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00:00:01I know, you couldn't tell them, could you? You know, you'd try.

00:00:04Morning. Yes, just casually hanging out with my llama friends.

00:00:09Meet Indigo and Barnaby, stars of the silver screen

00:00:13and recently seen taking centre stage

00:00:16in Richard Osman's Thursday Murder Club.

00:00:18They'll be spilling the beans on their stardom later.

00:00:21It's time for Love Your Weekend.

00:00:24Come on, then. So, what was Pierce Brosnan really like?

00:00:37Kinder Jamimsivers made parts of the U.S.

00:00:37He came to the foot of the roommate

00:00:37And even her mom was registered to think

00:00:47he was swept住 in her varsity.

00:00:49He was still there and kept the littleuga

00:00:56in his plans.

00:01:04Go on, breathe it in, that crisp, fresh spring air with a tang to it.

00:01:12The fields are stirring, the buds are bursting, and everywhere you look, the British countryside is waking up around you.

00:01:21However you measure it, spring has officially arrived.

00:01:24Thanks to the equinox on Friday, we now get more than 12 glorious hours of daylight a day.

00:01:31As the late, great Robin Williams once said, spring is nature's way of saying, let's party.

00:01:37And here on the farm, we know the way to celebrate.

00:01:41Coming up, she made Head's Turn in the hit drama Cutting It back in 2002, and she's been making Head's

00:01:47Turn ever since.

00:01:48Sarah Parrish on teaming up with Rupert Penry-Jones for her latest theatrical foray.

00:01:54And he's led a rock and roll life.

00:01:56Peter Andre, currently celebrating 30 years since his big breakout, and back with a brand new album.

00:02:03And whether you're a houseplant addict or completely devoid of any green housemates,

00:02:08houseplant expert Claire Lowry returns to the farm with her top houseplant first aid tips for your indoor greenery.

00:02:16And they already have an abundance of humps, but now they're adding stripes into the mix.

00:02:23We visit friend of the show Daisy Fawcett in Warwickshire to see how some new arrivals at the family farm

00:02:29are overshadowing the camels.

00:02:36But first, the stage is set for today's guests.

00:02:40First lady of this parish, local Hampshireite and man-of-farm favourite, Sarah Parrish.

00:02:45And with her, a man who's been entertaining us for 30 years, unbelievably, with his genial personality and natural native

00:02:53charm.

00:02:53Welcome to Peter Andre.

00:02:56How do you find something in common between an Australian and someone who lives in Hampshire?

00:03:00And the answer is, unbelievably, Somerset.

00:03:02Yes.

00:03:03That's right.

00:03:04Australian, but Somerset now.

00:03:06Yeah, Somerset.

00:03:06So, I mean, my wife's family are all from Somerset, Taunton.

00:03:12And actually, my wife's father is a urologist, and he operated on my kidney.

00:03:17And that's how I eventually met my wife.

00:03:20I thought we were getting into the realms of oversharing.

00:03:23You were.

00:03:23I see why now.

00:03:24You were, because actually, had he known then what he knows now, he might have done a different operation.

00:03:30We, we, I love Somerset.

00:03:32I love that whole area.

00:03:33Isn't it lovely?

00:03:34I love it so much.

00:03:35And whenever we want to escape, that's where we go.

00:03:38But you know, it's becoming very popular now, Somerset.

00:03:41Yeah, but lots and lots of people moving there.

00:03:43I can't leave the fact that you said, so he did the operation.

00:03:47Yes.

00:03:48And then you married his daughter.

00:03:50Yeah.

00:03:50You know when you wake up from the operating, in the operating theatre, and they have that big bright light,

00:03:54and he was standing in front of it, looking down to see if I was right.

00:03:57And I, honestly, I thought it was Jesus.

00:03:59I, I just, I just didn't know where I was.

00:04:02We became really good friends with his family for two years.

00:04:06And two years later, we were all together.

00:04:08And I literally realised I had feelings, and I thought, what do I do?

00:04:13What do I say?

00:04:14And I asked his permission if I could ask Emily for a date.

00:04:17And we did, and we went for a date, and that was that.

00:04:20Oh, that's so romantic.

00:04:21We're married ten years now.

00:04:23Gosh.

00:04:23Goodness me.

00:04:24Yeah.

00:04:24What a lovely story.

00:04:26Yes, what a nice boy.

00:04:28Well, he's a good man, and we're still best friends.

00:04:31Well, with the whole family, they're lovely.

00:04:33So, Sarah, which operation did you have to meet Jimmy?

00:04:36Yes, I didn't, unfortunately.

00:04:39But no, Somerset, it is a lovely, lovely place.

00:04:41I mean, I don't very often go down there now.

00:04:44Obviously, both my parents have passed.

00:04:46But when I do go down, it's that sort of very lovely nostalgia.

00:04:52There's a smell about Somerset.

00:04:54There's something about it that calls me back.

00:04:57How long were you there?

00:04:58I lived there for 18 years.

00:05:00Gosh, right.

00:05:00Yeah, and then moved up to London after that.

00:05:03But I've got such fond memories of Somerset.

00:05:05It's a beautiful place.

00:05:06But also, I'm delighted that you both at least show an interest in gardening.

00:05:10I mean, I've either got to take an interest in it or just, you know, get somebody else to do

00:05:14it.

00:05:15Also, Mum and Dad are from Cyprus originally, and I bought land there maybe 20, 25 years ago,

00:05:21and I built a house there, and my gardens there are my pride and joy.

00:05:26And I only noticed it when Dad first, Dad designed it, and he put all the trees in their place.

00:05:31And I used to say to Dad, yeah, this is all great, but what do I know about this stuff?

00:05:35And he said, just wait.

00:05:36And now, 20 years later, I go there, and I can't wait to just...

00:05:40That's where my real pride and joy.

00:05:42Now, Sarah, I remember you having a veg patch.

00:05:44You were quite keen on veg patch.

00:05:45I did, when I lived not far from here, actually.

00:05:48I had a big veg patch.

00:05:50It was great.

00:05:50I loved it.

00:05:51And we grew all our own veg.

00:05:53We had chickens, and, you know, they would...

00:05:55Oh, it was just great.

00:05:57It was lovely.

00:05:58Now, Jim and I are too busy for the veg patch, unfortunately.

00:06:01So we have brought a gardener in, which I feel very embarrassed in front of you to say.

00:06:05That's all right.

00:06:05No doubt about that, because it just supports the industry.

00:06:08Exactly, exactly.

00:06:08That's fine.

00:06:09But, no, I loved it.

00:06:10I love doing my veg patch, and I love pottering about in the garden.

00:06:13It's just lovely.

00:06:14It's intriguing to have an actor and, you know, well, an actor, but also a musician,

00:06:19because I've noticed when I've been sort of keeping an eye on what's going on,

00:06:22that you've both actually done crossover, because Peter's done some acting, and you've done

00:06:26some singing.

00:06:27And in MacDonald and Dodds, there was an unforgettable moment where Sarah Parrish became Tina Turner.

00:06:35Oh.

00:06:36You're simply the best

00:06:41You're better than all the best

00:06:44You're better than anyone

00:06:50Anyone I ever met

00:06:55I'm stopping you

00:06:57So was singing simply the best on camera fun or absolutely mortifying?

00:07:01Mortifying!

00:07:02It was incredibly embarrassing having to do that, because I'm not a singer.

00:07:08And she's not supposed to be a singer.

00:07:10She isn't supposed to be a singer, but it was so much fun doing it.

00:07:13I loved it.

00:07:15But, no, you can say I won't be doing any musicals in the future.

00:07:19I bet you could absolutely do that.

00:07:21That was the character you were playing.

00:07:24Yeah, it was fun.

00:07:25It was really good fun to do.

00:07:26Would you fancy a new backing singer?

00:07:28Well, by the sounds of it, I'm going to have to be a backing singer.

00:07:32Well, I've done it to you, so I've really got to do it to Peter as well.

00:07:35So shall we have a look at your acting?

00:07:36Oh, yes, let's have a look.

00:07:37Well, this might have been my favourite, depending where you're going.

00:07:40We're going to football as wives.

00:07:42That was, like you, that was the one I just wish had never seen the light of day.

00:07:47Let's see.

00:07:48Let's have a look at it.

00:07:48Here we go.

00:07:51Peter, darling.

00:07:55How are you doing? You must be out.

00:07:57How are you going?

00:07:58Good.

00:07:59I was a little confused, though, because my agent said something about Conrad,

00:08:02and you had a business proposition for me at the summer.

00:08:05Conrad?

00:08:07Typical agents, eh?

00:08:09No, it's just me, sweetheart.

00:08:11But why don't we talk shop over dinner?

00:08:13Right.

00:08:14Champagne?

00:08:15Yeah, all right.

00:08:17You see, the thing about a collaboration is there's got to be some sort of connection, you know?

00:08:24Spiritual.

00:08:25Well, that's why I think we could do it, because, well, I'm very spiritual, Peter.

00:08:32And I think Hal looks so complimentary.

00:08:34I could be your mysterious girl.

00:08:37Yeah, you could.

00:08:38A rather gruff and frustrated version of yourself, I feel there, Peter.

00:08:43Very much wondering what she was going to say next.

00:08:47Yes.

00:08:47Were you the footballer or the wife?

00:08:49Well, I don't know what I was, but I just, it was one of those where I, because it was

00:08:55one of the first things I'd done, like 20, that was like 20-something years ago.

00:08:58Yeah.

00:08:59And I remember sitting next to my cousin, and he said, have you done acting before?

00:09:02I said, well, I studied it as a kid, but I've been doing music for 20 years.

00:09:06Yeah.

00:09:06And he said, yeah, just stick to music.

00:09:08I remember him saying that.

00:09:09And then, of course, since then, I've done film, but that was 20 years ago.

00:09:13I thought it was pretty good.

00:09:14No, that was shocking.

00:09:15Did you?

00:09:15Yeah.

00:09:16Thank you very much.

00:09:18Thanks for embarrassing us.

00:09:19That's all right.

00:09:20Well, I thought we had to do it both ways, really.

00:09:22The thing they always say, they always call the filming business hurry up and wait.

00:09:26In other words, you've got your, and then it's ages.

00:09:30What do you both do?

00:09:32Do you play games?

00:09:33Do you embroider or what, Sarah?

00:09:35What do you do to fill those borings out?

00:09:38All sorts, really.

00:09:39I mean, I always have a book on set so I can read.

00:09:42Obviously, I run a charity as well as acting, so if there's any emails to do, I've got my

00:09:46computer with me.

00:09:47I can, you know, shoot off some emails, things like that.

00:09:50But, yeah, generally, I try not to get on my phone all the time because all actors now,

00:09:55we've all got our phones and we just, and in the olden days, you'd all sit and chat

00:09:59to each other, which was great.

00:10:00You got to know the crew.

00:10:01You got to know everyone.

00:10:02And that doesn't happen so much now.

00:10:03So I try not to take my phone on set.

00:10:05Of course, you're instantly isolated, aren't you?

00:10:08Yeah, yeah.

00:10:09Peter, what do you do?

00:10:10Well, so I've been with the same manager for 30 years and I remember at the start when

00:10:16things were really going well on the music front, she said, oh, I'm going to get you

00:10:19into presenting.

00:10:20And I said, but why would I want to do presenting?

00:10:22I want to do music.

00:10:23And she said, because there'll come a time when the music will slow down and you need

00:10:26to have all these different avenues.

00:10:28So the benefit of that was I get to do loads of different things.

00:10:31But the downside of that is there's never, there's never downtime.

00:10:36Obviously, I'm very grateful for it.

00:10:38But it just, my brain's constantly going, I need to do something else.

00:10:41I can't sit still.

00:10:44So I don't really, the downtime is when we all as a family go somewhere.

00:10:50That's the only time.

00:10:51But apart from that, I'm just constantly thinking, what's next?

00:10:54What do I do next?

00:10:55What do I do?

00:10:56More coming up from Sarah and Pete a little bit later.

00:10:59Now pull up a hay bale and grab yourself a caramel slice.

00:11:02Still ahead, adequate light, sufficient water and a strong root system.

00:11:07It's a houseplant's rescue.

00:11:09Claire Lowry and the houseplant hacks to help revive your leafy favourites.

00:11:13Just in time for summer.

00:11:15Also coming up, long eyelashes, banana-shaped ears, upturned mouths and stocky bodies.

00:11:21We'll be catching up with our movie star llamas, currently taking the spotlight over in Paddock 2.

00:11:27I'll see you with our llamas and more.

00:11:29Right after I've invited Peter to indulge himself with a fondant fancy.

00:11:34Oh, wow.

00:11:35Sorry about that.

00:11:35Already?

00:11:36I should have waited for my cue.

00:11:38I should have waited for my cue.

00:11:40Look at that.

00:11:41That's a fondant fancy and a half, isn't it, really?

00:11:46Help yourself.

00:11:47Sarah, do you want a bit of Battenberg?

00:11:48I will have a Battenberg, actually.

00:11:50Lovely.

00:11:50Look at that.

00:11:51Lovely.

00:12:06There's an old country saying, told to me, by Percy Thrower, no less.

00:12:12March dust, worth a pound a peck.

00:12:15Meaning that a dry spell and a good covering of blue sky right now can mean great things for the

00:12:22season ahead.

00:12:22After the wettest start to the year on record, a few days of settled weather isn't just a good omen

00:12:29for growers.

00:12:30It's a real spirit lifter, isn't it?

00:12:31You just feel a whole lot better.

00:12:32Your shoulders come down.

00:12:34And we've lots to lift the spirits and lower your shoulders on today's show, including a man who oozes natural

00:12:40charisma, likeability and boasts a large fan base.

00:12:45No one likes a show-off, Peter.

00:12:46Peter Andre, sharing the stories and the songs from the illustrious 30-year career.

00:12:53And forget the Cocteau Twins.

00:12:55Remember them?

00:12:56Today we bring you the Cocktail Twins.

00:12:58They're not twins, but never let facts get in the way of a good title.

00:13:02Master mixologists Hannah and Siobhan make their Manor Farm debut with some citrusy sippers in this week's Master British.

00:13:10Now, we've welcomed a cacophony of animals to our paddocks in recent years, all enriching our understanding of the great

00:13:18British countryside.

00:13:20Today's visitors may be less recognisable than some we've met, but these herbivores certainly rival any when it comes to

00:13:28personality.

00:13:29A South American relative of the camel, llamas were first brought here in Victorian times as zoo attractions.

00:13:37Today, they're predominantly kept as pets, but some owners do specialise in breeding and offer llama experiences, trekking through the

00:13:47English countryside.

00:13:48It's exactly what Sarah Brown from Katanga Llamas in Northampton she does.

00:13:53She joins me now with Indigo and Barnaby.

00:13:58It's very interesting. Normally, all animals present their bottom to camera.

00:14:03We've got half of tail here.

00:14:05Sarah, let's clear this up first of all. Difference between a llama and an alpaca. What is it?

00:14:10Alpacas are half the size.

00:14:12They're slightly more timid. They're not as outgoing and confident as llamas.

00:14:18And they're predominantly a fibre and meat producer in South America, whereas the llama is the all-round utility animal.

00:14:24So, Pat Clumb. They do use their fleece as well.

00:14:28And they use their dung for heating and cooking.

00:14:31They're just the all-rounder, basically.

00:14:33They've never ridden, are they? But they're beasts of burden. They carry stuff.

00:14:37Yeah. So, they can carry up to about 25 kilos.

00:14:39So, they trade with other communities around the Andes.

00:14:42This is Indigo, who you met last time.

00:14:45Hello, Indigo. I've met you before. Do you know they're beautifully soft?

00:14:48And you stroked them gloriously. And I love this hum.

00:14:52You're very handsome, aren't you?

00:14:54He is.

00:14:55Mmm.

00:14:57This is Indigo. That's Barnaby. Ages here, Sarah.

00:14:59So, Indigo is 17 and Barnaby is 16 this summer.

00:15:04And how long can they live?

00:15:05Late teens, early 20s.

00:15:07Yeah.

00:15:07I mean, we've got a 23-year-old at the minute and his grandfather lived to be nearly 27, so...

00:15:11Graciously.

00:15:12Yeah, really. If you look after them, they can go into their 20s.

00:15:15But average is about 18, I'd say.

00:15:17And people come to you to go trekking.

00:15:19Yes.

00:15:20Long country walks with a llama carrying your bag.

00:15:22Yes. So, we do an on-farm trek and a half-day experience where we go cross-country, because

00:15:28we've got 20-acre woodland at the farm. And they're just really, you know, confident companions

00:15:33to trek with.

00:15:34They have a reputation, even as all llamas. They spit, don't they?

00:15:37They do have a bad reputation for it, but it is just a bad reputation. They do spit, but

00:15:42they should never, ever spit at people. And it's because of a lot of petting zoos and places

00:15:47where they're prodded and poked all day and quite, you know, stressed.

00:15:51They have the most wonderful eyes and eyelashes that most women would kill for, you know.

00:15:56You're getting hungry.

00:15:56But they're a large, they're a broad animal, aren't they? It's quite a broad back.

00:16:01Hence the beast of burden bit.

00:16:02They are, but actually, under all of that fibre, it's quite a small body, really.

00:16:07Yeah, they look bigger than they actually are, but they, yeah, you can carry...

00:16:10Excuse me while I do this, won't you? Yes.

00:16:13It is very dense.

00:16:15It's up to there.

00:16:16Yeah.

00:16:16Yeah, look at that, really, there's loads of it there.

00:16:20Yeah.

00:16:21It's really, very extremely deep.

00:16:23Quite coarse. Is it coarser than alpaca?

00:16:26Yeah, so alpacas just have one coat, which is all down hair.

00:16:30Llamas have a double coat, so they have down hair next to their skin,

00:16:33and then they have this outer layer of guard hair, which protects the down hair.

00:16:37The neck is particularly soft.

00:16:39Yes.

00:16:39How long have you been working with them?

00:16:4113 years now.

00:16:42Oh, gosh.

00:16:43Yeah.

00:16:43And you'd rather be with them than pigs, sheep and cows?

00:16:46Well, I used to be a pig farmer.

00:16:47Did you?

00:16:48Yeah.

00:16:48What a difference.

00:16:49Yeah, yeah, so I have, I used to be a pig farmer, and then I've gone to llamas.

00:16:53It's a lot less stressful.

00:16:54They have one baby.

00:16:55Yeah, right, so they have one baby, generally speaking, when?

00:16:59So we're coming up to the crea season now.

00:17:02The young are called creas.

00:17:03Yes, so we're due our first in April.

00:17:07So they're induced ovulators, so they don't have a season, so they can actually get pregnant

00:17:12any time of the year.

00:17:13So we breed them spring, summer, for a spring, summer baby the following year.

00:17:17So the climate's much better for them.

00:17:19Yeah, because it's an 11 and a half month gestation, so it's a long time.

00:17:22Yeah.

00:17:23Wonderful.

00:17:23Now, they've got this ability, because they're from the Andes, to cope with high altitude.

00:17:28Yes.

00:17:29I gather.

00:17:30They're particularly adapted to that, then, presumably.

00:17:32Yeah, their blood corpuscles are elongated, so they take in more oxygen, so they can be

00:17:36at such higher altitudes than us.

00:17:38They actually donated blood for cancer research years ago, because they were studying, you

00:17:44know, because they fight off viruses and infection a lot more than we can because of that.

00:17:48So they actually donated blood to cancer research because of that.

00:17:52So if somebody wants to keep llamas, as you say, more often it is alpacas, but what do they

00:17:57need in terms of accommodation?

00:17:59As long as they've got the right amount of grazing and field shelter or barn for them

00:18:03to come in.

00:18:04The right amount of grazing is what?

00:18:05Well, if you're having just a few llamas, you'd need at least an acre or two, and you'd

00:18:10need to be able to split the paddocks so that you can rest the fields.

00:18:15Wonderful.

00:18:16You're a sweetheart, aren't you, really?

00:18:18They're also television stars, aren't they?

00:18:20They are, yeah.

00:18:20Both of these are, actually.

00:18:21What have they been on?

00:18:22Come on, give us your CV.

00:18:24So, I mean, they've done lots, but we're recently...

00:18:27Well, apart from Indigo being on Love Your Weekend, which of course is top of the list.

00:18:31They recently did the filming for the Thursday Murder Club on Netflix, which aired at the end

00:18:36of last year.

00:18:37So Indigo and Barnaby went and did that.

00:18:39And then Barnaby has actually just done something else for Netflix, but we're not allowed to say

00:18:45yet.

00:18:45And that comes out at the end of this year.

00:18:47Right.

00:18:47But, yeah, that's quite a big one as well.

00:18:49When they come back, do you notice them being particularly starry?

00:18:52Oh, yeah, he's a terrible diva now.

00:18:55Look, I mean, I'm not standing still.

00:18:57I'm just going to strut me stuff.

00:18:59He's gone straight to his head.

00:19:00Are they always the same colour?

00:19:01We've got here really quite dark legs.

00:19:02No, these two are very similar.

00:19:04Yeah.

00:19:04They have got the same dad but different mums, but you could put two white llamas together

00:19:08and get a brown.

00:19:09It's very random.

00:19:10So, yeah, you have no idea.

00:19:13We've got spotty ones, pure white ones, brown and white, you know, it really varies in colour.

00:19:18How many are you looking after?

00:19:20I think we've got about 38 at the minute.

00:19:22We've got three babies due.

00:19:24Now, diet, I mean, clearly they graze.

00:19:26Do they browse as well?

00:19:28Yes, they're browsers rather than grazers, actually.

00:19:30Rather than grazers, yeah.

00:19:31So, obviously, if there was hedges and trees, they'd be straight in there.

00:19:34But they're continuous grazers and then they obviously ruminance, so they do have to eventually

00:19:39stop grazing and chew the cud.

00:19:41Right.

00:19:41But, yeah, grass and hay ad-lib, but they are grazers, so they do...

00:19:46And supplementary feeding during the winter?

00:19:48The older geriatrics we give extra feeding for and, obviously, the pregnant mummies and

00:19:56the youngsters.

00:19:57But these trekking boys are really hardy.

00:19:59So, in South America, they'd have really sparse vegetation, so actually they can get

00:20:03too fat in this country, so you do have to watch their weight.

00:20:07They are really hardy because they're from the Andes.

00:20:10And presumably winter cold means nothing to them with a coat this thick.

00:20:13Do you use them as sort of therapy animals as well?

00:20:17Because a lot of animals now, horses, dogs particularly, are used for therapy.

00:20:21Yeah, we do have lots of groups come with various special needs.

00:20:25And we've had blind groups and, you know, all sorts.

00:20:28And I think also being head level with a calm animal that's not intimidating gives a lot of

00:20:35people confidence.

00:20:36We have a lot of children come as well, so they're all around us.

00:20:39It is interesting because, as you say, when you're in close proximity with this glorious

00:20:44head and these glorious eyes and that little hum.

00:20:49They call it Lama Karma.

00:20:50It is Lama Karma.

00:20:52Certainly calming Lama.

00:20:54Yeah.

00:20:55They're lovely.

00:20:55Bless you.

00:20:56Thank you very much for bringing them in.

00:20:57You're welcome.

00:20:57Indigo, nice to have you back.

00:20:59Glad you've made such a fuss of me.

00:21:02And Barnaby, you too.

00:21:03And we look forward to your appearance on the top secret Netflix drama, whatever it is,

00:21:11come the end of the year.

00:21:12But lovely to be.

00:21:12I could just stand and gaze at these all day, you know.

00:21:16I love that.

00:21:17And you're very calm.

00:21:18I know.

00:21:18And you're very beautiful.

00:21:21And I think you know that.

00:21:23Oh, he is back.

00:21:24Is that a good thing or not?

00:21:26I'm not sure about that.

00:21:27I'm backing off now.

00:21:28OK.

00:21:28You've got my number.

00:21:30Thank you, Indigo.

00:21:33Thank you, Barnaby.

00:21:34Coming up, ahead of their retirement, we catch up with the zebras, currently residing at one

00:21:40Warwickshire farm.

00:21:41And it was the year they cloned Dolly the sheep.

00:21:44The Euros ended in disappointment.

00:21:46And the Macarena went viral.

00:21:49Do you remember that?

00:21:50Oh, I can't remember.

00:21:52You're not a fella, thank you.

00:21:53But to his adoring fans, the biggest revelation of 1996 was this.

00:21:59Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.

00:22:01No, no.

00:22:02Peter Andre talks 30 years since the UK release of that song.

00:22:06And much more right after this.

00:22:09Oh, oh, oh, oh.

00:22:13Mysterious girl.

00:22:14Move your body close to my...

00:22:23Welcome back to Love Your Weekend.

00:22:26Still aired, she's arguably the doyen of alpha female roles, having starred in hits like Bancroft,

00:22:32Broadchurch and my favourite W1A.

00:22:35Hampshire local Sarah Parrish on cornering the market in TV baddies.

00:22:39And she's so nice in real life.

00:22:42Also coming up, how your trash is nature's treasure.

00:22:45TV carpenter Wayne Perry brings us everything that's great about the green, brown and the

00:22:51beautiful world of compost bins.

00:22:53Oh, the glamour of telly.

00:22:54Now, my next guest is a bona fide household name, who for 30 years has toured his way around

00:23:01the world, and along the way, he's also picked up a rather successful TV career.

00:23:06But it's music that will always be his home, as he's about to release his most personal

00:23:11album yet, his 11th studio album, to be precise.

00:23:15Before we say hello or g'day, let's take an astounding trip back to the 90s.

00:23:21If you're down, throw your hands up in the air, a match back with a flavor of the air.

00:23:26Here we go, there's a party over here.

00:23:29On the left foot of the air.

00:23:30Slip it down, throw your hands up in the air.

00:23:33A match back with a flavor of the air.

00:23:35That's right, I'm kicking your flavor.

00:23:59Oh, mysterious girl, I wanna get close to you

00:24:11Oh, mysterious girl, move your body close to mine

00:24:19I mean, be honest, Peter Andre, you never ate, did you?

00:24:23You just did not eat anything.

00:24:24You just spent your life in the gym.

00:24:27Well, you do.

00:24:27You really think it's an interesting thing.

00:24:31Back then, I used to train to try and look a certain way.

00:24:34Now, I train to feel a certain way,

00:24:36and there's a big difference in that.

00:24:38Your baggy trousers aren't quite...

00:24:39Well, I mean, who wears jeans in a waterfall?

00:24:43I still sometimes see that video and think,

00:24:45why didn't anyone say, can you take your jeans off?

00:24:48Probably better I didn't, actually, thinking about it.

00:24:51Yeah, they were good days.

00:24:53They were good days as much as I can remember.

00:24:55A lot of it's a bit of a blur now, but great times.

00:24:5811th album, Legacy, with old hits, new stuff,

00:25:03you write as well as perform.

00:25:05But you've had a chance to sort of revisit the old things,

00:25:08re-orchestrate them, you know, and use Friends on the album too.

00:25:11Yeah, so basically, the first song I wrote, I was 13,

00:25:14I was riding my bike home from school,

00:25:16and I wrote it, the whole thing really quickly,

00:25:20ran home, said to my brother Chris,

00:25:22who is an incredible musician,

00:25:24what song is this?

00:25:25And he said, well, it might be yours.

00:25:27And I said, what do you mean?

00:25:28He said, well, you've probably just written a song.

00:25:30And I didn't know I could do that back then.

00:25:32So that was it, the obsession started.

00:25:35And some of the songs on the first album,

00:25:38we're talking 11 albums ago,

00:25:39was songs that I'd written when I was that young,

00:25:42and I'd eventually got to record them.

00:25:43And it was this summer, 30 years ago,

00:25:45that Mysterious Girl became a worldwide hit.

00:25:47So I thought, why don't I do something to celebrate that?

00:25:50Yeah.

00:25:51Revisiting some of those old songs,

00:25:53and then writing some new songs,

00:25:55and that's what we did.

00:25:56Who are we heroes?

00:25:58Who are your heroes?

00:25:59I mean, looking back,

00:26:00and you'll have met a few of them, I guess.

00:26:02Yeah, well, I was six years old

00:26:03when I first heard Off the Wall album,

00:26:07Michael Jackson,

00:26:07and I remember it being this unbelievable sound,

00:26:10because it was all Quincy Jones production, wasn't it?

00:26:13And I remember playing it at home on a record player,

00:26:16and my dad walked in in his strong Greek accent,

00:26:18and he said,

00:26:20who is this woman singing?

00:26:22And I said, Dad, what do you mean?

00:26:23This is Michael Jackson.

00:26:25This is the greatest singer of all time.

00:26:26And he said, wait.

00:26:29And he went and he got this record of Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin,

00:26:33and he said, this, listen to this.

00:26:35And back then I didn't appreciate it,

00:26:38because I was into what I liked,

00:26:39and, you know, the songs were great,

00:26:41Michael Jackson's, of course, music was incredible.

00:26:43But I grew up understanding what my father listened to,

00:26:46and what my brothers listened to.

00:26:47So I had a lot of heroes.

00:26:50But you're also, you know, utilising now the music of Frankie Valli.

00:26:53Frankie Valli.

00:26:54Frankie Valli in the Four Seasons.

00:26:56I mean, my daughters, when we took them to see the Jersey Boys,

00:26:59you know, they said,

00:27:00but we didn't know those songs came from that long ago.

00:27:02They knew the songs so well.

00:27:04Yeah.

00:27:04They were from discos and things like that.

00:27:05But Frankie Valli, you've also been enjoying that kind of music.

00:27:07I am.

00:27:08And when I first got approached to do it,

00:27:10I remember saying to the producer,

00:27:11that's really kind of you,

00:27:13but I don't really know any Frankie Valli songs.

00:27:14And he said, yes, you do.

00:27:16Yes, you do.

00:27:17And I realised that when we were kids on the Gold Coast,

00:27:20that the speakers, they used to have speakers on the beaches,

00:27:22and they used to play local radio stations,

00:27:25used to play music.

00:27:26I always thought it was the Beach Boys,

00:27:28and some of them were.

00:27:29But what I didn't realise was a lot of those songs

00:27:32embedded in our childhood were Frankie Valli.

00:27:34So it was a real honour to take that on.

00:27:36Yeah.

00:27:38You've done various genres over the years.

00:27:40The people you've encompassed within your act.

00:27:43And also were encompassing people like Jack Sparrow.

00:27:47And I can never forget this scene from Strictly Come Dancing

00:27:53when Peter Andre suddenly descended.

00:28:25There you are.

00:28:26Wow.

00:28:26Your best Jack Sparrow.

00:28:27Your best Johnny Depp.

00:28:28There was Janet Menrara there.

00:28:29Wow, Janet Menrara.

00:28:30I mean, that music.

00:28:31I mean, you only have to hear that, don't you?

00:28:33And you all feel you could dance like that.

00:28:34Well, it's such powerful music.

00:28:37That was, I have to be honest,

00:28:39of all the TVs I've ever done,

00:28:41Strictly was the scariest experience I've ever had in my life

00:28:44because you're being judged by real dancers.

00:28:47You're not being judged by, you know, celebrities

00:28:50or you are being judged by people who know their craft.

00:28:53And when they tell you your foot's wrong, your foot's wrong.

00:28:56So you try so hard to do it properly.

00:28:59And it's really scary, really scary,

00:29:02but very rewarding as well.

00:29:04You get to do different things with different people

00:29:06and different skills.

00:29:07I mean, Jeanette, they're a brilliant dancer,

00:29:08but it was very intriguing.

00:29:10I'm watching Jill Scott with you doing Mysterious Girl

00:29:15in a league of their own.

00:29:17Here we are.

00:29:18You know, I said earlier that we hadn't booked Peter Andre

00:29:20to come out and sing with you.

00:29:22I was lying.

00:29:23It wouldn't be a league of their own

00:29:25without making dreams come true.

00:29:27It is time, Jill Scott, for your duet

00:29:29with Mr. Peter Andre!

00:29:31Thank you!

00:29:37Good job!

00:29:40Come on, Jill!

00:29:41I want you to sing it with me.

00:29:43You promised me you would.

00:29:45Oh!

00:29:49Mysterious girl

00:29:49Move your body close to life

00:29:52Are you going to do the rap?

00:29:54Here we go!

00:29:55Well, I've been sitting by the board

00:29:58Hoping you call my time

00:29:59I hear your voice

00:30:00I feel ten feet tall

00:30:02Why do you really pick a window

00:30:03I never fall

00:30:04When I trip full of a man

00:30:06With time in it

00:30:07You know, she covered about

00:30:08three different keys there

00:30:10But she just managed to do it perfectly

00:30:12It was brilliant

00:30:12She got all the words right

00:30:14I can't get all those words right

00:30:16Yeah, she's such a lovely person

00:30:18I've met many times

00:30:19Really lovely person

00:30:21Isn't it wonderful

00:30:21To be able to bring joy

00:30:22into someone's laughter

00:30:23Because you really had no idea

00:30:25That you were going to spring that on there

00:30:27And this is the thing

00:30:28That I think is wonderful

00:30:29About the industry that we're in

00:30:31You know, we get to do so many different things

00:30:32Like you said

00:30:33And I feel very, very blessed

00:30:36To be able to do that

00:30:37And we've met over the years

00:30:39A few times

00:30:39But it's amazing to think

00:30:4130 years later

00:30:42I could sit here on the sofa

00:30:44With you and chat

00:30:44It's wonderful

00:30:45Well, we're both very old now

00:30:47Well

00:30:47That's probably why

00:30:48Some of us are older than others

00:30:49My dad said

00:30:50It's only the first hundred years

00:30:51That are tough

00:30:52He reckons it gets really easy

00:30:53After that

00:30:54So we're okay

00:30:55We're okay for now

00:30:57He's 93

00:30:58Okay, not so great for him

00:31:00But it's great for us

00:31:02It's the variety

00:31:03The things that you go on

00:31:05And you're doing musicals as well

00:31:06I mean, you've done various musicals

00:31:07You've done Grease

00:31:08Now, you had an acquaintanceship there

00:31:11With Olivia Newton-Johnham

00:31:12And you were a great fan of hers

00:31:14Well, I mean

00:31:15I had the pleasure of working

00:31:18With Olivia Newton-John

00:31:19One night at the Spina

00:31:20We did a Spina Bifida concert

00:31:22In Australia

00:31:23In aid of Spina Bifida

00:31:25And we all performed

00:31:26On stage together

00:31:27And she was exactly

00:31:29What you wish she would be like

00:31:31She just radiated

00:31:33From the second she'd walk in

00:31:34Was kind to everybody

00:31:36And so

00:31:38You know, I got to see her

00:31:39A few more times

00:31:41Over the next few years

00:31:42After that

00:31:42And she was always

00:31:43Just that lovely person

00:31:45I mean

00:31:45Who didn't have a

00:31:46Crush on Olivia Newton-John

00:31:48She was just

00:31:49Agreed

00:31:50You know

00:31:50Just

00:31:51And she's always been so lovely

00:31:53So

00:31:53Well, I can't bring you

00:31:54Olivia Newton-Johnham

00:31:55From Grease

00:31:56I can give you

00:31:56Teen Angel

00:31:57But on Loose Women

00:31:59Here we are

00:32:00Brilliant

00:32:01Baby

00:32:01Baby, you blew it

00:32:03Baby, you blew it

00:32:04You put out good

00:32:05And vice to shame

00:32:06How could you do it

00:32:08How could you do it

00:32:09Bet you did

00:32:10Abby, you'd say the same

00:32:12Cause there's no way

00:32:14To get through to you

00:32:16No matter how I try

00:32:22Might as well

00:32:24Walk back to that

00:32:26More

00:32:26Sharpie

00:32:30Mascara

00:32:38A pink girl

00:32:39Pink wings

00:32:40I have to tell you this

00:32:42I'm so sorry

00:32:44Four years before that

00:32:46Five years before that

00:32:47I was offered the role

00:32:48Of Danny Zuko

00:32:49And I couldn't do it

00:32:50How could I not do it

00:32:51I couldn't do it

00:32:52Whatever the reason was

00:32:53It was a

00:32:55Six or however many years later

00:32:57They came back and said

00:32:58Would you do Grease

00:32:58And I said of course

00:33:00I told everybody

00:33:01I'm playing Danny Zuko

00:33:03I rang my in-laws

00:33:05I rang my parents in Australia

00:33:06I'm going to be Danny Zuko

00:33:07In Grease

00:33:08They said

00:33:08Wow, you know

00:33:09A little bit old

00:33:10But okay

00:33:11They said no

00:33:11What are you talking about

00:33:12I can do it

00:33:13Oh, he's Italian

00:33:14He wasn't

00:33:14But anyway

00:33:16So I told everybody

00:33:19And what I didn't realise

00:33:20Until the day of the photo shoot

00:33:22They sent a message saying

00:33:24Can you please bring

00:33:25Tight white jeans

00:33:26And a tight white vest top

00:33:27And I thought

00:33:28Well, Danny Zuko

00:33:29Doesn't wear that

00:33:30So I turned up

00:33:31And they said

00:33:31Well, who told you

00:33:32You were Danny Zuko

00:33:33I said

00:33:35I just presumed

00:33:36They said

00:33:36You're slightly too old for that

00:33:38So I was a teenager instead

00:33:39I still loved it

00:33:40But I didn't get to fulfil

00:33:42My Danny Zuko dream

00:33:44And tell me about

00:33:45Working with Madonna

00:33:45I mean

00:33:46Goodness me

00:33:47Support app for Madonna

00:33:48And I bet you thought

00:33:49I don't really

00:33:52Does that one

00:33:53Bite your hand off time?

00:33:54Yeah, absolutely

00:33:55When I got the call

00:33:56To open for the girly tour

00:33:58It was all around Australia

00:33:59In stadiums

00:34:00Now, I'd never

00:34:02I mean

00:34:02Most people don't start at stadiums

00:34:04They start at the bottom

00:34:05And eventually get there

00:34:06I started at the top

00:34:07There was only one way

00:34:08It was going to go

00:34:09Where do you go from that?

00:34:11I mean, that was Madonna

00:34:12And it was

00:34:12The most incredible experience

00:34:15She was lovely

00:34:16Yeah, we did a six-week tour

00:34:18I think together

00:34:18When you're working

00:34:20With somebody like that

00:34:20Watching how they operate

00:34:21How they operate on stage

00:34:23And operate off stage

00:34:25It must be quite interesting

00:34:26Seeing how they

00:34:27Carry themselves

00:34:28How they relate to an audience

00:34:30Can you learn

00:34:31From working with someone

00:34:32Like Madonna?

00:34:33Well, yeah, of course

00:34:34I mean, you learn

00:34:35From all the greats

00:34:36You see how it all works

00:34:38You know, of course

00:34:39When you've got a budget

00:34:40And you can put on

00:34:41The production

00:34:42But you still need

00:34:43Star quality

00:34:44You do, yes

00:34:45And if you haven't got that

00:34:46Yes

00:34:46All the bells and whistles

00:34:48Don't really mean anything

00:34:49That's right

00:34:49Well, she's definitely got

00:34:50I mean, the songs

00:34:51Good to have you with us

00:34:52Good luck with the album

00:34:53And Frankie Valli

00:34:55Fabulous

00:34:56Thank you, Peter

00:34:57Thank you

00:34:57Delight

00:34:58Now then

00:34:58A wonder through nature

00:35:01Courtesy of you at home

00:35:02It's time

00:35:03For Walk on the Wild Side

00:35:37For Walk on the Wild Side

00:36:04For Walk on the Wild Side

00:36:45Oh, thank you for all

00:36:47Your wonderful pictures there

00:36:48Please do keep sending them

00:36:50I mean, it's a very special

00:36:51Part of this programme

00:36:52Still ahead

00:36:53If you think your houseplants

00:36:54Need some CPR

00:36:55That's care, pruning and refreshing

00:36:57Houseplant guru Claire Lowry

00:37:00Has it covered

00:37:00How to repot, rescue

00:37:02And revive your plants

00:37:04Coming up

00:37:04Powerful meeting

00:37:19There really is no season like spring

00:37:23And as our gardens

00:37:24And as our gardens

00:37:25From their winter sleep

00:37:26It's no wonder

00:37:27That displays of our early risers

00:37:30Can put a smile on anyone's face

00:37:32As we hope we will today

00:37:33Coming up

00:37:34Spoilt

00:37:36Psychopathic

00:37:37Salt of the earth

00:37:38Salt of the earth

00:37:38She's led a variety of characters

00:37:39Sarah Parrish

00:37:41On mixing it up

00:37:42When it comes to choosing her roles

00:37:44But first

00:37:45It's time for your

00:37:46Voice of Nature

00:37:47Today

00:37:47It's the turn of

00:37:49Patience stars

00:37:50Ella Mai Purvis

00:37:51And Nathan Welch

00:37:52With Hope

00:37:53By Edith Mesbit

00:38:04O thrush

00:38:05Is it true

00:38:05Your song tells

00:38:07Of a world

00:38:08Born anew

00:38:09Of fields

00:38:10Gold with buttercups

00:38:11Woodlands

00:38:12All blue

00:38:13With hyacinth bells

00:38:14Of primroses

00:38:15Deep

00:38:16In the moss

00:38:17Of the lane

00:38:17Of a princess

00:38:18Asleep

00:38:19And dear magic

00:38:20To do

00:38:20Will the sun

00:38:22Wake the princess

00:38:22O thrush

00:38:23Is it true

00:38:24Will spring come again

00:38:26Will spring come again

00:38:28Now at last

00:38:29With soft shine

00:38:30And rain

00:38:31Will the violet

00:38:32Be sweet

00:38:33Where the dead leaves

00:38:34Have lain

00:38:34Will winter be past

00:38:36In the brown

00:38:37Of the copse

00:38:38Will white wind

00:38:39Flowers star through

00:38:40Where the last

00:38:41Oak leaf drops

00:38:42And the daisies

00:38:44Come too

00:38:44And the may

00:38:46And the lilac

00:38:47Will spring come again

00:38:48O thrush

00:38:49Is it true

00:38:58Thank you

00:38:59Ella and Nathan

00:39:00Lovely words

00:39:01Capturing that

00:39:02Anticipation

00:39:03Of spring renewal

00:39:05That we all feel

00:39:06When the sun comes out

00:39:07Now they've filled

00:39:08Our shelves

00:39:09And populated porches

00:39:11For decades

00:39:12From the exotic

00:39:13Specimens

00:39:14In grand Victorian

00:39:15Glasshouses

00:39:16To the humble

00:39:17Spider plants

00:39:18On 1970s windowsills

00:39:20Our love affair

00:39:21With houseplants

00:39:22Shows no signs

00:39:23Of fizzling out

00:39:24But after a long

00:39:25And dusty winter

00:39:26It's time to give

00:39:27Your leafy friends

00:39:28Some TLC

00:39:29Thankfully

00:39:30We have just the woman

00:39:31Welcome back

00:39:32Houseplant expert

00:39:33Claire Lowry

00:39:34Here with her

00:39:36Rejuvenation masterclass

00:39:37To get your houseplants

00:39:38Prepped

00:39:40Primed

00:39:40And positively thriving

00:39:42Welcome Claire

00:39:43Let me tell you back

00:39:44Thank you for having me back

00:39:45It is isn't it

00:39:45Because there they sit

00:39:46Like bits of furniture

00:39:48The occasional flick over

00:39:49With the feather duster

00:39:50I know

00:39:51Lobsome water

00:39:51But now they're a bit weary

00:39:53Aren't they

00:39:54They are

00:39:54I mean you actually

00:39:55You just mentioned about

00:39:56The flick over with the feather duster

00:39:58And one of the first things

00:39:59I was actually going to touch on

00:40:00Is plants that don't get a dusting enough

00:40:02Ah

00:40:03And I think especially as

00:40:05The days kind of start to pick up

00:40:06And the light is beautiful

00:40:08You really want to be

00:40:08Kind of optimising that

00:40:10As much as possible

00:40:11So the plant can photosynthesise

00:40:13And so I've got a very dusty plant here

00:40:15I mean I typically don't let it get this bad

00:40:17But when it starts to kind of get quite dusty

00:40:20Because I think a lot of the time

00:40:21People kind of think

00:40:22Oh no my plants aren't dusty

00:40:23They look absolutely fine

00:40:24But you don't realise

00:40:25In the same way as your skirting boards

00:40:27Build up dust

00:40:28Your plants build up dust as well

00:40:30Besides the fact that obviously

00:40:32You can't kind of allow them

00:40:34All the light that they need

00:40:35It's kind of like having a sheer curtain

00:40:37Over them

00:40:37They can't absorb the light

00:40:39They also are far more susceptible to pests

00:40:42Right

00:40:42So yeah

00:40:43So clean them

00:40:44Yeah so I'm just using

00:40:46Literally just some lukewarm water

00:40:48Look at that

00:40:49Oh yeah

00:40:50As Larry Grayson used to say

00:40:52The muck in here

00:40:54But it looks totally different

00:40:56It literally shines

00:40:57And you don't need anything other than water

00:40:59I know

00:41:00It's amazing

00:41:01They used to say in the elders

00:41:02Do them with milk

00:41:03And you think

00:41:03Well actually

00:41:04It then starts to smell a bit cheesy

00:41:06After a while

00:41:06I've had all of these

00:41:08But hairy plants of course

00:41:10You wouldn't do that with

00:41:11You have to be a bit careful

00:41:12With hairy plants

00:41:12Because obviously

00:41:13They're much more susceptible

00:41:14To mould, mildew

00:41:15If you are going to wipe them down

00:41:17I personally would recommend

00:41:18Just dusting

00:41:19Yeah

00:41:19But if you do need to wipe them down

00:41:21If you are dealing with pests

00:41:22Or something like that

00:41:23I would just make sure

00:41:23You've got really good air flow

00:41:25To allow the leaves

00:41:26To kind of dry off

00:41:27So that they don't start

00:41:28Isn't that gorgeous

00:41:29It's beautiful isn't it

00:41:31Fresh and

00:41:31You can

00:41:32It's sort of

00:41:32Oh Claire

00:41:33Thank you so much

00:41:34Listen carefully

00:41:36Yeah it's like a whole new plant

00:41:37It is

00:41:38It is

00:41:38The other thing

00:41:39That I was going to mention

00:41:40This is a very

00:41:41You actually mentioned

00:41:42Spider plants at the beginning

00:41:43The spider plant is

00:41:45Obviously a very common house plant

00:41:46And this one has been

00:41:47Throwing out plantlets

00:41:49For months

00:41:50This is great to start

00:41:51With this isn't it

00:41:52And start children off too

00:41:53Because each one of these

00:41:54Yeah

00:41:54Make a separate plant

00:41:55It's fantastic

00:41:56I think the reason

00:41:57That this one is probably doing it

00:41:59Is because the plant

00:42:00Is actually stressed

00:42:01Right

00:42:01Because this one

00:42:02Hasn't had a repot

00:42:03In quite a while

00:42:04And if

00:42:05Oh yes

00:42:06There's a lot in there

00:42:07There's a lot in there

00:42:08Now if you've got that plant

00:42:09Looking that healthy

00:42:10In that size pot

00:42:11You obviously feed it really well

00:42:12Because it's still glowing with health

00:42:13I mean

00:42:14It's

00:42:14The amount of water

00:42:15This plant is requiring

00:42:16At the moment

00:42:17Is ridiculous

00:42:18Because just

00:42:19Look

00:42:19At those roots

00:42:21They are

00:42:22Crazy

00:42:23Yeah

00:42:24So before I pot it up

00:42:26I'll show you the soil mix

00:42:27That I quite like to use

00:42:29Right

00:42:29This is for me

00:42:30Just kind of like

00:42:31A generic soil mix

00:42:32That I'll use

00:42:33For most of my house plants

00:42:35Terrestrial house plants

00:42:36That grow from the ground

00:42:37Now you can buy it in bags

00:42:38Or any mix

00:42:39But you mix your own

00:42:40To be honest

00:42:41I do a bit of both

00:42:42But I do

00:42:42I do quite

00:42:43This thing quite therapeutic

00:42:44And I don't know

00:42:45Just quite nice

00:42:46About getting your hands

00:42:47In the soil

00:42:47And mixing everything up yourself

00:42:49So what have you got for?

00:42:50So this is just a peat free soil mix

00:42:53And I'm going to put all of that in the bowl

00:42:55And then I've got two different types of orchid bark

00:42:58This is orchid bark

00:42:59This is orchid bark with tree fern fibre

00:43:00So it's really really nice

00:43:02Adding aeration into the soil

00:43:04So that's the orchid

00:43:05But what about the bigger chips?

00:43:07Yeah this is just much chunkier

00:43:09And typically if I'm working with an epiphytic plant

00:43:12So a plant that naturally doesn't grow out of the ground

00:43:15And it grows

00:43:15On a tree

00:43:16Yeah

00:43:16Not a parasite

00:43:17But an epiphyc

00:43:18Just clings on

00:43:19Exactly

00:43:20So I would typically add a lot more kind of chunky

00:43:23Things like sustainably sourced sphagnum moss

00:43:25And stuff like that as well

00:43:26To really kind of replicate its natural growing conditions

00:43:29For this plant

00:43:30I think I'm just going to stick with the fine stuff

00:43:34And then this is perlite

00:43:35And when you're using perlite indoors

00:43:38It's really important to make sure that you hydrate it first

00:43:41Because it's very dry and fluffy

00:43:42It almost blows away

00:43:43It's almost like polystyrene granules

00:43:44It feels different

00:43:46But it's as light and fluffy isn't it really?

00:43:48Yeah, yeah completely

00:43:49But also the dust is really bad for you to breathe in

00:43:52I mean you can actually see

00:43:53Just from how I've hydrated it already

00:43:55How it's kind of holding the moisture

00:43:57And this just means that I'm creating a really nice airy mix

00:44:01That also is very moisture retaining

00:44:03So I'm not hopefully going to need to have to be watering this plant quite so much

00:44:07It's that seeming contradiction with compost

00:44:10They need to be moisture retentive but free draining

00:44:13Yes

00:44:14And that means they're holding on to enough moisture

00:44:16But not too much to get soggy

00:44:17I can tell from the way you hand it

00:44:19That has got a lovely feel to it now

00:44:21It is lovely

00:44:22It's really nice

00:44:24It is

00:44:24And I love the smell of it as well

00:44:26I know that's weird

00:44:26No, no, it's not

00:44:28I'm trying to be a gardener

00:44:29It's not weird at all

00:44:30Well, I don't think it's weird

00:44:31It's quite normal

00:44:32I'm sure no one at home

00:44:33I also think it's weird

00:44:35But yes

00:44:37So I'm just going to kind of get my hands in there

00:44:39And just try and work as many of the plants out as I can

00:44:44And it's surprising

00:44:45I don't think there's a decent lump of root on them

00:44:47You'll be okay

00:44:48Yeah

00:44:49They're all so knotted together

00:44:50That's your problem, isn't it really?

00:44:52I'm afraid this is an incense clay

00:44:53Well, I would go in with a knife

00:44:54Would you?

00:44:55Well, as long as there's a big enough lump with each

00:44:57Oh, we're almost there

00:44:58You're almost there

00:44:59Yeah

00:44:59The bits that do get cut off and broken off

00:45:02It doesn't matter

00:45:03It'll be enough remaining

00:45:04It's like when you get

00:45:05Particularly in between November and March

00:45:08You get things like bare root roses

00:45:09And they'll be dug up from the ground

00:45:11And the nursery rose

00:45:12And they'll come to you with the top growth like that

00:45:14And roots going down here

00:45:15And you can take half of them off

00:45:17Because they're all going to die the bottom ends anyway

00:45:19And new roots are going to come from the top half

00:45:22So if you're planting bare root stuff

00:45:23Don't be frightened of shortening by a good half

00:45:26Oh, how fascinating

00:45:27The root that's on there

00:45:28Would you put that back in the same pot?

00:45:29You know what?

00:45:30I probably would

00:45:30I bought some other pots

00:45:31It's about the right size, isn't it?

00:45:31But it is about the right size

00:45:34Yeah, and I'll propagate that in a second probably

00:45:38So yeah, I'm just going to take a little bit of the soil mix

00:45:40And pop that in the bottom

00:45:46There's a lovely line in Wind in the Willows

00:45:48It says one of the things about having holidays

00:45:50It's not just that you've got time off yourself

00:45:52It's watching the other fellas still working

00:45:55It's very nice when I lean here as a gardener

00:45:58Watching another gardener

00:46:00And then feeding it around the edge

00:46:02Yeah, that's right

00:46:03I mean, you can always feel that plant being grateful

00:46:06Well, I really, I hope now

00:46:09Oh, I mean, obviously it's kind of

00:46:11It's a lovely healthy section we've got here

00:46:12But I hope the roots will just kind of expand and fill that pot

00:46:15And then the little plantlets here

00:46:17There's a few different ways you can propagate them

00:46:19But my favourite and the easiest way

00:46:22We just chop the thing off that's attaching them

00:46:25I just pop them in a little bit of water

00:46:27And I've just got a little pot of water here

00:46:30And I personally just really like watching the roots grow

00:46:34Drop it in there

00:46:35So you can literally pop it in like that

00:46:37Keep it on your windowsill

00:46:37Yeah, exactly

00:46:39Absolutely fab

00:46:40Yeah, no, it's great

00:46:41Thanks, Claire

00:46:41Not at all

00:46:42Always as you like

00:46:42Learn from you every time you come

00:46:44And it's wonderful to see all these things

00:46:46Which can go together to make the compost

00:46:48You know, and making your own compost

00:46:50Great fun

00:46:51It is

00:46:52Thanks, Claire

00:46:53Not at all

00:46:59Now, Joseph's Amazing Camels is no ordinary farm

00:47:04They're the leading specialists in humped animals

00:47:08The kind you'd expect to see strutting across the sands of North Africa

00:47:11Rather than grazing politely in Warwickshire

00:47:14But just when you thought a camel in the Midlands was peak eccentricity

00:47:19Things took an even wilder turn

00:47:22Enter the stripes

00:47:23Yes, the farmers welcomed three eye-catching new arrivals

00:47:27Aled, Maasai and Chad

00:47:30And let's just say they didn't get the memo about blending in

00:47:34To tell us more, friend of the show and young farmer, Daisy Fawcett

00:47:47Camels are a usual on my parents' camel farm here in Warwickshire

00:47:52I've been involved with this business since I was little

00:47:55My parents started the company in 2000

00:47:57So I've grown up with camels

00:47:59We have the largest herd of camels in the UK

00:48:01So we have 13 camels on the farm at the moment for events like racing and Christmas parades

00:48:07And obviously film and TV

00:48:10I've got Mr. Baxter with me today

00:48:12He is one of our film star camels

00:48:14You might recognise him from Aladdin for example

00:48:18We also have some very special guests staying with us

00:48:20These are my stripy new friends

00:48:23They are Chapman zebras

00:48:25So we've got Aled, Maasai and Chad

00:48:29Aled is a little bit aloof

00:48:31He's not too keen on people

00:48:33I think he thinks we're giant carrots

00:48:36Maasai is a real sweetie

00:48:39The coolest thing about Maasai

00:48:40Is his beautiful teardrop just underneath his left eye

00:48:46And then Chad is like a giant dog

00:48:48I just love Chad

00:48:49He's probably my favourite, don't tell the others

00:48:51He's a little bit aloof, a little bit standoffish

00:48:54But if you've got a carrot, you're his best friend for life

00:48:58With their previous owners

00:48:59They were actually film stars

00:49:01And they've been around people their entire lives

00:49:04Doing animal experiences

00:49:05They've been on the set of Bridgerton

00:49:07They're very, very cool

00:49:08They are now retired

00:49:10So we are a temporary home for them

00:49:13Before they go to live their absolute life of luxury

00:49:16In a retirement home

00:49:21No squabbling

00:49:22Make sure it's all nice for you

00:49:24There you go, look at that

00:49:26From afar, Aled, Chad and Maasai look exactly the same

00:49:30But actually their stripes are completely different

00:49:33Like our fingerprints

00:49:34Each one is unique

00:49:35Now these guys are Chapman zebras

00:49:37They're a subspecies of plain zebras

00:49:40They're found in southern Africa

00:49:42Botswana, Namibia, Zambia

00:49:44And they've got some really distinctive patterns

00:49:46That make them Chapmans

00:49:48Their stripes go all the way down to their feet

00:49:52Which some zebras don't

00:49:54But the biggest one is that

00:49:56They have something called a shadow stripe

00:49:57It's a brown stripe between their white stripe

00:49:59And this is a really distinctive feature

00:50:01That only the Chapman zebras have

00:50:05Zebra stripes are actually a self-defense mechanism

00:50:08Which is so interesting

00:50:09A herd of zebras is called a dazzle

00:50:11And it's supposedly because they dazzle predators

00:50:14So a predator can't pick one individual zebra

00:50:17Out of a group

00:50:19Even though I've grown up around camels

00:50:22Zebras are a completely different ballgame

00:50:25Our zebras are very tame

00:50:27But they really are wild animals

00:50:29And they have that real prey instinct in them

00:50:31Whereas camels are domesticated animals

00:50:33So they're a lot easier to handle in a lot of ways

00:50:36These guys can be far more unpredictable

00:50:39They are not pets

00:50:40Any training with animals

00:50:43Whether it be a zebra, a camel or a dog

00:50:45It's always important to give them a positive reward

00:50:50Alid, one of the three zebras

00:50:52Has been trained differently to Chad and Masai

00:50:55Chad and Masai have been trained traditionally

00:50:57Almost like you would a horse

00:50:58Alid has been clicker trained

00:51:02So when Alid touches the ball with his nose

00:51:05Like that

00:51:06He knows he gets a treat

00:51:09It's a way of positive reinforcement

00:51:12He won't let you put the head collar on

00:51:14Unless you give him the tennis ball first

00:51:16Oh good boy

00:51:18There we go

00:51:20When they're on a film set

00:51:22This cone and tennis ball trick

00:51:24Really helped the previous owners

00:51:26Get them into position

00:51:27Because he will stand wherever that tennis ball is

00:51:30One of the most common questions I have had on social media

00:51:33About the zebras is

00:51:34Can you ride them?

00:51:36The answer

00:51:36Absolutely not

00:51:38Their backs are not made for it

00:51:39Because they're wild animals

00:51:41They haven't been bred to be able to ride

00:51:43Backs are on the other hand

00:51:44Very comfortable

00:51:45I would ride him all day long

00:51:49It's going to be really emotional

00:51:51Letting these zebras go

00:51:53They've really become a part of our family

00:51:56Like any animal that comes here does

00:52:26Thank you Daisy

00:52:28So many people are

00:52:30Wayne Perry is here with his guide

00:52:32To what's hot and what's not

00:52:34In the world of compost bins

00:52:36It's all here you know

00:52:37I'll see you with the TV carpenter himself

00:52:40Right after this

00:52:55The sale of compost in the UK

00:52:58Produces roughly 100 million plastic bags every year

00:53:02In a world where we're all trying to have

00:53:04Less of an impact on the environment

00:53:06One way of scaling back your plastic consumption

00:53:09Is by producing your own compost at home

00:53:12Here to show us how to turn pallets into compost bins

00:53:15TV carpenter Wayne Perry

00:53:18We're talking here about compost to enrich garden soil

00:53:20Rather than potting compost

00:53:22Yes

00:53:22Which you're still going to have to buy

00:53:24Unless you've got a way of making your own

00:53:25But I don't think anyone should buy it

00:53:27We can all make our own

00:53:29The stuff to enrich the soil outside

00:53:30Absolutely

00:53:31So we've just got a few things here

00:53:33That you need to make perfect compost

00:53:35I love the orange theme here

00:53:36Your jumper, my jumper on the cabin

00:53:38It's like we planned it

00:53:39It is really

00:53:40So what goes in

00:53:42So you've got the brown and green

00:53:44So brown is obviously your twigs

00:53:46It's your hard barks

00:53:47It's things that are going to take a little bit more time to break down

00:53:50One of the best things I ever bought was a shredder

00:53:52To shred those

00:53:53And it all then goes in

00:53:54It all goes in

00:53:55But also your cardboards

00:53:56Your egg boxes

00:53:57We did have

00:53:58I've got a shredder at the front of my door

00:54:00For my paper

00:54:01And letters that I don't want

00:54:04They get shredded

00:54:05We were going to put them here

00:54:05It's a bit windy

00:54:07So it's a good idea to get you some of that stuff as well

00:54:09But then you've got the green stuff

00:54:11Which is obviously your vegetable peelings

00:54:13Your old flowers

00:54:14And once they're all mixing together and turned in

00:54:17And keep layering them like lasagna

00:54:19And mixing

00:54:20Mixing is the big thing

00:54:21Not to put in thick perennial weed roots

00:54:24Or any food like potato

00:54:27Processed food

00:54:28Yeah, any processed food

00:54:29Chickens or anything like that

00:54:30And also just bear in mind

00:54:31Any diseased plants

00:54:32You don't want to put those in there either

00:54:34You know, you want to

00:54:34It's got to be gorgeous stuff for your plants

00:54:36So mix it and keep it moist and firm

00:54:38And once you've collated all of those

00:54:41And you've got them together

00:54:42We then need to put them into a compost bin

00:54:44Right

00:54:44So this is your entry-level compost bin

00:54:47It's, you can get from B&Q

00:54:4932 pounds

00:54:50Standard

00:54:50It's recycled plastic

00:54:52Lid comes off

00:54:53Lid comes off

00:54:54Throw your rubbish inside

00:54:55Little flap at the bottom there

00:54:57That you can lift up if you want to access it

00:54:59So you can see how it's going

00:55:01But what's great about it

00:55:02It's on the ground

00:55:03You can

00:55:04The worms and microorganisms

00:55:06Are coming through

00:55:07They're working their way up

00:55:08So that's 32 pounds

00:55:10From most of your DIY stores

00:55:11I love this one

00:55:12Beehive

00:55:13The beehive

00:55:14So the idea of this

00:55:16Is if your

00:55:17If your compost bin needs to be on display

00:55:19It could be in a border

00:55:20It could look pretty

00:55:21You could paint it

00:55:22This is from Bloom

00:55:23So we

00:55:24They're a small independent company

00:55:26Who make them bespoke

00:55:28They started off doing bins

00:55:29And storage bins for your front of your house

00:55:31To look pretty

00:55:32But this one

00:55:33It's a stained wood

00:55:34It's pressure treated wood

00:55:37195 pounds

00:55:38But you could put

00:55:39A liner inside of that

00:55:40So the wood didn't rot

00:55:41So it didn't rot

00:55:42It can keep

00:55:42But what we've seen done with these before

00:55:44Is because they look so pretty

00:55:45Sometimes

00:55:46Once all your compost is in there

00:55:47You can plant that up

00:55:48And just leave it

00:55:49Use it as a planter as well

00:55:51So it's a nice way of creating something

00:55:53You know

00:55:53Compared to that one

00:55:54Which is black

00:55:55But this one painted

00:55:57Looks lovely

00:55:57Like a WBC hive

00:55:59Within your cottage garden

00:56:01Oh nice

00:56:01Now this one is all singing

00:56:02All dancing

00:56:03This is your hot bin

00:56:04So the hot bin is insulated

00:56:07So it gets hot inside there

00:56:09It's a bit pricey

00:56:11It's £215

00:56:13This is the smallest

00:56:14They can go

00:56:14This is 100 litre

00:56:15It can go up to 700 litres

00:56:16So you can go

00:56:17Go big with it

00:56:18But the beauty of this one is

00:56:20These take about a year

00:56:22To turn

00:56:23Once you've turned them

00:56:24Every two months

00:56:24A year to get some good compost

00:56:26This one can take between 60 to 90 days

00:56:29For you to get some compost

00:56:30And you don't need to turn it

00:56:31So that's two or three months

00:56:32Two or three months

00:56:33It's fairly hot

00:56:34There's a little thermostat

00:56:35There's one on the top

00:56:36It's like your meat thermometer

00:56:37And it literally

00:56:38It's a joint done here

00:56:39I don't know where the compost is

00:56:41But when you say meat thermometer

00:56:42What's great is

00:56:43Once it gets to the temperature

00:56:44That you see there

00:56:45Between 40 and 60

00:56:46When it's green

00:56:47When it's green

00:56:47It means you can throw in your meat waste

00:56:49Whereas before you can't throw in your chicken bones

00:56:52Once they're cut down

00:56:53You can throw in anything in there

00:56:54And it'll heat it down

00:56:55And it'll work its way through

00:56:57Again you don't need to turn it

00:56:59It's worth putting the layers in

00:57:00As you're adding stuff

00:57:01I have to say

00:57:02If life's too short to stuff a mushroom

00:57:04I don't turn compost

00:57:06If it's mixed and kept moist

00:57:08And firmed

00:57:09A bit of old carpet oil on the top

00:57:11I mean enough to do with that

00:57:12Turning it every two months

00:57:13I mean some people do

00:57:14It's just a matter of opinion

00:57:15You don't have to turn it

00:57:16It's more important to turn it in tiny bins

00:57:18I think than in bigger ones

00:57:19Mine's about two metres

00:57:20And also you can access this

00:57:22There's normally like a strap that goes around

00:57:23You'll take the strap off

00:57:24You can access it

00:57:25And the little blue tap at the bottom

00:57:27Collects all those juices

00:57:28Oh your liquid manure

00:57:29Your liquid manure

00:57:30Liquid fertiliser

00:57:31So you know

00:57:32It's a great product

00:57:34Because it means it can turn it quicker

00:57:35Fast

00:57:36Yeah

00:57:36Fast

00:57:36But of course

00:57:38Knowing you

00:57:39Yes

00:57:39You don't necessarily want to buy

00:57:41One that somebody else has made

00:57:42You want to make one yourself

00:57:43For free

00:57:44Okay

00:57:44Have a look

00:57:46The ubiquitous pallet

00:57:48The pallet

00:57:49The pallet

00:57:50Our world is held together by pallets

00:57:52You either love them or hate them

00:57:53And I've got a varied relationship with them

00:57:55But pallets are free

00:57:57They're amazing

00:57:58If you find four pallets that are the same

00:58:01Joyful

00:58:01You can make one of these

00:58:03One thing to look out for

00:58:04You'll see a little stamp here

00:58:05There's two letters

00:58:07HT there

00:58:08That means heat treated

00:58:09So they've been heat treated

00:58:10So they won't rot

00:58:11But they used to be covered in loads of chemicals

00:58:14And different things

00:58:15So check that it's heat treated

00:58:16Because you don't want anything that's covered in chemicals

00:58:18It's just going to leach into your gorgeous compost

00:58:20So we've got three equally sized pallets here

00:58:24And we've literally just screwed them

00:58:26Spiked them through

00:58:27Into place

00:58:28We hold them into place

00:58:29The next thing you need to do

00:58:31Is get yourself some chicken wire

00:58:32And what I love about chicken wire

00:58:33You can literally just cut it with some strong scissors

00:58:36You don't need any pliers or anything like that

00:58:37And the reason we have chicken wire

00:58:40Is we're going to line the inside edge with it

00:58:42So by

00:58:43Hold it in place

00:58:44Yeah

00:58:44Just by lining the inside edge

00:58:46Do you want to stop with my fingers

00:58:48I haven't got your fingers

00:58:50There's a deer

00:58:51And this will go all the way around

00:58:53And what this does

00:58:55It allows the air circulation to go through

00:58:58But it stops the soil or any debris falling out

00:59:01Falling out

00:59:01Are you doing another layer of that then?

00:59:03Or you would do another layer of that?

00:59:05Higher

00:59:06Yeah

00:59:06Across that way

00:59:07So the idea then is

00:59:08Anything's collecting there

00:59:10Again, it's on the floor

00:59:11We want those worms to come through

00:59:12We want all of that nutrients

00:59:14To come through the floor

00:59:15And the next one

00:59:16You could put a full pallet here

00:59:18But I like to cut mine down

00:59:20So I pre-cut this one down

00:59:22And we offer

00:59:25This one into place

00:59:26You can put hinges on there

00:59:28You can put latches

00:59:29So it opens like a barn door

00:59:31But I think

00:59:32If you can just

00:59:32If you can use

00:59:34A drill

00:59:35Yeah

00:59:35You can unscrew something

00:59:37That's within my capabilities

00:59:38Yeah

00:59:39So I'm literally just going to hold this one in place for now

00:59:41So a diagonal bit of a nail down there

00:59:46And the idea that we've cut it down lower is

00:59:48If you're coming along with your wheelbarrow

00:59:50You can hook it up

00:59:51And throw it over

00:59:52But having this one

00:59:56Having this one in place so that you can unscrew it

00:59:59Means that when you get in there

01:00:00You can turn it

01:00:00And then once that's done

01:00:03Put on

01:00:04I've just got an old throw here

01:00:06If you've got a piece of carpet or something

01:00:08Lay that on top

01:00:09And then put some plastic on top

01:00:12Just to stop too much moisture going in

01:00:14You don't want it to get too sodden

01:00:15You want the air going through

01:00:16You know more than me

01:00:18But you want it

01:00:18Well it's the three M's isn't it really

01:00:20Mix it

01:00:21Moisten it

01:00:22And mash it

01:00:23Keep it seems to be kept firm

01:00:24And with those three M's

01:00:26Mix everything

01:00:27Rather than having a concentration of grass clippings in one place

01:00:29Just because it's brown and slimy

01:00:30Mix that with everything else

01:00:32And grass is great because it heats it

01:00:34So with all the things mixed up

01:00:36With your browns as you say

01:00:37And your greens

01:00:38And if you hire a shredder

01:00:39It's really useful

01:00:40It speeds up the moving of it

01:00:42And then if you make sure there's three M's there

01:00:44The mixing

01:00:45The moistening

01:00:46And the mashing

01:00:46You'll find it rots down

01:00:47I always give it a year anyway

01:00:49It's safer

01:00:49And how many of these bins would you normally have?

01:00:51I've got

01:00:52Well as many as you

01:00:53Depends on the size of your garden

01:00:54But I always have a couple at least

01:00:56Because then

01:00:57One is full and rotting

01:00:58And the other's being filled

01:01:00And you've got this system then

01:01:02About a year on you're using that one

01:01:04And the following year you'll be using that one

01:01:05While this one's filling up

01:01:06I love the idea though

01:01:07Of using the compost that you've created

01:01:10For your garden

01:01:11And knowing it hasn't cost you anything to get rid of it

01:01:14You've just re-put it back and purposed it

01:01:15And it's the natural cycle

01:01:17When trees lose their leaves

01:01:18They fall on the ground

01:01:19They rot

01:01:19The worms take them in

01:01:20And that's nature

01:01:22And you've been a nice part of nature

01:01:23Yeah

01:01:24And look for the HT

01:01:25Heat treated

01:01:26Heat treated

01:01:27Wayne Perry

01:01:29Thanks Wayne

01:01:35Now many legendary thinkers and creators

01:01:38Kept famous diaries

01:01:40Leonardo da Vinci

01:01:41Whose notebooks contain sketches of inventions

01:01:45And anatomical studies

01:01:46Charles Darwin

01:01:47Who documented his geological and biological observations

01:01:51Alexander Graham Bell

01:01:53Who detailed his telephone experiments

01:01:55Albert Einstein

01:01:56Who filled his diary with calculations

01:01:59And Leslie Joseph

01:02:01Is no different

01:02:02As she takes a leaf out of all their books

01:02:05With the first of her nature diaries

01:02:08Chapter 1

01:02:08The March Hare

01:02:14Hampshire

01:02:14Sunday the 22nd of March

01:02:172026

01:02:18Dear diary

01:02:20It's been a week since my last diary entry

01:02:23But I am feeling quite rejuvenated

01:02:25The weather is most agreeable

01:02:27As spring grabs hold of us

01:02:29And winter seems so very far away

01:02:31Enter

01:02:33Master Hare

01:02:34Dashing

01:02:35And deliciously naughty

01:02:37With his large

01:02:39Long

01:02:39Powerful

01:02:40Hind legs

01:02:41Oh dear diary

01:02:43I itch in anticipation

01:02:44I have been meaning to see the apothecarist

01:02:47About that actually

01:02:48Sorry

01:02:49Back to my diary

01:02:51As I perch by the open window

01:02:53Absorbing the gentle spring breeze

01:02:56The brown hair

01:02:58Parades itself around

01:03:00With a bouncy ease

01:03:02Along the heath

01:03:03And hidden in the grasses

01:03:04Running across fields

01:03:05And hiding in the marshes

01:03:07The brown hair plays

01:03:09And strays

01:03:10Whilst having the occasional

01:03:11Vegetational graze

01:03:13Glistening in the warm sun

01:03:15Embracing

01:03:16The hazy days

01:03:19With long black tipped ears

01:03:21Worthy of a sonnet

01:03:22No doubt having to poke two holes

01:03:24Through a celebratory bonnet

01:03:27With a super speedy

01:03:29And slick fast pace

01:03:30The brown hair can certainly

01:03:32Take on a race

01:03:34I have a ball this evening

01:03:36And word is spreading

01:03:37That Lord Biggins

01:03:38Will be in attendance

01:03:41Oh I do hope he selects me

01:03:43To be part of his walks

01:03:45I hear he is quite the maverick

01:03:47On the dance floor

01:03:48Now I must dash

01:03:49Enough hair related do-gooding

01:03:51If I don't put down the quill

01:03:53Who will make today's plum pudding

01:03:56Fare thee well brown hair

01:03:58It's been a treat

01:04:00Thank you for continually making my heart beat

01:04:04Yours affectionately as ever

01:04:06Leslie

01:04:09Thank you Leslie

01:04:10Well up to Einstein standards

01:04:12Did you know the expression

01:04:14Mad as a march hair stems from their frantic mating behaviour

01:04:17Including high speed chases

01:04:19Leaping and boxing

01:04:20That peak in early spring

01:04:23Fancy

01:04:24It's an amazing sight

01:04:25When you watch boxing airs

01:04:26Coming up

01:04:27Sarah Parrish

01:04:28Back on stage

01:04:29In the bittersweet family drama Eclipse

01:04:32I'll see you with Sarah

01:04:33Right after this

01:04:46Welcome back to Love Your Weekend

01:04:49Now coming up

01:04:49Drinks duo Hannah and Siobhan

01:04:51See us out in style

01:04:53With zesty botanicals

01:04:55Including a burnt lemon spritz

01:04:57And a chilled martini

01:04:58With an orange twist

01:05:00Can't wait

01:05:01But first

01:05:02Saucy storylines

01:05:04And devious divas

01:05:05Scandalous

01:05:06Sexy

01:05:07And seductive

01:05:07It was the hit series

01:05:09Following the lives and loves

01:05:11Of a group of 30-something girlfriends

01:05:13And featuring

01:05:14My next guest

01:05:15Yes

01:05:16Lovers may come and go

01:05:18But friends last forever

01:05:20Or do they?

01:05:21Katie

01:05:21Multiple choice

01:05:22Sex, love or kids?

01:05:24What can I only have one?

01:05:26Erm

01:05:30Love

01:05:34I think

01:05:35Someone asked me out today

01:05:36Really?

01:05:37Oh yeah

01:05:38Hello

01:05:39Well he's a new dad at school

01:05:41And I think he just got divorced

01:05:43And we got chatting at the supermarket

01:05:45And he said that we should go for a coffee

01:05:48And I went

01:05:49Erm

01:05:50Hang on a minute

01:05:51He asked you out for a coffee

01:05:52In Sainsbury's

01:05:53No

01:05:54In Tesco's actually

01:05:55And

01:05:57Well I'm not really sure he was asking me out

01:05:58Or what did he say?

01:06:00Erm

01:06:00Exact words

01:06:03Do you fancy going for a coffee?

01:06:04He said fancy

01:06:05I think so

01:06:06If he said that he was asking you out

01:06:07Oh no

01:06:08Maybe he said want

01:06:09Well that's

01:06:10No

01:06:10That's different

01:06:11That's more tricky to interpret

01:06:12You see this is exactly why I switched from English

01:06:14To modern languages

01:06:17Mistresses

01:06:17The deep bond and connection between the four of your characters

01:06:21With your shared sarcasm

01:06:23And ease with each other

01:06:24Was it like that on set?

01:06:26You did seem

01:06:26There seemed to be some kind of chemistry going on there

01:06:28Oh we had such a good time on that show

01:06:30We were out in Bristol

01:06:31The four of us

01:06:33And we all shared a big house

01:06:34Which was great

01:06:35So we were together the whole time

01:06:37Erm

01:06:38Yeah

01:06:38And we really bonded on that show

01:06:41It was a terrific show

01:06:41And do you know

01:06:42I get asked often

01:06:43It's the one show

01:06:45That I get asked about

01:06:46All the time

01:06:47I get stopped in the street

01:06:48With women saying

01:06:49Oh when are you going to bring back Mistresses

01:06:50We'd love to see something like that again

01:06:52Why do you think?

01:06:53I think it's

01:06:55A bit like Sex and the City isn't it

01:06:57I think women want to see themselves on television

01:07:00So something like Mistresses

01:07:01Obviously was very successful

01:07:03And now they want to see

01:07:05Where those women are

01:07:06At the age that they would be

01:07:08Which is in their 50s

01:07:09But shot through with humour too

01:07:11You've got to have humour

01:07:12Yeah

01:07:12You've got to have humour

01:07:14Erm

01:07:14You're splitting as ever

01:07:16Screen work

01:07:17Both you know

01:07:18Large and small

01:07:19With theatre work

01:07:20Because you're now

01:07:21Going into a play

01:07:23At Chichester Festival Theatre

01:07:24Eclipse

01:07:25Which is written

01:07:26By the guy who wrote W1A

01:07:28To which my wife and I were glued

01:07:30And hilarious

01:07:31Thinking how on earth

01:07:32Could the BBC do this

01:07:33About themselves

01:07:33I know

01:07:34Because it's so accurate

01:07:35You know

01:07:36Good for them

01:07:37But so tell us about it

01:07:38Eclipse

01:07:39Well yes

01:07:40John Morton has written a play

01:07:41It's the only play he's ever written

01:07:43And he wrote it

01:07:4420 years ago

01:07:45So he's been sat on this play now

01:07:47For 20 years

01:07:48Erm

01:07:49And he wrote me a letter actually

01:07:51And said

01:07:52Look I've written this play

01:07:52And I'd really love you to be in it

01:07:53And I immediately thought

01:07:55Oh it's going to be hilarious

01:07:56You know

01:07:56It'll be really fast

01:07:57And funny

01:07:58And probably set in an office

01:07:59You know

01:08:00Anyway this play came through

01:08:02And it's

01:08:02I mean it just shows

01:08:04What a brilliant

01:08:05Versatile writer he is

01:08:07It's a very

01:08:09Minimalistic play

01:08:10That happens over 24 hours

01:08:12The last 24 hours

01:08:14Of somebody's life

01:08:15And it's about

01:08:16The brother and sister

01:08:17The son and the daughter

01:08:18Of this guy

01:08:19Who's dying

01:08:19In the kitchen

01:08:21And just their relationship

01:08:22Over this 24 hours

01:08:24How they are with each other

01:08:26While their father is dying

01:08:27So nothing happens

01:08:29And everything happens

01:08:30It's one of those plays

01:08:32And of course

01:08:32It's beautifully written

01:08:34He's got such a

01:08:35Wonderful way of writing

01:08:37It's so naturalistic

01:08:39Erm

01:08:39It reads brilliantly

01:08:41I'm surprised

01:08:42He's only ever written

01:08:43One play really

01:08:43So yes

01:08:44We're doing it

01:08:45At the Minerva

01:08:45In Chichester

01:08:46So the smaller theatre

01:08:48Rupert Pennery Jones

01:08:49Is playing

01:08:50Well me wife will be there

01:08:51I know

01:08:53He's not ugly

01:08:53It's Rupert Pennery Jones

01:08:54He's in it

01:08:55It's Sarah

01:08:56So yeah

01:08:58The two of us

01:08:59Are brother and sister

01:09:00So it'll be

01:09:00It will be

01:09:01A really lovely experience

01:09:03You've got

01:09:03You know

01:09:04Other TV things

01:09:05Yes

01:09:06Yeah

01:09:06There's all sorts

01:09:07Going on

01:09:08What was on

01:09:09Piglets has been on

01:09:10Again this year

01:09:11Which was

01:09:12A series that I do

01:09:14With Mark Heap

01:09:15About a police academy

01:09:16Which is quite funny

01:09:17Erm

01:09:18It's not my most

01:09:19Attractive part

01:09:21No

01:09:21Now tell me about

01:09:22This make-up

01:09:24For Piglets

01:09:24We're going to have

01:09:25A look at it

01:09:25In a second

01:09:26It's very funny

01:09:27Well when we were

01:09:28Sort of trying to work out

01:09:29What Julie Spry

01:09:30Would look like

01:09:31They brought out

01:09:32A bag of wigs

01:09:32And I was sort of

01:09:33Trying on these wigs

01:09:34And literally

01:09:35It was like

01:09:36Cinderella's slipper

01:09:37One wig came

01:09:38I put it on

01:09:38I went

01:09:38There she is

01:09:39That's it

01:09:40And the make-up lady

01:09:41Said I think we could

01:09:42Probably push her

01:09:43A bit further

01:09:43And maybe

01:09:44Maybe have some teeth

01:09:45As well

01:09:45So

01:09:46We went for these

01:09:47Comedy teeth

01:09:48And then Julie Spry

01:09:50Was born

01:09:50Yeah

01:09:50I love playing her

01:09:51She's so much fun

01:09:52Here is

01:09:53Julie Spry

01:09:54In Piglets

01:09:55Let's start with

01:09:57The traditional

01:09:58Good cop

01:09:58Bad cop scenario

01:09:59So which one

01:10:00Do you want me to be

01:10:14I'm sorry

01:10:15I can do bad

01:10:15I don't know

01:10:26How you did that

01:10:28I don't know

01:10:29I'm doing it now

01:10:31Do you know what

01:10:32It's Mark Heath

01:10:33It's so easy

01:10:34To work with an actor

01:10:35Like that

01:10:36He is a born clown

01:10:37Some people have just

01:10:38Got funny bones

01:10:39Haven't they

01:10:39And he can't

01:10:41He can't do anything

01:10:42Without being funny

01:10:43I mean literally

01:10:44I can't sit

01:10:44Opposite

01:10:45I remember him

01:10:45Being the postman

01:10:46In Lark Rice

01:10:46To Candleford

01:10:47It was brilliant

01:10:48And you just

01:10:48Look at his face there

01:10:49He's just funny

01:10:50He was funny

01:10:51In Friday night

01:10:52You know

01:10:52Jim in Friday night

01:10:53Dinner

01:10:53He was

01:10:54He's just a funny person

01:10:55And we

01:10:57It's such a fun show

01:10:58To do

01:10:59Because we do get

01:11:00Quite a lot of freedom

01:11:01And lots of

01:11:02You know

01:11:02That was all

01:11:03Sort of

01:11:03Not all improvised

01:11:05But a lot of it

01:11:05Was improvised

01:11:06And we've got time

01:11:08To sort of muck about

01:11:09And try things out

01:11:10And it's lovely

01:11:10Looking at those

01:11:11Four younger

01:11:12Police

01:11:14Looking at you

01:11:15How they kept

01:11:16A straight face

01:11:17That must have been hard

01:11:19It was

01:11:20They did

01:11:20There's a lot of

01:11:21Corpsing

01:11:21In that show

01:11:22It's good fun

01:11:23You did

01:11:24We heard you sing

01:11:25Earlier on

01:11:25I want to show

01:11:26A bit of your singing

01:11:26Because you sang

01:11:27In Blackpool

01:11:28Yes I did

01:11:30In Blackpool

01:11:31It was called

01:11:32In Blackpool

01:11:33With David Tennant

01:11:34Yes

01:11:35Great cast

01:11:36Gosh

01:11:36That was

01:11:36That was a lovely show

01:11:38You know

01:11:39It's not

01:11:40It's not often

01:11:41That you get a musical

01:11:42On TV

01:11:43And I remember

01:11:44The read through

01:11:45I remember it was

01:11:46Me and David Morrissey

01:11:47And David Tennant

01:11:47And we all met outside

01:11:48Before the read through

01:11:49So I said

01:11:50Do you think

01:11:51They're actually going to

01:11:51Make us sing the songs

01:11:52In the read through

01:11:53And I was like

01:11:54No of course they won't

01:11:55Think they wouldn't do that

01:11:56They did

01:11:58They had a tape recorder

01:11:59And we all had to sing

01:12:00The actual songs

01:12:01At the read through

01:12:02We didn't know each other

01:12:03We'd never met each other

01:12:04You know

01:12:04It was hard work

01:12:05But it was brilliant

01:12:07It was so much fun

01:12:08Peter Bowker wrote it

01:12:09He's a fabulous writer

01:12:12We were up in Blackpool

01:12:13For about five or six months

01:12:15It was just a lot of fun

01:12:17It was a lot of fun

01:12:18Being able to

01:12:18Getting up every day

01:12:19Going to work

01:12:20And dancing and singing

01:12:21It doesn't get any better than that

01:12:23It doesn't get any better than this

01:12:24Does it?

01:12:25Should I stay, should I go

01:12:28Could I ever interest

01:12:30Because I let you go

01:12:32Getting up by the right words to say

01:12:35Then maybe I'm getting in your way

01:12:38I feel your warmth

01:12:42Got me wanting more

01:12:44You've left the door half open

01:12:47I'm into my stupid floor

01:12:50Then again

01:12:53Staring into each other's eyes

01:12:54There's something quite

01:12:55It's quite difficult doing that actually

01:12:58You know

01:12:59And you've got to do take after take after take

01:13:01So it was a tough job

01:13:04But it was really enjoyable

01:13:05When you're not cavorting on the stage

01:13:08To just do it or anywhere

01:13:09Or doing your TV

01:13:10Your original

01:13:12Murray Parish charity

01:13:14In memory of your daughter

01:13:16Ella Jane

01:13:17Has gone from strength to strength

01:13:19I mean

01:13:20Ella died tragically young

01:13:21In 2009

01:13:22The charity is going

01:13:24You've changed the name of it now

01:13:26To widen it

01:13:27It was very much based in Southampton

01:13:28It was

01:13:28It's now going

01:13:29So tell us about it now

01:13:30So we last year

01:13:32It was our 10 year anniversary

01:13:34As the Murray Parish Trust

01:13:35And we figured that we'd kind of done

01:13:38As much as we could

01:13:39Down in the south

01:13:40We'd predominantly worked

01:13:41At Southampton Children's Hospital

01:13:43And we kept noticing

01:13:45There was a real lack of help

01:13:47For the mental health

01:13:48Of seriously ill children

01:13:50So we kind of thought

01:13:51Maybe now is the time

01:13:52With all our experience

01:13:53To expand

01:13:54And go national

01:13:55And maybe have a rebrand

01:13:57And change our name

01:13:58So it's not just about Jim and I

01:13:59It's something a little bit bigger

01:14:02And just purely concentrate

01:14:04On the mental health

01:14:05Of seriously ill children

01:14:06And their families as well

01:14:08Because you often find

01:14:09That the child

01:14:10You know

01:14:10The child gets looked after

01:14:12But the fallback

01:14:14And the fallout

01:14:15For the family

01:14:15Is terrible

01:14:16Talking of working

01:14:17It seems to me

01:14:18The roles you choose

01:14:19Have always got some kind

01:14:21Of central spark to them

01:14:24They're either completely

01:14:25Bonkers

01:14:26As in the character

01:14:27In W1A

01:14:28You know where you're just

01:14:29I mean

01:14:31I can see you

01:14:32You don't seem to want

01:14:33To play what you might

01:14:34Call ordinary people

01:14:35No I don't get ordinary people

01:14:37I mean whatever ordinary people

01:14:38I don't know

01:14:39But no

01:14:40I mean also

01:14:41As an actor

01:14:42You pick what you want

01:14:43To do

01:14:44Don't you

01:14:44And there are certain parts

01:14:46That I'm drawn to

01:14:46I did go through

01:14:47A phase of playing

01:14:49Quite a lot of psychopaths

01:14:50Which I bizarrely enjoyed

01:14:52A bit too much

01:14:53I'm hoping to go into

01:14:55A nicer sort of

01:14:56You know

01:14:56Time of my life

01:14:57And maybe more gentle characters

01:14:58Now who knows

01:14:59There are so many outlets

01:15:00As well now

01:15:01Not just BBC

01:15:02ITV

01:15:02But Netflix

01:15:04I mean

01:15:04Geek Girl

01:15:05Is on

01:15:05Is on Netflix

01:15:07And that gives you

01:15:08In a way

01:15:08A longer life

01:15:09Yeah

01:15:09Geek Girl was great

01:15:10I mean

01:15:10Geek Girl looks fantastic

01:15:12And the kids in it

01:15:13Were wonderful

01:15:14And it was a very fun

01:15:15Jude was a great part

01:15:16To play

01:15:16I couldn't turn Jude down

01:15:17So tell us about Jude

01:15:18Jude is

01:15:20The head of a model agency

01:15:21She's a bit of a monster

01:15:23But

01:15:24There's a sort of theme

01:15:26Coming here

01:15:28She's great fun

01:15:29She had all

01:15:30You know

01:15:30She had a lot of great lines

01:15:32She's just a funny character

01:15:33And yeah

01:15:34I read it

01:15:35And went

01:15:35Oh I'd love to be part of this

01:15:36And it was also

01:15:37The first series came out

01:15:38Just when my daughter Nell

01:15:40Was at the perfect age for it

01:15:42You know

01:15:42She was 14

01:15:43I said

01:15:44You're going to love this

01:15:44And she did

01:15:45She was absolutely glued to it

01:15:46So it's a lovely series

01:15:48For that age range

01:15:50You know

01:15:50And older as well

01:15:51I've had a lot of older people

01:15:52That have loved watching it

01:15:53I should be looking it up now

01:15:54Geek Girl

01:15:56Go

01:15:58Let me do that one more time

01:15:59At this angle

01:16:00Just a case

01:16:03Okay right

01:16:03Just hold it there

01:16:05Just hold it there

01:16:05You

01:16:05Have you ever worn glasses

01:16:08No

01:16:08I don't

01:16:08I don't need glasses

01:16:09I have 20-20 vision

01:16:13It's special

01:16:18Oh

01:16:19Okay

01:16:19Yeah

01:16:20Hold that

01:16:22And me

01:16:23Chin down an inch

01:16:26Actually get rid of the feathers

01:16:27Get rid of the feathers

01:16:31Right just hold it there

01:16:32Ray

01:16:32Just hold it one minute

01:16:33Just hold it

01:16:50I can see what you mean by no expense spared

01:16:56You know quite a lot

01:16:57But you like being cruel don't you

01:16:59I do

01:16:59I'm good at cruel aren't I

01:17:01I'm good at cruel

01:17:02Yeah she's a really good fun character

01:17:04I've always wanted to play somebody in the fashion industry

01:17:06In those lovely clothes as well

01:17:08It was a real treat

01:17:09Look always lovely to talk to you

01:17:10And you

01:17:11Thank you so much for coming

01:17:12Good luck with the charity

01:17:13Which is now called Imagine This

01:17:15Imagine This

01:17:15I've got to get that in my head now

01:17:16Rather than Murray Prash

01:17:17Love it to see you

01:17:18Love it to have Jim on last week

01:17:19We'll take you in rotation

01:17:20Yes do

01:17:21His turn next

01:17:22Great

01:17:22Love it to see you

01:17:23Time to pause

01:17:24Reflect

01:17:25And take a moment to enjoy some wonderful footage

01:17:28Set to some equally wonderful music

01:17:30It's today's Ode to Joy

01:18:07And take a moment to enjoy some wonderful music

01:18:09And take a moment to enjoy some wonderful music

01:18:10And take a moment to enjoy some wonderful music

01:18:13And take a moment to enjoy some wonderful music

01:18:15And take a moment to enjoy some wonderful music

01:18:30ORGAN PLAYS

01:18:58ORGAN PLAYS

01:19:29Absolutely stunning pictures there, of the Cairngorms,

01:19:33courtesy of Sam Hales and set to the Symphony No. 4 by Felix Mendelsohn.

01:19:37Coming up, it's a juicy end to the show with this week's Best of British.

01:19:41Drinks experts Hannah and Siobhan prove that citrus tipples are the way to go.

01:19:47If you're having a springtime shindig, who am I to disagree?

01:19:51Zesty Botanicals, coming up right after this.

01:20:04Zesty Botanicals, coming up right after this week's Best of British time now.

01:20:12The days are longer, the soil's warmer, said the gardener,

01:20:15and the equinox has been and gone, which can only mean one thing,

01:20:19the unequivocal arrival of spring.

01:20:22And what better way to toast the new season

01:20:24than with an array of fresh and citrusy tipples

01:20:26sure to get you perked up and possibly even a little puckered.

01:20:30Behind the bar today, the double trouble,

01:20:33as we welcome for the first time not one but two master cocktail connoisseurs,

01:20:38Hannah Sharman-Cox and Siobhan Payne,

01:20:41founders of the London Cocktail Week.

01:20:44Why would you not have found that?

01:20:46And here they are with their rounds of Zesty Botanicals.

01:20:50What have we got today, then?

01:20:51Well, you gave us a brief of Zesty Botanicals,

01:20:55so we've stuck to theme.

01:20:56We're going to start with this,

01:20:59which is the burnt lemon spritz in your wine glass.

01:21:03Ooh, nice.

01:21:04And this is celebrating the lemon.

01:21:06So it's very, very lemony.

01:21:08Yeah, we're starting with, at the base of it,

01:21:11is a Cornish vermouth.

01:21:13It's made down on the south coast, near St. Austal.

01:21:17It's called Nitor.

01:21:19I just love the bottle of this one, actually.

01:21:20It's so gorgeous, isn't it?

01:21:21It looks like a sort of Liebfraun.

01:21:23Yes, it does.

01:21:24I was going to say that.

01:21:25It was probably blue, none in the formula.

01:21:27It's a working winery.

01:21:29You can actually get married there as well.

01:21:30They make all sorts of English wines.

01:21:33Their Blanc de Blanc English sparkling is very highly awarded.

01:21:36But this vermouth is really delicious.

01:21:38It's really, really grown up.

01:21:42It's really interesting.

01:21:43It's really, yeah, it's great.

01:21:45But we've paired it with...

01:21:46Yes, so this is Rapscallion Burnt Lemon.

01:21:49So it's designed to be a grown-up soft drink.

01:21:53And it's made in Glasgow.

01:21:55And they've called it Juicy Wee Tart, which I think is quite funny.

01:22:00But actually, it's designed...

01:22:02You can drink it by itself and it feels grown up.

01:22:05You usually think of vermouth as a mixer.

01:22:07You do, don't you?

01:22:08You know, a martini.

01:22:09So to have that as a base...

01:22:10Yeah, and it's a lovely summery drink, isn't it?

01:22:15And the good thing about vermouth as the base is that it means that the cocktail is lower ABV, so

01:22:21less alcoholics.

01:22:22It's quite a good lunchtime cocktail if you want to drink in the afternoon.

01:22:26You can drink more.

01:22:27That is one way of looking at it, Sarah.

01:22:30Do you taste this or...?

01:22:31Oh, it's lovely.

01:22:32This is delicious and fresh.

01:22:35Really lovely.

01:22:36Really lovely.

01:22:37Also, we thought we'd start with it because it opens your palate for what is to come.

01:22:41Oh, yes.

01:22:41This is a non-alcoholic cocktail and it is a twist on the Paloma.

01:22:46So classically, a Paloma is tequila with grapefruit and a bit of sugar.

01:22:50Oh, this is...

01:22:51But what we've done for this cocktail, because we wanted to do something not boozy, perhaps for breakfast,

01:22:58is mixed it with Bativo.

01:23:00Oh, that's lovely.

01:23:00So Bativo is made in Hertfordshire.

01:23:03That is lovely.

01:23:03And what it is, is apple cider vinegar, steeped in various herbs and spices and then sweetened with honey.

01:23:09So it's actually really good for you.

01:23:10This is a good food drink.

01:23:12It's unpasteurised ACV.

01:23:14Really nice.

01:23:15And then mixed with grapefruit.

01:23:17Wonderful.

01:23:18It really is a beautiful soft drink.

01:23:21Isn't it gorgeous?

01:23:22Two out of two.

01:23:23Oh, good.

01:23:25All right, more unusual citrus fruit for you.

01:23:29We're going to Yuzu.

01:23:30Some people call it a Japanese lemon,

01:23:33but it's more of a hybrid, actually.

01:23:34It's kind of closer to a Mandarin, probably.

01:23:37So we've gone all out.

01:23:39Yeah, we wanted to really celebrate the Yuzu,

01:23:41so we've gone double Yuzu today.

01:23:42We have.

01:23:43So the base of the product, like similar to how we did with the spritz,

01:23:47the base is a sake.

01:23:48So it's a rice wine.

01:23:50Oh.

01:23:51So Kampai, which means cheers in Japanese.

01:23:55Kampai.

01:23:55To you.

01:23:55They are, cheers.

01:23:56They are based down in the arches near London Bridge.

01:24:00Oh, all right.

01:24:00Yeah, it's lovely.

01:24:02That's nice too.

01:24:02Yeah, it's really, yeah.

01:24:03We've paired it with a Yuzu mixer.

01:24:06And this brand of mixers called Kazimo,

01:24:10it's made by a bartender,

01:24:13so you know it's going to be good.

01:24:14They use Yuzus from Japan,

01:24:16and they don't use any artificial coloring,

01:24:18so it's really, really good brand of mixers.

01:24:21It reminded me,

01:24:21because it just reminded me that I know a bit of Japanese.

01:24:24Oh, come on then.

01:24:33But the beautiful thing is that you can have that mixer just by itself,

01:24:37and it still gives you that real Yuzu flavor.

01:24:39Very nice.

01:24:40Yeah, very nice.

01:24:41Good to use that.

01:24:41That's really nice.

01:24:42Now we're moving on to celebration of Bergamot.

01:24:45Oh.

01:24:46And this is a non-alcoholic cocktail as well,

01:24:49and we're using Everleaf Marine.

01:24:52So Everleaf is such a nice brand,

01:24:54and this is also created by a bartender,

01:24:57but he's also a conservationist.

01:24:59What's that right now?

01:25:00And actually, when I said we were coming on,

01:25:03we know Paul very well, who's the founder.

01:25:06He said that his dad might have met you, Alan,

01:25:09because he's the famous botanist Brian Matthew.

01:25:13Brian Matthew?

01:25:14Yeah.

01:25:15This is Brian Matthew.

01:25:16Brian and I used to work together at Kew Gardens.

01:25:18He's a famous botanist, Brian Matthew.

01:25:19Yes, he is.

01:25:19Very accomplished.

01:25:20So he's head of botany for Everleaf.

01:25:22He taught his son well.

01:25:23Yeah.

01:25:25Well done, Brian.

01:25:27Yeah, it's a really nice product.

01:25:29They've also got forest and mountain.

01:25:31This is marine.

01:25:32So this is lots of Italian Bergamot,

01:25:35but mixed with things like kelp to give it that sort of marine feeling.

01:25:37Yeah, you see, this is nice.

01:25:38There's a seaside.

01:25:39Yeah, I can taste that.

01:25:41Yeah.

01:25:41And what we've done to give it the sort of mouthfeel,

01:25:44because obviously, because it's non-alcoholic,

01:25:45sometimes non-alcoholic cocktails feel a bit thin,

01:25:48so we've put some coconut water and some lime,

01:25:51and that gives it a little bit more body.

01:25:54Yeah, it's super nice.

01:25:55So clever.

01:25:56No, but I mean, obviously, I stopped drinking ten years ago,

01:26:00and to be able, never, ten years ago,

01:26:03would you go and ask for a non-alcoholic drink,

01:26:05and it would never taste nice.

01:26:07Yes.

01:26:07You'd be like, well, what's the point?

01:26:09Yeah.

01:26:09I mean, these are beautiful, like, really beautiful.

01:26:13These two are my absolute...

01:26:16Yeah, these two are my favourite.

01:26:17But this one's so...

01:26:19It's such an unusual taste, isn't it?

01:26:20They're all quite distinct.

01:26:22Yeah.

01:26:22So from not boozy to the most boozy...

01:26:25Oh.

01:26:26Here we go.

01:26:27It would be very rude for us not to...

01:26:28You've done it in the right order, haven't you?

01:26:29Exactly, exactly.

01:26:30It would be very rude for us not to bring our favourite drink,

01:26:32which is a martini.

01:26:34Oh.

01:26:34So we have gone with...

01:26:36This is such a lovely producer.

01:26:38It's called The Vault.

01:26:39Look at that.

01:26:41He's actually, much like everything else,

01:26:43he used to be a restaurateur and then he got into production.

01:26:45Cool.

01:26:46So it's a gin martini.

01:26:48It is...

01:26:49It's on the wet side, so it's not too strong.

01:26:52Blimey.

01:26:53And when she says wet, she means vermouth heavy.

01:26:56Vermouth heavy.

01:26:57Ooh.

01:26:58That is, yeah, very good.

01:27:01The gin has got citrus leaves and orange blossom within it,

01:27:06and then the vermouth is a vermouth they call meadow.

01:27:08Which is sweetened with Northumberland honey.

01:27:11Right.

01:27:12They also make...

01:27:13They make a coastal and a vodka, which is very chalky.

01:27:16So if you're into a vodka martini,

01:27:18like, that would be the combination of their products.

01:27:20But...

01:27:21Too much.

01:27:21No.

01:27:22It's got to be greater.

01:27:23Just about enough.

01:27:25Yeah, this is...

01:27:26It's so rich and round, despite it looking like a very clear drink.

01:27:31Like...

01:27:32But I can taste the honey in that.

01:27:33Yeah, can't you?

01:27:33There's a nice, sweet twist to that, which is...

01:27:37It is the perfect martini.

01:27:39Your eyes are watering.

01:27:40Well, there were just two of you when we started.

01:27:43I can see about four.

01:27:46It's delicious.

01:27:47It's really good.

01:27:48I mean, it's obviously very alcoholic.

01:27:51I don't think I can take two of those,

01:27:52but I'm very happy to take one.

01:27:55Well, it depends on the time of day,

01:27:57because I think if you were having one in the afternoon,

01:27:59maybe one's enough.

01:28:00But of an evening, after dinner, maybe.

01:28:03I mean, I tried this again.

01:28:04This is now becoming one of my favourites.

01:28:06It's really good, isn't it, that one?

01:28:08I really like that one, yeah.

01:28:09Thank you very much indeed.

01:28:10That's it for today.

01:28:11Thanks to all my guests,

01:28:13especially to the girls, to Hannah and Siobhan,

01:28:15and to Sarah and to Peter.

01:28:18They're not necessarily in that order after martini.

01:28:21Joining me next week, Phil Daniels,

01:28:23Adam Garcia, and Raquel herself, Tessa Peake-Jones.

01:28:27Fletcher's Family Farm is up next.

01:28:28Till then, I leave you with these words

01:28:30from American inventor Thomas A. Edison.

01:28:33Our greatest weakness lies in giving up.

01:28:36The most certain way to succeed

01:28:39is always to try just one more time.

01:28:42So I think I'll try another sip of this,

01:28:45but only a sip.

01:28:46Enjoy the rest of your Sunday.

01:28:48Cheers, all.

01:28:48Cheers!

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01:29:14Cheers!

01:29:14Amen.

Love Your Weekend with Alan Titchmarsh - Season 8 - Episode 12

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