Going Knee-Deep in Mud on Rice Fields | Blood Sweat, And Takeaways S1 EP 2

Six young British food consumers go to live and work alongside the workers in Thailand's rice industry, where they must survive on a typical rice worker's wages.
Six typical young British food consumers go to live and work alongside the millions of people in South East Asia's food production industries. They must catch, harvest and process food products that we eat every day, seeing behind the scenes of the tuna, prawn, rice and chicken industries for the very first time. They eat, sleep and live with food workers in the poorest regions of Indonesia and Thailand, surviving on the same wages. The average wage for food workers here is around three pounds a day.
The group leave Indonesia behind and head to one of the poorest and most remote regions of Thailand to live and work in the rice-growing communities. They take on their toughest challenge yet, as they must survive on only the typical rice worker's wages they earn.
Can they handle the back-breaking working conditions of the 90 degree heat in the rice fields, with only one banana and a slice of bread to eat? Will they be able to do enough work to afford to pay the rent on their simple wooden shack or will they end up hungry and homeless, resorting to desperate measures just to survive?
Thailand is the biggest exporter of rice to the west and practically all the jasmine rice we eat in the UK comes from there. But the group are surprised at the high price being paid by the rice-growing communities forced apart from their families because of our high demand for such a cheap staple food.
The heavy workload catches up with Josh, who is sent to hospital with a serious infection picked up in the mud of the rice fields. Manos must come face-to-face with the killing of his favourite food, before the group follow the migrant workers from the open spaces of the countryside to the biggest slum in Thailand, to find alternative ways to earn a living.
From Blood, Sweat, and Takeaways (aired 2009)
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[@ionawatson517]

James the person you want on your team, Manos the person you don't want.

[@HAIRHOLIC_1]

Mason was annoying from the first 5min of this show, in every field he has caused troubles for the rest of the team. He’s a spoiled brat and I think his family should send him packing to Bangladesh to learn few things in life

[@Y0Leeroy2]

for real he wants to eat a chicken but when its time to kill it he pussyd out, starve then lol

[@LegalAlien100]

On my team?! I wouldn’t want Manos anywhere near me!!!

[@especiallyninety_751]

@@LegalAlien100 little bit far don’t you think? Like ok he was troublesome but it’s not nice to talk about him like that. Have a bit of human decency??

[@alamedadanceparty]

Got mad respect for James.

[@seandepagnier]

lets hope they pay the locals for not working while they film this

[@tweezerjam]

Whats the point of having kids if you never see them?

[@cristinarnold]

6th comment, woohoo 😉😂🤦🏼‍♀️🥺 does it really matter??

[@Em1ly949]

Right?🤣😂I know.. what do the “FIRST” commenters want? A medal 🥇🏆

[@bryanbrett8943]

Nope!

[@krisamagus1]

that's all you got out of this. So sad.

[@cristinarnold]

@@krisamagus1 wow, if you actually read my comment I was saying whay you just said. How frickin sad that people care who's first to comment or any comments like that make me sad. Because these videos are more important than those stupid ignorant type comments 🙄 im not a child, I wouldn't be watching this if I was. I was making fun of them trying to show how stupid it is. But I obviously screwed that up🤷🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️

[@krisamagus1]

@@cristinarnold I'm sorry then.

[@warmelonslime6886]

I think the blond guy is a lot more mature and capable of tackling situations than the rest, he has the right mindset while the others are constantly triying to run away crying

[@dixiejohnson5848]

1

[@jenrich111]

yeah cos he comes from a long line of farmers

[@MrTweetyhack]

that's cause he grew up on a farm and knows how to just work. People who grew up with everything are pretty useless all around.

[@shellc6743]

agree ... the others are ridiculously spoiled

[@missedz2372]

This is why you should be grateful and appreciate everything you have.

[@chynz330]

Before I even watch this series I know I can just say I already hate Manos’ attitude.

[@maameesi1984]

😀

[@Long_live_Da_Bully]

Yes he sucks.

[@jenettemerlini6035]

Change house to the cheaper second one, and stop standing around chatting to each other.....

[@wordhermit3tinvestigate4yo31]

They should do a a follow up show with this group to see how they have changed or not.

[@tamaraashby4694]

I honestly think manos is self centered and selfish

[@Y0Leeroy2]

maybe he is but these are just kids doing older peoples jobs, let alone a country you never been in and the nastiest living conditions on the planet. I agree with you, he's spoiled also but still

[@stoleethatsme]

@@Y0Leeroy2 Kids? Those are NOT kids, let's get serious here. Also "older people work"? WTH? Theres actual kids there who do the same work! So only older people slave in factories, work in water, carry their weight and provide? Absolute nonsense. Doesnt matter if he's spoiled he is just flat out LAZY, disrespectful and weak.

[@Y0Leeroy2]

@@stoleethatsme you try working out there and let’s see who’s lazy hahaha , and yes kids

[@didine256]

James is the kind of guy you want as a coworker, in your team, as a subordinate and probably as a manager one day

[@GherkinBitchs]

I was actually just thinking if there was an apocalypse of some kind, James would probably make it 😂

[@Em1ly949]

“I am dependent on my family & they have to Serve me!” 😳😳🤬Boy WTF?!

[@Lassieandfriends]

He makes me sick!!

[@jandj05]

Wow this is a good activity for us to know how food is important...its a big realization.. thank you

[@jennygreber7176]

I agree with you 100%

[@jennygreber7176]

Thank god for James👍💪💓 then there is the groups dead weight whose parents did him no favors by spoiling him Manos

[@jenettemerlini6035]

It's heart breaking how they only get to see their children twice a year.

[@harshitkapoor8625]

I live in india dharavi slum have u heard of it

[@jenettemerlini6035]

I hope the producers gave the family money for that chicken.

[@NuanceSociety]

James is such a darling 😭😭😭😭💕💕💕💕💕💕

[@yoda_1823]

Anyone has a follow-up on Manos? It would be interesting to see what he turned his life into....

[@Dwayne-Mobile1]

He probably either invented an app in his parents basement then paid their house off and Redecorated his basement....or he never graduated college and is still in basement earning credits online

[@DaveTran-]

He’s probably running one of those scamming call centers.

[@amarsethi8174]

James taking responsibility for the laziness and incompetence of manos and the girl shows the true qualities of a leader

[@thesuperping1]

The rent is a rip-off. That hut probably cost less than 3000 per month in rent. James is a great worker and excellent team member.

[@saaramohamed8921]

​@@chasewilliams5128not fair considering they were working in the rice feild

[@Em1ly949]

There’s geckos 🦎 on the walls at the market 🤣🤣🤣But they’re so Cute - Lizards 🦎🥰

[@Dwayne-Mobile1]

Manos is such a Karen

[@ellegaitor2887]

We honestly don’t know how privileged we are

[@jennygreber7176]

You're right about that..this is such an eye opener

[@harshitbasand3124]

@@jennygreber7176 I live in india dharavi slum

[@ADHbub304]

James juss earned my respect thru a video 💯😂 he was doin not only his work but manos’s and his partners work by himself 😂

[@viradestafel4260]

no wonder olu angry at manos,

[@sweetleilani85]

Manos knows how to push people's buttons and when someone does that to him he's not happy. The guy doesn't care about how he treats people he's very disrespectful.

[@babybopp9830]

They sent the wrong guy home. Manos should’ve left.

[@elementalsound7186]

That farmer Bit is a real G. Good man.

[@DaveTran-]

“This is the calm before the storm”? What the heck. Hissy Fit Manos IS the storm.

[@numberone5680]

Manos and Josh are spoiled babies. I’m surprised that Manos hasn’t been clobbered by everyone dealing with him.

[@pisdarl7391]

this is our daily life... We work in field in all seasons to produce food products for world and for us.

[@bryanbrett8943]

The world should thank you!

[@bryanbrett8943]

I know I do

[@MoreCoffeePlease.]

Thank you. 💛

[@aaronsamson6295]

Manos is shame to Bangladesh people..because Bangladesh are the most hardworking country if u see.

[@deemoo119]

This should be part of the curriculum, British children at appreciate what they have

[@britishempireno1fan851]

It’s not just Britain it’s the entire western world

[@chrizzamaebritanico2378]

I feel bad when Olu hit Manos on the glass. But right now, I'm glad he did 😶

[@aatsista]

I was just complaining that I didn't have my usual Thai Jasmine Rice for dinner. All we had was this garbage domestic store brand rice that was sitting at the back of the cupboard. It tasted gross & mealy! Now I know I need to keep supporting FAIR TRADE Jasmine Rice farmers cos it's such good quality for such back breaking work & low wages. :(

[@mungshoute480]

Appreciate these young teens, hope they value how grateful there life are

[@vanessa6236]

This is insane. I really wouldn't even want to live. This isn't living this is slaving barely having enough to eat. Man these poor villagers.

[@harshitkapoor8625]

I live in dharavi slum have u heard of it

[@ladydede88]

I wish bartering was a thing because a village can survive of it. People did for years till money came into play. Of the village people traded skills and labor life would be easier.

[@harshitkapoor8625]

@@ladydede88 I live in dharavi slum have u heard of it

[@Piterszczyk]

@@ladydede88 when did money come into play? You make it sound like it was recent whn in reality money has been present for thousands of years

[@ladydede88]

@@Piterszczyk i said villages so no I didn’t

[@jenettemerlini6035]

It's aggravating how slow they're working, then I remember that they're hot and hungry.

[@harshitkapoor8625]

I live in india have u heard of it I live in dharavi slum

[@thegrumpypapa9849]

My god, what a bunch of spoiled brats. What kind of children are we raising these days. Manos is the sorriest person I have seen in a long time.

[@KevSon29]

James is so much better than everyone in that group.

[@sashaendicott2837]

Nobody has given Josh enough credit!!

[@elizaknight6980]

This series is amazing. It truly opened my eyes.

[@fadhhassan6619]

So olu from the 1st episode is right about manos.. manos is totally #$&@#$&

[@laudaagmano]

This is what I thought.. 🙃🙃

[@zikhonazumana8027]

Manos is so annoying

[@AlinaMolnar2024]

Big dislike for Manos ....👎👎👎👎👎👎.

[@abdullahmuhsinbinahmadlutf4442]

They should have kicked Manos out instead of Olu at the start.

[@MerkabaMM]

I feel the same way🎯🎯🎯

[@efrendodztv5753]

Manos shows big shame to his race!

[@amandajones4549]

The narrator doesn’t know the difference between brought and bought, for goodness sake!

[@harshitkapoor8625]

I live in dharavi slum have u heard of it

That James dude is kind of guy i'll crack one cold with. Happily.,

[@aviansato1275]

Memos need to go home

[@jenettemerlini6035]

Are the bosses exploiting their workers, or are they poor too, and giving fair wages??

[@JoJo-hg7tg]

Pretty sure the owners are poor too

[@ladydede88]

@@JoJo-hg7tg I do t think they are.

[@TysMommy609]

They’re definitely also poor. They were saying each bag of rice (from the factory) will sell for £17 as is, and then it’ll be broken down into small packets and sold for up to £140, so they Western companies are making about £123 or about a 700% profit on each bag of rice. By weight, there’s around 900 bags of finished rice on each truck but when you factor in wages, the cost of the rice, and general overhead, there’s probably not much of a profit left.

[@sonyamara6558]

Manos is jst too difficult!🤦‍♀️

[@aatsista]

He's a coward.

[@Tammissa]

Yeah, finally! I’ve been waiting for the rest of the episodes.

[@problemswithmark]

Filmed in 2005 2006 and not one thing as changed, in fact I would say it's got worse with people wanting more and more cheaper goods and poor people being exploited for the Western world.

[@TheElderFidelis]

Dude's stealing food after not eating for 12 hours lol come on now

[@alexleadon393]

Well he did work in the boiling sun for hours on that field lol

[@cindy-ml7vo]

'For the middle class to do well, you need the poorer class to write for them' -Manos. What? How about having the richer class buying your product and you offering a good wage to your employees.

[@saaramohamed8921]

People forget that if the richer people are the richer you'll be. If the poorer calls earned more money they would spend more on middle income businesses

[@baligrewal6206]

Send Manos home he is not being a team player

[@dorothystuckey3733]

MANOS what a immature boy in denial. He gives up and doesn't respect anyone. a spoiled brat! Tragic to see a grown man act like he does. Pull your own weight. That's what happens when mommy n daddy hands u everything.

[@Roni-xw9pr]

I don’t think this is the first video of this series. I think this is the second. Because it says that they were in Indonesia first.

[@llamazarecool]

This is originally episode 3 of the series. Just the uploader is uploading this series backwards of the story 😅

[@JoJo-hg7tg]

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[@harshitkapoor8625]

I'm from dharavi slum have u heard of it

[@lifeandhomewithmeredith9050]

Every person in the world needs to watch this! Much Love to all

[@harshitkapoor8625]

I live in dharavi slum have u heard of it

[@lifeandhomewithmeredith9050]

@@harshitkapoor8625 I just looked it up. What kind of work do you do?

[@harshitkapoor8625]

@@lifeandhomewithmeredith9050 I'm a garbage picker

[@harshitkapoor8625]

@@lifeandhomewithmeredith9050 I'm a garbage picker

[@harshitkapoor8625]

@@lifeandhomewithmeredith9050 are u on instagram

[@Quick81]

What a horrible, ungrateful, selfish, antagonising and arrogant “person” Manos is. And he has no idea what middle class is. Unbelievable

[@TheSewingHub]

Aye same wae fast fashion never seen so much consumption we do here in my country but leave so much poverty behind us in another country. The fact they lost the farmer money and don't realise how serious it is. Its disheartening for the farmer to lose the rice that goes on their plates. Manos an anarchist but happy to let low paid workers make his food that's equality Manos all theory but no experience in the matter. No real life experience but a lot of expectations!

[@mercy8669]

Manos been catching an altitude for no reason, he is acting all high and mighty even after what he went through.

[@didine256]

Manos is a despicable character, ungrateful, entitled, judgmental, lazy, awful

[@bryanbrett8943]

This is an experience all teenagers should have! It would hopefully give them a better perspective on just how good they have it!

[@jennygreber7176]

And it humbles

[@goose010386]

Manoa is such a spoilt and lazy brat!! On top of that he shows no team spirit and is full of self pity. How frustrating 😡

[@MerkabaMM]

They should have sent Mano straight home, he’s super annoying. They really should have kept Olu. He didn’t mean to break the glass.. Mano would make ANYONE break that glass😂... Now he has problems with the 🐔 ...my goodness

[@Weber1987]

I feel bad for James he is the only one worth a f@$% and the only mature one... and the girls are a absolute shame and embarrassment!

[@cikotan6994]

James is such a good father figure

[@mmmfun77]

Manors is a ridiculous. He is definitely a man child

[@bobbiegrant398]

What gets me is how the locals are robbing the outsiders.

[@camrenwick]

There's no man in Manos.

[@kennethyoung141]

James is the key to the team and Manos is the weak link and nothing but selfish .

[@carajames6696]

Manos really needs to learn to take criticism and buck up. I know it is not fun, but they need to eat and it isnt fair to the rest of the group. Jess also needs to pull her weight.

[@bryanbrett8943]

They both are spoiled brats who don't deserve the lifestyle they've been given!

[@JoJo-hg7tg]

He's spoiled and an immature child. How is he going in real world? I agree with Josh. They shouldn't have to carry Manos

[@rehanwho]

James is so reliable.

[@wordhermit3tinvestigate4yo31]

Manu threw the food on the floor so selfish and spiteful.

[@thescientist7458]

I think the farmer boy was infected by the negativity of the group

[@ann-mariebaker118]

James is the only one with a common sense 👍can't believe even in 2021 we still have this "middle class" my employer is always going on about being middle class, whilst looking down his nose at me 😡😡 Manos is selfish, spoilt & ungrateful

[@sammyruncorn4165]

To be fair. This is quite an old series (12 years, has been uploaded only a year or so on youtube). But yeah I hate his attitude too.

[@alexisbloodwood5587]

I'm gonna miss our chickens once the flock dies out. One of my favorite things is seeing them run to one side of the yard just to say hi and get some scritchies. I've had three flocks at this point and seeing them scratch around at the backyard is a sight that lights up my day more than the sun

[@dianne1881]

Why is like the person who has immigrant heritage are more like complaining,ignorant pretentious, in these shows like the black girl working in african mining, the indian girl working on indian cotton field, and this guy manos.,

[@saaramohamed8921]

They feel the shame more so they act that way as a way to hide that shame

[@Lassieandfriends]

“We’re starving” ... 2 days without food is HUNGRY not starving. These people are ridiculous.

[@evalevy2909]

For most people especially those not accustomed to it out does feel like starving. Blood sugar will drop and they will be weakened by the physical labor.

[@SharonJacobs-r2h]

Supposing that they're truly "roughing it " would be a bit of a stretch. Somewhere along the line, they're still managing to bathe, wash their hair, wear clean clothes every day, and the women are even wearing makeup ?...😮

[@empathymankind6956]

😷2:13....DAMN OLU😩😢😷

[@mydenmel]

you should’ve gone to philippines there are rice fields thee too and people might give you free food as well...

[@jennygreber7176]

They complain they're slow at the work and not good but it's their first time doing such work and perhaps after a couple weeks they'd b better..

[@Nimvar]

51:37...that's not how you kill it...you put it's head on a stump and use an axe, also when plucking you dip it in boiling water after killing it and the feathers come off real easy

[@bryanbrett8943]

Thats how YOU do it Lol

[@healerlove3219]

Back in Bangladesh his country fellows more struggle than Thai , he is lucky he born in u.k

[@Waffles84]

Welcome to real world. And people and kids complain about living in the US and in the UK. You don’t know how good you have it until you go to somewhere like this. So I hope it is a good eye-opener. I have traveled overseas. It is not the tourist attractions these people don’t have a choice they must survive. Just with the chicken that they had they don’t understand that one chicken could’ve gone for several meals for everyone. They should have boiled The bones and the feet, made a broth or stock, shredded a small amount of chicken and added rice and herbs. That chicken could have fed them for a couple of days. They have no idea how to survive on so little

[@lexi2345]

Yes thank you!! I’m 18 and I believe that once in everyone’s life they should travel outside the country. It’s a huge eye opener, I believe people don’t really understand what goes on in other countries because we are all privileged and sheltered to a certain extent.

[@meYogii_]

Young people is sometimes served on a silver-plate by their parents. You do have to work to earn money. I don't understand the guy who loves chicken but doesn't care where it's from unless it's cheap. And all the animals we eat are killed, you can't eat it when it's alive... I'm so happy though that I live where I live cause we have strict laws about how to handle animals, both as pets and those we breed to eat.

[@darthdim544]

In Greece we also implement high standards, for chickens and pigs atleast. The rest we mostly import, unfortunately.

[@harshitkapoor8625]

I'm from india dharavi slum have u heard of it

[@meYogii_]

@@harshitkapoor8625 yes?

[@harshitkapoor8625]

@@meYogii_ I also live in dharavi

[@harshitkapoor8625]

@@meYogii_ are u on instagram

[@conartist9345]

Olu shoulf have come back and knock the lights out of that lazy drama queen indian Manos.

[@zeldazerafa1]

Eat local everyone. It's not worth eating prawn curry. I wouldn't want to see another prawn or bowl of rice EVER again by this stage.

[@ladydede88]

Then these workers would out of work all together

[@languishinga7368]

Mano is so spoilt.

[@Em1ly949]

I wish all these shows were about Brits experiences India 🇮🇳 like the last one with the clogged toilet they never fixed

[@harshitkapoor8625]

I'm from india 😌

[@harshitkapoor8625]

Where they visit I live there

[@harshitkapoor8625]

I live in dharavi slum here we are like daily wage people u can ask me anything if u want

[@Em1ly949]

@@harshitkapoor8625 Namaste 🙏🏻🇮🇳

[@Em1ly949]

@@harshitkapoor8625 Do y’all get enough food to eat? 🥺

[@mygodrocksbiggo5086]

Jess miss Paris saying Manos about not doing day of war says the girl who still lives with mummy daddy and constant moaning is she for real

[@webbotubes]

Manos is so ridiculous 🙄

[@Jupit_hare]

Why did they let him waste that food? They could have said alright if you don't want it it's ours

[@marvinmahehu1848]

All I can think when watching this is 7 deadly sins.

[@DeluluIsTheSolulu]

That poor chicken 😔

[@pamwasham2152]

when blind people watch these episodes we can’t read the translations when people are talking in foreign languages. This is very annoying and distressing. They could have a voiceover that reads the words at the bottom of the screen. I wish they would. I’m sure no one thinks of it unless they can’t see or maybe they have dyslexia. I love these special shows like this and I would like to know what everyone is saying. I feel sad when I don’t know what the people who live in the foreign countries are talking about. that part is one of the most important parts of the whole show. I feel sad to miss that part.

[@bobsmith5441]

They're basically just calling them useless in various different languages. Maybe you can't read this comment. Take care

[@ewaste-jd-preciousmetals3723]

I'm in love with Stacey ❤️.

[@Hellastreet700]

Thailand people seem really cool !!!

[@bryanbrett8943]

They really are!

[@phina8392]

Yes they are, so are Cambodian people..