0:00:04 > 0:00:08These are the world's toughest slums.
0:00:08 > 0:00:12One in four people across the planet call them home,
0:00:12 > 0:00:17living side by side with poverty, pollution and disease.
0:00:19 > 0:00:21But many don't just survive...
0:00:23 > 0:00:25..they thrive.
0:00:28 > 0:00:33To achieve success, they have to be driven, disciplined and passionate.
0:00:35 > 0:00:38But can they motivate young Brits
0:00:38 > 0:00:40who think they've really got it tough?
0:00:43 > 0:00:47To find out, we're putting trainee mechanics, plumbers and chefs
0:00:47 > 0:00:51to the ultimate test of a ten-day apprenticeship to see if
0:00:51 > 0:00:55they've got what it takes to call themselves slum survivors.
0:00:57 > 0:01:01This time, three inexperienced plumbing apprentices
0:01:01 > 0:01:02are put to the test.
0:01:05 > 0:01:06They'll have to be driven...
0:01:06 > 0:01:09I don't know how I'm going to be able to work as hard as I did yesterday.
0:01:09 > 0:01:10..keep calm under pressure...
0:01:10 > 0:01:12- Stop pushing it, would you?- I'm not!
0:01:12 > 0:01:15You are, I can see you, I'm not blind!
0:01:15 > 0:01:16..and passionate.
0:01:16 > 0:01:19Oh, no, my finger hurt, more than all my life.
0:01:19 > 0:01:23But will they rise to the challenge and master important skills
0:01:23 > 0:01:25to kick-start their lives back home?
0:01:25 > 0:01:26Are we done?
0:01:38 > 0:01:39This is Jack.
0:01:39 > 0:01:43He's unemployed, struggling to survive on benefits,
0:01:43 > 0:01:47and, having applied for hundreds of jobs, still hasn't got one.
0:01:47 > 0:01:48I need a job.
0:01:48 > 0:01:51In fact, I don't need a job - I need a career. That's what I need.
0:01:51 > 0:01:52I don't want a dead-end job,
0:01:52 > 0:01:56I want something that I can work towards and progress in.
0:01:56 > 0:02:00He's passed all his plumbing exams and got the support
0:02:00 > 0:02:03from his girlfriend, Charlotte, so what's going wrong?
0:02:03 > 0:02:07Well, Jack is, um... he's a little shit, really.
0:02:07 > 0:02:09He winds me up.
0:02:09 > 0:02:10I love him, though.
0:02:10 > 0:02:14His best quality - he's just a really genuine, nice lad.
0:02:14 > 0:02:16He's got a heart of gold. He'll do anything for anyone.
0:02:16 > 0:02:19He's also got a backup plan.
0:02:19 > 0:02:23I do a lot of rapping and making music, writing lyrics,
0:02:23 > 0:02:25just gets it off my chest.
0:02:25 > 0:02:27Yeah, big up the BBC...
0:02:27 > 0:02:30It's my drug, it's my favourite drug.
0:02:30 > 0:02:34Wanna be, wanna be MC. Listen, yeah.
0:02:35 > 0:02:40Cos that's the job of a real MC from Eminem and Tupac to Eazy-E...
0:02:40 > 0:02:45But there's one massive reason Jack's desperate to be a plumber.
0:02:45 > 0:02:50In 2008, my mum was in hospital and I actually managed to get
0:02:50 > 0:02:53a placement with a person who could have given me
0:02:53 > 0:02:57an apprenticeship and possibly a job at the end of it, but the day
0:02:57 > 0:03:00I was supposed to go to that placement
0:03:00 > 0:03:02was the day that my mum passed away.
0:03:02 > 0:03:06Because my mum passed away thinking I was going to be a plumber, that's why I want to be a plumber,
0:03:06 > 0:03:09Cos you know, I made my mum proud that I followed through
0:03:09 > 0:03:11with it and managed to accomplish it.
0:03:12 > 0:03:16When 18-year-old Elisa isn't working hard at college,
0:03:16 > 0:03:18she's stacking shelves.
0:03:18 > 0:03:21I work at ASDA.
0:03:21 > 0:03:24It's an all right job.
0:03:24 > 0:03:28It gives me money at the end of the month, and it's simple,
0:03:28 > 0:03:30so it's good for a teenager.
0:03:30 > 0:03:35Plumbers generally are more, er, male, so how's this glamorous teen
0:03:35 > 0:03:36going to cope?
0:03:36 > 0:03:38Men are stronger than women,
0:03:38 > 0:03:41but thank God there are tools that a woman can use
0:03:41 > 0:03:43that make it just as easy.
0:03:43 > 0:03:48As a female plumber, she'll need to ooze confidence.
0:03:48 > 0:03:53At home she's loud, and she's really funny, like, she's... I use the word weird,
0:03:53 > 0:03:56she's weird, but when she's outside, she's not as confident.
0:03:56 > 0:03:59At school, I never used to be a natural leader,
0:03:59 > 0:04:03I'd just be the one to, like, just be there and be quiet.
0:04:04 > 0:04:07This trip is Elisa's chance to shine and prove herself,
0:04:07 > 0:04:11but will she stand up and be counted?
0:04:14 > 0:04:19Finally, meet Arsa. He's a man who loves chicken.
0:04:19 > 0:04:22I can probably say it feels like my best friend.
0:04:22 > 0:04:25When I'm lonely, I eat chicken.
0:04:25 > 0:04:26When I'm happy, I eat chicken.
0:04:26 > 0:04:29Pretty much always eating chicken.
0:04:32 > 0:04:37He's 17, just started college and is super confident.
0:04:37 > 0:04:39I'm going to make a great plumber because I'm very determined.
0:04:39 > 0:04:41I'm a good listener.
0:04:41 > 0:04:45But sometimes, it's all just a bit too much effort.
0:04:45 > 0:04:49The whole stair thing, I find it, like, irritating.
0:04:49 > 0:04:51Just give me a elevator and I'll be all right.
0:04:51 > 0:04:55Arsa lives in London with his three-year-old sister
0:04:55 > 0:04:57and long-suffering mum, Odile.
0:04:57 > 0:04:59I am a guaranteed mummy's boy.
0:04:59 > 0:05:01I have no problem with, like, being a mummy's boy.
0:05:01 > 0:05:05If Arsa can sleep like he wants and eat like he wants,
0:05:05 > 0:05:07you've got a happy Arsa!
0:05:12 > 0:05:17For the next ten days, Jack, Elisa and Arsa will be learning plumbing
0:05:17 > 0:05:21the local way, in the booming city of Mumbai.
0:05:21 > 0:05:23But where do they think that is?
0:05:23 > 0:05:25It's near Africa, I think.
0:05:25 > 0:05:28I wouldn't say it's near like Germany or anything like that.
0:05:28 > 0:05:30I'd say somewhere round this area.
0:05:30 > 0:05:32Well, they're in for a shock.
0:05:32 > 0:05:36It's 4,500 miles away on the west coast of India,
0:05:36 > 0:05:40and for this trio, it's going to be like nothing
0:05:40 > 0:05:43they've ever seen or experienced before.
0:05:43 > 0:05:44My name's Arsa.
0:05:44 > 0:05:46Hopefully, it'll be good, so I really can't wait.
0:05:46 > 0:05:48We're all from different places,
0:05:48 > 0:05:51so there's never going to be something not to talk about.
0:05:54 > 0:05:57As soon as we step off that plane and we just realise
0:05:57 > 0:06:01what we've got ourselves into, it's either going to be an, ah, or a...
0:06:14 > 0:06:16Mumbai is a mega city.
0:06:16 > 0:06:21It's the business hub of India and home to over 18 million people.
0:06:24 > 0:06:29Known as the city of dreams, over 300 families come here every hour
0:06:29 > 0:06:33to turn their hard work into hard cash.
0:06:36 > 0:06:40So it's no surprise it's got a massive housing shortage.
0:06:40 > 0:06:44Over half the population have no choice but to live in slums,
0:06:44 > 0:06:48with limited access to the basics of life we take for granted,
0:06:48 > 0:06:49like clean water.
0:06:52 > 0:06:56Death and disease are widespread, and in a country where more people
0:06:56 > 0:07:01have a mobile phone than use of a toilet, life here can be very tough.
0:07:06 > 0:07:08For our three trainee plumbers,
0:07:08 > 0:07:11they're about to face all this head-on.
0:07:11 > 0:07:12I want to go in that!
0:07:12 > 0:07:17They're heading to the largest and most notorious slum, Dharavi.
0:07:17 > 0:07:19It's their first experience of India,
0:07:19 > 0:07:23and, with no obvious rules of the road, it's who dares wins.
0:07:23 > 0:07:25This is hard!
0:07:25 > 0:07:28Oohoo! I would never ride a bike in this place.
0:07:30 > 0:07:34Oh, wow, look at the sheep!
0:07:34 > 0:07:35What are those sheep doing?
0:07:37 > 0:07:43Whoa! Look out! There's bad rubbish everywhere.
0:07:43 > 0:07:48I think it's weird, like, mad how completely different the country is to ours.
0:07:48 > 0:07:49It's too obvious for comfort.
0:07:49 > 0:07:51Yeah, way too obvious.
0:07:52 > 0:07:57In no time at all, Jack's entertaining the locals.
0:07:59 > 0:08:01Let me paint a picture pass the brush
0:08:01 > 0:08:03Let me brush aside all your mistakes and take you with me
0:08:03 > 0:08:06To a land far away with amazing distance with words of wisdom
0:08:06 > 0:08:08Welcome to the land of tranquillity and maybe you're sane
0:08:08 > 0:08:10Cos life is what you make it face it
0:08:10 > 0:08:13Give your head a wobble or maybe shake it, but don't be too hasty
0:08:13 > 0:08:15We've all got dreams that we're chasing
0:08:15 > 0:08:17So never break your own promises or your life has been wasted
0:08:17 > 0:08:20Embrace it, hold it like a lover so close you can taste it
0:08:20 > 0:08:24Cos I can see the light that's within if it's only faintly.
0:08:24 > 0:08:26Sweet.
0:08:26 > 0:08:27Wow!
0:08:31 > 0:08:34Dharavi is slap bang in the middle of the business district,
0:08:34 > 0:08:37and is home to more than a million people.
0:08:39 > 0:08:43I didn't expect it to be this busy but, like, everyone is everywhere.
0:08:43 > 0:08:46There are so many people.
0:08:46 > 0:08:50It's one unending stretch of narrow alleyways, cramped houses
0:08:50 > 0:08:52and the smell of sewage.
0:08:52 > 0:08:55As much as I knew it wasn't going to be the same as England,
0:08:55 > 0:08:57like, I never thought it would be this bad.
0:08:57 > 0:09:00From what I've seen so far, like, I've seen that raw sewage
0:09:00 > 0:09:02on the floor and that, so the standards of it is not really
0:09:02 > 0:09:04that high, but hopefully we can make a change to it.
0:09:04 > 0:09:08But for now I'm really shocked and saddened by what I see.
0:09:10 > 0:09:13You can't just turn on a tap here.
0:09:13 > 0:09:15Water has to be collected from a communal supply,
0:09:15 > 0:09:20and with one toilet to around 1,400 people, it's not luxurious.
0:09:21 > 0:09:25In England, nobody really lives in poverty that much.
0:09:25 > 0:09:29I mean, we say we do, I mean, I'm on £50 a week and Jobseeker's.
0:09:29 > 0:09:32Compared to most people in England, that's peanuts, but compared
0:09:32 > 0:09:35to the people that's living here, I'm pretty much a millionaire.
0:09:38 > 0:09:43In India, there's no Jobseeker's allowance or state benefits.
0:09:43 > 0:09:47It's quite simple - if you don't work, you have no money to live.
0:09:51 > 0:09:53One slum plumber who knows all too well
0:09:53 > 0:09:56how tough life can be here is Moshin.
0:10:00 > 0:10:04He is 23 years old, has been plumbing for eight years,
0:10:04 > 0:10:07and has to support his mum and sister on next to nothing.
0:10:10 > 0:10:12How many hours a day do you work?
0:10:12 > 0:10:14Is depend upon work.
0:10:14 > 0:10:16It depends.
0:10:16 > 0:10:18If it's 24 hours, we work 24 hours.
0:10:18 > 0:10:19What, 24 hours?
0:10:19 > 0:10:21So that's like a full day, isn't it?
0:10:21 > 0:10:24When we need to work 24 hours, we work.
0:10:24 > 0:10:26How much money do you actually earn a day or...?
0:10:26 > 0:10:28£5.
0:10:28 > 0:10:30You make £5 a day?
0:10:30 > 0:10:32So you started at a very young age.
0:10:32 > 0:10:33How old was you when you started?
0:10:33 > 0:10:3515 years.
0:10:35 > 0:10:3615 years old.
0:10:36 > 0:10:38Why did you leave school?
0:10:38 > 0:10:40For the finance problem.
0:10:40 > 0:10:42Finance? What, you have to pay to go to school here?
0:10:42 > 0:10:43Yeah, of course.
0:10:43 > 0:10:46Oh, in England it's free, so...
0:10:46 > 0:10:50India, when you have the money you can learn, otherwise no.
0:10:58 > 0:11:02There are exposed water pipes everywhere, and Moshin wants to see
0:11:02 > 0:11:06if their college training is up to the challenge of slum plumbing.
0:11:08 > 0:11:11So this is a pipe that has broken.
0:11:12 > 0:11:16So we have to join... Another pipe is inside the water.
0:11:16 > 0:11:18We have to find them.
0:11:18 > 0:11:21Yeah, the pipe is somewhere in this gunk.
0:11:21 > 0:11:24So, Jack, do the honours!
0:11:24 > 0:11:25All right, homey.
0:11:25 > 0:11:27But get a bag to put on the hand.
0:11:27 > 0:11:30Want to be a plumber, I'm going to have to get used to it.
0:11:30 > 0:11:31See, it wasn't so hard.
0:11:34 > 0:11:36It's broken. You've just got to take it out.
0:11:37 > 0:11:41They've all studied plumbing, so they should know the basics.
0:11:41 > 0:11:43Let me stand on the side of you so I can step on it
0:11:43 > 0:11:44so you can hold it there.
0:11:44 > 0:11:47First, keep your tools out of the sewage.
0:11:47 > 0:11:49Oh, flipping hell! I'm an idiot.
0:11:49 > 0:11:52- Sorry about that.- Oh, bless him!
0:11:52 > 0:11:53Are you OK?
0:11:53 > 0:11:55Accuracy is essential.
0:11:55 > 0:11:57I don't think I've cut this straight, you know.
0:11:57 > 0:12:00It's fine, it doesn't really matter that much, I don't think.
0:12:00 > 0:12:02It's not going on straight.
0:12:02 > 0:12:05And remember to watch what you're doing.
0:12:05 > 0:12:07I didn't even... Oh, I need to stop doing that, I really do.
0:12:07 > 0:12:10I don't know how I cut my finger, but safety first, eh?
0:12:10 > 0:12:13I'm not putting it back in that sewage.
0:12:13 > 0:12:16Make sure you get it right the first time.
0:12:16 > 0:12:18Is it bent or is it curved?
0:12:18 > 0:12:20- It's bent?- Keep where I am and see what happens.
0:12:20 > 0:12:22Keep mum, go on.
0:12:22 > 0:12:26And finally, adopt a professional attitude at all times.
0:12:26 > 0:12:28Oh, can't you do it with your hands?
0:12:28 > 0:12:31It's not that, we have to use this to loosen it up.
0:12:31 > 0:12:33- Oh, no!- Shut up!
0:12:33 > 0:12:34Stop arguing with the boss!
0:12:36 > 0:12:40With the pipe fixed, countless residents can get water again,
0:12:40 > 0:12:42but our three did have a lot of help from Moshin.
0:12:42 > 0:12:464,000 miles away from home and our first plumbing job done.
0:12:46 > 0:12:49My hand smells like it just came from a horse.
0:12:49 > 0:12:50It's disgusting, yeah!
0:12:50 > 0:12:52Get it away from me.
0:12:52 > 0:12:54Congratulations, team, huh?
0:12:58 > 0:13:02But after washing away the smell of horse, Jack, Elisa and Arsa
0:13:02 > 0:13:04have been called out to another area of Dharavi.
0:13:08 > 0:13:13Moshin has summoned his apprentices to a local clothing factory
0:13:13 > 0:13:14to deliver bad news.
0:13:25 > 0:13:30By mistake, they damaged one pipe, so I had to go and repairs.
0:13:30 > 0:13:32A bit winded that we messed up, really, but...
0:13:32 > 0:13:34Thought we did a good job.
0:13:34 > 0:13:37But, oh, well, things happen.
0:13:37 > 0:13:41With lots still to learn, Moshin decides to take them back to basics,
0:13:41 > 0:13:45and gives them a really simple job to do.
0:13:45 > 0:13:48That's got to have to put some taps in here, replace this one
0:13:48 > 0:13:51because it seems like it's leaking or something.
0:13:51 > 0:13:53I am baffled, as in I don't know.
0:13:53 > 0:13:56I have never fixed an actual tap before.
0:13:56 > 0:13:58It doesn't look that difficult.
0:13:58 > 0:14:00Phew! This should be a quick job, then.
0:14:02 > 0:14:05This factory relies on a daily supply of water,
0:14:05 > 0:14:07which they store in this tank.
0:14:08 > 0:14:13It keeps the business running 24/7, and when it's gone, it's gone.
0:14:15 > 0:14:18It's vital, therefore, none is wasted.
0:14:21 > 0:14:24Keeping a close eye on their work is the factory boss.
0:14:27 > 0:14:29Yo, Jack, Jack! Pass me the tape and the stuff.
0:14:29 > 0:14:32All right, all right. Please!
0:14:32 > 0:14:33Thanks. Sorry.
0:14:34 > 0:14:38So basically I think what we have to do is wrap the tape,
0:14:38 > 0:14:41wrap this with the tape, right, and then put in this one.
0:14:42 > 0:14:44Is it on?
0:14:44 > 0:14:48Yeah, you just have to keep screwing it. It'll tighten eventually.
0:14:50 > 0:14:53They really can't mess this up - it's so simple.
0:14:53 > 0:14:56- Is it straight?- Yeah.
0:14:56 > 0:14:58The second tap, though, is slightly more complicated because
0:14:58 > 0:15:02it's connected to over 500 litres of precious water.
0:15:02 > 0:15:05Now we're at square one again, we need to figure out how to do
0:15:05 > 0:15:07this one without pissing everything through.
0:15:07 > 0:15:10Wait, let's see. Let's turn it on first of all.
0:15:10 > 0:15:13- I've already turned it on - it definitely works.- Right.
0:15:13 > 0:15:17Do we need to cut off the water here, like stop it from rushing out?
0:15:17 > 0:15:20No, there is no way to stop the water out here.
0:15:20 > 0:15:22- So how... - How do we get that out without...
0:15:22 > 0:15:24- So you mean... - How do we replace that?
0:15:24 > 0:15:26You have to do it quickly.
0:15:26 > 0:15:29- Oh, all right. - Look, you get that...
0:15:29 > 0:15:32If that's the only way I'm doing it, then fair enough, suppose.
0:15:32 > 0:15:34- Jacky boy, you know, one of us is going to get wet.- I'll do it.
0:15:34 > 0:15:36- Cool.- Let the boys do it. - I'll help you with it.
0:15:36 > 0:15:38There's about a metre of head of pressure,
0:15:38 > 0:15:42so it shouldn't come out that fast, probably one blast.
0:15:42 > 0:15:44Elisa, if you can push this to the wall...
0:15:44 > 0:15:46Can you hold it to the wall?
0:15:46 > 0:15:47I'll unscrew it, and then...
0:15:47 > 0:15:51Right, you unscrew that, I'll put it on quick. Ready?
0:15:51 > 0:15:55Right, get ready for... Do it, quick, quick, quick, quick!
0:15:57 > 0:16:01Wrong way! You're going the wrong way.
0:16:02 > 0:16:04I've dropped this... Can't get it in.
0:16:05 > 0:16:10This is just... Pass it here, pass it here, I've got it, I've got it.
0:16:10 > 0:16:12- You got it?- You got it? - I've got it.
0:16:12 > 0:16:13Euw!
0:16:15 > 0:16:17So I turn it on!
0:16:19 > 0:16:20Are you done?
0:16:20 > 0:16:23All they need to do now is tighten it.
0:16:23 > 0:16:25What could possibly go wrong?
0:16:28 > 0:16:30Now just keep twisting it. One more turn, isn't it?
0:16:30 > 0:16:32So you're going to have to hold it at the top, cos I'm twisting it.
0:16:32 > 0:16:34I got it, I got it, all right.
0:16:34 > 0:16:36Hold it, please, because I don't want to be...
0:16:36 > 0:16:37You don't want to break it.
0:16:37 > 0:16:39One more round. Go on, spin.
0:16:39 > 0:16:42Well, no, I'm just... I'm breaking it.
0:16:42 > 0:16:43- Oh.- Shit!
0:16:43 > 0:16:45It looks like it's leaking from here.
0:16:45 > 0:16:47Oh, shit!
0:16:47 > 0:16:49I told you I didn't want to break it.
0:16:49 > 0:16:50- You've snapped it. - Does it snap?
0:16:50 > 0:16:52- Yeah.- Oh, shit!
0:16:52 > 0:16:53How did it even snap?
0:16:53 > 0:16:56- Now that's a problem. - Now that's a problem.
0:16:56 > 0:16:58Oh, my God! See, I told you I didn't want to... Oh!
0:16:58 > 0:17:01How did you? How did it snap?
0:17:01 > 0:17:03I told the boys I didn't want to.
0:17:03 > 0:17:04This is a problem.
0:17:04 > 0:17:06They've broken the pipe connected to the tank
0:17:06 > 0:17:08and the water is flooding out.
0:17:08 > 0:17:12It was really tight, and I knew it was going to eventually snap,
0:17:12 > 0:17:15and then the boys went, no, one more turn, and I was like, ooh,
0:17:15 > 0:17:18and then I did and then it cracked.
0:17:18 > 0:17:22If Elisa had been more confident, this might not have happened.
0:17:26 > 0:17:29So if you try and shove these plastic pipes...
0:17:29 > 0:17:31- So are we draining the water? - It's not the plastic pipe's fault.
0:17:31 > 0:17:34It is! If it was copper, it wouldn't have broke.
0:17:34 > 0:17:35I think it's completely my fault.
0:17:35 > 0:17:36Are you OK?
0:17:37 > 0:17:40Saving the water is the priority.
0:17:40 > 0:17:42If they don't stop the leak immediately, there's also
0:17:42 > 0:17:46risk of electric shock if water gets into the machinery,
0:17:46 > 0:17:49and the manager could lose a lot of money.
0:17:49 > 0:17:52Do you think we should help them?
0:17:52 > 0:17:55- I don't... No. - They don't want our help.
0:17:55 > 0:17:58To be honest, I think we've done enough.
0:17:58 > 0:18:01- I don't that they really want us there now.- No.
0:18:01 > 0:18:04Oh, they must be cursing us right now.
0:18:04 > 0:18:06I know. They must hate us.
0:18:06 > 0:18:09We're literally in a strange place, we don't know what we're doing.
0:18:09 > 0:18:13And everyone's looking at us like you guys are pricks.
0:18:14 > 0:18:17Moshin is doing all he can to clear up their mess,
0:18:17 > 0:18:20but the factory manager has had enough.
0:18:33 > 0:18:36Well, that could have gone better.
0:18:44 > 0:18:48Our three are finding out the hard way that it takes more than
0:18:48 > 0:18:52just a plumbing course to be successful in the real world.
0:19:05 > 0:19:08India is the second most inhabited country in the world,
0:19:08 > 0:19:11and it's predicted it will become one of the most successful economies
0:19:11 > 0:19:13in the 21st century.
0:19:16 > 0:19:20Over six million people, though, still live in slums, without
0:19:20 > 0:19:25access to any clean water, but they can see progress in other areas.
0:19:28 > 0:19:32The Sea Link Bridge connects the north of Mumbai, where Moshin lives,
0:19:32 > 0:19:36with the south, and is a lifeline in a city crippled with traffic.
0:19:39 > 0:19:43But the toll means it's too expensive for slum dwellers
0:19:43 > 0:19:47like Moshin, who's offered to show Jack how the other half live.
0:19:47 > 0:19:50So, Moshin, is this your first time on this bridge?
0:19:50 > 0:19:53- Yeah. It's the first time. - The first time.
0:19:53 > 0:19:55So before this bridge was built,
0:19:55 > 0:19:59how long would it take you to get from that side to that side?
0:19:59 > 0:20:01At the east street, two hours to...
0:20:01 > 0:20:03Two hours? Is that driving?
0:20:03 > 0:20:05- On the bike. Bike driving.- Wow.
0:20:05 > 0:20:07So now we can by five to ten minutes.
0:20:07 > 0:20:11Five to ten minutes, yeah. That's really good, then.
0:20:11 > 0:20:14This is the pride of Mumbai.
0:20:14 > 0:20:17On this side of the bridge, the streets are litter-free
0:20:17 > 0:20:20and there isn't an open sewer in sight.
0:20:22 > 0:20:24We are going now to South Mumbai,
0:20:24 > 0:20:28the capitals of finance at Mumbai.
0:20:28 > 0:20:31So this is where all the money is in Mumbai?
0:20:31 > 0:20:36Yes. Actually, one house is one million pound.
0:20:36 > 0:20:39- One million pound for a house? - Aye, for one.
0:20:40 > 0:20:44Forget slums here. In this part of the city there are mansions,
0:20:44 > 0:20:48making it one of the coolest and costliest places to live in India.
0:20:50 > 0:20:53That's Ambani's House.
0:20:53 > 0:20:58This palatial 27-storey home belongs to the richest man in the country,
0:20:58 > 0:21:02and, obviously, it comes complete with three helipads.
0:21:02 > 0:21:04So that is owned by one person?
0:21:04 > 0:21:08Aye. Only five peoples live at that house.
0:21:08 > 0:21:11It's not exactly a house, really, is it? It's a tower.
0:21:11 > 0:21:14So this is where, like, all the famous people in Mumbai live?
0:21:14 > 0:21:15Yeah.
0:21:18 > 0:21:21While Jack gets a guided tour of the posh part, students Elisa
0:21:21 > 0:21:25and Arsa are on their way to one of the only colleges in the city
0:21:25 > 0:21:27that teaches plumbing.
0:21:34 > 0:21:37And their first lesson is how to keep a straight face.
0:21:37 > 0:21:39What is the name of this?
0:21:39 > 0:21:41- Big cock. - Big cock.
0:21:41 > 0:21:43I'd just call it a tap.
0:21:43 > 0:21:44You are right.
0:21:44 > 0:21:48Plumbers like Moshin unfortunately can't afford to come here.
0:21:48 > 0:21:51The only training he can get is on the job.
0:21:51 > 0:21:54If Moshin didn't have to look after his family,
0:21:54 > 0:21:57then there would be a slight chance that he could come to college,
0:21:57 > 0:22:00but the fact that he does, he's pretty much got no chance,
0:22:00 > 0:22:03especially considering he doesn't earn a lot to begin with.
0:22:03 > 0:22:06Having broken the pipe in the factory,
0:22:06 > 0:22:10they're now going to learn how they could have mended it.
0:22:10 > 0:22:11Inside.
0:22:11 > 0:22:15If Moshin gave me the chance to fix, like, what went wrong yesterday,
0:22:15 > 0:22:17I think I could definitely fix it.
0:22:17 > 0:22:20I have the confidence now in myself from what the teachers taught us.
0:22:20 > 0:22:24It seemed fairly easy, the way he did it, so I was just like, why not?
0:22:24 > 0:22:26I could do that.
0:22:27 > 0:22:30In the Indian colleges, they get taught more
0:22:30 > 0:22:34but more street smart, and like basically force you
0:22:34 > 0:22:37to think on your feet and figure out how to put things together
0:22:37 > 0:22:41that are not meant to be together, whereas England they'd be,
0:22:41 > 0:22:43basically say this is meant to be with this
0:22:43 > 0:22:45and everyone puts it that way.
0:22:45 > 0:22:49Back on the south side, the coastline is dominated by modern
0:22:49 > 0:22:54skyscrapers instead of slums, and the streets are coming to life, and
0:22:54 > 0:22:59Jack and Moshin are bonding over the country's most loved sport, cricket.
0:22:59 > 0:23:01I told you I'm not good!
0:23:06 > 0:23:09They both face tough challenges, but only one of them has a job.
0:23:13 > 0:23:18How this experience helps you when you goes to your home?
0:23:18 > 0:23:21Since coming here, it's opened my mind, it's opened my eyes.
0:23:21 > 0:23:24It's made me realise a lot.
0:23:24 > 0:23:26It's made me realise that even if I can't find a job,
0:23:26 > 0:23:29at least I don't have to completely go without any money.
0:23:29 > 0:23:31At least I don't have to completely go without any food,
0:23:31 > 0:23:35so I don't think I'll be complaining nowhere near as much,
0:23:35 > 0:23:37if any at all, when I go back home.
0:23:41 > 0:23:44I found out a lot about Moshin and his life.
0:23:44 > 0:23:48I found out a lot about... a lot more about India.
0:23:48 > 0:23:49I think we did connect.
0:23:49 > 0:23:51I mean, we've added each other on Facebook,
0:23:51 > 0:23:55so when I get back, I'm definitely going to keep in contact with him.
0:23:55 > 0:23:57I think when I go back to England,
0:23:57 > 0:24:00I'm going to be a completely different guy.
0:24:00 > 0:24:03I'm going to be a changed man. I'm already changed.
0:24:06 > 0:24:09It's the sixth year anniversary of my mum passing away,
0:24:09 > 0:24:12so it's a very tough day for me.
0:24:12 > 0:24:15I'm 22 years old now. It doesn't get any easier.
0:24:15 > 0:24:21I mean, I had a good cry last night, and I had a good cry this morning.
0:24:41 > 0:24:45Jack, Elisa and Arsa have failed both of Moshin's tasks,
0:24:45 > 0:24:48so we're upping the ante.
0:24:48 > 0:24:50We're sending them to a different area
0:24:50 > 0:24:53to learn from the very best in the business.
0:24:56 > 0:25:00This slum is cleaner than most in Mumbai, but it still has
0:25:00 > 0:25:03an open sewer running through the heart of the community.
0:25:08 > 0:25:11Absolutely everything is dumped in here.
0:25:13 > 0:25:19Used household water, litter and the human waste of everyone who lives here.
0:25:20 > 0:25:24But, although it doesn't look like much compared to British standards,
0:25:24 > 0:25:28many of India's most entrepreneurial people start in places like this.
0:25:30 > 0:25:34Uncle is the wealthiest man in the area and the most respected.
0:25:34 > 0:25:37He's been a plumber for over 30 years and his son, Ravi,
0:25:37 > 0:25:41has recently taken over the family business.
0:25:41 > 0:25:44Ravi's also now the new boss of our three trainee plumbers.
0:26:07 > 0:26:11Being a successful slum plumber here boils down to just one thing -
0:26:11 > 0:26:14hard physical work.
0:26:14 > 0:26:16So can our three succeed in a place like this?
0:26:16 > 0:26:18It's very narrow, isn't it, like?
0:26:18 > 0:26:20Two people, isn't it, Jack?
0:26:20 > 0:26:22If you and me stood side to side I think no-one else
0:26:22 > 0:26:24would probably walk through.
0:26:24 > 0:26:27Yeah, tell me about it. I'm stuck at the back.
0:26:27 > 0:26:28You want to go in front?
0:26:28 > 0:26:30No, I'm all right.
0:26:30 > 0:26:31Well, stop moaning then.
0:26:34 > 0:26:36I saw a dead dog over there.
0:26:36 > 0:26:38- Seriously? - Or a sheep or something, yeah.
0:26:38 > 0:26:41OK, right. We saw its body but we didn't see its head.
0:26:41 > 0:26:45I'm not going to lie to you, if my clothes dropped in there, there's...
0:26:45 > 0:26:47- They'd be staying. - ..no way I'm going in there.
0:26:47 > 0:26:50They're staying directly where they are.
0:26:50 > 0:26:52Look, it looks like everything's
0:26:52 > 0:26:54just dumped into the river.
0:26:54 > 0:26:57Yes, pretty much. In England, you would get fined for that.
0:26:57 > 0:27:00The plumbing looks a lot more sophisticated than the last place we was in.
0:27:00 > 0:27:05Yeah. I think they did a lot of, like, do-it-yourself type of work.
0:27:05 > 0:27:09For the next 24 hours, this is where they're going to call home.
0:27:25 > 0:27:26In the gutter?
0:27:28 > 0:27:31Would they have some boots or something, some wellies?
0:27:31 > 0:27:33My chest, ow!
0:27:34 > 0:27:37Arsa's about to experience life in the gutter.
0:27:37 > 0:27:39Come, come!
0:27:39 > 0:27:40All right, got it!
0:27:40 > 0:27:43Yeah, he literally has to stand in human excrement.
0:27:44 > 0:27:48Oh, ugh... In the what? Oh, hell, no!
0:27:50 > 0:27:52I can't put my feet in that water!
0:27:53 > 0:27:55That's not legal!
0:27:55 > 0:27:57Ugh.
0:27:57 > 0:27:59Oh, let's go.
0:28:01 > 0:28:04Jack, sewer! I'm joking.
0:28:04 > 0:28:06Right, what are we doing?
0:28:06 > 0:28:07Got to make a hole.
0:28:07 > 0:28:10Make a hole? Ah, oh, just ram it in there? OK.
0:28:10 > 0:28:12That's obviously...
0:28:12 > 0:28:15The other end.
0:28:15 > 0:28:16What? Oh.
0:28:18 > 0:28:20Go on, use your strength!
0:28:20 > 0:28:22Oh!
0:28:22 > 0:28:25Yeah, actually, I definitely need you to do that.
0:28:25 > 0:28:29Arsa has to break through the wall on this side, while Jack and Elisa
0:28:29 > 0:28:33dig a hole to lay the waste pipe in the ground on the other.
0:28:33 > 0:28:36As slum plumbers, the faster they work,
0:28:36 > 0:28:39the more jobs they complete, the more money they earn.
0:28:45 > 0:28:48Until I burst through the whole thing?
0:28:48 > 0:28:52Forget hi-tech machinery - this is as basic as it gets.
0:28:56 > 0:29:01It's not lost on Arsa that an electric drill would go through this in minutes.
0:29:11 > 0:29:12Yeah.
0:29:13 > 0:29:14That one's shaking.
0:29:16 > 0:29:17It's kind of big, though.
0:29:23 > 0:29:24Woo!
0:29:24 > 0:29:25Right, um...
0:29:31 > 0:29:34And so far, they're not impressing the boss.
0:29:38 > 0:29:40He's used to it.
0:29:47 > 0:29:49These ones?
0:29:49 > 0:29:50Shall I jump over?
0:29:51 > 0:29:55I can't even jump over this, but still... Huh!
0:29:55 > 0:29:56Now, here I am!
0:30:06 > 0:30:08Here, let me swap places with you.
0:30:08 > 0:30:09OK.
0:30:21 > 0:30:23Use your strength and hurry up? Wow.
0:30:26 > 0:30:28Now I know what manual labour is.
0:30:28 > 0:30:32This is the practical, hands-on experience
0:30:32 > 0:30:34they don't get at college.
0:30:36 > 0:30:39Arsa, I would be careful, because you're on the...
0:30:39 > 0:30:43No, no, no, honestly, yeah, if you come from where I'm looking, it's just one rock.
0:30:47 > 0:30:48Why are builders shit?
0:30:54 > 0:31:01This is working in a river that I don't want to be in,
0:31:01 > 0:31:09but it's all for the experience, so why not?
0:31:09 > 0:31:11In college, we'll not have to break down any walls
0:31:11 > 0:31:14or anything like that, we just simply stick a pipe on a wall,
0:31:14 > 0:31:17connect it all to the white mains and you're laughing.
0:31:17 > 0:31:18Yo!
0:31:18 > 0:31:20Stop pushing it, would you?
0:31:20 > 0:31:21I'm not, I'm not.
0:31:21 > 0:31:24You are, I can see you, I'm not blind.
0:31:24 > 0:31:25Stop pushing it!
0:31:25 > 0:31:26I'm not doing nothing!
0:31:26 > 0:31:27You are, I can see you!
0:31:27 > 0:31:30- Ah!- All right.
0:31:30 > 0:31:33That man just told me to stop talking.
0:31:33 > 0:31:34Communication is key, though.
0:31:34 > 0:31:36Oh, my God! Got it.
0:31:36 > 0:31:38- Oh, thanks.- Ah!
0:31:38 > 0:31:39Finally!
0:31:41 > 0:31:44I've ripped my trousers. Oh!
0:31:44 > 0:31:47It's not that bad, it's not that bad.
0:31:47 > 0:31:49Are you kidding me? You can see straight through.
0:31:59 > 0:32:03Like, I've never seen a plumber stand there with a big spear
0:32:03 > 0:32:06metal thing and have to dig through rock.
0:32:06 > 0:32:08I've never seen that one.
0:32:08 > 0:32:09Despite all the moaning,
0:32:09 > 0:32:12they are learning important tricks of the trade.
0:32:12 > 0:32:13That's hard, flames are...
0:32:13 > 0:32:15Hold it!
0:32:15 > 0:32:16He's heating up the plastic
0:32:16 > 0:32:20and putting another pipe of plastic inside to stretch it out,
0:32:20 > 0:32:24and then hopefully, obviously, when it dries it will be a bigger shape.
0:32:24 > 0:32:26This is not what I've learned to do.
0:32:26 > 0:32:29It's already made in England, but here you actually have to make it.
0:32:29 > 0:32:32But at least I know how to make it when I go back, I guess.
0:32:32 > 0:32:34Is it hot?
0:32:34 > 0:32:37Yeah, it's burning my fingers.
0:32:38 > 0:32:40Hello!
0:32:44 > 0:32:47Light is fading fast, and they still need to connect the pipe
0:32:47 > 0:32:50to the house waste before it's too dark to work.
0:32:53 > 0:32:56Wait, wait, wait! Arsa, stop, it won't...
0:33:03 > 0:33:06What did he say? Oh, shit, can I jump over now?
0:33:15 > 0:33:16I'm all right, I'm all right. Ugh!
0:33:16 > 0:33:20My eyes is burning, my arm is aching,
0:33:20 > 0:33:25my fingers feel like they been through hell. Oh, Lord!
0:33:25 > 0:33:28All they need to do is fill in around the pipe,
0:33:28 > 0:33:30but Arsa is getting tired.
0:33:32 > 0:33:35That's nasty. I refuse to do that again.
0:33:35 > 0:33:37Have to pay me!
0:33:37 > 0:33:38No, no, no.
0:33:39 > 0:33:41Uh?
0:33:41 > 0:33:42What?
0:33:45 > 0:33:47I'm having five minutes' break. I haven't had a break.
0:33:47 > 0:33:50My foot's hurting, my back's hurting, and I'm a wreck.
0:33:50 > 0:33:52Oh, damn! I need a drink.
0:33:58 > 0:34:01I have never seen someone have to jump over a wall that many times
0:34:01 > 0:34:05with a big poky metal long rod, busting through a wall.
0:34:05 > 0:34:08In England, we got drills for that.
0:34:08 > 0:34:10And that, for me right there, is effort.
0:34:37 > 0:34:38Hallelujah!
0:34:38 > 0:34:40- Are we done?- Done.
0:34:40 > 0:34:42Done, done.
0:34:42 > 0:34:44Oh, thank God. Ravi, the boss...
0:34:44 > 0:34:46I just thought he was so bossy,
0:34:46 > 0:34:49and, like, bossy is fine as long as you're nice about it,
0:34:49 > 0:34:52but he was like telling you what to do with a massive grin
0:34:52 > 0:34:56on his face like, I own you, and I was like, mate, you don't own me.
0:34:57 > 0:34:59I've seen people throw things out the door.
0:34:59 > 0:35:01This is where the waste goes, isn't it?
0:35:01 > 0:35:04I actually saw poo, like, flying past me when I was in this water.
0:35:04 > 0:35:06Like, it's disgusting,
0:35:06 > 0:35:09seeing a dog or dead sheep down the road, like, in the same river.
0:35:09 > 0:35:14Honestly, the plumbing in England is completely different,
0:35:14 > 0:35:16so if I can do it here, I can do it at home.
0:35:19 > 0:35:21After failing their first two jobs,
0:35:21 > 0:35:25they finally completed one successfully.
0:35:25 > 0:35:27But life in the slums isn't all about work,
0:35:27 > 0:35:30as our three plumbers are going to find out.
0:35:48 > 0:35:51And as night falls, the place comes to life.
0:35:54 > 0:35:57And Jack, Elisa and Arsa make their way to Ravi's house,
0:35:57 > 0:36:00who has kindly invited them to dinner.
0:36:01 > 0:36:06Ravi lives with his wife, parents and nine other family members.
0:36:06 > 0:36:11It's a very traditional household, and if Elisa was a part of it,
0:36:11 > 0:36:14she'd be doing the cooking, not the plumbing.
0:36:16 > 0:36:20Uncle returns home to get an update from the boys.
0:36:20 > 0:36:22Your son was like a ruthless dictator,
0:36:22 > 0:36:25like, he said, I want it like this, not like that,
0:36:25 > 0:36:29just pinpoint everything was... have to be like this, precise.
0:36:29 > 0:36:31Oh, yeah, and he's always saying faster,
0:36:31 > 0:36:33he's always going faster, faster.
0:36:41 > 0:36:42Oh, damn!
0:36:45 > 0:36:47So we was too slow, way too slow.
0:36:47 > 0:36:52- Way.- Way too slow. What actually makes a successful plumber in India?
0:37:12 > 0:37:14So would Uncle consider employing
0:37:14 > 0:37:17the first ever female plumber in India?
0:37:17 > 0:37:19So would he even employ me?
0:37:29 > 0:37:30Oh, OK.
0:37:30 > 0:37:32But would you still pay her
0:37:32 > 0:37:35the same amount as you'd pay the people doing the work?
0:37:44 > 0:37:46That's OK.
0:37:46 > 0:37:47So you've got it easy, you!
0:37:53 > 0:37:57Finally, it's time to eat, and Elisa is allowed to stay
0:37:57 > 0:37:59with the men because she's a guest.
0:37:59 > 0:38:04Otherwise, she'd have to wait until they'd all been served.
0:38:04 > 0:38:05Very tasty!
0:38:12 > 0:38:14I really like that poppadum, I like that.
0:38:16 > 0:38:20I learned a lot today. I learned a lot in perseverance.
0:38:20 > 0:38:22I learned a lot in hard work.
0:38:22 > 0:38:26I, like, sweat, like, proper breaking out in cold sweat,
0:38:26 > 0:38:27like working hard.
0:38:27 > 0:38:33I've learned that one, women sadly can't really be plumbers here
0:38:33 > 0:38:36unless they're extremely strong.
0:38:37 > 0:38:40Tonight, they're sleeping in the slum for the first time,
0:38:40 > 0:38:43and the brutal day has taken its toll on Jack.
0:38:45 > 0:38:47I don't know what's wrong with Jack.
0:38:47 > 0:38:49I don't know if it's the heat.
0:38:49 > 0:38:51I don't know if it's that, like,
0:38:51 > 0:38:54plus the hard work on top of the heat.
0:38:54 > 0:38:58Hopefully, he's fine, but I think it's all getting to him
0:38:58 > 0:39:00and, like, obviously he's in India.
0:39:23 > 0:39:27It's six o'clock in the morning, and Elisa's already up.
0:39:29 > 0:39:33We had to sleep on the thinnest little mattress,
0:39:33 > 0:39:35and my body feels all bruised.
0:39:35 > 0:39:36It was horrible.
0:39:36 > 0:39:39The only good thing was I was separated from the boys,
0:39:39 > 0:39:41so I thank God for that.
0:39:49 > 0:39:55Oh, having a sleep like that and then having to work all day...
0:39:55 > 0:40:00It's how you have to be physically strong
0:40:00 > 0:40:04and mentally, like, really strong, it'd be so hard, just so hard.
0:40:04 > 0:40:07I've got that many blisters on my hand,
0:40:07 > 0:40:11I don't know how I'm going to be able to work as hard as yesterday,
0:40:11 > 0:40:14because my hands are just... my hands are going to really hurt.
0:40:14 > 0:40:17I feel like...it begins with "F",
0:40:17 > 0:40:21ends in "D", I'm not allowed to say it on TV, and that rhymes. Sweet!
0:40:22 > 0:40:26They're all knackered, but Uncle doesn't care and drags them
0:40:26 > 0:40:29around some local businesses.
0:40:33 > 0:40:35There are hundreds of little factories here,
0:40:35 > 0:40:38turning out everything you could possibly need.
0:40:46 > 0:40:50This one solely makes a very popular Indian snack.
0:40:52 > 0:40:55Sweaty, gets very sweaty and hot.
0:41:00 > 0:41:04I've noticed most of these workers are women,
0:41:04 > 0:41:06so it's all right for a woman to work in a factory?
0:41:16 > 0:41:19I don't think Elisa likes him. She said he's so sexist.
0:41:19 > 0:41:22It's not him that's sexist, it's just the culture, isn't it?
0:41:22 > 0:41:25Yeah, it is sexist, cos remember, the women don't really do shit.
0:41:25 > 0:41:28The women can't really make as much money as the men.
0:41:28 > 0:41:30So the women can't be as independent as the men.
0:41:30 > 0:41:33I'm sure they can't be getting much money for this.
0:41:34 > 0:41:36They have to stop saying that!
0:41:36 > 0:41:39Look, he's a dictator as well!
0:41:43 > 0:41:45Yeah, yeah, I'm getting there, I'm getting there.
0:41:45 > 0:41:47Do you know what,
0:41:47 > 0:41:51I prefer to be, like, helping break down a wall than this.
0:41:51 > 0:41:53I really don't like this.
0:41:53 > 0:41:56They underestimate women, they really do.
0:41:56 > 0:41:59Do you know what, he should come to England and then I'll show him.
0:42:07 > 0:42:12It's a new day, a different slum, and, like everywhere in Mumbai,
0:42:12 > 0:42:14people are making money to survive.
0:42:16 > 0:42:21Here, at the largest open air hand laundry in the world, generations
0:42:21 > 0:42:24of men have been supporting their families by beating...
0:42:28 > 0:42:30..cleaning...
0:42:32 > 0:42:34..drying...
0:42:35 > 0:42:38..and pressing clothes from nearby hotels
0:42:38 > 0:42:41for up to 16 hours a day, seven days a week.
0:42:43 > 0:42:46There's a man in his underwear here.
0:42:46 > 0:42:48That's what I'm saying, the guy is having a bath.
0:42:48 > 0:42:50I don't think he's having a bath.
0:42:52 > 0:42:55So have our lot taken on board Uncle's advice
0:42:55 > 0:42:58that the first secret to success is to work hard?
0:43:01 > 0:43:05The local plumber Prarsan is going to see just what they're made of.
0:43:21 > 0:43:22OK.
0:43:22 > 0:43:25Oh, love it. All right, come, let's go.
0:43:29 > 0:43:31Cheers. What is the job?
0:43:32 > 0:43:35- What?- What, that's the boy's job?
0:43:35 > 0:43:38But why can't I do the boy's job?
0:43:38 > 0:43:39- Why can't she do the boy's job?- Why?
0:43:42 > 0:43:43What, to wash clothes?
0:43:44 > 0:43:47I don't wash clothes, man. I don't wash clothes.
0:43:47 > 0:43:50I really don't. I don't even do it at my house.
0:43:50 > 0:43:54So, Elisa's angry she can't do it, Arsa's angry because he has
0:43:54 > 0:43:58to do it, but thank God for Jack, who dives in with no moaning at all.
0:44:01 > 0:44:04But he's maybe just a little bit over-enthusiastic.
0:44:04 > 0:44:06Want me to do it?
0:44:14 > 0:44:17Well, you said it's a test of strength, so you said put all my strength into it, so...
0:44:17 > 0:44:18You can go through.
0:44:27 > 0:44:30Yeah, yeah, I've got it, I've got it.
0:44:30 > 0:44:32Flipping hell, this is deep!
0:44:32 > 0:44:35I'm five foot three, I nearly drowned here, man.
0:44:35 > 0:44:37Yeah, I'm six foot three, though.
0:44:37 > 0:44:39I don't want do this!
0:44:39 > 0:44:42Just get it done. It's not that hard.
0:44:42 > 0:44:46Doing the laundry is something Arsa always leaves to his mum.
0:44:49 > 0:44:52No, that's not legal. That should be illegal.
0:44:52 > 0:44:53That's not legal!!
0:44:55 > 0:45:00One, two. One, two, three. I don't want to do this.
0:45:05 > 0:45:08The boys complete the test, but it's time for yet another moan.
0:45:10 > 0:45:11I'm pissed off.
0:45:11 > 0:45:12I'm pissed off.
0:45:12 > 0:45:17I'm pissed off. I am not used to washing clothes.
0:45:17 > 0:45:19Give me something to lift up heavy to prove my strength,
0:45:19 > 0:45:21not to wash a bag of clothes.
0:45:21 > 0:45:22I just find that a waste of time.
0:45:22 > 0:45:25I don't mean to moan, but it's just a waste of time,
0:45:25 > 0:45:27and if I can't use the washing machine at my house,
0:45:27 > 0:45:30I've never decided to learn how to use it.
0:45:30 > 0:45:32If I told my mum, "Mum, how do you use it?"
0:45:32 > 0:45:33she would tell me,
0:45:33 > 0:45:36and I would know how to do it and I'd wash my own clothes, no problem.
0:45:36 > 0:45:38I've never decided to ask.
0:45:38 > 0:45:41It's not that I can't, it's just I haven't decided to, so my mum will do it for me.
0:45:43 > 0:45:48It's their last day in Mumbai, so after more failures than successes,
0:45:48 > 0:45:53have they learnt enough skills to call themselves slum plumbers?
0:45:53 > 0:45:56This huge washing machine needs vital repairs, and instead of
0:45:56 > 0:45:59calling in the professionals, the laundry boss has agreed to
0:45:59 > 0:46:01let our lot have a go at mending it.
0:46:32 > 0:46:33Argh!
0:46:36 > 0:46:39Yeah, man! I secretly like you.
0:46:45 > 0:46:47All right, cool. Let's get cracking.
0:46:48 > 0:46:50OK. We'll give it a go.
0:46:50 > 0:46:52Let's see how it goes.
0:46:52 > 0:46:55No problemo in the middle of the darko.
0:46:57 > 0:47:00It's a big, complicated job.
0:47:00 > 0:47:02They'll have to think it all through carefully
0:47:02 > 0:47:04and pull together as a team.
0:47:07 > 0:47:10He just said in the morning, like it has to be done for the morning,
0:47:10 > 0:47:13so I'm guessing it's quite a big deal.
0:47:16 > 0:47:19The livelihoods of the washer men are at risk if they don't finish
0:47:19 > 0:47:23the job and the local slum plumbers will have to save the day again.
0:47:24 > 0:47:26The last wash has finished,
0:47:26 > 0:47:29so it's time to find out what they're made of.
0:47:31 > 0:47:3347.
0:47:33 > 0:47:37Throughout the job they'll each have a local plumber watching over them.
0:47:41 > 0:47:43Two millimetres too short.
0:47:43 > 0:47:45Get away with that, we'll get away with that.
0:47:46 > 0:47:50Now we've got to cut the old pipe, remove the old pipe,
0:47:50 > 0:47:53and prepare for the new one to go in.
0:47:56 > 0:47:58- OK.- Perfect.
0:47:58 > 0:48:02The boys have come up with a plan, leaving Elisa...well, on her own.
0:48:03 > 0:48:09I think we've actually got left with the hardest job, surprisingly,
0:48:09 > 0:48:14because we basically have to cut the pipe and thread the pipe
0:48:14 > 0:48:17and get it ready for them to just put it together,
0:48:17 > 0:48:21and I'm quite shocked that they've just literally left me to do it.
0:48:21 > 0:48:24Sweet! Step one done.
0:48:25 > 0:48:28They're also working in 70 degree heat.
0:48:28 > 0:48:29- 88, right?- 88.
0:48:29 > 0:48:31Yeah, 88, right. That looks like 88.
0:48:31 > 0:48:3388, you know.
0:48:33 > 0:48:35Oh, so that measures 88.
0:48:35 > 0:48:36Yeah, man, sweet.
0:48:36 > 0:48:39Well, we measured it, so we've just got to cut it now,
0:48:39 > 0:48:42and then get it ready to be able to get threaded.
0:48:43 > 0:48:47One thing they have learnt is accuracy is essential.
0:48:48 > 0:48:51Six and what? Six and four is ten.
0:48:51 > 0:48:5334, 34.
0:48:53 > 0:48:5436.
0:48:54 > 0:48:56Oh, right, I was going to say that, 36.
0:48:57 > 0:49:02It's very important to cut perfectly or, like, to cut the right size.
0:49:02 > 0:49:03You don't want to do it again.
0:49:03 > 0:49:06It's always better to have it a little bit too long
0:49:06 > 0:49:09than too short, because if you have it too short, you've got to do it again.
0:49:09 > 0:49:10Yeah, that's what I'm saying.
0:49:12 > 0:49:15I'm getting accustomed to not having all the tools to do
0:49:15 > 0:49:18the right thing, so I have to improvise, so I'm getting used to it.
0:49:21 > 0:49:24Arsa and Jack work together and they always leave me out.
0:49:26 > 0:49:31So yeah, as you can see,
0:49:31 > 0:49:35I end up just working alone or with the men, but I don't mind.
0:49:35 > 0:49:40Arsa's still there, though. He takes ages.
0:49:40 > 0:49:43You just said, yeah, that we leave you out.
0:49:43 > 0:49:44Mm, let's go talk...
0:49:44 > 0:49:46You're giving me high blood pressure, seriously.
0:49:46 > 0:49:48If I was going to get high blood pressure
0:49:48 > 0:49:50it's definitely from you, definitely from you.
0:49:50 > 0:49:51Oh, chatting rubbish, mate.
0:49:51 > 0:49:54Shut up, yo, be good.
0:49:54 > 0:49:57Ay, yo, listen, listen, listen, mind the pipe near my nuts.
0:49:57 > 0:50:01Yeah, well, do you know what? Be nice to me.
0:50:01 > 0:50:03We is nice to you.
0:50:03 > 0:50:05You've got one long pipe!
0:50:06 > 0:50:08Come on, Alicia!
0:50:08 > 0:50:10Arsa, help us, please.
0:50:10 > 0:50:13So that will hold up for...
0:50:13 > 0:50:16I think, yeah, this is the first pipe going in, definitely.
0:50:16 > 0:50:19Despite their unique working practice, they've somehow
0:50:19 > 0:50:21managed to get ahead of schedule.
0:50:21 > 0:50:23Well, you're so tall, Arsa.
0:50:23 > 0:50:25I know, it's such a good thing, isn't it?
0:50:25 > 0:50:27Yeah, I think that's the only thing you...
0:50:27 > 0:50:29Shut up!
0:50:31 > 0:50:33A little bit.
0:50:35 > 0:50:38The biggest fitting, I want one more turn.
0:50:38 > 0:50:40Oh, now, wait, wait, wait!
0:50:40 > 0:50:43- What?- A little bit more, a little bit more, a little bit more,
0:50:43 > 0:50:46a little bit, a little bit.
0:50:46 > 0:50:48Stop!
0:50:48 > 0:50:49- Jacky boy?- Yeah?
0:50:49 > 0:50:53I'm just fitting this onto this part.
0:50:53 > 0:50:54Ah.
0:50:54 > 0:50:56Keep going.
0:50:58 > 0:51:01We're doing good. We're getting it done.
0:51:01 > 0:51:03Keep going.
0:51:03 > 0:51:06We're going to finish this before, way before. Ah!
0:51:07 > 0:51:09It's nearly midnight, still hot,
0:51:09 > 0:51:12but, surprisingly, it's all coming together.
0:51:18 > 0:51:22Apparently, I think we're...
0:51:22 > 0:51:25we might be done, but they're
0:51:25 > 0:51:29going to get the boss in to inspect our work and basically to see if
0:51:29 > 0:51:34the pipes are decent enough for the water to go through and everything.
0:51:35 > 0:51:39The manager of the laundry must personally inspect their work,
0:51:39 > 0:51:42as his livelihood depends on this machine working.
0:51:42 > 0:51:44I'm proud of that, what we've done.
0:51:44 > 0:51:47They were trying to make it seem like it was going to be eight hours.
0:51:47 > 0:51:49We did that in, like, at least an hour and a bit.
0:51:49 > 0:51:51It took us about three hours.
0:51:51 > 0:51:54- Maybe took three hours. - Yeah, but he has to put the water...
0:51:54 > 0:51:57After checking the pipes, he turns on the supply of water.
0:52:14 > 0:52:16But nothing comes out.
0:52:32 > 0:52:34More checks are made, and still nothing.
0:52:34 > 0:52:36It's not coming through.
0:52:50 > 0:52:52I'm feeling a little bit worried at the moment
0:52:52 > 0:52:55because the water doesn't seem to be coming through.
0:52:55 > 0:52:56I don't really know why.
0:52:58 > 0:53:01I'm just hoping it's not something that we've done.
0:53:01 > 0:53:03We're just going to have to wait and see.
0:53:08 > 0:53:09OK, it's working.
0:53:09 > 0:53:13Finally, they get the news they've been waiting for.
0:53:25 > 0:53:26Woo-woo!
0:53:26 > 0:53:27Thank you very much.
0:53:28 > 0:53:30Thank you.
0:53:30 > 0:53:31If you're happy, I'm happy.
0:53:31 > 0:53:32OK!
0:53:39 > 0:53:43Thank you.
0:53:43 > 0:53:44Come here, you two!
0:53:44 > 0:53:45I don't hug, actually.
0:53:45 > 0:53:46Go on!
0:53:48 > 0:53:50So I'm pretty happy we didn't mess this one up,
0:53:50 > 0:53:54cos that's effort to do that again, effort.
0:54:00 > 0:54:05Our three trainee plumbers have been in Mumbai for ten days.
0:54:05 > 0:54:06At times, it's been tough...
0:54:06 > 0:54:08Well, that could have gone better.
0:54:08 > 0:54:11Oh, damn! Oh, damn!
0:54:11 > 0:54:13This is stressful!
0:54:13 > 0:54:15..disappointing...
0:54:15 > 0:54:17Actually, it looks like it's leaking from here.
0:54:17 > 0:54:19- Oh, shit! It's leaking. - Has it snapped?- Yeah.
0:54:19 > 0:54:20Oh, shit!
0:54:20 > 0:54:22..and challenging.
0:54:22 > 0:54:23Well, you said it's a strength
0:54:23 > 0:54:25so you said put all my strength into it, so...
0:54:25 > 0:54:28It was a good experience, wasn't it?
0:54:28 > 0:54:29- Pretty good.- Enjoyed it.
0:54:31 > 0:54:34They've been back in the UK for nearly two months,
0:54:34 > 0:54:38but has their time in the slums actually changed their lives?
0:54:40 > 0:54:44My time in India was probably the most life-changing,
0:54:44 > 0:54:46eye-opening experience of my life.
0:54:46 > 0:54:49I've noticed since I've come back I'm a lot more positive thinker.
0:54:49 > 0:54:53I think it's because of Moshin, because of how hard he works
0:54:53 > 0:54:56for so little, it inspired me a lot
0:54:56 > 0:54:59for wanting to come back home and do something with my life,
0:54:59 > 0:55:02and just get a job, and hopefully now that I've got that
0:55:02 > 0:55:06experience that I've had in India, hopefully, touch wood, I'll get it.
0:55:08 > 0:55:13I've learnt to come out of my shell and become more confident.
0:55:13 > 0:55:16I've actually started revising, which I never do.
0:55:16 > 0:55:18I never, I just think, oh, you know, I'll pass it.
0:55:18 > 0:55:20But it's made me revise and go, do you know what?
0:55:20 > 0:55:23I actually really want this.
0:55:23 > 0:55:26Like, just for myself and not for anyone else,
0:55:26 > 0:55:29like, not for my dad any more, it's just for myself.
0:55:31 > 0:55:33I learnt a lot about myself.
0:55:33 > 0:55:35I learnt a lot about education of myself.
0:55:35 > 0:55:38He knows now that to achieve his goal in life,
0:55:38 > 0:55:42whatever he wants to do, that he has to put hard work into it.
0:55:42 > 0:55:46I was messing about for so long that now it's like a race, isn't it?
0:55:46 > 0:55:49It's like a race to get to the top, but I want to get to the top
0:55:49 > 0:55:51and be the best I can be in anything I do.
0:55:51 > 0:55:55Arsa's gone to India a boy and he's returned a man.
0:55:55 > 0:55:57I couldn't be happier.