The Truth about Temu

Format

1 x 30'

Production company

Zandland

Year of production

2024

Commissioning channels

C4

Temu, the Chinese shopping app, has exploded in popularity with over half a billion downloads worldwide.

With the cost of living still high, its rock-bottom prices have enticed an estimated 15 million UK users to download and shop on the app.

Ellie Flynn investigates whether these bargain prices are too good to be true, exploring whether some of their products are made with high levels of harmful materials; and whether other items, such as climbing safety equipment, are accurately advertised as holding recognised safety certificates.

Ellie travels across the UK revealing how Temu has reeled in so many consumers and kept them hooked, and along the way uncovers evidence that suggests some customers have been offered financial settlements in exchange for silence when their products proved dangerous.

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