0:00:02 > 0:00:05Cardigan Bay, the sweeping west coast of Wales...
0:00:05 > 0:00:08This is just something else.
0:00:09 > 0:00:13..home to the largest population of bottlenose dolphins in the UK...
0:00:13 > 0:00:15It really is the New Zealand of the northern hemisphere.
0:00:17 > 0:00:19..and the only place in Wales where you can buy a pier...
0:00:19 > 0:00:21This is the best beer garden in Wales.
0:00:21 > 0:00:23..and even a zoo.
0:00:23 > 0:00:26Don't forget to wash your hands after you've played with the snakes.
0:00:26 > 0:00:30Over spring and summer, we followed the rich and varied lives...
0:00:30 > 0:00:33This is just not Elvis enough.
0:00:33 > 0:00:37..of the locals who call this coast home.
0:00:37 > 0:00:39Toilet Lady from Ceredigion will do me.
0:00:40 > 0:00:43Quite proud really that I am going to start a business here again.
0:00:43 > 0:00:45He's the boss, obviously.
0:00:45 > 0:00:48Yes, yes. I've explained that to them.
0:00:49 > 0:00:52Why on earth would you want to live anywhere else?
0:00:52 > 0:00:55This is their Cardigan Bay.
0:01:02 > 0:01:05It's early April and Cardigan Bay is gearing up
0:01:05 > 0:01:07for the start of the holiday season.
0:01:10 > 0:01:12MOTORCYCLE STARTS
0:01:12 > 0:01:15At Borth, in the north of Ceredigion...
0:01:15 > 0:01:18# See you later, alligator
0:01:18 > 0:01:20# After a while, crocodile...#
0:01:20 > 0:01:23..husband and wife Alan and Jean Mumbray are out for a spin
0:01:23 > 0:01:27in their vintage motorbike and sidecar with their dog Ruffles.
0:01:29 > 0:01:31Sounds great, handles well...
0:01:31 > 0:01:35It's really nice to ride, really comfortable.
0:01:35 > 0:01:38If it rains, you have the lid that goes on.
0:01:38 > 0:01:40And the dog just loves it.
0:01:41 > 0:01:44We're both 1958, me and the bike.
0:01:44 > 0:01:46So we've got something in common.
0:01:46 > 0:01:49The bike might be slightly more reliable than me, that's all.
0:01:52 > 0:01:54# See you later, alligator...#
0:01:54 > 0:01:57But motorbikes aren't the couple's biggest passion.
0:01:57 > 0:02:00In their front garden, they have a 12-acre zoo
0:02:00 > 0:02:03and it's time for the first show of the day.
0:02:04 > 0:02:09First of all, we've got Fonzie the Asian water monitor lizard.
0:02:09 > 0:02:13Over there, Emily's holding Gus the bearded dragon.
0:02:14 > 0:02:17It's Easter and a big weekend for Alan and Jean.
0:02:19 > 0:02:20- Hello, darling! - EXCITED SQUEAKING
0:02:20 > 0:02:22Hello!
0:02:22 > 0:02:25We've had to go through all the winter
0:02:25 > 0:02:29with no income and lots of payout...
0:02:30 > 0:02:34..so the Easter is very important for us
0:02:34 > 0:02:37to try and catch up from the winter, really.
0:02:37 > 0:02:41Those ones in there, they'd swallow goats and things like that.
0:02:41 > 0:02:43Yeah, hopefully, we'll have a busy day tomorrow.
0:02:43 > 0:02:46And another one on Monday.
0:02:46 > 0:02:48And long may it continue.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51Don't forget to wash your hands after you've played with the snakes.
0:02:51 > 0:02:55As Alan wows the crowds with his reptiles,
0:02:55 > 0:02:58their hopes depend on the arrival
0:02:58 > 0:03:01of two new, rather more fierce residents.
0:03:01 > 0:03:04HE ROARS
0:03:04 > 0:03:07This is where the first lions of Ceredigion should be arriving
0:03:07 > 0:03:09in a few months' time.
0:03:11 > 0:03:13Already the zoo has started advertising
0:03:13 > 0:03:16the arrival of their star attractions Zulu and Wilma
0:03:16 > 0:03:19from their current home in Bristol.
0:03:19 > 0:03:22These are actually THE lions, aren't they? They're our lions.
0:03:22 > 0:03:24Yes, that's them.
0:03:24 > 0:03:27It's a draft for our new brochure.
0:03:27 > 0:03:31Because, you know, the zoo's slowly changing, expanding,
0:03:31 > 0:03:34and we need a completely different brochure.
0:03:35 > 0:03:38Alan and Jean started Borth Zoo 15 years ago
0:03:38 > 0:03:41as a rescue centre for unwanted exotic animals...
0:03:43 > 0:03:45Plate-glass windows and bars.
0:03:45 > 0:03:47..but gaining two kings of the jungle
0:03:47 > 0:03:49is a whole new ballgame for the zoo...
0:03:51 > 0:03:54That'll have a metal strip down there, won't it?
0:03:54 > 0:03:57..and for manager Joe and cat-keeper Tom.
0:03:57 > 0:04:00I cannot believe I'm going to be looking after lions.
0:04:00 > 0:04:02HE CHUCKLES
0:04:02 > 0:04:05Never would've believed anything like this could happen.
0:04:06 > 0:04:09Once we become a collection that has lions,
0:04:09 > 0:04:11we very much move up the ladder, in terms of zoos.
0:04:11 > 0:04:14So we cease to be a very small, little collection,
0:04:14 > 0:04:17and we've moved on to be, if not a big zoo,
0:04:17 > 0:04:19certainly a medium-sized zoo.
0:04:19 > 0:04:21It's certainly a big deal for me.
0:04:21 > 0:04:22This will be the biggest cat -
0:04:22 > 0:04:25biggest animal - I've ever looked after.
0:04:26 > 0:04:28As the zoo dreams of lions,
0:04:28 > 0:04:31the rest of the UK are gearing up for the general election...
0:04:32 > 0:04:34..and the roads of Ceredigion
0:04:34 > 0:04:37are lined with banners for what is being billed
0:04:37 > 0:04:41as a two-horse race between Plaid and the Lib Dems.
0:04:41 > 0:04:44WHIRRING OF POWER DRILL
0:04:44 > 0:04:45But in his garage in Aberporth,
0:04:45 > 0:04:49independent councillor turned Ukip candidate Gethin James...
0:04:51 > 0:04:54..is planning his one-man assault.
0:04:57 > 0:05:00There's a lot of things affecting what we did as a council
0:05:00 > 0:05:01that I was unhappy about.
0:05:01 > 0:05:03And more and more...
0:05:03 > 0:05:05CAR TOOTS
0:05:05 > 0:05:06I was...
0:05:07 > 0:05:10..looking at what Ukip were saying
0:05:10 > 0:05:13and agreeing with it.
0:05:13 > 0:05:14CAR TOOTS
0:05:14 > 0:05:17They haven't even seen what sign I'm putting up yet!
0:05:18 > 0:05:20I could've stayed on at cabinet
0:05:20 > 0:05:22and been my independent councillor
0:05:22 > 0:05:25and not been controversial.
0:05:28 > 0:05:31But you've got to stand up for what you believe in, don't you?
0:05:31 > 0:05:36And having paid the £500 deposit to stand out of his own pocket...
0:05:36 > 0:05:38CAR TOOTS
0:05:38 > 0:05:40..Gethin needs every vote he can get.
0:05:40 > 0:05:42CAR TOOTS
0:05:42 > 0:05:44They don't sound like angry beeps...
0:05:45 > 0:05:48..so I'll take it that they're supporters.
0:05:48 > 0:05:49HE CHUCKLES
0:05:49 > 0:05:53But Gethin has one secret location up his sleeve.
0:05:53 > 0:05:54All right, Mum?
0:05:54 > 0:05:56His nan's veranda.
0:05:56 > 0:05:58I've got to see if I can get it in here. It's a big sign.
0:05:58 > 0:06:00Oh, my God!
0:06:00 > 0:06:02This could be tricky.
0:06:04 > 0:06:06Yeah, I think you can tell it's there.
0:06:16 > 0:06:20Each year Ceredigion welcomes over 2.5 million holiday-makers.
0:06:20 > 0:06:22And most will spend a penny
0:06:22 > 0:06:25at one of the county's 13 coastal toilets.
0:06:27 > 0:06:31This'll be the first port of call and the last port of call
0:06:31 > 0:06:34and that's the lasting impression that they're going to have -
0:06:34 > 0:06:37"My goodness, they had clean toilets!"
0:06:37 > 0:06:39Ceredigion's toilet queen Jasmine Wilson
0:06:39 > 0:06:42and her team of dedicated cleaners
0:06:42 > 0:06:46are in charge of keeping the county's toilets gleaming,
0:06:46 > 0:06:49and their loos are officially the cleanest in Britain.
0:06:51 > 0:06:54In the toileting world, we're certainly in the Premier League.
0:06:54 > 0:06:56We're in the league of excellence.
0:06:56 > 0:06:58We do lead the way.
0:06:58 > 0:07:02Jasmine's peerless porcelain has even impressed prime ministers.
0:07:02 > 0:07:06This is me with Tony Blair at Downing Street.
0:07:06 > 0:07:09I must admit there were rather large glasses of wine,
0:07:09 > 0:07:11and I had three to quench my thirst,
0:07:11 > 0:07:13so I was a little bit tiddly.
0:07:13 > 0:07:14I was very proud,
0:07:14 > 0:07:16but I was also very nervous
0:07:16 > 0:07:20and I must admit I think I took over the conversation there.
0:07:20 > 0:07:23You know? I started talking, my hand was going,
0:07:23 > 0:07:27so I don't know how much he got in, actually.
0:07:27 > 0:07:30And, of course, Jasmine couldn't leave Downing Street
0:07:30 > 0:07:32without a little inspection.
0:07:32 > 0:07:34The conveniences in 10 Downing Street...
0:07:34 > 0:07:36I must admit I was a little bit naughty.
0:07:36 > 0:07:40I couldn't go there and not go in to give them a quick inspection.
0:07:40 > 0:07:44Very impressive. Very impressive. Spotlessly clean.
0:07:44 > 0:07:48Though they were using them for a bit of storage, as well,
0:07:48 > 0:07:50which isn't the done thing.
0:07:50 > 0:07:54The time has come for Jasmine to defend her county's crown,
0:07:54 > 0:07:57and enter this year's UK Loo Of The Year awards.
0:07:57 > 0:08:00When we enter, our reputation is at stake.
0:08:00 > 0:08:03I certainly wouldn't want to, you know,
0:08:03 > 0:08:05not do well.
0:08:05 > 0:08:09It's important for us, because that's the way we can
0:08:09 > 0:08:12benchmark ourselves against other authorities.
0:08:13 > 0:08:16Pardon the pun, but we don't want a flash in the pan,
0:08:16 > 0:08:19what we want is continuous high standards.
0:08:19 > 0:08:23The forms are filled and all Jasmine can do now
0:08:23 > 0:08:26is wait for the judges to make their secret visit.
0:08:29 > 0:08:31In Ffostrasol, inland from Cardigan,
0:08:31 > 0:08:35Des Perenara is getting ready for another day at the office.
0:08:40 > 0:08:42Des works at BTG Laboratories.
0:08:44 > 0:08:47This is just a very small part of a large machine
0:08:47 > 0:08:54that creates a vial of anti-snake venom to save people's lives.
0:08:56 > 0:08:59Yes, by day, Des makes snake antivenom.
0:09:01 > 0:09:04# I can't walk out
0:09:04 > 0:09:09# Because I love you too much, baby Yeah...#
0:09:09 > 0:09:10But by night...
0:09:10 > 0:09:13# You're caught in a trap... #
0:09:13 > 0:09:14WHOOPS AND CHEERING
0:09:14 > 0:09:16..he's Elvis Desley.
0:09:16 > 0:09:20# ..Because I love you too much...#
0:09:23 > 0:09:25This is my Elvis room.
0:09:25 > 0:09:29This is where I put my outfits when I've just done a show.
0:09:29 > 0:09:31So I've just done a show on Saturday,
0:09:31 > 0:09:32so they are a little bit wet.
0:09:32 > 0:09:34So I get them up to air them.
0:09:34 > 0:09:36This is the main suit.
0:09:36 > 0:09:37I had to stick all these in,
0:09:37 > 0:09:40every single one, and it was painstaking.
0:09:40 > 0:09:43Des's transformation to Elvis Desley
0:09:43 > 0:09:45started at a 30th birthday party.
0:09:47 > 0:09:49I did a few karaoke songs,
0:09:49 > 0:09:51and my mother-in-law just loved it.
0:09:51 > 0:09:54So she was the one who motivated me to carry on being
0:09:54 > 0:09:56an Elvis tribute artist.
0:09:56 > 0:09:59His mother-in-law may love his act,
0:09:59 > 0:10:03but Des's wife Fiona doesn't share her passion.
0:10:03 > 0:10:06# I just want to be your teddy bear
0:10:06 > 0:10:08# Oooooh...! #
0:10:09 > 0:10:12Unfortunately, my wife isn't a big fan of Elvis
0:10:12 > 0:10:16and so most of my Elvis stuff is banned into this loo.
0:10:16 > 0:10:17I love what Des is doing,
0:10:17 > 0:10:19and I'm very supportive of what Des is doing,
0:10:19 > 0:10:21but, yes, I do like to keep it contained
0:10:21 > 0:10:23rather than just plastered all over the walls
0:10:23 > 0:10:26in the sitting room and the bedroom and everywhere else.
0:10:26 > 0:10:29Fi's other bone of contention is Des's Elvis haircut.
0:10:29 > 0:10:31All the Elvis tribute artists...
0:10:33 > 0:10:35..colour their hair black.
0:10:35 > 0:10:38Mine, though, isn't coloured, obviously.
0:10:38 > 0:10:40Believe that, you'll believe anything!
0:10:40 > 0:10:43At 54, you don't... You know, with the Maori genes that I have
0:10:43 > 0:10:46it'll stay black till I'm about 60.
0:10:47 > 0:10:50To say it was a constant battle would be unfair,
0:10:50 > 0:10:52but I prefer it a lot shorter than that.
0:10:52 > 0:10:54As I say, he's sort of Elvis sometimes,
0:10:54 > 0:10:58but I'm pretty much married to an Elvis lookalike all the time.
0:10:58 > 0:11:02And I think it looks a lot nicer a little on the shorter side.
0:11:02 > 0:11:04Elvis has somewhat taken over, at times.
0:11:04 > 0:11:06And I married Des, not Elvis.
0:11:07 > 0:11:09The couple met in London
0:11:09 > 0:11:13and moved back to Fiona's hometown, Cardigan, nine years ago.
0:11:13 > 0:11:14When he first came down here,
0:11:14 > 0:11:17within a couple of weeks he knew pretty much everyone
0:11:17 > 0:11:18to wave at and say hello to.
0:11:18 > 0:11:20So when I came down a couple of months later -
0:11:20 > 0:11:22I'd stayed up in London -
0:11:22 > 0:11:25and by the time I got here, he knew more people down here than I did.
0:11:25 > 0:11:27So he's obviously very well-received wherever he goes,
0:11:27 > 0:11:30but that could just be because he's Des, rather than Elvis Desley.
0:11:30 > 0:11:33How does a Maori end up in Cardigan?
0:11:33 > 0:11:36Well, I always say to people that there are only two things
0:11:36 > 0:11:38that can move a mountain - me being the mountain -
0:11:38 > 0:11:42God is one of them, and a woman - a good woman - is another.
0:11:42 > 0:11:46So, yeah, the way I got to, erm, England
0:11:46 > 0:11:48was through my first wife.
0:11:48 > 0:11:52And the way I got to Wales, is my second wife.
0:11:52 > 0:11:54Next, I'd like to go to America.
0:11:54 > 0:11:56I'm only kidding. I'm only kidding!
0:11:56 > 0:11:59# Love me tender... #
0:11:59 > 0:12:04But long-suffering Fi does give her man extra support.
0:12:05 > 0:12:07This is my wife's G-string.
0:12:07 > 0:12:09So, erm...
0:12:09 > 0:12:11It just gets better, doesn't it?!
0:12:11 > 0:12:12HE LAUGHS
0:12:12 > 0:12:14She won't appreciate that.
0:12:14 > 0:12:16Oh, God!
0:12:16 > 0:12:18And my family and friends will see that, as well. Jeez.
0:12:20 > 0:12:23I started using my wife's G-string, erm...
0:12:25 > 0:12:27..when I first got the white suit.
0:12:27 > 0:12:29Because I put on these white pants, right,
0:12:29 > 0:12:32but you could clearly see the white pants through it.
0:12:32 > 0:12:34And I just thought, "Man, that looks stupid."
0:12:34 > 0:12:38And I saw through my wife's laundry,
0:12:38 > 0:12:42that she had the perfect sort of G-string that I needed.
0:12:42 > 0:12:43HE LAUGHS
0:12:45 > 0:12:46Back in Borth,
0:12:46 > 0:12:49and zoo-owner Alan is having a well-earned break
0:12:49 > 0:12:51between reptile shows.
0:12:53 > 0:12:54- FUNNY VOICE:- Hi, Ruffles!
0:12:54 > 0:12:56Here's Ruffles.
0:12:56 > 0:12:57He is the shih...shih-poo.
0:12:59 > 0:13:01Shih-tzu-poodle cross.
0:13:01 > 0:13:04BUDGERIGAR SINGS
0:13:04 > 0:13:06HE WHISTLES
0:13:06 > 0:13:10My last budgie, he could whistle Laurel and Hardy.
0:13:10 > 0:13:13He could whistle the theme from Dixie,
0:13:13 > 0:13:15and he did lots of talking.
0:13:15 > 0:13:21But at the age four, he got something wrong with his inside,
0:13:21 > 0:13:22and dropped dead.
0:13:25 > 0:13:28Thankfully, across the yard in the zoo,
0:13:28 > 0:13:31manager Joe is having more luck...
0:13:31 > 0:13:32Come on, in you go...
0:13:32 > 0:13:34..with some rare parakeets...
0:13:35 > 0:13:38..and these young birds start a new chapter for the zoo.
0:13:39 > 0:13:41OK.
0:13:41 > 0:13:44So, these are Brazilian grey-breasted parakeets.
0:13:44 > 0:13:48At last count, there are about 250 of these left.
0:13:48 > 0:13:53Joe is determined to make protecting endangered species like these
0:13:53 > 0:13:55a priority at the zoo.
0:13:56 > 0:13:58As far as I'm concerned, the only possible excuse
0:13:58 > 0:14:00for having a modern zoo
0:14:00 > 0:14:03is to be involved in these efforts to save these species.
0:14:05 > 0:14:06There's a very real possibility
0:14:06 > 0:14:09that the wild population could become extinct.
0:14:09 > 0:14:11If that happens, the last remnant of the species,
0:14:11 > 0:14:14the last of their kind, would be the population that is held in zoos.
0:14:16 > 0:14:18Borth Zoo is the first zoo in the country
0:14:18 > 0:14:22to successfully breed this species on display to the public.
0:14:23 > 0:14:25There we go.
0:14:25 > 0:14:29So he is BZ - Borth Zoo - one.
0:14:32 > 0:14:34Joe is involved in a breeding programme
0:14:34 > 0:14:37to secure the future of these rare parakeets.
0:14:38 > 0:14:41All we need now are a few breast feathers.
0:14:41 > 0:14:43The laboratory will be able to look at the DNA in those
0:14:43 > 0:14:48and tell me whether BZ1 is a male or a female.
0:14:50 > 0:14:51To breed a species for the first time,
0:14:51 > 0:14:54particularly one as critically endangered as this,
0:14:54 > 0:14:55I think, really sets the tone
0:14:55 > 0:14:58for how I would like the collection to progress.
0:15:00 > 0:15:03But while the zoo has gained some new feathered friends,
0:15:03 > 0:15:07the lion enclosure is still empty
0:15:07 > 0:15:11and this is the second summer they might miss out on.
0:15:11 > 0:15:16I was hoping for them to be in during last summer,
0:15:16 > 0:15:20but it hasn't happened, so... We're pressing on.
0:15:20 > 0:15:23The zoo is still waiting for the council to issue their licence,
0:15:23 > 0:15:26and Jean is getting worried.
0:15:26 > 0:15:29They've got a big safety issue, as you can imagine,
0:15:29 > 0:15:33and so, quite understandably, really,
0:15:33 > 0:15:35they are very frightened of the idea.
0:15:36 > 0:15:40But I sometimes think they'll never actually arrive, you know?
0:15:40 > 0:15:43It's always something else that they want us to do.
0:15:44 > 0:15:47But it's not only Jean who's feeling frustrated.
0:15:47 > 0:15:50This must be the third or fourth time I've put it back up again.
0:15:50 > 0:15:52Knocked over...
0:15:52 > 0:15:55Gethin's signs may have been the victim of sabotage.
0:15:55 > 0:15:57I don't think it's the wind.
0:15:58 > 0:16:00And, er...
0:16:00 > 0:16:02I don't know.
0:16:02 > 0:16:05I wish people would have the courtesy to leave them up.
0:16:06 > 0:16:09Hopefully that'll last another day...
0:16:09 > 0:16:10then I'll be back again.
0:16:10 > 0:16:15But now the sabotage has begun to get personal.
0:16:15 > 0:16:18I've been chopping my face off some of the signs,
0:16:18 > 0:16:20because they've been defaced.
0:16:20 > 0:16:21Somebody gave me a small moustache,
0:16:21 > 0:16:25and a bit more of a fringe, um, on the picture,
0:16:25 > 0:16:27and I couldn't clean it off,
0:16:27 > 0:16:31so it was easier just to chop out the photo from the board.
0:16:34 > 0:16:36While Gethin is taking it in his stride,
0:16:36 > 0:16:40his wife Jess is finding the personal attacks harder to cope with.
0:16:41 > 0:16:44I do get quite upset by these things,
0:16:44 > 0:16:47especially if my children see these type of comments.
0:16:47 > 0:16:50They know their dad's not a racist, you know?
0:16:50 > 0:16:52But then, you don't want anyone at school
0:16:52 > 0:16:55saying anything to them, either, or anyone passing, it's...
0:16:55 > 0:17:00Yeah, I wouldn't want anyone to say anything to my kids.
0:17:00 > 0:17:02That's it - keep my kids out of it.
0:17:05 > 0:17:07But now the time has come for Jess and Gethin
0:17:07 > 0:17:10to stand up and be counted.
0:17:10 > 0:17:13Ceredigion is about to vote.
0:17:13 > 0:17:16Polling day today, so I'm going out now.
0:17:16 > 0:17:21Final push, really, show my face at as many polling stations
0:17:21 > 0:17:22locally as I can, and, um...
0:17:24 > 0:17:29..basically, we've got to wait to see what people decide, isn't it?
0:17:29 > 0:17:33But it's not the perfect start to polling day for Gethin.
0:17:33 > 0:17:35My rosette is damaged.
0:17:35 > 0:17:37HE CHUCKLES
0:17:37 > 0:17:39How am I going to do this, then?
0:17:41 > 0:17:42I'm going back in the house a minute.
0:17:42 > 0:17:45I'm going to have to sellotape it on, or something.
0:17:45 > 0:17:48Right? Cos the pin's come off it.
0:17:50 > 0:17:53Been a bit heavy-handed with it and ripped the blinking pin off it.
0:17:53 > 0:17:57All fixed - and it's off to Aberporth polling station,
0:17:57 > 0:18:02where Gethin has to get his rosette past local legend Mary Bott.
0:18:02 > 0:18:06- How are you?- Not allowed to wear them within 20 yards.
0:18:06 > 0:18:08- I'm the candidate.- I don't care!
0:18:08 > 0:18:10- I'm the candidate.- I don't care.
0:18:10 > 0:18:12- And then I'm off again. - I don't care!
0:18:12 > 0:18:14- I don't care. - No, I've checked my rules, Mary.
0:18:14 > 0:18:17I've checked my rules!
0:18:17 > 0:18:18HE LAUGHS
0:18:18 > 0:18:20I'm going to do my business.
0:18:20 > 0:18:23I wish you all the best, but Mark's going to get in. Definitely.
0:18:23 > 0:18:27With Mary ringing in his ears, Gethin puts his X on the spot.
0:18:27 > 0:18:29There we are, the deed is done.
0:18:29 > 0:18:33Let's hope there's several thousand more.
0:18:33 > 0:18:35Not that Mary is backing down.
0:18:35 > 0:18:38- ..political, do you? - Well, no - well, of course, I mean,
0:18:38 > 0:18:42I don't agree with you politically, but I will speak to you.
0:18:42 > 0:18:43I'll speak to everybody.
0:18:43 > 0:18:45Yes, only cos you want to send me back for tickets.
0:18:45 > 0:18:49They pay me to talk, you see!
0:18:49 > 0:18:51Anyway, pob lwc i chi, anyway.
0:18:51 > 0:18:53- I've got to be going, now, to, er...- But, er...
0:18:53 > 0:18:54IN WELSH:
0:18:57 > 0:19:01- Well, we'll see how it goes.- I don't want you to split it, you see.
0:19:01 > 0:19:02WESTERN MUSIC
0:19:02 > 0:19:04In Aberystwyth...
0:19:05 > 0:19:08..a stranger has been spotted in town...
0:19:10 > 0:19:13..and this lone ranger has a licence...
0:19:14 > 0:19:16..to inspect.
0:19:22 > 0:19:24- Rob, it's Anthony, Loo Of The Year. - Hello, there.
0:19:24 > 0:19:26- It's that time of year again, my dear boy.- Yeah.
0:19:26 > 0:19:29- You OK?- Yeah, fine, thank you. You? - All right for the inspection?
0:19:29 > 0:19:31- Yeah.- Excellent. - I've got some paperwork here...
0:19:31 > 0:19:34Just have a look for some external signage for a minute.
0:19:34 > 0:19:39UK Loo Of The Year inspector Anthony Leeman has dropped in unannounced
0:19:39 > 0:19:43to mark Jasmine and her team's toilets.
0:19:43 > 0:19:48The minute that their entry goes in, they know that it's game on.
0:19:48 > 0:19:49Washbasins...
0:19:49 > 0:19:52It's a tense time for attendant Rob...
0:19:52 > 0:19:54At this time of year, I do get nervous,
0:19:54 > 0:19:56when the inspections are due...
0:19:56 > 0:19:59and then he drops in on us!
0:20:00 > 0:20:03..and Rob has a reputation to uphold.
0:20:03 > 0:20:07He's officially Wales' top loo attendant.
0:20:07 > 0:20:11We do our best for the public and for Jasmine's sake.
0:20:11 > 0:20:13So...
0:20:13 > 0:20:15and for our own.
0:20:15 > 0:20:18There's no vandalism or graffiti or anything
0:20:18 > 0:20:20that would put somebody off coming in here,
0:20:20 > 0:20:22so that's another marking criteria.
0:20:22 > 0:20:24Extras - vending...
0:20:24 > 0:20:28There are extra marks available for vending machines,
0:20:28 > 0:20:32so that's obviously... In the ladies',
0:20:32 > 0:20:34ladies can get sanitary wear...
0:20:34 > 0:20:37sanitary towels, not "wear"...
0:20:37 > 0:20:41sanitary towels, and perhaps men can get condoms, um...
0:20:42 > 0:20:46..or any other additional things that may be...may be relevant.
0:20:48 > 0:20:50Men's toilets inspected,
0:20:50 > 0:20:52time to move on to the ladies'.
0:20:52 > 0:20:55Hello, inspector here, do you mind if I come in?
0:20:55 > 0:20:57Hello?
0:20:57 > 0:20:59Just pop that on the door...
0:21:02 > 0:21:04TOILET FLUSHES
0:21:04 > 0:21:06Customers need to be able to come in, use the toilets,
0:21:06 > 0:21:09wash their hands, dry their hands...
0:21:10 > 0:21:12TOILET FLUSHES
0:21:12 > 0:21:15..perhaps they want to put some make-up on...
0:21:15 > 0:21:18So, they can put their bag down on this surface here,
0:21:18 > 0:21:21use the mirrors for make-up, et cetera.
0:21:21 > 0:21:22It's a very good facility.
0:21:22 > 0:21:24So far...
0:21:24 > 0:21:25TOILET FLUSHES
0:21:25 > 0:21:27..so good, for Rob in the ladies'...
0:21:27 > 0:21:2965, the door.
0:21:29 > 0:21:32..but someone has made an unusual fashion deposit.
0:21:32 > 0:21:35Somebody's put a bra in your...
0:21:35 > 0:21:37in the sanitary bin, Rob.
0:21:37 > 0:21:40Ah...that doesn't surprise me.
0:21:40 > 0:21:41ANTHONY CHUCKLES
0:21:41 > 0:21:45Could this scupper Rob and Jasmine's award-winning record?
0:21:45 > 0:21:49Tops for bags. Bin complete with liner and lid.
0:21:49 > 0:21:51There's no vandalism or graffiti.
0:21:51 > 0:21:54Anthony has visited, inspected and marked.
0:21:54 > 0:21:57- Well, that's the inspection complete, Rob.- Yeah.
0:21:57 > 0:22:00Very good again. Well done.
0:22:00 > 0:22:01Despite the stray bra,
0:22:01 > 0:22:05the signs are good for Jasmine and Britain's best toilets.
0:22:05 > 0:22:08Well done for the hard work - you've obviously been working hard, here.
0:22:08 > 0:22:11- Thanks, mate.- Nice to see you.- Thank you.- Cheers, then, Rob.- Thank you.
0:22:11 > 0:22:12- Bye-bye, now.- Bye!
0:22:16 > 0:22:17Down the coast in Cardigan,
0:22:17 > 0:22:21it's a big night for local legend Des Perenara -
0:22:21 > 0:22:23aka Elvis Desley.
0:22:23 > 0:22:25- CROWD:- Whoo!
0:22:27 > 0:22:29ALL CHEER
0:22:29 > 0:22:33Des's adoring fans have gathered to see the Ceredigion King in action
0:22:33 > 0:22:35at his local Cellar Bar...
0:22:38 > 0:22:43..but his wife Fiona is on hand to ensure her man gets ready for action.
0:22:44 > 0:22:46Actually, there's a really good crowd,
0:22:46 > 0:22:49and they're completely up for it tonight, which is nice.
0:22:49 > 0:22:50With the concert a sellout,
0:22:50 > 0:22:53the last thing Des needs is a VPL.
0:22:53 > 0:22:56I need to put on, er...my G-string.
0:22:56 > 0:22:59- Yeah!- My wife's G-string. - They didn't need to know that.
0:23:02 > 0:23:06As soon as I get on, I'll be ready to rock.
0:23:06 > 0:23:09But The King isn't complete without his cape...
0:23:09 > 0:23:10- There we go.- Here we go, baby.
0:23:10 > 0:23:13- Your cape.- Oh, yeah, yeah! - Oh, my word! Nearly forgot the cape.
0:23:13 > 0:23:15..and Des has one more favour to ask Fi.
0:23:15 > 0:23:17Hey, will you take it off?
0:23:17 > 0:23:19Oh, really? Me?
0:23:19 > 0:23:21- So, after Burning Love. - After Burning Love, OK.
0:23:21 > 0:23:22- I can do that.- Yeah - cool.
0:23:29 > 0:23:32Across town, and the main event is about to get under way
0:23:32 > 0:23:34at Cardigan Leisure Centre...
0:23:37 > 0:23:39..and while the big parties are there in force,
0:23:39 > 0:23:42Gethin arrives with his small band of helpers,
0:23:42 > 0:23:45including his mum and wife Jess.
0:23:45 > 0:23:47- All good.- Ta-ra.
0:23:49 > 0:23:52Feel out of my depth, but I'm very proud.
0:23:52 > 0:23:55As the first ballot boxes are counted,
0:23:55 > 0:23:57the parties jostle to predict the outcome...
0:23:57 > 0:23:59To get my deposit back,
0:23:59 > 0:24:02I need to get 5% of the vote,
0:24:02 > 0:24:08so that's somewhere around the sort of 1,900 votes, to 2,000-odd votes.
0:24:08 > 0:24:11Um...I hope I'm safe with that!
0:24:11 > 0:24:14..and while the big money is on the battle between Plaid
0:24:14 > 0:24:18and the sitting Lib Dem MP, Gethin is hoping to ruffle some feathers.
0:24:18 > 0:24:21You know, if I can get 10%-plus in the heartland, you know,
0:24:21 > 0:24:23of the Welsh heartland in Ceredigion,
0:24:23 > 0:24:25I would have done fairly well, I think.
0:24:25 > 0:24:27I was hoping for around 10% of the vote,
0:24:27 > 0:24:31but depending on how many the two frontrunners have got,
0:24:31 > 0:24:34there might not be more than 28-30% to share
0:24:34 > 0:24:37between the last four candidates, you know what I mean?
0:24:37 > 0:24:40I think it's going to be a very close-run thing
0:24:40 > 0:24:43between sort of third, fourth and fifth, to be honest.
0:24:44 > 0:24:48Gethin pins his hopes on beating the big guns.
0:24:48 > 0:24:50There's a fair few in the pile, there.
0:24:50 > 0:24:54Whether or not I got more than the Conservatives, I'm not sure.
0:24:54 > 0:24:56And in the Cellar Bar...
0:24:56 > 0:24:58This is my music.
0:24:58 > 0:25:01..Des is ready to wow his public in the very place
0:25:01 > 0:25:04where his Elvis dream started seven years ago.
0:25:06 > 0:25:08CROWD CHEERS
0:25:10 > 0:25:11I love coming back here.
0:25:11 > 0:25:14It's like coming back home, you know?
0:25:14 > 0:25:17This is where I first started.
0:25:17 > 0:25:20They gave me my start, and I can't wait to get on with it.
0:25:20 > 0:25:23# Just a hunk of burning love
0:25:23 > 0:25:26# Just a hunk of burning love
0:25:26 > 0:25:29# Just a hunk of burning love
0:25:29 > 0:25:31# Just a hunk of burning love
0:25:31 > 0:25:34# I'm just a hunk A hunk of burning love. #
0:25:34 > 0:25:35CROWD CHEERS
0:25:35 > 0:25:37With things hotting up,
0:25:37 > 0:25:41it's time for Fiona to attend to her hunk of burning love...
0:25:41 > 0:25:43CROWD CHEERS AND WHISTLES
0:25:43 > 0:25:45Thank you, ladies and gentlemen.
0:25:45 > 0:25:49..and for Des to lose the cape and get back to his adoring fans.
0:25:53 > 0:25:57In the leisure centre, the early whispers indicate that Gethin
0:25:57 > 0:25:59may be attracting slightly less adoration.
0:26:06 > 0:26:07Um...
0:26:08 > 0:26:10- Labour got third?- Yeah, I think.
0:26:10 > 0:26:14Interesting. Interesting.
0:26:14 > 0:26:20Gethin's hopes of getting 10% of the vote seem to be slipping away...
0:26:20 > 0:26:22Some of the boxes in the south are doing well,
0:26:22 > 0:26:24but it doesn't look so good in the north of the county,
0:26:24 > 0:26:26you know what I mean?
0:26:26 > 0:26:29So, it's very difficult to predict where I'm going to come.
0:26:29 > 0:26:32..but things are looking better for the sitting MP, Mark Williams.
0:26:32 > 0:26:36No, it looks like you're the only Liberal left outside of England.
0:26:36 > 0:26:38Well, we'll see. We'll see.
0:26:38 > 0:26:40GETHIN CHUCKLES
0:26:40 > 0:26:44As the final boxes are rushed in from the furthest reaches of the county,
0:26:44 > 0:26:47it's proving to be a long night for Jess...
0:26:47 > 0:26:49My feet are hurting, now.
0:26:54 > 0:26:57..but at the Cellar Bar, 54-year-old Des
0:26:57 > 0:27:00is showing no signs of slowing up.
0:27:00 > 0:27:02# Caught in a trap
0:27:02 > 0:27:04# Whoa-oh-oh... #
0:27:06 > 0:27:09Des works the crowd into a frenzy...
0:27:09 > 0:27:13and the moment of truth has come for Gethin and Jess.
0:27:13 > 0:27:17The number of votes recorded for each candidate at the election
0:27:17 > 0:27:19is as follows.
0:27:19 > 0:27:26James, Gethin, UK Independence Party - Ukip -
0:27:26 > 0:27:303,829.
0:27:31 > 0:27:33Parker, Mike...
0:27:33 > 0:27:37Gethin finishes in fourth place, just ahead of Labour,
0:27:37 > 0:27:40and achieves his goal of getting 10% of the vote.
0:27:40 > 0:27:43I'm so proud of him, standing up there.
0:27:43 > 0:27:47Really, really quite emotional. Nearly brought me to tears, really!
0:27:47 > 0:27:49It's nice, it's really nice. Yeah.
0:27:49 > 0:27:52It's been a big night for Ceredigion's only
0:27:52 > 0:27:54councillor turned Ukip candidate...
0:27:54 > 0:27:55Yeah, that's all right.
0:27:55 > 0:27:58Like I said, it's near where I thought I'd be -
0:27:58 > 0:28:00you know, 3,800, so I'm not disappointed with that.
0:28:00 > 0:28:02You did brilliantly.
0:28:02 > 0:28:07..and a great gig for the county's only Maori Elvis tribute artist.
0:28:08 > 0:28:10ALL CHEER
0:28:11 > 0:28:12Ladies and gentleman...
0:28:13 > 0:28:17..Gethin has left the building.
0:28:17 > 0:28:20- DES:- Thank you, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you very, very much.
0:28:20 > 0:28:23Next time, a castle gets saved...
0:28:23 > 0:28:26Cardigan's got its castle back!
0:28:26 > 0:28:28..but a precious treasure gets lost.
0:28:28 > 0:28:31Oh, sorry - my wedding ring's come off.
0:28:31 > 0:28:34It's not on the floor down there, is it?
0:28:34 > 0:28:37The King jumps into a new suit for a big competition...
0:28:37 > 0:28:40Porthcawl, baby. Here we come.
0:28:40 > 0:28:44..and Borth Zoo is on high alert for its new residents.
0:28:44 > 0:28:45LION GROWLS
0:28:45 > 0:28:49Nothing's going to go wrong. Nothing is going to go wrong!