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Pls Like

Series 2

Episode 4: Kids

Duration: 16 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One WestLatest broadcast: on BBC One Wales

Available for 23 days

Millennial documentarian Liam Williams ('if Stacey Dooley won't do it, he will') investigates the increasingly strange and worrying world of vlogging.

In this episode, Liam explores the 'Kids' category of The Likeys, a new awards intended to celebrate positivity in the vlogging world. He catches up with Millipede, who is trying to woo a new, younger demographic by writing a children's story, with a little help from her ghost-writer, or, as Millie insists on calling her, 'story shepherd'. Millipede also introduces Liam to her tiny doppleganger, Mini Millipede, a small child whose parents have franchised the Millipede brand.

Later, Liam finds out about some of the new techniques for keeping children safe online when he visits a lab for testing online videos on animals. And he investigates a suspicious company responsible for posting some distressing children's cartoons online and is forced to call in an algorithm whisperer!

Meanwhile, the row surrounding The Likeys is growing, as DumpGhost gains support from neo-fascist influencer Henry Bloyd Smith. And there's some bad news following Charlie's recent attempt to row across the Irish Sea... Show less

Contributors

James Wirm:
Tim Key
Millipede:
Emma Sidi
Dina Discourse:
Shivani Thussu
Ian (reporter):
Ian Smith
Calm Woman at Beam:
Olga Koch
Biel Agnew:
Kieran Hodgson
Lorna (story shepherd):
Anjana Vasan
Mini Millipede:
Anya McKenna-Bruce
Algorithm Whisperer:
Chris Hayward
Blair Shaikh:
Mim Shaikh
Director:
Tom Kingsley
Executive Producer:
James De Frond
Production Company:
Shiny Button Production Ltd

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