Blood, Sweat and T-shirts

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{{Infobox television

| image =

| runtime = 60 minutes

| country = United Kingdom

| network = BBC Three

| num_episodes = 4

| first_aired = {{Start date|2008|4|22|df=yes}}

| last_aired = {{End date|2008|5|13|df=yes}}

| related = {{Plainlist|

• Blood, Sweat and Takeaways

}}

}}

Blood, Sweat and T-shirts is a British TV documentary series, broadcast in 2008 on BBC Three.

The series followed six British fashion consumers aged between 20 and 24{{cite web

|title=BBC Thread: Blood, Sweat and T-shirts

|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/thread/blood-sweat-tshirts

|accessdate=2009-11-24

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927090443/http://www.bbc.co.uk/thread/blood-sweat-tshirts

|archive-date=2011-09-27

|location=London

|work=BBC

}} as they travelled to India to live and work alongside Indian garment workers, making clothes destined for sale in British high-street stores.{{cite news

|title=Last Night's TV: They're cottoning on to the real world

|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/reviews/last-nights-tv-theyre-cottoning-on-to-the-real-world-813923.html

|date=2008-04-23

|work=The Independent

|accessdate=2009-11-24

|location=London

|first=Thomas

|last=Sutcliffe

}}

The series was nominated in the Best Factual Series category at the 2009 BAFTA Television Awards.{{citation|title=BAFTA Television Awards Winners in 2009|url=http://www.bafta.org/awards/television/tv-noms-2009,709,BA.html|accessdate=24 November 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101121045935/http://www.bafta.org/awards/television/tv-noms-2009,709,BA.html|archive-date=21 November 2010|url-status=dead}} One of the participants in Blood, Sweat and T-shirts was Stacey Dooley, who went on to present a range of programmes for the BBC, starting off with the BBC Three documentary Stacey Dooley Investigates in 2009.{{cite web|title=Kids for Sale: Stacey Dooley Investigates|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00n4fd2|publisher=BBC|accessdate=7 April 2011}}{{cite web|title=Kids with Guns: Stacey Dooley Investigates|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00v781z|publisher=BBC|accessdate=7 April 2011}}{{cite web|title=Sex Trafficking in Cambodia: Stacey Dooley Investigates|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00vcwdd|publisher=BBC|accessdate=7 April 2011}}

The series was followed by Blood, Sweat and Takeaways in 2009, which focused on the food production in Asia,{{cite news

|title=Blood, Sweat and Takeaways; Dollhouse

|url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/tv_and_radio/article6321355.ece

|first=Andrew

|last=Billen

|date=2009-05-20

|accessdate=2010-07-15

|location=London

|work=The Times

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615123217/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/tv_and_radio/article6321355.ece

|archive-date=2011-06-15

}}

and Blood, Sweat and Luxuries in 2010, which focused on the production of luxury goods in Africa.{{cite news

|title=Blood, Sweat and Luxuries, Afghan Star and Olympic Dreams

|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2010/apr/21/blood-sweat-and-luxuries-review

|first=Sam

|last=Wollaston

|date=2010-04-21

|accessdate=2010-07-15

|location=London

|work=The Guardian

}}