Inspired by real world accounts of what it is like to be a warehouse worker in Britain, the factual drama comes from the team behind Killed By My Debt and Murdered By My Father. 

The fictional story follows warehouse worker Alys (Poppy Lee Friar), as her childhood friend Megan (Aimee-Ffion Edwards) joins the same distribution centre as a trainee manager. 

Megan is desperate to keep and excel in her new job and pressures Alys to increase her ‘pick rate’, which puts Alys and her baby at risk. 

Life and Death in the Warehouse reveals the truth about the gruelling work regime and oppressive monitoring that occurs in distribution centres.

An increase in online shopping has led to a dramatic increase in warehouse jobs with around a million people now working in distribution centres across the UK.

In many towns, warehouse work is often the only work available to young people.

With 24-hour surveillance, the customer fixated culture means that toilet breaks, conversations and the number of items picked per hour are constantly monitored, which can lead to sacking, also known as off-boarding.

Pregnant women often fall below their target pick rate and are faced with constant CCTV and algorithmic surveillance and monitoring. 

The cast includes Craig Parkinson as senior manager Danny, Kimberley Nixon as manager Donna, Aled ap Steffan as warehouse worker Devon and Sion Daniel Young as manager Sean. 

Fiona Campbell, BBC Three controller, commented: “This factual-based drama will no doubt raise some questions. We know that this is what the best factual programmes do - they help people understand the world they are living in and drive conversation about stories relevant right now.”