0:00:02 > 0:00:04Meet Ellie, Ewan, Callum, Jade and Mattie.
0:00:04 > 0:00:06Five pampered kids with all the clothes,
0:00:06 > 0:00:08gadgets and toys life has to offer.
0:00:08 > 0:00:09I'd say I was a spend-a-holic.
0:00:09 > 0:00:11I cherish this with my heart.
0:00:11 > 0:00:13I love shopping. It's amazing.
0:00:13 > 0:00:16I'm Stacey Dooley and I'm taking them on an extraordinary journey
0:00:16 > 0:00:19to find out where all their stuff comes from.
0:00:19 > 0:00:20I just don't have a clue.
0:00:20 > 0:00:22'Can they work in the factories of Asia?'
0:00:22 > 0:00:25- Oh, my gosh, there's a fish head in there!- No!- Yes!
0:00:25 > 0:00:27'Live in real workers' homes?'
0:00:27 > 0:00:29This is your toilet.
0:00:29 > 0:00:31That is actually disgusting.
0:00:31 > 0:00:33'With strict bosses telling them what to do?'
0:00:33 > 0:00:37My workers! We are waiting for you to work in the team!
0:00:37 > 0:00:38- No!- Come out.- We'll wait.
0:00:38 > 0:00:40'Can they hack it?'
0:00:40 > 0:00:42The smell is unbearable.
0:00:42 > 0:00:46'Today, we're in Bangkok to get to grips with making jeans.'
0:00:46 > 0:00:49I'm not, I'm going to be demoted. I'm so going to be demoted.
0:00:49 > 0:00:52I feel like I'm wrecking someone's jeans.
0:00:52 > 0:00:54'Can they handle the heat?'
0:00:54 > 0:00:55Oh, my days!
0:00:55 > 0:00:57'And as homesickness takes hold...'
0:00:57 > 0:00:59I just want to see my mum and dad.
0:00:59 > 0:01:02'..how will they react to seeing workers kept apart from their kids?'
0:01:02 > 0:01:05It's so sad being away from their child for that long,
0:01:05 > 0:01:07just to survive life.
0:01:13 > 0:01:15'So far, we've hit two countries.
0:01:15 > 0:01:17'We've made trainers in Malaysia...'
0:01:17 > 0:01:20I think I'm going faster and then, you see all the shoes speeding away.
0:01:20 > 0:01:22'..and make-up in Thailand.'
0:01:22 > 0:01:24I feel like a school dinner lady.
0:01:24 > 0:01:26'The kids have found the work a challenge...'
0:01:26 > 0:01:28OK, you throw my shoes.
0:01:28 > 0:01:31I haven't disrespected him or his workers.
0:01:31 > 0:01:32This task wasn't really my thing.
0:01:32 > 0:01:35'..and the living conditions even harder.'
0:01:35 > 0:01:37I'm not going to have a shower in that bucket.
0:01:37 > 0:01:39- I'm not going to toilet there. - Oh, dear.
0:01:39 > 0:01:42'But it all seems worth it when they get a wage.'
0:01:42 > 0:01:44What are you going to spend it on? A mascara?
0:01:44 > 0:01:45Gosh, no.
0:01:48 > 0:01:50Today, we are halfway through our amazing journey
0:01:50 > 0:01:52across South-East Asia.
0:01:52 > 0:01:56So it's a new day and a new factory for our five.
0:01:56 > 0:01:59We're still here in Thailand, but we've moved to Bangkok,
0:01:59 > 0:02:01the hottest capital city in the world.
0:02:01 > 0:02:04For the next two days, we'll be finding out what it means
0:02:04 > 0:02:08to make something that you can find in every kids' wardrobe -
0:02:08 > 0:02:09jeans.
0:02:09 > 0:02:11Things are about to get tougher
0:02:11 > 0:02:14in a factory that makes big brand jeans for the international market.
0:02:14 > 0:02:17Jade, do you think you'll be able to manage making a pair of jeans?
0:02:17 > 0:02:19When I was younger I tried to make, like my...
0:02:19 > 0:02:22I had teddies, like, fit in a pair of jeans.
0:02:22 > 0:02:24- Ah!- And it, it didn't really work, so...
0:02:24 > 0:02:25SHE LAUGHS
0:02:25 > 0:02:28- Second time lucky. - Yeah, hopefully.
0:02:28 > 0:02:30I'm all for, like, denim and for wearing jeans
0:02:30 > 0:02:33and all for, like, that casual look. I just love them.
0:02:33 > 0:02:35- Callum loves jeans!- Yes!
0:02:35 > 0:02:39Their jeans boss is Nok, the head of marketing at Advance Garments.
0:02:39 > 0:02:42First, she wants to get the measure of our kids.
0:02:42 > 0:02:44- Sawadee ka! - ALL: Sawadee ka!
0:02:44 > 0:02:47Nice to me you, guy. My name is Nok.
0:02:47 > 0:02:49- Nok.- Yeah.- I'm Stacey.
0:02:49 > 0:02:50Stacey, nice to meet you.
0:02:50 > 0:02:53I will show you how to make the jeans, yeah.
0:02:55 > 0:02:57Welcome to Advance Garments.
0:02:57 > 0:03:00We are the manufacturer of the denim.
0:03:00 > 0:03:02Denim where you wear.
0:03:02 > 0:03:04Making jeans is gruelling work.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07A lot of it is done by hand.
0:03:07 > 0:03:10Each pair goes through several stages of production.
0:03:10 > 0:03:14- What's the salary for the workers? - 300 Baht. You can compare...
0:03:14 > 0:03:16- To six pounds. - Uh-huh, yeah.
0:03:16 > 0:03:19Once each pair of jeans is beautifully stitched,
0:03:19 > 0:03:24a new process starts of burning, cutting, sanding and distressing,
0:03:24 > 0:03:27to get the fashionable look that's worn in Europe.
0:03:27 > 0:03:29And it all happens in this shed.
0:03:29 > 0:03:32OK. You see what she did?
0:03:32 > 0:03:36And this then depend on her, her design,
0:03:36 > 0:03:38what-what...what she want to do.
0:03:38 > 0:03:41But we have the original sample.
0:03:41 > 0:03:43She's making marks on the denim.
0:03:43 > 0:03:46- Ahhh.- And she has to follow this exact pair.
0:03:46 > 0:03:51Yes. Yes, and she have also the skill to know how strong...
0:03:51 > 0:03:56power tools, scratching, and to dragging on the garment.
0:03:56 > 0:03:59So it has to be absolutely perfect, just right,
0:03:59 > 0:04:02one little mistake can mean it causes a hole
0:04:02 > 0:04:05- and the buyer in Europe...- No. - ..in England, they don't want it.
0:04:05 > 0:04:07- It reject.- Reject.
0:04:07 > 0:04:10This the work that I prepare for you.
0:04:10 > 0:04:13Nok's starting them off with a key finishing job.
0:04:13 > 0:04:14The brushing it easy.
0:04:14 > 0:04:17Nong will show you how to do.
0:04:17 > 0:04:21They have to brush the denim with sandpaper to give it a faded look.
0:04:21 > 0:04:25The blue leg board keeps the front and back of the jeans separate.
0:04:25 > 0:04:28The denim has to be stretched to get an even pattern.
0:04:28 > 0:04:33A worker can do between 1,000 and 2,000 pairs a day.
0:04:33 > 0:04:36Nok gives the kids an easy target of 50 pairs an hour.
0:04:36 > 0:04:39Those who do well will be promoted
0:04:39 > 0:04:42and those who don't will face demotion.
0:04:42 > 0:04:46- Do you think you can do 50, Jade? - Yeah.- Yeah. Can but try.
0:04:46 > 0:04:47SHE LAUGHS
0:04:50 > 0:04:52It looks like they're getting stuck in.
0:04:52 > 0:04:55But it's not clear they're getting anywhere.
0:04:55 > 0:04:56I don't have a clue, to be honest.
0:04:56 > 0:05:00I'm seeing stuff, like, and I just, I just don't have a clue.
0:05:00 > 0:05:04I'm not, I'm going to be demoted. I'm so going to be demoted.
0:05:04 > 0:05:06Ah, no!
0:05:06 > 0:05:10- OK.- S-slow, slow.
0:05:10 > 0:05:14I don't like doing this. I feel like I'm wrecking someone's jeans.
0:05:14 > 0:05:18At home in England, pint-sized Jade has so much stuff,
0:05:18 > 0:05:20her room is fit to burst.
0:05:20 > 0:05:22My clothes take up a lot of space in my room.
0:05:22 > 0:05:24But a lot of my drawers break...
0:05:24 > 0:05:27cos they're full up. I'd say that I was a spend-a-holic, definitely.
0:05:27 > 0:05:31She tends to borrow from us and obviously we never get it back.
0:05:31 > 0:05:33If I have money in my pocket, it just burns a hole.
0:05:33 > 0:05:36One of life's greatest pleasures for this Kent 12-year-old
0:05:36 > 0:05:39is parting her parents from their hard-earned cash.
0:05:39 > 0:05:45I have a MacBook Air, an iPad 2, iPhone 3G, iPod Shuffle, printer...
0:05:45 > 0:05:48and my most treasured position - my TV bed.
0:05:48 > 0:05:51But mum, Kim, would like Jade to wise up
0:05:51 > 0:05:53about where it all comes from.
0:05:53 > 0:05:56Life here as a child in the UK is generally a piece of cake.
0:05:56 > 0:06:00It will make her a better, bigger person when she comes back.
0:06:00 > 0:06:02- Hopefully. - SHE LAUGHS
0:06:02 > 0:06:05- What is it you're unclear on? - Everything.
0:06:05 > 0:06:08Didn't they show you the technique, the way to do it.
0:06:08 > 0:06:10Yeah, but...I don't know whether I'm finished or not
0:06:10 > 0:06:13and I don't know whether to go on the back or not...
0:06:13 > 0:06:16- Come and have a look at these. Cos we've got to get a wiggle on.- Yeah.
0:06:16 > 0:06:18They're finding it hard to concentrate.
0:06:18 > 0:06:22They've been asked to do 50. A lot of them haven't even passed three.
0:06:22 > 0:06:24I mean, it's just relentless.
0:06:24 > 0:06:28- 'And it is for Mattie in particularly.'- It's so boring.
0:06:28 > 0:06:29I've done like two pairs of jeans
0:06:29 > 0:06:32and it's already boring the hell out of me.
0:06:32 > 0:06:34The heat is really getting to him.
0:06:34 > 0:06:37When it comes to moaning about the weather...
0:06:37 > 0:06:40British people are the people you need to ask.
0:06:41 > 0:06:43Oh, my days!
0:06:43 > 0:06:46Mattie hits the buffers and Ellie soon follows.
0:06:46 > 0:06:48So I'm really tired.
0:06:48 > 0:06:52And, er... I'm not really in the mood for doing any hard work.
0:06:52 > 0:06:54Luckily, the other three are.
0:06:54 > 0:06:58They even ask for tips from the local workers.
0:06:58 > 0:07:02I don't work out as much as him. He probably does this every day.
0:07:02 > 0:07:05This is my first time doing it and I, I'm straining all my arms.
0:07:05 > 0:07:08- It's in there.- It's like a day in the gym, honestly.
0:07:08 > 0:07:10I'm just going to turn it around.
0:07:10 > 0:07:12Let's do this thing.
0:07:12 > 0:07:16You have to make it again, make it clear and slightly to the knee.
0:07:16 > 0:07:20- Mattie.- But Mattie's getting more despondent.
0:07:20 > 0:07:23They want them to be messy, but they want 'em to be like spot on.
0:07:23 > 0:07:26And I'm not a spot on person.
0:07:26 > 0:07:30They expect us to do 50 in an hour. That's not going to happen.
0:07:30 > 0:07:33I just want to see my mum and dad.
0:07:33 > 0:07:34I just want to go home.
0:07:34 > 0:07:36And Ellie's not brushing at all.
0:07:36 > 0:07:41Jade! Jeans. Why won't anyone talk to me today?
0:07:41 > 0:07:44- Cos we're trying to concentrate. - I'm not!- Clear.
0:07:46 > 0:07:50Ellie, this morning, seems to have gone back to square one.
0:07:50 > 0:07:53She's so capable and she's so bright and she can be so amazing
0:07:53 > 0:07:54when she puts her mind to it.
0:07:54 > 0:07:57Today, she seems like she doesn't want to be here.
0:07:57 > 0:07:59I think Ellie needs to think about the other workers
0:07:59 > 0:08:02and seeing them putting so much effort in
0:08:02 > 0:08:05and she's sort of making them embarrassed, I think.
0:08:05 > 0:08:08Are we going to be promoted or demoted today?
0:08:08 > 0:08:10Promoted and demoted?
0:08:10 > 0:08:14- Who's going to demote me?- Mmm.
0:08:14 > 0:08:18As Jade, Callum and Ewan finish up,
0:08:18 > 0:08:21Mattie and Ellie give up.
0:08:23 > 0:08:25The shift has ended for everybody
0:08:25 > 0:08:29and they wait for Nok to come and let them know how they've done.
0:08:29 > 0:08:31I don't know what she's going to say.
0:08:31 > 0:08:34She probably will sack me. I was really naughty.
0:08:34 > 0:08:35Hello, hello, hello.
0:08:35 > 0:08:36Sawadee krup...
0:08:36 > 0:08:39- Hello! Sawadee ka!- Sawadee ka!
0:08:39 > 0:08:41How was your first day here?
0:08:41 > 0:08:43It took me like 20 minutes to do one,
0:08:43 > 0:08:45but then, I think I kind of got the hang of it.
0:08:45 > 0:08:47You pay attention.
0:08:47 > 0:08:49And you know how to teach,
0:08:49 > 0:08:51how to help your friend.
0:08:51 > 0:08:53Me and Callum were just trying to help each other out.
0:08:53 > 0:08:55That's obviously come across well, hasn't it?
0:08:55 > 0:08:59Nok has commented on the fact that you were working as a team.
0:08:59 > 0:09:00I didn't think I did that well.
0:09:00 > 0:09:02Thumbs up, well done.
0:09:02 > 0:09:04It's very good. Happy?
0:09:04 > 0:09:06- Yeah.- Yeah. Ewan.
0:09:06 > 0:09:08Yeah, you, um...impressed me also.
0:09:08 > 0:09:12Thank you. Now that I had, that I did quite well...
0:09:12 > 0:09:14I mean, I'm quite pleased with myself.
0:09:14 > 0:09:17Final two. Mattie and Ellie.
0:09:17 > 0:09:19Tell us what you think about Mattie today.
0:09:19 > 0:09:23I cannot let my people sleep to standing,
0:09:23 > 0:09:26to playing all around this area.
0:09:26 > 0:09:27Nok said to me earlier,
0:09:27 > 0:09:30"Stacey, if all my staff acted how Mattie's acting,
0:09:30 > 0:09:33"I wouldn't have a business. It would be game over."
0:09:33 > 0:09:38- What do you think about that?- I didn't do what Nok asked me to do.
0:09:38 > 0:09:41But I'm not going to change who I am for someone, so...
0:09:43 > 0:09:44Wow!
0:09:44 > 0:09:49- Nok.- Yeah.- Please may you tell me how Ellie got on today.
0:09:49 > 0:09:52Erm, to be honest...
0:09:52 > 0:09:55I have no idea.
0:09:55 > 0:09:59Let me think tonight... Maybe I can...
0:09:59 > 0:10:02give you more comment or something, yeah.
0:10:02 > 0:10:06But what I expect, I just want you
0:10:06 > 0:10:10to be more concentrate with the jeans.
0:10:13 > 0:10:16- So you, you need time to think... - Yeah.- ..about Ellie's behaviour.
0:10:16 > 0:10:19I cannot decide on now.
0:10:19 > 0:10:21She made me have to think about.
0:10:22 > 0:10:26On that bombshell, Nok asks us to leave the brushing shed.
0:10:26 > 0:10:31She might look forgiving, but she's a lot more annoyed than she appears.
0:10:31 > 0:10:32I want to go.
0:10:32 > 0:10:35In Thailand, there's a very interesting thing.
0:10:35 > 0:10:37There's this thing called 'losing face'.
0:10:37 > 0:10:39So you never, ever see a Thai person shouting
0:10:39 > 0:10:42or screaming or really, really telling you off.
0:10:42 > 0:10:44Because it's embarrassing.
0:10:44 > 0:10:47It's just not done here in this culture, so...
0:10:47 > 0:10:50You know, the fact that Nok said, "I'm disappointed,
0:10:50 > 0:10:53"I'm going to have to think about it,"
0:10:53 > 0:10:55it's a massive, massive thing for a Thai person to say.
0:10:55 > 0:11:00'So I've decided to sit the kids down and give them a reality check.'
0:11:00 > 0:11:02I think today was really, really tough, very difficult
0:11:02 > 0:11:06and I don't know if you all understand...the outcome of today.
0:11:06 > 0:11:10Nok's saying she's impressed with Callum, with Ewan,
0:11:10 > 0:11:12and pleased with how Jade behaved.
0:11:12 > 0:11:15That's her way of saying you're promoted.
0:11:15 > 0:11:21You've done really well, I'm happy with your behaviour. On you go.
0:11:21 > 0:11:23And for her to say she's disappointed with Mattie
0:11:23 > 0:11:26and she doesn't even know where to start with Ellie,
0:11:26 > 0:11:31is her saying she can't believe how you behaved, you're demoted.
0:11:31 > 0:11:33- Is it fair?- Yeah.
0:11:34 > 0:11:35Cool.
0:11:35 > 0:11:38You all look absolutely knackered.
0:11:38 > 0:11:41- You're really tired.- I'm just sweating after playing that.
0:11:41 > 0:11:42That's an amazing game.
0:11:42 > 0:11:45It's not tiring, it's a brilliant game.
0:11:45 > 0:11:47I'll leave you to it. Off you go.
0:11:48 > 0:11:50'As the results sink in,
0:11:50 > 0:11:53'the kids settle into the evening at the factory.
0:11:53 > 0:11:57'This building overlooking their game is where many workers live.
0:11:57 > 0:11:59'And tonight, we're going to meet some of those
0:11:59 > 0:12:03'who have moved away from their families to get a job.
0:12:03 > 0:12:05'I think after today,
0:12:05 > 0:12:07'Mattie and Ellie, in particular, need a wake-up call.'
0:12:07 > 0:12:11Behind every single door is one room.
0:12:11 > 0:12:14And that one room is their entire house.
0:12:14 > 0:12:17Everything they own will be in that one room.
0:12:17 > 0:12:19So that was toilet.
0:12:19 > 0:12:21And that's the shower.
0:12:21 > 0:12:23What is that?
0:12:23 > 0:12:25I think it's both. I think it's the shower
0:12:25 > 0:12:28and the place where you wash your dishes out.
0:12:28 > 0:12:31They just have like a 12-hour shift.
0:12:31 > 0:12:34And then, they have to come home and clean the pots,
0:12:34 > 0:12:37sit and make their bed.
0:12:37 > 0:12:39It's crazy. I would never want to live like this.
0:12:39 > 0:12:43They're all really friendly and they're still really happy.
0:12:43 > 0:12:44Yeah.
0:12:44 > 0:12:47This way.
0:12:47 > 0:12:50- SHE KNOCKS ON THE DOOR - This is their house.
0:12:51 > 0:12:53CHILDREN: Sawadee ka!
0:12:53 > 0:12:56- Sawadee ka!- Pop in, guys.
0:12:56 > 0:12:58'Nong and her husband Lun have been living here
0:12:58 > 0:13:00'all of their married life.'
0:13:00 > 0:13:03This is their entire home.
0:13:03 > 0:13:06Everything that we see...
0:13:06 > 0:13:07is everything they own.
0:13:07 > 0:13:10My bathroom's bigger than this room.
0:13:10 > 0:13:13- Really? Your bathroom. - My bathroom.
0:13:13 > 0:13:16This is probably the size of my, my bedroom.
0:13:16 > 0:13:17It's just so small.
0:13:17 > 0:13:22And everything they have is in this room,
0:13:22 > 0:13:25so when you're looking around, you can see like pots and pans,
0:13:25 > 0:13:28pictures, magazines...
0:13:28 > 0:13:31It's just really shocking.
0:13:31 > 0:13:32Do you guys want to ask Nong anything?
0:13:32 > 0:13:35How long have you worked in this factory?
0:13:35 > 0:13:37- TRANSLATION:- Over three years already.
0:13:37 > 0:13:42I couldn't even manage a day... An hour.
0:13:42 > 0:13:46I feel kind of ashamed I didn't try very hard
0:13:46 > 0:13:49cos, like, they do it every day.
0:13:49 > 0:13:51And they have to.
0:13:55 > 0:13:58Along the corridor, Callum, Jade and Ewan are making their way
0:13:58 > 0:14:01to the home of Jem and her husband Joy.
0:14:01 > 0:14:05Their seven-year-old son, Poom, is visiting from his grandmother's,
0:14:05 > 0:14:07300 miles away, where he lives.
0:14:07 > 0:14:11It's really hard to believe that people actually live here.
0:14:11 > 0:14:12And so many people as well.
0:14:12 > 0:14:15It's like their houses are literally the sizes of my bathroom.
0:14:19 > 0:14:20Sawadee krup!
0:14:24 > 0:14:29Where does Poom live? I mean, how often do you see him?
0:14:29 > 0:14:32TRANSLATION: Poom lives in Si Sa Ket Province.
0:14:32 > 0:14:35He comes home every three or four months.
0:14:35 > 0:14:39Each time for four to five days.
0:14:39 > 0:14:43How long do you think you and your husband
0:14:43 > 0:14:45will be living here at the factory?
0:14:45 > 0:14:47TRANSLATION: I don't know.
0:14:47 > 0:14:50We'll see how it goes.
0:14:51 > 0:14:53Maybe until I grow old...
0:14:53 > 0:14:57SHE LAUGHS ..or when Poom finishes his studies.
0:14:57 > 0:14:59- He's very young, so...- Seven.
0:14:59 > 0:15:02Yeah, seven, so it's, it's going to at least be another ten years.
0:15:02 > 0:15:05That's, that's a really, really long time.
0:15:05 > 0:15:08So is that your sort of hope?
0:15:08 > 0:15:11TRANSLATION: If I had money, I'd probably have hope.
0:15:11 > 0:15:13- TRANSLATION:- At the moment,
0:15:13 > 0:15:15we are still very poor and our life is difficult.
0:15:15 > 0:15:20I have a dream...to live with our child all together as a family.
0:15:20 > 0:15:23I like the way their dream is just to, just to be together.
0:15:23 > 0:15:26- Yeah.- I think that's really, really sweet.- I think that's, it's amazing.
0:15:26 > 0:15:29I live in such a better environment
0:15:29 > 0:15:32and I've got so much stuff
0:15:32 > 0:15:36which they, they, they don't even dream about.
0:15:36 > 0:15:40Doesn't even cross their mind and it's just, it's, it's...
0:15:40 > 0:15:45it's unbelievable how different our worlds are.
0:15:45 > 0:15:47Back inside, Ellie and Mattie are still chatting
0:15:47 > 0:15:49to Nong and her husband Lun.
0:15:49 > 0:15:51- Can I ask...- Yeah, of course you can.- ..if there's any kids?
0:15:51 > 0:15:54- Yeah, of course. - Do you, um...have any children?
0:15:54 > 0:15:56- TRANSLATION:- Do you want to see?
0:15:56 > 0:15:58Do you want to see the photo?
0:15:58 > 0:16:00Do you want to see or not?
0:16:08 > 0:16:10Oh!
0:16:10 > 0:16:13Do they, uh...live here with you?
0:16:13 > 0:16:15- TRANSLATION:- No, no, in Chiang Mai.
0:16:15 > 0:16:17'Nong's three-year-old daughter, Nut,
0:16:17 > 0:16:21'has spent almost her whole life 400 miles away from her mother.'
0:16:21 > 0:16:24- TRANSLATION:- I don't want her to live like this.
0:16:24 > 0:16:26I want her to live in the countryside.
0:16:26 > 0:16:31If urgent work comes in, I have to work till ten or eleven o'clock.
0:16:31 > 0:16:34Do you miss her when you're here?
0:16:34 > 0:16:38- TRANSLATION:- I miss her every minute of every day.
0:16:38 > 0:16:41- TRANSLATION:- We phone her all the time.
0:16:41 > 0:16:43- TRANSLATION:- There's no time I don't miss her.
0:16:43 > 0:16:47I miss her, I work for her.
0:16:47 > 0:16:48I'm going to cry.
0:16:50 > 0:16:52I miss her.
0:16:58 > 0:16:59SHE CHUCKLES NERVOUSLY
0:17:04 > 0:17:05All right?
0:17:07 > 0:17:10It's, uh...really sad...
0:17:11 > 0:17:16..that she only sees her or she hardly ever sees her child.
0:17:16 > 0:17:18It must be really hard for her.
0:17:20 > 0:17:23Mattie, you've definitely said to me,
0:17:23 > 0:17:26"Stace, I'm missing Mum, I'm missing Dad."
0:17:26 > 0:17:29And you've not been gone very long at all.
0:17:29 > 0:17:32It just shows you how much people appreciate their family.
0:17:32 > 0:17:38And when you're away from them, you realise that a lot more.
0:17:38 > 0:17:43And it must be horrible for...
0:17:43 > 0:17:45uh...Nong and her husband,
0:17:45 > 0:17:49just to not see their kids every day and having to call them.
0:17:49 > 0:17:52But, uh...if they want money,
0:17:52 > 0:17:56then, that's what it's like over here, so you've got to earn money.
0:17:56 > 0:17:59This is the longest I've been away from my mum and dad.
0:17:59 > 0:18:02And being honest, it's so unreal.
0:18:02 > 0:18:04You just automatically miss them.
0:18:04 > 0:18:07So that must be so heartbreaking for them.
0:18:09 > 0:18:11It's day two in Bangkok.
0:18:12 > 0:18:15After the kids' poor performance yesterday,
0:18:15 > 0:18:17Nok wants to remind them exactly how much work
0:18:17 > 0:18:21goes into making jeans for the international market.
0:18:21 > 0:18:23How many people does it take to make one pair of jeans?
0:18:23 > 0:18:26Uh...around 35 people
0:18:26 > 0:18:30and the garment will be finished within, uh...three days.
0:18:30 > 0:18:33- It takes 35 of your workers...- Yes.
0:18:33 > 0:18:36- ..to put a pair of jeans together. - Together.
0:18:36 > 0:18:41- It then takes even more workers to get them to the final product.- Yeah.
0:18:41 > 0:18:43So much people, uh...just making one pair of jeans.
0:18:43 > 0:18:46- Yes, yes.- You know, it's hard, it's hard to sort of realise that.
0:18:46 > 0:18:49Off we go. Yes, we move.
0:18:49 > 0:18:52Come to the last step. This is a washing machine.
0:18:52 > 0:18:57One machine, we can put 60 pieces of garment.
0:18:57 > 0:19:01How many jeans would your factory wash a day?
0:19:01 > 0:19:033,000 pieces per day.
0:19:03 > 0:19:06Would you like to see how many you can do?
0:19:06 > 0:19:08- Yeah. - SHE LAUGHS
0:19:08 > 0:19:10- Oh, dear.- About that.
0:19:10 > 0:19:12- Oh, no.- Is that what we're doing?
0:19:12 > 0:19:15- Going to give it a try? - Are we washing then?
0:19:15 > 0:19:18They had to do something I plan already for them.
0:19:18 > 0:19:20It's over there.
0:19:20 > 0:19:21OK. Follow Nok.
0:19:21 > 0:19:25Nok has a rush job on to send an order of jeans to Europe.
0:19:25 > 0:19:28The jeans are all price tagged in Thailand
0:19:28 > 0:19:32before they are shipped off to a department store 6,500 miles away.
0:19:32 > 0:19:34This is their final task.
0:19:34 > 0:19:38Today, I have something very easy for you, guys.
0:19:38 > 0:19:43You take the jeans. And you check the size, 42.
0:19:43 > 0:19:46You pick up the hand tag. And...
0:19:48 > 0:19:50..put on the jean.
0:19:50 > 0:19:52'She's decided that the kids can't be trusted
0:19:52 > 0:19:55'with any of the skilled work on the denim.
0:19:55 > 0:19:58'At least no jeans can be damaged doing this job.'
0:19:58 > 0:20:00That's it. Very easy.
0:20:00 > 0:20:02'But a wage can still be won.'
0:20:02 > 0:20:04- So are these jeans going to a real shop?- Yeah.
0:20:04 > 0:20:07- Brilliant.- This order will be shipped to Spain.
0:20:07 > 0:20:12How many can your staff members do every half an hour?
0:20:12 > 0:20:16Uh...my worker? We, we can do 200 pieces per hour.
0:20:16 > 0:20:21Hear that, guys? Every half hour, they can get through 100 of these
0:20:21 > 0:20:25and tag them correctly. OK. We'll leave you to it. Off you go.
0:20:29 > 0:20:33We'll win the wage this time. I'm really going to try my best.
0:20:33 > 0:20:35I think everyone's trying a lot harder than yesterday.
0:20:35 > 0:20:38I don't think we're messing around as much.
0:20:38 > 0:20:40It's so fiddly.
0:20:40 > 0:20:43The fact that they put the security tags on the jeans
0:20:43 > 0:20:47before they even get to the shop, I find quite funny.
0:20:47 > 0:20:52I notice that the 48s are quite hard because it's a massive waist.
0:20:52 > 0:20:55It's really weird to think that someone will be wearing these soon.
0:20:55 > 0:20:58Which ring were we meant to put it on?
0:20:58 > 0:21:00This one?
0:21:00 > 0:21:03OK. It's all good, it's OK, just had a panic.
0:21:03 > 0:21:04'We are halfway through the task
0:21:04 > 0:21:07'and there's not much time to win Nok's favour now.'
0:21:07 > 0:21:11I am massively impressed with how they are getting on.
0:21:11 > 0:21:14I've never ever seen them work like this.
0:21:14 > 0:21:18Perhaps spending time with people ordinarily they'd never have met,
0:21:18 > 0:21:22you know, it's made them think. Even Mattie is trying today.
0:21:22 > 0:21:24Uh, I'm going to try and earn the wage this time
0:21:24 > 0:21:28because I want to give it to Nong, her husband and her daughter.
0:21:28 > 0:21:30Because they work so hard.
0:21:30 > 0:21:33It's made me think about work a lot more.
0:21:33 > 0:21:35Seeing everyone else in this factory,
0:21:35 > 0:21:37if you do well, you get a bonus.
0:21:37 > 0:21:39If you don't, then you might get sacked.
0:21:39 > 0:21:44I really want to show Nok I'm as good as any other worker she'd have.
0:21:44 > 0:21:47'With only seconds left, every pair counts.'
0:21:47 > 0:21:50OK, everybody. Time's up.
0:21:50 > 0:21:53Callum. It's finished now.
0:21:53 > 0:21:56- One more.- I've never seen them so keen to keep working.
0:21:56 > 0:21:58Normally, they want to stop.
0:21:58 > 0:22:01Nok and her team are going to make sure there's no mistakes.
0:22:01 > 0:22:04They'll count how many jeans you've managed to get through.
0:22:04 > 0:22:07Then we're going to meet Nok downstairs for the results.
0:22:07 > 0:22:10'The tally from this task will be added to yesterday's result
0:22:10 > 0:22:13'to decide which of the kids will get a wage.'
0:22:13 > 0:22:15- CHILDREN: Sawadee ka!- Sawadee ka!
0:22:15 > 0:22:18How many did Mattie do in the final task?
0:22:18 > 0:22:2075.
0:22:20 > 0:22:2375 is still an achievement.
0:22:23 > 0:22:27I know you try, but sometime you have to try more.
0:22:27 > 0:22:29How many did Ewan manage?
0:22:29 > 0:22:3291. You impressed me since yesterday.
0:22:32 > 0:22:33Thank you.
0:22:33 > 0:22:36- Second, we have two.- Oh!
0:22:36 > 0:22:38Ellie's.
0:22:38 > 0:22:39Ellie, wow!
0:22:39 > 0:22:42Yeah. The other is Jade.
0:22:42 > 0:22:43The girls. Joint second.
0:22:43 > 0:22:48- With 93. - 93. Who did the best job today?
0:22:48 > 0:22:51Callum is my favourite on today.
0:22:51 > 0:22:54102 pieces. You are the best.
0:22:54 > 0:22:59You've actually worked equally as well as a Thai worker would work.
0:22:59 > 0:23:02Going over the target is uh...quite overwhelming.
0:23:02 > 0:23:05'But despite the scores in the final task,
0:23:05 > 0:23:08'Nok is giving a wage based on both days' work.'
0:23:08 > 0:23:13So bearing in mind everything you've seen in the two days from our five,
0:23:13 > 0:23:17in your opinion, who would you hire and who would you fire?
0:23:17 > 0:23:20Callum is the first. Jade is the second.
0:23:20 > 0:23:22And Ewan is the third.
0:23:22 > 0:23:24Really happy. Thank you.
0:23:24 > 0:23:28I'm quite pleased overall with what I've done for the last two days.
0:23:28 > 0:23:30Yeah, you must be. Brilliant.
0:23:30 > 0:23:34I didn't expect to, like, do that well,
0:23:34 > 0:23:36especially yesterday, I really found it really hard.
0:23:36 > 0:23:39Worked very, very, very hard here.
0:23:39 > 0:23:42If you haven't got work ethic in Thailand, you won't live.
0:23:42 > 0:23:44- You don't survive.- Yeah.
0:23:44 > 0:23:47I think we've got that, right?
0:23:47 > 0:23:49Yesterday, when I went to see Nong,
0:23:49 > 0:23:51it definitely gave me a reason
0:23:51 > 0:23:54to appreciate the work more - as she does.
0:23:54 > 0:23:59And she dedicates her whole life to, uh...her one child.
0:23:59 > 0:24:01So...
0:24:01 > 0:24:03If they don't work, then, they don't live.
0:24:03 > 0:24:08I kind of felt like I'd mocked her a little bit yesterday, and her work,
0:24:08 > 0:24:12by messing around and so, um... I tried a little bit more today.
0:24:12 > 0:24:16That's amazing. It's honest of you as well, so well done for that.
0:24:16 > 0:24:21It's the life, life is work, yeah. And work is life.
0:24:22 > 0:24:25- That's for you, Jade. Well done. - Thank you.
0:24:25 > 0:24:28APPLAUSE
0:24:28 > 0:24:29Ewan.
0:24:29 > 0:24:31- Thank you.- 600...
0:24:31 > 0:24:36And the winner, the champion of denim...
0:24:36 > 0:24:37Callum.
0:24:37 > 0:24:40CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:24:40 > 0:24:43- Nok, thank you so, so, so much for having us.- You're welcome.
0:24:43 > 0:24:45- Kob kun krub. - Kob kun ka.
0:24:45 > 0:24:46Kob kun ka.
0:24:46 > 0:24:48Thank you, thank you very much.
0:24:48 > 0:24:51'With their time in Thailand nearly at an end,
0:24:51 > 0:24:55'Mattie and Ellie go back to the shed to say their goodbyes to Nong.
0:24:55 > 0:24:58'Little do they know that this is a very special day for her.'
0:24:58 > 0:25:00Hi, Nong, how are you doing?
0:25:00 > 0:25:01- TRANSLATION:- I'm very happy.
0:25:01 > 0:25:06Today, my daughter and my mum are coming.
0:25:06 > 0:25:07Oh, wow!
0:25:07 > 0:25:09SHE LAUGHS
0:25:09 > 0:25:12When your daughter comes, are we allowed to meet her?
0:25:12 > 0:25:14- TRANSLATION:- Of course you can.
0:25:14 > 0:25:16My daughter likes making friends.
0:25:25 > 0:25:27This is only the second time
0:25:27 > 0:25:30mother and daughter have seen each other this year.
0:25:33 > 0:25:37Three-year-old Nut won't get to see her mum for another four months.
0:25:37 > 0:25:40- TRANSLATION:- Did you miss me, little girl?
0:25:40 > 0:25:41- TRANSLATION:- I miss you.
0:25:45 > 0:25:46- TRANSLATION:- Have you said hello?
0:25:49 > 0:25:54It's probably one of the nicest things I've seen on our trip.
0:25:54 > 0:25:57Really nice to see that she's got to see her child.
0:25:57 > 0:26:03It's unbelievable a family should be split up like that.
0:26:03 > 0:26:06And it's really kind of made me think about my family.
0:26:06 > 0:26:08Nong and her husband deserve...
0:26:08 > 0:26:11just to have their daughter around them,
0:26:11 > 0:26:14and their daughter deserves to grow up with her parents.
0:26:14 > 0:26:17Meanwhile, Callum and Jade would like their wages
0:26:17 > 0:26:20to be used for Poom, the little boy they met last night.
0:26:20 > 0:26:22We would just like to give you a little bit of a,
0:26:22 > 0:26:24a little bit of a present.
0:26:24 > 0:26:27And for you and your family.
0:26:27 > 0:26:29And from our earnings today.
0:26:29 > 0:26:31For you and Poom.
0:26:31 > 0:26:32Thank you.
0:26:32 > 0:26:35- Um...it's OK. - Thank you.
0:26:35 > 0:26:38We thought you definitely deserve it. Thank you.
0:26:38 > 0:26:41- Thank you.- Thank you.
0:26:41 > 0:26:42Thank you.
0:26:42 > 0:26:45Even though Mattie lost out on a wage,
0:26:45 > 0:26:48he dips into his own pocket for a farewell gift.
0:26:48 > 0:26:50With this money,
0:26:50 > 0:26:55I want you to buy a present for Nut.
0:26:55 > 0:26:58- TRANSLATION:- Thank you for the gift.
0:26:58 > 0:27:00She's happy, she's happy.
0:27:00 > 0:27:02Thank you.
0:27:02 > 0:27:03Give him a hug.
0:27:03 > 0:27:06Hug him, hug him.
0:27:07 > 0:27:09Oh...
0:27:09 > 0:27:11SHE LAUGHS
0:27:17 > 0:27:20Next time, on Show Me What You're Made Of, it's raw fish...
0:27:20 > 0:27:23..Yellow fins are normal, I have no idea.
0:27:23 > 0:27:25..cooked fish...
0:27:25 > 0:27:26THEY SHOUT
0:27:26 > 0:27:30..and rotten fish at a tuna factory in Indonesia.
0:27:30 > 0:27:32Die, tuna!
0:27:32 > 0:27:33Can they stomach it?
0:27:33 > 0:27:35Uh...fish and chips.
0:27:35 > 0:27:37Candyfloss. Candyfloss.
0:27:37 > 0:27:39Don't touch it there.
0:27:39 > 0:27:40SHE RETCHES
0:27:40 > 0:27:42Glad that's over.