Toughest Place to be a...

Toughest Place To Be A...
Country of origin United Kingdom
Original language(s) English
No. of series 4
No. of episodes 15
Production
Producer(s) Simon Davies
Running time 60 mins
Release
Original network BBC Two
BBC HD
Picture format 1080i (HDTV)
Original release 13 February 2011

Toughest Place To Be A... is a BBC Two television documentary which offered various working or retired professionals in the United Kingdom a different and more challenging working environment in the same profession they worked in.[1] These individuals travel to a foreign country to learn and work under the new environment for ten days. First broadcast in February 2011, a total of fifteen episodes were produced since. In the United States the programme is aired on Al Jazeera America.

Episodes

Series 1

Episode No. Airdate Title Location Total viewers Weekly channel ranking
1 13 February 2011 Toughest Place to be a Paramedic Guatemala City, Guatemala 2.16m 16
2 20 February 2011 Toughest Place to be a Bus Driver Manila, Philippines 2.06m 17
3 27 February 2011 Toughest Place to be a Midwife Monrovia, Liberia 1.79m 26

Series 2

Episode No. Airdate Title Location Total viewers Weekly channel ranking
1 29 January 2012 Toughest Place to be a Bin Man Jakarta, Indonesia 2.68m 4
2 5 February 2012 Toughest Place to be a Fisherman Mania, Sierra Leone 2.02m 21
3 12 February 2012 Toughest Place to be a Train Driver Cerro de Pasco, Peru 2.86m 4

Series 3

Episode No. Airdate Title Location Total viewers Weekly channel ranking
1 19 August 2012 Toughest Place to be a Miner Mongolia 1.56m 18
2 26 August 2012 Toughest Place to be a Ferryman Dhaka, Bangladesh Under 1.39m Outside top 30
3 2 September 2012 Toughest Place to be a Nurse Ciudad Juárez, Mexico 1.64m 14

Series 4

Episode No. Airdate Title Location Total viewers Weekly channel ranking
1 10 March 2013 Toughest Place to be a Taxi Driver Mumbai, India 2.02m 9
2 17 March 2013 Toughest Place to be a Farmer Kenya 1.38m 22
3 24 March 2013 Toughest Place to be a Firefighter Brazil Under 1.22m Outside top 30

The Return

The workers from the first two seasons return to the countries that challenged them, revisiting the hosts that accommodated them and testing the skills they learned from their past experiences.

Episode No. Airdate Title Location Total viewers Weekly channel ranking
1 31 March 2013 Toughest Place to be a Bus Driver Manila, Philippines 1.19m 27
2 7 April 2013 Toughest Place to be a Fisherman Mania, Sierra Leone 1.22m 25
3 21 April 2013 Toughest Place to be a Bin Man Jakarta, Indonesia 1.73m 12

Response

In the episodes, the plight of the difficult situation faced by the hosts (who housed and gave on-job training to the British professional) in the foreign countries can be noticed. For the case of fishing, the episode's broadcast has led to a supportive response from the UK fishing industry and the setting up of a fundraising charity for fishing communities in Sierra Leone.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Wollaston, Sam (5 February 2012). "TV review: Toughest Place to Be a … Fisherman; Being Human; The Cricklewood Greats". The Guardian (UK). Retrieved 25 March 2012.
  2. ↑ "'Phenomenal' response to fisherman's TV challenge". Cornish Guardian. 7 March 2012. Retrieved 25 March 2012.

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