Sara Pascoe travels to Cuba try out the unique jobs put at risk by the country's increased exposure to commercialism. She meets a mattress magician, a cigar factory reader and a family who climb giant coconut trees to make a local sweet.

Sara gets an insight into Georgia's past by learning some very unusual professions, which include being a gunsmith, a polyphonic singer and a guide at the Stalin Museum.

Sara Pascoe travels across Finland where she looks at the impact the changing climate is having on the future of the country's traditional jobs. In the south, Sara explores the timber trade by meeting a forest cleaner and a baker.