BBC Three 2014 1 season 3 eps 14+ Returning series

Slum Survivors

2014 1 season 3 eps 14+

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Season 1

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Season 1

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60 min

S1 · E1 Jul 7, 2014

Mechanics in Lagos Episode 1

In Lagos, Nigeria, three British mechanics are guided and challenged for ten days by extraordinary slum dwellers who use dedication, passion and guts to succeed. Being the best here is tough - the environment is brutal and the work relentless. It's an explosive combination of frustration and success for our three mechanics, but do they have what it takes to call themselves Slum Survivors?

6.8 · You

60 min

S1 · E2 Jul 14, 2014

Chefs in Jakarta Episode 2

Three trainee chefs swap their clean UK kitchens for rat-infested street food stalls in Indonesia's toughest slums. For ten days they live and work with locals who started with nothing, but through hard work and dedication have become successful street cooks in Jakarta. They need to keep a lid on their tempers and show passion and flair if they are to impress the slum's most demanding customers. But will the punishing hours, menial work and weird local dishes stand in their way of learning the skills to turn their lives around back home?

6.8 · You

60 min

S1 · E3 Jul 21, 2014

Plumbers in Mumbai Episode 3

Three plumbers get down and dirty in some of India's most notorious slums where they learn to plumb the local way in the open sewers of Mumbai. It's back to basics for this enthusiastic trio who don't know the meaning of hard work and soon realise that being a slum plumber is much tougher than it looks. But can they return home with newfound skills and the confidence to call themselves Slum Survivors?

3 episodes in Season 1

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Series in which a group of young people are put through their paces as they embark on a crash course in urban survival in some of the world's biggest slums.

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Total runtime 3h 0m · Episode length 60 min · Country United Kingdom

Show info

Premiered

July 7, 2014

Final episode

July 21, 2014

Status

Returning series

Network

BBC Three

Country

United Kingdom

Type

Scripted

Episode length

60 min

Total runtime

3h 0m

Original language

English

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