This World — Season 2014, episode 6 watch online
This World, season 2014 episode 6 «Clothes to Die For»: air date July 21, 2014. Episode overview, season trailer and the cast of This World.
In April 2013, 18-year-old Shirin became one of thousands of people trapped inside the Rana Plaza building when it collapsed in the worst industrial disaster in the 21st century. In this moving documentary for BBC Two's This World, Shirin and some of the other survivors tell their remarkable story of survival and escape. Many were rescued by ordinary local people who risked their own lives crawling into the rubble to save them. But Clothes To Die For also reveals the incredible growth of the Bangladeshi garment industry and the greed and high level corruption that led to the Rana Plaza tragedy. This tiny country has become the second largest producer of clothes in the world after China, transforming the country and providing employment for millions of people, most of them young women. As the personal stories of survivors reveal, in Bangladesh even a wage as low as £1.50 a day can be completely life-changing and many don't want that opportunity taken away. Producing goods for several British and European high street stores, the tragedy at the Rana Plaza sent shock waves around the world about the safety of the Bangladesh garment industry. As one local factory owner said 'At the end of the day if the retailers want more compliant factories they have to pay us more. Get the retailers together and make sure they pay us five cents more. Not even ten, we don't even want ten cents, we want five, we're happy with five cents on each garment'.
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Episodes — Season 2014
- 1 Episode 1 «The Tea Trail with Simon Reeve» January 12, 2014
- 2 Episode 2 «The Coffee Trail with Simon Reeve» January 26, 2014
- 3 Episode 3 «How China Fooled the World - with Robert Peston» February 18, 2014
- 4 Episode 4 «Copacabana Palace» May 13, 2014
- 5 Episode 5 «The Secret Life of Your Clothes» July 14, 2014
- 6 Episode 6 «Clothes to Die For» July 21, 2014
- 7 Episode 7 «Ireland's Lost Babies» September 17, 2014
- 8 Episode 8 «Life in Solitary» September 21, 2014
- 9 Episode 9 «Terror at the Mall» September 24, 2014
- 10 Episode 10 «Rwanda's Untold Story» October 1, 2014