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Love Your Weekend with Alan Titchmarsh - Season 8 - Episode 06

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00:00:00To sit with a dog on a hillside, or even a straw bale, on the glorious afternoon, or even when

00:00:06it's tipping down outside, is to be back in Eden when doing nothing was not boring, it was peace.

00:00:13So said the Czech-French writer Milan Kundera.

00:00:16And I agree, there's nothing quite like fresh air and a strong dog and stunning landscapes of the British countryside

00:00:24to energise both you and your canine bodies, keeping us fit and releasing endorphins.

00:00:31And I'll certainly be keeping fit today with these champion setters in tow.

00:00:35Alright, come on gang, it's time for Love Your Weekend. Wish me luck.

00:01:09Love Your Weekend

00:01:15Embrace each season, whatever it brings, and more importantly, let it inspire you.

00:01:21Each one offers a different glow of light, brightening our souls.

00:01:25It really is Mother Nature at her best.

00:01:28Also at its best, is today's show.

00:01:31Coming up, why there's nothing like this, Dame.

00:01:34BAFTA-winning national treasure, Dame Sian Phillips, on a 70-year career in the spotlight.

00:01:39Too many broken hearts in the world? Well, not today.

00:01:43Especially for you, Jason Donovan, on his hotly anticipated new tour.

00:01:49And, sealed with a kiss, I'm in Lycett has ways to show your loved ones they make your heart go

00:01:54bloom bloom with his fabulous Valentine's arrangements.

00:01:58He's the man who brought us the no-nonsense, quattro-loving DCI Gene Hunt in Life on Mars and Ashes

00:02:04to Ashes.

00:02:05Philip Lennister on TV's favourite maverick copper, although for a PC, he wasn't always the most PC.

00:02:12Tom Surge is here too, to impress with his Cupid's cocktails in this week's Best of British, including a sip

00:02:19and swoon and a flirty bit of ice.

00:02:21I ask no questions.

00:02:28But first, a venetable smuggishbord of famous faces.

00:02:33Please welcome to the barn, Dame Sian Phillips, Philip Lennister and Jason Donovan.

00:02:38What a line-up, all three of you, with so many memorable performances.

00:02:44We are, we're a dame.

00:02:46Yes, Dame Philip Lennister, Dame Jason Donovan.

00:02:50But actually, you could be more of a dame than me.

00:02:54You've done the Rocky Horror Show.

00:02:55I have.

00:02:57Well, you've all done big things, big event, what you might call event TVs.

00:03:01I mean, Sian, yours really, I guess, was Claudius, which was Derek Jacobi in the title role, you as Livia,

00:03:07this amazing...

00:03:08Was it a kind of a surprise that it was so enormous?

00:03:11It was a huge surprise.

00:03:13It really was, because it started off rather badly.

00:03:16And it started off with bad notices, because we were dressed up in togas, talking proper English or English slang.

00:03:25And they said, this is ridiculous.

00:03:27So my husband went to the library and looked up the notices for the book, and they were exactly the

00:03:34same.

00:03:34They said, the book was ridiculous.

00:03:37And then everything changed around, and gradually, he said, don't worry about it.

00:03:44They changed their minds.

00:03:45And they did change their minds.

00:03:46Slowly or quickly?

00:03:47Slowly.

00:03:48Really?

00:03:49Two or three, well, fairly slowly.

00:03:51Yeah, yeah.

00:03:51Seemed slow.

00:03:52But now it's regarded as one of the high points of dramatic television.

00:03:56Do you remember watching it, Philip?

00:03:57Did you watch it?

00:03:57Yeah, well, that period, no, no, well, that period, my father used to be a television director, John Glenister, and

00:04:05he directed Henry VIII, the Six Wires of Henry, or three of them.

00:04:08With Keith Michelle.

00:04:09With Keith Michelle.

00:04:10So it was a similar sort of time, and he knew the director of I, Claudius well.

00:04:15Yes, he was lovely.

00:04:15And I saw it when I was a kid in Australia.

00:04:18Well, you were allowed to watch it.

00:04:21Right.

00:04:21Yeah, yeah.

00:04:22I was allowed to watch it.

00:04:23Whoa.

00:04:24So your big event TV, really, obviously, was Life on Mars, followed by ashes to ashes.

00:04:30I thought you were going to say Crime Watch.

00:04:35I remember your face.

00:04:38Again, but like, I suspect, like I, Claudius, that was a risky thing to do, wasn't it?

00:04:45This whole time, that was time warp kind of thing.

00:04:47Yeah.

00:04:48No, it was time travel, you know, and it was, it was, we had no idea that, you know, I

00:04:52just, I always remember getting a phone call from my agent at the time.

00:04:56I remember exactly where I was, and she said, we're sending a script called Life on Mars, and I presumed

00:05:01it was about sort of, I don't know, astronauts, or obviously sci-fi.

00:05:06And I said, well, what's it about?

00:05:07Or David Bowie.

00:05:08And they said, well, it's, all I can say is a cross between the Sweeney and Back to the Future.

00:05:13So I was like, okay, I'll have a read.

00:05:16And read the first episode, and the first sort of 25 pages were quite generic and just a normal procedural

00:05:23police drama.

00:05:24And then suddenly you get to page 25, and Sam Tyler gets knocked over, and then suddenly wakes up in

00:05:301973, and suddenly it's like, oh, okay.

00:05:34Here we go.

00:05:35And yeah, so it was, but we had no idea that it was going to be the successor.

00:05:39But in a way you got to be a sort of successor to the Sweeney, didn't you, really, with that

00:05:42sort of period of policing.

00:05:43What was so lovely, from my point of view, because I'm sort of in my early 60s now, so I

00:05:48grew up, 70s was my television, I grew up watching TV, and the Sweeney was, and it was one of

00:05:53the first, I thought, great sort of police dramas, that they didn't always solve the crime at the end of

00:05:59the episode.

00:05:59Sometimes the villains got away.

00:06:01Oh, I did, yeah.

00:06:02And so it was suddenly, going back to that period, and suddenly, John and I used to talk about it,

00:06:07we said, we're in a 70s, we're in a 70s cop show.

00:06:10Yeah.

00:06:11Which is, you grew up watching Starsky and Harch, I grew up watching the Sweeney.

00:06:15Sure.

00:06:15And our, what do you call it, our research, people say, what did you do for research?

00:06:21And I said, well, I wore Brut and he wore Old Spice.

00:06:24That was it.

00:06:25And we got on.

00:06:26That was the choice, one or the other.

00:06:28Exactly.

00:06:28Jason, your event is obviously, I mean, Neighbours, this amazing, 20 million viewers for your wedding to Charlene, to Kylie

00:06:38Minogue.

00:06:39Yes.

00:06:40Yeah.

00:06:40Enormous.

00:06:41Yeah, I mean, you know, Neighbours, you know, would sort of change the landscape, I guess, of television for Australia,

00:06:50and I guess how people saw Australians, because up until that point, we were just people that put prawns on

00:06:58a barbecue, and, you know, had, you know, Paul Hogan as our sort of cultural icon.

00:07:04Patron saved.

00:07:05But Neighbours, Neighbours really sort of showed middle class Australia to the rest of the world.

00:07:10I have a bone to pick with you, though.

00:07:12Yes.

00:07:12My two daughters, who are now grown up with children of their own, they, thanks to you, said hello, when

00:07:19they were little.

00:07:20This is England, you know.

00:07:22What are you saying?

00:07:23Hello?

00:07:23Can I just very quickly say that when I was at drama school, I went to the Central School of

00:07:27Speech and Drama, which is a very, you know, recognised school.

00:07:30Yeah.

00:07:30You know, along with Ryan.

00:07:32Our common room was packed every lunchtime.

00:07:36To watch Neighbours.

00:07:37It was amazing.

00:07:38It was twice a day.

00:07:39It was amazing.

00:07:40Everybody watched.

00:07:40Yeah, and, you know, I'm in 35, obviously it finished on the screen last year, which was sad, but I

00:07:49think in a way a sort of, you know, fitting tribute to sort of a show.

00:07:53And it will be fondly remembered as a result.

00:07:56Yeah.

00:07:56Because your dad was in it as well.

00:07:57Yeah.

00:07:57My dad was in it.

00:07:58My dad is an actor.

00:07:59Were you embarrassed, because your dad was on telly, were you embarrassed when he used to pick you up from

00:08:03school?

00:08:04Did you have that?

00:08:04My dad was in a TV show called Cop Shop in the 70s and early 80s, and he used to

00:08:10pick me up, because I was brought up by my dad, and my parents split when I was young.

00:08:14He used to turn up in full TV makeup, which is normally about that thing, with a gun welded together

00:08:21in a holster in his car and wait for me, and then I'd end up going...

00:08:26Did you say freeze?

00:08:28I think your dad's, as you say, famous director.

00:08:31Yeah.

00:08:31Oh, John Dennister, very well known, isn't he?

00:08:33He never picked me up from school.

00:08:34He said, no, you walk.

00:08:38Yeah.

00:08:38Was there only because your brother as well, you know, with Robert doing acting as well.

00:08:43Was it kind of a foregone conclusion?

00:08:45Did you just...

00:08:46Not for me.

00:08:47Robert knew he wanted to act from a very early age.

00:08:50You know, he joined a youth theatre locally, and I always thought I would be in the industry, but I

00:08:55always thought I'd be behind the camera, a bit like the old man, you know.

00:08:59But it just...

00:09:00I'm still working on it.

00:09:02But it never sort of quite worked out like that.

00:09:04But I was always terrible, because, you know, having one actor in the family is bad enough, but I had

00:09:08two.

00:09:08I had two.

00:09:09With Dad, because he knew the sort of ups and downs of the industry and everything.

00:09:13Yeah.

00:09:14So when I told him I said I'd been offered a place at drama school, he went, oh, no.

00:09:17Yeah.

00:09:18No.

00:09:19Sian, your parents, then, any influence at all on your career?

00:09:23No, not at all.

00:09:24I wanted to be an actress, and they said no.

00:09:27What did they do?

00:09:28Well, they were just...

00:09:29My mother had been a school teacher.

00:09:31Yeah.

00:09:31She retired.

00:09:32My father was in the police force, and they were...

00:09:36He was a singer.

00:09:37He could...

00:09:37He had been nearly a singer, trained in London.

00:09:42And they'd lived through the Depression.

00:09:46So, naturally, they didn't want me to be an actress.

00:09:50Of course they didn't.

00:09:51Far too risky.

00:09:51I did...

00:09:52Oh, it was not just risky.

00:09:55It was disaster.

00:09:56Yeah.

00:09:57No, because things had been terrible in Wales.

00:10:00Terrible in their youth.

00:10:01I mean, things were very, very...

00:10:03So, what was their reaction when you...

00:10:05They said, no, no, no, you won't do that.

00:10:08And I was very, very polite, and very well behaved.

00:10:11I said, oh, right, well...

00:10:13And we didn't talk about it anymore, but I knew I was going to do it.

00:10:18Yeah.

00:10:18But it's interesting, your father, you know, could sing.

00:10:21Yeah, he could sing.

00:10:22I mean, obviously, every Welsh person could sing.

00:10:25He had a choir, you know.

00:10:27He was a serious singer.

00:10:28But probably that sort of...

00:10:28And his choice had been taken away from him completely.

00:10:31So, he didn't want me to go through that disappointment.

00:10:34Absolutely.

00:10:35Yeah, I understood all this.

00:10:36I understood that.

00:10:37Did they...

00:10:38Were they reconciled to it in the end, though?

00:10:40Oh, yes, absolutely.

00:10:40When they saw you getting on?

00:10:41Oh, yes.

00:10:42No, they were fine about it, yes.

00:10:44That's right.

00:10:45And if all that hadn't happened, they wouldn't be here today.

00:10:48It's wonderful, isn't it?

00:10:48The serendipities of life that nudge you all the way through.

00:10:52More from this trio of talent a little bit later.

00:10:55Now, I want you to partake of today's amuse-bouche, plural, of delicacies.

00:11:00I'm sure I saw a couple of cream horns.

00:11:02Oh, look, here we are, cream horns.

00:11:03Coming up, wondering how to spice up your Valentine's Day with a cream horn.

00:11:08Well, no, not in that way, Leslie Joseph, if you're watching.

00:11:11Tom Surge is here with his Cupid's cocktails guaranteed to put the va-va-voom into your

00:11:17va-va-Valentine's Day celebrations.

00:11:19An affectionate, athletic, he said, moving on swiftly.

00:11:22Intelligent, a striking beauty, a gentle family-friendly nature and a playful spirit.

00:11:28How the setter continues to captivate dog lovers the world over with its blend of beauty, elegance and companionship.

00:11:36I'll be hanging out with my canine buddies right after I've offered Dame Sean Phillips a slice of Battenberg.

00:11:43Ooh!

00:11:44And a blackberry.

00:11:45Hey!

00:11:46Ten-second rule.

00:11:47There you are.

00:11:47Thank you very much indeed.

00:11:50Very good.

00:12:04Welcome back to Love Your Weekend.

00:12:06Coming up, he's the actor who experienced life on Mars.

00:12:10So I wonder how life on Manor Farm will compare.

00:12:12More livestock, I imagine.

00:12:14Philip Glanister, a hotly anticipated return of crime thriller After the Flood.

00:12:18And to think he wanted to be a milkman growing up.

00:12:21Cool!

00:12:22Funny how life turns out, isn't it?

00:12:23And it's that time of year to declare that love is all around.

00:12:27Putting hearts and horticulture together, Florence Simon Lycett's back with more innovative floral masterpieces for the special person in your

00:12:34life.

00:12:35Now, sleek, intelligent and full of character.

00:12:39The setter is one of Britain's most iconic dog breeds with a history that goes as far back as the

00:12:4514th century.

00:12:47Trained to locate game birds by setting or crouching low so hunters could approach, they soon became beloved companions in

00:12:56the home as well as on the hunt thanks to their friendly, gentle temperament and incredible stamina.

00:13:02To celebrate these dutiful dogs, vet Dr Bolu Esu is here to run through the different types of setters joined

00:13:10by owners and their dogs from right across the UK.

00:13:13Welcome back Bolu, and it's a distinctive breed the setter isn't it?

00:13:17You might not know which setter it is when you see it but you know it's a setter.

00:13:20Exactly, so a very distinctive breed and we have so many different types but it's more so the fact that

00:13:25they're celebrated for being a family dog but also a working dog as well.

00:13:29So they have that duality and we've got great history with the breed as well because they came into fruition

00:13:34before the gun was even invented but they are a gun dog.

00:13:37So they were known for helping flush out game but also finding the game and not by the nose to

00:13:42the ground but air sense so their nose in the air so they've always got their head up in the

00:13:46air smelling the air looking for that game as well.

00:13:49So a very incredible breed and I think it's a great way for us to champion it by showing you

00:13:53the four different types that we have.

00:13:55We can't wait. Let's start. What have we got first up?

00:13:58So first up is our English.

00:13:59The English setter. Look at this glorious. This is Jane and Dillis with Monet. Now Monet, French name for an

00:14:07English setter.

00:14:08Yes.

00:14:08There's a bit of perversity in there.

00:14:10Absolutely.

00:14:12Why for you the English rather than any of the others?

00:14:15Well over 30 years ago I was looking for a breed that I wanted something really friendly and calm to

00:14:21be around children.

00:14:22Yeah.

00:14:22And all the research that I did at the time were pointing towards English setters and a couple of other

00:14:26breeds.

00:14:27Then I met someone who actually owned one and I was smitten.

00:14:32They're a big dog. Large dog.

00:14:34But you know where they are. You don't fall over them.

00:14:35Yeah.

00:14:37You don't fall under your feet.

00:14:39So you're both involved with Monet.

00:14:41Yes. So Jane bred him.

00:14:44I bred Monet.

00:14:45Ah right. And are you still breeding then?

00:14:46Yes.

00:14:47Wonderful.

00:14:48And the reason he's called Monet is because his registered name is Brushstrokes.

00:14:53Ah right.

00:14:54So he ended up with it had to be an artistic name.

00:14:58An artist's name.

00:14:58The way you can tell them apart. So we've got different coat markings for each of them.

00:15:01And our English come Belton. Okay. So the Belton that we have is we have the blue Belton.

00:15:06We have our liver Belton. We also have our lemon Belton as well.

00:15:10And then we also have our tri-colour Belton.

00:15:13Why Belton? Is that where they were developed?

00:15:15It's the colouring. It's how the white goes over the black spots.

00:15:21Yeah.

00:15:21They're actually born white.

00:15:22Are they? And the colour as they get over.

00:15:24And the colour comes through.

00:15:25But the most delightful face.

00:15:28Yeah.

00:15:28And good. It's surprising I suppose.

00:15:30And many people would be surprised that a dog that was originally very much associated

00:15:33with hunting and with shooting.

00:15:34It's such a good family dog.

00:15:36Yeah. The English is a very great family dog I'd say.

00:15:38Because even though that working instinct is still there.

00:15:41They work well in families. They do well with children.

00:15:44Yeah.

00:15:45I mean I've got a nine year old grandchild that can walk him on a loose lead.

00:15:49And yet I can take him in the show ring and he's pumped and ready.

00:15:52And you know just ready to move.

00:15:54So is he a show champion?

00:15:55He is.

00:15:55Yes.

00:15:55Oh look you're sitting there. This is why he's always back to me.

00:15:59I don't need anything to do.

00:16:00Did you mention that?

00:16:02Okay.

00:16:02Although that's kind of look this way.

00:16:05Jane Dillis and Monet thank you very much indeed.

00:16:07You're very welcome.

00:16:08That's the English setter.

00:16:09So the next one to come is the Gordon setter.

00:16:12Here's Jean with Vegas doing the full circle.

00:16:16It's the show ring here now Jean.

00:16:18That was very impressive.

00:16:20So the Gordon setter.

00:16:22Now why do I get the feeling that it's similar to the Gordon Highlanders?

00:16:25Is this a Scottish?

00:16:26Exactly.

00:16:26Yes.

00:16:27And like you said with the coat.

00:16:29So when we look at that coat.

00:16:30Very distinctive when we're talking about a Gordon setter.

00:16:32So we've got black and tan.

00:16:33And I believe they also come in liver and tan as well.

00:16:35Is it liver and black or is it?

00:16:37Yes.

00:16:37We actually have liver and tan yeah.

00:16:39Liver and tan and liver and black yeah.

00:16:40So Jean tell us about Vegas.

00:16:42Well Vegas is nine years old.

00:16:44Yeah.

00:16:45And she's got multiple titles.

00:16:48She's a show champion but also an international champion.

00:16:51So she has titles five different countries in Europe.

00:16:55And she's also won twice at the World Dog Show.

00:16:57Is there a pressure to keep it up when you want a bit?

00:17:00Well not really.

00:17:02Because for most there are pets.

00:17:04Yes.

00:17:04But she also works.

00:17:07So she's a working gun dog.

00:17:08Oh right.

00:17:09Yeah.

00:17:09So we don't want them just to be beautiful.

00:17:11But you know be able to do the job they were bred to do.

00:17:13When it comes to the working.

00:17:15How did you decide that Vegas was going to be working?

00:17:17Because it's not every single setter that you have that is going to be a working dog.

00:17:20But they might show the predisposition for it when they're young and they're puppies.

00:17:24Or did you know from the.

00:17:26Well I work all of mine.

00:17:28Yeah.

00:17:28So I just believe they should meet the breed standard of the kennel club.

00:17:32But also be able to do the job they were originally bred to do.

00:17:34How many have you got?

00:17:35I've got four at home at the moment.

00:17:37Well you're obviously you know extremely fit yourself.

00:17:39You've got to take four out of you.

00:17:40No my husband is.

00:17:41Oh really?

00:17:43Dog walking time dear.

00:17:45You wouldn't mind.

00:17:46Out you go.

00:17:47Jean and Vegas thank you.

00:17:48Absolutely lovely.

00:17:49Come on Vegas.

00:17:50Well you've got Blake coming now with Gloria.

00:17:53Who's the Irish setter.

00:17:55And I suppose this is the one the red setter.

00:17:58Exactly.

00:17:59That one thinks of.

00:18:00Do they do they vary Blake in terms of leg length?

00:18:03Because I've seen taller ones than.

00:18:05Yeah.

00:18:06Than Gloria.

00:18:07So the Irish are the smallest of all of the setters.

00:18:10Yeah.

00:18:10The thing that would distinguish them from the other setters as well as they have a sloping top line.

00:18:14Look at that.

00:18:15And a glorious.

00:18:16A lot of grooming for you.

00:18:17A lot of coat on Gloria.

00:18:18Yeah.

00:18:18Glorious Gloria.

00:18:19So Irish setters are probably my favourite out of the group.

00:18:22They're probably my favourite.

00:18:23Yeah.

00:18:23Probably because I have my own little like you know relationship from being a vet.

00:18:26And earlier on having a lot of experiences with Irish setters.

00:18:29But they're beautiful.

00:18:30And these are the ones that I'd say are the real family champion dogs of the breed.

00:18:35But what's interesting about that as well is that the Irish setter is still a little bit more popular.

00:18:38Whereas the other breeds are on the vulnerable list.

00:18:41And so highlighting all of them is great.

00:18:43Tell us a bit about Gloria Blake.

00:18:45So this is Riveroo Gloriana.

00:18:47She is a show champion.

00:18:48They always get his lovely names.

00:18:51Riveroo Gloriana.

00:18:52Where's my crown?

00:18:55So she's a show champion.

00:18:57She's the most successful female Irish setter in history.

00:19:00Yeah.

00:19:02She's quite special.

00:19:03And so unassuming.

00:19:05Absolutely.

00:19:06What you always do for us, which is very useful, is tell us the potential weaknesses in

00:19:10a breed.

00:19:11So what are the things to look out for in terms of the health?

00:19:13Now in health.

00:19:14So obviously whenever we get to dogs that are slightly get above 20, 25 kilos, we always

00:19:18want to be thinking about arthritis and their joints.

00:19:20Yeah.

00:19:21Especially if we're talking about working breeds and we want the longevity of them.

00:19:24It's going to be their joints, their knees, their elbows are all big things to look at.

00:19:27So seeing if they're still walking okay and if they're in any pain at all, always getting

00:19:30that checked out.

00:19:32Especially among setters specifically, the Irish setter, we get hemolytic anemia, which is like

00:19:38an immune condition that affects their blood.

00:19:40And so that's something that is a lot of back and forth with the vet in order to find.

00:19:45And then the other thing is epilepsy.

00:19:47Right.

00:19:47Because we've gotten some from, especially from working lines, epilepsy is something that

00:19:51crops up quite a bit.

00:19:52Is Gloria your first, Blake?

00:19:53Or are you a...

00:19:54No, no.

00:19:54I've had them quite some time.

00:19:56I've had them since I was six.

00:19:57Yeah.

00:19:57I've had a few other breeds, but I always come back to these.

00:19:59Thank you, Blake.

00:20:00Thank you, Gloria.

00:20:01Pleasure.

00:20:02Finally, Tania with Tilda, who is an Irish red and white.

00:20:07Great.

00:20:07So this is the sort of the other alternative to Gloria, with the two-tone here.

00:20:15Lovely coat, lovely coat.

00:20:16And the red and white actually started before the red.

00:20:19That's correct, yes.

00:20:20Yes.

00:20:20This was your original Irish setter.

00:20:23Yeah.

00:20:23But when showing became popular, more people wanted to show the Irish setters.

00:20:30So these became really extinct.

00:20:32Right.

00:20:32It was the people in Ireland that revived them in the 1930s and 40s.

00:20:37So it's obviously your breed of choice.

00:20:39Did you start with other kind of setters?

00:20:41No, I've got Irish setters as well at home and I have one English setter, but...

00:20:45You've got a house full.

00:20:49But yeah, I love these as a dog.

00:20:52Why this one rather than the others?

00:20:54They're a little bit more independent.

00:20:56They have that working ability.

00:20:59If you take them a walk, they will use their nose, go and scent.

00:21:03And a little bit calmer than the Irish setter, but I love setters in general.

00:21:09Is it fair because the thing that's at the back of my mind from years and years and years ago

00:21:13is that Irish setters, particularly Irish setters, are quite highly strong.

00:21:16I mean, is that fair?

00:21:17I don't think it's a fair characterization, but I think it has to do.

00:21:20No, I think it's how you train them.

00:21:21I think a lot of the highly strung idea probably comes a lot more from the ancestry of the dog.

00:21:26Because, you know, there is, if you're going all the way back, you know, Spaniels and things inside there,

00:21:31you can kind of see it in the red and white.

00:21:33You can almost see where the Cocker Spaniel kind of...

00:21:36It's almost a Spaniel head, isn't it?

00:21:38Well, you get a comment, that's a very long-legged Welsh springer Spaniel.

00:21:41Exactly.

00:21:42Yeah.

00:21:42But it's to do with their ancestry.

00:21:43And as we know, Cocker Spaniel is a very highly strung breed.

00:21:46Yes.

00:21:46The setters kind of mellowed out from that go, go, go drive of a Cocker Spaniel,

00:21:51but still very prey-driven dogs.

00:21:55So that's probably where the highly strung nature is.

00:21:57Wonderful.

00:21:57Lovely to meet you.

00:21:58Lovely to meet you all.

00:22:00And thank you so much for coming.

00:22:02What a glorious clutch.

00:22:03And have you noticed how little barking has been going on?

00:22:07How little excitability we've witnessed.

00:22:11We've just got these rather grand dogs because I'm a champion.

00:22:14I don't need to make a noise like that.

00:22:16You know, they're lovely, glorious, glorious faces.

00:22:19Glorious dogs.

00:22:19Dear dogs and owners, thank you very much indeed for coming.

00:22:22I know what it takes to get here in such a good day.

00:22:24You can let go now.

00:22:26That's right.

00:22:26You enjoy yourself, Tilda.

00:22:28Still to come, if you're looking to woo your partner,

00:22:31Simon Lycett's here with a bouquet of loveliness

00:22:33guaranteed to fill your rooms with love ahead of the big day next Saturday.

00:22:38I think there's quite a lot of love going on here, really.

00:22:41And from calendar girls to the politically incorrect cop, Gene Hunt,

00:22:45to the Reverend Anderson in Outcast, he's had some roles.

00:22:48Philip Glenister on everything from bigger buns

00:22:51to firing up the quattro in Life on Mars

00:22:54as renegade 70s cop DCI Gene Hunt.

00:22:57I'll see you with Mr Benister and much more right after this.

00:23:14Welcome back to Love Your Weekend this chilly Sunday morning.

00:23:17Coming up, lauded by critics and loved by audiences,

00:23:21Dame Sian Phillips on playing everything from royalty

00:23:24to science fiction villains to historical figures.

00:23:28Who can forget I, Claudius, for which she won a BAFTA.

00:23:31And to quote the Bard, as I so often do on this show,

00:23:34the juice of it on sleeping eyelids laid will make man or woman

00:23:37madly dote upon the next life creature that it sees.

00:23:40Let's just hope it's not a donkey.

00:23:42Tom Surgey's brewing up some love potions to mark the month of romance.

00:23:47But first, my next guest has played saints and sinners, criminals and clergy,

00:23:52not to mention one of the most outrageous coppers ever to grace our screens,

00:23:57DCI Gene Hunt.

00:23:58But it's his role as a nervous young amateur photographer

00:24:01hired by the Yorkshire Women's Institute

00:24:03to take their famous nude calendar photos

00:24:06that captured all our hearts with this unforgettable scene.

00:24:11Left side up a little, your right side down a little,

00:24:16and the middle section sort of...

00:24:18Oh, for God's sake, get bloody Botticelli in here.

00:24:22Lawrence.

00:24:24Hiya.

00:24:25Get in here.

00:24:33Chin down to your left.

00:24:37You look beautiful, Celia.

00:24:46OK.

00:24:47We're away.

00:24:49Celia Emery with her considerably bigger buns in that scene.

00:24:54It's become iconic, that scene, hasn't it, really?

00:24:56What a wonderful...

00:24:58But I mean, it must have been...

00:24:58I'm not so young.

00:25:00But in reality, there you were doing what you were meant to be doing.

00:25:05Yeah.

00:25:05Was it a tricky time?

00:25:06I mean, I know actors and actresses,

00:25:08oh, darling, don't worry about it, just do it.

00:25:10But it must have been a little bit unnerving for you.

00:25:12Well, funnily enough...

00:25:13Do you know what?

00:25:14It was all right because we shot that stuff towards the end of filming.

00:25:18So we were in the studio by then.

00:25:19We'd done...

00:25:20I think they'd done pretty much all the location stuff up in Yorkshire.

00:25:23So we were back down at Shepparton Studios, I remember.

00:25:26And they built, obviously, the set, an amazing set.

00:25:29And so everybody had a great rapport at that point.

00:25:33And Celia Emery, of course, was the ringleader.

00:25:37And we shot the sort of calendar in sequence as it was shot, you know.

00:25:44And Celia made sure that everybody, you know,

00:25:46all the ladies were plied with pink fizz, quite rightly,

00:25:50to relax everybody.

00:25:53And, you know, it was just a really...

00:25:56I always remember they were just incredibly supportive, you know.

00:25:59Instead of just going off to your trailer

00:26:01because you're not needed for your bit,

00:26:02they were all there together to support each other

00:26:05for their particular photograph bit, you know.

00:26:08But you were the only man.

00:26:10Yeah, pretty much.

00:26:11And Nigel, obviously, Nigel Cole, a wonderful director,

00:26:14and, you know, the crew.

00:26:16But I just remember it being an incredibly happy experience.

00:26:21And we were told...

00:26:22And Nigel was great.

00:26:23He said, you know, feel free to ad-lib.

00:26:25And everybody sort of ad-libbed a little bit here and there.

00:26:28And it went...

00:26:29From what I remember, it went really, really smoothly.

00:26:32And, you know, to be in the company of such esteemed actresses...

00:26:36Yeah, a pretty good cast.

00:26:37And, you know, I was still quite sort of...

00:26:39Well, I'd been doing it for a while, but it was still, you know,

00:26:41to be in with Helen and Julie and Celia and Nick Crosby

00:26:46and, you know, Penelope Wilton.

00:26:48I mean, you know, they're all dames now.

00:26:50They are.

00:26:51They are.

00:26:51Yeah, they are.

00:26:52And so it was a real, you know, special moment for me.

00:26:55And celebrating such a great thing.

00:26:57When I was doing the chat show, I had the original,

00:26:59the real Calendar Girls on.

00:27:00Yeah.

00:27:00They sort of became a feature.

00:27:01Lovely bunch of people.

00:27:03Oh, absolutely amazing.

00:27:04And I saw them not so long ago, actually.

00:27:07A friend of mine, Suzanne Mackey, who produced the film

00:27:11and went on to great things because she produced The Crown

00:27:14and she's sort of gone stratospheric, you know.

00:27:18And she sort of organised a little reunion with the ladies

00:27:23at a hotel in London about two years ago, I think it was.

00:27:26And it was really lovely to catch up with them and see them.

00:27:28Yeah.

00:27:29And the thing then, of course, so that was your early days,

00:27:31but the thing we then all knew you for was,

00:27:33as we were talking at the beginning of the programme,

00:27:36was Life on Mars followed by Ashes to Ashes.

00:27:40So Life on Mars, very much you and John Sim,

00:27:42but Ashes to Ashes, here we are working with Keely Halls.

00:27:46No.

00:27:48But listen.

00:27:50Listen, listen to me.

00:27:52I could stay here with you.

00:27:55You can't do this.

00:27:56You can't do this on your own.

00:27:57You need me, Jean.

00:27:58I can't, I can't go in there.

00:28:01Yes, you can.

00:28:02They've got a saloon bar.

00:28:05Can't have you putting me off my stride, can I?

00:28:07I mean, I'll end up wondering if I'm not completely right all the time.

00:28:10Can't have that.

00:28:14We weren't bad though, were we?

00:28:25Yeah.

00:28:41See you around, Bolly Cax.

00:28:56Goodbye, Guff.

00:29:00Oh.

00:29:01Do you know what?

00:29:02It's the first time I've seen that, weirdly.

00:29:06I always sort of didn't want to see the last episode of Ashes, strangely.

00:29:11But I remember shooting that scene, really.

00:29:14And I remember we had to do a few takes because I kept crying.

00:29:18I kept going because Keely was so fantastic.

00:29:21She's very moving.

00:29:22And she's extraordinary.

00:29:23And she, she, her emotion.

00:29:26And I just thought, oh, Gene Hunt, he wouldn't, he can't cry, you know.

00:29:29But she was so amazing that I, I was tearing up, you know.

00:29:35And so I was like, oh, stop it.

00:29:37Stop being so damn good, whores.

00:29:40You know.

00:29:41Yeah.

00:29:41But I remember shooting it.

00:29:43It was, it was, it was near, it was near towards the end of filming.

00:29:46It wasn't one of those things where we shot it ages before.

00:29:48We were near the end.

00:29:50And we knew it was the end.

00:29:51And so it was, yeah, it was a sort of night shoot.

00:29:55And it was, it was, yeah, I remember it.

00:29:56It was wonderful.

00:29:57Do you think Ashes to Ashes and his predecessor, Life of Mots, do you think they could be made now?

00:30:02They were, they were on PC because that was what, that was their shtick, if you like.

00:30:08Has it come to the stage now where you couldn't even portray that anymore, do you think?

00:30:13It's a, it's a really good question.

00:30:15And it's not, I'm not sure I can answer it because I think, you know, because I'm obviously

00:30:20so associated with the role, I think of it in my own personal terms.

00:30:26And my feeling is that, that certainly a company like the BBC wouldn't want to pick it up.

00:30:33Yeah.

00:30:33You know, there's been talk about sort of a third and final one.

00:30:37But from a personal point of view, I'm not sure because my, you know, my abiding sort

00:30:44of fear of it is that, you know, as much as I played that part, my, my fear is that

00:30:50people

00:30:51within the media and certain political parties will kind of turn that character into something

00:30:56that they want that character to be for their own agenda.

00:31:00And that, and that's something that I have no control over.

00:31:03Yes.

00:31:03And by association, I'm not sure that that would make me, that, that's, well, I'm not, I am sure,

00:31:10it doesn't make me particularly comfortable.

00:31:11Your latest thing after the flood.

00:31:13Yeah.

00:31:14Mm-hmm.

00:31:15Is, again, Yorkshire.

00:31:16I know, I'm just, I am an honorary Norman.

00:31:19Please don't apologise.

00:31:20We're very grateful.

00:31:21I'm very happy.

00:31:22You know, I, I, it's almost struggled.

00:31:23If somebody says, it's, he's not from the north.

00:31:25I'm like, well, I can't, I'm not sure I can do it.

00:31:29But yeah, no, after the flood, um, second season.

00:31:33Yeah.

00:31:34Which we're on now.

00:31:35Um, and, um.

00:31:37And your character?

00:31:38Yes.

00:31:39My, my, yes, Jack Radcliffe.

00:31:42Mm-hmm.

00:31:42Who's a bit of a, bit of a cheeky one.

00:31:44Um, eternal sort of bachelor.

00:31:47Self-made man.

00:31:48Self-made man.

00:31:49Um, he's sort of, um, he's quite a complex creature, although he claims not to be.

00:31:57But he, um, he's embroiled in, in, if people have seen the first season, he's embroiled

00:32:02in this sort of cover up of a murder, which takes place on, on his land because he's a

00:32:07property developer.

00:32:08So he's sort of involved in, in this sort of, uh, within the story.

00:32:13And then, so by the second series, he's, he's sort of gone off to Lanzarote, as you

00:32:18do for six months, having been turned over with this, this development.

00:32:22Things haven't worked out between him and Molly.

00:32:24Um, and, and I think he sort of comes back, um, with a feeling of sort of redemption.

00:32:32He wants to sort of mend his ways.

00:32:34He's obviously spent six months in Lanzarote, having a, probably a quite a nice time.

00:32:39Um, and just thought, no, I need to sort of, um, I need to, to sort of confront my past,

00:32:46or his past.

00:32:46It seems to me you always like complexity in character.

00:32:50Multifaceted.

00:32:50Yeah, because I think that's what people are.

00:32:52Human beings are.

00:32:53That's what makes us sort of extraordinary and, you know, and incredibly annoying and

00:32:58incredibly lovely.

00:32:59And the complexity, as you say, of the characters and to have so many different storylines going

00:33:03on within this, this, this show, it's a real joy.

00:33:07And going back to a second season, the other thing is we have the same, a lot of the same

00:33:11crew.

00:33:13Um, and so it's like a sort of family.

00:33:15I know it sounds cliched.

00:33:16Here you are.

00:33:17Exactly.

00:33:18But it makes, it makes going to work so much nicer.

00:33:22Yes.

00:33:22When you have the same.

00:33:23It's so much nicer.

00:33:24There you go.

00:33:25Checks in the post apparently.

00:33:27Let's have a look at you and I'll take a look at you.

00:33:30Oh, come on.

00:33:31Let's talk this through, yeah?

00:33:32Talk?

00:33:33Yeah.

00:33:34I don't want to talk, especially not to you.

00:33:36I want to do something.

00:33:40And don't phone me.

00:33:45Right.

00:33:45What are we saying about them?

00:33:46Water test.

00:33:48Well, really?

00:33:50Water test!

00:33:51Yeah, all right.

00:33:51Water tests, as I was saying.

00:33:53There's a spike where the river runs past Geoff Dixon's farm.

00:33:58Right.

00:33:58Take me there.

00:33:59What now?

00:34:00Working with, um, with, with, you know, most of my scenes are with, with Lorraine.

00:34:05Yeah.

00:34:05Lorraine Ashbourne, who, who is just such fun to work with, you know, because we just sort

00:34:10of, you know, sort of patter off each other.

00:34:13When you're offered a role, when you're offered a role, obviously you look at the writer,

00:34:16you look at the script and you look, do you also then, as an actor, look at who else is

00:34:20going to be in it?

00:34:21Um, well, I suppose you, yeah.

00:34:24I mean, you, you probably are.

00:34:25Because it's nice if it's somebody.

00:34:26You might ask the agent saying, who's so, who's playing that part?

00:34:29And sometimes they'll say, you know, it depends if they're under, if they've signed

00:34:34on the dotted line or they've done the deal, if they haven't, then they don't tell you.

00:34:37Yeah.

00:34:38But, um, but I've been, you know, touch wood, I've been blessed to work with some amazing

00:34:43people.

00:34:43And they've had the unfortunate task of having to work with me.

00:34:47Do you know what I mean?

00:34:48But, um.

00:34:49I remember you saying, um, it's rather wonderful, because I remember Michael Kitchen,

00:34:54Foyle, saying something similar.

00:34:56Oh, yeah.

00:34:57Michael will, if he can get a line out of the script, talking to people that work with

00:35:00him, he'll cross it out and say, no, I'll just go.

00:35:03Yeah.

00:35:03That is a great lip chewer.

00:35:04That is a brilliant lip chewer.

00:35:06I remember you saying, no, we don't need that, I'll just give you a look.

00:35:09Oh, yeah.

00:35:09It's becoming a running gag now.

00:35:11Three-page scene.

00:35:13Get rid of it.

00:35:13Do it with the look.

00:35:14You know what I mean?

00:35:15Much quicker.

00:35:17Saves on money.

00:35:18As long as the look's good.

00:35:18As long as you can get home, you know, at a certain time.

00:35:21Well, I mean, do you, you're so accomplished now, Philip.

00:35:23Do you, other things, is there a leer in you or something like that?

00:35:26Do you, you know, classics or something that you fancy or that you think one day perhaps

00:35:31X will come along.

00:35:32What is X?

00:35:33What would come?

00:35:34I don't know, to be honest, Alan.

00:35:36I mean, I never, I never sort of plan what I'm going to do now.

00:35:42And that's part of the reason I think I got into the industry was that sort of not kind

00:35:46of knowing quite what you're going to do next.

00:35:48Yeah.

00:35:49I mean, there's also a risk with it because you might not work for six months.

00:35:52And certainly, as you get older, the parts do definitely become far more for actresses

00:35:58than actors, I have to say.

00:36:01But, but that's the sort of, but I've been incredibly lucky.

00:36:06I keep touching wood, but I have been incredibly lucky.

00:36:09And so I don't know, you know, it, I think I've now got a sense of what, what a good

00:36:16script

00:36:16is and what a bad script is, you know.

00:36:19What about theatre versus TV?

00:36:21Have you time to do theatre?

00:36:23Doesn't pay as well.

00:36:24Doesn't pay the bills.

00:36:25Again, I, I, again, I'm not, I think you have to really, I so admire people that do theatre,

00:36:33you know, and I have done it, you know, and the last theatre I did was in 2012 and I

00:36:38did

00:36:38an amazing play called This House, written by James Graham, who went on to do this Dear

00:36:45England, which they've just turned into a film, and Sherwood, obviously, which my brother

00:36:50is in.

00:36:50Thanks, James.

00:36:52Um, and...

00:36:54No, I'm, no sibling rivalry.

00:36:56Yeah, no, no, not at all.

00:36:57Lovely to talk to you.

00:36:58Always is, Philip.

00:36:59Always, always a pleasure.

00:37:00Thanks for coming.

00:37:00Good luck with everything you do, including after the flood.

00:37:03Thank you, Anna.

00:37:04Pleasure.

00:37:04Time to open our Love You Weekend Gallery once more, as we showcase your finest photographic

00:37:10work, celebrating, what else, the great outdoors.

00:37:13Come with us as we take a walk on the wild side.

00:37:38We'll see you next time.

00:37:38It's time for the world.

00:37:42We'll see you next time to see us come on, in the wild side.

00:41:01Seasonal.

00:41:02Yes.

00:41:02They give it, you know, and also you've got things that have got fragrance.

00:41:05Most of those roses have no scent to them at all.

00:41:07Nearly all of this that we've got, this smorgasbord of seasonal stems, smell gorgeous.

00:41:12Wonderful.

00:41:13Show us what you can do.

00:41:14Well, hearts.

00:41:16It's all about the valentine.

00:41:17And if you've not been given a valentine recently, make your own.

00:41:20Make one for a friend.

00:41:21It doesn't have to be anything too significant.

00:41:23Well, that's the thought, make one for yourself.

00:41:26Actually, it's rather sweet.

00:41:27Lovely.

00:41:27Yes.

00:41:28Isn't there that lovely saying of, if you've got two pennies, buy a loaf of bread and a

00:41:32bunch of flowers, some for yourself and some for a friend.

00:41:35Yeah.

00:41:35It's just, I think I've paraphrased it very badly.

00:41:37Well, you need more than a couple of pennies now, but I get your point.

00:41:39Exactly.

00:41:40So, what I've done is, there's loads and loads of fabulous bakeware.

00:41:44Heart-shaped cake tins.

00:41:46As long as they're not loose-bottomed, they become a really lovely vessel.

00:41:49And I've got a little bit of chicken wire in here.

00:41:51And then just narcissi daffs.

00:41:54Any of them, they're so inexpensive at this time of the year.

00:41:57You can even be snipping them from the garden.

00:41:59And they just form a really cute little carpet into your container.

00:42:04See, Mrs T loves short stem flowers.

00:42:05They work so well, don't they?

00:42:07I like it.

00:42:07Rather than them all, you know, drooping out, just cutting them at the length they are,

00:42:11and sticking them in a vase, and they all go, you know, wobbly, wobbly.

00:42:15I love them short.

00:42:16And I'm very good at cutting flowers from other people's gardens and really bad at it from my own.

00:42:21I am.

00:42:21I'm so mean.

00:42:22Well, that's it.

00:42:23You know that if you take it from there, it won't be there anymore.

00:42:26Exactly.

00:42:27Exactly.

00:42:27Which is why I think a lot of folk on veg patches, I certainly did last year, and it really

00:42:32works, is to do a few rows off plants on your veg patch.

00:42:34Yes.

00:42:35And then you know you can go out and you think, well, it doesn't matter, they're forecutting.

00:42:39And things that you're cutting, quite a lot of them as well, the more you cut, the more

00:42:43you get, especially once we get into the sort of the summery flowers.

00:42:45And the smell, smell those.

00:42:48They're just...

00:42:49It's overpowering, really.

00:42:51It's so strong.

00:42:52It's just a joy to have them.

00:42:54And they create a really lovely little carpet of colour and fragrance and scent.

00:42:59Stand them in water for a few days so that all the flowers are full and open like this.

00:43:03And then you can create this gorgeous little heart-shaped, it's almost a little cushion of colour.

00:43:10We don't really talk about conditioning cut flowers, do we?

00:43:14But it's worthwhile with some of them taking a precaution.

00:43:16I mean, look at that.

00:43:17Just cute.

00:43:18It's gorgeous.

00:43:18Isn't that beautiful?

00:43:19Fabulous.

00:43:20And good.

00:43:20This time of the year, I love to celebrate all the different spring flowers that there

00:43:26are.

00:43:26You know, the hellebores, the muscari, all the lovely different spring flowers.

00:43:31So I thought I would just create a little bit of a guard net for us.

00:43:35Hellebores are often quite difficult because they flop.

00:43:38They are.

00:43:39So what you can do is just do the hot water treatment.

00:43:42So cut the stems, put them into an inch of water straight from the kettle.

00:43:46Boiling.

00:43:47Boiling water.

00:43:48Protect the flowers with a bit of tissue from some steam and then leave it for five,

00:43:52ten minutes, then top it up with cold, cold water.

00:43:55Leave them overnight and that will help them.

00:43:57It expels the air bubble and it will really help them to pick up and to sustain.

00:44:01There we are.

00:44:03And then with this, it's just a case of enjoying foliage.

00:44:06So woody stems like lilac cut on an angle and then split up the stem, which will help

00:44:11it to take up water.

00:44:12Because at this time of the year, we've still got the central heating cranked up a bit.

00:44:16Yeah.

00:44:16Some yummy ranunculus.

00:44:18And the ones that always remind me of mothering Sunday.

00:44:20When we were at Sunday school, we used to be given a little bunch of these by the vicar

00:44:24to take home for mum.

00:44:26And then the knees.

00:44:26I find them almost impossible to grow in my garden.

00:44:29Top tips?

00:44:30For the good drainage, fairly rich soil, plenty of light.

00:44:35Treat them as an annual.

00:44:36Buy them corms every year.

00:44:38And again, you can do them on your veg patch in a row, if you like.

00:44:41And the trick is to get corms that haven't been allowed to dry out.

00:44:45OK.

00:44:45Oh, a muscari, look.

00:44:46I love the way you're giving me all these.

00:44:48I love these.

00:44:48They smell fab, don't they again?

00:44:51Gorgeous.

00:44:52Now you've wedged moss between your jars here.

00:44:54Yes.

00:44:54Jars here.

00:44:55So it's empty jars, empty bottles into a heart-shaped container.

00:44:58Or if you're creating a decoration at home, you could just position them in the middle

00:45:03of your table into a heart shape.

00:45:05Yeah.

00:45:05You don't need a specific vessel.

00:45:06And then it's just whatever flowers are to hand to create a really lovely little springy garden.

00:45:12You've got hyacinths here as well.

00:45:14I have.

00:45:14It's gorgeous, aren't you?

00:45:15So I'll try and get these out.

00:45:16They're so chunky as well.

00:45:18They are chunky.

00:45:19And these will open within a day, you know.

00:45:22They absolutely romp away once you bring them into the heat.

00:45:25This confection you've got here.

00:45:26A little garden with just an assortment of whatever flowers you fancy.

00:45:31And it doesn't, again, it doesn't need to be a whole load of stems.

00:45:34It's just a case of finding some cute little moments.

00:45:37And I'm putting in some little bits.

00:45:39One of my real favourites this time of the year is all the viburnums that are starting to flower.

00:45:43Look at that.

00:45:44Isn't that gorgeous?

00:45:46So busy time for you, Simon, as a florist.

00:45:47It is.

00:45:48We're very thankful as florists.

00:45:50But it's also, the joy of it to me is that you suddenly realise colour.

00:45:55It's back.

00:45:56It's back and it's fragrant and it's fabulous.

00:45:59And it's seasonal.

00:46:00And so much of it at this time of the year can be British grown from your local flower shops.

00:46:05And even some of the sort of little local flower farms are starting to have rows of ranunculus, anemones and

00:46:11narcissi that are available.

00:46:12So hunt them out and help them.

00:46:14And get yourself a little bunch of grand solidor or, you know, sols they call them in the Isles of

00:46:20Silly where they grow.

00:46:22And just have the scent of spring in your nostrils and the beauty of spring too on your table.

00:46:29Look at that.

00:46:29Thank you, Simon.

00:46:30Wonderful inspiration.

00:46:31I know it's a week away, but it gives you time to plan, doesn't it, really?

00:46:35So if you're looking to woo your partner this coming Valentine's Day, you've come to the right place.

00:46:40All sorts of ideas we have.

00:46:41Not just floral.

00:46:42From an under the covers, careful Alan, to a romantic Tom Sergis playing Cupid in today's Best of British Valentine

00:46:52special.

00:46:53And shoulder pads, synthesizers and dodgy hair.

00:46:55We're heading back to the 80s with the man himself, Jason Donovan.

00:47:00I'll see you with Jason and much more right after this.

00:47:04Anyone seen my shell suit?

00:47:21Welcome back.

00:47:22Coming up, she's the girl from Swansea who went on to become a leading light in the world of popular

00:47:26and critically acclaimed drama.

00:47:28Dame Sean Phillips shares the story of her incredible life from beginnings in the remote Welsh countryside to finding herself

00:47:35at the epicentre of Hollywood.

00:47:37And just like a thoughtfully prepared meal, the right drink enhances the experience, adding a layer of warmth and intimacy

00:47:45to the evening.

00:47:46If you're looking for a romantic drink to share with a special someone this Valentine's Day, look no further than

00:47:52Tom Sergis.

00:47:53You're here with the most romantic cocktails, including A Flirty Bit Nice.

00:47:58Now, it's been 38 years since my next guest released his first single, the charts-topping Nothing Can Divide Us.

00:48:05Already a star through his role as Scott Robinson in Neighbours, he followed this hit with a string of successful

00:48:12releases, including the Kylie Minogue duet, Especially For You.

00:48:17Here's, of course, the multi-talented Jason Donovan.

00:48:20You can put your faith in me, I would never set you free.

00:48:25Hold your head up high and let everybody see.

00:48:29With love to guide us, nothing can divide us.

00:48:35Now we're back together, together.

00:48:40Hold your heart together, let everyone know.

00:48:42I want to show you.

00:48:45My heart is so-so true.

00:48:47And all the love I have is especially for the news in your love, until you come back to me.

00:48:58I'm counting the hours until you return.

00:49:01The thing in my heart

00:49:04And when you look back to me

00:49:06Oh, you're about to buy a book

00:49:10Too many broken hearts in the world

00:49:13There's too many dreams can be broken in two

00:49:17Too many broken hearts in the world

00:49:21So I won't give up a fight for you

00:49:26Yeah, I haven't changed.

00:49:29No, you haven't.

00:49:29I'm still in the double denim, denim, denim?

00:49:33Jason Donovan makes double denim okay.

00:49:37I love you commenting on the mullet.

00:49:39I'd forgotten that.

00:49:40Well, that's sort of back in fashion.

00:49:42I know.

00:49:43Stick it up long enough.

00:49:44Yeah, I mean, particularly in Australia.

00:49:46The Aussies love their mullets.

00:49:48I'm thinking about...

00:49:49They love them.

00:49:50Well, I'm thinking about when we first met,

00:49:52which is over 30 years ago.

00:49:53It's a long time ago.

00:49:54Fable Mill Wedding.

00:49:55During those days when you were doing these songs.

00:49:58And the lovely thing is, you don't...

00:50:00Some people don't really want to...

00:50:02I'm not that person anymore.

00:50:03Don't talk about that.

00:50:04The lovely thing is you rejoice in what you did

00:50:06and have moved on since.

00:50:08But...

00:50:09I don't have much of a choice.

00:50:12But no, no.

00:50:13I embrace the past.

00:50:14I feel in my life, I think in life, you create your own luck.

00:50:20For me, a lot of things timing-wise sort of came together

00:50:24and, you know, particularly in the 80s, early 90s.

00:50:28And that's given me a wonderful life

00:50:30and leverage to be able to do things

00:50:33I would never have dreamed of doing, you know,

00:50:36and sitting here with you.

00:50:38Yes, still.

00:50:39I was here on the first show.

00:50:40You were.

00:50:41I was.

00:50:42Jason reminded me it took us an awful long time

00:50:44to make that first show.

00:50:46But it was worth it.

00:50:47I think Dawn was breaking again, actually.

00:50:49I think it was a 24-hour shoot, actually.

00:50:53We've got better.

00:50:54But congratulations.

00:50:56Yeah, we're still here.

00:50:56Yeah, you're still here and doing amazing.

00:50:58The 200th show.

00:50:59Congratulations.

00:51:01Anyway, enough about me.

00:51:03Let's talk about you.

00:51:04What did you think about coming on the show?

00:51:05Did you?

00:51:05No.

00:51:07I'm excited.

00:51:09I mean, yeah, it's cooler.

00:51:11The temperature's a little bit different.

00:51:12Yeah, it was warmer.

00:51:13It was warmer when we did it.

00:51:14Looking at what you did,

00:51:15there's various things which will sort of keep cropping up.

00:51:18And one of the things that keep cropping up

00:51:19is the Rocky Horror Show,

00:51:21which you're popping back into as Frank and Fertin.

00:51:23Yeah, I mean, I've been doing that on and off now

00:51:26for the last sort of four to five years.

00:51:28I mean, initially, I started off in Australia

00:51:31at the 50th anniversary.

00:51:33It's now the 54th anniversary of that show.

00:51:36But I have Liverpool, Eastbourne, Bristol,

00:51:40I think, left this year.

00:51:42Yeah.

00:51:43And I did the 25th anniversary of that show.

00:51:46I love...

00:51:47It's something I can really just slot in and slot out of.

00:51:49There's a kind of Australian connection to Rocky Horror,

00:51:52isn't there?

00:51:52There is.

00:51:53There is.

00:51:53There is Brian Thompson, who was the creative designer.

00:51:56There is obviously Richard O'Brien.

00:51:59He's not an Australian, he's a New Zealander.

00:52:01The original director of the film.

00:52:05My father did Richard O'Brien and Richard Hartley's first show

00:52:10after the Rocky Horror in Sydney,

00:52:13which was a thing called The Stripper.

00:52:15So, you know...

00:52:16And you met your wife in it?

00:52:17I met my wife, yes.

00:52:20Was she stage manager?

00:52:21She was a stage manager on the 1998 tour, 25...

00:52:25Yeah, the 25th anniversary tour.

00:52:28And we're, you know, with three kids and still there, you know, so...

00:52:33Still hanging on.

00:52:34Yeah, yeah, yeah.

00:52:35It's all good.

00:52:36Also, you're doing the tour again.

00:52:37I'm back on with Doing Fine Encore.

00:52:40I think the last time I was here

00:52:42was probably talking about the original tour.

00:52:44And your audience who were, if we use that word which was used then,

00:52:50teeny boppers, as they were,

00:52:52and they've grown up with you, presumably,

00:52:53so how's your audience gently aged, Jason, as you've come along?

00:52:58I mean, I'm planning on doing a matinee tour next.

00:53:02Well, I got to the age where they're very handy.

00:53:05Which sort of works for me as well

00:53:07because it means I get to go home

00:53:09and I'm in bed by 9, 9.30.

00:53:12You've picked some cracking shows to do over the years.

00:53:16Yeah.

00:53:16And one of them, I'm just going to show a clip now,

00:53:18it's not just you,

00:53:19it's some other people who've done it as well,

00:53:20Joseph and the amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.

00:53:25May I return

00:53:27May I return

00:53:28To the beginning

00:53:33The light is dimming

00:53:36And the dream is due

00:53:39The world and I

00:53:42We are still waiting

00:53:47Still hesitating

00:53:50Any dream will do

00:53:54Anything

00:53:55Anything

00:53:56Everything will do

00:53:57Anything

00:53:58Everything will do

00:54:02Give me my coloured goals

00:54:09Amazing coloured goals

00:54:15It still stands up, doesn't it?

00:54:17It's funny, when I look at that, I firstly think, am I in tune?

00:54:21And then I look at my hair and think, oh God, well, you know.

00:54:25It's called vanity, Jason.

00:54:27Yeah, and also people always say you need to smile when you're singing and you, you know, and I'm quite,

00:54:34quite intense performer.

00:54:36But there you are, Donny Osmond, Lee Reed and you, all three icons of the era really doing that show.

00:54:41Oh, listen, that show changed my life, you know, because it came at a point where I thought the music

00:54:49was sort of, the chart success wasn't happening and the association with Andrew sort of reinvented me and Tim Rice

00:54:58sort of reinvented me, the Palladium.

00:55:01I can't let you go without doing a little bit of Neighbours and a couple of clips. Let's go back.

00:55:06Let's look at you and Charlene getting married. Jason and Kylie, the wedding.

00:55:50Oh, look at that, look at that. 20 million people watched you get married. Was it more? I think it

00:55:55was more.

00:55:56I didn't live in the UK. I mean, that was a worldwide. Yeah, you know, again, I mean, it's a

00:56:01big 80s rock ballad that suddenly, you know, this was a golden era of television.

00:56:07Was there pressure on you as a couple to be together? Did people want you to be Charlene?

00:56:14I don't think they could distinguish between the two. I still don't think they can. You know, it's not Scott

00:56:20and Charlene these days, obviously.

00:56:22Yeah, yeah. There was a point. She's done other things.

00:56:25Yeah, I think she has. And, but yeah, I mean, I was in my early 20s, late teens. It was

00:56:36an exciting time. There was a wonderful chemistry between the two of us.

00:56:40Because, you know, it's a sort of a perfect storm. And how do you create that magic? I think, I

00:56:47think where it sort of went into a different sort of stratosphere is when, especially for you, came out.

00:56:53Because we coupled the magic of popular music with the iconic neighbours, the characters.

00:57:03And that's when the lines are sort of blurred. Blurred.

00:57:06It just blurred. And, you know, but in terms of our relationship, it's not a secret now that, you know,

00:57:15we were together.

00:57:16And, you know, I think that helped create the magic. I'm a massive fan of Kylie. She's a hard worker.

00:57:27She's authentic. You know, she's the real deal.

00:57:32And what an amazing thing to have been part of her story, as I hope maybe, you know, she feels

00:57:38the same way as me, you know, so.

00:57:40You did get back together in Navers in 2022 for the sort of grand finale, the return.

00:57:46Well, I mean, you know, that was a bit of a funny one, but let's play it anyway.

00:57:49We'll play it anyway. Here we go.

00:57:51Before the big change of plans, I told a couple of old friends of yours to stop by.

00:58:00Hey, can I ask you something? Sure.

00:58:03Jane!

00:58:08Look at you. Hey, hey.

00:58:11Wow.

00:58:13Lovely to see you.

00:58:15You too.

00:58:15You too. Hey, hey.

00:58:17Ha ha.

00:58:19Mikey.

00:58:21No way.

00:58:25There's you, Kylie.

00:58:27The problem there was Guy wasn't there. This was all shot at different times.

00:58:33So you didn't touch it?

00:58:34No, no, no.

00:58:34That was a stunt double.

00:58:36No, no, no. Because there was a little gap in Kylie and I's diary at the time that enabled us

00:58:44to sort of sink one day.

00:58:46Yeah.

00:58:47You know, look, that show changed all of our lives.

00:58:51And it helped create opportunities for many people. Lots of my family, ironically. But I've been lucky. You know, I've

00:59:00jumped from many, many shows and many great productions. I'm proud of my live work. And ironically, doing fine encore,

00:59:10this tour is really a celebration of all those sort of moments in a way.

00:59:16Well, we wish you well with it. Thank you. Keep coming and seeing us. I'll come back.

00:59:19We'll call this the middle one, shall we? Shall we? Hope for another 200. I hope for another 200. I'll

00:59:24be there. Hopefully not at the end.

00:59:26No, well, when we know it's the last show, we'll get you back. You can bookend. I'll be bookending the

00:59:32moment.

00:59:32But I'll be in a wheelchair, God willing. Well, I don't mean God willing, I'll be in a wheelchair. But

00:59:35I mean, it might be. I hope it's that long. Put it that way.

00:59:37You'll be here. You're a legend, an icon.

00:59:41A leg end, that's a leg end.

00:59:43Thank you, Jason.

00:59:51An elegant bird of prey now, known for its reddish-brown body, long forked tail and graceful soaring flight.

01:00:00It's also a conservation success story.

01:00:03Milvus, Milvus, the red kite. Over to you, Leslie.

01:00:08A very good morning to you, Alan, and a glorious, sumptuous good morning to you, dear viewers.

01:00:14Today, we venture down the garden path to catch sight of a winged beauty in flight.

01:00:20Weighing in at roughly one kilogram and with a wingspan of 200 centimetres,

01:00:26step forward, the rockets of the sky, the red kite.

01:00:32And no, I don't mean the progressive jazz group from Oslo, although they are divine.

01:00:39The magnificent red kite, known to its scientific friends as Milvus, Milvus, I'll have you know,

01:00:45has a uniquely reddish-brown body with angled wings and fork-shaped tail.

01:00:51With their yellow beaks, those divine creatures glide through the clouds

01:00:56with true regalness running through their veins.

01:01:01Steeped in history, the red kite can be traced back to the 15th century.

01:01:05In fact, during William Shakespeare's time, red kites were incredibly common,

01:01:11especially in cities where they chomped on rodents caught on the streets.

01:01:15Well, we all need our protein.

01:01:17Seen by many as pests, the red kite became virtually extinct.

01:01:22Honestly, they were about as popular as a Montague turning up at a Capulet tea party.

01:01:27The bombastically beautiful red kite was saved from extinction

01:01:31by one of the world's longest-running protection programmes

01:01:35and has now been successfully reintroduced to the UK.

01:01:39When not perusing our skylines, the rivetingly resourceful red kite

01:01:44likes to nest in a home made from wool, grass and twigs.

01:01:48Oh, what a bespoke boudoir.

01:01:52And on that note, we wander back down the garden path

01:01:56until more adventures this time next week.

01:01:59Oh, and in the meantime, I wish you all the most wonderful of weeks.

01:02:05Over to you, Alan.

01:02:08Ah, you always tell them when they whistle, can't you,

01:02:10rather than the buzzard which mews.

01:02:13The magnificently graceful red kite, very common in medieval times

01:02:17and known for stealing laundry from the washing line.

01:02:20Thank you, Leslie.

01:02:21Still to come on today's show,

01:02:22they say where Cupid shoots, no shield can stand.

01:02:27And where Tom Sergi brings his shots,

01:02:29no man or woman can stand, at least after a couple of them.

01:02:32He'll be shaking up some Valentine's-inspired cocktails.

01:02:36And she's an iconic figure of stage and screen,

01:02:39well known for her versatility and commanding presence.

01:02:44Dame Sian Phillips lifts the lid on an amazing life,

01:02:47both on and off the screen.

01:02:49The dame will see us right after this.

01:03:04Welcome back to Love Your Weekend.

01:03:07Still ahead, love, as they say, is best served shaken or stirred

01:03:11from romantic classics to flirty creations.

01:03:14Tom Sergi and Valentine's Day cocktails

01:03:17are the perfect way to toast love in all its sparkling glory.

01:03:21But first, it was the acclaimed epic drama

01:03:24of madness, murder and debauchery,

01:03:28bringing ancient Rome's power, corruption and lies to life.

01:03:31It starred the likes of Siddharic Jacoby, John Hurt

01:03:35and my next guest, Dame Sian Phillips.

01:03:38Fifty years on, and I, Claudius, continues to be hailed

01:03:41as one of the most respected historical dramas ever.

01:03:46Will they make Augustus a god?

01:03:49Oh, yes.

01:03:51He is a god.

01:03:54And so shall I be one day.

01:03:57I prophesy.

01:04:00And here's another prophecy.

01:04:03If Jove ever melts the sea off your name,

01:04:07what's left will turn out to mean jackass.

01:04:14Bye-bye, claw-claw.

01:04:18All right, you can go now.

01:04:28You wicked woman!

01:04:31Wickedness!

01:04:33What's this?

01:04:35Augustus' will!

01:04:37Who stole it?

01:04:39His last will!

01:04:43Boys and his queen!

01:04:47Boys and his queen!

01:04:49That is a laugh, Sian, to end all laughs.

01:04:52I mean, goodness me.

01:04:54And Derek Jacoby there showing how Claudius aged and you've gone.

01:04:58What a piece of work you were.

01:05:00Yes, horrid.

01:05:02Horrid.

01:05:04Did you enjoy, we talked at the very beginning of the programme

01:05:06about the fact that it was a slow burner in terms of its success?

01:05:09Yes, it was.

01:05:10Yes, it was.

01:05:10And not rated when it first came out.

01:05:13But a delight to work on, I should have thought.

01:05:15Oh, it was lovely to work on because everybody was so nice.

01:05:18You know, it was a great, great company, great director, great producer.

01:05:22It was all wonderful.

01:05:24And beautifully written too, great scripts.

01:05:25Yeah, wonderfully well written, yes.

01:05:28When you look back, that was a great high spot.

01:05:31But you started your life in 1957 on the stage in Hedda Gabler.

01:05:36Is that right?

01:05:37Well, I'd started before then,

01:05:38but that was the first big important thing I did, I think, was Hedda.

01:05:43When you wanted and defied your parents actually to become an actress,

01:05:49because we called them actresses then rather than actors.

01:05:51Yes.

01:05:53Did you see yourself as a classical actress

01:05:56or did you just want to play parts?

01:05:57I mean, did it matter what they were?

01:05:59I just wanted to play parts,

01:06:01but it was the classics that came up all the time that you were aiming for.

01:06:05You know, they were the peaks that you wanted to conquer.

01:06:10To aspire to.

01:06:11Yes, they were, yes.

01:06:12You were, looking through what you did and who you worked with,

01:06:16you worked with some astonishing names.

01:06:18I mean, you're an astonishing name yourself.

01:06:20Well.

01:06:21But to come through working with,

01:06:24who were the great influences early on in your career,

01:06:26the people you thought?

01:06:28Early on, well, Saunders Lewis in Wales was a great writer

01:06:33and he was a playwright as well.

01:06:37And I worked, it was he that actually managed

01:06:40managed to hook me out of Wales and into Rada,

01:06:43though he was a great Welsh nationalist.

01:06:44He said, you have to go and you have to go to Rada.

01:06:47You have to start again, start again altogether.

01:06:50So I did.

01:06:51And he was a great influence on me, obviously.

01:06:56And every writer I ever worked with has been a great influence on me.

01:07:00I've been very fortunate to work with some wonderful writers.

01:07:04Back then in Wales, and you spoke Welsh?

01:07:06Yes.

01:07:06I mean, did Rada have to knock bits off you?

01:07:09Were you terribly Welsh when you went to Rada?

01:07:11No, I wasn't Welsh at all because I'd been working for the BBC for about,

01:07:15I'd been working as an announcer for about three years

01:07:18and a newsreader, so in English and in Welsh.

01:07:24So I didn't have a Welsh accent.

01:07:28Well, I have a little bit of a Welsh accent now.

01:07:31There's a little bit there.

01:07:32But that was it, really.

01:07:33It was never much more than that.

01:07:35So I'd rather, of course, they did knock that off.

01:07:40And that was fine.

01:07:43That was what I wanted, actually.

01:07:44I just wanted to be an actress and to be acceptable, you know, so.

01:07:49You got to work with some amazing names.

01:07:52I remember you playing Mrs Smiley.

01:07:55It was George Smiley in Tinker Tailor Soldier's Pies' Wife.

01:07:58And I gather it was, was it one day's work?

01:08:00It was one day.

01:08:03I was nearly less than one day.

01:08:05You know, I had to get all the way from London down to the coast somewhere.

01:08:09It was miles away.

01:08:11And I had flu and I said, I'm really not well.

01:08:14And I was doing another play for the BBC.

01:08:17And they said, just take the day off and get on the train and go down

01:08:21and do that and then go back to work.

01:08:24I mean, it won't take any time.

01:08:27I said, I'm really not up to this, I don't think.

01:08:32Was Alec Guinness the draw?

01:08:34Well, yes.

01:08:35Obviously, you'd want to work with Alec, you know.

01:08:37So, in the end, they said, you must make the effort.

01:08:40So I did make the effort.

01:08:41And Alec was wonderful, of course.

01:08:45Favourite co-stars, if you like, I mean.

01:08:48Oh, gosh.

01:08:50I think Rex Harrison, I think.

01:08:55Really?

01:08:55Yes, I think so.

01:08:57He was...

01:09:00Working with Rex was like working on ice.

01:09:04You know, you didn't know what was going to happen ever.

01:09:07And he was horrid.

01:09:08He was absolutely dreadful to everybody he worked with.

01:09:13And I thought, I've got to do this scene with him

01:09:18where I have to serve drinks and we have to get drunk together.

01:09:23And I have to make sure I've got the right amount of wine

01:09:25in the bottle, in the glass, in this glass, that glass,

01:09:29drink it, pour again.

01:09:31It was a very technical scene, a long scene.

01:09:34And I thought, I've got to get this right.

01:09:37So I thought, I'll go in early every day

01:09:39and I'll have a lot of water and the bottles and the glasses

01:09:42and I will just go through it.

01:09:44So I started to go through it up at the end

01:09:47of a very, very large studio.

01:09:49And I noticed he was at the other end.

01:09:51He was in early, too, doing something on another piece of the set.

01:09:56So I did this.

01:09:57I was so far away, it didn't matter.

01:10:00And then I went out and then I came back

01:10:02and we started the rehearsal of the day

01:10:04and he was frightful to everybody.

01:10:06He was absolutely terrible.

01:10:08Everyone was terrified of him.

01:10:10And at one point, there was a raised piece of set

01:10:14at the end of the studio and he got into it

01:10:17and he said, I can't make the phone work

01:10:20in the corridor outside.

01:10:22And they said, well, no, it doesn't.

01:10:24You have to say, don't tell me that.

01:10:26And he got into such a rage.

01:10:28He threw everything off the set, onto the floor

01:10:32and destroyed the whole schoolroom.

01:10:35And then he went home.

01:10:36Then he turned up the following days, though nothing had happened.

01:10:39They mended the set.

01:10:40They got more furniture.

01:10:41They did.

01:10:41I mean, it was terrifying.

01:10:43But you loved working with him.

01:10:45I got on the set and our scene came up

01:10:50and I had rehearsed it so much I couldn't go wrong.

01:10:53Absolutely.

01:10:54I could talk, talk, talk, talk, talk and drink, drink, drink.

01:10:57And it was all fine.

01:10:59And suddenly he realised I had been working really hard

01:11:02and he let me in.

01:11:06He didn't say anything, of course.

01:11:08But you knew.

01:11:09But I knew, I knew I was all right.

01:11:11And it was such a joy to work with him.

01:11:14The one actor you did work with

01:11:16and the one actor you spent 20 years of your life married to

01:11:20was Peter O'Toole.

01:11:21And it always intrigues me.

01:11:23I'm always amused whenever you talk about him

01:11:24because you always call him O'Toole.

01:11:27It's never Peter.

01:11:28And I remember one of my favourite films of all time,

01:11:31Petula Clarke was sitting where you were sitting a few weeks ago,

01:11:34was Goodbye, Mr. Chips.

01:11:35And here you are in your award-winning performance

01:11:38in Goodbye, Mr. Chips.

01:11:39Oh, headmaster, darling, it's been wonderful.

01:11:43You must come to one of my little parties sometime,

01:11:46very informal, just come as you are, whatever that is.

01:11:49Yes, I shall be delighted.

01:11:50And bring your dear wife, if she is your dear wife,

01:11:54bring her anyway, darling, goodbye.

01:11:57Goodbye, all.

01:11:59Lambiant costumes, great period, style,

01:12:02was just his most glorious role.

01:12:0520 years, a very challenging marriage.

01:12:07It didn't last, but, you know,

01:12:09for reasons that are well-documented now,

01:12:11great, enjoyed his sherbet and all that.

01:12:14But you clearly still admired his work.

01:12:18Oh, hugely, hugely.

01:12:20No, it was, he, he, we didn't like working together.

01:12:24It wasn't a joy to work with him at all.

01:12:26Why, do you think?

01:12:27I don't know.

01:12:28He didn't like working with me.

01:12:29He wouldn't rehearse that film with me, for instance.

01:12:33He didn't rehearse, the lighting cameraman showed me my places,

01:12:37my points in the scene and said,

01:12:39that's where you go, Sian, and go there and I will be with you.

01:12:43And he, because O'Toole wouldn't rehearse with me.

01:12:45Did you get anything from him, though, when you were actually doing it?

01:12:51Up to a point.

01:12:52Really?

01:12:53Up to a point.

01:12:54Yeah, yeah, yeah.

01:12:55He just didn't like it.

01:12:56He just didn't...

01:12:57But you rated him as an actor?

01:12:58I did.

01:12:58I thought he was a wonderful actor, and absolutely wonderful.

01:13:03Talking, and there with Michael Redgrave as well, so it's on Wall Street.

01:13:06Oh, yes, yes.

01:13:06Did Hollywood entertain you much, too?

01:13:09Never, and certainly not O'Toole.

01:13:11He would never go there.

01:13:12He wouldn't even go there for the Oscar ceremonies,

01:13:14and he just wouldn't go to Hollywood.

01:13:18And he stayed in England, to his credit, I suppose,

01:13:21although some people would say it was foolish.

01:13:24During the period when income tax was 19 and 6 in the pound,

01:13:29all the actors left and went to Hollywood,

01:13:32and O'Toole stayed in England.

01:13:34But you work with some talented young actors as well.

01:13:36You're doing a thing at the moment called The Greeks.

01:13:38Oh, yeah.

01:13:39With glorious Alex Jennings.

01:13:41Oh, he's so amazing.

01:13:42Well, put in a word, because we'd love to have him on the show.

01:13:45He's a great actor and a great fan.

01:13:47Well, I'll tell him, yes.

01:13:49So, and this is on the stage, you're touring it around.

01:13:51So tell us about The Greeks.

01:13:53Well, I knew nothing about The Greeks,

01:13:55but this wonderful man, David Stuttard,

01:13:56does know a lot about The Greeks.

01:13:58He lectures on Greek literature,

01:14:01and he wrote this show for two people.

01:14:05And it's such fun to do.

01:14:07It's really, some of it's quite serious,

01:14:10but some of it is very, very amusing.

01:14:14And, of course, Alex is a very amusing actor.

01:14:18But he also does a wonderful, wonderful scene from Oedipus in it,

01:14:22which is heart-rending.

01:14:24It is so wonderful.

01:14:26You did a one-woman show about Marlene Dietrich.

01:14:31This is you as Marlene.

01:14:33All right.

01:14:33Falling in love again, never wanted to.

01:14:44What am I to do?

01:14:49I can't help it.

01:14:53Men cluster to me like moths around a flame.

01:14:58And if their wings burn

01:15:03I know I'm not to blame

01:15:09Those amazing deep tones, beautifully captured.

01:15:14Had you been an enormous admirer?

01:15:15Was that why you wanted to do the show?

01:15:17No, I hadn't been.

01:15:18I'd been taken to see her in Wimbledon by a friend,

01:15:21and I'd not wanted to go.

01:15:24She was, I wasn't interested in singing.

01:15:26I wasn't interested in the songs and anything.

01:15:29And he said, you must come.

01:15:31And I went, and she was old,

01:15:33and she hobbled into the middle of the stage,

01:15:37and I thought, this is going to be so embarrassing.

01:15:39It was Wimbledon.

01:15:40Yeah, big theatre.

01:15:41On a cold night, on a wet.

01:15:45And she'd begun to sing,

01:15:47and within five minutes,

01:15:49she had the whole audience in the palm of her hand,

01:15:52and she was magnificent.

01:15:54I was completely enraptured by her.

01:15:57And he took me out after her and said,

01:15:59we have to stand now opposite the stage door and watch her.

01:16:02And she hopped up on top of the car

01:16:04that was going to take her home,

01:16:05and she was dressed in denim with a little cap.

01:16:09And she had a bundle of photographs,

01:16:11and she just threw them in the rain at everybody,

01:16:13and everybody picked them up.

01:16:15I thought, wow, this is some woman.

01:16:20So when it came my way, I...

01:16:23Yeah, you gave it a go.

01:16:24Yes.

01:16:25Now, you did get to play

01:16:27the role of Juliet in Romeo and Juliet,

01:16:30at age 76.

01:16:31I know, it was a role I thought I would never be offered,

01:16:34because when I was younger,

01:16:36I was tall,

01:16:37and I was playing sort of middle-aged parts very often,

01:16:41and I would never be given Juliet.

01:16:44Juliet's were always short and petite and kind of nice.

01:16:48And I knew I would never get it.

01:16:50And it came my way when I was 70-something.

01:16:56And it was the most wonderful experience.

01:17:01And it was a lesson, I think, to a lot of people,

01:17:04you know, that that sort of passion

01:17:06can last into old age, really,

01:17:09that two people can be in love

01:17:11and in that vigorous sort of way,

01:17:14you know, adventurous way.

01:17:17The variety's been the spice of your life, really, hasn't it, Sharon?

01:17:19Yes, it has.

01:17:20I've been very lucky, very lucky indeed.

01:17:22Well, keep doing it and keep gardening.

01:17:25Love to have you with me.

01:17:26It's been a pleasure.

01:17:28Time now to take a moment to sit back and relax

01:17:30in today's Ode to Joy.

01:17:33Ode to Joy.

01:17:34Ode to Joy.

01:18:00ORGAN PLAYS

01:18:39ORGAN PLAYS

01:18:42Ah, that was Aldeburgh in Suffolk, know it well, courtesy of By Drone

01:18:47and set to a string quartet by Franz Schubert.

01:18:50Coming up, you may have ticked the card, flowers and chocolates

01:18:53off your Valentine's Day list,

01:18:54but a great-tasting tipple to share with your loved one

01:18:57could make February the 14th even more special.

01:19:00Lucky for us, Tom Sergis here

01:19:02with his tips and tipples for your Valentine's Day.

01:19:05Not easy to say that after you've had a few,

01:19:08which I've had it before.

01:19:09I'll be back with Dame-Shan, Philip, Jason and Tom right after this.

01:19:28Shaken or stirred, this coming Valentine's Day,

01:19:31whether you're planning a candlelit dinner for two,

01:19:34a sociable soiree,

01:19:35or simply a moment of indulgence for yourself.

01:19:38Let the perfect cocktail make the occasion

01:19:41all the headier and more delightful.

01:19:43There's a tipple to match every romantic mood.

01:19:45We present a menu of concoctions

01:19:47that pair beautifully with the love

01:19:49that will no doubt be waiting in the air.

01:19:52Gather your shakers,

01:19:53raise a glass,

01:19:54let's drink to love in all its forms.

01:19:56Welcome back.

01:19:57Cupid himself in a frilly shirt,

01:19:59looking a bit Mr Darcy,

01:20:01but not quite so damp.

01:20:02Tom Sergi.

01:20:03Well, look at this.

01:20:04How fun is this?

01:20:06Not necessarily the model zone,

01:20:07but I think I'm going to wear this all February.

01:20:09This is great.

01:20:10Just stay away from the pond.

01:20:11You're likely to get thrown in.

01:20:12Well, quite, exactly.

01:20:13I've been very careful

01:20:13not to sort of dip my sleeves into things,

01:20:15but it's fun.

01:20:16So here we are.

01:20:17We've got five amazing drinks,

01:20:19all of them themed around romance and love.

01:20:22And it's, you know,

01:20:22we have gone a little bit ridiculous.

01:20:24I'm on a good wicket with outrageous garnishes,

01:20:27I would say on this.

01:20:28And this is going to be no different

01:20:29as we make our way through each of these serves.

01:20:32The first one is a little twist on a bee's knees.

01:20:36We're calling it Flirty But Nice.

01:20:38And the bee's knees is a classic honey-based cocktail.

01:20:42It's got gin and lemon juice and honey.

01:20:44And honey is this amazing aphrodisiac,

01:20:47sensual ingredient,

01:20:48so we thought we'd include that.

01:20:49It's got Generation 11,

01:20:51gin from Sussex,

01:20:52beautiful London dry-starred gin.

01:20:54And then what I've done...

01:20:55It's the mark.

01:20:56It does it, Mark.

01:20:58...to fizz it up a bit,

01:21:00to give it a bit of liveliness.

01:21:00We've put the beautiful High-Wheeled Brute Reserve,

01:21:04which is a non-vintage,

01:21:05traditional method sparkling wine

01:21:06from Sussex as well.

01:21:08So a combination of two great Sussex ingredients.

01:21:10How good is that?

01:21:11Stop me drinking this.

01:21:13This is delicious.

01:21:15The honey's good.

01:21:16The honey is good.

01:21:17We got some fresh honeycomb.

01:21:18I don't know if you've ever bought

01:21:19some of this raw honeycomb.

01:21:20And we sliced it,

01:21:22and we've put it on the side,

01:21:23and it's gently melted down into the drink.

01:21:24It's a really lovely garnish for it.

01:21:26I don't have that.

01:21:27You can kind of chew away.

01:21:29It's sweet.

01:21:29It's delicious.

01:21:31That'd be good if you had a cold.

01:21:33It would be very good if you've got a cold.

01:21:34100% of a bit of a...

01:21:35Well, it's got a touch.

01:21:37Actually, there is a hint of lemsip about it.

01:21:41There is a bit of lemsip.

01:21:42Lemsip with a kick.

01:21:44Happy Valentine's.

01:21:45Yes.

01:21:45Yeah.

01:21:46Wow.

01:21:46I'm going back to bed with a headache.

01:21:50But the nice thing about honey

01:21:51is it masks alcohol,

01:21:53so you've got really smooth generation.

01:21:55So you don't know how much you've had?

01:21:56No.

01:21:56You can pack quite a punch

01:21:58into quite a short drink.

01:21:59Delicious, right?

01:22:01I'm only putting that down

01:22:02because there's four more to come.

01:22:04We can take a pour.

01:22:05Philip, was that...

01:22:05You seem to be enjoying that.

01:22:07Very much.

01:22:08Yeah.

01:22:09Sharm was being very sensible

01:22:10and singing to the grapefruit juice.

01:22:12Yeah.

01:22:12I mean, the force.

01:22:14It's a nice vintage grapefruit.

01:22:16It's a lovely...

01:22:16It's a lovely bit of grapefruit.

01:22:19Now, I've gone over the top here.

01:22:21You can say that again.

01:22:22We've chopped in some lovely roses,

01:22:24which makes it a very lovely garnish.

01:22:26And what we've got here

01:22:27is we're calling it sip and swoon.

01:22:29It is a drink that we're doing

01:22:31long in a flute, non-alcoholic,

01:22:33based on this,

01:22:34Boda's Rose and Cardamom.

01:22:36What I've done is I've muddled down

01:22:37some fresh raspberries.

01:22:38There's a bit of elderflower in there.

01:22:40And then what we've done is

01:22:41we've topped it up

01:22:42with the Rose and Cardamom from Boda

01:22:43and given it a rim around the edge

01:22:45with a powdered raspberry,

01:22:47which is quite nice.

01:22:48That's a bit like a kiss

01:22:49from a maiden aunt to me.

01:22:51It feels very 70s.

01:22:53Oh, it's lovely.

01:22:54Roses.

01:22:55I like it.

01:22:55Yeah.

01:22:56The raspberry slightly flows to the top,

01:22:58so you have to sort of gently chew into it.

01:23:00But I like it.

01:23:01I think it's a really fun drink.

01:23:02And the Rose and Cardamom kind of build

01:23:05and the finish of it is very rose, isn't it?

01:23:07It's very rose from what I'd call

01:23:09a new romantic man.

01:23:12A new romantic man desperately

01:23:13trying not to get raspberry

01:23:14down his new frilly shirt.

01:23:17It's a bit like liquidised raspberries,

01:23:19really, isn't it?

01:23:20And roses mixed together.

01:23:22You get both.

01:23:23And then you get a little bit of cardamom

01:23:24just on your lips,

01:23:25just a tiny little bit

01:23:26together that lovely cardamom spice.

01:23:29It's like a hip smoothie.

01:23:29Sian, what do you think of that one?

01:23:31I love it.

01:23:31It's a hip smoothie.

01:23:31You love it?

01:23:32Oh, yes.

01:23:33It's wonderful.

01:23:33I think it's delicious.

01:23:34Oh, come on.

01:23:35I don't have...

01:23:36Take the rose out, though.

01:23:37Yeah.

01:23:38Now, we're going back to the alcohol.

01:23:39You'll be very pleased to hear.

01:23:40We're heading down to Devon

01:23:41and in Devon,

01:23:42a lovely, lovely man called Philip

01:23:44has created a brand called Hattier's Rum.

01:23:46I have, yes.

01:23:49There's two.

01:23:50Another lovely Philip.

01:23:52Hattier's blend incredible rums

01:23:54from around the world

01:23:54in their, I suppose,

01:23:56you would call it,

01:23:57a distillery in Devon.

01:23:59And what they do

01:24:00is they kind of get

01:24:01pitch-perfect blends of rum.

01:24:03Oh, my goodness, chaps.

01:24:04They do some very dark rums.

01:24:04This is a white rum

01:24:06aged in oak barrels.

01:24:07It's then charcoaled

01:24:08so it loses its colour.

01:24:10It's a bit of mint.

01:24:11And I've created...

01:24:12There's a little mint on top.

01:24:13I've created a twist on a daiquiri.

01:24:15We're doing a strawberry daiquiri here.

01:24:17We're calling it...

01:24:18Oh, wow.

01:24:19...Rumantic.

01:24:20Sian, we will describe this to you

01:24:22because it...

01:24:23Yes, please.

01:24:23...it said we can't.

01:24:24Hot chocolate there, right?

01:24:27It's rum, isn't it?

01:24:28It's all rum.

01:24:29I'm not usually a big fan of rum.

01:24:30It's almost entirely rum.

01:24:31You've been very ill on rum.

01:24:33What?

01:24:34You were very ill on rum.

01:24:35Yeah.

01:24:36Yeah.

01:24:37The first time I tried rum

01:24:37and it was awful.

01:24:39So I've always sort of avoided it.

01:24:41But actually, that's really nice.

01:24:42I have a friend who was the same with pork pies

01:24:44but I don't think it was the pork pie

01:24:46that upset him.

01:24:47I think it was more what was in the glasses

01:24:48he was drinking, really.

01:24:49But he's always blamed it on the pork pies.

01:24:51Well, it's porky pies.

01:24:52Yeah, exactly.

01:24:53Rining so much.

01:24:54This is true.

01:24:55That and the first one...

01:24:57It's a little sharpener.

01:24:58So this is lots and lots of rum.

01:25:00The Cuban classic with lots of lime juice.

01:25:02A little bit of mint.

01:25:03Salt and pepper is key in this drink.

01:25:05If you're going to have strawberry syrup in things,

01:25:07a little bit of salt and pepper.

01:25:08Like in a tomato or cucumber sandwich.

01:25:09You've got to have a bit of salt and pepper.

01:25:10Same thing in this drink.

01:25:12Now, we're going to head to this.

01:25:13So you've got a classic sour here, gang.

01:25:16So this is shaken with a little egg white

01:25:17to give it that incredible foam.

01:25:18It's like drinking a meringue, really,

01:25:20is the idea.

01:25:21And we're calling it The Kiss.

01:25:23And The Kiss is based on Bellamy Cherry Liqueur.

01:25:27Oh, gosh.

01:25:27Cherry from Kent.

01:25:29Made into this beautiful, luscious,

01:25:31gently sweet liqueur.

01:25:32Lovely.

01:25:32And something I found literally this month,

01:25:35which was quite fun.

01:25:36Ginger gerbil.

01:25:37Ginger gerbil is a ginger and blood orange.

01:25:41Hello.

01:25:42Hello.

01:25:44I feel I've just sent it to parallel universe.

01:25:46I think I have as well.

01:25:47I think I've seen the film.

01:25:50Exactly.

01:25:52Ginger gerbil.

01:25:55That's what I said.

01:25:59No gerbils were harmed in the making of this drink,

01:26:02I am sure.

01:26:03I'm sure.

01:26:03I can't go here.

01:26:04So, not at this time slot.

01:26:05That's not sure.

01:26:08Clearly this is not a kiss, it's a snog.

01:26:10I mean, we get that.

01:26:11I said, ginger, a little bit of blood orange.

01:26:13In a sense, what is this beautiful flavour of vodka?

01:26:15It's a bit fiery, it's a bit delicious.

01:26:17It's wonderful.

01:26:18That with the cherry, shaking it to a sour.

01:26:20It's very good.

01:26:21It also puts a smile on the face.

01:26:23It does.

01:26:24So, that wins it for me.

01:26:28Now, we're arriving at the warm finisher.

01:26:31So, we've got what we're calling under the covers.

01:26:34And under the covers is rich hot chocolate.

01:26:38What we've done is we've created a really great basic chocolate with this Choc-A-Fair classic oat milk,

01:26:44which is very lovely, with some oat milk.

01:26:45So, it happens to be vegan, which is fun.

01:26:47And we've heated that in a pan and stirred it down to a really rich hot chocolate and then topped

01:26:52it with a little bit of this, Nocino.

01:26:55And Nocino, what's so lovely about it is it's made by Pleasant Land Distillery down in the far bit of

01:27:01Kent, the bit of Kent that's almost France.

01:27:02You know, the real kind of heel of the boot of England, if that's the reference point.

01:27:07And down there, they make this walnut liqueur.

01:27:10It's made with green walnuts.

01:27:11I knew it was nutty.

01:27:12So, that's what you've got.

01:27:13Yeah.

01:27:14Push-pull of sweet, rich chocolate and lovely green walnuts.

01:27:17It's a seasonal liqueur.

01:27:18Now, there's a bedtime drink.

01:27:19There's a bedtime drink.

01:27:21It's a bedtime drink.

01:27:22Isn't it just?

01:27:23I love the fact that the walnut just takes the, what could be a sickly edge off it.

01:27:27You're getting all the richness of the chocolate.

01:27:28You've gone with the gerbil again.

01:27:31Can't get the gerbil again, can you?

01:27:33Nothing out of Jason Donovan.

01:27:34Honest, happy Valentine.

01:27:36Exactly.

01:27:37Oh.

01:27:38Exactly.

01:27:39The rating for this show has just got a lot of...

01:27:41Charles, this is your special one.

01:27:42Oh, I love it.

01:27:43We love this.

01:27:44Good.

01:27:44Mine's the stomach.

01:27:46Yeah.

01:27:46But that's a good winter's sort of warmer, isn't it?

01:27:49Really good.

01:27:49I love the evening.

01:27:50Lots of sugary.

01:27:51It's very...

01:27:51Is it sugary?

01:27:52Yeah, it is sugary.

01:27:53There's a bit of sweetness to the chocolate.

01:27:55The chocolate-fed chocolate, which is great.

01:27:56And the walnut liqueur's got a bit of sugar in it.

01:27:58The walnut liqueur's lovely on its own.

01:27:59It's that lovely, nutty kind of green, textural character.

01:28:03But in hot chocolate, it's the dream.

01:28:04And my vision here is you could either have it in a cup like this, or you could go for

01:28:07a nice walk in the winter sun.

01:28:08Have it in a thermos.

01:28:09Mmm.

01:28:09Somewhere nice and cool.

01:28:10It's absolutely perfect.

01:28:12Really nice.

01:28:12Come across a ginger gerbil.

01:28:14You never know.

01:28:16Ladies and gentlemen, I think I'm going to wind this up.

01:28:20Because it seems to be what's happening now is not at all suitable for a Sunday lunchtime.

01:28:25But these drinks all have been absolute crackers, Tom.

01:28:28Well done.

01:28:28Pleasure.

01:28:29Thank you, Alan.

01:28:29That's it for today.

01:28:30So thanks to all my guests, to Sian, Philip, Jason, and of course, Tom, for finishing us

01:28:35off completely.

01:28:37Joining me next week, we strike Olympic gold with gymnast Max Whitlock.

01:28:42I'm going to say all this now, after all this.

01:28:44Penny Lancaster makes a welcome return, and we get romantic with a couple of geese.

01:28:48It's that sort of show.

01:28:49Of course we do.

01:28:51And until then, do remember, you mustn't have tea many martinis.

01:28:55As Dorothy Parker reminded us, I like to have a martini.

01:28:58Two at the very most.

01:29:00After three, I'm under the table.

01:29:01After four, I'm under my host.

01:29:03Until next week, all the best.

01:29:05Cheers, all.

01:29:05Cheers.

01:29:06Cheers.

01:29:07Cheers.

01:29:07Oh.

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