Episode 3 Invasion of the Job Snatchers

Christchurch. A small town on the south coast of England,

where a third of the population is over 60.

Nicknamed "God's waiting room",

it's the ultimate pensioners' paradise.

But now, the town has opened its gates to

a swarm of young job seekers to work in their old-fashioned businesses.

All the butchers that I know are all getting old now.

This trade needs new blood.

Senior employers have offered eight weeks' work experience,

and for those that impress, the chance of a permanent job.

In exchange, the town will receive an injection of new blood.

Lovely to meet you.

Hello, my name's Remus.

The invasion has begun as 11 young people

have been selected to live together...

..and work across nine local businesses.

From a fish stall...

Hold it by his back.

..to the local butcher's.

My little mate.

As you can see, there are the hairs on his chinny-chin-chin.

The bosses review the trainees' work at weekly appraisals.

That's very good, Renee. Absolutely.

-You've done really well.

-Pleasure doing business.

-HE BELCHES

-And those that don't come up to scratch could face the sack.

The housemates have had way too much to drink.

Coming up...

Bits in the sink. It knocks me sick.

The pressures of moving away from home

and sharing a house with total strangers starts to take its toll.

Clean up after yourself. No-one is a parent.

I just feel like I'm letting her down and I hate it.

Get me out of this house. I'm going home.

This programme contains strong language

Week three, and our 11 trainees are now down to nine after graduate

Glenn quit and Christian was sacked.

I can't take this, yeah.

Apprentice ferryman Adam got off on the wrong foot

with his mentor Paul and was given a final warning.

You got a yellow card.

For being, like, five, ten minutes late?

Absolutely bloody right.

The guy is a prick. He's a full-on dickhead.

Despite their differences, Adam started enjoying the job.

I'm waking up and I'm like, right, that's it, let me get back to work.

Carl nearly ruined his opportunity at the butcher's by turning

up five hours late after an all-night drinking session.

PHONE RINGS

Hello, Carl.

I've literally just woken up about two minutes ago.

-Do you want me at the shop?

-Well, this is your job, isn't it?

You've got to show responsibility.

We'll forget about it this time but don't let it happen again.

Cup of tea. Could change my mood.

No rest for the wicked, they say, innit? I don't know.

It's Saturday, and while some of the housemates are enjoying a

well-earned rest, it's work as usual for Carl, Remus, Rachel and Adam.

I'm going to work. I'll see you later, yeah?

It may be the weekend, but Adam is continuing to impress mentor Paul.

We have this thing with Adam where we want him...

It's a nine o'clock start most days,

so unless he's five minutes early, he's late.

But Adam's been turning up half an hour early,

which is astounding since we nearly had to get rid of him.

Good morning.

What a horrible day.

He's wanting to be useful and helpful.

He's turning out to be a very good work experience lad.

Shall I grab two coffees while I'm up that side?

Yep. I'll have a tea.

With Adam doing so well as a crew member, captain Paul has

decided that it's time for him to take on a new challenge.

He's showing initiative and so we then teach him a few more things.

You all right, boss?

Oh, you all right?

-Yeah, man. Guess what I'm doing?

-What?

Learning how to drive the boat today. I get to learn it.

That's good, cos you wanted to do that from the beginning.

I said that, didn't I?

As soon as I said I found out I was on a ferry, I was like, right...

"I want to drive the boat."

Obviously you can't just chuck me on without like learning or...

No, and he has to trust you first, so he must think highly of you.

-Definitely.

-Well done, you, man.

Yeah.

Yeah, I'm going to go and learn in a bit, yeah?

-All right then, have fun, man.

-Yeah, man, I will.

OK, Adam, I'm going to teach you how to drive this boat now,

so this is the steering wheel.

This is the engine control.

First of all, we can start the engine.

OK. I'll do the throttle. You just concentrate on the wheel.

Okey-dokey.

I feel like I've started to learn a lot more.

I'm learning a lot more about this.

Just come over a little bit more. Aim for that green buoy.

I feel like I've got more confidence.

I'm just trying to make the most of it and do the best I can.

Just doing some driving practice here...

As Adam gets to grips with driving the boat,

Paul piles on the pressure with a quiz.

What colour light would you find on the port side of a vessel?

-Red.

-Very good.

-What year was Nelson born?

-Who?

Horatio Nelson.

Horatio Nelson? CSI Miami?

Did you not just say Horatio?

He was a commander in the British Navy

and his ship was called The Victory.

Oh... So not CSI?

No, it's not CSI.

Still a little bit to learn.

While general knowledge isn't Adam's thing,

maybe he'll fare better with his practical side.

Next test - docking the boat.

Eventually, you'll end up aiming for this far post.

There we go, and we stop about here.

And a little bump.

That was a bit more than a little bump.

Go ahead. Go ahead. Ahead.

Take over.

I feel like I'm going a bit too fast for that.

Thing you've got to appreciate is the width of the boat.

I can't teach that. It's just experience. There we go.

-We're going in.

-Like all trainees,

Adam is heading towards another weekly appraisal,

where his work will be assessed.

If he does well, he'll be one step closer to a permanent job,

so he's going to have to nail it this time.

Aim for that.

Aim for that.

That's good. That's good. Looking good.

Come out a little bit. There we go.

Looking good. There we go.

Safely alongside on the ponty.

Good. Well done. Just leave it ticking over just there.

That's all there is to it.

-All right, that did.

-Did it feel all right?

-Yeah, it felt quite nice.

-Good, well done.

The more you learn, the more better you get.

I knew all of them yesterday and now,

I'm just getting confused again.

Also working down at Mudeford Quay is Adam's roommate,

22-year-old Remus.

At the fish shop, there's a test for him too.

I said I don't know what...

I'm from Leicester. I love music.

I can be a party animal, but I can still go bed at 12 o'clock

and get up for six in the morning.

I hate being unemployed. I really hate it. No money,

no reason to get up in the morning.

I've had loads and loads of jobs.

Waitering, bar work, call centre, retail.

I'm afraid that it may look like I job hop.

Now I feel like I'm at the age where I want a job and I want to

stick at it and prove I can be a sensible, hard-working person.

For two weeks, Remus has worked at the fish stall with owner

and mentor Russell, his wife Becky...

£5.78 then, please.

..and their daughter-in-law Millie.

So you did very well.

Thank you. Pleasure doing fish with you.

Well done.

I think he's enjoying the challenge.

I have strong arms.

He's enjoying mixing with people and serving customers.

-Thank you.

-He's great when he's here. Lovely bloke.

-Does everything you ask him to do.

-There you go. Enjoy the rest of your day.

Getting him here is the problem I've got.

Recently, Remus has been struggling to get into work

and his time-keeping has become erratic.

He's been late on more than one occasion.

-Really am so sorry.

-Third time now.

-With ever more bizarre excuses.

-I got lost.

I went round in a circle and ended up back where I started.

Next time it does happen, I won't need you for the whole day.

And yesterday he didn't go in at all.

I've got a really bad belly.

Go out for a drink last night, did you?

-No.

-Oh, you just said... You are actually ill?

Yeah.

Today, Remus is back after his day off sick

and is keen to make amends for letting his mentor down.

How you feeling today, Remus?

A lot better, thank you, Russell.

-Yesterday, we had to get somebody to come cover for you.

-Yeah.

So they would normally work on a Sunday but they're not going

to work this Sunday cos they've done a day in lieu.

-Is that OK that you can cover them on Sunday?

-Yeah.

-But for that day.

-Mh-mm.

-OK, super. Lovely.

Today, though, Remus has more to learn.

Firstly, how to prepare a fish.

We're going to push it on a little bit further now.

We're going to start with some heading and gutting.

I think with Remus, he's picking it up very quickly.

-Go back up the fish.

-OK. Like that, yeah.

OK? So then I've got that bit of meat there,

and you always go away from your hand with the knife.

That's it. Chop down now.

That's it. Whatever we throw at him,

he takes it on the chin and gets straight on with it.

Now that's all guts, obviously.

Oh, this is disgusting. I do feel content in this job

-and I think that's the most important thing.

-So...

-Heading, gutting and trimming.

-We've headed, we've gutted, we just need to trim now.

I feel like somebody...

Working on the fish stall, I actually feel like someone.

Literally, every day has just got better and better.

I've just learnt so much. I've actually enjoyed it.

If I feel content in the job, I feel like I can stick to it

and that's what I'm going to do.

That's it. Ready to wrap up for the customer.

Oh, right, OK.

-Remus.

-Yes?

When you're free, will you take the bird food out, please?

-Yes.

-Thank you. OK. Be careful.

REMUS SCREAMS

It's half past 11, Rach.

I don't want to know what time it is.

Because I'm supposed to be in work.

Back at the house,

Remus isn't the only trainee with problems getting to work.

Rachel, you're going to get fired.

Can you just get out, please?

No.

People try to put me into a specific stereotype.

Whether it be a rocker or goth.

I've been called an emo before. I'm sorry, I'm not an emo.

I've been relatively lucky when I've been unemployed.

Most of the time when I get an interview, I get the job.

I don't know whether that's just because everyone loves me

but in terms of actually trying to hold down a job,

I haven't been lucky at all.

Struggling with authority has something to do with it, definitely.

If the opportunity arises for me to relocate for a job, I'll do it.

Something like this is probably never going to crop up again

so I'm going to grab it with both hands and run with it.

For the last two weeks,

Rachel's had a job in outdoor plants at Stewart's Garden Centre...

Oh, where do you live?

..working with her mentor, Julie.

But she's been struggling to turn up.

'I've got a banging headache and aching limbs.'

I'll do a Saturday or a Sunday this weekend, if you want.

It is a bit frustrating.

When we come to her appraisal, we're talking about time-keeping,

lunch breaks, start times, there's a couple of times

when she's been late in.

I work on the basis that we're all adults.

You know when you need to be here.

Today, having said she'd work the weekend to make up

for the time taken off sick, Rachel's not budging.

Hey, you've got to ring your work quickly

-and then you can go back to sleep.

-I offered to do it. It's not compulsory.

Do you want me to ring your work for you, Rachel?

-Err...

-Cos you're going to get into loads of trouble if you don't do it.

Was you sick yesterday?

-You didn't go to work yesterday, did you?

-Oh.

She had a day off, then went in, then had another day off.

Is that Julie?

-Yes.

-It's Rachel.

Oh, destroyed again. I don't know what's wrong with me, Julie.

Yeah. I'm sorry that I've let you down again.

No problem. Bye.

-Was she all right, yeah?

-Yeah.

-She's well nice, that boss, isn't she?

-She's lovely.

Stuff in an apple. Plenty of.

Carl's criminal record has meant he struggled to get

work for the last six years,

but he made a flying start at the butcher's, impressing mentor Robin.

Bye now. See ya, mate.

Until he too blotted his unblemished record by turning up late.

So I learnt my lesson after being five hours late.

I'm not doing that again, no way. It was too awkward.

I felt like I'd let the side down,

let Robin down after everything he's done for me.

He's pretty confident with what he's doing now.

Cheers, my man. Thanks very much.

He seems to be enjoying it more this week.

-I think he learnt his lesson last week.

-Have a good day.

-See you later, guys.

-See you, mate.

What makes the job is the people -

Robin, you know, having a laugh with the lads.

Two's Company?!

You read some of them out. They're funny.

Cheeky bugger. Right, let's see this now.

Focused, adorable and convi...

convivial?

Beg your pardon?

New Milton. 6'2".

6'2"!

Oh, no, 62. Fucking 62!

Fucking hell. Don't think they're easily offended.

Clean hands and a filthy mind go down a treat in the butchering trade.

Carl and his fellow trainees

have been in Christchurch for two weeks now.

For most of them,

it's their first experience of life away from their families.

So, Carl is cooking up a plan to make the house feel more homely.

What's this you're doing with your dinner then?

I want to cook Sunday roast. I'm sure we're all missing home, aren't we?

Sunday roast is a nice chance to...

Well, it's traditional, for a start.

It's a nice way to get the house feeling all friendly.

That's what I'm all about.

-Come on then.

-Righty-oh.

-Grab a basket.

-What do you think?

It's a chicken, isn't it?

Big enough them, aren't they?

Thanks very much, Robin.

Gordon Ramsay, eat your heart out!

Back home on the dole, I was eating porridge for breakfast,

noodles for lunch, beans on toast for tea,

sounds exciting, doesn't it?

Since I've been here, I've been eating spicy sausages,

steaks - the lot, really.

Who knows, I might be a 32 waist at the end of this.

Across Christchurch on the Mudeford Quay, another two

trainees are buzzing after their successful Saturday at work.

Yes, bredra, what you saying?

Yo, man. How's the driving going?

Oh, you know what, yeah? That was sick. That was absolutely...

I proper loved it in there, like, I never in my life would ever

thought like I'm going to be behind the wheel of a boat.

Maybe a car and bikes and stuff, but a boat...

-But a boat.

-It was sick. What's your day been like anyway?

I've learnt all the different names of all the fish.

I've learnt how to cut off their head, take out their hearts

and their guts. I didn't know that before.

Mate, I put... All I know about fish is put a rod in the water, yeah,

with a bit of meat on and then the rod can catch it.

That's me. Me and my dad, mate.

-Is that how you catch your girls? Ha-ha!

-You...

We're going to rock on tonight, boy.

It's Saturday evening and the trainees are preparing

for a night out at a rock club that's been organised by James.

I don't usually go clubbing at all.

The first time I went out to a nightclub was last Saturday with

the rest of the group.

Hopefully, there'll be a few more people there that

listen to the same sort of stuff I do.

Do I look rocky enough for you?

It's all right. You look lovely as usual.

-Oh, bless you.

-I got work in the morning though, Remus.

-You've got to remember, yeah?

-Yeah.

-And you have, mate.

You've got the same, work the same time as me, like...

But I'm some person that can go out, have a good time,

come home, go to bed, sleep like that, wake up, go to work.

Might be slightly tired but I can do it.

Looks like you have it all under control, Remus.

MUSIC: "Ace Of Spades" by Motorhead

It's deafening, dangerous, and fucking awesome.

I want to get some food and go home.

Having had their ears and bodies battered,

the trainees head home confident that being in for midnight

means they'll be OK for work in the morning.

Oh, look. It's still ten to 12. I've still got ten minutes.

I'm back before 12 o'clock, yeah, because I got...

-Oh!

-Who's that?

Fucking hell, yeah.

I think my house-mates have had way too much to drink.

Could somebody help me up, yeah?

One, two, three.

You know what, yeah? My night last night was kind of banging.

Still, I'm not even going to lie, like,

I went down and got involved in a couple of mosh pits.

Nearly swung a couple of heads with some bloody grebs,

but no, it was a banging night.

I wish I'd followed my gut instincts and stayed in.

Remus has been late for work three times

and today there's a problem too.

There's not been hot water for two days now.

I refuse to leave the house. Do you know what?

I actually feel well enough, like, I feel fine to go to work.

If I had a shower now, I would feel even more fine.

It's just nasty, man. At the end of the day, I...

With everyone else off today apart from Remus and Adam,

there's plenty of time for high jinks and larking about, but not for Carl.

He's got a big day in the kitchen.

I'm making a Sunday roast.

But first of all, I'm making a bacon buttie and having a cup of tea.

Standard.

You going to go to work?

I really want to.

And the thing is, I don't even feel hung-over.

I don't even feel tired. I just want...

I just feel nasty. I feel grimy.

Yeah, all I'm saying is you're there for a half a day, innit,

so this, I would have just thought, get up and just do it, man.

I've got to go to work now, me. I go work.

I'm going to ring them now.

I'm going to tell them the truth.

-Suit yourself.

-See you later.

With Adam off to report for duty on the ferry

and Remus still in bed, Carl hits the kitchen.

-OK, now.

-But there's a problem.

As you can see, we've got a lot of dirty bastards who don't

clean up after themselves.

Still thinking they're at home with parents,

so hence I'm a little bit pissed off this morning.

While Carl gets his head around the dirty kitchen,

Remus has decided he will go into work,

so he's calling his boss Becky to let her know why he's running late.

Hello, is that Becky?

Hi, Becky, it's Remus.

The reason why I'm late is because there's still no hot water

and it's the second day in a row there's no hot water and I feel...

OK, Becky.

What a lame, feeble excuse. There's no hot water.

Today was our day off.

We were meant to go out. We're meant to do something.

We've had to change that and come into work.

Coming to work in the fish stall, right?

You don't necessarily need a shower, and if you do, have a cold one.

She's just said that she'll speak to me on Tuesday

and she put the phone down on me.

I'd have to think of a different excuse than no hot water

because you're making yourself look a mug.

Well, he's certainly trying to treat me as a mug by saying it to me.

-Yeah.

-Thinking I...

-That's what I think.

..ultimately would even believe a thing like that.

What annoys me is I feel that he's insulting our intelligence to

think that we would believe such a stupid story.

Yeah. I mean how, how naive must you be? What did he expect us to say?

"Oh, poor Remus, hasn't got any hot water.

"Yeah, super, take the day off."

If I was a boss and one of my employees rang and said

I can't come into work because the hot water's not running...

I would have put them on a final warning straightaway.

I wouldn't have given them no chance.

I'll have a little chat with him when I get back and tell him,

"You're lucky you've still got your job."

Make sure he does come into work tomorrow.

First thing first in the kitchen, look after expensive garments.

So, apron on.

I think it's really sweet that Carl's cooked.

He's like the house dad - always full of advice.

I've got two chickens from work and I've already prepared them

a little bit, by sprinkling on some rosemary.

I'm going to score it, sprinkle a little bit more on,

stick them in the oven and then crack on with the rest of the stuff

that I prepared this morning.

-I'll set the table.

-Brilliant.

That's a cracking idea, that, mate.

I don't think it's fair that Carl...

Bless him, he's paid for the food.

Everyone helps in their own little way.

I would love someone to put the ironing board away.

I've not used the ironing board, so I'm not touching it.

Is it on? It's not even on.

Can everyone make themselves sat down and ready to eat, yeah?

So with another beer down, the chicken carved

and Adam back from work, it's time for the housemates to

enjoy their first sit-down meal together

since they arrived in Christchurch.

GLASSES CLINKING

-FEMALE:

-Oh, a toast.

Good company, good friends, living the good life, yeah?

THEY CHEER

I'm so emosh!

Thank you so much, Carl, it's beautiful.

You can choose your friends, you can't choose your family.

We are family now, whether you like it or not.

I want people to all get on, support each other when we need it, yeah?

That's what we've got to do here.

REMUS: I feel like I've messed up a bit.

I really hope that when I go back to work, that they're going to

give me that second chance cos I do actually want to do this.

And I want to make them proud of me and not disappointed in me.

After Carl has created a warm, loving feeling in the house,

they all agree how to keep a happy home.

Starting with the washing up.

I think now is a good chance to prove that we can wash up after ourselves.

We should all wash our own plates...

THEY TALK OVER EACH OTHER

Benny, see, now you're trying to get out of it.

It's only a plate and a knife and fork.

You don't need to cos you cooked.

As Carl settles down with another beer, Remus and Adam talk work.

Do you know what I'm going to do?

I'm going to go in tomorrow on my day off.

Don't tell them that you're going to be coming in.

Just turn up, cos then they will think...

That will put a good impression.

Well, he has turned up on his day off, off his own back.

That will look good, man.

-Yeah, and-and, you know...

-Like, if you worked for me

and you just turned up, I'd be like, "All right then, all right then."

It will feel good. Trust me. You'll have that nice feeling.

I'm not going to just apologise just because I think it's the right

thing to do, I'm going to apologise because I genuinely am sorry.

Monday morning, 6am, the start of another working week.

Trainee appraisals loom on the horizon,

and as ever, Carl's first up and off to work.

-Morning, Robin.

-Morning, Carl.

-All right?

-Good weekend, Robin?

-Yeah, you?

-Sunday roast.

-How was it?

Went down a treat.

-Everyone enjoyed and that, yeah.

-Jolly good.

Who washed up then?

We decided that we're all going to clean up after ourselves

and not leave no mess for anybody else.

Just presume that everyone would wash their own stuff,

especially after having a sit-down meal cooked for them.

-And they didn't want to do it?

-Well, I've come down this morning

and there's plates that haven't even been scraped.

You live and learn. C'est la vie.

All that lot.

It's not a bad day today. It's half day.

It's not brown-nosing, is it, Robin?

We're having, we're going, playing golf, aren't we?

Yeah, we are, mate.

What do we have to wear and that, Robin?

You have to wear like pants and a polo shirt?

Proper trousers and...

Bobble hat.

Nah, you don't have to have a bobble hat, no.

People using our fucking shit!

Oh.

Back at the house, the start of the day is better for some than others.

My fucking shit.

Do you know what I've had out of that?

Two cup of teas. Fucking hell.

Drama, drama, drama.

People fucking peck my head.

What...

It's not fucking hard to ask, "Can I use some please?"

-It's not fucking rocket science.

-I think it might get steadily worse.

Part of me feels a bit nervous this morning about going into work.

It's his day off but Remus is going to the fish store to

apologise to his bosses for his no-show yesterday.

The ideal scenario would be I have a chat to them,

they accept my apology and they don't hold a grudge.

I hope they just let me get on with it.

Worst-case scenario would be if I go in and they say,

"You know what Remus? We're just not happy with it.

"Can't be putting up with it. We're going to have to let you go."

I shouldn't feel nervous cos I know it's going to be all right.

People's work ethics are coming into question.

People aren't turning up for work and people

are throwing sickies left, right and centre.

-Are they?

-Remus didn't go into work yesterday.

I don't know.

Talk about moon on a stick.

This poor lad didn't go to work because there was no hot water.

Before I moved here, I hadn't had hot water for seven, eight months.

I just couldn't afford it.

I used to fill up three kettles, put them in the bath.

I'd have like an inch of water and I'd roll around like a dolphin.

Across town, 20-year-old Deneka heads into the salon ready to

start another week's hair dressing under the watchful eye of mentor

and owner Irene.

It's been really good. Like, I really enjoy it here.

Like, all the staff make you feel like part of the team.

Now dry that section there.

I think she gets on well with everybody. She's settled in here.

Get the air into it, otherwise you'll never get a nice blow dry.

-You've never got enough hair in it.

-Sounds really bad but I like to be hands-on,

so standing around and writing and stuff.

Doing things, I do learn a lot more. Like, in school, I didn't like really listen

cos I just got bored of listening.

I think this placement's quite ideal for me

cos it's more of a hands-on thing.

It's just like painting, really.

Irene's shown me a lot as well, like,

she's a really good person, to be honest.

-I'm going to let you have a go now.

-Thank you.

You've just done that bit, haven't you?

Yep. You push your finger, that's it.

It will stay up on its own then. That's it.

Just small sections.

She's also shown me the practical side of hairdressing

so she's not been using me like I'm some skivvy like all the other placements I've done.

Or you can go straight across there if you want to. It's up to you.

Irene just asked me to do what I was doing, like, while she was doing her client's hair,

so that made me feel a bit happy cos she, like, had faith in me.

Like, didn't have to, like, keep an eye on me.

I think I've done quite well with it.

She picks things up nice and quickly.

And you don't expect people to pick it up that quickly.

You don't. Quite sharp really, aren't you?

Down on Mudeford Quay, things aren't going quite so well for Remus.

I messed up at work.

My boss Russell is very annoyed with me.

They had to come in on their day off so today I'm

coming in on my day off to prove to them that I'm sorry

and I just want to be serious about this and get it right.

Hello, Russell.

-Remus.

-Hello. Am I OK to have a word with you here?

-Sure.

-Um, I came in today

because I just wanted to apologise for messing up yesterday.

I fully understand what I've done. I regret it.

I feel awful for making you and Becky come in on your day off.

You didn't deserve that and I just want you to know that I'm

really sorry and I hope, I hope that you can give me a second chance.

My problem is, Remus, is that I need punctuality,

I need people to be reliable.

You haven't been. It wasn't just yesterday.

We've had a few situations. You're a lovely guy.

You work very well when you are here,

it's just that we've got a definite problem with you

turning up on time.

-So I'm afraid we're going to have to let you go.

-OK.

You know, I'm running a business. It has to be taken seriously.

It's not fair on, well, on anyone really.

-I understand.

-Not just me.

-I understand.

I've enjoyed the whole time being here and you've really, you know,

I really did love it so I'm just thankful for the opportunity.

OK. Well, of course we've got no hard feelings

-and we all wish you the best.

-Thank you.

-So good luck.

-Thank you very much, Russell.

-No problem.

-Take care of yourself.

-And you.

-Thank you.

-Bye.

-Bye.

Hmm. Oh, well.

We've had several days of lateness.

Not turning in at all.

Yesterday was basically final straw, because we'd all made

plans for the day and we had to change them all and come into work.

I'm annoyed with him for messing it up for himself but at the end

of the day his punctuality and ethic for work is bad.

I'm so disappointed in myself.

Sometimes you just don't realise what you've got really

until you lose it anyway.

I am gutted to leave. Very gutted.

Adam wants to know how Remus's chat with Russell has gone,

and heads over to the fish store to check on his roommate.

-Good afternoon, everybody.

-All right, Adam.

-You all right?

-Yeah, you?

-Yeah, I'm not bad. Where's Remus?

-Bit of a sore point.

Remus, we've had to ask him to leave.

-Really?

-Yeah, he's gone.

-Why?

-He's got a lot of attributes. He's got a great personality.

He's great with the customers, great with the team, you know?

But his punctuality, he really needs to polish up on

and hopefully he'll go away and think about it.

You all right, bro?

Hello.

Yo, bro. Yo, bro, slippery down here, mate.

Are you all right, yeah?

Truthfully, I'm gutted. I'm really disappointed. It's my own fault.

-I've only got myself to blame anyway.

-Yeah.

You know? I'm more disappointed in myself.

It's just nice to know, like, at least you're going away with

experience of fish, innit?

At least you've got a bit of knowledge.

Yeah, I've got fish knowledge.

I can't believe it. I can't believe it, man.

-I can't believe you're leaving, man.

-I'm going to miss you a lot still.

I'm going to miss you too, man.

A lot. Like, we balanced. We balanced, innit? We fully balanced.

At the butcher's, Carl is also in for a shock.

Robin has news that will pile on the pressure over the next two weeks.

I'm going away on holiday.

Right.

And Mark and John will sort you out.

Who's going to be in charge?

I just expect more of the same when I come back and he tells me

how good you've been. That's what I'm expecting.

Great. If you can't be good, take care, yeah?

Having worked so well under Robin's guidance for the first two weeks,

Carl's determined that his progress won't slow without his support.

There's a famous saying when the cat's away, you know?

But, no, not in this case. And obviously I'm self-conscious.

I feel a bit of pressure on my shoulders as well to keep

the ball rolling in the same way. At the end of the day I'm Carl Owen

and I'm going to make the most of this.

It's lunchtime in Christchurch, and with her work going so well,

Deneka opens up to mentor Irene about her problems living

with the other trainees, who can't tidy up, and use her milk.

-Yeah, that house is a bit hectic.

-It will be, won't it?

Everyone's really nice in the house

but I think some people are just a bit more out there than others.

You're quite strong-minded, aren't you?

Very strong-minded.

Do you think that's the life you've led?

I've lived in, like, hostels

and stuff before with like loads of people, but, like, we've

never... Well, we have all, like, chilled together and stuff

but it's nothing like that house.

Like, that house is just...

Well, of course you're used to living on your own.

Oh, yeah, I am.

So you're independent, and you're finding their untidiness a nuisance.

The other night, me and Renee, we must have gone downstairs

for a water or something and we came down, it's just like a big mess.

It looked like a bomb site or something. It was, ugh.

I can get wound up easily so, like, I could imagine

someone, like, saying something that would P me off.

Like, if someone's arguing with me I have to walk away from it,

cos I get annoyed really quickly.

I only hit someone, like, if they talk about my mum

or if someone hits me.

I've never actually gone to hit someone first.

Well, actually I have done it once before, but I was really drunk.

Told you. Oh.

Mondays are early closing,

so Robin's organised a round of golf to make sure Carl feels

part of the team and stays motivated while he's away.

Well, that's not bad.

It's not.

There we go. How about that?

-Was that a hole in one, Carl?

-Yeah.

Thanks very much for taking us here today.

Honestly, the furthest I've been away from sunny old Warrington really.

-Yeah.

-And I think since I've been,

since I've been down here, Warrington for me

to put it bluntly is a dead end street, do you know what I mean?

There's nothing going for me. Just, there's no work.

And even though I've got friends and family, you know what?

I've got given motivation.

There's actually nowhere, there's no avenue for me to do it.

Have I told you I was homeless?

-No.

-I was homeless for three years.

At night shelters, homeless hostels, I slept rough on the Bank Park.

I mean, that's why, you know it sounds,

messing around with my hair a lot of the time, Robin?

I think I developed like some comfort in like trying to

look immaculate.

Trying to look clean when I was going through that.

Stuff like that, yeah. So it's a dark place.

I mean, I always I get emotional

when I talk about it cos such, it was somewhere I never wanted to be.

I don't think I deserved to be there but I was just there

and that was it, do you know what I mean?

You got judged and you got treated differently

and just basically it was horrible.

Do you know what I mean? And now since I've been down here it's like,

it looks like a new world really.

And, like, it's all down to you really, Robin, like, giving me

this chance really.

And you as well. I mean, I can't, I can't fault you.

You know? You're good.

It is a hard world out there at the moment, and everybody needs a chance

and I think it's very difficult for youngsters today in the job place.

-Certainly.

-Getting apprenticeships and things like that.

It's not out there. It's not easy for them.

If I was to have this job and have this life,

and work down here, you're basically giving me

a life rather than existing.

That's why I done it, and I'm very pleased that I did.

Yeah, you should be. So, shall we crack a few more?

Yeah, yes, let's get rid of some of these balls.

Get rid of this frog in my throat.

While one trainee makes the most of his opportunity,

another has just thrown his away.

I don't think I've ever been more disappointed in myself more

than I am now, but I just keep messing up.

I don't know what's wrong with me.

Working at the fish store, I was disappointed at first

and then I really started liking it.

Then I just loved it.

As Remus packs, the others arrive back from work

unaware of the day's events.

I feel a bit lost and confused as well.

Don't really know where my life is going.

Just a sad day, man.

I'm out of here, guys.

Why?

Cos my time's up.

Have you been fired?

They didn't give me that second chance that I wanted.

Oh, my God. I'm such a fucking mess. Fuck off.

Hey, man, look, listen... You're not going back tonight?

Yeah, right now.

I'm going to weep.

-Remus is not leaving me!

-Have a good birthday.

-I'm going to miss you. I will.

-I'm going to miss you too.

You too, man. I'm so glad I've met you all.

You're all so nice.

Hello, Mum. I'm on my way home.

'Are you really?'

-Yeah.

-'Why? Have you got the sack?'

I got the sack.

'Why did you get the sack? For not turning up to work?'

Yeah.

'Oh, dear. I don't know, Remus.'

-I love you.

-'Love you too. Bye.'

-Bye.

I can't believe he's gone. Honestly, can't believe he's gone.

I'm sure he's going to be disappointed about this

for a long time.

You'll see people doing the big dramatics now and that

cos they miss him and stuff, you know?

But I'm more interested in...

I've got a curry, and the football's on later,

so life goes on, doesn't it?

I'm worried about people leaving cos that's one of my best friends gone now,

so I think we all need to learn something from this.

That we all need to fix up with our jobs

and make sure we're on time cos it could happen to anyone.

Next morning, and our workforce hit Christchurch with renewed vigour.

They'll soon be having their weekly appraisal,

when their mentors will review their performance.

If they do well they could be on their way

to landing a full-time job.

Do badly, and like Remus, the chance of a new life

and career will be over.

Back at the house though, Deneka doesn't look like she's

taking her own advice from the evening before.

I'm not going to go into work today

cos I feel really sick from yesterday.

And I genuinely am ill.

Just got a message from Deneka that she won't be in today.

Really, she should have phoned before nine o'clock.

I'm a bit concerned for Deneka.

I think each time somebody goes, it rocks her boat.

I've been in a fucking worse position than this.

At the butcher's, it's Carl's second day without mentor Robin

and he's struggling.

I'm missing Robin a little bit.

Missing his calming influence in the shop.

-There's a bit of a bulge.

-There's a giant joint there.

John, when he's showing me stuff, he's watching you

and he's pestering around you and he's too close.

Turn it around this way.

I want supervision, I need supervision.

I'm not good enough on my own, but you know, there's

a difference between supervising and baby-sitting, I think.

He looks anxious and it passes onto myself and I get frustrated

when I'm anxious. I'm pissed off now.

Fucking panicking over which way to cut this and that.

Just fuck off. Leave me alone, yeah?

Please, just leave me alone with shit like that.

Yeah, I think you definitely killed this one.

-It went a bit bitty today.

-A bit bitty, yeah.

It was difficult to find him jobs to do

because he needed to be shown how to do it and we were a bit busy at the

front and those pigs...

He was having a bit of difficulty scoring

up but it's just knowing how to handle the knife in a certain way.

It's going to take a while for him to sort of learn.

Carl's had a hard day,

but it might not be all down to missing his mentor.

Not going to lie, the house is getting to me a little bit.

Getting quite frustrated.

I think...

I've brought it into work with me.

I don't know, I'm just...

Just feel a bit cheesed off by it all.

I've cooked a Sunday roast to make it feel like home.

Basically, Remus said,

"Let's make a concerted effort and wash our own gear."

And they've been nodding their heads and thinking, "Fuck you,"

under their breaths.

And they've gone in there, not even scraped the plate,

just thrown it on the side.

I don't know if you can tell, but I'm dreading going home.

Number one, I'm ill.

Number two, the reason I'm probably ill is

cos people don't know how to wash their fucking things properly.

And number three, I know the two culprits.

They're going to get an earful of abuse.

Back at the house, Deneka's been off sick all day.

She's not been resting though -

the mess has been sending her into a frenzy.

Clean up after yourself.

No-one is a parent. Simple as.

Fucking tramps.

Look, what's this about?

That is one thing I can't deal with. Bits in a sink.

It knocks me sick.

Ugh.

For three weeks I've kept my mouth shut. Three fucking weeks today.

No, no, no, no.

With Deneka in full swing, in walk James and Rachel.

Time to take cover.

And you and James need to clean your shit.

I what?

You and you, you need to clean your shit. It's disgusting.

Don't tell me it's not you

because there's pasta stains all over the place.

-Oh, bollocks.

-What's this? Right, some chat shit.

And do you know what else you left?

You left your fucking mouldy shit in the fridge.

And if I ever get ill again, I'm going to start spinning heads.

Get me out of this house. I'm going home. I want to go home.

No wonder it fucking smells like shit in this house.

Go girl. Go girl.

-I do clean my own shit up.

-Clean your shit.

Cos I live on my own pretty much all the time,

and I clean my shite up all the time.

Whoever it is just admit it.

I know exactly who it is. I know exactly who it is.

Leaving mouldy shit in the fridge, so it's in your room.

It's in your room. It's in your room.

If you want to get ill stay in your room,

and do you know what? You need your own plate.

CARL: The reason why I bounced downstairs is

I don't like a raised voice out of a woman, do you know what I mean?

I come home and Deneka's upset about the state of the kitchen

and the dishes and stuff like that.

To be fair, like, that is disgusting.

It's just a bit much, to be honest.

Fucking now. I'm going to fuck him up.

CARL: This isn't right. Is it?

Carl, walking around in a bobble hat. It's all right, bro.

What a happy household we all live in.

Next morning, Carl's first up

and finds the kitchen looking much the same.

Watch this. Just for example. What's that?

Why is that lying there for everybody else to see?

Do you know what I mean? Somebody else can't use that now

and a lot of people are expecting other people to look after them.

I don't know if it's cos they've been molly-coddled

by their mothers or whether they're just not hygienic people themselves.

I mean, some people's mothers might be unclean.

As most of the apprentices side-step the mess in the kitchen

and head off to work, one of them has completely missed her alarm.

Rachel...

I overslept again.

..who works in the garden centre.

And her mentor Julie is not happy.

This morning, I had a phone call at quarter to nine from Rachel to

say that she would be late in as her shirt wasn't dry yet.

She's given me chance after chance, and I told her it wasn't

going to happen again and it's happened again.

I just feel like I'm letting her down, and I hate it.

There's a couple of times when she's been late in.

We do expect staff to be in the department ready to work

at their start time and if you don't have enough uniform or need to wash

it then you know that there is spare and it's up to you to sort it out.

Nearly, nearly there.

She said, "I'll make up any time that I should have done."

She said before that she would work a Saturday when she couldn't

work a week day and then she phoned in sick so she couldn't do it.

One place where there is harmony today is Mudeford Quay.

With Adam having done so well driving the boat,

Paul's decided it's time for him to have a go at being skipper.

You tell me what you want me to do.

-Let go of the back line.

-Shall I put the chain over?

Oh, yeah, my bad. Put the chain over, Paul.

OK, Adam. One click ahead.

Adam's coming on leaps and bounds and his attitude's definitely

better, and we're getting on all right. We're getting on well.

I feel well proud of myself.

You can see a lot of trust coming between me and Paul now.

Like we are really all right with each other.

And you can increase to ten on the revs.

So as their relationship strengthens,

Paul takes more of an interest in Adam's past.

What's it like growing up in Nottingham?

Back in the day, I did have a couple of problems

but you get involved in the wrong people,

then it's hard to get back out of it, to be honest.

That's how it works.

So what differences do you find between Nottingham and Mudeford.

It is one big difference. A massive difference being down here.

You don't walk out your door

and all you see is gangs hanging around all the corners.

You don't see a group of lads.

You don't smell weed getting blown around all the time. It's nice.

It's just relaxing. I feel like I can walk around.

Not have to keep eyes in the back of my head.

Not have to keep my guard up.

Not to be prepared if anything kicks off.

Where he's come from there must be some kind of pecking order.

Almost the alpha male syndrome.

So he's moderated his ways and I think we're working well as a team.

We really are. Credit to Adam.

You're embarrassing me now.

That was, um...

I don't think I could do any better myself.

-Not bad.

-Well done. Well done, Adam. Well done.

Adam has come a long way but he's still struggling to

completely escape his old inner-city life in Nottingham.

He's had some shocking news and needs a favour from his mentor.

If it's possible, like, if I could have this weekend off.

I've got to go back to Nottingham as one of my friends got

killed in a stabbing.

-Oh. Oh, dear.

-So I've got a funeral on Saturday.

How are you so calm about, about something that happens like that?

I mean...

I've had quite a few mates either killed or

died on me, so it's something that I've just built

myself up now, just to think, "Right..."

Like, for the first couple of days I am normally quite down

but after that it's just, it's kind of a natural thing.

-So this isn't the first time then?

-No, I've had a couple this year.

Couple last year through, like, gang violence. Happens every year.

You've been close to drama yourself, have you?

Yeah, I've been close to drama. I've been stabbed.

I got a couple of other things happen to me.

I should be either six foot under or in prison by now.

Well, I'm sorry to hear about your friend

and why don't you try to get up north on Friday?

Yeah, if that's possible?

Yeah, have a long weekend of it. Absolutely.

So while Adam contemplates the trip home to Nottingham,

at the hairdresser's Deneka has been at work all morning.

Is the water OK for you?

But she's still not happy with the state of the house.

It still looks the same this morning so I'm on the verge of leaving

and going home.

The only thing that's keeping me going is my job, really and truly.

You can be as rough as you like.

Would you like to go and take a seat?

I think she's a survivor.

There are survivors in this world and I think she's one of them.

No matter what life kicks at her,

she's going to kick it straight back again.

And I like that in her.

Rachel has eventually made it into work at the garden centre,

but she's over an hour late.

Ah, morning, Rachel.

-Morning.

-Are you all right?

I'm sorry about being late.

You need to remember that we've got spare uniform here.

Yeah, I know. I had a look through it the other day and they're all,

-all the shirts are quite small.

-Right, well can you see Debbie today

-and ask her to give you another shirt?

-I will do, yeah.

-That way you've got time to get it dry before you come back in.

-Yeah. I will do. Yeah.

-All right?

Cos you could have come in in a shirt and we could've got one when you got here.

-Yeah.

-Yes?

-Yeah. I am sorry about that.

-OK, let's...

I've brought some biccies and stuff in for tea as well.

Right. That won't do us any good whatsoever.

I find it frustrating cos she can be really quite good.

I know she finds some of it boring and that she's going to have

to deal with herself and decide whether this is the type

of work that she wants to do, because that isn't going to change.

-You've done the baskets before, haven't you?

-I have, yeah.

-They just need dead-heading.

It just comes and goes, like,

when I'm having a rough day or I've, I've had a rough start to the day.

I come in and I'm just like, "I cannot be bothered today."

And everything that I'm asked to do is just... My mind goes,

"Tedious. Boring. Don't want to do it."

It's Friday morning in Christchurch

and as Adam heads off to his home town Nottingham to attend

a friend's funeral, it's end of the week appraisals for our trainees.

The day they find out how they're doing and if they still have a job.

That's £18.30 then, please, my lovely.

It's been another good week for Renee at the wool shop.

I think you're doing very well. I'm very pleased with you.

And for Ellie at the solicitors.

That's a great job.

At the salon, Deneka's had a hard week.

She's been off sick and her mind has been distracted by the events

of the house, but her job has seen her through.

-I am really pleased with you.

-Thank you.

I think you're quite bright.

Oh. Nice to hear.

You are.

I'm a bit concerned about you in the house,

cos I don't think you're very happy there, are you?

-Not really.

-No.

But I think it might be nice for you

-to have a break from that house.

-Yeah.

Either Monday or Wednesday,

I'd like to take you home with me.

Oh!

I think you could do with a break.

Oh, I'll come round. That will be good.

It might give you something to look forward to.

-Bit of a break.

-Yes, a break from all of them.

-Oh, thank you.

-That's all right.

Rachel's been late on several mornings recently at the garden

centre and she's worried about her appraisal with mentor Julie.

This week, I want to talk to Rachel,

just to remind her about her time attendance.

We have an electronic system and so I just want to show her what

we have recorded so that she's aware that we know what time she's

turning up for work.

Every month we do time-sheets so of course I look at the start

and finish times.

-Yeah.

-So I have to show you yours.

-So the majority you're here on time.

-Yeah.

But you just need to be aware that it's...

There are a couple.

I've slumped a little bit and was like, "Oh, God."

After initially struggling when his mentor Robin went on holiday,

Carl's settling back into his work.

I'm actually good at something.

This week, it's down to Mark and John to conduct his appraisal

and tell him what they'll be reporting back to mentor Robin.

So do you feel happy today? Cos you were a bit...

Yeah, I mean the house. It's been playing on my mind.

I got a bit arsey with you when we was doing that hog.

I don't know why. It just pissed me off.

Something. Head wasn't with it, do you know what I mean? My head was elsewhere.

And have you felt like you're baby-sitting me anyway?

We left you to it today, and you just got on and done it.

I meant to thank you before you went, cos you were a help yesterday.

Really? Oh, well that's good.

At least I know that I'm helping and I'm of value. Do you know what I mean?

-I don't want to come in and be a burden.

-No, you're not.

You've picked things up quite good if you ask me.

So if Robin called tomorrow it would be good news.

Yeah, of course it would.

-Definitely.

-Yeah, oh, yeah.

So after a difficult week in the house and at work,

this is a great result for Carl.

Touch wood - everything seems to be going OK.

I started thinking the other day a few of the housemates have

gone home.

Some were sacked. Some have quit.

I can't really get my head around joining that dole queue

again in Warrington. Do you know what I mean? It just seems like...

It seems so far away from where I'm at now.

I've got friends and I'm eating loads of nice food

and that with the butchers and stuff.

It just seems a million miles away to be sat watching daytime

television and feeling sorry for myself, you know?

In Nottingham, Adam prepares for his friend's funeral.

Being back at home has got him thinking about his past

and how positive his future's looking.

Being up in Nottingham it's trouble 24/7.

It's just sirens going off all the time.

It is a bad area like. Been stabbed. It's what happens

when you get yourself involved in like certain people, innit?

That's why you have to put a bit of an act on.

That's why I think like me and Paul had a bit of a bumpy start,

because I still had my guard up

and I thought I ain't taking no shit from nobody.

Being down in Christchurch, I still sit there some nights

and just think to myself, "Wow, I'm a lucky person."

I've got myself away from it.

I got myself out of it and I've just started a fresh life

without all them people.

I've been with them all today doing what we used to do,

like getting drunk, partying, celebrating.

That's what we are there to do, innit?

But I can't come back and do this. I'm down in Christchurch working.

It's going to be like people are going to look

and go, "He's doing something good with his life at least."

Next time, two new trainees arrive in Christchurch.

Hello!

Oh, my fucking God!

The strain of work takes its toll.

I feel ill. I did throw up a little bit but

that's probably just from exhaustion.

And romance blossoms.

Thank you. Thanks for the night, yeah?

You're welcome.