THE BBC has had to apologise after being caught out telling porkie pies in one of its Panorama documentaries.
Though it claimed to show genuine footage of exploited Indian child labourers sweating for a pittance to make cheap fashion for Primark, these scenes had in fact been staged.
A voice in the background heard saying: "Get on with the work little boy" and "keep quiet and get on with job" was provided by the Panorama crew's driver/translator.
Are any of you surprised by this? I'm not.
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Published on June 19, 2011 07:51