Smuggled (TV series)

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{{Infobox television

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| genre = Reality television

| channel = Channel 4

| country = United Kingdom

| producer = David Modell

| company = ScreenDog

| executive_producer = Ed Kellie

| num_episodes = 2

| first_aired = {{start date|2019|11|4|df=yes}}

| last_aired = {{end date|2019|11|11|df=yes}}

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Smuggled is a British reality television documentary miniseries shown on Channel 4.{{Cite news|last=Quinn|first=Ben|date=2019-11-02|title=Channel 4's Smuggled criticised as insensitive in wake of lorry deaths|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2019/nov/02/channel-4s-smuggled-criticised-as-insensitive-in-wake-of-lorry-deaths|access-date=2020-07-21|issn=0261-3077}}{{Cite web|date=2019-11-04|title=Smuggled: New show will see people attempt to smuggle themselves into the UK|url=https://tellymix.co.uk/tv/414989-smuggled-new-show-will-see-people-attempt-to-smuggle-themselves-into-the-uk-air-date-tonight.html|access-date=2020-07-21|website=TellyMix|language=en}}

The documentary follows eight British nationals as they attempt to smuggle themselves into Britain, testing the border security. The producer, David Modell, called the UK's border security an "illusion".{{Cite news|date=5 November 2019|title=Smuggled producer: UK border security is an illusion|work=Evening Express|url=https://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/lifestyle/entertainment/smuggled-producer-uk-border-security-is-an-illusion/|access-date=5 November 2019}}

The show was originally scheduled to begin airing on 28 October 2019, but was postponed by a week to 4 November after 39 people were found dead in a refrigerated lorry in Essex.{{Cite web|last=Pearce|first=Tilly|date=2019-10-23|title=Channel 4 postpones reality show Smuggled after 39 bodies found in Essex lorry|url=https://metro.co.uk/2019/10/23/channel-4-postpones-smuggled-reality-show-schedule-39-bodies-found-essex-lorry-10970949/|access-date=2020-07-21|website=Metro|language=en}} The victims, all Vietnamese, had been illegally smuggled into the UK. The Home Office criticised Channel 4 for being 'insensitive and irresponsible' to show it too soon. Alice Jones of the i newspaper was also critical of the brief postponement, claiming that it was put off "only by seven days, because we’ll all be able to see the fun side of trafficking by then, presumably."{{Cite web|last=Jones|first=Alice|date=2019-10-25|title=Channel 4's shocking programmes are getting bums on seats, but nothing more|url=https://inews.co.uk/culture/television/british-tribe-next-door-smuggled-surjury-channel-4-355012|access-date=2020-07-21|website=inews.co.uk|language=en}}