🏘️ Zero Stars (2026) - Season 1 Episode 1 ★ SERIES PREMIERE
In a world obsessed with ratings, one review can destroy a life. In Episode 1 "The First Review", a struggling entrepreneur receives a devastating zero-star rating that spirals into public humiliation, financial ruin, and personal crisis. As secrets surface and alliances shift, the question isn't just who gave the review — but why. Who deserves redemption... and who deserves the truth?
🔹 Episode Highlights:
• The devastating review: a single rating triggers a cascade of consequences
• Public vs. private: social media outrage collides with personal struggle
• Character introductions: victims, perpetrators, and those caught in between
• Moral ambiguity: is the review justified, malicious, or something in between?
• Signature Zero Stars intensity: social commentary + emotional depth + unforgettable twists
🔹 Series Info:
• Format: Drama / Social Thriller / Character-Driven Serial
• Original Network: [Streaming Platform] / International Distribution
• Series Launch: 2026 | Season: 1 | Episode: 1 | Title: "The First Review" ★ PREMIERE
• Setting: Modern Urban Setting | Language: English
• Runtime: ~42-45 minutes (full) | Clip/Highlight version: ~10-15 min
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In a world obsessed with ratings, one review can destroy a life. In Episode 1 "The First Review", a struggling entrepreneur receives a devastating zero-star rating that spirals into public humiliation, financial ruin, and personal crisis. As secrets surface and alliances shift, the question isn't just who gave the review — but why. Who deserves redemption... and who deserves the truth?
🔹 Episode Highlights:
• The devastating review: a single rating triggers a cascade of consequences
• Public vs. private: social media outrage collides with personal struggle
• Character introductions: victims, perpetrators, and those caught in between
• Moral ambiguity: is the review justified, malicious, or something in between?
• Signature Zero Stars intensity: social commentary + emotional depth + unforgettable twists
🔹 Series Info:
• Format: Drama / Social Thriller / Character-Driven Serial
• Original Network: [Streaming Platform] / International Distribution
• Series Launch: 2026 | Season: 1 | Episode: 1 | Title: "The First Review" ★ PREMIERE
• Setting: Modern Urban Setting | Language: English
• Runtime: ~42-45 minutes (full) | Clip/Highlight version: ~10-15 min
🎧 Prefer audio? Listen to drama recaps & social commentary podcasts on Spotify, Apple Podcasts.
👉 Enjoying the series? Hit LIKE, SUBSCRIBE, and comment: "Was the zero-star review fair? 👇" Turn on notifications 🔔 for Episode 2!
#ShowTVMovies #ZeroStars #DramaSeries #TheFirstReview #S01E01 #SocialThriller #StreamingOriginal #BingeWatch #CharacterDrama #ReviewCulture
⚠️ Copyright Disclaimer: This video is shared for promotional, review, and informational purposes only. All rights to "Zero Stars" belong to the respective producers and networks. This upload complies with Fair Use guidelines (Section 107, U.S. Copyright Act). No copyright infringement intended.
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00:24Oh
00:3390% of it is a wonderful relaxing experience with just 10% assault
00:42We're here baby most travelers avoid bad reviews
00:45Let's see what the review says
00:47One star
00:47One star
00:48One star
00:49I've never seen anything more stupid
00:50If I could give it zero stars I would
00:52But not us
00:53I'm a woman in a man's world I make up my own mind
00:56I'm Sarah Pascoe
00:58I'm brilliant at this
00:59I'm Roisin Conaty
01:00Come on fishy fishy
01:02We're comedians but more importantly best friends
01:05As someone who has received bad reviews I will always try to look to the good
01:09So we're turning the tables on the review sites
01:12They were so busy typing in their phone only that they've got to look out
01:15And visiting places based on the worst reviews
01:18I'm closer it's nothing to be afraid of
01:21My review is 100 stars
01:23But will this journey of salvation be a five star fun fest?
01:27I'm an absolute killer
01:30Or are we in for a holiday from hell?
01:52Istanbul baby
01:56It's got a lot going on
01:57It smells delicious
01:59Hello
02:01I would like to eat some lovely Turkish food
02:04Am I getting helim?
02:06You betcha
02:06Am I getting sujuk?
02:07You betcha
02:08Am I getting Ashkender?
02:09You betcha
02:09I'm going to get run over
02:10Am I going to get run over?
02:12You betcha
02:16Over 18 million tourists per year travel to Istanbul
02:20The only major city in the world that straddles two continents
02:24Asia and Europe
02:25Which one online reviewer says
02:28Is smelly, packed and gave her husband food poisoning
02:31So we're here to find out if she's right
02:33We've got reviews, optimism and a jumbo pack of Imodium
02:39So what's the name of the hotel?
02:41Uh, Elite
02:42It's like a comedy show
02:44We're home
02:45That's great
02:46I love it
02:47Only we were not laughing
02:49Like my gigs
02:50We're staying at the Elite World Hotel
02:53And at first glance
02:55It looks luxurious
02:57Opulent in fact
02:59But we're here because this five star hotel
03:03Has a secret
03:04Oh the lobby looks nice
03:06Is that reassuring?
03:11I think this is stunning
03:12It is pretty
03:14Very five star-y
03:16Yeah
03:16Glamour
03:20Oh
03:21Oh
03:22Oh
03:22Oh
03:23Yeah
03:30They've all had hair transplants
03:31Yeah
03:34Close
03:35What's that stare?
03:37It's a hair transplant hotel
03:38Imagine you come on your honeymoon
03:42All the vans are for the clinic
03:44What have you signed me up for?
03:46This isn't me
03:46I'm anti-plastic surgery
03:48This isn't me
03:49I think you're all beautiful as you are
03:52Not you
03:53You made the right
03:56Plastic surgery in terms of beauty treatments
03:58Is probably one of the biggest tourist attractions in Istanbul
04:01And the hotel we're staying at has got loads of people
04:05Who are ostensibly on holiday
04:07Have come from other countries to get hair transplants
04:11To get all different kinds of surgery
04:13In fact hair transplants make up half of Turkey's medical tourism industry
04:17Worth over one billion dollars a year
04:21That's a lot of cash sloshing around
04:23Speaking of sloshing around
04:25We're off to Istanbul's legendary waterway
04:27The boss for us
04:28The only time I've ever missed a flight was in Istanbul
04:31Left the hotel five hours before my flight
04:33And wasn't even close to making it
04:35Taxi driver gave me a packet of cigarettes to ease the stress
04:38Start smoking
04:39You're never going to make your plane
04:41You're going to live here
04:42And you're going to smoke
04:44Sometimes you don't move for up to 20 minutes and up
04:46That's not even the worst part
04:48The constant honking while nothing is moving is
04:51Well we've not heard any honking
04:52It's all been very civilised
04:54There's the honking
04:56Wow guys
04:57You manifested it
04:59That is
05:00What you focus on frostburs
05:01Now you point it out
05:03Everyone's honking
05:04Let's get the honking on
05:07Everyone's honking 24-7
05:09How did I not notice that?
05:11It's a honk off
05:12It's a honk off
05:12This place be honking
05:15Thankfully I've got a more peaceful way of getting around the sights
05:20Water bikes on the Bosphorus
05:23Yep
05:23That sounds fun
05:24Isn't it?
05:25Beautiful open water
05:27You seem to be skipping over the word water bikes
05:29What I'm really hoping to get out of it
05:31It's 45 minutes of seeing all the best parts of Istanbul
05:34I've done it
05:34Tick it off the list
05:42Hello
05:42Hello
05:43Hello
05:43We're here to do the water bikes?
05:45Yes
05:46And this is not like a normal bicycle
05:48You are doing back
05:49And this boat is going back
05:51And you are doing forward
05:52This boat goes forward
05:53That's easy
05:54And this is like that
05:55I'll take your photos with your phone
05:57It's very sunshine photos
05:58Totally 45 minutes
06:00Has anyone ever fallen in the water?
06:02No
06:02I believe that we could be the first people to fall in ever off a water bike in the Bosphorus
06:07Yes
06:07I've never seen anything like this
06:09It's a bike
06:12It's a boat
06:13And it's a decking for your back garden
06:16When I first saw the bike
06:18I thought, oh yeah
06:18It's just an ironing board on a lilo
06:21You should go first
06:22And she is coming to be on the back side
06:24Okay
06:25Okay
06:25You're leading
06:26I don't know if that's the best of the plan
06:27Okay
06:28Don't
06:29I'd rather not be out on my own
06:30Okay
06:31All right
06:31Are you okay?
06:32Yep
06:32Okay
06:33Roshan, right behind you
06:34Okay, careful, Sarah
06:36Careful
06:36Why?
06:37I'm not about to crash into you
06:38Imagine if we drove cars, Roshan
06:41How dangerous the roads would be
06:43I'm backing up
06:44Okay
06:45It's one of the dirtiest waterways in the world
06:47So the jeopardy of falling in is more than it's ever been
06:51It's time to get out of this canal and on to the Bosphorus
06:54If we can
06:56There's a big boat coming
06:58Okay, you should be
06:59We've got right of way because we're basically pedestrians
07:02You should go left
07:03Left?
07:04This way?
07:04Ma'am
07:05Left
07:06Left
07:06I have to let the boat pass
07:08Yeah
07:08I'm making a TV programme
07:11It should wait for me
07:12I don't think it's that relaxing
07:14Do you not feel relaxed?
07:15No, and there's a canoe coming towards me as well
07:18I've got a boat and a canoe
07:19We're just drifting
07:21We're just drifting embarrassingly
07:22There's another boat
07:23There's loads of boats
07:24Oh no, now we're going to stop
07:26No, we shouldn't be going down here
07:28But I'm going to have to back out
07:30Oh, Roshan
07:31Right, I'm backing out
07:32I'm backing out
07:33Of course it's not safe
07:33Don't crash into the back of me
07:34And this boat's about to hit us
07:35I don't know my left from right
07:37Can you tell him I don't know my left from right?
07:39All of a sudden it was rush hour
07:41You are about to hit a canoe
07:42You're going to hit a canoe
07:43Sorry, I can't avoid you, canoe
07:46Hellish
07:47Hellish
07:48It's hellish
07:49I think the key is to go fast
07:51And make people avoid us
07:53I'm happy here
07:55Rosh, I'm on the open water
07:57Catch me up
07:58There's a canoe
08:00Can someone help me?
08:02Wait, wait, wait
08:04There's a canoe and a boat
08:05I can't even see you, Roshan
08:07I'm coming back for you
08:09I'm turning as fast as I can
08:12There's a fast boat coming
08:14I mean
08:14I'm turning as fast as I can
08:18Sarah, this is the worst
08:23Maybe this way's better
08:24Is this way better?
08:26Back and right
08:26Right
08:27I don't know my right from left
08:29I can't see anything
08:31There's another bloody ship coming
08:32It's going to be the sun
08:34But what are the rules of the water?
08:36No problem
08:37Sarah, at least you've got some action
08:38I've been parked up for most of it
08:40Come out during the fun
08:41It's just dodging boats
08:42I keep trying to
08:43And I keep getting bullied back in
08:44Careful, you're going to squish me
08:46We did struggle to command the water
08:48Have you ever tried to drive an ironing board?
08:50I'm coming, Sarah
08:51Come
08:54Okay
08:54Where is Shane?
08:56Where is Shane?
08:57Where's my friend?
09:01It's like a spin class
09:03A hellish spin class
09:05It's like SoulCycle with Jeopardy
09:07Ma'am, you should do back
09:09Do back
09:11You again
09:13You're very bossy
09:14Me and Ibo
09:15Our guys fell out right from the beginning really
09:18Call me Madam
09:18Madam's my mother
09:21And yeah, just telling me
09:23Right, left, backwards, forwards
09:24I don't respond well to alpha males
09:27I'm in a woman in a man's world
09:29I make up my own mind
09:30Right, this is it
09:31The open water, Roisin
09:33This is where we came on holiday
09:36Oh my God
09:37Roisin, it's the sea
09:39Finally
09:40We've made it to the Bosphorus
09:42You get down the end
09:43And it's really beautiful
09:44It is
09:45You get to the main waterway
09:47And it's open water
09:48And you're on an ironing board
09:50And you feel like Tom Hanks in Castaway
09:53You're like
09:53I shouldn't be allowed out here
09:59The time has come
10:00To ironing board our way
10:02To some Byzantine history
10:04So there was a moment
10:05Where it did get really good
10:08I got to the end of the waterway
10:10I could see the expanse
10:11Of the rippling blue ocean
10:18It's about to get amazing
10:21Turn it back
10:22My time was up
10:24I had to turn around and come back
10:25Saying turn back
10:26What do you want us to do?
10:27OK, so we've mainly had a tour of the canal
10:31We haven't made it to the UNESCO World Heritage Sites
10:34But we have seen a lot of angry canoeists
10:36And there's the trip back down the canal to enjoy
10:41Roisin's shutting the locals up
10:42He's got the broom out for me
10:49He's going to shoo me away
10:52Thank you
10:55Thank you
10:56Here I am
10:57Getting the brush off
10:58As per
10:59Thank you so much
11:00Thank you
11:01I think if it had been very relaxing
11:05It might not have been as memorable
11:07Yeah, she leapt off that boat like a baby deer
11:11Oh my god, I've got survivor's euphoria
11:13Sorry about my attitude
11:15No problem
11:16Oh, you got off nice and graceful
11:17I crawled off
11:18He hates me
11:19I've made a really powerful enemy on the water
11:22My legs are all shaky like a spin class
11:24Well, we've worked hard
11:27It was absolutely
11:28A long, long time on the river
11:29I thought that was all the things
11:31It was chaotic, terrifying and brilliant
11:34I was like, this is so boring
11:37This waterway
11:37It's full of other canoeists
11:39And other boats
11:39Oh my god, why would anyone do this?
11:41And then right at the end
11:42I was like, oh my god, it's amazing
11:53We're in Istanbul
11:55Exploring the European side of the city
11:57And we're starting with an ancient Turkish tradition
12:01Every country I've ever been to
12:02I'll go to a fortune teller
12:03Looking for a new story, you know
12:05Do you find that they all say the same thing?
12:08Pretty much
12:09You're like, I'll try again
12:09I'm in Istanbul
12:11Oh, here we go
12:14Cheers
12:14Cheers
12:15Do you like Turkish coffee?
12:17Oh boy, oh boy
12:17Do I?
12:18Why is yours bigger?
12:20They're always on the look
12:21Maybe they like me more
12:23This is not a good start
12:25This is an absolutely shocking start to the trip
12:27It's so gritty
12:30Mmm
12:31Look at my teeth
12:32Look at my teeth
12:34That's my future
12:35I've drugged my future
12:38Oh, you're going to meet a lovely guy
12:41And he's going to say you've got something on your teeth
12:45Coffee reading is the ancient Turkish art
12:48Of telling people's fortunes
12:49By looking at the sludge in the bottom of a coffee cup
12:53Remember, people didn't have the internet for ages
13:02Hello
13:03Hello
13:04Love me to meet you
13:05I'm Roisin
13:05This is Sarah
13:06Gamzee
13:06Gamzee
13:07This is Sarah
13:08Sarah
13:08Local psychic Gamzee gets straight down to business
13:34I've gone to fortune tellers all over the world
13:37And normally
13:39They sort of show a little bit of interest
13:44Pardon
13:54She didn't try and guess one single thing
13:56She said if I had a sister
13:56And then she's going to have a good business
13:58And that was it
14:00Will I ever go to the Nashville Country Music Awards?
14:09As a guest or a performer
14:14Okay
14:14Can I get it?
14:17Get that hat
14:17She had a nice Amina
14:19But 50 euros
14:20She's out of her mind
14:22Isimliydi
14:23Sarah
14:24Sarah'cim çok enerji olarak çok yükseksin
14:30Yani çok iyi bir konumdasın
14:33Zaten bu enerjini etrafa da yayıyorsun sen
14:36Portune teller or superfan?
14:39She basically fell in love with me
14:40Belli noktada rüyalarında çıkar
14:43Wow
14:44Oh my dreams come true
14:46Must be nice
14:47Sarah's in for a lovely time
14:48An absolute lovely time
14:50Seriously
14:51Why is there sludge so much better than my sludge?
14:54We're looking for adventure in Istanbul
14:55What should we do?
15:04A magic tree that grants wishes
15:06On to the itinerary it goes
15:08Seems like we're all really busying up
15:12You need a receptionist
15:13Alo
15:14I think she might be a receptionist
15:16So what are you doing?
15:17She's giving them my reading
15:25My woman area
15:26Be specific
15:33Well I'm guessing the poor reviews are for the constant phone calls
15:41Messages, whatsapps, actual calls
15:43I don't know anyone's so popular
15:46And she's answering halfway through a sentence
15:48And it could be quite important
15:49Like you've got a huge problem with your health
15:51Hello
15:58You were saying I had really good energy
16:03Sorry
16:05This is quite personal
16:09Right
16:09We know when we're not wanted
16:10So we've left Gamzee to it
16:12And we're taking our women's parts
16:14Off on a tour of the worst reviewed spots
16:16On the European side of the city
16:18Have the review sites done them wrong?
16:26Well the internet says that one of the things that tourists do
16:29Yeah
16:30In Istanbul
16:31Is you go to like a traditional Turkish barbers
16:36Which is like a male beauticians
16:38Yes
16:40Sounds nice
16:40So hairy men
16:41Hairy men
16:42And we are
16:42Delicate ladies
16:45I'll see you my lady
16:46Thank you my love
16:47Hello
16:48Hello
16:49How are you doing?
16:50I'm Roisin
16:50This is Sarah
16:52Ziti and Sarah
16:53Hello
16:53Yes
16:54Hello
16:54So this is a traditional Turkish barber
16:56Yes
16:56Yes
16:56Okay
16:57I instantly saw the barber
16:59And wanted to run away
17:00The chairs were sellotaped together
17:02I don't know how hygienic it was either
17:04I've never been in a barber's before
17:06Yeah
17:07Have you?
17:07Yeah
17:08Wax
17:10Why did you look at me and say wax?
17:12We went wax
17:14Oh you have to pretend we don't need anything done
17:16This is like a broken chair
17:18A man with a towel
17:19Sort of going to me
17:20You need your whole face done
17:21Got to make out like
17:22What could you ladies even be here for?
17:24But he's like
17:24Wax
17:25Wax
17:26Yeah
17:26I'm going to get my nose done
17:27No
17:28Yeah
17:28Wax
17:29I'm going to get it done
17:30Are you?
17:31Yeah I think I've got a few stragglers
17:33Okay
17:33There's no
17:34There is no
17:34Just no looping me up
17:35Straight in
17:36There's no like
17:37Relaxing music playing
17:38No it's business
17:40Magazines
17:41Would you like some tea madam?
17:43I quite like it
17:44Thank you do you
17:45More business like
17:46Oh okay
17:47Okay
17:48Oh nice
17:49Should we have a safe word Wax?
17:52Wax
17:52Not my lips
17:54No my lips
17:54This is not ideal
17:57I get laser treatment
17:58Thank you very much
17:59I just get a treatment
18:00If that's what we're calling
18:01What just happened to me
18:02So he's got like a little globule
18:04On a cotton bud
18:05And he's blowing it
18:06This feels like a really bad choice
18:07You're very brave
18:08Don't break my little nose
18:10Oh my god
18:11Wax he does have a very small nose
18:12Much smaller than not only men
18:14But also normal size women
18:15What have I agreed to?
18:17I'm on holiday
18:17Put a lot of flange to
18:19No nothing else
18:20Nothing else
18:20Nothing else
18:22It's not great for the confident
18:23Oh I can't watch this now
18:24I can't watch
18:24Oh I hope you're okay
18:25Do you need me to hold your hand?
18:26I was really sore
18:29Wow
18:29I was really sore
18:30Really?
18:31Oh my god amazing
18:32I think it made my nose bigger
18:34Whoa
18:34You're not getting wind and dined
18:36You're getting
18:36You're getting the hairs ripped out of your face
18:39Publicly
18:39Dogs sort of looking in the window
18:43No I'm all
18:44I'm good
18:45You'll never see me again
18:46Thank you very much
18:47That's not how I want to get waxed
18:48Absolutely not
18:50By someone just dipping
18:51Shoving it everywhere
18:53That's no
18:54Well you'll go
18:55Fair's fair
18:56I'm
18:57Okay thank you
18:58Okay thank you
18:59Okay see you later
19:00The chairs are set of tape together
19:02So this is because your fortune teller told you you're lucky
19:05I'm very lucky that you went first
19:07Because I don't want to do it
19:08Sarah watched me
19:09And said absolutely no way
19:10I can't
19:11I can't Roche
19:12It's bleeding just that one
19:14Thank you
19:15Sir
19:15Thank you
19:17Unbelievable
19:18I love that
19:19It turns out I love my hairy nose
19:20Come on
19:25It's lunchtime and how better to show off my beautiful new nostrils than with a trip to Sir Dancy Memet
19:32A famous food spot that has definitely got tongues wagging on the review sites
19:37So a lot of these are one stars
19:39People wishing they'd never gone
19:40You know really regretting their experience
19:43Definitely do not try it says another one star review
19:45You're not the boss of me I'm trying it
19:48Pretty busy isn't it
19:49Smoky it's like stars in their eyes
19:53Tonight Matthew I am going to be
19:56Disgusted by the food
19:59First up the appetizers
20:00Come on
20:01Thank you very much
20:03So this is a drink
20:06Of yoghurt
20:07And milk
20:09And salt
20:11Mmm
20:17It's yoghurt with salt
20:20It's sort of delicious
20:21Is it?
20:22But also mad
20:24Absolutely bonkers
20:26Little did I know
20:27This was only starter level mad
20:30I think it's raw meatballs
20:31It can't be raw
20:33I can't
20:34Raw meatballs
20:36Okay
20:36I'm not eating raw meatballs
20:37You've got meatballs
20:38And then you say
20:40What if we don't cook them?
20:41Not more
20:42No no no
20:43We're good
20:44They've misinterpreted you saying raw meatballs
20:46Oh my god
20:47There's some absolute meals going around this restaurant
20:50I just saw sausages that are like 20 long fingers
20:52They're awful
20:53It's awful
20:53It's not sausages
20:54It's all innards
20:56Oh
20:58Yeah
21:00It's really good
21:01And he does look a lot of fun this guy
21:03Very fine with stuff
21:04What's that
21:04What's happening
21:05What's happening
21:05No no no
21:06Then there was another mystery looking yoghurt
21:09I thought well this is more yoghurt
21:10Wasn't yoghurt
21:11Not yoghurt
21:12Not yoghurt
21:13What?
21:14Not yoghurt
21:16What's happened?
21:17Meat
21:17Meat happened
21:18Meat in this white sauce?
21:20I just wasn't expecting it
21:21White liquid meat
21:22It was yoghurt
21:53Yoghurt texture
21:54Before any more mystery foods came out
21:56And luckily I've got the perfect non-gross pampering session lined up
22:01Leaches is something that you can't get in very many places in the world
22:05Turkey might be known for its medical services
22:08But these little guys
22:10But these little guys are less popular
22:14Ding ding ding
22:15Is there a bell or something?
22:16I'm sorry
22:17Hoş geldiniz
22:19Hello
22:20Leach
22:21Leach
22:21So we entered the clinic full of hope
22:25And interest actually
22:28You hear a lot about proper medicine
22:30You don't hear a lot about bloodletting anymore
22:33Leach
22:35Leach
22:36Leach
22:39Leach
22:40Leach
22:40Leach
22:41Leach
22:41Leach
22:41Leach
22:42Leach
22:42Leach
22:42Leach
22:43Leach
22:44Leach
22:44Leach
23:00Leach
23:02Sis, sis.
23:03Sisters, no.
23:03No.
23:04Lovers.
23:07She wishes.
23:12Oh, are you a doctor?
23:17I don't know that he is a real doctor.
23:24He could just be a man.
23:26He popped out of nowhere.
23:27He said leech a few times.
23:29What do you want to do this?
23:31A fortune teller told me that in a few months' time,
23:34I'm going to have problems with my woman's areas.
23:37So it would be great to sort of be prepped.
23:40It would be great.
23:41You will see it.
23:43Great.
23:45Istanbul is actually a hot spot for leech therapy.
23:47The practice boomed during the so-called leech craze in the 19th century
23:51and is relatively common to this day.
23:54Leeches are said to improve blood flow
23:56and are used to treat everything from cardiovascular diseases to,
24:00if you're brave enough,
24:02hemorrhoids.
24:03C-c-c-ot.
24:04See if it's going to be a leech check in a second.
24:09Because I'm a vegan and I don't eat animals,
24:11I do feel this is a bit like me giving them something back.
24:13Right, you take my blood for a change.
24:16Yeah, stick another one on.
24:17Oh, God, this one looks more aggressive.
24:20I don't know if it's worse to watch.
24:22That one's just getting bigger.
24:24It was supposed to be, they're feeding on me, Roche.
24:27They're going to be the size of a garden slug by the end, hopefully.
24:30I don't think they are feeding on you.
24:31You think they're turning their nose up because they don't eat any protein?
24:34I think there's not enough.
24:36They're just mating.
24:38I've turned the leeches on.
24:40They looked like they were mating on her.
24:42So it was kind of, I'll be honest, erotic.
24:45Leech porn.
24:46I can feel teeth in my skin.
24:48There's definitely something happening.
24:50Oh, now he's in, now he's in.
24:51It's a very strange sensation because it's not not a sensation.
24:55You can feel something, so you can feel little prickles.
24:57And then I think it's like a massive mosquito.
24:59There's a free one, there's one loose.
25:01There's a loose leech.
25:02Loose leeches, there's two loose leeches.
25:05What's this guy doing in this place?
25:07Just a couple got away and I thought, this is exciting stuff.
25:10If I hadn't seen it, there'd be any of, there was two, Sarah.
25:13There'd be up people's legs.
25:14Guys, watch out for leeches.
25:18All those certificates, you're not keeping an eye on them, are you?
25:22My review of this clinic, it's two leeches out of five.
25:28It's our third day in Istanbul and back at Transplant Towers,
25:31we've managed to make a friend.
25:34So we're staying in a hotel where you can't swing a cap
25:36without hitting a guy who's had a hair transplant.
25:39So today, we've ensnared one, Chris, and we're going to follow him
25:42and, you know, watch him have it done.
25:45I'm heading over to Vera Clinic today to get my consultation
25:47for my second hair transplant.
25:49Oh, really?
25:49You're American?
25:50Yes, I'm from the USA.
25:51I flew out of Boston just yesterday.
25:53You came all the way to Turkey?
25:54I did, I did.
25:55I'm super excited.
25:56Do you mind if we come?
25:57Let's do it.
25:59Why did you come to Turkey for a hair transplant?
26:01In the States, it's extremely expensive to get a hair transplant.
26:04How much?
26:05Around 20 to 30k for this operation.
26:07And in Turkey, it's around 5k.
26:10Wow.
26:10So it's cheap.
26:11And it's the exact same operation.
26:13It takes about eight hours for the whole operation.
26:15You're awake the whole time.
26:16What do you do for eight hours?
26:17They have a TV playing with some stuff,
26:19but usually it's, you know, in a different language, to be honest.
26:22They make you watch Turkish television for eight hours.
26:25Yeah, a little bit.
26:26It makes me sad that some people really want hair
26:28and I've got so much that I don't want.
26:31The world's not fair.
26:32That's what I said.
26:33I said to everybody, I'm like,
26:34I got hair everywhere where I don't want hair.
26:36But I didn't have any on my head.
26:40Chris has shared his hair regrowth journey on his TikTok account,
26:43which has tens of thousands of followers.
26:45Go on, Chris.
26:46And this is his second hair transplant.
26:49Very brave, considering what the procedure involves.
26:51A surgeon individually extracting thousands of follicles
26:55from the lower scalp and then implanting them in the required area.
26:58Like a French exchange, only permanent.
27:01But what is it actually like in one of these places?
27:04Oh, swanky.
27:08It's a bit like being at the vets, you know,
27:10when all the animals are in their cones.
27:12There are a lot of very sore heads.
27:15You brought a friend, didn't you?
27:16I did, yes.
27:17Yes.
27:17So it is like a proper holiday because you've got a friend with me.
27:19Exactly, exactly.
27:20Because we get to have a good time and go to some tourist attractions like we did yesterday.
27:24We went to the, I believe it's called the Sophia or something like that.
27:26Idea Sophia.
27:27Yeah, yeah.
27:28And we went to a nice restaurant, had dinner outside.
27:31It was awesome.
27:32I guess I'm getting a bit of a taste of what it's like for people to come here,
27:35because it's partly a holiday, 20%, 80% medical procedure.
27:40Nice to meet you.
27:40Nice to meet you, too, if you're ready.
27:42So I'll take you to the doctor's consultation for a stamp stamp.
27:45Awesome.
27:45Good luck, Chris.
27:46Thank you, guys.
27:46Good luck.
27:46I appreciate it.
27:47I'll see you guys soon, all right?
27:48See you in a bit.
27:50And while Chris gets ready, we've got just enough time to check out the clinic's cabaret area.
27:57Sarah, there's a piano to let me know you're on holiday.
28:00Come on.
28:03Join me.
28:04Join me at the table.
28:06I'm going to stand here.
28:07Are you going to sing?
28:08Do you know I need a hair-o?
28:15I learnt I had real music abilities to soothe.
28:21Beautiful.
28:26I felt all of their attention leave their body when they heard my tunes.
28:30Getting your hair done, getting your hair done, don't be scared.
28:45There's a lot of men who just stopped crying.
28:47Not only is there a piano, we found an iced coffee bar in this clinic.
28:51We are on holiday.
28:52How's it going?
28:53We've got some iced coffee.
28:54Oh, there you go.
28:56A little juice for the day, right?
28:57I can post you some music.
28:59Oh, okay.
29:00On the piano.
29:01Oh, you did?
29:02So now they're about to take some blood from me and I'm going to be getting the stem cell treatments.
29:07So you have your bloods taken now.
29:08Don't let us stop you.
29:09We're just here on holiday watching.
29:14Before they start doing the hair transplant, you have to be completely bald.
29:17It's like backwards to go forwards.
29:19Never done this before, Chris.
29:20Yeah.
29:21You can do my legs afterwards.
29:23Okay, okay.
29:23You're lucky this isn't a Turkish barbers if you straight up your nose.
29:26We shaved him because it needed to be done.
29:29I'm breaking ground.
29:31I'm coming in, Chris.
29:32I'd go on holiday just to do this.
29:35To shave the heads of strangers.
29:37Yeah.
29:37Book me up, Thomas Cook.
29:39It's a bit like a petting zoo, but you get to shave a man.
29:42It's very stress relieving shaving a human being.
29:45I had no idea.
29:46I now think there should be sort of like sanctuaries for busy business women like myself.
29:50Get given a razor and a kid, you know, just a student.
29:53He can't afford a hairdresser.
29:55I need to unwind.
29:56This is get me on Dragon's Den.
29:58And does it feel emotional seeing yourself like this?
30:00It's definitely...
30:01It definitely is a crazy feeling.
30:03I should get it off.
30:04I have all the types of barbers.
30:07Does it feel emotional?
30:09Does it feel emotional?
30:10Let me just blow the rest out.
30:12Are you having any sort of as extensual?
30:16The time has come to leave Chris to his hairy destiny,
30:19an eight hours of Turkish telly.
30:21Oh, this is where we leave you.
30:23It's go time.
30:24It's now time for the operation.
30:26Nice to meet you guys, seriously.
30:27Good luck with the stem cells.
30:28Thank you so much.
30:28I appreciate it. Thank you so much.
30:30It was lovely to meet you.
30:31Thank you for the haircut.
30:32I feel very fresh.
30:33It's life-changing.
30:34If you're a 22-year-old man and you're really depressed and feeling sad about going bald,
30:39it seems like it's a proper establishment.
30:41It's not like he's going to wake up and he's got like a wig stapled on or like tufts of
30:45hair
30:45or a tail or something, you know, which I'm sure some places won't be reputable.
30:50And no doubt, Chris's transplant will be a complete success thanks to our expert shaving.
30:55It's like painting and decorating.
30:5790% of it's in the prep.
31:05And as a reward for our hard work, we're off for a treatment that's a bit more our speed.
31:10A Turkish classic.
31:12Where are we going, Sarah?
31:14Traditional Turkish hamam, which is like, I think, like a day spa.
31:18Okay.
31:19But it's the kind of thing people do in Turkey.
31:21And people love this kind of stuff, don't they?
31:23So it must be really relaxing.
31:34Very traditional.
31:35Two massages, please.
31:38Hamam.
31:38Hamam?
31:3922 euros is very cheap.
31:43That's the thing, isn't it, with sheep.
31:44There's good sheep and there's dangerously sheep.
31:47This feels dangerous.
31:51This is what I imagine a really nice women's prison would look like.
32:01I've got exactly this bed in.
32:03I'm not the waterproof mat.
32:05No, I'm just sort of stuck with a real pillow.
32:08Yeah.
32:08Slow.
32:09Slow.
32:10There you go.
32:11I'm going to lie down here.
32:13I'm going to lie down here.
32:13I'm going to lie down here.
32:15I'm going to lie down here.
32:24There's no way to watch this and not look like a pervert.
32:27Well, Roisin's role in the spa, as a watcher, I think unnerved us all.
32:32Do you like watching?
32:33You rub her down.
32:34There's some money for this.
32:35What's happening?
32:37It's more of the unknown.
32:39Oh, it's a lot of suds.
32:41That is a lot of suds straight off the bat.
32:43No messing.
32:52It's a lovely lady.
32:54Tickled me to death with the biggest sponge you've ever seen.
32:57And it kept slapping me like I'd done something wrong.
33:01Here we go.
33:01Now we're clicking on gas.
33:03It was really fun to watch Sarah keep trying to close her eyes and then going like that.
33:07That was my favourite bit.
33:24It's sadism because I think it's funny.
33:26I definitely feel like she's in charge.
33:29Maybe I look like a governatrix.
33:31Okay.
33:32I've never thought that because I could get them to tell me to do my admin.
33:35It looks very much I've interrupted you on the toilet.
33:40There's something about watching someone really purposely try to relax
33:46that brings out in me something of like not on my watch.
33:50It's a little bit.
33:51I think I should finish.
33:52I'll leave it.
33:53The cup does not get lost.
33:56I'm so sorry.
33:59I'm so sorry.
34:00I'm so sorry.
34:03I have to get Sarah now.
34:05I'm so sorry.
34:06I'll do it to me.
34:07I'll do it to me.
34:08I'll do it to me.
34:09Forgive.
34:10I'll do it to me.
34:14She looked more confused by me chugging it over myself in my gown.
34:18She was like, what is happening?
34:19What game is this?
34:20I think that's our cue to leave.
34:27It's the last day of our Zero Stars experience in Istanbul,
34:30and we can deny destiny no longer.
34:33Gamzee, the phone-addicted fortune teller,
34:36has told us we must visit a local mystical island.
34:38So we're boarding the mystical ferry to meet our fate.
34:44So the island we're going to doesn't have any cars.
34:49So what you have is bikes.
34:50Yeah.
34:51But you cycle and you go to the monastery,
34:53which has got that wishing tree.
34:55You've got the fortune teller who loves you.
34:57My friend.
34:58Your best friend.
34:59She foretold you would make a wish.
35:02And it's a place loads of people go to to make a special wish.
35:05We're like pilgrims.
35:06Yeah.
35:07We're like wish pilgrims.
35:09Would you like some reviews of this boat trip?
35:11Sure thing.
35:12This is one star, horrible experience.
35:15After a disappointing day on the boat,
35:17we were unexpectedly forced to attend a fashion show before heading back to the bus.
35:24None of us are informed about this.
35:26They tried to sell us leather coats.
35:29The outrage.
35:30I mean...
35:31A fashion show.
35:32I hope we get made to go to a fashion show.
35:35Let's put one on with these guys.
35:38We've arrived at Buyukada, which in Turkish means
35:43big island.
35:44Such a poetic language.
36:01I'm looking out for bikes wherever I can see them.
36:04I'm looking out for love.
36:06That man's offering you some doughnut, I think.
36:09I'll have it.
36:10Oh my God.
36:11Rose, you don't know what it is.
36:12I won't say no.
36:19I'm making a cooking programme now.
36:22It's really good.
36:24Sarah.
36:25I don't take food off strange men.
36:27I'm not a strange man.
36:28No, there he is.
36:30Come on.
36:30We've got bikes.
36:31It's really good.
36:32What's that, Nick?
36:33Roshin.
36:35Roshin!
36:39We've got the big island.
36:42That was a very big voice.
36:43I'm a big island.
36:45Hello, lady.
36:47How are you, lady?
36:49Oh, she's got breasts.
36:51What's that, you?
36:52It's an old woman.
36:53It's an old woman.
36:58I love it.
36:59I'll eat the breasts.
37:02I'm not getting one.
37:03I don't want to be insulted in ice cream.
37:05I'm not insulted.
37:07I had enough of that at the waxing studio.
37:09What flavour's that blue one?
37:10Breast milk.
37:14I like these bikes because they've got flowers on the front.
37:18We're hiring bikes to take us to Big Island's big tourist attraction,
37:22a monastery where you can make a wish on a mystical wishing tree.
37:28That was broken.
37:29Well used, I'd say.
37:31Experience bikes.
37:32We are here now.
37:33Follow the lens.
37:34You go from here to the top.
37:35Okay.
37:36And come back.
37:37So it's a half an hour cycle.
37:39Nice 20-minute walk.
37:40Yeah.
37:40Make a wish.
37:41That's a nice day out.
37:43Sure.
37:43It's seven kilometres.
37:44Oh, okay.
37:45Go ahead and come back.
37:46What?
37:46Okay, there and back.
37:47So it's four kilometres.
37:49The wish.
37:49Think of your wish.
37:50Listen, before the ice cream, I was struggling with the idea of this.
37:53We set off.
37:54Our basket's full of flowers.
37:56Our heart's full of wishes.
37:58Roisin full of ice cream.
38:02Sorry, I'm driving on the wrong side of the road.
38:04It was humbling because Pasco flew up the hill.
38:08This is just sort of a low-level hill and I'm already struggling.
38:12I don't know how much further I've got, Sarah.
38:21That's me done.
38:22You're sold with the idea of a bike.
38:24You think, well, it must be a really nice cycle route.
38:26It's not.
38:26Oh, it's so steep.
38:28There we go.
38:29Oh, I broke it.
38:31I'm becoming a danger.
38:33Oh, ah!
38:34Oh, God!
38:35We should be like, one, two, three.
38:37Ah!
38:38What have I done to it?
38:41Take it and hide it in a hedge.
38:43Oh, no!
38:44Don't worry, there's only seven and a half kilometres to go.
38:47Oh, no!
38:52It's a vertical road to the monastery.
38:56Vertical.
38:57This is like last of the summer wine.
39:00We decided to walk our piles of scrap metal up the hill.
39:04Can't you see my wishes are already coming true?
39:05It's just more hills, Sarah.
39:17It's an insane way to travel.
39:19You're basically just bringing luggage.
39:27I'm going to make a wish.
39:29Yeah.
39:29No more hills.
39:35As the saying goes, when you're going through tough times, remember that difficult roads often lead to beautiful destinations.
39:45Not always.
39:46Oh, wow.
39:49This view is beautiful.
39:50Look at this side.
39:51Yeah.
39:51Because this side is really upsetting.
39:52No, it's confusing.
39:53It's really upsetting.
39:54It's really beautiful.
39:54And then just loads of bins.
39:56Oh, my God, though.
39:56You brought a mattress up here, Sarah.
39:59OK, we've ticked the sacred stained mattress off our list.
40:02But where is the magic wishing tree?
40:05That little one.
40:07That's the one from the picture.
40:08This one feels like the main one.
40:11There's lots of little ribbons and bows.
40:15They're not ribbons.
40:17And these are bounty wrappers.
40:19Your favourite.
40:21Have you been here before?
40:22But look, Sarah.
40:22They're bounty wrappers.
40:24They're just junk.
40:25Whether it was the spirits at work or heat exhaustion,
40:29we were grateful to have reached the ancient bin bag tree.
40:33We made it.
40:34We did.
40:35We did.
40:36Thank you, God.
40:37So, the wishing tree.
40:38The small wishing tree covered in rubbish.
40:42Amazing that we're now going to get our wishes to come true.
40:44Did you bring anything?
40:47Alas, we'd forgotten to bring our magic bin bag,
40:49so we had to make do.
40:52I've got a tampon.
40:54Tampon?
40:55Yeah.
40:56I've got a little bit of ribbon.
40:58Yeah, pretty.
40:59This has got, like, a string,
41:00which is why I thought it would be perfect.
41:02Wishing, we're doing wishing.
41:07Wishing on the tree.
41:09I feel bad about tying the tampon, and that's disrespectful.
41:12That's a rompford in me.
41:12You can't take me on holiday.
41:14Do you know what I'm wishing for?
41:15What?
41:16I wish I'd have got my nose waxed.
41:17I've regretted it for days.
41:19Yeah, I can smell a lot, actually.
41:20But I'm going to do my wish now.
41:22I'm really putting my whole spirit into it.
41:28Wishing, wishing, wishing on the tree.
41:32Thank you, tree.
41:35Would you like to hear some of the bad reviews of this place?
41:38Bad reviews?
41:38What's not to like?
41:40It won't surprise you that a lot of them are about the hill.
41:43It is very tiring.
41:44Walking is like death, someone's written.
41:46These are my people.
41:47Then with a comma and nothing else.
41:49So maybe they died halfway through the sentence, sadly.
41:51Let's see what else we've got.
41:53Don't go up the hill.
41:54Don't go up the hill.
41:55Don't go up the hill, everyone's saying.
41:58Too late for us.
41:59Can we have a look in the monastery?
42:01I don't think so.
42:02We're not monks.
42:02Is that real?
42:03Yeah.
42:04So this is it.
42:06What?
42:08This is the...
42:09This is it.
42:10No, no, no.
42:11Don't go in the monastery.
42:12But there's a church.
42:14We won't go in it.
42:15It's not for us.
42:16Why not?
42:17It's this.
42:18This is people who walk up here just for this tree, Roche.
42:20Come off it.
42:21You brought me up here.
42:22I knew you didn't understand.
42:23You said the word monastery so many times.
42:26Because it's the tree at the monastery.
42:28But we could have gone to the tree at the road.
42:29The monastery's got nothing to do with the tree.
42:32I'm having...
42:33What do you mean?
42:34You can't go in it and light a candle, even.
42:36You cannot invite people up to a tree.
42:39Sarah, get the reviews up, because I've got something to say.
42:52We've come to Turkey hoping to feel like new people, and I've discovered a lot about myself.
42:58I found out that I love shaving men, that canal boating is not for me,
43:02and that I could be a sex therapist for leeches.
43:05I would have wished more ambitiously if I knew they were all going to become true.
43:08I'd give this trip three and a half stars out of five.
43:12Apart from the non-monastery, I've had a good time.
43:16I got to watch Sarah get sapped about, and I was able to smell her fear all the better,
43:20thanks to a very no-nonsense barber.
43:22It's a solid four out of five for me.
43:27Sarah, do you know what it is now?
43:28Yeah.
43:29Downhill.
43:30Yeah, it's all downhill from here, as they say.
43:32Okay, and that is pleasure.
43:36Cheers.
43:48Cheers.
43:51Cheers.
43:53Cheers.
43:55Cheers.
43:58Cheers.
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