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Greenlit: Brainwashing Stacey Dooley, BBC3

Brainwashing Stacey Dooley w/t  (3×60) – What happens when Stacey Dooley lives and trains with alternative groups whose extreme ideologies feel at odds with her own? Can she ever think like they think?

In a daring new series, Stacey steps away from her traditional investigative role and immerses herself fully in worlds with extreme views. To enter the mindset of people whose views and activities are perceived as highly controversial – from the sports hunting community to the pro-life youth training camps – Stacey will sign up to live, breathe and train 24/7 under the watchful eye of experts and leaders within these intense ideological worlds.

The series sees Stacey join the sports hunting community in the US and Africa to find out what is takes to kill, and to understand the mindset of those who take part in a sport which is considered abhorrent to many. In India, she will undergo training to become a member of the Gulabi Gang, who use direct and physical action to campaign for women’s rights. In America, she will join an anti-abortion bootcamp, embedding herself in the pro-life movement.

Channel: BBC3

Producer: BBC Creative Label

TX: TBC

Source: BBC press release