Bannatyne Takes on Big Tobacco on BBC 2 Channel Tue 1 Jul, 9:00 pm - 10:00 pm 60mins
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Bannatyne, multi-millionaire and the scourge of Dragons' Den, journeys
to Africa to explore the rise in the number of kids smoking, and the
activities of one tobacco company in particular.
He uncovers evidence of the extraordinary marketing tactics of BAT which he believes are encouraging kids
to smoke. His sharp business brain forensically gathers the evidence
and then confronts the company back in London.
But this is not just a hard hitting investigation, this is an emotional
journey for Bannatyne. An ex-smoker himself, he loves Africa and in his
travels he has a laugh with a tobacco grower, is teased by the dinner
ladies at a school in Malawi where he helps to cook the dinner and he
has to deal with the cockroach in his hotel room. He also meets kids as
young as 11 who are not only smoking ten a day, but also trying to make
a living selling cigarettes.
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