This new BBCThree drama explores the very real lives of exploited factory workers:
Although the upcoming series has been described as a “factual drama”, the plotline is entirely fictional but based on real-life experiences.
The synopsis reads: “It tells the fictional story of warehouse worker Alys, whose childhood friend Megan joins the same distribution centre as a trainee manager. “In a desperate attempt to keep her new job Megan presses pregnant Alys to get her ‘pick-rate’ up, putting Alys and her baby at risk.” With an upsurge of warehouse jobs being brought about because of current shopping habits, it’s believed that around 1 million people are currently working in distribution centres across the UK. In many towns, warehouse work is now one of the few options available to young people.In distribution centres, ‘idle time’ and ‘pick’ or ‘aspirational’ rates are measured with constant 24-hour surveillance.
, pregnant women routinely fall below their target ‘pick-rate’ and are subjected to constant CCTV and algorithmic surveillance, ‘self enhancement plans’ and monitoring. All of which will likely feature heavily in the drama’s plotline and characters.Life And Death In The Warehouse’s cast will be led by Aimee-Ffion Edwards (
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