The word 'harrowing' is over-used, but it applies here. The stories of children brought to Britain as slave labour, investigated with varying degrees of success by police, were genuinely distressing. As the one-off drama showed, many of these children remain completely under the radar into adulthood, and many were sold or sent off to work, never to see their families again.
This is the sort of understated, low-key production that the BBC does very well. Other than the occasional use of split-screen, and a few strangely-angled shots, there was nothing showy to detract from the substance of the story, and the dialogue was sparse but effective.
Only one possible TWNH, and sadly I can't be sure, but I can't imagine that a steady stream of people would pass by a dying or dead child (with visible blood). Even if only for the self-importance, somebody would stop, and lets be optimistic and say a number of people would offer help. Nonetheless, the reality of parents happy to exploit others' children is a depressing one, and if we had any doubts about it, the evening news on 7th July had one such story.
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