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Sex: My British Job
Sex: My British Job

Sex: My British Job

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Documentary

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Nick Broomfield met Hsiao Hung Pai, a journalist who was working for the Guardian, when making his feature film 'Ghosts' (about the Morecambe Bay Chinese Cockle Pickers ). As an experiment and using the latest in undercover technology, Nick worked with Hsiao to make a Undercover film set in a Chinese brothel in Finchley. There are over 2000 'illegal' brothels in London,largely ignored by the police and the authorities, which employ 80% foreign nationals, mostly illegal, that are easily exploited by the brothel owners.

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Budget

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Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

63 mins

Rating

5.4/10

Release Date

23 September 2013

Country

United Kingdom

Cast

Hsiao-Hung Pai

Hsiao-Hung Pai

Undercover reporter

Nick Broomfield

Nick Broomfield

Himself

Madame Mary

Madame Mary

Brothel boss

Mustafa

Mustafa

Mary's boyfriend

Ling Ling

Ling Ling

Brothel madam

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