0:00:05 > 0:00:07TRANSLATION:
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 > 0:00:53- Hello.- Oh, hello.
0:00:53 > 0:00:54Bottoms up.
0:00:54 > 0:00:56They 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.
0:01:09 > 0:01:11But this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity
0:01:11 > 0:01:13comes with responsibility.
0:01:13 > 0:01:15- What have you done all morning? - You will not get an answer from me.
0:01:17 > 0:01:21By taking over the whole farm, they must tend the 13-acre vineyard...
0:01:21 > 0:01:24This is really, really hard work.
0:01:24 > 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.
0:01:44 > 0:01:48This is their chance to put their dreams to the test.
0:01:48 > 0:01:50- MAN 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 > 0:01:55After two months,
0:01:55 > 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 > 0:02:07..or will they find other ways to make Tuscany their new home?
0:02:07 > 0:02:09What could possibly go wrong?
0:02:23 > 0:02:26It's autumn in Tuscany.
0:02:26 > 0:02:28You got everything?
0:02:28 > 0:02:30Yes. OK.
0:02:30 > 0:02:31I shall see you ladies later.
0:02:35 > 0:02:36What a fantastic geezer.
0:02:36 > 0:02:39There you are. Don't say I never think of you.
0:02:40 > 0:02:44After living at La Banditaccia for over five weeks,
0:02:44 > 0:02:46the group have just a fortnight left
0:02:46 > 0:02:49to discover if making the life-changing decision
0:02:49 > 0:02:52to move to Italy is right for them.
0:02:55 > 0:02:58Tuscany does something to you.
0:02:58 > 0:03:01It has this magic about it.
0:03:01 > 0:03:02It grabs hold of you.
0:03:05 > 0:03:07What it's given me is a reboot
0:03:07 > 0:03:09and to kind of look at my life again and say,
0:03:09 > 0:03:12"Right, you need to get yourself going, get yourself busy."
0:03:12 > 0:03:15It very much feels to me like an opportunity for a new future.
0:03:19 > 0:03:22The longer you stay in Tuscany, the more you feel that you could
0:03:22 > 0:03:24start being part of the life here.
0:03:28 > 0:03:31I've actually falling in love with this whole area. I love it.
0:03:35 > 0:03:38TRANSLATION:
0:03:57 > 0:04:00Gill? Do you want some more coffee?
0:04:00 > 0:04:02Yes, please.
0:04:02 > 0:04:03Buongiorno.
0:04:03 > 0:04:05Buongiorno.
0:04:05 > 0:04:07I've never eaten so many avocados.
0:04:09 > 0:04:11OK, I've made a bit of a mess of that one.
0:04:11 > 0:04:13Since arriving at La Banditaccia,
0:04:13 > 0:04:16the group have harvested the farm's main crops,
0:04:16 > 0:04:19run a restaurant and expanded the bed and breakfast.
0:04:19 > 0:04:22One of the great things about being out here is actually
0:04:22 > 0:04:26it's given me a chance to do something for myself.
0:04:26 > 0:04:30- Right, toast is there.- Thanks. Yum.
0:04:30 > 0:04:32'It's been a real revelation, actually,
0:04:32 > 0:04:34'having the options and the choices
0:04:34 > 0:04:36'because, you know, if you're bringing up children,'
0:04:36 > 0:04:38you spend your life thinking about them first.
0:04:44 > 0:04:46It's a big day at the farm
0:04:46 > 0:04:48and the group are sprucing up the grounds
0:04:48 > 0:04:51in preparation for some important visitors.
0:04:51 > 0:04:52It's such a nice view.
0:04:52 > 0:04:54It'd be really nice to sit here and look at the view
0:04:54 > 0:04:57that they could have if they use this room.
0:04:57 > 0:05:00Event hosting is an established revenue stream for farms with
0:05:00 > 0:05:02agriturismo status in Tuscany
0:05:02 > 0:05:05and the group have received an enquiry from a couple
0:05:05 > 0:05:09looking for a venue for their wedding reception.
0:05:09 > 0:05:12So when they arrive, think it'd be better to give them
0:05:12 > 0:05:16- a little tour first of what we've got in mind?- Yeah.
0:05:16 > 0:05:19With the local couple visiting today,
0:05:19 > 0:05:21Karen and Gill hope to convince them
0:05:21 > 0:05:25that the farm is the perfect location for their celebrations.
0:05:25 > 0:05:27So what we need to find out from them,
0:05:27 > 0:05:30- whether they've got any ideas in their head already.- Yeah.
0:05:30 > 0:05:34If not, we can steer them to the fact that this is actually
0:05:34 > 0:05:35a great room for a dinner.
0:05:35 > 0:05:41'I've done a few bits and pieces, event management, catering.
0:05:41 > 0:05:42'I love weddings.'
0:05:42 > 0:05:45I love all the organising and the...
0:05:45 > 0:05:49I don't know, just making everything a perfect day. I love that feeling.
0:05:49 > 0:05:52And then of course it's romantic. It's... That's what it's all about.
0:05:58 > 0:06:00TRANSLATION:
0:06:24 > 0:06:26DOG BARKS
0:06:26 > 0:06:30- Oh, look at Matisse. Hi. - I'm Roberto. Nice to meet you.
0:06:30 > 0:06:35- Giorgia.- I'm Gill.- I'm Karen. Hi. - Roberto.- And Margo.- Margo.
0:06:35 > 0:06:36Hi, Margo.
0:06:36 > 0:06:38So, welcome.
0:06:38 > 0:06:40- Would you like to see...- Yeah.
0:06:40 > 0:06:45..have a look and we can talk and you say if you have ideas?
0:06:45 > 0:06:51- I'm sorry for my English. - No. Sorry for our Italian.- Zero.
0:06:51 > 0:06:53It's fine. It's fine.
0:06:54 > 0:06:58Roberto and Giorgia's wedding is in just a few days' time
0:06:58 > 0:07:00and they're looking for a last-minute venue
0:07:00 > 0:07:02that fits their rustic theme.
0:07:02 > 0:07:05This is lovely here. And the view is beautiful.
0:07:10 > 0:07:16- With good weather. Yes. - Yeah. The view. Why not? Yes.
0:07:17 > 0:07:22So...come and see. Come and look at the window.
0:07:22 > 0:07:24You have to see the view.
0:07:24 > 0:07:27TRANSLATION:
0:07:33 > 0:07:37- We look every day, Montelaterone. - OK.- Beautiful view.
0:07:39 > 0:07:41TRANSLATION:
0:07:46 > 0:07:50This is very nice. Very nice. I like very much this.
0:07:53 > 0:07:56TRANSLATION:
0:08:09 > 0:08:12Do you have an idea of what you'd like to eat?
0:08:15 > 0:08:17- OK. That's fine.- Yeah.
0:08:22 > 0:08:24- OK.- Yes. - We'll see what we can do.- Yes.
0:08:24 > 0:08:26So, can you see your wedding here?
0:08:28 > 0:08:29Yes.
0:08:29 > 0:08:33Are you happy? Do you feel like we can work...
0:08:33 > 0:08:36- Happy, happy, happy, happy. I'm very happy.- All right.
0:08:41 > 0:08:43With the happy couple on board,
0:08:43 > 0:08:47Karen and Gill are now in charge of feeding and entertaining
0:08:47 > 0:08:5140 wedding guests on a budget of 5,000 euros.
0:08:51 > 0:08:55- They were such a lovely couple. - It obviously means so much.- I know.
0:08:55 > 0:08:57- I want to get it right. - Yeah, I want to get it right.
0:08:57 > 0:09:02We want to get it right. Yeah, it's quite a responsibility, really.
0:09:12 > 0:09:16- Right.- Come on, let's crack on. - Yeah. What time is it?
0:09:18 > 0:09:21Although La Banditaccia's olive harvest is over,
0:09:21 > 0:09:25for Andy and Gavin there is one final job to complete.
0:09:25 > 0:09:28If we're ever going to make a million pounds out of this,
0:09:28 > 0:09:31we're going to have to figure out a faster production method and
0:09:31 > 0:09:33a faster canning method.
0:09:33 > 0:09:37Having had olives pressed at a local mill, they're decanting
0:09:37 > 0:09:40the oil to share with Maurizio, the owner of the farm.
0:09:42 > 0:09:43One.
0:09:43 > 0:09:45HE LAUGHS
0:09:45 > 0:09:48I particularly like the sterile environment we're operating in.
0:09:48 > 0:09:49I think that's wonderful.
0:09:49 > 0:09:54- Hey, it's a rustic farm and a Tuscany olive grove.- I know.
0:09:54 > 0:09:57- But we've got donkey poo just behind you.- Not behind me, I hope.
0:09:57 > 0:09:59I don't want to tread in it.
0:10:02 > 0:10:06Life is full of doing firsts
0:10:06 > 0:10:11and experiencing new experiences, so, yeah, I've run an olive harvest.
0:10:14 > 0:10:16I've got slight drippage.
0:10:16 > 0:10:19- Unfortunately... - It's your age, mate. Don't worry.
0:10:19 > 0:10:24- It happens. - It's quite normal at your age.
0:10:24 > 0:10:31Yeah, I get it. I get the passion - the texture, the scent, the taste.
0:10:31 > 0:10:34I've learnt a lot and it's something I like.
0:10:36 > 0:10:38What I'm looking forward to now
0:10:38 > 0:10:42is to find out whether I definitely want to stay here.
0:10:44 > 0:10:46TRANSLATION:
0:11:10 > 0:11:12Oh, that smells great.
0:11:15 > 0:11:18- Getting close, Lesley. - That's looking lovely.
0:11:20 > 0:11:23Guys, steaks are on the table when you want them.
0:11:28 > 0:11:33Mm. So, what do they all think, really, about the wedding?
0:11:33 > 0:11:36I think the bottom line is we're all aware of the fact that
0:11:36 > 0:11:39this is something that's really, really important to somebody's day.
0:11:39 > 0:11:42- It's a serious thing, a wedding, isn't it?- Yeah. Yeah.
0:11:42 > 0:11:46- If we really pulled it off, I'd feel quite proud.- It would be nice.
0:11:46 > 0:11:48Next three days are going to be really busy, I think.
0:11:48 > 0:11:53Weddings are massive to organise. You know, it is all in the planning.
0:11:53 > 0:11:56I think it will be great if everyone does pull together.
0:11:56 > 0:11:58Frankly, it would scare the hell out of me
0:11:58 > 0:11:59to be in charge of something like that.
0:11:59 > 0:12:02You know, to be the one that's responsible
0:12:02 > 0:12:04- for creating the whole... - Ambience.- The whole thing.
0:12:04 > 0:12:07And if you mess it up, you can't redo it, can you?
0:12:07 > 0:12:09It's a huge undertaking.
0:12:09 > 0:12:11I think certain people could make a success of it but they're
0:12:11 > 0:12:13going to have a lot of help.
0:12:13 > 0:12:15And we all know how we would be,
0:12:15 > 0:12:18- so you'd expect the same of other people.- Exactly.
0:12:18 > 0:12:21And actually there's going to be so much going on, actually we all
0:12:21 > 0:12:22need to be here to do things.
0:12:34 > 0:12:37It's early morning at La Banditaccia.
0:12:37 > 0:12:39My God, what's in here?
0:12:39 > 0:12:41Oh.
0:12:41 > 0:12:42Oh!
0:12:43 > 0:12:46God knows what that is. Oh, I don't know.
0:12:46 > 0:12:48I think it might be something dead.
0:12:48 > 0:12:50Eurgh!
0:12:50 > 0:12:54Hey. Fresh milk. There is a God.
0:12:55 > 0:12:58- Gavin, just the person I was looking for.- Why?
0:12:58 > 0:13:01You're not looking very busy. You can move furniture.
0:13:01 > 0:13:03- Huh?- Can't you?- Oh!
0:13:03 > 0:13:04- Where's Andy?- Uh?
0:13:04 > 0:13:07Rob and Rob are supposed to do the furniture move. Where are they?
0:13:07 > 0:13:08Well, Rob's doing something.
0:13:08 > 0:13:12- He's gone to get the benches and the table.- Mm. You know me.- I know.
0:13:12 > 0:13:14- I'm delighted to help any way I can. - I know.
0:13:14 > 0:13:17With the wedding due to take place in three days' time,
0:13:17 > 0:13:19it's all hands on deck.
0:13:19 > 0:13:21I'm sorry if you get your white shirt dirty.
0:13:21 > 0:13:26So we need to move this big white leather sofa over to the annexe.
0:13:26 > 0:13:28Make sure you bend your knees cos if you bend your back...
0:13:28 > 0:13:31Oh, you're the man. You sit there and offer advice!
0:13:31 > 0:13:32- LAUGHTER - Come on!
0:13:32 > 0:13:36Show him how to bend his knees as he's lifting something really heavy.
0:13:36 > 0:13:39I'll bend your bloody knees in a minute, I'll tell you.
0:13:39 > 0:13:43- That's it. Right, keep going. - Cheers. That's all right.
0:13:43 > 0:13:45Everything needs to be done at the last minute.
0:13:45 > 0:13:47Move furniture, organise flowers,
0:13:47 > 0:13:50people going here, there and everywhere to pick things up.
0:13:50 > 0:13:51It's...
0:13:51 > 0:13:53It's a bit of a logistical nightmare, really.
0:13:53 > 0:13:56- Right, come in now.- Got you.
0:13:56 > 0:13:59- Coming up.- Got you.- Next up.
0:13:59 > 0:14:02But it's fine. You know, we've got two more days.
0:14:02 > 0:14:05- Got it?- Got it.
0:14:07 > 0:14:10You realise I'm the oldest... I'm the oldest male in this group?
0:14:10 > 0:14:11Why am I doing this?
0:14:14 > 0:14:17- I think it looks really pretty. - Yeah.- And really natural. Don't you?
0:14:17 > 0:14:19Yeah, yeah, yeah, love it.
0:14:19 > 0:14:22I don't know what the Italian version of that is, though.
0:14:22 > 0:14:23Naturale.
0:14:23 > 0:14:26Naturale? Did you just make that up?
0:14:26 > 0:14:29No. Well, I don't know. But it sounds right.
0:14:29 > 0:14:32We're all very enthusiastic, I think, because it's just...
0:14:32 > 0:14:34You know, brings back memories, happy memories.
0:14:38 > 0:14:41I got married when I was really young. I was 20.
0:14:41 > 0:14:46I married an Army officer and we had a great life.
0:14:46 > 0:14:47We lived all over the place.
0:14:47 > 0:14:49We lived in Northern Ireland, we lived in Hong Kong,
0:14:49 > 0:14:51we lived in Brunei.
0:14:52 > 0:14:58I had Catherine when I was 30 and then I had Ellie when I was 35.
0:14:59 > 0:15:00It was a really nice life.
0:15:03 > 0:15:06I think marriage is...
0:15:06 > 0:15:09It is a really special thing cos it's kind of like a recognition
0:15:09 > 0:15:10that you've found someone
0:15:10 > 0:15:12that you really want to be with
0:15:12 > 0:15:13for the rest of your life and
0:15:13 > 0:15:15that's what I genuinely believe too.
0:15:17 > 0:15:19But it didn't work out and
0:15:19 > 0:15:25when it doesn't happen, it just kind of floors you a bit, really.
0:15:26 > 0:15:31In your life, you always get major turning points and, sadly,
0:15:31 > 0:15:37getting a divorce is a huge turning point but, at the end of the day...
0:15:37 > 0:15:40you can still be looking for happiness.
0:15:41 > 0:15:43It's so beautiful.
0:15:43 > 0:15:45This is just going to be amazing if it's like this on Saturday.
0:15:45 > 0:15:47- That would be lovely. - It'd be perfect.- Yeah.
0:16:05 > 0:16:07If you take the benches one at a time,
0:16:07 > 0:16:10you'll probably need Andy to give you a hand on the tables.
0:16:10 > 0:16:12LAUGHTER
0:16:12 > 0:16:14Are you really tired of living, you, or what?
0:16:18 > 0:16:20What is going on in here?
0:16:20 > 0:16:23I've got a feeling we might have just a couple too many tables.
0:16:25 > 0:16:27Well, this is what was ordered.
0:16:27 > 0:16:32With an entire four-course Tuscan banquet to arrange from scratch...
0:16:38 > 0:16:42..Karen and Gill head out to source all the ingredients they need.
0:16:44 > 0:16:47We've got a few key phrases, I think,
0:16:47 > 0:16:48to try and sort out what we want.
0:16:48 > 0:16:52- 40 in my head for everything. - Quaranta is 40.
0:16:54 > 0:16:57The bride and groom have requested a rustic hog roast
0:16:57 > 0:17:02for their main course so the ladies are visiting local caterers
0:17:02 > 0:17:04Signore and Signora Puggioni.
0:17:04 > 0:17:06TRANSLATION:
0:17:10 > 0:17:13Same. The same.
0:17:13 > 0:17:14Where did you write it down?
0:17:16 > 0:17:20I'm feeling excited about it but the main problem that we have here
0:17:20 > 0:17:22is that there is this language barrier.
0:17:22 > 0:17:25That's a huge problem because obviously you have to be
0:17:25 > 0:17:28quite specific about what you want and it's always a worry
0:17:28 > 0:17:31that you're not asking for the right thing.
0:17:41 > 0:17:42Perfect.
0:17:57 > 0:17:58What do we say?
0:17:59 > 0:18:02Where's the list? Where did you write it down?
0:18:02 > 0:18:0340.
0:18:13 > 0:18:17I can't imagine going anywhere or someone going anywhere
0:18:17 > 0:18:18and not try to communicate
0:18:18 > 0:18:21in the common language everybody speaks.
0:18:26 > 0:18:28Could you say again?
0:18:28 > 0:18:31"Lente". Slowly?
0:18:31 > 0:18:32Slowly?
0:18:34 > 0:18:35Again? Can you say it?
0:18:35 > 0:18:38Here they don't speak English.
0:18:38 > 0:18:40You need to learn a few words.
0:18:45 > 0:18:48- OK, so that's... Yes.- 40 per person.
0:18:48 > 0:18:51- Si.- Si. Si. Si.
0:18:51 > 0:18:52Perfect.
0:18:52 > 0:18:54- Grazie.- Grazie.
0:18:57 > 0:18:59Like all classic Italian meals,
0:18:59 > 0:19:03Giorgia and Roberto are also expecting a pasta course...
0:19:03 > 0:19:05- ALL:- Buonasera.
0:19:05 > 0:19:08..so Karen and Gill are visiting Signora Iside...
0:19:09 > 0:19:10OK.
0:19:10 > 0:19:13..a local cook with an excellent reputation
0:19:13 > 0:19:15for handmade pasta and gnocchi.
0:19:17 > 0:19:20- Ah, the pici.- Pici.
0:19:22 > 0:19:23And the gnocchi.
0:19:25 > 0:19:28- Tutti?- I'm thinking the gnocchi and the pici.
0:19:28 > 0:19:29Gnocchi e pici.
0:19:32 > 0:19:33Perfect.
0:19:37 > 0:19:40It's easier now to converse.
0:19:40 > 0:19:43I find myself understanding a lot more, yes, just by looking at
0:19:43 > 0:19:47the mannerisms and you can just... And you pick up the odd word
0:19:47 > 0:19:50and then think, "Yeah, I think I know what they're talking about."
0:19:52 > 0:19:54Si. Si.
0:19:54 > 0:19:57I think... I think we've understood.
0:19:57 > 0:20:00- 150?- Yes.
0:20:00 > 0:20:03- So that's well within our budget. That's...- Perfect.
0:20:05 > 0:20:09A good deal was definitely done. I'm really happy with the price.
0:20:09 > 0:20:11I was expecting it to be quite cheap, actually.
0:20:11 > 0:20:15- Grazie.- Grazie. Ciao.- Ciao. - Ciao. Arrivederci.
0:20:16 > 0:20:18Well, that went well.
0:20:28 > 0:20:30On the other side of the valley...
0:20:30 > 0:20:32- After you, old boy.- Grazie.
0:20:32 > 0:20:34I'll tell you what, I'm hungry.
0:20:34 > 0:20:36..Andy and Gavin have gone out for dinner
0:20:36 > 0:20:39to talk about their future in Tuscany.
0:20:40 > 0:20:45I want to try sprechen...er... parli in italiano.
0:20:45 > 0:20:48THEY READ THE MENU SLOWLY
0:20:51 > 0:20:52He tries.
0:20:54 > 0:20:56Mit... Oh, that's German.
0:20:56 > 0:20:58Er...
0:21:09 > 0:21:12HE SPEAKS ITALIAN SLOWLY
0:21:13 > 0:21:15Nonna. Nonna. Nonna.
0:21:15 > 0:21:17When you try and speak Italian, OK,
0:21:17 > 0:21:23what you do is it's a combination of German, Spanish and English.
0:21:23 > 0:21:25- Si.- It's almost like your own language.
0:21:25 > 0:21:26Si!
0:21:26 > 0:21:28Buonasera!
0:21:28 > 0:21:30- Como esta?- Bene.- Grazie.
0:21:30 > 0:21:35- That's Spanish. Como esta is Spanish.- No, it's Italian.
0:21:35 > 0:21:36No, that's Spanish.
0:21:36 > 0:21:38THEY LAUGH
0:21:39 > 0:21:41You still thinking you're definitely going to come back?
0:21:41 > 0:21:44I know there's a lot of questions you have to answer and...
0:21:44 > 0:21:46- There's an awful lot of hurdles in between.- Oh, yeah.
0:21:46 > 0:21:48But however...
0:21:48 > 0:21:51there's an awful lot of positives.
0:21:52 > 0:21:57I never even thought I'd have a passion for olives, as I do...
0:21:57 > 0:22:00and see myself as an olive farmer.
0:22:00 > 0:22:03Why do you think that you got more excited about olives than you did...
0:22:03 > 0:22:08- the wine?- I think it's because you make it and it's instant
0:22:08 > 0:22:10and you don't have to wait
0:22:10 > 0:22:12before you actually get the product.
0:22:15 > 0:22:18This is giving me a second chance to change my life path.
0:22:18 > 0:22:25I'm at the junction now and I'd be an idiot not to change direction.
0:22:27 > 0:22:30What I would love to do is actually find an olive grove
0:22:30 > 0:22:32that I could start looking after.
0:22:34 > 0:22:37Olives are my excuse to stay in Tuscany.
0:22:41 > 0:22:43TRANSLATION:
0:23:17 > 0:23:19DOG BARKS
0:23:21 > 0:23:23KNOCK ON DOOR
0:23:23 > 0:23:24Hello?
0:23:24 > 0:23:27We've got a wedding to organise.
0:23:27 > 0:23:29- It's eight o'clock.- Is it?- Yes.
0:23:29 > 0:23:32It's Friday morning, the day before the wedding.
0:23:32 > 0:23:36- Do you want coffee? I'll make you some coffee.- Yes.- Oh!
0:23:36 > 0:23:39We've got to make lots of noise to get everybody else up now.
0:23:39 > 0:23:42- Is it really eight o'clock?- Yeah.
0:23:42 > 0:23:43KNOCK ON DOOR
0:23:43 > 0:23:45Gavin, it's eight o'clock.
0:23:45 > 0:23:48I really want the wedding to work out well.
0:23:48 > 0:23:50I want it to be the most amazing day,
0:23:50 > 0:23:53I want them to talk about it, how it was their dream come true.
0:23:53 > 0:23:57So, for me, that would be my ultimate goal.
0:23:57 > 0:24:01OK, the wedding's tomorrow. Just wondered how you're getting on.
0:24:01 > 0:24:03I know you guys were doing the grounds
0:24:03 > 0:24:04and moving stuff from the portico.
0:24:04 > 0:24:07We're moving the portico stuff this afternoon, aren't we?
0:24:07 > 0:24:09- Yeah.- And the wine? - As soon as the truck's back,
0:24:09 > 0:24:12I'll go and get that, then we can come back and then we can finish.
0:24:12 > 0:24:14Everything needs to be in position ready for tomorrow
0:24:14 > 0:24:17so no-one's moving things around, everything's done.
0:24:17 > 0:24:21So tomorrow it's just the food. OK, perfect. Let's go. We need to go.
0:24:26 > 0:24:30- It's really beautiful around here. - Is that rosemary?- Yeah. Smell it.
0:24:30 > 0:24:32- I didn't even look that close. - It's rosemary.
0:24:34 > 0:24:38In keeping with the rustic theme, Karen and Gill are decorating
0:24:38 > 0:24:42the farm with wild foliage, foraged from the surrounding countryside.
0:24:43 > 0:24:46- It's really pretty. It's perfect.- Right.
0:24:49 > 0:24:51For Karen, this isn't the first time
0:24:51 > 0:24:54she's tried to pursue her dream of a new life abroad.
0:24:56 > 0:24:59As a married couple, we kind of had thought we'd quite like to
0:24:59 > 0:25:03change our lifestyle a bit and we just thought it'd be really nice
0:25:03 > 0:25:05to leave England, do something different,
0:25:05 > 0:25:11change our lifestyle, bring the girls up in a French way of life.
0:25:11 > 0:25:15We had actually thought that we might move to France.
0:25:15 > 0:25:18What we were going to do was actually go and buy somewhere
0:25:18 > 0:25:22and run it as a little boutique hotel but it didn't work out...
0:25:24 > 0:25:28..and it was like the seed that started...
0:25:28 > 0:25:31that started sort of the meltdown, really.
0:25:33 > 0:25:35It was really that my husband I don't think wanted to go.
0:25:37 > 0:25:39I think he got cold feet...
0:25:39 > 0:25:43and we ended up, down the line, getting divorced.
0:25:46 > 0:25:49I think the dream of living abroad has never really gone away.
0:25:49 > 0:25:54I think sometimes when you have dreams, you push them to the back
0:25:54 > 0:25:57and other things become more important for a while but I think
0:25:57 > 0:26:01you have to try, you have to step out of your comfort zone sometimes.
0:26:02 > 0:26:04Life would be really boring if you didn't.
0:26:11 > 0:26:17It's early afternoon and a delivery has arrived from the local florist.
0:26:18 > 0:26:19GILL HUMS A FANFARE
0:26:22 > 0:26:25Oh, that's her bouquet. Oh, that's beautiful.
0:26:29 > 0:26:32- Look at that.- Oh. - It's so not what we wanted.
0:26:32 > 0:26:35- But it's not what we wanted.- We wanted flowers.- We ordered flowers.
0:26:35 > 0:26:40Lots of different coloured flowers. We've got all the foliage out there.
0:26:40 > 0:26:43There's a load of stuff here that we didn't really need.
0:26:43 > 0:26:45I can't see any bright coloured flowers here.
0:26:47 > 0:26:51- Anyway, I just think we're going to have to work with it.- Yeah.
0:26:51 > 0:26:53Every problem has a solution.
0:26:53 > 0:26:56- I'll tell you what we should do, though, is put these in water.- OK.
0:26:56 > 0:27:00- Cos these are a definite.- OK, so... - Put them in your bidet.
0:27:00 > 0:27:04- Yeah. OK. - I'll put them in the bidet.
0:27:07 > 0:27:11Not quite what we ordered but they're still beautiful.
0:27:11 > 0:27:12I'm sure you'll make it work.
0:27:13 > 0:27:14What a palaver.
0:27:17 > 0:27:20Erm...OK.
0:27:20 > 0:27:21What shape shall we have?
0:27:22 > 0:27:27Working with what she's got, Lesley makes a start on the flowers.
0:27:28 > 0:27:31Flower arranging, I've never actually done any.
0:27:31 > 0:27:35I've never studied it, never done anything with it apart from
0:27:35 > 0:27:38shove flowers in vases at home or in an Oasis at home.
0:27:40 > 0:27:42I didn't do the flowers at my wedding.
0:27:42 > 0:27:44I think I was preoccupied with everything else
0:27:44 > 0:27:46so it was last thing on my mind.
0:27:49 > 0:27:51I am a romantic at heart.
0:27:51 > 0:27:54I read books all the time that always encompass that sort of
0:27:54 > 0:27:57romance.
0:27:57 > 0:27:58If a guy opens the door for me,
0:27:58 > 0:28:01I think I still blush and say, "Thank you."
0:28:03 > 0:28:06I always love weddings because you go into it with
0:28:06 > 0:28:09so much hope and dreams...
0:28:09 > 0:28:12and I don't want to be too cynical cos it is somebody else's wedding
0:28:12 > 0:28:16and I do wish them all the very best and I hope they're happy.
0:28:16 > 0:28:18Having done it myself twice,
0:28:18 > 0:28:22I thought I'd made the right decision but...
0:28:22 > 0:28:23SHE LAUGHS
0:28:25 > 0:28:27..not always right.
0:28:30 > 0:28:33My first wedding, it was lovely.
0:28:33 > 0:28:36I was the blushing bride in the beautiful dress,
0:28:36 > 0:28:41the typical church music and the reception afterwards
0:28:41 > 0:28:43and a honeymoon in Miami.
0:28:43 > 0:28:47The second wedding was a little bit different.
0:28:47 > 0:28:50I decided that I was going to get married
0:28:50 > 0:28:54in this beautiful red scarlet dress and it was a bit like
0:28:54 > 0:28:56my sort of fantasy of Gone With The Wind
0:28:56 > 0:28:58with Rhett Butler and Scarlett O'Hara.
0:29:02 > 0:29:06I can't remember actually. When was the last wedding I went to?
0:29:06 > 0:29:07Going to more funerals than weddings now.
0:29:07 > 0:29:09This is what happens when you get old.
0:29:12 > 0:29:16I think any romance or anything like that, if it came along,
0:29:16 > 0:29:19obviously it would be welcoming...
0:29:22 > 0:29:24..right, to a degree.
0:29:26 > 0:29:29But I'm not looking for it and I don't need it.
0:29:29 > 0:29:31I believe now, when we get to this age,
0:29:31 > 0:29:33whatever comes along, comes along.
0:29:36 > 0:29:39That's beautiful. Have you done a course?
0:29:39 > 0:29:42Honestly, I'm getting goose bumps.
0:29:42 > 0:29:47- Girl, you are off the chart. You've done a superb job.- Thank you.
0:29:49 > 0:29:51CHURCH BELL RINGS
0:29:52 > 0:29:57It's late afternoon and, having paid 150 euros to the pasta maker,
0:29:57 > 0:29:59Karen and Gill have had word
0:29:59 > 0:30:02that they haven't entirely settled the bill.
0:30:03 > 0:30:06- Buongiorno.- Buongiorno.- Buongiorno.
0:30:06 > 0:30:09We have some money for you...
0:30:09 > 0:30:11to pay. Mi scusi.
0:30:11 > 0:30:15TRANSLATION:
0:30:18 > 0:30:19Ah, si, si.
0:30:22 > 0:30:27- Ah, si. - So we've paid you 150 and the...
0:30:32 > 0:30:34Si, si.
0:30:40 > 0:30:42Si.
0:30:43 > 0:30:46- OK, the difference is.- OK.- OK. 650.
0:30:46 > 0:30:48OK. Si.
0:30:51 > 0:30:53No problem.
0:30:53 > 0:30:56- Grazie. OK.- OK.- Grazie.
0:30:56 > 0:30:59- From 650 to 150. - Have you got it?- I hope so.
0:31:07 > 0:31:08OK.
0:31:18 > 0:31:19That's quite a difference.
0:31:23 > 0:31:27- Don't we look like prize chumps? - Again.- Again.
0:31:29 > 0:31:31She doesn't speak English, we don't speak Italian,
0:31:31 > 0:31:32so it was a struggle anyway.
0:31:32 > 0:31:34I think that's where it went a bit wrong.
0:31:34 > 0:31:37She was very sweet about it. She obviously completely understands
0:31:37 > 0:31:39that we're useless.
0:31:53 > 0:31:55How are you doing? Nice to see you.
0:31:55 > 0:31:56Back at the farm,
0:31:56 > 0:32:00Andy thinks he may have found a way to pursue his new-found passion.
0:32:01 > 0:32:03Beautiful views.
0:32:03 > 0:32:06- Seggiano. Seggiano village. - Seggiano? Si.- Seggiano.
0:32:07 > 0:32:12I am very interested in the olive,
0:32:12 > 0:32:16in learning and doing the olive, oliva cultivation...
0:32:17 > 0:32:22..and I have an idea. What I would like to do is that...
0:32:22 > 0:32:26I could come and...
0:32:26 > 0:32:31prune and cultivate and look after the olives for the next harvest.
0:32:31 > 0:32:35It's a good idea but the work is a lot.
0:32:35 > 0:32:40- Si.- A lot. Because all the plants need pruning...- Si.
0:32:40 > 0:32:47..and we have in the farm 1,300 plants.
0:32:47 > 0:32:50So I think what he's saying is the work involved...
0:32:50 > 0:32:54- Is a lot.- You can't do it yourself. It's got to be done professionally.
0:32:55 > 0:33:00What do I do now? I'm nearly at the end of my time here.
0:33:00 > 0:33:03I don't want to go back to what I did before,
0:33:03 > 0:33:07so therefore I have to start looking around and see what the options are,
0:33:07 > 0:33:08but I'm going to succeed.
0:33:09 > 0:33:11There is no giving up.
0:33:14 > 0:33:18TRANSLATION:
0:33:29 > 0:33:32It's early evening at the farm... PHONE RINGS
0:33:32 > 0:33:35..and the wedding preparations are still in full swing.
0:33:36 > 0:33:39- Hello?- 'Right, we do have a bit of an issue here, I'm afraid.'
0:33:39 > 0:33:42She's got a wonderful list of all the things you've ordered,
0:33:42 > 0:33:44however she's not sure what you're cooking
0:33:44 > 0:33:48'so she's not idea about quantity of any of these things.'
0:33:48 > 0:33:50Lesley and Tracy are in Castel del Piano,
0:33:50 > 0:33:54picking up the vegetables to accompany the hog roast.
0:33:54 > 0:33:56'We actually ordered all of this in advance'
0:33:56 > 0:33:59so everything was meant to be ready for you to pick up.
0:33:59 > 0:34:02- 'That was the whole point.' - It isn't. There's nothing here.
0:34:02 > 0:34:04'The only thing she knows is that you ordered
0:34:04 > 0:34:07'three kilograms of cherry tomatoes.'
0:34:07 > 0:34:10You've got to know the menu to know how many zucchinis you want
0:34:10 > 0:34:14or how many whatever it is or fennels you want.
0:34:14 > 0:34:15'Do you know what I mean?
0:34:15 > 0:34:17'So if you tell me the menu, she can then work it out.'
0:34:17 > 0:34:20So we're roasting the vegetables, so we're roasting aubergine,
0:34:20 > 0:34:23red pepper, yellow pepper, green pepper and red onions.
0:34:23 > 0:34:24That's it, isn't it?
0:34:24 > 0:34:27No red. No yellow. Oh, she's got red.
0:34:27 > 0:34:31- OK, all right, that's fine. - 'Red, green, red onions.'
0:34:31 > 0:34:36Just get more red than green, OK? Masses of garlic.
0:34:36 > 0:34:38- How much?- Masses.
0:34:39 > 0:34:44- Massive?- 'Masses, you know, like a large quantity.'
0:34:44 > 0:34:47'How much is a large quantity?'
0:34:47 > 0:34:50I'm just looking round. OK. She has a string, right?
0:34:50 > 0:34:52There's 24 garlics on a string.
0:34:52 > 0:34:56Shall we just get the string? That's fine. Just get the string.
0:34:58 > 0:34:59Are those the main courses?
0:34:59 > 0:35:02There's nothing else that I need to know what your cooking?
0:35:02 > 0:35:06- We're not cooking anything else but we also...- 'I'll work it out.'
0:35:06 > 0:35:09So hang with me, we might be another half an hour at least.
0:35:09 > 0:35:12- 'Call if there's a problem.' - I will. Thank you so much.
0:35:12 > 0:35:15- See you, bye.- 'See you later, bye.'
0:35:15 > 0:35:17Tracy's gone to have a nervous breakdown, I think,
0:35:17 > 0:35:19and I'm just about to join her.
0:35:20 > 0:35:23I don't know. Breakdown in communication. Anyway...
0:35:23 > 0:35:25I think it'll be fine.
0:35:30 > 0:35:31DOG BARKS
0:35:34 > 0:35:39It's 7.30 and Lesley and Tracy have returned to the farm.
0:35:39 > 0:35:44- We've been shopping.- God. How much was it, by the way?- 450.
0:35:51 > 0:35:55- 450 euros?- Yeah. Why, didn't you think it was going to be that much?
0:35:58 > 0:36:00I don't know what to say. I'm a bit...
0:36:00 > 0:36:02I'm a bit dumbstruck to be honest.
0:36:02 > 0:36:06- Do you know how much it cost? - No.- 450 euros.
0:36:08 > 0:36:10The unexpected extra expenditure
0:36:10 > 0:36:13means the wedding is now over budget.
0:36:13 > 0:36:16I think probably the pressure is on Gill and I a bit
0:36:16 > 0:36:20because we're planning it.
0:36:20 > 0:36:21It is a big deal because, again,
0:36:21 > 0:36:24it's the financial implication on the farm.
0:36:24 > 0:36:27You can put just a little bit of paper underneath if you want.
0:36:27 > 0:36:33I think what's become very clear is that the romantic vision of
0:36:33 > 0:36:38having a B&B and a place people would use for their weddings
0:36:38 > 0:36:40is completely different to the reality of it
0:36:40 > 0:36:43and I think, you know, reality dawns on you a bit
0:36:43 > 0:36:46and, after five weeks, you're going to see the real...
0:36:46 > 0:36:50the real way of life rather than just imagining it.
0:36:50 > 0:36:54- Is there anything else that can actually go wrong?- Don't say that.
0:36:54 > 0:36:58I think possibly parts of this life could be for me.
0:36:58 > 0:37:00I'm not sure all of it would be.
0:37:02 > 0:37:05I'm just hoping that the mini disasters that have happened today
0:37:05 > 0:37:06won't happen tomorrow.
0:37:20 > 0:37:22As the big day dawns,
0:37:22 > 0:37:24the whole group are already up
0:37:24 > 0:37:26and preparations are under way.
0:37:27 > 0:37:28He's carrying a hay bale.
0:37:28 > 0:37:30There's nothing more manly than carrying a hay bale.
0:37:30 > 0:37:32I'm amazed at your manliness.
0:37:34 > 0:37:37Andy and Gavin are cleaning the farm's pick-up truck
0:37:37 > 0:37:40ready to ferry the happy couple to the service and reception.
0:37:43 > 0:37:47This is their Rolls-Royce. Yeah, going rustic style. Yeah.
0:37:47 > 0:37:50They dream of being conveyed in a 4X4.
0:37:50 > 0:37:51Oh, no, it'd be fun.
0:37:51 > 0:37:56Actually it gets me out of running around prepping food and stuff.
0:37:56 > 0:37:57Chi's doing the wedding photography.
0:37:57 > 0:38:00She was going to do a bit of practising.
0:38:00 > 0:38:01I said, "I'm here."
0:38:01 > 0:38:03CHI LAUGHS
0:38:03 > 0:38:07I tried all the poses, you know? Hay bale. Tried everything.
0:38:07 > 0:38:09She's not interested.
0:38:09 > 0:38:14His idea of being a model is just enough to give me an eye ache.
0:38:15 > 0:38:17After the ceremony at one o'clock,
0:38:17 > 0:38:19the guests are due at the farm an hour later
0:38:19 > 0:38:22ready for the wedding banquet at three o'clock.
0:38:22 > 0:38:25You know, it's hard to imagine that what we do for ten,
0:38:25 > 0:38:28- you've got to actually do four times as many.- Exactly.
0:38:28 > 0:38:31It's actually horrifying, the thought of that.
0:38:31 > 0:38:34With the main and pasta course catered,
0:38:34 > 0:38:37Karen and Gill are responsible for cooking everything else,
0:38:37 > 0:38:39and there's no shortage of vegetables to be prepped.
0:38:41 > 0:38:43I could see vegetable soup in our future.
0:38:43 > 0:38:44HE LAUGHS
0:38:46 > 0:38:49Today's the big day and obviously that is
0:38:49 > 0:38:51the biggest day of their lives.
0:38:51 > 0:38:54You feel that pressure and responsibility because it's...
0:38:54 > 0:38:57you know, it's such a good day, such a special day.
0:38:57 > 0:39:02OK, I've just realised it's 20 to 10 and the hog roast man is not here.
0:39:02 > 0:39:05- He said nine o'clock. I'm sure we didn't get that wrong.- Italian time.
0:39:05 > 0:39:09- You do understand this is Italy. - Give him until ten.
0:39:09 > 0:39:12I suppose the main stress today would be people not turning up
0:39:12 > 0:39:14when they said they were going to, cos it's crucial.
0:39:14 > 0:39:18Like the hog roast man. Without him, we're stuffed.
0:39:18 > 0:39:20The pasta lady. Without her, we're stuffed.
0:39:20 > 0:39:21So it's really...
0:39:21 > 0:39:24I suppose the worst thing is relying on other people.
0:39:24 > 0:39:27I'm sure they'll... you know, they'll deliver
0:39:27 > 0:39:29but it's just... It's a bit nerve-racking.
0:39:29 > 0:39:33OK, so I think this morning is just about food prep.
0:39:33 > 0:39:35Everyone else knows what they're doing.
0:39:35 > 0:39:38Do you want to... put a spoon in your mouth?
0:39:38 > 0:39:40Have you got some goggles?
0:39:41 > 0:39:43Here you go.
0:39:43 > 0:39:47I promise it works. I'm not just doing it to make you look stupid.
0:39:47 > 0:39:49SHE LAUGHS
0:39:49 > 0:39:51It's only to stop you talking!
0:39:56 > 0:40:02Now en route to go to the bride's house to pick her up.
0:40:02 > 0:40:06I hope I can do that without getting lost.
0:40:06 > 0:40:09I have to say, I'm slightly nervous.
0:40:09 > 0:40:11I have never driven for a wedding before.
0:40:14 > 0:40:16I have driven in convoys,
0:40:16 > 0:40:19giving close protection to members of the royal family,
0:40:19 > 0:40:20but never for a wedding.
0:40:22 > 0:40:23So this will be a first.
0:40:26 > 0:40:29Everybody has a fear of growing old and being lonely,
0:40:29 > 0:40:33being the old man saddo who lives in the cottage on his Jack Jones,
0:40:33 > 0:40:38cos nobody wants to live their last days of their life on their own.
0:40:38 > 0:40:41I've had a couple of marriages, I've been in a number of
0:40:41 > 0:40:45relationships, long-term, but what I've learnt is about myself.
0:40:46 > 0:40:50Where I failed in my relationships is that I put the job first.
0:40:50 > 0:40:53I'm totally at fault. It was all my fault.
0:40:56 > 0:40:58So therefore...
0:41:00 > 0:41:02..I want to make sure I don't do that to anybody else.
0:41:05 > 0:41:10If I find somebody, I want us to be happy, collectively, together.
0:41:11 > 0:41:14Basically just having someone there to support you
0:41:14 > 0:41:18and for you to support them, so it's got to be both ways, equal.
0:41:18 > 0:41:22Someone who you look at and you just go, "Wow!"
0:41:22 > 0:41:25Just love them, just by being in their presence.
0:41:25 > 0:41:26CHURCH BELL RINGS
0:41:31 > 0:41:35It's just after midday and, in the village of Montelaterone,
0:41:35 > 0:41:39bride-to-be Giorgia is about to leave her home.
0:41:43 > 0:41:45APPLAUSE
0:41:48 > 0:41:50TRANSLATION:
0:41:55 > 0:41:58Bridegroom Roberto and his family are gathering at the town hall.
0:42:01 > 0:42:03- Beautiful.- Thank you.- Enjoy.
0:42:04 > 0:42:07TRANSLATION:
0:42:09 > 0:42:11APPLAUSE
0:42:15 > 0:42:16Grazie.
0:42:21 > 0:42:26THEY SPEAK ITALIAN
0:42:29 > 0:42:33TRANSLATION:
0:42:33 > 0:42:35HE SPEAKS ITALIAN
0:42:40 > 0:42:43TRANSLATION:
0:42:56 > 0:42:58TRANSLATION:
0:43:12 > 0:43:14At La Banditaccia,
0:43:14 > 0:43:17Signore Puggioni has arrived and set up the hog roast.
0:43:19 > 0:43:21It's all good.
0:43:23 > 0:43:26Why didn't he cook a whole one, then? Why did he slice it?
0:43:26 > 0:43:28- That is... No, that is a full one. - That's a half of one.
0:43:28 > 0:43:32No, it's the way they prepare it. Pulled back like that, ribcage.
0:43:32 > 0:43:34It does look like a bit of roadkill out there.
0:43:36 > 0:43:37With the hog roast cooking,
0:43:37 > 0:43:40attention turns to the first two courses.
0:43:41 > 0:43:45- Pasta lady's now...- Currently two hours late.- ..two hours late.
0:43:45 > 0:43:49There's Italian time and... maybe she's not coming.
0:43:50 > 0:43:54OK, the guests are walking down the drive now.
0:43:54 > 0:43:56VOICEMAIL ON PHONE
0:43:56 > 0:43:57It's her voicemail.
0:44:02 > 0:44:06She's quite important cos she's got the pasta for the first course
0:44:06 > 0:44:09- and then she's got the antipasto as well.- I know.
0:44:12 > 0:44:14- OK?- Yes.- Thank you.
0:44:15 > 0:44:16It's 2.30.
0:44:16 > 0:44:20Roberto and Giorgia are ready to make their formal entrance,
0:44:20 > 0:44:23signalling the beginning of festivities.
0:44:26 > 0:44:29It does feel a bit like Downton, doesn't it?
0:44:29 > 0:44:31Good to see you, my lord.
0:44:31 > 0:44:36LAUGHTER
0:44:36 > 0:44:37Oh, look!
0:44:37 > 0:44:42CHEERING
0:44:48 > 0:44:51Oh, my God! Don't do that.
0:44:51 > 0:44:52They cost a fortune.
0:44:59 > 0:45:04CHEERING
0:45:11 > 0:45:14Guys, does anyone know what "congratulations" is in Italian?
0:45:14 > 0:45:16I don't know. I have got my dictionary,
0:45:16 > 0:45:18but it's down in my bedroom.
0:45:18 > 0:45:22- Ciao, congratulation. Congratulation. Thank you.- Prego.
0:45:25 > 0:45:29- Congratulations, guys. There you go. Congratulations.- Thank you.
0:45:29 > 0:45:31- Congratulations.- Thank you.
0:45:37 > 0:45:39It's nice to end the set like this.
0:45:39 > 0:45:42It's a beautiful day. It's a wedding. Nice young couple. It's...
0:45:42 > 0:45:44It's not work, is it? Not really.
0:45:44 > 0:45:46It's like socialising without drinking.
0:45:54 > 0:45:57You're seeing families together and enjoying themselves and kids
0:45:57 > 0:46:00running around and you do tend to think of your family and how
0:46:00 > 0:46:02you'd like to spend some more time with them.
0:46:05 > 0:46:08Obviously, my family's getting smaller. I've lost my mum, my dad.
0:46:08 > 0:46:11Close family is absolutely very important.
0:46:13 > 0:46:15In terms of marriage,
0:46:15 > 0:46:18I obviously didn't get married in the normal timeframe.
0:46:19 > 0:46:21I did eventually get married. I was 48 years old.
0:46:21 > 0:46:23That didn't work out, unfortunately.
0:46:26 > 0:46:29I regret being stuck in neutral or whatever you want to call it.
0:46:29 > 0:46:34I've had a lot of opportunities in life I could have done better with.
0:46:34 > 0:46:37And I'll never know why I didn't. I really don't.
0:46:37 > 0:46:41I could have been so much more than I am.
0:46:49 > 0:46:51It's not the easiest thing in the world to meet people,
0:46:51 > 0:46:53when you get to a certain age.
0:46:57 > 0:47:01So...yeah, so if you're 25 or 35 or 45,
0:47:01 > 0:47:03just do it. Get on with it.
0:47:05 > 0:47:06Hm.
0:47:12 > 0:47:14This might be a pasta lady, girls.
0:47:14 > 0:47:16OK. It's the gnocchi.
0:47:19 > 0:47:21In the nick of time,
0:47:21 > 0:47:24Senora Ezede has arrived with the first two courses.
0:47:24 > 0:47:26It's very frustrating.
0:47:26 > 0:47:30It's OK doing Italian time, but that was, like, silly o'clock.
0:47:30 > 0:47:34You know, that was really close to the mark.
0:47:34 > 0:47:35Can I get them in seated?
0:47:35 > 0:47:37Yeah.
0:47:46 > 0:47:48Oh, my God. Where are we going to put everything?
0:47:57 > 0:48:00OK, so these two are for the bride and the groom, these two.
0:48:03 > 0:48:06I'm just trying to work out how the corkscrew works.
0:48:06 > 0:48:07Scusa.
0:48:12 > 0:48:15CHEERING
0:48:17 > 0:48:19Do you want to take the big one?
0:48:19 > 0:48:23With guests seated and food plated, service begins.
0:48:36 > 0:48:39CHEERING
0:48:41 > 0:48:42All yours?
0:48:42 > 0:48:44Just yours? Wow!
0:48:44 > 0:48:47They're just eating and eating and eating a bit more.
0:48:47 > 0:48:51And eating more and...
0:48:57 > 0:49:00They don't take long to clear the plates.
0:49:00 > 0:49:03It's shoosh! You know, as soon as you're putting it down, it's off.
0:49:03 > 0:49:07It's a bit manic, really. This is a bit intense.
0:49:07 > 0:49:09Production line, eh?
0:49:09 > 0:49:11Erm...I haven't got any more.
0:49:11 > 0:49:13I can do another one.
0:49:13 > 0:49:15- One more, please, then.- OK, blimey.
0:49:17 > 0:49:20I'm just really surprised at how quickly they want to eat.
0:49:22 > 0:49:25- You are ready for the food? - Pasta, yes.
0:49:25 > 0:49:29- Yeah, pasta is your next course? - The guests are ready, yes.- OK.
0:49:29 > 0:49:31With 40 hungry Italians waiting,
0:49:31 > 0:49:34Karen commences cooking the fresh pasta and gnocchi.
0:49:36 > 0:49:38OK, ready, steady.
0:49:38 > 0:49:39God!
0:49:39 > 0:49:40LAUGHTER
0:49:40 > 0:49:43Quick, Tracy! Don't laugh, help!
0:49:43 > 0:49:45LAUGHTER
0:49:45 > 0:49:47God!
0:49:47 > 0:49:49LAUGHTER
0:49:49 > 0:49:52Good. This is...
0:49:52 > 0:49:56This is the really critical thing about the fresh pasta,
0:49:56 > 0:49:58that if you cook the gnocchi from
0:49:58 > 0:50:01frozen and then literally as the water
0:50:01 > 0:50:03comes back up to the boil, it means it's ready, so if you leave
0:50:03 > 0:50:07it any longer, it turns into, like, a lumpy, gluey mess.
0:50:07 > 0:50:10So it's really critical. And then you put the salt in as well, after.
0:50:10 > 0:50:12- It's not coming back up to the boil very quick.- No.
0:50:12 > 0:50:14When you think it's frozen,
0:50:14 > 0:50:16it's going to take a little while, isn't it?
0:50:27 > 0:50:29Oh, that's ready.
0:50:29 > 0:50:31Mine's ready. I'm going to have to go.
0:50:31 > 0:50:34Oh, that's a bit... Eugh!
0:50:35 > 0:50:37- It's cold.- It's cold?
0:50:37 > 0:50:39It's seriously cold.
0:50:40 > 0:50:42- Put it back in. - Oh, lucky you tasted it.
0:50:42 > 0:50:43It's OK.
0:50:47 > 0:50:49This looks like... Ooh.
0:50:49 > 0:50:52Nah, just cover it with the sauce. Quickly!
0:50:52 > 0:50:54- Well done.- Yeah, I think we're just going to cover it up.
0:50:54 > 0:50:58- Right, shimmy it around with the fork.- Let's just pour it over it.
0:50:58 > 0:50:59Pour it over it.
0:51:04 > 0:51:07This is not our finest hour, it has to be said, but hey, what the hell?!
0:51:07 > 0:51:09It's fine. Do you want to take that, Les?
0:51:09 > 0:51:11- Is it edible?- Course it is.
0:51:13 > 0:51:17Come on, don't waste time in the kitchen! Quickly! Come on.
0:51:21 > 0:51:24CHEERING
0:51:24 > 0:51:28SHOUTING
0:51:29 > 0:51:31Gnocchi a ragu.
0:51:33 > 0:51:35More coming.
0:51:50 > 0:51:53- It's very hard to do gnocchi. It really is.- Yeah.
0:51:53 > 0:51:55It's not supposed to be cooked that way.
0:51:55 > 0:51:58It's supposed to be about two handfuls in a pan that big.
0:52:34 > 0:52:37- Tomatoes over here.- Yes, please.
0:52:37 > 0:52:42With the wedding guests less than impressed with the gnocchi, Karen
0:52:42 > 0:52:45and Gill serve up what they hope will be the highlight of the menu.
0:52:49 > 0:52:53- Si.- Si.- Perfecto. Grazie.
0:52:53 > 0:52:57Slow-roasted pork accompanied by braised Tuscan vegetables and
0:52:57 > 0:52:59patate della nonna.
0:53:24 > 0:53:25- Beautiful.- Mm!- Mm!
0:53:34 > 0:53:37In general, I think the pressure's off
0:53:37 > 0:53:41a bit because the main course has been served and all the
0:53:41 > 0:53:44vegetables are out, the potatoes are out, and the pork is ready.
0:53:49 > 0:53:53CHEERING
0:53:54 > 0:53:58- Complimente tutto buorno. - Grazie mille.
0:53:58 > 0:54:00Thank you so much.
0:54:00 > 0:54:01Grazie mille. Grazie mille.
0:54:01 > 0:54:03I'm not sure who he was,
0:54:03 > 0:54:06but he specifically called me over and said, "Congratulations.
0:54:06 > 0:54:09"Bravo, bravo." He was a bit drunk, but, you know...
0:54:09 > 0:54:13Listen, I'll take a compliment from a drunk man any day. I don't care.
0:54:15 > 0:54:19- That's 12 hours in the kitchen straight.- Oh, excellent.
0:54:19 > 0:54:22- Must be a record.- I think it was a nice day, but I'm not sure.
0:54:23 > 0:54:26The pudding is going to be their wedding cake,
0:54:26 > 0:54:29so hopefully we can just, like, phew...
0:54:29 > 0:54:33- Looks pretty good, doesn't it? - Wedding cake, beautiful.
0:54:33 > 0:54:35Ow. Oh, NO!
0:54:35 > 0:54:37SHE GASPS
0:54:37 > 0:54:40Oh, my God! Karen!
0:54:40 > 0:54:43Karen, crisis! Crisis!
0:54:43 > 0:54:45I just tripped over a box and squished my hand onto the
0:54:45 > 0:54:47bottom of the bloody cake.
0:54:47 > 0:54:48SHE GASPS
0:54:48 > 0:54:53- No, you didn't.- I... Come here! Look at how, look!
0:54:53 > 0:54:57LAUGHTER
0:54:57 > 0:55:01- I just tripped over the box. - I thought you were joking.
0:55:01 > 0:55:03I thought you were honestly joking. I thought...
0:55:03 > 0:55:06I thought someone had set you up.
0:55:25 > 0:55:27Let's have a look, let's have a look...
0:55:27 > 0:55:29- How are you going to do that? - Yeah, just cut it.
0:55:29 > 0:55:31Gill and I have had a great day.
0:55:31 > 0:55:35I don't think you would go through this sort of situation without,
0:55:35 > 0:55:38you know, having a good bond.
0:55:38 > 0:55:40That's fine. No-one will ever know now.
0:55:42 > 0:55:46Karen has been a really great friend.
0:55:46 > 0:55:48Really loved having her here.
0:55:48 > 0:55:51No, the funny thing was, is that you didn't believe me!
0:55:51 > 0:55:52No, I know!
0:55:52 > 0:55:55We have such a laugh. I don't know what it is.
0:55:55 > 0:55:57Yeah, she's like my new sister.
0:56:00 > 0:56:02CHEERING
0:56:02 > 0:56:06APPLAUSE
0:56:33 > 0:56:36CHEERING
0:56:39 > 0:56:41Even though there were kind of
0:56:41 > 0:56:45a few things that didn't go quite to plan, we did really pull together.
0:56:45 > 0:56:48It's one of the best things that we've done as a team.
0:56:50 > 0:56:54Well, all I can say is I think tonight went really, really well
0:56:54 > 0:56:57and I think congratulations to our two chefs.
0:56:57 > 0:57:00- To everybody. - The bandits of Banditaccia.
0:57:00 > 0:57:03The bandits of Banditaccia. Cheers.
0:57:05 > 0:57:08Broadly speaking, we had eight amateurs who managed to pull
0:57:08 > 0:57:11off a wedding for 35, 40 people without a hitch.
0:57:11 > 0:57:15Yeah, I think we should be pretty proud of that.
0:57:19 > 0:57:22Personally, I think I did everything I possibly could
0:57:22 > 0:57:24to make the wedding a success.
0:57:24 > 0:57:29So I think I can say I've got a sense of achievement from it, yeah.
0:57:31 > 0:57:34It's been a real revelation, actually, that I can do
0:57:34 > 0:57:38something for myself and it's been quite liberating, really.
0:57:49 > 0:57:51SHOUTING
0:57:51 > 0:57:53HE SPEAKS ITALIAN
0:57:53 > 0:57:56Go across. Get in there, Andy.
0:57:56 > 0:57:59The group get a taste of rural Tuscan traditions...
0:57:59 > 0:58:04I think the longer you stay in Tuscany, the more you kind of
0:58:04 > 0:58:07'feel that you could start being part of the life here.'
0:58:07 > 0:58:09I just saw it across there.
0:58:11 > 0:58:14I'm going to be absolutely loaded by the time I finish doing this.
0:58:14 > 0:58:18..and Rob gets an offer he can't refuse.
0:58:18 > 0:58:22It's like somebody saying, "Here's your dream job." Cheers.