0:00:03 > 0:00:05# Go ahead and look at me
0:00:05 > 0:00:06# Cos that's what I want
0:00:06 > 0:00:08# Cos that's what I want...#
0:00:08 > 0:00:09I'm Ellie Taylor.
0:00:09 > 0:00:13And Snog Marry Avoid? is hunting out fakery wherever we land.
0:00:13 > 0:00:16At the moment, quite frankly, you look like a drag queen.
0:00:16 > 0:00:17SHE LAUGHS
0:00:17 > 0:00:20If you love fake, but want to give the spray tan a break,
0:00:20 > 0:00:21you've come to the right place.
0:00:21 > 0:00:25Families across Britain have had enough of the fakery
0:00:25 > 0:00:27that's stolen their sons and daughters,
0:00:27 > 0:00:29their brothers and their sisters.
0:00:29 > 0:00:32ALL: Down with fakery!
0:00:32 > 0:00:34Down with fakery!
0:00:34 > 0:00:36The world's only makeunder computer, POD,
0:00:36 > 0:00:39has modified her motherboard and is ready to kick some artificial ass.
0:00:39 > 0:00:41Oh!
0:00:41 > 0:00:44From Birmingham to Bromley, Cardiff to Liverpool,
0:00:44 > 0:00:48she'll be flushing out fakery and unearthing natural beauties.
0:00:48 > 0:00:49I have got taste, POD.
0:00:49 > 0:00:51I think it looks all right. I get compliments.
0:00:51 > 0:00:53And I've accepted POD's mission
0:00:53 > 0:00:58to explore uncharted fathoms of fakery. I'm going native.
0:00:58 > 0:01:01- Whoo-hoo!- You can't go out dressed like that.
0:01:01 > 0:01:02- Why?- You might get arrested.
0:01:02 > 0:01:05POD's nails are back and they're sharper than ever.
0:01:05 > 0:01:07This is Snog Marry Avoid?
0:01:20 > 0:01:24This week, POD's arrived in a port that's home of the Mersey
0:01:24 > 0:01:27and rain and the Albert Dock.
0:01:27 > 0:01:31But there's still not enough water to wash off all the fake tan.
0:01:32 > 0:01:34Tonight, POD has crossed the Mersey
0:01:34 > 0:01:39and has detected a tidal wave of fakery spreading across...Liverpool!
0:01:40 > 0:01:42- Hiya, POD.- Hello, Ellie.
0:01:42 > 0:01:46LIVERPUDLIAN ACCENT: All right, POD. Hell-aaaaa.
0:01:46 > 0:01:47I take it we're in Liverpool again.
0:01:47 > 0:01:49Yeah. Can you not tell from the accent?
0:01:49 > 0:01:51To be honest, I can't do the accent.
0:01:51 > 0:01:54I don't know if you've noticed, I just put la on the end of words.
0:01:54 > 0:01:55Yes, I was getting that.
0:01:55 > 0:01:57It was rather extreme, though,
0:01:57 > 0:02:00which brings me onto the problem with Liverpool.
0:02:00 > 0:02:02Everything is just too extreme.
0:02:02 > 0:02:04That's why I love it here.
0:02:04 > 0:02:06The girls look immaculate.
0:02:06 > 0:02:09The amount of effort they go into just being perfect.
0:02:09 > 0:02:11Love it!
0:02:11 > 0:02:14I want you to get out there and just tone things down.
0:02:14 > 0:02:15Including your accent.
0:02:15 > 0:02:16Sorry. OK, I absolutely will.
0:02:16 > 0:02:20I'll have a word with myself. See ya-la.
0:02:20 > 0:02:22Coming up on tonight's show -
0:02:22 > 0:02:26I meet a tanorexic with a phobia for all things white.
0:02:26 > 0:02:29I think everyone looks so much better with a glow to their skin,
0:02:29 > 0:02:31instead of walking around like milk bottles.
0:02:31 > 0:02:34I'm out on the pull vintage style.
0:02:34 > 0:02:37- Would you maybe come and buy me a gin and tonic?- I certainly would.
0:02:37 > 0:02:43And at last, the au natural penny has dropped. Well, almost.
0:02:43 > 0:02:46I think the only thing that's natural about me is my complexion.
0:02:46 > 0:02:49Finally, I get a makeover with a shovel and trowel.
0:02:49 > 0:02:50What is that?!
0:02:54 > 0:02:56It might once have held the title of City of Culture,
0:02:56 > 0:02:59- but when it comes to fakery... - Hello, POD.
0:02:59 > 0:03:02..the lads and lasses of Liverpool are strong contenders in that, too.
0:03:02 > 0:03:05In Liverpool, the fashion's all about the Scouse brow,
0:03:05 > 0:03:07the big hair, onesies.
0:03:07 > 0:03:09# Bring the action...#
0:03:09 > 0:03:11- Most girls in Liverpool wear... - Fake eyelashes.
0:03:11 > 0:03:13- Lots of fake tan.- Big bouncy curls.
0:03:13 > 0:03:16- Scouse brows.- Big backcombing.
0:03:16 > 0:03:18Bigger the better.
0:03:18 > 0:03:19Liverpool invented big hair.
0:03:19 > 0:03:22You're not a real woman if you don't have hair extensions.
0:03:22 > 0:03:26- Sleep in your rollers overnight.- It takes a day to get ready to go out.
0:03:26 > 0:03:28Sometimes longer than a day.
0:03:28 > 0:03:30Depends on where you're going.
0:03:30 > 0:03:32Fake tan on a Thursday, fake tan on a Friday night.
0:03:32 > 0:03:34We go to different cities a lot of the time,
0:03:34 > 0:03:36but no-one is like a Liverpool girl.
0:03:36 > 0:03:38# Bring the action. #
0:03:38 > 0:03:40Even if we're going to a shop to get a pint of milk,
0:03:40 > 0:03:42we always look nice and look after ourselves.
0:03:42 > 0:03:44That's why we're the best city.
0:03:44 > 0:03:46BOTH: We love our makeup!
0:03:49 > 0:03:52There are three colour palettes in Laura's life.
0:03:52 > 0:03:54There's pink, there's pink and there's pink!
0:03:54 > 0:03:55And there's orange.
0:03:55 > 0:03:58Hi, I'm Laura. I'm 18 years old,
0:03:58 > 0:04:00I'm a pink princess and I'm from Manchester.
0:04:00 > 0:04:03# She thinks she's made of candy
0:04:03 > 0:04:06I love pink. It's gorgeous. It looks dead girly.
0:04:06 > 0:04:08My whole room is pink.
0:04:08 > 0:04:11If I was Prime Minister, I would make everything pink.
0:04:11 > 0:04:13I'd make that tree pink.
0:04:13 > 0:04:16I'd make that bench pink.
0:04:16 > 0:04:18I'd make this swing pink.
0:04:18 > 0:04:19I'd make everything pink.
0:04:19 > 0:04:22You should cut back a bit on some of your pink.
0:04:22 > 0:04:24I think it is a little childish, Laura's look.
0:04:24 > 0:04:28Because she images herself on like a Barbie look.
0:04:28 > 0:04:30My fakery is my backcomb,
0:04:30 > 0:04:34my eyelashes, me fake tan, me nails.
0:04:34 > 0:04:35Everything.
0:04:35 > 0:04:38# Now tell me, hey ho, here she goes...#
0:04:38 > 0:04:42My mum's bought me a spray tan tent for doing mobile spray tans.
0:04:42 > 0:04:44# She thinks she's made of candy...#
0:04:44 > 0:04:47I think everyone looks so much better with a glow to their skin
0:04:47 > 0:04:50instead of walking around like milk bottles.
0:04:50 > 0:04:53I worry about Laura's look because the way she dresses,
0:04:53 > 0:04:55she's going to attract the kind of blokes
0:04:55 > 0:04:58that want like a trophy on their arm
0:04:58 > 0:05:01rather than somebody who cares about who she is inside.
0:05:01 > 0:05:05I started wearing makeup because I started getting picked on in school.
0:05:05 > 0:05:08I just started adding to my look, adding more fakery
0:05:08 > 0:05:10and everything, I felt better about myself.
0:05:10 > 0:05:12Then I started actually getting compliments.
0:05:13 > 0:05:15I feel like I look better like this.
0:05:15 > 0:05:19My fake tan, my makeup and everything is like a mask, really.
0:05:19 > 0:05:22It hides who I am, so it makes me feel better about myself.
0:05:23 > 0:05:25She doesn't need that makeup
0:05:25 > 0:05:28And it's heartbreaking to see your daughter think
0:05:28 > 0:05:30that she's got to wear all that to go out.
0:05:31 > 0:05:34I think POD will be able to sort Laura out.
0:05:34 > 0:05:37POD will take away the tan, the hair extensions and just the fakery.
0:05:39 > 0:05:42Hi, POD. You might think I'm orange, but I'm not, I'm brown.
0:05:42 > 0:05:44Good luck trying to change me,
0:05:44 > 0:05:46but you won't take the Pink Princess away from her crown.
0:05:46 > 0:05:48I'm here waiting for Laura.
0:05:48 > 0:05:50She's still getting ready, so I'm going to have a drink.
0:05:50 > 0:05:53Wait a bit, kill some time. Might as well.
0:05:53 > 0:05:57# Da ba da dan dee dee dee da ne na na na
0:05:59 > 0:06:01# Be my baby
0:06:01 > 0:06:04# Da ba da dan dee dee dee da ne na na na
0:06:06 > 0:06:08# Pretty baby. #
0:06:08 > 0:06:11Oh, my goodness! I've been waiting for ever. What have you been doing?
0:06:11 > 0:06:14I was just sorting me tan out in the bathroom.
0:06:14 > 0:06:15You are unbelievable, woman!
0:06:15 > 0:06:19Your face is an incredible colour.
0:06:19 > 0:06:21It's like crazy brown.
0:06:21 > 0:06:24- I like it, though. It looks reet. - It looks reet!
0:06:24 > 0:06:26It looks something, I tell you.
0:06:26 > 0:06:28So, Laura, how long does it take you to get ready?
0:06:28 > 0:06:31- About six hours.- No way!- Yeah.
0:06:31 > 0:06:35- Seriously? You could nearly fly to New York in that time.- Probably.
0:06:35 > 0:06:37Do you think blokes like this kind of look?
0:06:37 > 0:06:39Well, they seem to go for it, don't they?
0:06:39 > 0:06:41Right. I've got a little quiz for you
0:06:41 > 0:06:45to try and work out how princessy you really are.
0:06:45 > 0:06:48Would you prefer a night on the town or a knight in shining armour?
0:06:48 > 0:06:50A knight in shining armour.
0:06:50 > 0:06:52- Does he have to wax his chest?- Yeah.
0:06:52 > 0:06:55You are high maintenance. Definitely!
0:06:55 > 0:06:58Would you prefer a glass of lager or a glass slipper?
0:06:58 > 0:07:01- A glass of what?- Lager.
0:07:01 > 0:07:02I don't like lager, no.
0:07:02 > 0:07:07Seven dwarfs or seven days in Ibiza having it large?
0:07:07 > 0:07:09- Ibiza.- Have you been to Ibiza?
0:07:09 > 0:07:11- No. I want to. - You would fit in beautifully.
0:07:11 > 0:07:14It's cheap there, as well, for drinks, innit?
0:07:14 > 0:07:17Cheap for drinks, cheap fake tan, sorted.
0:07:17 > 0:07:20So from my quiz, I think you are a little princess
0:07:20 > 0:07:22and you're blummin' high maintenance.
0:07:22 > 0:07:24- Are you ready to come with me? - Yeah.- Let's go.
0:07:26 > 0:07:29- Are you psyched?- Yeah.- Yeah. - Let me in, POD.
0:07:35 > 0:07:38I am POD, the Personal Overhaul Device. Who are you?
0:07:38 > 0:07:40I'm Laura.
0:07:40 > 0:07:43Hello, Laura. Why do you look like a child's dolly?
0:07:43 > 0:07:47- I don't think I look like a child's toy, POD.- Really?
0:07:47 > 0:07:49It looks like you should come in your own box with accessories.
0:07:49 > 0:07:51Oh, you're cheeky, you, POD.
0:07:51 > 0:07:53And why are you wearing fluro pink?
0:07:53 > 0:07:55You look like a highlighter pen.
0:07:55 > 0:07:58What are you trying to highlight - the fact you've got no taste?
0:07:58 > 0:08:00I have got taste, POD.
0:08:00 > 0:08:02I think it looks all right. I get compliments.
0:08:02 > 0:08:04If you're not sporting the dolly look,
0:08:04 > 0:08:06then perhaps you look too much like a princess.
0:08:06 > 0:08:09In fact, you look like a blancmange Rapunzel.
0:08:09 > 0:08:12Blancmange? I don't even know what that is.
0:08:12 > 0:08:14It's a disgusting pink dessert.
0:08:14 > 0:08:17Tell you what, shall we test to see if you really are a princess?
0:08:17 > 0:08:19OK, then, POD.
0:08:19 > 0:08:21A frog, POD?
0:08:21 > 0:08:24Give it a kiss, then, and see if it turns into a prince.
0:08:25 > 0:08:28POD computes you'll never get a prince looking like that.
0:08:28 > 0:08:29Oh, well.
0:08:29 > 0:08:32Laura, what would be some of the benefits
0:08:32 > 0:08:34of seeing and liking yourself as a natural beauty?
0:08:34 > 0:08:37To be able to go out and enjoy myself more.
0:08:37 > 0:08:40I guess you wouldn't guess I like getting dirty,
0:08:40 > 0:08:42looking like this, but I actually do.
0:08:42 > 0:08:45Really? You like getting dirty? Doing what?
0:08:45 > 0:08:47I like quad bikes and stuff, POD.
0:08:47 > 0:08:49I went on holiday and I enjoyed it,
0:08:49 > 0:08:50but I was too worried about me tan
0:08:50 > 0:08:53and getting mud splashed all over me going through puddles.
0:08:53 > 0:08:55No look is worth you not living your life.
0:08:55 > 0:08:59- I know, POD. - Especially one this ridiculous.
0:08:59 > 0:09:03It's time run Phase One - Public Analysis.
0:09:03 > 0:09:04OK, then, POD.
0:09:04 > 0:09:09I asked the public, would you want to snog, marry or avoid this girl.
0:09:09 > 0:09:10What do you think they said?
0:09:10 > 0:09:13I'll say avoid because that's what everyone says, innit?
0:09:13 > 0:09:16Well, 80% of the public do want to avoid you.
0:09:16 > 0:09:2080%? I didn't think it'd be that bad.
0:09:20 > 0:09:23I would avoid this girl because she looks too high maintenance.
0:09:23 > 0:09:25Well, I guess that's true, then, POD.
0:09:25 > 0:09:29I would avoid her because her hair is a bit too much for me
0:09:29 > 0:09:30and the pink doesn't work for her.
0:09:30 > 0:09:32Oh, my God!
0:09:32 > 0:09:35I'd avoid her because the hair extensions make her look too false
0:09:35 > 0:09:37and not natural at all.
0:09:37 > 0:09:39That's the whole point, innit, anyway, POD?
0:09:39 > 0:09:41- What - to look fake?- Yes, POD.
0:09:41 > 0:09:44POD computes that you are a tanorexic pinkaholic
0:09:44 > 0:09:46who needs to go to fakery rehab,
0:09:46 > 0:09:49where you'll get my preposterous-pink plonker
0:09:49 > 0:09:52to perfectly-put-together-princess makeunder.
0:09:52 > 0:09:54A pink plonker, POD?
0:09:54 > 0:09:57It is now time to run the Deep Cleanse.
0:09:58 > 0:10:01Time to remove all those jingly-dangly bits.
0:10:01 > 0:10:04And those Pat Butcher earrings.
0:10:04 > 0:10:07Hand over those straggly extensions, too.
0:10:07 > 0:10:08Ooo, it's stuck.
0:10:08 > 0:10:10There now, already you look better.
0:10:10 > 0:10:13- No, POD.- Remove your eyelashes.
0:10:15 > 0:10:18POD can see your natural skin underneath.
0:10:18 > 0:10:19It's so much nicer a colour.
0:10:19 > 0:10:21No, POD, this isn't good.
0:10:21 > 0:10:24Now I want you to hold up your hands by the side of your face.
0:10:24 > 0:10:26Oh, Laura!
0:10:26 > 0:10:30Run the makeunder in 3...2...1.
0:10:36 > 0:10:39Oh, my God!
0:10:39 > 0:10:43Wow! I don't know what...I don't even know what to think.
0:10:43 > 0:10:44I like the eye shadow.
0:10:44 > 0:10:47I'm not sure if I'm keen on the dress, though.
0:10:47 > 0:10:49Do you not think this dress is a bit funky?
0:10:49 > 0:10:51It's OK for someone else, but it's just not me.
0:10:51 > 0:10:54Exactly, Laura. We're trying a new you.
0:10:54 > 0:10:56Wow!
0:10:56 > 0:10:57RIBBIT!
0:10:57 > 0:11:00- Look, Laura, it's the frog again. - Yeah, so I see.
0:11:02 > 0:11:04Ooo! A handsome prince.
0:11:04 > 0:11:06I know, I can see.
0:11:06 > 0:11:08Well, the least you can do is give him a kiss.
0:11:08 > 0:11:11OK, then, POD.
0:11:11 > 0:11:13Laura, previously, I showed the public
0:11:13 > 0:11:17a picture of you in your old look. What did they say?
0:11:17 > 0:11:1880%, POD.
0:11:18 > 0:11:21- Yes, 80% avoid, wasn't it?- Yeah.
0:11:21 > 0:11:23What do you think they said this time?
0:11:23 > 0:11:27- Probably avoid.- Let's find out.
0:11:27 > 0:11:29I would snog her. She's pretty fit.
0:11:29 > 0:11:31Really? Oh, my God.
0:11:31 > 0:11:34I'd definitely marry her because she looks like a classy girl.
0:11:34 > 0:11:37She's got nice hair and she's not over the top.
0:11:38 > 0:11:41Yeah, I'd snog her. She's very pretty, very attractive.
0:11:41 > 0:11:43No, POD.
0:11:43 > 0:11:45Do you not think you are very pretty and attractive?
0:11:45 > 0:11:47No. Not without me tan, anyway.
0:11:47 > 0:11:50This time, 60% want to snog you.
0:11:50 > 0:11:52And the other 40% want to marry you.
0:11:52 > 0:11:55That means 100% of the people we asked
0:11:55 > 0:11:57now want to snog or marry you.
0:11:57 > 0:11:59No-one wants to avoid you, Laura.
0:11:59 > 0:12:02No, POD, I don't believe that one bit.
0:12:02 > 0:12:04POD computes you look absolutely stunning.
0:12:04 > 0:12:07OK, then, POD, if you say so.
0:12:07 > 0:12:09Are you ready to strut your stuff on the catwalk?
0:12:09 > 0:12:12- Yes, POD.- Initiate Podwalk.
0:12:14 > 0:12:17The Podwalk's been beamed down into one of Liverpool's hottest bars.
0:12:17 > 0:12:21Will Laura's long-suffering family and friends like her classy look?
0:12:21 > 0:12:25I think they'll like my look, but not me outfit.
0:12:25 > 0:12:27I think they'll like me hair out of everything,
0:12:27 > 0:12:29but I don't like it meself.
0:12:29 > 0:12:31CHEERING
0:12:31 > 0:12:34# Such a good feeling, this feeling
0:12:34 > 0:12:37# This feeling, this feeling
0:12:37 > 0:12:40# I can't stop myself feeling
0:12:40 > 0:12:42# Feeling, feeling
0:12:42 > 0:12:45# Such a good feeling, this feeling
0:12:45 > 0:12:47# This feeling, this feeling...#
0:12:47 > 0:12:50- What do you think? - She looks absolutely stunning.
0:12:50 > 0:12:53It looks really nice. It looks really, really nice.
0:12:53 > 0:12:56- I look a mess.- You don't!
0:12:56 > 0:12:58- Do you not like it?- No.
0:12:58 > 0:12:59ALL GROAN
0:12:59 > 0:13:02It's turned into a pantomime! They don't believe you!
0:13:02 > 0:13:05Do you not believe it when a whole room of people
0:13:05 > 0:13:06are telling you you look amazing?
0:13:06 > 0:13:09And your mum and dad, the people who love you the most?
0:13:09 > 0:13:11You do. You look absolutely stunning.
0:13:11 > 0:13:14Gordon, are you glad to see the fake tan go?
0:13:14 > 0:13:17I am. I'm just upset she doesn't realise.
0:13:17 > 0:13:20It's a shame she doesn't realise that she looks better like that.
0:13:20 > 0:13:23Honestly. For what it's worth, apparently nothing,
0:13:23 > 0:13:27I think all of us here think you look blummin' knockout, sister.
0:13:27 > 0:13:29- Whoo! Whit-whoo!- Yeah!
0:13:29 > 0:13:31- Yeah! Yeah! - CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:13:34 > 0:13:39Laura's been transformed from potty princess to perfectly pretty.
0:13:39 > 0:13:42Oh, she looked stunning when she walked through on the catwalk.
0:13:42 > 0:13:45Absolutely amazing. The hair suits her like that.
0:13:45 > 0:13:48They all said they liked my look, but I don't believe them.
0:13:48 > 0:13:52It's my opinion that matters, not everyone else's, so...
0:13:52 > 0:13:53I think I'll stick to my look
0:13:53 > 0:13:56because it makes me happier how I was than like this.
0:13:58 > 0:14:00Once the City of Culture,
0:14:00 > 0:14:03Liverpool's streets have become contaminated
0:14:03 > 0:14:05with a deluge of fogy fashion outlets
0:14:05 > 0:14:08appealing to those in search of the vintage vixen look.
0:14:08 > 0:14:10Every other shop is a vintage shop.
0:14:10 > 0:14:12There's more vintage shops than fashion shops.
0:14:12 > 0:14:14I love vintage. I absolutely love vintage.
0:14:14 > 0:14:19The top I've got on today, for example, was 99p in a charity shop.
0:14:19 > 0:14:21BOTH: We like vintage.
0:14:21 > 0:14:23Don't your clothes smell of mothballs and old people?
0:14:23 > 0:14:25Sometimes they smell like churches,
0:14:25 > 0:14:27but I wash them and put lots of perfume on them.
0:14:27 > 0:14:29SIREN WAILS
0:14:32 > 0:14:33Hiya, POD.
0:14:33 > 0:14:35My detectors have spotted a worrying growth
0:14:35 > 0:14:38in young people dressing up in the clothes of old biddies,
0:14:38 > 0:14:40or even the dead.
0:14:40 > 0:14:43You don't mean old biddies, you mean vintaaage.
0:14:43 > 0:14:46Whatever it is, POD computes it's ugly
0:14:46 > 0:14:49- and wants you to investigate matters further.- Yeah.
0:14:49 > 0:14:52To help you fit in, I've bought you these.
0:14:52 > 0:14:54Oh! Thank you.
0:14:54 > 0:14:56How long have these been knocking around?
0:14:56 > 0:14:59Not as long as the clobber you'll be wearing, I'm sure.
0:14:59 > 0:15:01Spiffing! I'll go and get my vintage on.
0:15:03 > 0:15:05It's the attention to detail that's very important
0:15:05 > 0:15:07when you're doing housework!
0:15:09 > 0:15:12Do I look like the kind of person you'd like to have tea with?
0:15:12 > 0:15:14Yes.
0:15:14 > 0:15:18- Would you maybe come and buy me a gin and tonic?- I certainly would.
0:15:19 > 0:15:21- Smells like an old woman.- Housewife.
0:15:21 > 0:15:23It just looks a bit frumpy.
0:15:23 > 0:15:26Lavender? Lavender cupcake? Anyone? Earl Grey?
0:15:26 > 0:15:28- I do like that smell. - Do you?!- Yeah.
0:15:28 > 0:15:31- You're basically saying I look like I'm good at dusting.- Yeah.
0:15:31 > 0:15:34You remind me of Betty Boop, which is my little heroine.
0:15:34 > 0:15:35Harry? Harry, wait for me!
0:15:35 > 0:15:39- You're looking very elegant tonight. - Thanks very much.
0:15:39 > 0:15:43- I like this.- Oh, yeah, I like it! - I like the top of your hair.
0:15:43 > 0:15:44I just like doing that.
0:15:44 > 0:15:46- I took you out in 1953. - Did we have a good time?
0:15:46 > 0:15:48Yes, we had a fabulous time.
0:15:48 > 0:15:49It looks innocent.
0:15:49 > 0:15:53Do I look innocent, like a lady in the street, but a freak in bed?
0:15:53 > 0:15:55Yeah. You do, yeah.
0:15:55 > 0:15:58- Anything you don't like about the outfit?- Too red.
0:15:58 > 0:16:01- That's fine, we can sort that out. - That's better, yeah. Absolutely.
0:16:01 > 0:16:03OK.
0:16:03 > 0:16:06UPPER CLASS ACCENT: Oh, hello, POD? Marvellous!
0:16:06 > 0:16:09Oh, hello, POD. How are you?
0:16:09 > 0:16:11Ellie, this outfit is not vintage, it's charity shop.
0:16:11 > 0:16:13And what clothes do you find in a charity shop?
0:16:13 > 0:16:15Dead people's clothes.
0:16:15 > 0:16:17Well, I think I look very nice.
0:16:17 > 0:16:20The only thing you'll pull in that outfit is an octogenarian.
0:16:20 > 0:16:22I have, a few, actually, today.
0:16:22 > 0:16:25But you'd be surprised, a lot of the young blokes like it, as well.
0:16:25 > 0:16:27I'd prefer you looking like a stunning natural beauty
0:16:27 > 0:16:29of the 21st century,
0:16:29 > 0:16:31not like some deranged old biddy from the last one.
0:16:31 > 0:16:34- Do I look like an old bat? - Battleaxe.
0:16:34 > 0:16:36Now, get back to looking fabulous.
0:16:36 > 0:16:39Roger that. Tally ho!
0:16:41 > 0:16:44Natasha loves dressing up in a bit of a Katy Perry look.
0:16:44 > 0:16:46Unfortunately, her style is creating...
0:16:46 > 0:16:51# Fireworks. # ..for her family. Sorry.
0:16:51 > 0:16:55Hiya. I'm Natasha. I'm 20 years old and I'm a pinup girl from Cannock.
0:16:55 > 0:16:58# I know a place...#
0:16:58 > 0:17:01Some people often call me the Blue Bombshell of Cannock.
0:17:01 > 0:17:05I was about 14 when I first started experimenting with my hair colour.
0:17:05 > 0:17:09# California girls we're unforgettable...#
0:17:09 > 0:17:11It makes me stand out from the crowd because it's blue.
0:17:11 > 0:17:15I may be a little bit to blame about the makeup
0:17:15 > 0:17:19because I've loved it myself since the age of 14.
0:17:19 > 0:17:23My fakery is my hair, eyelashes,
0:17:23 > 0:17:24my eyebrows,
0:17:24 > 0:17:27my drawn-on lips, my tattoos.
0:17:27 > 0:17:30I think the only thing that's natural about me is my complexion
0:17:30 > 0:17:32because I don't wear fake tan.
0:17:32 > 0:17:34It would be nice if I was born in the 1950s.
0:17:34 > 0:17:37I think I'd fit in a little bit better than where I do now.
0:17:37 > 0:17:40# I met him out for dinner on a Friday night...#
0:17:40 > 0:17:43I wear three sets of eyelashes on a normal day to work.
0:17:43 > 0:17:46I do add an extra couple of pairs on a night out
0:17:46 > 0:17:49just to make me look a bit different.
0:17:49 > 0:17:52I find them all over the house. They're like insects.
0:17:53 > 0:17:55Usually in pairs. I'm not sure if they're breeding.
0:17:55 > 0:17:57THEY LAUGH
0:17:58 > 0:18:02I worry about Natasha, how it's affecting her health.
0:18:02 > 0:18:04Because her hair's falling out terribly
0:18:04 > 0:18:07with the bleach and the colours.
0:18:07 > 0:18:11And also, with the piercings, it's worn away her gums.
0:18:11 > 0:18:15I've missed out on job opportunities just because of the way I look.
0:18:15 > 0:18:17# California...#
0:18:17 > 0:18:19Please, POD, give me back my daughter.
0:18:19 > 0:18:23I want my daughter to know she's beautiful on the inside and out
0:18:23 > 0:18:25and she can look beautiful naturally.
0:18:25 > 0:18:28POD, you're never going to pin down this pinup girl.
0:18:28 > 0:18:32I'm here to meet Natasha. I'm very excited and I think...
0:18:32 > 0:18:34Oh, my God! Panic attack! Hang on!
0:18:34 > 0:18:36I think there's one of her false eyelashes on the floor!
0:18:36 > 0:18:39She's probably out of her mind and crying and shaking and...
0:18:39 > 0:18:41Oh! My mistake. It's just a big spider.
0:18:41 > 0:18:43Dude, what is with the lashes?
0:18:43 > 0:18:45I love my lashes too much.
0:18:45 > 0:18:47POD's going to whip those off as soon as you like. Wow!
0:18:47 > 0:18:50- And certain things are really out and about.- Yeah.
0:18:50 > 0:18:53- Are they always out and about? - Not when I'm at work, no.
0:18:53 > 0:18:56- OK. They're on day release today? - Yeah.
0:18:56 > 0:18:57THEY LAUGH
0:18:57 > 0:18:59So, have you got any idols, then?
0:18:59 > 0:19:01I'd probably say I like Katy Perry's style.
0:19:01 > 0:19:03- Any nipple tassels?- No.
0:19:03 > 0:19:08I have a quiz to discover if you are more Katy Perry or more Natasha.
0:19:08 > 0:19:10- Are you ready?- Yep.
0:19:10 > 0:19:12OK. Have you ever kissed a girl and liked it?
0:19:12 > 0:19:15- I kiss my friend all the time. - That's a yes.
0:19:16 > 0:19:17Do you like being hot and cold?
0:19:17 > 0:19:19Hot. Yeah?
0:19:19 > 0:19:21Favourite night of the year.
0:19:22 > 0:19:24ELLIE HUMS A TUNE
0:19:24 > 0:19:27Oh, bonfire night. Fireworks.
0:19:27 > 0:19:29Yes! You're getting it now, you're getting it.
0:19:29 > 0:19:32There's a question about talking about your teenage dreams.
0:19:32 > 0:19:34But frankly, I don't really want to know.
0:19:34 > 0:19:35- Are you ready for POD? - I'm ready.
0:19:35 > 0:19:37Right, let's do this.
0:19:37 > 0:19:40# Oh, when we are rocking through the roof...#
0:19:40 > 0:19:42Welcome to POD, my friend.
0:19:42 > 0:19:44Hi, POD.
0:19:50 > 0:19:52I am POD, the Personal Overhaul Device.
0:19:52 > 0:19:55- Who are you? - Hi, POD. I'm Natasha.
0:19:55 > 0:19:57And what's inspired this look?
0:19:57 > 0:19:59- I like Katy Perry. - You're not kidding.
0:20:01 > 0:20:03POD computes you need to give her hair back.
0:20:03 > 0:20:04No, I'm keeping it.
0:20:04 > 0:20:07Then I think perhaps there's something missing from your outfit.
0:20:07 > 0:20:08What's that, POD?
0:20:08 > 0:20:10This!
0:20:10 > 0:20:13Even though I don't necessarily agree with the granny blue rinse,
0:20:13 > 0:20:15here's some accessories to go with it.
0:20:15 > 0:20:17I love it, POD, thank you.
0:20:17 > 0:20:20And your shopping trolley matches your hair.
0:20:20 > 0:20:22I think it looks quite good on me, to be fair.
0:20:22 > 0:20:23Generous, aren't I?
0:20:23 > 0:20:25Yeah, very.
0:20:25 > 0:20:27POD computes that natural beauty would make you look fabulous,
0:20:27 > 0:20:31because quite frankly, at the moment you look more like a drag queen.
0:20:31 > 0:20:33SHE LAUGHS
0:20:33 > 0:20:35It's time to run Phase One.
0:20:37 > 0:20:38Yeah, OK.
0:20:38 > 0:20:42I asked the public whether they wanted to snog marry or avoid
0:20:42 > 0:20:46- this girl. What do you think they said?- Erm... Hopefully snog.
0:20:46 > 0:20:48I'd avoid her because she's got too much make-up on
0:20:48 > 0:20:50and I prefer things more natural.
0:20:50 > 0:20:52That's why I'm here, POD.
0:20:52 > 0:20:55I would avoid her. She's trying to get too much attention with her hair
0:20:55 > 0:20:57- but she wont get any.- OK.
0:20:57 > 0:20:58SHE LAUGHS
0:20:58 > 0:21:01I would avoid her because her hair is just too loud and blue.
0:21:01 > 0:21:04- There's nothing wrong with blue. POD.- There is.
0:21:04 > 0:21:06Apparently.
0:21:06 > 0:21:09In fact, 80% of the public want to avoid you.
0:21:09 > 0:21:11Oh, God. That's quite bad isn't it?
0:21:11 > 0:21:14But 20% did want to snog you.
0:21:14 > 0:21:16Oh, well. 20%. Still there.
0:21:16 > 0:21:19POD's verdict is that your excessive slap
0:21:19 > 0:21:23and blue rinse have turned you into a geriatric cartoon pin-up.
0:21:23 > 0:21:26And you need my blue movie to movie star makeunder.
0:21:27 > 0:21:29Sounds quite good to me.
0:21:29 > 0:21:32It is now time to run your deep cleanse.
0:21:33 > 0:21:35Piercings first.
0:21:36 > 0:21:39You already look more like a pin-up and less like a pincushion.
0:21:39 > 0:21:42It's time to literally pull your hair out.
0:21:42 > 0:21:44I'll get there eventually.
0:21:44 > 0:21:47Now remove those whopping great eyelashes.
0:21:47 > 0:21:48Oh, man.
0:21:50 > 0:21:51Keep scrubbing!
0:21:54 > 0:21:57I can literally see each of your features on that.
0:21:57 > 0:22:01Run the make under in 3,2,1.
0:22:07 > 0:22:08Oh, God!
0:22:10 > 0:22:12That's different.
0:22:12 > 0:22:14I don't think I've looked like this since I was about 12.
0:22:14 > 0:22:17I'm a bit in shock. I like the colour.
0:22:17 > 0:22:19It's nice. The clothes are nice.
0:22:19 > 0:22:22- POD computes you look cool. - Thanks, POD.
0:22:23 > 0:22:26Previously I asked the public whether they want to snog,
0:22:26 > 0:22:29marry or avoid you. What did they say?
0:22:29 > 0:22:3180% said 'avoid'.
0:22:31 > 0:22:34Would you like to hear some of the public's comments?
0:22:34 > 0:22:35Yeah, go on then.
0:22:35 > 0:22:39- They weren't very nice last time, were they, Natasha?- No.
0:22:39 > 0:22:40I'd definitely snog that girl.
0:22:40 > 0:22:44- She's got really nice eyes and a lovely smile.- Ah, that's nice.
0:22:44 > 0:22:47I would snog because she's very natural and she's very fit.
0:22:49 > 0:22:53I would marry her because she has a great figure, great smile
0:22:53 > 0:22:56and it looks like you could have a great laugh with her in life.
0:22:56 > 0:22:58Yeah, that's true, POD.
0:22:58 > 0:23:02Now, 70% of the public want to snog you and the rest want to marry you.
0:23:02 > 0:23:04I'm quite surprised by that.
0:23:04 > 0:23:07Now no-one wants to avoid you.
0:23:07 > 0:23:08Are you sure about that?
0:23:08 > 0:23:11Maybe it's because now you look like a real person
0:23:11 > 0:23:13- and not a cartoon character. - Maybe, yeah, POD.
0:23:13 > 0:23:16Are you ready to strut your stuff on the catwalk
0:23:16 > 0:23:18and show yourself off as a natural beauty?
0:23:18 > 0:23:21- I am ready, yeah. - Initiate Podwalk.
0:23:22 > 0:23:24'What will Natasha's family
0:23:24 > 0:23:27'and friends make of her old lady to rock chick look?'
0:23:27 > 0:23:30I think they will like it. Be quite shocked, though.
0:23:30 > 0:23:32# Standing in the way of control
0:23:32 > 0:23:34# Go and live your life
0:23:34 > 0:23:38# Survive the only way that you know, know. #
0:23:43 > 0:23:44CROWD CHEERS
0:23:46 > 0:23:49# I'm not doing this for you. #
0:23:49 > 0:23:52What about me? Here. You look amazing!
0:23:52 > 0:23:55- How are you feeling?- I think I need some eyelashes.
0:23:55 > 0:23:57SHE LAUGHS
0:23:57 > 0:24:02Have you learnt nothing from this experience, Natasha?
0:24:02 > 0:24:06I've got photos like that, when she was ten.
0:24:06 > 0:24:09- That's good.- OK, I think there's a compliment in there somewhere.
0:24:09 > 0:24:10And her mum will love it.
0:24:10 > 0:24:13I can't wait to see what you'll look like in a few weeks.
0:24:13 > 0:24:15- Don't let me down.- I won't.
0:24:15 > 0:24:21POD computes that Natasha's been transformed from a bonkers blue rinse to a beautiful babe.
0:24:21 > 0:24:24I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed now that I've seen my family.
0:24:24 > 0:24:28I'm glad that they liked what they saw and it was a good reaction.
0:24:28 > 0:24:31I think it would be good for Tasha because she's very confident
0:24:31 > 0:24:34but I think it will give her more confidence now that she doesn't
0:24:34 > 0:24:37have to put that much into her image and she can just be natural.
0:24:40 > 0:24:43MALE VOICE: Warning, warning, nuclear attack!
0:24:43 > 0:24:45'Attack, attack! It's lipsticks at dawn.
0:24:45 > 0:24:48'Liverpool lads and lasses pride themselves on their war paint.'
0:24:48 > 0:24:50Hi, POD!
0:24:50 > 0:24:53All girls in Liverpool where a lot of makeup, it's just how it goes.
0:24:53 > 0:24:56Scouse girls leave a lot of fake tan on the sheets.
0:24:56 > 0:24:58Or so I've heard, any way.
0:24:58 > 0:25:01How much makeup do Liverpudlian ladies wear?
0:25:01 > 0:25:04They're loads at the minute, and big, fake lashes.
0:25:04 > 0:25:06They put, like, two or three lots of eyelashes on.
0:25:06 > 0:25:09And then the big, red lips or the big, pink lips.
0:25:09 > 0:25:12- So quite a lot, is the answer. - Yeah, quite a lot.
0:25:12 > 0:25:14Do you reckon you can show me?
0:25:14 > 0:25:15# Lipstick
0:25:15 > 0:25:17# On her face. #
0:25:17 > 0:25:19I would do contouring. Scouse brows.
0:25:19 > 0:25:22You dye your brow and then you fill it in with pencil.
0:25:24 > 0:25:28It looks scary on most people. Really scary.
0:25:28 > 0:25:29You're laughing over there.
0:25:29 > 0:25:31SHE LAUGHS
0:25:31 > 0:25:34I love Liverpool and I love slap!
0:25:34 > 0:25:36Hello, POD.
0:25:36 > 0:25:38- Ellie?- What is that?!
0:25:38 > 0:25:40Is the circus in town?
0:25:40 > 0:25:43Looks like I've been punched! Like a really... A camp punch.
0:25:43 > 0:25:45Pwohh, glitter.
0:25:45 > 0:25:48Ellie, I sent you out to investigate Liverpool's obsession for slap,
0:25:48 > 0:25:50and you've come back looking like Frank-n-Furter
0:25:50 > 0:25:52from the Rocky Horror Picture Show.
0:25:52 > 0:25:55It is a bit, isn't it? I'll do the Time Warp again or something.
0:25:55 > 0:25:57Quite frankly, I think you should go out there
0:25:57 > 0:26:00and wipe face on first person you see.
0:26:00 > 0:26:03OK. If I'm arrested it's your fault. Bye. Urgh!
0:26:05 > 0:26:07Earlier we met Laura,
0:26:07 > 0:26:11pretty in pink but who'd taken orange to a whole new level.
0:26:11 > 0:26:13And Natasha whose pinup look was potty.
0:26:13 > 0:26:17POD peeled back their layers of slap to reveal their natural beauty.
0:26:17 > 0:26:20But have either of them kept their looks?
0:26:20 > 0:26:22# Ba-da! #
0:26:22 > 0:26:25No. Kind of.
0:26:25 > 0:26:28Laura, I think this is one of the biggest failures we've ever had.
0:26:28 > 0:26:30Really?
0:26:30 > 0:26:31What happened?
0:26:31 > 0:26:34I didn't like it and I was worried that everyone was just
0:26:34 > 0:26:36looking at me the way I looked cos I looked angry
0:26:36 > 0:26:38so I just had to wear my bad on my head.
0:26:38 > 0:26:41I find you do frustrating, because I thought your makeunder was
0:26:41 > 0:26:44brilliant, but you just totally didn't see that.
0:26:44 > 0:26:45No, I didn't like it.
0:26:45 > 0:26:48I feel a lot better being how I am cos it makes me feel more confident.
0:26:48 > 0:26:51I'd go out of the house like this, but my old look,
0:26:51 > 0:26:54I'd probably would never go out of the house like that, ever.
0:26:54 > 0:26:58- Those eyebrows are back, big time. - They're smaller than before.
0:26:58 > 0:27:01- Are they?- It's the first time I've had hair that matches my eyebrows.
0:27:01 > 0:27:04- But you have only got one pair of eyelashes.- I have.
0:27:04 > 0:27:06I look back now, I think, "Why did I wear so many?"
0:27:06 > 0:27:10So how do you feel now compared to before you had your makeunder?
0:27:10 > 0:27:14I do miss my look before in a way, but I do feel confident in myself
0:27:14 > 0:27:17more now, just for the fact that I feel like I can
0:27:17 > 0:27:20walk down the street and nobody's staring at me like they did before.
0:27:20 > 0:27:23I'm definitely going to keep the hair colour.
0:27:23 > 0:27:26Shall we have a celebratory slurp from our heart-shaped straws?
0:27:26 > 0:27:28It's pink, Laura, you'll love it. Go for it.
0:27:28 > 0:27:30# Sucking too hard don your lollipop
0:27:30 > 0:27:32# Oh, love's going to get you down. #
0:27:32 > 0:27:33Hello, POD!
0:27:33 > 0:27:37- Hello Ellie. How's your day been? - I'm exhausted.
0:27:37 > 0:27:40And I'm filthy, I've got Scouse slap all over my lens.
0:27:40 > 0:27:42SHE BREATHES ON LENS
0:27:42 > 0:27:44- OK.- That's better.
0:27:44 > 0:27:47Now go and find me some more fakers to makeunder.
0:27:47 > 0:27:50I'm afraid you can't. It's that time of the day
0:27:50 > 0:27:52when all the Scouse girls are getting ready.
0:27:52 > 0:27:54Curling tongues are going off all over the city.
0:27:54 > 0:27:56You'll just create a power outage!
0:27:56 > 0:27:58You, my friend, are going to have to POD off.
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