Show Me What You're Made Of
Show Me What You're Made Of is a CBBC documentary series hosted by Stacey Dooley. The series follows British children as they go around the world to experience some of the world's toughest jobs for themselves. Each series is filmed in a different place around the world. As of 2017, seven series have aired. The first series aired on 12 December 2011.
Show Me What You're Made Of | |
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Genre | Children Documentary |
Starring | Stacey Dooley |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
No. of series | 7 |
No. of episodes | 35 |
Production | |
Running time | 28 minutes |
Release | |
Original network | CBBC (2012–)
CBBC HD (2013–) BBC One (2011–2012) |
Picture format | 576i |
Original release | 12 December 2011 – Present |
Chronology | |
Related shows | Stacey Dooley Investigates Blood, Sweat and T-shirts |
External links | |
Website |
Development and production
A second series aired in December 2012, and a third series in December 2013 which saw a change of location from South East Asia to Brazil. Each episode sees Dooley take the children to a factory or farm to experience life as a worker. A fourth and fifth series were announced on CBBC's 'Be on a Show' website in February 2014. These took place in Africa and the UK. The fourth series later aired in December 2014, and the fifth series began in October 2015. A sixth series was announced in May 2016 and a seventh series began airing from 17 April - 15 May 2017.
Broadcasts
The series was originally broadcast on BBC one for the first series until the BBC stopped children's broadcasting on BBC one. The show then moved to CBBC and CBBC HD from the second series onwards.
Series overview
Series | Episodes | Originally aired | |||
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First aired | Last aired | ||||
1 | 5 | 12 December 2011 | 16 December 2011 | ||
2 | 5 | 10 December 2012 | 14 December 2012 | ||
3 | 5 | 2 December 2013 | 6 December 2013 | ||
4 | 5 | 15 December 2014 | 19 January 2015 | ||
5 | 5 | October 2015 | November 2015 | ||
6 | 5 | November 2016 | December 2016 | ||
7 | 5 | 17 April 2017 | 15 May 2017 |
Episodes
Series | Episode (in series) | Episode (overall) | Title | Notes |
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1 | 1 | 1 | Toys | Milly and Jonas are demoted, Nia gets a wage |
1 | 2 | 2 | Clothes | Jonas and Nathaniel are demoted, Emma, Milly and Nia get a wage |
1 | 3 | 3 | Jewellery | Jonas and Nathaniel are fired |
1 | 4 | 4 | Electronics | |
1 | 5 | 5 | Silk | |
2 | 1 | 6 | Trainers | Jade is ill, Mattie and Ellie are fired and Ewan and Callum get a wage |
2 | 2 | 7 | Cosmetics | Ellie gets a wage |
2 | 3 | 8 | Jeans | Ewan, Callum and Jade get a wage |
2 | 4 | 9 | Tuna | Ewan and Callum are demoted but get promoted, Ellie gets demoted and Ewan, Callum, Jade and Mattie get a wage |
2 | 5 | 10 | Chocolate | The group are demoted but get promoted and Callum and Ellie get a wage |
3 | 1 | 11 | Bikes | Michael, Olly and Mali are demoted, Kassia and Rhianna get a wage |
3 | 2 | 12 | Prawns | Michael, Olly and Rhianna are demoted, Kassia and Mali get a wage |
3 | 3 | 13 | Technology | Michael is fired (though later returns), Olly and Mali are demoted and Kassia and Mali get a wage |
3 | 4 | 14 | Cattle | Michael, Rhianna and Mali are demoted on the first task, but the whole group are given a wage |
3 | 5 | 15 | Hats | The group are demoted, but all receive a wage |
4 | 1 | 16 | Cocoa | Jasmine and Emily are demoted, Jasmine and Robbie get a wage. |
4 | 2 | 17 | E-Waste | The group get demoted but Robbie and Edward get a wage. |
4 | 3 | 18 | Pineapple Farm | Emily and Edward get demoted, Robbie gets to supervise and the whole group are given a wage |
4 | 4 | 19 | Clothing and Skateboard Factory | Emily, Jasmine, Kathryn and Robbie are demoted, Edward, Jasmine and Robbie get a wage |
4 | 5 | 20 | Diamonds | Kathryn and Emily get demoted though the whole group are given a wage. |
5 | 1 | 21 | Strawberries | We meet the five children, Noah, Hansa and Kazia would be offered a job but Safia and Josh wouldn't. |
5 | 2 | 22 | Textiles | Noah does well again and becomes in charge of the group, he would get offered a job, however, the other four wouldn't. |
5 | 3 | 23 | Buses | Noah is unable to do the first task due to an allergic reaction to peanuts, Kazia and Hansa do not do good work on the first task, however the first task was a night shift and the second task was in the day so the children coped better. Noah however did not do as well as he had done in previous episodes as he said that "cleaning was not his thing". Safia and Josh would be given a job with Josh being the star employee. |
5 | 4 | 24 | Fish Factory | |
5 | 5 | 25 | Clothes | |
6 | 1 | 26 | Bags | We meet five new teens Ellie McHugh, Alice Marosi, Faith Jamieson,Joe Hannay and Sam Evans. Ellie and Sam, get demoted and Faith was upset about the conditions of where she was staying for the night at a local home in Cambodia. |
6 | 2 | 27 | Coffee | Alice and Sam got demoted , with Faith as supervisor for the demoted two, Ellie refuses to work at a tribal farm but eventually feeds some pigs, All but Sam got a wage at the end. |
6 | 3 | 28 | Onesies | It was against boys and girls .Girls got promoted and Boys got demoted .The girls had a day at the local school nearby. Only Ellie got a wage at the factory. |
6 | 4 | 29 | Tea | Sam got fired after not doing the first job properly and nobody got a wage due to the damage caused to the tea leaves during the first task ,which damaged at least £150 of leaves. |
6 | 5 | 30 | Fish | The teens didn't do the fish cans properly but no one was demoted or promoted . Ellie, Sam and Alice do the most gruesome job at the factory, Ellie and Alice mess around and we see Ellie chase people with fish? At the end all of the group earned a wage from the factory. |
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