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Love Your Weekend with Alan Titchmarsh - Season 8 - Episode 05

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00:00:00The natural world in all its wonderment, and never more so than with the anticipation of new life.

00:00:06Great excitement here. It's scanning time at the farm.

00:00:09We're standing by to take a closer look at Gloria's unborn kid, or kids.

00:00:15She's going to be a new mum this spring.

00:00:17The anticipation has reached fever pitch.

00:00:19It's time for Love Your Weekend.

00:00:57Love Your Weekend

00:01:00Along Country Paths, followed by cosy evenings warming up by the fire in a country pub.

00:01:05Those that have survived, that is.

00:01:07And secluded getaways, perhaps in your very own log cabin, in the heart of the forest.

00:01:13We can but dream.

00:01:15Well, we may not have the log cabin, but we have a very nice barn.

00:01:19Coming up, she's the former East End icon,

00:01:21who went on to become a West End star in hit musicals like Sweet Charity, Grease and Stepping Out.

00:01:27Tamsin Arthwaite talks theatrical forays and her latest crime drama, Murder Before Even Song.

00:01:35And currently celebrating 20 years of music,

00:01:38singer-songwriter Jack Sabaretti back with a new album and a special night at the Royal Albert Hall, no less.

00:01:45Horticulturist Camilla Bassett-Smith opens the pages of her February diary.

00:01:50And renowned for their record-breaking sales throughout their 250-year history,

00:01:54we pay a visit to Europe's leading bloodstock auctioneers,

00:01:58where a single horse can fetch over three million pounds.

00:02:03Plus, we take a trip down the local.

00:02:05And when I say local, I mean about six feet in that direction.

00:02:09Beer sommelier, Jager Wise, hosts a pub crawl from the comfort of the barn

00:02:14with a whistle-stop tour of the UK's finest pale ales.

00:02:18Cheers to that, Jager.

00:02:25Bringing the drama, the music and the fun to the barn today,

00:02:29two people who've had more than their fair share of all of the above.

00:02:33Welcome, Tamsin Althwaite and Jack Sabaretti.

00:02:36Welcome to you both.

00:02:37It's very interesting.

00:02:38Sometimes you have to quieten them down in order to do your intro.

00:02:41I've been very, very busy in here this morning.

00:02:42Very, very chatting.

00:02:43I've got school kids over here.

00:02:44Lovely to have you both with us.

00:02:46Well, there was a little bit of Italian going on in there.

00:02:48So, Jack, tell us about your ancestry then.

00:02:51Clearly Italian.

00:02:52Yeah, Italian, but a bit of everything.

00:02:54We were just talking about opera.

00:02:55So I have Austrian and German in there as well,

00:02:56speaking of opera, great countries of opera music.

00:02:59Yeah.

00:02:59I was born in London, though, so I do have an English culture.

00:03:03I do have an English passport, for the record.

00:03:06Both parents Italian?

00:03:07No, so my mother was born to Polish-German refugees from the war.

00:03:11Father was Polish-Jewish, mother was German.

00:03:13They escaped to Paris, then to London.

00:03:14My father was very Italian.

00:03:16I mean, he was called Guido Savaretti, so he's Italian and Italian again.

00:03:19You see, it's the language, isn't it, Tamsin?

00:03:21Any Italian bloody...

00:03:22Yes, my mum was Italian.

00:03:24She was not with us anymore, but she was Italian.

00:03:27And so most of my family, I mean, we have a big Italian family.

00:03:31And my mum was called Anna Santi.

00:03:34And so all the British people, everyone called her Anna,

00:03:37but obviously all of the family were like, Anna.

00:03:39And all of the girls in our family, all our middle names are Maria.

00:03:43Oh, amazing.

00:03:44Maria, oh, really.

00:03:44Because apparently that's what happens.

00:03:46I was like, to my cousins, why are you Maria as well?

00:03:48So all the generation above were all, you know, Sandra Maria,

00:03:53and my cousin Francesca Maria, and I'm Tamsin Maria.

00:03:56Yeah, and that's very Italian.

00:03:57Where in Italy was she from?

00:03:58They're Tuscany, so in the north, near Lucca.

00:04:01Oh, beautiful.

00:04:02I've had some lovely holidays.

00:04:04It's a village of Lavga.

00:04:04And we still, I mean, the family still have a little place there

00:04:07that they grew up in, but we just don't visit often enough.

00:04:11And when I did Who Do You Think You Are,

00:04:13they took me up to the mountains of Italy

00:04:15and taught me all about my ancestors

00:04:17and how they were all chestnut farmers and very, very poor.

00:04:22That's my dream, is to do that show.

00:04:23Really?

00:04:23To find out exactly stuff like that.

00:04:26Like the detail, because I know a lot of my family history,

00:04:28but I'd love to know the detail.

00:04:29But it's a far cry from Italy to EastEnders, isn't it, really?

00:04:33It is.

00:04:33Although there's lots of Italians in the EastEnders.

00:04:35Yeah, I was going to say.

00:04:36Do you, presumably, because you're over here,

00:04:39you're across EastEnders.

00:04:40Of course.

00:04:41I mean, I was talking about it before with somebody,

00:04:44that that drum intro is kind of like triggers in me.

00:04:47All together, boom, boom, boom, boom.

00:04:49Yeah, that was a signal of kids go to bed.

00:04:51So I still get this kind of like,

00:04:52I've got to get ready for school tomorrow when I hear that.

00:04:56It still gets me every time.

00:04:58Boof, boof, boof.

00:04:59It also triggers me when I hear it,

00:05:01but for very different reasons.

00:05:03You don't hear it on set, do you?

00:05:05No, of course not.

00:05:07But it's more that, you know,

00:05:09the storylines and everything,

00:05:11the amount that you go through

00:05:12in a very short period of time as a character.

00:05:15You know, you're sliding down walls, crying.

00:05:17And so I think when I hear that music,

00:05:21that kind of takes me back to a time

00:05:22where I was probably crying.

00:05:24Do you go into character, like, still now when you're here?

00:05:26Do you go back to that?

00:05:28I do have a very good friend that every time I speak,

00:05:31he pulls out his phone and goes,

00:05:33doof, doof.

00:05:34And when we've been on holiday together.

00:05:37That never gets old.

00:05:38And everyone's still lost.

00:05:40I'm literally like,

00:05:41did anyone bring the milk?

00:05:42Doof, doof.

00:05:44That's brilliant.

00:05:46So talking of music,

00:05:48I mean, you've done huge musicals,

00:05:50but you, I mean, your life is music.

00:05:52And being Italian,

00:05:54I mean, every Italian's life is music and musical.

00:05:57The best operas come out of Italy, you know.

00:05:58So it is a musical language,

00:06:00apart from anything else, isn't it?

00:06:02It is.

00:06:03I mean, again, we were talking about that before.

00:06:05It's all vowels.

00:06:06So I just did an Italian album,

00:06:08just in between the last time I came here.

00:06:10I came here with Zuccaro to see you a while back,

00:06:12another great Italian singer.

00:06:14And in between that,

00:06:15my father passed away

00:06:16and I actually went back to Italy

00:06:17to make an Italian album

00:06:18because I was so enamored

00:06:20by how much Italian music was able to trigger out

00:06:22what I needed to deal with

00:06:25to find a solution through grief.

00:06:27And that actually made me fall in love

00:06:28with songwriting all over again

00:06:30because writing in Italian is very different

00:06:32than writing in English.

00:06:33Poetry really matters in Italian.

00:06:35Being colloquial in Italian is very cheesy.

00:06:38Being poetic is wonderful.

00:06:39You've married in Musicland a dramatic career.

00:06:41I mean, you know, sweet charity.

00:06:44Lead role.

00:06:45Fun.

00:06:46A long time ago now.

00:06:48Doesn't matter.

00:06:48It's part of your life.

00:06:49It's part of our life.

00:06:51I remember you in it.

00:06:52Yeah, I mean, it is part of my life.

00:06:54It's a huge part of my life.

00:06:55I did it for a year, really.

00:06:57In the end, it was a whole year

00:06:58at the Chocolate Factory

00:07:00and then at the Haymarket.

00:07:02But before I did EastEnders

00:07:04and before I did any TV,

00:07:06I did eight years of musical theatre

00:07:07in the West End.

00:07:08So that was my home.

00:07:10So it wasn't like I was trying it out later

00:07:12once I'd kind of been on telly.

00:07:14It felt like going home a bit, I suppose.

00:07:17It might have been a while ago,

00:07:18but I think we ought to have a look.

00:07:19Oh.

00:07:38They'd never believe it

00:07:42They'd never believe it

00:07:44If my friends could see me now

00:07:50Hey, girls, it's me, Charity!

00:07:54Woo!

00:08:00Oh.

00:08:01It's such a physical role, isn't it?

00:08:03Yeah, it was.

00:08:04With the dance moves and everything.

00:08:05I mean, night after night, exhausting.

00:08:08But you were fit then, weren't you?

00:08:09Oh, yeah.

00:08:10I was...

00:08:11I had the best kind of physique

00:08:13I've ever had at the age of 40.

00:08:16And I remember thinking,

00:08:17you have to do eight shows a week

00:08:18being nine numbers.

00:08:20That'll do it.

00:08:20Yeah, and one quick change

00:08:22and there was one number I wasn't in

00:08:23which was the famous Big Spender

00:08:26which all the other girls did

00:08:27and that was my kind of rest.

00:08:30And I just...

00:08:31I was shattered

00:08:31but I was in physical...

00:08:34in the prime of my life, I suppose.

00:08:36Yeah, but, yeah.

00:08:37I mean, I often think about

00:08:39doing another musical

00:08:40but I think I'd have to do something

00:08:42a little bit less taxing.

00:08:44You can do Madame Armfelt

00:08:46in Little Night Music.

00:08:47She comes on in a wheelchair.

00:08:49Yes.

00:08:49Save that one for later.

00:08:50Save it for a bit later.

00:08:52But you both obviously need...

00:08:53You were talking about

00:08:54living in the countryside now,

00:08:56living in Oxfordshire.

00:08:57I mean, you clearly find the countryside

00:08:59the safety valve, really.

00:09:02I do, but it's also because

00:09:03I kind of don't belong in it.

00:09:05I feel safe.

00:09:06I've never belonged.

00:09:06I've always moved around as a kid

00:09:08so I've always been the guy

00:09:09from out of town, so to speak.

00:09:10And that served me well.

00:09:11Actually, I really like that feeling.

00:09:13And the countryside is the same.

00:09:15I'm sort of a stranger

00:09:16in the countryside.

00:09:17And I like that because

00:09:19I retain the curiosity

00:09:21of a stranger.

00:09:22I don't take it for granted.

00:09:23The minute I take anything

00:09:24for granted

00:09:25is usually when I try

00:09:26to sort of shake things up a bit.

00:09:27But City Girl, really,

00:09:28but I finish it with countryside.

00:09:30Ah, City Girl,

00:09:30but I spend a lot of time

00:09:31in West Oxfordshire now.

00:09:33Oh, yeah, that's near where we are.

00:09:34Is it?

00:09:35Yeah, yeah.

00:09:35Oh, we'll talk about that.

00:09:37Later.

00:09:37We do do supper tonight.

00:09:40It's, um,

00:09:41as I think,

00:09:42as I've got older,

00:09:43I've been less about the city.

00:09:45But if I spend too much time

00:09:47in the countryside,

00:09:47I do crave the city

00:09:49and I think that that's

00:09:50deep-rooted in me.

00:09:51There's nothing I can do about that.

00:09:52The bright lights.

00:09:54Yeah, and I think

00:09:55it's the convenience

00:09:56of knowing you can walk

00:09:57to the shop for anything.

00:09:58At any time.

00:09:59At any time.

00:10:00And that's what we have in London.

00:10:01And so, you know,

00:10:03you have to get everything in.

00:10:04And I love it.

00:10:05What I love most about it

00:10:06is the garden

00:10:07and the gardening.

00:10:08My dream is to actually

00:10:09have a garden

00:10:10where I can grow

00:10:11all my own veg,

00:10:12all my own herbs.

00:10:14And I managed it,

00:10:16I think,

00:10:16for about three months.

00:10:18And then...

00:10:19So much for that.

00:10:20Yeah.

00:10:21Because there's so much

00:10:22maintenance involved.

00:10:24You have to be around.

00:10:25You can't take off

00:10:26and go and do a job

00:10:26for four months

00:10:27and you come back

00:10:28and the carrots

00:10:29and everything's done.

00:10:30I'll get you a book.

00:10:31Could you?

00:10:32I think I've got your book.

00:10:33Oh, good.

00:10:33That's all right.

00:10:34Don't tell me it didn't work.

00:10:36More from Tamsin and Jack later.

00:10:39Sweet sponges,

00:10:40scrumptious and sticky.

00:10:41It's our Sunday morning spread.

00:10:43Here you are.

00:10:44Help yourselves.

00:10:45Still ahead,

00:10:45Leslie Joseph

00:10:46heads down that garden path

00:10:47once more

00:10:48with some positive PR.

00:10:49This time

00:10:50for the red squirrel.

00:10:51And to a creature

00:10:52who needs no positive spin,

00:10:54adorable, affectionate,

00:10:56fond of being stroked

00:10:57and petted.

00:10:58No, not more

00:10:59from Leslie Joseph,

00:11:00but our Guernsey goats.

00:11:02And with the champagne

00:11:03on standby

00:11:04as Gloria

00:11:05is set to become

00:11:06a new mum,

00:11:07I'll be catching up

00:11:08with the goats,

00:11:09the farmer

00:11:09and the sonographer

00:11:10for that all-important scan

00:11:12right after this.

00:11:27There's a particular allure

00:11:30that comes to the British countryside

00:11:32with the winter months.

00:11:33Literary lovers

00:11:34will flock to the Pennine Moors

00:11:36to evoke visions

00:11:37of Wuthering Heights

00:11:38while the country's coastline

00:11:40is especially enchanting

00:11:41on a stormy day.

00:11:42Equally enchanting

00:11:43is today's show.

00:11:45Coming up,

00:11:46he's the award-winning

00:11:47singer-songwriter

00:11:48who moved from

00:11:49busy city life

00:11:50to the idyllic

00:11:51Oxfordshire countryside

00:11:52almost nine years ago now.

00:11:54Jack Savaretti

00:11:55on working with

00:11:56his musical idols,

00:11:58his Italian heritage

00:11:59and making his home

00:12:00in the British countryside.

00:12:02And he's either

00:12:03the Poirot of the plant world

00:12:04or the Columbo

00:12:05of the countryside.

00:12:07I'll let you decide.

00:12:08Tristan Gooley

00:12:09on reading the signs

00:12:10and clues in nature

00:12:11and you'd be surprised

00:12:13how much we can learn

00:12:14from them.

00:12:15Now, there are many reasons

00:12:17to love the snowdrop

00:12:19or galanthus

00:12:20as it's known

00:12:20in the botanical world.

00:12:22It's the first sign of life

00:12:23after a long winter

00:12:25but this delicate flower

00:12:26is also able to survive

00:12:28temperatures well below freezing

00:12:30and even generate

00:12:31its own natural antifreeze.

00:12:33With more than

00:12:33two and a half thousand

00:12:34varieties recorded

00:12:35and some blooms

00:12:36fetching astonishing prices

00:12:37that have inspired

00:12:38collectors and gardeners

00:12:39for centuries,

00:12:40here to tell us more

00:12:41in the first part

00:12:42of her February diary

00:12:44is Camilla Bassett-Smith.

00:12:46Do you count yourself

00:12:47as a galanthophile?

00:12:48Silly question

00:12:48because there you are.

00:12:49Yes, I think I do.

00:12:50I'm a rather large one

00:12:51and I'm not quite as good

00:12:52in the cold as they are

00:12:53but yes, I have caught

00:12:54galanthophilia

00:12:55and I think you have too

00:12:56as well.

00:12:56I have.

00:12:57It's very easy to catch

00:12:58and at this time of year

00:12:59when so little is on offer

00:13:00in the garden

00:13:01in terms of,

00:13:01well, I say colour,

00:13:03interest,

00:13:04we get a glorious

00:13:05rare snowdrop.

00:13:05They're so elegantly

00:13:06ethereal, aren't they?

00:13:08And they're just,

00:13:08you know, they're hardy.

00:13:09They look delicate

00:13:10but they are so, so hardy.

00:13:12Well, they have, don't they?

00:13:13In these tips of the leaves here,

00:13:17there's a special formula for that.

00:13:19It's very, very hard

00:13:20and the other common name

00:13:21for snowdrop is snowpiercer

00:13:22and these,

00:13:24when they're coming up

00:13:24through the ground,

00:13:25they're particularly hard

00:13:25and they can actually

00:13:26push through frozen.

00:13:26They do, they poke through

00:13:27and also thermal qualities as well.

00:13:29A lot of research

00:13:29has been done on that,

00:13:30I think,

00:13:31that they also,

00:13:32if there's a patch of snow above them,

00:13:33you'll often see

00:13:34that that's melted

00:13:34and so they're very clever

00:13:36as well, aren't they?

00:13:37So they're actually

00:13:38melting the snow

00:13:38by virtue of the energy

00:13:39within the plant.

00:13:40So they're amazing little plants

00:13:42but they're so beautiful

00:13:42and the differences between them

00:13:44are so intricate, aren't they?

00:13:46You really have to start to look.

00:13:47Two and a half thousand varieties.

00:13:48There can't be

00:13:49two and a half thousand differences,

00:13:50can there really?

00:13:51Hostess.

00:13:52Yes.

00:13:53Yeah, but so minute.

00:13:54This one is James Backhouse

00:13:56and I dug this clump up

00:13:57from my garden earlier

00:13:58and the interesting thing about this,

00:14:00it's quite a large snowdrop.

00:14:02It's an Atkinsii.

00:14:03Yeah.

00:14:03But it throws up abnormalities

00:14:05above the ovary

00:14:06with extra petals

00:14:07which is really quite odd,

00:14:10isn't it?

00:14:10It is odd

00:14:10but intriguing.

00:14:12Yeah, it's nonetheless

00:14:13still quite beautiful

00:14:14and unique.

00:14:15Yeah.

00:14:16So that's James Backhouse.

00:14:17That's James Backhouse.

00:14:18But those differences

00:14:19that are being bred,

00:14:19now the yellow snowdrop,

00:14:21I know you've had yellows

00:14:22in your time.

00:14:23Well, there's one,

00:14:24Primrose Warburg

00:14:25is quite a good one.

00:14:26And what's this one?

00:14:27This is Madeline

00:14:28and you can see here

00:14:29the yellow ovary

00:14:30as opposed to the green one

00:14:31on most of them.

00:14:33And the most expensive one

00:14:35ever sold to date

00:14:36was, I think it was

00:14:37a Joe Sharman introduction

00:14:38in 2022

00:14:39for £1,850

00:14:42for one bowl.

00:14:43Oh, don't lose it.

00:14:44You're terrified, aren't you?

00:14:45You're planting anything.

00:14:46Where did I put it?

00:14:47I have to say,

00:14:48that's not that price

00:14:49and you don't have to pay

00:14:50that, do you?

00:14:50You know,

00:14:51you can get a pot

00:14:51in a garden centre

00:14:52for five months.

00:14:52And you've got this

00:14:52little beauty.

00:14:53This is York Minster.

00:14:55It is.

00:14:55You do need to look

00:14:56at them closely,

00:14:57don't you?

00:14:57And you can see here

00:14:58the insides,

00:15:00the outer petals there

00:15:02and then the inner ones there.

00:15:03It's quite green, isn't it?

00:15:04A darker green.

00:15:04Yes.

00:15:05And then you've got,

00:15:05you like the name of this one,

00:15:06this one's called Trumps.

00:15:08It is.

00:15:08Yes.

00:15:09I say no more.

00:15:11Except there's a race of them.

00:15:12They have these broader petals

00:15:15I like this race of plants

00:15:16from a variety called Trim.

00:15:18Yes.

00:15:19There are lots of variations

00:15:20on it.

00:15:20There are, yeah.

00:15:21And finally,

00:15:22this one, Godfrey Owen.

00:15:24Now, most snowdrops

00:15:25have three outer petals

00:15:26and three inners

00:15:27but this has six

00:15:29and it almost looks

00:15:30like a crinoline skirt,

00:15:31doesn't it?

00:15:32It does.

00:15:32And this one I've found

00:15:33clumps up quite well,

00:15:35surprisingly.

00:15:36Yeah.

00:15:36Because you'd think

00:15:37that might be a bit delicate.

00:15:38I've not brought them before.

00:15:39I'm trying to plant them

00:15:39and move them.

00:15:40Of course,

00:15:40it's now while they're

00:15:41in the green.

00:15:42That's it.

00:15:42Yes,

00:15:42it's the best time

00:15:43and also you can keep

00:15:44an eye on them

00:15:45in garden centres.

00:15:46Just plant them out

00:15:46as they are.

00:15:47And you'll be back later.

00:15:48I shall indeed.

00:15:49You will.

00:15:49Filling this month

00:15:50with more horticultural vigour.

00:15:52Thanks, Camilla.

00:15:52We'll see you then.

00:15:59Now to one of Britain's

00:16:00rarest farm animals

00:16:02and one that was granted

00:16:02a royal title in 2024.

00:16:05The Royal Guernsey Goat

00:16:07is so endangered

00:16:08it's considered rarer

00:16:10than the giant panda

00:16:11and with estimates

00:16:12suggesting fewer than

00:16:13a thousand breeding age

00:16:14females

00:16:15every birth

00:16:16really does count.

00:16:18So thankfully

00:16:18here on the farm

00:16:19we have a few

00:16:20pregnant nannies

00:16:21helping secure

00:16:22the future

00:16:23of this remarkable

00:16:24and rather beautiful breed.

00:16:26To tell us more

00:16:27farmer Tom Davies

00:16:28and then we'll be joined

00:16:29by animal sonographer

00:16:30Sam Wilkinson

00:16:31to find out

00:16:32just what we've got

00:16:33over here.

00:16:34So Royal Guernsey Goats

00:16:36very grand.

00:16:37Yes,

00:16:37so once they receive

00:16:38that royal title

00:16:39you wouldn't have wanted

00:16:40to have to change

00:16:40all of the paraphernalia

00:16:42and leaflets

00:16:42to put royal

00:16:43in front of Golden Guernsey

00:16:45but a tremendous breed

00:16:46and one of our

00:16:47native breeds of goat

00:16:48and you know

00:16:50they are superb

00:16:51at producing

00:16:52a good amount of milk

00:16:53that was quite rich

00:16:54in butterfats

00:16:55and stuff like that

00:16:56but not milking

00:16:57the same volumes

00:16:58as some of these

00:16:59Swiss

00:16:59modern,

00:17:00more modern Swiss breeds

00:17:01so they were ideal

00:17:03for the smaller

00:17:04farm holdings

00:17:05on the island

00:17:06of Guernsey

00:17:07and then for small holders

00:17:09up and down the country.

00:17:10So the characteristics

00:17:11are the long

00:17:12very silky coat

00:17:13the colour

00:17:14which is either

00:17:15as far as

00:17:16brown as caramel

00:17:17or this lovely

00:17:17creamy gold

00:17:18so those are

00:17:19the characteristics

00:17:20long hair

00:17:20good buttermilk

00:17:21in the fat

00:17:22and this glorious colour.

00:17:24Yes,

00:17:24a good medium sized goat

00:17:26you know

00:17:26and they've got to

00:17:27I like them to be

00:17:27really dark

00:17:28but we've ended up

00:17:29with quite a few

00:17:30light ones

00:17:31but I like the nice

00:17:32dark rich golden colour

00:17:33but you know

00:17:34we've used a new

00:17:36billy goat this time

00:17:37so he was only a kid

00:17:38born in 2025

00:17:39so he was

00:17:40at the tail end

00:17:41of last year

00:17:42he was there

00:17:43ready to go

00:17:43and fingers crossed

00:17:47he's worked

00:17:48and his genetics

00:17:49will carry on

00:17:50because he's very important

00:17:51in the fact

00:17:52that we chose him

00:17:54for doing a job

00:17:56so to improve

00:17:57the colour

00:17:58and also as well

00:17:59the utter confirmation

00:18:00in the nannies

00:18:01so make sure

00:18:01that the attachment

00:18:02is good

00:18:02so he comes from

00:18:04good show

00:18:04and milking lines

00:18:05in his back catalogue

00:18:06what resulted in them

00:18:08being so diminished

00:18:09what has resulted in them

00:18:11being really quite rare

00:18:11I think one of the

00:18:13factors is this coat

00:18:14you know

00:18:15it does take some maintenance

00:18:16so they're not the easiest

00:18:17to look after

00:18:18so they need a bit of grooming

00:18:20and stuff like this

00:18:21and with a lot of the

00:18:23more modern

00:18:24popular Swiss breeds

00:18:25it's volume

00:18:26as with all things

00:18:28in agriculture

00:18:29it boils down to the volume

00:18:31how old are they

00:18:32when they're put into kids

00:18:33so I don't put any

00:18:35into kid

00:18:36until they're two years old

00:18:37just so that they've

00:18:39grown that frame

00:18:40and their bodies

00:18:40are mature enough

00:18:41and ready

00:18:42to take that pregnancy

00:18:44and when is the billy

00:18:45put to the nanny

00:18:45so we put the billy

00:18:47in the tail end

00:18:48of October

00:18:51a little bit later

00:18:52than usual

00:18:53because generally

00:18:54if we were sort of

00:18:55going out showing

00:18:56and stuff like that

00:18:57showing the sheep

00:18:57especially

00:18:58we would want to be

00:18:59lambing sort of now

00:19:01so gestation is how long

00:19:02it's about five months

00:19:03give or take

00:19:05you know

00:19:05so you'd sort of

00:19:06be looking at about that

00:19:07so generally

00:19:08the old wives tale

00:19:09goes with sort of

00:19:10sheep and goats

00:19:10that if you put the

00:19:11the billy or the ram

00:19:12in on a bonfire night

00:19:15you then have goats

00:19:16or kids or lambs

00:19:17on April Fool's Day

00:19:18so generally

00:19:19that's where you'd

00:19:20sort of be

00:19:20a rough estimate

00:19:21of how you go

00:19:22but also as well

00:19:24it ties in

00:19:26hopefully

00:19:27these kidding

00:19:28with Easter

00:19:29so you know

00:19:30a peak in interest

00:19:31and visitor numbers

00:19:32at the farm

00:19:33and what better way

00:19:35to say

00:19:35Happy Easter

00:19:36than lambs and kids

00:19:38bouncing around the place

00:19:39I think it's time

00:19:40we've found out

00:19:40what we've got

00:19:41inside these three nannies

00:19:43Sam who's the sonographer

00:19:44Sam do come in

00:19:45and join us

00:19:45you've got your

00:19:46equipment back there

00:19:47so we can scan

00:19:49these nannies

00:19:50and see

00:19:51well if we're going

00:19:52to get anything

00:19:52and how many

00:19:53we're going to get

00:19:54what's the normal

00:19:55rate of

00:19:56well sometimes

00:19:57there'll be multiples

00:19:58but we'll see

00:20:00we'll put this one

00:20:01right here

00:20:02come here my darling

00:20:02have a look at this one

00:20:03first

00:20:04and we reverse up

00:20:05to Sam

00:20:05so this is the

00:20:07ultrasound

00:20:08this is the ultrasound

00:20:09same as they use

00:20:10pregnant women

00:20:11yep

00:20:12so let's see

00:20:13what we can see

00:20:13on the screen

00:20:14here we go

00:20:14so we've definitely

00:20:15got a pregnancy here

00:20:16we're looking at

00:20:17all these donut shapes

00:20:18they're the cotyledons

00:20:19that's telling me

00:20:20there's a pregnancy

00:20:21I'm using cotyledons

00:20:22on beans

00:20:23germinating

00:20:24not goat

00:20:24it's the percenters

00:20:25for the actual

00:20:26kids itself

00:20:27and you can actually

00:20:28see all the lines

00:20:29of the rib cage there

00:20:30yeah

00:20:31and you can actually

00:20:32see a little heartbeat

00:20:34flickering in that screen

00:20:35oh gosh yes

00:20:37and then

00:20:38how long have you

00:20:39trained to do this

00:20:40so you could tell

00:20:40what you were looking at

00:20:41oh it takes a good

00:20:42three years of actually

00:20:43scanning but I've been

00:20:44scanning 36 years

00:20:46so you've got used to now

00:20:47I've got a little bit

00:20:48used to it now

00:20:49after doing 85,000

00:20:50sheep in the season

00:20:51oh my goodness me

00:20:53so how many have we

00:20:54got in there do you think

00:20:55so right

00:20:57so I'm going through

00:20:57the pregnancy

00:20:58so here we've got

00:20:59one here

00:21:02and we've got a second

00:21:03one down here

00:21:03right

00:21:05so we've got two in there

00:21:06so she's got two in there

00:21:07but also with this machine

00:21:09I can actually tell

00:21:10how far gone they are

00:21:12there we go

00:21:13it has given me

00:21:1563 days gone

00:21:17right

00:21:17does that accord Tom

00:21:19with your

00:21:20thereabouts

00:21:20I think

00:21:21it's about two months

00:21:22yeah

00:21:22thereabouts

00:21:23okay

00:21:24so now

00:21:25another three months

00:21:26to go then

00:21:27yes

00:21:28so there we go

00:21:29right so you've got two

00:21:30let's go

00:21:31do you want to get Gloria in

00:21:33I'll get Gloria in

00:21:34come on Gloria

00:21:34let's see

00:21:35see how you're doing

00:21:36hold that one for me

00:21:37that'd be brilliant

00:21:38right come on Gloria

00:21:39there you go

00:21:40good girl

00:21:41there you go Gloria

00:21:42now good luck Gloria

00:21:43turn you around

00:21:43you've got two to beat

00:21:45what do you like Tom

00:21:46what do you prefer

00:21:47how many do you prefer

00:21:48well you'd like to have

00:21:49twins

00:21:50yeah

00:21:50it's Gloria's first time

00:21:52having kids this year

00:21:53right

00:21:54so

00:21:55we'll see what she's got

00:21:57so she gets three

00:21:57it's going to be a bit of a shock

00:21:58one of them

00:21:59we'll have to

00:22:00we'll have to

00:22:00supportively feed that

00:22:01we have got one sitting here

00:22:04that's the first kid

00:22:06and you actually see the ribcage

00:22:08so I'm actually making sure

00:22:09the head and bodies are connected

00:22:11to make sure I'm not over counting

00:22:13yeah

00:22:13and here's the second one down here

00:22:16yeah

00:22:17that's telling me

00:22:18that's there

00:22:18so you've got twins

00:22:19and then we've got a third one

00:22:20oh you've got three

00:22:21you've got triplets

00:22:23so three Tom

00:22:24does that

00:22:24well that's a bit of extra work for us both

00:22:26yeah

00:22:26but we're more than capable

00:22:27maybe if you see me later on

00:22:29if I was to bring the kids back

00:22:31I might have some bigger bags under my eyes

00:22:33but you know

00:22:34it's

00:22:35you know

00:22:35the main thing is

00:22:36as long as they're happy and healthy kids

00:22:38we can get them through

00:22:40so with Gloria having three

00:22:41you'll probably have to bottle feed the third one

00:22:43but the others

00:22:43do they get supplements as well

00:22:45or are they just on the teeth

00:22:46and that there

00:22:46well the amount of milk

00:22:47that the Guernseys generally produce

00:22:49is enough to do them

00:22:50and

00:22:50when I say about bottle feeding the extra one

00:22:52it will probably be bottle fed with milk from mum

00:22:55it's just that there isn't an extra team there for them

00:22:58so that's exactly what we'll do

00:23:00and we'll just monitor them

00:23:01and we'll keep them

00:23:02I aim to

00:23:04keep the kids with the nannies

00:23:08right up until I've got no other option to take it away

00:23:11because staying with mum and those siblings

00:23:13is a better option

00:23:14wonderful

00:23:15it's always a delight

00:23:16you know Tom brings us such tremendous animals

00:23:18so beautifully cared for

00:23:19with such knowledge about such a wide range of animals

00:23:22and bloodlines and how to breed

00:23:24and all this kind of thing

00:23:25we learn such a lot from you

00:23:27Tom thank you very much

00:23:27and Sam thank you for your 30 odd years of expertise

00:23:30no problem

00:23:31if you'd have said there are 15 in there

00:23:33I'd have been a bit worried

00:23:34but three will do

00:23:36congratulations to you all

00:23:37thank you

00:23:37and guys you are

00:23:38guys

00:23:39girls

00:23:39you are so well behaved

00:23:41it's a pleasure to have you

00:23:42now then coming up

00:23:44it's the place where kings

00:23:45sheikhs

00:23:46and celebrities

00:23:47flock to find the next great racehorse

00:23:49we go behind the scenes

00:23:51at one of Europe's leading bloodstock auctioneers

00:23:53and he's the man with a voice

00:23:55as rich as the soil

00:23:57here at Manor Farm

00:23:58with an army of dedicated fans

00:24:00who've helped him achieve

00:24:01two consecutive number one albums

00:24:03Jack Sabaretti

00:24:04talk's chart toppers

00:24:06collaborating with his heroes

00:24:08and a very special night

00:24:09at the Royal Albert Hall

00:24:11I'll see you with Jack

00:24:12for some musical chit chat

00:24:14right after this

00:24:30welcome back to Love Your Weekend

00:24:32coming up

00:24:33murder

00:24:33heists

00:24:34and complex relationships

00:24:36with characters like

00:24:37Ian Beale

00:24:38and Jack Branning

00:24:39all in a day's work

00:24:40for this lady

00:24:41Tamsin Althwaite

00:24:42on swapping the square

00:24:43for the stage

00:24:44and winning rave reviews

00:24:46in the process

00:24:46and to a lady

00:24:48who wouldn't look out of place

00:24:49in the Queen Vic

00:24:50Manor Farm's

00:24:51first landlady

00:24:52Jacob Wise

00:24:53raises the bar

00:24:54with some winter pale ales

00:24:56that really are

00:24:56the top of the hops

00:24:58and not a

00:24:59get out of my pub

00:25:00to be a

00:25:01this side of Basin Stoke

00:25:02Bird's Purse

00:25:03is the English-Italian

00:25:05singer-songwriter

00:25:06known for his

00:25:07soulful narrative lyrics

00:25:09multilingual skills

00:25:10English-Italian

00:25:11French

00:25:12just to be precise

00:25:13no one likes

00:25:14a show-off Jack

00:25:15currently celebrating

00:25:1620 years of making

00:25:17amazing music

00:25:18he's back with

00:25:19a brand new album

00:25:20and a one-off performance

00:25:21at the Royal Albert Hall

00:25:23he is of course

00:25:24the very talented

00:25:25Jack Severetti

00:25:26I'm out on my own

00:25:30making my way

00:25:33trying to be someone

00:25:37that I can be proud of

00:25:39one day

00:25:40cause we laughed

00:25:42and we danced

00:25:43and we never looked back

00:25:45nothing would get in our way

00:25:49and you showed me

00:25:51the meaning

00:25:52of love and romance

00:25:54how I miss the song

00:25:57that you play

00:25:59so come and kiss me

00:26:02before the song goes down

00:26:05cause in the dark hands

00:26:08it's not the same

00:26:10it's not the same

00:26:11I can't believe it baby

00:26:13I can't believe it's true

00:26:15I can't believe it baby

00:26:18I can't believe

00:26:20it's happening

00:26:21to me and you

00:26:24and your entire life

00:26:26flashes before you

00:26:28wow

00:26:28that's the first time

00:26:29I've really ever done that

00:26:31I need like a therapy session

00:26:32now to talk that through

00:26:33cause I remember so clearly

00:26:35so we can get through

00:26:35this together

00:26:36Jack

00:26:36it's alright

00:26:37see I'm kind

00:26:38just thinking about our business

00:26:39they keep showing you

00:26:40when you were

00:26:41just a little

00:26:41you don't look any different

00:26:42but

00:26:43no no

00:26:43there was a kid

00:26:44there was a few kids

00:26:46and Kylie in there

00:26:48as well

00:26:48I was just thinking that

00:26:50but I refuse now

00:26:52to be nostalgic

00:26:52that's kind of like

00:26:53a big part of my

00:26:54next phase

00:26:55a big part of my

00:26:57midlife crisis

00:26:57is refusing to be nostalgic

00:26:59oh come on then

00:26:59therapy

00:27:00so why

00:27:02don't pretend

00:27:02you didn't do

00:27:03what you did

00:27:04because that's what

00:27:04we loved you see

00:27:05so that's alright

00:27:06no not at all

00:27:06but that's still

00:27:07a big part of me

00:27:08I used to look back

00:27:10on things

00:27:10as if they were gone

00:27:11we were talking

00:27:12about it earlier

00:27:13and it's more now

00:27:14about realising

00:27:15that those things

00:27:16that'll always be a part of me

00:27:17each and every one

00:27:18of those songs

00:27:19each and every one

00:27:19of those experiences

00:27:20those videos

00:27:21those collaborations

00:27:21they're still a part of me

00:27:23I don't want to look at it

00:27:24as something that's been and gone

00:27:25it's something that makes me

00:27:26who I am today

00:27:27and also audiences

00:27:28I think it must be very difficult

00:27:29for performers

00:27:30because people want it

00:27:31always want to hear

00:27:32Shirley Bassey sing

00:27:33Big Spender

00:27:33or Goldfinger

00:27:34and you want to give them those

00:27:36but also move forward

00:27:38and do new work as well

00:27:39and the combination

00:27:39of the two things

00:27:40getting that bit right

00:27:42I think

00:27:42so you're satisfying

00:27:43your own creative instincts

00:27:45but also not shortchanging

00:27:46your audience

00:27:47really

00:27:47I mean I've been

00:27:48I say this tongue in cheek

00:27:50I've been blessed

00:27:50in the sense that

00:27:51I've never had the hit

00:27:53I've never had that one song

00:27:55we've had wonderfully

00:27:56successful records

00:27:57wonderfully successful

00:27:58sort of periods of time

00:27:59of touring

00:28:00and everything

00:28:00so our fans have sort of

00:28:02been supportive

00:28:02of a bigger picture

00:28:03not really one song

00:28:04and I have to be honest

00:28:06yeah there was times

00:28:07where I'm sure

00:28:07we all could have done

00:28:08with a little help

00:28:09from a hit song

00:28:10but I'm very grateful

00:28:12that we never did

00:28:12because that expectation

00:28:13has been removed entirely

00:28:15from my professional

00:28:16from all the things

00:28:17that sort of

00:28:18I guess stress us out

00:28:19or things that we have

00:28:20to come to terms

00:28:20and sometimes fight

00:28:21to get heard

00:28:22or to do what we do

00:28:23to do what we love

00:28:25tell me about the new album

00:28:27what's special about it

00:28:28how different is it

00:28:29well exactly that

00:28:30I mean jokes aside

00:28:31I turned sort of

00:28:3342 years ago

00:28:34I can't even remember

00:28:36turning

00:28:37I mean I can't remember either

00:28:38it was only two years ago

00:28:39it was a great night

00:28:40it was a great party

00:28:41but I did turn it

00:28:43and I sort of looked

00:28:44to midlife crisis

00:28:45jokes aside

00:28:46right in the eye

00:28:47or as Carl Jung calls it

00:28:48the afternoon of life

00:28:49showed up

00:28:50and that was a real moment

00:28:53and rather than

00:28:54looking at my life

00:28:55with nostalgia

00:28:56which I've been doing

00:28:57pretty much my entire life

00:28:58I've been nostalgic

00:28:58and melancholic

00:28:59since I was born

00:29:00since I can remember

00:29:01and that might be

00:29:01the Mediterranean side of me

00:29:03but I wanted to sort of

00:29:04reclaim my youth

00:29:06and realize that it's

00:29:08I will forever be young

00:29:09it's that old

00:29:10Bob Dylan song

00:29:10that Joan Baez

00:29:11sang so well

00:29:12forever young

00:29:12I want to retain that

00:29:14and first it started

00:29:15by looking at myself

00:29:16and realizing

00:29:16I'm always going to be

00:29:17the way I was

00:29:18but then it really

00:29:20found value

00:29:20when I look at relationships

00:29:21when I look at my wife

00:29:23when I look at my children

00:29:24when I look at my friends

00:29:25people that I work with

00:29:26and I see in them

00:29:27what I've always seen in them

00:29:28just because time has gone by

00:29:30we grow

00:29:31but we don't change

00:29:32like you know

00:29:32the wonderful metaphor

00:29:33of a tree

00:29:34a tree grows

00:29:35but it's still the same tree

00:29:36it's still the same roots

00:29:37going back to your roots

00:29:39there's a reason we say that

00:29:40and that's how I feel now

00:29:42that I hope I've grown

00:29:43but I haven't changed

00:29:45and I will always be the way I am

00:29:46and I look at the people

00:29:47that I love

00:29:47and realize that

00:29:48we will always be the way we are

00:29:49and this album sort of

00:29:51I guess just puts that all

00:29:52into music

00:29:53let's have a listen to

00:29:54Do It For Love

00:29:55Do you believe in what you're feeling

00:30:01Do you let it get to your heart

00:30:05Cause I believe in all these feelings

00:30:12I can't help but do it for love

00:30:15When all is said and done

00:30:20I do it for love

00:30:23I do it for love

00:30:48and the only thing we could come up with

00:30:50and the only thing we could come up with was

00:30:50I guess we still do it for love

00:30:51and that song was born from that

00:30:53Yeah you are

00:30:53with the right reasons

00:30:54Yeah the right reasons

00:30:55And you sold out the Albert Hall

00:30:57I mean extremely quickly

00:30:59There's quite a lot of people in the Albert Hall

00:31:0167,000

00:31:02Yeah it's a lot of people

00:31:03but it's more that it's just the real Albert Hall

00:31:05It's like as you know it's the venue

00:31:07It's like you walk

00:31:08You go there

00:31:09We went there recently

00:31:10just to have a look at it

00:31:11And you get

00:31:12Even though I wasn't playing a show

00:31:13I just went to look at it

00:31:14You get intimidated by it

00:31:15Oh you do

00:31:16Yeah but in a wonderful way

00:31:17It's like having another member of the band

00:31:19You know it adds to the show

00:31:20We were discussing lights

00:31:22Backdrops

00:31:22And I just said

00:31:24Let the show be the role of Albert Hall

00:31:26It has its own special

00:31:27I've been very lucky enough

00:31:28To do a few performances there myself

00:31:31And presentations

00:31:32And performing bits of musical work

00:31:35That have done

00:31:36And there's something extraordinarily special

00:31:38About that space

00:31:39I think in a way

00:31:40The history that's in the bones of it

00:31:41Isn't it really

00:31:42You know what's gone on there

00:31:43And who's been there

00:31:44Who's played there

00:31:45Who's performed there

00:31:46Totally

00:31:46And it's intimidating

00:31:47But it also creates a certain pressure

00:31:49Which I like

00:31:50You know great things come from pressure

00:31:51Diamonds and etc

00:31:52And it's a bit like taking a football team

00:31:54And taking them to Wembley Stadium

00:31:56Like everyone shows up

00:31:57And it's wonderful when you play with other musicians

00:31:59On a stage like that

00:32:01And there's not that many around the world

00:32:02That you don't have to say anything to each other

00:32:04You know that everybody's going to bring their A-game

00:32:06Or going to try at least

00:32:08So I'm excited about that

00:32:09Don't bring your A-game

00:32:11You brought your guitar

00:32:11I did

00:32:12And it's not just for decoration

00:32:14No

00:32:15It's to be that guy

00:32:17It looks nice

00:32:18So I brought you that

00:32:19It looks great

00:32:19Yeah

00:32:20What are you going to play?

00:32:21This is the title track from the record

00:32:23And this is a song called

00:32:24We Will Always Be The Way We Were

00:32:33That night we met

00:32:35I can't forget

00:32:37We talked till the morning

00:32:41When the sun came up

00:32:43No, we couldn't stop

00:32:45We just kept going

00:32:48Kissing in the rain

00:32:50Never be the same

00:32:52We were in it together

00:32:56And the song that I played

00:32:58About the times that changed

00:33:00Would be yours forever

00:33:05Life will pull us apart

00:33:08But don't let it break us

00:33:11We will always be

00:33:14The way we were

00:33:19No matter where we are

00:33:22No matter where life takes us

00:33:26We will always be

00:33:29The way we were

00:33:34We will always be

00:33:37The way we were

00:33:41What a treat

00:33:43Just sitting here

00:33:44Listening to that

00:33:46Delightful

00:33:46Thank you

00:33:47I can't imagine you ever writing a song

00:33:49That didn't involve your entire heart and soul

00:33:51A lot goes into it emotionally, doesn't it?

00:33:55Unfortunately, I have a very bad imagination

00:33:57So most of the things I write about

00:33:58Are usually pretty real

00:34:00I'm not very creative

00:34:01When it comes to making stuff up

00:34:03But you've got a family now

00:34:04I mean, how musical are they?

00:34:07I mean, how exposed are they to music?

00:34:10I think they're very

00:34:10I consider myself

00:34:11I don't consider myself a musician

00:34:13I consider myself musical

00:34:15And I think my children especially

00:34:17Are very much the same

00:34:18We can't read music

00:34:19I don't know how it works

00:34:20It's total magic to me

00:34:22And it's the same with my kids

00:34:23And I have this argument with some of them

00:34:26Because I work with musicians

00:34:27And they don't agree with me on this

00:34:28But I don't really try to force it onto my kids at all

00:34:31I surround

00:34:32I fill the house with instruments

00:34:34We've got pianos, guitars, drums

00:34:35Everywhere

00:34:36And if they want to play

00:34:37They sort of play

00:34:38And I find that they do

00:34:39But I know my kids

00:34:41And I know that if I told them

00:34:42That they had to do scales

00:34:43For two hours every day

00:34:44They would hate me

00:34:45And probably hate music

00:34:46So for us

00:34:47That's how it works

00:34:49Working with heroes

00:34:50You saw a little snippet of Kylie

00:34:51There in the opening

00:34:52You worked with Kylie

00:34:52At La Fenice

00:34:53In Venice

00:34:54That glorious theatre

00:34:56Yeah, it was a pinch me moment

00:34:57I bet

00:34:58A, Fenice

00:34:59And B, Kylie

00:35:00Both in

00:35:01You know, wow

00:35:01It's still

00:35:02And I'm not just saying this

00:35:03Because you bring it up

00:35:04Probably the most

00:35:06Even watching that video

00:35:08Because that video was filmed in La Fenice

00:35:09We actually filmed it in between

00:35:11Soundcheck and the performance

00:35:12We had like two hours

00:35:13To do this music video

00:35:15And it was such an honour

00:35:17To be able to

00:35:18A, play in La Fenice

00:35:19But also sort of

00:35:19To document it with a music video

00:35:21So I really wanted to get it done there

00:35:22As did Kylie

00:35:23I mean

00:35:24Who are your heroes

00:35:25Musical heroes

00:35:26Who were they when you were younger

00:35:27And who are they now

00:35:28Bob Dylan for sure

00:35:29The first concert I ever went to

00:35:30Was Bob Dylan

00:35:31In Zurich

00:35:31At the hockey ring

00:35:32And it was half empty

00:35:33At the time

00:35:34Bob wasn't on trend

00:35:35This was the late 90s

00:35:37Maybe early noughties

00:35:38Maybe 2000, 2001

00:35:40But Paul Simon was really

00:35:42The

00:35:42Simon and Garfunkel

00:35:44Was a cassette

00:35:45I bought a cassette

00:35:46At an airport

00:35:47When I was going on a business trip

00:35:48With my dad

00:35:49Like the first time

00:35:49I'd been on a business trip

00:35:50And it was when you could get

00:35:52Those like bricks

00:35:52They were like four cassettes

00:35:53In one

00:35:54Do you remember

00:35:54It was like the best of

00:35:55And I put it on

00:35:57And I heard Kathy's song

00:35:59And I have the attention span

00:36:01Of a squirrel

00:36:02And even worse

00:36:03When I was younger

00:36:04And I remember being at the airport

00:36:05Putting my Walkman on

00:36:06And hearing this song

00:36:07And in three minutes

00:36:08I felt like I'd read a novel

00:36:10Or seen a movie

00:36:10Like there was so much detail

00:36:12And yet not that many words

00:36:14And I was just sort of

00:36:15Really attracted by that

00:36:17I was really fascinated by it

00:36:18And I still am

00:36:20And now

00:36:20The more writing you do

00:36:22You get more into writing

00:36:24You really

00:36:25Clearly that's preferable now

00:36:27To cover the versions

00:36:27To actually sing

00:36:28Your own material

00:36:29Your own tunes

00:36:30Your own lyrics

00:36:30Yeah and I think

00:36:33I went to Italy

00:36:34In the last couple of years

00:36:35To write an album in Italian

00:36:37Which was something

00:36:37I had to do

00:36:38After the passing of my dad

00:36:39To reconnect with my Italian roots

00:36:40And it was amazing

00:36:42Writing with Italian writers

00:36:43Because it's a completely

00:36:44Different culture

00:36:44The way they use the words

00:36:46The importance they give

00:36:47To the weight of a word

00:36:48Which is something

00:36:49I've never discussed

00:36:50When I'm writing by myself

00:36:51Or songwriting

00:36:52With friends of mine in English

00:36:53And that kind of detail

00:36:55To the craft

00:36:55That they have

00:36:56Because of the language

00:36:57Because of it being

00:36:58A Latin language

00:36:58One word can have

00:37:00Multiple meanings

00:37:00So to be able to use

00:37:02That wisely

00:37:03Is a real art

00:37:03Whereas in English

00:37:04Blue means blue

00:37:05Up means up

00:37:06Down means down

00:37:07It's quite monosyllabic

00:37:08Which is why it works

00:37:09Universally

00:37:09But it's less poetic

00:37:10So to speak

00:37:11So to find

00:37:12I sort of fell in love

00:37:13With the poetry

00:37:14Of songwriting again

00:37:16And I've tried to bring it

00:37:17Into this new album

00:37:18So growing up in Switzerland

00:37:20But now ensconced

00:37:22In Oxfordshire

00:37:22In the British countryside

00:37:24Are you becoming

00:37:24A country gentleman?

00:37:26I wouldn't go as far

00:37:27As gentleman

00:37:27But I'm becoming more country

00:37:29And I think it's

00:37:30Because of my upbringing

00:37:31In Switzerland

00:37:31That I have

00:37:32It feels very familiar

00:37:33And that's again

00:37:34Something I always say

00:37:35To my children

00:37:36When we're walking

00:37:36When we go for a walk

00:37:37And we're walking

00:37:38To the village

00:37:38And you can smell

00:37:39All the various

00:37:40Fire pits burning

00:37:41In each house

00:37:42And that reminds me

00:37:43Of growing up in Switzerland

00:37:44That was a very typical

00:37:45Weekend thing

00:37:45To do in Switzerland

00:37:46So I always say

00:37:47Oh this reminds me

00:37:48Of where I grew up

00:37:49And they were always like

00:37:50Yeah but you grew up

00:37:50On top of a mountain

00:37:51I'm like yeah

00:37:51But the atmosphere

00:37:52Was the same

00:37:53The nature is quite similar

00:37:54What can I say

00:37:55But grazie

00:37:56Jack Saletti

00:37:57Grazie

00:37:58Grazie

00:37:58Thank you so much

00:37:59My pleasure

00:38:00Thank you

00:38:00You'll stay for

00:38:01A light libation

00:38:02I would love to

00:38:02I think you've earned it

00:38:03I hope you're dry

00:38:04Time now to pay homage

00:38:06To your handiwork

00:38:07As we open our

00:38:08Viewers gallery once more

00:38:09And you've been a hardy bunch

00:38:11As always

00:38:12Braving the freezing weather

00:38:13To capture the wonder

00:38:14And beauty

00:38:15Of your daily constitutionals

00:38:17It's time

00:38:18For Walk on the Wild Side

00:38:23Outro Music

00:38:23As always

00:38:24As always

00:38:29Poison

00:38:29And who

00:38:49Finds

00:38:49A

00:45:02Now then.

00:45:03Yes.

00:45:03It's the time for bare root, isn't it?

00:45:05November to March, but we're peak bare root planting season and there is so much reason

00:45:11to plant bare root.

00:45:12You've got a cherry here.

00:45:13I have.

00:45:14It's a fragrant cloud.

00:45:14Amazing to think, you know, you get a tree like that.

00:45:16Yeah.

00:45:17And bare root coming to you without the soil, with no pot, straight out of the ground, dormant.

00:45:22The important thing is not to let it dry out.

00:45:24Yeah.

00:45:24So when you receive them, either get them in the ground as soon as you can, or you can

00:45:28put them in water for a bit if you've got a few days and you're like, can't quite

00:45:31do it straight away, or keeping them in a cold, dark environment.

00:45:35Or dig a hole in the garden where they're not going to go and just bury the roots

00:45:38so it keeps them moist, just not to let them dry out.

00:45:41And then we've got a couple of apples here on dwarf rootstock.

00:45:44This is an M9.

00:45:45They're so promising, aren't they, when you buy them like this?

00:45:46Yeah, they are.

00:45:47They're a real youngster.

00:45:48And I always say to folk, you know, when you're planting a tree, don't plant anything

00:45:51taller than you are.

00:45:53Because the longer and taller they are, the more time they take to establish.

00:45:57And something like this get away surprisingly quickly.

00:46:00Yeah.

00:46:00And such a good time to buy them because it's cheaper as well, isn't it?

00:46:03Yeah, you're not paying for the potting up, the nurturing and the watering,

00:46:06because they've been growing in the ground.

00:46:07They're much less labour intensive.

00:46:09But roses too.

00:46:10Indeed.

00:46:11And they look great when they come like that.

00:46:12Again, and you're paying less than you would in the pot.

00:46:15Yeah.

00:46:15We've got a trio of royal roses here.

00:46:17We've got the king's rose, which is a new one, which is a bit like the old...

00:46:21Rosamundi.

00:46:21It is striped.

00:46:21I've been growing it this summer and it's striped.

00:46:23It's lovely.

00:46:24Candy striped, pink and white.

00:46:25Yeah.

00:46:25Lovely rose.

00:46:26It's really pretty, isn't it?

00:46:27I haven't grown it yet.

00:46:28And when you're planting them, you don't need all this root because fresh stuff will grow.

00:46:32So cut it back to about, you know, four to six inches in old money.

00:46:37You have to be harsh, don't you?

00:46:37Just take all those thicker ones off.

00:46:39Don't worry about it.

00:46:39Well, no, because youngsters will come out of there.

00:46:41And I don't know about you, but when I plant them, I like to plant them slightly deeper.

00:46:45So you bury that joint there where the buds meet, again, the root stock in.

00:46:52So you keep that under?

00:46:52Slightly under the ground because it'll start rooting from there and make it much more stable.

00:46:56And then you can prune this back.

00:46:57When you're planting young...

00:46:58I'm ticking over here.

00:46:59No, it's good.

00:47:00Well, I mean you.

00:47:01I'm learning.

00:47:02I'm always learning, Alan.

00:47:03Well, you can cut them really quite hard, just above a bud.

00:47:05Above a little one.

00:47:06Outward facing for perfection, but a lot of them aren't.

00:47:09So just take them back to about that...

00:47:12Looks really neat as well, doesn't it?

00:47:13When you're planting a new one.

00:47:14Yeah.

00:47:14And bury it down there.

00:47:15I'm doing it.

00:47:16I'm changing.

00:47:16I'm changing the way I do it now.

00:47:18Well, it looks like you're worrying, but then whoosh the way they'll come.

00:47:20No, I won't, because I've got good advice, Alan.

00:47:22I'm not going to worry.

00:47:23The pressure, the pressure.

00:47:24But so a trio of royal ones.

00:47:25We've also got Elizabeth and Princess Anne as well.

00:47:28So really nice shrub roses.

00:47:30Now, when you plant, I often add mycorrhizal fungi.

00:47:33Yep.

00:47:33Which I shall...

00:47:34Shall I hold that?

00:47:36Yeah.

00:47:37Can you pour me some, please?

00:47:38Yeah.

00:47:38Please, I want some more.

00:47:39We never used to do this when we do now, because all plants have this association with

00:47:44fungi.

00:47:44Yeah.

00:47:45And this basically, I would normally put it in the planting hole.

00:47:48Yeah, that's what I do.

00:47:49And then put the rose in.

00:47:51Yeah.

00:47:51But what you can do, you can add it to this.

00:47:55Oh, the old gel.

00:47:56I'm going to give it a stir for me.

00:47:57Really?

00:47:58Yes.

00:47:58So it's a dipping gel.

00:48:00Then, dipping...

00:48:01Ah, right.

00:48:02So you dip the roots in there.

00:48:03Here we go.

00:48:03Dip the roots in there.

00:48:04Yeah.

00:48:05And it covers them.

00:48:06I'll do that so we can see.

00:48:09Then you bring them out.

00:48:10I mean, it's a bit gloopy, isn't it?

00:48:11Knock it all off and plant it with that.

00:48:12Knock it all off.

00:48:13But it ensures then, you can see all the granules and the mycorrhizal fungus stuck.

00:48:17So it kind of ensures a good take up, I guess.

00:48:20So we've just got to have a little bit of winter planting.

00:48:23Because that looks quite bare, because it is bare root.

00:48:25But we still need colour at this time of year.

00:48:27And little bays are absolutely beautiful in a window box.

00:48:30And I think window boxes at this time of year are really good value, aren't they?

00:48:35Well, they bring the garden right up close, don't they?

00:48:37They do.

00:48:38And these bays as well...

00:48:38And if you don't have a windowsill, you can always get a bracket on the wall outside.

00:48:42Indeed.

00:48:42And that's the thing, because window boxes are quite heavy, don't just sit it there and

00:48:46don't give it any support.

00:48:48But an ivy at each end.

00:48:50And then we've got these really pretty little primula with these pink, purpley edges.

00:48:55And, I mean, primroses really are the first sign of spring.

00:48:59And traditionally, you'd have your primula vulgaris, the yellows, wouldn't you?

00:49:03Oh, primrose, prime flower, first flower, isn't it?

00:49:05Yeah.

00:49:06And at the front, I've got the little...

00:49:07It's actually a china window box, quite heavy, but in blue and white.

00:49:12And the variety of viola in there is called delf blue, which I thought was quite fun.

00:49:15Because it's a bit like the delft chinaware that you get.

00:49:18Yeah, we've got room for one more.

00:49:20There you go.

00:49:20One in there.

00:49:21Well done, Camilla.

00:49:22Lovely.

00:49:22Bit of colour, bit of planting hair, bit of rose planting, bit of fruit tree planting.

00:49:26Enjoy your snowdrops.

00:49:27Thank you very much indeed.

00:49:28Welcome.

00:49:34Off to Suffolk now, and a world-renowned equine institution over 250 years old.

00:49:41Tattersall's is a British auction house specialising in the sale of thoroughbred horses, including

00:49:48foals, yearlings, broodmares, racehorses and breeding stock.

00:49:53They sell horses for race and breeding and for reselling later, known as pin hooking.

00:50:00We headed up to Newmarket to see why their prestigious foal auction always gets tails wagging.

00:50:20Tattersall's is the world's oldest bloodstock auctioneer.

00:50:24We're 259 years old.

00:50:26The sale we're holding here today is a foal sale, so breeders are bringing their foals

00:50:31to market.

00:50:32For a lot of people, that's their livelihood.

00:50:34I've got a draft of 24 foals here this week, and yeah, over four days, hope to sell them.

00:50:39This week is a long time in the planning.

00:50:41A mare is obviously in foal for nearly a year, and then these foals are eight, nine, ten months

00:50:46old when they sell, so it's a two-year project just for this sale.

00:50:49We're a commercial breeder of flat racehorses, and we breed about 80 foals a year.

00:50:56The six weeks before the sale, we start really giving a lot of preparation.

00:51:01The team will be hand-walking them, giving them a lot of exercise, feeding them up and

00:51:05really preparing them for four days of showing.

00:51:15At any auction we do, it is the culmination of multiple years of work that boils down

00:51:19to a two to three minute period where the fate of the vendor and sometimes their finances

00:51:27for the year are boiled down into that small period.

00:51:29So it's a great responsibility.

00:51:31It's a great privilege to be able to do it.

00:51:35And I remember when I was first starting out, some of the more senior auctioneers would

00:51:38say, however long you've been doing it for, if you don't have a few butterflies in your

00:51:42stomach, when you're getting ready to go onto the roster, you're not going to be doing

00:51:45your job very well because you need to realise the implications of how you act on there.

00:51:50You need to do it to the very best of your ability and wherever possible try and exceed

00:51:53people's expectations by eking out a bit or two more than they might have thought they

00:51:57would get.

00:51:58So there's a lot of trepidation, a lot of nervousness when they're bringing their group of

00:52:02animals to sale, pitching them against the rest of the crop.

00:52:05And then you're finding out how you stack up in the pecking order.

00:52:08You know, you can think you've got nice horses at home, but until you bring them up here,

00:52:12you really don't know.

00:52:13You've got to compare them to the opposition.

00:52:16So we've got about 300 foals catalogued today. I think about 270 of those are here and ready

00:52:22to go through the ring. I'll be doing between 30 and 40 of those in the various runs that

00:52:26I have as an auctioneer. So I'll be looking at how they're made, how they behave, how they

00:52:31walk, and then looking at the pedigree, the family behind them as well, trying to match

00:52:36up the physical side of things, the pedigree side of things, and then bring them together

00:52:39into a value that I think we can achieve in the ring. The bids start flying and you get

00:52:44into a really good rhythm doing it. It's one of the best buzzers you can get in the job,

00:52:48in my opinion.

00:52:50So our minimum price this week is about a thousand guineas, but if we're lucky, later

00:52:54on in the week we may have some horses that get close to or maybe even exceed seven-figure

00:52:58prices. So we still sell in guineas, and it's the old one pound and a shilling. The shilling

00:53:03used to be the auctioneer's commission, so we trade in guineas. It equals a pound and five pence.

00:53:07We take a five per cent commission. It's a high-risk investment. You've got the risk

00:53:12of the horse not developing as you hope it will do. When you're looking at the physical,

00:53:16you're looking for the shape and what it might grow into.

00:53:20It's great to try and see how people are imagining what is a very raw product right

00:53:25now, but what it's going to grow up and become. Is it going to grow up and become a

00:53:28nice yearling to sell next year, and then ultimately is it going to grow up to be a nice,

00:53:31powerful racehorse that goes and performs on the track.

00:53:34A good walking horse does tend to turn into a good trotting, good cantering, good moving,

00:53:39and obviously good galloping once they get to the racehorse also. I think action, as we call it,

00:53:43is very important.

00:53:46Going halfway through today, we've sold most of the foals which we've offered today, which is great.

00:53:51It's never always smooth sailing on a day like this when you're dealing with so many clients

00:53:55and so many foals, but it's not over until the last one sells.

00:53:58So it's fantastic seeing people have to use their imagination with these young animals,

00:54:02and then really try and visualise what those horses are going to do, and hopefully down the road at

00:54:06Newmarket Racehorse in a few years' time, go on to great things.

00:54:11Oh, thanks to everybody at Tattersall. It's an amazing place, isn't it?

00:54:15Coming up, described as a raucous relish, a sexually voracious landlady in a tale about lust,

00:54:22morality and family comes in halfway, winning rave reviews for her recent performance in

00:54:28Joe Orton's entertaining Mr Sloan. And he could find his way out of a blizzard and still find time

00:54:34to name every snowflake en route. Nature's ultimate detective, Tristan Gooley, maps out the things

00:54:41that should be on your radar this month. I'll see you with the navigator himself and more right after this.

00:55:03Welcome back to Love Your Weekend. Still ahead, it's nearly time to settle in for a brew, but not that

00:55:09kind.

00:55:09Jager Wise is here, with the pale ale that anyone can enjoy on a lazy Sunday afternoon.

00:55:15And a body discovered in the village church, an amateur sleuth, and some idyllic British countryside.

00:55:21Sounds like my kind of drama. Tamsyn Arthwaite, on bringing alive the literary work of the Reverend Richard Coles

00:55:27in the hit drama Murder Before Even song. But first, even in the depths of winter,

00:55:33the natural world is quietly full of clues, if you know how to spot them.

00:55:38Writer and natural navigator Tristan Gooley spent years uncovering the subtle signs

00:55:45that mark nature's lesser known seasons, proving there's still plenty to look out for

00:55:50when the leaves are gone and the days are short.

00:55:53He's now sharing those insights in a new book, The Hidden Seasons.

00:56:00And he's very kindly turned out today to show us how winter still has stories to tell.

00:56:05Welcome, Tristan. Lovely to have you back. Thanks, Al.

00:56:08It always reminds me what to look for when I say, well, there's not much about, is there, at the

00:56:11moment.

00:56:11And you come and say, what? Don't be ridiculous. There's so much.

00:56:14I've got the sun in my eyes. Of course, this time of year, it's really quite low, isn't it?

00:56:18Yeah, I think this is the first time in the year where we sense the day is getting longer.

00:56:22But even there, there are little surprises. So, by the beginning of February, the day is about an hour and

00:56:27ten minutes longer

00:56:28than it was at the start of January. But it's not even. That's where the surprise is.

00:56:32We find sunset is about 45 minutes later than it was at the start of January.

00:56:37But sunrise hasn't come that much earlier. So, it's a bit kind of uneven.

00:56:42And this is all to do with the tilt of the Earth's axis, isn't it?

00:56:44That's it, yeah. The tilt of the Earth's axis and the way it orbits around the sun sets that up.

00:56:50But so many different little surprises. There's a temptation to think we have to wait until, you know, spring's in

00:56:56full swing.

00:56:57But we've got a lovely example here. I think many people recognise the hazel catkins.

00:57:03The lamb's tails. Yes, beautiful, aren't they?

00:57:06And this is the male flower, or in fact, many flowers, perhaps as many as 240 flowers in the tail

00:57:13there.

00:57:13But what a lot of people don't spot is the female flower right at the end of the tail.

00:57:19That little tiny red bit sticking out. And that's where the nut comes from, of course, isn't it?

00:57:22Yes, yes. The nut comes from the females.

00:57:24Yeah. Now, they've been a bit early this year, haven't they, the catkins?

00:57:27They have been early. And one of the seasonal markers in the catkins is that we wouldn't see them as

00:57:33typically a pretty flower.

00:57:34And that's a clue that they're wind-pollinated. And wind-pollinated flowers, they tend to sneak out

00:57:41before what we would think of as the pretty flowers. So they're a real marker of this time of year.

00:57:46So we're getting past the depths of winter, but it's not yet spring.

00:57:50And the reason they do that is because they need that breeze we can feel on our faces at the

00:57:54moment.

00:57:54Yeah, they're going to get well-pollinated today, aren't they?

00:57:56They are. It's a great acre.

00:57:57We get these clouds of sulphur pollen, don't you, coming off.

00:57:59Yes, it's absolutely beautiful. But that, for me, is a really encouraging sign that we're in this interesting moment between

00:58:06winter and spring.

00:58:08Well, we've got a lovely old churchyard next door. Shall we go and have a walk around there and see

00:58:12if we can find any more clues?

00:58:13Let's do it.

00:58:14Oh, yeah. The odd shaft of sunlight. And you begin to notice, you know, we were looking at these for

00:58:21the garden earlier with Camilla.

00:58:23And here they are, you know, coming up through the grass, trying not to walk on them. Sheets of snowdrops.

00:58:29Isn't it special when they come through?

00:58:31They are so magnificent. And I think one of the reasons we love them is because they are bold and

00:58:37early.

00:58:37And if anything's early, it's a prompt for us to pause and say, how do they do it? Because it's

00:58:42like a magic trick.

00:58:43And as all, you know, gardeners will know, and of course, you'll know only too well, they've got this trick

00:58:49of storing energy from the ear below in the bulbs below the ground.

00:58:52But there's something else I want to show you above ground, which is, can you see how there's no symmetry

00:58:57here?

00:58:58Almost all of the flowers are on this side.

00:59:02Yes.

00:59:02And unlike the hazel catkins, which need the wind for pollination, any flower we think of as pretty is trying

00:59:10to attract insects.

00:59:11And for that, they need to reflect light. So this actually makes a compass.

00:59:15What they're doing is facing where most of the light is coming from and telling us that south is out

00:59:20this way.

00:59:21So if you're lost, a plant like the snowdrop is in effect a compass as it's pointing south.

00:59:26Exactly right.

00:59:27If the sun isn't out, you can still tell.

00:59:29Yeah, and that's what our ancestors would have used to help them.

00:59:32Yeah.

00:59:33And there's another one I'd like to show you over here.

00:59:36This is the plant that gardeners have an uneasy relationship with.

00:59:40Good for bird nesting, but a pain if it's growing up and among your plants brambles.

00:59:45Yes, but there's still clues and signs to be found even in, you know, plants that aren't a gardener's favourite.

00:59:51And we're not spoilt for colour yet at this time of year.

00:59:55But there is a lovely clue in the colours we can see here.

00:59:58Because all down the side here of the brambles, we've got this rich red colour.

01:00:02And on the side you are, most of the leaves are green.

01:00:06Yes.

01:00:06And any plants that have got leaves out at this time of year are sensitive to light, of course.

01:00:11And they use this red colour. It's the pigment anthocyanin.

01:00:15And we can think of it like a sort of sunscreen. It's protecting the leaves.

01:00:19And that's why they only need it on the bright south side.

01:00:22There are colours out there if we know where to look.

01:00:25And there is one more I can show you over here, if you'd like to join me.

01:00:28OK.

01:00:28Well, if I can get out of this bramble.

01:00:30You trapped there.

01:00:31It's getting its own back. It knows I'm the gardener.

01:00:33You're the countryman. You're left alone, you see.

01:00:35What have we got here?

01:00:36Well, if we peer over this hedge just here and look in the middle distance,

01:00:40can you see? There are thousands of leaves, but they're all brown.

01:00:44Yeah.

01:00:45And this is an effect with a wonderful word.

01:00:48The name is marcessence.

01:00:50And this is the habit of certain trees, beaches, oaks, hornbeams, a few others.

01:00:55They hold onto their leaves all through winter.

01:00:58And it gives us something fun to look for at this time of year.

01:01:01Do we know why they do it?

01:01:02I love it when the scientists aren't 100% sure,

01:01:05because there's a bit of mystery there.

01:01:07And two of the leading theories.

01:01:08One is it deters browsing animals like deer from munching the leaves,

01:01:12which of course the trees don't want.

01:01:14And that's perhaps why we only see it low down.

01:01:16The other theory, really lovely, is that they're providing their own fertiliser.

01:01:21When we get to spring and they're going to do all that wonderful growing,

01:01:24they sprinkle those leaves on the ground ready for spring.

01:01:27I've brought my own leaf mould with me. Wonderful, isn't it?

01:01:30It just goes to show, doesn't it, with a guide like you,

01:01:33who can just open our eyes to what we thought was a fairly barren landscape at this time of year,

01:01:37you suddenly start to see a lot of interest, a lot of things.

01:01:40Always a pleasure having you, Tristan. Thanks very much. Good luck with the book.

01:01:44Time now for an energetic little fella,

01:01:46known for its striking orange-red fur and very bushy tail.

01:01:50We haven't got any of them here, but there are loads on the Isle of Wight.

01:01:53Here's Leslie Joseph waxing lyrical about the red squirrel.

01:01:58Thank you, Alan. And a very delicious and delightful good morning to you all.

01:02:04Well, we did it. We got through January.

01:02:09Oh, spring is just around the corner.

01:02:13But before we get too excited, let's take another adventure down the garden path,

01:02:19where this week we meet the red squirrel.

01:02:23Red squirrels are among our best-loved woodland animals.

01:02:27Native to these shores, the red squirrel has seen a decline due to squirrel pox.

01:02:33So if you get an opportunity to see one in motion, do savour this sight.

01:02:39Now predominantly based in Scotland,

01:02:42the red squirrel also has smaller populations in northern England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

01:02:48They love woodlands oh so much, especially pine forests,

01:02:53where they feast on their favourite culinary delights,

01:02:56which include nuts, pine cones and berries.

01:03:00In fact, being the crafty innovators that they are,

01:03:04red squirrels often bury food to eat later.

01:03:07Well, I'm the same whenever I go to a carvery.

01:03:10Oh, how I adore a Yorkshire pudding.

01:03:13They also have the most adaptable bodies to reflect the seasons.

01:03:16In the colder months, the red squirrels' fur becomes thicker to keep warm during the winter.

01:03:22Oh, how very Zsa Zsa Gabor, darling.

01:03:26They also have the most extraordinary tail,

01:03:29which they use for balance, warmth and communication.

01:03:34In European folklore, red squirrels were believed to carry messages between the gods.

01:03:42Assuming they weren't burrowing hazelnuts, of course.

01:03:45So mighty and truly magnificent.

01:03:50All hail the red squirrel.

01:03:54Over to you, Alan.

01:03:58Oh, thank you, Leslie.

01:04:00Did you know red squirrels are surprisingly acrobatic swimmers?

01:04:03They're also known for their speedy treetop life and unique ability to descend trees head first,

01:04:10due to double-jointed ankles.

01:04:13I think I've got one of those today.

01:04:15Coming up, Béa Sommelier, Jager Wise, takes us on a pub crawl without leaving the barn.

01:04:20The idea of everything.

01:04:21Plus, star of the stage and screen, Tamsin Althwaite, on her recent theatrical forays,

01:04:27bringing the words of Mike Lee and Joe Orton to life.

01:04:31From a sexually frustrated landlady and entertaining Mr Sloan,

01:04:35to the hostess of a soiree from hell in Abigail's party.

01:04:39Cheesy pineapple, anyone?

01:04:41I'll see you with Tamsin for some theatrical insights and lore, right after this.

01:04:59Welcome back to Love Your Weekend.

01:05:01Still ahead, Jager Wise calls time on the show with a selection of winter pale ales,

01:05:06perfect for a lazy Sunday afternoon.

01:05:09But first, as a sister of the cloth, she should have known better

01:05:12and to get involved with ne'er-do-wells like Steve Owen, Dan Sullivan, Phil Mitchell

01:05:18and in what can only be attributed to a moment of temporary insanity, Ian Beale.

01:05:23For what's possibly the shortest marriage ever, even by Albert Square standards.

01:05:29Prepare for the doof-doof as we step back in time to New Year's Eve, December 1999.

01:05:42Mell, I'm begging you. Don't leave me like this, please. I need you, Mell. Thank you.

01:05:51Well, guess what, Ian? I don't love you. And I never have done.

01:05:56One, two, three, two, one!

01:06:26To walk out like that, though, ditch your tiara. How satisfying was that?

01:06:31It was quite satisfying.

01:06:33Because I'd been married for a whole four hours.

01:06:37I think it was the shortest marriage, might be the shortest marriage in EastEnders history.

01:06:41I think it would take something to beat four hours, wouldn't it, really?

01:06:45Yeah. All I know is, at the time, when it went out, live on the New Year's Eve,

01:06:51there was a huge screen in Trafalgar Square with hundreds of people watching it.

01:06:58And I was away. I took myself away somewhere far away where I was out of the noise of it.

01:07:03And somebody called me and said,

01:07:04I'm in Trafalgar Square and we're waiting to hear you say I do and you can hear a pin drop.

01:07:11I was like, what on earth is going on?

01:07:13So that was early days for me in EastEnders.

01:07:16So, yeah, it was quite crazy.

01:07:19It was in the days when millions of people would watch every episode.

01:07:22He's not had a lot of luck, has he, really? What a memorable scene.

01:07:27A heck of a learning curve. You were quite young when you started in that, really.

01:07:30I mean, an awful lot to learn from some of the best, you know,

01:07:33the Barbara Windsor's and the June Brown's, you know, astonishing cast, really.

01:07:37Absolutely. I mean, I was 28 in 1998 when I went in.

01:07:42And I kind of learnt my trade, as I'm still learning,

01:07:46but learnt my, like, all of those craft skills when you're doing multicam,

01:07:54which is something that you don't learn in a drama school or college or...

01:07:57So learning all that in front of, at the time, millions of people.

01:08:02I feel quite proud of the fact that I came out with my sanity

01:08:06and knowing exactly how to manoeuvre and navigate, you know,

01:08:12a character on a set where it's very fast

01:08:14and the amount of learning you have to do.

01:08:17So, yeah, I do. I had a brilliant time doing it.

01:08:19It taught me so much.

01:08:21Do you know how many scenes did you do in your last day in EastEnders?

01:08:24So, the weird thing, Alan, is some of it was just me throwing up in a jail cell

01:08:30or some of it was just one shot.

01:08:32But there were 31 scenes on my final day as Mel in 2002.

01:08:38And they threw me a party to say goodbye.

01:08:42And I was an hour late for my own party

01:08:44because we had to get it all in because I was leaving.

01:08:47And, yeah, that's unheard of, I think.

01:08:49I've never done that before or since.

01:08:51We saw at the very top of the show,

01:08:52we'll talk about musicals in a minute too,

01:08:54we saw him doing Sweet Charity.

01:08:55But there's been a lot of stage work quite, quite different to that.

01:08:58The latest thing that you've just finished

01:08:59is this part in entertaining Mr. Sloan.

01:09:02Just set her up for a bit before we see her.

01:09:05Joe Orson play, very, as they used to say at the time, outspoken.

01:09:09Not a comfortable play at all.

01:09:12And your character, a bit of a one.

01:09:16Yeah, damaged, outrageous, lonely, desperate.

01:09:20And she pursues a young man many, many years younger than her.

01:09:26So Orton is outrageous, as you know, and quite shocking at times.

01:09:33And I don't think those characters were particularly lovable.

01:09:37Mm.

01:09:38And I suppose allowing yourself to play someone that's completely unlikable.

01:09:43Irredeemable, really.

01:09:44The reaction from an audience there,

01:09:46do you get the impression sometimes that they let you know

01:09:49when you're shocking them, in a way?

01:09:51Yeah, because there was a section where I was wearing a see-through negligee

01:09:55and there was nothing on underneath at all.

01:09:58And at the beginning, the wig department, I had a wig on,

01:10:01they made me a Merkin.

01:10:02Yes.

01:10:03And...

01:10:04It's a lower wig, ladies and gentlemen.

01:10:05Yes.

01:10:06A lower, lower wig.

01:10:09And Imelda Staunton was the last person to play it in the West End.

01:10:12So the designer, Peter, had also designed that production.

01:10:16So I asked him and I said, you know,

01:10:19is a Merkin what Imelda did?

01:10:21And they said, no, no, Imelda just went completely bare.

01:10:25Now, the lighting and the negligee does cover quite a bit.

01:10:31But when I saw the Merkin, I thought, no, that doesn't feel very true to...

01:10:36It doesn't feel very authentic.

01:10:37They'd made a Swedish one that was quite blonde.

01:10:40And my mum's Italian, as you know.

01:10:42So I said, do you know what?

01:10:43I'm just going to be brave at my age.

01:10:45And I suppose what happened was when she starts to undress to seduce the younger man, Mr. Sloan,

01:10:57I sometimes would hear from different areas because you could see everything in one area of the theatre and nothing

01:11:04in others.

01:11:06So some people would say, I didn't see anything.

01:11:08And some people would say, I saw everything.

01:11:11And I felt quite brave after a while because I was forgetting that I was doing it.

01:11:16But you would often hear from one area of the theatre, when I took off my dress, you would hear...

01:11:24And that told me that it was still shocking some people.

01:11:27Yeah.

01:11:28Which is what was the whole point.

01:11:30Which is the aim.

01:11:30Yeah.

01:11:31Here you are, entertaining Mr. Sloan.

01:11:35I need understanding.

01:11:39You do, don't you?

01:11:43Well, well, well.

01:11:45A little bodybuilder, are ya?

01:11:49This young man is quite respectable.

01:11:52I'm going to tell you something.

01:11:54Prepare to raise your eyebrows.

01:11:57Can I have a promise?

01:11:58You'll keep your mouth shut.

01:12:00We have met before.

01:12:01I knew we had.

01:12:03I'm not wicked.

01:12:04I think you're wicked.

01:12:06You did it in the round at The Young Thing.

01:12:10For a young actor like that coming in first thing.

01:12:12It's not proscenium arch, the audience is there.

01:12:15Yeah.

01:12:15For any actor, even experienced, that's a skill in itself, isn't it?

01:12:20Working with the audience all the way around you.

01:12:21Oh, absolutely.

01:12:23I mean, the, not having a back wall means you've got nowhere to hide.

01:12:30And, text like Orton's, I mean, it's extremely funny and clipped.

01:12:35Yeah.

01:12:35But then it's also very dark.

01:12:37So, getting the gags across when they were funny.

01:12:41So, if you're facing here, they also have to go to the people at the back behind you.

01:12:45Yeah.

01:12:45So, it is a skill.

01:12:47And it would be different every night.

01:12:48And some people would laugh in different places.

01:12:50Every night there was a completely different show on stage.

01:12:53And it was, you could never relax for a moment.

01:12:57I mean, you can't in theatre anyway.

01:12:58But there wasn't a moment where you could take your foot off the gas and step back on the charge.

01:13:04Because it was all so charged.

01:13:06Now, we know Alison Steadman from Abigail's Party, but you did a revival.

01:13:10We did.

01:13:11Of the most toe-curling and excruciating play to watch.

01:13:15That was it.

01:13:16What's it like to be in it?

01:13:17And to do.

01:13:17Yes, absolutely.

01:13:18I mean, horrific, horrible characters.

01:13:21We probably aired on the very dark side in our production.

01:13:26Yeah.

01:13:27It was funny.

01:13:28Very funny.

01:13:29But it was also toe-curlingly awful.

01:13:34Yeah.

01:13:34And Kevin Bishop was in it with me as well, who was extremely funny.

01:13:38And Nadia Fall directed it, who directed Entertaining Mr Sloan as well.

01:13:43And there might be another life for it at some point.

01:13:47Touch wood.

01:13:47Okay, so Abigail will be entertaining again.

01:13:50Yes.

01:13:51And Alison Steadman, who played it originally, I saw her not that long ago.

01:13:55And I've just been told recently that she also did Entertaining Mr Sloan.

01:13:59So maybe I'm just following in her footsteps.

01:14:01Just check her list and follow, yeah.

01:14:03Which I'd be very happy about having her career.

01:14:05Of course, we see you on telly as well.

01:14:07And the most recent thing is Murder Before Even song.

01:14:10Here you are.

01:14:10Richard Coles playing, again, a bit of a piece of work, I think, really.

01:14:16Anyway, I shall be presenting it at the next PCC for a vote because, unlike your plans, this is already

01:14:23funded.

01:14:25You've got the money?

01:14:26A private donation.

01:14:28I see.

01:14:29And who's it from?

01:14:30The donor wishes to remain anonymous.

01:14:33To the rest of the world, perhaps.

01:14:34But not to me.

01:14:36As Rector and incumbent.

01:14:38They were most insistent.

01:14:40Unfortunately, the Rector has a fiduciary responsibility.

01:14:44He has to be able to account for all sources of funding.

01:14:47And unless he can, no such proposal can go before the PCC for approval.

01:14:52I guess I'm afraid that's quite true.

01:14:54And you are?

01:14:56Oh, I'm sorry, Stella.

01:14:57This is my mother, Audrey.

01:15:02Who appears to be an expert on PCC protocol.

01:15:05It's amazing what you pick up.

01:15:11Watch that one, Daniel.

01:15:12I have a feeling she hates losing.

01:15:15But then, so do I.

01:15:17Well, another combination.

01:15:19You and Amanda Redman.

01:15:21You went on to take over from Amanda in New Tricks.

01:15:24Amanda came and talked about that role and said,

01:15:26should I put that wig on?

01:15:27Should I suddenly think I was my mother or something?

01:15:30How about you suddenly age with a wig like that?

01:15:33Yeah, absolutely.

01:15:33It was lovely working with her because I'd never,

01:15:35apart from working with her as a guest on New Tricks many years before,

01:15:40before I came in to take over from her,

01:15:41I'd never actually been in a scene with her.

01:15:43So it was great.

01:15:44That was lovely.

01:15:45We talked earlier, at the top of the show,

01:15:47about Sweet Charity and about musicals there.

01:15:49And in a way, it was sort of song and dance.

01:15:51Sylvia Young, wasn't she, at the beginning?

01:15:53I did.

01:15:54I went part-time, yeah.

01:15:55Not full-time, but part-time.

01:15:57And that kind of gave me the bug, I think.

01:15:59And then I went to London Studio Centre for three years.

01:16:02So I trained in musical theatre.

01:16:04I changed onto the drama course halfway through.

01:16:08And I did eight years of musical theatre before EastEnders came about.

01:16:12And two of those years was working with Alan Akebourne up in Scarborough.

01:16:16And that was all set in the round because it was the Stephen Joseph Theatre in the round.

01:16:18Yes.

01:16:18So I feel like my first professional play was actually in the round,

01:16:23which I suppose made doing the round much later on much less frightening.

01:16:28Yeah, you knew about it.

01:16:30Yeah.

01:16:30You knew the feel of it.

01:16:31And to start with Akebourne, cut your teeth.

01:16:32It's not bad, is it?

01:16:33I mean, he's about to do his 92nd play?

01:16:3692nd play at Scarborough.

01:16:38Yeah.

01:16:39Yeah.

01:16:39And the theatre was 70 years old this year.

01:16:42Astonishing man.

01:16:43I love the way he's carved his own, ploughed his own furrow.

01:16:46You know, to write that many plays.

01:16:48So many successful plays as well.

01:16:50It's the most successful British playwright.

01:16:51Yeah.

01:16:51I don't think anyone else has written 92 plays.

01:16:54Um, wellness retreats.

01:16:56Yes.

01:16:57So now you're into the, are you organising wellness retreats?

01:16:59Yeah, so I have a CIC, it's a non-profit, it's called We Free Women.

01:17:03And we are just about to do our ninth retreat in three years.

01:17:07We have at least, we have eight to ten, sometimes twelve women each time.

01:17:12And it's basically, our motto is, you can't pour from an empty cup.

01:17:16We basically give women back their power.

01:17:19We choose the women.

01:17:20And we sometimes, we somehow help to, for them to realise their power again.

01:17:26It's life affirming for me.

01:17:27I feel like it's, it's a, it's kind of a mission that I'm not going to let go of.

01:17:33You know, I see there's more to Tamsin than meets the eye.

01:17:37Lovely to talk to you.

01:17:38As ever.

01:17:39Now, time to relax and unwind with stunning footage.

01:17:42Here's our little bit of calm.

01:17:44Equally impressive music too.

01:17:46It's time for today's Ode to Joy.

01:17:48You know, I'm dying saying, Okay.

01:19:48A bit of Mozart now as well.

01:19:49On the way, last orders at the Manor Farm Bar.

01:19:52Landlady and award-winning brewer, Jager Wise,

01:19:55calls time on the show with a selection of the pale ales

01:19:58to freshen our palates.

01:19:59I'll see you with Jager, Tamsin and Jack right after this.

01:20:18Best of British time now.

01:20:20There's nothing quite like a ramble in the winter, followed by a well-deserved drink at the pub, fire roaring.

01:20:27In recent years, the UK has seen a craft beer boom with breweries right across the land.

01:20:32Changing our perception of the classic pint, mass-produced lagers have given way in the main to a celebration of

01:20:39small, independently-brewed ales.

01:20:42If the choice is overwhelming, fear not.

01:20:45Drinks expert Jager Wise is here to impart some much-needed wisdom and share her top pale ales from across

01:20:52our glorious land.

01:20:54Welcome, Jager.

01:20:56It's amazing, some sparkling and see-through and others a little bit more cloudy.

01:21:01Yes, I've got quite the array of pale ales for you.

01:21:03So we're going to start in East London.

01:21:06This brewery is called Five Points, they're from Hackney, and this is a golden ale.

01:21:11And one of the main things you can notice about a golden ale is that lovely golden colour.

01:21:15So if you take a, have a swirl.

01:21:17Do you not?

01:21:18I'm just going to say, you say it always gets me.

01:21:20You look at it, now I find it's like it'd come out.

01:21:22Yeah, I know.

01:21:23So a swirl.

01:21:24It's a way to impress your friends, if you can learn how to swirl one-handed.

01:21:29Then what I want you to do is take a short, sharp sniff and give it a good waft.

01:21:35Can you smell some ready notes, a hint of citrus in there, but it's quite light.

01:21:40If you stick your hand over it, and then I want you to stick your nose in it and smell

01:21:43it like you've never smelled anything before,

01:21:45take a long, deep, drawn-out sniff.

01:21:48And it should smell quite different.

01:21:50This is like wine tasting, I've never done this before.

01:21:53Yes, yes, yes, well this is beer tasting, welcome.

01:21:55Yeah, fair enough.

01:21:55So this is 3.4%.

01:21:57It's made with Cascade and Ernest UK grown, so a beer doesn't really get much more British than this particular

01:22:03beer.

01:22:04So if you have a taste.

01:22:05It is delicious.

01:22:06A golden ale, it's supposed to be quite an easy, balanced drink.

01:22:10It shouldn't spike anywhere in particular, you should be able to drink a pint of it very happily.

01:22:16That was a pork pie.

01:22:18Yeah.

01:22:19I'd share anything with a pork pie to be honest with that.

01:22:21Smooth, isn't it?

01:22:22Yeah.

01:22:23It's lovely, isn't it?

01:22:24Some of the ales can be very bitter, this is actually very smooth, I like that.

01:22:28Well, it's a very traditional style of brewing, it's a very traditional style of beer, and Five Points in East

01:22:34London, that's what they do especially well, is making British classics, but doing it at a really high standard.

01:22:39It's got a great character though, hasn't it? It's not insipid, it's not, you know, weak and watery, is it?

01:22:45Are you a beer drinker, Tamsin?

01:22:46Well, you see, this is probably sacrilege, but what I'd like to do is put a little bit of lime

01:22:51at the top of that, or just pour some lemonade in and make it a shandy.

01:22:56Why not, Tamsin? Why not? Why not?

01:22:59But is that, like, that's bad, isn't it, for a pale ale? Because basically I do drink beer, but I

01:23:04like to have a tiny, like, a lager top.

01:23:07I've worked in a lot of pubs over the years, and a lot of people enjoy their beer that way,

01:23:12and who am I to argue, if that's the way you want to drink your beer, fantastic.

01:23:16I'm just happy you're drinking beer in the first place, so if you do like lemon and lime, you might

01:23:20like some of our other beers, because some of the hops involved do give those kind of flavours.

01:23:25But we give that one of the thumbs up, don't we? I mean, that is a delicious ale.

01:23:28Oh, wonderful. So, the next one is from Edinburgh, this is Campervan Brewery, this is an alcohol-free pale ale.

01:23:34It's 0.5%, it's made with talus and Idaho 7 harps. Idaho 7 is known for being quite tinned pineapple

01:23:42-like, it's one of my favourite harps.

01:23:43Oh, yes. So, have you ever tasted that one?

01:23:44I see what you mean about tinned pineapple.

01:23:47Yeah, absolutely. And can you kind of taste that kind of limey flavour coming through there?

01:23:52That tastes of lime to me.

01:23:53Yeah, it's very beautiful.

01:23:55And a lot of breweries across the country are able to produce alcohol-free beers now, to such a high

01:24:01standard.

01:24:02This is alcohol-free.

01:24:03It's alcohol-free, 0.5%.

01:24:05Oh, you wouldn't know.

01:24:06Never.

01:24:06You really wouldn't know.

01:24:07Definitely not.

01:24:07Do you remember the old days when they first came out and they tasted like licorice?

01:24:10Yeah.

01:24:10They were horrible.

01:24:11Yeah.

01:24:11This is amazing.

01:24:12This is amazing.

01:24:13The branding is a bit...

01:24:14I would actually prefer this in the summer, but there's a guy skiing on the brand.

01:24:17Yeah.

01:24:17I feel like this is more of a sort of summer.

01:24:19Change it all year round.

01:24:20All year round.

01:24:22Okay, so next we are going to be going to Manchester.

01:24:26The brewery here is called Tann Brewing Company, and this is a New Zealand pale ale, which is a style

01:24:33mainly based upon the type of hops used.

01:24:36So, New Zealand is known for having hops that are quite coconutty, quite tropical.

01:24:42They can be a little bit musky as well.

01:24:44So, if you give this a swirl and you give this one a taste, you might be able to taste

01:24:48almost some white wine characteristics.

01:24:50It uses a hop called Nelson Sovin, which is what it's famous for.

01:24:54Another hop called Mochueka is also in this as well.

01:24:57But New Zealand has a really thriving hop industry.

01:25:01Are they different than, talking botany now, are they different varieties of hop that they're growing in New Zealand?

01:25:06Or is it just the climate which is making the difference to the flavour?

01:25:10So, in terms of hops, we have got lots of types of hops we work with, lots of different names.

01:25:16They all have different oil levels, et cetera, et cetera, but it is still the same hop plant.

01:25:21Same species, but different varieties.

01:25:24Yeah.

01:25:24So, what do we think of this beer?

01:25:25I can't often bring gardening into this beer.

01:25:29Watch me.

01:25:30Growing your own hops.

01:25:31Growing your own hops.

01:25:32Well, there they are along the front there.

01:25:34What do we think of this one?

01:25:35I really like this.

01:25:36I like it.

01:25:37Do you know, if I had to compare that with the previous one, I wouldn't be able to tell which

01:25:42one had the alcohol and which didn't out of these two.

01:25:44And I like both of them.

01:25:45The New Zealand one is 4%.

01:25:48Is that a lot?

01:25:49It's no.

01:25:50No.

01:25:51We're talking parallels here, so they do tend to be quite medium in ABV.

01:25:56So, we're talking 5% really and below.

01:25:58Yeah, and your normal lager is usually about 4.5 or something.

01:26:00Okay.

01:26:00Isn't it really?

01:26:01Well, I love both of these two.

01:26:03Yeah, same here.

01:26:03Oh, fantastic.

01:26:04There's a fruity thing with both of them.

01:26:05There is, there is.

01:26:06One's got alcohol and one hasn't.

01:26:08So, lastly, we're going to be going over to Northern Ireland.

01:26:11This is from La Carta Brewery from Portrush.

01:26:14It's an American pale ale.

01:26:16It's 4.6%.

01:26:18That's got a strong smell when you go in.

01:26:22I've not got as big, there's not as much nose on this as on the others, actually, is there?

01:26:25No.

01:26:26I feel like that smells stronger than all of them.

01:26:27Do you?

01:26:28Even taste-wise, that's very...

01:26:29It's quite intense.

01:26:30Taste-wise, it's strong.

01:26:31Yeah, it's what the Americans do.

01:26:33They do really strong, punchy, big flavours that are very...

01:26:37It's hard to disguise.

01:26:39It's very loud.

01:26:41A loud beer.

01:26:42Do you know what it tastes like to me?

01:26:44It tastes like the smell of a cigar.

01:26:47Interesting, interesting.

01:26:48And you can kind of see with the colour on here, there is a little bit of an amber-ish

01:26:53colour,

01:26:53which does help with that body and some of those malty notes you may be picking up there, Tamsin.

01:26:59So, this brewery is community-owned in Northern Ireland, so they're quite a special brewery

01:27:05and the hop in here is a hop called Citra.

01:27:07Jackie, you'll be a drinker.

01:27:09I am a beer drinker.

01:27:10I'm not really a pear...

01:27:10I didn't grow up drinking pearles, so that's why I think the one I'm leaning to the most

01:27:14is 5.1 Gold, this one.

01:27:15It's the most sort of lager-esque.

01:27:17But no, but I have to say, since living in the countryside, like you said before,

01:27:21pork pies on a cold, grey day, after a long walk...

01:27:25So sophisticated.

01:27:26No, they do go down well.

01:27:27It does work.

01:27:28I agree with you.

01:27:29And pearles are some of the most popular beers across the country.

01:27:32People love them.

01:27:34People love engaging with them.

01:27:35And they come in such a wide variety of flavours, of colours.

01:27:39You can use hops all around the world or you can use hops from the UK.

01:27:42So they really are quite a special category.

01:27:45Well, you've given us four really special ones yesterday.

01:27:47I think we'll give thumbs up to all four of those, don't we?

01:27:49Definitely.

01:27:50Are they kind of more sophisticated than your average beer now?

01:27:54I'm going to say all beer is sophisticated now, Tamsin.

01:27:57Because you're a beer head.

01:27:59Because I'm a beer head.

01:28:00I'm all about the kind of glass where you drink a beer in.

01:28:03You can make any beer feel sophisticated.

01:28:05I think.

01:28:05These are fizzier than your pint of pulled bitter.

01:28:08Yes.

01:28:08That's the thing about them, isn't it?

01:28:09And a bit colder.

01:28:10And colder.

01:28:12Yeah.

01:28:12Lovely.

01:28:12No warm beer here.

01:28:14Thank you very much.

01:28:15That's it for today.

01:28:17Thanks to all my guests.

01:28:18To Tamsin, Jack and, of course, to Jager.

01:28:21We are everything.

01:28:22Joining me next week, star of Stage and Scream, Dame Sian Phillips.

01:28:26Star of Stage and Scream, Jason Donovan.

01:28:29And star of Stage and Scream, Philip Glenister.

01:28:32It's a starry line-up.

01:28:33But I'll leave you now with these words from P.G.

01:28:35Woodhouse, one of my favourite authors.

01:28:38Intoxicated, the word did not express it by a mile.

01:28:42He was oiled, boiled, fried, plastered, whiffled, sozzled and blotto.

01:28:50Well, I wouldn't go quite that far, but give us half an hour and we might be.

01:28:53Cheers, all.

01:28:53Cheers.

01:28:55Cheers.

01:29:07Cheers.

01:29:09Cheers.

01:29:18Cheers.

01:29:20Cheers.

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