0:00:03 > 0:00:07Newcastle upon Tyne, cultural capital of the Northeast.
0:00:07 > 0:00:09And famously a party city.
0:00:13 > 0:00:17But it's also home to some of the most deprived areas in the whole of the UK.
0:00:17 > 0:00:21- REPORTER:- In the Northeast, we have the highest unemployment rate in the country.
0:00:21 > 0:00:25A quarter of children in the Northeast live below the poverty line.
0:00:26 > 0:00:31And for the past four days, it's also become home to four posh girls from down south.
0:00:31 > 0:00:35We should all have jobs. I don't really want one.
0:00:35 > 0:00:39Increasingly, British society is divided between the haves...
0:00:39 > 0:00:41I quite like the gold Rolex.
0:00:41 > 0:00:42..and the have-nots.
0:00:42 > 0:00:45There were times when I hadn't money to put gas and electric on.
0:00:45 > 0:00:48I've had no choice but to be on benefits.
0:00:48 > 0:00:50So far at the Geordie Finishing School,
0:00:50 > 0:00:54the privileged young ladies have been paired with Geordie locals.
0:00:54 > 0:00:56Most rich people really are stuck up.
0:00:56 > 0:00:58Cheers.
0:01:00 > 0:01:02They've given up their credit cards
0:01:02 > 0:01:05for ten days of living on the equivalent of the dole.
0:01:05 > 0:01:07Shall we count it all together? SHOP BELL RINGS
0:01:07 > 0:01:10This is different to Waitrose!
0:01:10 > 0:01:13They've learnt the subtleties of the Geordie dialect...
0:01:13 > 0:01:16ALL: Hoo noo broon coo.
0:01:16 > 0:01:18..Geordie dress sense...
0:01:18 > 0:01:20I don't really wear casual clothes.
0:01:20 > 0:01:22..and the effects of drug abuse.
0:01:22 > 0:01:24Never met anyone that's through what she's been through.
0:01:24 > 0:01:27THEY SCREAM
0:01:27 > 0:01:32Now it's time for these well-to-do young ladies to get down to work.
0:01:32 > 0:01:35It's good to see them doing some hard graft, innit?
0:01:36 > 0:01:37Sparkling...
0:01:37 > 0:01:39But not everyone's happy...
0:01:39 > 0:01:41We're getting taken to this horrendous pub.
0:01:41 > 0:01:44..when the boot is on the other foot.
0:01:44 > 0:01:46I feel very posh, very royal.
0:01:46 > 0:01:49- It does good things for your boobs, babes.- I look dead skinny.
0:01:49 > 0:01:51They're like wow!
0:01:51 > 0:01:55But there's a whole lot to learn when they enrol at the Geordie Finishing School For Girls.
0:01:55 > 0:01:57Oh, no, I'm going to cry.
0:01:58 > 0:02:02This programme contains some strong language.
0:02:03 > 0:02:05DOGS BARK
0:02:05 > 0:02:10Just outside the city centre are the areas of Byker and Walker.
0:02:11 > 0:02:13Life here can be tough,
0:02:13 > 0:02:17with an unemployment rate that's three times the national average.
0:02:19 > 0:02:23The girls have been living in an ex-council house on this estate in Walker.
0:02:25 > 0:02:27This week, they will be tested by doing tough,
0:02:27 > 0:02:30sweaty and low-paid jobs in Newcastle.
0:02:30 > 0:02:32Do you want washing powder?
0:02:32 > 0:02:3424-year-old Fiona, from London,
0:02:34 > 0:02:38has decided to get the laundry done, in case it gets messy.
0:02:38 > 0:02:40SHE SCREAMS
0:02:42 > 0:02:44What the fuck?!
0:02:46 > 0:02:48Oh, God, that stinks!
0:02:48 > 0:02:50What? Oh, God, that smells awful.
0:02:52 > 0:02:55Everyone else's garden's got shit in it, we may as well just...
0:02:57 > 0:03:01Hiding upstairs is 24-year-old events manager Lucy.
0:03:01 > 0:03:05Someone spilt rubbish juice somewhere and I don't like sick.
0:03:05 > 0:03:08I mean, I don't like it because I'm going to be sick.
0:03:08 > 0:03:11I dreamed that Robert Pattinson fancied me.
0:03:11 > 0:03:1520-year-old Fi Wishart is ready to lend a hand.
0:03:18 > 0:03:21But whether she's helping or hindering is up for debate.
0:03:21 > 0:03:23That is fucking...
0:03:23 > 0:03:28Shall we not bother with the...with the stick? Do you want to hold the stick?
0:03:28 > 0:03:31Taking charge is 21-year-old military-trained Steph,
0:03:31 > 0:03:33who just gets stuck in.
0:03:33 > 0:03:38Over the next few days, these privileged girls will be dropped in at the deep end.
0:03:38 > 0:03:42They'll be doing hard graft that they wouldn't normally entertain.
0:03:46 > 0:03:50When the girls first arrived they were set a strict budgeting task.
0:03:50 > 0:03:54- I have 38...- They were given the equivalent of Jobseeker's Allowance.
0:03:54 > 0:03:57After deductions, they each started out with £59.
0:03:57 > 0:04:01- I've got £23.38.- £125 roughly.
0:04:03 > 0:04:05- That's loads!- £125 quid?
0:04:05 > 0:04:08I think they get given quite a lot, to be honest.
0:04:08 > 0:04:10- We could...- Go swimming.
0:04:10 > 0:04:13- We could easily go swimming. - It's £2.50 to go swimming.
0:04:13 > 0:04:18We could go bowling. We could go to the cinema, we could go to the theatre on this.
0:04:18 > 0:04:22Although the girls seem to think they are doing well on the budget,
0:04:22 > 0:04:24things are about to get tougher.
0:04:27 > 0:04:30We're gonna have a drugs and alcohol session...
0:04:30 > 0:04:34Guiding the Southern girls through their work experience is youth worker Huffty.
0:04:34 > 0:04:38With over 20 years of knowledge, she knows how difficult life can be.
0:04:38 > 0:04:41A really important point for the Southern lasses coming here
0:04:41 > 0:04:43is that they're going to find out that
0:04:43 > 0:04:46yes, we've got the highest unemployment rate in the country.
0:04:46 > 0:04:49However, we're grafters. Geordies work hard and they want to work.
0:04:49 > 0:04:51That's gonna be an eye-opener.
0:04:53 > 0:04:56Huffty wants the posh girls to know what it's like
0:04:56 > 0:04:58grafting for low wages in Newcastle.
0:04:58 > 0:05:02So she brought in the Geordie girls to come up with a plan.
0:05:02 > 0:05:07- What kind of jobs should we give them so they understand what... - Cleaners.- ..hard graft is like?
0:05:07 > 0:05:09Cleaning.
0:05:09 > 0:05:12How do you think they'd manage at your chip shop, Shauna?
0:05:12 > 0:05:15I think, "Oh, my nails!"
0:05:15 > 0:05:16THEY LAUGH
0:05:16 > 0:05:18I think they'd find it difficult.
0:05:19 > 0:05:2418-year-old Shauna has lived in Byker all her life is and studying for her A Levels.
0:05:24 > 0:05:28She has worked since she was 16 to get herself through her studies.
0:05:28 > 0:05:32Excuse me, what kind of fruit juice would you like with your children's meal?
0:05:32 > 0:05:36I need to work. I like to know I've worked for my money - it hasn't just been handed to us.
0:05:36 > 0:05:39I like knowing I bought that because I worked for that.
0:05:39 > 0:05:41I would love to put them in the job I'm in,
0:05:41 > 0:05:44because it's 12-hour shifts, plus I've got to juggle my little boy.
0:05:44 > 0:05:47What kind of jobs do you think they'd do?
0:05:47 > 0:05:48Nothing.
0:05:48 > 0:05:50- You don't think they work?- No.
0:05:50 > 0:05:52Too lazy to get up and go out.
0:05:53 > 0:05:55As well as looking after her toddler
0:05:55 > 0:05:58while her husband is fighting in Afghanistan,
0:05:58 > 0:06:01Kim is also a part-time care worker.
0:06:01 > 0:06:03- Go and show the babas.- Bye.
0:06:04 > 0:06:07Despite this, she's in debt and struggling to cope.
0:06:07 > 0:06:12I go out and I do work to get my own income for me, and my son,
0:06:12 > 0:06:19which is that bit harder. Work-wise, it's not easy, money is all right.
0:06:19 > 0:06:20But, it could be better.
0:06:20 > 0:06:24How do you think they'd cope on a budget in Newcastle?
0:06:24 > 0:06:26Possibly, I think two or three of them will cry.
0:06:26 > 0:06:29They'll be like, "Why have you sent me here?!"
0:06:31 > 0:06:33Makylea wants to become a professional singer.
0:06:36 > 0:06:39But, for now, she's an unemployed single mum
0:06:39 > 0:06:41and is training to be a carer.
0:06:41 > 0:06:43Why have you been naughty? Look at me.
0:06:43 > 0:06:48I've met a few wealthy people and it really pisses me off to some great height.
0:06:48 > 0:06:50'I'd love to put you in my position for a week
0:06:50 > 0:06:52'and do the weekly shopping, 20 quid.'
0:06:52 > 0:06:55Because sometimes it's just impossible.
0:06:55 > 0:06:58What do you reckon it's like to never worry about money?
0:06:58 > 0:07:03Like they would pay daft prices for stuff, like a pair of socks.
0:07:03 > 0:07:04THEY LAUGH
0:07:06 > 0:07:09Lyndsey had a tough childhood, drinking from the age of 13
0:07:09 > 0:07:12and getting into lots of scrapes.
0:07:12 > 0:07:15- When you back to school? - She's turned things around
0:07:15 > 0:07:19and is a youth worker trying to help local kids steer clear of trouble.
0:07:21 > 0:07:25I think it's important work I do, because, when I was younger,
0:07:25 > 0:07:29if I had someone like me walking around the estate,
0:07:29 > 0:07:33and taking them on trips and asking them how they are
0:07:33 > 0:07:35and not telling them off for things,
0:07:35 > 0:07:41I think I would have responded better than the police telling us off.
0:07:41 > 0:07:44- You're going to play football? Just here?- Aye.
0:07:44 > 0:07:48Most of my job is talking to people.
0:07:48 > 0:07:52My ma says I'd talk to the lamppost if no one else was there!
0:07:53 > 0:07:56The Geordie lasses settle on Shauna's chip shop
0:07:56 > 0:08:02and an early morning cleaning crabs at the fish quay to give the posh girls a taste of Geordie graft.
0:08:09 > 0:08:13Across town, Huffty has popped around to the posh girls' house
0:08:13 > 0:08:16to let them know what their first job will be.
0:08:16 > 0:08:18Do you like chips? ALL: Yes!
0:08:18 > 0:08:21You're going to be going to Shauna's chip shop.
0:08:21 > 0:08:24- I knew we were going to do that!- I had such a weird feeling about that!
0:08:24 > 0:08:28Monday is cleaning day in the chip shop.
0:08:28 > 0:08:30- Are there any toilets? - Of course there's toilets.
0:08:33 > 0:08:35You won't clean the toilets?
0:08:35 > 0:08:39- I can't, I'll retch. - You'll retch?- Yes.- Why?
0:08:39 > 0:08:42- I have a really weak stomach.- Are you proper cockily?- What's that?
0:08:42 > 0:08:46You gag at everything if you're cockily. That's exactly what it means.
0:08:46 > 0:08:50So if you started retching, somebody would go, "Look at the cockily bairn."
0:08:50 > 0:08:55The most important thing for Lucy about working in the chip shop is what to wear.
0:08:55 > 0:08:59- These are fine.- Really?- They are!
0:08:59 > 0:09:03- Your boots?- They are real rabbit.- Shut up! Your boots are made of real rabbit?
0:09:03 > 0:09:06- No way! No, really?- Yeah.
0:09:06 > 0:09:09Swear down, they're like rabbit-made boots?!
0:09:09 > 0:09:12You're wearing bunny rabbits on your legs?
0:09:12 > 0:09:16- They're fine.- If you wear them in the chip shop, if you think about it,
0:09:16 > 0:09:21there will be grease, oil, fat and there's going to be urine.
0:09:21 > 0:09:26- Why do bunny rabbits...- Why will there be wee?!- Why do bunny rabbits...?
0:09:26 > 0:09:29How do you think bunny rabbits smell with human urine all over them?
0:09:29 > 0:09:32- No!- No?
0:09:32 > 0:09:36- No! I don't want to change. - Well, keep them on.
0:09:37 > 0:09:39I don't want to go any more.
0:09:44 > 0:09:48Shauna's chippy is on the girl's doorstep, so no chance of missing the shift.
0:09:48 > 0:09:51We're going to put one or two of you with Karen on the counter.
0:09:51 > 0:09:55She'll teach you the till and then we'll have a couple of you in the back,
0:09:55 > 0:09:59- with Tommy and Tommy will... - Love being in the back with Tommy!
0:09:59 > 0:10:01- Oh!- I bet you do!
0:10:03 > 0:10:07Toilets in there. So, I'll see you all soon!
0:10:07 > 0:10:09Nice girls, aren't they?
0:10:09 > 0:10:13I might not be saying that at the end of the night!
0:10:13 > 0:10:16Joy has got reason to worry,
0:10:16 > 0:10:21as squeamish Lucy's first job will certainly test her ability to hold onto her breakfast.
0:10:22 > 0:10:25Right, what it is, Lucy, I'll give you gloves,
0:10:25 > 0:10:27because it is a little bit dirty.
0:10:28 > 0:10:31- What is that?- This is a grease drop,
0:10:31 > 0:10:36- that's basically where the crap goes down.- No!
0:10:38 > 0:10:41- Oh, yuck!- It smells a little bit.
0:10:41 > 0:10:45- Oh, my God.- Do smells bother you? - OK. It's fine. It's fine.
0:10:45 > 0:10:48Oh, my God. Oh, my God!
0:10:48 > 0:10:51- It's what you guys call cockily. - Cockily, yes, aye.
0:10:51 > 0:10:54That's me. OK. It's fine.
0:10:56 > 0:10:59- Can you do it with me? - I'll give you a hand, aye.
0:10:59 > 0:11:01Or should I say you give me a hand?
0:11:01 > 0:11:02SHE SCREAMS
0:11:02 > 0:11:03It's all squidgy.
0:11:05 > 0:11:10- So, that's all the husks of the... - Stop, stop, stop! I don't want to...
0:11:14 > 0:11:15SHE RETCHES
0:11:15 > 0:11:19- Oh, God!- It's not that bad.- Argh!
0:11:19 > 0:11:21It looks like sick, though.
0:11:21 > 0:11:22Come on.
0:11:22 > 0:11:23SHE GASPS
0:11:23 > 0:11:28Although Lucy is struggling, Steph is racing ahead with the bread rolls.
0:11:28 > 0:11:31- Quite a pace, then? - Sorry?- Quite a pace.
0:11:31 > 0:11:34Ooh, well, I've got targets to hit.
0:11:34 > 0:11:37I don't know what they are. I'm sure there are targets to hit.
0:11:37 > 0:11:41Back in Wales, Steph lives and breathes targets
0:11:41 > 0:11:45and thrives on the discipline of military life in the Officers' Training Corps.
0:11:46 > 0:11:51The Officers' Training Corps is essentially about taking university students
0:11:51 > 0:11:53who are likely to be future captains of industry,
0:11:53 > 0:11:56or leaders in whatever specific field they are,
0:11:56 > 0:12:01and developing people's confidence, all sorts of essential things.
0:12:01 > 0:12:06For Steph, travelling to an area with the highest level of unemployment in the country
0:12:06 > 0:12:09is going to pose a very different kind of challenge.
0:12:09 > 0:12:13I have very little tolerance of, and patience for, people who
0:12:13 > 0:12:18don't make something of their lives and who sit around waiting for life to come to them.
0:12:18 > 0:12:21Because it won't and the rest of us, whether privileged or not,
0:12:21 > 0:12:25have to work for a living and make something of our own lives,
0:12:25 > 0:12:26and everybody should.
0:12:27 > 0:12:31In the chippy, Steph is applying her positive thinking and military discipline
0:12:31 > 0:12:33to making fish and chip boxes.
0:12:34 > 0:12:40I'm putting paper in these boxes and folding them and I've got a target of 100 in half an hour.
0:12:40 > 0:12:42Shauna, you go with Fi.
0:12:43 > 0:12:45Fi and Shauna are worlds apart.
0:12:45 > 0:12:50While Shauna has been working since she was 16, Fi has barely worked at all
0:12:50 > 0:12:54and has certainly never cleaned a public toilet before.
0:12:54 > 0:12:57And the bottom of the toilet needs doing.
0:12:59 > 0:13:02- What, like down here?- Yeah.
0:13:02 > 0:13:04Oh, my God, my face is close to it.
0:13:08 > 0:13:09Sparkling.
0:13:10 > 0:13:14At home, Fi doesn't have to worry about getting a job.
0:13:14 > 0:13:18Her parents top up her student loan with £700 a month.
0:13:18 > 0:13:20I love this balcony.
0:13:20 > 0:13:21She is privileged.
0:13:21 > 0:13:23She's trying to do it on her own,
0:13:23 > 0:13:24but...she has a lot of help.
0:13:26 > 0:13:30On the work front, she's got no experience whatsoever.
0:13:30 > 0:13:32She's never done a day's work in her life!
0:13:34 > 0:13:35Having a job is really important.
0:13:35 > 0:13:41We should all have jobs. I don't want one, but, like, who does, really?
0:13:41 > 0:13:43I love working, me.
0:13:43 > 0:13:48I've heard that. Apparently, if you work all the time and you don't work...
0:13:48 > 0:13:52- I'd get dead bored.- You'd get bored?- Have you got a job now?
0:13:52 > 0:13:55- No.- Why?- I don't have time.
0:13:55 > 0:14:00- So, do you just rely on your parents for money?- Yeah.
0:14:00 > 0:14:02'I've had to work from I was 16.'
0:14:02 > 0:14:07I can't keep asking me mam for money now I'm, like, 18 and keep going, "Oh, give us this, give us that."
0:14:07 > 0:14:10I can't do what they do, just ask their parents if they needed money.
0:14:10 > 0:14:13So I go out and work, and I enjoy working.
0:14:13 > 0:14:16I worked for a week at Harvey Nichols in Dubai.
0:14:16 > 0:14:21- So, how long did you last in the job? Why did you leave?- For a week?
0:14:21 > 0:14:23Because it was really boring.
0:14:23 > 0:14:25It was. It was a horrible job.
0:14:25 > 0:14:29That's the difference. She doesn't have to work, but then, like she's saying, she wants to work.
0:14:29 > 0:14:33'So, I know where she's coming from with that. But, you know,'
0:14:33 > 0:14:36she doesn't really need to work, does she?
0:14:36 > 0:14:39- I didn't even get paid. - Did you not?- No.
0:14:39 > 0:14:43- Is that cos you weren't there long enough to get paid?- Yeah, basically.
0:14:44 > 0:14:49Meanwhile, Steph, continues to excel by trying to lay out the cod fillets
0:14:49 > 0:14:51as quickly as possible.
0:14:51 > 0:14:55There's no real rush, anyway, you know?
0:14:55 > 0:14:57With the boxes, I had a target of 100 an hour.
0:14:57 > 0:15:01- No, no. Was it 100 in half an hour? - Never!- Yes, I was...
0:15:01 > 0:15:03- And I failed.- There's no real rush in here.
0:15:03 > 0:15:05Lovely job.
0:15:05 > 0:15:10With so little work experience, this is Fi's big chance to impress.
0:15:13 > 0:15:16Not the floor. You can't use the floor.
0:15:16 > 0:15:20- Oh, my God! I'm so sorry. - For contamination, OK?
0:15:20 > 0:15:23- I'll get you another cloth. - Thank you.- OK?- Naughty!
0:15:23 > 0:15:25I do that at home. Is that really bad?
0:15:25 > 0:15:28- That's really bad.- Does your mum know that you do that?
0:15:30 > 0:15:32- Now she does!- Now she does!
0:15:32 > 0:15:35By the end of the shift,
0:15:35 > 0:15:38the girls are serving a steady stream of locals...
0:15:38 > 0:15:41- All over the chips, yeah.- 90 change.
0:15:41 > 0:15:45..when some more familiar customers arrive to see how they're coping.
0:15:45 > 0:15:47Can I have some mushy peas?
0:15:47 > 0:15:51But it's the local men who really show an interest in the new staff.
0:15:55 > 0:16:00- I know. We're a dream, aren't we? - Wow!- Do you want something to eat?
0:16:04 > 0:16:06So, why are you in a fish shop, then?
0:16:06 > 0:16:11- IN THICK ACCENT:- I just thought cos there was cameras...
0:16:11 > 0:16:13- I missed that. - I missed that as well.
0:16:14 > 0:16:18I have never been served in a chip shop by such posh people!
0:16:18 > 0:16:19SHE LAUGHS
0:16:19 > 0:16:22Is that everything you're having? Two fish and chips? OK.
0:16:22 > 0:16:24They were very smiley, I'll give them that.
0:16:24 > 0:16:26THEY LAUGH
0:16:26 > 0:16:29It's good to see them doing some hard graft labour.
0:16:29 > 0:16:30Ex-bad girl Lindsey
0:16:30 > 0:16:33is glad the Southern girls have got a taste of hard work.
0:16:33 > 0:16:37If they had to stand on their feet all day and do it every day,
0:16:37 > 0:16:40I don't think they'd be so smiley.
0:16:40 > 0:16:43I've got a complaint to make about the mushy peas.
0:16:43 > 0:16:45I found a diamond in it!
0:16:45 > 0:16:47THEY LAUGH
0:16:47 > 0:16:49Definitely wasn't mine!
0:16:49 > 0:16:52The shift's over. No-one's been sick.
0:16:52 > 0:16:56But this Geordie favourite isn't tempting everyone.
0:16:56 > 0:16:59For me, I wouldn't pick fish and chips.
0:16:59 > 0:17:02Mainly because...I like lobster.
0:17:02 > 0:17:04I'm kidding! SHE LAUGHS
0:17:04 > 0:17:07- I'm not.- You do like it? - I love lobster.
0:17:07 > 0:17:12For Steph, she isn't tempted to abandon her job plans just yet.
0:17:12 > 0:17:15I don't think I could ever have a career in that.
0:17:15 > 0:17:18While I thoroughly enjoyed what I did today, I do think that ultimately
0:17:18 > 0:17:20I would need something a little bit more
0:17:20 > 0:17:22sort of intellectually challenging.
0:17:27 > 0:17:28SIRENS BLARE
0:17:29 > 0:17:31After a hard day's work,
0:17:31 > 0:17:34the girls are keen to get back safely in their house.
0:17:34 > 0:17:36WHISTLE
0:17:36 > 0:17:37SHE LAUGHS
0:17:37 > 0:17:39- MAN:- Hoot hoot! Chicken soup!
0:17:39 > 0:17:41SHE LAUGHS
0:17:41 > 0:17:43He's crazy.
0:17:44 > 0:17:47Get in the house, get in the house, get in the house!
0:17:47 > 0:17:49THEY LAUGH
0:17:49 > 0:17:52But once inside, they get a bit of a shock.
0:17:53 > 0:17:54Our electricity's gone.
0:17:55 > 0:17:58- No! We've got no electricity. - You're joking.
0:17:58 > 0:18:01We haven't paid the meter or whatever it is.
0:18:01 > 0:18:04Hang on, I know where the box is as well.
0:18:04 > 0:18:08No-one told me that we needed electricity meters. What are they?
0:18:08 > 0:18:11- Oh, my God! How long has this been off?- Shh!
0:18:11 > 0:18:14Don't open it. Keep it shut, keep it shut!
0:18:14 > 0:18:16This is great. You get back from work
0:18:16 > 0:18:19- and there's no fucking electricity. - Stop whingeing!
0:18:19 > 0:18:23Many households in this area use key meters,
0:18:23 > 0:18:27which means that running out of electricity is a common occurrence.
0:18:27 > 0:18:30No credit means no power. A novel experience for the girls.
0:18:30 > 0:18:32What do I do now?
0:18:32 > 0:18:36Key budget meter. Do you know what? I hate this word, "budget".
0:18:36 > 0:18:37THEY LAUGH
0:18:37 > 0:18:41Fiona makes an emergency call to Hufty
0:18:41 > 0:18:44as it's 11pm and two of the girls have to get up at 4am in the morning
0:18:44 > 0:18:46for their next round of work.
0:18:46 > 0:18:50No, there's like a blue button and a white button.
0:18:50 > 0:18:53Hang on. What does... Do any of those buttons say anything?
0:18:53 > 0:18:58- It says "debt...6".- We're in debt 6p.- No, we're not in debt 6p.
0:18:58 > 0:19:03- Emergency is 6p. But how do we... - Can someone try the lights?
0:19:03 > 0:19:06- Um... Yeah.- I'm seeing if that resets it or restarts it.
0:19:08 > 0:19:12We're looking for a grey button. That's a grey button.
0:19:12 > 0:19:15There we go. OK. So...
0:19:15 > 0:19:17- So how long's this going to last? - It's working!
0:19:17 > 0:19:21Girls, can you unplug any unnecessary appliances?
0:19:21 > 0:19:26Like, if your phones don't need charging until tomorrow, or don't dry your hair tonight.
0:19:26 > 0:19:29The electricity's back on,
0:19:29 > 0:19:31but the girls have no idea how long it will last.
0:19:31 > 0:19:35The problem is that if we don't get back before a certain time tomorrow,
0:19:35 > 0:19:38that fridge will go off and all the food will be ruined.
0:19:38 > 0:19:41£6 will last the night, if we're lucky.
0:19:41 > 0:19:45Can we not just turn everything off, go to bed now and have just the fridge running?
0:19:45 > 0:19:47- Good night.- No, we'll bring torches.
0:19:47 > 0:19:50Although £6 will last several days,
0:19:50 > 0:19:53the girls decide to turn in for the night and save the juice.
0:19:55 > 0:19:57ALARM CLOCK
0:19:59 > 0:20:02Five hours later, and it's time to get up for work.
0:20:05 > 0:20:09Hufty has selected Fi and Lucy as the two girls most in need
0:20:09 > 0:20:11of more work experience.
0:20:13 > 0:20:16Steph and Fiona get a nice lie-in.
0:20:16 > 0:20:21It's, like, offensively early today. I'm so tired!
0:20:21 > 0:20:23I smell like chip fat as well.
0:20:23 > 0:20:27I feel like absolute ass.
0:20:27 > 0:20:30Oh, fuck. I don't know how people do this.
0:20:30 > 0:20:31Lucy!
0:20:35 > 0:20:39I can't fit my jacket on cos I'm wearing so many layers.
0:20:39 > 0:20:42Do you think I'll be warm enough? Oh, I don't care.
0:20:43 > 0:20:47I'm going to be Mrs Complainer if not.
0:20:47 > 0:20:50I've got a key...I think.
0:20:50 > 0:20:53The girls are heading to the fish quay at the mouth of the River Tyne.
0:20:53 > 0:20:55FIDDLE MUSIC
0:20:58 > 0:21:01Once a thriving dock with almost 150 working boats,
0:21:01 > 0:21:03now there are just four.
0:21:05 > 0:21:07Today, they'll be working in the crab shop,
0:21:07 > 0:21:11one of a handful of fishing businesses left in the harbour.
0:21:12 > 0:21:13It's a tough job.
0:21:13 > 0:21:18Starting at 4am and working through until late afternoon.
0:21:21 > 0:21:23This is the worst...
0:21:23 > 0:21:26Hufty has asked hard grafters Lyndsey and Kimberley
0:21:26 > 0:21:28to join them for moral support.
0:21:28 > 0:21:32- And to make sure there's no slacking.- Hello!
0:21:32 > 0:21:34SHE SCREAMS
0:21:34 > 0:21:36Oh, my God!
0:21:36 > 0:21:40Chopping up crabs will be a tougher test for Lucy
0:21:40 > 0:21:42than anything she's faced yet.
0:21:42 > 0:21:45You're going to have to be careful with them nails.
0:21:45 > 0:21:49Messy, unglamorous work couldn't be further from her life in London,
0:21:49 > 0:21:51where she works as an events manager,
0:21:51 > 0:21:55booking well-to-do groups of people into exclusive nightclubs.
0:21:56 > 0:21:58Some of my friends when they come out
0:21:58 > 0:22:02will spend £450 on a bottle of champagne.
0:22:02 > 0:22:04It's a big one.
0:22:05 > 0:22:10I host a couple of tables, just socialising, chatting to people.
0:22:10 > 0:22:11It's just... Yeah, it's pretty chilled.
0:22:12 > 0:22:16At the crab shop, the shift's about to begin, and fashion here's
0:22:16 > 0:22:19a million miles away from exclusive Chelsea.
0:22:19 > 0:22:21Keep yourselves warm, OK? Keep a jumper on.
0:22:21 > 0:22:25Everybody's hair in the hat. No fringes out, OK?
0:22:25 > 0:22:28- Thank you, ladies.- Do your ears hang out or do they go in?
0:22:28 > 0:22:34We look baldy. You know what I mean? We look fucking bald!
0:22:34 > 0:22:35Do you know what I mean?
0:22:35 > 0:22:37Take the crab, pop it open.
0:22:38 > 0:22:42- Just go for it, it's easier. - So, that's the meat?
0:22:42 > 0:22:46- What if they suddenly move?- They won't. They're cooked, like chicken.
0:22:46 > 0:22:49I don't actually eat crab, I eat sushi.
0:22:49 > 0:22:52I like the idea of raw fish, but I've not really...
0:22:52 > 0:22:56Aye, I wouldn't eat nowt like this raw, like a big fish.
0:22:59 > 0:23:01Can we put £10 on each, please?
0:23:01 > 0:23:04Meanwhile, back in Walker, Fiona is topping-up the electricity meter.
0:23:04 > 0:23:07That was simple enough. Thank you very much.
0:23:07 > 0:23:11That's one task she would never have to worry about back at home.
0:23:12 > 0:23:18Fiona lives off the King's Road, London, with her banker boyfriend and three little friends.
0:23:18 > 0:23:22They are chihuahuas. I had Bruno five years ago.
0:23:22 > 0:23:23Come on, you!
0:23:23 > 0:23:27She has several part-time jobs, but her main ambition is to be a singer.
0:23:27 > 0:23:30# I'll let you be a fool for me... #
0:23:30 > 0:23:34My dream is to have my music on radios, everywhere.
0:23:35 > 0:23:38In her quest for success, Fiona is highly motivated
0:23:38 > 0:23:41and she has no patience for people on benefits.
0:23:41 > 0:23:45It shouldn't be so acceptable to be on benefits.
0:23:45 > 0:23:48You know, if I knew anyone that was,
0:23:48 > 0:23:50I'd be like, "What are you doing? Go and get a job."
0:23:50 > 0:23:54Fiona is about to have her opinions put to the test.
0:23:54 > 0:23:57She's off to meet her next-door neighbour in Walker.
0:23:59 > 0:24:01- Hello! I'm Fiona.- I'm Jimmy.
0:24:01 > 0:24:03Nice to meet you.
0:24:03 > 0:24:08Jimmy is a stay-at-home dad looking after six children whilst on benefits.
0:24:08 > 0:24:12- I don't want to wake her up. So, it's just Summer here at the moment?- Aye, the rest are at school.
0:24:12 > 0:24:15- Summer's yours and... - Dylan, Jack and Bethany.
0:24:15 > 0:24:19- Dylan, Jack and Bethany are yours? Sophie and Demi are not.- No.
0:24:19 > 0:24:22- How old are you?- 36.- No way!
0:24:22 > 0:24:25- You're so young and you look after all of them?- Yeah.
0:24:25 > 0:24:28- Your girlfriend is the mum of Summer? - Yeah.- What's her name?- Jane.
0:24:28 > 0:24:30- Where's she?- At work.
0:24:30 > 0:24:33Surely she can't earn enough to look after all of you?
0:24:33 > 0:24:35She gets family tax credit and all that.
0:24:35 > 0:24:39- Does that cover rent as well for here?- Oh, no. We get free rent.
0:24:39 > 0:24:43- Cos she's working 16 hours a week. - She does 16 hours a week?- Yeah.
0:24:43 > 0:24:46But if she does more, then you wouldn't get free rent, would you?
0:24:46 > 0:24:48- No, you would have to pay your rent, aye.- So...
0:24:48 > 0:24:50And what about you?
0:24:50 > 0:24:52- I've just been made redundant. - Have you?- Yeah.
0:24:52 > 0:24:55When Summer goes to school, will you then work as well?
0:24:55 > 0:24:57I'm trying to get a job now.
0:24:57 > 0:25:00- You can't live off the Government all your life.- Definitely not.
0:25:00 > 0:25:03- So you've got to work. - That's one thing I'm...
0:25:03 > 0:25:05It was an interesting experience.
0:25:05 > 0:25:07He was obviously a really nice guy
0:25:07 > 0:25:12You're taking on all these kids that aren't yours, and you are, like, looking after your daughter,
0:25:12 > 0:25:16but then the sum of the house is paid for. Four-bedroom house.
0:25:16 > 0:25:18Yeah, it's...
0:25:19 > 0:25:23It's a difficult situation, really.
0:25:25 > 0:25:28- This is Leila. - Hey, sweet-pea. How are you?
0:25:28 > 0:25:31Steph, meanwhile, is spending time with Makylea,
0:25:31 > 0:25:33who lives with her twins, Leyla and Jayden.
0:25:33 > 0:25:36She was laid off three months ago.
0:25:36 > 0:25:40What are the sort of financial struggles that you've had with two kids?
0:25:40 > 0:25:44I'm not going to sit here and lie and say I've been perfectly fine, because I haven't.
0:25:44 > 0:25:49There's been times I've broke down and I've been like, "What am I going to do?"
0:25:49 > 0:25:52It's really hard to get a job in Newcastle at the moment.
0:25:52 > 0:25:56I don't know anybody that's said it's so easy, because, at the minute, it is very hard.
0:25:56 > 0:26:01When you're on a benefit, you get about £135 a fortnight.
0:26:01 > 0:26:04I don't think anybody would understand,
0:26:04 > 0:26:08unless they had to do it by themselves, what it's like on that kind of money.
0:26:08 > 0:26:09It's just impossible to live off.
0:26:09 > 0:26:13- Gosh.- Has spending the morning with Makylea and her kids,
0:26:13 > 0:26:19learning about the difficulties of life on the dole caused Steph to shift her opinions?
0:26:19 > 0:26:24I've been hugely impressed by the behaviour of Makylea's children.
0:26:24 > 0:26:28She pointed out how difficult it is to be on the dole and the things she's had to worry about,
0:26:28 > 0:26:31but I think it's important that it's not comfortable.
0:26:31 > 0:26:35Because if it is cushy and comfortable and there's a lot of leeway in it,
0:26:35 > 0:26:37I think it would encourage people not to work.
0:26:39 > 0:26:41Makylea doesn't need that kind of encouragement,
0:26:41 > 0:26:45but there will be people out there who need encouragement to get off the dole.
0:26:47 > 0:26:49Oh, is Teddy holding it?
0:26:49 > 0:26:53Makylea tries hard to put on a brave face about raising two children
0:26:53 > 0:26:56alone and job-seeking in Newcastle,
0:26:56 > 0:26:59but her situation often gets her down.
0:26:59 > 0:27:03Benefits is just something that I wouldn't want to be on.
0:27:04 > 0:27:08There's been times when I've woke up through the night and thought, "What can I do?"
0:27:08 > 0:27:11It's daft because I don't know if anybody else experiences that.
0:27:13 > 0:27:17And I'm just trying to move me life in a positive direction, on a positive path.
0:27:17 > 0:27:20What example am I setting for my children? Do you know what I mean?
0:27:20 > 0:27:24I want them to see you've got to go out and work for things you want in life.
0:27:24 > 0:27:28I want people to look at me and be like, "Look at what she's achieved."
0:27:28 > 0:27:31Not, "Oh, that's that girl who's trying to have a dream
0:27:31 > 0:27:35"and is going to be on benefits the rest of her life."
0:27:35 > 0:27:37Because that's not going to happen.
0:27:39 > 0:27:42I think you need a medal for doing this.
0:27:44 > 0:27:49- What did you say you do for a living? Care worker?- I can do that.
0:27:49 > 0:27:53I can wipe people's backsides, but I cannae claw crab, I really cannot.
0:27:53 > 0:27:57Two hours into their shift and out of the entire crab crew,
0:27:57 > 0:27:59it's Lucy who's struggling the most.
0:27:59 > 0:28:03I want to go home today. Today is a bad day.
0:28:05 > 0:28:06This is disgusting.
0:28:06 > 0:28:08I'm going to vomit!
0:28:08 > 0:28:10I'm well suited in a fishmonger, me.
0:28:10 > 0:28:13Me mam used to say, "Eat well on the fish, kid",
0:28:13 > 0:28:16- because I've got a big mouth. - That is one good thing.
0:28:16 > 0:28:21Next time you're in Harrods buying crab, just remember where it came from!
0:28:21 > 0:28:24While the posh girls are quite happy to call it a day,
0:28:24 > 0:28:28Lyndsey seems perfectly at home.
0:28:28 > 0:28:29Champion, good lass.
0:28:29 > 0:28:33They've all finished, I'm doing overtime here.
0:28:33 > 0:28:36Cos I'm generous like that.
0:28:36 > 0:28:39For Fi, the experience has made one thing very clear.
0:28:39 > 0:28:42It made me not want a job even more.
0:28:42 > 0:28:46I know that's not what I'm supposed to say but I'm being serious.
0:28:47 > 0:28:50Oh, my God. I literally was, like, about to burst into tears.
0:28:50 > 0:28:55They gave me a job that makes me do pretty ornament things.
0:28:55 > 0:28:59Apparently you have to be working there for years to be given this job
0:28:59 > 0:29:00because it's a privileged job.
0:29:02 > 0:29:04The girls have gained some hands-on experience,
0:29:04 > 0:29:09but they haven't exactly warmed to the idea of working for a living.
0:29:09 > 0:29:12Can you smell me and tell me if they need washing?
0:29:12 > 0:29:14- Come here.- I literally wanted to cry.
0:29:14 > 0:29:16I'm not going to lie, you don't smell great.
0:29:16 > 0:29:20Oh, your jeans stink. Take them off. You smell like fish.
0:29:20 > 0:29:23- Really?- I'll wash them now... Yeah, they stink.
0:29:23 > 0:29:28- Smell me.- It was awful. - You do as well, you smell like fish.
0:29:28 > 0:29:32I can't begin to tell you how bad it was. It was awful.
0:29:32 > 0:29:36- They made us open this crab and gut them. - Gut the crab and it was like...
0:29:36 > 0:29:40Kim was, like, are these brains? They're like, "Yeah, that's the brains."
0:29:40 > 0:29:42Then... I'm not joking, it looked like yellow vomit.
0:29:42 > 0:29:44But Hufty wants them to realise
0:29:44 > 0:29:48that many people are desperate for any kind of work.
0:29:48 > 0:29:52So thanks everybody coming the day. This is...
0:29:52 > 0:29:55She's brought them to meet a group of young unemployed people to learn
0:29:55 > 0:29:58about the reality of life on the dole.
0:29:59 > 0:30:02She wants Steph and Fiona in particular to hear more about
0:30:02 > 0:30:05just how tough things can get.
0:30:05 > 0:30:09Their idea of people on benefits are just spongers and don't want to go back to work,
0:30:09 > 0:30:13we just choose to sit on our arse and not bother, whereas that's not always the case.
0:30:13 > 0:30:16There might be a handful of people that would rather do that
0:30:16 > 0:30:18but in a lot of situations, definitely not.
0:30:18 > 0:30:23Would everybody in the room say there are jobs there if you want them?
0:30:23 > 0:30:29- Would you, Anthony? - Nah, definitely not. I send out three or four CVs at least each day.
0:30:29 > 0:30:32When you don't get a reply, it's disheartening.
0:30:32 > 0:30:35I know a few people that would give an arm and a leg to have a job,
0:30:35 > 0:30:38that would love to support their kids, their family,
0:30:38 > 0:30:41take them on holiday but they can't cos they're on the dole, there's nothing.
0:30:41 > 0:30:45It's really hard to find a job with the kind of qualifications I've got.
0:30:45 > 0:30:4917-year-old Ryan applied for a job at a burger chain.
0:30:49 > 0:30:53I went to the interview and they said that I'm too overqualified.
0:30:53 > 0:30:56I've got too many basic skills.
0:30:56 > 0:30:57That's ridiculous.
0:30:57 > 0:31:01- The rate of unemployment is so low...- And they turn people away?
0:31:01 > 0:31:03Because they're too qualified.
0:31:03 > 0:31:04How did that make you feel, Ryan?
0:31:04 > 0:31:07I kicked off with them. I screamed at the manager's face.
0:31:07 > 0:31:11Since when do you need a good qualification or a bad one to flip a burger?
0:31:12 > 0:31:17I was really shocked, actually, to hear how hard it was for Ryan to get a job.
0:31:17 > 0:31:19Unreal, I was really shocked about that.
0:31:19 > 0:31:25It's stopped you going for another job because of your experience of what happened in the last job.
0:31:25 > 0:31:29If you keep getting knock-backs from jobs constantly, you'll just think, "If I try another one,
0:31:29 > 0:31:31"I'll get another knock-back."
0:31:31 > 0:31:35I've lost out in a job very, very recently.
0:31:35 > 0:31:38I didn't at all feel like, "Why did you do this to me?"
0:31:38 > 0:31:44I felt, "OK, there's someone out there better for that job than me."
0:31:44 > 0:31:46Did you not think that you didn't feel that way,
0:31:46 > 0:31:48because you do have parents that are well-off
0:31:48 > 0:31:53so that if you wasn't desperate for money, your parents would give you, so you didn't feel that way?
0:31:53 > 0:31:55It's the only chance to get money.
0:31:55 > 0:31:57How many times have you been knocked back from a job?
0:31:57 > 0:32:01A slack handful, I suppose. Maybe ten times that don't get back to me.
0:32:01 > 0:32:05Cos these guys... Emma, you said, every day.
0:32:05 > 0:32:06And just not hearing back.
0:32:06 > 0:32:09On the internet every day, the papers.
0:32:09 > 0:32:11I don't think Steph understood it whatsoever.
0:32:11 > 0:32:14I think she's still got her politician head on.
0:32:14 > 0:32:17She's still going to have them views, no matter what she's telled.
0:32:17 > 0:32:19No matter how many people come up to her
0:32:19 > 0:32:21and tell her different circumstances,
0:32:21 > 0:32:24I think she's always going to have them views.
0:32:24 > 0:32:26As a politician.
0:32:26 > 0:32:29She hears a lot of politics and she's got her politics head on,
0:32:29 > 0:32:31whereas we live it.
0:32:31 > 0:32:35I mean, I know Burger King in town, they're taking on applications
0:32:35 > 0:32:37but I'm not thinking about going and applying,
0:32:37 > 0:32:40in case I'm too overqualified to work there as well.
0:32:42 > 0:32:45For Ryan, his situation is even more serious.
0:32:45 > 0:32:48He can't prove to the dole office that he's not welcome at home,
0:32:48 > 0:32:50so he can't make a claim.
0:32:50 > 0:32:51I'm not receiving no income
0:32:51 > 0:32:54and I haven't been for about two years now.
0:32:54 > 0:32:56How do you survive then?
0:32:56 > 0:32:59I'll scrounge money on the Green off old people there.
0:32:59 > 0:33:01Just ask them for 50p, a pound and that.
0:33:01 > 0:33:04If we didn't do that, where would we be?
0:33:04 > 0:33:07We've got no money, no food, nowhere to stay
0:33:07 > 0:33:10and it is really hard and it does affect you in a lot of ways.
0:33:10 > 0:33:14It affects you physically and mentally, it really does.
0:33:14 > 0:33:16How does it affect you mentally? How does it make you feel?
0:33:16 > 0:33:18Quite depressive really,
0:33:18 > 0:33:22because it's like I can't get anything I actually want.
0:33:22 > 0:33:25I'm just thankful I've got a roof over my head at the moment.
0:33:25 > 0:33:30- You've got a wicked girlfriend too, dead positive.- Fiancee.- Fiancee?
0:33:30 > 0:33:32- Yeah.- Eeh, excellent.
0:33:32 > 0:33:35Because I tell you what, I thought I was a positive person
0:33:35 > 0:33:38- but she's a tower of strength, her. - How old are you?
0:33:38 > 0:33:42- I'm 19.- And how old are you? - I'm 17.
0:33:42 > 0:33:43That makes me so sad.
0:33:43 > 0:33:47I'm not trying to be patronising but you're 17. Like...
0:33:47 > 0:33:51I mean, I'm always on my feet and that, trying to get a job.
0:33:51 > 0:33:54If you didn't have the support of your mate you live with,
0:33:54 > 0:33:56or from your lass, Kerri, where would he be now?
0:33:56 > 0:34:01To be honest, I'd either still be on the streets or I would be dead.
0:34:01 > 0:34:05Meeting Ryan has had a big effect upon most of the group.
0:34:05 > 0:34:07If you were my son, I'd still have you at home.
0:34:07 > 0:34:09Personally.
0:34:09 > 0:34:11Steph's not voicing any change of opinion,
0:34:11 > 0:34:15but Fiona is beginning to show signs of a re-think.
0:34:15 > 0:34:18You know, it's so easy to just assume laziness.
0:34:18 > 0:34:23You don't actually think, "Maybe this has been happening or you've been..."
0:34:23 > 0:34:26I don't think for a second if you were my son I'd throw you out at 17.
0:34:26 > 0:34:28I'd still want you with me.
0:34:28 > 0:34:33Until I've met you, I could think that you're just lazy and can't be arsed to do anything.
0:34:33 > 0:34:40And that's the truth. I feel really bad for feeling that...
0:34:40 > 0:34:43For really angry without knowing the full reasons.
0:34:43 > 0:34:46I mean, yes, there are people that just can't...
0:34:46 > 0:34:49The truth is, Ryan and Kerri are not unusual.
0:34:49 > 0:34:53In an area still affected by the decline of the shipbuilding
0:34:53 > 0:34:58and mining industries, almost 26,000 18 to 24-year-olds
0:34:58 > 0:35:01in the Northeast are currently claiming unemployment benefit.
0:35:06 > 0:35:12It just makes my worries seem so small and so trivial and I was like, "Oh, my God."
0:35:12 > 0:35:14Like, "God, I really don't have to worry, do I?"
0:35:14 > 0:35:18It made me, like, "Oh, God, maybe I should stop worrying about such stupid things",
0:35:18 > 0:35:23but at the same time, I don't have to worry so...why should I?
0:35:23 > 0:35:28A few days ago, the girls thought living on the dole was a breeze.
0:35:28 > 0:35:31But Lucy is beginning to see things a bit differently.
0:35:32 > 0:35:34I've done really badly with my spending,
0:35:34 > 0:35:38which isn't a surprise for me, I'm genuinely quite terrible.
0:35:38 > 0:35:43I sort of owe Fiona quite a bit of money for the gas and electricity.
0:35:43 > 0:35:47Apart from Steph, all of the girls are running out of money.
0:35:47 > 0:35:50With less than £20 left between them,
0:35:50 > 0:35:53Fiona is really feeling the pressure.
0:35:53 > 0:35:55It's scary. I look in my little envelope now.
0:35:55 > 0:35:59After paying the electric today, obviously I wasn't with you guys,
0:35:59 > 0:36:01so I gave all my money for that.
0:36:01 > 0:36:04And now I feel, "Oh, God." But I'm panicked.
0:36:04 > 0:36:11It's a horrible feeling to be, like, "Shit, I have £20 left and that's it."
0:36:11 > 0:36:12DOG BARKS
0:36:13 > 0:36:17It's Tuesday evening and Fiona and Lucy are both skint.
0:36:17 > 0:36:24So rather than go out on the town, the girls are about to experience nightlife on a budget, Byker-style.
0:36:24 > 0:36:27An evening in at Shauna's house.
0:36:30 > 0:36:32Armed with two bottles of budget lemonade,
0:36:32 > 0:36:35the girls leave for Shauna's party.
0:36:35 > 0:36:39That's right, you just stand there pretending.
0:36:39 > 0:36:43And the police car comes and does you for vandalism.
0:36:43 > 0:36:45SIREN BLARES
0:36:51 > 0:36:53THEY CHEER
0:36:53 > 0:36:54GIRLS LAUGH
0:36:54 > 0:36:55WOLF WHISTLE
0:36:57 > 0:37:01God, I could really do with some Cristal or something nice, yummy.
0:37:01 > 0:37:05I so could though. I'm having withdrawal symptoms.
0:37:05 > 0:37:06CHEERING
0:37:06 > 0:37:10Shauna has invited all her friends and family around but is anxious
0:37:10 > 0:37:12about what the posh girls will think of them.
0:37:12 > 0:37:17As it's karaoke tonight, it's a chance for Makylea to shine.
0:37:17 > 0:37:20# Does that make me crazy?
0:37:20 > 0:37:24# Does that make me crazy?
0:37:24 > 0:37:30# Just like me-eeee. #
0:37:30 > 0:37:33CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:37:33 > 0:37:34Woo woo woo woo!
0:37:34 > 0:37:36Do yous want a drink?
0:37:36 > 0:37:38- That's a large shot. - Shot it, shot it.
0:37:38 > 0:37:41Time for a traditional Geordie party game.
0:37:41 > 0:37:42It's really strong.
0:37:42 > 0:37:44Listen, we're having a game of word association.
0:37:44 > 0:37:49Word association Geordie-style involves a special cocktail
0:37:49 > 0:37:53of all the spirits you can get your hands on, including Blue WKD and Cactus Jack.
0:37:53 > 0:37:57This is my Geordie drinking game. If you say anything beginning with P or S, you take a shot.
0:37:57 > 0:38:00- That's not a shot. - It's fucking half a mouthful!
0:38:00 > 0:38:07- House.- Flat.- London.- Town. - Semi-detached.- Semi's an S!
0:38:12 > 0:38:15Right, now you. Now you start, think of summat.
0:38:15 > 0:38:18- Sherlock.- Sherlock, that was an S. Sherlock's an S!
0:38:22 > 0:38:24Drink it!
0:38:26 > 0:38:29I just can't believe how smashed everyone gets.
0:38:33 > 0:38:37- ALL:- Down it, down it, down it, down it, down it, down it,
0:38:37 > 0:38:40down it, down it, down it!
0:38:40 > 0:38:42This is home brew, like, I'm shitfaced.
0:38:42 > 0:38:48Fuck off! Nah, I've got to drink. Look at me eyes, I'm cock-eyed.
0:38:48 > 0:38:50- Drink the rest.- I'm starting now.
0:38:50 > 0:38:54No, I don't normally have house parties quite like this!
0:38:57 > 0:38:59Come on, Makylea, come on!
0:39:01 > 0:39:04Come on, come on. Yeah!
0:39:04 > 0:39:08- High five, high five. - I'm going to spew!
0:39:08 > 0:39:11Next time, you're going to think before you say the word "spunk".
0:39:11 > 0:39:14- I wasn't going to say that. - I had a dance-off with...
0:39:14 > 0:39:18They're going to see us for who I am tonight.
0:39:18 > 0:39:22They've all gone in, drank and they've all actually got along with everybody.
0:39:22 > 0:39:25I'm really proud of it actually. I'm quite proud of myself for tonight.
0:39:27 > 0:39:31Back home the girls get a chance to reflect on the evening.
0:39:31 > 0:39:33If we went to a friend's house on a Tuesday evening,
0:39:33 > 0:39:35there's more of like a social thing to it,
0:39:35 > 0:39:38like chatting to everyone, getting to know everyone,
0:39:38 > 0:39:40than let's get f...ing hooned.
0:39:40 > 0:39:42I really think Kim has it so hard.
0:39:42 > 0:39:48She works in a really, I think, awful environment. I could not do...
0:39:48 > 0:39:51I think I'd choose the fish market over her job.
0:39:51 > 0:39:54- Even though she said... - She's not told me what she does.
0:39:54 > 0:39:57- She works in a care home? - She looks after...care home
0:39:57 > 0:40:00for drug addicts and alcoholics.
0:40:00 > 0:40:05They're violent to her, really offensive and they just shit and vomit
0:40:05 > 0:40:08and are just disgusting everywhere
0:40:08 > 0:40:09and she has to clean all that up.
0:40:09 > 0:40:14You kind of feel like she has one night off where she gets wasted
0:40:14 > 0:40:16and has fun with her friends, it's like, OK.
0:40:16 > 0:40:21Also, she's got to care for, you know, her family...
0:40:27 > 0:40:29A week into their stay.
0:40:29 > 0:40:32After shopping, paying the meter and the odd trip to Costa's,
0:40:32 > 0:40:35most of the girls are practically broke.
0:40:35 > 0:40:38Do not fear. We are wealthier than we think we are
0:40:38 > 0:40:41because I've been collecting the money from the street
0:40:41 > 0:40:44that I found. Every time I find a coin, I pick it up
0:40:44 > 0:40:47and we've accumulated the princely sum of £2.13.
0:40:47 > 0:40:51- Wow!- I know.- In the last two days? - In the last week.
0:40:51 > 0:40:55Fortunately, Huffty has arrived with another solution
0:40:55 > 0:40:58to a life of poverty, albeit a controversial one.
0:40:58 > 0:41:01Hello! Now...
0:41:01 > 0:41:05A bag of goods available locally, at black market prices.
0:41:05 > 0:41:07- Really nice. - Police are really nice.
0:41:07 > 0:41:08Christina Aguilera.
0:41:08 > 0:41:16- What, perfume?- Yes. Some nice Uggs. Ooh, some nice red wine.
0:41:16 > 0:41:20Mmm, a lovely, fresh leg of lamb.
0:41:20 > 0:41:23I'm all over that, I would so have that.
0:41:23 > 0:41:27For... five pounds.
0:41:27 > 0:41:31- He-hey!- I say thank you.- Yeah. - I'm not having that, though.
0:41:31 > 0:41:34If I think it could've been stolen or something, then...
0:41:34 > 0:41:37If you're hungry, you don't give a shit if it's been stolen.
0:41:37 > 0:41:41- But I'm not hungry, I've managed on my budget. We're not hungry. - Yeah, of course.
0:41:41 > 0:41:46If that's only going to cost a fiver, that could feed... If you've got a family...
0:41:46 > 0:41:51- That could feed next door.- No, but you encourage thieving if you do that, you shouldn't.
0:41:51 > 0:41:55Of course, I get that, but if you've got a family, kids and they're crying and hungry,
0:41:55 > 0:41:59you'll feed them the rack of lamb, you won't give a shit that it's stolen.
0:41:59 > 0:42:01And it's not encouraging it really
0:42:01 > 0:42:03because no-one really says that it's stolen.
0:42:03 > 0:42:06What would you like to purchase from my items?
0:42:06 > 0:42:07The lamb! I'd love the lamb.
0:42:07 > 0:42:10- If we were staying here forever... - Yeah?
0:42:10 > 0:42:12..we'd definitely buy the lamb.
0:42:12 > 0:42:15The leg of lamb might get the majority vote,
0:42:15 > 0:42:17but for Steph it's once again brought up
0:42:17 > 0:42:21a moral line that she refuses to cross.
0:42:21 > 0:42:26I think it's very surprising the girls are behaving like this. It is an issue of morality.
0:42:26 > 0:42:29Things are illegal for a reason and the reason is
0:42:29 > 0:42:31because other people get hurt in the process.
0:42:31 > 0:42:34Theft, trafficking - anything like that.
0:42:34 > 0:42:36And we therefore bear responsibility
0:42:36 > 0:42:39for the kind of things that go on in our society.
0:42:39 > 0:42:43- £30 for four bottles of wine? - That's not that good. - That's not reasonable at all.
0:42:43 > 0:42:45Well, I could negotiate with you.
0:42:47 > 0:42:52For the girls, the black market goods have brought up some serious ethical issues.
0:42:52 > 0:42:54And with tough financial times ahead,
0:42:54 > 0:42:57the black market economy only looks set to grow.
0:42:59 > 0:43:02For Fi, the last couple of days have made her realise
0:43:02 > 0:43:05how different her life is at home.
0:43:05 > 0:43:10I've never really done any, like, manual labour as a job.
0:43:10 > 0:43:13And I don't think many of the other girls have either.
0:43:14 > 0:43:17It's like seeing another side, isn't it?
0:43:17 > 0:43:21Because with this whole thing, we've worked out that we live in like a different world
0:43:21 > 0:43:25and it's not like a wrong world, it's just a different world.
0:43:26 > 0:43:28Newcastle's iconic quayside,
0:43:28 > 0:43:32famous for its Millennium Bridge, Gateshead Sage Music Centre
0:43:32 > 0:43:33and the Tyne Bridge.
0:43:35 > 0:43:37Huffty wants the girls to see the posh side of town.
0:43:39 > 0:43:45In the past ten years, the Quayside has undergone a massive face-lift
0:43:45 > 0:43:50with millions of pounds being spent turning once derelict wharf buildings into luxury flats,
0:43:50 > 0:43:54businesses, restaurants and art galleries like the Baltic.
0:43:54 > 0:43:58It's different world for the Geordie girls.
0:43:58 > 0:44:01If you had to come down here, you'd have to get well dressed.
0:44:01 > 0:44:06You couldn't go into one of these bars with tracksuit pants on, cos you'd get funny looks probably.
0:44:06 > 0:44:10- Everybody down here used to be common as chips, didn't they?- Aye.
0:44:10 > 0:44:15- No suited and booted and posh people.- It's been taken over by posh people.- Yeah, it has.
0:44:15 > 0:44:20You Southern lasses, does this feel like London Embankment?
0:44:20 > 0:44:23Does this feel somewhere where you feel at home and relaxed?
0:44:23 > 0:44:26I feel so at home and I just want to go to a nice restaurant.
0:44:26 > 0:44:32- Get me a sangria.- All I want is a T-bone steak.- Reminds me of home.
0:44:32 > 0:44:34Don't cry.
0:44:34 > 0:44:35- Oh, no, I feel like that, too.- No.
0:44:35 > 0:44:37I kind of really want to go home now.
0:44:39 > 0:44:42It's just as well that the Southern girls feel
0:44:42 > 0:44:45so comfortable on the Quayside, because tomorrow night
0:44:45 > 0:44:49Huffty will take them to a place that couldn't be further from home.
0:44:57 > 0:45:02It's the end of the working week and time to let the Southern girls know what's in store tonight.
0:45:04 > 0:45:06But first, Huffty has a treat for the Geordies,
0:45:06 > 0:45:09an invite to a black-tie event at a local castle.
0:45:10 > 0:45:15I'm going to take the Geordie lasses to a top-notch posh venue.
0:45:15 > 0:45:22- Get in!- Excellent news! - To have a top-notch evening, hob-nobbing with posh people.
0:45:24 > 0:45:29- I'm buzzing. - As it's a very formal event, and I'm no expert in etiquette,
0:45:29 > 0:45:32I'm going to ask Steph to go with you.
0:45:36 > 0:45:38God, my heart's pounding.
0:45:38 > 0:45:42But for the southerners, something very different is lined up.
0:45:42 > 0:45:48I'm going to take the posh lasses for a traditional Geordie night out
0:45:48 > 0:45:51in my favourite local pub.
0:45:51 > 0:45:53- Where's that?- It's the Butcher's.
0:45:53 > 0:45:57- Ah, you're not!- We're going to the Butcher's on Shields Road.
0:45:57 > 0:45:58What about that?
0:45:58 > 0:46:01I wouldn't even go to the Butcher's to go to the toilet.
0:46:01 > 0:46:07- No offence, Huffty. - It's not that bad. It's just a normal pub in Newcastle.
0:46:07 > 0:46:08I'm jealous.
0:46:09 > 0:46:11- Look at her!- She's like...
0:46:11 > 0:46:14Jealousy is the root of all evils, angel.
0:46:14 > 0:46:15I don't care.
0:46:17 > 0:46:19Take us all!
0:46:19 > 0:46:23- Hey, there's nowt wrong with a good Geordie night out! - I want eat really nice food.
0:46:23 > 0:46:26- Well, you can do that when you go home.- We'll only get one chance.
0:46:26 > 0:46:28It's beans on toast for us every day, pet.
0:46:28 > 0:46:30Let it shine, let it shine.
0:46:33 > 0:46:34I love it.
0:46:34 > 0:46:38Don't worry, Cockney bairn, you'll be alreet.
0:46:41 > 0:46:44Tonight, Huffty is showing the Geordie lasses a world
0:46:44 > 0:46:47of glamour, glitz and fairytale ball gowns
0:46:47 > 0:46:51normally completely beyond their reach.
0:46:56 > 0:47:01I'm in absolute heaven right now, I swear to God. God is looking down on me.
0:47:01 > 0:47:04I just want try it. I just want to try it.
0:47:04 > 0:47:06The Geordie lasses may be in heaven
0:47:06 > 0:47:10but for the Southern girls, the complaining starts straight away.
0:47:10 > 0:47:14Oh, my god. We're getting taken to this horrendous pub that,
0:47:14 > 0:47:18apparently, all the Geordie girls said they wouldn't even go in there to use the loo.
0:47:18 > 0:47:20Because it's so disgusting.
0:47:20 > 0:47:22Oh! You look amazing.
0:47:24 > 0:47:26- Thank you. - I'm not joking, that is stunning.
0:47:26 > 0:47:31For Kimberley, it's like all her Christmases have come at once.
0:47:32 > 0:47:36Honestly, I don't know why you should try on another one. How do you feel?
0:47:36 > 0:47:38- Like a princess.- So cute.
0:47:41 > 0:47:44Oh, my gosh, it makes you look lovely.
0:47:44 > 0:47:48Back at the house the Southern girls have been told to dress pub style
0:47:48 > 0:47:51and they're certainly less than enthusiastic.
0:47:53 > 0:47:54Look at the crotch on them.
0:47:57 > 0:48:00That is actually surreal. I would normally never ever wear this, ever.
0:48:03 > 0:48:05Oh, wow!
0:48:06 > 0:48:07Oh, my god.
0:48:09 > 0:48:13- IN POSH VOICE:- Oh well, hello there, mine's a double vodka and Red Bull.
0:48:15 > 0:48:16Love it.
0:48:16 > 0:48:21Babes, that's way too much sparkle. Sorry. Sorry.
0:48:21 > 0:48:24You've just gone from classy to pantomime.
0:48:24 > 0:48:27Sorry to say it, but I'm just letting you know.
0:48:27 > 0:48:29- You should lose the tiara. - Oh, leave my tiara alone.
0:48:29 > 0:48:34Steph said it looked like I was going to the pantomime, and I think that's just a cheek.
0:48:34 > 0:48:36This is the only chance I think I'll ever get
0:48:36 > 0:48:39to go to something like this and wear a gown like this,
0:48:39 > 0:48:42so I want to go all out. I want a tiara and everything.
0:48:42 > 0:48:46This dress makes me want to do, like, posh dancing.
0:48:46 > 0:48:50Slow dancing with a partner. Very much like sort of that.
0:48:52 > 0:48:55For single mum Makylea, wearing a dress like this
0:48:55 > 0:48:58is beyond her wildest dreams.
0:48:58 > 0:49:01Don't you feel like a million dollars?
0:49:02 > 0:49:05You look incredible!
0:49:07 > 0:49:10I really am going to cry.
0:49:10 > 0:49:15I've never done anything like this before and it's not something I'll be able to do every day
0:49:15 > 0:49:17or do every other weekend, try a dress on like this.
0:49:17 > 0:49:21I always dreamt of wearing a dress like this from being a little girl.
0:49:21 > 0:49:23Everyone's going to laugh at us.
0:49:29 > 0:49:31Sorry.
0:49:37 > 0:49:39Oh, I don't want to go to this pub and drink pints.
0:49:39 > 0:49:42Back at the house, the girls are still complaining
0:49:42 > 0:49:44about not being invited to the castle.
0:49:44 > 0:49:47I would never wear a top like this.
0:49:47 > 0:49:52Only because it keeps falling down and my boobs keep popping out and we're going to like a seedy bar.
0:49:52 > 0:49:53I may have to change it.
0:49:56 > 0:49:58- I feel like a chav. - That's the idea.
0:50:00 > 0:50:04Oh my God, this is a once in a lifetime thing!
0:50:05 > 0:50:07GIRLS SCREAM
0:50:09 > 0:50:14The Geordies have been invited to the historic 14th century Lumley Castle.
0:50:14 > 0:50:18Oh, my God. It's an actual castle!
0:50:18 > 0:50:22This evening, there will be a formal black tie event.
0:50:22 > 0:50:27Champagne, canapes and a lavish five-course dinner.
0:50:27 > 0:50:28I'm Francesca.
0:50:28 > 0:50:32- Hi, I'm Gaynor. - Hi, Gaynor.- Hiya.
0:50:33 > 0:50:38Surrounded by posh people, Shauna is finding the evening a bit of a challenge.
0:50:38 > 0:50:41I think Shauna feels the most uncomfortable.
0:50:41 > 0:50:44She's almost got herself into a mental block, where she thinks,
0:50:44 > 0:50:46"I feel stupid, so I'm not going to try."
0:50:46 > 0:50:49Maybe not going to try, but she's just feeling awkward.
0:50:49 > 0:50:54Because we don't usually dress like this, so it's a big change.
0:50:54 > 0:50:58- Especially for Shauna. She's usually in jeans and hoodies.- Right.
0:50:58 > 0:50:59You could be anyone to them.
0:50:59 > 0:51:03They don't know that, that you normally wear jeans and that.
0:51:03 > 0:51:04That's why I'm not bothered.
0:51:08 > 0:51:11So, you could come like this, and go, "Oooh, raaa!",
0:51:11 > 0:51:13and they wouldn't know any different.
0:51:13 > 0:51:17I'm right next to the Ebor races, actually. It's a great location.
0:51:17 > 0:51:20If I went up to them and said, "Air, hell-air, my name's Lyndsey",
0:51:20 > 0:51:23they wouldn't know, eh? They wouldn't know I was a Geordie.
0:51:23 > 0:51:25The Butcher's Arms, Byker,
0:51:25 > 0:51:28where Huffty is giving the girls a prep talk.
0:51:28 > 0:51:33OK, so we're about to go into the Butcher's Arms on Shields Road. It's my favourite pub in Newcastle.
0:51:33 > 0:51:36I feel like we're about to burgle the place.
0:51:36 > 0:51:38Really don't say that in this area. OK.
0:51:38 > 0:51:41So, we're going to have a really good night.
0:51:41 > 0:51:45The locals are proper friendly, like all Geordies.
0:51:45 > 0:51:51However, if you rip the piss out of them, you'll get a Byker teacake.
0:51:51 > 0:51:54- What's that?- You really don't want to know what a Byker teacake is.
0:51:54 > 0:51:57- Can you tell us? - It's like, you'll get a nut.
0:51:57 > 0:51:58So, let's not do any of that.
0:51:58 > 0:52:02If we're all just chilled, they'll be chilled with us, OK?
0:52:02 > 0:52:04Right, you ready? Come on then, let's go.
0:52:10 > 0:52:11MAN: Come on!
0:52:16 > 0:52:18Thank you, Huffty.
0:52:18 > 0:52:20Right, lasses, here's to a good night out.
0:52:20 > 0:52:22ALL: Cheers!
0:52:26 > 0:52:27Back at the castle,
0:52:27 > 0:52:30the guests have been called to the dining room.
0:52:36 > 0:52:40Can I have some white, please?
0:52:40 > 0:52:45Along with their five-course meal, the Geordie girls are enjoying vintage wines from the cellar.
0:52:45 > 0:52:48Straight down the hatch.
0:52:48 > 0:52:51Meanwhile in the pub, it's Jaegerbomb shots all round.
0:52:52 > 0:52:54Followed by Geordie skittles,
0:52:54 > 0:52:57a pint-sized cocktail of spirits and orange juice.
0:53:00 > 0:53:02What are the three glasses for?
0:53:02 > 0:53:04You usually have one for water..
0:53:04 > 0:53:08Over at the castle Kimberley is getting a lesson in table etiquette from Rupert.
0:53:08 > 0:53:13One for white and one for red. Because if you're eating fish, you'll tend to be served white wine.
0:53:13 > 0:53:17And if you're eating meat, especially red meat, it will be red wine.
0:53:18 > 0:53:20Back in the Butchers,
0:53:20 > 0:53:22the girls are getting a lesson in catch the beermat.
0:53:22 > 0:53:24Hooray!
0:53:29 > 0:53:34Desperate for additional entertainment, the girls start checking out local talent.
0:53:34 > 0:53:38What do you think of him? Straight ahead. 12 o'clock.
0:53:40 > 0:53:43- He's cute.- There are good-looking guys in here.
0:53:43 > 0:53:48I know it sounds awful, but they're just going to be from round here
0:53:48 > 0:53:52and it's just completely different backgrounds.
0:53:53 > 0:53:55So it's like eye candy.
0:53:57 > 0:53:59At Lumley Castle, the evening is drawing to a close
0:53:59 > 0:54:02with cherry Clafoutis and Amaretto fondant.
0:54:03 > 0:54:06For most of the Geordie lasses, tonight has been a revelation.
0:54:06 > 0:54:10They have finally got to see what life is like as a posh girl.
0:54:10 > 0:54:16Tonight has been the best night a girl could ever ask for.
0:54:16 > 0:54:20I'm gobsmacked, I haven't got any word that could describe the way I feel right now.
0:54:22 > 0:54:25I would definitely do something like this again in the future.
0:54:25 > 0:54:29Fine wines and brie. Amaretto, that was absolutely lush.
0:54:29 > 0:54:33Although I didn't it all cos it was quite sickly and a bit runny, but it was really nice.
0:54:36 > 0:54:39Despite her nerves, Shauna has made it through dinner
0:54:39 > 0:54:42but is definitely ready for her carriage home.
0:54:43 > 0:54:47I don't think I could make this a regular kind of thing, no.
0:54:47 > 0:54:52I like kicking back with jammies on and a spoon of ice cream, that's me.
0:54:52 > 0:54:56But for some of the Geordies, seeing the reactions of the Southern girls
0:54:56 > 0:54:59when they were deprived of a fancy night out
0:54:59 > 0:55:02has underlined tensions between the two groups.
0:55:02 > 0:55:07I don't think dark-haired Fiona and Lucy get it at all.
0:55:08 > 0:55:15Because they know that they've got a cushy home to go back to, they're not really bothered.
0:55:15 > 0:55:19I would say Lucy and Fi are very spoilt. I would call them spoilt brats.
0:55:21 > 0:55:25Fi and Lucy aren't learning enough.
0:55:25 > 0:55:28Like, this morning they asked Steph if she wanted to go to Costa
0:55:28 > 0:55:30and she said she was going to watch her budget, and she said,
0:55:30 > 0:55:35"Oh, sod the budget", and I was like, "Are you for real?" I really wanted to shake her and say,
0:55:35 > 0:55:39"Oh my God, give me your budget, you're not having any more money."
0:55:41 > 0:55:45Next week on Geordie Finishing School for Girls...
0:55:45 > 0:55:47Not in the house!
0:55:47 > 0:55:50Lyndsey has had enough of the posh girls.
0:55:50 > 0:55:53I couldn't live with them. I'd kill them.
0:55:53 > 0:55:55Do you have any hidden talents?
0:55:55 > 0:55:56Definitely not.
0:55:56 > 0:55:59- BELL RINGS - The Southern girls go speed dating with Northern boys.
0:55:59 > 0:56:01Look how big he is!
0:56:03 > 0:56:06Emotions reach breaking point.
0:56:06 > 0:56:11I'm going out with no knickers and no bra on tonight and I've never done that before in my life.
0:56:13 > 0:56:16And it's the last-blast, wild Geordie night out.
0:56:16 > 0:56:18No. I'm not having fun.
0:56:18 > 0:56:20I think that Fiona feels like she's in hell.
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