TV should expose the flaws of fast fashion, not treat it as entertainment | Lucy Siegle

Recent series ignore environmental and social issues in favour of strained 'fun'According to TV industry media, the fast fashion brand Missguided turned down more than 500 requests from TV production companies before agreeing to allow Pulse Films into its head office in Manchester last year. The fruits of that labour, Inside Missguided: Made in Manchester, a four-part series in Channel 4's "coveted" 10pm documentary slot, were revealed last week.Let's be honest, I did not enjoy the show. A more substantive archive of my distress can be found on Twitter, but the short version is that I'm disturbed that this horror show of turbo-charged consumerism was ever commissioned. Continue reading...