Episode 4 Invasion of the Job Snatchers

THIS PROGRAMME CONTAINS SOME STRONG LANGUAGE.

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

third of the population is over 60. It's the ultimate pensioners'

paradise, but now the town has opened its gates to a swam 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.

Hello. Nice to meet you. The invasion has begun as 11 young

people have been selected to live together...

THEY LAUGH. ..and work across nine local

businesses, from a fish stall... Hold it by his back. ..to the local

butchers. My little mate. There are the hairs on his chinny chin chin.

The bosses review the trainees' work with weekly appraisals. That's very

good, Renee. Absolutely. Other people's perceptions. HE BURPS.

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

really, really want it, man, and that is an absolute life-changing

situation. Coming up, as two new trainees

arrive in Christchurch... Hiya!

THEY SCREAM. Oh, my God!

..people start to buckle under the strain of work...

I'm not happy. The novelty's definitely wearing off, you know? I

did throw up a little bit, but that's probably just from

exhaustion. ..and love is in the air.

Shall we go out on a date, me and you?

SHE LAUGHS. Cheers. Let's hope this one goes well.

Thank you. Last time, following a series of

late arrivals... I really am so sorry. Third time

now. ..and two no-shows, with ever more bizarre excuses...

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

..Remus was eventually dismissed from the fish shop. I'm so

disappointed in myself. After an early blunder... I've

literally just woken up about ten minutes ago.

..Carl had been doing well at the butcher's.

I think he learnt his lesson last week. But he became frustrated when

his mentor Robin went on holiday. I'm missing Robin a little bit.

I'm missing his, like, calming influence in the shop. Joint there.

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

around you and he's too close. Please just leave me alone, sheet

like that. 20-year-old trainee hairdresser

Deneka became infuriated with the mess at the house. Clean up after

yourself. No-one is a parent. Simple as. I know the two culprits. When

they get in, they're going to get an earful of abuse. I do clean my own

chit up. Get me out of this house. I'm going home. The only thing

that's keeping me going is my job, really and truly. Picks things up

nice and quickly. Quite sharp, really, aren't you? And mentor Irene

was so impressed she offered Deneka some respite from her housemates.

I'd like to take you home with me. Aww. I think you could do with a

break. Oh, I'll come round.

It's Sunday afternoon in Christchurch. The apprentices are

now over halfway through their eight-week placements. They have the

day off today and are relaxing at the house before they head back to

work tomorrow. Do you think the atmosphere's changed since Adam's

been away? What time is he coming back? At six o'clock. Adam is

returning to Christchurch after going home to Nottingham at the

weekend for a funeral, but he's not the only arrival expected at the

house today. Over the past few weeks, Christian, Glenn and Remus

have all headed home as the number of apprentices in Christchurch has

gone from 11 to 8. You know what? I can't do this. See you later, man.

Step on it. I'm afraid we're going to have to let you go. OK. I'm

annoyed with him for messing it up for himself, but at the end of the

day his punctuality is bad. So the town's elderly bosses, who

met 100 hopefuls eight weeks ago at an open day in Christchurch, have

decided to offer work experience to two new extra people. Hi.

18-year-old daddy's girl Amber arrives in Christchurch with

25-year-old single dad Sean from Liverpool. They'll find out what

their new work placements are when they arrive at the house. What kind

of job are you hoping for? Um, I'm not really, like, fussed what I do,

but as long as it's just not with old people.

# You better work, bitch. # Now get to work, bitch...

#. I've been unemployed since I left school. There's hardly any jobs in

Slough. I've applied for so many jobs. Done college and got

qualifications. The only thing they always say to me is, "You have no

experience," but yet nobody gives me experience so it's just like a

vicious circle. # You better work, bitch... #.

I do have ambition to work, but I think these days it's about who you

know, not what you know. I'd say my work experience with the elderly did

traumatise me a little bit. I've been like pooed on, sicked on.

People have died on me. I would say I'm a daddy's girl. He's

always there when I need him, like, emotionally, and the money side as

well. He bought me a car last week, actually. Nice. I'd like a job cos I

can't rely on my dad for the rest of my life. I can't be 30 living at

home and still asking my dad for money. That's embarrassing.

WITHIN: I'll get the door. Hiya!

THEY SCREAM. Ah! It's you! All of the trainees originally met at the

interview open day. THEY SCREAM AND LAUGH.

Once the hellos are out of the way it's time to discuss work. What's

your dream job then, Sean? Anything at the moment. I'm the butcher,

anyways. The butcher! I'm the Christchurch butcher, yeah. I'll be

happy with anything, as long as I can work hard. I'm from Liverpool

and I live in West Derby, slash Tuebrook. I've been unemployed for

the past four years. It's definitely had its up and downs. More downs

than ups. There's nothing in Liverpool job-wise and I need a job.

You could sit there all day job searching and if you get a reply

even to say no, then you're lucky. Having a job now would mean the

world to me, but people judge me on appearance. I'm unemployed and, you

know, I'm a big guy. First thought that most people probably think is,

"Well, he's sat on his cars for four years and not even tried," but it's

not so. I live with my mum and my dad, my little sister and my little

girl, Katy. She's eight years old. I was 17 when she was born. Obviously,

a 17-year-old, I wasn't planning on being a father, but, you know, I

couldn't imagine my life without her now. I'm doing this, all this for

her so she can have a better future. The new arrivals have been left

letters from their new bosses. This is the first time they'll find out

what job they'll be doing. What is it? For Sean, there's a new business

in Christchurch providing work experience. The Dorset Smokery. Oh,

that's good. Yeah, yeah. "You will explain the delight of traditional

food processing." Oh, smoking like bacon and that. Can you smoke bacon?

I thought you could only smoke tobacco. Smoky bacon. Amber. Amber

is filling the vacancy left after Remus was sacked. It says, "To

Amber, "we look forward to seeing you at 9am Monday at the fish

stall." You're going to have to gut them, squeeze their eyes out. Oh!

LAUGHTER. It's not every girl's dream job, is it, really? No, but

it's experience. It's been a long time since I've worked, so

definitely need just to do something a bit random and just get out there

and say, "Here I am. Give me a job." I hate fish! I can't even eat a fish

finger, like, the smell of it makes me gag. How am I going to work with

fish, like, their eyes staring at... I don't know how I'm going to do it.

It's Monday morning. HE GROANS.

It's seven o'clock now. I should've been in half an hour ago. I hate

getting up early. Carl's mentor Robin is away on

holiday this week, leaving John and Mark in charge. They will do Carl's

appraisal and feedback his progress to his boss when he returns. If

you're not straight in the morning you're in a mess all day. In the

morning you've got to be here. So he's not doing himself any favours,

is he? This isn't the first time Carl's

been late. At the start of week two, he turned up for work five hours

after he was due to clock on. Hello, Robin. I'm really, really sorry.

I've literally just woken up about ten minutes ago. So he's putting his

job at risk by turning up late again.

That is an important thing, though, getting up, innit? Yeah, get going.

Not the best start to the week, is it?

Bit frustrated that my commitment's been pulled into question for being

late. I mean, I was an hour late. It is Monday morning, but they

questioned my commitment and I'm a bit upset about it. In a sense I'd

say it was a blessing that Robin's not in, really. I don't know, I

think he would have been a little bit more disappointed than the lads,

you know what I mean? As Carl sheepishly gets to work, the rest of

the trainees are starting their new working week. I can't be dance!

Thank you very much. Have a good day. Adam would usually be heading

to Mudeford Quay to work on the ferry, but today he's been told by

his boss Paul to head to the boat yard. As the summer season comes to

a close, boats are put in the dry dock during the week for essential

maintenance. So, Adam, when you got back to the house last night, was it

a bit strange getting back? Strange weren't the bloody word. Walked in,

there's two new people sat in the living room. Oh, no. And I thought,

eh? I was looking at them and thinking, "So, who are you lot?"

One's come in to do the fish stall and the other one's come for, I

don't know, some smoked ham shop or something. As Adam discusses the new

apprentices, on the other side of town, one of them is about to start

work for the first time in four years. 25-year-old Sean from

Liverpool will be working at the Dorset Smokery, an award-winning

smokehouse on the outskirts of Christchurch. Sean will be mentored

by the owner of the business, 69-year-old Todd Sadler. We're very

small. We make pates, we make sausages, we produce bacon and I'm a

firm believer in trying to train people up. And then, if they come up

to scratch, probably offer them a job. I'm easy-going until I'm pushed

over that particular line and it comes down like a guillotine. Nice

to see you, mate. You all right? Aye, you? Good, OK. For his first

morning, Todd has left Sean in the capable hands of manager Marcus.

He's been working at the smokery for 14 years, and will be showing Sean

the ropes on his first day. There's nothing we would ask you to do that

we wouldn't do ourselves, so don't think you're going to come here and

have all the worst jobs. It's a hands-on job, and Marcus wants to

make sure that Sean is up to it, so he gets him straight to work making

liver pate. These are pigs' livers. Heavy, isn't it? It is heavy. I do

have a nose. Kind of wishing I didn't. I was confused, to be

honest. I was like, what the hell am I doing? Cos I'd never really ever

smoked in my mind. The meat just comes smoked, and that was that.

Looks like we've brutally murdered someone.

# Live fast, die young Bad girls do it well.

# Live fast, die young Bad girls do it well... #.

As Sean gets to grips with the messy work at the smokery, over at the

fish shop, owner Russell is taking on another trainee. 18-year-old

daddy's girl Amber from Slough. Remus was really good around here.

Gelled with the customers, but ultimately couldn't get to work on

time. Hopefully today Amber's going to turn up. Clean, tidy, pleasant

appearance. We hope that she's going to be bubbly and gel with the

others. Hi. Hiya. You must be Amber. Yeah, you must be Russell. How are

you doing? I'm good, thank you. Come in. Bit daunting on the first day.

Yeah. You don't know many people. You don't know what to do, but it's

quite a friendly environment here. Yeah. Everybody has, you know, we

have a laugh. Last night when I found out I was coming to the fish

shop I was a bit nervous and scared cos I really don't like fish. Yeah.

But I'm open-minded about learning new things, so... Good, so if I give

you these. OK. That's everything, that's there, there now. OK. And

then, if you... You can either stick them in, right, or just put them,

put them there. And then we'll have a little look in a minute and see

how you did. OK. All right. Go. Nice kid. Seems polite and not into

what we're doing here but willing to learn. I'm actually really surprised

I didn't gag, like, cos the smell wasn't that strong, like, but, yeah.

Didn't gag. They are so slimy! Done. Wow. That was quick. In fact, you've

got them all right. Really well done. Thank you. I'm not sure I'd

have done that on my first morning but anyway, well done. I try.

Another trainee who impressed her mentor from day one is 21-year-old

Renee from Peterborough. For the past few weeks, she's been working

at Honora wool shop, a hub for the loyal knitting enthusiasts of the

Christchurch community. For a customer this would be a complete

sale. Renee's boss and mentor is

66-year-old Margaret Adams. She's owned the shop for more than

40 years. I'm absolutely delighted with her. I think she's very willing

to help. She's friendly. Very good with the customers and actually

she's really enthusiastic about her knitting, which obviously is very

important. I think she's fitting in very well with us and I'm very

happy. Don't fall! If you don't feel a part of the community you won't

enjoy it, and the purpose of us being here is obviously to enjoy our

experience and meet new people as well, and hopefully at the end of

this get a job. I was born in Jamaica. I came to England when I

was seven, and I absolutely love God. My Bible's my best friend, and

I know that no matter what happens, God is there for me. Not having a

job, on one hand it's tough, but on another hand it's made me realise

just how much God has done for me. I worked in McDonald's and I worked at

Starbucks for two years. I've applied for loads of jobs. Haven't

even been given an interview or anything like that. Unfortunately,

I'm not giving up my Sundays for a job. I don't care, that job could be

paying me millions. I'm not giving up my day for money. It's not worth

it in the long run. Go on, you've got to be strong. That's it, that's

it. Lovely. Today Margaret has asked Renee to help shop assistant Kate

with the window display. What we want is the patterns that go with

the garments. Does that look all right, there? It's coming on. Hmm,

it's coming on. I actually, I think it needs tweaking, but colour-wise

it's looking OK. A few doors away at Jon Terry's hair salon, Deneka and

Irene are finishing early for the day. How was your weekend? It was

quiet. Quiet. I wanted a quiet weekend. You didn't have any rows

over the weekend? No. Oh, amazing. You managed to keep your lips sewn

up. Yeah. Did you? Yeah. In a few weeks' time, Irene will have to

decide whether to offer Deneka a full-time job at the end of the work

placement. In order to get to know her a bit better she's invited her

home for dinner, and to meet her retired husband, Cecil. Very

quickly, Cecil and Deneka start to discuss work. I want to find a job

or an apprenticeship. Difficult. You see the thing is some of these

places employ retired people and what have you, because they know

that they've gone through a work... More experience. Not experience.

It's the work ethics more than the experience. I mean, they employ

somebody to stack shelves up. Anybody can do that. They'll put a

pensioner to do that because they know that he'll be there at eight

o'clock and he'll finish at five, or whatever time. Now, a youngster

might just say, "Oh, not really interested in going in work today."

What happens? The shop suffers, you see? Sure. But I think at the end of

the day, they should actually focus on the young. At the moment,

Deneka's my main concern. I want her to get a job and be somebody.

Hopefully. No, you will. Yeah. Would you move down here? I would, but...

It's difficult, isn't it, cos you don't know anybody. Yeah, and it's

really expensive. Is it? Expensive is not the word. I paid ?5 for a

Jagerbomb on Saturday and I can get it for ?1.50 in Manchester. For

what? For a Jagerbomb. What's that? It's like, say this is the cup. It's

like filled with Red Bull and then you fill, do you know them little

mini shots, put Jagermeister in it and then just dunk in the cup. Oh,

dear. Over at the fish shop, 18-year-old

daddy's girl Amber is coming to the end of her first working day. Right

at the end I've had to touch them. Lovely. Little bit slimy. Like all

the other apprentices, she will have her work reviewed at the end of the

week with an appraisal. If she does well, she could be offered a

permanent job in four weeks' time. I have really enjoyed my first day

at, like, from the beginning I never thought I would but it's opened my

mind up and I shouldn't be so negative about, yeah, I don't like

fish, but I should be positive about it and look at it in a different way

and that I should put all my effort into it. Literally don't throw the

bin in. Just move it to the side. There's just one job left for Amber

to do before she can go home. Getting rid of the fish guts. Ah!

No! SEAGULLS SHRIEK.

Oh, that was awful. They all came at me, and I broke a

nail as well. Another apprentice finishing their

first day is 25-year-old single dad Sean.

Sugar? Three, please. Bloody three? I've cut down. Bloody hell, mate.

Yeah, true. Cut down to three? I used to have five. God! I haven't

done much work, any work, in four years, so, yeah, it's quite, quite a

physical job so far. I'll tell you, Sean, when you get onto the cheese,

you will use muscles you've never used in your life. I'm telling you

mate, honestly. It was a great first day. Great experience. Tiring,

exciting, hard work. It was good graft. Hopefully I'll get better at

it tomorrow and as the weeks go on, so it should be fun.

As Sean packs up for the day, Amber is arriving home. Hello. What up, me

darling? Adam, who's also finished work for the day, takes the

opportunity to get to know her a little bit better. Enjoy your first

day stinking of fish? It wasn't actually that bad. Was it not? No,

it wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be. Yeah, it's first day,

innit? Wait until it starts kicking in. I need a foot massage. I need a

back massage, but chit happens, doesn't it? I'm going to go put my

slippers on. Go on, then, famalam. Famalam! OK.

Later that evening, all of the trainees are back at home relaxing

after work. They're now halfway through their work placements and

some of the apprentices are starting to think seriously about whether

they could move to Christchurch for good if they're offered a full-time

job. Carl, who was late this morning, is unsure about life as a

butcher. So, the novelty's definitely wearing off, you know?

It's just, you know, washing up, brewing up, Scotch eggs, washing up,

brewing up, sausage rolls. I just want to be out a little bit more, do

you know what I mean? And have some more free time to myself, cos you

know, you work to play, don't you, at the end of the day, and I ain't

got no time to play. Sean, who's sharing a room with James, has gone

to bed early. How's your day been? I'm knackered and I would like to go

to sleep, that's how I'm finding it. Really? Fair enough. Downstairs,

Adam is continuing to extend his warm welcome to new girl Amber.

MUSIC: "Je T'aime...Moi Non Plus" by Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin. I

gave you my cereal and my milk! 'We have a loved-up couple. Adam and

Amber.' They are sort of like really, really cosy with each other.

I gave you my cereal! My current status is I'm a nun. I always get

referred to as being a Barbie doll, all the time, which is pretty

irritating cos I'm not plastic and I'm not fake. Want a chewing gum?

'I'd like to think I could change people's perception of me.' Maybe if

they got to know what I was about and stuff like that, they might

think differently. Do you want a chewing gum?

The next day, and Amber heads off to work. Morning! It's her second day,

and although she's made it clear she doesn't like fish, she's getting to

grips with the products. That way, just to break up that

pattern. This way? Yeah. It's a lot to take in, but like over time

hopefully I'll remember a bit more each day. At the moment it's like

still here, sort of. It's just one of them things. You get taught

something that day and you know, it's like doing a driving test.

You've got to learn the book, well, you're never going to learn it in

one day. Yeah. The more you're here... Yeah, the more I learn.

Yeah. Yeah. Of course. Just a hop, skip and a jump away,

Adam is on the small ferry. His boss Paul is still carrying out

maintenance work at the boat yard, so today Adam is working with his

partner, Julie. Paul tells me you've got a couple of new housemates now.

Yeah, we've got a lad called Sean that's working in a smoke shop. Oh,

OK. Don't know that one. Making food. And a girl called Amber that's

in the fish stall. Oh, OK, and what's Amber like, then? I notice

you have a little smile on your face. I was...

HE LAUGHS. Come on.

Tell me all about it. Nothing. Nothing. What? Is she nice? Yeah,

she's an all right girl, actually. Yeah, right. OK. So... What's this

smile all about? Well, no, you're the one with the smile, which is

quite intriguing! Just getting on with my job. Would you say she's a

potential date, Adam? I'm giving up. That's a yes. I'm giving up. You've

gone all quiet. So why don't you go and ask her? What? A good place you

could take her is Christchurch Quay. They've got little put-put boats. I

think, OK, you should strike while the iron's hot, so, way to go about

it is we need some change, so... Oh, for goodness' sake! I give up in

here. I'm not stopping. No, I want to hear more. 'He obviously likes

her a lot, which is lovely.' It's like romance in the house. I'm so

excited. Adam! Get out of it. Good luck! With Julie's words ringing in

his ears, Adam heads over to the fish shop. You all right? Yeah. Can

I get some change? What do you want it in? ?5 in ones and the rest in

50s. Yeah sure. Had a good day, yeah? Yeah, you? You give me bare

change there. Yeah, well, that's what you asked for. Anyway, I'm

getting back to work. All right. Same as everybody else should. See

you later. Amber's been in the house now for two days, yeah? People are

thinking something's going off already. It's nothing like that. I'm

not a guy that bounces straight into something. If I have a thing for

her, then I'll ask her in my time and in nobody else's, like.

As Adam and Amber's romantic relationship remains a work in

progress, all over Christchurch the other apprentices are putting in

another day's work. Letters. Nothing to do. At Jon

Terry's hair salon, despite Irene doing everything to make Deneka feel

welcome, her apprentice is starting to question if a job at the

hairdresser's is for her. Boring. Bit bored of it now. To make things

worse, Deneka has had a call from her landlord up in Manchester. And

she's like, "Well, we've received a couple of complaints "while you've

been away, saying that you've been throwing parties "till four o'clock

in the morning." The guy who's got my keys, I phoned him and says,

"What do you think you're playing at?" Because my housing officer says

that, well, he's managed to blow all of your warning things. So I need to

get my keys. Hello. Hello. On the other side of

Christchurch, Renee has taken a break from the wool shop and headed

to the butcher's to pay Carl a surprise visit. Hello! Is Carl here?

Renee wants to lift everyone's spirits in the house by cooking a

Caribbean meal tonight, and asks Carl to help her with her poultry

needs. Hello, Renee! How are you, my love? I'm fine, how are you? I'm all

right, you know. What are you after? I need some chicken. Do you? How do

you want it? Diced. I wish I knew what I was doing more, Renee. Are

you going to chop that one up for me? Can I just check on plasters

first? Carl, be careful! I'd have probably chopped my finger off

already. Here we go. Ah! Well done. I've been served by the best in

town. I don't know about that! Stop being so down on yourself. I don't

what I'm doing properly. I've had to have help all the way. You could

have fooled me, though, Carl. Have a good day. Yourself. Bye-bye. Bye!

Bye-bye, love. Over at the Dorset Smokery, Sean is

hard at work on his second day. Don't stop! The smokehouse has a big

pate order in today, so it's all hands on deck if they're going to

Why did it come out like plop for me? It could be a bit better. His

mentor Todd is at the smokehouse today. Sorry I wasn't here when you

came in this morning. No. I'll be here for the rest of the day, so

we'll catch up, OK? He wants to see first-hand how Sean is dealing with

the physical work. He wants to work, but he's been out

of work for four years. He's got to get over that psychological hurdle.

What is work all about? And when he's on his feet eight hours a day,

towards the end of the day he's not even pottering around. He's, you

know, his mind's not engaged in it. My body is just not catching up to

this work, and I feel ashamed saying it, but, you know, I've been unfit

for a while. Never had a job where you've had to work this long. He's

so soaking wet with sweat and that's what he's been like since he's been

here, and if you're making food products and you're covered in sweat

that's, you know, the whole lot doesn't come together.

As the shift ends, it's clear to everyone that Sean is finding work

at the smokery difficult. One of our guys actually came in this morning

at 6.30 to catch up on the work he should have done yesterday.

As soon as I get in I am going to bed. I'm going to sleep regardless

of noise, people coming in, lights or anything. I will sleep until I

need to get up tomorrow. Mate, I'm going to batter you at

this. Having clocked off for the day, Adam

and Carl decide to get into the swing of Christchurch life at the

local mini golf course. Let me see who's the winner. With their own

little twist on the rules. Every time you hit the ball, you swig a

can of beer. Right, all right, then, that's the rules, yeah? Ah, hold on,

mate, you've played this before. Argh! Take a sip. Yeah, take a sip.

Going to end up zonked at this rate, yeah. That's it! Not sure if this

new version of mini golf will catch on with the pensioners of

Christchurch. 2-0. 2-0, I just won that one.

A few beers in, and 19-year-old Adam decides the time is right to ask

28-year-old Carl for some relationship advice.

I'm not going to lie, I'm looking on taking Amber on a little date,

innit? What? What's all this? Going to take her out or what? I'm

thinking of like a meal or something. I want to go out for a

meal. I want to like do it nicely. You might put too much pressure on

yourself. You been out for a meal before? No, I've never been on a

date. You've been out for a meal, like with a glass of wine and

locking ordering food in French and chit? Yeah, I will. I'll feel bare

awkward, but I will dress up smart, innit, and make myself look nice and

make sure I do good. Just call her now, yeah? Come on, mate. Go on, do

it, I dare you. Do it. I dare you. And say what? "Do you want to go out

on a date one time? "Me and you, we'll go for something to eat. My

treat." Well, yeah, yeah. Yeah, that's how you do it. Shall I just

ring her? Shall I just ring her? Go on, mate. Is it ringing? I'll put it

on loudspeaker for you. Go on, yeah, good lad, good lad. Can't believe

you got me doing this. 'Hello?' Amber? 'Hello?' What you saying? You

had a good day at work? You settling in all right, yeah? Yeah. Yeah, what

you doing? Just sitting on a railing by the sea. Shall we go out on a, go

out on a date, me and you? 'Um, OK.' Go out for something nice to eat,

yeah? SHE LAUGHS OK. 'My treat. All right,

I'll speak to you later, yeah? 'All right, bye-bye.' Bye. Yeah, I can't

believe I just did it! Come here! Take a sip. Take a sip. I've got a

date, so I'm all good, because Amber is a nice girl, yeah, she's not,

she's nice, innit, like, not in a bad way, she's just nice, innit,

like. She seems like the type of girl I would like to settle down

with, you get me? The boys are in high spirits, and really get stuck

into their game. Take a sip, boy, you gotta take a

sip now. I've had a sip. I've had a sip.

HE RETCHES. Get it out. Get it out. That makes

it worse. Oh, does it make it worse? Yeah, please, mate. It makes it... I

brought Carl along today, yeah, I'll get some advice off him, innit,

like. He's older than me, and I feel like I've had to look after my man,

innit? Because, like, the man's steaming, like. You can keep that as

a memento, yeah? Every time you look at that you know how much of a loser

you are, yeah! What are you actually cooking? I'm cooking some Caribbean

food tonight. While Carl spends a few hours sobering up, over at the

house, Renee has been working hard in the kitchen, preparing a

Caribbean feast. Everyone'll eat it? Yeah, everyone will eat it. I'm

excited, are you? I love the diversity of food, different

cultures. With only a few weeks remaining, she wants to do something

nice for her fellow apprentices and is hoping her cooking will provide

the perfect boost for a happier household. I hope it's not too

spicy! Hmmm! Renee has been cooking up a Jamaican

storm for over six hours. Jerk chicken with rice and peas. Dinner's

ready! Food that one fussy eater has never tried. Rice and peas? What's

that? It's gorgeous, man. Carl, you've got to try some. I will try

some, but why don't they call it rice and kidney beans? Because it's

called rice and peas, man. I should have put some chips in the oven, I

know that. It is spicy, though, guys. Bring it on! I am warning you,

it is spicy. Thank you very much. You all right, Carl?

CARL BREATHES HEAVILY. No. Them Warrington boys can't handle the

spicy food. Give me beans and gravy any day. Carl, it's not even spicy!

It's not. It's not even spicy? No. I feel really bad. I cooked it, so I

do feel bad because obviously you can't eat. Don't eat it, Carl, just

eat the rice. I don't like rice. Rice and peas, I was thinking peas

and rice, it's not even peas. It's beans. It's called rice and peas.

Kidney beans. Kidney beans are gorgeous. Somebody needs to get

their cars over to Jamaica and say, "Listen, they're peas and they're

beans." Get it right. Conversation killer! Yep. I appreciate being

cooked for and the effort you put into it. Actually, I can't eat any

more food. Why? I don't want any more food. Stop eating it. There's

curry. Eat the curry. The curry isn't as spicy. It's all right,

don't worry. I'm going to go upstairs for a bit. What? I'm going

upstairs for a bit. Are you sure? Yeah.

Renee's Caribbean meal hasn't gone according to plan. What an idiot.

I'm going to go and get some food, some proper English food. I'm so

annoyed right now. How dare he make a comment about going back to

Jamaica and getting them to change what it's called? Teach them

something. Are you crazy? One takeaway later, and Carl has had

time to think about his behaviour at dinner. I just feel like a bit of a

dick now, because there's no need to offend anybody, and that's what I've

done. She come in the butchers today to buy all the stuff and she was

dead excited about it. I've not just dissed her food, I've kind of dissed

her culture and heritage a little bit as well. Unintentionally,

obviously, like, but, they're not peas. In our world, they're not

peas, they're beans. Renee? Yeah? I'm just coming in to apologise. I'm

a knobhead, aren't I? Everybody knows I'm a knobhead, don't they?

Yeah, but I don't want people to think that, because that's not who

you are. I didn't have to do... Yeah. I didn't have to be rude. I

was just really offended by that comment. That one in particular, as

well. Yeah, because I'd never say anything about England or, you know,

someone should teach them about whatever. I just found that... I

didn't... Yeah, I think I was more... I didn't mean it like that.

I was more kissed off that I was expecting a pea and it was a bean.

Really, Carl? Yeah. That's what upset you? I feel like I'd been lied

to. Yeah, a little bit. But it's... You know what I mean? You see, with

rice and peas, you have, sometimes when you cook it, you cook it with

black eyed peas, sometimes you cook it with kidney beans, sometimes, you

know, it depends on... Do you never use green peas? Hmm-mm.

It's Thursday in Christchurch. If I start this end, OK, you can start

that end if you want. Just make it look as nice as possible. And what's

the goss in the house, then? Adam asked me on a date yesterday. Oh,

yeah? Where you going? No idea. He hasn't told me. Are you going? Yeah.

Today Irene has decided to take Deneka to get some supplies at the

wholesaler's. There. Oh, yeah, that's nothing. They can go up to

?400, ?500. After taking her home earlier this week to meet her

husband, Irene is keen to show her trainee another vital part of being

a hairdresser. This is oil for people's hair. Deneka takes the

opportunity to ask her mentor a difficult question. All the

electrical equipment here. Speaking of clippers... Yes. Cos I know that

your hair salon don't do patterns like shaved patterns, would you

mind, like, if I went to, can't remember what it's called, but it's

across the road, and they do patterns, would you mind, if I got

like there shaved, cos I thought I'd have to ask you first. Yes, no, I

would mind, cos it just wouldn't look right. You've got to fit in.

You have to fit in where you work. I won't fit in. I don't fit in anyway,

I've got canerows in my hair. You don't see many people coming in with

canerows, do you? I'm not happy. I think I might just get it done

anyway. Smile. Don't look so cross. I know you're cross. Because I said

she couldn't have her hair done. She just didn't want to be there then.

Switched right off, so she's thrown a strop. Big time.

As Deneka and Irene give each other the silent treatment, on the other

side of town, Adam and Amber have the afternoon off. It's their first

date and Adam has planned something special. A boat trip. Bonjour.

Hello. Comment tu t'apelles? I don't understand French. Do you not? No.

Oh, you all right? Yeah. You look nice today, don't you? Thank you. Do

you know what we're doing, then, now we're here? Take it we're going on a

boat? No, swimming. What an loophole. Of course going on a boat.

Gonna rent a boat. I suffer really bad from motion sickness.

HE LAUGHS. Don't laugh at me. It ain't funny. I'll still come. Be

sick over the side and I'll be happy. SHE LAUGHS.

I'll try. # I know I stand in line.

# Until you think you have the time to spend an evening with me... #.

Oh, my God, it's raining. Ah! Shh. This weather! It's your fault for

taking long to get ready. It will come down in a pissing-down rain.

This is nowhere near the best start to a date. I did my hair all lovely

and my make-up and now it's rained and my hair is now wet and I look

like chit. I'm not a weatherman, innit? So I don't know when the

weather's going to change, you get me? The weather's the weather. Top

stressing, man. Stressing? Look at my hair! He needs to make it up to

me and buy me some nice food cos I'm starving. And some alcohol.

Things aren't going brilliantly, but Adam isn't going to let a bit of

rain dampen his romantic spirit. Amber has actually been quite worth

the effort, innit? She's a lovely girl. When I'm around women I can be

a bit of a muppet at times, yeah? But for some weird reason when I'm

next to her I feel like I can be normal, innit, like, I don't have to

put an act on or nothing like that. We're drinking rose. Pinot Grier.

Babe, it's not called that. What is it, then? Pinot Grigio. That one. Do

you like that? Unbelievable. People would say it is love at first sight,

but it's nothing like that. I don't do love or anything. Yeah, I want to

when I'm older but at the moment it's just nice how it is, innit? I

love it. Sorry about earlier. It's not your fault. You can't help the

weather. I'm not a weatherman, innit? Cheers. Let's hope this one

goes well. Thank you. Before I came on this date I would never have said

Adam was a romantic person. Stare into my eyes. I don't want to stare

into your eyes. Stare into my eyes. No. Even though he has got this

whole exterior being really bad and all that, he is actually really

sweet. How's your date going? Are you enjoying it? Yeah, it's really

good. Very nice. Mmm. You did well. Don't take that offensively. Why?

What did you think I was going to do? Take me to McDonalds or

something. 'The night's gone all right, you know?' I do think I

pulled it out the bag, innit? I think I did quite good. Just never

know what the future brings towards you, innit? But we're just enjoying

our time together. Like, we're getting to know each other a lot

more better, but you just never know, innit? Enjoy tonight, then,

yeah? Yeah, it's really good. Thank you. You're welcome. Cutie. So, have

I made you happy? Thanks for the night, yeah? You're welcome.

It's Friday, and all across Christchurch, mentors are gathering

their trainees for their weekly appraisals.

The training that you've had over the last few weeks, now's the time

to start putting that into place. Hair's nice and clean, which is

nice. You're getting more and more

advanced with the help you're able to give to the knitter. What size do

you want? You know where to go to choose it and also you can help with

their pattern. I was very impressed. At first I didn't know what I could

learn or what I would learn, but since I've been here I couldn't have

imagined it being any better. At the start of the week, Carl was

over an hour late for work. Here's your change. Lovely. Thank you very

much. His mentor Robin might be away on holiday, but he's left Mark and

John in charge to keep an eye on the business and Carl's progress. Bit

disappointed, cos we had a talk at the weekend and I thought, yeah,

he's really up for this job, and then he didn't turn up, you know,

and I thought, "Oh, dear." I did feel like it was a little bit of a

kick in the gut. I could tell you was disappointed. Yeah, I was a

little bit. Yeah. You can tell that, can't you? At Jon Terry's hair

salon, despite Irene making an effort to encourage Deneka at work,

things have not been going well for either of them. So you had a good

week? Been a bit iffy, isn't it? Are you fed up with it here, or are you

fed up with it in the house, or are you just fed up? Just fed up. Cos

it's beginning to show, you're fed up. And I'd like you to come in on

Monday with a bit more cheerful face, please. At the fish shop, it's

the end of Amber's first week. Despite hating fish, she's taken to

the job pretty well. We're going to try and get you involved in the

filleting. You're doing quite well at knowing what the fish species

are. Tomorrow there'll be another load of different stuff here. So,

yeah, we'll take it from there. OK. I'm really looking forward to coming

back, doing maybe a little bit of something a bit different. Just

carrying on learning what I've been learning today and just getting

better at it. It's been a busy first week for the other new trainee Sean,

and he's found the physical nature of the work at the smokehouse heavy

going. Physically I feel ill. Like, exhausted. I mean, yesterday, I

mean, I didn't feel too great. I just got in straightaway and went to

sleep. I mean, I did throw up a little bit, but that's probably just

from exhaustion. We've got to get this moving.

He started on Monday. We had him making pate, but he seemed to be

extremely slow. Because I've had such a long gap out of work and, I

won't lie, I've very little, very little physical activity besides

walking to the school and back to pick up my little girl. Hi, Sean. I

spoke to the guys and we feel, looking at what you're doing and

everything else, now we're a happy-go-lucky organisation here and

you have the right sense of humour for us, and people like you and

everything else. We have a huge concern with your fitness to work,

you know? So there's no way we can continue the relationship here,

that's unfortunate. You seem to sweat an awful lot. That's a

reflection of being out of condition, so lose some weight.

Yeah. And get yourself fit. Yeah. And maybe come back down. You know

where we are, all right? Keep in contact, OK? Thanks a lot for the

opportunity. I appreciate it. I gave it my best shot. I can't say I

didn't. I showed that I wanted to work. It was just the physical

aspect of sort of not being able to, in the sense that, you know, I need

to lose a bit of weight, and by a bit, I mean a lot. Sean heads into

town to meet Rachel. She works at the garden centre and is on her

lunch break. Basically, the mentor guy basically told me I wasn't fit

enough for the job. Wow, that's ridiculous. His loss. Yeah, exactly.

I'm awesome. I don't see how it has any impact, cos obviously you were

doing your job. Mmm. I wasn't bothered by what he was saying. It

was just sort of like, does this mean I'm going to have to go home

now? When I've only really just started. So, what are you going to

do now? I don't know at the moment. Hopefully I can find something else

and get back to work. Don't be going on being miserable at home. I have

to get back to work, so... After just one week, Sean's time in

Christchurch appears to be coming to an end, and he'll head back to

Liverpool tomorrow morning. Come on, we've got to beat them. For

the rest of the apprentices, it's the end of another working week and

they're marking the occasion by meeting up with all of their mentors

for an old-fashioned game of pub skittles.

Yes! That's good. THEY SHOUT AND LAUGH. Although

tonight is a chance for everyone to let their hair down...

THEY CHEER. ..the mentors take the opportunity

to swap notes. Irene. # Come on, Irene! #. Irene, who

mentors Deneka catches up with Paul, Adam's boss. So how you getting on?

All right. Is she good? Yes, she can be. She can have her off-moments.

Oh, dear, why? Well, she's moody. I wouldn't stand for that. No. With

the game in full swing and spirits high, Deneka decides the time is

right to ask Irene a tricky work question. I've had enough! I'm going

to ask Irene for the day off tomorrow to sort out my flat

business, but I'm really nervous, cos I feel like I'm letting her

down. Slower! I don't want to sound cheeky and I don't really don't want

to let you down cos you know I do love you as a manager, but I was

wondering if I could have the day off tomorrow just to go to

Manchester, like, sort everything out. Now, listen, you have let me

down this week big time. You showed me up in the wholesalers, cos you

threw that... Can...? No, hush your mouth. OK. You threw that large

wobbly like a little child and then you sulked. The only reason why I'm

going there is because I don't want to get kicked out of my flat. No, I

don't want you to get kicked out of your flat either, so you can have

the day off. Thank you very much. BUT I'm still cross with you and you

need to pull your socks up. OK. You do know that I do appreciate this

opportunity very much. Yes. I do. And... I want you to think about how

you behaved. Cos somebody else wouldn't tolerate it, Deneka. It's

not right. I really actually am sorry. OK. And thank you for like

giving me another chance. I do appreciate it a lot. Come on, Amber,

let's go. Why am I buying the drinks? You're meant to be the man.

I thought she had a real cheek asking for the day off, but I think

that youngsters of today have got more nerve than we would ever have.

I don't want to upset my manager cos that's the last thing I wanted to

do, but hopefully on Monday I can show her that I'm more cheerful and

more like energetic about the job. This has been a complete and utterly

negative week, and I'm not prepared to go through another week like it,

so next week I really am hoping that she pulls her socks right up.

It's Saturday in Christchurch. Yesterday Sean was told he wasn't

physically up to the job at the smokehouse and was sacked. However,

there is another potential job opportunity. A few weeks ago, one of

the trainees, Christian, was sacked from the garden centre for refusing

to remove his piercings. After their lunch yesterday, Rachel told her

mentor Martin about Sean's situation. There's a vacancy and

Martin wants to meet Sean to see if he's the right man for the job. You

always feel better in a shirt and a tie and you feel a bit more

professional. I want to get across that I'm a hard worker and I want to

work and I'm not just a clown. I don't want to go home right now, at

all. Hi. Hiya. How are you? I'm good. I'm Sean. So where have you

been working? I was working at the smokery house. They did ask me to

leave. It wasn't a factor of that I wasn't working hard. It was more of

the fact that they didn't think I was physically up to the job. Well,

look, you come here, you turn up Monday with the other two and we'll

sort you out. Just go with the flow, yeah? Yeah. And we'll fit you in

somewhere. You don't have to be an expert on plants to work here. I

tell you what you have to be, you have to be enthusiastic and you have

to be willing to tackle anything. Yeah. Thanks very much. It is really

appreciated. Thank you. OK. Good. Honestly, thank you. Oh, it's made

my day too, then. Oh, great. Cheers. I really like him. There's an

instant warmth there with him. Enthusiasm is what it's about and as

long as he brings enthusiasm in with him, then we're fine. The guy was

great. The place was great and, yeah, I can see good things, yeah, I

could genuinely work in a place like this, so it will be fantastic.

Next time... You turd. You've been sick on yourself. ..the trainees mix

with the Christchurch locals. Sit on my knee. Come on. Sex!

And Deneka pushes her mentor Irene to the limit.

You'll never get a job and keep it if you don't tone your life down.

She asked me if I had the brains. Are you being real? Shove your job

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