This evening

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Anchor 1: Hello! We are live from our studio here in slough, I’m your host Georgia

Anchor 2: And I’m Madeline, It’s Wednesday at 7:30 on the dot…been a bit chilly this week,
so sit down, warm up and enjoy the show

Anchor 1: we have some hard hitting, thought provoking topics coming your way, so it’s
time to dive into it

Anchor 1&2: this evening

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Anchor 1: coming up…

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Fashion environmentalist Louisa Reid is discussing how SHEIN is exploiting children for our
benefit

Anchor 2: after that we’re exploring The dark side of advertising

*queue footage of Isla Sykes and Sophie Thorpe interviewing customers*

Isla and Sophie will be giving us a preview on their documentary about the links between
attention-grabbing packaging to increases in childhood obesity

Anchor 1: Later on, in the show, Ava will be discussing the dangers of vaping and how an
increasingly young portion of the population are engaging in these dangerous activities

Anchor 2: and to finish up the show, this evening, we are bringing light to Autism awareness
month. Both me and Georgia will be discussing how Autism effects young people and what
you can do to help and support.

Anchor 1: Throughout this show, we will be holding a charity fundraiser.

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Text the number on the screen Autism 10 to donate £10, Autism20 to donate £20 and
austism30 to donate £30.

Anchor 2: any contribution will be greatly appreciated, thank you and let’s get into it.
We hope you’ve had a good day
SHEIN STORY

Anchor 1: First up, Shein exploiting young children for our benefit.

Anchor 2: 160 million children worldwide are subjected to child slavery and labour. Nearly
half of them are engaged in hazardous work that is detrimental to their health and
wellbeing. Crisis’s such as Covid has made problems such as these much worse. Here’s an
interview from Louisa Reid and a young worker for Shein.

Louisa: “I’m here with Samuel, another worker for Shein, but sadly he shouldn’t be working
here, he should be at school, learning. What age did you start working here?”

Samuel: “I’m now 13 but I’ve been working here since I was 11, so 2 years.”

Louisa: “That’s a very young age to start work, that can’t have left you in education for a
long time, how long did you spend at school? How did you feel when you had to drop out?”

Samuel: “I was devasted, even though I was only 10 when I stopped going to school, I was
so sad. I don’t get to see my friends anymore and I can’t get any smarter.”

Louisa: “What are the working conditions here like?”

Samuel: “I don’t like it here. It’s very cramped and everyone is bashing elbows all the time.
You can barely move from one end of the warehouse to the other without bumping into
anything and knocking it over. Our bosses aren’t the nicest either, if you make any tiny
mistake, you are punished immediately, and it could be very severe consequences.”

Louisa: “What is your family life like? How many people are you providing for?”

Samuel: “I live at home with my brother and sister, mum and dad and my sister’s child. It
isn’t as squashed as you would think, but we do struggle. My brother and sister both also
had to stop their e3ducation to go to work to help out the family”.

Louisa: “I understand that you work very hard and very long hours, but how many hours do
you work in a day? And how many days do you work a week?”

Samuel: “I work 12 hours a day, every day. I don’t get Sundays off like many of the other
employees and I think that’s because everyone else are adults, apart from us kids.”

Louisa: “How much do you get paid and is it enough to support your family?”

Samuel: “I don’t get paid very much, only £1.59 an hour, you would think that after all the
hours I do that I will be paid enough to buy dinner for my family, but it isn’t, it is barely
enough to survive off.”
Louisa: “How many other people your age work with you?”

Samuel: “I haven’t met everyone who works here, but from what I know it is probably about
50/50, half the workers are adults, and the other half are children.”

Louisa: “What do you dream of for the future? I’m sure you have bigger plans than working
in a factory for your whole life.”

Samuel: “I hope to one day become a dentist and help everyone who needs the help but
can’t get it.”

Louisa: “That’s lovely Samuel, I hope you get to one day achieve your dreams. And finally,
do you have anything to say to people who shop from places like Shein?”

Samuel: “I just want them to realise how detrimental their shopping is, not only to us
workers but also to the planet. I shouldn’t be working here, I should be at school every day
receiving and education so I can make a life for myself, but instead I am in the factory all day
everyday making clothes for everyone else.

THE DARK SIDE OF ADVERTISING

Anchor 1: we’re here with journalists Sophie Thorpe and Isla Sykes who are sharing with us
some exclusive previews on their latest documentary coming out October the 31 st on ITV,
just in time for Halloween

Anchor 2: well, some of the truths revealed in this are truly frightening, take a look

*play pre-recorded trailer*

Anchor 2: wow that is just unbelievable

Sophie: well… unfortunately it’s true. Some things we uncovered were just… insane

Isla: talking to child psychologist Melissa McCartney was so eye opening, I have young kids
myself and its really changed the way I interpret their choices and made me really think
about the food I’m giving them and why

Sophie: I don’t want to spoil anything, so you’ll have to catch it yourself when it premieres
in October, but we really didn’t expect to uncover the things we did about how advertisers
manipulate child psychology

Isla: absolutely it went in a much darker direction than we expected. We managed to get an
exclusive interview with Bob Benjamin- CEO of Nestle and he just had no remorse for us
parents and the children suffering because of these highly advertised products often being
the unhealthiest

Sophie: we spent such a long time interviewing and speaking directly to customers

Anchor 1: yes take a look

*show pre-recorded footage of Sophie and Isla interviewing people from their
documentary*

Anchor 2: wow I really can’t wait to watch the rest of this what were those people reacting
to

Isla: we were sharing the recorded footage from inside a nestle advertising team it was
incredibly cynical and schemey

Anchor 2: what do you hope this documentary will do for the people? Whatb do you hope
will come of this?

Isla: we just hope people will be aware of how self aware advertisers are when theyre
putting fun cartoons and bright colours on sweets etc. we want people to be informed when
making their purchasing decisions and really think about who they’re supporting with their
money.

Anchor 2: well thank you Isla and Sophie for sharing this with us we’re excited and we’re
sure everyone at home is too.

VAPING

CHARITY SEGMENT

Madeline: And now if you remember last week, we mentioned the work we have
been doing with the Autism awareness society.

Georgia: we are incredibly pleased to announce that we not only reached our goal
we smashed it out the park

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Madeline: as you know we are deeply passionate about this subject as members
of the neurodivergent community

Georgia: so, it really does mean the world to us and everyone working with us at
This evening studios, that we could make such a difference to so many lives

Madeline: Now very soon we will be checking up on some of our friends over at
the autistic awereness society but first how about a little more information on
what autism is and what it means to us.

Georgia: and most importantly what it means to you and what it can mean to
others.

· Visual: montage of people with autism doing fun engaging activities

Madeleine: Autism is a neurological and developmental disorder that affects how

people interact with others, communicate, learn, and behave.

· Visual: montage of classrooms and public spaces

Georgia: It has its challenges but should never be considered a disadvantage.

Madeleine: While it does pose some cognitive difficulties there's always ways
around them and with co-operation within the community and outside.

· Visual: pictures and clips of Autistic people with achievements

Georgia: There is no cure for autism but there is one thing that can treat it and
that is understanding so now over to when we visited the autism awerness
society head quarters to see all the brilliant work being done.

FEEDBACK SEGMENT

Georgia: brilliant stuff

Madeleine : and now a few messages from our viewers

Georgia : Stacey from Leeds says “ as a parent with 2 neurodivergent children it

warms my heart to see an informative program that doesn’t belittle or look down
on the community”

· Studio heartfelt reaction

Madeleine : I want to give a congratulations to Toby in London who with the help
of Autism Awareness society got his pilot license and has now started working
with Virgin Atlantic

· Studio reaction

Georgia : And our final shout out is to Milly in Stoken-church who says “ thank
you for being one of the first to include the female side of Autism it means a lot to
feel seen”

Madeleine : and that’s what we want to hear

Georgia : Nothing but positivity from you guys.

Madeleine : Now something more negative … this is the end of our show tonight
and remember our charity donations are still being accepted so please keep them
coming

Georgia : Its been a pleasure hosting as always. So a final goodbye from us until
next time. And one more shout out to Autistic awareness society and the
beautiful work they’ve been doing.

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· Visuals : credits