0:00:05 > 0:00:09TRANSLATION:
0:00:38 > 0:00:42Maurizio's farm in the southern Tuscan hills is up for sale.
0:00:46 > 0:00:49Before he sells, he's handing over the running of his business
0:00:49 > 0:00:51to ten strangers.
0:00:51 > 0:00:53Hello!
0:00:53 > 0:00:54- Oh, hello!- Bottoms 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.
0:00:59 > 0:01:01SHE LAUGHS
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
0:01:11 > 0:01:13comes with responsibility.
0:01:13 > 0:01:17- What have you done all morning? - You 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 > 0:01:24This is 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.
0:01:44 > 0:01:48This is their chance to put their dreams to the test.
0:01:49 > 0:01:54We perhaps need someone who speaks Italian to know what they're 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 > 0:02:07Or will they find other ways to make Tuscany their new home?
0:02:07 > 0:02:09What could possibly go wrong?
0:02:24 > 0:02:26It's late autumn in Tuscany,
0:02:26 > 0:02:29and the group's final week at La Banditaccia.
0:02:31 > 0:02:35I love, in the mornings, watching the sunrise.
0:02:35 > 0:02:38It just has a very dramatic feel about it,
0:02:38 > 0:02:41and I think that's what I'm going to miss the most.
0:02:41 > 0:02:42For the past two months,
0:02:42 > 0:02:48they've made the farm their home and immersed themselves in rural life.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51They completed the harvests, ran a bed and breakfast,
0:02:51 > 0:02:56opened a restaurant and put on a wedding reception for 40 guests.
0:02:57 > 0:03:00I just love the fact that it's such a small community.
0:03:00 > 0:03:03You are just one big family.
0:03:03 > 0:03:05It's amazing. Fantastic place to be.
0:03:07 > 0:03:10With just a week left in Tuscany,
0:03:10 > 0:03:14they all have life-changing decisions to make.
0:03:14 > 0:03:17They must choose whether to return to the UK,
0:03:17 > 0:03:20or start a new life in Italy.
0:03:25 > 0:03:29TRANSLATION:
0:03:48 > 0:03:52Former hotelier Rob is in no doubt that staying in Tuscany
0:03:52 > 0:03:55is his big chance to fulfil his ambition
0:03:55 > 0:03:56to work in the wine industry.
0:03:58 > 0:04:00My dream was to be able to kind of hone my skills,
0:04:00 > 0:04:03learning about the different elements with making wine,
0:04:03 > 0:04:05and producing wine, and selling wine.
0:04:05 > 0:04:06That would be quite amazing.
0:04:06 > 0:04:10- HE INHALES - Mm. That's a nice smell first thing in the morning, isn't it?
0:04:12 > 0:04:15Determined to learn all he can about winemaking,
0:04:15 > 0:04:18he's taking a hands-on approach to a traditional method
0:04:18 > 0:04:21often favoured by local farmers.
0:04:21 > 0:04:23You want me to get in there?
0:04:23 > 0:04:27With years of experience, neighbour Pietro and his daughter
0:04:27 > 0:04:29are showing Rob the ropes.
0:04:30 > 0:04:33TRANSLATION:
0:04:39 > 0:04:42Oh, you want me to use my hands and put it in there?
0:04:49 > 0:04:52I'm going to be absolutely loaded by the time I've finished doing this.
0:04:54 > 0:04:56When I open a bottle of wine, it's the excitement,
0:04:56 > 0:04:58it's the pure joy of, "What's it going to taste like?"
0:04:58 > 0:05:01And you try it and you go, "Oh, my God, that's amazing."
0:05:01 > 0:05:03'You get some that are dry and some that are acidic
0:05:03 > 0:05:06'and you get some that are really fruity and some that are just sweet.
0:05:06 > 0:05:07'It's a living, breathing thing.'
0:05:07 > 0:05:10I find that, like, quite poetic and quite beautiful.
0:05:13 > 0:05:15This is instead of stomping up and down
0:05:15 > 0:05:17on the grapes with your bare feet.
0:05:17 > 0:05:20This is how people in rural farms still make wine these days.
0:05:20 > 0:05:24You know, if you've got a vineyard and you've got grapes,
0:05:24 > 0:05:26this is one way of producing wine.
0:05:28 > 0:05:30There you go. The Banditaccia adventure.
0:05:30 > 0:05:32Vino nuovo Banditaccia.
0:05:32 > 0:05:34Vino.
0:05:34 > 0:05:39Rob is determined to take the next step, pursuing a career in wine.
0:05:39 > 0:05:41Seeing how the farmers do it,
0:05:41 > 0:05:43and kind of getting a rudimentary understanding
0:05:43 > 0:05:45of how it's done, now, kind of,
0:05:45 > 0:05:48I want to see how it's done properly, you know?
0:05:51 > 0:05:54During his stay in Tuscany, Rob has taken the opportunity
0:05:54 > 0:05:57to get to know some local wine producers.
0:05:59 > 0:06:03Today, he's visiting winery owner Stavros
0:06:03 > 0:06:06who has plans to expand his business
0:06:06 > 0:06:08by taking on another member of staff.
0:06:11 > 0:06:13- Koumpare.- Koumpare...
0:06:14 > 0:06:18- How are you?- Good, thanks.
0:06:19 > 0:06:22- Is everything OK?- Everything is always good in Tuscany.
0:06:22 > 0:06:25- Come, come.- Always.
0:06:25 > 0:06:27With 7.5 hectares of vineyards,
0:06:27 > 0:06:30and three wine labels to his name,
0:06:30 > 0:06:33Stavros is offering Rob a chance to stay in Tuscany.
0:06:35 > 0:06:37So, how is going your...
0:06:38 > 0:06:41- Adventure!- ..experience here?
0:06:41 > 0:06:45I've been busy. I've loved being here. It's been brilliant.
0:06:45 > 0:06:47Living and working with Stavros,
0:06:47 > 0:06:51there's an opportunity to learn about the entire winemaking process
0:06:51 > 0:06:54from harvesting through to bottling.
0:06:54 > 0:06:57So, I understand that you...
0:06:57 > 0:07:00- you can help here.- Yeah, yeah, yeah.
0:07:00 > 0:07:02Therefore, I propose you this.
0:07:02 > 0:07:05For me to know there is a job and I can stay here, you know,
0:07:05 > 0:07:06the opportunity...
0:07:07 > 0:07:10..for me, it's like somebody saying, "Here's your dream job."
0:07:10 > 0:07:14And you kind of go... Because, for me, it is.
0:07:14 > 0:07:17It's... I love your wines, I love being here,
0:07:17 > 0:07:19I love being around everybody and it's such a great place.
0:07:19 > 0:07:23To put that into a job and make it real, kind of is just, yeah,
0:07:23 > 0:07:24it's amazing.
0:07:24 > 0:07:27Now, the important is that you have to understand
0:07:27 > 0:07:30- if you want REALLY to stay here... - Yeah.
0:07:30 > 0:07:33..and work here, that's very important for you,
0:07:33 > 0:07:35you know, to decide this.
0:07:35 > 0:07:37Back in England, I have got friends...
0:07:39 > 0:07:41..and my dog, and that is, you know,
0:07:41 > 0:07:43there's nothing else there, you know?
0:07:43 > 0:07:45Being here and being on the farm,
0:07:45 > 0:07:48and seeing the olives and the wine and everything, it gets you.
0:07:48 > 0:07:51You kind of understand why people do this.
0:07:51 > 0:07:52I hope that you enjoy it.
0:07:52 > 0:07:54Mm.
0:07:54 > 0:07:59I am sure that you will be useful for this...
0:08:00 > 0:08:02..farm, for this business.
0:08:02 > 0:08:05A good, a good deal, I think.
0:08:05 > 0:08:06- Cheers.- Cheers.
0:08:07 > 0:08:09'I can't get my head around the fact I'm here,
0:08:09 > 0:08:11'and I'm going to be staying in Tuscany
0:08:11 > 0:08:12'and working in Tuscany, in wine.'
0:08:12 > 0:08:15It's just... It's just unreal, it's absolutely unreal.
0:08:15 > 0:08:18I think he thinks it would be a good bonus for his business
0:08:18 > 0:08:20to have me on board.
0:08:20 > 0:08:22So, yeah,
0:08:22 > 0:08:25I just, like, coming to work here, man -
0:08:25 > 0:08:26it's insane.
0:08:29 > 0:08:31TRANSLATION:
0:08:54 > 0:08:56I think I've caught the olive bug.
0:08:57 > 0:08:59I mean, Rob talks about...
0:08:59 > 0:09:01wine.
0:09:01 > 0:09:02I've got the same with olive oil.
0:09:05 > 0:09:09With just a few days left before leaving the farm,
0:09:09 > 0:09:12Andy is looking for an olive grove of his own.
0:09:16 > 0:09:19- Buongiorno.- Buongiorno. Franca. - Andy.
0:09:19 > 0:09:21Andy. Buongiorno, Franca.
0:09:21 > 0:09:23- Franca.- Gavin.
0:09:23 > 0:09:26Keen to keep his dream of a new life in Tuscany alive,
0:09:26 > 0:09:30he's viewing a potential plot with Gavin.
0:09:30 > 0:09:32TRANSLATION:
0:09:35 > 0:09:37Ah, this is the...this is the field.
0:09:41 > 0:09:43We're looking at olive groves,
0:09:43 > 0:09:45hopefully, with a view to rent
0:09:45 > 0:09:47because I don't want to buy something
0:09:47 > 0:09:50without trying... testing it first.
0:09:50 > 0:09:56If I may ask, so that I understand, because I am new to this.
0:09:56 > 0:09:59How much for this area?
0:09:59 > 0:10:02TRANSLATION:
0:10:14 > 0:10:20Would the lady be interested in Andy taking over the land, caring for it,
0:10:20 > 0:10:23harvesting the olives, with a view to buying later?
0:10:23 > 0:10:24Sort of rent?
0:10:24 > 0:10:27- Kind of rent-to-buy kind of thing... - Rent, buy. Renting, buy.
0:10:27 > 0:10:30..with a view to buying, possibly, not definitely.
0:10:30 > 0:10:33How much to rent?
0:10:33 > 0:10:35TRANSLATION:
0:10:40 > 0:10:42She wants to sell.
0:10:42 > 0:10:43To sell, not to rent?
0:10:43 > 0:10:45- Not to rent.- Ah.
0:10:47 > 0:10:48Looking at this now,
0:10:48 > 0:10:50is this the kind of thing you had in your mind's eye,
0:10:50 > 0:10:5250 trees and a field?
0:10:52 > 0:10:54- 50 trees.- Something like this would be what's on your mind?
0:10:54 > 0:10:57- Yeah.- Yeah.- 50 trees is workable.
0:10:57 > 0:10:59You know, it's not going to be big money, though?
0:10:59 > 0:11:01You're not going to get rich here.
0:11:01 > 0:11:03I mean, you'd be lucky if you got five grand
0:11:03 > 0:11:05- or six grand a year out of this. - Yeah, it's not just the money.
0:11:05 > 0:11:07- It's the passion. - Is that all you want?
0:11:07 > 0:11:09- You just want to come and potter here?- Yeah, basically.
0:11:09 > 0:11:10You don't want to make money?
0:11:10 > 0:11:13Well, that's right. It's a different perspective.
0:11:13 > 0:11:15Come on!
0:11:16 > 0:11:21What I'm actually looking for is just to chill out.
0:11:21 > 0:11:24'I've spent my whole life achieving.
0:11:24 > 0:11:26'I'm not proving anything to myself.'
0:11:26 > 0:11:27I don't need to.
0:11:27 > 0:11:29I just want to have a quiet life.
0:11:37 > 0:11:39Are you joining us, Tracy?
0:11:39 > 0:11:42Now all the food's gone, I can join you, is it?!
0:11:44 > 0:11:48Just quick, while we're all here, while there's some of us here, uh,
0:11:48 > 0:11:50I'm going to leave, sooner rather than later.
0:11:50 > 0:11:54- Why?- Because I've been offered a job to start working with Stavros
0:11:54 > 0:11:57and I'm kind of like, I just want to get on.
0:11:57 > 0:12:00Because I came here to get a job and start a life here,
0:12:00 > 0:12:02and now I can do it.
0:12:02 > 0:12:04'This is really positive for Rob,'
0:12:04 > 0:12:06and I'm really pleased that he's got a job,
0:12:06 > 0:12:08and he's doing what he wants to do.
0:12:08 > 0:12:10'Rob's main focus was the wine.'
0:12:10 > 0:12:14That's all finished here, so I can understand why he's leaving.
0:12:14 > 0:12:17- He's giving you a car, as well?! - Yeah! It's an old estate, yeah.
0:12:17 > 0:12:19It is really exciting times for you, and I'm really pleased for you.
0:12:19 > 0:12:21- Well done.- I think it's great. - Thank you.
0:12:24 > 0:12:26Hello?
0:12:26 > 0:12:28Hello?
0:12:28 > 0:12:29Ethan?
0:12:31 > 0:12:33For mum-of-three Tracy,
0:12:33 > 0:12:36being in Tuscany is the first time she's been away from her children.
0:12:37 > 0:12:41With your hair like that, you look like Olly Murs.
0:12:41 > 0:12:43'I came here to discover myself.'
0:12:43 > 0:12:46I've lived with myself for 50 years,
0:12:46 > 0:12:49and I don't know who I am.
0:12:49 > 0:12:51You've got a black eye again!
0:12:51 > 0:12:54Honest to God, Eth, you need to play better rugby.
0:12:54 > 0:12:55You're rubbish!
0:12:55 > 0:12:58'It's been a long time of being a mum.
0:12:58 > 0:13:01'My oldest is 30 and my youngest is 17.
0:13:02 > 0:13:06'Because my children are older, the time is right to move on.'
0:13:09 > 0:13:11It makes my day when I hear from my kids.
0:13:11 > 0:13:15I would just like them to be here to explore with me.
0:13:15 > 0:13:17I'd like them to be able to give an input
0:13:17 > 0:13:19of what they think and where they'd like to be.
0:13:19 > 0:13:21It is relevant now.
0:13:21 > 0:13:24I definitely know that this is the lifestyle that I want.
0:13:40 > 0:13:44- KNOCK AT DOOR - Andy? Andy.
0:13:44 > 0:13:46- I'm having a lie-in.- No!
0:13:46 > 0:13:48We've got things to do.
0:13:48 > 0:13:50It's eight o'clock anyway, OK?
0:13:54 > 0:13:56It's not going to be as warm today.
0:14:02 > 0:14:04The group's final week in Tuscany
0:14:04 > 0:14:08coincides with the start of the hunting season for wild boar,
0:14:08 > 0:14:10locally known as cingali.
0:14:15 > 0:14:20Hunting wild boar is an important part of the rural Tuscan calendar.
0:14:20 > 0:14:23- Giorgio.- Grazie mille.- Giorgio. Giorgio.
0:14:23 > 0:14:28Today, Andy and Karen have been invited to join the local hunt.
0:14:28 > 0:14:31I think this is the first large hunt of the season.
0:14:31 > 0:14:33I've never been on one before,
0:14:33 > 0:14:36so this is a fitting way to virtually round up
0:14:36 > 0:14:38my time here in Tuscany.
0:14:38 > 0:14:41I started off competing against the wild boar,
0:14:41 > 0:14:43trying to keep them away from the grapes.
0:14:43 > 0:14:48And now the tables have turned, and we are chasing them.
0:14:48 > 0:14:51TRANSLATION:
0:14:57 > 0:14:58Ah, yes.
0:14:59 > 0:15:02'I think the longer you stay in Tuscany,'
0:15:02 > 0:15:04the more you kind of feel
0:15:04 > 0:15:07that you could start being part of the life here.
0:15:07 > 0:15:09TRANSLATION:
0:15:20 > 0:15:22'I think if you probably throw yourself into it,'
0:15:22 > 0:15:25I think you get that back. I think you get that sort of feeling
0:15:25 > 0:15:28of being part of the community quite quickly.
0:15:28 > 0:15:29BARKING
0:15:31 > 0:15:34Farmers and villagers from all over the valley
0:15:34 > 0:15:36have gathered together to take part in a tradition
0:15:36 > 0:15:38that dates back centuries.
0:15:39 > 0:15:43I'm feeling really privileged and very honoured to have been invited.
0:15:44 > 0:15:46When I want to move here,
0:15:46 > 0:15:50it is important for me to be part of the community.
0:15:50 > 0:15:54More each day is going on, I'm meeting more people,
0:15:54 > 0:15:57learning their experiences, getting the culture.
0:15:57 > 0:16:02I really am getting sucked into the Tuscany way of life.
0:16:02 > 0:16:05Ah! Ah! Ah!
0:16:05 > 0:16:08TRANSLATION:
0:16:21 > 0:16:23Oh!
0:16:28 > 0:16:33Armed with their rifles and dogs, the hunting party divides into two.
0:16:34 > 0:16:37Andy and Karen are helping the beaters
0:16:37 > 0:16:40drive the boar from the bush, while the shooters
0:16:40 > 0:16:41lie in wait.
0:16:46 > 0:16:48SHOOTING AND SHOUTING
0:16:50 > 0:16:53I saw it. I just saw it cross over. I just saw it cross over.
0:16:55 > 0:16:57It's gone down to the right.
0:16:57 > 0:16:59- Did you see it?- Yeah, I saw it go across.
0:17:01 > 0:17:02Get in there, Andy.
0:17:05 > 0:17:07GUN FIRES
0:17:09 > 0:17:11I actually saw it run across from left to right.
0:17:13 > 0:17:15But it's too far away to see how big.
0:17:15 > 0:17:18I mean, it was big, but I don't know how big they are.
0:17:18 > 0:17:20I mean, that looked big to me.
0:17:20 > 0:17:24- Oh, my God. Grande.- Grande cingali.
0:17:24 > 0:17:27Oh, my goodness.
0:17:27 > 0:17:30He's insane. Look at him!
0:17:31 > 0:17:35'Seeing the wild boar that had been shot - mixed emotions.'
0:17:37 > 0:17:41Sadness, a magnificent beast, a magnificent animal that I know,
0:17:41 > 0:17:44I've witnessed their intelligence in the vineyard.
0:17:46 > 0:17:49But there's a vast number of them here.
0:17:49 > 0:17:51They have no natural enemy...
0:17:52 > 0:17:54..so, therefore, they do need to be culled.
0:17:56 > 0:18:01This is seeing Tuscany in its rawest.
0:18:01 > 0:18:03- Ciao.- Ciao.
0:18:03 > 0:18:05Ciao.
0:18:05 > 0:18:08- Arrivederci. Ciao. - Ciao, arrivederci.
0:18:09 > 0:18:11I've no idea what he was saying!
0:18:11 > 0:18:13Is he as strong as a bull?
0:18:13 > 0:18:14- Yes.- Ah.
0:18:26 > 0:18:29In the old town square of Castel del Piano,
0:18:29 > 0:18:32weighing up whether to stay in Tuscany
0:18:32 > 0:18:35is an easier decision for some than for others.
0:18:37 > 0:18:41I can't believe it's November, and we're sat in the sun.
0:18:41 > 0:18:43I am genuinely going to be sad to leave.
0:18:45 > 0:18:47I'm really looking forward to home.
0:18:47 > 0:18:49I wouldn't pack up my London life for this life.
0:18:50 > 0:18:52'Tuscany is beautiful.'
0:18:52 > 0:18:57I think it's just a simple way of life, but a very rich way of life.
0:18:58 > 0:19:00Farm work is like another vocation.
0:19:00 > 0:19:04For some people, that's the life they want to take up.
0:19:04 > 0:19:07But for me, it is not my cup of tea.
0:19:07 > 0:19:09I just think this is the place, right,
0:19:09 > 0:19:12if I was going to do this, this is where I'd come.
0:19:12 > 0:19:15- Yeah.- It's made me think there's so much more that I should be doing
0:19:15 > 0:19:16and getting pleasure out of...
0:19:16 > 0:19:19- Perfect. That's lovely. - ..which I haven't done in years.
0:19:19 > 0:19:22- That's lovely.- That's beautiful. - So, for me, it's like a new start.
0:19:22 > 0:19:24I just love this lifestyle.
0:19:24 > 0:19:27- Mm.- I love being on the farm.
0:19:27 > 0:19:28'I thought I had so much time.'
0:19:28 > 0:19:32When I came here, seven weeks just seemed so long.
0:19:32 > 0:19:35And now, all of a sudden, the end is in sight.
0:19:35 > 0:19:38I've been so busy helping everybody else reach THEIR goal
0:19:38 > 0:19:41that I haven't particularly got to mine.
0:19:41 > 0:19:44I definitely think what I need to do is, I need to go home,
0:19:44 > 0:19:47I need to see my kids, and I need to travel back.
0:19:47 > 0:19:51- Yeah.- And then I want to rent somewhere for six months
0:19:51 > 0:19:53so I can get the feel of everything.
0:19:53 > 0:19:56Mostly to see if I can pick up the language properly.
0:19:56 > 0:19:58Imagine that, to be able to have a little bit of land
0:19:58 > 0:20:01that I can have some animals. Oh, my God, I'd be in God's pocket.
0:20:01 > 0:20:02What else would I want?
0:20:02 > 0:20:05'I need to be able to find a place that I can call home.'
0:20:05 > 0:20:07Come on, girls.
0:20:07 > 0:20:09I think if I go back to the UK...
0:20:11 > 0:20:12..it'll be taking second best.
0:20:19 > 0:20:21Over the last two months,
0:20:21 > 0:20:24friendships have emerged between some of the group
0:20:24 > 0:20:26as they've faced the challenges of farm living.
0:20:28 > 0:20:30Yeah, we came up here, didn't we, before?
0:20:30 > 0:20:34Making the most of the last of their Tuscan sun,
0:20:34 > 0:20:36Andy and Gavin are visiting the medieval hamlet
0:20:36 > 0:20:39of Sant'Angelo in Colle.
0:20:39 > 0:20:40- Wow!- That's a bit of a view.
0:20:42 > 0:20:44You have to say "wow", don't you?
0:20:44 > 0:20:47I've been saying "wow" for seven weeks.
0:20:47 > 0:20:49- Good grief.- Stunning.
0:20:50 > 0:20:53- I'm not looking forward to leaving, I'll tell you that.- No.
0:20:56 > 0:20:58I'd like to go home, but I don't want to leave.
0:21:00 > 0:21:01Get something to eat?
0:21:02 > 0:21:05'I absolutely do believe that Andy and I will remain friends.'
0:21:05 > 0:21:08We just clicked, you know. I think we're a similar age,
0:21:08 > 0:21:09similar background...
0:21:10 > 0:21:13..we think pretty much along the same lines about things.
0:21:14 > 0:21:15Looks like a nice little place.
0:21:15 > 0:21:19'That's what, I suppose, brings people together, really, in a way.'
0:21:19 > 0:21:20I think Andy has inspired me,
0:21:20 > 0:21:23and I think everybody needs people like that in their life.
0:21:25 > 0:21:28- Cheers, old bean.- Salute. - I tell you what,
0:21:28 > 0:21:32having you here has been a big part of my enjoyment of the thing.
0:21:32 > 0:21:33Honestly, I mean that.
0:21:33 > 0:21:36And likewise, you've kept me on the straight and narrow,
0:21:36 > 0:21:38especially during the olive harvest.
0:21:39 > 0:21:40Without your support, you know...
0:21:40 > 0:21:43You'd have been out chasing cingali in the middle of the night.
0:21:43 > 0:21:44Yeah, I would.
0:21:44 > 0:21:47'Friendship, to me, is very important.'
0:21:47 > 0:21:50If it wasn't for Gavin, I most probably -
0:21:50 > 0:21:51I don't know -
0:21:51 > 0:21:54would be sleeping in an olive grove
0:21:54 > 0:21:57or chasing the cingali, you know, naked
0:21:57 > 0:21:59through the fields, you know?
0:21:59 > 0:22:01But he's kept me sane.
0:22:03 > 0:22:06TRANSLATION:
0:22:18 > 0:22:23I've never asked you, what was your turning point in your life
0:22:23 > 0:22:25that you thought, "I need to change?"
0:22:25 > 0:22:26What was it that happened?
0:22:26 > 0:22:29Boredom. I was at home, I was, you know,
0:22:29 > 0:22:32not necessarily having to do anything in particular.
0:22:32 > 0:22:33Every day, it's like Groundhog Day.
0:22:33 > 0:22:35You know, kind of doing the same thing.
0:22:35 > 0:22:38- Well, you were in a rut. You were basically stuck in a rut.- In a rut.
0:22:38 > 0:22:39You needed...
0:22:40 > 0:22:42Stand back, you know, recharge.
0:22:42 > 0:22:44- Clear!- Yeah. To get you living again.
0:22:44 > 0:22:47- Yeah.- And do you think that has happened?
0:22:47 > 0:22:48Yes. Yes, yes, yes.
0:22:48 > 0:22:53I'm feeling inspired, but I don't know yet to do what.
0:22:55 > 0:22:57Think I've learned that I'm capable of doing an awful lot more
0:22:57 > 0:23:00'than I thought I was. I do feel younger, I feel healthier.
0:23:00 > 0:23:01'I think I look better.'
0:23:01 > 0:23:04It's still got the keys in the ignition!
0:23:04 > 0:23:08If I took nothing more from this than that, it would be enough,
0:23:08 > 0:23:12at the end of the day, but hopefully, I'm going to try and
0:23:12 > 0:23:14translate it into something a bit more.
0:23:22 > 0:23:25At La Banditaccia, it's Rob's final evening.
0:23:27 > 0:23:29Tomorrow, he'll leave the group behind
0:23:29 > 0:23:31to start his new Tuscan life
0:23:31 > 0:23:33working on Stavros's farm.
0:23:34 > 0:23:36I'm making pasta.
0:23:36 > 0:23:38It's... I can never pronounce it right.
0:23:38 > 0:23:40It's amatracciana.
0:23:40 > 0:23:44But I thought it was a nice way to say arrivederci...
0:23:46 > 0:23:48..to the troops. Not that I'm going very far,
0:23:48 > 0:23:49I'm only going down the road,
0:23:49 > 0:23:53but as a final night's meal, I thought I'd cook for them all.
0:23:54 > 0:23:56One of the things I've learned from being here is everybody,
0:23:56 > 0:23:59they socialise, they eat together, they drink together,
0:23:59 > 0:24:01they build friendships and families.
0:24:01 > 0:24:02It's... It's been amazing.
0:24:02 > 0:24:04You know, and I've made some lifelong friends.
0:24:07 > 0:24:09Are you a salter, though, Rob?
0:24:09 > 0:24:11You shouldn't need salt on that, to be honest.
0:24:11 > 0:24:13- The pancetta's salty enough. - The pancetta is really...
0:24:13 > 0:24:15Rob, I take it you made this pasta yourself, yeah?
0:24:15 > 0:24:17Yeah. Fresh from the packet!
0:24:19 > 0:24:21Thank you. Oh, it's this hard stuff.
0:24:21 > 0:24:23We bought these today.
0:24:23 > 0:24:24Oh! Thank you.
0:24:26 > 0:24:29I thought it was a nice, kind of simple, proper Italian pasta dish.
0:24:29 > 0:24:33It's literally pancetta, tomatoes, chilli, garlic, and that's it.
0:24:33 > 0:24:35- Lovely. Parsley.- Four ingredients.
0:24:35 > 0:24:36Parsley to finish.
0:24:36 > 0:24:38- Love it.- It's very good.
0:24:38 > 0:24:41'Bob's the first one who's actually said "Yes, I'm staying," '
0:24:41 > 0:24:43and done something positive about it.
0:24:43 > 0:24:45He's got himself a job, he's got somewhere to live.
0:24:45 > 0:24:48'I don't think any of us really know what the next year
0:24:48 > 0:24:50'or six months is going to bring,'
0:24:50 > 0:24:53but I think for now, Rob's found something that's enough,
0:24:53 > 0:24:55you know, for him to grab onto,
0:24:55 > 0:24:58and give him a reason not to go back to the UK,
0:24:58 > 0:25:01where there's nothing there for him.
0:25:01 > 0:25:04'I really, really hope it works out for him.
0:25:04 > 0:25:07- 'I really do.'- I do have to say, Robbie, I am really proud of you.
0:25:07 > 0:25:09What you set out - you know what I mean - to do,
0:25:09 > 0:25:11you've achieved, you know?
0:25:11 > 0:25:13- You know, really.- He's the only one so far that's done it.
0:25:13 > 0:25:17- I'm personally proud of you. I really mean that.- Good job.
0:25:17 > 0:25:19- I really mean that.- Awww! - No, really, seriously.
0:25:21 > 0:25:25He had a goal and he just, you know, kept focused,
0:25:25 > 0:25:28'and so I think it is a wonderful thing, you know.'
0:25:28 > 0:25:30Because the truth of the matter is,
0:25:30 > 0:25:33nobody ever knows how stuff will work out.
0:25:33 > 0:25:34We don't. We just take the risk.
0:25:35 > 0:25:38Can I suggest a toast to Mr Seddon?
0:25:38 > 0:25:39No!
0:25:39 > 0:25:41Well done, sir.
0:25:42 > 0:25:44- Good luck.- Thank you.
0:25:44 > 0:25:47THEY SING AND LAUGH
0:25:57 > 0:25:59It's a new day.
0:26:00 > 0:26:04After a farewell dinner and late night, for Rob,
0:26:04 > 0:26:06it's a slow start at the farm.
0:26:08 > 0:26:11- Morning.- Hey.
0:26:11 > 0:26:13- How are you feeling? ..Ooh. - Do you want the honest answer?
0:26:13 > 0:26:15- Yeah.- Mm.
0:26:15 > 0:26:18What time are you leaving?
0:26:18 > 0:26:20I don't know, darling. Just...
0:26:20 > 0:26:24I need breakfast, pack, go, that kind of thing.
0:26:24 > 0:26:28A cup of rocket fuel will sort me out.
0:26:28 > 0:26:30It is really exciting, thinking about going to work for Stavros.
0:26:30 > 0:26:32It's the whole production, you know.
0:26:32 > 0:26:33The grape harvest is over.
0:26:33 > 0:26:36All the grapes are in. Going to start making wine for next year.
0:26:37 > 0:26:39I'm going to start bottling and ageing wine
0:26:39 > 0:26:41for three years and five years.
0:26:41 > 0:26:43All of the things I've seen through the past six weeks,
0:26:43 > 0:26:45those little bits have almost kind of got me to...
0:26:45 > 0:26:49I'm ready to go to his now and actually do it properly.
0:26:49 > 0:26:52- I'll miss you. All right?- OK.
0:26:52 > 0:26:55- I'm not going to get emotional. - You take care, geezer.
0:26:55 > 0:26:56- I will.- Yes, you will.
0:26:56 > 0:26:57- Arrivederci!- Arrivederci.
0:26:59 > 0:27:01'Rob going, Rob went!'
0:27:01 > 0:27:06Basically. He came out here to find something, and he found it.
0:27:06 > 0:27:07I really hope it's what he's looking for,
0:27:07 > 0:27:10and it works out for him, I really do.
0:27:11 > 0:27:13I've felt quite envious of him.
0:27:13 > 0:27:16Certainly for me, I really don't know what I want to do still,
0:27:16 > 0:27:20but he, you know, he got something specific, and I think, you know,
0:27:20 > 0:27:21he's really lucky.
0:27:21 > 0:27:23- ALL:- Bye! Bye!
0:27:23 > 0:27:26- HORN BEEPS - Ciao!
0:27:26 > 0:27:28One down.
0:27:29 > 0:27:32TRANSLATION:
0:27:51 > 0:27:56After seven weeks of farm living, Gavin has been missing his family,
0:27:56 > 0:27:58and is thinking about his future.
0:28:02 > 0:28:04What I've learned since coming here,
0:28:04 > 0:28:06I think the biggest thing is that the family's
0:28:06 > 0:28:08very, very important to the Italians.
0:28:08 > 0:28:11People eating together, living together, spending time together.
0:28:11 > 0:28:14And, yeah, I would certainly like a bit more of that in my life,
0:28:14 > 0:28:15I think. Yeah.
0:28:15 > 0:28:19But the position I'm in is that all my family live a long way away.
0:28:20 > 0:28:23My two sisters and my niece, who I'm closest to, I guess,
0:28:23 > 0:28:25they live in Turkey.
0:28:29 > 0:28:31- 'Hello?' - Hello, it's me.
0:28:31 > 0:28:33- How are you doing? - 'Hello, hi!
0:28:33 > 0:28:36'A number from Italy! It had to be you.'
0:28:36 > 0:28:38Well, who else would it have been?
0:28:38 > 0:28:40'Are you all right, darling? I miss you.'
0:28:40 > 0:28:42I miss you too. How's Chloe doing, she all right?
0:28:42 > 0:28:45'There's nothing like family. You know, the best friendships
0:28:45 > 0:28:47'in the world will never come close to that bond you feel
0:28:47 > 0:28:49'with someone who's your own blood.'
0:28:49 > 0:28:52I've lost about... I lost about a stone and a quarter,
0:28:52 > 0:28:53stone and a half.
0:28:53 > 0:28:56'Well, that photograph that you sent me,
0:28:56 > 0:28:59'God, you look amazing. So, what next? that's what I want to know.
0:28:59 > 0:29:01- 'What next?' - Well, what next...
0:29:01 > 0:29:03'You can't go back to your old lifestyle now.'
0:29:03 > 0:29:04No, not a chance. Yeah,
0:29:04 > 0:29:07because I've decided there's nothing really for me at home now, you know?
0:29:07 > 0:29:09I mean, I've got friends, obviously,
0:29:09 > 0:29:12but most important thing is you guys, you and Jean and Chloe.
0:29:12 > 0:29:16- 'Yeah.'- So I think I'll be heading Turkey bound.
0:29:16 > 0:29:20- 'Really?'- Yeah.- 'Oh!' - So that's what I'm going to do.
0:29:20 > 0:29:23I appreciate Tuscany. I think it's a lovely place and I'm glad I came.
0:29:23 > 0:29:25I don't think I'd live here, to be honest,
0:29:25 > 0:29:28but I would like to spend more time abroad with my family,
0:29:28 > 0:29:30so this has helped me with that, with that process, to say,
0:29:30 > 0:29:31"OK, I could do it."
0:29:31 > 0:29:34'Yeah, I love you too, darling. Take care.'
0:29:34 > 0:29:37- Bye, love. Bye. - 'Bye.'
0:29:37 > 0:29:42Yeah, so I think that's my next plan. New Year -
0:29:42 > 0:29:46go down to Turkey, see all my family, hunt out some property
0:29:46 > 0:29:48or some land, or...
0:29:48 > 0:29:49Yeah.
0:29:50 > 0:29:52That's phase two, then, yeah?
0:30:22 > 0:30:25With Rob chasing his dream in the world of wine,
0:30:25 > 0:30:29Andy is still pursuing his new passion to become an olive farmer.
0:30:30 > 0:30:33Rather than buy an olive grove outright,
0:30:33 > 0:30:37Andy wants to test the water and is looking to lease some land.
0:30:37 > 0:30:40Oh, this is nice!
0:30:40 > 0:30:42Stay there. Stay.
0:30:42 > 0:30:45- This is lovely. - Beautiful, isn't it?
0:30:45 > 0:30:48- It's a beautiful place you have up here.- Thank you.- Fantastic.
0:30:48 > 0:30:51- Nice to meet you. - I'm Andy.- I'm Trevor.
0:30:52 > 0:30:55So, how long have you been doing this? How long have you been here?
0:30:55 > 0:30:58Seven years. This last year, we've been in and out of England,
0:30:58 > 0:31:00because we're now moving back.
0:31:00 > 0:31:02Quite honestly, I don't want to leave.
0:31:02 > 0:31:04I would stay here all my life.
0:31:04 > 0:31:07- Had you had an agricultural, horticultural background?- No.
0:31:07 > 0:31:10- We're both photographers. - OK! I would love to have a...
0:31:10 > 0:31:13- Have a quick look.- A look around, have a look round, just to see.
0:31:13 > 0:31:16- All right, then, come on. - Thank you so much.- Ah, grazie.
0:31:16 > 0:31:18Farm life is hard. You're not going to get rich.
0:31:18 > 0:31:23I'm aware of that. But I already have a pension coming in,
0:31:23 > 0:31:25so it's not as if I'm...
0:31:25 > 0:31:28desperate for a living.
0:31:29 > 0:31:33So, we've got an olive grove there, olive grove here, olive grove there.
0:31:33 > 0:31:34One behind.
0:31:34 > 0:31:38So, is it in your mind that if you go back to England for six months
0:31:38 > 0:31:40or a year, whatever, is what you're looking for to have somebody here
0:31:40 > 0:31:43- that's going to look after the trees?- Yes. Absolutely.
0:31:43 > 0:31:45- Keep up to it, and...?- Yeah. If they prune it and take care of it,
0:31:45 > 0:31:49we take 25%, if they use our equipment, which...
0:31:49 > 0:31:50- 50%. - No, 25%.
0:31:50 > 0:31:5425%! If you prune them, take care of them...
0:31:54 > 0:31:56- Harvest them. - Harvest them.
0:31:56 > 0:31:58- Produce the oil. - And you can use the equipment,
0:31:58 > 0:32:00and we'll only take 25% of it.
0:32:00 > 0:32:02It's a win-win for everybody, isn't it, really?
0:32:02 > 0:32:04There's just one deal, I'm afraid,
0:32:04 > 0:32:08that anybody who takes care of the land has to feed our cats.
0:32:08 > 0:32:10Oh, that's easy!
0:32:10 > 0:32:12That's not difficult.
0:32:12 > 0:32:14They need the olives to be pruned and looked after,
0:32:14 > 0:32:18and they only want 25%, whereas usually, it's 50%.
0:32:19 > 0:32:21Which is a very good deal.
0:32:21 > 0:32:25If you wanted to rent, I'd be quite interested.
0:32:25 > 0:32:28- OK.- But we'd necessarily need to discuss more.
0:32:28 > 0:32:30- Yes. - You need to think and talk.
0:32:30 > 0:32:32Yeah. And when you'd start, etc,
0:32:32 > 0:32:35would you start with the harvest or would you start before?
0:32:35 > 0:32:37No, I would start February.
0:32:37 > 0:32:40OK. Sounds like a good idea so far.
0:32:40 > 0:32:42We'll just have to discuss.
0:32:42 > 0:32:44Because it's a serious matter.
0:32:44 > 0:32:48- We'll be in touch.- Well, it's been absolutely fantastic.
0:32:48 > 0:32:50A pleasure to meet you both.
0:32:50 > 0:32:53- A pleasure to meet you.- And you! - Thank you so much for your time.
0:32:53 > 0:32:55It would just be perfect, just be totally perfect.
0:32:55 > 0:32:58This is what... I now have an idea what I want.
0:33:00 > 0:33:02It is very much keeping the dream alive.
0:33:27 > 0:33:30I think it's a combination of everything, that's why it's quite...
0:33:30 > 0:33:31quite nice to live here, really.
0:33:31 > 0:33:34Before heading back to the UK,
0:33:34 > 0:33:38Gill and Karen head to the historic old town of Arcidosso.
0:33:38 > 0:33:42Oh, my God, is this it? Whoa!
0:33:42 > 0:33:45- Go and have a look. - I think it is this.- Watch your head.
0:33:45 > 0:33:47'I do enjoy Tuscany.'
0:33:47 > 0:33:49I love the landscape, I love the scenery.
0:33:50 > 0:33:52I love the villages,
0:33:52 > 0:33:57and I think if you did live here, you would be welcomed and embraced,
0:33:57 > 0:34:01and I really don't think it would take you long to fit in.
0:34:01 > 0:34:05I really have enjoyed being here.
0:34:05 > 0:34:10But it's sort of thrown up more questions than answers.
0:34:10 > 0:34:13- I know what you mean.- I feel like we're sort of stepping back in time
0:34:13 > 0:34:17here, which is part of the charm, but that might also be quite hard
0:34:17 > 0:34:20to deal with if you had to live here all the time.
0:34:20 > 0:34:23For me, it's a bit more escaping,
0:34:23 > 0:34:27because I just thought if I put tonnes of distance between me and
0:34:27 > 0:34:29everything that was, it would all be better.
0:34:31 > 0:34:37'After my partner, Graham, died of cancer, that really did hit me.
0:34:37 > 0:34:41'I think at home, I was bottling it up,
0:34:41 > 0:34:44'which is why I wanted to come to Tuscany anyway, but, yeah,
0:34:44 > 0:34:50'I did feel quite, like, stuck with my grief, not quite knowing
0:34:50 > 0:34:53'what to do.'
0:34:53 > 0:34:56And I suppose being here and just seeing...
0:34:56 > 0:35:02I think that's it, is the feeling of space, that's been good for me.
0:35:02 > 0:35:06But, I mean, is that a good reason to come to somewhere and, you know,
0:35:06 > 0:35:07give up everything at home?
0:35:07 > 0:35:10I mean, you need something more than dramatic scenery, don't you?
0:35:11 > 0:35:14'Can I see a future in Tuscany?
0:35:14 > 0:35:17'I'm not sure whether I'm ready to up sticks'
0:35:17 > 0:35:20and go for good.
0:35:21 > 0:35:24So, do you feel like it was a worthwhile experience
0:35:24 > 0:35:28- coming out here?- If anything, the experience, I think, has given
0:35:28 > 0:35:31us all, like, food for thought.
0:35:31 > 0:35:33Tuscan food, of which...
0:35:33 > 0:35:36- Which is very nice. - ..I have eaten so much of.
0:35:38 > 0:35:40'You know, I'm not saying never say never, but...'
0:35:42 > 0:35:44..at the moment, I don't think I'm ready.
0:36:06 > 0:36:08- 'Hello?' - Oh, hello, is that Tredi?
0:36:08 > 0:36:12I don't know if yourself and Trevor have given any further thought
0:36:12 > 0:36:15regarding if you wanted to rent the olives?
0:36:15 > 0:36:19Back at the farm, Andy is waiting for news.
0:36:20 > 0:36:24If the owners of the olive grove agree to lease their land,
0:36:24 > 0:36:28Andy's ambition to become an olive farmer could become a reality.
0:36:28 > 0:36:30'I mean, you have had a little bit of experience.
0:36:30 > 0:36:32'You seem like you really want to come down here,
0:36:32 > 0:36:34'so we thought about it and said,
0:36:34 > 0:36:39'"Yeah, OK, great". So, if you want them, the olives are yours.'
0:36:39 > 0:36:41That is fantastic.
0:36:41 > 0:36:42No, great, I thank you.
0:36:42 > 0:36:44A massive, massive, massive grazie mille.
0:36:44 > 0:36:48'No problem. No problem at all.'
0:36:48 > 0:36:50And it will be... I will e-mail you and be in touch
0:36:50 > 0:36:53when I get back to the UK.
0:36:53 > 0:36:54'OK, great.'
0:36:54 > 0:36:58All right. Arrivederci, ciao. Bye-bye.
0:36:58 > 0:37:02I have to admit, I am feeling quite shocked.
0:37:04 > 0:37:06I am feeling really shocked.
0:37:06 > 0:37:11Now, I'm the tenant of an olive grove.
0:37:12 > 0:37:16I just had a phone call and a conversation with somebody.
0:37:16 > 0:37:19And now I own an olive grove.
0:37:19 > 0:37:21What? Where?
0:37:21 > 0:37:23- Monticello. - You're joking.
0:37:23 > 0:37:25No!
0:37:25 > 0:37:28Oh, Andy, that is so great.
0:37:28 > 0:37:29Are you happy?
0:37:29 > 0:37:31I'm stunned.
0:37:33 > 0:37:35Oh, my God. That's really good.
0:37:35 > 0:37:37- Do you need any help? - Yes.
0:37:37 > 0:37:41- Hello. - Hello, strangers.
0:37:41 > 0:37:43Andy has some news.
0:37:43 > 0:37:46# Dun-dun-daah! #
0:37:46 > 0:37:50- Who wants to know? Do tell.- This is so exciting!
0:37:50 > 0:37:52I'm an olive farmer.
0:37:52 > 0:37:57I've just obtained an olive grove for next year.
0:37:57 > 0:37:59Brilliant.
0:37:59 > 0:38:02- Oh, my God, that's amazing! - Well done, son.- That's incredible.
0:38:02 > 0:38:04- Congratulations. - Oh, my God.
0:38:04 > 0:38:08- Whereabouts is that? Locally? - Monticello.- Oh, my God.
0:38:08 > 0:38:11- Do you need any workers for next year?- Yes, funny enough!
0:38:17 > 0:38:20It's the final evening.
0:38:20 > 0:38:22Right, put my glasses on so I can see what I've got.
0:38:22 > 0:38:25What is that?
0:38:25 > 0:38:30Conditioner. Right, this is the bit I'm going to get arrested for.
0:38:34 > 0:38:37I bought semolina flour to make pasta.
0:38:37 > 0:38:40That's if they don't stop me at the airport with all my white powder.
0:38:42 > 0:38:45I don't know whether or not I have discovered the old me,
0:38:45 > 0:38:48or whether I have just re-found the old me.
0:38:48 > 0:38:52And that should fit in this hole somehow.
0:38:53 > 0:38:57And now, I could see myself quite easily getting on the nearest plane,
0:38:57 > 0:39:00getting down here, hiring my car,
0:39:00 > 0:39:03actually going out, getting to know some of the locals.
0:39:03 > 0:39:07And do you know what? Eight weeks ago, I would never,
0:39:07 > 0:39:10ever have thought I could do that.
0:39:10 > 0:39:13I came with one suitcase, I'm going home with this as well,
0:39:13 > 0:39:15so I don't know what I've been doing,
0:39:15 > 0:39:18but something has bred since I've been here.
0:39:20 > 0:39:23I'm going to be sad, leaving here, to be honest.
0:39:23 > 0:39:24I've really enjoyed it.
0:39:24 > 0:39:26I'm not taking very much back with me.
0:39:26 > 0:39:29I gave my suitcase away because all my clothes don't fit me any more,
0:39:29 > 0:39:30so it's all gone in the bin.
0:39:34 > 0:39:37I feel quite relieved, actually, to be packing up and going home.
0:39:38 > 0:39:40I'm just going to...
0:39:40 > 0:39:43I decided to take the restaurant sign with me.
0:39:44 > 0:39:48I'm hoping that no-one is going to notice I'm taking it.
0:39:50 > 0:39:53That fits in perfectly, look, it was made-to-measure.
0:39:59 > 0:40:00This is Les's creation.
0:40:00 > 0:40:03The two months that we've been here, you've grown all this?
0:40:03 > 0:40:05- Yeah. - Isn't that amazing?
0:40:05 > 0:40:08- Yeah.- I think everybody, it's compulsory, right,
0:40:08 > 0:40:10you've got to have home-grown salad.
0:40:10 > 0:40:12It will taste amazing, I'm sure.
0:40:12 > 0:40:14The last supper,
0:40:14 > 0:40:19and a chance for the group to reflect on their stay in Tuscany.
0:40:19 > 0:40:23I genuinely am going to miss times like this.
0:40:23 > 0:40:25Genuinely going to miss it.
0:40:25 > 0:40:28It's just nice to have a dinner and talk.
0:40:28 > 0:40:32- Not every night, but...- Isn't that the traditional Italian way?
0:40:32 > 0:40:36- Well, yeah, the family.- That's what we're saying, the family, sit down.
0:40:36 > 0:40:39Talk about the day and what you've been doing and all that.
0:40:39 > 0:40:42And, yeah, I suppose I will miss that because I don't have that...
0:40:42 > 0:40:44Ted is, you know, a great little fellow,
0:40:44 > 0:40:47but his conversation skills are a bit lacking, you know.
0:40:47 > 0:40:50This has been one of the best experiences
0:40:50 > 0:40:52at the right time in our lives.
0:40:52 > 0:40:56And we have learned something about ourselves that we didn't know.
0:40:58 > 0:41:02'Coming to Tuscany was more of a second chance than I ever thought
0:41:02 > 0:41:03'it would be.'
0:41:03 > 0:41:08And I'll be an idiot not to change direction.
0:41:08 > 0:41:13I think I've been really kind of embraced, you know, by a few people.
0:41:13 > 0:41:16Do you think you'd come back to Tuscany and spend time here?
0:41:16 > 0:41:18Oh, definitely. Definitely.
0:41:18 > 0:41:22'I think the high points have been just the landscape.'
0:41:22 > 0:41:25You know, just everywhere you look is just beautiful.
0:41:25 > 0:41:29What I think is really interesting is that, actually,
0:41:29 > 0:41:33I didn't think I'd be able to cope without my family.
0:41:33 > 0:41:36And I have. It hasn't always been easy,
0:41:36 > 0:41:38but I actually have managed without them.
0:41:38 > 0:41:40And clearly, I'm not indispensable.
0:41:41 > 0:41:43I just wanted to get away.
0:41:45 > 0:41:48So I survived, there we go.
0:41:48 > 0:41:51How many times were you nearly down that drive?
0:41:51 > 0:41:52Oh, quite a few!
0:41:52 > 0:41:55Yes, but you're still here.
0:41:55 > 0:41:58You're not a quitter. You actually stayed.
0:41:58 > 0:42:02- I came quite close. - Yeah, but you're still here.
0:42:02 > 0:42:04- But you didn't give up. - Yeah, you're still here.
0:42:04 > 0:42:07- You should be really proud of yourself.- Yeah.
0:42:07 > 0:42:10I'd just like to raise my glass. Here's to a Tuscan dream.
0:42:10 > 0:42:12Mine starts in February next year,
0:42:12 > 0:42:15and I would love you to all come and join me on it.
0:42:15 > 0:42:18And my Tuscan dream starts in Turkey.
0:42:18 > 0:42:21LAUGHTER
0:42:21 > 0:42:25- Salute.- Salute. - Salute, salute.
0:42:43 > 0:42:47It's been three months since the group left La Banditaccia,
0:42:47 > 0:42:51and for some, it's been a life-changing experience.
0:42:51 > 0:42:54Oh, that's a bit more spacious.
0:42:54 > 0:42:59After returning home to Kent, and a year on since losing her partner,
0:42:59 > 0:43:02Gill has made a big decision.
0:43:02 > 0:43:06- And the lounge.- She is now making plans to move to Devon.
0:43:06 > 0:43:08Oh, they've covered up the window seat.
0:43:08 > 0:43:13I wouldn't do that. It's got a really lovely window seat.
0:43:13 > 0:43:17'I think I have realised since I got back from Italy that'
0:43:17 > 0:43:20I probably am a stronger person.
0:43:20 > 0:43:23And I think I've probably proved that to myself by now being able
0:43:23 > 0:43:26to make decisions about my life, really.
0:43:26 > 0:43:28Nice.
0:43:28 > 0:43:30I need a clean start.
0:43:33 > 0:43:37I've had a few ideas of things that I would like to do.
0:43:37 > 0:43:39I really would like to run a bed and breakfast.
0:43:41 > 0:43:44I love Devon, and I do have family here.
0:43:44 > 0:43:47So, it feels quite familiar,
0:43:47 > 0:43:49and not too scary.
0:43:52 > 0:43:56I am feeling quite positive about the future.
0:43:56 > 0:43:59At least, I kind of have got a goal, I've got a focus.
0:43:59 > 0:44:02No-one knows what's round the corner, do they?
0:44:02 > 0:44:07But I've just got to look forward.
0:44:07 > 0:44:08I can't look back.
0:44:12 > 0:44:15Gavin is also planning a big move.
0:44:15 > 0:44:19He's in Turkey and is looking to see if he can build a new life
0:44:19 > 0:44:22for himself to be closer to his family.
0:44:23 > 0:44:26It's three months since we came back from Tuscany and the time has gone
0:44:26 > 0:44:32so quickly. Yeah, part of coming to Turkey is making a change.
0:44:32 > 0:44:35As I say, otherwise, you end up slipping back and it's not
0:44:35 > 0:44:38inconceivable that you could end up exactly back where you started,
0:44:38 > 0:44:42and I don't want to do that. So, keeping moving forward is the goal.
0:44:43 > 0:44:47Turkey is the obvious choice, because it's a beautiful place.
0:44:47 > 0:44:50I've been coming here for 25, 30 years, nearly.
0:44:50 > 0:44:52I love it. And, of course, my family's here.
0:44:54 > 0:44:58Gavin's sister Anne-Marie has lived in Bodrum for over ten years.
0:45:00 > 0:45:03I'm impressed with what you've done, what you've achieved with this.
0:45:03 > 0:45:05I didn't expect it, to be honest. It's changed you, I think.
0:45:05 > 0:45:07It has changed me. I think this has...
0:45:07 > 0:45:11It's given you more optimism, that there's more out there in the world.
0:45:11 > 0:45:14- You've got a freshness about you, do you know what I mean?- Mm.
0:45:14 > 0:45:17You seem motivated. Really, really motivated.
0:45:17 > 0:45:19At the end of the day, at 57 years old,
0:45:19 > 0:45:22at some point in life you've got to say, "What's important, actually?"
0:45:22 > 0:45:24And what's important is just having a comfortable life,
0:45:24 > 0:45:26being close to the people you love.
0:45:26 > 0:45:29You know, and doing something useful and positive with your time.
0:45:29 > 0:45:31I've made a start. I've made a start,
0:45:31 > 0:45:32I've just got to keep momentum going.
0:45:32 > 0:45:35It's only me that can do it. Nobody else can push me or...
0:45:35 > 0:45:38No, I will! Trust me.
0:45:51 > 0:45:56It's winter in Tuscany, and for some, the dream is still alive.
0:45:58 > 0:46:03Rob is living in the Amiata Valley and still pursuing a career in wine.
0:46:03 > 0:46:07He's left his job with Stavros and is looking at sourcing
0:46:07 > 0:46:10Tuscan wines that he can export to the UK.
0:46:12 > 0:46:16The last few months, I've decided to kind of set my own business up
0:46:16 > 0:46:21importing wine to the UK, doing a kind of wine club, and finding wines
0:46:21 > 0:46:24from organic, small, family-run farms.
0:46:25 > 0:46:28Having spent the last three months learning the ropes,
0:46:28 > 0:46:32with his new-found knowledge, Rob's taking the next step.
0:46:32 > 0:46:34I've been back to the UK.
0:46:34 > 0:46:37Sold everything.
0:46:37 > 0:46:38I've still got to sort out some finance.
0:46:38 > 0:46:42So at the moment, I've got loads of wine ready to go to England,
0:46:42 > 0:46:44I've got a website ready to go, and I've got no money.
0:46:44 > 0:46:46So I've got to sort that piece.
0:46:46 > 0:46:49But there's people been talking to me about investing.
0:46:52 > 0:46:57Looking for funding, Rob has invited potential investors from the UK.
0:46:58 > 0:47:02In an attempt to get them on board with his new venture,
0:47:02 > 0:47:06he's introducing them to some local, independent wine producers.
0:47:07 > 0:47:10Yeah, there's a little bit of nerves involved because it's a big thing.
0:47:10 > 0:47:13It's a venture I'm going on and trying to start a business.
0:47:13 > 0:47:16And if the day goes well, then it will kind of roll on from there.
0:47:18 > 0:47:20It's so beautiful.
0:47:20 > 0:47:21So...
0:47:21 > 0:47:24It's like, it just wants to come into your nose and...
0:47:24 > 0:47:26I want it to be above their expectations, you know?
0:47:26 > 0:47:29When they came here and I said, "Come and try some wine,"
0:47:29 > 0:47:31and then I booked in visits to the wineries.
0:47:31 > 0:47:33I want them to come away going, "Wow, this is great."
0:47:33 > 0:47:35Let them experience the full atmosphere.
0:47:35 > 0:47:38Because you have to be here.
0:47:38 > 0:47:43Because I've had the 2011 and 2013 - they're both phenomenal.
0:47:43 > 0:47:46It's such a good wine to start with.
0:47:46 > 0:47:48That's why I wanted to try it, because I can see...
0:47:48 > 0:47:50That's why I want to bring you here,
0:47:50 > 0:47:52because I tried it and it blew my mind.
0:47:52 > 0:47:54I was like, "You have to come here. It's phenomenal."
0:47:54 > 0:47:56- Cheers. - Cheers.
0:47:57 > 0:48:01Things like this change people's lives for the better.
0:48:01 > 0:48:03I was talking to my sister the other day,
0:48:03 > 0:48:05and it's kind of brought us a little bit closer as well.
0:48:05 > 0:48:07She said, "Look at us, living our dreams, we're both...
0:48:07 > 0:48:10"We're both... We're both giving it a go."
0:48:10 > 0:48:12Mum and Dad are proud as hell of the pair of us.
0:48:14 > 0:48:15I'm enjoying myself. You know,
0:48:15 > 0:48:17I'm happy for the first time in a long time.
0:48:21 > 0:48:25This is the exact place that Callum and I came.
0:48:25 > 0:48:27Tracy is also back in Italy.
0:48:27 > 0:48:31She's brought son Ethan with her, hoping he, too,
0:48:31 > 0:48:33will buy into her Tuscan dream.
0:48:36 > 0:48:43I'd need a Stannah Lift by the time I was 55. Oh, my God.
0:48:43 > 0:48:45'I struggled to fit in'
0:48:45 > 0:48:48when I got back to Wales.
0:48:48 > 0:48:50The only thing I can explain is,
0:48:50 > 0:48:54I didn't know there was any other way of life until I came to Tuscany.
0:48:54 > 0:48:57And after being here, Tuscany feels like my second home.
0:48:58 > 0:49:00'Yes, I love it here.'
0:49:00 > 0:49:03Mad, isn't it? What kind of church is it?
0:49:03 > 0:49:06Look, from 1188, that is.
0:49:06 > 0:49:091188 and still standing.
0:49:09 > 0:49:11BELLS RING
0:49:11 > 0:49:14- Is that a call for dinner? - Yeah!
0:49:14 > 0:49:19The best way forward is for me to rent a property in Tuscany
0:49:19 > 0:49:23for at least three months. That gives me time, then,
0:49:23 > 0:49:26to be able to be 100% certain it's what I want.
0:49:28 > 0:49:31And I want to know that my family are behind me.
0:49:31 > 0:49:35Wow. Oh, it's beautiful.
0:49:35 > 0:49:36Thank you.
0:49:36 > 0:49:39Oh, my goodness.
0:49:39 > 0:49:43'I'm hoping that my children can fall in love with the place
0:49:43 > 0:49:46'as much as me. And if Ethan likes it, he will come over,
0:49:46 > 0:49:51'he will visit, he will bring his friends. And it's a home from home.
0:49:51 > 0:49:54'And that's what I'm hoping for the whole family, not just for me.'
0:49:54 > 0:49:57For us to come here, and for you to visit.
0:49:57 > 0:49:59You wouldn't have to do a thing, would you?
0:49:59 > 0:50:01You'd just move your stuff in.
0:50:01 > 0:50:04It's exactly how I would want it to be.
0:50:04 > 0:50:06It's lovely, isn't it? It's really nice.
0:50:06 > 0:50:09- Prego.- Thank you. - Goodbye.- Bye.
0:50:10 > 0:50:13Oh, Ethan, that is the perfect house. Just stunning.
0:50:14 > 0:50:18You'd have to come and work with me to be able to afford it.
0:50:18 > 0:50:21It's another excuse to get you here.
0:50:21 > 0:50:23- Grazie. - Grazie.
0:50:23 > 0:50:27'I want Ethan to get on board with the dream that I've had.
0:50:27 > 0:50:31'And that makes it more of a chance to make it reality.'
0:50:31 > 0:50:33How would you feel about me living over here?
0:50:33 > 0:50:35I think it's lovely. It's a lovely place.
0:50:35 > 0:50:39- And I can see you coming out here, but just not to live.- I just...
0:50:39 > 0:50:41I just feel comfortable when I'm here.
0:50:41 > 0:50:43I've never felt it anywhere else.
0:50:43 > 0:50:45I'd miss you if you come over here, though.
0:50:45 > 0:50:48- That's the thing.- But you can come out whenever you want.
0:50:48 > 0:50:51I can come home whenever I want. It's not as if I'm in Australia.
0:50:54 > 0:50:58It's hard to know that I won't be with my kids every single day.
0:50:59 > 0:51:02And that would have been the only thing that stopped me from moving to
0:51:02 > 0:51:08Tuscany. But seeing how well they've managed and the fact that
0:51:08 > 0:51:12the children are ready to move out, it makes it easier.
0:51:12 > 0:51:16As long as you're happy, then that's what matters, really, isn't it?
0:51:16 > 0:51:19You've got to the stage now where me and Tina are grown-up,
0:51:19 > 0:51:22and it's time for you to do your own thing.
0:51:26 > 0:51:29Oh, my God. Oh, that's just amazing, isn't it?
0:51:31 > 0:51:33Just like the Brecon Beacons, isn't it?
0:51:36 > 0:51:37This is how I see Italy.
0:51:39 > 0:51:41- It is nice, isn't it? - It is nice.
0:51:42 > 0:51:45'I can't remember the last time that I've been this happy.
0:51:47 > 0:51:48'I know exactly where I want to be now.
0:51:48 > 0:51:51'I know where I am going to be, I know what I am going to do,'
0:51:51 > 0:51:53and I know what I want.
0:51:53 > 0:51:56And I don't think I've ever been able to do that.
0:52:09 > 0:52:12Andy has also returned to Tuscany.
0:52:14 > 0:52:18He's still following his ambition to become an olive farmer.
0:52:20 > 0:52:23To be back here is great.
0:52:23 > 0:52:28To see old faces, same places, to re-visit,
0:52:28 > 0:52:31but this time in a different time of the year, in a different season,
0:52:31 > 0:52:34different lights, different colours, different weather.
0:52:38 > 0:52:41How are you doing?
0:52:41 > 0:52:44What a surprise.
0:52:44 > 0:52:47Oh, my God. So, when did you come back?
0:52:47 > 0:52:50I got here on Friday.
0:52:50 > 0:52:55- Friday. Yes.- Oh. - Walking round yesterday,
0:52:55 > 0:52:57- I feel good. - Good. Like coming home?
0:52:57 > 0:52:59Yeah.
0:52:59 > 0:53:03Three months on, I feel positive of actually running an olive grove.
0:53:05 > 0:53:07But I'm thinking, "Am I taking too much on?"
0:53:13 > 0:53:18Today, he's enlisted the help of local friend and olive farmer Roman
0:53:18 > 0:53:20to offer his expertise.
0:53:20 > 0:53:22Andy's car.
0:53:22 > 0:53:25My car!
0:53:25 > 0:53:28- Let's have a look. This is very new. - Yeah.- This way. OK.
0:53:30 > 0:53:33Before pruning starts in spring,
0:53:33 > 0:53:37Andy wants to be certain he can manage a grove of this size.
0:53:38 > 0:53:42'This year, for me, is going to be the learning experience.
0:53:42 > 0:53:45'Am I making the right decision? Can I do this?'
0:53:47 > 0:53:50These, obviously... So, these need doing for next year.
0:53:50 > 0:53:53- I need to clean these ones? - You just clean in the centre.
0:53:53 > 0:53:58'I'm nervous. I am excited.'
0:53:58 > 0:54:01Scared! To be honest.
0:54:01 > 0:54:05Often, you find this kind of thing.
0:54:05 > 0:54:07Look at what I just saw.
0:54:07 > 0:54:09- A bottle of wine.- Ah! - Because people come here,
0:54:09 > 0:54:11they work, and they drink a little wine.
0:54:11 > 0:54:13This tree has probably had lots of people sit under it.
0:54:13 > 0:54:16- Oh, yes. - And a lot of wine.
0:54:19 > 0:54:23Now, the starting point is really, for you, having this piece of land,
0:54:23 > 0:54:28to try to clean it, harvest it, and produce olive oil out of it.
0:54:28 > 0:54:33- Perfect.- I feel like I am very lucky to actually have gotten this field.
0:54:33 > 0:54:36Because it looks like...
0:54:36 > 0:54:38- it's achievable. - Yeah, it is.
0:54:38 > 0:54:42Between friends, we try to help each other and make things happen.
0:54:42 > 0:54:45So we're going to have some good oil.
0:54:45 > 0:54:47- My pleasure.- Prego.
0:54:49 > 0:54:57Andy is the most motivated person I have seen in a long time.
0:54:57 > 0:55:01And I'm sure, even as a new person in the field,
0:55:01 > 0:55:03he would be really able to do it.
0:55:05 > 0:55:08The reason I am back here is I'm going to have a go.
0:55:08 > 0:55:11Yeah, OK, it may not succeed.
0:55:11 > 0:55:14But I'm going to do my damnedest to have a go.
0:55:14 > 0:55:18And have the fun and the enjoyment and the experience.
0:55:18 > 0:55:20I always like having adventures.
0:55:20 > 0:55:23I've lived my life having adventures,
0:55:23 > 0:55:25and this is just another one.