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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?

00:00:31Have you ever had a third time?

00:00:44There was no time before.

00:00:45There was a The Porque Doors But The Men

00:00:45and High Or Cypher High.

00:00:48had gone blender and catalogue is nosyled,

00:00:52I liked it.

00:00:54Were you all not feeling like,

00:00:54why did you leven?

00:00:57Can you please be honored?

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 André, 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 André.

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 to 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.

00:03:30I 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, for lots and lots of people moving there.

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

00:03:49Yeah.

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 just, I just didn't know where I was.

00:04:02Because we became really good friends with his family for two years and 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 and we did and we went for

00:04:19a 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.

00:04:32So, 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.

00:04:47But 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?

00:04:57I 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, either got to take an interest in it or just, you know, get somebody else to do it.

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, that's where my real pride and

00:05:42joy.

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

00:05:44You were quite cute.

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, oh, 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, no doubt about it, 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,

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

00:06:25and you've done some singing.

00:06:28And in MacDonald and Dodds, there was an unforgettable moment

00:06:31where Sarah Parrish became Tina Turner.

00:06:35Oh.

00:06:36You're simply the best

00:06:41Better than all the best

00:06:45Better than anyone

00:06:50Anyone I ever met

00:06:55I'm talking to you

00:06:57So, what's singing Simply the Best on camera?

00:06:59Fun or absolutely mortifying?

00:07:02Mortifying!

00:07:03It was incredibly embarrassing having to do that, because I'm not a singer.

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

00:07:09She 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 see 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.

00:07:26Do 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 place?

00:07:37Oh, 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 Footballers Wives.

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

00:07:47Oh, let's see.

00:07:47Let's have a look at it.

00:07:49Here we go.

00:07:51Peter, darling.

00:07:55How are you doing?

00:07:56You must be out.

00:07:57How are you going?

00:07:58Good.

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

00:08:02and you had a business proposition for me at some point.

00:08:05Conrad.

00:08:07Typical agent, say.

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

00:08:10But 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...

00:08:52It was one of those where I...

00:08:54Because it was one of the first things I'd done, like, 20...

00:08:57That was, like, 20-something years ago.

00:08:58Yeah.

00:08:59And I remember sitting next to my cousin, and he said,

00:09:02Have 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.

00:09:22That was great.

00:09:23The thing they always say, they always call the filming business hurry up and wait.

00:09:26In other words, you've got your...

00:09:28And then it's ages.

00:09:30Oh, yeah.

00:09:30What do you both do?

00:09:32Do you play games?

00:09:33Do you embroider?

00:09:34Or what?

00:09:35Sarah, what 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...

00:09:57And in the olden days, you'd all sit and chat to each other, which was great.

00:10:00You got to know the crew, you got to know everyone, and that doesn't happen so much

00:10:03now, so I try not to take my phone on set.

00:10:05Of course, you're instantly isolated, aren't you, at the moment you're doing it?

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,

00:10:19oh, I'm going to get you into 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, but the downside of that

00:10:33is there's never downtime.

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

00:10:39My brain's constantly going, I need to do something else.

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

00:10:44So I don't really...

00:10:46The 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.

00:11:03Adequate light, sufficient water and a strong root system.

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

00:11:08Claire Lowry and the houseplant hacks to help revive your leafy favourites, just in time

00:11:14for 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

00:11:272.

00:11:27I'll see you with our llamas and more, right after I've invited Peter to indulge himself

00:11:32with a fond and fancy overcoat.

00:11:34Sorry 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 fond and fancy and a half, isn't it, really?

00:11:46Help yourself.

00:11:47Sarah, do you want to be the Battenberg?

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

00:11:50Lovely.

00:11:50Look at that.

00:11:51Lovely.

00:11:53Lovely.

00:11:54Lovely.

00:11:55Lovely.

00:11:57Lovely.

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, meaning that a dry spell and a good covering of blue sky

00:12:19right now can mean great things for the season ahead.

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

00:12:28good omen for 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

00:12:38man who oozes natural charisma, likability, 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, remember 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

00:13:08in this week's Master British.

00:13:11Now, we've welcomed a cacophony of animals to our paddocks in recent years.

00:13:15All enriching our understanding of the great British countryside.

00:13:20Today's visitors may be less recognisable than some we've met, but these herbivores certainly

00:13:26rival any when it comes to personality.

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

00:13:36zoo attractions.

00:13:37Today, they're predominantly kept as pets, but some owners do specialise in breeding and

00:13:43offer llama experiences trekking through the English 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.

00:13:59Normally, 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.

00:14:07What's the difference between a llama and an alpaca?

00:14:09What is it?

00:14:10Alpacas are half the size.

00:14:12Yeah.

00:14:12They're slightly more timid.

00:14:14They're not as outgoing and, you know, confident as llamas.

00:14:18And they're predominantly a fibre and meat producer in South America, whereas the llama

00:14:22is the all-round utility animal.

00:14:24So, pack llama.

00:14:25They do use their fleece as well, and 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?

00:14:34But they're beasts of burden.

00:14:35They carry stuff.

00:14:37Yeah.

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

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

00:14:42I'm going to say, look.

00:14:43This is Indigo, who you met last time.

00:14:45Hello, Indigo.

00:14:46I met you before.

00:14:47Do you know they're beautifully soft?

00:14:48They are.

00:14:48And you stroke them gloriously.

00:14:50And I love this hum.

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

00:14:54He is.

00:14:57This is Indigo.

00:14:58That's Barnaby.

00:14:58Ages here, Sarah.

00:14:59Indigo 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.

00:15:11Graciously.

00:15:12Yeah, really.

00:15:13If 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.

00:15:22Yeah, 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.

00:15:30And they're just really, you know, confident companions to trek with.

00:15:34They have a reputation.

00:15:35Even 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.

00:15:41They do spit, but they should never, ever spit at people.

00:15:44And it's because of a lot of petting zoos and places where they're prodded and poked all day

00:15:48and 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?

00:15:59It's just 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.

00:16:09But they, yeah, you can carry...

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

00:16:12Yes.

00:16:13I'm just saying...

00:16:13It is very dense.

00:16:14It's up to there.

00:16:15Yeah.

00:16:16Yeah, look at that, really...

00:16:19There's loads of it there.

00:16:20Yeah.

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

00:16:23Quite coarse.

00:16:24Is 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.

00:16:42Gosh.

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...

00:16:50I used to be a pig farmer and then I've gone to llamas.

00:16:52It's a lot less stressful.

00:16:54They have one baby.

00:16:55Yeah.

00:16:56Right, so they're one baby.

00:16:57Generally speaking, when?

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

00:17:02The young are called creas.

00:17:04Yes, so we're due our first in April.

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

00:17:11so they can actually get pregnant any 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.

00:17:22Wonderful.

00:17:23Now, they've got this ability, because they're

00:17:25from 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 to 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 need

00:18:10to 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.

00:18:21Both of these are, actually.

00:18:22What have they been on?

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

00:18:25So, I mean, they've done lots, but more recently.

00:18:27Apart 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, and then Barnaby has actually just done something

00:18:43else for Netflix, but we're not allowed to say yet, and that comes out at the end of

00:18:46this 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.

00:19:04They have got the same dad, but different mums.

00:19:06But you could put two white llamas together and 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.

00:19:16You 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?

00:19:27Yes, they're browsers rather than grazers, actually.

00:19:30Rather than grazers, yeah.

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

00:19:34But they're continuous grazers and then they obviously ruminant, so they do have to eventually stop grazing and chew the

00:19:40cud.

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 the youngsters.

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

00:19:59So, in South America, they'd have really sparse vegetation.

00:20:02So, actually, they can get too fat in this country.

00:20:05So, 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?

00:20:17I mean, yeah, because 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 people confidence.

00:20:36We have a lot of children come as well.

00:20:38So, they're all around us.

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

00:20:46and 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, come the end of

00:21:11the year.

00:21:12But lovely to be, I 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.

00:21:19And 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, sir.

00:21:31Thank 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 Warwickshire 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.

00:21:49Oh, do you remember that?

00:21:50Oh, I don't know.

00:21:52Yes.

00:21:52Enough, fella.

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

00:21:58Oh, oh, oh, oh.

00:22:00No, no.

00:22:01Peter 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.

00:22:25Still aired, she's arguably the doyen of alpha female roles, having starred in hits like Bancroft, Broadchurch and my favourite

00:22:34W1A.

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 beautiful 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 the

00:23:01world, 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 album yet, his

00:23:1211th 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, to match back with a flavor of the air.

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

00:23:29Oh, yeah, it's coming to the end.

00:23:30Slay me down, throw your hands up in the air, to match back with a flavor of the air.

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

00:23:37Oh, yeah, it's coming to the 90s.

00:23:49It's coming to the 90s.

00:23:52Come on.

00:23:53It's coming to the 90s.

00:23:55And we can laugh, I'm not.

00:23:57Oh, oh, oh, oh.

00:24:01Mysterious girl, I wanna get close to you.

00:24:08Oh, oh, oh, oh.

00:24:12Mysterious girl, move your body close to mine.

00:24:19I mean be honest Peter Andre you never ate did you you just did not eat anything

00:24:24You know you just spent your life in the gym. Well you do you you really think

00:24:29It's an interesting thing back then I used to train to try and look a certain way

00:24:34Now I trained to feel a certain way and there's a big difference in that your body trousers aren't quite

00:24:39well

00:24:40I mean who wears jeans in a waterfall?

00:24:42I I still sometimes see that video I think why didn't anyone say can you take your jeans off?

00:24:47Probably better. I didn't actually think about it

00:24:51Yeah

00:24:52They were they were good days they were they were good days as much as I can remember a lot

00:24:56of it's a bit of a blur now

00:24:57But yeah great times 11th album legacy with old hits new stuff you write as well as perform

00:25:04But you've had a chance to sort of revisit the other things reorchestrate them read you know and use friends

00:25:10on the album, too

00:25:11Yeah

00:25:11So basically the first song I wrote I was 13

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

00:25:19The whole thing really quickly ran home said to my brother Chris who was a is an incredible musician

00:25:24What song is this and he said well it might be yours and I said what do you mean?

00:25:28He said well

00:25:29You've probably just written a song and I didn't know I could do that back then so that was it

00:25:33the obsession started and

00:25:35Some of the songs on the first album

00:25:37We're talking 11 albums ago was songs that I'd written when I was that young and I'd eventually got to

00:25:43record them

00:25:43It was this summer 30 years ago that mysterious girl became a worldwide hit so I thought why don't I

00:25:48do something to celebrate that?

00:25:50Yeah revisiting some of those old songs and then writing some new songs and and that's what we did

00:25:56Who are we heroes who are you heroes? I mean looking back and you've met a few of them? I

00:26:01guess yeah

00:26:02Well, I was six years old when I first heard

00:26:05off the wall album Michael Jackson, and I remember it being this

00:26:09Unbelievable sound because it was all Quincy Jones production wasn't it

00:26:12And I remember playing it at home on a record player and my dad walked in and his strong Greek

00:26:17accent and he said

00:26:20Who is this woman singing and I said dad? What do you mean? This is Michael Jackson?

00:26:25This is the greatest singer of all time and he said

00:26:28Wait, and he went and he got this record of Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin and he said this listen

00:26:35to this

00:26:35And back then I didn't appreciate it because I was into what I liked and you know the songs were

00:26:40great Michael Jackson

00:26:41Of course music was incredible, but I grew up understanding what my father listened to and what my brothers listened

00:26:47to

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

00:26:49But you're also, you know

00:26:51Utilising now the music of Frankie Valli

00:26:53The best Frankie Valli in the Four Seasons

00:26:55I mean my daughters when we took them to see the Jersey Boys

00:26:59You know say but we didn't know those songs came from that long ago. They knew the songs so well

00:27:04Yeah

00:27:04From disco and things like that, but Frankie Valli you must be enjoying that kind of music

00:27:07I am and when I first got approached to do it

00:27:09I remember saying to the producer that's really kind of you

00:27:13But I don't really know any Frankie Valli songs and he said yes, you do

00:27:15Yes, you do

00:27:16And I realized that when we were kids on the Gold Coast that the the speakers they used to have

00:27:21speakers on the beaches

00:27:22And they used to play local radio stations used to play music

00:27:26I always thought it was the Beach Boys and some of them were but what I didn't realize was a

00:27:30lot of those songs embedded in our childhood

00:27:33Or Frankie Valli so it was a real honor to take that on

00:27:37You've done various genres over the years you've the people you've encompassed within your act and also were encompassing people

00:27:45like Jack Sparrow and I can never forget this

00:27:50That's what you're talking about from Strictly Come Dancing when Peter Andre suddenly

00:27:54Descended

00:28:25There you are

00:28:26That's Jack Sparrow, that's Jack Sparrow, that's Johnny Depp, that's Johnny Depp there

00:28:29I mean that music

00:28:31I mean you only have to hear that don't you and 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 of all the TVs I've ever done

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

00:28:45You're being judged by real dancers

00:28:47You're not being judged by you know celebrities or 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 and it's really scary

00:29:01Really scary but very rewarding as well

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

00:29:07I mean Jeanette they're a brilliant dancer but it's very intriguing

00:29:10Watching Jill Scott with you doing Mysterious Girl in A League Of Their Own

00:29:16Here we are

00:29:18You know I said earlier that we hadn't booked Peter Andre to come out and sing with you

00:29:21I was lying

00:29:23It wouldn't be A League Of Their Own without making dreams come true

00:29:26It is time Jill Scott for your duet with Mr Peter Andre

00:29:31Alright

00:29:37Good job

00:29:38Come on Jill, I want you to sing it with me

00:29:43You promised me a word

00:29:52Are you gonna do the rap?

00:29:54Here we go

00:30:06You know, she covered about three different keys there,

00:30:10but she just managed to do it perfectly.

00:30:12She got all the words right.

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

00:30:17She's such a lovely person.

00:30:18I've met many times, really lovely person.

00:30:21Isn't it wonderful to be able to bring joy into someone's laughter

00:30:23that she really had no idea?

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

00:30:27And this is the thing that I think is wonderful about the industry that we're in.

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

00:30:33and I feel very, very blessed to be able to do that.

00:30:37And we've met over the years a few times,

00:30:39but it's amazing to think 30 years later

00:30:42I could sit here on the sofa with you and Chad.

00:30:44It's wonderful.

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

00:30:47Well...

00:30:47That's probably why. Some of us are older than others.

00:30:49My dad said it's only the first 100 years that are tough.

00:30:52He reckons it gets really easy after that.

00:30:54So we're okay.

00:30:56We're okay for now.

00:30:57He's 93.

00:30:58Okay, not so great for him, but it's great for us.

00:31:02It's the variety, the 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 with Olivia Newton-John.

00:31:12I mean, you were a great fan of hers.

00:31:15Well, I mean, I had the pleasure of working with Olivia Newton-John one night at the Spina...

00:31:20We did a Spina Bifida concert in Australia, in aid of Spina Bifida,

00:31:25and we all performed on stage together, and she was exactly what you wish she would be like.

00:31:31Oh, that was great.

00:31:32She just radiated from the second she'd walk in, was kind to everybody.

00:31:36And so, you know, I got to see her a few more times over the next few years after that,

00:31:42and she was always just that lovely person.

00:31:45I mean, who didn't have a crush on Olivia Newton-John?

00:31:48She was just...

00:31:49Agreed.

00:31:50You know, just...

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

00:31:53Well, I can't bring you Olivia Newton-John from Grease.

00:31:56I can give you Teen Angel.

00:31:58But on Loose Women...

00:31:59Here we are.

00:32:00Brilliant.

00:32:01Baby, you blew it.

00:32:03Baby, you blew it.

00:32:04You put out good and 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.

00:32:12Guess there's no way to get through to you

00:32:16No matter how I try

00:32:22Might as well walk back to that

00:32:26More sharp in

00:32:31Mascara

00:32:37A pink curl, pink wings.

00:32:41I have to tell you this.

00:32:43I'm so sorry.

00:32:44Four years before that...

00:32:46Five years before that,

00:32:48I was offered the role of 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 in Grease.

00:33:08I said, Wow, you know,

00:33:09a little bit old, but okay.

00:33:11He said, No, what 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 tight white jeans

00:33:26and a tight white vest top?

00:33:27And I thought,

00:33:28Well, Danny Zuko doesn't wear that.

00:33:30So I turned up and they said,

00:33:32Well, who told you you 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 my Danny Zuko dream.

00:33:44And tell me about working with Madonna.

00:33:46I mean, goodness me,

00:33:47support up for Madonna.

00:33:49And I bet you thought,

00:33:49No, I don't really.

00:33:52Does that one bite your hand off time?

00:33:54Yeah, absolutely.

00:33:55When I got the call to open for the girly tour,

00:33:58it was all around Australia in stadiums.

00:34:01Now, I'd never...

00:34:02I mean, most people don't start at stadiums.

00:34:04They start at the bottom and eventually get there.

00:34:06I started at the top.

00:34:07There was only one way it was going to go.

00:34:09It was,

00:34:10Where do you go from that?

00:34:11I mean, that was Madonna.

00:34:12And it was the most incredible experience.

00:34:15She was lovely.

00:34:16Yeah, we did a six-week tour, I think, together.

00:34:19When you're working with somebody like that,

00:34:20watching how they operate,

00:34:22how they operate on stage

00:34:23and operate off stage,

00:34:25it must be quite interesting

00:34:26seeing how they carry themselves,

00:34:29how they relate to an audience.

00:34:30Can you learn from working with someone like Madonna?

00:34:33Well, yeah, of course.

00:34:34I mean, you learn from all the greats.

00:34:36You see how it all works.

00:34:38You know, of course, when you've got a budget

00:34:40and you can put on the production that...

00:34:42But you still need star quality.

00:34:44You do, yes.

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

00:34:46all the bells and whistles don't really mean anything.

00:34:49Yeah, that's right.

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

00:34:50I mean, the songs.

00:34:52Good to have you with this.

00:34:52Good luck with the album

00:34:53and Frankie Valli, fabulous.

00:34:56Thank you, Peter.

00:34:57Delight.

00:34:58Now then,

00:34:59a wonder through nature,

00:35:01courtesy of you at home.

00:35:03It's time for a walk on the wild side.

00:35:06The End

00:35:07The End

00:35:22ORGAN PLAYS

00:35:59ORGAN PLAYS

00:36:33ORGAN PLAYS

00:36:45Oh, thank you for all your wonderful pictures there.

00:36:48Please do keep sending them in.

00:36:50It's a very special part of this programme.

00:36:52Still ahead?

00:36:53If you think your houseplants need some CPR,

00:36:56that's care, pruning and refreshing,

00:36:58houseplant guru Claire Lowry has it covered.

00:37:00How to repot, rescue and revive your plants.

00:37:04Coming up...

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

00:37:23and as our gardens wake from their winter sleep,

00:37:26it's no wonder that displays of our early risers

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

00:37:32as we hope we will today.

00:37:34Coming up, spoilt, psychopathic,

00:37:37salt of the earth.

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

00:37:40Sarah Parrish, on mixing it up

00:37:42when it comes to choosing her roles.

00:37:44But first, it's time for your Voice of Nature.

00:37:47Today, it's the turn of Patience stars,

00:37:50Ella Mae Purvis and Nathan Welsh,

00:37:52with Hope by Edith Nesbitt.

00:38:04Oh, Thrush, is it true?

00:38:06Your song tells of a world born anew,

00:38:09of fields gold with buttercups,

00:38:12woodlands all blue with hyacinth bells,

00:38:14of primroses deep in the moss of the lane,

00:38:17of a princess asleep and dear magic to do.

00:38:21Will the sun wake the princess?

00:38:23Oh, Thrush, is it true?

00:38:25Will spring come again?

00:38:26Will spring come again?

00:38:28Now at last, with soft shine and rain,

00:38:31will the violet be sweet

00:38:33where the dead leaves have lain?

00:38:35Will winter be past?

00:38:36In the brown of the copse

00:38:38will white-wind flowers star through

00:38:40where the last oak leaf drops

00:38:43and the daisies come too?

00:38:45And the May and the lilac?

00:38:47Will spring come again?

00:38:48Oh, Thrush, is it true?

00:38:58Thank you, Ella and Nathan.

00:39:00Lovely words capturing that anticipation of spring renewal

00:39:05that we all feel when the sun comes out.

00:39:07Now, they've filled our shelves and populated porches for decades,

00:39:12from the exotic specimens in grand Victorian glasshouses

00:39:16to the humble spider plants on 1970s windowsills.

00:39:20Our love affair with houseplants shows no signs of fizzling out.

00:39:25But after a long and dusty winter,

00:39:26it's time to give your leafy friends some TLC.

00:39:29Thankfully, we have just the woman.

00:39:31Welcome back, houseplant expert Claire Lowry,

00:39:35here with her rejuvenation masterclass

00:39:37to get your houseplants prepped, primed and positively thriving.

00:39:42Welcome, Claire.

00:39:44Thank you for having me back.

00:39:45It is, isn't it?

00:39:46Because there they sit, like bits of furniture,

00:39:48the occasional flick over with the feather duster,

00:39:51lobsome water.

00:39:52But now they're a bit weary, aren't they?

00:39:54They are.

00:39:55I mean, you actually, you just mentioned about

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

00:39:58and one of the first things I was actually going to touch on

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

00:40:03Ah.

00:40:03And I think especially as the days kind of start to pick up

00:40:06and the light is beautiful,

00:40:08you really want to be kind of optimising that

00:40:10as much as possible so the plant can photosynthesise.

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

00:40:16I mean, I typically don't let it get this bad,

00:40:18but when it starts to kind of get quite dusty,

00:40:20because I think a lot of the time people 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 in the same way

00:40:26as your skirting boards build up dust,

00:40:28your plants build up dust as well.

00:40:30Besides the fact that obviously you can't,

00:40:33kind of allow them all the light that they need,

00:40:35it's kind of like having a sheer curtain over them.

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

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

00:40:42Right.

00:40:43So, yeah.

00:40:43So clean them.

00:40:44Yeah, so I'm just using literally just some lukewarm water.

00:40:49Look at that.

00:40:49Oh, yeah.

00:40:50Hey, as Larry Grayson used to say,

00:40:52hey, the 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,

00:41:02they'd do them with milk.

00:41:03And you think, well, actually,

00:41:04it then starts to smell a bit cheesy after a while.

00:41:07I've heard all of these.

00:41:08But hairy plants, of course, you wouldn't do that with.

00:41:11You have to be a bit careful with hairy plants

00:41:12because obviously they're much more susceptible

00:41:14to mould, mildew.

00:41:16If you are going to wipe them down,

00:41:17I personally would recommend just dusting.

00:41:19Yeah.

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

00:41:21if you are dealing with pests or something like that,

00:41:23I would just make sure you've got really good airflow

00:41:25to allow the leaves to kind of dry off

00:41:27so that they don't start to...

00:41:28Isn't that gorgeous?

00:41:30It's beautiful, isn't it?

00:41:31Fresh and...

00:41:31You can...

00:41:32It's sort of...

00:41:32Oh, Claire, thank you so much.

00:41:34Listen carefully and you can hear it.

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

00:41:37It is.

00:41:38It is.

00:41:38The other thing that I was going to mention...

00:41:40This is a very...

00:41:41You actually mentioned spider plants at the beginning.

00:41:43The spider plant is obviously a very common house plant

00:41:46and this one has been throwing out plantlets for months.

00:41:50This is great to start with this, isn't it?

00:41:52And start children off too

00:41:53because each one of these make a separate plant.

00:41:55It's fantastic.

00:41:56I think the reason that this one is probably doing it

00:41:59is because the plant is actually stressed

00:42:01because this one hasn't had a repot in quite a while.

00:42:05Oh, yes, there's a lot in there.

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

00:42:08And if you've got that plant looking 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.

00:42:14I mean, the amount of water this plant's requiring

00:42:16at the moment is ridiculous

00:42:18because just look at those roots.

00:42:21They are crazy.

00:42:24So before I pot it up,

00:42:26I'll show you the soil mix that I quite like to use.

00:42:29This is, for me, just kind of like a generic soil mix

00:42:32that I'll use for most of my house plants,

00:42:35terrestrial house plants that grow from the ground.

00:42:37No, you can buy it in bags when you mix it.

00:42:39You mix your own.

00:42:40To be honest, I do a bit of both,

00:42:42but I do quite, this thing quite therapeutic

00:42:44and I don't know, just quite nice

00:42:46about getting your hands in 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 with tree fern fibre

00:43:00so it's really, really nice

00:43:02at adding 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 on a tree.

00:43:16Not a parasite, but an epiphytic just clings on.

00:43:19Exactly, so I would typically add

00:43:21a lot more kind of chunky things

00:43:23like sustainably sourced sphagnum moss

00:43:25and stuff like that as well

00:43:26to really kind of replicate

00:43:27its 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

00:43:39that 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, 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

00:43:58that 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

00:44:05to 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,

00:44:12but free draining.

00:44:13Yes.

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

00:44:15to enough moisture,

00:44:16but not too much to get soggy.

00:44:18I can tell from the way you're handling it,

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

00:44:21That's gorgeous.

00:44:22It 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, but...

00:44:27No, no, it's not.

00:44:27I just...

00:44:28I was 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

00:44:33also thinks it's weird.

00:44:35But yes, I'm going to just...

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

00:44:39and just try and work

00:44:40as 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, won't you?

00:44:49Yeah.

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

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

00:44:51I'm afraid this is an incest, Clare,

00:44:53where I would go in with a knife.

00:44:55Would you?

00:44:55As long as there's a big enough lump with each.

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

00:44:58You're almost there, yeah.

00:45:00The bits that do get cut off and broken off,

00:45:02it doesn't matter,

00:45:03there'll be enough remaining.

00:45:05It's like when you get...

00:45:06Particularly in between November and March,

00:45:08you get things like bare root roses,

00:45:10and they'll be dug up from the ground

00:45:11and the nursery rose,

00:45:12and they'll come to you

00:45:13with the top growth like that

00:45:14and roots going down here.

00:45:16And you can take half of them off

00:45:17because they're all going to die,

00:45:18the 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

00:45:26the root that's on there.

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

00:45:29You know what, I probably would.

00:45:30I brought some other pots,

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

00:45:42and pop that in the bottom.

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

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

00:45:50is it'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.

00:45:56The lean here is a gardener,

00:45:58watching another gardener.

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

00:46:03Yeah, that's right.

00:46:04I mean, you can always feel that plant being grateful,

00:46:07can't you?

00:46:07Well, I really, I hope now,

00:46:10I 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

00:46:14and 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.

00:46:37Can you put it on your windowsill?

00:46:38Yeah, exactly.

00:46:39Absolutely fab.

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

00:46:41Thanks, Claire.

00:46:41Not at all.

00:46:42All you like, learn from you every time you come.

00:46:45And 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

00:47:10across the sands of North Africa,

00:47:11rather than grazing politely in Warwickshire.

00:47:15But just when you thought a camel in the Midlands

00:47:17was 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,

00:47:28Aled, Maasai and Chad.

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

00:47:33about blending in.

00:47:35To tell us more,

00:47:36friend of the show and young farmer,

00:47:38Daisy 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

00:48:05for 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.

00:48:24They 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

00:48:43just underneath his left eye.

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

00:48:49I just love Chad.

00:48:49He's probably my favourite.

00:48:51Don'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,

00:48:56you'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.

00:49:09They 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.

00:49:19That's enough around.

00:49:21No squabbling.

00:49:23Make sure it's all nice for you.

00:49:24There you go.

00:49:25Look at that.

00:49:26From afar,

00:49:27Alid, Chad and Maasai

00:49:29look exactly the same.

00:49:30But actually,

00:49:31their stripes are completely different.

00:49:33Like our fingerprints,

00:49:34each one is unique.

00:49:35Now these guys are Chapman zebras.

00:49:38They'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

00:49:51to 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.

00:50:00And 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.

00:50:15So 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.

00:50:37These guys can be far more unpredictable.

00:50:39They are not pets.

00:50:41Any 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.

00:50:59Alid has been clicker trained.

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

00:51:05like that, he 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.

00:51:17Oh, good boy.

00:51:19There 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.

00:51:31One of the most common questions

00:51:32I have had on social media

00:51:33about the zebras is,

00:51:35can you ride them?

00:51:36The answer, absolutely 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.

00:51:43Baxter, on the other hand,

00:51:44very comfortable.

00:51:46I 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.

00:52:01Thank you, Daisy.

00:52:02And good luck to Alid, Masai and Chad

00:52:05in their new home.

00:52:07Coming up,

00:52:08when life gives you lemons,

00:52:10make a gin and tonic.

00:52:11So the proverb says,

00:52:12well, I can't promise G&T

00:52:14but I can promise

00:52:15some rather refreshingly zesty libations.

00:52:19Cocktail twins,

00:52:20Hannah and Siobhan,

00:52:21make their Manor Farm debut

00:52:23with a round of fruity botanicals.

00:52:26And it's a loss about compost?

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.

00:52:38I'll see you with the TV carpenter himself

00:52:40that afternoon.

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

00:53:14into compost bins,

00:53:16TV carpenter Wayne Perry.

00:53:18We're talking here about compost

00:53:19to enrich garden soil

00:53:20rather than potting compost,

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.

00:53:31Absolutely.

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, and the carrots.

00:53:38It's like we planned it, Alan.

00:53:39It is really.

00:53:41So 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.

00:53:48It's things that are going to take

00:53:49a little bit more time to break down.

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

00:53:51was a shredder.

00:53:52To shred those,

00:53:53and it all then goes in.

00:53:54It all goes in.

00:53:55It all goes in.

00:53:55But also your cardboards,

00:53:57your egg boxes.

00:53:58We did have,

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

00:54:00for my paper and 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.

00:54:06Blown away.

00:54:07We didn't want it.

00:54:07So it's a good idea to get you

00:54:08some 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

00:54:16and turned in,

00:54:17you know,

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,

00:54:26you know,

00:54:27processed food.

00:54:28Yeah,

00:54:28any processed food.

00:54:29Cooked food.

00:54:29Chickens or anything like that.

00:54:30Nothing, yeah.

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,

00:54:34you want to,

00:54:35it's got to be gorgeous stuff for your plants.

00:54:37So mixing,

00:54:37keep it moist and firm.

00:54:39And 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.

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

00:54:47It's,

00:54:48you can get from B&Q,

00:54:4932 pounds.

00:54:50Standard.

00:54:50It's recycled plastic.

00:54:52The lid comes off.

00:54:53The lid comes off.

00:54:54Throw your rubbish inside.

00:54:56Little flap at the bottom there

00:54:57that you can lift up

00:54:58if you want to access it

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

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

00:55:02is 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.

00:55:13Beehive.

00:55:13The beehive.

00:55:14So the idea of this

00:55:16is if your,

00:55:17if your compost bin

00:55:18needs 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,

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

00:55:31for 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

00:55:44with these before

00:55:44is because they look so pretty,

00:55:46sometimes once all your compost

00:55:47is in there,

00:55:48you 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

00:55:52of creating something,

00:55:53you know,

00:55:54compared to that one,

00:55:55which is,

00:55:55you know,

00:55:55black,

00:55:56but this one painted

00:55:57looks lovely.

00:55:57So I can blend it

00:55:58within your cottage garden.

00:56:01Now this one

00:56:02is all singing,

00:56:02all dancing.

00:56:03This is your hot bin.

00:56:05So the hot bin

00:56:06is insulated.

00:56:07So it gets hot

00:56:09inside there.

00:56:10It's a bit pricey.

00:56:11It's 215 pounds.

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 litre.

00:56:17So you can go,

00:56:17go big with it.

00:56:18But the beauty

00:56:19of this one is

00:56:20these take

00:56:21about a year

00:56:22to turn.

00:56:23Once you've turned them

00:56:24every two months,

00:56:24a year to get

00:56:25some good compost.

00:56:26This one can take

00:56:27between 60 to 90 days

00:56:29for you to get

00:56:30some compost

00:56:30and you don't need

00:56:30to turn it.

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

00:56:32Two or three months.

00:56:33It's pretty hot.

00:56:34There's a little thermostat.

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

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

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

00:56:40I don't know

00:56:40where the compost is.

00:56:41But when you say

00:56:42meat thermometer,

00:56:42what's great is

00:56:43once it gets

00:56:43to 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

00:56:48throw in your meat waste.

00:56:50Whereas before,

00:56:50you can't throw in

00:56:51your chicken bones.

00:56:52Once they're cut down,

00:56:53you can throw in

00:56:53anything in there

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

00:56:55and it'll work

00:56:57its way through.

00:56:58Again,

00:56:58you don't need to turn it.

00:56:59It's worth putting

00:56:59the layers in

00:57:00as you're adding stuff.

00:57:01I have to say,

00:57:02if life's too short

00:57:03to stuff a mushroom,

00:57:04I don't turn compost.

00:57:06If it's mixed

00:57:07and kept moist

00:57:08and firmed,

00:57:09a bit of old carpet

00:57:10or on the top,

00:57:11I mean,

00:57:12enough to do

00:57:12without turning it

00:57:13every two months.

00:57:13I mean,

00:57:13some people do.

00:57:14It's just a matter

00:57:15of opinion.

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

00:57:16It's more important

00:57:17to turn it in tiny bins,

00:57:18I think,

00:57:19than in bigger ones.

00:57:19Mine's about

00:57:20two metres more.

00:57:20And also,

00:57:21you can access this.

00:57:22There's normally

00:57:22like a strap

00:57:23that goes round.

00:57:23You'll take the strap

00:57:24off,

00:57:24you can access it

00:57:25and the little blue

00:57:26tap 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

00:57:34it can turn it quickly.

00:57:36Fast.

00:57:37But of course,

00:57:38knowing you,

00:57:40you don't necessarily

00:57:40want to buy

00:57:41one that's somebody

00:57:41else's, mate.

00:57:42You want to make

00:57:43one yourself.

00:57:43For free.

00:57:44Okay.

00:57:45Let's have a look.

00:57:46The ubiquitous pallet.

00:57:48The pallet.

00:57:49The pallet.

00:57:50Our world

00:57:50is held together

00:57:51by pallets.

00:57:52You either love them

00:57:52or hate them

00:57:53and I've got

00:57:54a varied relationship

00:57:55with them.

00:57:56But pallets are free.

00:57:57They're amazing.

00:57:58If you find

00:57:59four pallets

00:58:00that are the same,

00:58:01joyful.

00:58:02You can make

00:58:02one of these.

00:58:03One thing to look out for,

00:58:04you'll see a little stamp

00:58:05here.

00:58:05There's two letters

00:58:07H-T there.

00:58:08That means heat treated.

00:58:09So they've been

00:58:10heat treated

00:58:10so they won't rot.

00:58:11But they used to be

00:58:12covered in loads

00:58:13of chemicals

00:58:14and different things.

00:58:15So check

00:58:16that it's heat treated

00:58:16because you don't want

00:58:17anything that's

00:58:17covered in chemicals.

00:58:18It's just going to

00:58:18leach into your

00:58:19gorgeous

00:58:20compost.

00:58:20So we've got

00:58:21three equally

00:58:22sized pallets

00:58:23here and we've

00:58:24literally just

00:58:25screwed them,

00:58:26spiked them

00:58:26through into

00:58:27place.

00:58:28We hold them

00:58:28into place.

00:58:29The next thing

00:58:30you need to do

00:58:31is get yourself

00:58:31some chicken wire.

00:58:32And what I love

00:58:33about chicken wire,

00:58:34you can literally

00:58:34just cut it

00:58:35with some strong

00:58:35scissors.

00:58:36You don't need

00:58:36any pliers

00:58:37or anything like

00:58:37that.

00:58:38And the reason

00:58:38we have chicken

00:58:39wire is we're

00:58:40going to line

00:58:40the inside edge

00:58:41with it.

00:58:42So by...

00:58:43Yeah, just by

00:58:45lining the inside

00:58:45edge...

00:58:46Do you want to

00:58:47just open

00:58:47my fingers

00:58:48I haven't got

00:58:49your fingers.

00:58:50There's a deer.

00:58:51And this will go

00:58:52all the way around

00:58:53and what this does

00:58:55it allows the air

00:58:57circulation to go

00:58:58through but it

00:58:59stops the soil or any

00:59:00debris falling out.

00:59:01Falling out.

00:59:01Are you doing

00:59:02another layer of that

00:59:03then?

00:59:03You would do

00:59:04another layer of

00:59:04fire?

00:59:05I would do

00:59:05another layer

00:59:05higher across

00:59:07that way.

00:59:07So the idea then

00:59:08is anything's

00:59:09collecting there.

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

00:59:11floor.

00:59:11We want those worms

00:59:12to come through.

00:59:13We want all of

00:59:13that nutrients

00:59:14to come through

00:59:15the floor.

00:59:16And the next one

00:59:16you could put a

00:59:17full pallet here

00:59:18but I like to

00:59:19cut mine down.

00:59:20So I pre-cut this

00:59:21one down and we

00:59:23offer this one

00:59:25into place.

00:59:26You can put

00:59:27hinges on there.

00:59:28You can put

00:59:28latches so it

00:59:29opens like a barn

00:59:30door but I think

00:59:32if you can just

00:59:32if you can use

00:59:34a drill you can

00:59:36unscrew something.

00:59:37That's within

00:59:37my capabilities.

00:59:39Yeah.

00:59:39So I'm literally

00:59:40just going to hold

00:59:40this one in place

00:59:41for now.

00:59:41So a diagonal

00:59:42bit of a nail

00:59:43down there.

00:59:46And the idea

00:59:46that we've cut

00:59:47it down lower

00:59:48is if you're

00:59:48coming along

00:59:49with your

00:59:49wheelbarrow

00:59:50you can hook

00:59:50it up and

00:59:51throw it over.

00:59:52But having this

00:59:53one in place

00:59:57so that you

00:59:58can unscrew it

00:59:59means that when

00:59:59you get in there

01:00:00you can turn it

01:00:00and then once

01:00:01that's done

01:00:03put on

01:00:04I've just got

01:00:05an old throw

01:00:06here.

01:00:07If you've got

01:00:07a piece of

01:00:07carpet or something

01:00:08lay that on top

01:00:09and then put

01:00:10some plastic on

01:00:12top just to

01:00:12stop too much

01:00:13moisture going

01:00:13in.

01:00:14You don't want

01:00:14it to get too

01:00:15sodden.

01:00:15You want the air

01:00:16going through?

01:00:17You know more

01:00:17than me.

01:00:18But you want

01:00:18it's the three

01:00:19M's isn't it

01:00:20really?

01:00:20Mix it,

01:00:21moisten it

01:00:22and mash it.

01:00:23Keep it firm.

01:00:25And with those

01:00:25three M's mix

01:00:26everything rather

01:00:27than having a

01:00:27concentration of

01:00:28grass clippings

01:00:29in one place

01:00:29because it's brown

01:00:30and slimy.

01:00:31Mix that with

01:00:31everything else.

01:00:32And grass is

01:00:32great because it

01:00:33heats it.

01:00:34So with all the

01:00:35things mixed up

01:00:36with your browns

01:00:37and your greens

01:00:38and if you hire a

01:00:39shredder it's

01:00:39really useful.

01:00:40It speeds up

01:00:41the moving of it

01:00:42and then if you

01:00:43make sure there's

01:00:44three M's there

01:00:44the mixing,

01:00:45the moistening

01:00:46and the mashing

01:00:46you'll find it

01:00:47rots down.

01:00:48I always give it

01:00:48a year anyway

01:00:49if it's safer.

01:00:49And how many

01:00:50of these bins

01:00:50would you normally

01:00:51have?

01:00:52I've got as many

01:00:53as you can.

01:00:53Depends on the

01:00:54size of your garden

01:00:54but I always have

01:00:56a couple at least

01:00:56because then one

01:00:57is full and rotting

01:00:58and the other's

01:00:59being filled

01:01:00and you've got

01:01:01this system then

01:01:02about a year on

01:01:03you're using that

01:01:03one and the

01:01:04following year

01:01:04you'll be using

01:01:05that one while

01:01:05this one's filling up.

01:01:06I love the idea

01:01:07though of using

01:01:08the compost that

01:01:09you've created

01:01:10for your garden

01:01:11and it hasn't

01:01:12cost you anything

01:01:13to get rid of it

01:01:14you've just

01:01:14re-put it back

01:01:15and purposed it.

01:01:15And it's the

01:01:16natural cycle

01:01:17when trees lose

01:01:18their leaves

01:01:18they fall on the

01:01:19ground

01:01:19they rot

01:01:19the worms

01:01:20take them in

01:01:20and that's nature

01:01:22and you've been

01:01:22a nice part of

01:01:23nature

01:01:23and look for the

01:01:25HT

01:01:26heat treated

01:01:26you just

01:01:27heat treated

01:01:27Wayne Perry

01:01:29thanks Wayne.

01:01:35Now many legendary

01:01:37thinkers and

01:01:38creators kept

01:01:39famous diaries

01:01:40Leonardo da Vinci

01:01:41whose notebooks

01:01:42contain sketches

01:01:44of inventions

01:01:45and anatomical

01:01:46studies

01:01:46Charles Darwin

01:01:47who documented

01:01:49his geological

01:01:50and biological

01:01:50observations

01:01:51Alexander Graham Bell

01:01:53who detailed

01:01:54his telephone

01:01:54experiments

01:01:55Albert Einstein

01:01:56who filled his

01:01:58diary with

01:01:58calculations

01:01:59and Leslie

01:02:00Joseph

01:02:01is no different

01:02:02as she takes

01:02:03a leaf out

01:02:04of all their

01:02:05books

01:02:05with the first

01:02:06of her

01:02:06nature diaries

01:02:08chapter one

01:02:08the March

01:02:09Hare

01:02:14Hampshire

01:02:14Sunday

01:02:15the 22nd

01:02:16of March

01:02:172026

01:02:18Dear Diary

01:02:20It's been a week

01:02:21since my last

01:02:22diary entry

01:02:23but I am feeling

01:02:24quite rejuvenated

01:02:25The weather

01:02:26is most agreeable

01:02:27as spring

01:02:28grabs hold

01:02:29of us

01:02:29and winter

01:02:30seems so

01:02:30very far away

01:02:31Enter

01:02:33Master Hare

01:02:34dashing

01:02:35and deliciously

01:02:37naughty

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

01:02:46to see the apothecary

01:02:47forest about that

01:02:47about that actually

01:02:48sorry

01:02:49back to my diary

01:02:51as I perch

01:02:52by the open

01:02:53window

01:02:53absorbing the

01:02:55gentle spring

01:02:56breeze

01:02:56the brown

01:02:57hare

01:02:58parades itself

01:02:59around

01:03:00with a bouncy

01:03:01ease

01:03:02along the heath

01:03:03and hidden in the

01:03:03grasses

01:03:04running across fields

01:03:05and hiding in the

01:03:06marshes

01:03:07the brown

01:03:08hare plays

01:03:09and strays

01:03:10whilst having the

01:03:11occasional

01:03:11vegetational

01:03:12greys

01:03:13glistening in the

01:03:14warm sun

01:03:15embracing

01:03:16the hazy

01:03:17days

01:03:19with long

01:03:20black tipped ears

01:03:21worthy of a sonnet

01:03:22no doubt having to

01:03:23poke two holes

01:03:24through a celebratory

01:03:26bonnet

01:03:27with a super speedy

01:03:29and slick

01:03:29fast pace

01:03:30the brown

01:03:31hare

01:03:31can certainly

01:03:32take on a race

01:03:34I have a ball

01:03:35this evening

01:03:36and word is spreading

01:03:37that Lord Biggins

01:03:38will be in attendance

01:03:40oh

01:03:41I do hope

01:03:42he selects me

01:03:43to be part of his

01:03:44walls

01:03:45I hear he is

01:03:46quite the maverick

01:03:47on the dance floor

01:03:48now I must

01:03:49dash enough

01:03:50hair related

01:03:50do-gooding

01:03:51if I don't

01:03:52put down the

01:03:52quill

01:03:53who will make

01:03:54today's plum

01:03:54pudding

01:03:55oh

01:03:56fare thee

01:03:57well

01:03:57brown

01:03:58hare

01:03:58it's been

01:03:59a treat

01:04:00thank you

01:04:01for continually

01:04:02making my

01:04:03heart beat

01:04:04yours affectionately

01:04:05as ever

01:04:06Leslie

01:04:09thank you

01:04:10Leslie

01:04:10well up to

01:04:11Einstein standards

01:04:12did you know

01:04:13the expression

01:04:14mad as a march

01:04:14hair stems

01:04:15from their

01:04:15frantic mating

01:04:16behaviour

01:04:17including

01:04:17high speed

01:04:18chases

01:04:19leaping

01:04:19and boxing

01:04:20that peak

01:04:22in early spring

01:04:23fancy

01:04:24it's an amazing

01:04:25sight when you

01:04:25watch boxing

01:04:26hairs

01:04:26coming up

01:04:27Sarah Parrish

01:04:28back on stage

01:04:29in the bittersweet

01:04:30family drama

01:04:31eclipse

01:04:32I'll see you

01:04:33with Sarah

01:04:33after this

01:04:46welcome back to

01:04:48love your weekend

01:04:48now coming up

01:04:49drinks duo

01:04:50Hannah and

01:04:51Siobhan

01:04:51see us out in style

01:04:53with zesty botanicals

01:04:55including a burnt

01:04:56lemon spritz

01:04:57and a chilled

01:04:57martini

01:04:58with an orange

01:04:59twist

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

01:05:08series

01:05:09following the lives

01:05:10and loves

01:05:11of a group

01:05:12of 30-something

01:05:12girlfriends

01:05:13and featuring

01:05:14my next guest

01:05:15yes

01:05:16lovers may come

01:05:17and go

01:05:18but friends

01:05:19last forever

01:05:20or do they

01:05:21Katie

01:05:21multiple choice

01:05:22sex lover

01:05:24kids

01:05:24what can I only have one

01:05:30love

01:05:34I think

01:05:35someone asked me out

01:05:36today

01:05:36really

01:05:37oh yeah

01:05:38hello

01:05:40he's a new dad

01:05:41at school

01:05:41and I think

01:05:42he just got divorced

01:05:43and we got chatting

01:05:45at the supermarket

01:05:45and he said

01:05:47that we should go

01:05:47for a coffee

01:05:48and I went

01:05:49um

01:05:50hang on a minute

01:05:51he asked you out

01:05:51for a coffee

01:05:52in Sainsbury's

01:05:53no in Tesco's

01:05:55actually

01:05:55and

01:05:57well I'm not really

01:05:57sure he was

01:05:58asking me out

01:05:58well what did he say

01:06:00um

01:06:00exact words

01:06:03do you fancy

01:06:03going for a coffee

01:06:04he said fancy

01:06:05I think so

01:06:06if he said that

01:06:06he was asking you out

01:06:07oh no maybe he said

01:06:08want

01:06:08well that's

01:06:10no that's different

01:06:11that's more tricky

01:06:11to interpret

01:06:12you see this is

01:06:12exactly why I switched

01:06:13from English

01:06:14to modern languages

01:06:17mistresses

01:06:17the deep bond

01:06:18and connection

01:06:19between the four

01:06:20of your characters

01:06:21with your shared

01:06:22sarcasm

01:06:23and ease

01:06:24with each other

01:06:24was it like that

01:06:25on set

01:06:26you did seem

01:06:26there seemed

01:06:27to be some

01:06:27kind of chemistry

01:06:28going on there

01:06:28oh we had

01:06:29such a good time

01:06:29on that show

01:06:30we were out

01:06:31in Bristol

01:06:31the four of us

01:06:33and we all

01:06:33shared a big house

01:06:34which was great

01:06:35so we were together

01:06:36the whole time

01:06:37um

01:06:38yeah

01:06:38and we

01:06:39we really bonded

01:06:40on that show

01:06:41it was a terrific show

01:06:41and do you know

01:06:42I get asked

01:06:43often

01:06:43it's the one show

01:06:45that I get asked

01:06:46about all the time

01:06:47I get stopped

01:06:47in the street

01:06:48with women saying

01:06:49oh when are you

01:06:49going to bring

01:06:50back mistresses

01:06:50we'd love to see

01:06:51something like that

01:06:52why do you think

01:06:53I think it's

01:06:54a bit like

01:06:56sex in the city

01:06:57isn't it

01:06:57I think women

01:06:58want to see

01:06:59themselves on television

01:07:00so something like

01:07:01mistresses

01:07:01obviously was very

01:07:03successful

01:07:03and now they want

01:07:04to see where

01:07:05those women are

01:07:06at the age

01:07:07that they would be

01:07:08which is in their

01:07:0950s

01:07:09but shot through

01:07:10but shot through

01:07:10with humour too

01:07:11you've got to have

01:07:12humour

01:07:12yeah

01:07:12you've got to have

01:07:13humour

01:07:14you're splitting

01:07:15as 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

01:07:24Theatre

01:07:24Eclipse

01:07:25which is written

01:07:26by the guy

01:07:27who wrote W1A

01:07:28to which my wife

01:07:29and I were glued

01:07:30and hilarious

01:07:31thinking how on earth

01:07:32could the BBC

01:07:32do this about themselves

01:07:33I know

01:07:34because it's so accurate

01:07:35you know

01:07:36good for them

01:07:37so tell us about it

01:07:38Eclipse

01:07:39well yes

01:07:40John Morton

01:07:41has written a play

01:07:41it's the only play

01:07:42he's ever written

01:07:43and he wrote it

01:07:4420 years ago

01:07:45so he's been sat

01:07:46on this play now

01:07:47for 20 years

01:07:49and he wrote me

01:07:51a letter actually

01:07:51and said look

01:07:52I've written this play

01:07:52and I'd really love

01:07:53you to be in it

01:07:53and I immediately

01:07:54thought oh it's

01:07:55going to be hilarious

01:07:56you know

01:07:56it'll be really fast

01:07:57and funny

01:07:58and probably set

01:07:59in an office

01:07:59you know

01:08:00anyway this play

01:08:01came through

01:08:02and it's

01:08:03I mean it just shows

01:08:04what a brilliant

01:08:05versatile writer

01:08:06he is

01:08:07it's a very

01:08:09minimalistic play

01:08:10that happens

01:08:11over 24 hours

01:08:12the last 24 hours

01:08:13of 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

01:08:25with each other

01:08:26while their father

01:08:27is 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

01:08:40it reads brilliantly

01:08:41I'm surprised

01:08:42he's only ever

01:08:42written one play

01:08:43really

01:08:43so yes

01:08:44we're doing it

01:08:45the Minerva

01:08:45in Chichester

01:08:46so the smaller theatre

01:08:48Rupert Penry Jones

01:08:49is playing

01:08:50well my wife

01:08:51will be there

01:08:51I know

01:08:53he's not ugly

01:08:54he's in it

01:08:55Sarah

01:08:57so yeah

01:08:58the two of us

01:08:59are brother and sister

01:09:00so it will be

01:09:01a really lovely experience

01:09:03you've got

01:09:03you know

01:09:04other TV things

01:09:06yes

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

01:09:18it's not my most

01:09:19attractive part

01:09:21no

01:09:21now tell me about

01:09:22this

01:09:23this make-up

01:09:24for Piglets

01:09:24we're going to have a look

01:09:25at it in 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 there she is

01:09:39that's it

01:09:39and the make-up lady said

01:09:41I 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 we went for

01:09:47these comedy 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 in Piglets

01:09:56let'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

01:10:13I can do bad

01:10:25I 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

01:10:35an actor like that

01:10:36he is a born clown

01:10:37some people

01:10:38have just got

01:10:38funny 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 opposite

01:10:45I remember him

01:10:45being the postman

01:10:46in Lark Rice

01:10:46to Candleford

01:10:47and you just

01:10:48look at his face

01:10:49there

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

01:10:55a funny person

01:10:55and we

01:10:57it's such a fun

01:10:58show to do

01:10:59because we do

01:11:00get quite a lot

01:11:01of 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

01:11:07time to sort

01:11:08of muck about

01:11:09and try things

01:11:09out

01:11:10and it's lovely

01:11:10looking at those

01:11:11four younger

01:11:13looking at you

01:11:15how they kept

01:11:16a straight face

01:11:17that must have

01:11:18been hard

01:11:19it was

01:11:20they did

01:11:20there's a lot

01:11:21of corpsing

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

01:11:26singing now

01:11:27because 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

01:11:35yes gosh

01:11:36that was

01:11:36that was a

01:11:37lovely show

01:11:38you know

01:11:39it's not

01:11:40it's not often

01:11:41that you get

01:11:41a musical on TV

01:11:43and I remember

01:11:44the read through

01:11:45I remember it was

01:11:46me and David

01:11:46Morrissey

01:11:47and David Tennant

01:11:47and we all met

01:11:48outside before

01:11:49the read through

01:11:50so I said

01:11:50do you think

01:11:51they're actually

01:11:51going to make us

01:11:52sing the songs

01:11:52in the read through

01:11:53and I was like

01:11:54no of course

01:11:54they won't

01:11:55they wouldn't

01:11:55do that

01:11:56they did

01:11:58they had a

01:11:58tape recorder

01:11:59and we all

01:11:59had to sing

01:12:00the actual songs

01:12:01at the read through

01:12:02we didn't know

01:12:02each other

01:12:03we'd never met

01:12:03each 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

01:12:22than that

01:12:23it doesn't get any better

01:12:23than this does it

01:12:51staring into each other

01:12:54there's something quite

01:12:55it's quite difficult

01:12:56doing that

01:12:58you know

01:12:59and you've got to do

01:13:00take after take

01:13:01after take

01:13:01so it was

01:13:02it was a tough job

01:13:04but it was really enjoyable

01:13:05when you're not

01:13:06cavorting on the stage

01:13:08or anywhere

01:13:09or doing your TV

01:13:10your original

01:13:12Murray Parish

01:13:13charity

01:13:14in memory

01:13:15of your daughter

01:13:16Ella Jane

01:13:17has gone from strength

01:13:19to strength

01:13:19I mean

01:13:20Ella died

01:13:21tragically young

01:13:21in 2009

01:13:23the charity

01:13:24you've changed

01:13:25the name of it now

01:13:26to widen it

01:13:26because it's very much

01:13:27based in Southampton

01:13:28it was

01:13:28it's now

01:13:29so tell us about it now

01:13:30so we

01:13:31last year

01:13:32it was our 10 year

01:13:33anniversary

01:13:34as the Murray Parish Trust

01:13:35and we

01:13:36we figured

01:13:37that we'd kind of

01:13:38done as much

01:13:38as we could

01:13:39down in the south

01:13:40we'd predominantly

01:13:41worked at Southampton

01:13:42Children's Hospital

01:13:43and we kept noticing

01:13:45there was a real

01:13:46lack 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

01:13:58about Jim and I

01:13:59it's something

01:14:00a 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

01:14:07as well

01:14:08because you often find

01:14:09that the child

01:14:10you know

01:14:10the child

01:14:11gets 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

01:14:21some kind of

01:14:21central spark

01:14:23to them

01:14:23they're either

01:14:24completely bonkers

01:14:26as in the character

01:14:27in W1A

01:14:28you know

01:14:29where you're just

01:14:29I mean

01:14:31I can see you

01:14:32you don't seem

01:14:33to want to play

01:14:33what you might call

01:14:34ordinary people

01:14:35no I don't get

01:14:36ordinary people

01:14:37I mean whatever

01:14:38ordinary 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

01:14:42what you want

01:14:43to do

01:14:44don't you

01:14:44and there are

01:14:45certain parts

01:14:46that I'm drawn to

01:14:46I did go through

01:14:48a phase of

01:14:49playing quite a lot

01:14:50of psychopaths

01:14:51which I bizarrely

01:14:52enjoyed

01:14:52a bit too much

01:14:54I'm hoping

01:14:54to go into

01:14:55a nicer

01:14:55sort of

01:14:56you know

01:14:56time of my life

01:14:57and maybe more

01:14:58gentle characters

01:14:59now

01:14:59who knows

01:14:59there are so many

01:15:00outlets as well

01:15:01now

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

01:15:10was great

01:15:10I mean

01:15:10Geek Girl

01:15:11looks fantastic

01:15:12and the kids

01:15:13in it were 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

01:15:24hang on

01:15:25there's a sort of theme

01:15:26coming here

01:15:27she's great fun

01:15:29she 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 you're going to love this

01:15:45and 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

01:15:58let me do that one more time

01:15:59at this angle

01:16:00just in 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

01:16:07no I don't

01:16:08I don't need glasses

01:16:09I have 20-20 vision

01:16:18ah okay

01:16:19yeah

01:16:20hold that

01:16:22now 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

01:16:32just hold it one minute

01:16:33just hold it

01:16:48I can see what you mean by no expense spared

01:16:56you know quite a lot

01:16:57but you like being cruel

01:16:58don't you

01:16:59I do

01:16:59I'm good at cruel

01:17:00aren'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

01:17:05in 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

01:17:10thank you so much for coming

01:17:12good luck with the charity

01:17:13which is now called

01:17:14Imagine 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

01:17:22time to pause

01:17:24reflect

01:17:25and take a moment

01:17:26to enjoy some wonderful footage

01:17:28set to some equally wonderful music

01:17:30it's today's

01:17:31Ode to Joy

01:17:50Ode to Joy

01:18:31Ode to Joy

01:18:48Ode to Joy

01:19:29Ode to Joy

01:19:32and Gorms

01:19:32courtesy of Sam Hales

01:19:34and set to the Symphony No. 4

01:19:35by Felix Mendelsohn

01:19:37coming up

01:19:38it's a juicy end to the show

01:19:40with this week's Best of British

01:19:41drinks experts

01:19:42Hannah and Siobhan

01:19:43prove that citrus tipples

01:19:45are the way to go

01:19:46if you're having a springtime shindig

01:19:48who am I to disagree

01:19:50Zesty Botanicals

01:19:52coming up

01:19:53right after this

01:20:10best of British time now

01:20:12the days are longer

01:20:13the soil's warmer

01:20:14said the gardener

01:20:15and the equinox has been and gone

01:20:17and the equinox has been and gone

01:20:18which 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

01:20:28and possibly even a little puckered

01:20:30behind the bar today

01:20:32the double trouble

01:20:33as we welcome for the first time

01:20:35not one but two

01:20:36master cocktail connoisseurs

01:20:38Hannah Sharmancox

01:20:40and Siobhan Payne

01:20:41founders of the London Cocktail Week

01:20:43why would you not found that

01:20:46and here they are

01:20:48with their rounds of Zesty Botanicals

01:20:50what have we got today then?

01:20:52well

01:20:52you 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

01:21:01in your wine glass

01:21:03and this is celebrating the lemon

01:21:06so it's very very lemony

01:21:08yep

01:21:08we're starting with

01:21:09at the base of it

01:21:10is a Cornish vermouth

01:21:13it's made down on the south coast

01:21:15near St. Austal

01:21:17it's called Nitor

01:21:19I just love the bottle of this one

01:21:20it's so gorgeous isn't it

01:21:21it looks like a sort of Liebfraun

01:21:23yes it does

01:21:24it was probably blue

01:21:25none in the formula

01:21:26but it's a working winery

01:21:29you can actually get married there as well

01:21:30they make all sorts of English wines

01:21:32their Blanc de Blanc English sparkling

01:21:34is very highly awarded

01:21:36but this vermouth is really delicious

01:21:38it's really really

01:21:41it's really grown up

01:21:42it's really interesting

01:21:43it's really

01:21:43yeah it's great

01:21:45but we've paired it with

01:21:46yes

01:21:46so this is Rapscallion

01:21:48burnt 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

01:21:56called it juicy wheat art

01:21:58which I think is quite funny

01:22:00but actually it's designed

01:22:02you can drink it by itself

01:22:03and it feels grown up

01:22:04you usually think of vermouth as a mixer

01:22:07you do don't you

01:22:08you know the martini

01:22:09so to have that as the base

01:22:10yeah and it's a lovely summery drink isn't it

01:22:13you have that on a summer's day

01:22:14and the good thing about vermouth as the base

01:22:17is that it means that the cocktail is lower ABV

01:22:20so less alcoholics

01:22:22it's quite a good lunchtime cocktail

01:22:23if you want to

01:22:25you can drink more

01:22:26you can drink more

01:22:27that is one way of looking at it Sarah

01:22:29to your taste this or

01:22:31oh it's lovely

01:22:32this is delicious and fresh

01:22:34really lovely

01:22:36really lovely

01:22:37also we thought we'd start with it

01:22:38because it opens your palate

01:22:39for what is to come

01:22:40oh yes

01:22:41this is a non-alcoholic cocktail

01:22:43and it is a twist on the paloma

01:22:46so classically a paloma is tequila with grapefruit

01:22:49and a bit of sugar

01:22:50but what we've done for this cocktail

01:22:53because we wanted to do something not boozy

01:22:56perhaps for breakfast

01:22:57is mixed it with Bativo

01:22:59so Bativo is made in Hertfordshire

01:23:03it's lovely

01:23:03and what it is is apple cider vinegar

01:23:06steeped in various herbs and spices

01:23:08and then sweetened with honey

01:23:09so it's actually really good for you

01:23:10it's really good for your gut

01:23:11it's unpasteurised ACV

01:23:14really nice

01:23:14and then mixed with grapefruit

01:23:17wonderful

01:23:18it really is a beautiful soft drink

01:23:20isn't it good

01:23:21202

01:23:22oh good

01:23:23oh

01:23:26all right

01:23:26more unusual citrus fruit for you

01:23:28we're going to yuzu

01:23:30some people call it a Japanese lemon

01:23:32but 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

01:23:45like 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 kanpai

01:23:52which means cheers

01:23:53in Japanese

01:23:54to you

01:23:55they are

01:23:56cheers

01:23:56they are based down in the arches

01:23:58near London Bridge

01:23:59oh right

01:24:00yeah it's lovely

01:24:01yeah it's really

01:24:03yeah

01:24:03we've paired it with a yuzu mixer

01:24:06and this brand of mixers

01:24:09called Kazimo

01:24:10it's made by a bartender

01:24:12so you know it's going to be good

01:24:13they use yuzu's from Japan

01:24:16and they don't use any artificial colouring

01:24:18so it's really really good

01:24:19brand of mixers

01:24:21it reminded me

01:24:21because it just reminded me

01:24:23that I know a bit of Japanese

01:24:24come on then

01:24:28that means mind the gap

01:24:30when you're getting on the train

01:24:34but the beautiful thing

01:24:35is that you can have that mixer

01:24:36just by itself

01:24:37and it still gives you that real yuzu

01:24:38very nice

01:24:39yeah very nice

01:24:40good to use that

01:24:41that is really nice

01:24:42now we're moving on

01:24:43to celebration of Bergamot

01:24:45oh

01:24:46and this is a non-alcoholic cocktail

01:24:48as 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

01:24:59and actually when I said we were coming on

01:25:03we know Paul very well

01:25:04he's the founder

01:25:05he said that his dad might have met you Alan

01:25:09because he's the famous botanist Brian Matthew

01:25:13and he said he might have

01:25:14Brian 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

01:25:20very 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

01:25:26yeah it's a really nice product

01:25:29they've also got forest and mountain

01:25:31this is marine

01:25:31so this is lots of Italian bergamot

01:25:34but mixed with things like kelp

01:25:36to give it that sort of marine feeling

01:25:37I can taste that

01:25:39there's a seaside

01:25:39yeah I can taste that

01:25:40yeah

01:25:41and what we've done to give it

01:25:43the sort of mouthfeel

01:25:44because obviously

01:25:44because it's non-alcoholic

01:25:45sometimes non-alcoholic cocktails

01:25:47feel a bit thin

01:25:48so we've put some coconut water

01:25:50and some lime

01:25:51and that gives it a little bit more

01:25:53body

01:25:54yeah

01:25:54it's

01:25:55so clever

01:25:56no

01:25:56no but I mean

01:25:57obviously

01:25:58I stopped drinking 10 years ago

01:26:00and to be able

01:26:01never

01:26:0110 years ago

01:26:02would you go and ask

01:26:04for a non-alcoholic drink

01:26:05and it would never taste nice

01:26:07yes

01:26:07you'd be like

01:26:08well what's the point

01:26:08yeah

01:26:09I mean these are

01:26:10these are beautiful

01:26:11I

01:26:11like really beautiful

01:26:13these two are my absolute

01:26:16yeah

01:26:16these two are my favourite

01:26:17but this one's so

01:26:18it's such an unusual taste

01:26:20isn't it

01:26:20they're all quite distinct

01:26:22yeah

01:26:22so from not boozy

01:26:24to the most boozy

01:26:25oh

01:26:25here we go

01:26:26it would be very rude

01:26:28you've done it in the right order

01:26:29haven't you

01:26:29exactly

01:26:30it would be very rude

01:26:31for us not to bring our favourite drink

01:26:32which is a martini

01:26:33oh

01:26:34so

01:26:34we have gone with

01:26:36this is a

01:26:37this is such a lovely producer

01:26:38it's called Vault

01:26:39look at that

01:26:41he's actually

01:26:41much like everything else

01:26:42he used to be a restaurateur

01:26:44and then he got into production

01:26:45cool

01:26:46um

01:26:46so it's a gin martini

01:26:48it is

01:26:48it's on the wet side

01:26:50so it's not too

01:26:52strong

01:26:52limey

01:26:53and when she says wet

01:26:54she means vermouth heavy

01:26:56vermouth heavy

01:26:58that is uh

01:26:59yeah

01:27:00good

01:27:01the gin

01:27:01the gin has got

01:27:02um

01:27:02citrus leaves

01:27:04and orange blossom

01:27:05within it

01:27:05and then the vermouth

01:27:07is a vermouth

01:27:07they call meadow

01:27:08which is sweetened

01:27:10with Northumberland honey

01:27:11right

01:27:12they also make

01:27:13they make a coastal

01:27:14and a vodka

01:27:15which is very chalky

01:27:16so if you're into a vodka martini

01:27:18like that would be the combination

01:27:19of their products

01:27:20but

01:27:20too much

01:27:21no

01:27:23just about enough

01:27:25yeah this is

01:27:26it's so

01:27:27rich and round

01:27:28despite it looking like a very clear drink

01:27:31like

01:27:31but I can taste the honey

01:27:33in that

01:27:33yeah can't you

01:27:34there's a nice sweet

01:27:35twist to that

01:27:36it is

01:27:38your eyes are watering

01:27:39well there were just two of you

01:27:42when we started

01:27:42I can see about four

01:27:46it's delicious

01:27:47I mean it's obviously very alcoholic

01:27:50I don't think I could take two of those

01:27:52but I'm very happy to take one

01:27:55it 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

01:28:00after dinner

01:28:02maybe

01:28:02I mean I tried this again

01:28:04this is now becoming one of my favourites

01:28:06it's really good isn't it

01:28:07that one

01:28:07I really like that one

01:28:08yeah

01:28:09thank you very much indeed

01:28:10that's it for today

01:28:11thanks to all my guests

01:28:12especially

01:28:13to the girls

01:28:14to Hannah and Siobhan

01:28:15and to Sarah

01:28:16and to Peter

01:28:17they're not necessarily in that order

01:28:19after Martini

01:28:21joining me next week

01:28:22Phil Daniels

01:28:23Adam Garcia

01:28:24and Raquel herself

01:28:25Tessa Peake Jones

01:28:26Fletcher's Family Farm

01:28:28is up next

01:28:28till then I leave you with these words

01:28:30from American inventor

01:28:31Thomas A. Edison

01:28:32our greatest weakness

01:28:34lies in giving up

01:28:36the most certain way to succeed

01:28:38is always to try

01:28:40just one more time

01:28:42so I think I'll try

01:28:44and have a sip of this

01:28:45but only a sip

01:28:46enjoy the rest of your Sunday

01:28:47cheers all

01:28:48cheers

01:28:49cheers

Love Your Weekend with Alan Titchmarsh - Season 8 - Episode 12

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