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Love Your Weekend with Alan Titchmarsh - Season 8 - Episode 02

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00:00:06Oh, how about that? There's something rather wonderful about an old tractor on a winter's

00:00:11morning. Still ready for work, still proud of its place in the landscape, still managing to start,

00:00:18and stop fortunately, a reminder that the evening January is chill. There's warmth,

00:00:23heritage and heart to be found all around us. It's time for Love You Weekend.

00:01:04For much of Britain, January represents the very heart of winter. The frosts lie thick across the

00:01:11fields, the mornings arrive in shades of silver, and the countryside settles into a quieter, more

00:01:18contemplative rhythm. It's also a month of promise. We're never quite sure when the first signs of

00:01:24spring will dare to appear. But here in Hampshire, we're ready to greet whatever the season sends our

00:01:30way, even fine drizzle like this. And it's a packed morning ahead. Coming up, from keeping Adina and

00:01:38Patsy in check as Safi in Ab Fab, to charming Sunday night audiences in Lark Rise to Candleford,

00:01:44Julia Sawala on teaming up with the good Padre as she enters the world of Father Brown.

00:01:51And it's nearly 30 years since we warmed to him in the full Monty, and we've been enjoying his company

00:01:57ever since. Mark Addy on returning home to Yorkshire and taking on a Robbie Coltrane classic.

00:02:04And wine expert Tony Oshoba brings her top picks of rich, hearty reds, the perfect companions for a

00:02:12January evening. And devoted to enriching lives through horses. How these gentle creatures help

00:02:19riders and carriage drivers of all ages grow in confidence, strength and joy.

00:02:31Now she slips seamlessly between stage screen and Sunday night favourites, and he slips seamlessly

00:02:36between Knights, Kings and West End Musical. Welcome to Julia Sawala and Mark Addy. And you've

00:02:43met before. You've worked before. Yes, we did a Flint Street Nativity where we were playing tiny children.

00:02:50And then we... Remember me. Remember me. Do you remember me? I do remember you. Surely good.

00:02:57This is Michael Palin's Remember Me, yes? Yes. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

00:03:03Yes, and Jodie Comer. A young, very young Jodie Comer. A young Jodie Comer. And I was thinking,

00:03:08you're good. You weren't wrong, were you? No, I don't know anybody who's worked with Michael

00:03:13Palin who has a bad word for him. I mean, he's such a lovely guy. Well, he pays a lot,

00:03:17you know.

00:03:18He's a... He's a charmer. The lovely thing about having you both on, is particularly on this

00:03:23programme, which is very much predicated on the British countryside, is that, you know,

00:03:27you are both country people. I mean, you live down in Wiltshire now. Your gardening is quite good,

00:03:31I'm told. I do live in Wiltshire. I used to live in Somerset, and I... Yeah, my gardening is spectacular,

00:03:37all because of you, Alan. Oh. And I mean that, but I don't like to say it because you must

00:03:41get sick of it.

00:03:42No, never. Yeah, I've got your hard copy books. I open them and I just... And all the time that

00:03:49I

00:03:49garden, this is the honest truth, whenever I'm gardening, it makes me tearful, I always think of

00:03:55you. I always hear your voice and I think, what would Alan do when I get a bit frustrated? You

00:04:01gave me

00:04:03a love of gardening, which I did. I've always loved nature since a tiny girl. And when I got my

00:04:09first

00:04:09house and I was growing vegetables and all sorts of things and things were going wrong and right,

00:04:14I relied very heavily on your books. I never miss gardeners' world. And so it is because of you,

00:04:22truly. Well, I'm deeply honoured. I think when you go out trying to enthuse people about something,

00:04:27there's no greater compliment when they say that you did and it worked. Yeah, honestly. But so gardening?

00:04:33I'm not a great gardener. I've tried and failed many, many occasions. Julia lent you a book. Yes. Oh,

00:04:40excellent. I bet you'd be good at digging. Oh, I'm a digger. You're really good at digging. Oh,

00:04:45I'm a digger. Yeah. In terms of growing anything, nah, it's... You get no joy from that. No,

00:04:51I've just failed sensationally several times. But you are a countryman. Yeah, I love being out in the

00:04:57countryside. We live at the edge of the Yorkshire walls. So you're surrounded by... David Hockney did a

00:05:04series of his iPad paintings in that area. He loves it. So define the Yorkshire

00:05:10worlds for her, because I'm a Dalesman, so I'm from the up and down bit of York, which is flatter.

00:05:15Yeah. The Yorkshire worlds sit where, Mark? Well, the Dales are, as you know,

00:05:20higgly piggly, dry stone walls, a bit kind of more picture postcard-y. The walls are much more

00:05:28gently rolling countryside, glacial for glacial formations. What does wold, where does that come

00:05:35from, the word? You know? Sorry. It's an old word. Yeah, it is. But I wouldn't know where... Well,

00:05:42there's the, there's the cots wolds. Yeah. I mean, I think it is, I mean, it is a rolling landscape,

00:05:47I think, really. And where, where we are, it's chalk, um, a chalk band, which runs, it comes out

00:05:54somewhere down in Dorset, or... There's a grape, if you look at, there's a, there's a raft of chalk

00:06:00that goes from bottom left to halfway up on the right, that runs right, runs through here, through

00:06:05Hampshire, and goes on that way. So yes, we're in that, and maybe that's why I can't grow anything,

00:06:11er... Well, blame it on the chalk. Blame it on the chalk. Yeah. Blame it on the chalk. Yeah.

00:06:14What can you grow in chalk? I've been going on the chalk for 45 years.

00:06:17Talk! It's a thin excuse.

00:06:21But at least we know that you like living in the countryside, which is the most important thing.

00:06:25Oh, absolutely. Yeah, yeah. Now then, I've got to ask you, Bo, because I've, I've heard

00:06:28rumours, um, of mistaken identity. Don't believe them. People coming up to you, I mean,

00:06:34I remember somebody coming up to me once saying, I used to love it when you used to do the

00:06:37weather.

00:06:40No, I know. I've never done the weather. Random. Very random. Oh, right. Okay. And another one who

00:06:45said, er, that jumper you were wearing on Gardeners World last week, I gave it to Oxfam. Did you go

00:06:51into it?

00:06:51No, I didn't buy an Oxfam. Who have you been mistaken? Who was the weatherman, though? I don't know. I

00:06:57have no idea.

00:06:58Oh. It's a long time ago now, but it was, er, mistaken? Er, well, I mean, I've got a cracker.

00:07:05Helena Bonham Carter. Oh.

00:07:08In the early days. We, we, we used to go, we used to go to places, you know, I don't

00:07:13know,

00:07:13events, award events, and I'd say, where am I sitting? And they'd say, over there, and I'd go

00:07:19and sit on this table, it'd say, Helena Bonham Carter, and I'd be sitting with some very special people.

00:07:24I'd be, oh, no, that's not my table. And I'd go and I'd see Helena sitting in, at my table,

00:07:29with all my very special people.

00:07:32Er, yeah, there have been many occasions. At events, or at places, you know, not, not in real life.

00:07:39Yeah, but when you're, where you're meant to be at the same place together.

00:07:42Yeah. Mark, what about you?

00:07:45I, the one, er, that I get mostly, people, er, confuse me with John Thompson. So, people say, oh, loved

00:07:52you in Cold Feet.

00:07:54And I'm like, no, no, that's the other guy. So, but it's, er, it could be worse.

00:08:00It could be worse, as long as they, they know they've seen you somewhere.

00:08:03Even if it wasn't you.

00:08:05Much more from Mark and Juliet a little bit later.

00:08:08In the meantime, now, do help yourselves to everything you fancy love. Pastel Donata there.

00:08:13We even have proper Yorkshire parking.

00:08:16Oh, parking.

00:08:16There you are, parking from Yorkshire.

00:08:18Thank you very much.

00:08:18Just makes Mark and me feel very much at home.

00:08:21I would eat one, but I've got to say a few words.

00:08:23So, still to come a few comforting tipples to take the edge off the coldest of winter nights.

00:08:27Wine expert Tony Ashoba brings us her top picks of hearty reds.

00:08:33Perfect for a January evening or morning.

00:08:36And we have some rather majestic equine visitors today.

00:08:39We meet the horses and ponies who help riders and carriage drivers of all abilities and ages

00:08:46discover confidence, joy and independence.

00:08:50And she's back with her 2026 New Year calendar.

00:08:53Camilla Bassett-Smith showcases her top plant pick for the year ahead.

00:08:57And let's just say it's small in size, enormous in personality and absolutely impossible to ignore.

00:09:04Much like someone else I know.

00:09:06I'll be back with Camilla.

00:09:08Bye for the break.

00:09:22With January in full swing, there's a certain quiet charm to the British countryside.

00:09:29Walkers wrap up and head for the hills where frost clings to the heather

00:09:34and the moorland feels almost otherworldly and equally enchanting is what's still to come this morning.

00:09:41From holding her own against Idina and Patsy to puzzling out mysteries in Jonathan Creek

00:09:47to fluttering her eyelashes through Pride and Prejudice as Lydia Bennet.

00:09:52She's given us some unforgettable moments.

00:09:55Julia Sawala on life, laughter and the roles that have made her a fan favourite.

00:10:00And a little journey into Britain's agricultural past.

00:10:03We're taking a spin through some magnificent vintage tractors.

00:10:08The grand old workhorses of British farming.

00:10:10Still turning heads and churning fields long after their sell-by date.

00:10:16But first, once upon a time, bonsai was seen as a bit of a specialist's treasure.

00:10:22The kind of thing that was admired from a distance at garden shows.

00:10:25Certainly, it was far too fiddly to have on your own windowsill.

00:10:29But over the past few years, these tiny trees have quietly taken root in Britain.

00:10:35So much so, in fact, that Camilla has declared bonsai her plant of 2026.

00:10:41So how come you've fallen for these little cuties?

00:10:44Well, firstly, they represent luck and prosperity.

00:10:48And I think we all need some of that in a new year, don't we?

00:10:51But they are so beautiful.

00:10:52And I think people often think that bonsai is a type of tree.

00:10:55But it's the art of cultivating miniature trees in containers, isn't it?

00:10:59So you can grow an oak tree as a bonsai?

00:11:01Yeah, you can. Or a pine.

00:11:02Yeah, and just keep it small because those roots are contained.

00:11:04And it's really accessible to all.

00:11:06And what you say about specialists, we all tend to be a little bit perhaps nervous,

00:11:11certainly I do, of growing them.

00:11:12But I don't think we need to be.

00:11:14Now, you have outdoor bonsai and indoor bonsai.

00:11:17And it's important to know the difference, really, of what tree you have.

00:11:19I've got two evergreen outdoor specimens here.

00:11:22First, this gorgeous Aleppo pine.

00:11:25And isn't it so pretty?

00:11:26The appeal is in the miniature-ness, isn't it, really?

00:11:29I mean, if you're on a close-up of that little cypress down there,

00:11:32with its roots, I don't think you can see this side here.

00:11:35Yes.

00:11:36Where the roots are sort of clinging to the surface of the soil.

00:11:39If you were close in on that, you could think it was a full-sized tree.

00:11:42And it's the charm of everything in miniature, isn't it?

00:11:45That's right, that intricacy.

00:11:46That really makes them so popular.

00:11:47And the meaning behind them, as well,

00:11:49I think it's good for your well-being growing these,

00:11:52because you're right, they're so beautiful, they're so intricate.

00:11:55But the pine, meaning longevity, and the Chinese juniper,

00:11:59that meaning strength, because they're quite hardy little chaps, aren't they?

00:12:02Both of these can grow outside.

00:12:05Presumably you have to avoid them being frozen solid,

00:12:07because it's a tiny root ball.

00:12:08You do.

00:12:09And if you put them outside,

00:12:09you want to put them in a really sheltered, warm spot.

00:12:12But then moving indoors, and this one, the money tree, the jade plant.

00:12:17A lot of people know this plant, don't they?

00:12:19Yeah, but of course when you're growing it like this in a tiny pot,

00:12:21and you're trimming it back, the leaves are much smaller.

00:12:24Normally they're about that big, aren't they?

00:12:25Yes, really big, fleshy leaves.

00:12:26Yeah.

00:12:27And I'd say this is quite an easy one to grow.

00:12:29So if you're starting off, I think this one is great.

00:12:32Also represents wealth as well, so good for the year to come.

00:12:34There's a lot of wealth and prosperity there, isn't there?

00:12:36There it is.

00:12:36Yeah, I just, I think that's what we all need.

00:12:39But looking after these, a bright spot inside on a windowsill,

00:12:42avoiding things like draughts or central heating.

00:12:45And I don't, do you grow them, Alan?

00:12:46Do you?

00:12:46I have one.

00:12:47It's a little tiny hornbeam, and it's beautiful.

00:12:49Oh, that's so beautiful.

00:12:50And they last for years, don't they?

00:12:52That's another thing, don't they?

00:12:53I've kept this one going.

00:12:54And it's a case of, I mean, this one I love here.

00:12:56You've got the raked sand by it.

00:12:59They do this raking.

00:13:00Yeah.

00:13:00You could put Alan Woz here.

00:13:02Maybe not.

00:13:03So pruning the top, obviously.

00:13:05Yes.

00:13:05But you prune the roots as well.

00:13:06Yes, you do.

00:13:07And it's just, it's almost little and often.

00:13:09It's not going in there and being heavy-handed.

00:13:11You get these little bonsai scissors and just taking those new shoots

00:13:13in June time to keep them shaped.

00:13:16And these little Zen gardens, as you said, with the sand and the rocks,

00:13:19there's something that everybody can do.

00:13:21And I think children can get involved as well, which is great.

00:13:23And also you can start quite small and quite inexpensive.

00:13:26When you get the larger ones that are sometimes over a hundred years old,

00:13:29aren't they?

00:13:29And they're very expensive.

00:13:32And they can be thousands of pounds.

00:13:32I mean, these ones are probably maybe ten years.

00:13:34And these, I mean, even these ones you're looking at over a hundred.

00:13:37Yes.

00:13:37But perhaps more of the £30 mark.

00:13:38But you can get the little kit.

00:13:40Start from young and, yeah.

00:13:41Lovely.

00:13:42Really pretty.

00:13:42A life in miniature.

00:13:44Thanks, Camilla.

00:13:44And you'll be back later.

00:13:45I shall indeed.

00:13:46We'll be doing a bit of cleaning as well.

00:13:48Get my opinion.

00:13:48The glamorous bit's over for now then.

00:13:50OK.

00:13:55Now, for centuries, horses have played an extraordinary role in people's lives.

00:14:01Calm, patient and wonderfully intuitive.

00:14:04The bond between human and horse is unlike anything else in the natural world.

00:14:10And that's what makes them such remarkable partners at Park Lane Stables,

00:14:15where assisted riding, carriage driving and equine therapy all help riders build confidence,

00:14:22strength and independence.

00:14:24The stables founder, Natalie O'Rourke, joins me now, along with riders Philippa, Dan and Lauren,

00:14:30and their wonderful horses, Mac and Sam.

00:14:34Welcome, Natalie.

00:14:35Thanks for coming.

00:14:36On this grey and drizzly day, not really the perfect riding day, but there you are turning out in all

00:14:43weathers.

00:14:44Yeah, we keep going in all weathers, don't we, Dan?

00:14:46Yes, you do, yeah.

00:14:47So, how long have you been doing what you do?

00:14:49I've been at Park Lane Stables for 17 years, so I started it as a little, tiny, small acorn of

00:14:57a stables.

00:14:58We say it's the tiny stables with the big heart, and it's evolved into the charity that it is today.

00:15:03And last year we helped over 1,000 families who come to the stables

00:15:07and just benefit from being around the horses in whichever way that is.

00:15:11So, we do equine therapy, we do the carriage driving, we do riding, and we do lots of equine-assisted

00:15:18learning,

00:15:18so ground-based activities with the horses.

00:15:21What made you want to do it at the outset?

00:15:23I mean, you could just run a stables.

00:15:24Yeah.

00:15:25Folk come in and go out for a ride and bring them back and eat all the donkey work.

00:15:29Because I'm really passionate about horses, and I did start the stables as a riding stables,

00:15:34a traditional riding stables.

00:15:36I wanted it to be friendly, and that's what it was.

00:15:39But then what I really wanted was for people to come that would really benefit from the horses

00:15:43and would really get that added value.

00:15:46So, that's why I stopped being a little normal riding school and turned it into the charity.

00:15:51So, anybody that comes has got a need, so that might be a disability or it might be a mental

00:15:56health need.

00:15:57And the horses just really, really help them so much, increases their confidence, makes people feel calmer.

00:16:04It really combats social isolation because a lot of the people that come to the stables,

00:16:09you know, they're coming out of their home to come and be with the horses,

00:16:12and then they make friends with other like-minded people as well.

00:16:15And you're talking about a wide range of disabilities from deafness.

00:16:19Absolutely, yeah.

00:16:20So, we're lucky enough to offer carriage driving so people that are wheelchair users

00:16:23can stay in the wheelchair and take part in the carriage driving,

00:16:27which is a massive thing because for lots of people riding is just not appropriate or accessible.

00:16:31So, that's a huge thing.

00:16:33But yeah, we have lots of people with autism or learning disabilities,

00:16:38not necessarily just physical disabilities.

00:16:40And a lot of people with mental health needs as well that hugely benefit from being with the horses.

00:16:47What is it about horses? I was saying they're intuitive.

00:16:49They do seem to know, don't they?

00:16:52Yeah.

00:16:52You know, we've all been on a horse that's gone ape.

00:16:57It's a generalisation, I know.

00:16:59But in certain circumstances like yours and with the horses you've got,

00:17:02what is it about them that they suddenly, they seem to connect with the person they're with and know what

00:17:09to do?

00:17:09They're really intuitive, you're absolutely right, but they're also great mirrors.

00:17:13So, however you present to the horse is what they will give you back.

00:17:17So, often if people are having a bad time, their body language is quite different,

00:17:22they won't make eye contact and they're trying to make themselves smaller and smaller.

00:17:26And horses actually love those people.

00:17:28Whereas if you were a really confident person and presented like this,

00:17:31making eye contact with everybody, the horse would back away from you.

00:17:34So, actually what happens is when people present as a smaller version of themselves,

00:17:39the horse is drawn towards them and then that empowers them and increases their confidence

00:17:43because they've made a friend out of the horse.

00:17:46And then we give them tasks that are achievable that they complete with the horse

00:17:50and then incrementally we build up their confidence.

00:17:53So, it's the horses that do the work.

00:17:55We just facilitate it so that it happens.

00:17:57Oh, you're under-selling yourself quite.

00:18:00Philippa, you clearly love us.

00:18:01You're grooming over there.

00:18:02How long have you been involved with the stables?

00:18:04I've been at the stables for 14 years.

00:18:08Gosh, quite a while.

00:18:10Yeah.

00:18:10And it obviously makes a difference to your life.

00:18:12Yeah, a really big difference and I love it so much.

00:18:16What do you think is special about working with horses as opposed to doing anything else which you might enjoy?

00:18:21Horses are just like magical animals because they help people when they come out of their shells

00:18:28and like people might feel like shy and nervous when they first come and then after a few sessions they're

00:18:34like a totally different person because of the horses.

00:18:38So, how have you changed with working with horses?

00:18:41Because I've become more confident and especially with like doing lots of public speaking and it's helped me to get

00:18:51my first page job as well.

00:18:54So, a real, not just an emotional difference but a practical difference for you as well.

00:18:59Yeah.

00:18:59What we've found is that even though people might only attend for an hour a week actually the impact ripples

00:19:06out so it has a much bigger, wider impact than the hour that they're with us.

00:19:10Philippa's a really great example. So many people with disabilities unfortunately are unemployed so if we can be that stepping

00:19:17stone to help them with their confidence and do achievable tasks to get a job, that's life changing isn't it?

00:19:23And must improve your self respect as well Philippa, you know, you feel you're contributing something, you're giving something.

00:19:29I'm an ambassador.

00:19:30Yes, and encouraging other people to do the same. You're a good ambassador.

00:19:34Yeah, thank you.

00:19:35It requires something very special in your horses doesn't it? How many of them have you got?

00:19:39Yeah, we've got a lot of horses. We've got 24 horses. As long as they like people and they're kind

00:19:45then they're great for what we're doing.

00:19:47So you choose them very carefully, I mean, because you don't want people to be spooked by them do you

00:19:50really?

00:19:51No, but we train them. You've got to spend time with them and get to know them, what do they

00:19:56like, what don't they like, what makes him happy, what makes him sad.

00:19:59And then kind of fit the job for his needs like you like you would with a human in the

00:20:03workplace, really.

00:20:04And are you happy to carry on doing this? I mean, you say you've been doing it for quite a

00:20:08long time.

00:20:09Yeah, yeah. Huge congratulations. You've got the MBE.

00:20:12Well deserved.

00:20:13Thank you so much. Yeah, I absolutely love it and I can't imagine not going to work,

00:20:17but I have got some young people coming through that hopefully will be the future because I want it to

00:20:23carry on forever and ever when I'm not there anymore.

00:20:25So that's the plan. Well, you had great local support because you were struggling a few years ago because you

00:20:31thought you might lose your site.

00:20:32Yeah. So tell me what happened there.

00:20:34Well, we nearly lost the stables because I rented the site for many years and then the landlord had to

00:20:40sell.

00:20:40So he wanted a million pounds, basically, and I didn't have a million pounds.

00:20:44And the bank wouldn't lend me a million pounds, funnily enough.

00:20:46So I just had a crazy idea to crowdfund it and I managed to raise a million and a half

00:20:52pound in six weeks.

00:20:53And I saved the stables and now the stables is there forever.

00:20:57Are there things you want to do that you haven't yet been able to do?

00:20:59Do you still have ambitions for the stables? Is it really just to keep doing what you're doing?

00:21:02Just to keep doing what we're doing, really.

00:21:04And just with the help of people like yourself to let people know that there's people like us all the

00:21:10way around the country.

00:21:10So if they're not where we are in the country, they can go and find their local RDA group and

00:21:15they can get involved in exactly the same way.

00:21:17They can participate or they can volunteer and really, really benefit from the horses.

00:21:22Well, riding for disabled associations are so well established.

00:21:24You've got the Princess Royal as your patron.

00:21:26Yeah, we have.

00:21:26She has an awful lot of work.

00:21:27She works so hard, yeah.

00:21:29There's Philippa nodding over there.

00:21:30Have you managed to meet her yet, Philippa?

00:21:32Yeah.

00:21:32I've met Princess Anne like four times.

00:21:34Oh, goodness me.

00:21:36Bosom pal.

00:21:38And she is incredibly...

00:21:40She's amazing.

00:21:41She's a very active patron.

00:21:43She doesn't just put her name to it.

00:21:45So yeah, we're very, very lucky to have her.

00:21:47Well, horses, relatively straightforward to manage and grooming straightforward, but carriage driving, that's a whole different ballgame.

00:21:53Yeah, that is much more complicated.

00:21:55We're really lucky that we've got a strong team.

00:21:57And we were saying before about training the horses, but with the carriage horses, it's even more important because the

00:22:03wheelchair users stay in their wheelchair,

00:22:04the carriage is specially adapted, and we push the wheelchair up onto the carriage.

00:22:09So the horse has got to be even better trained than the riding horses.

00:22:12So how many horses that will pull carriages have you got there?

00:22:16Not enough.

00:22:16Oh, right.

00:22:18Hint, hint.

00:22:18We've got one in training at the moment, and we've got Sam that we've had for a long time.

00:22:24So we're trying to bring horses up through succession planning, really, but it isn't that easy because it is a

00:22:30tall task for them.

00:22:31There's a lot of training involved for them to pass the assessment to be part of the Riding for the

00:22:36Disabled Association carriage driving team.

00:22:39But the benefit to the participants is just enormous.

00:22:41So a lot of the participants that we have, it's the only sport that they can take part in,

00:22:46and they're still getting all the sensory benefits of being with the horse, but without riding the horse.

00:22:51What about you? Do you ride for pleasure on your own?

00:22:54Yeah, without worrying about anybody else.

00:22:56Without worrying about anybody else.

00:22:56Yeah, I do. I sneak off sometimes.

00:22:58They wonder where I've gone and say, I've gone to a meeting, I'm off on the horse.

00:23:02Meeting with a horse.

00:23:04It's lovely to meet you all.

00:23:06Dan, thank you very much.

00:23:08Thank you for having us.

00:23:09It's a pleasure, Philippa. Thank you.

00:23:11Keep on doing your ambassadorial work.

00:23:13I will, don't worry.

00:23:14It's wonderful.

00:23:15And we wish you well.

00:23:16And just to prove, you see, that whatever the weather...

00:23:18We keep going.

00:23:19They keep going.

00:23:20That's literally burnt down everybody.

00:23:22Thank you very much indeed.

00:23:24Thank you, well done.

00:23:24Still to come, his varied career has seen him get his kit off in a British film classic

00:23:29and sit on the Iron Throne in one of the biggest TV series of all time.

00:23:34Mark Addy on swapping kings and quests for Yorkshire grit, musical adventures

00:23:40and giving his own unmistakable stamp to Harry Potter's favourite gentle giant.

00:23:45I'll be back with Mark right after this.

00:24:03Welcome back.

00:24:03Still ahead, they're shiny, noisy and icons of the great British countryside.

00:24:08We get up close with some vintage tractors, proof that horsepower never truly goes out of fashion.

00:24:16And the winter jobs and bright ideas to see us through the coldest weeks of the year.

00:24:21Camilla Bassett-Smith shows how to winter-proof your garden.

00:24:24Now, from stripping off in the full monte to leading the Seven Kingdoms in Westeros,

00:24:30there's nothing this man can't turn his hand to.

00:24:32But few things beat the joy of donning a tunic and giving the world a hearty yabba-dabba-doo.

00:24:39And do you, Fred Flintstone, take Wilma Slaghoople to be your wife, to have and to hold from this day

00:24:48forward?

00:24:49I yabba-dabba-doo.

00:24:53Do you, Wilma, take Frederick to be your husband, to have and to hold from this day forward?

00:24:59I do.

00:25:03Then, by the power bested in me by the city of Rock Vegas, I now pronounce you husband and wife.

00:25:10You may kiss the bride.

00:25:14Why is this like love?

00:25:16Oh, where am I?

00:25:17Where is this place?

00:25:20An OTT family wedding featuring puppet dinosaurs, trademark catchphrases, and Joan Collins.

00:25:27Joan Collins of all people, yes.

00:25:30I guess all you could do was really go for it, wasn't it, really?

00:25:32Absolutely, yeah, yeah, yeah.

00:25:34So, didn't they approach you quite a lot to do that part?

00:25:37Yes, they kept sending me a script and I kept sending it back and saying,

00:25:41I think you're thinking of the wrong bloke.

00:25:44But they were keen, they were very keen on having me and in the end I just, I relented.

00:25:51Well, the fact that it was Spielberg might have had some.

00:25:53Well, it did, yes, executive producing it.

00:25:57It was an extraordinary experience because there was, this was, there was very little CGI in that movie.

00:26:04They'd built the Vegas Strip in a quarry in Sun Valley, so we were barefoot in a quarry for three

00:26:15months.

00:26:17It was an extraordinary experience.

00:26:19Not bad for my lad for Yorkshire, is it really?

00:26:23Talking of which, it's nice that you're able to use your native tongue and your native vowels

00:26:29in the thing that you've done most recently, which is Alan Bennett's film, The Choral.

00:26:34Now tell us about the story because it's set during the First World War.

00:26:38Yes, we're in 1916 in a fictional mill town in Yorkshire and their local choral society is running short of

00:26:48male voices

00:26:49because they're all heading off to France to fight in the trenches.

00:26:54Conscription is just coming in.

00:26:56It's been, you know, the professional army and then volunteers up to this point, but now people are starting to

00:27:03be called up.

00:27:04So it's Alan Bennett's obvious, beautiful trademark humour, but there's a kind of undercurrent of threat that's, you know, a

00:27:16distant war is affecting people.

00:27:18And it's sort of, it's resonant for today as well because, you know, the state of the world is, you

00:27:26know, perhaps not as peaceful as it could be.

00:27:28A new play?

00:27:29I play Joe Fitton, who's the local photographer.

00:27:33Largely his job at that time is photographing young men in their brand spanking new uniforms before they go off

00:27:43to fight.

00:27:44It's, it was one of those, we have a family album at home and there's a photograph of a relative.

00:27:53Ah, Uncle Albie, yeah, he didn't come back.

00:27:55So all you have is that sepia photograph of a young, a young man full of hope in his brand

00:28:02new uniform.

00:28:04Going to do this bit.

00:28:06Yeah, yeah.

00:28:06Let's have a look, the choral.

00:28:09Dr. Guthrie.

00:28:11What?

00:28:12Henry Guthrie.

00:28:13No.

00:28:14No.

00:28:15No, no.

00:28:16He's back.

00:28:17I dare say he is.

00:28:18And frankly, in other circumstances, he wouldn't even consider the likes of us.

00:28:24Isn't Guthrie...

00:28:26Yes.

00:28:27He's been living and working in Germany by choice.

00:28:31He had musical opportunities, you can understand it.

00:28:34He had musical opportunities here, but he preferred Germany as having better choirs.

00:28:40Treachery.

00:28:41He worked wonders at Leeds.

00:28:43He was despised.

00:28:45Fork were terrified.

00:28:46He's an atheist.

00:28:47That's why Leeds got rid of him.

00:28:49Well, there are atheists now.

00:28:52There's one in Bradford.

00:28:53Not conducting the Matthew Passion.

00:28:57I heard his Mozart Requiem.

00:29:00So did I.

00:29:03It was wonderful.

00:29:05It's a reminder too, isn't it, of the fear of anything to do with Germany, whether it

00:29:11was Wagner or, you know, they chose Dream of Gerontius by Elgar because it was British.

00:29:15Yes.

00:29:16All the other composers they could think of were German.

00:29:19Yeah.

00:29:19So we'll have to go with Elgar.

00:29:22The wonderful Benetian lines there.

00:29:26There's atheists.

00:29:27There's one in Bradford.

00:29:28I mean, no one with Alan can write a line like that.

00:29:31But you can hear, because you and I are both from the same county, you can hear the words,

00:29:36can't they, coming out of your auntie or somebody.

00:29:38Absolutely.

00:29:39Absolutely.

00:29:40Now, there's a lovely line where Ralph Fiennes, as their new choir master, is asking the ladies,

00:29:48do you know any men who can sing or join the choir?

00:29:52And one of them says, my husband, well, does he sing?

00:29:54He'll do as he's told.

00:29:57Classic Alan's in his hands.

00:30:00Did you get to meet him?

00:30:01Did he come along?

00:30:02Yes.

00:30:02Yeah.

00:30:03He's just, well, he's a national treasure.

00:30:08And especially being from Yorkshire, you know, he does mean a lot to us.

00:30:15Yeah.

00:30:15When we look back, Mark, I mean, you, you know, I always, it's rather like people talk

00:30:20to me about Ground Force, which I really don't mind.

00:30:22I honestly don't mind.

00:30:23It's a great treat to be remembered for anything.

00:30:25And for you, it will always be the full Monty.

00:30:28Yes.

00:30:28Because until that moment, you know, you were sort of there, but it really did establish

00:30:34you that.

00:30:35But, I mean, was it a smaller film as we were led to believe when you were making it?

00:30:40It was, it had a tiny budget.

00:30:44We shot it in six weeks in Sheffield.

00:30:50It was funded and distributed by Fox Searchlight.

00:30:53So you have what was 20th Century Fox back then behind you.

00:30:59So that means that it will be trailed in all their cinemas.

00:31:02It has the, that they have the kind of power to show an audience what is, what is to come.

00:31:10So that was really useful for us.

00:31:12Let's have a reminder.

00:31:13Beautiful Monty.

00:32:08Just perfectly synchronised.

00:32:11such a subtle start to it and then you're all in I love the fact that it was given time

00:32:17there was

00:32:18no rushing there and and you think oh yes you know they were patient because they knew what

00:32:24was coming directorially absolutely yeah and if I'm if ever I'm in a queue these days occasionally

00:32:42but stage as well I mean the great thing now and I guess the great thing that's come from full

00:32:46Monte particularly and then and then on and up whether it's you know going into Game of Thrones

00:32:51and whatnot or now stage plays you know the parts you get offered now and the parts worthy of you

00:32:56mean the the unlikely pilgrimage of Harold Frye which you did in the Minerva at Chichester he's

00:33:02now going to the Haymarket in the West End that's a nice treat I think it's amazing it's it's an

00:33:08utterly beautiful show my first first musical that I've been involved in and it's a it's hard

00:33:15to describe the the sort of beauty of it because it's a it's about a retired couple a man who's

00:33:22dealing with grief and he sets out on a on a very unlikely journey in order to try and save

00:33:33a an

00:33:35old colleague of his but the journey takes him to some some dark places but also that the friendship of

00:33:44of people that he meets on this journey change his way of thinking about the world so it's it's it's

00:33:53about it's about loss and love and it's about redemption and second chances it's never too late

00:33:58for a for a second chance so there's there's hope playing a role a characterization a character as

00:34:06actors your whole ethos is of communicating something to an audience and hopefully in

00:34:13some small way perhaps changing their perception of something or changing their lives therefore as

00:34:18an actor do you find parts like this actually alter your perception of life they change the

00:34:23way you look at things I think I think it's true of Harold Frye yeah through the rehearsals at

00:34:29Chichester and performing it there I've I've become a I think I've become a kinder person to to strangers

00:34:39or you know even to even to people that you know but also you you do that glorious thing of

00:34:45tragedy

00:34:46being next door to comedy you're you're very good at sentiment I don't mean mawkishness I mean when

00:34:52I watch you in a row like you know go back to the row in the full Monty I mean

00:34:56the tears aren't far

00:34:57away you can really you're very good at pressing our buttons emotionally which means communicating

00:35:05what you're feeling with clarity I think oh well that's good that's that's very kind that's that's

00:35:11that's what I try to do and try to make the characters that I play believable human beings is it

00:35:22important to you to keep both aspects of acting going the theatre and the screen whether it's

00:35:28large or small screen do you like the combination of the two and the variety that they give you

00:35:33yes because I think one informs the other I mean in terms of I I always like you I'm always

00:35:41learning

00:35:42with every job I do you learn something new and you know stage work helps you when it comes to

00:35:50film

00:35:51work and vice versa how important is it to live in Yorkshire because there's a lot of us doing

00:35:56missionary work down south now you know for a while but from your point of view I mean do you

00:36:02like

00:36:02is Yorkshire important to you I do I love it it's it's um I'm I'm I feel at home there

00:36:09I uh York

00:36:11York is my hometown that's where I was born we live now on the edge of the Yorkshire wold so

00:36:17the countryside is stunning and it's uh it's it's home following on from other people who've done

00:36:25roles is one of the most tricky things I think to do and you're doing Hagrid in the audio the

00:36:29new

00:36:30audio version yeah of Harry Potter following on in a way from Robbie Coltrane um fun part to do yeah

00:36:38I'd

00:36:38I'd I'd forgotten quite how uh emotional Hagrid gets over the course of seven books so you know and

00:36:46they say at the end of the day right we need five minutes of sobbing or you know wailing uh

00:36:53laughter

00:36:53whatever it meant wow but uh a really it's an extraordinary achievement these full cast audio audio

00:37:01editions and the way you hear it in the headphones and there are voices behind you there are things flying

00:37:11over your head there there's a whole brand new score that that uh that plays along with it it's just

00:37:21it's not like anything else it's quite remarkable lovely to have you with us again mark the very best of

00:37:27luck with harold fry at the haymarket theater in london lovely theater one of my favorites so lovely to

00:37:32see and you'll stay for a glass or two will you oh it'd be cheerless not well it would bless

00:37:38you thank

00:37:38you now a single picture can stir up all manner of feelings a flicker of nostalgia a moment of wonder

00:37:46or even a glimpse of the wild world we sometimes miss right on our doorstep yep it's time for walk

00:37:53on the wild side

00:37:55your dose of nature sorted walk on the wild side on love your weekend sponsored by wwf

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00:40:08Welcome back to Love Your Weekend.

00:40:11Coming up, proof that they don't make them like they used to.

00:40:14Yes, the vintage tractors are in town,

00:40:16older than the average motorway and twice as reliable.

00:40:20And from the marvels of the great British countryside

00:40:23to the small pleasures that brighten a winter evening,

00:40:27Tony Osoba brings us the rich, comforting reds,

00:40:30perfect for a crisp January night.

00:40:32Before all that, it's time for your Voice of Nature.

00:40:36Here's Bonnie Langford and Sheep in Winter by the great John Clare.

00:40:49The sheep get up and make their many tracks

00:40:52and bear a load of snow upon their backs

00:40:55and gnaw the frozen turnip to the ground

00:40:58with sharp, quick bite

00:40:59and then go noising round.

00:41:02The boy that pecks the turnips all the day

00:41:05and knocks his hands to keep the cold away

00:41:08and laps his legs in straw to keep them warm

00:41:11and hides behind the hedges from the storm.

00:41:14The sheep, as tame as dogs, go where he goes

00:41:18and try to shake their fleeces from the snows,

00:41:22then leave their frozen meal

00:41:24and wander round the stubble stack that stands beside the ground

00:41:28and lie all night and face the drizzling storm

00:41:32and shun the hovel where they might be warm.

00:41:44Thank you, Bonnie.

00:41:45The words of the great John Clare

00:41:47highlighting nature's brutal beauty

00:41:49and the quiet endurance of country life.

00:41:52Now, when it comes to getting outside in January,

00:41:55it's not always the most inspiring time.

00:41:58The days are short, the soil's cold

00:42:01and the garden seems to be holding its breath.

00:42:03But look a little closer

00:42:04and there's still quiet promise.

00:42:07First tips of bulbs stirring,

00:42:10buds sitting tight on bare branches

00:42:11and those small winter tasks

00:42:14that set the stage for spring.

00:42:16Here to guide us through the best of the January jobs

00:42:19with plenty of inspiration along the way,

00:42:22Camilla Bassett-Smith.

00:42:23And I can see scrubbing brushes and soapy water.

00:42:26It'd be a nice being with you.

00:42:28You can't contain the excitement.

00:42:29No, no.

00:42:30The excitement is palpable.

00:42:31Yeah, it is.

00:42:32But it's an important job, isn't it?

00:42:34And my pots, I mean, my pots look like this.

00:42:37I bet yours don't, Alan.

00:42:38They do.

00:42:38Oh, they do.

00:42:39Yeah, because when you knock them out,

00:42:40you put them to one side

00:42:41and then when you start to use them again,

00:42:42you think, oh, I ought to get that out.

00:42:44But you know how to tell how old a pot is.

00:42:46You see these...

00:42:47Do I hug it?

00:42:48Well, yeah, but that one's a moulded pot made in a mould.

00:42:52Yes.

00:42:53And this one's hand-thrown.

00:42:54Oh, God.

00:42:55And all the hand-thrown ones stopped being hand-thrown

00:42:57in about 1930 or something.

00:42:58Oh, I didn't realise that.

00:42:59So you can tell the age of your pots.

00:43:00Oh, that's really interesting.

00:43:01The hand-thrown ones are pre-30s.

00:43:02Yeah, and they're so beautiful, aren't they?

00:43:03I mean, terracotta pots are lovely to look at.

00:43:05Shall I do it?

00:43:06Just to show I'm not shy.

00:43:07So you've got this brush.

00:43:08They're very useful.

00:43:09Hot cleaning brushes,

00:43:10which are a thing of beauty in themselves, aren't they?

00:43:12They are.

00:43:13Oh, I'm just going to sit back now, aren't I?

00:43:15Yeah, that's all right.

00:43:15Well, I haven't been rude about it.

00:43:17I'd better give you a go.

00:43:18Get rid of it.

00:43:19And then you've got soapy water too.

00:43:21Yeah, soapy water.

00:43:22There we go.

00:43:22And just a scourer, actually,

00:43:23a standard scourer to just give it a good...

00:43:25The first job I had to do in a park's department

00:43:27was a 15-year-old boy, OK, in winter,

00:43:30washing that cold water...

00:43:31This is warm water.

00:43:32And a scrubbing brush that I'd have a severe case

00:43:34of creeping alopecia,

00:43:35cos all the bristles cut off the water.

00:43:38It's bringing back all the memories, isn't it?

00:43:39Well, at least you're allowed warm water.

00:43:41I know, I know.

00:43:42But it's so easy to do,

00:43:43and it's important, isn't it?

00:43:44Because messy pots, dirty pots,

00:43:46harbour bacteria,

00:43:47and that can get onto your new plants,

00:43:49so no-one wants that.

00:43:50But you can also buy as well.

00:43:51This is a natural antiseptic with time,

00:43:54so you can actually spritz your pots with it.

00:43:56All right.

00:43:57What are you going to do?

00:43:57I mean, I should clean that one first.

00:43:58Spritz your pot.

00:43:59It's quite...

00:43:59Could give a little spritz.

00:44:01Honest.

00:44:04Anyway, clean your pots.

00:44:05Clean pots.

00:44:05This is the time.

00:44:06I don't have a great blitz.

00:44:08No, that's it.

00:44:08Just a little bit now and then,

00:44:09with warm water.

00:44:11But then on to the patios,

00:44:12and patios can get so mucky, can't they?

00:44:14And it's so dangerous at this time of year

00:44:16for slipping and algae building up.

00:44:18This is a serious brush.

00:44:19It is.

00:44:19It's a miracle patio brush,

00:44:21and it has plastic bristles around the edge,

00:44:23and then in the centre, metal,

00:44:25which is really, really strong.

00:44:27We've got one...

00:44:29That's it.

00:44:30I mean, have you noticed I suddenly seem to be doing a large labour?

00:44:34It's fine by me.

00:44:35She's very neat at this.

00:44:35Just a look at that.

00:44:36Oh, yes.

00:44:36It's very gentlemanly, Alan.

00:44:38It's very nice.

00:44:38Well, it does work.

00:44:40Do you want to roll it off?

00:44:41Yeah.

00:44:42And actually, you do...

00:44:43Yeah, see?

00:44:44Instant effects.

00:44:45And quite rewarding.

00:44:47Well, it's also sensible,

00:44:48because it stops them being quite so slippy.

00:44:50It does, it does.

00:44:51And then you've got, over here,

00:44:53for those little cracks in between the paving,

00:44:55these are paving kind of brushes.

00:44:57This is beginning to be something like something

00:44:59out of the Bridget Jones films.

00:45:00For those little cracks,

00:45:01there's nothing else to much.

00:45:03As used by,

00:45:04Your Lord Highness, the Duchess of Kent.

00:45:07Yes.

00:45:07Anyway.

00:45:08I feel like I ought to do some work.

00:45:10So do I.

00:45:11Down your cracks.

00:45:12You see, I quite like the moss between the others.

00:45:14It does look pretty,

00:45:14but sometimes it can be a bit slippery, can't it?

00:45:16So you can get that,

00:45:17but that's quite good,

00:45:18because, again, metal bristles.

00:45:19Or you can get one of these,

00:45:21which is serious.

00:45:22I ought to be not let loose with this.

00:45:24Taking out the weeds.

00:45:25Yeah, that's it.

00:45:25And that's quite good as well.

00:45:26That's neat, isn't it?

00:45:27A little hand weeder.

00:45:28Nicely made bit of kit.

00:45:30So, patios dirt weed,

00:45:31unless it snows,

00:45:32and if it snows,

00:45:34I think we ought to get manual.

00:45:35Now, you can have...

00:45:36Oh, hold on.

00:45:37I have to say,

00:45:39here we are,

00:45:40all knotted up.

00:45:41I don't think I'll ever push the snow plow.

00:45:45Serious,

00:45:46serious piece of kit, that, isn't it?

00:45:48And it would do the job.

00:45:49It would do the job, doesn't it?

00:45:50It is.

00:45:50It does not find drizzle, right?

00:45:52No, not a few flakes.

00:45:53Or just a standard plastic shovel.

00:45:55And I think grit and sand,

00:45:56yes, people use,

00:45:57but actually,

00:45:58I think just get in there

00:45:58with one of these,

00:45:59and that does the job, doesn't it?

00:46:00And then plant protection as well,

00:46:02because you have to think about our plants,

00:46:04and they're often January and February,

00:46:06the coldest months, aren't they?

00:46:07So fleece,

00:46:08we have it in a roll in white,

00:46:10that's what we're used to seeing.

00:46:11But you can get these.

00:46:13Oh, a fleece tunnel.

00:46:14Little tunnels.

00:46:15So if you've got the sort of veg outside

00:46:17that you want,

00:46:17just give a bit of protection,

00:46:18just get the worst of the weather off.

00:46:20It's not going to raise the temperature much,

00:46:22is it?

00:46:22But it will just...

00:46:23It just protects them a little bit,

00:46:24and it's really quick and easy as well.

00:46:25You can just pop out and do that.

00:46:27Neat.

00:46:27But until recently,

00:46:28I didn't realise,

00:46:29you can also get fleece in green.

00:46:33Look at this amazing fern design.

00:46:36This is a fleece jacket

00:46:37that you just pop over,

00:46:38say, a tree fern or something like that,

00:46:40but really blends in nicely.

00:46:42Yeah, and so it's not quite as a start

00:46:43from a distance.

00:46:44Unless it's snowing,

00:46:45in which case,

00:46:46the white would be better.

00:46:47One of each, maybe.

00:46:48Yeah, neat.

00:46:49But that's really good.

00:46:50Okay.

00:46:50And then covering plants

00:46:51with cloches as well.

00:46:53The bell cloches,

00:46:54cloche is from the French word for bell,

00:46:55but they just cover up perennials,

00:46:58tender perennials,

00:46:58don't they,

00:46:59if you've got the odd ones.

00:46:59And you get some lovely,

00:47:01newly made,

00:47:02Victorian-style cloches

00:47:03that are made for iron and glass.

00:47:06And they're beautiful.

00:47:07They're good garden ornaments.

00:47:08Yeah, they look really good year-round.

00:47:09And then the long ones

00:47:10for perhaps salad crops.

00:47:11But, yeah,

00:47:11so plants all happy.

00:47:13Just about time

00:47:14to do a New Year planter.

00:47:16Right.

00:47:17You feel like a good sit-down after all.

00:47:19Well, I'm going to let you do this now.

00:47:20Yes, yes.

00:47:21That's fair enough.

00:47:21I've been scrubbing.

00:47:22You have.

00:47:22You've been working hard.

00:47:23So we've gone for a green-glazed bowl,

00:47:25green in feng shui

00:47:27for growth and vitality.

00:47:29So important for a New Year.

00:47:31A couple of bamboos here.

00:47:32Now, with bamboos,

00:47:33this is a Fargesia rufer.

00:47:36You have to be careful

00:47:37with bamboos, don't you?

00:47:38Because they can

00:47:38run away with themselves.

00:47:40Well, they're all right in the pub.

00:47:40Yeah.

00:47:41Fargesia is generally the one

00:47:42which is safer than Phyllostachis,

00:47:44which is the one

00:47:44that really does run.

00:47:45It's a good one.

00:47:46And as a backdrop as well,

00:47:47they're good because they're evergreen.

00:47:49So popping plants up against that.

00:47:50And you get lovely...

00:47:52You do, don't you?

00:47:53And the wind rustles and the sussurations.

00:47:56Oh, nice word.

00:47:57I like that sussuration.

00:47:58It's sort of onomatopoeia.

00:47:59Yeah, it is.

00:48:00And you've got a little skimier rubella.

00:48:01I have.

00:48:02This is the male one, isn't it?

00:48:03Because it flowers with those red buds.

00:48:05Now, I'm using garnet red

00:48:07because garnet is the birthstone for January.

00:48:09In fact, I'm wearing

00:48:10my grandmother's garnet ring there.

00:48:12Amongst the soil.

00:48:13I'm getting it in the mud.

00:48:13I mean, look at this.

00:48:14I am.

00:48:14Granny, do not be upset.

00:48:16No.

00:48:17God, dear.

00:48:18It's not the most practical of a garden, is it?

00:48:20And then at the front,

00:48:21some little cyclamen as well.

00:48:22And red in the Chinese New Year.

00:48:24I'm just popping these in.

00:48:25Oh, thank you.

00:48:26It's a really important colour.

00:48:27I think the most important colour

00:48:28in the Chinese New Year

00:48:30for a good year ahead.

00:48:31That's lovely, isn't it?

00:48:32That looks.

00:48:33Yeah.

00:48:33There you go.

00:48:34Done.

00:48:36So, and the thing about winter containers

00:48:37is they don't need a lot of attention

00:48:39when it comes to watering.

00:48:40We've got this gentle drizzle now

00:48:42just coming down.

00:48:43It's fine, and then you can swap out

00:48:44the cyclamen, actually,

00:48:46as they die off.

00:48:47And they will,

00:48:48because these cyclamen,

00:48:49the larger flowered ones,

00:48:50they're not going to be hardy.

00:48:51No, they're not the most hardy.

00:48:52In towns and cities

00:48:53where the city heat is that much higher,

00:48:57they're OK.

00:48:58But out in the country particularly,

00:49:00it's the little tiny ones

00:49:01which are tough,

00:49:02and these are not.

00:49:03But as you say,

00:49:04these can be your sort of

00:49:05this and the skimmier.

00:49:06That's your layers.

00:49:07Your nucleus, really.

00:49:09And then you can replace

00:49:10the stuff around the floor.

00:49:10And it's a bit late

00:49:12sticking bulbs in now.

00:49:12You can get little potted bulbs

00:49:14and pop those in.

00:49:15Yeah, you can pop those in.

00:49:15Or even red pansies as well,

00:49:17which would be hardier,

00:49:17wouldn't they,

00:49:18if you used that.

00:49:18If you're sticking with the garlic,

00:49:19you'd better go and wash

00:49:20your granny's ring now.

00:49:21That's right,

00:49:21I know I'll be in trouble.

00:49:22She'll be telling me off.

00:49:23Why did you let her put her hands

00:49:24in that compost with that ring on?

00:49:25I know, I know.

00:49:26Do you know how long

00:49:26that's been in the town, eh?

00:49:27I know you're going to be in trouble now.

00:49:29Thanks, Camilla.

00:49:31Happy New Year.

00:49:31Now go and wash.

00:49:38Now, a couple of weeks back,

00:49:40we watched survivalist Ray Mears

00:49:42and YouTuber-turned-Strictly star

00:49:44Joe Sugg build a shelter

00:49:46in the heart of Sussex.

00:49:48Well, the boys are back.

00:49:49And this time,

00:49:50they're turning their attention

00:49:51to the ancient art of fire lighting.

00:50:07So I think you'd agree

00:50:08that we've hardly used any energy

00:50:10to build this shelter.

00:50:11We can survive longer

00:50:12because we've still got energy

00:50:13inside us to keep warm.

00:50:15It's been an adventure for me as well.

00:50:16I mean, I've turned up,

00:50:18we've built this shelter.

00:50:18I've contributed

00:50:20with my thatching skill,

00:50:21which has taken me back down

00:50:22memory lane a little bit as well.

00:50:24But it's just nice to know

00:50:25that if the weather turned really bad

00:50:27or I was injured,

00:50:29knowing this skill

00:50:30is just so useful.

00:50:31So we've got a windbreak,

00:50:32we've got shelter from rain,

00:50:34and now we need warmth.

00:50:35Once we have achieved that,

00:50:37we have made life survivable.

00:50:41This fungus has got this lovely name

00:50:43King Alfred's cakes

00:50:44or cramp balls.

00:50:45If they're dry,

00:50:47you can ignite these with a spark.

00:50:48and they glow like charcoals.

00:50:50These are at their best in the winter

00:50:52when you need them most.

00:50:53It's like nature has given us

00:50:54something to help us.

00:50:56You normally find them

00:50:56on the underside of logs.

00:50:57They have got that kind of

00:50:59mushroomy smell,

00:51:00mushroom mix of like

00:51:01children's shoe shop.

00:51:03Do you know what I mean?

00:51:03A new pair of school shoes.

00:51:04No, I'm getting sunset over Solihar.

00:51:07Yeah.

00:51:08Fruity note.

00:51:09It's a real full circle moment for me,

00:51:12this,

00:51:12because I watch Ray all the time

00:51:14as a young child growing up

00:51:16and I never thought I'd be in the woods with him.

00:51:20So what we're doing now,

00:51:21we're looking at the top of the trees

00:51:22to try and find twigs.

00:51:24That can be used as kindling

00:51:27for getting the fire started.

00:51:29That is

00:51:32hazel.

00:51:34Is this a hazel?

00:51:35Yeah.

00:51:36Yes.

00:51:37So I'm gathering these pine needles

00:51:39right so they've got like a resin in them

00:51:40which could be useful if it's dried

00:51:43for helping getting the fire going.

00:51:46So Joe, we've got permission

00:51:48to make fire here today.

00:51:49Also, while we're building the fire,

00:51:51this is mineral soil.

00:51:52This soil won't catch light,

00:51:53it's not peat.

00:51:54We need to create a base for our fire

00:51:56and it gives ventilation as well

00:51:59but the most important thing

00:52:00is early on in the life of the fire,

00:52:01this will start to glow

00:52:02and give heart to the fire

00:52:04which makes it more certain in bad weather.

00:52:06Yeah.

00:52:07So now we need to think about

00:52:08the small stick that we gathered

00:52:09and what I'm going to do

00:52:10is I'm going to divide this big bundle

00:52:13into two halves

00:52:14and I'm going to put those down

00:52:16at an angle

00:52:18across our platform.

00:52:19Ah, 45 across.

00:52:21Yep.

00:52:21And this is where we want

00:52:23to introduce our plane.

00:52:24This is a ferrocerium rod.

00:52:26It's a mixture of iron and cerium

00:52:28and it gives good sparks.

00:52:29It's the best tool to carry

00:52:31for fire lighting in the wilderness

00:52:32because it doesn't matter

00:52:33if it gets wet

00:52:34and you can get thousands of fires from it.

00:52:36You can even signal with it

00:52:37because it's so bright.

00:52:39Okay.

00:52:41It's like Harry Potter's wand.

00:52:43So here's the fungus

00:52:44we collected earlier,

00:52:45the cramp balls.

00:52:46I'm going to try and ignite that now.

00:52:47I have lit many fires in my time

00:52:49but never this way.

00:52:50It's a matter of getting them

00:52:51to land in the right spot.

00:52:52Here we go.

00:52:55Now once we've got one going

00:52:56we'll try and ignite three of them.

00:53:04Right.

00:53:05Pack those together tightly

00:53:06and blow.

00:53:09Are the needles catching?

00:53:11No, not really.

00:53:12Shall I have her?

00:53:13It's like,

00:53:14it's ignited,

00:53:15it's like glowing

00:53:15but then it's...

00:53:17It makes you get lightheaded.

00:53:20I'm trying to inflate a lilo

00:53:21for my nieces.

00:53:23That's how you do it.

00:53:26Can you imagine

00:53:27when the first human

00:53:28discovered how to do this?

00:53:30It's quite difficult

00:53:31if you've never done this before.

00:53:33Do you not get lightheaded?

00:53:34No.

00:53:35It's just me.

00:53:36I'm just a wimp.

00:53:39Now,

00:53:40we're going to pop that under there.

00:53:42And continue blowing.

00:53:46Hey!

00:53:49That's really good.

00:53:50Joe, you've been really helpful.

00:53:52You can see this is quite a skill.

00:53:53Yeah.

00:53:53It's not so simple.

00:53:54You have to practice these things.

00:53:56This all started from

00:53:58that one spark

00:53:59in a bit of fungus.

00:54:01Tiniest of embers

00:54:02but you've managed to

00:54:03turn it into this.

00:54:04Part of the magic.

00:54:06But if you could collect

00:54:06some firewood,

00:54:07I think we'll make some coffee.

00:54:10Yeah.

00:54:10Joe told me that he

00:54:12gets a bit of a buzz

00:54:13off of coffee.

00:54:14I love everything about coffee

00:54:16but it makes me really jittery

00:54:17and like...

00:54:18...wired.

00:54:19Because I'm with Ray,

00:54:20I'm just going to go with it.

00:54:21A proper woodland fire smell.

00:54:24It really lifts your spirits

00:54:25there, doesn't it?

00:54:25It does, yeah.

00:54:26Obviously, you've got

00:54:27the loose grounds in here.

00:54:28There's no filter.

00:54:29But without a doubt,

00:54:30there is one really good

00:54:32way to get rid of the grounds

00:54:33and that's to centrifuge the pot.

00:54:35Let's hope the handle

00:54:36stays in place.

00:54:37You need a good handle.

00:54:38Yeah.

00:54:40That'll do, mate.

00:54:42Thanks.

00:54:42There you go.

00:54:46Not bad, eh?

00:54:47That's very good.

00:54:48We've got rain shelter,

00:54:49wind shelter.

00:54:50We haven't put a bed in yet.

00:54:51We've got warmth

00:54:52and we've got good coffee.

00:54:53What else do you need?

00:54:54Good company,

00:54:55which we also have.

00:54:56Cheers.

00:54:57Very good help.

00:54:59Thanks, Ray and Joe.

00:55:00Wonderful to see you both

00:55:02reminding us how to appreciate

00:55:04and survive the great outdoors.

00:55:07Coming up,

00:55:07rich, comforting

00:55:09and perfect for a winter's day.

00:55:11Tony Oshoba opens up

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00:55:14with her selection of reds

00:55:16that bring a little warmth

00:55:17and reassurance

00:55:18to even the chilliest Sunday.

00:55:20And, brace yourselves,

00:55:22heavy metals are riding

00:55:24at Manor Farm.

00:55:25Yes, the vintage tractors

00:55:27are here,

00:55:27older,

00:55:28louder

00:55:29and far more dependable

00:55:31than any band

00:55:31you listen to

00:55:32in the 70s.

00:55:33See you with the tractors

00:55:34and their very proud owners

00:55:36right after the break.

00:55:50Welcome back

00:55:52to Love Your Weekend.

00:55:53Coming up,

00:55:54she first stole our hearts

00:55:55as Linda Day

00:55:56in Press Gang

00:55:57and gave us one of television's

00:55:59most iconic eye rolls

00:56:00as Safi

00:56:02in Absolutely Fabulous.

00:56:03Julia Swala

00:56:04keeping us all entertained.

00:56:05This time,

00:56:07it's Mrs Wendell

00:56:08in Father Brown.

00:56:09Now,

00:56:10they're sturdy,

00:56:11they're reliable

00:56:12and once upon a time

00:56:13they were the absolute backbone

00:56:15of the British countryside.

00:56:17These days,

00:56:18these fine old tractors

00:56:19are polished,

00:56:20cherished and celebrated

00:56:21at shows

00:56:22right across the country.

00:56:24Here to reveal all

00:56:25about their impressive machinery

00:56:27and the stories behind them

00:56:28are Lewis,

00:56:30Matt,

00:56:31Sam,

00:56:32Kevin and Claire.

00:56:34Starting with you,

00:56:35Lewis,

00:56:35the youngest of the lot

00:56:37from the New Forest

00:56:39Tractor and Engine

00:56:40Preservation Society.

00:56:42Yeah.

00:56:42I'm glad I got that

00:56:43out of the way.

00:56:44So,

00:56:45tell me about this.

00:56:46Is this the classic

00:56:47little grey Fergie?

00:56:48Yes.

00:56:48It is.

00:56:49A Ferguson tractor.

00:56:49How old?

00:56:5078 years old.

00:56:52Goodness me,

00:56:53only slightly older than me.

00:56:54I've nose wearing better.

00:56:56So,

00:56:56how did you come up on it?

00:56:57I went one day

00:56:58to go and get some pigs

00:56:59and I got told in the hedge

00:57:00there was a tractor for sale.

00:57:02In the hedge?

00:57:03In the hedge.

00:57:03It's been sat there

00:57:04for about 50 years,

00:57:04you reckon.

00:57:05Really?

00:57:06And when we bought it,

00:57:08the front tyres were shredded

00:57:09and the front rims were rusted.

00:57:12Yeah.

00:57:12The rims down here,

00:57:13they're original.

00:57:15These tyres,

00:57:15they were the most expensive bit

00:57:17and pretty much everything else

00:57:18on here is original.

00:57:19Wonderful.

00:57:20And you got it going.

00:57:21Yeah.

00:57:21It took us 42 pounds

00:57:22to get it going.

00:57:2542 pounds?

00:57:26Yeah,

00:57:26we got some new spark plugs,

00:57:27some new leads for it,

00:57:29then petrol.

00:57:29Yeah.

00:57:30And then that got the engine

00:57:31to turn over.

00:57:32And that was it.

00:57:32It started after 50 years.

00:57:34It's a good advert

00:57:35for little great Fergie's,

00:57:36isn't it?

00:57:36And when we got it,

00:57:37it was the original oil

00:57:37in it as well.

00:57:39How astonishing.

00:57:40So,

00:57:40what's the fascination

00:57:41for you with a tractor?

00:57:43Well,

00:57:43with a tractor,

00:57:44I feel like

00:57:44they're quite fun to enjoy.

00:57:46Yeah.

00:57:46You can just pretty much

00:57:48fix them when you want.

00:57:49Yeah.

00:57:49And if they break down

00:57:50and they're really simple to run.

00:57:51Well,

00:57:52I mean,

00:57:52you've proved the fact

00:57:53that they're durable,

00:57:54haven't they?

00:57:54It's been at the edge of that.

00:57:55Oh,

00:57:55you're a farmer's son,

00:57:56then,

00:57:56are you?

00:57:56I work at a farm

00:57:57in the New Forest.

00:57:59And one day,

00:57:59do you think you'll have your own?

00:58:00Yeah.

00:58:01What do you particularly love

00:58:02about this particular model?

00:58:04With this one,

00:58:04it's very simple.

00:58:05Yeah.

00:58:06You've got four gears.

00:58:08Yeah.

00:58:08And like most tractors,

00:58:09you start on the key.

00:58:11Yeah.

00:58:11With this,

00:58:11you start on the gearbox.

00:58:14And it's a very simple engine as well.

00:58:16Yeah.

00:58:17Can you start it off

00:58:18and give us a look?

00:58:19Here we go.

00:58:19Watch this now,

00:58:20then.

00:58:21Key.

00:58:26And you start it

00:58:28by pushing the gear lever.

00:58:29Yeah.

00:58:30It's a lovely sound.

00:58:32Did it sound like that

00:58:33when you first started it off?

00:58:34It was a lot loud

00:58:35because it didn't have an exhaust.

00:58:36Right,

00:58:37turn it off now.

00:58:39What we were saying,

00:58:40if you couldn't hear us then,

00:58:42was it was a lot louder

00:58:43when Lewis first started it up

00:58:45in the edge of it

00:58:46because it didn't have an exhaust pipe.

00:58:48And is it a working Fergie now?

00:58:49Where do you use it now?

00:58:50It does get used around the yard

00:58:51and taken to shows as well.

00:58:53Taken to shows.

00:58:53Have you won any prizes with it?

00:58:54Yeah,

00:58:55I won quite a few prizes with it.

00:58:56Well,

00:58:57good for you.

00:58:57Look,

00:58:57it's lovely to meet you.

00:58:59Good luck to you

00:58:59with your little grab.

00:59:00I'm quite envious of this now.

00:59:02I like a classic car,

00:59:03but I think,

00:59:03you know,

00:59:03I like a classic tractor too.

00:59:05Well,

00:59:05I'm turning now

00:59:06to some of your comrades here.

00:59:08Now,

00:59:08Matt,

00:59:08you're from the Wessex

00:59:10Historic Tractor

00:59:11and Implement Club.

00:59:12You're good at snappy titles,

00:59:14you tractor enthusiasts,

00:59:15I tell you.

00:59:16So,

00:59:16tell me about the area you cover.

00:59:18So,

00:59:18we've got members from,

00:59:19I'd say,

00:59:20mostly Hampshire.

00:59:21Yeah.

00:59:21A couple from Berkshire.

00:59:23We run all the way across

00:59:23of Surrey and Sussex as well.

00:59:25Right,

00:59:25so it's that lump

00:59:26of the old-fashioned Wessex

00:59:27all coming in.

00:59:28But this,

00:59:29I mean,

00:59:29this is shiny

00:59:30in the extreme,

00:59:31Clare.

00:59:32And a gold undercarriage,

00:59:35as it were.

00:59:36Fabulous.

00:59:37So,

00:59:37tell me about this,

00:59:38Kevin.

00:59:38I mean,

00:59:39what age is this one?

00:59:40This was built in 1957.

00:59:42Yeah.

00:59:43So,

00:59:43it's exactly 10 years younger

00:59:44than the next door.

00:59:46yes.

00:59:46Yeah.

00:59:47But very flashy.

00:59:48Was it regarded as a kind of

00:59:50posh new thing?

00:59:51It was in between

00:59:52when the Queen got coronated

00:59:53in 1954 and 57.

00:59:55Yeah.

00:59:56And that's why they painted

00:59:58it with the actual,

00:59:59it's known as the gold belly.

01:00:01Yeah.

01:00:01And that's why they painted it gold.

01:00:02So,

01:00:03now,

01:00:03Louis found his inner hedgerow

01:00:04and it's been there 50 years.

01:00:06What's the story behind yours?

01:00:07This actually belonged

01:00:08to Clare's brother.

01:00:09I bought it off of him.

01:00:10Is that why you married her?

01:00:12Oh,

01:00:12no,

01:00:12don't go there.

01:00:13No,

01:00:13sorry.

01:00:13Right.

01:00:14Married your future

01:00:15or distractor.

01:00:16Yeah.

01:00:17And bought it off of him.

01:00:18And when I started to restore it,

01:00:20I found out,

01:00:20obviously,

01:00:21the bonnets are different

01:00:22and little things

01:00:22I picked up on it

01:00:23and found out

01:00:24it was a grain gold.

01:00:26Could you get sparse,

01:00:27can you get sparse for it?

01:00:28You can get most parts for it

01:00:29but it's just tin work part

01:00:30to try and keep it original.

01:00:32Yeah.

01:00:32And if you,

01:00:32you can buy paint and parts

01:00:34but,

01:00:35you know,

01:00:35I tried to keep it

01:00:36as original as I could.

01:00:36It's absolutely glorious.

01:00:38A little bit more sophisticated,

01:00:39presumably,

01:00:40than that one,

01:00:40Clare.

01:00:40I guess I'm not mechanically minded,

01:00:43I just drive it.

01:00:45It's exactly the same.

01:00:47And do you enjoy driving it?

01:00:48Do you like it?

01:00:49I do,

01:00:49yeah,

01:00:49it's good fun.

01:00:50Everybody comes out,

01:00:51smiles and waves.

01:00:52Yeah,

01:00:52well,

01:00:52you would,

01:00:53wouldn't you,

01:00:53because it's such a beautiful thing

01:00:54but then they all are.

01:00:55How many have you got

01:00:56altogether,

01:00:57Kevin?

01:00:58In total,

01:00:58between me dad and myself,

01:01:00it was about 18.

01:01:01Good heavens above.

01:01:02And are they all going?

01:01:03They all run.

01:01:04Wonderful.

01:01:05So,

01:01:051947,

01:01:071957,

01:01:08where are we going next,

01:01:09Matt?

01:01:10I'll let Sam tell you.

01:01:11Sam,

01:01:11hi.

01:01:12Hiya.

01:01:12So this is a super Dexter.

01:01:14Yeah.

01:01:15Fordson.

01:01:16Fordson,

01:01:16yeah.

01:01:16The other famous name,

01:01:17really,

01:01:17in tractors,

01:01:18isn't it?

01:01:19Fergie,

01:01:20Ferguson,

01:01:20and then,

01:01:21and Massie Ferguson,

01:01:22and Fordson.

01:01:23Tell me about this one.

01:01:24How long have you had this?

01:01:24So this is,

01:01:26was built in 1968,

01:01:271962.

01:01:27Yeah.

01:01:28I've owned it for,

01:01:29probably two years now.

01:01:31Chap,

01:01:32I bought it off of,

01:01:33done this to it,

01:01:34and this was sort of,

01:01:36bought back from the dead as well.

01:01:37Is this a favourite,

01:01:38the Fordson?

01:01:39This is up there with one of them,

01:01:40yes.

01:01:40Why?

01:01:41Why is it special about this particular one?

01:01:43It's just something,

01:01:44from a young age,

01:01:45I've been bought up with.

01:01:46Yeah.

01:01:47We're driving a Fordson Major.

01:01:48And a good drive,

01:01:49an easy drive?

01:01:51Yeah.

01:01:51Yeah,

01:01:51real easy.

01:01:52Yeah.

01:01:52Real easy,

01:01:52yeah.

01:01:53Well,

01:01:53look,

01:01:53Matt's standing in front of his.

01:01:55Have you seen this?

01:01:56I mean,

01:01:56size isn't everything,

01:01:57Matt.

01:01:58Somebody ought to tell you that,

01:02:00but this is a monster.

01:02:01Let's go and have a look at this.

01:02:02So we've had 47,

01:02:0457,

01:02:0562,

01:02:06this is the 8,000 Ford,

01:02:09at what date's this?

01:02:101971.

01:02:11I'm getting a crick in my neck here.

01:02:151971.

01:02:15So there's roughly sort of 10 years in between each of them,

01:02:17really.

01:02:17You can see the decades as they go along.

01:02:19Now this,

01:02:20I don't think I've seen anything like this in a British field.

01:02:22No,

01:02:23you won't have done.

01:02:24They were,

01:02:26Ford went up to the 7,000,

01:02:28which was the biggest that they did over here,

01:02:29which was a four-cylinder tractor.

01:02:31Yeah.

01:02:31These were produced in America,

01:02:33so they did an 8,000 and a 9,000.

01:02:35First big six-cylinder engine that Ford produced,

01:02:38put into a tractor.

01:02:40They were attempted to be sold over here,

01:02:43but they were deemed too big back in the 70s.

01:02:45They didn't sell in big numbers.

01:02:47There's a few over here.

01:02:48Yeah.

01:02:48But they definitely didn't sell in big numbers.

01:02:50It's quite rare then.

01:02:51Yeah.

01:02:51There's a handful that I know of,

01:02:53but apart from that,

01:02:54there's not many over here.

01:02:56Yeah.

01:02:56And if somebody wanted to get into the tractor,

01:02:59well,

01:02:59you know,

01:02:59I want a tractor,

01:03:00what's the sort of ballpark figure you'd have to pay to buy one?

01:03:03You can still pick a Fergie up for probably £1,000 still.

01:03:07Yeah.

01:03:08And sky's the limit.

01:03:10Fine.

01:03:10But you can still get into it relatively cheaply,

01:03:12and I think that's the reason a lot of people do.

01:03:14And if you're looking like Lewis,

01:03:16you see it because you're observant,

01:03:17lying in Edgerow for 50 years and say,

01:03:20can I have that?

01:03:21Yeah,

01:03:21take it away.

01:03:23He's looking very small.

01:03:24I think looking at your little one at the end,

01:03:26Lewis,

01:03:27you know,

01:03:27that's the one I think that will warm people's hearts.

01:03:29But I have to say that your passion,

01:03:32guys,

01:03:32for what you own and what you run is just laudable.

01:03:37It's always wonderful meeting enthusiasts

01:03:39and hearing them wax lyrical about their vehicles.

01:03:41Well,

01:03:42we heard Lewis's beautiful throaty growl.

01:03:45I think we ought to hear the other three as well.

01:03:46Claire,

01:03:47would you like to turn on yours?

01:03:51See,

01:03:51that's the sound I remember from my childhood.

01:03:54It's that little bit young man.

01:03:56Lovely.

01:03:58Right.

01:03:58Sam,

01:03:58can you match that one?

01:04:07They get,

01:04:10they sort of get throaty,

01:04:13don't they?

01:04:13I'm a bit frightened of asking that.

01:04:14I just like to start it up now.

01:04:16It's probably been part of the way.

01:04:17Go on,

01:04:17Martin,

01:04:18give us a go.

01:04:18Show on.

01:04:20Whoa.

01:04:26That's a boiler house chimney on that one,

01:04:28isn't it?

01:04:29A lot of exhaust pipe.

01:04:30Wonderful.

01:04:31Lovely to be with you all.

01:04:32Thank you so much for bringing you along.

01:04:33Wonderful.

01:04:39Coming up,

01:04:40when January throws its worst at us,

01:04:43sometimes only a glass of something red will do.

01:04:46Wine expert,

01:04:47Tony Ashoba's here,

01:04:48with the best of British tipples

01:04:50that put the glow back in your cheeks.

01:04:53And speaking of lifting the spirits,

01:04:55the sharp-witted Julia Sawala

01:04:57on her illustrious career

01:04:59and stepping into the world of cosy murder mysteries

01:05:02in Father Brown.

01:05:03We'll be having an absolutely fabulous time

01:05:06with Julia after the break.

01:05:20Welcome back to Love Your Weekend.

01:05:22Still ahead,

01:05:23what's rich,

01:05:24red and guaranteed

01:05:25to lift the spirits on a January morning.

01:05:27No, not my long johns.

01:05:29Tony Ashoba's brought us

01:05:30her warming best of British vino selections.

01:05:33But first,

01:05:34Julia Sawala has given us

01:05:35so many memorable characters over the years.

01:05:38Comic,

01:05:38dramatic

01:05:39and delightfully unpredictable.

01:05:41But there's one role

01:05:42that truly cemented her

01:05:43in the nation's heart

01:05:45as the wonderfully exasperated,

01:05:47ever-sensible

01:05:48Safi

01:05:49in this comedy classic.

01:05:51Morning, wedding girl.

01:05:52Morning.

01:05:56Did you sleep well, darling?

01:05:58No, I could hardly sleep at all.

01:05:59Well, that's just wedding butterflies, you know.

01:06:01Yes.

01:06:02I never had those,

01:06:03but I never had the build-up, you know.

01:06:05Oh, guess who I spoke to this morning, Serge?

01:06:07Oh, is he coming?

01:06:08No, he can't make the wedding,

01:06:08but he's coming to the reception.

01:06:09Oh, yes.

01:06:11It's nice.

01:06:12You don't normally come up

01:06:13and see me in the morning.

01:06:14No, I don't.

01:06:15Do I, darling?

01:06:16Right, come in, Pat.

01:06:16I've got it.

01:06:17I've got it.

01:06:18I've got it.

01:06:18Get on me.

01:06:19Get on me.

01:06:19Ah!

01:06:32The redness will go.

01:06:34The redness will go.

01:06:35It's just I'm a perfectionist.

01:06:36I'm sorry.

01:06:37I'm a perfectionist.

01:06:39Safi once again

01:06:40at the mercy of her mother and Patsy.

01:06:42I mean,

01:06:42the physicality of the comedy

01:06:44and that was quite dramatic,

01:06:47but the interplay,

01:06:48you know,

01:06:48you're always thought of

01:06:48as the serious one in a way,

01:06:50but then in other ways,

01:06:52the counterpoint between the two of you,

01:06:54the three of you,

01:06:54was quite remarkable.

01:06:56How did Dickens,

01:06:57you kept a straight face

01:06:58the most of the time?

01:06:59I've no idea.

01:07:00Well,

01:07:01I got a lot of my laughing out

01:07:03in rehearsals.

01:07:04Yeah.

01:07:05But also,

01:07:06you know,

01:07:06you are in front of a,

01:07:08I'm not going to say live audience,

01:07:09because what else would it be?

01:07:10In front of an audience,

01:07:11you have a theatre,

01:07:12really,

01:07:13and then you have camera.

01:07:14And so,

01:07:16Jennifer and Joanna's performances

01:07:19in rehearsal

01:07:20are very,

01:07:21very funny,

01:07:22and so I prepare myself,

01:07:23get all my laughter out then.

01:07:25Then on the night,

01:07:26the audience kind of ramp up

01:07:28the adrenaline

01:07:28and things come out

01:07:29of the two of them

01:07:30that you never saw in rehearsals,

01:07:32and it gets such a huge laugh.

01:07:34But if I were to laugh,

01:07:37then I've broken it for them.

01:07:39They've got to do it again,

01:07:40and it's not the same.

01:07:41The audience will willingly laugh again,

01:07:44but it's never the same

01:07:45as that real impulsive laugh.

01:07:48So it's out of respect for them.

01:07:51And sometimes I am just standing there

01:07:52in awe,

01:07:53watching their performance.

01:07:55You know,

01:07:56it's quite extraordinary

01:07:57to see it live.

01:07:59And also,

01:08:00if they are improvising

01:08:02as they go along,

01:08:03knowing quite when your moment

01:08:05is going to come in,

01:08:07it sharpens your timing up,

01:08:08I think.

01:08:08Yes,

01:08:09well,

01:08:09I mean,

01:08:09that scene is a classic example

01:08:11of us,

01:08:12you know,

01:08:12we just blocked it

01:08:13in rehearsal,

01:08:14very simple,

01:08:15you know,

01:08:15she's lying in bed

01:08:16and it's all,

01:08:17you know,

01:08:17very sweet,

01:08:18and Patsy's going to come in

01:08:19and rip my moustache off.

01:08:20We had no idea

01:08:22that it was going to bring

01:08:23the house down like that.

01:08:24So that's when

01:08:26Patsy starts doing that

01:08:27because we're actually waiting

01:08:28for the laugh to be over

01:08:29and I'm lying there,

01:08:30you know,

01:08:30you can sort of feel the director

01:08:31just keep on acting

01:08:32because you've got to let

01:08:34that laugh roll.

01:08:35But,

01:08:36you know,

01:08:36it must have been good for you

01:08:37to get one over,

01:08:39in a way,

01:08:40on Jennifer Saunders

01:08:41when you went on

01:08:41The Masked Singer

01:08:42because there she is

01:08:43on the panel.

01:08:44You are one of the contestants

01:08:46in The Masked Singer

01:08:48and she doesn't get you.

01:08:50Here we are.

01:08:51Take it off!

01:08:52Take it off!

01:08:54Take it off!

01:08:55Where are you?

01:08:56No watching.

01:08:57Take it off!

01:08:59Take it off!

01:09:00Take it off!

01:09:02Take it off!

01:09:03Take it off!

01:09:04Oh my God,

01:09:04who is it?

01:09:05Take it off!

01:09:06Take it off!

01:09:08Take it off!

01:09:08Oh!

01:09:09Oh!

01:09:10Oh!

01:09:12Oh!

01:09:13Oh!

01:09:13It's absolutely fabulous.

01:09:15Oh, my word.

01:09:17Jesus of water,

01:09:18everyone.

01:09:19Mummy!

01:09:20Darling!

01:09:21What are you doing?

01:09:23That's amazing.

01:09:24Singing girl!

01:09:26Buddy!

01:09:26That's amazing.

01:09:27Hello.

01:09:28What?

01:09:30What are you doing, darling?

01:09:32You don't know!

01:09:34Oh!

01:09:34You've got yourself

01:09:35in a mess!

01:09:38But you are very good.

01:09:42Oh, the justice.

01:09:43I love it when Jennifer

01:09:44does that.

01:09:45The gutting your own back.

01:09:47You can see the shock

01:09:48on her face.

01:09:49Oh, yeah.

01:09:50Did you see it?

01:09:51Well, I said to her,

01:09:51everybody's going to think

01:09:52it's fixed afterwards.

01:09:53She went,

01:09:54not with the look

01:09:54on my face.

01:09:55She said she didn't

01:09:56have a clue.

01:09:57Because also,

01:09:58from where she's sitting,

01:10:01the singers look

01:10:02very, very tall

01:10:03because you've got

01:10:04the extra, you know,

01:10:05mask on.

01:10:06I mean,

01:10:06they did tell me

01:10:07that Jennifer

01:10:08was going to be

01:10:09on the panel

01:10:10because if they hadn't,

01:10:12I'd walked out.

01:10:13It's scary enough

01:10:14as it is.

01:10:15If I'd seen her

01:10:15on the panel,

01:10:17I don't think

01:10:18I would have

01:10:19made it.

01:10:19Did you enjoy doing it?

01:10:21Scary.

01:10:21I loved it.

01:10:22Yeah, I mean,

01:10:23again, it's live.

01:10:24You don't get

01:10:25a second chance

01:10:27if you mess up

01:10:28on your song

01:10:28and you can't see,

01:10:29hear, smell,

01:10:30taste, walk,

01:10:31anything.

01:10:32And I said to

01:10:32my costume lady,

01:10:34I said,

01:10:34I don't know

01:10:35what I'm doing.

01:10:36She said,

01:10:36you're doing

01:10:36the Masked Singer.

01:10:37And I thought,

01:10:38yeah,

01:10:38haha, funny.

01:10:39But she was,

01:10:40she absolutely knew

01:10:41what she was doing.

01:10:42I said,

01:10:42I don't know

01:10:42what I'm singing.

01:10:43It's obviously

01:10:43happens to a lot of people

01:10:44in that situation

01:10:45because you've got nothing.

01:10:47You can't escape,

01:10:47you see,

01:10:48until you go

01:10:48into freeze mode.

01:10:50And what your body

01:10:51is actually doing

01:10:52is resting itself

01:10:53before the hard

01:10:54hit of adrenaline.

01:10:56But I'm,

01:10:57I'm a changed woman

01:10:59after that.

01:11:00Are you?

01:11:00For the better

01:11:01or worse?

01:11:02Yeah,

01:11:02for the better

01:11:03because I think

01:11:04if I could do that,

01:11:06because it wasn't

01:11:07stage fright,

01:11:08it was something

01:11:09way beyond.

01:11:10I could not pull

01:11:11a thing from my brain.

01:11:12It had gone

01:11:13totally

01:11:14black.

01:11:15I don't think

01:11:16I could have even

01:11:16known who I,

01:11:17my name,

01:11:18what my name was.

01:11:19And I could hear

01:11:19somebody singing

01:11:20and I knew

01:11:21I was going on

01:11:21and I could not

01:11:22escape the situation.

01:11:24And it was,

01:11:25yeah,

01:11:26I thought there's

01:11:27something wrong

01:11:27with my brain

01:11:28but I was told

01:11:29later on it was,

01:11:30It happens.

01:11:32Yes,

01:11:32it's your body

01:11:33going into protection

01:11:34mode.

01:11:35It's really interesting.

01:11:36Much more comfortable

01:11:37playing a part

01:11:39in Father Brown.

01:11:40Back within your

01:11:41comfort zone.

01:11:42So you've joined

01:11:42the cast of love.

01:11:43Let's have a look

01:11:43at you in Father Brown.

01:11:48You all right,

01:11:49Mrs. Wendell?

01:11:49Yes.

01:11:50Just a little bit

01:11:52stressed.

01:11:52We've got this

01:11:53rather complicated

01:11:54boa base to make

01:11:56which means

01:11:56that we have

01:11:57fish to fill it

01:11:58and 22 herbs

01:11:59and spices

01:12:00and we haven't even

01:12:00started the stock yet.

01:12:02It does seem

01:12:03a Herculean effort.

01:12:04Yes,

01:12:05but if we want

01:12:05to get into

01:12:05the Anderson's Guide.

01:12:07You might try

01:12:08making things

01:12:08people like to eat.

01:12:11Oh.

01:12:13Oh,

01:12:14yes,

01:12:14you're right.

01:12:17We could change

01:12:18the menu.

01:12:19Oh,

01:12:20fish pie.

01:12:22Everyone loves

01:12:22fish pie.

01:12:24Mrs. Wendell,

01:12:25may I have a word?

01:12:27Yes.

01:12:31There we are,

01:12:32working with

01:12:32Claudie Blakely again.

01:12:33You were together

01:12:34in Lark Rise.

01:12:35Yes.

01:12:35Yes,

01:12:36that was a game changer

01:12:37for me.

01:12:38Well,

01:12:38I love Father Brown

01:12:39but I thought Claudie

01:12:40because I love

01:12:41working with Claudie.

01:12:42We get on very well

01:12:43and we didn't have

01:12:44much to do together

01:12:44in Lark Rise

01:12:45and when we did,

01:12:46we had fantastic

01:12:47days together

01:12:48and I just,

01:12:49I love her very much

01:12:50and so it was very nice.

01:12:53Costume drama

01:12:53seems to call you

01:12:55quite a lot.

01:12:56I mean,

01:12:56you and I first met

01:12:57like 30 years ago

01:12:59probably now

01:12:59on the set

01:13:00when I was at Pebble Mill

01:13:01doing the set

01:13:02of Martin Chuzzlewit

01:13:03with Emma Chambers

01:13:05I remember

01:13:05and Paul Schofield.

01:13:06Sir Paul Schofield,

01:13:08yes.

01:13:08Working with Paul Schofield,

01:13:09I mean,

01:13:09what a treat.

01:13:10I know

01:13:10and it was only

01:13:11my second week

01:13:12of production

01:13:13I think

01:13:13and it was my first day

01:13:14with Sir Paul Schofield

01:13:15and everyone was

01:13:16more excited

01:13:17that Pebble Mill

01:13:18were turning up

01:13:19and Alan Titchmarsh

01:13:20was turning up

01:13:21and I was like,

01:13:21oh yeah,

01:13:22and I was like,

01:13:22oh my God,

01:13:23I've got a scene

01:13:23with Sir Paul Schofield

01:13:24and they were interviewing,

01:13:26calling people

01:13:27to be interviewed

01:13:27with you

01:13:28and they called me

01:13:28and I was like,

01:13:29me?

01:13:30I don't know,

01:13:31why do you want

01:13:31to speak to me?

01:13:32I felt really,

01:13:33really inadequate.

01:13:34We went behind a wall

01:13:35and you were so lovely

01:13:37and you were so interested,

01:13:38genuinely interested in me,

01:13:40Alan,

01:13:40and I won't ever forget that.

01:13:42Well, you're very kind.

01:13:44Well, I am interested in people.

01:13:46I know,

01:13:47I know,

01:13:47you're excellent at your job.

01:13:5050 quid we said,

01:13:51I'll give you an ear cry.

01:13:5220 lop.

01:13:53But I have to say

01:13:54the one thing

01:13:55for which you will always remember

01:13:56and certainly in our household

01:13:58is Lydia Bennet

01:14:00in the Pride and Prejudice,

01:14:03which is still forever talked about

01:14:04and still held up

01:14:06as the definitive Pride and Prejudice,

01:14:09this ghastly woman,

01:14:10Lydia Bennet,

01:14:11I mean,

01:14:11but, you know,

01:14:12she's a puppet, really.

01:14:15Oh, it seems amazing

01:14:16since we were at Longbourn.

01:14:18And here you all are

01:14:19just the same.

01:14:20Oh, my dear, dear Lydia.

01:14:24Fast.

01:14:25Oh, I don't believe you've grown.

01:14:27Oh, how we've missed you.

01:14:30Oh, we've been far too merry

01:14:31to miss any of you.

01:14:33Well, here we are.

01:14:36Haven't I caught myself

01:14:37a handsome husband?

01:14:38Indeed you have, my love.

01:14:41You are very welcome, sir.

01:14:43You're all goodness and kindness,

01:14:45ma'am, as always.

01:14:46Oh, let me give you a kiss, then.

01:14:53Well, shall we go in?

01:14:54Oh.

01:14:55Oh.

01:14:57Oh.

01:15:00No, Jane.

01:15:02I take your place now.

01:15:04You must go lower,

01:15:05because I am a married woman.

01:15:08Mrs. Wickham.

01:15:12Lord, how droll that sounds.

01:15:19Oh, I should have made more

01:15:20of that moment.

01:15:24You made quite a lot

01:15:25of that moment.

01:15:26A little bit of a shy actress there,

01:15:27I think.

01:15:28Really?

01:15:28Yeah, I think so.

01:15:2930 years ago.

01:15:30I could have done more with that.

01:15:30Yeah.

01:15:31Yeah.

01:15:31I know, it's astonishing,

01:15:32but it's held up so well.

01:15:33I'm going through most of the cast,

01:15:35and Alison's sat where you're sitting.

01:15:38Yes.

01:15:38Adrian Lucas has been there as well.

01:15:40Well, what a lovely cast.

01:15:41I mean, Benjamin Whittrow,

01:15:42I always thought,

01:15:43was a wonderful watch,

01:15:45as Mr. Bennet is.

01:15:46Yes, we all blended so well.

01:15:49I came on a month later,

01:15:51because I was doing Chuzzlewit.

01:15:53Of course, right.

01:15:54With you.

01:15:56And so I came on late,

01:15:58and they'd already shot quite a bit,

01:16:00and it was just instantly,

01:16:03like a bit naff to say it,

01:16:05like a family.

01:16:06And we all really very much respected

01:16:09what a difficult job everybody had

01:16:11with Austin's words,

01:16:14which Andrew Davis did a brilliant job,

01:16:16especially for me,

01:16:17because Lydia is much bigger in the series

01:16:20than she is in the book.

01:16:23And, you know,

01:16:24it was just one of those productions

01:16:26that had pixie dust all over it.

01:16:28I watched it about a year

01:16:29after it had been on,

01:16:31already broadcast.

01:16:33and obviously I'd seen Colin Firth,

01:16:36daily,

01:16:38and, you know,

01:16:39lovely,

01:16:40and when I watched it,

01:16:43I was like,

01:16:43whew.

01:16:47Because obviously I hadn't seen him,

01:16:48you know,

01:16:48Darcy Darcy-ing it up,

01:16:50you know,

01:16:50there's Colin Firth,

01:16:51not that he isn't lovely,

01:16:52but I rang my mum,

01:16:54I said,

01:16:54Mum,

01:16:54I said,

01:16:55have you watched My Little Press?

01:16:55She said,

01:16:56well, of course I have.

01:16:56And I said,

01:16:58have you seen Colin Firth?

01:17:00He's absolutely gorgeous.

01:17:02And she said,

01:17:03have you only just noticed

01:17:04half the nation

01:17:05have been spooning over him

01:17:06for the past year?

01:17:07And I didn't,

01:17:08I didn't really have any idea.

01:17:10You were just working with him.

01:17:11The success of the programme,

01:17:12yeah,

01:17:12of the whole programme.

01:17:14And I do,

01:17:14it's the only thing

01:17:15that I don't,

01:17:16not that I will actually

01:17:18sit down and watch

01:17:19that I'm in,

01:17:19and I just love it.

01:17:21I think it's brilliant.

01:17:22So do we,

01:17:22and we'll sit down

01:17:23and watch him in anything.

01:17:24You're all right.

01:17:25Lovely to have you with us.

01:17:26Lovely to be here.

01:17:27Thanks for coming.

01:17:27A chance now

01:17:28to relax and unwind

01:17:29with some stunning footage.

01:17:31set to some

01:17:31equally stunning music.

01:17:33It's time for today's

01:17:34Ode to Joy.

01:17:35Ode to Joy.

01:17:45¶¶

01:18:19¶¶

01:18:52¶¶

01:19:23That was the Scottish Highlands, glorious place,

01:19:26courtesy of David Lovell, who have drone about town

01:19:28and set to a Brandenburg concerto by Johann Sebastian Bach.

01:19:32Coming up, smooth, soft and soothing, it's wine o'clock

01:19:36and Tony Ashoba's here with the Comfort Reds

01:19:39to warm even the darkest of January days.

01:19:43I'll be back with Tony, Julia, Mark and a selection of Vinos

01:19:47right after the break.

01:20:03Welcome back to Love Your Weekend.

01:20:05Now, January may be chilly,

01:20:06but there's nothing like a warming glass of red

01:20:09to bring a little glow back into the day and the cheeks.

01:20:12These home-grown bottles here, perfect for cosy suppers, Sunday roasts

01:20:17or simply settling in by the fire.

01:20:20Here to guide us through her pick of the season's most comforting reds,

01:20:24Tony Ashoba.

01:20:24And Mark and Julia have very kindly said they'd join in two.

01:20:28So, I know it was a push to get you to do it, but here we are.

01:20:31Tony, it is the time of year for reds, isn't it?

01:20:34It is, indeed.

01:20:34And thank you so much for having me.

01:20:36We've got a lovely selection of Comfort Reds today.

01:20:39So, when you want something a little bit cosy,

01:20:40I feel like these are absolutely perfect.

01:20:43So, starting off, we've got an alcohol-free option from Beaver Farms.

01:20:46That's this one.

01:20:47Ease us in gently.

01:20:48Exactly.

01:20:49So, this is a sparkling cherry and raspberry

01:20:51and it's made with all-natural fruits.

01:20:54So, have a taste, see what you think of that.

01:20:55It's very raspberry.

01:20:57Yeah.

01:20:58Easy.

01:20:59Yeah, easy to drink.

01:20:59Lovely, isn't it?

01:21:00And you can really taste that real fruit.

01:21:02And to me, I think this is perfect after a nice winter walk,

01:21:06you want to come home, have something cosy but refreshing,

01:21:09this is that drink.

01:21:10It won't send you to sleep.

01:21:11No.

01:21:12Mark, has it got enough bite for you?

01:21:15It's nice and easy and, yes, I could drink quite a lot of that easily.

01:21:20Who knows what the others will bring.

01:21:22Julia, do you like it?

01:21:24I do like it but I'd like it in a kind of, like, a tippy-top, like a kid's cup.

01:21:30Yeah, well...

01:21:30It's very drinkable.

01:21:32You know what I mean?

01:21:33I know where you're going.

01:21:34Yeah, yeah.

01:21:35It feels odd having it in that glass but I feel like I'm being tricked.

01:21:39It is a fruit drink, isn't it?

01:21:40It is, yeah.

01:21:41But if you want to elevate it a little bit, you can have it in a nice flute.

01:21:43It's something a little bit different.

01:21:45Yeah.

01:21:45But, yeah, really delicious.

01:21:46And you'll get lovely notes of cherry, raspberry and a bit of apple from this one.

01:21:50Right, OK.

01:21:51Delicious, please.

01:21:52Moving on.

01:21:52Yes, moving on.

01:21:53We've got the Four Daughters Pinot Noir.

01:21:56This is a group of four sisters and they're all about bringing something new and different

01:22:00to the wine world.

01:22:01This is a very approachable Pinot Noir that you'll find but it's still got a nice depth.

01:22:05I love that word.

01:22:06The lovely words that you use in wine making.

01:22:08This is approachable.

01:22:09It's approachable.

01:22:10Hello, little wine.

01:22:10You tell me you're very approachable.

01:22:12Good afternoon.

01:22:13You can approach it and enjoy it.

01:22:14It's got lovely notes of summer fruits, a bit of cherry and a bit of raspberry as well.

01:22:18So have a taste, see what you think of that.

01:22:20Ooh.

01:22:21Ooh, that's very, that's fruity but in a wine way.

01:22:25Yeah, it's lovely.

01:22:26I don't drink red wine so I'm just going for the smell.

01:22:29It's slightly sharp.

01:22:31Yeah.

01:22:32For me, but.

01:22:33Yeah, it smells tart.

01:22:35Would that be a good word to use?

01:22:37Very good word, exactly.

01:22:38And so it's quite low in tannins this one so it would go really well with spicy food.

01:22:42So I'd have this with like a spicy stew or a spicy curry and it would pair just so beautifully

01:22:47and feel really comforting.

01:22:48Because it's not, it's not too heavy is it Mark?

01:22:50No, it's not.

01:22:51It's not a heavy red.

01:22:52I mean it's.

01:22:52You can, some people have red wine chilled.

01:22:56Yes.

01:22:57And it, this seems like one that might.

01:23:00Yeah, work with that.

01:23:04It's really nice and light bodied so definitely you can, definitely.

01:23:07What do you think of this one, Terri, do you like this?

01:23:08I really like this.

01:23:09It's really subtle but it's got some layers to it as well so those summer fruits but then

01:23:13also a hint of vanilla so it gives it a good complexity and I really like this one.

01:23:17It is, it is quite complex, you're right but not overpowering.

01:23:20Exactly.

01:23:20There's enough body there.

01:23:22Yeah.

01:23:23But it's not kind of, ooh, you can feel that it coming on already and it's not one of those.

01:23:28Man, you're looking at this next one.

01:23:30Yeah, so this has got a bit more body.

01:23:32I thought it might.

01:23:33I'm bowing in mind the depths of colour.

01:23:36Lovely.

01:23:36Is this approachable or have we already approached?

01:23:39But it's got a bit more to it.

01:23:41Approach it where really?

01:23:43So this one is a really interesting one.

01:23:45It's made from a grape called Cabaret Noir.

01:23:48So it's a distant relative of a Cabernet Sauvignon grape but because of strict wine rules you

01:23:53can't call it Cabernet.

01:23:54So it's Cabaret Noir and it does really well in England and gives you these really nice

01:23:58delicate but elegant wines is the words I'm using for this one.

01:24:01Oh, this is quite grown up, this one.

01:24:02This has got a bit of depth to it.

01:24:04It smells quite smooth.

01:24:05It is.

01:24:06It is.

01:24:07Your nose is not deceiving you.

01:24:08Yeah.

01:24:09Really nice and smooth.

01:24:10So you'll get blackberry, maybe a bit of sour cherry, a bit of plum as well.

01:24:14I like that.

01:24:15And we're going out to eat the roast dinner.

01:24:16Yes, yeah.

01:24:17Yeah.

01:24:17Roast dinner.

01:24:18Yeah, very nice.

01:24:19A bit of cheese, a bit of risotto.

01:24:21Like it's really nice and subtle and smooth.

01:24:23I think that's the best one so far.

01:24:25Remind us again what it is.

01:24:26So it's the Abingworth to a Skylark.

01:24:28Oh, to a Skylark.

01:24:30So that's a poetic reference.

01:24:31So Percy Shelley, the poet, actually used to live in the farmhouse where this wine is made

01:24:36alongside his wife who's the writer of Frankenstein.

01:24:39Oh, wow.

01:24:39Yeah, a nice poetic reference in their branding.

01:24:42Yes.

01:24:42Exactly.

01:24:43Well, I never.

01:24:45Not remotely ghostly, is it?

01:24:46No.

01:24:48Oh, well, that's fab.

01:24:50That's really nice.

01:24:50That's nice.

01:24:51Yeah.

01:24:51So we could drink that one, Mark, do you reckon?

01:24:53Oh, yeah.

01:24:54So the next one, comparing that with that.

01:24:58Yeah.

01:24:59Even in darker body, this one.

01:25:01So this is really full-bodied and complex.

01:25:03You'll get a lot from this one.

01:25:05It's not just the fruity notes, but also a bit of vanilla, a bit of oak.

01:25:09This one, I feel you can actually have on its own, because that's how complex it is.

01:25:13And it's really fruity, really enjoyable, this one.

01:25:16Oh, now we're talking.

01:25:18Oh, now this has got bottom, hasn't it?

01:25:21It's got everything.

01:25:22But it's not overly strong in that kind of put-you-off way.

01:25:29Yeah.

01:25:29It's just really rich and deep.

01:25:31Yeah.

01:25:31Exactly.

01:25:31There's a lot going on in that glass.

01:25:33It's gorgeous.

01:25:35It really is.

01:25:36I think it's the fruitiness of it all.

01:25:38It really gives a lot to the palate, so you don't feel like you're missing anything when

01:25:41you have this one.

01:25:42This is the Radlow 100 Rondeau.

01:25:45So they're specialists in still wine, so I think you can tell and agree that they do it

01:25:49really, really well.

01:25:50They're quite small plots, so they don't do much wine, but what they do is really great,

01:25:54so small and mighty, I would say.

01:25:56There's not an inter-sourness in this at all.

01:25:58It's wonderfully rich and velvety almost, isn't it?

01:26:02Yeah, really balanced.

01:26:03What would you have it with?

01:26:04I would have this on its own, to be honest, just on the sofa in front of the TV, but

01:26:09you

01:26:09could have it with dark meats if you want to have it with some food.

01:26:11The nose, Julie, do you like the nose?

01:26:13Well, did you say notes?

01:26:16Nose.

01:26:17I was going to talk about notes.

01:26:19Is there such a thing?

01:26:20Or is that music?

01:26:21Yeah, that's right.

01:26:22Tasting notes, exactly.

01:26:23They seem like there are loads and loads of them.

01:26:25Exactly, yeah.

01:26:26Yeah, it's really complex.

01:26:27Yeah.

01:26:28Exactly.

01:26:28Completely agree.

01:26:29Yeah.

01:26:30Definitely get that vanilla.

01:26:31Yeah, yeah.

01:26:32That's what I love about it.

01:26:33Yeah, exactly.

01:26:34This is exceptional.

01:26:35I like that a lot.

01:26:36It is, me too.

01:26:36Yeah, very good.

01:26:37Fab.

01:26:37Lovely.

01:26:38And then, last but not least, we've got the Cuvée Noire from Bolny.

01:26:42So this is a sparkling red wine.

01:26:44So something a little bit different.

01:26:45I know some people get put off by the idea of sparkling red.

01:26:48This is quite a light expression of it, so not too heavy and not too dense and overwhelming.

01:26:53Let's have a taste of this, see what you think.

01:26:56It's always interesting with these, to not look at the colour and think, if you were doing

01:27:01a blindfold tasting, would you know this was red?

01:27:04Mmm, that's a good test.

01:27:07I can't smell anything.

01:27:09I don't think I would, to be honest.

01:27:11It's quite a light.

01:27:13It's not as heavy as some red.

01:27:14There's no real nose to it, Gerard, I can't, not getting...

01:27:17I don't know if that's because of the glass that it's in.

01:27:19Perhaps, yeah, that could be it.

01:27:21So less opportunity for us to swell.

01:27:23But, yeah, it is quite light in comparison to lots of other sparkling reds.

01:27:27Really enjoyable.

01:27:28And because it's so light, I would have this as like a chocolate mousse.

01:27:31So keeping a nice lightness of the palette.

01:27:34I think it would go perfectly with that.

01:27:35It doesn't have that zesty feel of a champagne or a Prosecco.

01:27:40So there is a little bit more depth to it.

01:27:42But you don't get, maybe it's having had to all the others,

01:27:46that, you know, that kick, that hit you get from a first mouthful of champagne.

01:27:50It's going, oh, I really needed that.

01:27:52It's jettler than that.

01:27:54Yes, it is, yeah.

01:27:54Easy drinking, definitely.

01:27:56Mark, do you like that?

01:27:57I do.

01:27:58I mean, this is the first time I've had sparkling red wine.

01:28:03Yeah.

01:28:04And, yes, I don't dislike it.

01:28:07It's quite nice.

01:28:08You see, now that is a Yorkshire expression.

01:28:11That's a Yorkshire compliment.

01:28:11You get next door in when you've just decorated your front room.

01:28:15And she says, you know, I don't dislike that wallpaper.

01:28:18That's as good as it gets.

01:28:20That's a win.

01:28:21That is a win.

01:28:24Thank you both very much.

01:28:25Thank you, Tony.

01:28:26That's it for today's show.

01:28:28Thank you to all my guests, Julia Mark, and, of course, Tony,

01:28:31with the wines that we don't dislike.

01:28:33Join me next week for more mischief here at Manor Farm

01:28:36with comedian Chris McCausland,

01:28:39the stars of crime drama Patience,

01:28:41Ella Mae Purvis and Nathan Welsh,

01:28:43plus some of the cutest piglets you'll find this side of Ampshire.

01:28:48But until then, keep warm, keep well,

01:28:51and keep a bottle of something red within arm's reach

01:28:54for those colder nights and chilly days like today.

01:28:57I think it's probably going to be that one, Mark, don't you?

01:29:01Cheers, all.

01:29:02Cheers.

01:29:03Cheers.

01:29:06Cheers.

01:29:14Cheers.

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