0:00:02 > 0:00:04THIS PROGRAMME CONTAINS SOME NUDITY
0:00:04 > 0:00:07MUSIC: "Howlin' For You" by The Black Keys
0:00:07 > 0:00:09# All right
0:00:11 > 0:00:13# Yeah
0:00:18 > 0:00:20# Well now
0:00:22 > 0:00:26# Mockingbird, can't you see
0:00:26 > 0:00:29# Little girl's got a hold on me
0:00:29 > 0:00:31# Like glue
0:00:31 > 0:00:34# Baby, I'm howlin' for you
0:00:36 > 0:00:38# Yeah
0:00:41 > 0:00:45# Yeah, da-da-da-da-da
0:00:45 > 0:00:47# Da-da-da-da-da
0:00:47 > 0:00:50# Da-da-da-da-da, da-da-da-da-da
0:00:50 > 0:00:52# Da-da-da-da-da
0:00:52 > 0:00:56# Da-da-da-da-da, da-da-da-da-da
0:00:56 > 0:00:58# Da-da-da-da-da. #
0:01:10 > 0:01:14PHONE RINGS
0:01:14 > 0:01:15Good afternoon, Secrets.
0:01:17 > 0:01:19Yeah, you just need to bring your passport,
0:01:19 > 0:01:23a long dress to dance in, preferably not see-through.
0:01:23 > 0:01:25And ring us back and let us know what we are doing
0:01:25 > 0:01:28before the auditions start please.
0:01:28 > 0:01:30OK, thank you. Bye.
0:01:30 > 0:01:33You've got the auditions coming up now.
0:01:33 > 0:01:36What are you hoping to find in the auditions, what girls?
0:01:36 > 0:01:39Loads of girls that want to work. We're coming into a busy time now
0:01:39 > 0:01:41and there's nothing worse than
0:01:41 > 0:01:44customers going into a club and there's not enough girls.
0:01:44 > 0:01:47If you go to Sainsbury's and there's no food on the shelves, you won't go back there.
0:01:47 > 0:01:51You can't say what type of girls cos you don't know what will come in the door.
0:01:51 > 0:01:55I'd love them to be all sort of six foot two, or legs up to their ears
0:01:55 > 0:01:57but it doesn't always work like that.
0:01:57 > 0:02:01The biggest issues you take up with them, with regards to their look,
0:02:01 > 0:02:04having a bit too much to drink is definitely the weight
0:02:04 > 0:02:08because when they come here they start drinking champagne
0:02:08 > 0:02:11and I always say to them, "You've got some champagne cellulite there.
0:02:11 > 0:02:13"I think we need to get that off a bit."
0:02:13 > 0:02:15I try to do it very tactfully.
0:02:15 > 0:02:17We're not brutal.
0:02:17 > 0:02:19We're just honest, because if we get them looking right
0:02:19 > 0:02:23they'll earn more money which means they'll be happy with me.
0:02:23 > 0:02:26There's no point me saying, "You can work and you're overweight"
0:02:26 > 0:02:29and then they're crying when they're not earning any money.
0:02:29 > 0:02:32So we have to make sure that we tailor them to what we want,
0:02:32 > 0:02:34without being too cruel.
0:02:34 > 0:02:35We're in show business.
0:02:35 > 0:02:38You've got to glamorise and get yourself sorted.
0:02:38 > 0:02:41Hi, you here to audition, darling? Come up the stairs, please.
0:02:41 > 0:02:45Looks like we're going to get some auditions now.
0:02:46 > 0:02:48If you'd like to follow me.
0:02:56 > 0:02:58Right, my name is Joy
0:02:58 > 0:03:01and I look after all the girls that dance at Secrets.
0:03:01 > 0:03:03Today what you're going to do
0:03:03 > 0:03:05is do a single track for me, dance to a single track.
0:03:05 > 0:03:07When you feel comfortable with your dancing,
0:03:07 > 0:03:09you are to take your dresses off
0:03:09 > 0:03:12but please do not take your knickers off.
0:03:12 > 0:03:14I don't want to see any of that at all.
0:03:14 > 0:03:16I've seen enough anyway. Right.
0:03:16 > 0:03:21Secrets has a certain image that it likes its girls to have
0:03:21 > 0:03:23and we are really, really particular about that.
0:03:23 > 0:03:26We like you to look really pretty and lovely
0:03:26 > 0:03:30because basically these guys that are going to come in here, OK,
0:03:30 > 0:03:32and you want them to spend a lot of money on you,
0:03:32 > 0:03:35you need to look like you're top dog.
0:03:35 > 0:03:37So you all smell nice and look nice and lovely
0:03:37 > 0:03:40and you're not moaning "Oh, it's my period today."
0:03:40 > 0:03:43You know what I mean? They don't want any of that.
0:03:43 > 0:03:47If you can, get a good knowledge of what is going at the moment
0:03:47 > 0:03:50especially the things men like.
0:03:50 > 0:03:53Football, rugby, the economy.
0:03:53 > 0:03:58I'm not asking you to be brain surgeons but just to hold some nice general conversations with them.
0:03:58 > 0:04:00Don't ask them if they're married.
0:04:00 > 0:04:03If they tell you they're married and want to talk about their wives, that's fine.
0:04:03 > 0:04:07You don't tell them you're married, you've got kids or you're engaged.
0:04:07 > 0:04:10Whatever you do on the street is entirely up to you
0:04:10 > 0:04:13but in here you have to conform to what we want.
0:04:16 > 0:04:20When we audition, Sam and I can usually tell straight away
0:04:20 > 0:04:23whether she's going to be right for us.
0:04:23 > 0:04:27They have to have a reasonable figure, they have to be toned.
0:04:27 > 0:04:30Long hair, red nail varnish.
0:04:30 > 0:04:33- Facially they have to look pretty too.- Yeah.
0:04:33 > 0:04:36If the girl isn't facially pretty the guy won't have her.
0:04:41 > 0:04:43Got a lovely figure.
0:04:43 > 0:04:46# They say she low down
0:04:46 > 0:04:49# The baddest thing around town
0:04:49 > 0:04:53# She's nothing like a girl you've ever seen before... #
0:04:53 > 0:04:56- She's fine.- See if I can get her to smile.
0:04:56 > 0:04:59# I'm trying to find the words to describe this girl
0:04:59 > 0:05:02# Without being disrespectful... #
0:05:02 > 0:05:07You can smile if you like. That's better, see.
0:05:07 > 0:05:09You've got to look like you're enjoying it.
0:05:09 > 0:05:12- Nice little bust.- Yeah.
0:05:14 > 0:05:17- Thank you very much. That was lovely.- Thank you.
0:05:17 > 0:05:21APPLAUSE
0:05:21 > 0:05:24Right, who wants to go next, ladies? Do you want to go, honey?
0:05:24 > 0:05:27Also if you can not talk while the other girls are on stage.
0:05:27 > 0:05:30It's off-putting, especially if they've never it before.
0:05:30 > 0:05:31All right, ladies.
0:05:35 > 0:05:38# I might be bad, boy I'm perfectly good at it... #
0:05:38 > 0:05:40- Not sure about the shoes. - I'm not sure about the shoes.
0:05:42 > 0:05:46This one needs decent lipstick and make up, more theatrical.
0:05:46 > 0:05:50And men like red lipsticks, cos of the kissing aspect of it.
0:05:52 > 0:05:55And when she dances she needs to pull in her tummy and tone up.
0:05:58 > 0:06:01# Sticks and stones may break my bones
0:06:01 > 0:06:03# But chains and whips excite me... #
0:06:03 > 0:06:07- That's fine, thank you very much darling.- Thank you.- Thank you.
0:06:12 > 0:06:14OK, ladies, you were all successful.
0:06:14 > 0:06:16Whoooooo!
0:06:16 > 0:06:20- Give yourselves a round of applause. - Whooooooooo!
0:06:22 > 0:06:25When you arrived we asked you to read all of this, OK?
0:06:25 > 0:06:28All of these pages is our code of conduct.
0:06:28 > 0:06:30That is all our rules and regulations.
0:06:30 > 0:06:34If you have not read it I need you to read it before you leave today.
0:06:34 > 0:06:37I'll go through some of them to make it completely clear
0:06:37 > 0:06:39so you know exactly what you can and cannot do
0:06:39 > 0:06:41when you're dancing for the customer.
0:06:41 > 0:06:46No breasts can touch the customer's face at any time.
0:06:46 > 0:06:48Yeah, you understand that?
0:06:48 > 0:06:51No sliding up or down the customer's body or grinding.
0:06:51 > 0:06:54Anyone not know what grinding is?
0:06:54 > 0:06:57You all know what grinding is? You don't?
0:06:57 > 0:06:59You can not sit on the customer
0:06:59 > 0:07:03and you sort of wiggle or you rub yourself on the customer.
0:07:03 > 0:07:06You can not do that at any time, OK?
0:07:08 > 0:07:11There is no friction between you or the customer
0:07:11 > 0:07:16- and no masturbating. Do you all know what that is? Yeah?- Yeah, yeah.
0:07:16 > 0:07:19So, don't think, because I can't touch him,
0:07:19 > 0:07:22what I'll do is I'll touch myself. You cannot do that, OK?
0:07:22 > 0:07:24You cannot dance with another dancer.
0:07:24 > 0:07:28You certainly can't touch her up. You cannot kiss another dancer
0:07:28 > 0:07:32or do a lesbian act or finger your friend. OK?
0:07:32 > 0:07:37Um, no selling of sexual favours. That means no prostitution.
0:07:37 > 0:07:39Please don't do it, you'll be in lots of trouble.
0:07:39 > 0:07:44Any bitchiness, obviously we're not silly, there's alcohol and men involved.
0:07:44 > 0:07:49Some arguments happen, but we resolve them very quickly. We don't get a lot of bitchiness in our venues,
0:07:49 > 0:07:53considering there's six and there's over 400 girls, that's quite an accomplishment.
0:07:56 > 0:08:00- Did you understand everything OK? - Yeah.- Good.- I did.
0:08:00 > 0:08:03- Right, this is the first lady through.- Hi, take a seat.
0:08:03 > 0:08:08- That's all her forms filled out. - Right, you were lovely, you were good.
0:08:08 > 0:08:11Thank you very much for helping us out. What's your stage name, please?
0:08:11 > 0:08:13Denise, I want to be Denise.
0:08:13 > 0:08:16- Denise. D-E-N-I-S-E. Yeah.- Yeah.
0:08:16 > 0:08:19That's where you ring on Monday to book your shifts for next week.
0:08:19 > 0:08:23This is a mobile for you to text if you're with someone that doesn't know you're dancing.
0:08:23 > 0:08:27- You know we don't have see through. We don't like men to see your nipples.- Yes.
0:08:27 > 0:08:31- We'd rather the man pays to see them.- Yeah, yeah. - Not to see them through the dress.
0:08:31 > 0:08:34- Thanks very much for all your help today.- That's it? Thank you very much.
0:08:34 > 0:08:38Thank you, we're seeing you tomorrow. We'll be down there tomorrow.
0:08:38 > 0:08:41- Yeah, I'll see you tomorrow then, bye.- OK, thank you. Bye, bye.
0:08:41 > 0:08:43Right, stage name, what's your stage name?
0:08:43 > 0:08:45- Harley.- Carly?
0:08:45 > 0:08:47- Harley.- Harley?
0:08:47 > 0:08:50- Yeah.- Ley or Li.- Ley. - That's fine.
0:08:50 > 0:08:54- You're not a drinker.- No, I'm not. - Be very careful because if you start drinking
0:08:54 > 0:08:56it can go right across there, champagne cellulite.
0:08:56 > 0:08:59What you need to do is keep your tummy toned. Do a few sit ups,
0:08:59 > 0:09:02- otherwise you're perfect. - I do that anyway.
0:09:02 > 0:09:04- And when would you like to start? - Whenever.
0:09:04 > 0:09:07- Sorry?- Whenever.- Whenever. You're that desperate for money, are you?
0:09:07 > 0:09:10Have you married, kids or anything?
0:09:10 > 0:09:14- No.- Oh wise, wise girl.
0:09:14 > 0:09:17Thank you. I'm sure you'll do well with us. It's nice.
0:09:17 > 0:09:20- Your hair's lovely.- Oh, thank you. - Don't have it cut.
0:09:20 > 0:09:24- So, this is the first time you've auditioned?- Yeah, the first time ever.
0:09:24 > 0:09:28I've never done something like this before. So it's really new to me, yeah.
0:09:28 > 0:09:32What was it that made you want to audition? Why do you want to work as a table dancer?
0:09:32 > 0:09:35I saw... One of my friends does it, she's like really good.
0:09:35 > 0:09:40The money's good, the clients are nice, you meet new friends, the people are lovely.
0:09:40 > 0:09:43Like it's a good experience. So I thought I might as well try it.
0:09:43 > 0:09:46I haven't got anything going for me, no work.
0:09:46 > 0:09:48I didn't get a very good education.
0:09:48 > 0:09:51Yeah, I thought it'd be something to make money and to meet new people.
0:09:51 > 0:09:54Any concerns about how the men might be?
0:09:54 > 0:09:56I think I'll be able to deal with them fine.
0:09:56 > 0:10:00It's just like going out really. If a man gropes you and stuff, you're just like,
0:10:00 > 0:10:02"Oh get off." Like it's just the same thing really.
0:10:02 > 0:10:06You're out clubbing, apart from you're naked. So, yeah, it should be all right.
0:10:08 > 0:10:10What did you think of Harley?
0:10:10 > 0:10:13She's OK, she'll do well. She needs to keep an eye on her weight,
0:10:13 > 0:10:18- but we talked to her about that. - Yeah.- She's got a nice personality.
0:10:18 > 0:10:21- And a good look.- And she's what I call voluptuous.
0:10:21 > 0:10:24- The city guys like that. - She'll be able to handle them.
0:10:24 > 0:10:27- Yeah. - She didn't seem too soft or meek.
0:10:27 > 0:10:29Denise I liked.
0:10:29 > 0:10:31- We loved her. - We liked her, yes.
0:10:31 > 0:10:34- She was just cute and sweet. - Yes, and she'll do well.- Bubbly.
0:10:34 > 0:10:39- She'll be good.- She'll earn good money.- She'll be a worker. I think she'll do a few nights.- Yeah.
0:10:39 > 0:10:40- Well, they do.- Yeah.
0:10:40 > 0:10:45Eastern Europeans don't mind working six nights a week.
0:10:45 > 0:10:47- Yeah, they graft. - Yeah, they do.
0:10:47 > 0:10:51A lot of Eastern Europeans come with funny names and we have to say...
0:10:51 > 0:10:54Like they have names like Fanny and we say you really can't use that.
0:10:54 > 0:10:57And one girl wanted to be Moon and we said no,
0:10:57 > 0:11:01that kind of means something a bit rude over here, if you moon someone,
0:11:01 > 0:11:05and she said no, you have one called Star and Summer and Sunny.
0:11:05 > 0:11:09They don't understand. It's hard to explain that a name is important.
0:11:09 > 0:11:13But you don't want anything too strange cos the customer will say that's not your real name.
0:11:47 > 0:11:50Is it harder to earn money in Romania?
0:11:50 > 0:11:52Yeah, much harder than here.
0:11:52 > 0:11:56You can't find a proper job like for normal money,
0:11:56 > 0:11:57for good money, to live.
0:11:57 > 0:12:00It's not possible. Hard life.
0:12:08 > 0:12:12So what do your family think about you table dancing?
0:12:12 > 0:12:17They're not really happy but they accept.
0:12:18 > 0:12:21What did your mum say when you told her?
0:12:21 > 0:12:25Oh, she was really like, "Oh my God, how could you do that?"
0:12:25 > 0:12:29And then she came down. She was fine.
0:12:29 > 0:12:32And what about your Dad? What did he say?
0:12:32 > 0:12:35Oh. My Dad didn't say nothing.
0:12:35 > 0:12:39He was shy probably or...
0:12:39 > 0:12:41He never say nothing.
0:12:41 > 0:12:44Do you have a boyfriend?
0:12:44 > 0:12:46Yeah, I have.
0:12:46 > 0:12:48He's a bit jealous.
0:12:50 > 0:12:54But he met me when I was doing this so I'm not going to stop.
0:12:55 > 0:12:58What does he get jealous about?
0:12:58 > 0:12:59Other men seeing me naked.
0:13:03 > 0:13:08I would like to get married in time, like every woman does.
0:13:10 > 0:13:15Have kids, my own business probably, my own house, my own car.
0:13:17 > 0:13:19A normal life.
0:13:22 > 0:13:25Is table dancing a normal life?
0:13:25 > 0:13:26No. It's not.
0:13:28 > 0:13:33I'm here to make money, go back to Romania,
0:13:33 > 0:13:37pay for my college to become a teacher. Kids' teacher.
0:13:42 > 0:13:46MUSIC: "Ain't Nobody" by Claire Maguire
0:14:00 > 0:14:01You all right?
0:14:01 > 0:14:02I'm Denise, nice to meet you.
0:14:02 > 0:14:04- James.- James, and you?- Dave.
0:14:04 > 0:14:08- Dave and James.- Yeah.- I like your piercing, interesting.- Thank you.
0:14:08 > 0:14:11- This is my first night. - Oh right, OK. Fair enough.
0:14:11 > 0:14:15- And I'm a bit er... - Nervous?- Not nervous.
0:14:15 > 0:14:18I'm a bit like, er, you know, ready for it.
0:14:18 > 0:14:21Are you? That's good.
0:14:21 > 0:14:24- Whereabouts are you from? - Have a good guess.
0:14:25 > 0:14:28A good guess. Ukraine?
0:14:28 > 0:14:33- No.- Romania.- Ah, there you are.- Ah.
0:14:33 > 0:14:35Geographical legend, mate.
0:14:35 > 0:14:38I think it's time for a dance.
0:14:38 > 0:14:42- What do you think? - Absolutely fine.
0:15:31 > 0:15:34You could never tell that it was your first day.
0:15:34 > 0:15:37- Here we go.- Really?- Never. Never.
0:15:37 > 0:15:38Well, in this club it is.
0:15:38 > 0:15:42- What a pro.- It is?- It is.
0:15:42 > 0:15:45I'm guessing this is your first pay cheque for tonight?
0:15:45 > 0:15:49- Yeah.- Thank you.
0:15:49 > 0:15:51You like?
0:15:51 > 0:15:56- So how's my dance? Did you enjoy? - Definitely.- Very, very, very good.
0:15:56 > 0:16:00Good. All right, guys.
0:16:00 > 0:16:02Takes courage for a girl to stand in front of a guy
0:16:02 > 0:16:06- and take her clothes off. - Definitely.
0:16:06 > 0:16:07You can meet a normal girl...
0:16:07 > 0:16:10I know I wouldn't be taking my clothes off for money.
0:16:10 > 0:16:15Yeah, and they've got to do it ten times a night or more.
0:16:15 > 0:16:17I've got a lot of respect for them.
0:16:17 > 0:16:20What's more important then, the face or the body?
0:16:20 > 0:16:23- It's the body.- It's the body, isn't it?- Yeah. Yeah.
0:16:23 > 0:16:26So do you actually look at their faces very much?
0:16:26 > 0:16:29He does cos he sits there and like look lovingly in their eyes
0:16:29 > 0:16:32- and gives them deep conversation and falls in love.- Yeah.
0:16:32 > 0:16:36- He does fall in love.- Cheers, mate. Yeah, it's all right.
0:16:36 > 0:16:39Do you ever come with girlfriends?
0:16:39 > 0:16:42- I personally haven't, no. - No.
0:16:42 > 0:16:45It's not cheating, you know.
0:16:45 > 0:16:48You're handing over money so...
0:16:48 > 0:16:51but, I could see some girls actually reacting badly to it.
0:16:51 > 0:16:57So what do you actually get out of it, having a table dancer?
0:16:57 > 0:17:00- An empty wallet? - Yeah, that's it, definitely!
0:17:15 > 0:17:19What about the customers? How much money do they spend?
0:17:19 > 0:17:22We've got some that spend four, £5,000 a night,
0:17:22 > 0:17:27- we've got some that spend £30,000 a night.- £30,000?
0:17:27 > 0:17:29Mm-hm. On the girls, Champagne.
0:17:29 > 0:17:33The wealthy boys that come in here are just such nice people,
0:17:33 > 0:17:37you know, and the fact that they spend lots of money is even better.
0:17:37 > 0:17:40What do you think really makes a successful table dancer?
0:17:40 > 0:17:45The dress is what can make a girl or break a girl.
0:17:45 > 0:17:50If she hasn't got a good dress that fits well, she can look awful.
0:17:50 > 0:17:52I work very hard with my girls.
0:17:52 > 0:17:55I give my girls credit when they need to buy dresses because,
0:17:55 > 0:18:00some of them haven't been doing it long enough to get a decent dress.
0:18:00 > 0:18:03And without a decent dress they're not going to feel part of the team.
0:18:10 > 0:18:12I love my dresses and my girls love my dresses.
0:18:12 > 0:18:16It's like party time. It's like being like Cinderella.
0:18:16 > 0:18:19When a girls starts, and they want to look at my dresses,
0:18:19 > 0:18:22I say, right, what do you like about yourself?
0:18:22 > 0:18:25I say do you like your hair, your legs, your bust,
0:18:25 > 0:18:27your arms, your bum?
0:18:27 > 0:18:31Then I say what don't you like and they might say, my tummy or the tops of my legs.
0:18:31 > 0:18:34Then I can pick them a dress I think will suit them.
0:18:34 > 0:18:36Cos I'd have looked at their bust.
0:18:36 > 0:18:40It's all right to have padded cups but there's nothing worse,
0:18:40 > 0:18:44when a girl's dancing for you and she's doing this with her dress on
0:18:44 > 0:18:48and then the guy gets all excited and then you take away that
0:18:48 > 0:18:49and there's nothing there.
0:18:49 > 0:18:53I'd rather say, don't play with your breasts, forget them,
0:18:53 > 0:18:56but turn round and maybe show him your bum or your long legs
0:18:56 > 0:18:59or flick your hair and show your best assets.
0:18:59 > 0:19:03If you pick on your best assets, that makes her feel comfortable
0:19:03 > 0:19:05in what she does and so she'll dance better.
0:19:05 > 0:19:08- Do the customers like the dresses?- They do, yeah.
0:19:08 > 0:19:10- Yeah.- It's not sleazy, it's good,
0:19:10 > 0:19:13it's Champagne, the girls look a million dollars.
0:19:13 > 0:19:15If the girls look expensive,
0:19:15 > 0:19:18guys feel like it's maybe something they can't have.
0:19:18 > 0:19:20- And guys always want that.- Yeah.
0:19:20 > 0:19:23We've even had guys ask if they can get dresses made for their wives,
0:19:23 > 0:19:27so I've had to get one or two made for their wives cos they think they're so nice.
0:19:39 > 0:19:44I'll be so much better once I've got my first dance out of the way.
0:19:44 > 0:19:48It's just first days, I hate them, when you don't know anyone.
0:19:50 > 0:19:52I'm just trying to keep cool.
0:19:52 > 0:19:56Cos I don't know what to expect really. Oh, my god.
0:19:56 > 0:20:01Everything's just going through my mind, I'm so nervous, sorry.
0:20:07 > 0:20:10- All right babe?- Hiya, how are you? - Good. How you feeling?
0:20:10 > 0:20:13- Very nervous.- Are you?- So nervous.
0:20:15 > 0:20:17Is it your first night tonight?
0:20:17 > 0:20:19Yeah. I've done my audition.
0:20:19 > 0:20:21How did your audition go?
0:20:21 > 0:20:23- Really well, I enjoyed it. - Yeah.- Yeah, it was good.
0:20:23 > 0:20:28But now it'll be around people and I just don't know what to expect.
0:20:28 > 0:20:31Don't worry, cos you're starting in a nice club like this,
0:20:31 > 0:20:35it's known for being like a family in here.
0:20:35 > 0:20:38Everyone gets on, it's not like you're in competition with everyone.
0:20:38 > 0:20:41Everyone's friends out of here as well.
0:20:41 > 0:20:44- That sounds nice.- You might get harassed by girls that like girls.
0:20:44 > 0:20:46- Really?!- I'm kidding.
0:20:46 > 0:20:49They might see you and go, "My God, she's hot, let's go",
0:20:49 > 0:20:54- and be quite flirty, but yeah. - It's all right. I don't mind.
0:20:54 > 0:20:55What made you do this job?
0:20:55 > 0:20:59- What made you audition?- I haven't got anything going for me
0:20:59 > 0:21:03and my mum was like "Think what you want to do with your life"
0:21:03 > 0:21:06and I was like, "I'm still young and I want to have a bit of fun".
0:21:06 > 0:21:11It's like you're just buzzing the whole night, yeah, it can be fun.
0:21:11 > 0:21:16Yeah, this place - if these walls could talk, oh, my God!
0:21:16 > 0:21:19Are you nervous about your first dance?
0:21:19 > 0:21:23Yeah, very nervous about that. Cos I'm really clumsy as well.
0:21:23 > 0:21:25- I might fall over myself.- Really?
0:21:25 > 0:21:28And I'll just look like an idiot. I don't know...
0:21:28 > 0:21:32I'm trying to just not think of the bads and think of the positive.
0:21:32 > 0:21:37It's all positive here. The only negative thing is if you talk to a guy that has no money.
0:21:37 > 0:21:41But there are some you might talk to and think, "This guy's rubbish, I'll make no money",
0:21:41 > 0:21:44then out of the blue he pulls something out of his hat
0:21:44 > 0:21:48- and you're getting paid a minimum of £300 an hour.- Yeah.
0:21:48 > 0:21:52So you never know. I think your first night might be really good.
0:21:52 > 0:21:54- Have a drink.- Yeah. - Have one little drink, relax,
0:21:54 > 0:21:58relax a bit, yeah. Yeah, but you'll feel good, trust me.
0:22:07 > 0:22:10MUSIC: "Sixteen" by The Heavy
0:22:49 > 0:22:52It was really nerve-wracking at first
0:22:52 > 0:22:55but you get into it and it's fine. You find your confidence.
0:22:57 > 0:23:01It was a lot better than what I thought it was gonna be.
0:23:01 > 0:23:05And I'm not feeling as nervous of what I've got to do.
0:23:14 > 0:23:16Just enjoyed dancing really
0:23:16 > 0:23:20and making someone happy really. It's good.
0:23:32 > 0:23:35It's like a different kind of world in that club.
0:23:35 > 0:23:38Like when you're working it's the whole fantasy element thing.
0:23:38 > 0:23:43The guys think that, you know, there's something there, you know.
0:23:45 > 0:23:48Everyone's looking at you, everyone's fancying you.
0:23:48 > 0:23:51When I first started that's what I wanted,
0:23:51 > 0:23:53that's what attracted me to it all in the beginning.
0:23:55 > 0:23:58Now it's the money. There's nothing else apart from the money,
0:23:58 > 0:24:00otherwise I wouldn't be doing it.
0:24:06 > 0:24:10It's better than anything I could probably do during the day
0:24:10 > 0:24:15because I didn't get good grades at school. I wanted to sing and dance
0:24:15 > 0:24:19and prance about when I was at school. So, yeah...
0:24:19 > 0:24:22There you go. Look.
0:24:22 > 0:24:24Where did you meet Zach's dad?
0:24:24 > 0:24:26In the club.
0:24:26 > 0:24:28And did you sort of fall in love?
0:24:28 > 0:24:30Yeah, I did. We got together outside and I got to know him,
0:24:30 > 0:24:34we were really good friends and we were going out for dinner
0:24:34 > 0:24:38and lunch and stuff and then... I wouldn't see him in the club,
0:24:38 > 0:24:41it'd be outside the club, we'd like be together
0:24:41 > 0:24:45and then it just went on from there really.
0:24:45 > 0:24:47How long were you together for?
0:24:47 > 0:24:52Erm... I don't know, I can't remember, about three years?
0:24:52 > 0:24:55How did you break up?
0:24:55 > 0:25:01Erm, I just... just erm, wanted to move on.
0:25:01 > 0:25:04It just... It wasn't there for me anymore.
0:25:04 > 0:25:08But in a way I'm glad it didn't work cos I'd never have met Simon.
0:25:08 > 0:25:11Is it better that you met Simon away from the club?
0:25:11 > 0:25:14God, definitely. There's always that thing somewhere down the line
0:25:14 > 0:25:19that they'll throw it in your face and say something about
0:25:19 > 0:25:24you working there and when they saw you there and the job you do.
0:25:24 > 0:25:29Whereas Simon, it's like 100% respect from the beginning.
0:25:29 > 0:25:33Come on, you're not going to beat me.
0:25:33 > 0:25:35So you're engaged?
0:25:35 > 0:25:38Yeah, we are now. I actually um ended up proposing.
0:25:38 > 0:25:41After 19 days. We met on Facebook.
0:25:41 > 0:25:45I friend-requested him cos I saw a little picture of him
0:25:45 > 0:25:49that I thought he looked quite fit and sexy.
0:25:49 > 0:25:52How do you feel about your fiancee working as a table dancer?
0:25:52 > 0:25:55Well, it's just a job, isn't it?
0:25:55 > 0:25:59Everyone has this particular perception of table dancers -
0:25:59 > 0:26:01this is what they are, this is what they do.
0:26:01 > 0:26:03It doesn't faze me.
0:26:03 > 0:26:06I mean, both of us are more faithful than anyone can ever imagine
0:26:06 > 0:26:10so I haven't got any reason, any thought to doubt
0:26:10 > 0:26:13anything in her at all, anything related to her job.
0:26:13 > 0:26:16I do wonder sometimes when he drops me off at work
0:26:16 > 0:26:21and I almost feel sorry for him a bit.
0:26:21 > 0:26:26Like when he drops me off, I think, if this was the other way round
0:26:26 > 0:26:28I wouldn't be so understanding.
0:26:28 > 0:26:31- Yeah, but I...- I'm too jealous. I'd be like,
0:26:31 > 0:26:34"You're not going nowhere, sorry. You can walk to work".
0:26:34 > 0:26:36As soon as she walks in the door and I drive off,
0:26:36 > 0:26:41as far as I'm concerned I don't want to know anything else really.
0:26:41 > 0:26:43It's a bit like, "How do you do this babe,
0:26:43 > 0:26:45"you must really love me and really trust me".
0:26:45 > 0:26:47Don't think about it.
0:26:48 > 0:26:50< DOORBELL RINGS
0:26:50 > 0:26:54- Hi, Mum.- Hello Vic. How are you, all right?- This is mummy.
0:26:54 > 0:26:57Hiya, hi guys.
0:26:57 > 0:26:59What did you think when Gigi first told you
0:26:59 > 0:27:01she was going to do table dancing?
0:27:01 > 0:27:04Erm... I cried my eyes out.
0:27:04 > 0:27:07What can you do?
0:27:07 > 0:27:09I got upset, cos being Greek, you know,
0:27:09 > 0:27:14this would really go down well with the Greeks.
0:27:14 > 0:27:15But you know, what can you do?
0:27:15 > 0:27:18But she makes a noise when...
0:27:18 > 0:27:20- Oh no, no, not in there, not in the mouth, Zachy.- No.
0:27:20 > 0:27:24- No, her mouth's been elsewhere. Don't do that.- She licks her bum.
0:27:24 > 0:27:26Have you been to the club to see what it's like?
0:27:26 > 0:27:28Yeah, it's a different world.
0:27:28 > 0:27:32You go down there, you know what you're expecting to see down there
0:27:32 > 0:27:36and then after about ten, 15 minutes, it's like normal.
0:27:36 > 0:27:39You know, and the girls there, they're friendly.
0:27:39 > 0:27:41Some are mums with a child, no husband
0:27:41 > 0:27:45and they're finding it really difficult to survive
0:27:45 > 0:27:48and the others are paying their way through universities.
0:27:53 > 0:27:56A lot of people do judge table dancers.
0:27:56 > 0:27:59They think that what goes on inside the club is disgusting.
0:27:59 > 0:28:02It's nothing like that at all.
0:28:02 > 0:28:04It's like dead clean.
0:28:04 > 0:28:08Nothing like weird or suspicious about it.
0:28:13 > 0:28:16I'm studying at university. I am doing dance.
0:28:18 > 0:28:22In practical we do like different techniques of contemporary
0:28:22 > 0:28:23and also classical ballet.
0:28:23 > 0:28:26And we also do academic studies,
0:28:26 > 0:28:30like the history of dance and cultures in dance.
0:28:30 > 0:28:33Speaking about the muscles
0:28:33 > 0:28:35and learning different body parts, how muscles work.
0:28:35 > 0:28:38So why did you want to try it?
0:28:38 > 0:28:39For the money.
0:28:39 > 0:28:44I know it's table dancing, like, you know, doing nude dances,
0:28:44 > 0:28:46but it's still dancing.
0:28:46 > 0:28:49I love the fact that I get to perform on stage on the pole,
0:28:49 > 0:28:52that's the best thing about it.
0:28:56 > 0:28:58Is there anything you dislike about it?
0:28:58 > 0:29:01There's a lot of waiting around
0:29:01 > 0:29:05and long hours, like during the night. Sometimes I finish at 4am
0:29:05 > 0:29:07and I've got a lecture at 9am.
0:29:09 > 0:29:11It's a bit harsh.
0:29:11 > 0:29:13How many nights do you work a week?
0:29:13 > 0:29:15The minimum I'll do is about two,
0:29:15 > 0:29:18the maximum I'll do is probably four or five.
0:29:18 > 0:29:20Sometimes you can make next to nothing,
0:29:20 > 0:29:24sometimes you can be earning big money. It's a bit hit and miss.
0:29:24 > 0:29:26But the good nights are good.
0:29:26 > 0:29:28So what sort of money would you earn in an evening?
0:29:28 > 0:29:30On average a couple of hundred a night,
0:29:30 > 0:29:34but on a really good night you can earn like a grand.
0:29:34 > 0:29:38On a really crap night you can earn like 20 quid.
0:29:38 > 0:29:42So without doing table dancing, what would your life be like at uni?
0:29:42 > 0:29:44Probably wouldn't be able to eat!
0:29:52 > 0:29:56So were you surprised when Dee told you she did table dancing?
0:29:56 > 0:29:59I was - I didn't believe it at first, did I? I didn't believe her.
0:29:59 > 0:30:04Not really. I was interested, cos I don't know any strippers.
0:30:05 > 0:30:08Yeah, I didn't know what to expect, really. Dunno.
0:30:08 > 0:30:13Shelly gets right embarrassed if I'm walking round naked. She's like, "I don't want to see your tits."
0:30:13 > 0:30:16And, like, she knocks on my room. "Are you naked?
0:30:16 > 0:30:19"Cos if you're naked, I'm not coming in."
0:30:22 > 0:30:23What's your opinion of table dancing?
0:30:23 > 0:30:27Nothing, really - it's just a job. It's just something she does.
0:30:27 > 0:30:29Like when anyone works in a shop.
0:30:29 > 0:30:31We don't think any different of her cos she does it.
0:30:31 > 0:30:35I think now, like, it's more accepted and stuff
0:30:35 > 0:30:40and you don't think of it as being degrading, whereas probably the older generation would.
0:30:40 > 0:30:43What jobs do you do outside of uni?
0:30:43 > 0:30:46I've just got one doing bar work. At the moment, yeah.
0:30:46 > 0:30:47Just waitressing.
0:30:49 > 0:30:51ASDA. THEY CHUCKLE
0:30:51 > 0:30:52Yeah, ASDA.
0:30:53 > 0:30:56It's hard times for students - hard times.
0:30:56 > 0:31:00Definitely. I mean, I might just do it for the money.
0:31:00 > 0:31:01I reckon you would.
0:31:01 > 0:31:04No, you try and get me to do it but...
0:31:04 > 0:31:07- no. - Why wouldn't you do it?
0:31:07 > 0:31:11- I wouldn't have the guts to, to be honest, no. - Yeah, I'm not confident enough.
0:31:11 > 0:31:14I don't think my mum'd like me to do it.
0:31:14 > 0:31:17I think she'd worry about me a lot and...stuff like that.
0:31:17 > 0:31:22- My mum would worry as well, I think, yeah. - What about your mum, Laura?
0:31:22 > 0:31:24THEY CHUCKLE
0:31:24 > 0:31:28She wouldn't take me seriously if I said that.
0:31:28 > 0:31:31DANCE MUSIC PLAYS
0:31:38 > 0:31:41'I do have an alter ego, definitely.
0:31:41 > 0:31:47'During the day I'm, like nice, cute, dancing Dee.
0:31:47 > 0:31:53'And on a night-time, I'm, like, feisty, sexy, dirty Dee.'
0:31:56 > 0:31:58You're not into arm wrestling?
0:31:59 > 0:32:04- Naked mud wrestling.- Oh yeah? What - two girls naked mud wrestling?
0:32:04 > 0:32:06- Yeah, two girls. - Yeah, that's my kind of partying.
0:32:06 > 0:32:10Yeah, definitely. A massive bottle of champagne that's about this big.
0:32:10 > 0:32:12How could you put a time on that?
0:32:12 > 0:32:16Massive bottle of champagne, and we can all drink it and have a party.
0:32:16 > 0:32:19And talk about mud wrestling...
0:32:19 > 0:32:21with naked women...
0:32:21 > 0:32:23with their tits out, and licking...
0:32:23 > 0:32:25Licking it off each other.
0:32:25 > 0:32:31'Obviously, girls prefer to just sit and chat - you know, it's easy -
0:32:31 > 0:32:32'but, like, of course,
0:32:32 > 0:32:37'if the customer wants you to dance, you have no choice, cos they're paying for your time.
0:32:44 > 0:32:49'If anything, I find it harder to dance for people that are attractive.
0:32:49 > 0:32:51'It's kind of, like, cringing,
0:32:51 > 0:32:54'like, "I can't believe I'm doing this."
0:32:54 > 0:32:58'It's definitely easier dancing for, like the older people. Definitely.
0:33:05 > 0:33:06'I try not to think about, like,
0:33:06 > 0:33:10"I'm actually naked right now and dancing for a man."
0:33:11 > 0:33:15'Not necessarily ignore them, but kind of, like,
0:33:15 > 0:33:17'blank it out a little bit.'
0:33:22 > 0:33:24It's quite early and it's about one o'clock.
0:33:24 > 0:33:26I think I've earned about £100.
0:33:26 > 0:33:29Yeah, so far. Which is all right.
0:33:29 > 0:33:31What have the customers been like tonight?
0:33:31 > 0:33:34Er, like any night, you get some arrogant ones,
0:33:34 > 0:33:37you get some really nice ones, you get some pushovers.
0:33:37 > 0:33:40Like...hit and miss, really.
0:33:40 > 0:33:42- What's a pushover? - Like, "Oh, do you want to go?"
0:33:42 > 0:33:46Like, somebody who doesn't really need a lot of convincing to go for a dance, like.
0:33:46 > 0:33:49Someone who's just like, "Yeah," straightaway, like.
0:33:49 > 0:33:51Like, splashing the cash and that.
0:33:52 > 0:33:57When you're dancing, do they tell you how they want you to dance, or do you do what you want?
0:33:57 > 0:34:01No, they just. It's so weird - like, they just sit and they just like gawp, like, "Err."
0:34:01 > 0:34:04Like because... It's like they're doing as they're told.
0:34:04 > 0:34:07Like, they're sat there, just not touching. I just...
0:34:07 > 0:34:10I find the situation funny. Like, I don't know.
0:34:10 > 0:34:14It's like you feel some sort of control. It's really weird.
0:34:16 > 0:34:18What's a Secrets customer like?
0:34:18 > 0:34:21- Well they range from anything, really, don't they?- Yeah.
0:34:21 > 0:34:24Over 18, or over 21 at Covent Garden.
0:34:24 > 0:34:28- Your young lads that come for a stag.- Yeah. And then we get really older people come in.
0:34:28 > 0:34:31We've got a guy that comes in just to have a beer and a dance,
0:34:31 > 0:34:35and I think he's about 83 and he works out how much he can spend, month to month,
0:34:35 > 0:34:38- to come in here and he loves it in here.- Yeah.- And he's quite funny.
0:34:38 > 0:34:42And we've got a guy in here that's, er, physically handicapped.
0:34:42 > 0:34:46- Yeah.- And he has to speak by a computer. He's in a chair.
0:34:46 > 0:34:48- And he's adorable cos he... - The girls love him.
0:34:48 > 0:34:52All of a sudden, his hand flicks and it's touching the girl's bottom.
0:34:52 > 0:34:54I say, "Oi!" And he goes, "I can't help it."
0:34:54 > 0:34:57And you think, "You know EXACTLY what you're doing."
0:34:57 > 0:34:58The girls are fond of him -
0:34:58 > 0:35:00he's been coming here years. He's a favourite.
0:35:00 > 0:35:03- Do you get many famous people coming in?- Yes.- Yeah, we do get some,
0:35:03 > 0:35:07- and footballers and things like that, yeah.- But we don't really like to say.
0:35:07 > 0:35:12We can't say, cos they're not going to come back. But we get certain regulars at certain venues.
0:35:12 > 0:35:14What do you think about men?
0:35:15 > 0:35:18What, men who come in here or men in general?
0:35:18 > 0:35:20- Is there a difference? - Yeah, I think so.
0:35:20 > 0:35:23- I think so, too. - Yes, there is. Er...
0:35:24 > 0:35:27Like, I've been married 27 years now
0:35:27 > 0:35:30and my husband is the director of the company
0:35:30 > 0:35:32and still not had a table dance. And wouldn't want one.
0:35:32 > 0:35:35But you let your new husband come in here.
0:35:35 > 0:35:38I'd be quite happy for them to dance for him. It's not a problem.
0:35:38 > 0:35:43- How would YOU feel if your husband had a table dance?- It wouldn't bother me. I know the girls,
0:35:43 > 0:35:46and to be truthful we see these girls without their make-up.
0:35:46 > 0:35:50We sometimes meet their boyfriends and think, "He's a bit of all right!" You know?
0:35:50 > 0:35:53That's my husband.
0:35:53 > 0:35:55Has your husband ever come in here?
0:35:55 > 0:35:57- Yeah.- Has he ever had a table dance?
0:35:57 > 0:36:01Yes. I gave him a birthday treat with two Brazilians,
0:36:01 > 0:36:04at the back of VIP.
0:36:04 > 0:36:08- How do you choose what girls he has? Do YOU choose them? - I choose them,
0:36:08 > 0:36:12and I find the sexiest and the prettiest.
0:36:12 > 0:36:16And I know what he likes so, yeah, I can pick his girls for him.
0:36:16 > 0:36:19Yeah. And I don't pick what he likes!
0:36:19 > 0:36:23- Do you get many famous people in? - Yes.- Who?
0:36:23 > 0:36:25Footballers...
0:36:25 > 0:36:29Er...tall guys that do TV programmes.
0:36:29 > 0:36:32Er, not mentioning any names.
0:36:32 > 0:36:35- Is he a big spender? - No. No, not at all.
0:36:35 > 0:36:40In fact, you normally find that the famous don't spend.
0:36:40 > 0:36:44- Do the customers pick the girls they'd like?- They can, or sometimes they say, "Pick my girls,"
0:36:44 > 0:36:47and then I've got to find out what they like because I don't want to
0:36:47 > 0:36:51put a girl there that isn't going to earn money or they're not going to like.
0:36:51 > 0:36:54And most of my customers, I know what they like anyway.
0:36:56 > 0:36:58# Will you recognise me
0:36:58 > 0:37:01# In the flashing lights?
0:37:03 > 0:37:05# I try to keep my heartbeat
0:37:05 > 0:37:08# But I can't get it right... #
0:37:08 > 0:37:10- Many girls working? - Yeah, a few of them.
0:37:10 > 0:37:14Nice ones, I hope. Perfect. Cool, man. Nice one, thank you very much.
0:37:14 > 0:37:18- Thanks. - Can we get some girls over here?- OK.
0:37:18 > 0:37:20Hello, Smudge.
0:37:20 > 0:37:21- Boys' night out?- Standard.
0:37:21 > 0:37:27- It's not often to see you out and about.- I know, yeah, a weeknight, as well. Don't tell my wife.
0:37:27 > 0:37:29HE CHUCKLES
0:37:30 > 0:37:34Which one - the first or second or the third?
0:37:34 > 0:37:35THEY CHUCKLE
0:37:35 > 0:37:36Any of the three.
0:37:36 > 0:37:39- Are you ready for the girls yet? - Yeah.- Send a couple over?
0:37:39 > 0:37:44- Definitely.- All right. Shout if you want anything.- Yeah, will do. Cheers, Jane, thank you.
0:37:44 > 0:37:46Nice big one to start with.
0:37:46 > 0:37:49- Should be.- Get the juices flowing.
0:37:49 > 0:37:51This should be interesting.
0:37:51 > 0:37:53- This is Sophia.- Hello.
0:37:53 > 0:37:55Sophia, how are we? How are you doing?
0:37:55 > 0:37:58Do you want some more glasses?
0:37:58 > 0:38:01- Er, would you like a drink? - I wish you would.
0:38:01 > 0:38:04You can pour yourself. You'll be all right, won't you?
0:38:04 > 0:38:08- Are you looking to have a bit of a party?- It's always a party when I'm around, darling.
0:38:08 > 0:38:11- Guys, come on. We've got to cheers. Cheers!- To happy days.
0:38:11 > 0:38:14- Happy days. Cheers, everyone. - Savage.
0:38:20 > 0:38:21Six more.
0:38:25 > 0:38:27All right, one by one. You go first.
0:38:27 > 0:38:29Do you want a sexy dance?
0:38:29 > 0:38:32I do like blonde girls. I'm not going to lie. Sorry.
0:38:32 > 0:38:34Thanks very much(!)
0:38:34 > 0:38:36Nothing. No, nothing bad, darling.
0:38:36 > 0:38:39- Let's have a cheeky dance? I think so.- Yeah, a little sexy dance.
0:38:39 > 0:38:42Go on, then. We're going to go for a dance.
0:38:42 > 0:38:43- See you later, guys.- OK.
0:38:43 > 0:38:46- Have fun. - We're going to have some fun.
0:38:49 > 0:38:52MUSIC: "Please Don't Stop The Music" by Rihanna
0:39:16 > 0:39:21- Thank you. Thank you. I've only got a card, is that all right?- Yeah, that's fine.- I don't have cash.
0:39:21 > 0:39:23You can pay by card. Don't worry.
0:39:25 > 0:39:29We do get some awkward moments when a guy has brought a client out,
0:39:29 > 0:39:32so they've spent a lot of money cos he's trying to impress them,
0:39:32 > 0:39:36and then maybe he's done it on his bank card
0:39:36 > 0:39:40and then his wife might ring the next day and say, "Hello, what's this? Who's this?"
0:39:40 > 0:39:42"What type of club are you?"
0:39:42 > 0:39:44And that's awkward.
0:39:44 > 0:39:48But we look at it this way - they're grown men. You know, if they've come in here and...
0:39:48 > 0:39:52haven't told their wives or been honest, they've got take it on the nose, haven't they?
0:39:55 > 0:39:57'And they always think the girls fall in love with them.
0:39:57 > 0:39:59'Especially the good-looking ones.
0:39:59 > 0:40:05' "I'll be able to take her home. You look and think, "You won't get anywhere near." It's not like that.
0:40:09 > 0:40:13'These girls don't come in here for romance. They're looking for money.
0:40:13 > 0:40:15They're businesswomen. That's what they're here for.
0:40:15 > 0:40:20- That's what they're here for. - Not for social. - No. They're here to earn money.
0:40:28 > 0:40:30I used to think that I would never do it.
0:40:30 > 0:40:33I thought it was cheap and horrible.
0:40:33 > 0:40:36But now I mainly think about the money.
0:40:36 > 0:40:39I'm just, like, "Yeah, I'm getting £20 for doing this three-minute dance.
0:40:39 > 0:40:42How much did you actually earn on your first night?
0:40:42 > 0:40:47I made £50, which isn't too bad. But I done quite well last night, as well, yeah.
0:40:47 > 0:40:49I made £80, which is quite good.
0:40:49 > 0:40:54I don't like just like running up to the men and being like, "Oh, do you fancy a dance?"
0:40:54 > 0:40:59I just like to wait for them to come to me. Makes me feel a little bit better...
0:40:59 > 0:41:01if they come to me, yeah.
0:41:05 > 0:41:07Most men that have come in recently are married.
0:41:07 > 0:41:10But I suppose it's just like a little getaway spot for them.
0:41:10 > 0:41:13Sometimes it's nice to cut yourself off from, like,
0:41:13 > 0:41:16what's real and come into, like, a fantasy world I guess.
0:41:16 > 0:41:22Most of them are so honest. They're like, "I've got a wife but, um, I wouldn't mind having,
0:41:22 > 0:41:26"like, another life on the side," and they get really spontaneous.
0:41:27 > 0:41:31And then I had this other man who was really... He was a bit strange.
0:41:31 > 0:41:35"Oh, if you come back to my hotel, I'll treat you so nice."
0:41:35 > 0:41:40I'd always say no, but it is flattering, to an extent,
0:41:40 > 0:41:42to know they want to spend even more time with you
0:41:42 > 0:41:45and they're willing to pay for you to spend time with them.
0:41:45 > 0:41:47But I'd rather keep it inside the club.
0:41:50 > 0:41:54And what about the future? So what are you going to do when you've stopped working at Secrets?
0:41:54 > 0:41:58I really want to be an undertaker, like working with dead people.
0:41:58 > 0:41:59It sounds really weird but, er,
0:41:59 > 0:42:02it's a job that I've wanted to do for so long. Er...
0:42:02 > 0:42:05I just think it's really interesting
0:42:05 > 0:42:09and, like, obviously you don't have to put up with any mischief from them,
0:42:09 > 0:42:12cos obviously they're not going to talk back to you.
0:42:12 > 0:42:15I would want to do the embalming part where you do their make-up
0:42:15 > 0:42:20if they're having an open ceremony. Er...yeah, I'd just like,
0:42:20 > 0:42:23do their make-up and get them dressed and all dolled up for that, really.
0:42:24 > 0:42:29Your granddaughter's just been telling us that she'd like to, er, be an undertaker.
0:42:29 > 0:42:32Yes, I know.
0:42:32 > 0:42:34How do you feel about that?
0:42:34 > 0:42:36Er...I don't know. Er...
0:42:36 > 0:42:40considering she's never seen a dead person, er,
0:42:40 > 0:42:44I don't think she'd like it all that much. I know I wouldn't.
0:42:46 > 0:42:50So, er, I think she should stick to what she's doing now.
0:42:51 > 0:42:55Would you rather she did table dancing than undertaking?
0:42:55 > 0:42:57Er...
0:42:57 > 0:43:00is that what it is, table dancing?
0:43:01 > 0:43:05- Table? You're dancing on a table? - No, they call it table dancing,
0:43:05 > 0:43:08- but it's not dancing on a table. - I thought it was pole dancing, actually.
0:43:08 > 0:43:11Yeah, it is. Pretty much, yeah.
0:43:11 > 0:43:14It is. All right. I don't mind pole dancing.
0:43:14 > 0:43:17As long as she's a good girl.
0:43:17 > 0:43:19I was a bit shocked. That's her choice -
0:43:19 > 0:43:24that's what she wanted to do - but I'm proud of her. Very proud.
0:43:24 > 0:43:29And she enjoys it. And if she enjoys the job that you're doing, then go for it.
0:43:29 > 0:43:31- Yeah.- If you've got it, flaunt it.
0:43:31 > 0:43:34Yeah, she's got the perfect little figure.
0:43:35 > 0:43:36- Thanks.- Yeah.
0:43:37 > 0:43:42Do you think there's a stigma attached to girls that dance naked for money?
0:43:42 > 0:43:47Yeah, I think there is. I think a lot of people think it's...
0:43:47 > 0:43:50- dirty that they're earning money the way they do.- Oh, God.
0:43:52 > 0:43:54But I think it's fine.
0:43:54 > 0:43:56Nothing wrong with it.
0:43:56 > 0:44:01MUSIC: "Fool For You" by Cee-Lo Green
0:44:22 > 0:44:27And how many girls do you have, do you think, working in total, in all the different clubs?
0:44:27 > 0:44:31- In total, you probably have about 600 girls.- Yeah.
0:44:31 > 0:44:35But a bank of at least, I would say, well over a thousand.
0:44:35 > 0:44:38You can't remember them all. You have to have pictures.
0:44:38 > 0:44:39We need a variety of girls.
0:44:39 > 0:44:44So on a Saturday night, if you've got 25 girls booked, you don't want 25 blondes,
0:44:44 > 0:44:46so you have to sort of mix and match. Pick 'n' mix.
0:44:46 > 0:44:51- We've got lots of girls here in lots of different types of professions and jobs.- Yeah.
0:44:51 > 0:44:54Things like nurses, primary school teachers.
0:44:54 > 0:44:57- A trainee barrister. - Trainee barrister.- Yeah.
0:44:57 > 0:45:00- Lots of...- Midwives.- Yeah, midwives. Students.- Theatre nurse.
0:45:00 > 0:45:05Cos if they were in university and with university fees being so expensive now,
0:45:05 > 0:45:08to work in a pub or something they'd have to work so many hours,
0:45:08 > 0:45:10but they do one or two nights here and they're sorted.
0:45:10 > 0:45:13They can concentrate and study for the rest of the week.
0:45:13 > 0:45:17One of our girls is on one of the famous shopping channels as a presenter.
0:45:17 > 0:45:21- Yeah, I see her often. - Yeah, so do I.- I think, "Ah, she used to work for us."
0:45:21 > 0:45:23# We know what you're doing! # THEY CHUCKLE
0:45:23 > 0:45:27Shall I phone her up while she's on air and say, "Oh, it's Jane from Secrets."
0:45:27 > 0:45:30- "Do you remember us?" Yeah. - We had The X Factor, didn't we?
0:45:30 > 0:45:32- Yeah, what were they called? - Candy Rain.- Candy Rain.
0:45:32 > 0:45:35- We've got two of them back working for us.- No, one.
0:45:35 > 0:45:38One of them now, cos one's having a baby, yeah.
0:45:43 > 0:45:48We have a young girl that's been with me a long time, Paige. She's a world champion kick-boxer.
0:45:48 > 0:45:53When she goes off to a match, she knows the girls are behind her.
0:45:56 > 0:46:03She brings her sport into her dancing. She's an amazing dancer.
0:46:03 > 0:46:07MUSIC: "Paradise Circus" by Massive Attack
0:46:22 > 0:46:26Step and move. Good. Get your fists down.
0:46:26 > 0:46:31Change partners, grab someone new. Quickly, quickly, guys, let's move it.
0:46:32 > 0:46:36Do you ever tell your customers at Secrets that you're a boxer?
0:46:36 > 0:46:39Oh, yeah, every time. They love it.
0:46:39 > 0:46:44I've had a special request sometimes - "Can you do, like, a kick-boxing kind of dance?"
0:46:47 > 0:46:51What do the guys at boxing think about you doing the table dancing?
0:46:51 > 0:46:52They just think it's hideous.
0:46:52 > 0:46:55Cos they can't even begin to imagine, like,
0:46:55 > 0:46:58you trying to look feminine and, you know, er, ladylike.
0:47:00 > 0:47:03Has it changed your opinion of men, working at Secrets?
0:47:03 > 0:47:06Yes. Yeah. It has.
0:47:06 > 0:47:09Er, it's made me a lot stronger.
0:47:09 > 0:47:12I think, er, you know, as to what I do and don't want in a guy.
0:47:12 > 0:47:15But it's also made me understand men a lot, lot better.
0:47:15 > 0:47:17It's probably why I'm still single.
0:47:19 > 0:47:20I think what it is with guys,
0:47:20 > 0:47:24they feel that that's for them to see, and no-one else.
0:47:24 > 0:47:25Apart from the gynaecologist.
0:47:35 > 0:47:37Move but hit. Don't just move.
0:47:37 > 0:47:39Make sure you move, punch her in the face.
0:47:41 > 0:47:43OK.
0:47:43 > 0:47:48'I first won my world championships in 2009
0:47:48 > 0:47:52'and then it's kind of been an annual thing rolling on ever since, really.
0:47:53 > 0:47:57'Next year in Orlando, I'll be defending my title.
0:48:05 > 0:48:07'I've been with Team GB since 2009.
0:48:10 > 0:48:13'Funding, it's a bit lean on the ground.
0:48:13 > 0:48:16'Going away and competing abroad is not cheap.
0:48:16 > 0:48:18So night work at Secrets,
0:48:18 > 0:48:21it does help and contribute towards that side of things.
0:48:25 > 0:48:27BELL RINGS
0:48:31 > 0:48:35'Introducing your winner, fighting out of Combat Company...'
0:48:35 > 0:48:38CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:48:46 > 0:48:49Will you be working at Secrets tomorrow?
0:48:49 > 0:48:52Yeah. We'll see how my face looks and see what the managers say.
0:48:52 > 0:48:55But yeah, a reason to celebrate.
0:49:10 > 0:49:12Oh, look at my tits.
0:49:13 > 0:49:15Who wants to come and paint my arse?
0:49:22 > 0:49:25To the hand, to the hand, to the hand, hand.
0:49:25 > 0:49:29- Thank you, yes please. - Done?- This is great, it feels good.
0:49:29 > 0:49:32- Is that OK?- No patting. - Sorry, I'm used to patting.
0:49:37 > 0:49:41Do you have regular customers that come and see you again and again?
0:49:41 > 0:49:44Er, yes, but not enough. Want more.
0:49:45 > 0:49:48What do you think about when you dance?
0:49:48 > 0:49:51I don't really think about too much. Um...
0:49:51 > 0:49:54Do you think about the customers?
0:49:54 > 0:49:56Er...only if like, you know...
0:49:56 > 0:50:01Hopefully they're, er, engaged, you know, and I'm not rubbish.
0:50:01 > 0:50:05If someone likes you, then great, you know. It can be quite profitable.
0:50:05 > 0:50:07But, you know, if you're not someone's cup of tea,
0:50:07 > 0:50:08then, um, I'm afraid not.
0:50:08 > 0:50:12Which, you know, comes with it as well.
0:50:12 > 0:50:16You're not going to be everyone's, um, cup of tea,
0:50:16 > 0:50:20and that's fine, you know. You can't have it all.
0:50:20 > 0:50:24Do you have to compete with the other girls to get customers?
0:50:24 > 0:50:28It is competitive but at the same time it wouldn't work
0:50:28 > 0:50:30if we were all fighting.
0:50:30 > 0:50:34The managers wouldn't have it anyway, you know, if we carried on like that.
0:50:34 > 0:50:37It'd just spoil it, you know, so we have an understanding.
0:50:39 > 0:50:41Lovely to see you again.
0:50:41 > 0:50:43That was such a porno kiss!
0:50:43 > 0:50:47Oi, do you know, he's like Hugh Hefner with his two girls!
0:50:47 > 0:50:50- Oh, didn't you know that? - Yeah. Yeah but...
0:50:50 > 0:50:53Family hug. Oh. Mwah!
0:50:53 > 0:50:57Summer, you know what? I've got to say it - you are beautiful.
0:50:57 > 0:51:00High five. Actually, let's have a little...
0:51:04 > 0:51:07'You kind of get a feel if someone likes you.
0:51:07 > 0:51:11'You can see it if they do like the other girl instead.
0:51:11 > 0:51:14'You can kind of just read the whole situation.'
0:51:14 > 0:51:18So, Summer. How are we doing, are you all right?
0:51:18 > 0:51:20Well, she's giving it all that...
0:51:20 > 0:51:23'I don't take it personally. If I get rejected, no worries.
0:51:23 > 0:51:25'You won't be everyone's cup of tea.'
0:51:25 > 0:51:29- So we going to have lots of dances later?- We're going to have unbelievable dances.
0:51:29 > 0:51:33'It's all about preference. You just deal with it.
0:51:33 > 0:51:36'I think, "OK, fine. I'm just going to get on to the next one."'
0:51:36 > 0:51:40- Do you know what? Don't get jealous. - That is so romantic(!)
0:51:42 > 0:51:45'It's been a hard session, boxing.'
0:51:45 > 0:51:48And then, you know, coming here and being kind of...
0:51:48 > 0:51:50But you know, it's fine.
0:51:50 > 0:51:53I'm young enough and ugly enough to do it, so it's fine.
0:51:53 > 0:51:54I've got no excuse.
0:51:54 > 0:51:56How's your face feeling now,
0:51:56 > 0:51:58after being, sort of, beaten up a bit earlier on?
0:51:58 > 0:52:01Bit sore. I'm starting to feel it a bit now.
0:52:01 > 0:52:05Um, feel a bit sore on here, so I reckon tomorrow,
0:52:05 > 0:52:07if you'd ask me, I'd be saying...
0:52:07 > 0:52:09But you know what? It's fine.
0:52:09 > 0:52:12As long as I'm still standing, I'm still with it, it's OK.
0:52:12 > 0:52:15So what time will you be working till tonight?
0:52:15 > 0:52:19Er, about four. Going to bed about five.
0:52:19 > 0:52:22Yeah, it's going to be... It's going to be a late-early one.
0:52:28 > 0:52:33People don't expect a world champion kickboxer to also be a table dancer.
0:52:33 > 0:52:36A lot of people think table dancers are vulnerable,
0:52:36 > 0:52:41they've been in bad relationships, or you know, they've been scorned somehow.
0:52:41 > 0:52:46When, in fact, I think you've got to be quite the opposite cos it's very empowering.
0:52:46 > 0:52:49What about your family? What do they think about you table dancing?
0:52:49 > 0:52:52I've never actually asked my mum how she feels about it.
0:52:52 > 0:52:56I just said, "Look, what's the worst thing I could ever tell you?"
0:52:56 > 0:52:58And she was like, you know,
0:52:58 > 0:53:02"Terminal illness, or you're going to run away,
0:53:02 > 0:53:04"or I don't know. Just go to prison."
0:53:05 > 0:53:10And she was like, "OK, OK. I-I-I... OK, that's enough now."
0:53:10 > 0:53:12And that's fine.
0:53:12 > 0:53:15We've kind of left it at that and that told me everything.
0:53:15 > 0:53:18My dad - erm... He's not around.
0:53:18 > 0:53:22He hasn't been around for years and years, so...
0:53:23 > 0:53:26SHE SIGHS Sorry.
0:53:27 > 0:53:31I don't know what he'd think. I don't think he'd be too happy,
0:53:31 > 0:53:33but, er, I guess I'll never know.
0:53:35 > 0:53:37In a way, I...
0:53:37 > 0:53:39It would be good to...
0:53:41 > 0:53:45For him to know, just to kind of get angry or...
0:53:46 > 0:53:50..to have him come back and be like,
0:53:50 > 0:53:53you know, "Oh, so this is what you're up to."
0:53:53 > 0:53:59Not just with the dancing but the kickboxing, everything.
0:53:59 > 0:54:01Would you like him to get back in touch?
0:54:05 > 0:54:06Every day.
0:54:13 > 0:54:16So the people at Secrets, have they become like family to you?
0:54:18 > 0:54:19'Yeah. Yeah, they have.
0:54:19 > 0:54:21'They're a good bunch.
0:54:21 > 0:54:22'A really good bunch.
0:54:22 > 0:54:25'The girls I work with, the friends I've made,
0:54:25 > 0:54:29'the staff, the management. It's like a little family to me.'
0:54:29 > 0:54:32How the hell am I supposed to cover this spot?
0:54:39 > 0:54:44So, how long do you think you're going to keep table dancing for?
0:54:44 > 0:54:47I don't know. I think it's addictive cos the money is so easy to make.
0:54:47 > 0:54:52But I do want to do something else, like my undertaking job.
0:54:52 > 0:54:56I won't give it much longer. Probably inside of a year or so.
0:54:56 > 0:54:58Go from there. See where I am.
0:54:58 > 0:55:03I don't know. Depends what dance work I get when I finish uni.
0:55:03 > 0:55:05It's something you can always come and do.
0:55:05 > 0:55:09- A lot of girls come back to it as well, like...- Yeah. Take a break, and come back.
0:55:09 > 0:55:11- Hiya.- Hiya, Jane. - Hiya. You all right?
0:55:11 > 0:55:13All right. Yes, just fighting with the hair.
0:55:13 > 0:55:17- You all right, darling?- Yeah.- You know we've got customers in already?
0:55:17 > 0:55:20- So you need to...- Right, OK. - ..get sorted, get downstairs.
0:55:20 > 0:55:23- How long will you be? Cos... - Literally five minutes.
0:55:23 > 0:55:26The girls that got the early customers last night
0:55:26 > 0:55:30earned really good money. So you need to get a wiggle on.
0:55:30 > 0:55:35- If you're not down in five minutes...- Kick up the bum, please. - ..big stick. OK? Thanks.
0:55:35 > 0:55:36Cheers, Jane.
0:55:39 > 0:55:43MUSIC: "Mama Do The Hump" by Rizzle Kicks
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