0:00:13 > 0:00:20This programme contains some stong language.
0:00:38 > 0:00:43Maurizio's farm in the southern Tuscan hills is up for sale.
0:00:46 > 0:00:47Before he sells,
0:00:47 > 0:00:51he's handing over the running of his business to ten strangers.
0:00:51 > 0:00:56- Hello.- Hello.- Bottoms up. - They all share the same dream...
0:00:56 > 0:00:59I am too young to go in my rocking chair quite yet.
0:01:01 > 0:01:04..of starting a new life in Italy.
0:01:04 > 0:01:08Being a farmer, living in Tuscany, is what I should be doing.
0:01:08 > 0:01:11But this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity comes with
0:01:11 > 0:01:13- responsibility. - What have you done all morning?
0:01:13 > 0:01:15You will not get an answer from me.
0:01:17 > 0:01:22By taking over the whole farm, they must tend the 13-acre vineyard...
0:01:22 > 0:01:25It's just really, really hard work.
0:01:25 > 0:01:28..and five acres of olive trees...
0:01:28 > 0:01:31The little babies are starting to be made into oil.
0:01:31 > 0:01:34..as well as breathe new life into the bed and breakfast...
0:01:34 > 0:01:36I can't quite believe this is happening.
0:01:36 > 0:01:39..and serve food to paying customers.
0:01:39 > 0:01:42Come with us to our...ristorante.
0:01:42 > 0:01:44SHE LAUGHS
0:01:44 > 0:01:48This is their chance to put their dreams to the test.
0:01:48 > 0:01:50- VOICE ON PHONE:- Due, zero. Due...
0:01:50 > 0:01:54We perhaps need someone who speaks Italian to know what that's saying.
0:01:54 > 0:01:56After two months,
0:01:56 > 0:01:59will any of the group decide to buy the farm together?
0:01:59 > 0:02:03I'd never be able to afford to do this sort of thing on my own.
0:02:03 > 0:02:07Or will they find other ways to make Tuscany their new home?
0:02:07 > 0:02:09What could possibly go wrong?
0:02:17 > 0:02:19I'm actually quite happy to be out walking.
0:02:19 > 0:02:24- Maybe we should have done more walking...- I think so.- ..before.
0:02:24 > 0:02:26It's October.
0:02:26 > 0:02:29The group have been in Tuscany for almost a month,
0:02:29 > 0:02:32and autumn is on the horizon.
0:02:32 > 0:02:36Although it's actually really hard physically living here,
0:02:36 > 0:02:39I just love how amazing it is.
0:02:39 > 0:02:43The best thing about Tuscany is the scenery.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51The atmosphere, the feeling about the place.
0:02:53 > 0:02:55It's spectacular and dramatic,
0:02:55 > 0:02:58and the seasons are changing from one day to the next.
0:03:01 > 0:03:04It's that time of year now, actually, to do all the autumn walks.
0:03:04 > 0:03:06I know. I love the autumn.
0:03:46 > 0:03:50- Oh, whoa, that is hot, isn't it? - Oh, good morning.
0:03:50 > 0:03:51Did you want some breakfast?
0:03:51 > 0:03:56- No, I'm OK, I don't want anything at the minute. I'm not ready yet. - Are you sure?- Yes, thank you.
0:03:56 > 0:03:57Over the last four weeks,
0:03:57 > 0:04:01the group have been in charge of running the farm.
0:04:01 > 0:04:03Ah, morning.
0:04:04 > 0:04:06They've gathered the grapes,
0:04:06 > 0:04:11opened a restaurant and welcomed guests to the bed and breakfast.
0:04:11 > 0:04:15Do you want some yoghurt with your honey?
0:04:15 > 0:04:17It is mm-mm-mm!
0:04:17 > 0:04:19HE LAUGHS
0:04:19 > 0:04:23Being here with the group, I feel good.
0:04:23 > 0:04:27It is the rustic element.
0:04:27 > 0:04:30ENGINE STARTS
0:04:30 > 0:04:35Plus working on the farm, I have very much reconnected with the land.
0:04:35 > 0:04:36I just love it.
0:04:41 > 0:04:45But the arrival of autumn brings new challenges for Andy and the group.
0:04:47 > 0:04:52The olives are ripe, so it's time to gather Maurizio's second-largest crop.
0:04:55 > 0:05:00With La Banditaccia producing 2,000 litres of olive oil each year,
0:05:00 > 0:05:03overseeing the harvest is a weighty responsibility.
0:05:05 > 0:05:08On the agenda was the olive harvest manager.
0:05:08 > 0:05:11The reality is, it's worth a lot of money to us at the farm.
0:05:11 > 0:05:14So we have to have somebody responsible for looking at it
0:05:14 > 0:05:16and understanding it thoroughly.
0:05:16 > 0:05:19I have no experience of olive harvesting, of whatever,
0:05:19 > 0:05:21but we are all here to learn.
0:05:21 > 0:05:24- And somebody's got to stand up, so, yeah...- I'll do it.
0:05:24 > 0:05:27Can I just say, I think I speak for everyone in that everyone
0:05:27 > 0:05:29- wants to give you 100% support.- Oh, yes, we're all there to back you.
0:05:29 > 0:05:33And delivering it effectively and efficiently and making it happen.
0:05:33 > 0:05:37- Cool, thank you.- I will do my best for you.- You always do.
0:05:40 > 0:05:43I've never worked on an olive harvest before.
0:05:44 > 0:05:47Yeah, it's an adventure. This is an adventure.
0:05:47 > 0:05:50This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
0:05:50 > 0:05:56To actually pour olive oil, which I go, "I've made this,"
0:05:56 > 0:05:58will be something special.
0:05:58 > 0:06:00- Ciao.- Ciao.
0:06:00 > 0:06:05For ex-detective Andy, the first job as harvest manager is to
0:06:05 > 0:06:10inspect the groves with Maurizio and local olive farmer Romain.
0:06:10 > 0:06:15- So you're responsible of the olives.- Si. It's landed on my head.
0:06:15 > 0:06:17ANDY LAUGHS
0:06:17 > 0:06:19Right, this is field number four.
0:06:19 > 0:06:23Maurizio, I've estimated there's about 75, 80 trees here.
0:06:57 > 0:07:01- So this, could you take it off and eat it?- Please.
0:07:01 > 0:07:05We don't say yes or no, just try. Just try. No, eat it all. Enjoy.
0:07:09 > 0:07:12- Oh!- So this is the answer.
0:07:12 > 0:07:17- You can't eat olives from the tree. - It's foul!
0:07:17 > 0:07:21- Never, it's a no-no. It has to be, they have to be...- Processed.
0:07:23 > 0:07:26- We all... - HE SPEAKS ITALIAN
0:07:26 > 0:07:28This happen to all of us.
0:07:28 > 0:07:30THEY LAUGH
0:07:30 > 0:07:35Fruit from the 300 olive trees must be picked and processed into
0:07:35 > 0:07:37olive oil at a local press.
0:07:38 > 0:07:43Looking at these olives here, they don't look ready for harvesting.
0:07:43 > 0:07:46If you really want the highest-quality oil,
0:07:46 > 0:07:49you should harvest very early.
0:07:49 > 0:07:52Even the oil you start this week and all you make in three
0:07:52 > 0:07:55weeks is already not really the same, you see the difference.
0:07:55 > 0:07:57- It change... It's very fast.- Si.
0:07:57 > 0:08:03So, don't lose the window. The quality window is now.
0:08:04 > 0:08:07Well, it could be looked upon as one of two things.
0:08:07 > 0:08:10It could be either dead man's shoes, you're going to get it wrong,
0:08:10 > 0:08:16or you make it a success. It's a challenge. And I'm up for a challenge.
0:08:16 > 0:08:18Why not jump in the deep end?
0:08:26 > 0:08:29Bed and breakfast is another important responsibility at
0:08:29 > 0:08:31the farm.
0:08:31 > 0:08:35So, maybe we can get someone to put that up there as well.
0:08:37 > 0:08:41La Banditaccia has agriturismo status,
0:08:41 > 0:08:45which means they can earn extra money by hosting guests.
0:08:45 > 0:08:48So, it is just a loo seat and the tiles and then this is up and
0:08:48 > 0:08:52running. And the painting. We'll get it up and running, fantastic.
0:08:52 > 0:08:56Having already made use of one bed-and-breakfast room, the other
0:08:56 > 0:09:01remains unfinished, despite renovation starting four weeks ago.
0:09:01 > 0:09:03All right, that's good. That's really good.
0:09:03 > 0:09:05- All ready to be dressed up.- Yeah.
0:09:05 > 0:09:10When I came out here, the main focus for me was the B&B.
0:09:10 > 0:09:12I have always thought I'd like to do it.
0:09:12 > 0:09:15And it's a perfect opportunity to see how easy it is,
0:09:15 > 0:09:17how difficult it is, what you have to do to promote it.
0:09:17 > 0:09:19I think it would be fun.
0:09:21 > 0:09:23So, push back, push back, your fingers are there.
0:09:25 > 0:09:28I think the B&B has been put on the back burner because we've had
0:09:28 > 0:09:33so many other important things. Like, the main financial influence
0:09:33 > 0:09:37on this farm was the harvest, the harvest of the grapes.
0:09:37 > 0:09:41But actually, it's quite good money.
0:09:41 > 0:09:42What are you trying to do?
0:09:42 > 0:09:45Get all the rubbish out of the drain thing, because it's blocked.
0:09:45 > 0:09:48There's stuff in it. It's like an outside shower.
0:09:48 > 0:09:50The annexe plumbing has been fixed,
0:09:50 > 0:09:54but there's work to complete before it's ready for guests.
0:09:54 > 0:09:58We just need to do a bit of painting, a bit of grouting,
0:09:58 > 0:10:01twiddle the furniture around and then just get the guests in.
0:10:01 > 0:10:04So we can start really pushing it.
0:10:04 > 0:10:06OK, ready.
0:10:08 > 0:10:11Ah! Ah!
0:10:11 > 0:10:12SHE LAUGHS
0:10:12 > 0:10:14Stop!
0:10:14 > 0:10:15SHE LAUGHS
0:10:19 > 0:10:20Stop!
0:10:25 > 0:10:27- SHE LAUGHS - Look!
0:10:27 > 0:10:29What are you doing?
0:10:29 > 0:10:32Do you know, when I clear gutters, I have a bucket.
0:10:32 > 0:10:34And I put the stuff in the bucket.
0:10:34 > 0:10:36She clearly doesn't know how to use it.
0:10:36 > 0:10:39Do you understand, this is making you three times the amount of work?
0:10:39 > 0:10:42- Oh, but it's such fun.- It's such fun!
0:10:42 > 0:10:44The strangest thing I've found here is Karen.
0:10:44 > 0:10:49Who would have thought that we would have been the ones who got on
0:10:49 > 0:10:50so well?
0:10:50 > 0:10:51SHE SCREAMS
0:10:51 > 0:10:53LAUGHTER
0:10:56 > 0:10:59Karen might have gone to a private school, and I went to probably
0:10:59 > 0:11:03the roughest school in Cardiff, but we've still got the same values.
0:11:03 > 0:11:06And we tend to say the same things,
0:11:06 > 0:11:09only she says it a lot posher than me.
0:11:11 > 0:11:14Oh, Tracy, wet T-shirt competition, I think you've won it.
0:11:14 > 0:11:16THEY LAUGH
0:11:16 > 0:11:21What I'm looking for in Italy is a fulfilment.
0:11:21 > 0:11:25I've been really lucky, I've had a very privileged life.
0:11:25 > 0:11:27I've been an Army wife, I've been a mother.
0:11:27 > 0:11:31But we ended up, down the line, getting divorced.
0:11:33 > 0:11:37Now my daughters are... They've grown up, they're independent,
0:11:37 > 0:11:40my youngest is going off to university this year.
0:11:40 > 0:11:43It's really sad.
0:11:43 > 0:11:46It's something that you never think is going to happen.
0:11:46 > 0:11:48And then suddenly it does happen one day.
0:11:49 > 0:11:51I reckon we should have a cup of tea now.
0:11:51 > 0:11:53And then I'll start on the painting.
0:11:53 > 0:11:56Now's a good time to redefine myself.
0:11:56 > 0:11:59It just seems like it's the time to do something now for me, really.
0:12:01 > 0:12:04I spoke to a couple of people, who might be interested, about
0:12:04 > 0:12:06coming to the B&B, because I just thought, well,
0:12:06 > 0:12:10it would be nice to have a couple of days away in Tuscany.
0:12:10 > 0:12:13It's not more posh people? I can't deal with any more posh people.
0:12:13 > 0:12:17- Do they talk like you? - They're worse.- Shut up!
0:12:17 > 0:12:20- We're all very normal. - In your world you are, but to me...
0:12:20 > 0:12:22It took me two weeks to understand what you were saying.
0:12:22 > 0:12:24KAREN LAUGHS
0:12:32 > 0:12:35Determined to start olive picking as soon as possible,
0:12:35 > 0:12:39Andy and Gavin begin preparing the five acres of groves.
0:12:41 > 0:12:42- It's a huge job, this, honestly. - I know.
0:12:42 > 0:12:45They all say, "Ah, it won't take you long, two men, it will take you
0:12:45 > 0:12:47"a day, a day and a half, two days, tops."
0:12:47 > 0:12:48Yeah, right.
0:12:50 > 0:12:53Before the harvesting nets can be laid down on the ground
0:12:53 > 0:12:55to collect the olives...
0:12:55 > 0:12:57Oh, you bugger.
0:12:57 > 0:12:58..grass must be cleared.
0:13:00 > 0:13:03Being the manager of the olive harvest...
0:13:03 > 0:13:06OK, I wouldn't be fully honest if I said I wasn't stressing
0:13:06 > 0:13:07a little bit about it,
0:13:07 > 0:13:14but I am confident because I've had far greater things in my life
0:13:14 > 0:13:16to deal with, which was life-or-death decisions.
0:13:18 > 0:13:23As a detective, I basically have seen the evil side of life.
0:13:27 > 0:13:30So on the murder squad, going to the murder scenes,
0:13:30 > 0:13:34going to the postmortems, picking up pieces of body,
0:13:34 > 0:13:37also working with victims of human rights abuses,
0:13:37 > 0:13:40listening to horrific accounts,
0:13:40 > 0:13:45taking on board other people's misery
0:13:45 > 0:13:47and basically being a sponge.
0:13:49 > 0:13:54And that's most probably how I ended up having a heart attack.
0:13:56 > 0:13:57OK.
0:13:59 > 0:14:05The Tuscan dream, for me, is making a different life,
0:14:05 > 0:14:07something with less stress and horror.
0:14:08 > 0:14:12I would say this is important, it's most probably saving my sanity
0:14:12 > 0:14:14and possibly saving my life.
0:14:14 > 0:14:15Oh!
0:14:15 > 0:14:16Ah, getting there.
0:14:16 > 0:14:20Ironically, two days after my heart attack,
0:14:20 > 0:14:23I heard the parish gardener strimming the grass
0:14:23 > 0:14:25in the churchyard and I thought to myself,
0:14:25 > 0:14:27I wish I had a job like that,
0:14:27 > 0:14:31especially, like, no responsibilities, no pressure.
0:14:33 > 0:14:35And here I am.
0:14:35 > 0:14:39Strimming, doing exactly what I wanted,
0:14:39 > 0:14:42wished for on that day and I'm actually doing it.
0:14:42 > 0:14:45STRIMMER WHIRS LOUDLY
0:15:27 > 0:15:28Gavin!
0:15:31 > 0:15:32Gavin!
0:15:33 > 0:15:34Gavin!
0:15:40 > 0:15:42STRIMMER STOPS
0:15:42 > 0:15:44I'm trying to extend mine and it's not going.
0:15:44 > 0:15:46- Can you have a look?- Yeah.
0:15:46 > 0:15:48With regard to the olive harvest,
0:15:48 > 0:15:49I would guess I am Andy's number two.
0:15:49 > 0:15:52You could call me that, if you want to give me a title.
0:15:52 > 0:15:53As I say, it's just support.
0:15:53 > 0:15:56I think it's always better to have two heads looking at something
0:15:56 > 0:15:57rather than one.
0:15:57 > 0:16:00- Did you not get a tutorial on how to change it?- Yes.
0:16:00 > 0:16:02If you...
0:16:02 > 0:16:04- What did they say to do? - If you hold...
0:16:04 > 0:16:05There's a...
0:16:05 > 0:16:08On the back of my thing there's a pocket...
0:16:08 > 0:16:11Andy and I have a real laugh, I don't know, it's just sometimes
0:16:11 > 0:16:14you meet somebody and... We're different personalities.
0:16:14 > 0:16:16Andy's a lot more... softer personality, perhaps,
0:16:16 > 0:16:18but he just makes me laugh.
0:16:18 > 0:16:21We just enjoy each other's company and it's nice.
0:16:21 > 0:16:22Can you see a zip on the top here?
0:16:24 > 0:16:27- Dig down.- It's like GI Joe! - ANDY LAUGHS
0:16:30 > 0:16:32Family-wise, in the UK, there's nobody there.
0:16:32 > 0:16:34Like everybody else, I had a plan of getting married,
0:16:34 > 0:16:36having children. It just never happened.
0:16:36 > 0:16:40I don't think either of us really know where next to go
0:16:40 > 0:16:41or what to do next.
0:16:41 > 0:16:43- There you are, look.- There you go.
0:16:43 > 0:16:45It's just a bit of muscle, that's all it is.
0:16:45 > 0:16:50- You could train chimpanzees to do this quicker.- You got a banana?
0:16:50 > 0:16:52- GAVIN LAUGHS - Are you laughing?
0:16:55 > 0:16:57I've made you some lemonade.
0:16:57 > 0:16:59- A bit of lemon juice, a bit of sugar.- Are you enjoying it?
0:16:59 > 0:17:01No, it's horrible.
0:17:05 > 0:17:06GAVIN SIGHS
0:17:06 > 0:17:09We'll get there, old lad, we'll get there.
0:17:16 > 0:17:18It's going to take us quite a while.
0:17:24 > 0:17:26- Here you go, hon.- Mmm.
0:17:26 > 0:17:28- Is that salt in there?- No.
0:17:28 > 0:17:31I definitely put sugar, I put them in both.
0:17:31 > 0:17:33- Mmm!- It is, isn't it?
0:17:33 > 0:17:35SHE LAUGHS
0:17:35 > 0:17:39Shit! Have that one. How did that happen?
0:17:39 > 0:17:41I had the same thing.
0:17:41 > 0:17:45After a long day's work, the annexe is shaping up,
0:17:45 > 0:17:47but not quite habitable yet.
0:17:47 > 0:17:49Which one's the hot anyway?
0:17:49 > 0:17:53- That one. Have we got any hot water in here yet?- I don't think so.
0:17:53 > 0:17:58I'll be so glad when this is done. It will take such a pressure off me.
0:17:58 > 0:18:01Waiting for the next bed-and-breakfast booking means all hands
0:18:01 > 0:18:05will be free to pitch in for the start of tomorrow's olive harvest.
0:18:08 > 0:18:09With the strimming complete,
0:18:09 > 0:18:12harvest manager Andy gathers the group together.
0:18:14 > 0:18:20We've just completed strimming the first of the three orchards.
0:18:20 > 0:18:22We are actually ready to start picking them.
0:18:22 > 0:18:25How many days do you think it will take?
0:18:25 > 0:18:29- Maximum, I think, possibly 30 trees a day, we've got 300 so...- Ten days.
0:18:29 > 0:18:34- ..ten days.- Ten days is a nightmare. - So therefore...
0:18:34 > 0:18:35If it's ten days,
0:18:35 > 0:18:39that's coming almost to, like, the end of our time here.
0:18:39 > 0:18:41I hope you are all aware that I'm not picking a single olive.
0:18:41 > 0:18:45The only olives, I've said it, are going to go from jar to mouth.
0:18:45 > 0:18:48- Jar to mouth.- Why? What have you got against olives?
0:18:48 > 0:18:49What have I got against olives?
0:18:49 > 0:18:51You pick the grapes so why won't you pick the olives?
0:18:51 > 0:18:54No, I'm not necessarily interested in picking the olives.
0:18:54 > 0:18:56But we've got to do it, it's part of the job.
0:18:56 > 0:18:58The more people that participate, the harder they work,
0:18:58 > 0:19:00the quicker it will be.
0:19:00 > 0:19:03Whether you want to go cheesemaking or whatever it is you want to do,
0:19:03 > 0:19:05it's got to be done. That's the end of it. There's no discussion.
0:19:05 > 0:19:08There are things that I want to do, Gavin, you know what I mean?
0:19:08 > 0:19:12And they are things that if I'm ten days in an olive field, right,
0:19:12 > 0:19:13I can't then do that.
0:19:13 > 0:19:16I'm just speaking simply for myself, to get everybody on board
0:19:16 > 0:19:19with the same level of commitment or whatever to something. It's got
0:19:19 > 0:19:25to be that everybody feels that they are equally invested in this interest.
0:19:25 > 0:19:28- I'm sorry, I don't want to appear to be dismissive.- OK, that's how...
0:19:28 > 0:19:30I'm a bit frustrated because I'm the kind of guy,
0:19:30 > 0:19:34- if I say I'm going to do something, you damn well do it.- Yeah.- End of.
0:19:34 > 0:19:38And I'm just getting a bit fed up as people, you know...
0:19:38 > 0:19:40All I'd like is for everybody to be able to walk from this with
0:19:40 > 0:19:43some integrity and say, "You know what? We tried."
0:19:43 > 0:19:46What I would suggest is, I've never done it before,
0:19:46 > 0:19:50let's just give it a go and you might discover you like it.
0:19:50 > 0:19:54And the more we put in, then hopefully, that ten days,
0:19:54 > 0:19:55it won't be ten days,
0:19:55 > 0:19:59it might be easier and therefore we could be doing five days.
0:19:59 > 0:20:01- Let's try it.- Yeah, course.
0:20:01 > 0:20:03Shall we both not go to the hairdressers, then?
0:20:03 > 0:20:06Cos what have you got to have done? And I can do my own.
0:20:06 > 0:20:09- We will cancel the hairdressers. - Yeah, we'll cancel the hairdressers.
0:20:09 > 0:20:11- OK.- Sorted.
0:20:11 > 0:20:15- Thank you, that's fantastic. - Will you do the cooking?
0:20:15 > 0:20:17- Cooking of what? - Of the food while we are...
0:20:17 > 0:20:21- Yeah, I don't mind, yeah, I don't mind that.- Doing lunches.
0:20:21 > 0:20:25That's a very decent and important job. Brilliant.
0:20:25 > 0:20:27Thank you very much indeed for the support, I'm really,
0:20:27 > 0:20:30really, really appreciative.
0:20:30 > 0:20:33I just don't want to take on a task that we can't reach.
0:20:33 > 0:20:35'Absolutely furious.'
0:20:37 > 0:20:39Everybody's now looking for a way out.
0:20:39 > 0:20:43"I want to go and drive off and disappear and go wine-tasting and
0:20:43 > 0:20:48"cheesemaking, or basket weaving" or whatever they want to do, you know?
0:20:49 > 0:20:53You know, the same individuals who have done basically sweet
0:20:53 > 0:20:57Fanny Adams during the whole of the process, right, are trying to
0:20:57 > 0:21:02find any excuse possible not to do what they are here to do. OK?
0:21:03 > 0:21:06I swear, my heart is beating ten to the dozen.
0:21:06 > 0:21:10It took all my self-control not to blow there.
0:21:11 > 0:21:14Andy's in there, Andy's a nice guy, but they are walking all over him.
0:21:14 > 0:21:16He's there trying to be the peacemaker,
0:21:16 > 0:21:18saying to Chi, "Oh, it's all right, Chi,
0:21:18 > 0:21:21"you make a sandwich during the day and that's your contribution."
0:21:21 > 0:21:22What?!
0:21:24 > 0:21:29- You need to get tougher.- I know. - They're taking the fucking piss.
0:21:29 > 0:21:32When I was a police officer, in a situation where you've got two
0:21:32 > 0:21:36people who hate each other and you are being the diplomat...
0:21:38 > 0:21:41..that's the methods I've used.
0:21:41 > 0:21:42Sod it.
0:21:44 > 0:21:45HE SIGHS
0:21:45 > 0:21:48It might not be out of management school but that comes from the
0:21:48 > 0:21:51school of hard knocks and out of police diplomacy.
0:21:51 > 0:21:54Compromise. Stick a compromise right up...
0:22:12 > 0:22:14It's Sunday morning.
0:22:14 > 0:22:18Chi is taking time out from farm life to attend church
0:22:18 > 0:22:20at Castel del Piano.
0:22:20 > 0:22:22CHURCH BELLS RING
0:22:22 > 0:22:26Across Italy, Sunday is a day of reflection,
0:22:26 > 0:22:30with the tradition of worship still a key part of community life.
0:22:32 > 0:22:34I really love the sound of the bells,
0:22:34 > 0:22:38it's just like music in the background, very loud, but...
0:22:39 > 0:22:42I love the way that it welcomes people to church.
0:22:42 > 0:22:43I love it.
0:22:49 > 0:22:51CONGREGATION SINGS
0:22:57 > 0:23:01Coming to church, doing this, just gives me a framework,
0:23:01 > 0:23:04in order to kind of refocus
0:23:04 > 0:23:09and rejig and just remind myself of who I am and what I am
0:23:09 > 0:23:14and what I want, and I need to get something out of this for me.
0:23:14 > 0:23:16CONGREGATION SINGS
0:23:17 > 0:23:22For Chi, it's not the first time she's attempted a move abroad.
0:23:23 > 0:23:27I had gone in search of a new life prior to this,
0:23:27 > 0:23:29in Lagos, and that was in 2011.
0:23:29 > 0:23:32Obviously I'd lived in Lagos when I was a child.
0:23:32 > 0:23:35I wanted to set up a creative community.
0:23:35 > 0:23:39It didn't quite work out the way that I had hoped.
0:23:39 > 0:23:41So leaving that was very, very tough.
0:23:41 > 0:23:47It was actually somewhat heartbreaking,
0:23:47 > 0:23:49because it was...
0:23:49 > 0:23:53It's a place that I still consider home,
0:23:53 > 0:23:55even just by family connections.
0:23:55 > 0:23:57And I really wanted it to work.
0:23:59 > 0:24:00It broke me down.
0:24:04 > 0:24:09But it made me determined to make any other opportunity like that work.
0:24:12 > 0:24:15This really is a chance, a second chance, really,
0:24:15 > 0:24:17to pursue that dream again.
0:24:19 > 0:24:24This one, I hope, will turn out much better than the last.
0:24:57 > 0:25:02Completely resolute about the fact that I need to now just pursue
0:25:02 > 0:25:04my own creative stuff.
0:25:04 > 0:25:06Just excited to...
0:25:06 > 0:25:10to get my hands kind of, you know, dirty, creatively.
0:25:13 > 0:25:15CHURCH BELLS RING
0:25:18 > 0:25:19All across the region,
0:25:19 > 0:25:22farmers are beginning the production of the new season's
0:25:22 > 0:25:25extra virgin olive oil.
0:25:29 > 0:25:32- I'm going to go up, Gill.- All right, I'll be two seconds.- OK...
0:25:33 > 0:25:38At the farm, the group are beginning their first day of olive picking.
0:25:38 > 0:25:40Allora...
0:25:40 > 0:25:44- So... Today...- Today.- ..big day. Big day.
0:25:44 > 0:25:47- A big day, no?- Big, big... - We start, we start to get olives.
0:25:47 > 0:25:49- I hope so.- OK.
0:25:49 > 0:25:54Owner Maurizio is helping Andy and Gavin with the harvesting machinery.
0:25:55 > 0:25:57Andy, can you pull that back?
0:25:57 > 0:26:01Tonight, they have to deliver a minimum of 15 crates of olives
0:26:01 > 0:26:03to the press.
0:26:04 > 0:26:06This one?
0:26:06 > 0:26:07But there's a problem.
0:26:07 > 0:26:09Hmm...
0:26:09 > 0:26:10No?
0:26:10 > 0:26:12Do you have any WD-40 or...?
0:26:13 > 0:26:16SHE LAUGHS
0:26:16 > 0:26:18What are you laughing at? Mare!
0:26:19 > 0:26:23The piece of machinery is not long enough...
0:26:23 > 0:26:28so Gavin said, "Have you got any WD-40?"
0:26:28 > 0:26:30SHE LAUGHS
0:26:30 > 0:26:33It's something people say when you haven't got a clue
0:26:33 > 0:26:34what you're doing.
0:26:37 > 0:26:40- ANDY:- So you need to go and take it to get it unstuck?
0:26:40 > 0:26:42Every year I see the same thing.
0:26:42 > 0:26:44- Every year.- 12 months.
0:26:44 > 0:26:48- Something is not working. - There's always something.
0:26:52 > 0:26:54It's getting... Time's getting on.
0:26:55 > 0:26:59- This is a disaster. - It's only ten o'clock, mate.
0:26:59 > 0:27:01Can I pull a little bit more this side?
0:27:01 > 0:27:03Yes, yes, pull it.
0:27:04 > 0:27:07With the mechanical harvester out of action...
0:27:07 > 0:27:10- I've got a present, Karen. - Oh, thank you.
0:27:10 > 0:27:12..they have to resort to picking by hand.
0:27:12 > 0:27:15All we need is 15 crates for the minimum.
0:27:15 > 0:27:16Yep, that's brilliant.
0:27:16 > 0:27:21So I think we should start on two trees, all of us.
0:27:21 > 0:27:24To clean two trees, we know they're clean and then we move on.
0:27:24 > 0:27:28Local olive farmer Romain is showing them the ropes.
0:27:28 > 0:27:32- So we're just pulling these off? - Yes, you take a branch...- Yep.
0:27:32 > 0:27:34..and without too much pressure,
0:27:34 > 0:27:36- otherwise you'll take too many leaves...- Yep.
0:27:36 > 0:27:39..and then you go down.
0:27:39 > 0:27:41You brush them like...
0:27:41 > 0:27:43like hairs.
0:27:43 > 0:27:45- Gill.- Yeah?- It's like milking a cow.
0:27:45 > 0:27:47SHE LAUGHS
0:27:47 > 0:27:49- You just have to get... - You just have to stroke it gently
0:27:49 > 0:27:52- until the milk comes. - SHE LAUGHS
0:27:52 > 0:27:55I really prefer picking it by hand.
0:27:55 > 0:27:58Listening to the birds talk to each other.
0:27:58 > 0:28:01Romain, you were sent here to charm the ladies, weren't you?
0:28:01 > 0:28:03To make us work.
0:28:03 > 0:28:06Yes, that was my goal.
0:28:06 > 0:28:09Well, do your charming, then, cos I'm going to stop otherwise.
0:28:13 > 0:28:16Nice that everybody's showed up, isn't it, virtually?
0:28:16 > 0:28:18- It's beautiful. No, it's great. - A nice surprise for you.
0:28:18 > 0:28:20It's a beautiful day, the sun's shining.
0:28:21 > 0:28:25We've started and it's quite cool.
0:28:25 > 0:28:28Chi has decided not to get involved.
0:28:28 > 0:28:32But...those who want to get involved are here.
0:28:36 > 0:28:38I'm making lunch because I told Andy that I would make lunch
0:28:38 > 0:28:40and so I'm not going to...
0:28:40 > 0:28:42- starve... - SHE LAUGHS
0:28:42 > 0:28:45..starve them just to make a point, absolutely not.
0:28:48 > 0:28:52And Chi then can go about her merry business, not picking olives.
0:28:59 > 0:29:02LAUGHTER
0:29:06 > 0:29:09Everybody's laughing, working together.
0:29:09 > 0:29:11Yeah, it's a nice feeling.
0:29:11 > 0:29:14Hopefully this will give us a lift to get through the last two weeks
0:29:14 > 0:29:15without killing each other.
0:29:17 > 0:29:19See if I can get that monkey out of the tree with my rake.
0:29:19 > 0:29:21HE LAUGHS
0:29:23 > 0:29:29Oh, Tarzan, I knew you'd come if I waited long enough up the tree.
0:29:29 > 0:29:31I think...
0:29:31 > 0:29:33This is just perfect, it's like going back to childhood,
0:29:33 > 0:29:35you can climb trees, hang on branches.
0:29:35 > 0:29:39I'm feeling like this is very lovely and gentle
0:29:39 > 0:29:42and I can see the romance in it.
0:29:42 > 0:29:45Yeah, I'm loving it, and the view is sensational from up here.
0:30:22 > 0:30:24Raining olives now.
0:30:32 > 0:30:34Who has got the most olives down their cleavage?
0:30:34 > 0:30:36Me.
0:30:36 > 0:30:38THEY LAUGH
0:30:45 > 0:30:48This is...
0:30:48 > 0:30:53the stew, the beef stew that Lesley wonderfully made the other day.
0:30:53 > 0:30:55I'm just warming up leftovers.
0:30:57 > 0:31:01Better get in there quickly before the hordes have eaten everything.
0:31:01 > 0:31:04- Yeah.- Hello.- Hey, Chi, look at this!
0:31:07 > 0:31:10Oh, wow. This is like a farmhouse lunch.
0:31:10 > 0:31:14- Like a farmhouse lunch! - Thank you so much.- Not quite.
0:31:14 > 0:31:16- Hello.- What is this?
0:31:16 > 0:31:19What do you mean by "what is this"?
0:31:19 > 0:31:21- Food.- Yeah, but what?
0:31:21 > 0:31:23Help yourself, please.
0:31:23 > 0:31:28- Thank you, Chi. It's very nice, love. Lovely.- Salute.
0:31:28 > 0:31:29I think we're a good team.
0:31:29 > 0:31:31We've just come back and Chi's, bless her,
0:31:31 > 0:31:33she actually cooked a very, very nice lunch for us.
0:31:33 > 0:31:36Yeah, it's a bit of a surprise.
0:31:36 > 0:31:39A glass of wine. I'm not going to make a habit of this.
0:31:39 > 0:31:41But why not?
0:31:41 > 0:31:43- Chi, well done, darling.- That's OK.
0:31:43 > 0:31:45I said I'll make you lunch and so I keep my word.
0:31:45 > 0:31:48You certainly have, you have done us very, very proud.
0:31:51 > 0:31:55You did very well, in fairness, you did some lovely food.
0:31:55 > 0:31:57Was that Lesley's stuff from the other day?
0:31:57 > 0:31:59- CHI LAUGHS - It was, wasn't it?
0:31:59 > 0:32:00I knew it!
0:32:03 > 0:32:07The farm's first 15 crates of olives are due at the press
0:32:07 > 0:32:08in three hours' time.
0:32:10 > 0:32:14Romain, possibly we net this lot up and maybe move down?
0:32:14 > 0:32:16- And then just pick the trees rather than doing a mass?- Yeah.
0:32:16 > 0:32:18- Yeah, yeah, yeah.- Yeah.
0:32:20 > 0:32:22What time does it get dark?
0:32:22 > 0:32:23If they miss the deadline,
0:32:23 > 0:32:28the olives won't be processed within 24 hours of picking,
0:32:28 > 0:32:31reducing the quality and value of the oil.
0:32:32 > 0:32:35It's going to be a close-run thing.
0:32:35 > 0:32:40So we have two, four, six, eight, ten, 11.
0:32:40 > 0:32:43So, four to go to reach 15. Not much time left.
0:32:43 > 0:32:45Let's run.
0:32:45 > 0:32:48- Oi.- What?- Stop throwing olives at me.
0:32:48 > 0:32:50OK, guys, we should hurry up a little bit.
0:32:50 > 0:32:52We won't make it otherwise.
0:32:52 > 0:32:54Gavin, you know your point when you were doing the briefing
0:32:54 > 0:32:57about us filling up 15 crates in a morning...
0:32:59 > 0:33:01..can you just take me through that?
0:33:01 > 0:33:04THEY LAUGH
0:33:04 > 0:33:07I couldn't help it if you lot were so slow.
0:33:07 > 0:33:09Ooh!
0:33:09 > 0:33:11Tell me, Gav, did you used to have high staff turnover?
0:33:11 > 0:33:14THEY LAUGH
0:33:17 > 0:33:19I'm going to miss you lot so much(!)
0:33:19 > 0:33:21THEY LAUGH
0:33:28 > 0:33:30The reason I came in the first place was to kick myself up
0:33:30 > 0:33:32the backside and get out of a rut.
0:33:32 > 0:33:36I possibly was depressed, yeah. Erm...
0:33:36 > 0:33:38Yeah. Yeah, it wasn't a good place, put it that way.
0:33:41 > 0:33:43I was very close with my mother.
0:33:43 > 0:33:46I think with the situation with looking after my mum and everything,
0:33:46 > 0:33:49obviously your time is filled because you're doing that.
0:33:51 > 0:33:53My mum passed away, it was obviously devastating
0:33:53 > 0:33:57and then you find yourself sitting there thinking, "Well, now what?"
0:33:57 > 0:34:01It was like a bit of an emptiness there and, erm...
0:34:01 > 0:34:03just sometimes you need more in your life than you have.
0:34:05 > 0:34:07I think that's what I need to find,
0:34:07 > 0:34:10I'm just talking about being able to do something, achieve something
0:34:10 > 0:34:15that's maybe a bit more important than just making a living.
0:34:15 > 0:34:18- OK.- And the satisfaction of seeing...- Go.
0:34:18 > 0:34:19So, we be very careful here,
0:34:19 > 0:34:23- so try to go on the left from the tree now.- That way?- Yep.
0:34:23 > 0:34:25OK.
0:34:25 > 0:34:27Move a little forward.
0:34:38 > 0:34:40Keep rolling, guys.
0:34:40 > 0:34:43We wait for Roberto, there, he has a lot of olives.
0:34:54 > 0:34:56You see, eh?
0:34:56 > 0:34:58- This is more than two crates, yes? - Oh, yeah.
0:34:58 > 0:34:59Oh, excellent.
0:35:04 > 0:35:07Andy, hold the net here, OK? And come to me.
0:35:07 > 0:35:09OK, perfect.
0:35:10 > 0:35:12Whoa.
0:35:12 > 0:35:14- OK.- Oh, my gosh.
0:35:14 > 0:35:16- Wow.- Look at this.- Fantastic.- Bravo.
0:35:18 > 0:35:20Oh, my God, this actually is quite amazing.
0:35:20 > 0:35:22I'm so happy to see this.
0:35:22 > 0:35:27I actually feel quite a sense of achievement seeing them here, yeah.
0:35:27 > 0:35:29It's great. I love it.
0:35:29 > 0:35:31- There's four full crates down there. - Four?
0:35:31 > 0:35:33Hey, we haven't done bad, guys.
0:35:33 > 0:35:35Bloody hell, that's all right, isn't it?
0:35:38 > 0:35:39Last one.
0:35:39 > 0:35:435, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15!
0:35:43 > 0:35:45- Excellent.- Excellent. - Well done, everyone.
0:35:45 > 0:35:48Good! I mean, that's a very good first day of work.
0:35:49 > 0:35:51Don't waste any!
0:35:51 > 0:35:52Easy, tiger.
0:35:52 > 0:35:54I am feeling totally tired.
0:35:57 > 0:36:00When I have targets set,
0:36:00 > 0:36:05I do like to achieve them, even if it's a last-gasp.
0:36:05 > 0:36:07OK.
0:36:08 > 0:36:10Good.
0:36:10 > 0:36:14Getting everybody taking part, that was an achievement on its own.
0:36:14 > 0:36:18But it's just the first day and I can't see people lasting ten days.
0:36:32 > 0:36:35As dawn breaks over the valley...
0:36:35 > 0:36:40I've just heard the strimmers going so they've already started.
0:36:40 > 0:36:43..the group begin their second day of olive picking.
0:36:43 > 0:36:45I'm just going to have to bob back to my room
0:36:45 > 0:36:47and put some underwear on.
0:36:47 > 0:36:50Because I didn't have any, I didn't have any dry underwear this morning.
0:36:50 > 0:36:53- Oh.- And it's... It doesn't feel... - You could be commando for the day.
0:36:53 > 0:36:54No, it's not good.
0:36:54 > 0:36:57It's not just the harvest that needs the group's attention.
0:36:57 > 0:37:00IN ITALIAN:
0:37:00 > 0:37:03Lesley's chasing up on a bed-and-breakfast booking
0:37:03 > 0:37:05for a potential three-night stay.
0:37:05 > 0:37:08Er, my name is Lesley,
0:37:08 > 0:37:10I'm calling you from the bed and breakfast Bandi...
0:37:10 > 0:37:12Banditaccia.
0:37:12 > 0:37:13How do you call it?
0:37:13 > 0:37:17- Hello.- 'Hi.'- Oh, I'm so glad you speak English!- 'How are you?'
0:37:20 > 0:37:22Right...
0:37:22 > 0:37:25My pleasure. Right, I'm just phoning up really to find out
0:37:25 > 0:37:27what requirements you have.
0:37:30 > 0:37:32All right.
0:37:34 > 0:37:37- Erm... All right. - 'And we will be OK.'
0:37:37 > 0:37:39That is lovely.
0:37:39 > 0:37:43- We're charging 50 euros per room so...- 'Yeah, that's fine.'
0:37:43 > 0:37:45All right, then, thank you so much. Bye now.
0:37:45 > 0:37:47- 'Thank you so much indeed. Bye, Lesley.'- Bye-bye.
0:37:47 > 0:37:50I'm going to cry, now we've got to sort out the second room!
0:37:52 > 0:37:54Oh, at least we've doubled our profits.
0:37:54 > 0:37:57Yeah, I mean, that's a good little money earner for us.
0:37:57 > 0:38:02I mean, that's three lots of 50 euros, is that right?
0:38:02 > 0:38:04Three lots. Yeah.
0:38:04 > 0:38:06No, three lots of 100 euros.
0:38:06 > 0:38:10That's 300 euros, is that right? That's a lot of money.
0:38:10 > 0:38:15Gosh, 300 euros for that and we've also got probably 25 euros per head
0:38:15 > 0:38:17so that's an extra 50 for the restaurant.
0:38:17 > 0:38:21So, yeah, we're onto a really good little earner with this one so...
0:38:21 > 0:38:24And we also might get some olives picked by her as well!
0:38:24 > 0:38:27So I think it could be a win-win all round, this one.
0:38:27 > 0:38:29Yeah.
0:38:29 > 0:38:31Are you going to do your thing today?
0:38:31 > 0:38:33I'm going to finish the annexe and then, like I say,
0:38:33 > 0:38:36tomorrow, then, it's all day up at the olives.
0:38:36 > 0:38:38- And do you think that will be ready, that annexe, by then?- Oh, yes.
0:38:38 > 0:38:40- Definitely?- Yeah, yeah, yeah. - Oh, great.
0:38:40 > 0:38:44I'm out and I'm going to Castel del Piano. I'll be back early evening.
0:38:44 > 0:38:47- What time you going?- Now. Well, seven minutes ago.
0:38:47 > 0:38:50- Are you taking the car, are you?- Mm.
0:38:50 > 0:38:53So hopefully they've left me a car key as well.
0:38:54 > 0:38:58Chi heads out for the day in search of creative inspiration.
0:39:01 > 0:39:04Chi is on her way!
0:39:04 > 0:39:05I'm so excited.
0:39:05 > 0:39:08Tuscany, baby! Love this place already.
0:39:08 > 0:39:11Yes. Yes.
0:39:15 > 0:39:19Robert and Karen stock up on food for the guests' arrival.
0:39:27 > 0:39:31With the pressure now on to complete the annexe once and for all...
0:39:31 > 0:39:32Does that look perfect to you?
0:39:32 > 0:39:35Oh, look at that, that's just perfection itself, isn't it?
0:39:35 > 0:39:37..Lesley, Tracy and Gill focus on getting
0:39:37 > 0:39:40both bed-and-breakfast rooms ready.
0:39:40 > 0:39:43- Oh, God. - SHE LAUGHS
0:39:43 > 0:39:45You know...
0:39:45 > 0:39:47I didn't know these were artificial
0:39:47 > 0:39:50and so the first time I cleaned this room out, I actually watered them.
0:39:50 > 0:39:52SHE LAUGHS
0:39:55 > 0:40:00I think we have got rather a lot of tasks on at the moment
0:40:00 > 0:40:01in this house.
0:40:01 > 0:40:05We've got an olive harvest under way
0:40:05 > 0:40:07and I'm not sure if somebody else has gone on a day trip
0:40:07 > 0:40:10to find themselves.
0:40:10 > 0:40:12I think I can find them, but anyway.
0:40:13 > 0:40:16Erm, but...
0:40:16 > 0:40:20as there's nobody else here and we're fast running out of time,
0:40:20 > 0:40:23erm, here I find myself.
0:40:23 > 0:40:27The annexe the way it is, it needs to be finished off
0:40:27 > 0:40:31so it will be all hands to the deck trying to get that sorted
0:40:31 > 0:40:33for when they arrive.
0:40:33 > 0:40:37Do you know, honest to God, I really think if ever I was going to do
0:40:37 > 0:40:40another job change, it would be plumbing.
0:40:40 > 0:40:43I've got to sit on it now just to make sure everything's all right.
0:40:43 > 0:40:45Oh, I could just read a book now.
0:40:45 > 0:40:47CHUCKLING
0:40:47 > 0:40:48Oh, bliss.
0:40:51 > 0:40:54- That's number two done, buddy. - Well done, geezer.
0:40:54 > 0:40:56Yeah, if we just get about six...
0:40:56 > 0:40:59If we can get five, six crates.
0:40:59 > 0:41:01Yeah, we'll do the best we can.
0:41:01 > 0:41:05In the olive groves, there are still 250 trees to pick,
0:41:05 > 0:41:08with a much depleted workforce.
0:41:08 > 0:41:11We're down to Gavin, Rob and I,
0:41:11 > 0:41:13we're still soldiering on.
0:41:16 > 0:41:19- And we've been here how long? - In Tuscany?
0:41:19 > 0:41:20- Yeah, how long? - Four and a half weeks.
0:41:20 > 0:41:22How many days off have we had in that time?
0:41:22 > 0:41:25We haven't had one day off. Not one.
0:41:25 > 0:41:28I have been worried about Andy, to be honest.
0:41:28 > 0:41:30He's recently recovered from his heart attack.
0:41:30 > 0:41:33There have been times when I've looked and thought, "Hmm."
0:41:33 > 0:41:36He just looked a bit tired, you know, and stressed
0:41:36 > 0:41:38and I thought, "Well, that can't be good."
0:41:38 > 0:41:41I'm... I-I... I'm...
0:41:41 > 0:41:44- You can't even speak.- I'm worn out.
0:41:44 > 0:41:45That's the kind of man he is,
0:41:45 > 0:41:48he responds well to success and not quitting.
0:41:48 > 0:41:50And that's why he's been knocking his pan out
0:41:50 > 0:41:52in those fields every day.
0:41:52 > 0:41:55Do you reckon there's only like a quarter of a bucket in there?
0:41:55 > 0:41:58- Look at that, it's pathetic, isn't it?- Yeah.
0:42:02 > 0:42:06Let's go and add it to the others and see how much we've done today.
0:42:06 > 0:42:09Andy is now at risk of falling behind his target
0:42:09 > 0:42:11of 15 crates a day.
0:42:12 > 0:42:13Add it in here.
0:42:13 > 0:42:16So that might just make three. Complete.
0:42:18 > 0:42:20The longer the olives stay on the trees,
0:42:20 > 0:42:24the lower the quality of oil they produce.
0:42:24 > 0:42:27You know, I'll never look at an olive in the same light again.
0:42:29 > 0:42:32As Tracy and Chi push on to complete the second guest room...
0:42:32 > 0:42:34They're never going to be warm enough in here, are they?
0:42:34 > 0:42:38Well, Karen said about blankets or something.
0:42:38 > 0:42:40..Maurizio arrives at the farm
0:42:40 > 0:42:42to check on the progress of the olive harvest.
0:42:43 > 0:42:48We are basically working our way through one tree at a time.
0:42:48 > 0:42:51Because unfortunately we lost some force.
0:42:53 > 0:42:54We're really, really sorry.
0:42:54 > 0:42:56We feel bad. We are trying.
0:43:01 > 0:43:02It's just that the group,
0:43:02 > 0:43:06a lot of them have got other things they're concentrating on.
0:43:32 > 0:43:33Maurizio, we feel very, very bad.
0:43:33 > 0:43:37You know, personally, Andy and I, we're very ashamed, really.
0:43:37 > 0:43:38Let's go and get started.
0:43:40 > 0:43:43'It's heartbreaking, especially for me.
0:43:43 > 0:43:46'I feel like I'm just letting him down.
0:43:46 > 0:43:51'I cannot see us completing the olive harvest.'
0:43:51 > 0:43:56I'm angry because I feel like I'm failing but other people are
0:43:56 > 0:44:00in some ways looking at me and just thinking, "What an idiot."
0:44:00 > 0:44:06I don't give in and I just keep pushing on to the end.
0:44:06 > 0:44:10I can remember my dad doing that. My father worked hard.
0:44:10 > 0:44:14He used to come home from a night shift, he'd have a bite to eat,
0:44:14 > 0:44:17maybe a half-hour kip and he'd go back out and do his daytime job.
0:44:17 > 0:44:19He used to hold two jobs.
0:44:19 > 0:44:24You know, you don't surrender, you don't stop, you continue to the end.
0:44:24 > 0:44:27That's my attitude towards the olive harvest, you know,
0:44:27 > 0:44:29I'm going to succeed.
0:44:29 > 0:44:32I guess that's where I inherited it from. My dad.
0:44:37 > 0:44:40HE SOBS
0:44:46 > 0:44:47Where did that come from?
0:44:54 > 0:44:56Oh, sorry about that.
0:44:58 > 0:45:03I guess that's stuck with me, you know, because I've never given in.
0:45:04 > 0:45:06Do you wish you hadn't said, "I'm going to do the olives"?
0:45:06 > 0:45:09No. It's a challenge...
0:45:10 > 0:45:14- ..but somebody had to. - OK, that's fair enough.
0:45:14 > 0:45:16- Let's not fail. - No. Failure's not an option.
0:45:16 > 0:45:19I don't like failing. Let's not do that.
0:45:19 > 0:45:22No. But do you understand where I'm coming from?
0:45:22 > 0:45:26- Your attitude is admirable. However...- Maybe stupid!
0:45:26 > 0:45:28A little bit stupid.
0:45:28 > 0:45:31- Naive.- Maybe.- Yeah, maybe stupid.
0:45:31 > 0:45:35- God!- I've got your back. - Oh, bloody hell.- I've got your back.
0:45:46 > 0:45:47It's ten o'clock in the morning.
0:45:50 > 0:45:51I guess we'll do this one.
0:45:55 > 0:45:58- You made it!- Hey!- Hurrah!
0:45:58 > 0:46:00The bed-and-breakfast guests arrive from Rome.
0:46:00 > 0:46:04OK, so I'll just pop them on this step for the moment and then
0:46:04 > 0:46:06I'll show you round. So...
0:46:06 > 0:46:09Lesley begins by showing them the newly renovated room.
0:46:10 > 0:46:13- If you'd like to come and have a look.- Amazing. Very nice.
0:46:14 > 0:46:19- And again, we have obviously the bathroom here.- Huge!
0:46:19 > 0:46:21- THEY LAUGH - So is the other room, really.
0:46:21 > 0:46:25- Wow, look at this. - It is very authentic, isn't it?
0:46:25 > 0:46:27Very special.
0:46:27 > 0:46:29Would you like milk and sugar with your tea?
0:46:29 > 0:46:31- No, no, for me it's fine.- You're OK.
0:46:31 > 0:46:36Guests are often in search of an authentic Tuscan experience
0:46:36 > 0:46:37when staying in an agriturismo.
0:46:39 > 0:46:44So, today is going to be an exciting day because it is olive harvest.
0:46:44 > 0:46:45Oh, my God.
0:46:45 > 0:46:47This will be a perfect opportunity, if you'd like,
0:46:47 > 0:46:51to have a go at olive picking. Have you ever done olive picking before?
0:46:51 > 0:46:54- Not really.- If the weather's like this, it's beautiful.
0:46:54 > 0:46:57- I can take a picture if you want. - Yeah.
0:46:59 > 0:47:02- How are you? - 'Good, how are you?'
0:47:02 > 0:47:05Yeah, very well, thank you, very well.
0:47:05 > 0:47:08With time running out to get the olive trees picked,
0:47:08 > 0:47:10Robert looks into finding extra help.
0:47:12 > 0:47:17We talked about being able to get some workers that would work on
0:47:17 > 0:47:20a piecemeal basis from the actual olive mill
0:47:20 > 0:47:22that we're sending our olives to.
0:47:22 > 0:47:24What I'm looking to do is just support the guys.
0:47:24 > 0:47:26You know, they've done a lot of ground work
0:47:26 > 0:47:28and they know what's going on.
0:47:28 > 0:47:31I just want to support them in bringing some external workers in.
0:47:31 > 0:47:35The reality is we want to get it done and we want to support Maurizio
0:47:35 > 0:47:37but we also have other things to do here at the farm.
0:47:37 > 0:47:40Thanks a lot. Cheers, bye-bye.
0:47:42 > 0:47:44Brilliant. We're going to get the olives picked!
0:47:47 > 0:47:48That's the important thing.
0:48:11 > 0:48:13I have some news.
0:48:13 > 0:48:15- Greetings.- How are you doing? - I hope it's good news.
0:48:15 > 0:48:18We've got an opportunity to have some workers here.
0:48:18 > 0:48:21We could have a team of up to four guys.
0:48:21 > 0:48:25That is a relief, because what small team we have is now spread
0:48:25 > 0:48:29- so thinly on the ground.- Yeah, yeah. - And we can have this cracked.
0:48:29 > 0:48:32- Right, let's crack on. - I'll see you at two o'clock, guys.
0:48:32 > 0:48:35That will be a relief. I'll get my life back.
0:48:37 > 0:48:39- Cool, the cavalry is coming. - It doesn't matter, mate,
0:48:39 > 0:48:41if it gets us off the fucking hook.
0:48:43 > 0:48:47As the professional pickers arrive with mechanical equipment to hand,
0:48:47 > 0:48:50the speed of the harvest increases dramatically.
0:48:54 > 0:48:56Nice to meet you. Go ahead.
0:48:58 > 0:48:59What a delight!
0:48:59 > 0:49:01And they are all like lightning,
0:49:01 > 0:49:04like a locust going through an olive grove.
0:49:04 > 0:49:07The pickers have been here maybe 45 minutes.
0:49:07 > 0:49:10We've done one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine...
0:49:10 > 0:49:1312 trees, which would have taken us...
0:49:13 > 0:49:14Well, Gavin and I was working,
0:49:14 > 0:49:18this would have taken a day to get this far so far.
0:49:18 > 0:49:21Excuse me, I have to go because I'm being called. Si!
0:49:22 > 0:49:24And it's not the only help Andy's got.
0:49:26 > 0:49:29The bed-and-breakfast guests arrive at the olive grove
0:49:29 > 0:49:30to help out too.
0:49:30 > 0:49:34- Ciao!- Andy. - So, are you ready for some work?
0:49:40 > 0:49:44- It's just that handle. - OK.- OK? Have a go.
0:49:53 > 0:49:58It's lovely. It's great to have two young lovely ladies come long.
0:49:59 > 0:50:03However, the downside is that the male workforce
0:50:03 > 0:50:04tended to virtually stop.
0:50:06 > 0:50:10- So, you want them on your team? - Yeah, why not? Why not?
0:50:13 > 0:50:14Leave it to the professionals.
0:50:24 > 0:50:28As the day draws to a close, the end is in sight for Andy.
0:50:30 > 0:50:31I'm feeling younger.
0:50:31 > 0:50:36It's actually making me feel more alive and I've lost weight.
0:50:37 > 0:50:39I'm physically fitter.
0:50:39 > 0:50:43Like today, at one point I found myself running
0:50:43 > 0:50:45down to the tractor to jump in it.
0:50:45 > 0:50:48I haven't run like that for quite some time.
0:50:50 > 0:50:54I don't feel like I had a heart attack three months ago.
0:50:54 > 0:50:55I just feel reborn.
0:50:59 > 0:51:01This is the last tree, yeah?
0:51:03 > 0:51:07You guys, coming here, you basically saved my sanity.
0:51:08 > 0:51:10- No way!- Yes!
0:51:10 > 0:51:12- Thank you very much.- No, thank you.
0:51:12 > 0:51:15- We just finished.- That's finished! Thank you, wrap up.
0:51:43 > 0:51:47It's mid-morning at the end of the group's fourth week on the farm.
0:51:51 > 0:51:53You stay there, boy. Stay there.
0:51:55 > 0:51:58With the harvest finally complete, Andy and Gavin
0:51:58 > 0:52:00are visiting the mill to see their crop
0:52:00 > 0:52:04transformed into extra virgin olive oil.
0:52:06 > 0:52:09Oh, thank God for that.
0:52:09 > 0:52:12- I'm excited now.- It's starting.
0:52:13 > 0:52:16The little babies are starting to be made into oil.
0:52:16 > 0:52:20They go on this ramp and they're going to be starting to be cleaned.
0:52:20 > 0:52:23So you'll see it coming here. Only olives now.
0:52:24 > 0:52:26The olives are crushed in a cold press,
0:52:26 > 0:52:29as any heat would affect the quality of the oil.
0:52:31 > 0:52:34In here, smashed.
0:52:35 > 0:52:37But this is a very important process, the way the pressure,
0:52:37 > 0:52:40the way you smash and everything,
0:52:40 > 0:52:42this is controlled with the computer.
0:52:42 > 0:52:44But this is very important.
0:52:44 > 0:52:49So, here you have the paste, all together, going this way.
0:52:49 > 0:52:51The paste is then kneaded
0:52:51 > 0:52:54to separate the oil from the crushed olives.
0:52:54 > 0:52:57So now, in a few minutes, the oil is going to get out from here.
0:53:00 > 0:53:02This is like being an expectant father!
0:53:03 > 0:53:04There we go!
0:53:04 > 0:53:07THEY CHEER
0:53:08 > 0:53:10It's a boy!
0:53:11 > 0:53:14- It's a boy.- It's a boy!
0:53:14 > 0:53:16Congrats. Congrats to the dads!
0:53:18 > 0:53:21- Can we get a cigar? - Maybe we have a little try. Danny!
0:53:25 > 0:53:29Straight off the press, an indication of a good-quality oil
0:53:29 > 0:53:33is an intense peppery flavour that hits the back of the throat.
0:53:34 > 0:53:35Wait for it...
0:53:35 > 0:53:37HE COUGHS AND SPLUTTERS
0:53:44 > 0:53:45Woo!
0:53:48 > 0:53:49Argh!
0:53:52 > 0:53:54It tastes like almonds.
0:53:54 > 0:53:56It's a little bitter, like almond juice.
0:53:57 > 0:54:00Wahey! Yes!
0:54:00 > 0:54:05This was ours and therefore it tasted extra special.
0:54:06 > 0:54:08Even now, yeah, it's exciting.
0:54:08 > 0:54:12To be part of that is just, you know, indescribable.
0:54:12 > 0:54:16I'll tell you something, I could do this for a job.
0:54:17 > 0:54:20You're taking a load of little things out of a field...
0:54:20 > 0:54:22I know, and making that.
0:54:22 > 0:54:25- Two hours later, you've got that. - Beautiful.
0:54:27 > 0:54:30And then you put it in a bottle,
0:54:30 > 0:54:33you roll a label on it and then sell it. I mean...
0:54:35 > 0:54:37That's doing something real, isn't it?
0:54:37 > 0:54:40- You know what I mean?- Yeah. Definitely get into this.
0:54:40 > 0:54:43We've just got to figure out a slightly easier way of
0:54:43 > 0:54:45getting the little buggers off the trees.
0:54:52 > 0:54:54That's quite heavy.
0:54:54 > 0:54:56- Liquid gold, geezer.- Liquid gold.
0:54:58 > 0:55:00'He's a fun guy to work with, Andy, I like him a lot.
0:55:00 > 0:55:01'And it's kind of surprising me,'
0:55:01 > 0:55:05because I'm already thinking about doing something business-wise
0:55:05 > 0:55:07with him and I never thought I would say that.
0:55:07 > 0:55:11- It's quite emotional. - It is nice, isn't it?
0:55:11 > 0:55:12He's having a tear here, look.
0:55:14 > 0:55:16He's crying!
0:55:16 > 0:55:18Aye, I'm so pleased!
0:55:19 > 0:55:20Come here, you tosser.
0:55:22 > 0:55:24'Andy's a totally different character to me.
0:55:24 > 0:55:29'He's a really nice guy but he's not necessarily business-minded.'
0:55:29 > 0:55:33But together we seem to make it...
0:55:33 > 0:55:34He makes me whole.
0:55:38 > 0:55:40Well done.
0:55:40 > 0:55:42Doesn't mean I'm falling in love with him.
0:55:42 > 0:55:44- Ciao, guys.- Ciao.- Thanks.
0:56:05 > 0:56:08For those of you who didn't know and have been on a different planet,
0:56:08 > 0:56:11- the olive harvest has finished. - Hooray!
0:56:11 > 0:56:15- That's it, we won!- Drink to that.
0:56:15 > 0:56:17- Well done, Andy. - It's been really hard.
0:56:17 > 0:56:20- A job well done, yeah. - I am so relieved it's over.
0:56:20 > 0:56:24I've never seen you so tired as yesterday when you couldn't even...
0:56:24 > 0:56:26Like, you just didn't know what to do with yourself.
0:56:26 > 0:56:32The Tuscan dream is slightly different to how I imagined it.
0:56:32 > 0:56:35I just feel like the mood has changed a bit because it's done,
0:56:35 > 0:56:39the olives are done, we've got some great oil.
0:56:39 > 0:56:40Right, I'm going to pour...
0:56:40 > 0:56:42Just pass the bowl down, we'll have a sniff...
0:56:42 > 0:56:44- And then we dip...? - You dip a piece of bread in.
0:56:44 > 0:56:47Just put some bread in and just dip it in, the bread, and just...
0:56:47 > 0:56:48OK, would you like some?
0:56:49 > 0:56:51- Mmm.- Mmm!
0:56:52 > 0:56:54There we go. We're there, aren't we?
0:56:54 > 0:56:56- Oh, my gosh. - That one's Claire's.
0:56:56 > 0:56:58But it's quite punchy.
0:56:58 > 0:57:01There's a fly in there.
0:57:01 > 0:57:02THEY LAUGH
0:57:04 > 0:57:06I think I've caught the olive bug.
0:57:07 > 0:57:09It's infectious. I've caught it.
0:57:09 > 0:57:15I can go back to the UK doing exactly what I was doing before
0:57:15 > 0:57:16and have another heart attack.
0:57:16 > 0:57:19Yeah, maybe it's time to make a change.
0:57:20 > 0:57:25Why not? You know, I've done all the stuff I've done in the past.
0:57:25 > 0:57:28Maybe it's time to start something new.
0:57:52 > 0:57:53THEY CHEER
0:57:56 > 0:58:00The group host an Italian wedding at La Banditaccia.
0:58:00 > 0:58:02I really want it to be the most amazing day.
0:58:02 > 0:58:06I want them to talk about it and say it was their dream come true.
0:58:06 > 0:58:08Oh!
0:58:08 > 0:58:10This is not our finest hour, it has to be said.
0:58:10 > 0:58:14And Andy takes a step closer to his dreams.
0:58:14 > 0:58:18This has given me a second chance to change my life path.
0:58:18 > 0:58:22I'm at the junction now and I'll be an idiot not to change direction.