DOCUMENTARY
A House Made of Splinters: Storyville
BBC Four, 9.30pm Much more than a companion piece to BBC One’s Panorama special (see above), this shatteringly intimate documentary focuses on life in an orphanage in eastern Ukraine before the February 2022 invasion, where children affected by
poverty, violence, mental illness or addiction at home are housed while their futures are determined. Yet despite the circumstances, joy and unity prevail as the children exchange their experiences, bonds are slowly forged and healing begins.
Inside the Shein Machine: Untold
Channel 4, 11.20pm
This Dispatches-style strand aimed at younger viewers begins with reporter Iman Amrani’s investigation into the dire human and environmental cost of fast fashion, particularly the mammoth Chinese brand Shein that has lured in