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-One London neighbourhood. -Two very different kids. | 0:00:02 | 0:00:07 | |
-What's your school? -Dulwich College. -I go to Kingsdale. | 0:00:07 | 0:00:09 | |
-We hate each other, then! -Yeah! | 0:00:09 | 0:00:12 | |
They live streets apart, but their lives have never crossed. | 0:00:13 | 0:00:17 | |
And that's not unusual. | 0:00:17 | 0:00:19 | |
All over the UK, people live next to one another, | 0:00:19 | 0:00:22 | |
but often know little about their neighbours. | 0:00:22 | 0:00:25 | |
I do wonder sometimes, my family is like this, | 0:00:25 | 0:00:29 | |
I wonder what the people across the road are like. | 0:00:29 | 0:00:32 | |
So what happens when two boys are asked by Newsround | 0:00:32 | 0:00:35 | |
to swap lives for a week? | 0:00:35 | 0:00:38 | |
Half an hour brushing hair which doesn't exist. | 0:00:38 | 0:00:41 | |
-It's pretty stupid. It is. -It's not. | 0:00:41 | 0:00:44 | |
What will they learn about themselves? Their families? | 0:00:44 | 0:00:48 | |
Hopefully, when you meet my mum, you won't find her too embarrassing. | 0:00:48 | 0:00:51 | |
And the community they live in. | 0:00:53 | 0:00:55 | |
Where I live is more tough than when he lives. | 0:00:55 | 0:00:58 | |
They'll bring back to their families one thing | 0:00:58 | 0:01:01 | |
they'd want to change as a result of their experience. | 0:01:01 | 0:01:05 | |
I am absolutely amazed that that is something | 0:01:05 | 0:01:08 | |
that you're proposing to take in to your family. | 0:01:08 | 0:01:11 | |
12-year-old Sachen and Patric live just streets away, | 0:01:32 | 0:01:36 | |
but have never met. | 0:01:36 | 0:01:38 | |
All that is about to change, as the two of them | 0:01:38 | 0:01:41 | |
have agreed to welcome each other into their worlds. | 0:01:41 | 0:01:44 | |
So, who are they? | 0:01:44 | 0:01:47 | |
I'm Patric. | 0:01:48 | 0:01:50 | |
Spelt without a K, as that's the Cornish way. I am 12-years-old. | 0:01:50 | 0:01:56 | |
He goes to one of the country's best private schools, | 0:01:57 | 0:02:01 | |
is really into his Christian faith, | 0:02:01 | 0:02:04 | |
and has friends from all over London. | 0:02:04 | 0:02:08 | |
Patrick lives with his mum, Claire, dad, Jeremy, | 0:02:08 | 0:02:11 | |
and sisters, Lois and Miranda. | 0:02:11 | 0:02:13 | |
And this is his Gran. | 0:02:13 | 0:02:16 | |
I love my family. | 0:02:16 | 0:02:17 | |
My parents, I think they'll be together for evermore. | 0:02:17 | 0:02:21 | |
Patric is a curious child. | 0:02:21 | 0:02:25 | |
He is very kind and gentle. | 0:02:25 | 0:02:28 | |
Generous, loving. | 0:02:28 | 0:02:30 | |
He'll enjoy it, but he'll be nervous about going somewhere else | 0:02:30 | 0:02:36 | |
and acting as if he's their family. | 0:02:36 | 0:02:38 | |
Sachen lives around a mile away from Patric. | 0:02:42 | 0:02:46 | |
I am fun, energetic, friendly, | 0:02:46 | 0:02:50 | |
great to hang with. Stylish. | 0:02:50 | 0:02:53 | |
If you don't like me, deal with it. | 0:02:53 | 0:02:57 | |
Unlike Patric, Sachen goes to his local state school. | 0:02:57 | 0:03:00 | |
He worships fashion and spends | 0:03:00 | 0:03:02 | |
his spare time hanging out with his friends locally. | 0:03:02 | 0:03:06 | |
Do a proper pose! Stop it. | 0:03:08 | 0:03:10 | |
He lives with mum, Heather, dad, David, and gran, Jenny. | 0:03:10 | 0:03:14 | |
His grown-up twin sisters, | 0:03:14 | 0:03:16 | |
Annalicia and Anisa, are always visiting. | 0:03:16 | 0:03:19 | |
Sachen, he's quite a sociable child and he's quite confident. | 0:03:19 | 0:03:25 | |
He's almost fearless, won't back down if he feels that he's right. | 0:03:25 | 0:03:28 | |
Sachen is a warrior. Anything he wants, he'll go for it. | 0:03:28 | 0:03:33 | |
-That's what I like about him. -Lovable. -Energetic! | 0:03:33 | 0:03:37 | |
Definitely a burst of energy, I'd say. | 0:03:37 | 0:03:40 | |
He's always on the go, never really stopping to rest. | 0:03:40 | 0:03:45 | |
Yeah, that's our Sachen, isn't it? That's how he is! | 0:03:45 | 0:03:48 | |
The boys live in Lewisham, | 0:03:48 | 0:03:51 | |
one of the most diverse neighbourhoods in London. | 0:03:51 | 0:03:54 | |
170 languages are spoken here and there is | 0:03:54 | 0:03:58 | |
a different community round every corner. | 0:03:58 | 0:04:01 | |
In the next week, the boys will experience a whole new side of life | 0:04:01 | 0:04:05 | |
in their area, as they are thrown into each other's worlds. | 0:04:05 | 0:04:08 | |
But first up, a task designed to give each boy | 0:04:08 | 0:04:11 | |
some clues about who he's going to meet. | 0:04:11 | 0:04:14 | |
Sachen and Patric must pack five things they think | 0:04:14 | 0:04:18 | |
best sum them up into a box. | 0:04:18 | 0:04:20 | |
I am going to put in my skates, I love them with all my heart. | 0:04:21 | 0:04:25 | |
I will never get a new pair, unless my foot gets bigger. | 0:04:25 | 0:04:28 | |
Hockey is one of my favourite sports, so this is going in. | 0:04:28 | 0:04:32 | |
My PS3, best console ever. Black Ops, FIFA 12. | 0:04:32 | 0:04:36 | |
Got to be careful with that one. | 0:04:36 | 0:04:38 | |
Drumming is my favourite instrument. I've got an electric kit, | 0:04:38 | 0:04:42 | |
that's why I'm putting this in the box. | 0:04:42 | 0:04:45 | |
I'm going to put in this. | 0:04:45 | 0:04:47 | |
I got this because I got really good on my SATs results, | 0:04:47 | 0:04:51 | |
so Mum let me get this, and I've loved it ever since. | 0:04:51 | 0:04:55 | |
We have got a yacht. | 0:04:55 | 0:04:57 | |
Every summer we go on the boat and sail round the south coast. | 0:04:57 | 0:05:01 | |
I love sailing. | 0:05:01 | 0:05:03 | |
Sachen comic. I want to be one of the world's biggest collectors | 0:05:03 | 0:05:07 | |
when I'm older and sell them all when they're worth a lot. | 0:05:07 | 0:05:11 | |
This cross was my grandfather's on my dad's side | 0:05:13 | 0:05:16 | |
and the cross is very special to me | 0:05:16 | 0:05:19 | |
as one of my only reminders of my grandfather. | 0:05:19 | 0:05:23 | |
And he was a very nice man, I think. | 0:05:23 | 0:05:26 | |
Fried chicken. | 0:05:27 | 0:05:29 | |
He's going to be, why would you put a piece of chicken in there? Voila! | 0:05:29 | 0:05:34 | |
Everything in here. It's heavy! | 0:05:34 | 0:05:37 | |
Job done. The boxes are sent. | 0:05:40 | 0:05:43 | |
And the first day of the swap has arrived. | 0:05:43 | 0:05:46 | |
Very light. | 0:05:47 | 0:05:49 | |
It's heavy! | 0:05:49 | 0:05:51 | |
I wonder what's in that? | 0:05:51 | 0:05:53 | |
Deep-fried chicken. Food is a very peculiar thing to put in his box. | 0:05:58 | 0:06:03 | |
I'm actually wondering what this is for. | 0:06:03 | 0:06:06 | |
It could be anything. Even tying me up with it. | 0:06:06 | 0:06:10 | |
Oh. | 0:06:11 | 0:06:12 | |
I think he's going to be good fun. | 0:06:12 | 0:06:16 | |
I really want to meet the boy. | 0:06:16 | 0:06:18 | |
The moment has arrived. Sachen and Patric are meeting up | 0:06:20 | 0:06:25 | |
at a halfway point between their two houses. | 0:06:25 | 0:06:29 | |
-Hi. -How are you? My name's Sachen, what's your name? -Patric. | 0:06:32 | 0:06:36 | |
-Patric, OK. -I knew your name was Sachen from the magazine. -Oh, yeah. | 0:06:36 | 0:06:43 | |
-What's your school? -Dulwich College. -Dulwich College?! | 0:06:43 | 0:06:46 | |
-I go to Kingsdale. -Ah, Kingsdale. We hate each other, then! -Yeah! | 0:06:46 | 0:06:52 | |
-Fried chicken? -HE LAUGHS | 0:06:53 | 0:06:56 | |
That's just part of me! I just love chicken. | 0:06:56 | 0:06:59 | |
OK, chicken. | 0:06:59 | 0:07:00 | |
It was exciting. | 0:07:02 | 0:07:06 | |
Just having a laugh, | 0:07:06 | 0:07:07 | |
hoping we all spend more time hanging out together. | 0:07:07 | 0:07:13 | |
A nice guy. Good fashion sense. | 0:07:13 | 0:07:16 | |
I like the jacket he was wearing. It was nice. | 0:07:16 | 0:07:20 | |
For the first three days, Sachen will leave his life behind | 0:07:21 | 0:07:25 | |
to spend time with Patric and his family. | 0:07:25 | 0:07:28 | |
They might live streets away, but will their lives be worlds apart? | 0:07:28 | 0:07:32 | |
# When I look in the mirror | 0:07:32 | 0:07:35 | |
# I don't even recognise myself. # | 0:07:35 | 0:07:38 | |
-This is my street. -OK. -I live just up here. | 0:07:38 | 0:07:42 | |
Hopefully, when you meet my mum, you won't find her too embarrassing. | 0:07:42 | 0:07:46 | |
I won't find her embarrassing. | 0:07:46 | 0:07:48 | |
Oh, no, nobody can beat my mum on embarrassing. | 0:07:48 | 0:07:50 | |
Wait till you meet my mum. | 0:07:50 | 0:07:52 | |
I'm just saying, you might like her, you might not. | 0:07:52 | 0:07:55 | |
Yeah, so this is my house. | 0:07:59 | 0:08:01 | |
Through here is the sitting room, and there's your box. | 0:08:03 | 0:08:06 | |
-A ukulele. -Oh, yeah, a ukulele. | 0:08:06 | 0:08:10 | |
Yeah, I used to play it, then my little sister used to play it. | 0:08:10 | 0:08:14 | |
-Now my older sister plays it. -An accordion. | 0:08:14 | 0:08:18 | |
Yeah, my little sister plays that. | 0:08:18 | 0:08:20 | |
Mum, this is Sachen. Mum, Claire. | 0:08:20 | 0:08:23 | |
-How do you do? -Hi, Claire. -Good to meet you. | 0:08:23 | 0:08:25 | |
-Thank you. -You've got the sort of face I was hoping you'd have. | 0:08:25 | 0:08:29 | |
-That... That is just my mum. -"That's just my mum." | 0:08:29 | 0:08:32 | |
Move. | 0:08:32 | 0:08:34 | |
Different. | 0:08:37 | 0:08:40 | |
His house is filled with instruments. | 0:08:40 | 0:08:42 | |
My one's filled with computers and stuff. | 0:08:42 | 0:08:44 | |
He has his own playhouse. | 0:08:44 | 0:08:46 | |
The boxing bag was great. He must have a lot of things to do here. | 0:08:46 | 0:08:50 | |
Patric loves to cook, and to welcome Sachen into his home, | 0:08:51 | 0:08:55 | |
they're going to prepare a big family meal together. | 0:08:55 | 0:08:59 | |
Ooh, it worked. | 0:08:59 | 0:09:00 | |
Unlike many families, Patric's family don't rely on the supermarket | 0:09:03 | 0:09:06 | |
for all of their food, | 0:09:06 | 0:09:08 | |
so the boys head out to a local high street | 0:09:08 | 0:09:11 | |
to get all the ingredients for supper. | 0:09:11 | 0:09:13 | |
Very excited. I've had previous experiences cooking, | 0:09:13 | 0:09:16 | |
so I'm looking forward to it. | 0:09:16 | 0:09:18 | |
Hello. What would you like? | 0:09:20 | 0:09:22 | |
-Beef. Roast beef for seven people - sirloin. -OK. -Seven people?! | 0:09:23 | 0:09:27 | |
-Isn't beef red meat? -I don't know. | 0:09:27 | 0:09:30 | |
-Hm. -But I think it is. | 0:09:30 | 0:09:32 | |
-I'm going to like it. -OK. Yeah. | 0:09:32 | 0:09:36 | |
Sachen rarely shops for food himself and has got a little distracted. | 0:09:36 | 0:09:42 | |
Sachen's trying to make a deal with the owner. | 0:09:42 | 0:09:45 | |
I think I deserve an organic sweetie. | 0:09:45 | 0:09:49 | |
He's trying to get a lollipop out of the shopkeeper. | 0:09:49 | 0:09:51 | |
It's called hustling. | 0:09:51 | 0:09:53 | |
If you don't have money to get something, hustle to get it. | 0:09:53 | 0:09:55 | |
I succeeded! | 0:09:55 | 0:09:58 | |
With two, actually. There's one for Patric as well. | 0:09:59 | 0:10:02 | |
-I hope you're good at following orders. -Yeah, quite good. | 0:10:06 | 0:10:09 | |
I've never cooked with a bird in the kitchen before. | 0:10:10 | 0:10:15 | |
Today's been fun. Yeah, shopping with Sachen, | 0:10:15 | 0:10:18 | |
meeting him for the first time. | 0:10:18 | 0:10:21 | |
Yeah, he was different than what I expected. | 0:10:21 | 0:10:23 | |
But yeah, he's really nice and I think we'll get on. | 0:10:23 | 0:10:28 | |
It's been going quite good. I enjoyed cutting the meat, | 0:10:28 | 0:10:34 | |
turning the roast potatoes. | 0:10:34 | 0:10:36 | |
Now the best thing I'm looking forward to is eating it. | 0:10:36 | 0:10:39 | |
-I think everybody's heard that now, Sachen. -Yeah, they have. | 0:10:45 | 0:10:49 | |
The bell, we have nothing like that. We just say, "The food's ready." | 0:10:49 | 0:10:53 | |
I'm going to have to get one. | 0:10:53 | 0:10:55 | |
Ah! Some nice potatoes made by Sachen. | 0:10:55 | 0:10:58 | |
-Shall we all sit down? -Yeah. | 0:10:58 | 0:11:00 | |
The bottle? Where's the bottle? | 0:11:00 | 0:11:02 | |
Heavenly Father, we thank you that we have Sachen with us | 0:11:02 | 0:11:05 | |
and we pray that you're with us as well. | 0:11:05 | 0:11:08 | |
Ringing a bell for dinner and sitting round a table | 0:11:10 | 0:11:13 | |
is very different from eating at Sachen's home. | 0:11:13 | 0:11:16 | |
We don't sit round a table cos we don't have a table in the house. | 0:11:16 | 0:11:19 | |
We sit on the couch and watch TV while we eat. | 0:11:19 | 0:11:23 | |
-You like the food? -Yeah. Well cooked! Thank you. | 0:11:23 | 0:11:26 | |
As the first day of the swap draws to a close, | 0:11:26 | 0:11:30 | |
how has Sachen found life with a boy | 0:11:30 | 0:11:32 | |
on the other side of his neighbourhood? | 0:11:32 | 0:11:34 | |
We've got a lot of things in common. We've got barely anything that's not, | 0:11:34 | 0:11:39 | |
except for cars. | 0:11:39 | 0:11:40 | |
He don't like Bentleys. | 0:11:41 | 0:11:44 | |
It's quite strange. | 0:11:44 | 0:11:46 | |
DRUMS PLAY | 0:11:46 | 0:11:48 | |
Next day, and Patric's got Sachen | 0:11:48 | 0:11:51 | |
on his favourite instrument, the drums. | 0:11:51 | 0:11:54 | |
I'm doing it wrong. | 0:11:54 | 0:11:56 | |
They're practising to play at a party | 0:11:56 | 0:11:58 | |
Patric is holding later in the day. | 0:11:58 | 0:12:01 | |
I love having friends, uh, | 0:12:01 | 0:12:03 | |
and having lots of parties | 0:12:03 | 0:12:06 | |
and I hate being by myself. | 0:12:06 | 0:12:08 | |
Patric has an exciting social life for a 12-year-old. | 0:12:10 | 0:12:14 | |
His group of friends are allowed to explore different parts of London | 0:12:14 | 0:12:18 | |
and they've travelled here today from all over town. | 0:12:18 | 0:12:21 | |
-Hello. -Hello. 'They'll be different from my friends.' | 0:12:21 | 0:12:24 | |
You've got to meet someone new in your life. | 0:12:24 | 0:12:27 | |
You've got to deal with it. They don't like the same things. | 0:12:27 | 0:12:30 | |
You've got to learn to like new things. | 0:12:30 | 0:12:32 | |
-OK. One point. -THEY SHOUT | 0:12:34 | 0:12:36 | |
Replay point, replay point! | 0:12:36 | 0:12:39 | |
Everyone's talking about the swap and whether where you live | 0:12:39 | 0:12:42 | |
makes a difference to who your friends are. | 0:12:42 | 0:12:45 | |
One thing everyone agrees on is that getting on together | 0:12:45 | 0:12:48 | |
is much more important than where you come from. | 0:12:48 | 0:12:52 | |
A lot of people care where people come from. | 0:12:52 | 0:12:55 | |
It's not just something that adults think about, | 0:12:55 | 0:12:58 | |
but I wouldn't worry about it | 0:12:58 | 0:13:00 | |
because I hang out with a lot of people | 0:13:00 | 0:13:03 | |
who are quite different in terms of where they come from. | 0:13:03 | 0:13:06 | |
Generally, difference shouldn't be too big an issue | 0:13:06 | 0:13:09 | |
because as long as you like each other, | 0:13:09 | 0:13:11 | |
and you enjoy being together, that's fine. | 0:13:11 | 0:13:14 | |
With the party in full swing, | 0:13:14 | 0:13:17 | |
it's time for Sachen and Patric's drum duet. | 0:13:17 | 0:13:20 | |
DRUMS PLAY | 0:13:20 | 0:13:23 | |
I cannot play the drums at all. That was quite good. | 0:13:28 | 0:13:31 | |
Horribly! | 0:13:31 | 0:13:32 | |
I think my friends like him and they just think it's | 0:13:32 | 0:13:36 | |
an interesting thing to be doing. | 0:13:36 | 0:13:39 | |
Today has been great. Everything went perfect. | 0:13:39 | 0:13:42 | |
High points? Everything. | 0:13:42 | 0:13:44 | |
Low points? None. | 0:13:44 | 0:13:46 | |
Sachen's time at Patric's is up, | 0:13:46 | 0:13:49 | |
and he's had so much fun he doesn't want it to end. | 0:13:49 | 0:13:52 | |
Quite sad. I like it here. | 0:13:54 | 0:13:57 | |
Sachen's loved loads about Patric's world - the family dinner bell, | 0:13:57 | 0:14:02 | |
playing with all of Patric's stuff and partying with his friends. | 0:14:02 | 0:14:07 | |
But he's only allowed one thing he'd change about his own family | 0:14:07 | 0:14:11 | |
as a result of his time here. | 0:14:11 | 0:14:13 | |
Now it's Patric's turn to step into Sachen's World. | 0:14:15 | 0:14:18 | |
-This is where I live. -OK. Round here? -Yeah. | 0:14:20 | 0:14:24 | |
'I guess I'm slightly nervous about meeting his family' | 0:14:24 | 0:14:27 | |
and seeing what they're like and is his mum as embarrassing as mine? | 0:14:27 | 0:14:32 | |
-So I'm going to meet your mum and dad now? -Definitely. | 0:14:33 | 0:14:37 | |
They're quite a show. | 0:14:37 | 0:14:39 | |
Welcome to my humble abode. | 0:14:39 | 0:14:41 | |
-How are you? -Hello, Patric. -Hello. -Nice to meet you. -And you. | 0:14:41 | 0:14:45 | |
My bedroom. Sky! | 0:14:45 | 0:14:48 | |
Flatscreen! | 0:14:48 | 0:14:49 | |
First up, stylish Sachen wants to show off his clothes. | 0:14:49 | 0:14:54 | |
I'm very proud of this. Looking good comes in very handy with everything. | 0:14:54 | 0:14:58 | |
Marriage, wife, girlfriend, anything. | 0:14:58 | 0:15:01 | |
I'm not looking for that yet. It'll come in handy in the future. | 0:15:02 | 0:15:06 | |
So you're just going to stand there just doing this all day? | 0:15:11 | 0:15:16 | |
20 minutes, tops. | 0:15:16 | 0:15:17 | |
That's half an hour a day brushing hair which does not exist. | 0:15:17 | 0:15:21 | |
I think it's pretty stupid. | 0:15:21 | 0:15:24 | |
-It's not! -It is. -It's not. -It is. -It's not. -It is. | 0:15:24 | 0:15:28 | |
Sachen is still not happy with his hair, so he's getting it cut. | 0:15:33 | 0:15:38 | |
That's your best friend? | 0:15:38 | 0:15:40 | |
-I've only known him for four days. -I only met him on Thursday. -Yeah. | 0:15:40 | 0:15:45 | |
What? It just seems like he's your friend forever. | 0:15:45 | 0:15:48 | |
We have to learn after the kids. | 0:15:48 | 0:15:51 | |
We've got to share love. | 0:15:51 | 0:15:52 | |
So we share the love, we share it with them. | 0:15:52 | 0:15:55 | |
Don't matter their colour, their race, don't matter who you are. | 0:15:55 | 0:15:59 | |
-We've got to spread the love. -Yeah. -Like that? | 0:15:59 | 0:16:03 | |
Another part of Sachen's Saturday routine is lamb neck soup at dinner. | 0:16:04 | 0:16:09 | |
It's a traditional West Indian meal he's keen to share with Patric. | 0:16:09 | 0:16:14 | |
That's really nice. I've never had West Indian food before. | 0:16:14 | 0:16:19 | |
My mum's England, my dad's Jamaican and my grandma's Bajun. | 0:16:26 | 0:16:30 | |
And my grandad's Indian. And I've got South African in me. | 0:16:30 | 0:16:33 | |
-OK. -Yeah, it's important to me about where I come from. | 0:16:33 | 0:16:36 | |
Because the countries are in me. The countries are me. | 0:16:36 | 0:16:40 | |
So that's why it's important. | 0:16:40 | 0:16:42 | |
I haven't really thought about it, about the places that he's from. | 0:16:42 | 0:16:46 | |
Erm, I was slightly surprised with so many backgrounds. | 0:16:46 | 0:16:52 | |
Of all over the world, really. | 0:16:52 | 0:16:53 | |
Um, this first day of the swap I've found it... | 0:17:00 | 0:17:05 | |
I wouldn't really say fun, because sitting in a barber's was | 0:17:05 | 0:17:08 | |
slightly boring, but it was interesting to see, that is | 0:17:08 | 0:17:12 | |
a big part of Sachen's life and that is what he does. | 0:17:12 | 0:17:16 | |
Next morning, before the boys are allowed out to play - chores. | 0:17:27 | 0:17:32 | |
-Do you usually do something like this in your house? -Huh? No, I don't. | 0:17:33 | 0:17:37 | |
I don't really have a fixed chore for me to do in the mornings. | 0:17:37 | 0:17:41 | |
I just help my mum where she needs it. | 0:17:41 | 0:17:44 | |
With the cleaning done, the boys head off | 0:17:45 | 0:17:48 | |
to Sachen's favourite hangout - the Cage. | 0:17:48 | 0:17:50 | |
Sachen's friends all live locally and have known each other | 0:17:53 | 0:17:56 | |
since primary school. | 0:17:56 | 0:17:58 | |
He's a good friend. He's always there for you, like, if you're in trouble, | 0:17:58 | 0:18:02 | |
he'll make sure you go to your house and tell your parents | 0:18:02 | 0:18:05 | |
the right facts and he'll always be there for you as a friend. | 0:18:05 | 0:18:09 | |
He's just there. | 0:18:09 | 0:18:10 | |
It's good to know people in case you need their help | 0:18:10 | 0:18:13 | |
and good to know where people live. | 0:18:13 | 0:18:16 | |
You have to make sure you make good friends | 0:18:16 | 0:18:18 | |
so they're always there for you. | 0:18:18 | 0:18:20 | |
When you make friends, you make links, | 0:18:20 | 0:18:22 | |
and when you get links, you make money. | 0:18:22 | 0:18:25 | |
They seem nice. They seem good friends. | 0:18:30 | 0:18:33 | |
But they seem quite different from mine. | 0:18:33 | 0:18:36 | |
CHEERING | 0:18:36 | 0:18:38 | |
It's open house at Sachen's. Friends and family regularly drop round | 0:18:41 | 0:18:46 | |
for a traditional Sunday lunch of rice and peas. | 0:18:46 | 0:18:48 | |
It's nice to come around your friend's house and be offered food. | 0:18:48 | 0:18:53 | |
And just be around this nice environment where nobody is shouting, | 0:18:53 | 0:18:57 | |
nobody is getting told off. | 0:18:57 | 0:18:59 | |
It's basically like a whole big family right now. | 0:18:59 | 0:19:02 | |
They seem to be together a lot more than my family are. | 0:19:02 | 0:19:08 | |
Like, my dad's at the top of the house, my mum's at the bottom | 0:19:08 | 0:19:11 | |
and they're always shouting up to each other or something. | 0:19:11 | 0:19:15 | |
-Lois! -Yeah? -Have you done your teeth? | 0:19:15 | 0:19:19 | |
-Yeah! -Don't believe you! Can I smell you? | 0:19:19 | 0:19:21 | |
Everybody's in their own room on different floors | 0:19:21 | 0:19:26 | |
and they seem to be, like, just a few metres apart and, yeah, | 0:19:26 | 0:19:31 | |
that's one thing I'd like to change | 0:19:31 | 0:19:35 | |
but I'm not sure it's going to be possible. | 0:19:35 | 0:19:38 | |
Sachen loves where he lives, but like so many areas in London | 0:19:38 | 0:19:42 | |
there is often trouble just round the corner. | 0:19:42 | 0:19:45 | |
A couple of days earlier there was a shooting near his local shop. | 0:19:45 | 0:19:49 | |
So with the shooting thing, do you feel safe and everything? | 0:19:49 | 0:19:52 | |
I do now, but anything could happen, but it's rarely anything happens. | 0:19:52 | 0:19:57 | |
This was one time. A feud between this gang and another gang. | 0:19:57 | 0:20:01 | |
Sachen is passionate about improving his community | 0:20:07 | 0:20:10 | |
and has won awards creating a safe place to play. | 0:20:10 | 0:20:14 | |
He's keen to get Patric involved in the final phase. | 0:20:14 | 0:20:17 | |
Before, up here was literally derelict. Everywhere was rubbish. | 0:20:17 | 0:20:23 | |
Shrubbery, bushes everywhere. And then I got funding to make it better. | 0:20:23 | 0:20:27 | |
They cut down the trees and shrubbery, everything disappeared. | 0:20:27 | 0:20:31 | |
-Why did you do it? -Because no one had a place to play. | 0:20:31 | 0:20:35 | |
We used to play on the road, we never had a place to play. | 0:20:35 | 0:20:39 | |
Community is important to me, because it's about where I live | 0:20:39 | 0:20:42 | |
and the people I live with. | 0:20:42 | 0:20:44 | |
Going to show that we are doing something to clean our area up. | 0:20:44 | 0:20:47 | |
Because of all the gangs and violence that's going on. | 0:20:47 | 0:20:50 | |
Sachen's life has totally defied Patric's expectations. | 0:20:50 | 0:20:54 | |
Spending time in his world has made him realise there's a lot more | 0:20:54 | 0:20:59 | |
to Sachen than looking good and having the latest designer gear. | 0:20:59 | 0:21:04 | |
My thoughts have changed. | 0:21:04 | 0:21:05 | |
Like, I guess, for the better, about what Sachen does. | 0:21:05 | 0:21:10 | |
I think he's a really nice person. | 0:21:10 | 0:21:12 | |
For the last six days, Patric and Sachen | 0:21:12 | 0:21:15 | |
have been living in each other's worlds. | 0:21:15 | 0:21:18 | |
They've done everything together except going to school. | 0:21:18 | 0:21:22 | |
Their schools are next to each other but are pretty different. | 0:21:22 | 0:21:25 | |
Patric's is one of the most prestigious private schools | 0:21:25 | 0:21:28 | |
in the country, and Sachen goes to a successful local comprehensive. | 0:21:28 | 0:21:31 | |
Sachen's coming to my school first. I'm feeling quite positive. | 0:21:31 | 0:21:35 | |
I like my school and it's a great place to be. | 0:21:35 | 0:21:38 | |
I'm kind of nervous, but excited at the same time. | 0:21:39 | 0:21:42 | |
I don't know what it's going to be like, but I know some people there. | 0:21:42 | 0:21:46 | |
I just hear people say they're posh. | 0:21:46 | 0:21:49 | |
Kingsdale and Dulwich are kind of, we're meant to hate each other, | 0:21:49 | 0:21:52 | |
but I think most of the people there are really nice. | 0:21:52 | 0:21:55 | |
-Loads of my friends go there. Yeah, so, my school. -It's big. | 0:21:55 | 0:21:59 | |
-That's only a tiny bit of it. -Is that Big Ben? -It's just a clock. | 0:22:01 | 0:22:05 | |
My part of the school is over there, then the lower school. | 0:22:05 | 0:22:08 | |
Then the junior school and the science block. | 0:22:08 | 0:22:11 | |
-Did I say that? -Yeah, you did. -OK. | 0:22:11 | 0:22:13 | |
And then there's the science porta-labs | 0:22:13 | 0:22:15 | |
and then DUCKS is over there. | 0:22:15 | 0:22:17 | |
11 buildings. I've only got four. | 0:22:17 | 0:22:20 | |
THEY SING | 0:22:28 | 0:22:31 | |
Do you feel kind of weird being in my school but with your uniform? | 0:22:31 | 0:22:35 | |
Yeah. | 0:22:35 | 0:22:37 | |
Well, Patric isn't really posh. That's what I thought of his school. | 0:22:37 | 0:22:42 | |
Not everyone comes from a mansion here. I don't come from a mansion. | 0:22:42 | 0:22:46 | |
I could see myself at the school, but if it wasn't an all-boys school | 0:22:46 | 0:22:50 | |
and if it was mixed, like my school. | 0:22:50 | 0:22:53 | |
Just a short walk around the corner, | 0:22:54 | 0:22:57 | |
and the boys arrived at Sachen's school. | 0:22:57 | 0:22:59 | |
OK, welcome to Kingsdale Foundation School. | 0:22:59 | 0:23:02 | |
Kingsdale Foundation School is housed in one of the most futuristic | 0:23:03 | 0:23:07 | |
buildings in the area. | 0:23:07 | 0:23:09 | |
So this is my science classroom. Or one of my three science classrooms. | 0:23:14 | 0:23:20 | |
It's kind of... Not embarrassing. | 0:23:20 | 0:23:23 | |
Different, because my school is way smaller than his school. | 0:23:23 | 0:23:29 | |
And it's more modern and futuristic. | 0:23:29 | 0:23:33 | |
Was quite rough and disruptive, but now the school's changed | 0:23:33 | 0:23:38 | |
because they've built the school | 0:23:38 | 0:23:40 | |
and since it's been in a better environment, | 0:23:40 | 0:23:42 | |
different building, everyone's changed. | 0:23:42 | 0:23:45 | |
I feel quite proud showing him around. This is my school. | 0:23:52 | 0:23:55 | |
He felt proud showing me around his school. | 0:23:55 | 0:23:59 | |
I'm proud about where I learn my education. | 0:23:59 | 0:24:02 | |
For the last week, Sachen and Patric | 0:24:07 | 0:24:10 | |
have welcomed each other into their worlds. | 0:24:10 | 0:24:12 | |
For both, it's been an incredible journey. | 0:24:12 | 0:24:15 | |
It's transformed how they see their neighbourhood. | 0:24:15 | 0:24:18 | |
It's taught them how different another family can be | 0:24:18 | 0:24:21 | |
and it's been a lot of fun too. | 0:24:21 | 0:24:23 | |
Now the final challenge - | 0:24:23 | 0:24:25 | |
identifying one thing they'd take from the other's life | 0:24:25 | 0:24:28 | |
and introduce into their own. | 0:24:28 | 0:24:30 | |
Today the families meet for the first time and the boys will | 0:24:32 | 0:24:35 | |
tell their parents the new rule they would like to bring in. | 0:24:35 | 0:24:39 | |
It's a nerve-racking moment. | 0:24:39 | 0:24:41 | |
My family meeting Patric's family. He claimed his family's mad. | 0:24:41 | 0:24:45 | |
I don't think so. And I think that my family's mad, well, my mum. | 0:24:45 | 0:24:48 | |
And he doesn't think so, | 0:24:48 | 0:24:51 | |
so they could be a good match if they're both crazy. | 0:24:51 | 0:24:54 | |
We met Sachen. We'd like to meet his family. | 0:24:54 | 0:24:56 | |
I think Sachen's such a nice boy that his family must be nice as well. | 0:24:56 | 0:25:00 | |
I'm not looking forward to it as my mum will embarrass me. | 0:25:00 | 0:25:04 | |
-Hi, Patric! -Hi. -Hello. -I'm Jeremy. -Nice to meet you, Jeremy. | 0:25:07 | 0:25:11 | |
-This is Claire. -Nice to meet you, Claire. | 0:25:11 | 0:25:13 | |
Patric we know. | 0:25:13 | 0:25:15 | |
Patric goes first. | 0:25:15 | 0:25:16 | |
So, guys, over the swap I've been looking at what I'd like to bring | 0:25:16 | 0:25:22 | |
from Sachen's family into my family and I propose, no shouting. | 0:25:22 | 0:25:27 | |
And my proposal is for no shouting for one week | 0:25:27 | 0:25:31 | |
and we'll see if we can do that. Which I don't expect that we will. | 0:25:31 | 0:25:35 | |
We're absolutely amazed! | 0:25:36 | 0:25:39 | |
-Did I not shout at all? -No. | 0:25:39 | 0:25:42 | |
-You never...! -And after a lot more shouting, | 0:25:42 | 0:25:44 | |
the family decide to try not to shout. | 0:25:44 | 0:25:46 | |
Yes, you so...! | 0:25:46 | 0:25:49 | |
Well, it would be quite a funny exercise to not shout. | 0:25:49 | 0:25:52 | |
And I might get fitter running up and down the stairs all the time. | 0:25:52 | 0:25:56 | |
It's Sachen's turn to tell his parents what | 0:25:56 | 0:25:59 | |
he would like to introduce into his family from his time at Patric's. | 0:25:59 | 0:26:03 | |
My proposal from Patric's family to my family is the bell. | 0:26:03 | 0:26:08 | |
They have a bell! | 0:26:08 | 0:26:10 | |
-It doesn't work! -It does! It would. In my house, | 0:26:10 | 0:26:16 | |
when food's ready, you ring it and everyone comes for a family dinner. | 0:26:16 | 0:26:20 | |
So when we get this bell | 0:26:20 | 0:26:22 | |
and I have to ring it right next to your ears, you will still come? | 0:26:22 | 0:26:26 | |
-Is that a yes? -Yeah, I think we can trial it. | 0:26:26 | 0:26:29 | |
So, over the next couple of weeks, | 0:26:33 | 0:26:36 | |
Patric's family will be trying not to shout | 0:26:36 | 0:26:38 | |
and Sachen's family will be ringing a bell to call everyone to dinner. | 0:26:38 | 0:26:42 | |
Despite the boys worrying over embarrassing parents, it seems | 0:26:42 | 0:26:46 | |
the meet-up has gone well. | 0:26:46 | 0:26:49 | |
I think they both got on very well, so obviously two crazies go together. | 0:26:49 | 0:26:53 | |
Over the last two weeks, | 0:26:54 | 0:26:56 | |
Patric and Sachen have shared each other's worlds. | 0:26:56 | 0:26:59 | |
Has it all been worth it? | 0:26:59 | 0:27:01 | |
I think the swap was showing me | 0:27:01 | 0:27:04 | |
a lot of things about another boy in my area. | 0:27:04 | 0:27:08 | |
It was a good experience and interesting to do. | 0:27:08 | 0:27:11 | |
'He has a different life from me, but in some ways it's similar.' | 0:27:11 | 0:27:15 | |
It doesn't really matter how it is, it's your life. | 0:27:15 | 0:27:18 | |
It's fate that chooses it. | 0:27:18 | 0:27:20 | |
You could be poor, that's fate's choice. Rich, fate's choice. | 0:27:20 | 0:27:24 | |
A week on, and have the families managed to stick to their new rules? | 0:27:26 | 0:27:30 | |
-Dad! -What? -Dinner! Patric! -It didn't work. | 0:27:33 | 0:27:38 | |
My mum did try, and I think she didn't shout at all. | 0:27:38 | 0:27:42 | |
But nobody else really did try. | 0:27:42 | 0:27:45 | |
But one argument in one week is quite good. | 0:27:45 | 0:27:47 | |
RINGING | 0:27:47 | 0:27:49 | |
Everyone is using it for getting me to come for breakfast, | 0:27:49 | 0:27:53 | |
come for lunch, and I just ring it for fun! | 0:27:53 | 0:27:56 | |
It hurts my eardrums! | 0:27:56 | 0:27:58 |