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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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Blood, Sweat and Luxuries
The Brits travel south to work on the Ethiopian coffee plantations of Yirgacheffe.
May 2010
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Blood, Sweat and Luxuries
In Madagascar, the Brits discover where gems and jewellery sold in Britain come from.
Apr 2010
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Blood, Sweat and Luxuries
In Ghana, the Brits mine gold and discover the terrible impact of e-waste.
May 2010
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Blood, Sweat and Luxuries
In Addis Ababa, the Brits join the locals who rely on the leather industry to survive.
Apr 2010
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Blood, Sweat and Luxuries
In the Philippines the Brits join electronics workers, where productivity is everything.
May 2010