Onesies Show Me What You're Made Of

'Last time on Show Me What You're Made Of,

'our team struggled on the coffee plantation.'

-SHE SCREAMS

-So brave...

'They failed to work as a team.'

-Not liking that side of Faith.

-What do you mean, you don't like it?

'And when the bad behaviour broke out...'

Do you want to just stop it?

'..even I couldn't get through to them.'

I was thinking I might as well talk to this plank of wood.

'But then everyone got paid. Except Sam.'

Now the group have left the wilds of Cambodia behind and are back

in the capital, Phnom Penh.

-Can they handle one of their hardest tests so far?

-I can't do it.

Bleurgh!

-In a onesie factory.

-It's way too hot!

And how will they feel confronting the poverty beyond the

-factory gates?

-It's just really upsetting, to be honest.

They're really hanging on.

Back home, we've got everything.

These don't have anything. It's just very overwhelming.

'It's a new day and a fresh start for the five.

'It's also their last chance to prove themselves

'before leaving Cambodia.'

Alice, what are you hoping to achieve?

Promotion. Because, like,

I want to go out with a bang and leave on a good note.

-Up on a high?

-Yeah.

I need to, even if I don't enjoy the task, just crack on with it.

I'm just ready to, like, get my head down and start working.

'Well, there'll be plenty of chances for that where they're heading now.'

The global clothing industry is estimated to be worth 3 trillion.

In the last few years, there's one item of clothing

in particular that's taken the fashion world by storm.

Our five are en route to find out

the hard work that goes into making...

a onesie.

THEY EXCLAIM

-Woo!

-A onesie!

-Who's got a onesie?

-Me!

-Me, I have one!

-I have one with me.

So, four out of five of our kids have got one.

It's great, I do everything in it.

I've even been on a bike ride in it and to the cinema.

You've been to the cinema in your onesie?

Yeah, I went with my friends.

'The group are on their way to join

'the 800 dedicated workers of Pantessa.

'At their busiest, these production lines can produce

'up to 100,000 onesies a week.

'This clothes factory makes everything

'from sportswear to designer clobber,

'destined for high streets around the world, including the UK.

'During their time here, the teams will be managed

'by tough boss 'Mr Hong and supervisor Pat Wu.'

How are you? HE SPEAKS KHMER

Mr Hong! You're the boss.

-How are you? Pat.

-Lovely to meet you.

What is it that you expect from our five, Pat?

OK, shall we go and see what's in store?

Go and check out your new factory?

'Each week, the factory gets through up to 5.5 tons of fabric.'

Unbelievable amount of work, that.

'All that material gets cut into patterns...'

I can't even put a piece of paper quickly.

'..before being stitched together to make the onesies.'

The clothes you make

have the potential to end up in the UK high street stores

that you shop in.

'Each of these production lines

'are able to produce 120 onesies every hour.'

So, round here for me, kids.

'For their first task, the bosses want the group to do the last

'and most difficult job needed to complete a onesie - '

'sewing on the cuffs.

'But this machine doesn't just stitch, it cuts too.

'Make one mistake, and the onesie is wrecked.'

Here, you can see, yeah, that one is good.

So many people will have taken the time to work on the garment

that you're going to finish off.

So this is what we're hoping to achieve, guys. A neat finish.

-So with this task, it's girls versus boys.

-What?

Ha-ha! I like it.

This is the most high-pressured situation we've put you in.

'Each person has been given 20 onesies to complete for their team.'

Bleurgh!

Eurgh, that's not good.

If we just try and do as many as we can,

then we have quite a big chance of winning this.

'What Joe's forgotten, is this task isn't just about quantity.'

It's not falling apart, so, I'll put it in anyway.

'Only a perfect onesie will pass quality control.'

Look, on this bit, I cut off loads of that.

It's just no use making them and them not being perfect,

because they won't make the deliveries.

'But Joe's not the only one with problems.'

-Oh, I can't do it!

-Alice! You don't look very happy.

-No!

I'm doing it all wrong. I can't get the hang of it. It's so annoying.

You need to shake this negative energy off, because if you feel like

-you've given up, it's a waste of time us being here.

-I know.

I feel like they were quietly confident when they arrived

at the factory, but Alice is struggling and Joe is struggling.

'Previously...'

I definitely prefer doing outdoor tasks like this.

I'm stuck!

'Joe has got stuck into every job out in the fields...'

I could do this all day.

Let's go!

'..but has found factory work difficult.

'And Alice - well, so far, she's veered between feisty...'

You keep on coming over and you're, like, stealing my berries.

I'm not laughing. I'm angry.

'..and giving up when things get tough.'

I haven't done much, but... I can't help it.

'But, back with the onesies...'

Sam, I messed up big time on one of mine.

-'..and Joe, keen to improve on his factory work...'

-That's really good.

'..is being helped out by team-mate Sam.'

You've just got to tighten the cotton there, like, the elastic,

go slow on the pedal,

then just keep tightening it, stopping, starting...

-'And over with the girls...'

-Ellie - look. I did it.

'..Alice has cut out the strops and got on with the task.'

I'm so pleased with myself.

I was so close to giving up. And I didn't.

OK, guys, five minutes left.

Look at that!

That is really good, actually.

I'm well chuffed.

Do you want me to do one for you? Pass me one.

'Everyone has mastered the job.'

That's another one done.

-I kind of feel like I've got this one in the bag.

-OK, guys.

Now, we're finished.

Leave your machines, thank you.

'They've given their all.

'The boys should have made 40 onesies between them,

'and the girls 60.

'Whose work will impress boss Pat the most?'

-You want to hear the results? ALL:

-Yes.

OK... So, the girls...

..managed 15.

Boys...

..you didn't manage 15.

In fact, you didn't even manage one.

Zero...

..meaning, girls, you have won by a clear mile.

Oh, boys!

Needless to say, girls, you are promoted. Boys, you're demoted.

But I've had a chat with the bosses and they're going to have

a serious think about what to do with you,

because they're quite surprised you weren't even able to complete one.

I feel awful. It's kind of embarrassing...

that we didn't even do one...

together, as a team.

And the fact that they've, like...

the bosses have to decide what to do with us, kinda...

-That IS embarrassing.

-Yeah, it's really embarrassing.

I'm feeling happy,

because Ellie was absolutely amazing, so was Faith.

-So were you.

-So were you.

-Thank you.

Erm... I think teamwork definitely came together during that.

It's the end of the working day,

leaving bosses to decide the boys' fate.

I've brought the demoted two to nearby Mean Chey,

an area of Phnom Penh more than 250,000 people call home.

-Hello.

-Hello!

-Hello!

-How are you?

-I'm fine, thank you. And you?

-I'm fine, thank you!

In this district, many can't get a job in the factories.

It's estimated that in the city,

3,000 people earn a living picking through rubbish.

And half of them are children.

So just take these in.

So what do you make of this?

(Wow...)

This is real life for so many people.

I know that it looks to us like a rubbish dump, right?

No-one's going to go in there.

But actually, the reality is that lots of people here,

this is their work space. Go and have a chat with her.

What do you look for

when you're searching these piles?

-TRANSLATION:

-I collect anything from the rubbish that's valuable,

that I can sell.

It can be bottles or bags. Anything plastic.

For every kilogram I collect,

I get 10 cents.

So, guys, one kilo of plastic is worth around 10 cents,

-so a tenth of a dollar.

-Wow.

What would that buy you? What could you do with that?

You couldn't even buy bread.

-You can't even buy bread.

-So how many hours do you work a day?

-TRANSLATION:

-I pick up rubbish in the evenings,

but sometimes I can't because I have a sore leg.

Normally I start at 2:00am in the morning and work all day,

but I had an accident two months ago

and I hurt my leg, and I can't walk properly.

But if I don't work at all, I won't have any money for food.

So you're forced to work, despite being in pain?

-TRANSLATION:

-I live with my two children,

and we all collect rubbish

to help support each other.

But, to tell you the truth,

sometimes, we don't make enough money to buy food

and I have to beg so we can eat.

-Could you boys do this?

-No.

-It's just really upsetting, to be honest.

They're stuck with this job. It doesn't make much money.

-They're really hanging on.

-I just feel quite upset to be honest.

We have to learn from this.

-Thank you.

-Thanks!

-You OK?

-Yeah.

It's just completely life-changing.

For the girls, I've arranged for them to spend the night

staying with pupils at PIO's Stung Mean Chey school,

founded by head teacher Phymean Noun.

-ALL:

-Hello!

16-year-old Pally has offered to show our girls around the school

that she's also lived in for the last ten years.

So, what room is this?

So, what was your life like before you came here?

I think you're a really strong person

to be able to go through all of that.

In the evenings, 80 pupils who have been orphaned, abandoned

or whose parents are too poor to look after them

call this dorm their home.

These are very pretty.

-Wow.

-So, one on the bottom, one on the top?

-No, like, two in the bed.

-Oh!

-Really?

-Yeah.

-So, where's YOUR stuff?

-Here.

Wow! Very neat.

So, do you think if you didn't come here,

-you would have to work as well?

-Yeah.

To be honest with you,

we've never really done a day's work in our lives.

We just sit on our bums and expect our mums to do everything for us.

Thank you.

THEY SING

As everyone gets ready for bed,

it's clear spending time with Pally and the other girls

has made our three think more about what they have to be thankful for.

All my mum asks for is that I behave at school,

and give her a hug once in a while.

And just to think how I'm treating my mum,

it's an absolutely awful feeling.

Even if it's just washing up the dishes,

I know how much that would mean to my mum.

It's just the little things, and I know they make a massive difference

but I'm too lazy enough to do it.

ALL: Night!

I wouldn't be able to live without my mum. I couldn't do it. No.

Back home, we've got everything. These don't have anything,

they've just got this school, and each other.

It's just very overwhelming.

-Goodnight, everyone.

-Goodnight, everyone.

-Night.

-It was actually really comfy.

-Hi. How did you sleep last night?

I actually really enjoyed my sleep here.

Day two, and everyone is waking up...

Morning.

..excited about starting class.

Everyone, that is, except Alice.

At the factory, after the boys' awful first day,

bosses have decided they can only be trusted

to do the easiest job there is.

OK, guys, get going, OK?

My hands are too...

This should just be a task on its own.

Sam is struggling to put on a glove.

He's been there for about five minutes.

It's hardly a winning start, lads.

Workers here can iron 150 onesies every hour.

Sam, how are you doing?

Bad.

That's way too hot.

Ow, ow, ow, ow.

Too hot.

Ah! That is so hot!

Ironing should be easy.

After all, it's a chore many teenagers do at home. Right, Joe?

Wrong way.

I've never ironed before.

That's why I'm ironing in creases.

An hour in, and it's hard to imagine the boys could be doing any worse.

Tell me how Sam is doing.

Joe.

I can't believe Joe has managed just one.

Ah!

Joseph.

This just isn't my factory at all.

Sam.

So this is number seven.

There's quite a difference, isn't there, between 150 and 7?

-Yeah.

-A big difference.

-Yes.

I am flabbergasted by how little you and Joe are able to deliver.

'And I'm not the only one.

'Their boss, Pat,

'thinks it's a waste of time for Sam and Joe to continue.'

-OK, boys, that's it, now.

-Oh...

-Put your iron back for me.

Take your gloves off.

I know that's going to take you a couple of minutes.

Oh.

Help me!

OK?

Come on, then, off we go.

Over at the PIO School, our girls are getting a lesson in Khmer,

the Cambodian language.

Hello.

K'nyom tchmouh Faith.

I've come to Cambodia to work and find out about life here.

But whilst everyone else is busy learning,

Alice is busy moaning.

It's so, like, complicated - how to write.

I'm getting very bored, yeah.

I've finished.

I came here to get free from school.

And now I have to be at school.

Back home in Hastings,

13-year-old Alice admits she's far from the perfect pupil.

'I do not like school.'

Ow!

School is just so boring.

Why do I have to go six hours a day to this thing I don't enjoy?

I do argue back if I think I'm proper right.

If they say, "Stop that, because you're wrong", I'll be like,

"No way!"

That gets me in trouble sometimes.

She can be quite stroppy.

It's really tedious,

explaining to her how she does have a privileged life.

She thinks going to school is hard work.

I think that she could do with a bit of a reality check

to make her realise that to really get on in life,

she needs to knuckle down at school and stop joking around.

Back in school in Cambodia, Pally is catching up with Alice again.

I absolutely despise school.

Just to see how you adore it and treasure it, like, is so nice.

When Alice takes her turn in class...

Hi, I'm Alice.

THEY RESPOND IN KHMER

K'nyom tchmouh Alice.

..it looks like Pally's chat has given her

a very different perspective.

In there, they engage in the lesson, they want to learn.

I think I need to take that home and be more like that.

I want to have a good future.

I like to think that this experience will change my actions at school.

I'd like to think that, but I'm not too sure that it will.

I'm hoping it does, though.

IN KHMER:

Bringing the group back together at the factory,

bosses have one final job for our five.

Lucky for the boys,

this time they'll be working as a team with the girls.

IN ENGLISH:

Fold them up perfectly.

So that's your finished product.

I need two of you folding, one of you sticking,

one of you popping the sleeve on.

Ellie, you're going to be quality control.

The reason you've been given this job is because you've done the best.

Five of their workers are able to rattle through these 5,000 per hour.

Oh, my gosh.

Guys, we could do that if we just work as hard as we can.

Three, two, one, get going.

This should prove a straightforward task.

It's all about working together with two people folding,

two people packing, and Ellie acting as team leader.

But, from the off...

You've been doing it the wrong way. Turn this around.

..it's clear Joe can't fold correctly.

It is frustrating, cos I know that Joe is trying.

Have we found something else you can't do here at this factory?

I just... I just can't... I don't know.

Hey, guys...

Spotting the problem, Ellie steps in.

I think, Joe, you need to change, if that's all right.

-Oh, yeah.

-Alice, would you mind giving this a try?

Poor old Joe is having quite a tough time of it.

He just cannot get to grips with the work that's needed here.

Unfortunately for team leader Ellie,

changing round the roles makes no difference.

I don't know how to fold.

The boys in packing blame bad folding.

That one is wide and short, and that one is thin and long.

I can't do anything with that. It's going to get sent back.

But the girls blame the boys' clumsy handling...

Don't ruin the folding.

..for the group's problems.

We can see it being messed up,

and then it comes back to us with the blame.

-SHE MOUTHS

-I know I didn't fold it like that.

I know I didn't fold it messily like that.

We're half an hour in.

There should be, ideally, 2,500 leggings sat on this table.

There are four.

I'm actually lost for words.

Ugh, this is stressful.

As the task goes from bad to worse...

Everyone's rushing.

..Faith's frustration grows.

Ellie, Ellie, look. The line is perfect.

I think as it's going down, it's getting shaken.

We need to change something. We're running out of time.

I don't want to fall out with any of yous,

but you need to make sure they're the same size,

otherwise when they're coming down, they're going to get crumpled

and they're going to get messy.

There's no point rushing and then we end up with a bad product.

I just don't know what to do.

With the group continuing to struggle...

-Look. He's squeezing.

-He's killing it.

..factory bosses have some bad news.

Would you be willing to ship any of these over?

-No.

-No.

Hey, guys, can I have your attention, please?

I've just had a conversation with your boss.

To put it frankly,

we're an hour in and she's not happy with any of them.

-I'm going to call it a day, OK?

-It's not OK.

'As the five leave, defeated...'

Thank you, Pat. Sorry.

'..it's hard to imagine anyone getting paid

'for their time in the factory.'

Last boardroom here in Cambodia.

You tell me - how do you think you've done? Ellie.

In the first task, I think I did really well. I gave it my all.

And the last task?

Because we failed, I felt like it was all my fault,

because I was taking charge.

We weren't working as a team properly.

I think you were fair, I think you were rational, so well done, Ellie.

Thank you.

Faith, I could tell you were hugely frustrated.

Is that just your personality?

I think it's just my thing.

Honestly, like, I just get annoyed.

What did you make of Faith?

Yeah.

How do you think you've done, Sam?

-Terrible.

-Oh..

I've basically... I don't expect to be paid, really.

Pat, what would you say to Sam?

THEY CHUCKLE

You don't have to say anything. I already know.

-Joe.

-I don't think that I've had the best two days.

I was putting my all into it, but it just never seemed to work.

You were never concerned about his work ethic,

it was the fact that he just wasn't able to do the job.

-Alice.

-I definitely tried my best.

And it is as simple as that.

In a factory, where we're talking numbers, statistics, money,

actually, you know what? Your best isn't good enough.

-If it isn't good enough, there's the door.

-It's very disappointing.

I know what you all want to find out.

I've had a conversation with Pat,

and Pat has decided that she would like to pay somebody.

I'm going to leave her to deliver that information.

Ellie, Ellie, Ellie! How does it feel?

It feels amazing.

-There's your wage.

-Thank you.

-11.

-Thanks.

-Spend it wisely.

I don't know what to say. Thank you.

Are you able to bring this with you into the next factory?

I hope so.

Next time on Show Me What You're Made Of,

the teams head to a new country, Taiwan,

and a tea plantation.

Someone gets the boot...

I'm afraid he got fired.

..and a new member joins the group.

-I'm super as well.

-Sam the Superman.