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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?

00:00:30agna lessonsand

00:00:38soundand

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00:00:40sound Зеяonone

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.

00:01:40Coming up, she made Head's Turn in the hit drama Cutting It back in 2002, and she's been making Head's

00:01:47Turn ever since.

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

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

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

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

00:02:09houseplant 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.

00:02:22We visit friend of the show, Daisy Fawcett, in Warwickshire, to see how some new arrivals at the family farm

00:02:29are overshadowing the camels.

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

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

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

00:02:53charm.

00:02:53Welcome to Peter Andre.

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

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

00:03:02Yes.

00:03:03That's right.

00:03:04Australian, but Somerset now.

00:03:06Yeah, Somerset.

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

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

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

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

00:03:22You were.

00:03:23I said, 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, but 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.

00:03:49You know when you wake up from the operating, in the operating theatre and have that big bright light and

00:03:54he 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.

00:04:02We became really good friends with his family for two years and two years later we were all together and

00:04:08I 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.

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

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

00:04:38But no, Somerset, it is a lovely, lovely place.

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

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

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

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

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

00:04:57How long were you there?

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

00:05:00Gosh, right.

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

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

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

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

00:05:10I mean, 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...

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

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

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

00:05:45I did. When I lived not far from here, actually, I had a big veg patch.

00:05:50It was great. I loved it.

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

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

00:05:55Oh, it was just great. It 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, don't do that, because it just supports the industry.

00:06:08Exactly, exactly.

00:06:08That's fine.

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

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

00:06:13It's just lovely.

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

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

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

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

00:06:27And in MacDonald and Dodds, there was an unforgettable moment

00:06:30where Sarah Parrish became Tina Turner.

00:06:35Oh.

00:06:36You're simply the best

00:06:41Better than all the rest

00:06:45Better than anyone

00:06:50Anyone I ever met

00:06:56So, was singing simply the best on camera fun 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.

00:07:25And it 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 class?

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

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

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

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

00:07:47Let's see.

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

00:07:48Here 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, and you had a business proposition for me

00:08:04or something.

00:08:05Conrad?

00:08:07Typical agents, eh?

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

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

00:08:13Right.

00:08:14Champagne?

00:08:15Yeah, all right.

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

00:08:24Spiritual.

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

00:08:32And I think Hal looks a 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, very much wondering what she was going to

00:08:45say next.

00:08:47Yes.

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

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

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

00:08:58Yeah.

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

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

00:09:06Yeah.

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

00:09:08I remember him saying that.

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

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

00:09:14No, that was shocking.

00:09:15Did you?

00:09:15Yeah.

00:09:15Thank you very much.

00:09:17Thanks for embarrassing us.

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

00:09:22That was great.

00:09:23They always say, they always called the filming business, hurry up and wait.

00:09:26In other words, you've got your, and 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 or what?

00:09:35Sarah, what do you do to fill those boring gaps?

00:09:38Oh, gosh, all sorts, really.

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

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

00:09:46computer with me.

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

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

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

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

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

00:10:03much now, 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?

00:10:11Well, so I've been with the same manager for 30 years, and I remember at the start when

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

00:10:19into presenting.

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

00:10:22I want to do music.

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

00:10:26all these different avenues.

00:10:27So 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, my brain's constantly going, I need

00:10:41to do something else.

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

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

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

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

00:10:54What do I do next?

00:10:55What do I do?

00:10:55More coming up from Sarah and Pete a little bit later.

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

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

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

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

00:11:13Just in time for summer.

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

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

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 fondant fancy.

00:11:34Oh, no.

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.

00:11:40That's a fondant fancy and a half, isn't it, really?

00:11:46Help yourself.

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

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

00:11:50Lovely.

00:11:50Look at your hand.

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

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

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

00:12:21for 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.

00:12:29It'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

00:12:38a man who oozes natural charisma, likeability and boasts a large fan base.

00:12:44No one likes a show-off, Peter.

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

00:12:52And forget the Cocteau Twins.

00:12:55Remember them?

00:12:55Today 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.

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

00:13:17our 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

00:13:43and offer 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.

00:14:04We've got half and half.

00:14:05Sarah, let's clear this up first of all.

00:14:07Difference 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 confident as llamas.

00:14:17They're predominantly a fibre and meat producer in South America, whereas the llama is the

00:14:22all-round utility animal, so pack llama.

00:14:26They 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, so they trade with other communities around the

00:14:42Andes.

00:14:42I'm going to say hello.

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

00:14:45Hello, Indigo.

00:14:46I met you before.

00:14:46Do you know they're beautifully soft?

00:14:48They are.

00:14:48And you stroked 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,

00:15:11so...

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.

00:15:20Yes.

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

00:15:22Yes.

00:15:23So we do an on-farm trek and a half-day experience where we go cross-country, because we've got

00:15:2820-acre woodland at the farm.

00:15:29And they're just really, you know, confident companions to trek with.

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

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

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, but...

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 quite a broad back.

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

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

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

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

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.

00:16:30Yeah, llamas 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, so...

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.

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

00:16:54They have one baby.

00:16:55Yeah.

00:16:56Right, so they have one baby, generally speaking, when?

00:16:58Um, so we're coming up to the crea season now.

00:17:02The young are called creas.

00:17:04Yes, so we'll do our first in April.

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

00:17:12any time of the year.

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

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

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

00:17:22Yeah, wonderful.

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

00:17:28Yes.

00:17:29I gather.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

00:17:57they need 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

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

00:18:15Wonderful.

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

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

00:18:20They are, yeah.

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

00:18:22What have they been on?

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

00:18:25So, I mean, they've done lots, but we're 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

00:18:36end of last year.

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

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

00:18:44say yet, and that comes out at the end of this year.

00:18:47Right.

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

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

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

00:18:55Look, I mean...

00:18:56As you can tell.

00:18:56I'm not standing still.

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

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

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

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

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

00:19:04Yeah.

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

00:19:08and get a brown.

00:19:09It's very random.

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

00:19:13We've got spotty ones, pure white ones, brown and white, you know.

00:19:16It really varies in colour.

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

00:19:20I think we've got about 38 at the minute, and we've got three babies due.

00:19:23Now, diet, I mean, clearly they graze.

00:19:26Do they browse as well?

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

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

00:19:34But they're continuous grazers, and then they obviously ruminants,

00:19:37so they do have to eventually stop grazing and chew the cud.

00:19:41Right.

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

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

00:19:47The older geriatrics we give extra feeding for,

00:19:53and 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?

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

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

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

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

00:20:35gives a lot of people confidence.

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

00:20:39It is interesting because, as you say,

00:20:42when you're in close proximity with this glorious head

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

00:20:49They call it Lama Karma.

00:20:50It is Lama Karma, certainly calming Lama.

00:20:54Yeah.

00:20:55They're lovely. Bless 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,

00:21:09whatever it is, come the end of the year.

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

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

00:21:16I love that.

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

00:21:18I know.

00:21:19And 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,

00:21:36we catch up with the zebras,

00:21:38currently 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.

00:21:49Do you remember that?

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

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

00:21:53But to his adoring fans,

00:21:55the biggest revelation of 1996 was this.

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

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, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.

00:22:13Mysterious girl, move your body close to my...

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

00:22:26Still aired, she's arguably the doyenne of alpha female roles,

00:22:29having starred in hits like Bancroft, Broadchurch and my favourite W1A.

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

00:22:40And 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

00:22:50and 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,

00:22:58who for 30 years has toured his way around the world and along the way,

00:23:02he's also picked up a rather successful TV career.

00:23:06But it's music that will always be his home,

00:23:09as he's about to release his most personal album yet,

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

00:23:15Before we say hello or g'day,

00:23:17let's take an astounding trip back to the 90s.

00:23:30If you down, throw your hands up in the air

00:23:45You want to call enemies with us and know what to do with us and to be clear.

00:23:50Threat, listen to us, please feel free at question,

00:23:52come on, we take the slow and make it laugh.

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

00:24:02And talk about soloed.

00:24:02Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.

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 really think it's an

00:24:30interesting thing back then I used to train to try and look a certain way now

00:24:34I trained to feel a certain way and there's a big difference in that your

00:24:38baggy trousers aren't quite well I mean who wears jeans in a waterfall I I still

00:24:44sometimes see that video I think why didn't anyone say can you take your

00:24:47jeans off probably better I didn't actually yeah they were they were good

00:24:53days they were they were good days as much as I can remember a lot of it's a bit

00:24:56of a blur now but great times 11th album legacy with old hits new stuff you write

00:25:03as well as perform but you've had a chance to sort of revisit the other things

00:25:08re-orchestrate the re you know and use friends on the album too yeah so

00:25:12basically the first song I wrote I was 13 I was riding my bike home from school

00:25:16and I wrote it the whole thing really quickly ran home said to my brother

00:25:21Chris who was a is an incredible musician what song is this and he said well it

00:25:26might be yours and I said what do you mean he said well you've probably just

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

00:25:33obsession started and some of the songs on the first album we're talking 11

00:25:38albums ago was songs that I'd written when I was that young and I'd eventually

00:25:42got to record them and it was this summer 30 years ago that Mysterious Girl

00:25:46became a worldwide hit so I thought why don't I do something to celebrate that

00:25:50yeah revisiting some of those old songs and then writing some new songs and and

00:25:55that's what we did who we heroes who are you heroes I mean looking back and you've

00:26:00met a few of them I guess yeah well I was six years old when I first heard off the

00:26:06wall album Michael Jackson and I remember it being this unbelievable sound because

00:26:10it was all Quincy Jones production wasn't it and I remember playing it at home on a

00:26:15record player and my dad walked in and his strong Greek accent and he said who is

00:26:20this woman singing and I said dad what do you mean this is Michael Jackson this is

00:26:25the greatest singer of all time and he said wait and he went and he got this

00:26:30record of Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin and he said this listen to this and back

00:26:36then I didn't appreciate it because I was into what I liked and you know the

00:26:40songs were great Michael Jackson's course music was incredible but I grew up

00:26:44understanding what my father listened to and what my brothers listened to so I had a

00:26:48lot of heroes but you're also you know utilising now the music of Frankie Valli

00:26:53the best of Frankie Valli in the Four Seasons I mean my daughters when we took

00:26:58them to see the Jersey Boys you know but we didn't know those songs came from that

00:27:02long ago they knew the songs so well yeah from discos and things like that

00:27:05but Frankie Valli you've also been enjoying that I am and when I first got

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

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

00:27:17realized that when we were kids on the Gold Coast that the the speakers they

00:27:21used to have speakers on the beaches and they used to play local radio stations

00:27:25used to play music I always thought it was the Beach Boys and some of them were

00:27:29but what I didn't realize was a lot of those songs embedded in our childhood or

00:27:34Frankie Valli so it was a real honor to take that on yeah you've done various

00:27:39genres over the years you the people you've encompassed within your act also were

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

00:27:50I know what you're talking about from Strictly Come Dancing when Peter Andre

00:27:54suddenly descended

00:28:24there you are

00:28:26wow that's Jack Sparrow your best Johnny Depp with Janet Menrara there I mean that music I mean you only

00:28:31have to hear that don't you and you all feel you could dance like that

00:28:34well it's such powerful music that was I have to be honest of all the TVs I've ever

00:28:40done Strictly was the scariest experience I've ever had in my life because you're

00:28:46being judged by real dancers you're not being judged by you know celebrities or you

00:28:51are being judged by people who know their craft and when they tell you your foot's wrong your

00:28:55foot's wrong so you try so hard to do it properly and it's really scary really

00:29:02scary but very full rewarding as well you get to do different things with different

00:29:06people and different skills I mean Jeanette they're brilliant dancer but it's

00:29:08very intriguing watching Jill Scott with you doing mysterious girl in a league of

00:29:16their own here we are you know I said earlier that we hadn't booked Peter Andre to

00:29:20come out and sing with you I was lying it wouldn't be a league of their own without

00:29:25making dreams come true it is time Jill Scott for your duet with Mr Peter Andre

00:29:40come on Joe I want you to sing it with me you promised me you would

00:30:02you know she covered about three different keys there but she just managed to do it perfectly it was she

00:30:12got all the words right

00:30:14I can't get all those words right yeah she's such a lovely person I've met many

00:30:19times really lovely person isn't it wonderful to be able to bring joy into

00:30:23someone's laughter but she really had no idea that you were going to spring that on

00:30:27and and 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 and I feel very very

00:30:35blessed to be able to do that and we've met over the years a few times but it's it's

00:30:40amazing to think 30 years later I could sit here on the sofa with you and chat

00:30:44it's wonderful we're both very old now well that's probably why some of us are

00:30:49older than my dad said it's only the first hundred years that are tough he

00:30:52reckons it gets really easy after that so we're okay we're okay for now he's 93 okay not so great

00:30:59for him but it's great for us it's the variety the things that you go on and you're

00:31:05doing musicals as well I mean you don't very special don't grease now you and

00:31:10an acquaintanceship there with Olivia Newton-John I know she's you were a

00:31:13great fan of hers well I mean I had the pleasure of working with Olivia Newton-John

00:31:19one night at the spine we did a spina bifida concert in Australia in aid of

00:31:24spina bifida and we all performed on stage together and she was exactly what you

00:31:30wish she would be like she just radiated from the second she'd walk in was

00:31:35kind to everybody and so you know I got to see her a few more times over the

00:31:41next few years after that and she was always just that lovely person I mean who

00:31:46didn't have a crush on Olivia Newton-John she was just agreed yeah just and she's

00:31:51always been so lovely so well I can't bring you Olivia Newton-John from Greece I can

00:31:56give you Teen Angel but on Loose Women here we are brilliant

00:32:01baby baby you blew it baby you blew it you put out good and vice to shame how could you

00:32:07do it

00:32:09bet you did Abby you'd say the same cause there's no way to get through to you

00:32:16a pink girl pink wings I have to tell you this I'm so sorry

00:32:44four years before that I was five years before that I was offered the role of Danny Zuko and I

00:32:49couldn't do it how could I not do it I couldn't do it whatever the reason was it was a

00:32:53six or

00:32:56however many years later they came back and said would you do Greece and I said of course

00:33:00I told everybody I'm playing Danny Zuko I rang my in-laws I rang my parents in Australia I'm going

00:33:06to be Danny Zuko in Greece I said wow you know a little bit old but okay said no what

00:33:12are you talking

00:33:12about I can do it you know he's Italian he wasn't but anyway so so I told everybody and what

00:33:19I didn't

00:33:20realize until the day of the photo shoot they they sent a message saying can you please bring

00:33:25tight white jeans and a tight white vest top and I thought well Danny Zuko doesn't wear that

00:33:30so I turned up and they said well who told you you were Danny Zuko I said

00:33:35I just presumed they said you're slightly too old for that so I was a teenager instead I still loved

00:33:40it

00:33:40but I didn't get to fulfill my Danny Zuko dream and tell me about working with Madonna

00:33:45I mean goodness me support up for Madonna and I bet you thought I don't really

00:33:52does that one bite your hand off time yeah absolutely when I got the call to to open for

00:33:57for the girly tour it was all around Australia in stadiums now I'd never I mean most people don't

00:34:03start at stadiums they start at the bottom and eventually get there I started at the top

00:34:07there was only one way it was gonna go I was where do you go from that I mean that

00:34:11was Madonna

00:34:12and it was the most incredible experience she was lovely yeah we did a six-week tour I think together

00:34:18when you're working with something like that watching how they operate how they operate on

00:34:23stage and operate off stage it must be quite interesting seeing how they carry themselves how

00:34:29they relate to an audience can you learn from working with someone like Madonna well yeah of course I

00:34:34mean you learn from all the greats you see how it all works you know of course when you've got

00:34:40a

00:34:40budget you can put on the production that but you still need star quality you do and if you haven't

00:34:45got

00:34:46that yes all the bells and whistles don't really mean that's right well she's definitely got I mean the

00:34:51songs good to have you with us good luck with the album and Frankie Valli fabulous thank you Peter thank

00:34:57you

00:34:57delight nothing a wonder through nature courtesy of you at home it's time the walk on the wild side

00:35:36mhm

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, salt 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 Clare Lowry,

00:39:35here with her rejuvenation masterclass

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

00:39:42Welcome, Clare.

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 a feather duster,

00:39:50lobs of 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, they look absolutely fine.

00:40:24But you don't realise, in the same way as your skirting boards

00:40:27build up dust, your plants build up dust as well.

00:40:30Besides the fact that, obviously,

00:40:32you can't kind 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,

00:40:46literally, just some lukewarm water.

00:40:48Look 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.

00:40:57It literally shines.

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

00:40:59I know.

00:41:00It's amazing.

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

00:41:02do them with milk,

00:41:03and you'd think, well, actually,

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

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

00:41:08But just from what?

00:41:08But hairy plants, of course,

00:41:10you 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 to mould, mildew.

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

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

00:41:19Yeah.

00:41:20But 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?

00:41:31I mean, fresh 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.

00:42:05And if I just...

00:42:06Oh, 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, it's...

00:42:15The amount of water this plant's requiring at the moment

00:42:17is 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,

00:42:31just 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

00:42:38or only 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...

00:42:43There's something quite therapeutic

00:42:44and I don't know,

00:42:45just quite nice about 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...

00:43:16On a tree.

00:43:16Yeah.

00:43:16Not a parasite,

00:43:17but an epiphyde just clings on.

00:43:19Yeah.

00:43:19Exactly.

00:43:20So I would typically add a 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 its natural growing conditions.

00:43:29For this plant,

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

00:43:34And then this is perlite,

00:43:35and when you're using perlite indoors,

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

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

00:43:42It almost blows away.

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

00:43:44It feels different,

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

00:43:48Yeah, completely,

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

00:43:52I mean, you can actually see

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

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

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

00:44:01that also is very moisture-retaining,

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

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

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

00:44:13Yes.

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

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

00:44:17I can tell from the way you'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'm trying to be a gardener.

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

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

00:44:31It's quite normal.

00:44:32I'm sure no one at home also thinks it's weird.

00:44:35But yes, so I'm just going to get my hands in there

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

00:44:44And it's surprising.

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

00:44:47You'll be okay.

00:44:48Yeah.

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

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

00:44:51I'm afraid this is an incense clay where 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, there'll be enough remaining.

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

00:45:06particularly 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 with 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 the bottom ends anyway,

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

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

00:45:23don't be frightened of shortening by a good half the 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, but 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.

00:45:55You know, it's very nice when I lean here as a gardener,

00:45:58watching another gardener.

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

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

00:46:04I mean, you can always feel that plant being grateful, can't you?

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

00:46:10I mean, obviously it's a lovely, healthy section we've got here,

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

00:46:15And then the little plantlets here,

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

00:46:19but my favourite and the easiest way,

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

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

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

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

00:46:34Drop it in there.

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

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

00:46:38Yeah, exactly.

00:46:39Absolutely fab.

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

00:46:41Thank you, Claire, all 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, you know.

00:46:49And making your own compost, great fun.

00:46:51It is.

00:46:52Thank you, Claire.

00:46:53Not at all.

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

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

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

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

00:47:15But just when you thought a camel in the Midlands was peak eccentricity,

00:47:19things took an even wilder turn.

00:47:22Enter the stripes.

00:47:24Yes, 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 about blending in.

00:47:35To tell us more, friend of the show and young farmer, Daisy Fawcett.

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

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

00:47:55My parents started the company in 2000, so I've grown up with camels.

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

00:48:02So we have 13 camels on the farm at the moment

00:48:05for events like racing and Christmas parades and 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.

00:48:21These 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 is his beautiful teardrop just underneath his left eye.

00:48:47And then Chad is like a giant dog.

00:48:49I just love Chad.

00:48:50He'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, you're his best friend for life.

00:48:58With their previous owners, they 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 before they go to live their absolute life of luxury in a

00:49:17retirement home.

00:49:29And they've got some really distinctive patterns that make them chaplains.

00:49:48Their stripes go all the way down to their feet, which some zebras don't.

00:49:54But the biggest one is that they 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 that only the Chapman zebras have.

00:50:05Zebra stripes are actually a self-defence mechanism, which 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 out of a group.

00:50:19Even though I've grown up around camels, zebras are a completely different ballgame.

00:50:25Our zebras are very tame.

00:50:27But they really are wild animals and 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, whether 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, has been trained differently to Chad and Masai.

00:50:55Chad and Masai have been trained traditionally almost like you would a horse.

00:50:59Alid has been clicker trained.

00:51:02So when Alid touches the ball with his nose, like 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 unless you give him the tennis ball first.

00:51:17Oh, good boy.

00:51:18There we go.

00:51:20When they're on a film set, this cone and tennis ball trick

00:51:24really helped the previous owners get them into position

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

00:51:31One of the most common questions I have had on social media about the zebras is,

00:51:35can you ride them?

00:51:36The answer, absolutely not.

00:51:38Their backs are not made for it because they're wild animals.

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

00:51:43Baxter, on the other hand, very comfortable.

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

00:51:49It's going to be really emotional letting these zebras go.

00:51:53They've really become a part of our family, like any animal that comes here does.

00:52:01Thank you, Daisy, and good luck to Aled, Masai and Chad in their new home.

00:52:07Coming up, when life gives you lemons, make a gin and tonic.

00:52:11So the proverb says, well, I can't promise a G&T,

00:52:14but I can promise some rather refreshingly zesty libations.

00:52:19Cocktail twins, Hannah and Siobhan, make their Manor Farm debut

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

00:52:25And it's a loss about compost.

00:52:28So many people are.

00:52:30Wayne Perry is here with his guide to 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's after this.

00:52:55The sale of compost in the UK produces roughly 100 million plastic bags every year.

00:53:02In a world where we're all trying to have less of an impact on the environment,

00:53:06one way of scaling back your plastic consumption is by producing your own compost at home.

00:53:12Here to show us how to turn pallets into compost bins, TV carpenter Wayne Perry.

00:53:18We're talking here about compost to enrich garden soil rather than potting compost,

00:53:22which you're still going to have to buy unless you've got a way of making your own.

00:53:25I 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 that 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.

00:53:40Carrot, do we?

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 a little bit more time to break down.

00:53:50One of the best things I ever bought was a shredder to shred those and it all then goes in.

00:53:54It all goes in.

00:53:55It mixes out.

00:53:55But also your cardboards, your egg boxes.

00:53:58We did have, I've got a shredder at the front of my door for my paper and letters that I

00:54:03don't want.

00:54:04They get shredded.

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

00:54:06It's a bit windy.

00:54:06Blowing away.

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

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

00:54:09But then you've got the green stuff, which is obviously your vegetable peelings, your old flowers.

00:54:14And once they're all mixing together and turned in, you know, and 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 or any food like potato, you know, processed food.

00:54:28Yeah, any 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, if you have any diseased plants, you don't want to put those in there

00:54:33either.

00:54:34You know, you want to, it's got to be gorgeous stuff for your plants.

00:54:37So mixing, keep it moist and firm.

00:54:38And once you've collated all of those and you've got them together, we then need to put them into a

00:54:43compost bin.

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

00:54:47It's, you can get from B&Q, 32 pounds.

00:54:50Standard, it'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 that you can lift up if you want to access it so you can

00:55:00see how it's going.

00:55:01But what's great about it is on the ground, the worms and microorganisms are coming through, they're working their way

00:55:08up.

00:55:08So that's 32 pounds from most of your DIY stores.

00:55:12I love this one.

00:55:13Beehive.

00:55:13The beehive.

00:55:14So the idea of this is if your, if your compost bin needs to be on display, it could be

00:55:20in a border, it could look pretty, you could paint it.

00:55:22This is from Bloom.

00:55:23So we, they, they're a small independent company who make them bespoke.

00:55:28They started off doing bins and storage bins for your front of your house to look pretty.

00:55:32But this one, it's a stained wood, it's pressure treated wood, 195 pounds.

00:55:38But you could put a liner inside of that so the wood didn't rot.

00:55:41So it didn't rot, it can keep, but what we've seen done with these before is because they look so

00:55:45pretty, sometimes once all your compost is in there, you can plant that up and just leave it.

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

00:55:51So it's a nice way of creating something, you know, compared to that one, which is, you know, black, but

00:55:56this one painted looks lovely.

00:55:58Like a WBC hive.

00:55:59Yeah, within your cottage garden.

00:56:01Now this one is all singing, all dancing.

00:56:03This is your hot bin.

00:56:05So the hot bin is insulated.

00:56:08So it gets hot inside there.

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

00:56:11It's £215.

00:56:13This is the smallest.

00:56:14They can go, this is 100 litre, it can go up to 700 litres.

00:56:17So you can go, go big with it.

00:56:18But the beauty of this one is these take about a year to turn.

00:56:23Once you've turned them every two months, a year to get some good compost.

00:56:26This one can take between 60 to 90 days for you to get some compost.

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

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

00:56:32Two or three months.

00:56:33It's really 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 where the compost is.

00:56:41But when you say meat thermometer, what's great is once it gets to the temperature that you see there between

00:56:4540 and 60.

00:56:46When it's green.

00:56:47When it's green, it means you can throw in your meat waste.

00:56:50Whereas before you can't throw in your chicken bones.

00:56:52Once they're cut down, you can throw in anything in there and it'll heat it down and it'll work its

00:56:57way through.

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

00:56:59It's worth putting the layers in as you're adding stuff.

00:57:01I have to say, if life's too short to stuff a mushroom, I don't turn compost.

00:57:06If it's mixed and kept moist and firmed, a bit of old carpet oil on the top, I mean, enough

00:57:12to do with that turning it every two months.

00:57:13I mean, some people do.

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

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

00:57:16It's more important to turn it in tiny bins, I think, than in bigger ones.

00:57:19Mine's about two metres more than two metres.

00:57:21And also, you can access this.

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

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

00:57:24You can access it.

00:57:25And the little blue tap at the bottom collects all those juices.

00:57:28Oh, your liquid manure.

00:57:29Your liquid manure, liquid fertiliser.

00:57:31So, you know, it's a great product because it means it can turn it quickly.

00:57:36Fast.

00:57:37But of course, knowing you, you don't necessarily want to buy one that somebody else has made.

00:57:42You want to make one yourself.

00:57:43But free.

00:57:44Okay, let's have a look.

00:57:46The ubiquitous pallet.

00:57:48The pallet.

00:57:49The pallet.

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

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

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

00:57:56But pallets are free.

00:57:57They're amazing.

00:57:58If you find four pallets that are the same, joyful, you can make one of these.

00:58:03One thing to look out for, you'll see a little stamp here.

00:58:05There's two letters, HT there.

00:58:08That means heat-treated.

00:58:09So they've been heat-treated so they won't rot.

00:58:11But they used to be covered in loads of chemicals and different things.

00:58:15So check that it's heat-treated because you don't want anything that's covered in chemicals.

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

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

00:58:24And we've literally just screwed them, spiked them through into place.

00:58:28We hold them into place.

00:58:29The next thing you need to do is get yourself some chicken wire.

00:58:32And what I love about chicken wire, you can literally just cut it with some strong scissors.

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

00:58:38And the reason we have chicken wire is we're going to line the inside edge with it.

00:58:42So by...

00:58:43I'm going to hold it in place.

00:58:44Yeah, just by lining the inside edge.

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

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

00:58:50There's a deer.

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

00:58:53And what this does, it allows the air circulation to go through.

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

00:59:02Are you doing another layer of that then?

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

00:59:04I would do another layer higher across that way.

00:59:07So the idea then is anything's collecting there.

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

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

00:59:13We want all of that nutrients to come through the floor.

00:59:16And the next one, you could put a full pallet here.

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

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

00:59:22And we offer this one into place.

00:59:26You can put hinges on there.

00:59:28You can put latches so it opens like a barn door.

00:59:31But I think if you can just...

00:59:32If you can use a drill, you can unscrew something.

00:59:37That's within my capabilities.

00:59:38Yeah.

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

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

00:59:46And the idea that we've cut it down lower is, if you're coming along with your wheelbarrow,

00:59:50you can hook it up and throw it over.

00:59:52Yeah.

00:59:56Having this one in place so that you can unscrew it means that when you get in there, you can

01:00:00turn it.

01:00:01And then once that's done, put on...

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

01:00:07If you've got a piece of carpet or something, lay that on top.

01:00:09And then put some plastic on top just to stop too much moisture going in.

01:00:14Yeah.

01:00:14You don't want it to get too sodden.

01:00:15You want the air going through, you know more than me, but you want...

01:00:18Well, it's the three M's, isn't it, really?

01:00:20Mix it, moisten it and mash it.

01:00:23Keep it firm.

01:00:25And with those three M's, mix everything, rather than having a concentration of grass clippings

01:00:29in one place, just because it's brown and slimy.

01:00:31Mix that with everything else.

01:00:32And grass is great because it heats it.

01:00:34And so with all the things mixed up, with your browns, as you say, and your greens,

01:00:38and if you hire a shredder, it's really useful.

01:00:40It speeds up the moving of it.

01:00:42And then if you make sure there's three M's there, the mixing, the moistening and the mashing,

01:00:46you'll find it rots down.

01:00:48I always give it a year anyway, if it's safer.

01:00:49And how many of these bins would you normally have?

01:00:51I've got...

01:00:52Well, as many as you...

01:00:53Depends on the size of your garden.

01:00:55Yeah.

01:00:55But I always have a couple, at least, because then one is full and rotting, and the other's

01:00:59being filled.

01:01:00And you've got this system then, about a year on you're using that one, and the following

01:01:04year you'll be using that one while this one's filling up.

01:01:06I love the idea, though, of using the compost that you've created for your garden, and

01:01:12no, it hasn't cost you anything to get rid of it, you've just re-put it back and purposed

01:01:15it.

01:01:15And it's the natural cycle.

01:01:17When trees lose their leaves, they fall on the ground, they rot, the worms take them in,

01:01:20and that's nature.

01:01:22And you've been a nice part of nature, haven't you?

01:01:24And look for the HT.

01:01:26Heat treated.

01:01:27Heat treated, Wayne Perry.

01:01:29Thanks, Wayne.

01:01:35Now, many legendary thinkers and creators kept famous diaries.

01:01:40Leonardo da Vinci, whose notebooks contain sketches of inventions and anatomical studies.

01:01:47Charles Darwin, who documented his geological and biological observations.

01:01:51Alexander Graham Bell, who detailed his telephone experiments.

01:01:55Albert Einstein, who filled his diary with calculations.

01:02:00And Leslie Joseph is no different, as she takes a leaf out of all their books with the

01:02:06first of her nature diaries.

01:02:08Chapter 1, The March Hare.

01:02:14Hampshire, Sunday, the 22nd of March, 2026.

01:02:18Dear diary, it's been a week since my last diary entry, but I am feeling quite rejuvenated.

01:02:25The weather is most agreeable, as spring grabs hold of us, and winter seems so very far away.

01:02:31Enter master hare, dashing and deliciously naughty, with his large, long, powerful hind legs.

01:02:41Oh, dear diary, I itch in anticipation.

01:02:45I have been meaning to see the apothecarist about that, actually.

01:02:48Sorry, back to my diary.

01:02:51As I perch by the open window, absorbing the gentle spring breeze,

01:02:56the brown hare parades itself around, with a bouncy ease,

01:03:02along the heath and hidden in the grasses,

01:03:04running across fields and hiding in the marshes.

01:03:07The brown hare plays and strays, whilst having the occasional vegetational graze,

01:03:13glistening in the warm sun, embracing the hazy days.

01:03:19With long black-tipped ears worthy of a sonnet,

01:03:22no doubt having to poke two holes through a celebratory bonnet.

01:03:27With a super speedy and slick fast pace,

01:03:30the brown hare can certainly take on a race.

01:03:34I have a ball this evening,

01:03:36and word is spreading that Lord Biggins will be in attendance.

01:03:40Oh, I do hope he selects me to be part of his waltz.

01:03:45I hear he is quite the maverick on the dance floor.

01:03:48Now I must dash enough hare-related do-gooding

01:03:51if I don't put down the quill, who will make today's plum pudding?

01:03:55Oh, fare thee well, brown hare.

01:03:58It's been a treat.

01:04:00Thank you for continually making my heart beat.

01:04:04Yours affectionately as ever, Leslie.

01:04:09Thank you, Leslie.

01:04:10Well up to Einstein's standards.

01:04:12Did you know the expression

01:04:14mad as a march hare stems from their frantic mating behaviour,

01:04:17including high-speed chases, leaping and boxing?

01:04:21That peak in early spring.

01:04:24Fancy. It's an amazing sight when you watch boxing airs.

01:04:26Coming up, Sarah Parrish,

01:04:28back on stage in the bittersweet family drama Eclipse.

01:04:32I'll see you with Sarah after this.

01:04:47Welcome back to Love Your Weekend.

01:04:49Now, coming up, drinks duo Hannah and Siobhan.

01:04:52See us out in style with zesty botanicals,

01:04:55including a burnt lemon spritz

01:04:57and a chilled martini with an orange twist.

01:05:00Can't wait.

01:05:01But first, saucy storylines and devious divas.

01:05:05Scandalous, sexy and seductive.

01:05:08It was the hit series following the lives and loves

01:05:11of a group of 30-something girlfriends

01:05:13and featuring my next guest.

01:05:16Yes, lovers may come and go,

01:05:18but friends last forever.

01:05:20Or do they?

01:05:21Katie, multiple choice.

01:05:23Sex, love or kids?

01:05:24What, can I only have one?

01:05:27Um...

01:05:30Love.

01:05:34I think someone asked me out today.

01:05:37Really?

01:05:37Oh, yeah?

01:05:38Hello.

01:05:39Well, he's a new dad at school

01:05:41and I think he just got divorced.

01:05:43And we got chatting at the supermarket

01:05:45and he said that we should go for a coffee

01:05:48and I went, um, um, uh, um.

01:05:50Hang on a minute.

01:05:51He asked you out for a coffee in Sainsbury's?

01:05:53No, in Tesco's, actually.

01:05:55And, well, I'm not really sure he was asking me out.

01:05:59What did he say?

01:06:00Um...

01:06:01Exact words.

01:06:03Do you fancy going for a coffee?

01:06:04He said fancy.

01:06:05I think so.

01:06:06If he said that, he was asking you out.

01:06:07Oh, no, maybe he said want.

01:06:09Well, that's...

01:06:10No, that's different.

01:06:11That's more tricky to interpret.

01:06:12You see, this is exactly why I switched from English

01:06:14to modern languages.

01:06:17Mistresses, the deep bond and connection

01:06:19between the four of your characters

01:06:21with your shared sarcasm and ease with each other.

01:06:25Was it like that on set?

01:06:26You did seem...

01:06:26There seemed to be some kind of chemistry going on there.

01:06:28Oh, we had such a good time on that show.

01:06:30We were out in Bristol, the four of us,

01:06:33and we all shared a big house, which was great.

01:06:35So we were together the whole time.

01:06:37Um, yeah.

01:06:38And we really bonded on that show.

01:06:41It was a terrific show.

01:06:41And, you know, I get asked often...

01:06:43It's the one show that I get asked about all the time.

01:06:47I get stopped in the street with women saying,

01:06:49oh, when are you going to bring back Mistresses?

01:06:50We'd love to see something like that again.

01:06:52Why do you think?

01:06:53I think it's...

01:06:55It's a bit like Sex and the City, isn't it?

01:06:57I think women want to see themselves on television.

01:07:00So something like Mistresses obviously was very successful.

01:07:03And now they want to see where those women are

01:07:06at the age that they would be, which is in their 50s.

01:07:09But shot through with humour too.

01:07:11You've got to have humour.

01:07:12Yeah.

01:07:13You've got to have humour.

01:07:14You're splitting, as ever, screen work, both, you know,

01:07:18large and small, with theatre work,

01:07:20because you're now going into a play at Chichester Festival Theatre,

01:07:24Eclipse, which is written by the guy who wrote W1A,

01:07:28to which my wife and I were glued.

01:07:30And hilarious, thinking, how on earth could the BBC do this about themselves?

01:07:34I know.

01:07:34Because it's so accurate.

01:07:35You know, good for them.

01:07:37But so tell us about it, Eclipse.

01:07:39Well, yes, John Morton has written a play.

01:07:41It's the only play he's ever written.

01:07:43He wrote it 20 years ago.

01:07:45So he's been sat on this play now for 20 years.

01:07:49And he wrote me a letter, actually, and said,

01:07:52look, I've written this play and I'd really love you to be in it.

01:07:53And I immediately thought, oh, it's going to be hilarious.

01:07:56You know, it'll be really fast and funny and probably set in an office.

01:08:00Anyway, this play came through and it just shows what a brilliant, versatile writer he is.

01:08:07It's a very minimalistic play that happens over 24 hours,

01:08:12the last 24 hours of somebody's life.

01:08:15And it's about the brother and sister, the son and the daughter of this guy who's dying in the kitchen

01:08:21and just their relationship over this 24 hours,

01:08:25how they are with each other while their father is dying.

01:08:27So nothing happens and everything happens.

01:08:31It's one of those plays.

01:08:32And, of course, it's beautifully written.

01:08:34He's got such a wonderful way of writing.

01:08:37It's so naturalistic.

01:08:40It reads brilliantly.

01:08:41I'm surprised he's only ever written one play, really.

01:08:44So, yes, we're doing it at the Minerva in Chichester, so the smaller theatre.

01:08:48Rupert Penner-Jones is playing.

01:08:50Well, me wife will be there, though.

01:08:52I know, he's not ugly, is he?

01:08:54It's Rupert Penner-Jones, but he's in it.

01:08:55It's Sarah.

01:08:56So, yes, the two of us are brother and sister.

01:09:00So it will be a really lovely experience.

01:09:03You've got, you know, other TV things.

01:09:06Yes, yes, yes.

01:09:07There's all sorts going on.

01:09:08What was on...

01:09:09Piglets has been on again this year,

01:09:11which was a series that I do with Mark Heap about a police academy,

01:09:16which is quite funny.

01:09:18It's not my most attractive part.

01:09:21No.

01:09:21Now, tell me about this make-up for Piglets.

01:09:24We're going to have a look at it in a second.

01:09:26It's very funny.

01:09:27Well, when we were sort of trying to work out what Julie Spry would look like,

01:09:31they brought out a bag of wigs, and I was sort of trying on these wigs,

01:09:34and literally, it was like Cinderella's slipper.

01:09:37One wig came, I put it on, I went, there she is.

01:09:39That's it.

01:09:40And the make-up lady said,

01:09:41I think we could probably push her a bit further

01:09:43and maybe have some teeth as well.

01:09:45So we went for these comedy teeth.

01:09:48And then Julie Spry was born, yeah.

01:09:50I love playing her.

01:09:52She's so much fun.

01:09:53Here is Julie Spry in Piglets.

01:09:56Let's start with the traditional good cop, bad cop scenario.

01:10:00Which one do you want me to be?

01:10:01LAUGHTER

01:10:09Oh, I'm sorry.

01:10:15I can do bad.

01:10:21Oh, Jesus.

01:10:24Oh, fuck it.

01:10:25I don't know how you did that.

01:10:28I don't know.

01:10:29Doing it now.

01:10:32Do you know what?

01:10:32It's Mark Heave.

01:10:34It's so easy to work with an actor like that.

01:10:36He is a born clown.

01:10:37Some people have just got funny bones, haven't they?

01:10:40And he can't do anything without being funny.

01:10:44I mean, literally, I can't sit opposite him.

01:10:45I remember him being the postman in Lark Rides to Candleford.

01:10:47It was brilliant.

01:10:48And you just look at his face there.

01:10:49He's just funny.

01:10:51He was funny in Friday night, you know, Jim in Friday night dinner.

01:10:54He was boring.

01:10:54He's just a funny person.

01:10:55And it's such a fun show to do because we do get quite a lot of freedom

01:11:01and lots of, you know, that was all sort of, not all improvised,

01:11:05but a lot of it was improvised.

01:11:06And we've got time to sort of muck about and try things out.

01:11:10And it's lovely.

01:11:10Looking at those four younger people and looking at you,

01:11:15how they kept a straight face.

01:11:17Well, that must have been hard.

01:11:19It was, it was.

01:11:20There's a lot of corpsing in that show.

01:11:22It's good fun.

01:11:24You did.

01:11:24We heard you sing earlier on.

01:11:25I want to show a bit of you singing now because you sang in Blackpool.

01:11:29Yes, I did, yes.

01:11:31In Blackpool, it was called, in Blackpool, with David Tennant.

01:11:35Yes.

01:11:35Great cast.

01:11:36Gosh, that was a lovely show, you know.

01:11:39It's not, it's not often that you get a musical on TV.

01:11:44And I remember the read through.

01:11:45I remember it was me and David Morrissey and David Tennant.

01:11:47And we all met outside before the read through.

01:11:50So I said, do you think they're actually going to make us sing the songs

01:11:52in the read through?

01:11:53And I was like, no, of course they won't.

01:11:55They wouldn't do that.

01:11:56They did.

01:11:58They had a tape recorder and we all had to sing the actual songs

01:12:01at the read through.

01:12:02We didn't know each other.

01:12:03We'd never met each other.

01:12:04You know, it was hard work, but 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 for 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, getting up every day, going to work and dancing and singing.

01:12:21It doesn't get any better than that.

01:12:23It doesn't get any better than this, does it?

01:12:24It doesn't get any better than that.

01:12:26Should I stay, should I know?

01:12:28Could I ever ring you since I let you go?

01:12:32Getting in fire, the right words to say

01:12:35Think maybe I'm getting in your way

01:12:38I feel your warmth

01:12:42Got me wanting more

01:12:44You've left the door half open

01:12:47I'm in too much to explore

01:12:53into each other's eyes there's something quite it's quite difficult doing that it's a you know

01:12:59and you've got to do take after take after take so it was it was a tough job but it

01:13:04was really

01:13:05enjoyable when you're not cavorting on the stage just or anywhere or doing your TV your original

01:13:12Murray Parish charity in memory of your daughter Ella Jane is gone from strength to strength I

01:13:20mean Ella died tragically young in 2009 you the charge gun you've changed your the name of it

01:13:26now to widen it because it's very much space in Southampton so we last year it was our 10 year

01:13:33anniversary as the Murray Parish Trust and we we figured that we'd kind of done as much as we could

01:13:39down in the south we predominantly worked at Southampton Children's Hospital and we kept noticing

01:13:45there was a real lack of help for the mental health of seriously ill children so we kind of

01:13:50thought maybe now is the time with all our experience to expand and go national and maybe

01:13:56have a rebrand and change our name so it's not just about Jim and I it's something a little bit

01:14:00bigger

01:14:01and and and just purely concentrate on the mental health of seriously ill children and their families

01:14:07as well because you often find that the cha you know the child gets looked after but the the the

01:14:13fallback and the fallout for the family is terrible talking working it seems to me the roles you choose

01:14:19have always got some kind of central spark to them they're either completely bonkers as in the

01:14:27character in w1a you know where you just think yeah I mean I can see you you don't seem to

01:14:33want

01:14:33to play what you might call ordinary people no I don't get ordinary people I mean whatever ordinary

01:14:38people I don't know what but no they're I mean also as an actor you pick you pick what you

01:14:43want

01:14:43to do don't you and um there are certain parts that I'm drawn to I did I did go through

01:14:47a phase of

01:14:49paying quite a lot of psychopaths which I bizarrely enjoyed a bit too much um I'm hoping to go into

01:14:55a

01:14:55nicer sort of you know time of my life and maybe more gentle characters now who knows there are so

01:15:00many outlets as well now not just BBC ITV but Netflix I mean geek girl is on is on Netflix

01:15:07and

01:15:07that gives you in a way a longer life yeah Geek Girl was great I mean Geek Girl looks fantastic

01:15:12and

01:15:12the kids in it were wonderful and it was a very funny Jude was a great part but I couldn't

01:15:16turn Jude

01:15:17down so tell us about Jude Jude is the head of a model agency she's a bit of a monster

01:15:23but

01:15:28she's great fun and she had all that you know she had a lot of great lines she's just a

01:15:32funny

01:15:33character and yeah I read it and went oh I'd love to be part of this and it was also

01:15:37the first series

01:15:38came out just when my daughter Nell was at the perfect age for it you know she was 14 I

01:15:43said

01:15:44you're gonna love this and she did she was absolutely glued to it so it's it's a lovely series for

01:15:49that age

01:15:49range you know and older as well I've had a lot of older people that have loved watching it I

01:15:53should

01:15:53be looking it up now Geek Girl

01:15:58let me do that one more time at this angle just a case

01:16:03okay right right just hold it there just hold it there you if you ever worn glasses

01:16:08no I don't I don't need glasses I have 20 20 vision

01:16:13it's actually get rid of the feathers get rid of the feathers

01:16:31right just hold it there Ray just hold it one minute

01:16:49I can see what you mean by no expense spared you know quite a lot but you like being cruel

01:16:58don't you

01:16:59I do I'm good at crawl aren't I I'm good at crawl yeah she's a really good fun character I've

01:17:04always

01:17:05wanted to play somebody in the fashion industry and those lovely clothes as well it was a real

01:17:09treat look always lovely to talk to you thank you so much for coming good luck with the charity which

01:17:13is now called imagine this imagine I've got to get that in my head now rather than Murray Prash

01:17:17let me see it let me have Jim on last week we'll take you in rotation yes do his turn

01:17:21next great

01:17:22time to pause reflect and take a moment to enjoy some wonderful footage set to some

01:17:29equally wonderful music it's today's Ode to Joy

01:17:55so

01:18:03so

01:18:04so

01:18:05so

01:18:18ORGAN PLAYS

01:18:48ORGAN PLAYS

01:19:34ORGAN PLAYS

01:19:36ORGAN PLAYS

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

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

01:19:41Drinks experts Hannah and Siobhan

01:19:43prove that citrus tipples are the way to go.

01:19:47If you're having a springtime shindig,

01:19:49who am I to disagree?

01:19:51Zesty Botanicals, coming up right after this.

01:20:10Best of British time now.

01:20:12The days are longer, the soil's warmer, said the gardener,

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

01:20:17which can only mean one thing,

01:20:19the unequivocal arrival of spring.

01:20:22And what better way to toast the new season

01:20:24than with an array of fresh and citrusy tipples

01:20:26sure to get you perked up and possibly even a little puckered.

01:20:30Behind the bar today, the double trouble,

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

01:20:35not one but two,

01:20:36master cocktail connoisseurs,

01:20:38Hannah Charmancox and Siobhan Payne,

01:20:41founders of the London Cocktail Week.

01:20:43Why would you not have found that?

01:20:46And here they are with their rounds of zesty botanicals.

01:20:50What have we got today, then?

01:20:51Well, you gave us a brief of zesty botanicals,

01:20:55so we've stuck to theme.

01:20:56We're going to start with this,

01:20:59which is the burnt lemon spritz in your wine glass.

01:21:03Ooh, nice.

01:21:04And this is celebrating the lemon,

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

01:21:08Yep.

01:21:09We're starting with...

01:21:10At the base of it is a Cornish vermouth,

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

01:21:16near St. Austal.

01:21:17It's called Nitor.

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

01:21:20It's so gorgeous, isn't it?

01:21:21It looks like a sort of Liebfraun.

01:21:23Yes, it does.

01:21:24I was going to say that.

01:21:25It was probably blue, none in the formula.

01:21:27It's a working winery.

01:21:29You can actually get married there as well.

01:21:30They make all sorts of English wines.

01:21:33Their Blanc de Blanc English sparkling

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, so this is Rapscallion Burnt Lemon.

01:21:49So it's designed to be a grown-up soft drink,

01:21:53and it's made in Glasgow.

01:21:55And they've called it Juicy Wee Tart,

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.

01:22:05You usually think of vermouth as a mixer.

01:22:07You do, don't you?

01:22:08And a martini, you know, a martini.

01:22:09So to have that as a base...

01:22:10Yeah, and it's a lovely summery drink, isn't it?

01:22:13Yeah, it's a bit of a summery drink.

01:22:15And the good thing about vermouth as the base

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

01:22:21so less alcoholics.

01:22:22It's quite a good lunchtime cocktail,

01:22:23if you want to...

01:22:25You can drink more.

01:22:26In the afternoon.

01:22:26You can drink more.

01:22:27Peter, you're sitting for a class.

01:22:27That is one way of looking at it, Sarah.

01:22:30Do you taste this, or...?

01:22:31Oh, it's lovely.

01:22:32This is delicious and fresh.

01:22:35Really lovely.

01:22:36Really lovely.

01:22:37Also, we thought we'd start with it

01:22:38because it opens your palate for what is to come.

01:22:40Oh, yes.

01:22:41This is a non-alcoholic cocktail,

01:22:44and it is a twist on the Paloma.

01:22:46So classically, a Paloma is tequila

01:22:49with grapefruit and a bit of sugar.

01:22:51But what we've done for this cocktail,

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

01:22:56perhaps for breakfast,

01:22:58is mixed it with Bativo.

01:23:00So Bativo is made in Hertfordshire.

01:23:03That is lovely.

01:23:04And 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.

01:23:11This is a good food drink.

01:23:12It'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 gorgeous?

01:23:22Two out of two.

01:23:23Oh, good.

01:23:24All right, more unusual.

01:23:27A little citrus fruit for you.

01:23:29We're going to yuzu.

01:23:30Some people call it a Japanese lemon,

01:23:33but it's more of a hybrid, actually.

01:23:34It's kind of closer to a Mandarin, probably.

01:23:37So we've gone all out.

01:23:39Yeah, we wanted to really celebrate the yuzu.

01:23:41So we've gone double yuzu today.

01:23:43We 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.

01:23:52So kampai, which means cheers in Japanese.

01:23:55Kampai.

01:23:55To you.

01:23:55They are, cheers.

01:23:56They are based down in the arches near London Bridge.

01:24:00Oh, all right.

01:24:00Yeah, it's lovely.

01:24:02That's nice too.

01:24:02Yeah, it's really, yeah.

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

01:24:07And this brand of mixers called Kazimo,

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

01:24:13So you know it's going to be good.

01:24:14They use yuzus from Japan

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

01:24:18So it's really, really good brand of mixers.

01:24:21It reminded me,

01:24:21because it just reminded me

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

01:24:24Oh, go into it.

01:24:25Come on then.

01:24:26Main to gojo sha arigato gozaimashita.

01:24:29That 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 just by itself

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

01:24:38Very nice.

01:24:40Yeah, very nice.

01:24:40Good for you, Sarah.

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 as well.

01:24:49And we're using

01:24:51Everleaf 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.

01:24:59Oh, is that right now?

01:25:00And actually,

01:25:01when I said we were coming on,

01:25:03we know Paul very well,

01:25:04who's the founder.

01:25:05He said that his dad

01:25:07might have met you, Alan,

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

01:25:11Brian Matthew.

01:25:13Brian Matthew?

01:25:14Yeah.

01:25:15This is Brian Matthew.

01:25:16Brian and I used to work together

01:25:17at Kew Gardens.

01:25:18He's a famous botanist.

01:25:19Yes, he is.

01:25:19Very accomplished.

01:25:20He's a head of botany for Everleaf.

01:25:22He taught his son well.

01:25:25Well done, Brian.

01:25:27Yeah, it's a really nice product.

01:25:29They've also got forest and mountain.

01:25:31This is marine.

01:25:32So this is lots of Italian Bergamot,

01:25:35but mixed with things like kelp

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

01:25:38Yeah, you see,

01:25:38there's a sea sign.

01:25:39Yeah, I can taste that.

01:25:41Yeah.

01:25:41And what we've done

01:25:42to give it the 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 body.

01:25:54Yeah, it's so clever.

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,

01:26:0210 years ago,

01:26:03would you go and ask for

01:26:04non-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?

01:26:09Yeah.

01:26:09I mean,

01:26:10these are beautiful.

01:26:11I like 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...

01:26:19It's such an unusual taste,

01:26:20isn't it?

01:26:20They're all quite distinct.

01:26:22So from not boozy

01:26:24to the most boozy.

01:26:26Here we go.

01:26:27It would be very rude for us...

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

01:26:29haven't you?

01:26:30Exactly.

01:26:30It would be very rude for us

01:26:31not to bring our favourite drink,

01:26:32which is a martini.

01:26:34So,

01:26:35we have gone with...

01:26:36This is such a lovely producer.

01:26:38It's called Vault.

01:26:39Look at that.

01:26:41He's actually,

01:26:42much like everything else,

01:26:43he used to be a restaurateur

01:26:44and then he got into production.

01:26:46So it's a gin martini.

01:26:48It is...

01:26:49It's on the wet side

01:26:50so it's not too strong.

01:26:52Blimey.

01:26:53And when she says wet,

01:26:54she means vermouth heavy.

01:26:56Vermouth heavy.

01:26:58That is...

01:26:59Yeah,

01:27:00very good.

01:27:01The gin has got

01:27:03citrus leaves

01:27:04and orange blossom within it

01:27:05and then the vermouth

01:27:07is a vermouth they 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

01:27:18the combination of their products.

01:27:20But...

01:27:21Too much.

01:27:21No.

01:27:23Just about enough.

01:27:25But yeah,

01:27:26this is...

01:27:26It's so rich and round

01:27:28despite it looking

01:27:30like a very clear drink.

01:27:31But I can taste the honey in that.

01:27:33Yeah, can't you?

01:27:34There's a nice sweet

01:27:36twist to that

01:27:36which is...

01:27:37It is the perfect martini.

01:27:39Your eyes are watering.

01:27:40Well, there were just

01:27:41two of you when we started.

01:27:42I can see about four of them.

01:27:46It's delicious.

01:27:47I mean,

01:27:48it's obviously very alcoholic.

01:27:51I don't think I can take

01:27:51two of those

01:27:52but I'm very happy

01:27:53to take one.

01:27:55Well, it depends

01:27:56on the time of day

01:27:57because I think

01:27:57if you were having one

01:27:58in the afternoon

01:27:59maybe one's enough.

01:28:00But of an evening,

01:28:01after dinner,

01:28:02maybe.

01:28:03I mean,

01:28:03I tried this again.

01:28:04This is now becoming

01:28:05one of my favourites.

01:28:06It's really good,

01:28:07isn't it,

01:28:07that one?

01:28:08I 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,

01:28:13especially to the girls,

01:28:14to Hannah and Siobhan

01:28:15and to Sarah

01:28:16and to Peter.

01:28:18They're not necessarily

01:28:19in 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.

01:28:27Fletcher's Family Farm

01:28:28is up next.

01:28:28Till then,

01:28:29I leave you with these words

01:28:30from American inventor

01:28:31Thomas A. Edison.

01:28:33Our greatest weakness

01:28:34lies in giving up.

01:28:36The most certain way

01:28:38to succeed

01:28:39is 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

01:28:45whenever you sip.

01:28:46Enjoy the rest of your Sunday.

01:28:48Cheers, all.

01:28:48Cheers!

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01:29:05Cheers!

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01:29:14Cheers!

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

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