Synopsis
The kids spend their last few days roughing it as farm hands on a remote island.
- Programme: Show Me What You're Made Of
- Series: 1
- Episode: Silk
- Channel: CBBC
- Broadcast year: 2011
- Geography | Place and locational knowledge
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