope living in a ...

Textiles | Show Me What You’re Made Of

Textiles | Show Me What You’re Made Of

Development and Inequality | CBBC | 2015 | 27'51''

The kids head to a textiles factory in Leicester.

The garment industry in Bangladesh | This World

The garment industry in Bangladesh | This World

Case Studies | BBC Two | 2014 | 5'17''

An introduction to the history of the garments industry in Bangladesh.

The Mombasa Tea Auction | This World

The Mombasa Tea Auction | This World

Development and Inequality | BBC Two | 2014 | 2'47''

Simon Reeve visits the Mombasa Tea Auction.

The Rana Plaza Disaster | This World

The Rana Plaza Disaster | This World

Development and Inequality | BBC Two | 2014 | 4'59''

Witnesses and victims of the Rana Plaza disaster tell their stories of the day.

Underground Britain | Countryfile

Underground Britain | Countryfile

Development and Inequality | BBC One | 2023 | 55'00''

Sean Fletcher visits Cornwall to unearth the legacy of the county's renowned tin and copper mining industries. Tom Heap finds out if mining...

Unofficial Oil Drilling | Burma with Simon Reeve

Unofficial Oil Drilling | Burma with Simon Reeve

Development and Inequality | BBC Two | 2018 | 6'02''

Simon Reeve visits one of Burma's main oil-producing regions, where some local people have swapped farming for unofficial oi...

Working conditions at the Rana plaza | This World

Working conditions at the Rana plaza | This World

Development and Inequality | BBC Two | 2014 | 3'20''

The exploitative working conditions at the Rana Plaza.

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