0:00:02 > 0:00:03# All fired up and I feel alive
0:00:03 > 0:00:06# All fired up and I feel alive
0:00:06 > 0:00:07# I feel alive, I feel alive... #
0:00:07 > 0:00:11I'm Ellie Taylor and we're searching out fakery all over the land
0:00:11 > 0:00:14because Snog Marry Avoid? is on the road!
0:00:14 > 0:00:16Is your style a bit ucky?
0:00:16 > 0:00:18What's ucky mean?
0:00:18 > 0:00:19Oh, no! Yeah, definitely lucky.
0:00:19 > 0:00:22If your lashes are so thick with fakery
0:00:22 > 0:00:26you can't even seen your own ridiculousness, then POD awaits.
0:00:26 > 0:00:28POD is powering up and doubling her databanks
0:00:28 > 0:00:31to flush out fakery from every corner of the country.
0:00:31 > 0:00:33- Nails.- Lots of fake nails.
0:00:33 > 0:00:36Families across Britain have had enough of the fakery
0:00:36 > 0:00:38that's stolen their sons and daughters,
0:00:38 > 0:00:41their brothers and their sisters.
0:00:41 > 0:00:43ALL: Down with fakery!
0:00:43 > 0:00:45Down with fakery!
0:00:45 > 0:00:47We haven't brought her up to look like this.
0:00:47 > 0:00:50From Birmingham to Bromley, Cardiff to Liverpool,
0:00:50 > 0:00:54she'll be peeling back slap and revealing natural beauty.
0:00:54 > 0:00:56You've got sparkly purple eyebrows.
0:00:56 > 0:00:58What was wrong with your own?
0:00:58 > 0:01:00What's right with normal eyebrows? They're boring!
0:01:00 > 0:01:03Plus POD's given me a quest.
0:01:03 > 0:01:07I'm going undercover in the field of fakery.
0:01:07 > 0:01:08Whoo-hoo!
0:01:08 > 0:01:10It just looks a bit frumpy.
0:01:10 > 0:01:12We're tearing your fake hair out.
0:01:12 > 0:01:14This is Snog Marry Avoid?
0:01:24 > 0:01:27# Robin Hood, Robin Hood
0:01:27 > 0:01:28# Riding through the glen... #
0:01:28 > 0:01:31This week, POD has arrived in the home of Robin Hood...
0:01:33 > 0:01:35..Little John, that's the bell...
0:01:35 > 0:01:37BELL CHIMES
0:01:37 > 0:01:40..and a bunch of locals who don't give a Friar Tuck
0:01:40 > 0:01:42about what anyone thinks of their look.
0:01:42 > 0:01:44We're in Nottingham!
0:01:45 > 0:01:48- Hi, POD!- Hello, Ellie. Come on in.
0:01:49 > 0:01:51Hi, POD! We're in Nottingham today.
0:01:51 > 0:01:53Home of Kevin Costner and his Merry Men!
0:01:53 > 0:01:56Home of all the taking from the rich and giving to the poor.
0:01:56 > 0:01:58- You mean Robin Hood.- Yeah.
0:01:58 > 0:02:03Inspirational indeed, Ellie. We need to take from those rich in fakery.
0:02:03 > 0:02:05Blah-blah-blah-blah-blah-blah.
0:02:05 > 0:02:07It's a very serious mission.
0:02:07 > 0:02:09And what do you want me to do?
0:02:09 > 0:02:12I would like you to investigate what fakery is lurking in the streets of Nottingham.
0:02:12 > 0:02:14Do you reckon I'll find any men in tights?
0:02:14 > 0:02:17I'm hoping you won't, but that could be something worth looking into.
0:02:17 > 0:02:20- It certainly could. - Ellie, that's not what I meant.
0:02:20 > 0:02:22Well, you know, I like an outline.
0:02:22 > 0:02:24- Focus.- Sorry.
0:02:24 > 0:02:26Get out there and have a look at what's going.
0:02:26 > 0:02:29I will. Very closely.
0:02:29 > 0:02:30Coming up in tonight's show -
0:02:30 > 0:02:33we meet a fake tan fanatic whose boyfriend's browned off.
0:02:33 > 0:02:37All my clothes always have orange stains on the collars.
0:02:37 > 0:02:39It's just a way of life for me now.
0:02:39 > 0:02:43Nottingham's fair ladies reveal their filthy fakery.
0:02:43 > 0:02:45There's so much fakery in Nottingham.
0:02:45 > 0:02:47Way too much fakery in Nottingham.
0:02:47 > 0:02:51I try out the ultimate concealer.
0:02:51 > 0:02:53And POD's surge suppressors go into overdrive
0:02:53 > 0:02:56when she meets a lace-faced retronaut.
0:02:56 > 0:02:58All the things I like and try and incorporate
0:02:58 > 0:03:00into my look was around at that time.
0:03:06 > 0:03:08Nottingham is famous for its fabled outlaw,
0:03:08 > 0:03:11but what about its fakery? Are phoney faces at large?
0:03:11 > 0:03:15Fakery makes Nottingham a lot more attractive.
0:03:15 > 0:03:17In Nottingham, you get a lot of flesh on show.
0:03:17 > 0:03:21Lot-cut dresses, white lipstick and corned beef legs on show.
0:03:21 > 0:03:23Lots of girls in skirts with no underwear. It's horrible.
0:03:27 > 0:03:29Got the hair all combed to one side.
0:03:29 > 0:03:32- Backcombing. That is a big one. - Yeah, backcombing.
0:03:32 > 0:03:35Hair extensions and you can see the clips just underneath their hair.
0:03:35 > 0:03:37Let us in, POD!
0:03:37 > 0:03:40Do lots of people in Nottingham wear dead foxes around their necks?
0:03:40 > 0:03:43- Oh!- It's not actually a fox, POD, it's a racoon.
0:03:43 > 0:03:45Like, you see girls with the biggest fake eyelashes ever.
0:03:45 > 0:03:48I once saw a girl and I swear she had, like, five pairs on.
0:03:51 > 0:03:52ALL: We love nails!
0:03:52 > 0:03:55You look like you've got spiders on your eyes.
0:03:55 > 0:03:57- THEY LAUGH - My eyelashes are amazing.
0:03:57 > 0:03:59So you've got spiders on your eyes and a raccoon around your neck.
0:03:59 > 0:04:02- Let's just say I like animals. - BOTH: Raar!
0:04:02 > 0:04:05Now for Joanna, who really stands out from the crowd.
0:04:05 > 0:04:07Or maybe the crowd stands away from her
0:04:07 > 0:04:09because of her eau de fake tan.
0:04:09 > 0:04:13Hi, I'm Joanna, and I'm the most outrageous girl in Norwich.
0:04:13 > 0:04:15What are you going to do about it?
0:04:17 > 0:04:21My look is very outgoing, crazy.
0:04:21 > 0:04:24I'm probably the only person in Norfolk that actually dresses the way I do.
0:04:25 > 0:04:28Pretty much everything is fake about me.
0:04:28 > 0:04:30The tan, the nails, the eyelashes,
0:04:30 > 0:04:33the hair extensions and a hell of a lot of make-up.
0:04:34 > 0:04:36I use fake tan every single day.
0:04:36 > 0:04:38It is just a way of life for me now.
0:04:38 > 0:04:41I do use my boyfriend to do my back for me,
0:04:41 > 0:04:43which he really doesn't appreciate.
0:04:43 > 0:04:46This is the joys of fake-tanning your girlfriend.
0:04:46 > 0:04:49Every time I do Jo's back, I get orange hands.
0:04:49 > 0:04:51If I haven't got time, I'd rather be putting make-up on
0:04:51 > 0:04:53or making him do things for me.
0:04:53 > 0:04:57It takes Jo about three hours to get ready, which takes the mick.
0:04:57 > 0:05:00I do make sure I've got at least two or three layers of foundation on.
0:05:00 > 0:05:03I then put as much blusher on as I possibly can.
0:05:03 > 0:05:08I bought it about two weeks ago and it's nearly all gone.
0:05:10 > 0:05:12My sister, Lorna, she's not one to hold back.
0:05:12 > 0:05:13This is a whole new low.
0:05:13 > 0:05:17I think Jo's look is very... very outrageous.
0:05:17 > 0:05:20It would be really nice to see her back as Jo,
0:05:20 > 0:05:22not Jo-Jo, the wannabe porn star.
0:05:22 > 0:05:25I've always had confidence issues since high school.
0:05:25 > 0:05:27It's not because of anyone else,
0:05:27 > 0:05:30I've always had a problem with how I look myself
0:05:30 > 0:05:32and I feel make-up is a way to make it better.
0:05:32 > 0:05:34I feel like my eyes are really, really small,
0:05:34 > 0:05:37so the more make-up I put on, then they seem to look a lot bigger.
0:05:38 > 0:05:41On a night out, Jo's outfits are atrocious.
0:05:41 > 0:05:44- They are trashy and too revealing. - I get a lot of attention.
0:05:44 > 0:05:46I am quite an attention-seeker.
0:05:46 > 0:05:49I think she is very under-confident, and if she can see herself
0:05:49 > 0:05:52as more of a natural, pretty girl, then she would be more confident.
0:05:52 > 0:05:56I want to have the make-under just so people in general take me more seriously.
0:05:56 > 0:05:59My family, my friends, people in the street, in order for that to
0:05:59 > 0:06:01change, I've maybe got to change.
0:06:01 > 0:06:04I personally would love to see Jo natural on a night out.
0:06:04 > 0:06:08- It is just embarrassing.- POD, you've got a serious case on your hands.
0:06:08 > 0:06:09Good luck, cos you're going to need it.
0:06:11 > 0:06:12I'm here to meet Joanna,
0:06:12 > 0:06:15but I can hear the sound of a car being sprayed.
0:06:15 > 0:06:19And definitely getting a sense of...biscuit. Hang on a minute!
0:06:19 > 0:06:22Joanna! Step away from the spray-tanning booth!
0:06:22 > 0:06:26Joanna, you are quite a shade of gingerbread man.
0:06:26 > 0:06:28I take that as a compliment!
0:06:28 > 0:06:30You must get quite a lot of attention dressing like this.
0:06:30 > 0:06:34- Sometimes it's, "Oh, my God, look how orange you are!"- OK!
0:06:34 > 0:06:35Basically, just what I did!
0:06:35 > 0:06:38I hear your boyfriend helps you do your fake tan!
0:06:38 > 0:06:40Yeah, he does not enjoy it at all.
0:06:40 > 0:06:44- I always sort of come to a deal with him...- Oh, I don't want to know!
0:06:44 > 0:06:46Don't want to know what the deal involves!
0:06:46 > 0:06:49- No, I let him go on me XBox. - OK, that's fine, that's allowed.
0:06:49 > 0:06:51I thought you were going to say something else.
0:06:51 > 0:06:52Why have you come to POD?
0:06:52 > 0:06:54I need to be more sophisticated-looking,
0:06:54 > 0:06:58and look more grown-up.
0:06:58 > 0:07:00- Are you ready to go to POD?- Yes.
0:07:02 > 0:07:03Off you go.
0:07:11 > 0:07:15- Oh, my God.- I am POD. The Personal Overhaul Device.- Who are you?
0:07:15 > 0:07:21- I'm Joanna.- Joanna Fake Tanner?- Yes! - Why aren't you dressed?- I am dressed!
0:07:21 > 0:07:24Didn't your parents teach you how to dress yourself?
0:07:24 > 0:07:27Yes, but I taught myself how to undress.
0:07:27 > 0:07:30- You seem to be a bit orange. - I like my tan.
0:07:30 > 0:07:32POD computes that fake tan is not clothes.
0:07:32 > 0:07:34What does your boyfriend say about your look?
0:07:34 > 0:07:37Erm, he has called me a donner kebab.
0:07:37 > 0:07:39Wow, you really picked a winner with him, didn't you?!
0:07:39 > 0:07:40He just doesn't like it.
0:07:40 > 0:07:43POD computes that you look like a gymnast.
0:07:43 > 0:07:45Have you heard of rhythm gymnastics?
0:07:45 > 0:07:47Er, something to do with, like...jumping?
0:07:48 > 0:07:51Close your eyes and put out your hand.
0:07:51 > 0:07:54- What, do you just wave it about? - That's right, just wave it around.
0:07:58 > 0:08:00You have won a gold medal!
0:08:01 > 0:08:04Not for rhythm gymnastics, but for the most ridiculous tan.
0:08:05 > 0:08:07Is there anyone you would like to thank?
0:08:07 > 0:08:09Me, because I bought it and put it on,
0:08:09 > 0:08:11and my boyfriend because he helped do my back.
0:08:11 > 0:08:13I'll keep that safe for you.
0:08:13 > 0:08:16It's time to run phase one: public analysis.
0:08:18 > 0:08:21I asked the general public, would they want to
0:08:21 > 0:08:22snog, marry or avoid you?
0:08:22 > 0:08:24What do you think they said?
0:08:24 > 0:08:26Probably snog.
0:08:26 > 0:08:28I would avoid her because I think she looks a bit plastic
0:08:28 > 0:08:29and fake, to be honest.
0:08:29 > 0:08:31That's not very nice.
0:08:31 > 0:08:34I'd avoid her. She's got too much make-up on, too much fake tan,
0:08:34 > 0:08:37if you want a tan, go out in the sun, really.
0:08:37 > 0:08:38I can't tan in the sun, though.
0:08:38 > 0:08:42I'd avoid her, she looks fake and tan-tastic.
0:08:42 > 0:08:44I quite like the word "tan-tastic".
0:08:44 > 0:08:47A whopping 70% of the public want to avoid you.
0:08:47 > 0:08:48That's a lot.
0:08:48 > 0:08:52POD's verdict is you are a clothes-loathing, fake tan fanatic,
0:08:52 > 0:08:55and you need my 2am kebab meat calamity
0:08:55 > 0:08:57to top table totty make-under.
0:08:57 > 0:08:58I'm definitely up for it.
0:08:58 > 0:09:01It's now time to run the deep cleanse.
0:09:03 > 0:09:06Let's have those accessories.
0:09:06 > 0:09:08Bye-bye, bling.
0:09:09 > 0:09:12Give me those straggly hair extensions.
0:09:12 > 0:09:14- Give me those lashes.- Ow!
0:09:14 > 0:09:16Get scrubbing.
0:09:16 > 0:09:18Look how lovely you are underneath.
0:09:20 > 0:09:23Run the make-under in three, two, one...
0:09:29 > 0:09:31Oh, my God!
0:09:33 > 0:09:34What do you think?
0:09:34 > 0:09:36I'm speechless right now.
0:09:36 > 0:09:38Speechless with joy?
0:09:38 > 0:09:42Yes, my hair is amazing, it just looks really healthy
0:09:42 > 0:09:46and it makes me realise I don't actually need it long.
0:09:46 > 0:09:47What do you think of your outfit?
0:09:47 > 0:09:51I love that I can still wear heels but they don't look as tarty.
0:09:51 > 0:09:55It's a pretty dress, you could wear it anywhere.
0:09:55 > 0:09:58Can you see how, covered up, you can still show off your figure?
0:09:58 > 0:10:02I can't believe how naturally pretty someone can actually look.
0:10:02 > 0:10:04- So you like it then? - I absolutely love it.
0:10:04 > 0:10:06That makes POD very happy.
0:10:06 > 0:10:09Previously, what did the public think of your look?
0:10:09 > 0:10:11A lot of people wanted to avoid me.
0:10:11 > 0:10:13What do you think they said this time?
0:10:13 > 0:10:16Hopefully not as many people said "avoid".
0:10:16 > 0:10:18I would marry her. She's got great hair
0:10:18 > 0:10:19and she looks very sophisticated.
0:10:19 > 0:10:23I definitely feel like I look a lot more sophisticated.
0:10:23 > 0:10:25Yeah, I'd snog her. She's got a great physique
0:10:25 > 0:10:27- and she's quite attractive.- Aaw!
0:10:27 > 0:10:30I'd snog. She's got a beautiful smile and lovely hair.
0:10:30 > 0:10:32That's really sweet.
0:10:32 > 0:10:34Are you ready to strut your stuff on the podwalk
0:10:34 > 0:10:37and show the world your natural beauty?
0:10:37 > 0:10:39- Absolutely.- Initiate PODwalk.
0:10:41 > 0:10:45The POD walk has been beamed into a trendy Nottingham tavern.
0:10:45 > 0:10:48What will Joanna's boyfriend make of her new top totty turn-out?
0:10:48 > 0:10:50I'm really, really nervous right now.
0:10:50 > 0:10:52I think he'll like all of it.
0:10:52 > 0:10:54I don't think there will be anything he doesn't like.
0:11:16 > 0:11:18You look absolutely amazing. Do you like it?
0:11:18 > 0:11:20I love it. Absolutely love it.
0:11:20 > 0:11:23I can't believe the difference, I did not recognise you!
0:11:23 > 0:11:25- Really?- Mikey, what do you think?
0:11:25 > 0:11:27- Speechless.- There's no orange-ness!
0:11:27 > 0:11:29Apart from the hair, yeah!
0:11:29 > 0:11:33Are you still planning to make Mikey help you apply fake tan?
0:11:33 > 0:11:35Not any more, I don't think.
0:11:35 > 0:11:38Do you think you'll still get the attention that you liked?
0:11:38 > 0:11:40Course she will!
0:11:40 > 0:11:43- Straight in there!- But in a good way, obviously.- In a good way.
0:11:43 > 0:11:46Are you missing the hot pants and the little pop-top?
0:11:46 > 0:11:48That's only bedroom time!
0:11:50 > 0:11:52POD computes that Joanna has been transformed
0:11:52 > 0:11:56from a kebab meat calamity to top table totty.
0:11:56 > 0:11:58Seeing my other half, just so surprised at how I look,
0:11:58 > 0:12:03and all the cheering, it just takes your breath away.
0:12:03 > 0:12:05When I saw Jo on the catwalk, it felt amazing.
0:12:05 > 0:12:07I definitely like her better now
0:12:07 > 0:12:08compared with what she used to look like.
0:12:08 > 0:12:10I used to think that being fake
0:12:10 > 0:12:12is the only way I would have confidence.
0:12:12 > 0:12:14I've just been proven wrong completely.
0:12:19 > 0:12:22Nottingham folk are so proud of their famous forest,
0:12:22 > 0:12:24it looks like they've taken to wearing it.
0:12:24 > 0:12:28There's loads of people wearing sort of camo khaki kind of things.
0:12:28 > 0:12:32People are wearing camouflage. The hipsters are wearing camouflage.
0:12:32 > 0:12:33What's with all the camo?
0:12:33 > 0:12:36Camo is very popular, and I like it.
0:12:36 > 0:12:39- Are you in the army? - I am not in the army.
0:12:39 > 0:12:42I'm not going to lie, I like a bit of camouflage.
0:12:43 > 0:12:47People who wear camouflage look stupid!
0:12:47 > 0:12:48I don't like it. Just no.
0:12:48 > 0:12:50It's like people are trying to hide.
0:12:50 > 0:12:52If you want to wear camouflage,
0:12:52 > 0:12:54the army are waiting for people to sign up.
0:12:57 > 0:12:58Hiya!
0:12:58 > 0:13:00Ellie, Ellie! Thank God you're here!
0:13:00 > 0:13:03What is going on? Why are you stressing out?
0:13:03 > 0:13:05I've noticed something that I need you to investigate,
0:13:05 > 0:13:07but it might be a bit difficult to spot.
0:13:07 > 0:13:12- Unicorns?- No, there's a ridiculous trend for people dressing in camo.
0:13:12 > 0:13:16- Camouflage gear?- Yes, everyone wants to look like they're in a war zone!
0:13:16 > 0:13:19Oh, I like it! I had a top like that when I was younger.
0:13:19 > 0:13:21Just all, you know, army stuff, like I could hide behind a tree.
0:13:21 > 0:13:23It's not OK, Ellie.
0:13:23 > 0:13:25OK, well, I'll go and have a stern word with these people.
0:13:25 > 0:13:27Maybe I'll put that top back on.
0:13:27 > 0:13:31Er, Ellie, there's one thing to remember with camo - keep it subtle.
0:13:31 > 0:13:34Just a T-shirt. Of course, keep the subtle, as always!
0:13:34 > 0:13:37MUSIC: "Colonel Bogey March", SHE GRUNTS
0:13:37 > 0:13:40I think the green brings out my eyes.
0:13:41 > 0:13:43Lovely!
0:13:47 > 0:13:49Did you see me?
0:13:49 > 0:13:51Welcome to the army, new recruits.
0:13:51 > 0:13:55You will not last five minutes unless you can deal with me.
0:13:55 > 0:13:57You're tall and wearing a hoodie!
0:13:57 > 0:14:00Do you think I've got it right or you've got it right?
0:14:00 > 0:14:03- I've got right. - Why haven't I got it right?
0:14:03 > 0:14:05Too much khaki. Too much camouflage.
0:14:05 > 0:14:08You have the worst hair on earth!
0:14:08 > 0:14:11- I don't want to be an officer... - Get serious!- Oh!
0:14:11 > 0:14:13- Can I go now?- Yes.- Thank you.
0:14:13 > 0:14:16Can you see me now?
0:14:16 > 0:14:17Tut!
0:14:17 > 0:14:20- Do you like what I've done with the look?- It's very matchy.
0:14:20 > 0:14:23The problem is, with fashion, is to stand out,
0:14:23 > 0:14:26and you're wearing camo and that's all about blending in.
0:14:26 > 0:14:28- Do I disappear?- Who said that?
0:14:30 > 0:14:31Do you think men would like this look?
0:14:31 > 0:14:33They might think that's too powerful on a woman.
0:14:35 > 0:14:38- MUSIC: "Mission Impossible" Theme - Ooh, hi!
0:14:38 > 0:14:41- That was pretty hot! - Yeah, you blew me away.
0:14:41 > 0:14:44- Do you like a big brush on a woman? - Er, not really, no.
0:14:47 > 0:14:49- I would like some on my face. - Would you?- Yeah.
0:14:50 > 0:14:52- That's really hot.- Yeah?
0:14:52 > 0:14:54Can you see me now?
0:14:54 > 0:14:55Now?
0:14:55 > 0:14:57Tut! What is the point of all of this?
0:14:59 > 0:15:02- Hi, POD.- Hi, Ellie.
0:15:02 > 0:15:05- You look like a walking bush. - I think I look very nice.
0:15:05 > 0:15:09- So what have you managed to find out for me, then?- I scared a lot of men.
0:15:09 > 0:15:11ELLIE LAUGHS Oh, what a surprise.
0:15:11 > 0:15:14I don't know why, this outfit made me go really weird, like...
0:15:14 > 0:15:16They just were really scared.
0:15:16 > 0:15:18Why is this a trend in Nottingham?
0:15:18 > 0:15:20I think it's just quite trendy at the minute.
0:15:20 > 0:15:23It's in lots of the shops. People are, like, "Why not?"
0:15:23 > 0:15:27- Is that all the intelligence you've collated?- I have also learnt, right,
0:15:27 > 0:15:29that I look quite camouflaged until I do this.
0:15:29 > 0:15:33- Ellie, you need to go back to being a natural beauty - look sharp.- OK.
0:15:33 > 0:15:35Army roll out!
0:15:38 > 0:15:40Now for Claire, who loves a bit of glam,
0:15:40 > 0:15:42not the Chanel Prada Gucci type -
0:15:42 > 0:15:44we're talking '80s!
0:15:45 > 0:15:48Hi, I'm Claire, 17 from Cambridge.
0:15:48 > 0:15:50Half drag queen, half '80s.
0:15:50 > 0:15:52MUSIC: "You Spin Me Right Round" by Dead Or Alive
0:15:52 > 0:15:56My look is basically an amalgamation of all the things
0:15:56 > 0:15:59I find aesthetically pleasing.
0:15:59 > 0:16:02Cupcakes to drag queens to crystals to clouds.
0:16:02 > 0:16:06Basically, combine all those things and you have this.
0:16:07 > 0:16:11I'd probably describe Claire's style as weird and unusual.
0:16:11 > 0:16:14Drag queens are a big part of my look.
0:16:14 > 0:16:17They're very empowering and very glamorous people,
0:16:17 > 0:16:19which is why I strive to be like them.
0:16:19 > 0:16:22It all started when I was about 13 and I discovered, you know,
0:16:22 > 0:16:25Goth and the whole panda face.
0:16:25 > 0:16:27It's not exactly my style or taste,
0:16:27 > 0:16:31but I admire her guts and her confidence.
0:16:31 > 0:16:36There's gaps on my face just asking to have make-up put on them.
0:16:36 > 0:16:38I'm going to go over the lace and then,
0:16:38 > 0:16:41when you peel it off, you'll have a pretty lace effect.
0:16:41 > 0:16:43The worst thing, I suppose, is probably the make-up.
0:16:43 > 0:16:47She's got amazing eyes and it's kind of sad to sort of see that
0:16:47 > 0:16:49being bombarded with all this make-up.
0:16:49 > 0:16:53She's always been totally obsessed with looks and make-up
0:16:53 > 0:16:54ever since she was ten years old.
0:16:54 > 0:16:57Why be a pigeon when you can be a peacock?
0:16:57 > 0:16:59Life is so much more fun this way.
0:17:00 > 0:17:02I get stopped in the street quite a lot.
0:17:02 > 0:17:05It's when people say, "Oh, you're only doing it for the attention."
0:17:05 > 0:17:06That's what gets me.
0:17:06 > 0:17:08I think maybe Claire's putting up a front,
0:17:08 > 0:17:11because she maybe doesn't feel more confident in herself.
0:17:11 > 0:17:14When POD does the make-under, I think
0:17:14 > 0:17:18she's going to be quite surprised and shocked.
0:17:18 > 0:17:21POD, this drag queen is fierce! Have fun trying to bring me down!
0:17:22 > 0:17:24Nottingham has a big history in lace
0:17:24 > 0:17:27and Claire is a big fan of lace, too, the vintage kind.
0:17:27 > 0:17:30Maybe a nice floaty flap here or something delicate on the sleeve
0:17:30 > 0:17:32or, if you're Claire, you just put it over your face
0:17:32 > 0:17:34and spray loads of make-up through it.
0:17:34 > 0:17:35Now, Claire, I look at this and I go,
0:17:35 > 0:17:38"Oh, what a lovely dress, I could go for dinner with my parents."
0:17:38 > 0:17:42That's a boring dress. Let's do something more interesting with it
0:17:42 > 0:17:44and use it as a make-up technique.
0:17:44 > 0:17:46How did you discover that? Were you bored one day and went,
0:17:46 > 0:17:48"There's some lace, paint, let's rock 'n' roll"?
0:17:48 > 0:17:51Throw a bit of Bowie in there, got a bit of drag queens,
0:17:51 > 0:17:52put it on my face, have some fun with it.
0:17:52 > 0:17:55It's kind of what an ugly sister would have in a pantomime.
0:17:55 > 0:17:58I was going for more drag queen, but, um, yeah.
0:17:58 > 0:18:00Talk me through why you're coming to see POD.
0:18:00 > 0:18:04It'll be a good challenge for POD. You know, get her hard drive going
0:18:04 > 0:18:08and then, I can show her that she was wrong
0:18:08 > 0:18:11- and that this is the way forward. - Ha! Good luck with that one!
0:18:11 > 0:18:13I've got a little quiz for you actually,
0:18:13 > 0:18:15which I've hidden in some vintage clothes.
0:18:15 > 0:18:18It's to, er, try and determine
0:18:18 > 0:18:21if you really are in any way ready to leave your glam rock look
0:18:21 > 0:18:25behind you, which I think we established already, to be honest.
0:18:25 > 0:18:27David Bowie or David Beckham?
0:18:27 > 0:18:30- Bowie.- Not into Becks at all?
0:18:30 > 0:18:33- He's all right. - Queen or Her Majesty the Queen?
0:18:33 > 0:18:36Well, I am a Cambridgeshire girl, but, um, Queen.
0:18:36 > 0:18:39- You could see Freddie in this, surely?- Oh, my God, I really could!
0:18:39 > 0:18:42- That's it!- You're just missing a 'tache and we're there!
0:18:42 > 0:18:45After my quiz, Claire, I've decided, um, no, you're not ready
0:18:45 > 0:18:48- to leave glam rock.- No. - Which I think makes it high time
0:18:48 > 0:18:50- that we get you into POD.- OK. - Ready?- Yeah!- Let's do this.
0:18:50 > 0:18:54MUSIC: "Karma Chameleon" by Culture Club
0:18:54 > 0:18:57POD, let me in.
0:19:01 > 0:19:03I am POD, the Personal Overhaul Device.
0:19:03 > 0:19:06- Who are you?- I'm Claire.
0:19:06 > 0:19:08Why are you dressed like a Smurf?
0:19:08 > 0:19:13It's not a Smurf, POD, it's more like mermaid meets Avatar?
0:19:13 > 0:19:16Yes, POD thinks you do look like you belong in a fishbowl.
0:19:17 > 0:19:19You've got to admit, it's pretty fun.
0:19:19 > 0:19:21Did you walk into the door of POD?
0:19:21 > 0:19:22You seem to have a bruise on your head.
0:19:22 > 0:19:25No, but there's glitter all over your door now.
0:19:25 > 0:19:29- Where did you get this outfit from?- I got it for £10 from a figure skater.
0:19:29 > 0:19:33- Can you ice skate?- You'd be surprised, POD, I'm very bendy.
0:19:33 > 0:19:36In that case, give me your best ice skating pose and I will judge you.
0:19:36 > 0:19:39Hey! There you go.
0:19:39 > 0:19:40POD gives you...
0:19:40 > 0:19:42zero points.
0:19:42 > 0:19:43I'd like to see POD try.
0:19:43 > 0:19:46POD is a computer, there is no ice skating for me.
0:19:46 > 0:19:47Why have you come to see POD?
0:19:47 > 0:19:52Well, the reason I've come for a make-under is to challenge POD,
0:19:52 > 0:19:55because I don't think POD can improve on this.
0:19:55 > 0:19:58What do you think your look says about you to other people?
0:19:58 > 0:20:02I think it says that I'm fun and interesting and uncompromising.
0:20:02 > 0:20:05Run phase 1 - public analysis.
0:20:05 > 0:20:08I asked the general public whether they would want to
0:20:08 > 0:20:09snog, marry or avoid this girl.
0:20:09 > 0:20:11What do you think they said?
0:20:11 > 0:20:13I think they'd want to party with me,
0:20:13 > 0:20:16but obviously, they're going to say avoid.
0:20:16 > 0:20:20I would avoid her, because she's got far too much make-up for my liking.
0:20:20 > 0:20:21And he's boring.
0:20:21 > 0:20:23I would avoid her, because she's got an interesting look,
0:20:23 > 0:20:26but she looks like she's hiding behind a persona.
0:20:26 > 0:20:28A bit judgemental! He doesn't know me!
0:20:28 > 0:20:31I would avoid her, because she looks like she's just come off
0:20:31 > 0:20:33- an ice skating rink. - What's wrong with ice skating?
0:20:33 > 0:20:3790% wanted to get as far away from you as possible.
0:20:37 > 0:20:40- OK, POD.- What do you think about your public analysis?
0:20:40 > 0:20:42Fine, that's all right.
0:20:42 > 0:20:45POD's verdict is you are a lace-faced space cadet
0:20:45 > 0:20:47whose style belongs in the '80s.
0:20:47 > 0:20:49Sounds brilliant!
0:20:49 > 0:20:51And you need my out-of-this-world bonkers
0:20:51 > 0:20:54to girl next-door beauty make-under.
0:20:54 > 0:20:56Oh, Jesus!
0:20:56 > 0:20:59It's now time for the deep cleanse.
0:21:01 > 0:21:04Remove your whopping great Avatar boots.
0:21:04 > 0:21:08- There you go. - Lose the big dangling earrings.- Ow!
0:21:09 > 0:21:12- Give me those eyelashes.- Ow!
0:21:12 > 0:21:13Ooh...
0:21:13 > 0:21:16I'm going to need some industrial strength cleaner, POD.
0:21:18 > 0:21:22Yey! That's my happiness that you've just wiped off.
0:21:22 > 0:21:26Run the make-under in three, two, one...!
0:21:32 > 0:21:34Oh, my God!
0:21:35 > 0:21:37You having a laugh, POD?
0:21:37 > 0:21:40- What's wrong?- You're joking me!
0:21:40 > 0:21:44- Tell me what you think of your outfit.- I see a celery stick.
0:21:44 > 0:21:48Where's my figure? I know I've got a good figure.
0:21:48 > 0:21:50Is there anything you like about your new look?
0:21:50 > 0:21:53I could lie and say the shoes aren't that bad.
0:21:53 > 0:21:56- What do you think of your make-up? - It's the only redeeming bit.
0:21:56 > 0:21:59Your face looks fresh without all that dirty rubbish all over it.
0:21:59 > 0:22:00It's normal!
0:22:00 > 0:22:03- Would you like to hear what the public have to say?- Fine!
0:22:03 > 0:22:06I would snog her. She's a beautiful girl.
0:22:06 > 0:22:07She's got lovely hair, lovely eyes.
0:22:07 > 0:22:11You can't see my eyes! What is that?!
0:22:11 > 0:22:15I'd snog her, because she looks very down-to-earth and looks cute.
0:22:15 > 0:22:17Cute?! Disgusting!
0:22:17 > 0:22:21I'd snog her, because she has lovely eyes and a lovely dress sense.
0:22:21 > 0:22:24You're kidding me! It's the most disgusting dress I've ever seen.
0:22:24 > 0:22:28In fact, 90% of the public said they want to snog you
0:22:28 > 0:22:30and 10% want to marry you.
0:22:30 > 0:22:32Doesn't make any difference, does it?
0:22:32 > 0:22:33You shouldn't care what other people think.
0:22:33 > 0:22:37I don't understand why you can't see what everybody else sees.
0:22:37 > 0:22:41- You look lovely.- I can't see it. I really can't.
0:22:41 > 0:22:44Are you ready to strut your stuff on the PODwalk?
0:22:44 > 0:22:46I haven't got much choice, have I?
0:22:46 > 0:22:48Initiate PODwalk!
0:22:48 > 0:22:51Claire might not be too impressed with her new look,
0:22:51 > 0:22:54but what will her mum make of her dressed-up daughter?
0:22:54 > 0:22:58I hate my look. I'm sure my mum will agree with me.
0:22:58 > 0:22:59Just get it over with.
0:22:59 > 0:23:01CHEERING
0:23:21 > 0:23:22Well done!
0:23:22 > 0:23:27- Now, everyone else here loves it. - Apparently. Can't say why.
0:23:27 > 0:23:30- That's a no from you, then? You don't like it?- I think it's vile.
0:23:30 > 0:23:33It's vile?! Oh!
0:23:33 > 0:23:35All right!
0:23:35 > 0:23:38- You look lovely! What don't you like about it?- I look like a lampshade!
0:23:38 > 0:23:41Coming from the girl who came in in a velour-blue
0:23:41 > 0:23:45- ice skating all-in-one suit! - At least it was fun!
0:23:45 > 0:23:46What do you think, Kate?
0:23:46 > 0:23:49Well, I personally like it, but I must say, as soon as I saw it,
0:23:49 > 0:23:52I knew it wasn't going to be to Claire's taste.
0:23:52 > 0:23:54Do you think this look would make your dad happy?
0:23:54 > 0:23:57- I don't think it makes anyone happy...- I think he'd like it.
0:23:57 > 0:23:59- Enough from you! - CLAIRE GIGGLES
0:23:59 > 0:24:02I think her boyfriend will love it and I think her dad
0:24:02 > 0:24:05will think it's marvellous. He'll be very proud of you.
0:24:05 > 0:24:10- You look gorgeous. Go home and whack some glitter on. - Will do. Yes, ma'am!
0:24:10 > 0:24:12POD computes Claire has been transformed
0:24:12 > 0:24:16from out-of-this-world bonkers to girl next-door beauty.
0:24:16 > 0:24:18Apparently, everyone else loves it. I've no idea
0:24:18 > 0:24:22what they're looking at, because it can't be me. It just can't!
0:24:22 > 0:24:25Well, I don't think POD had much of a chance with my daughter.
0:24:25 > 0:24:27She's quite a feisty young lady!
0:24:29 > 0:24:33Nottingham's damsels love their leggings and legend has it
0:24:33 > 0:24:38that a merry band of men can still sometimes be spotted wearing tights.
0:24:38 > 0:24:40Can we come in?
0:24:40 > 0:24:42A lot of novelty tights around Nottingham.
0:24:42 > 0:24:44You get loads of different types, like zips at the back,
0:24:44 > 0:24:45you get loads with stars on.
0:24:45 > 0:24:48- All about the funky tights. - All about the funky tights.
0:24:48 > 0:24:52I saw a girl wearing tights with jellyfish printed all over them. Not good.
0:24:54 > 0:24:57Have you covered your legs in jelly? GIGGLING
0:24:57 > 0:25:00- It's gold!- The most outrageous pair of tights I've seen
0:25:00 > 0:25:03are the bright green ones that look like Kermit The Frog.
0:25:03 > 0:25:06- Do you want people to see your femur and shin bones?- Yeah, why not?
0:25:06 > 0:25:09I mean, it's a bit different to just boring skin.
0:25:09 > 0:25:10# Walk this way! #
0:25:10 > 0:25:14People like patterns on their leggings big in Nottingham.
0:25:14 > 0:25:18Sometimes, people aren't the right body shape for those leggings, maybe.
0:25:18 > 0:25:21I saw a guy wearing tights yesterday. I was like, "Wow!"
0:25:21 > 0:25:24What do you think about men who wear tights?
0:25:24 > 0:25:25Um, go home.
0:25:28 > 0:25:30Earlier, we met Joanna and Claire.
0:25:30 > 0:25:33One looked naked, the other looked out of this world.
0:25:33 > 0:25:36Both left looking like wonderful, natural beauties,
0:25:36 > 0:25:38but did they keep their look?
0:25:39 > 0:25:41A star! Go to the top of the class.
0:25:41 > 0:25:44You, missy, in detention for the rest of your life!
0:25:44 > 0:25:47How quickly did it take you to dye it blue?
0:25:47 > 0:25:49The next day. I went home to my friend's,
0:25:49 > 0:25:52just to double check that it was awful, that it wasn't just me,
0:25:52 > 0:25:56and they confirmed that it was awful, so then I fixed it.
0:25:56 > 0:26:00- Did anyone like it? - My boyfriend saw potential,
0:26:00 > 0:26:03and then I knocked some sense into him and now, we're all good.
0:26:03 > 0:26:07You came across like you didn't really want it in the first place.
0:26:07 > 0:26:09I don't know what you thought POD was going to do.
0:26:09 > 0:26:13I'm very out there, so I thought I might as well try something new.
0:26:13 > 0:26:15I might have liked it, didn't like it, you move on.
0:26:15 > 0:26:18What have you learned from the experience?
0:26:18 > 0:26:20I'm just going to stick with this
0:26:20 > 0:26:23and not do natural until I'm at least 50.
0:26:23 > 0:26:27And onto my shining star. My beacon of hope over there.
0:26:27 > 0:26:29I'm still in shock, to be honest.
0:26:29 > 0:26:33I used to sort of be the same colour as this chair.
0:26:33 > 0:26:34- SHE LAUGHS:- You did.
0:26:34 > 0:26:37So tell me what it was about the look that you liked so much?
0:26:37 > 0:26:41It was just how everything sort of went well together.
0:26:41 > 0:26:44My colour of my hair went with my pale complexion.
0:26:44 > 0:26:45Everything just matched.
0:26:45 > 0:26:48So has seeing yourself in this way helped with your confidence a bit?
0:26:48 > 0:26:50Definitely. I've just realised
0:26:50 > 0:26:52that I don't need to wear all the fake tan and make-up
0:26:52 > 0:26:56and wear as little clothes as possible to make myself feel better.
0:26:56 > 0:26:58Do you miss those clothes? Would you go out in them any more?
0:26:58 > 0:27:02To be honest, I don't think I dare go out and I feel quite embarrassed
0:27:02 > 0:27:06about it now. The make-under hasn't just, um, changed the way I look.
0:27:06 > 0:27:08It's actually changed my life completely,
0:27:08 > 0:27:11because I am actually now in full-time employment.
0:27:11 > 0:27:14- Oh, seriously?- Yeah.- Oh, that is so... I'm proper chuffed.
0:27:14 > 0:27:16It was really lovely to meet you both.
0:27:16 > 0:27:19Thank you both so much for coming on the show, and to each their own.
0:27:19 > 0:27:21- Agreed. Thank you. - LAUGHTER
0:27:24 > 0:27:28- Hi, POD.- Come in, Ellie.
0:27:28 > 0:27:31Hiya, POD, it's time for us to leave the land of Maid Marian.
0:27:31 > 0:27:33Yes, POD computes that Robin Hood fellow
0:27:33 > 0:27:36did a good job of stealing fakery from the rich.
0:27:36 > 0:27:38I don't think that's exactly what he did.
0:27:38 > 0:27:42Are you saying I can't compare myself with a hero figure of history?
0:27:42 > 0:27:45Well, I don't think you're exactly what people would call
0:27:45 > 0:27:47a folklore legend, just yet.
0:27:47 > 0:27:50Changing the subject, did you track down all of those camo people?
0:27:50 > 0:27:53They're quite difficult to find. You should get back out there.
0:27:53 > 0:27:56Are you kidding me? I did about 45 parachute rolls.
0:27:56 > 0:27:59My back's killing me! You, love, can POD off!
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