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These are the world's toughest slums,

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home to over a billion people...

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..who live every day with poverty, pollution and disease.

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But many don't just survive.

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They positively thrive.

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Starting with nothing, they use passion,

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guts and determination to succeed.

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But can they inspire young British people

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who think they've got it tough?

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To find out, we are challenging trainee plumbers, mechanics

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and chefs to a ten-day apprenticeship to see

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if they've got what it takes to call themselves slum survivors.

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This time, three mechanics face their biggest test to date...

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..in one of the world's toughest cities.

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-This is quite crazy.

-Madness!

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They'll have to learn respect...

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Fast, fast, fast!

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Sake!

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..act like adults...

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I just want to go home.

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..in the greatest adventure of their life.

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17-year-old Muj has never worked a day in his life.

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And he's proud of it.

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I don't mind being a bum for the Western life, to be honest,

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like, I wouldn't mind sponging off my mum,

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I know I won't be moving out of this house for a very long time.

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Even if he does get a job,

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Muj definitely won't be working for minimum wage.

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That's slave work, it's like, £3.95, it's like, what, a kebab a night?

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It's not even enough for a kebab, you just get a portion of chips

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and a drink and that's all you can get.

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Muj lives with his family in Portsmouth...

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-How many sugars did you put in it?

-Two.

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..and, being the youngest, is spoilt rotten by his two sisters.

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I just see it as because all my sisters have got a job and they're

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living in the same roof as me, why should I work? So, it's all good.

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But they've had enough.

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Any job-hunting or anything like that?

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No, not really. Don't really care.

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Muj needs to grow up. He still thinks like a 12-year-old kid.

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Hundreds of miles north in Livingston, Scotland,

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strong-minded Kayleigh has one goal. To be a mechanic.

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So many people have told me I can't do it

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and I want to just be like, well, actually, here, look, I can do it.

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She's 18, lives at home with nine dogs and Mum and Dad.

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I'm definitely a daddy's girl.

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I have a love of cars and my dad has a love of cars.

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I would say Kayleigh is very determined and maybe

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when she's having a stressful day,

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you don't want to be on the wrong side of her!

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But will her home town give Kayleigh the life experience

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she'll need to succeed?

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I don't want to be in Livingston the rest of my life,

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I do want to get out there and see what the world's like.

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Time is running out for 19-year-old Scouser Sean,

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who desperately needs a job.

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I felt like, you know, I've studied all this hard work

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and can't get nothing out of it.

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I just felt like I've been just

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stabbed in the back, because I can't get nothing.

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After studying for two years, he's on the verge of jacking it all in.

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You think, why bother?

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If I apply for 300 jobs and not one of them's got back to me,

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what's the point in even applying for more?

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Sean's girlfriend, Chloe, knows first-hand the effect

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unemployment has had on him.

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One change I'd like to see in him is be more confident in himself,

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because, like, he's not the most confident person in the world.

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Muj, Kayleigh and Sean all need to jump-start their lives.

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So we're sending them to the car-obsessed city of Lagos, Nigeria.

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Are we actually going to Nigeria?

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Oh, what? Where is it?

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I don't even know where that is.

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If I had to guess, I'd probably say...

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South Africa.

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Is that in Africa?

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Oh, my God!

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Yes!

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Around here?

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Or it could be there.

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Or there.

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It's over 3,000 miles away from home on the west coast of Africa.

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I can't wait, I actually cannot wait at all.

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You have no idea.

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MUSIC: "A-Punk" by Vampire Weekend

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For ten days, our three trainees will be living

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and breathing the life of a Nigerian mechanic.

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But will they adapt, overcome and rise to the challenge?

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-Hey.

-Excited, like?

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Yeah, I am a bit, you?

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Can't wait to get out there.

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Lagos is Nigeria's beating heart.

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It's two thirds the size of London with double the population.

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The only way to get about is by road,

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so the city is at gridlock, with thousands of second-hand,

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knackered old bangers, which are kept moving

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by an army of world-renowned mechanics.

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It's day one for our apprentices

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and they're about to catch one of these to take them to work.

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Like the black cabs of London,

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these little yellow Danfo buses are synonymous with the city.

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They're cheap, fast and everywhere.

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But the state of your bus may leave a lot to be desired.

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AFRICAN HIGHLIFE MUSIC

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The garage they'll be working in is surrounded by slums.

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Despite Nigeria recently becoming Africa's largest economy,

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over 100 million Nigerians survive on less than 63p a day

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and have to live in areas like this.

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It's all just like a mixture of petrol, fish, diesel, cars,

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people, sweat, sun, everything.

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RHYTHMIC HAMMERING

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Our three will be working here, a typical Lagos garage.

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This garage is so much different, like, my garage is inside,

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because we get rain all the time, and it's tiny.

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To succeed as an apprentice in Nigeria,

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you need grit and determination.

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Muj, Kayleigh and Sean will be expected to work in 30-degree heat

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with the most basic of tools...

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..while meeting the high standards demanded by their supervisors.

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This is Idris.

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He's a notoriously tough taskmaster.

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SPEAKS IN HIS OWN LANGUAGE

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He's worked his way up to the top,

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and will be putting the group through their paces.

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Getting punished at work is a daily risk for Nigerian apprentices.

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But luckily for our lot, Idris sets them

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a job any trainee should be able to do.

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They have to service a car. Simple.

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With confidence high, the group split the tasks and get to work.

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Today we're doing front brake pads,

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spark plugs, oil filter, fuel filter. Simple, easy.

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No failing this task at all, no,

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I reckon, definitely be able to do it straightaway.

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Idris knows exactly how long each job should take

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and is keeping a close eye on the clock.

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What?

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Our group will have to roll up their sleeves as well as think

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on their feet if they are to match the work ethic demanded of them.

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-Oh, crap, is it this way or this way?

-Pull it round.

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-Which way is it?

-Turn it towards you.

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-Towards me?

-Yeah.

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Down to the smallest screw, the average car has over 30,000 parts.

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However, Sean is struggling with three of the most basic ones.

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The spark plugs.

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Oh, it's going the wrong way. Sake!

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Make it fast, fast, fast, fast, fast!

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Back in the UK, Kayleigh and Muj would be able

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to change the brake pads in the blink of an eye.

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You use your power.

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In Lagos, they're struggling to even jack up the car.

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How do you use that?

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I don't know and I'm not seeing it move and that's what's worrying me.

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We're trying.

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-Have you fixed three plugs?

-Yeah.

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Three minutes left.

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-It's turning, Sean.

-Yeah.

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I just don't think that we're taking the time limit seriously enough

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and I think we do need to get our asses in gear.

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Time's up.

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Please, time's up.

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Just...angry.

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Apparently we can't even get this done.

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-Have you finished the pad?

-No.

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-Fuel filter?

-No.

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Having failed this simple task, Idris isn't happy.

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What would happen to them?

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What's the punishment?

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Well, that's just disgusting.

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So what do you want us to do?

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What's that?

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What is it, then?

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Shut up, he's having a laugh!

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I'm not doing that for three minutes. I'm not doing that.

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I can't, my back hurts.

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Ah, shut up and do it. Stop whingeing and do it.

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And so, our UK mechanics experience punishment the Nigerian way.

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Three minutes, is he having a laugh?

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Aagh!

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My leg is killing me!

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Just don't speak and just concentrate on your finger.

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I can't concentrate, my leg is dying!

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I know, but just try and cancel that pain out

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and just concentrate on your finger.

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One minute left.

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Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.

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I'm looking like a laughing stock.

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Well, that's a minute, I've done a minute.

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I was counting in my head, I was counting in my head, 60 seconds.

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-Oh, my God.

-Oh, what?

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That is so pathetic. I'd rather get beat up than that.

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Right, what does he want us to do now? Can we go home?

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I've had enough of this garage.

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He obviously hates us. Our fellow Nigerians here, they obviously

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think we're a laughing stock because we come from the UK,

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we're giving all the dog's bollocks saying yeah, we could do this,

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we'll do this in such and such amount of time, but obviously we couldn't.

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But then again... Actually, do you know what, I don't even know.

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20 minutes to do all that, you know, I think is a bit ridiculous,

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but if they can do it, then, you know, why can't we?

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I'll be honest, I am struggling a little bit

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and I'm still adjusting to the way they work.

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Failing at the garage has highlighted to Kayleigh

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just how out of depth she is in Nigeria.

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I just want to go home.

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I didn't think it was going to be this hard at all.

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I just never really thought about it,

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I kind of was like, oh, let's do this, let's go, we're going to

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have fun, and yeah, I'm having fun, but at the same time it's so hard.

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UPBEAT AFRICAN MUSIC

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Muj, Kayleigh and Sean are not just in Lagos to work.

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They're here to experience all aspects of Nigerian life.

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So they head off to explore the nearby slum in Ogudu.

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-This is quite crazy.

-Madness!

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-Watch out for the bikes.

-It's so busy here, isn't it?

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Ah, look at that. Ah, it stinks.

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Man, look how they cook and that.

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Wow, look at this guy here, look at that.

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-That's mental, that is.

-That's crazy.

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This is what life is like for slum dwellers.

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Three quarters of the population in Lagos have no choice

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but to live like this,

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with no running water and daily power cuts that can last for hours.

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Hello. You all right?

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-They're lovely.

-Everyone's so lovely.

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Don't get me wrong, it would be nice to live with the people,

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but I couldn't live here, I couldn't live here because of, like,

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the state of things.

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They're not really fussed, like.

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Our way of poor is probably like...

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our poor that we know is probably their rich.

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Their rich, yeah, everything is pretty much like,

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you don't have a job, you get benefits.

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They don't - if people over here don't have a job,

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they have to live here, they have to live in the slums.

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HE ROARS

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TRIBAL DRUMMING

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In Ogudu, there is a King.

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As a sign of respect, the group have come to meet

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the ruler at his annual masquerade parade.

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However, they didn't read the rules about meeting Nigerian royalty.

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Rule number one - don't be late for the King.

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Oh, my God, we just got called white people being late.

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That was a bit unfair.

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Rule number two - bow to the King, do not shake his hand.

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-Oh, oh, right.

-What do you do?

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And rule number three - no silly dancing when sitting with the King.

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Centuries ago, Nigeria was a network of hundreds of tribal communities.

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These dynasties still exist today

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with their own traditions, rituals and ceremonies.

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Whilst the King has no political power,

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he's still an influential figure in the slum

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and it's very rare for Westerners to visit.

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-Love you.

-Love you too.

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So it's not long before they become the centre of attention.

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That was crazy, that was just...

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That was proper, proper mental.

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It's been a long, eventful day

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and there's been a lot for the group to take in.

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We don't realise that we have it so lucky.

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Like, all those slums, man,

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-we don't have slums in the UK.

-Yeah, I know.

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We have, like, council buildings, that's our...

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Yeah, that's our equivalent.

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That's our equivalent of slums, but they're living in proper houses.

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And they get benefits and stuff.

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And they still abuse it, and they still abuse it.

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Aye, they still abuse it. Send them here, man.

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Send them to the slums.

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Seeing all this poverty and that kills me.

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Why should they live like this?

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They can't wash, they can't eat.

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They ain't got nothing, like, it does kill me. But...

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-What can you do?

-What can you do?

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To lift their spirits, they all get to call home.

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'How you doing? You all right?'

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No, I'm absolutely hating it.

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I'm joking, yeah, I'm liking it, I'm really liking it.

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I met the King of the village.

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'Oh, aye?'

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His assistant's got a fancy for me.

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He called me his baby girl and tried to kiss me.

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What's it like at home? Is everybody missing me?

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Thought so.

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You wouldn't believe what I've been up to.

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'Go on, tell me.'

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I've been working in the garage and just walking around, like,

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the village and the slums and that.

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-'Are you missing home?'

-I am a bit.

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'Are you missing me?'

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-Of course I am.

-'I miss you.'

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Love you.

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'Love you, bye.'

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-Bye, bye, bye.

-'Bye.'

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It's a bit weird actually, because I'm not used to being

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apart from Chloe, especially when I'm at home, so to be abroad

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from her, you know, it's a bit like, a bit emotional, should I say?

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Just missing everyone, really.

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To be apart from everyone is quite overwhelming.

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SKA MUSIC

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Having failed at their last job,

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Idris sets our aspiring mechanics an easier task.

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To wash his overalls.

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It's custom in Nigeria for all trainees

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to clean their supervisor's clothing on a weekly basis.

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But this doesn't go down well with idle Muj.

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Such a piss-take.

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I don't do washing for my mum, why should I do it for this?

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So you guys, you know...?

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Oh, I've actually got to put it on my head?!

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What, even men?

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Even men, even ladies.

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Heavy.

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OK, right, OK.

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I can't believe how...

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Oi, this is going to fall, it's going to fall.

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I'm OK, I can do this.

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I can't feel this, but I can do this.

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Once again all eyes are on our British mechanics.

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HE SQUEALS

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HORN HONKS

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Put it down, put it down.

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You take this.

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Normally getting waited on hand and foot by their mums back in the UK,

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our trainees get a quick crash course in washing clothes by Daniel,

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the head apprentice at the garage.

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You wash the armpits side, because you know, they sweat.

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Yeah, everybody sweats.

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Yeah, so let's go.

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And of course in Lagos there's a time limit.

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I give you ten minutes.

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Make it fast, please.

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I've never done this in my life.

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If my mum was watching me now she would be proud of me.

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She'd be like, "Go on, son, you can do it."

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Five minutes left.

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Do we get a punishment if we don't do it?

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Of course.

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Oh, no.

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Take it through.

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Did we do a good job?

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You're happy, we're happy.

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Thank you very much.

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I know.

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So it's back to work, and Muj is shadowing Olulumi.

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-You're cool, yeah?

-Cool, yeah.

-Yeah, good.

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He's a 19-year-old trainee and a rising star in the workshop.

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And in contrast to the UK,

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apprentices in Nigeria have to pay for the privilege of being trained.

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So what are you doing?

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And how long have you got to do this?

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Just, like, one hour.

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One hour to do all of this?

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-Yes.

-So what would happen if you didn't finish it in an hour?

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-Beat you up?

-Yeah.

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And do you think that's OK?

0:22:550:22:58

It's OK.

0:22:580:22:59

You think it's OK? Does it hurt you?

0:22:590:23:01

-Yeah, yeah.

-It hurts you?

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So you do two jobs?

0:23:070:23:09

And do you get paid with your mum?

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Ah, right.

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See, like, if that was me,

0:23:180:23:20

and if my mum said, "Work for me,"

0:23:200:23:22

I would ask for money, I couldn't do it for free.

0:23:220:23:24

I know it sounds horrible, but I can't do it for free.

0:23:270:23:30

No, no, no.

0:23:300:23:32

See, if I take you home with me you'd have so much fun.

0:23:370:23:41

So much fun.

0:23:410:23:43

I would never let you work, I would make you relax.

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If you didn't relax I'd flog you.

0:23:460:23:48

HE LAUGHS

0:23:480:23:49

I just feel sorry for him.

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It's just all the normal 19-year-olds I see back at home

0:23:520:23:55

just getting pissed or they're either going out

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or they ain't worrying about working constantly six days a week

0:23:570:24:00

and then going back home, helping their mum out,

0:24:000:24:02

knowing that they have to complete a task,

0:24:020:24:04

or if they don't they can get beat up and things like that.

0:24:040:24:07

It's a really hard life he's got.

0:24:070:24:09

To succeed, this is the life a trainee mechanic has to endure.

0:24:130:24:17

Like this?

0:24:180:24:20

Having experienced punishment themselves,

0:24:200:24:22

Muj and Kayleigh want to learn more

0:24:220:24:24

and supervisor Keldroy is all too keen to show them.

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And how long will they do this for?

0:24:290:24:32

-One hour? Like this?

-One hour?!

0:24:320:24:35

KAYLEIGH SCREAMS

0:24:350:24:36

Oh, this is so hard!

0:24:470:24:49

It's hard, innit?

0:24:490:24:51

What else do they do? What else?

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Smack across the head like this?

0:25:100:25:12

Do you want to try it with me?

0:25:120:25:13

-Yeah, go on.

-Like this?

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Ooh. Bloody hell.

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The most extreme kind of punishment is flogging...

0:25:190:25:22

..when the apprentice is whipped with a fan belt...

0:25:240:25:27

MUJ SCREAMS

0:25:270:25:29

..for any reason...

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KAYLEIGH SCREAMS

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..such as being lazy,

0:25:330:25:35

right through to poor quality of work.

0:25:350:25:38

And is this how you learn to be quicker?

0:25:380:25:40

-Yes.

-That's mad. How can you do that?

0:25:400:25:44

What type of punishments have you had?

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-They whipped you?

-I got whipped, yes.

0:25:460:25:49

-What?!

-Have you got any scars?

0:25:490:25:50

By this?

0:25:520:25:53

-By the stick one?

-Yeah.

0:25:560:25:57

-Oh, my gosh.

-Did they hit you on the back?

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Why not?

0:25:590:26:00

When you get hit does it hurt you? Did it hurt you?

0:26:000:26:02

-Ah.

-A lot?

-A lot.

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But you can't say anything.

0:26:040:26:07

You can't...

0:26:070:26:08

-You've got to keep the feeling?

-Why not?

0:26:090:26:11

Did you cry any time?

0:26:110:26:13

At times you did cry.

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I think it's quite a good way of learning,

0:26:150:26:17

cos obviously look at them,

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if you're getting hit the last thing you want is thinking of getting hit.

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If I'm doing something bad and go, "I'll probably get hit in a minute."

0:26:210:26:24

That's what you're thinking, so I think it's a good way of learning.

0:26:240:26:27

I think it's a good way. If I went back to the UK though

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and someone tried to hit me with a fan belt

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I'd take it back off them and hit them back.

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Yeah, exactly, I think anybody would.

0:26:330:26:34

But they have to take it.

0:26:340:26:36

If they've done something wrong they just have to sit and take it.

0:26:360:26:39

Our UK mechanics have been invited to dinner in the slum,

0:26:440:26:48

where apprentice Olulumi and his family live.

0:26:480:26:50

Olulumi lives with his mum, older brother and younger sister.

0:26:530:26:57

They live, eat and sleep in this one small room.

0:26:590:27:03

Very, very nice. Very nice.

0:27:060:27:09

LAUGHTER

0:27:130:27:14

That is spicy.

0:27:180:27:19

Oh, that is really spicy.

0:27:200:27:22

It's very nice, but very spicy.

0:27:220:27:25

Very, very, very spicy.

0:27:270:27:29

Spice is a major don't go, sorry.

0:27:300:27:34

-But it is lovely.

-Sorry.

0:27:340:27:36

It's OK, don't worry about it, it's fine.

0:27:360:27:38

Olulumi is a very good mechanic, he is very, very good.

0:27:380:27:42

I was working with him today, he's absolutely amazing.

0:27:420:27:44

Better than me, better than anybody that I've seen.

0:27:440:27:47

-He was amazing.

-That's right.

0:27:470:27:49

-He's the man.

-Works really hard, doesn't he?

0:27:490:27:52

Yeah, really, really hard. No break, nothing, no problems at all.

0:27:520:27:56

So you work to eat?

0:27:580:28:00

As a young, hard-working family,

0:28:070:28:09

living in the slums is a struggle on a daily basis.

0:28:090:28:13

Themselves and no-one else.

0:28:180:28:19

All they care about is money?

0:28:270:28:29

Like medicine?

0:28:350:28:36

You don't have a generator, you have to wait.

0:28:590:29:02

You just have to bite your lip until the power comes back on.

0:29:020:29:04

-Yes.

-No way.

0:29:040:29:06

It's customary in Nigeria to offer your guests

0:29:090:29:11

a place to stay the night.

0:29:110:29:13

-Sleep?

-Yes.

-Tonight? Here?

0:29:150:29:19

Wow.

0:29:190:29:20

Olulumi's uncle has a room available nearby,

0:29:230:29:26

so the boys go and check it out.

0:29:260:29:28

I'm really, really happy that you offered us a room,

0:29:290:29:31

I'm completely happy, but I just don't think I'll be able to sleep.

0:29:310:29:35

I couldn't.

0:29:350:29:36

I would love to stay.

0:29:360:29:37

If I was used to staying in a room like this then...

0:29:370:29:40

Honestly, deep down, no disrespect.

0:29:400:29:43

I understand what you're saying.

0:29:430:29:44

I'm very, very happy that you offered us a place to stay,

0:29:440:29:47

I'm very surprised, like I don't even know why you did it.

0:29:470:29:50

I won't be able to get no sleep in here,

0:29:540:29:56

it's just going to be too hot and then I want to wake up in the morning

0:29:560:29:59

and I'll be expecting to have a shower,

0:29:590:30:01

decent food and all the crap like that

0:30:010:30:03

and I know I ain't going to get any of that, so yeah.

0:30:030:30:06

I wouldn't even see this as a room.

0:30:060:30:07

This would be like...

0:30:070:30:08

It looks to me like a prison.

0:30:080:30:10

This is Kayleigh's first time abroad,

0:30:150:30:18

and she is shocked by what she's seen.

0:30:180:30:20

I don't know how they can live their life like that.

0:30:220:30:24

I just don't know how they can be happy like that.

0:30:240:30:27

I know that sounds horrible, but I just don't know.

0:30:270:30:31

People live...

0:30:310:30:32

And this sounds so horrible,

0:30:330:30:35

but people live in such shitty areas.

0:30:350:30:37

I'm really homesick, I'm really, really homesick.

0:30:390:30:43

It's just when I see things like that,

0:30:430:30:46

it's hard, like, not having anyone, like...

0:30:460:30:51

..that knows how to cheer me up to be here.

0:30:540:30:56

Just my mum and my dad and my dogs.

0:31:000:31:06

Life in the garage continues at breakneck speed...

0:31:200:31:23

..and our inexperienced mechanics struggle to keep up.

0:31:270:31:30

I don't see it going anywhere.

0:31:320:31:34

-Hurry up.

-Oh, yeah, shit.

0:31:340:31:36

This time they're failing to impress Lekon, another supervisor.

0:31:360:31:41

He's been working at the garage for over 20 years

0:31:410:31:44

and doesn't suffer fools gladly.

0:31:440:31:46

I don't think we're actually getting on as well

0:32:080:32:11

as what they want us to.

0:32:110:32:12

I don't think they expected us to be this slow.

0:32:120:32:15

Work faster, work faster. Time is money.

0:32:160:32:19

We're sat here, he's gone,

0:32:200:32:22

"Hour and a half, time is money, money is time,"

0:32:220:32:24

what do you expect us to do? Superman?

0:32:240:32:26

We ain't Superman, are we?

0:32:260:32:28

If you did this yourself, a whole engine, how long?

0:32:280:32:30

-You would have been finished?

-Yes.

0:32:320:32:34

We've got better tools to work with, we've got, like, ratchets

0:32:360:32:39

and all this and all that. I'm used to using that,

0:32:390:32:41

I'm not used to using all crappy tools like this.

0:32:410:32:44

Time is off.

0:32:440:32:45

Yeah, I'm sorry.

0:32:470:32:48

Yeah, we understand that.

0:32:510:32:52

He's expecting us to do so much.

0:32:540:32:57

-He just doesn't understand, does he?

-No.

0:32:570:32:59

I think we're done, Sean.

0:33:010:33:03

Hopefully a bit of local Nigerian cuisine will brighten up their day.

0:33:120:33:17

It smells very nice. Is that meat?

0:33:170:33:19

-Yes.

-Yeah, that looks nice. That actually looks quite nice.

0:33:190:33:23

Thank you very much.

0:33:230:33:24

Thank you.

0:33:240:33:25

Spicy.

0:33:280:33:30

Oh, my mouth.

0:33:320:33:33

I'm a mechanic.

0:33:340:33:36

Yeah.

0:33:360:33:37

Yeah.

0:33:370:33:39

Do you not see girl mechanics in Nigeria?

0:33:390:33:41

You don't have a lot? Just a little, few?

0:33:420:33:45

That's really scaring me.

0:33:520:33:53

What is it? Why has it got hair on it?

0:33:570:33:59

-Shaki.

-Shaki?

0:34:010:34:02

Intestine?

0:34:050:34:06

No way.

0:34:110:34:12

Intestine?

0:34:150:34:17

Yes. This one is good.

0:34:170:34:18

Oh, my God. It's intestine.

0:34:180:34:20

It's been inside of somebody.

0:34:200:34:22

No, but it's good for you.

0:34:240:34:27

Oh, that looks rank. It's hairy and everything.

0:34:270:34:30

Right, that'll do for me. Thank you very much.

0:34:300:34:32

I'm eating intestine with rice and really spicy.

0:34:340:34:38

It's just getting worse and worse.

0:34:380:34:40

It actually is.

0:34:400:34:41

I bet tomorrow's just going to be like, a penis or something,

0:34:410:34:44

-like a kang... Like a cow penis.

-Kangaroo.

0:34:440:34:46

On my plate, like, "Yeah, tuck in." I'm not having it.

0:34:460:34:49

As Kayleigh is discovering,

0:34:510:34:53

being a female in Nigeria can be tough.

0:34:530:34:55

Despite the country's recent economic boom,

0:34:570:34:59

the country still ranks as one of the worst places to be a woman,

0:34:590:35:03

with few getting access to education, employment

0:35:030:35:06

and opportunities they need.

0:35:060:35:08

Kayleigh gets a break from the boys

0:35:090:35:11

to visit the Lady Mechanic Initiative,

0:35:110:35:13

which wants to change this.

0:35:130:35:16

Hiya, my name's Kayleigh.

0:35:160:35:17

-I'm Victoria.

-Nice to meet you.

0:35:170:35:19

Girls who are 18 in Nigeria,

0:35:220:35:25

what would they be doing right now other than school?

0:35:250:35:28

Where do you see yourselves in about like, five, ten years' time?

0:35:580:36:02

Will you have females employed as well?

0:36:080:36:10

-Yes.

-Yeah.

0:36:100:36:11

Compared to the garage that I've been working in,

0:36:160:36:18

this place feels a bit more relaxed and chilled out a bit.

0:36:180:36:20

I wish I could work here.

0:36:200:36:22

I might just move over from Scotland and come work here with you guys.

0:36:220:36:25

The institute was set up in 2004,

0:36:300:36:33

not only to inspire young females

0:36:330:36:35

but to also put a stop to human trafficking.

0:36:350:36:37

One in four of all women and children sold around the world

0:36:410:36:45

are from Nigeria.

0:36:450:36:46

They are often lured with false promises of work and money.

0:36:460:36:50

Ah, how you doing? Welcome to Lagos, Nigeria.

0:36:520:36:56

Thank you.

0:36:560:36:57

LMI founder Madame Sandra

0:36:580:37:00

grabbed the headlines around the world

0:37:000:37:02

for being the country's first female mechanic.

0:37:020:37:05

When you say take women out of poverty, what do you mean by that?

0:37:300:37:33

What kind of advice would you give me

0:37:560:37:59

if I'm feeling down about being a mechanic and stuff

0:37:590:38:02

like failing at things?

0:38:020:38:03

What kind of advice would you give me?

0:38:030:38:05

-Thank you.

-So thank you.

-Thank you.

0:38:330:38:35

-My colleague lady mechanic from Scotland.

-Yes.

0:38:350:38:38

SANDRA LAUGHS

0:38:380:38:39

Meeting Sandra has motivated me so much,

0:38:390:38:42

it's made me feel like...

0:38:420:38:43

You know what? Keep pushing, keep going through all the dirt

0:38:430:38:46

to get to the good, because everyone has to do that

0:38:460:38:50

to succeed their dreams.

0:38:500:38:52

Sandra's done it and she's just done amazing.

0:38:520:38:55

Nigeria might be a country plagued

0:38:590:39:01

by poverty, corruption and inequality,

0:39:010:39:03

but surprisingly its people are some of the happiest on the planet

0:39:030:39:07

and this is one of the reasons why.

0:39:070:39:10

Daniel, one of the other apprentices at the garage,

0:39:160:39:19

has invited Sean and Muj on a boys' night out.

0:39:190:39:22

These beach parties are popular with everyone in Lagos, rich and poor.

0:39:250:39:31

Unsurprisingly, Daniel has absolutely no inhibitions

0:39:330:39:37

on the dance floor.

0:39:370:39:38

However, the same can't be said about Sean.

0:39:410:39:44

But with a little bit of encouragement

0:39:490:39:51

he pulls out some of his best moves.

0:39:510:39:53

What better way to work off the cobwebs from the night before

0:40:170:40:20

than to do some hard graft?

0:40:200:40:22

In Lagos you have no choice but to work.

0:40:260:40:28

There's no such thing as unemployment benefits,

0:40:290:40:32

so if you don't work you don't eat.

0:40:320:40:34

How are you?

0:40:380:40:40

One man who knows this all too well is Prince,

0:40:400:40:42

who, five years ago, set up a scrap yard in the garage.

0:40:420:40:46

In Nigeria we have to work hard, work hard to make a living.

0:40:470:40:52

A hungry man...

0:40:520:40:53

-Is an angry man.

-..is an angry man.

0:40:530:40:55

If you are hungry you are angry.

0:40:550:40:57

If you are hungry you are angry.

0:40:570:40:59

-I like that, I like that.

-Yeah, you like that one?

0:40:590:41:02

If you don't work there will be no food for you,

0:41:020:41:05

no food for a lazy man.

0:41:050:41:06

-So if you don't make money then you're not eating?

-You not eat.

0:41:060:41:09

-So you work as hard as you can.

-You work hard to get money.

0:41:090:41:11

Did you have a choice to do this?

0:41:110:41:13

-I don't have a choice.

-You have to do it, either way?

0:41:130:41:15

I have to.

0:41:150:41:16

I've been looking for work since three, four, five years, no work.

0:41:160:41:20

-So you came to this?

-So I came to this.

0:41:200:41:23

-And do you really like this job?

-I like it.

0:41:230:41:25

-You like it?

-Yes. I like it.

0:41:250:41:26

When car is honking, I smile, I dance.

0:41:260:41:29

-You love it?

-I love it.

0:41:290:41:31

You smile when you are doing your work, you smile,

0:41:310:41:35

you are happy when you know what you are doing.

0:41:350:41:38

Coming from Britain, obviously if you don't work

0:41:380:41:40

then you've got things to, like, keep you stable,

0:41:400:41:42

you've got benefits, you've got a house, you've got the council,

0:41:420:41:45

government will give you all of that.

0:41:450:41:47

But here if you don't work you're not going to eat, find a place to stay.

0:41:470:41:50

Yeah, it's just the real world, isn't it?

0:41:500:41:52

Prince and his team walk the streets of Lagos

0:41:550:41:58

24/7 looking for metal.

0:41:580:42:00

With two new trainees in tow it's time to get to work.

0:42:040:42:07

Where's the brakes on this thing?

0:42:090:42:12

It's starting to hurt my hands already.

0:42:120:42:14

I had an itch on my hip.

0:42:160:42:17

Watch that car.

0:42:170:42:18

Yeah, we're not just used to manual labour,

0:42:190:42:21

that's what it is.

0:42:210:42:23

-So do you do this every day?

-Every day.

0:42:230:42:25

-You walk with a wheelbarrow?

-Yes, every day.

0:42:250:42:27

-And you go and get metal?

-Every day, yes.

0:42:270:42:29

Faster.

0:42:290:42:30

-Mr Prince?

-Yeah?

0:42:320:42:33

If I look to my right there's very nice houses,

0:42:330:42:36

and then when I look to my left it's all like... Yeah?

0:42:360:42:38

Why is it like this?

0:42:380:42:40

Because this side is...area.

0:42:400:42:42

This is rich area?

0:42:420:42:44

Yes, they work in a bank, oil sector,

0:42:440:42:47

in an insurance company, big, big insurance company.

0:42:470:42:50

One day will you have a house like this?

0:42:500:42:51

-I know I will.

-You will?

0:42:510:42:53

-Yes.

-Definitely?

0:42:530:42:54

Definitely, because I wish to work hard.

0:42:540:42:56

-You do work hard.

-If I work hard I will do this.

0:42:560:42:59

In this city everything has a value.

0:43:000:43:02

And the bigger the better.

0:43:050:43:07

Is he having a laugh?

0:43:080:43:09

Put it well on, don't let it fall down.

0:43:110:43:13

Yeah, got it.

0:43:130:43:14

It's not too heavy?

0:43:170:43:18

No, no, it's not.

0:43:180:43:19

You see, in Nigeria,

0:43:190:43:22

it's not a sin to be born poor,

0:43:220:43:23

but you know you are born poor, you have to work hard to get a living.

0:43:230:43:28

Your mummy and your daddy doesn't have money.

0:43:280:43:31

Then you have to work to give them money?

0:43:310:43:33

Yes, to give them money.

0:43:330:43:34

It's what you do to your parent that your children will do for you.

0:43:340:43:38

Oh, so your parents, like my parents have done a lot for me,

0:43:380:43:41

so I give back the same?

0:43:410:43:43

The same. Exactly.

0:43:430:43:44

How are you? Are you good? Very good.

0:43:440:43:46

INCOMPREHENSIBLE CHATTER

0:43:460:43:49

Everybody's so nice here. Everybody in Nigeria, so nice and welcoming.

0:43:520:43:57

So nice, so nice. If you work hard people will like you.

0:43:570:44:00

People don't like being lazy in Nigeria.

0:44:000:44:02

-Being lazy and sitting around.

-They don't like lazy man.

0:44:020:44:05

Then they won't like me. When I'm at home I don't work at all.

0:44:050:44:07

You don't work at all?

0:44:070:44:08

But I still get money off my sisters, though.

0:44:080:44:10

Oh, no, no, not depend on your sister, that's bad, that's bad.

0:44:100:44:13

-Don't depend on your sister again.

-Yeah?

0:44:130:44:15

Don't depend on your sister, you work.

0:44:150:44:16

Your sister works to get money.

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Yeah, and she works very hard to get money. I understand now.

0:44:180:44:20

Before I didn't understand what she does to get money,

0:44:200:44:23

now I understand she works very hard to get money.

0:44:230:44:25

You work very hard to get money, you work very hard.

0:44:250:44:27

You get money when you work very hard.

0:44:270:44:29

-Mm.

-That's it.

0:44:290:44:30

Only a week ago Muj wouldn't have thought twice

0:44:390:44:41

about sponging money off his family.

0:44:410:44:43

It just made me realise everything my sisters have done for me

0:44:450:44:50

and my mum has done for me.

0:44:500:44:51

It's just hit me.

0:44:530:44:55

I have been selfish, I've been very, very selfish.

0:44:580:45:00

I'm not afraid to say it.

0:45:000:45:02

I've been so selfish it's unreal.

0:45:020:45:05

I could have done more to help my mum,

0:45:050:45:06

I could have done more to help my sisters.

0:45:060:45:09

If my mum did pass away or anything like that

0:45:110:45:14

then I would regret everything that I did.

0:45:140:45:17

I'm just glad that I realised what they actually do for me.

0:45:170:45:20

I can't even believe I'm crying, I'm meant to be a flipping man.

0:45:230:45:27

I just wasn't expecting me to cry at all.

0:45:270:45:30

Muj has had a moment of realisation, which might change him for good.

0:45:400:45:44

Only a few days ago he refused to sleep here in the slums.

0:45:440:45:48

Oh, God.

0:45:480:45:49

But tonight he's giving it a go.

0:45:490:45:51

This is how people live in Nigeria.

0:46:030:46:06

This is home for them, I guess.

0:46:080:46:10

At the moment what's going through my mind is just

0:46:160:46:19

hot, sweating and just thinking about bugs,

0:46:190:46:22

like, I can just imagine myself sleeping

0:46:220:46:24

and waking up with a bug next to me.

0:46:240:46:26

All you can hear is music going off and the generator going,

0:46:280:46:33

it's hot, the power keeps going on and off just like constantly.

0:46:330:46:36

Seeing Wumi living in the room...

0:46:400:46:42

Oh, there you are, see, power just keeps going on and off.

0:46:420:46:45

I don't think I can live here for more than one night,

0:46:450:46:48

I'd break down, I'd get depressed.

0:46:480:46:50

ROOSTER CROWS

0:46:590:47:01

Can just hear this bloody chicken going on for ages.

0:47:190:47:23

HE IMITATES ROOSTER

0:47:230:47:25

I'm glad that I gave it a go, even though that I was moaning

0:47:280:47:31

so much, "I don't want to stay, blah, blah, blah."

0:47:310:47:35

I pushed myself to do it and I'm glad.

0:47:350:47:37

It's time for Muj's morning shower.

0:47:440:47:46

Only one in ten households have running water

0:47:460:47:49

and this isn't one of them.

0:47:490:47:51

The rest drink, wash and cook with water collected in a bucket.

0:47:510:47:55

HE SQUEALS

0:48:020:48:03

Bloody freezing.

0:48:060:48:07

Muj is now ready for action.

0:48:120:48:14

It's the last day in Lagos

0:48:210:48:22

and our three trainees have one final attempt

0:48:220:48:25

to get it right at the garage.

0:48:250:48:27

This beaten-up Danfo bus needs to get back on the road.

0:48:290:48:33

There's a lot to do.

0:48:330:48:34

Muj, Sean and Kayleigh have to repair it fast,

0:48:340:48:37

because the driver doesn't want to lose a day's earnings.

0:48:370:48:41

How are you? Are you good?

0:48:410:48:42

Supervisors Lekon and Idris have joined forces.

0:48:420:48:45

The team splits, with Kayleigh on brake pads...

0:49:010:49:05

Sean changing the oil...

0:49:050:49:07

and Muj tackling the broken wing mirror.

0:49:070:49:09

Time is going, hurry up.

0:49:100:49:11

Do you want to drop the fuel filter?

0:49:160:49:18

-Muj?

-What?

-Come here.

0:49:210:49:23

Wait there, I'm doing this.

0:49:230:49:25

Hurry up, time is going. Hurry up.

0:49:270:49:29

I'm trying.

0:49:290:49:31

Despite having over six years of experience between them,

0:49:310:49:34

history looks like it's repeating itself

0:49:340:49:36

as the group encounter problems and the pressure is getting to them.

0:49:360:49:41

Muj!

0:49:410:49:42

Wait there, I'm just trying to do something.

0:49:420:49:44

Everybody's trying to call me at once and I'm trying to do something.

0:49:480:49:51

I wasn't strong enough, so I kept shouting on him,

0:49:510:49:53

but obviously he was like, "Wait the now, wait the now,"

0:49:530:49:55

and I was looking like an idiot.

0:49:550:49:57

Obviously I understand Kayleigh's getting frustrated

0:49:570:49:59

because she needs help, but she needs to...

0:49:590:50:01

Oh, you know what? I'm not even going to moan about it,

0:50:010:50:03

-there's no point, is there?

-We do need to work as a team,

0:50:030:50:06

but... Oh, well.

0:50:060:50:07

It is hard, you know, I'm getting frustrated

0:50:070:50:10

and just knowing that we've got a time limit

0:50:100:50:12

and I don't want to fail, if you know what I mean.

0:50:120:50:14

If we continue like this we're going to fail and that's simple.

0:50:140:50:18

With the thought of another punishment

0:50:180:50:20

at the back of their minds, they begin to make silly mistakes.

0:50:200:50:24

Where has it gone, man?

0:50:240:50:26

The bloody bolt for the thingy, I left it on here.

0:50:260:50:30

Now it's gone.

0:50:300:50:31

The repairs are nearly complete.

0:50:450:50:47

It's time to get this bus back on the road.

0:50:470:50:50

ENGINE SPLUTTERS

0:50:500:50:53

Or not.

0:50:530:50:54

Spark plugs.

0:50:540:50:56

-It's not the spark plugs then?

-No.

0:50:560:50:59

Trying to think.

0:50:590:51:01

It could be that, it could be the leads, it could be anything.

0:51:010:51:04

ENGINE SPLUTTERS

0:51:040:51:07

Bet you it's something stupid.

0:51:090:51:10

Check the connections on the battery.

0:51:100:51:13

Is it the alternator maybe?

0:51:130:51:15

What the hell is going on with this?

0:51:160:51:19

The clock is ticking, the customer's waiting,

0:51:190:51:22

and our trainees are staring failure in the face again.

0:51:220:51:25

Ah, just this one thing.

0:51:270:51:29

What is it though? What could it be?

0:51:290:51:31

Unbeknownst to our UK mechanics,

0:51:310:51:34

Idris and Lekon have deliberately sabotaged the engine,

0:51:340:51:36

so it won't start.

0:51:360:51:39

We've done everything that was asked of us.

0:51:390:51:41

-And it's still got a fault in it.

-And it's still not working.

0:51:410:51:44

They would do this to their own Nigerian trainees

0:51:440:51:46

to test their knowledge.

0:51:460:51:48

Please, please. Make it fast.

0:51:480:51:50

-We need to check the coil pack.

-Coil pack.

0:51:500:51:53

Never seen that before here.

0:51:530:51:55

-Let me see. That's, like, got plastic in it.

-Let me see.

0:51:550:51:58

Check it. What is that?

0:51:580:52:01

That was a plastic bag.

0:52:010:52:02

What is that?

0:52:020:52:04

MUJ: Ah, you!

0:52:040:52:05

So it was covering the wire.

0:52:070:52:09

So does it not need to go round the wire

0:52:090:52:11

and then back on there, so it connects so that it will send?

0:52:110:52:14

-OK.

-Have I got it? Have I got it?

0:52:140:52:16

I've got it. Yes!

0:52:160:52:19

-Fingers crossed here.

-Fingers crossed, fingers crossed.

0:52:190:52:23

If it doesn't start, I'm going to cry.

0:52:230:52:25

-Ready?

-Yep, start it.

0:52:250:52:28

ENGINE STARTS

0:52:280:52:29

CHEERING

0:52:290:52:30

We done it.

0:52:350:52:36

Yay, we got it.

0:52:370:52:39

It means a lot to actually have succeeded,

0:52:440:52:46

because people in the garage,

0:52:460:52:48

they know that we're not pissing them about

0:52:480:52:50

and that we're not being here just to make a mockery of them,

0:52:500:52:53

and I'm so happy and proud of us.

0:52:530:52:55

-Thanks very much.

-Appreciate it.

0:52:550:52:57

To do a job well and succeed, it feels good,

0:52:570:52:59

so you succeed in what you got tasked to do within the time limit.

0:52:590:53:03

I couldn't do it without your help.

0:53:030:53:05

It has made me proud, you know,

0:53:050:53:06

it has made me proud that we did the job, we finished it,

0:53:060:53:09

we completed it and we made Lekon and Mr Idris happy.

0:53:090:53:12

Our three aspiring mechanics have been in Lagos for ten days.

0:53:160:53:20

They're lovely, they're absolutely lovely.

0:53:210:53:23

Everyone's so lovely.

0:53:230:53:24

They've been challenged...

0:53:240:53:26

Fast, fast, fast, fast.

0:53:260:53:27

..stretched to the limits...

0:53:270:53:28

THEY SCREAM

0:53:280:53:32

..worked harder than they thought possible...

0:53:320:53:35

You have to work hard, work hard.

0:53:350:53:37

..experienced unusual sights, sounds...

0:53:390:53:42

-That's mental, that is.

-That's crazy.

0:53:420:53:44

..and taste...

0:53:440:53:46

That is spicy.

0:53:480:53:49

..that they'll never forget.

0:53:490:53:51

That was crazy.

0:53:550:53:57

Muj, Kayleigh and Sean have been back in the UK for six weeks.

0:54:060:54:10

But has their time in Lagos given them the jump-start in life

0:54:120:54:15

they all needed?

0:54:150:54:16

I'm really glad that I went to Lagos.

0:54:160:54:19

It's been an eye-opener and it's changed me, it has changed me

0:54:190:54:22

and for the better.

0:54:220:54:23

Kayleigh has got a new job

0:54:240:54:26

and set her sights on ultimately running her own garage.

0:54:260:54:29

The Kayleigh after Lagos is confident,

0:54:300:54:32

she stands on her own two feet,

0:54:320:54:34

she does what she needs to do to succeed.

0:54:340:54:37

Being in Nigeria has reignited the passion Sean had

0:54:370:54:40

for being a mechanic.

0:54:400:54:42

I think Lagos did change me in a way.

0:54:420:54:44

I realised that mechanics is for me

0:54:440:54:46

and what I want to do for the rest of my life.

0:54:460:54:48

He's determined nothing is going to stand in his way

0:54:480:54:51

of getting his first job.

0:54:510:54:53

Before Lagos I was a bit down confidence-wise, you know,

0:54:530:54:55

keep getting knock-back after knock-back with jobs.

0:54:550:54:58

But now coming back from Lagos it just doesn't faze me,

0:54:580:55:01

I just keep applying, you know, surely there's someone out there

0:55:010:55:04

who wants to take me on.

0:55:040:55:07

And for Muj, well, Lagos has achieved the impossible.

0:55:070:55:11

He's actually started pulling his weight.

0:55:110:55:14

From meeting Olulumi, he's taught me how not to be selfish,

0:55:140:55:18

how not to be relying on my sisters, how not to be lazy

0:55:180:55:22

and not to be like, expecting things from my family

0:55:220:55:25

and understanding...

0:55:250:55:26

The understanding of life pretty much, that's what he's taught me.

0:55:260:55:30

So he's got himself a part-time job in the local curry house.

0:55:310:55:35

Looking back at the old Muj now, I am a bit embarrassed

0:55:370:55:39

with what I used to do.

0:55:390:55:41

I used to think it was normal just to take money off my family like that

0:55:410:55:45

and just to be selfish and be lazy.

0:55:450:55:47

I thought it was normal.

0:55:470:55:48

But I am glad that I've changed.

0:55:480:55:50

If it wasn't for Nigeria,

0:55:500:55:51

I think I'd be still that same old Muj sat on the sofa.

0:55:510:55:54

Next time, three inexperienced but enthusiastic chefs...

0:56:000:56:05

I'm going to be sick, I reckon.

0:56:050:56:07

..have to master some curious recipes

0:56:070:56:09

in the back streets of Jakarta.

0:56:090:56:11

Ah, I've got to go. I'm actually going to hit her.

0:56:110:56:14

Is there anything I wouldn't eat? Probably not.

0:56:140:56:16

People like you are so far up their arse.

0:56:160:56:19

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