London is fast becoming a 24-hour city, in this episode we talk to some of its growing number of night workers. What's it like to work while most of us are asleep? Why do workers choose to be nocturnal? Is it a choice at all?

Main presenter: Rebecca ScroggsEditing and production: Helen ClappMusic and sound design: Michael Edwards

Organisations and research mentioned in the episode and useful links:Mayor unveils first ever 24-hour vision for Londonhttps://www.london.gov.uk/press-releases/mayoral/mayors-24-hour-vision-for-london National Sleep Foundation: Shift Work Disorderhttps://sleepfoundation.org/shift-work/content/shift-work-disorder-–-symptomsRough Nights: The Growing Dangers of Working at Night - The Young Foundationhttps://youngfoundation.org/publications/rough-nights-the-growing-dangers-of-working-at-night/A Hard Days Night- TUC 2015https://www.tuc.org.uk/sites/default/files/AHardDaysNight.pdf260,000 more people working at night in past five years, finds TUChttps://www.tuc.org.uk/news/260000-more-people-working-night-past-five-years-finds-tucThe undercover author who discovered Amazon warehouse workers were peeing in bottles tells us the culture was like a 'prison'http://uk.businessinsider.com/amazon-warehouse-like-prison-where-workers-used-pee-bottle-2018-4Race report statistics | Equality and Human Rights Commissionhttps://www.equalityhumanrights.com/en/latest-projects/race-report-statisticsNight shift: the dangers of working around the clockhttps://www.ft.com/content/f99b316c-5e16-11e8-ad91-e01af256df68

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