A new factual drama filmed in Wales, Life And Death In The Warehouse, explores what it is like to be working in a warehouse and promises to be hard-hitting and thought-provoking.
It aims to make viewers think about what happens behind the scenes when they click a button to order items online and to consider the team of people who are working in stressful conditions around the clock to meet their nearly impossible targets.
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What is Life And Death In The Warehouse about?
Life And Death In The Warehouse follows the lives of Megan and Alys who work together in a Welsh warehouse.
Megan returns to her home village after graduating to help financially support her father and brother, getting a job as a trainee manager in a local warehouse.
Already working at the warehouse is her childhood friend Alys, who is a "picker" and has to keep up with the ever-increasing targets.
Alys is struggling to meet her targets as she is pregnant and it is Megan's job to push the pickers to keep to their targets.
A drop in pick rates can easily result in the workers losing their jobs so Megan ignores her concerns and pushes Alys to keep meeting her targets, putting Alys and the baby at risk.
Unable to keep up, there are heartbreaking consequences for Alys as the programme shows the near exploitation of warehouse workers.
This hard-hitting factual drama is based on years of research, of speaking to anonymous warehouse workers, and creator and director Joseph Bullman was inspired for the series when he visited a Welsh village.
He said: "A few years ago, I found myself in a little Welsh village, which had once thrived on coal. At the time the only prospect for work in this particular village was temping at a vast distribution centre nearby. People would get a text from the temp agency first thing in the morning, but for some, it would be too late to get the bus to the warehouse in time to start work. So some villagers had taken to sleeping in the village bus stop – just in case they got a text from the temp agency that day."
When is Life And Death In The Warehouse on?
Life And Death In The Warehouse will air on BBC Three on Monday, March, 7 at 9pm as a one-off hour-long drama and will also be available on iPlayer.
Life And Death In The Warehouse cast
Aimee-Ffion Edwards as Megan
Peaky Blinders fans will recognise Aimee-Ffion Edwards as Esme Shelby in the hit BBC drama Peaky Blinders and she has previously starred in Skins.
Aimee-Ffion will be playing Megan, who is under pressure to keep her job as a trainee manager leading to devastating consequences.
Poppy Lee Friar as Alys
Poppy Lee Friar will play Alys, who is struggling to meet her demanding targets while pregnant, and previously Poppy has starred in Ackley Bridge and In My Skin.
Craig Parkinson as Danny
Playing Senior Manager Danny is Craig Parkinson who has previously had a huge role in the hit BBC drama Line of Duty, as DI Matthew "Dot" Cottan.
Kimberly Nixon as Donna
Fresh Meat star Kimberly Nixon will play Donna, another manager at the warehouse. We caught up with the Welsh actress recently and you can read what she said here.
Aled ap Steffan as Devon
In the role of warehouse worker Devon is Aled ap Steffan who has been acting since 2018, starring in Gangs of London and The Pact.
Sion Daniel Young as Sean
Sion Daniel Young is starring as Sean, another manager at the warehouse, and he recently starred in the Channel 4 drama Deceit.
Where was Life And Death In The Warehouse filmed?
The BBC has not revealed many details about the filming locations of Life And Death In The Warehouse, just revealing that it was filmed in Wales.
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