Synopsis:

00.00-00.42
Opening titles.

00.43-01.52
Customer choice - 'vox pop' interviews with young people in Oxford Street, London giving their reasons for deciding which T-shirts to buy.

1.53-3.40
The growth and production of cotton in the Aral Sea, Kazakhstan and the resultant problems.

3.41-05.50
The problems of growing cotton in West Africa, especially the threat from insects, plant diseases and the effects of pesticides on the health of local workers. One quarter of all agricultural pesticides are used on cotton crops, which contributes to the deaths of 20,000 farmers a year.

5.51-10.04
Exploring companies that make T-shirts using alternative methods: Gossypium in Lewis, Sussex produces organic cotton garments made from cotton grown by farmers in Gujarat, India. The farmers explain the methods they use and the problems of growing cotton organically.

10.05-13.49
The owners of Gossypium, Thomas Petit and Abigail Garner, describe how they developed their company, the production of cotton cloth using Indian companies and the marketing of the completed garments.

13.50-14.44
Gossypium and its links with Marks and Spencer. An M & S executive explains why they buy cotton-based goods from companies like Gossypium and their policy in developing Fair Trade marketing agreements.

14.45-17.44
An alternative to cotton - Hemp and the development of The Hemp Trading Company (THTC) run by Dru and Gav Lawson. The problems of making T-shirts using hemp-based cloth and of finding companies that can make the garments in good working conditions and using eco-friendly practices.

17.45-19.49
Searching for suitable factories to make THTC's T-shirts. After a great deal of research a number of possible suitable companies are identified in Central China. Dru Lawson makes the trip to China to explore potential factories.

19.50-21.44
On Dru's return to Sussex THTC hear about a farm in England that has grown hemp commercially for several years to be used for horse-bedding and strengthening car doors. However, the farm has recently acquired a prototype invention that will be able to break down the hemp stalks and extract the fibres inside. Once extracted, the fibres can be spun into yarn and woven independently or blended with cotton. Even nettles can be made into wearable fibres.

21.45-22.21
A company called BioRegional was responsible for organising the trial of this prototype machine and the company explain the machine's potential in revolutionising textile production.

22.22-23.34
THTC give their verdict - they are impressed and optimistic in being able to produce hemp-based garments on a large scale, growing hemp in the country of sale -Europe for the European market, USA for the USA market and Asia for the Asian market.

23.35-end
Credits.