0:00:04 > 0:00:07'I'm Cherry Healey, and in the last few years,
0:00:07 > 0:00:09'my life has been turned on its head.
0:00:09 > 0:00:11'I've gone from this...
0:00:11 > 0:00:13'..to this...
0:00:13 > 0:00:14BABY CRIES
0:00:14 > 0:00:16'..and then to this.
0:00:16 > 0:00:19'I don't know about you, but I sometimes feel
0:00:19 > 0:00:23'like the world is running away from me, and it's high time I caught up.
0:00:23 > 0:00:25'So I'm determined to get some answers
0:00:25 > 0:00:28'to life's fundamental questions -
0:00:28 > 0:00:30'Does my bum look big in this?
0:00:30 > 0:00:33'Am I too old to take drugs?
0:00:33 > 0:00:35'Do I need a Brazilian?
0:00:37 > 0:00:42'Today, I want to find out why we work so hard and play so hard
0:00:42 > 0:00:44'in a world that never switches off.
0:00:45 > 0:00:49'When so many of us are working longer hours than ever before,
0:00:49 > 0:00:53'how come we are also partying as if our lives depended on it?
0:00:53 > 0:00:55'I'm going to be meeting a cast of characters
0:00:55 > 0:00:58'from the hard-working to the hard-partying,
0:00:58 > 0:01:02'to discover what happens when we put pleasure or wealth
0:01:02 > 0:01:03'before our health.
0:01:05 > 0:01:09'I'll be hearing from a City trader who works a 20-hour day...
0:01:09 > 0:01:13'..a single mum who holds down four jobs...
0:01:13 > 0:01:16'..a group of guys determined to live a champagne lifestyle
0:01:16 > 0:01:18'on a beer budget...
0:01:18 > 0:01:22'..and a group of girls who club five nights a week for a living.'
0:01:22 > 0:01:26Becka, we've got money to earn, yeah?
0:01:26 > 0:01:29'I'll be getting a taste of life in their world.'
0:01:30 > 0:01:34Every part of me is just trying to keep my eyes open. I am so tired.
0:01:35 > 0:01:37'Then I'll be inviting them into mine,
0:01:37 > 0:01:41'and bringing them back to my hub, my base for the next few months,
0:01:41 > 0:01:44'in a bid to get them to confess all.'
0:01:44 > 0:01:46When do you feel the stress of how you live?
0:01:46 > 0:01:48It's like there's no money,
0:01:48 > 0:01:50we've got half a fag between four of us...
0:01:50 > 0:01:51LAUGHTER
0:01:51 > 0:01:53We're pulling our hair out.
0:01:53 > 0:01:55What do you think you're sacrificing?
0:01:55 > 0:01:59My family life, my social well-being, my health...
0:01:59 > 0:02:02Have you ever been approached to have sex in your job?
0:02:02 > 0:02:03- Because...- Oh, God, yes.
0:02:03 > 0:02:07'Will they end up teaching me something about my life?'
0:02:07 > 0:02:11If I'm honest, I absolutely hate it. It brings out this anger in me.
0:02:11 > 0:02:14'Or can I help them change theirs?'
0:02:14 > 0:02:17I enjoy my job. I enjoy my life.
0:02:17 > 0:02:19Am I going to change? No.
0:02:28 > 0:02:30- Mummy?- Yes?
0:02:30 > 0:02:32COCO SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY
0:02:32 > 0:02:37'Like many of us, my working day rarely ends at the office.'
0:02:37 > 0:02:38Hello?
0:02:42 > 0:02:45- So sorry, can you say that one more time?- I hit mummy!- Sorry...
0:02:45 > 0:02:47Mummy, I want to go upstairs to watch television.
0:02:47 > 0:02:50We're going to have supper first, then watch television, OK?
0:02:50 > 0:02:55There was a time quite recently when work did slightly take over.
0:02:55 > 0:02:58I wasn't good at turning off my phone or closing my laptop,
0:02:58 > 0:03:01and I just felt guilty the whole time.
0:03:01 > 0:03:04Coco got really annoyed, started making comments,
0:03:04 > 0:03:07and my friends started getting annoyed as well.
0:03:07 > 0:03:08For me, it just wasn't worth it.
0:03:08 > 0:03:14It was too stressful to be so stressed all the time.
0:03:14 > 0:03:15Hiya!
0:03:15 > 0:03:17Ooh!
0:03:17 > 0:03:20'I'm not the only one feeling stressed.
0:03:20 > 0:03:24'One in five of us say our work/life balance is getting worse.'
0:03:24 > 0:03:27Mummy! Mummy! Mummy!
0:03:27 > 0:03:31'Even more worryingly, last year, for the first time ever,
0:03:31 > 0:03:34'stress overtook cancer as the most common reason
0:03:34 > 0:03:35'for taking long-term sick leave.'
0:03:38 > 0:03:40I just don't know what to do about it.
0:03:40 > 0:03:43Like, what, do you just turn off your phone every day,
0:03:43 > 0:03:47and what happens if something important happens at work?
0:03:47 > 0:03:52- But then...- Mummy?- Yeah? - I don't want you to talk.
0:03:52 > 0:03:55- You don't want me to talk any more? - No, I want you to come.
0:03:55 > 0:03:56All right, coming.
0:03:59 > 0:04:04- Hello.- Hello, how are you? - I'm the baby.- Are you the baby?
0:04:04 > 0:04:05What I want to find out is,
0:04:05 > 0:04:09what is it like when work starts to completely take over?
0:04:14 > 0:04:16Michael Jarman is only 25,
0:04:16 > 0:04:20but has worked his way up from teaboy to high-flying City trader.
0:04:21 > 0:04:26In his job, you can make and lose big money in seconds.
0:04:26 > 0:04:27If we're going to play this market,
0:04:27 > 0:04:30I think we're going to have to go long and short.
0:04:30 > 0:04:34But his success comes at a price. A 20-hour day.
0:04:40 > 0:04:43'Michael's agreed to squeeze me into his busy day.
0:04:43 > 0:04:45'But he's running an hour and a half late.'
0:04:45 > 0:04:47Hello!
0:04:47 > 0:04:50- I'm so sorry. How are you? You all right?- Busy man.- Pleasure.
0:04:52 > 0:04:56- I'm so sorry.- 'He's also insisted on bringing his office with him.'
0:04:56 > 0:04:57Bye now, bye mate, bye.
0:04:57 > 0:04:59Sorry.
0:04:59 > 0:05:02What does a typical day look like for you?
0:05:02 > 0:05:04It's normally starting anywhere between 4:30am to 5:00am,
0:05:04 > 0:05:06depending on how lazy I want to be,
0:05:06 > 0:05:09and so, I'll normally be up at five, getting ready, basically.
0:05:09 > 0:05:11You've got to think about it like this, right,
0:05:11 > 0:05:12the market opens at 8:00am,
0:05:12 > 0:05:16right now, although we're shut, it's 4:30am, the US market's open.
0:05:16 > 0:05:18So it's kind of consistent. It's non-stop.
0:05:18 > 0:05:21I think there's about three hours in a day, between 9pm and 12am,
0:05:21 > 0:05:25where you don't really have to pay attention to the markets.
0:05:25 > 0:05:27I've slept on the office floor before.
0:05:27 > 0:05:29Manager's walked in and my head's been on the desk,
0:05:29 > 0:05:31- and he kind of pokes me, and I wake up...- Oh, my God!
0:05:31 > 0:05:34Is it really, really cut-throat and stressful?
0:05:34 > 0:05:37About six months into it, I started wearing down,
0:05:37 > 0:05:41I had a little nervous breakdown, a stressful period.
0:05:41 > 0:05:44Elaborate on "little, mini-breakdown."
0:05:44 > 0:05:49A little, mini-breakdown went into a big, mental breakdown.
0:05:49 > 0:05:52Not... I managed to keep myself composed,
0:05:52 > 0:05:54but, er... Yeah, fell out with family and, you know,
0:05:54 > 0:05:57didn't want to talk to anyone, was in a bit of a state.
0:05:57 > 0:06:00It wasn't a nice position to be in. But I was all fine after that.
0:06:00 > 0:06:03About a year into it, I said, this is my life.
0:06:03 > 0:06:05'Michael's laughed off the breakdown,
0:06:05 > 0:06:08'but I can't help feeling it's just the tip of the iceberg.'
0:06:08 > 0:06:13So can I come and spend a full day with you from beginning to end?
0:06:13 > 0:06:14On the basis you don't interrupt.
0:06:14 > 0:06:16I can pretend I'm in Sex And The City,
0:06:16 > 0:06:18and I've got a really important job.
0:06:18 > 0:06:21"SEX AND THE CITY" THEME MUSIC
0:06:21 > 0:06:23'5:30am the next morning,
0:06:23 > 0:06:27'and I'm feeling more Ugly Betty than Carrie Bradshaw.
0:06:27 > 0:06:28'But at least I'm on time.'
0:06:28 > 0:06:30I'm not late!
0:06:35 > 0:06:40- Hi!- You've done well.- Morning! - How was it?- Really good.- Yeah?
0:06:40 > 0:06:43- I love getting up at 4:30am(!) - Is that the time you got up?
0:06:43 > 0:06:44Yeah, it's amazing(!)
0:06:44 > 0:06:46I've been up, I haven't had any sleep,
0:06:46 > 0:06:47I think I've had about an hour's sleep,
0:06:47 > 0:06:49you know we went to the boat show last night?
0:06:49 > 0:06:51There was an after party that I got roped into,
0:06:51 > 0:06:53that I didn't know much about.
0:06:53 > 0:06:55And you still get up at this time?
0:06:55 > 0:06:58Three... Yeah, three, I've probably had half an hour or an hour's sleep.
0:06:58 > 0:07:01- So...- How do you feel? - It was...erm...
0:07:01 > 0:07:03I've taken a couple of Pro Pluses so far,
0:07:03 > 0:07:06so I need to get some Red Bull on the way, yeah.
0:07:06 > 0:07:07You can get the coffees in.
0:07:09 > 0:07:14- Aah! Oh, my God, what an amazing car.- You like it?
0:07:20 > 0:07:24- Were these energy drinks from last night?- Yes, they were, Cherry.
0:07:24 > 0:07:26- I'm really bad at driving tired. - Yeah.
0:07:26 > 0:07:29And I'm quite prone to falling asleep.
0:07:29 > 0:07:32- Oh, my...- Sorry.- I'll just keep poking you.
0:07:32 > 0:07:36So how many energy drinks will you have today?
0:07:36 > 0:07:41Three cans, six pills, to be precise, probably.
0:07:41 > 0:07:45- Oh, my... And that will sort you out?- Yeah. You try it.
0:07:45 > 0:07:47- I'm going to try today.- I think you should. I think you should.
0:07:47 > 0:07:52- I'm going to take the same as you, and I'll fly home. - MICHAEL LAUGHS
0:07:57 > 0:08:00- I'm sorry, I have to join you. - Yeah, go on, go for it.
0:08:00 > 0:08:03- You want some pro-plus?- Yeah.- Yeah. OK. Take it, take it.
0:08:03 > 0:08:04I'm just taking one now.
0:08:04 > 0:08:08Take two, take two, it's cool, seriously, you're going to be fine, take two. It's not that bad.
0:08:13 > 0:08:16Erm... Meeting, meeting, now.
0:08:16 > 0:08:18Quickly, right, we need to go and get a taxi.
0:08:19 > 0:08:20Flag one.
0:08:20 > 0:08:23'As if the day job isn't stressful enough,
0:08:23 > 0:08:25'Michael's also just set up his own company,
0:08:25 > 0:08:29'and has several meetings today, all unhelpfully scattered across London.'
0:08:29 > 0:08:31You go that way, you go that way!
0:08:31 > 0:08:34'It's not a cab we need, it's a time machine.'
0:08:34 > 0:08:36Oi, turn around! Cross, cross, cross!
0:08:36 > 0:08:39'As Michael's nearly mown down by the 388 bus,
0:08:39 > 0:08:43'it's clear just how much he's prepared to sacrifice for his work.'
0:08:43 > 0:08:47- Have you had lunch yet, by the way? - No, when do you have lunch?
0:08:47 > 0:08:48You forget about it though, don't you?
0:08:48 > 0:08:49I do!
0:08:49 > 0:08:54Now that I am so wired, I feel like I could fly to the moon and back.
0:08:55 > 0:08:58We'll probably call you towards the end... Oh, it is the end of the week.
0:08:58 > 0:09:02Er... Are you about over the weekend, you practising? Golf.
0:09:04 > 0:09:07It is quite a rush, all the caffeine, isn't it?
0:09:07 > 0:09:09- Yeah.- And the energy pills.- It is.
0:09:09 > 0:09:13- I am actually, my head's starting to go a little bit now.- My God!
0:09:13 > 0:09:15Yeah, I'm definitely feeling a bit weird.
0:09:15 > 0:09:17It's definitely affecting the old heart.
0:09:17 > 0:09:19I don't think it's good for you, I won't lie,
0:09:19 > 0:09:21I don't think it's brilliant.
0:09:21 > 0:09:26- 'We arrive at the meeting late.' - Hi, guys. Neil. Pleasure. Michael.
0:09:26 > 0:09:28- Nice to see you. - Sorry for the delay.
0:09:28 > 0:09:31'Michael's new business advises footballers
0:09:31 > 0:09:33'on how to invest their money.
0:09:33 > 0:09:36'But it's not the money talk that's making my head swim.'
0:09:38 > 0:09:40SHE EXHALES HEAVILY
0:09:42 > 0:09:44I had to leave the room.
0:09:44 > 0:09:48I had to leave. I thought I was going to fall asleep at the table.
0:09:49 > 0:09:51I just had to get out.
0:09:51 > 0:09:56I'm... Every... Every part of me is just trying to keep my eyes open.
0:09:56 > 0:09:59I am so tired, my heart is racing from all the energy drinks
0:09:59 > 0:10:01and the caffeine pills.
0:10:01 > 0:10:02I do not know how he has done that,
0:10:02 > 0:10:05I do not know how he is in there, pitching a business.
0:10:05 > 0:10:07He is a machine.
0:10:07 > 0:10:12On the one hand, I think... he's crazy, and on the other hand,
0:10:12 > 0:10:16I think he's amazing for being able to do this, but it's not healthy.
0:10:16 > 0:10:18I do not feel right.
0:10:24 > 0:10:26SHE BREATHES OUT
0:10:30 > 0:10:33- Cab time it is.- OK.- And then back over to the City. Is that cool?
0:10:33 > 0:10:36- Yeah.- Wicked, let's do it. Are you feeling a little bit better?
0:10:36 > 0:10:38Yeah, I'm starting to feel slightly less
0:10:38 > 0:10:40like I'm about to have a heart attack.
0:10:40 > 0:10:41- Good.- How are you feeling?- Erm...
0:10:41 > 0:10:44I was exactly the same as you in the taxi,
0:10:44 > 0:10:46I actually thought I was going to have a panic attack and just faint.
0:10:49 > 0:10:53'I worry what this cocktail of caffeine, adrenaline and no sleep
0:10:53 > 0:10:54'is doing to Michael.
0:10:54 > 0:10:56'So I've asked him to see a doctor
0:10:56 > 0:10:59'who specialises in treating cases of City burnout.'
0:11:00 > 0:11:03Can you think of some of the things that might happen
0:11:03 > 0:11:07due to having very high stress levels on a more constant basis?
0:11:07 > 0:11:11- Please don't tell me impotence, eh? - Absolutely, sexual dysfunction.
0:11:11 > 0:11:12MICHAEL SNIGGERS
0:11:12 > 0:11:16so, you know, one of the commonest things that men come and see us in the clinic is impotence,
0:11:16 > 0:11:17because they're stressed.
0:11:17 > 0:11:20I'm not impotent, just first of all, could I just declare.
0:11:20 > 0:11:22But my sex drive has just completely gone to the wayside, like.
0:11:22 > 0:11:28I'm just not interested in going out and chasing girls, and I used to be.
0:11:28 > 0:11:32That was two or three years ago. I couldn't care less.
0:11:32 > 0:11:37That's a combination of the fact that you're tired, stressed.
0:11:37 > 0:11:38Any recreational drugs?
0:11:38 > 0:11:40Do caffeine pills count?
0:11:41 > 0:11:45- Do you take caffeine pills?- Oh, God! Why did you drop me in it?!
0:11:45 > 0:11:48- Yeah, I take a lot of Red Bull and Pro Plus.- Sure.
0:11:48 > 0:11:52The lifestyle that you have is putting a big risk
0:11:52 > 0:11:55of developing problems with your health in the future.
0:11:55 > 0:11:57Is that something that worries you?
0:11:57 > 0:12:00Is it something you might look at changing?
0:12:00 > 0:12:06I hope to but, yeah. I don't know. I'm always motivated to do it.
0:12:06 > 0:12:09- It's just can I balance it between that and work?- Sure.
0:12:09 > 0:12:11I really feel for Michael.
0:12:11 > 0:12:16He's really torn. He's so ambitious.
0:12:16 > 0:12:19He wants to do well so badly
0:12:19 > 0:12:24but it seems like, at every stage, things have been sacrificed -
0:12:24 > 0:12:30his diet, sleep, leisure time, time with people he loves.
0:12:30 > 0:12:34Gradually, all those things have gone, one by one,
0:12:34 > 0:12:38so all Michael is left with is work.
0:12:38 > 0:12:40He knows that. I can see it in his face.
0:12:42 > 0:12:44Michael tells me it's not all about work.
0:12:44 > 0:12:47He's also got a son.
0:12:47 > 0:12:50Later on, I'll see whether he can balance fatherhood
0:12:50 > 0:12:53with his determination to make it big.
0:12:57 > 0:13:00But first, if working hard can be bad for your health,
0:13:00 > 0:13:04then playing hard can be equally bad for your wealth.
0:13:05 > 0:13:08Our nights out are getting more and more extravagant.
0:13:08 > 0:13:12Despite the recession, we Brits import more champagne
0:13:12 > 0:13:15than any other country in the world.
0:13:15 > 0:13:17Hiya. Can I get two glasses of champagne, please?
0:13:19 > 0:13:22I'm definitely in a working place in my life right now.
0:13:22 > 0:13:27The problem is the more I work, the bigger the night is
0:13:27 > 0:13:30when I actually get to go out.
0:13:31 > 0:13:34Next morning, I've got a hangover and an empty purse
0:13:34 > 0:13:36to show for my pains.
0:13:36 > 0:13:40What price do you pay when you spend all your weekly wages
0:13:40 > 0:13:42on one night?
0:13:49 > 0:13:51Every morning, 23-year-old Chris from Wolverhampton
0:13:51 > 0:13:55gets up before dawn with one thing on his mind -
0:13:55 > 0:13:57a cracking Friday night.
0:13:57 > 0:14:00Hopefully, all the hard work in the week will have paid off.
0:14:03 > 0:14:07Along with his brother, James, and best friends, Jack and Luke,
0:14:07 > 0:14:09Chris drives an hour and a half every day
0:14:09 > 0:14:12to do eight hours of hard graft on a chicken farm
0:14:12 > 0:14:14sorting and stacking boxes of eggs.
0:14:14 > 0:14:17It's pretty devastating, soul-breaking but
0:14:17 > 0:14:21it'll soon fly and will soon be in Chester.
0:14:21 > 0:14:22With the Jaegers.
0:14:22 > 0:14:25Jaeger bombs!
0:14:26 > 0:14:28Today, it's pay day.
0:14:28 > 0:14:30As evening falls, these lads get set to transform themselves
0:14:30 > 0:14:35into celebrity A-listers.
0:14:39 > 0:14:42Today, is Freshen-up Friday.
0:14:42 > 0:14:44It's not a tradition, it's a religion.
0:14:44 > 0:14:49Basically, we just completely change our image
0:14:49 > 0:14:53because we've all been dirty, stinking, horrible bastards all week.
0:14:53 > 0:14:57Today is the day when we turn all that around
0:14:57 > 0:15:01and show the world that we are functioning human beings.
0:15:01 > 0:15:03Tonight is our night to shine.
0:15:03 > 0:15:05Bam.
0:15:05 > 0:15:08It's a buzz, at the end of the day. Everyone lives for the weekend,
0:15:08 > 0:15:12no matter what job they're in, everyone lives for the weekend.
0:15:15 > 0:15:16Hello.
0:15:16 > 0:15:17INDISTINCT
0:15:17 > 0:15:21It begins with Locos, our favourite migrant worker.
0:15:22 > 0:15:24He is just the best hairdresser ever.
0:15:28 > 0:15:29£6, please.
0:15:31 > 0:15:34It's not just the hair on their heads that's coming off.
0:15:38 > 0:15:39Whoo!
0:15:39 > 0:15:40I had to pretend it don't hurt!
0:15:43 > 0:15:45It's the final part of Freshen-up Friday
0:15:45 > 0:15:48and probably the most important part - the tan.
0:15:50 > 0:15:52TANNING GUN WHIRS
0:15:52 > 0:15:54When we've got our tan, we go out.
0:15:54 > 0:15:57The girls look at us like we're from Hollywood,
0:15:57 > 0:16:00but really, we're from Wolverhampton.
0:16:00 > 0:16:02# So macho
0:16:02 > 0:16:03# He's gotta be
0:16:03 > 0:16:06# So macho... #
0:16:06 > 0:16:08The lads earn about £800 a week between them.
0:16:08 > 0:16:12A quarter of that disappears even before they walk out of he door.
0:16:12 > 0:16:14Have a great night.
0:16:14 > 0:16:18No wonder they have to rely on their wits when pulling the girls.
0:16:19 > 0:16:21He says, "D'you wanna a bang?"
0:16:21 > 0:16:24It usually works because, look at him, to be fair.
0:16:24 > 0:16:26I go up to them and say, "D'you wanna bang?"
0:16:26 > 0:16:28And they say yes!
0:16:28 > 0:16:32Usually, it works or the brew line.
0:16:32 > 0:16:34"Come back for a brew." I drop four sugars in,
0:16:34 > 0:16:39semi-skimmed milk the works and they're like, "Yeah." And bang.
0:16:39 > 0:16:42You've got them in bed.
0:16:42 > 0:16:44Me and Luke always say, "How about me and you,
0:16:44 > 0:16:46"we'll got strawberry picking?!"
0:16:46 > 0:16:48THEY LAUGH
0:16:48 > 0:16:51"I'll pick you up on a BMX, I'll take you to McDonald's.
0:16:51 > 0:16:53"Poundsaver menu. You can have what you like.
0:16:53 > 0:16:54THEY LAUGH
0:16:54 > 0:16:58That's usually, like... We reverse it.
0:16:58 > 0:17:00Most lads would go up and promise the world
0:17:00 > 0:17:01and deliver nothing.
0:17:01 > 0:17:05We'd rather promise nothing and deliver nothing!
0:17:05 > 0:17:06THEY LAUGH
0:17:06 > 0:17:10Whatever's left from the weekend, we'll beg and borrow off each other,
0:17:10 > 0:17:14live off whatever's in the cupboard, pineapple chunks, wham bam.
0:17:14 > 0:17:17# Going out tonight... #
0:17:17 > 0:17:20But the only pineapple the lads have time for on a Friday
0:17:20 > 0:17:22is the one mixed with their voddy.
0:17:23 > 0:17:24Chester, we're coming for you.
0:17:24 > 0:17:27THEY LAUGH
0:17:27 > 0:17:28K-tush!
0:17:29 > 0:17:32Just like that, these four factory workers
0:17:32 > 0:17:35are transformed into Hollywood heartthrobs.
0:17:35 > 0:17:38Lasses of the north, brace yourselves!
0:17:38 > 0:17:41Right. We're in Chester. First drink of the night.
0:17:41 > 0:17:44- Let's have it! - Come on!
0:17:44 > 0:17:46SHOUTING
0:17:52 > 0:17:56- It's the weekend. This is what we live for.- This is me.
0:17:56 > 0:17:59You only live once and that's our motto.
0:17:59 > 0:18:00We live by that motto.
0:18:04 > 0:18:06We work every day in the week for this.
0:18:06 > 0:18:09But we love this.
0:18:09 > 0:18:11This is our dream life.
0:18:13 > 0:18:17It's 11 o'clock and the boys have already withdrawn £600 between them.
0:18:17 > 0:18:21That's three quarters of their weekly wages.
0:18:23 > 0:18:25I'll probably end up at the cash point at midnight
0:18:25 > 0:18:27because I've reached my withdrawal limit.
0:18:27 > 0:18:29# You only get one shot... #
0:18:29 > 0:18:32But the lads aren't going to let a little thing like reality
0:18:32 > 0:18:34stand in the way of their A-list night
0:18:34 > 0:18:37and make a beeline for the VIP room.
0:18:40 > 0:18:44- Hello, boys. All right?- Bottle of champers, bruv. I'm going all out!
0:18:46 > 0:18:48THEY CHEER
0:18:49 > 0:18:52# You love to drink so do we... #
0:18:52 > 0:18:56The champagne, the beautiful girls, the classy nibbles...
0:18:57 > 0:19:00The boys are exactly where they want to be.
0:19:04 > 0:19:05# Yeah
0:19:05 > 0:19:07# Girl, I wanna
0:19:07 > 0:19:09# Yeah, yeah, yeah
0:19:09 > 0:19:11# I wanna see you tonight... #
0:19:11 > 0:19:14We've grafted all week for this
0:19:14 > 0:19:16and now we're here with our champagne.
0:19:16 > 0:19:19That's my sticky little finger out!
0:19:19 > 0:19:22I've got a strawberry in my glass!
0:19:24 > 0:19:26# Tonight is the night... #
0:19:29 > 0:19:32But what goes up must come down.
0:19:32 > 0:19:35Next morning, all the lads have left is hangovers
0:19:35 > 0:19:39a few hazy memories and a handful of loose change
0:19:39 > 0:19:42to last them six long days.
0:19:42 > 0:19:44That's all I've got left.
0:19:46 > 0:19:49£6.30. I've got to pay for my breakfast,
0:19:49 > 0:19:51I've got to pay for some petrol...
0:19:54 > 0:19:56You owe me a fiver!
0:19:58 > 0:19:59My life's ruined!
0:19:59 > 0:20:02Last night was worth every penny.
0:20:04 > 0:20:06Go hard or go home!
0:20:08 > 0:20:10I can't wait to meet the boys and find out
0:20:10 > 0:20:13how they cope after Freshen-up Friday has cleaned them out.
0:20:13 > 0:20:17- You all right?- Yeah. Can I get you a drink?
0:20:19 > 0:20:21I know you guys don't eat properly so I've prepared
0:20:21 > 0:20:23for you a delicious plate of fruit.
0:20:23 > 0:20:26I'm so glad you're eating it.
0:20:26 > 0:20:27Got any Wagon Wheels?
0:20:27 > 0:20:29No!
0:20:29 > 0:20:31What is it that you really like about that night that you love,
0:20:31 > 0:20:34getting really drunk, going out to clubs?
0:20:34 > 0:20:37It's like the process of the cave man.
0:20:37 > 0:20:40Have you seen the diagram? It's like that.
0:20:40 > 0:20:44I leave work like this then by the end of the night, I'm like this.
0:20:44 > 0:20:47I feel like I'm the dog's bollocks, you know what I mean?
0:20:47 > 0:20:52Do you think it's escapism from a job you don't love?
0:20:52 > 0:20:54- Yeah.- Definitely.
0:20:54 > 0:20:56It's something to look forward to the whole week.
0:20:56 > 0:21:00What motivates you to spend your money on Freshen-up Friday?
0:21:00 > 0:21:03Would you look at a man in a club if he hadn't made any effort?
0:21:03 > 0:21:05Totally!
0:21:05 > 0:21:08Say he had bushy eyebrows, pale, Asda jeans,
0:21:08 > 0:21:09you'd go and talk to him?
0:21:09 > 0:21:12Yeah. I'd think he'd look lovely. Charming.
0:21:12 > 0:21:15Is all the preening, the eyebrows, the tanning,
0:21:15 > 0:21:17is it all worth it?
0:21:17 > 0:21:20- Does it make a difference?- Yeah. It gives you more confidence.
0:21:20 > 0:21:23If you feel better about yourself, you'll have a better night out.
0:21:23 > 0:21:25When do you feel the stress of how you live?
0:21:25 > 0:21:27It's like there's no money,
0:21:27 > 0:21:31there's no tea bag, there's no sugar, there's no milk.
0:21:31 > 0:21:33We've got half a fag between four of us.
0:21:33 > 0:21:36We're pulling our hair out.
0:21:36 > 0:21:38At that point, you must think, "I wish I hadn't spent
0:21:38 > 0:21:40"quite so much money at the weekend."
0:21:40 > 0:21:41Yeah.
0:21:41 > 0:21:44- No, I...- You totally don't!
0:21:44 > 0:21:46I just get on with it.
0:21:46 > 0:21:50The worst time ever, for me, is going in the penny drawer.
0:21:50 > 0:21:53I've got a drawer and it's full of pennies.
0:21:53 > 0:21:56I'm counting and counting these pennies.
0:21:56 > 0:21:58I've got them on my bed.
0:21:58 > 0:22:01There's a pound. There's two pound.
0:22:01 > 0:22:05Everyone's got a penny pot and it's depressing when you have to go into it.
0:22:05 > 0:22:09- Do you think the way you live is fun? Are you happy?- Yeah.
0:22:09 > 0:22:12- Yeah, it's great.- It's class.
0:22:12 > 0:22:15It's like a rollercoaster. It's constant.
0:22:15 > 0:22:19You go from suicidal on a Monday morning
0:22:19 > 0:22:22to like euphoric on a Friday afternoon.
0:22:22 > 0:22:24As soon as the wages go into the bank,
0:22:24 > 0:22:26we've all got smiles on our faces.
0:22:36 > 0:22:39Well, those boys definitely know how to live in the moment
0:22:39 > 0:22:41and I take my hat off to them for that,
0:22:41 > 0:22:43because there's no way I could do it.
0:22:43 > 0:22:48One night of glory is definitely not worth six days of pain.
0:22:50 > 0:22:54So, I've seen what working hard can do to your health
0:22:54 > 0:22:57and what partying hard can do to your wealth,
0:22:57 > 0:23:00but sometimes the consequences don't just affect you.
0:23:02 > 0:23:06It's the weekend and after my own struggles with Coco,
0:23:06 > 0:23:09I'm intrigued to see how Michael fits in being a parent
0:23:09 > 0:23:12with his all-consuming dedication to work.
0:23:14 > 0:23:17- Ready?- Morning, Cherry. Let's go. Let's do it. How are we?- Good.
0:23:17 > 0:23:20- How are you this morning?- I'm good.
0:23:22 > 0:23:25- We are about to go and meet your son now, aren't we?- Yeah.
0:23:25 > 0:23:28Tell me a bit about your relationship with him and the setup.
0:23:28 > 0:23:32I see him once every other week, which I don't think is enough
0:23:32 > 0:23:36but I get him for normally a weekend, so I'll either have him the Friday or early on a Saturday.
0:23:36 > 0:23:40You say you'd like to see him more. Why is that?
0:23:40 > 0:23:44I didn't have a father in my life, not from a young age anyway.
0:23:44 > 0:23:46I said a long time ago, if I ever had a child,
0:23:46 > 0:23:49I said I'd never put my child through the experiences
0:23:49 > 0:23:51I had to go through as a little man.
0:23:51 > 0:23:57And what were those experiences? What do you not want to repeat?
0:23:57 > 0:24:02HE LAUGHS Erm...the whole disappointment.
0:24:02 > 0:24:07There would the periods where I wouldn't see my dad for... I'm not talking about a week or two weeks,
0:24:07 > 0:24:11I'm talking maybe a month, two months. I remember once I think at the age of six, seven,
0:24:11 > 0:24:15he was going to take me to the Natural History Museum and I was really looking forward to seeing him
0:24:15 > 0:24:17and he never turned up. I started crying.
0:24:17 > 0:24:22Four-year-old Jude lives in Brighton with his mum.
0:24:22 > 0:24:26Give me a kiss. Come on let's go.
0:24:26 > 0:24:30- So, what is the plan for today? - Fairly relaxed.
0:24:30 > 0:24:33That is a day full of entertainment for the little man, but in-between
0:24:33 > 0:24:37I'll probably be making a few phone calls and try and reply to a few e-mails.
0:24:37 > 0:24:40I've got to get the week ahead setup for Monday.
0:24:40 > 0:24:43You can't go in on Monday and then all of a sudden that's it,
0:24:43 > 0:24:44you just start working again.
0:24:44 > 0:24:48The week ahead has got to be prepared by Monday.
0:24:48 > 0:24:51First on Michael's agenda is a haircut.
0:24:51 > 0:24:53For himself.
0:24:58 > 0:25:01But the next venue looks more promising.
0:25:01 > 0:25:04But it soon becomes clear that Michael's focus
0:25:04 > 0:25:06is still on self-improvement.
0:25:07 > 0:25:08Why can't I get a four?
0:25:08 > 0:25:13Michael grew up on a council estate and says he wants better for Jude.
0:25:13 > 0:25:18- I just wonder what better means for him.- Better.
0:25:18 > 0:25:21Today's been a bit of a funny one because Michael has said to me
0:25:21 > 0:25:25before that he was upset that his dad wasn't around
0:25:25 > 0:25:28when he was younger and that he didn't want to make the same mistake
0:25:28 > 0:25:31and that Jude is a big priority to him.
0:25:31 > 0:25:35But when he was getting his haircut, we just sat on the sofa
0:25:35 > 0:25:38and now we're at the golf and I'm kind of babysitting Jude
0:25:38 > 0:25:41while Michael works on his game.
0:25:41 > 0:25:43Better but left.
0:25:43 > 0:25:44And actually this golf session,
0:25:44 > 0:25:47really this is indirectly about work.
0:25:47 > 0:25:51It's about him bettering his game so that he can be part of those
0:25:51 > 0:25:55business deals that happen at the weekend on the golf course.
0:25:55 > 0:25:59I just want to know where Jude fits into that?
0:26:00 > 0:26:04Eventually Jude gets his dad's undivided attention
0:26:04 > 0:26:09and I can see there's a real bond between them.
0:26:09 > 0:26:13- Well done. See?- What are we doing next?- I don't know.
0:26:13 > 0:26:17- What do you want to do? - Somewhere where you can play.
0:26:17 > 0:26:19Somewhere you can play!
0:26:20 > 0:26:24It's five o'clock and I'm thrilled that Jude is finally going to get
0:26:24 > 0:26:25some quality daddy time.
0:26:27 > 0:26:30- Come on, little man. Let's go.- Let's go!
0:26:30 > 0:26:33- Can we go play now?- Yeah, go.
0:26:33 > 0:26:36But my hopes are soon dashed as Michael sets up
0:26:36 > 0:26:41office in the kids' canteen and shoos Jude, and me, away.
0:26:41 > 0:26:45# I'm full of fun, fancy free
0:26:45 > 0:26:48# That's the way I want to be... #
0:26:48 > 0:26:50Give us a call when you get a chance, mate,
0:26:50 > 0:26:53just to wrap up the meeting that we had the other day.
0:26:53 > 0:26:57CHERRY SCREAMS
0:26:57 > 0:27:00I nearly killed another child!
0:27:00 > 0:27:01Technically speaking,
0:27:01 > 0:27:04the group will profit from that, which you will get a cut of.
0:27:04 > 0:27:08I'm really shocked because we've come to the play area for Jude
0:27:08 > 0:27:12and I knew that Michael had to do some work today,
0:27:12 > 0:27:16but the minute we got here, he sat down and started working
0:27:16 > 0:27:18and I've been looking after Jude.
0:27:18 > 0:27:24Michael got his mum to come down and now she's looking after Jude.
0:27:24 > 0:27:28It's just non-stop. It's work, work, work all day.
0:27:28 > 0:27:31Either he's doing an activity to benefit his work,
0:27:31 > 0:27:34or he's on the phone, and now he's on his laptop.
0:27:34 > 0:27:37It's a Saturday and it's the day he's got with Jude, his son.
0:27:40 > 0:27:46The million-dollar question, why do you work so hard right now?
0:27:46 > 0:27:48For a better future.
0:27:51 > 0:27:56- But now is now.- I know. - There's no such thing as the future.
0:27:56 > 0:27:57I know, I agree but...
0:27:57 > 0:28:00I mean there is, I'm being silly, I'm being devil's advocate.
0:28:00 > 0:28:03No, I see what you're saying. I'm taking it with reason.
0:28:03 > 0:28:07The thing is I've then got friends that apply their now is now theme
0:28:07 > 0:28:10- to their life...- ..and the future looks... I understand.
0:28:10 > 0:28:13Do you ever worry that your dedication to work takes away
0:28:13 > 0:28:14from your relationship with Jude,
0:28:14 > 0:28:18which I know is something that's really important to you?
0:28:18 > 0:28:21Yeah, I can bring him up here so I can get away for an hour.
0:28:21 > 0:28:23This is supposed to be the weekend where I have him.
0:28:23 > 0:28:28Things like that aren't good, I understand that, but I'm hoping it's eventually for...
0:28:28 > 0:28:30Something's got to give sooner or later
0:28:30 > 0:28:32and I've just got to start sacrificing some things
0:28:32 > 0:28:35so that I can have a better relationship with Jude.
0:28:35 > 0:28:38There's a little part of me that's kind of wagging my finger
0:28:38 > 0:28:42at Michael when he talks to me about working too hard, but actually,
0:28:42 > 0:28:46who am I to judge because I can really relate to what he's saying.
0:28:46 > 0:28:50I'm a working mum, I find it really, really hard.
0:28:50 > 0:28:52I think a lot of people struggle with it.
0:28:52 > 0:28:56I just really hope that he makes these changes he said today,
0:28:56 > 0:28:59so that he feels happier, if that's what makes him happy.
0:29:05 > 0:29:09'Two weeks later and I've invited Michael over.'
0:29:09 > 0:29:11- Hello!- Hey, Cherry, how are you? Are you all right?
0:29:11 > 0:29:14'I can't wait to find out if anything in his life has changed.'
0:29:14 > 0:29:16MOBILE PHONE RINGS
0:29:16 > 0:29:21- Oh God!- Rich. All right, buddy.
0:29:21 > 0:29:25Cheers. Thanks for the call. Take care. Bye-bye. Sorry, Chezzer.
0:29:25 > 0:29:28So, you look really well.
0:29:28 > 0:29:31I feel slightly better than what I used to after our...
0:29:31 > 0:29:34- Is it rude to say that you look younger?- Yeah!
0:29:34 > 0:29:38- Because everyone tells me I look 35. - It is a bit rude but I will say it.
0:29:38 > 0:29:41- You look younger.- I feel like I've got a bit more of a glow to me.
0:29:41 > 0:29:44I've been eating healthier, I've still been leaving work late.
0:29:44 > 0:29:46Do you think you're a workaholic?
0:29:46 > 0:29:51Yes, definitely. But I don't see it as working.
0:29:51 > 0:29:52I enjoy it, I enjoy what I do.
0:29:52 > 0:29:54Do you think you're addicted to the adrenaline?
0:29:54 > 0:29:57Definitely. You get a good buzz when something is coming round the corner
0:29:57 > 0:30:01and you can make this from it, or something else is happening and you've lost that.
0:30:01 > 0:30:04It's a rollercoaster ride for us.
0:30:04 > 0:30:09What do you think you're sacrificing to achieve what you're achieving?
0:30:09 > 0:30:14- My family life, my social well-being, my health.- So, not that much then?
0:30:14 > 0:30:18No, just a couple of things here and there. Nothing important.
0:30:18 > 0:30:20- Nothing worth thinking about.- No!
0:30:20 > 0:30:23Actually on that subject, how do you think your relationship
0:30:23 > 0:30:27with your son is benefiting or suffering from what you do?
0:30:27 > 0:30:29This weekend I'm working again
0:30:29 > 0:30:33and it seems as if I work most weekends, which is pretty bad.
0:30:33 > 0:30:37How do you feel about your son and missing out time with him?
0:30:37 > 0:30:38Not good obviously.
0:30:38 > 0:30:41It hurts me and it has hurt me deeply sometimes and every time I see him,
0:30:41 > 0:30:46it feels as if... He does something new that I've missed out on anyway.
0:30:46 > 0:30:49Do you think work is more of a priority to you than parenting?
0:30:49 > 0:30:50No. God, no.
0:30:50 > 0:30:53A lot of this actually is for him because as I said,
0:30:53 > 0:30:57I came from a council house and I grew up in a single-parent household,
0:30:57 > 0:31:00so I just want to make sure that he's given the best platform,
0:31:00 > 0:31:04to be able to provide him a stable future for when he is older.
0:31:04 > 0:31:07Do you think it's worth it for what you're missing now with him?
0:31:07 > 0:31:10I know it's not worth it, but I'm doing it anyway
0:31:10 > 0:31:16so I'd be a hypocrite to say no, but I enjoy my job.
0:31:16 > 0:31:19I enjoy my life. Am I going to change? No.
0:31:28 > 0:31:30I feel a bit sad after talking to Michael
0:31:30 > 0:31:32because when I first met him,
0:31:32 > 0:31:36he told me he wanted something in his life to change, but actually
0:31:36 > 0:31:38just speaking to him now,
0:31:38 > 0:31:41I don't think that thing is going to be work.
0:31:41 > 0:31:44I think actually the thing he's ultimately sacrificing
0:31:44 > 0:31:46is his relationship with his son.
0:31:46 > 0:31:49I don't think he's really admitted that to himself
0:31:49 > 0:31:51and I think if he did, he'd be heartbroken.
0:31:53 > 0:31:57'I can't shake the feeling I've been too easy on Michael.
0:31:57 > 0:32:00'Maybe that's because I share his guilt.
0:32:00 > 0:32:03'Deep down I worry that Coco sometimes misses out too.
0:32:05 > 0:32:09'So, I'm starting to see just how serious the consequences can be
0:32:09 > 0:32:11'whether you work too hard or play too hard,
0:32:11 > 0:32:15'but what happens when you do both at the same time?'
0:32:15 > 0:32:20What about if you actually get paid to have fun?
0:32:20 > 0:32:24It sounds like the perfect job, but is it?
0:32:28 > 0:32:31'I'm on my way to meet Bianca, the up-for-it singleton I met
0:32:31 > 0:32:33'when I was looking into relationships.'
0:32:33 > 0:32:35I'm like, "I banged you, I banged your mate last week
0:32:35 > 0:32:39"and I'm banging your mate tonight, is that all right?"
0:32:39 > 0:32:42'I want to know what happens when the boundaries between work
0:32:42 > 0:32:43'and play become blurred.
0:32:45 > 0:32:48'I've come to her home turf in Essex to meet her
0:32:48 > 0:32:50'and her fellow professional party girls.'
0:32:52 > 0:32:54- Hello.- ALL: Hello!
0:32:54 > 0:32:59Bianca, Siobhan, and Cece work five nights a week in London clubs.
0:32:59 > 0:33:03- What's with the glasses? - Late nights.
0:33:03 > 0:33:06- You'll find out tonight, babe. - Come on, let me see, is it that bad?
0:33:06 > 0:33:11- How long have you been up? - Three hours' sleep.- Is that normal?
0:33:11 > 0:33:14This is normal, this is like everyday.
0:33:14 > 0:33:20- I know that you love a party. - Oh, yes!- You're paid to do it?- Yeah.
0:33:20 > 0:33:24- Definitely. - So...how does that work?
0:33:24 > 0:33:27I get hot girls out on the street, or I contact them through
0:33:27 > 0:33:30Facebook or Twitter and I bring them all in the club.
0:33:30 > 0:33:32I get paid for each girl coming in the club
0:33:32 > 0:33:34and I just make sure they have a good time,
0:33:34 > 0:33:35and we just party all night.
0:33:35 > 0:33:39On average, how much would you make in one night?
0:33:39 > 0:33:44Probably make about 300, maybe a bit more than that.
0:33:44 > 0:33:45That's quite a lot of money.
0:33:45 > 0:33:49It's quite hard because obviously you're working, it's like commission-based.
0:33:49 > 0:33:51So if you don't have the people, you don't get paid.
0:33:51 > 0:33:56- Do the clubs just let anyone in?- No. They've got to be glam, gorgeous.
0:33:56 > 0:34:00So on the door they veto girls who aren't attractive enough.
0:34:00 > 0:34:02Yeah, and they'll just be like, yeah.
0:34:02 > 0:34:04Some clubs will just literally say, "No,
0:34:04 > 0:34:06"you can come in, you can come in, but your friend can't."
0:34:06 > 0:34:09- It's a cut-throat world. - It is, it's really superficial.
0:34:09 > 0:34:11It's quite sad really.
0:34:11 > 0:34:14'As well as having to find good- looking girls to get in the door,
0:34:14 > 0:34:18'these three are under constant pressure to look good themselves.
0:34:18 > 0:34:21'That's not exactly my idea of fun,
0:34:21 > 0:34:22'but there's only one way to find out!'
0:34:22 > 0:34:26- Do you think I would cut the mustard?- Definitely!- Hell, yeah!
0:34:26 > 0:34:29- You're probably going to need to help me a little?- Yeah, can't wait!
0:34:29 > 0:34:30It's so exciting!
0:34:30 > 0:34:32- Cheers, babies!- Yeah!
0:34:32 > 0:34:35Oh, God! God help me!
0:34:35 > 0:34:37# Baby, baby, we're on the right... #
0:34:37 > 0:34:42Cinderella WILL go to the club - just not in these clothes.
0:34:42 > 0:34:45- I really like these. - You can't wear these tonight, babe.
0:34:45 > 0:34:48- You want to get IN the club! - But they look so comfortable!
0:34:48 > 0:34:50- No.- No, no!
0:34:50 > 0:34:52- Put them down.- I love them.
0:34:54 > 0:34:57Are there rules about how much flesh you should or shouldn't show?
0:34:57 > 0:35:00Yeah. Erm, if you're going to show your boobs,
0:35:00 > 0:35:02you shouldn't be showing your stomach.
0:35:02 > 0:35:04- Right.- Like, you can't wear, like,
0:35:04 > 0:35:06just a bra top like that, with your boobs hanging out,
0:35:06 > 0:35:09then your stomach hanging out, and your legs as well - that's not hot.
0:35:09 > 0:35:13- So it's choose your flesh. - You need to look hot.- Classy...
0:35:13 > 0:35:17- Yeah, classy. Not like... a hooker, basically.- Yeah.
0:35:17 > 0:35:19Please don't make me look like a hooker!
0:35:19 > 0:35:21I'm a bit scared. Bye!
0:35:21 > 0:35:25Is there a particular colour that...will help you pull?
0:35:25 > 0:35:28- I like gold.- Red. - Gold for me. Gold, gold, gold.
0:35:28 > 0:35:31- What's your favourite colour to wear?- D'you know what?
0:35:31 > 0:35:33- I wear black, brown... - Boring.- ..beige...
0:35:33 > 0:35:36- Boring.- Boring.- ..bottle green.
0:35:36 > 0:35:39- Yeah.. You wear safe colours. - Boring, boring.- Really safe...
0:35:39 > 0:35:42- You don't like to stand out. - I don't like standing out.
0:35:42 > 0:35:43- Whoo!- Whoo!
0:35:43 > 0:35:45- I love it!- What do you think?
0:35:45 > 0:35:48Heart, heart...
0:35:48 > 0:35:50- You like really sick.- Really?
0:35:50 > 0:35:53You want everyone to look at you. That is definitely the one.
0:35:53 > 0:35:55- Oh!- That's great!
0:35:55 > 0:35:58- Get in there!- Get in there!
0:36:04 > 0:36:07It's four in the afternoon, and the girls get to work
0:36:07 > 0:36:10chasing down commissions from their office.
0:36:10 > 0:36:12Do you think that you're businesswomen?
0:36:12 > 0:36:15Yeah, we're definitely... I think we're doing our little thing.
0:36:15 > 0:36:17- But the party industry is so big. - Yeah.
0:36:17 > 0:36:19You think there's a recession on - there's people spending
0:36:19 > 0:36:22thousands and thousands of pounds every day.
0:36:22 > 0:36:24- Yeah.- The nightlife industry is just...
0:36:24 > 0:36:26makes so much money, you'd never believe.
0:36:35 > 0:36:37What are your aims for the future?
0:36:37 > 0:36:40To have fun, because you know what? Life is too short.
0:36:40 > 0:36:42You could be gone tomorrow. At least you could say,
0:36:42 > 0:36:43"I had a bloody good life."
0:36:43 > 0:36:45I don't even live for the weekend,
0:36:45 > 0:36:47I live for the now. I don't even think about the weekend.
0:36:47 > 0:36:50- You just live for the now. - You live for the tonight.
0:36:50 > 0:36:52Yeah. I live for the tonight.
0:36:52 > 0:36:53Yeah!
0:36:55 > 0:36:58# Na-na-na-na-na, na-na-na, na-na-na... #
0:36:58 > 0:36:59It's fun.
0:37:01 > 0:37:02# I'm lookin' in the mirror
0:37:02 > 0:37:05# And I think I'm liking what I see... #
0:37:07 > 0:37:10Oh, my God, I'm so pale, you can see the veins in my legs!
0:37:10 > 0:37:13- Number one rule - tan. - Oh, it's cold!
0:37:13 > 0:37:14Oh, my God!
0:37:14 > 0:37:17You need to look dark. It's all about the tan.
0:37:17 > 0:37:19I feel like a turkey, like you're basting me.
0:37:19 > 0:37:22- Darker the better. - Darker the better - go for gold.
0:37:22 > 0:37:26So just go through everything that a girl needs to do
0:37:26 > 0:37:27to look great.
0:37:27 > 0:37:31- Erm...- Exfoliate. - Exfoliate, shave...- Yeah.
0:37:31 > 0:37:34Everywhere - your arms, your legs, your fanny, everything.
0:37:34 > 0:37:35Ha-ha-ha!
0:37:35 > 0:37:39- Get rid of ALL the hair. - All the hair.- All natural hair.
0:37:39 > 0:37:40It's up to you, but,
0:37:40 > 0:37:43personally I just think it's clean.
0:37:43 > 0:37:46- Personally, my personal preference. - Yeah.- Whatever.
0:37:46 > 0:37:48If you like a muff, have a muff! Whatever! You know?
0:37:48 > 0:37:51Is it hard work, this work?
0:37:51 > 0:37:54- Yeah.- It is hard work. - For me, I do it to go to uni,
0:37:54 > 0:37:57like, to get myself through uni, to pay for it.
0:37:57 > 0:38:00And when it's like coming to a bill or something,
0:38:00 > 0:38:03I need that money, and I need to get the girls there.
0:38:03 > 0:38:06Who are you dressing for, the girls or the guys?
0:38:06 > 0:38:09- The girls.- The girls. - Definitely, yeah.- Really?
0:38:09 > 0:38:12It is important. You have to look good. You want to look good, though.
0:38:12 > 0:38:14You don't want to feel rough.
0:38:14 > 0:38:16On the dance floor, you want to be shaking your booty...
0:38:16 > 0:38:19- This is what we're there for. - That's what I mean.
0:38:19 > 0:38:21We are basically the main party-starters.
0:38:21 > 0:38:25We're there to start the party, so we've got to look good,
0:38:25 > 0:38:28we've got to have a wicked attitude, we can't just sit there,
0:38:28 > 0:38:31we have to dance, smile, bring the party, that's what we're there for.
0:38:31 > 0:38:34# All the boys and the girls They got it going on... #
0:38:34 > 0:38:38'OK, so I do quite enjoy the glamming up,
0:38:38 > 0:38:41'but there's a long night of trying to STAY glamorous ahead of me.'
0:38:41 > 0:38:43What if they don't let me in?
0:38:43 > 0:38:45We have created a masterpiece!
0:38:48 > 0:38:52'I AM the party-starter, the wicked party-starter!
0:38:52 > 0:38:54'Oh, yeah!'
0:38:54 > 0:38:57Oh, my God, I look so different. That's so weird!
0:38:57 > 0:38:59God!
0:39:00 > 0:39:03You have to stand in a certain way to pull it off. You can't...
0:39:03 > 0:39:05- No, you've got to be confident. - Confident, yeah.
0:39:05 > 0:39:08- I suppose tonight, this is my work outfit.- Yeah.
0:39:08 > 0:39:10- Let's go to work!- Whoo!
0:39:13 > 0:39:16- Yeah, let's make some money! - Let's make some money!- Yeah!
0:39:16 > 0:39:18'These girls seem happy as Larry about working till dawn
0:39:18 > 0:39:22'five nights a week, but maybe that's because they're don't have
0:39:22 > 0:39:25'full-time responsibilities. I'm about to do an eight-hour shift
0:39:25 > 0:39:29'in stilettos, and then go back to being a mum.
0:39:29 > 0:39:31'Help!'
0:39:33 > 0:39:38But I only have one child, one husband and one job.
0:39:38 > 0:39:40Imagine the pressure of having one child,
0:39:40 > 0:39:42no husband
0:39:42 > 0:39:44and FOUR jobs!
0:39:45 > 0:39:48I'm on my way today to Doncaster,
0:39:48 > 0:39:50to meet a woman called Katie.
0:39:50 > 0:39:53Erm, I think she's a bit of a super-mum.
0:39:53 > 0:39:57She's got four jobs. It'll be interesting to see
0:39:57 > 0:39:59how she juggles it all.
0:39:59 > 0:40:04Katie is 26, but she's already saved up enough to buy
0:40:04 > 0:40:06- her own house. - My parents have always
0:40:06 > 0:40:09drilled into me from a young age to work, work and work.
0:40:09 > 0:40:12She earns a modest salary working in admin
0:40:12 > 0:40:17for the NHS, but has a taste for the finer things in life.
0:40:17 > 0:40:20- How much?- That was 995 from New York.
0:40:20 > 0:40:24'The secret to Katie's success is hard graft.
0:40:24 > 0:40:26'On top of the day job,
0:40:26 > 0:40:30'she works part-time as a barmaid, dancer and model.'
0:40:30 > 0:40:34I would literally shovel shit, as long as it meant I was earning a wage
0:40:34 > 0:40:36to be able to give my son a good lifestyle.
0:40:36 > 0:40:38- I love you.- Love you!
0:40:38 > 0:40:42'From one working mum to another, I want to find out
0:40:42 > 0:40:43'how she does it.'
0:40:43 > 0:40:46"7.55 - leave house, 8.30 - start work.
0:40:46 > 0:40:49"Three o'clock to 6.30 - Charlie, after-school club.
0:40:49 > 0:40:50"4.30, finish work."
0:40:50 > 0:40:54I mean, it's military. Do you think you push yourself too hard?
0:40:54 > 0:40:56I think I push myself too hard doing this!
0:40:56 > 0:40:59- Why do you do it? - I want to be good at everything,
0:40:59 > 0:41:03and obviously it comes at a price, which, you're always
0:41:03 > 0:41:05poorly, and stuff like that.
0:41:05 > 0:41:09- Like, I'm feeling really poorly at the moment.- Tell me what's going on,
0:41:09 > 0:41:11- why...?- I've got a water infection,
0:41:11 > 0:41:14and I think I've got a stomach bug - I'm trying not to be sick!
0:41:14 > 0:41:17- So you've actually got... Is that cystitis?- Yeah, yeah.
0:41:17 > 0:41:19- You've got cystitis at the moment. - Yeah.
0:41:19 > 0:41:22Why are you not in bed?
0:41:22 > 0:41:24Haven't got time!
0:41:24 > 0:41:27'Katie's doctor has prescribed antibiotics,
0:41:27 > 0:41:29'but they don't seem to be working yet.'
0:41:29 > 0:41:31Shivering.
0:41:31 > 0:41:33Yeah. You're... You're shaking.
0:41:33 > 0:41:35You're actually shaking.
0:41:35 > 0:41:38My heart is going 10 to the dozen as well, which I don't like.
0:41:40 > 0:41:43Yeah. Do you know? I know this - cystitis
0:41:43 > 0:41:46- is the working mum's illness.- I know.
0:41:46 > 0:41:48It's when you've pushed yourself too far.
0:41:48 > 0:41:51My legs are aching, they're in pain, my legs.
0:41:51 > 0:41:55You're literally... You're shaking like a leaf.
0:41:55 > 0:41:57I'm going to have to just sit down, I'm sorry.
0:41:57 > 0:41:58I think you should sit down.
0:41:58 > 0:42:00Oh! >
0:42:00 > 0:42:03'Katie's really ill tonight. I've just left her. Erm...'
0:42:03 > 0:42:06I just hope she gets some sleep tonight, and feels better tomorrow.
0:42:06 > 0:42:07We'll see.
0:42:07 > 0:42:11The next morning, Katie looks better, and is on her way
0:42:11 > 0:42:13to a bridal wear photoshoot.
0:42:13 > 0:42:17However, it's soon clear how she's managing -
0:42:17 > 0:42:19prescription painkillers.
0:42:19 > 0:42:22They're only paracetamols, but the strongest you could possibly get.
0:42:22 > 0:42:24Amazing!
0:42:26 > 0:42:28- Feel really great?- Yeah, fine. - Except for the massive
0:42:28 > 0:42:30- stomach pains.- Yeah, they'll go in about an hour!
0:42:30 > 0:42:34# Is it the look in your eyes...? #
0:42:34 > 0:42:37Straight at the camera, Katie. That's it, lovely.
0:42:37 > 0:42:39Straight at the camera.
0:42:39 > 0:42:42# Baby, I think I want to marry you... #
0:42:42 > 0:42:44She's all right now - adrenaline
0:42:44 > 0:42:47is keeping her going, but there will come a point
0:42:47 > 0:42:51where her body just can't function any more.
0:42:51 > 0:42:53She's pulling it out of the bag,
0:42:53 > 0:42:56and I don't know where she's getting that energy from, I really don't.
0:42:58 > 0:43:02'Katie's also a dancer on the working men's club circuit,
0:43:02 > 0:43:05'and spends every other weekend gigging around the country.
0:43:05 > 0:43:09'Never one to pass up a chance for a dance,
0:43:09 > 0:43:11'I join her rehearsal...'
0:43:12 > 0:43:17HIGH-TEMPO DANCE MUSIC PLAYS
0:43:19 > 0:43:23'She's on really strong painkillers,'
0:43:23 > 0:43:26because she's got a headache and stomach pains.
0:43:26 > 0:43:29She has not stopped.
0:43:34 > 0:43:37'It's 5pm, and while Katie's mum picks up Charlie
0:43:37 > 0:43:41'from after-school club, Katie arrives for her final shift,
0:43:41 > 0:43:43'pulling pints in her dad's pub.'
0:43:43 > 0:43:45- Cheers.- Pleasure, me darling.
0:43:45 > 0:43:49Katie has a really, really strong work ethic.
0:43:49 > 0:43:52- Mmm.- Has that come from you?
0:43:52 > 0:43:55We've always said, "If you want to earn some money,
0:43:55 > 0:43:58"you've got to go out there, we're not just going to give you money."
0:43:58 > 0:44:00Why do you think Katie does it all?
0:44:00 > 0:44:03She likes pressure, she's got to be under pressure to do something,
0:44:03 > 0:44:06otherwise, she's lost, really.
0:44:09 > 0:44:11Why is working hard so important?
0:44:11 > 0:44:14It's the proudness, it's...work, it's the fact
0:44:14 > 0:44:18that you're working, earning your own money, you're independent.
0:44:18 > 0:44:22Anybody who's active, working and getting up, it makes you feel better.
0:44:22 > 0:44:24Is stress quite enjoyable for you?
0:44:24 > 0:44:28It's a different type of stress - you can't say it's stressful.
0:44:28 > 0:44:31For me, it's an enjoyment, it's the adrenaline rush.
0:44:31 > 0:44:34People go skiing, jumping out of planes or bungee jumping -
0:44:34 > 0:44:37I do this, and that's my rush.
0:44:37 > 0:44:40Do you think you can keep this pace up?
0:44:40 > 0:44:43Well, I'm young, I may as well get as much out of life
0:44:43 > 0:44:45as possible until, like, something hits me.
0:44:45 > 0:44:49I really admire Katie, but I do worry that something
0:44:49 > 0:44:52IS going to kick her, sooner rather than later.
0:44:58 > 0:45:01But I couldn't have predicted what happened next.
0:45:01 > 0:45:06Two days after I left her, Katie was rushed to hospital.
0:45:06 > 0:45:09And, two weeks later, she is still there.
0:45:09 > 0:45:14- What has happened?- Well, I am in hospital and I have been for ages.
0:45:14 > 0:45:18I got a kidney infection but then it turned into septicaemia as well.
0:45:18 > 0:45:20- Oh, God!- I have been really, really poorly.
0:45:20 > 0:45:25The doctor said the reason that I was not responding was because I was exhausted as well,
0:45:25 > 0:45:28like, so my body was like recovering from exhaustion
0:45:28 > 0:45:30as well as everything else.
0:45:30 > 0:45:33When you get home, do you think you will take it easy?
0:45:33 > 0:45:36Um, yeah I am.
0:45:36 > 0:45:39I have kind of, like,
0:45:39 > 0:45:43cancelled everything that I had in my diary until the end of March.
0:45:43 > 0:45:48Katie, it sounds like you are actually taking your foot off the accelerator!
0:45:48 > 0:45:51Yeah, it has been a bit of a wake-up call
0:45:51 > 0:45:54because it was really scary and I have been really, really poorly.
0:45:54 > 0:45:58I am so sorry that you have been ill, it sounds awful, but I am
0:45:58 > 0:46:02really glad that you're going to take a bit more time for yourself.
0:46:02 > 0:46:05- Yes, definitely. - OK, my love, well, take care.
0:46:05 > 0:46:08All right, bye! Bye!
0:46:09 > 0:46:12So it sounds like Katie has been really ill.
0:46:12 > 0:46:15It is a shame that she has had to be hospitalised to realise
0:46:15 > 0:46:18that she has been perhaps pushing herself a little bit too hard.
0:46:18 > 0:46:24It is ironic that Katie's healthy attitude to hard work has made her so ill.
0:46:24 > 0:46:26Now back to Bianca and her friends,
0:46:26 > 0:46:28who also have a healthy attitude to work.
0:46:28 > 0:46:30They mix it with fun,
0:46:30 > 0:46:34but I am about to find out if that comes with its own price tag.
0:46:36 > 0:46:38This West End club has hired three Glamazons
0:46:38 > 0:46:41and one slightly uncomfortable wallflower
0:46:41 > 0:46:46to get their party started, if I can get past the promoter's beady eye that is!
0:46:46 > 0:46:48I expect them to turn up dolled up to the max, um,
0:46:48 > 0:46:52looking to entice people to come into the club, dancing
0:46:52 > 0:46:56in the club, make people spend and want to generally have fun
0:46:56 > 0:46:58and think that your night is the best night in the West End.
0:46:58 > 0:47:02- This is Cherry, she is hot stuff. - Nice to meet you.- Are you all right?
0:47:02 > 0:47:06- Yeah, I heard you're the man who lets people in?- Oh, yes.
0:47:06 > 0:47:09Wayhey! Ooh!
0:47:09 > 0:47:12- 10 out of 10!- Sexy!
0:47:12 > 0:47:16- Am I allowed in?- You're the best so far of the five.- Shut up, babe!
0:47:21 > 0:47:23And here's how it works.
0:47:23 > 0:47:26The girls earn £10 for every girl they get into the club.
0:47:26 > 0:47:28CC has already got four.
0:47:28 > 0:47:31Their guests get free entry and free drinks.
0:47:31 > 0:47:34The girls then attract the boys and the boys spend a lot of money
0:47:34 > 0:47:36- simple really!
0:47:47 > 0:47:51The party girls look after their guests and, most importantly,
0:47:51 > 0:47:53liven up the club.
0:47:55 > 0:47:58Now, if I could just enter into the spirit!
0:48:03 > 0:48:08What I am realising is that there is nothing less fun than being
0:48:08 > 0:48:10made to have fun.
0:48:10 > 0:48:15The pressure to have fun, to dance and have a great time,
0:48:15 > 0:48:18when actually, inside I am feeling a bit awkward, not very confident...
0:48:18 > 0:48:20But those girls,
0:48:20 > 0:48:23the pressure that they are feeling is that it doesn't matter what
0:48:23 > 0:48:27they are feeling, they have to be having the best time ever!
0:48:27 > 0:48:31And it is actually quite stressful.
0:48:31 > 0:48:34It feels a little bit like a cattle market,
0:48:34 > 0:48:37all the girls dancing in the middle and all the boys are looking
0:48:37 > 0:48:40on as though choosing which one they are going to pick off.
0:48:40 > 0:48:43I feel really uncomfortable, and actually,
0:48:43 > 0:48:46if I'm being honest, I absolutely hate it.
0:48:46 > 0:48:49It brings out this anger in me that somebody might be watching me,
0:48:49 > 0:48:51picking out whether they want to be with me
0:48:51 > 0:48:55based on whether my bum looks good or my tits are big enough.
0:48:55 > 0:49:00It makes me so angry. It is so not my... It is awful.
0:49:00 > 0:49:02But, after my little rant,
0:49:02 > 0:49:06a triple vodka helps steady my nerves for the next challenge.
0:49:12 > 0:49:16Bianca has a lucrative sideline in a podium dancing
0:49:16 > 0:49:19and has somehow persuaded me to join her.
0:49:22 > 0:49:24- Here you are.- Great(!)
0:49:24 > 0:49:27Nice knickers, and they are brand-new.
0:49:27 > 0:49:30- Please have bum, please have bum! - Yes, they are nice.
0:49:30 > 0:49:34How much extra cash do you get from doing your dancing?
0:49:34 > 0:49:37From this club, an extra £70.
0:49:37 > 0:49:39Dance work is reliable work, obviously promoting is not
0:49:39 > 0:49:41reliable because you don't know, girls might not turn up.
0:49:41 > 0:49:45But the dancing is reliable work and I actually pay my rent with that work.
0:49:45 > 0:49:49- Do you think that you earn your money?- Yes, definitely.
0:49:49 > 0:49:50I shake my arse out there!
0:49:52 > 0:49:57- How much does alcohol play in it? - Well, I don't get too wasted.
0:49:57 > 0:50:01I mean I am actually feeling a bit wayhey at the moment,
0:50:01 > 0:50:04but, normally if you are going to go out and you have to dance,
0:50:04 > 0:50:08normally I am quite responsible until after the night
0:50:08 > 0:50:10is finished and then I go onto the after parties.
0:50:10 > 0:50:13That is when I let my hair down a bit!
0:50:13 > 0:50:15That is a picture of yourself!
0:50:15 > 0:50:17She is like...!
0:50:17 > 0:50:20Bianca, we have got money to earn, yeah?
0:50:20 > 0:50:22Got money to earn.
0:50:24 > 0:50:27- Are we ready to do this? - Dutch courage, it is the only way.
0:50:27 > 0:50:29All right, here we go.
0:50:29 > 0:50:30Ready?
0:50:37 > 0:50:41MUSIC: Bad Girls by M.I.A
0:50:43 > 0:50:46Slowly, my inhibitions dissolve
0:50:46 > 0:50:49and I finally connect with my inner sex goddess!
0:51:05 > 0:51:09Well, I definitely enjoyed that more than I thought I would.
0:51:12 > 0:51:13It is really hard to know
0:51:13 > 0:51:19whether that feeling of being really sexy and looked at
0:51:19 > 0:51:23is the alcohol or whether that's me, I don't know.
0:51:23 > 0:51:25I think that's part of the evening,
0:51:25 > 0:51:30is that the alcohol really helps to cover some of the awkwardness.
0:51:33 > 0:51:36I just don't think I'm cut out for this line of work.
0:51:37 > 0:51:39What I felt uncomfortable about
0:51:39 > 0:51:41was that it was a bit of a cattle market,
0:51:41 > 0:51:42The guys looking at the girls,
0:51:42 > 0:51:46the girls looking at the guys, is that just the way it is?
0:51:46 > 0:51:47The West End is pretty much like that,
0:51:47 > 0:51:50guys are standing looking at girls and they don't come over
0:51:50 > 0:51:52until they see a bottle of champagne go over, that is
0:51:52 > 0:51:55when the girls think, "Right, let's get over to those fellas."
0:51:55 > 0:51:57As soon as you girls are partying and dragging the boys in,
0:51:57 > 0:51:59the boys start to get their money out and spend.
0:51:59 > 0:52:01Would you pay me to be a party girl?
0:52:01 > 0:52:02I would.
0:52:02 > 0:52:04Definitely.
0:52:04 > 0:52:06It's my plan B!
0:52:06 > 0:52:10No, it isn't! I know it, you know it, we all know it.
0:52:16 > 0:52:18A few days later and it is the girls' turn
0:52:18 > 0:52:20to visit me in my office.
0:52:20 > 0:52:25I want to know how they cope with the pressures of the job.
0:52:25 > 0:52:26Take a pew!
0:52:26 > 0:52:29One of the things that I did not like that night,
0:52:29 > 0:52:31and I felt a bit uncomfortable with,
0:52:31 > 0:52:33was that there seemed to be a bit of a cattle market thing in the
0:52:33 > 0:52:37middle, so all of the girls go into the middle and do this sort of...
0:52:37 > 0:52:39Mmm-mm-mmm...
0:52:39 > 0:52:40THEY GIGGLE
0:52:40 > 0:52:43And all the boys surround them and look at them, and it felt
0:52:43 > 0:52:46a little bit like the boys were selecting which could be wanted.
0:52:47 > 0:52:52I did not like that at all! It made me feel really violated actually.
0:52:52 > 0:52:55When the guys look at you, it attracts them
0:52:55 > 0:52:56to buy more alcohol for you.
0:52:56 > 0:52:59They come over and ask you if you want more drinks.
0:52:59 > 0:53:01So, it is like a transaction?
0:53:01 > 0:53:04You stand in the middle and kind of offer something,
0:53:04 > 0:53:06offer this temptation?
0:53:06 > 0:53:08And the boys spend the money?
0:53:08 > 0:53:11Do you not mind, sometimes, being looked at like that though,
0:53:11 > 0:53:15just for how you look, just because you're offering a sexy image?
0:53:15 > 0:53:19- I love it! - It gets your ego going if I'm honest!
0:53:19 > 0:53:21For me, if I am on the dancefloor and all them guys are watching,
0:53:21 > 0:53:26I'm glad they're doing that, because it is like, yeah, I'm going to show you...
0:53:26 > 0:53:29I think it depends because, obviously, everyone is different.
0:53:29 > 0:53:31You don't really like it, do you?
0:53:31 > 0:53:32It's how you carry yourself as well,
0:53:32 > 0:53:36so I don't really go in the middle and start giving it all that,
0:53:36 > 0:53:39because for me it is work, and I am there to make sure everybody
0:53:39 > 0:53:44else has a good time, I don't necessarily have to do that.
0:53:44 > 0:53:47I don't feel that I should have to. And, you don't always
0:53:47 > 0:53:50have to do that to get attention.
0:53:50 > 0:53:52In a way, you are kind of the go-between,
0:53:52 > 0:53:56you're bringing the girls in to get the guys to spend the money.
0:53:56 > 0:53:59It is a bit of a transaction. Isn't it a bit pimpy?
0:53:59 > 0:54:03Kind of, I think it depends on the individual and how you act
0:54:03 > 0:54:05and how you are perceived.
0:54:05 > 0:54:08We are there to simply bring in hot girls and have a good time.
0:54:08 > 0:54:11Now, it is up to them girls as to how they carry themselves
0:54:11 > 0:54:15and how they want to be perceived, to how they put themselves across.
0:54:15 > 0:54:19Have you ever been approached to have sex in your job?
0:54:19 > 0:54:25Oh, God, yes! On Sunday, I got approached by a bouncer to tell me
0:54:25 > 0:54:26to go over to this table.
0:54:26 > 0:54:29I just thought he wanted me to go on to his table and have a drink,
0:54:29 > 0:54:31but then all I heard was, "How much?"
0:54:31 > 0:54:36and after that I was like, right, I'm not that, I am a promoter.
0:54:36 > 0:54:38I have nothing against it for those girls,
0:54:38 > 0:54:41but I am just saying that, myself, I wouldn't do it.
0:54:41 > 0:54:45- So, is it all worth it? - ALL: Definitely.
0:54:45 > 0:54:47We are out, we are having fun, we're young,
0:54:47 > 0:54:49we're not doing anything wrong
0:54:49 > 0:54:53and we're making our friends come out for free, have a good time
0:54:53 > 0:54:55and we're doing, essentially,
0:54:55 > 0:54:58is making fond memories for when we are older.
0:54:58 > 0:55:01I can't think of many jobs where having to deny that you're
0:55:01 > 0:55:05on the game is an occupational hazard, but these girls manage
0:55:05 > 0:55:10to work hard, play hard, and for now they are getting away with it.
0:55:13 > 0:55:16So I've met people who work incredibly hard,
0:55:16 > 0:55:23and as a consequence have sacrificed some really important things in their lives.
0:55:23 > 0:55:26And I've met people who play really hard,
0:55:26 > 0:55:30and as a result, suffer for seven days of the week.
0:55:30 > 0:55:33I definitely really struggle to find the right
0:55:33 > 0:55:37balance between working and playing,
0:55:37 > 0:55:42and I definitely could switch off a little bit more.
0:55:42 > 0:55:45So I'm going to bite the bullet, and start now.
0:56:13 > 0:56:16Next time, I'll be finding out what money does to our relationships.
0:56:16 > 0:56:19- The older we get, the more expensive we get!- The more expensive we get.
0:56:19 > 0:56:24- Do you love that control?- Yes, of course I do. I am a control freak!
0:56:24 > 0:56:26Can money buy you love?
0:56:26 > 0:56:27Kiss my feet, slave!
0:56:27 > 0:56:31- So, you just get guys to give you money? Money?- Pretty much!
0:56:31 > 0:56:34And can love survive without it?
0:56:34 > 0:56:38Their relationship has been put under so much pressure.
0:56:38 > 0:56:41I ate gone-off tinned beans once.
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