0:00:18 > 0:00:22India, a country bursting with colour and beauty.
0:00:23 > 0:00:27I don't have words for that.
0:00:29 > 0:00:32With year-round warm weather and a low cost of living...
0:00:34 > 0:00:37..could it be the perfect place to retire?
0:00:37 > 0:00:39I would love it, a different way of life.
0:00:39 > 0:00:43Money might last longer, and a wonderful climate.
0:00:43 > 0:00:46My muscles feel softer already.
0:00:46 > 0:00:49I want to have a comfortable old age.
0:00:49 > 0:00:51Let's go somewhere and live like kings.
0:00:51 > 0:00:54Your Majesty.
0:00:54 > 0:00:57Inspired by the film, eight well-known pensioners
0:00:57 > 0:01:01are going on a real-life adventure in the city of Jaipur...
0:01:01 > 0:01:05This is a whole new culture. I don't know where the superlatives end.
0:01:05 > 0:01:07Oh! Hit by a bull!
0:01:07 > 0:01:11..to see if they could spend their golden years here.
0:01:11 > 0:01:14Oh! Wahey! This is like Dodgems.
0:01:14 > 0:01:16I'm going to take this very seriously.
0:01:16 > 0:01:21It's an opportunity to find out whether I could retire out there.
0:01:21 > 0:01:25- Whoa!- This is a kind of nightmare.
0:01:25 > 0:01:26Madness!
0:01:26 > 0:01:30But will the challenges of India prove a step too far?
0:01:30 > 0:01:33Blimey! This is exhausting!
0:01:33 > 0:01:36Or will they find somewhere new to call home
0:01:36 > 0:01:38on the other side of the world?
0:01:38 > 0:01:42You can't avoid loving this place. Magical.
0:02:04 > 0:02:05On an overcast autumn day,
0:02:05 > 0:02:1067-year-old dancer Wayne Sleep is about to meet his fellow travellers.
0:02:10 > 0:02:13Oh! Looks like I'm the first to arrive.
0:02:13 > 0:02:15I haven't been able to sleep for a week.
0:02:15 > 0:02:19Somebody said to me, "You either come back with dysentery or enlightenment."
0:02:19 > 0:02:22I'll probably come back with both, but I don't care.
0:02:22 > 0:02:25Oh, my goodness me!
0:02:25 > 0:02:29Also on this voyage of discovery is 65-year-old chef Rosemary Shrager.
0:02:30 > 0:02:33I won't be doing the cooking, then.
0:02:33 > 0:02:35- Thank God! - No, you might want a lesson!
0:02:35 > 0:02:37I think it will be fascinating
0:02:37 > 0:02:43going to a completely different place and culture, everything, food.
0:02:43 > 0:02:44You name it. It's different.
0:02:44 > 0:02:47- Hello!- Hello!- Oh, hello!
0:02:47 > 0:02:49How are you?
0:02:49 > 0:02:5270-year-old darts champion Bobby George
0:02:52 > 0:02:54is fulfilling a lifelong ambition.
0:02:54 > 0:02:56You've never been to India or nowhere...?
0:02:56 > 0:02:59- No, have you?- Have you? - No.- I haven't either.
0:02:59 > 0:03:03I was just saying to my wife, "Look, let's go to India.
0:03:03 > 0:03:05"I wonder what it would be like to retire out there."
0:03:05 > 0:03:07I said that 20 years ago,
0:03:07 > 0:03:11so I'm actually doing what I thought of doing.
0:03:11 > 0:03:15Also joining them is 75-year-old game-show host Roy Walker.
0:03:15 > 0:03:18- Hey, how are you all? - Mr Catchphrase himself.
0:03:18 > 0:03:22Oh, Catchphrase! That's it! Hello!
0:03:22 > 0:03:26And 72-year-old former Doctor Who Sylvester McCoy.
0:03:26 > 0:03:28- Are you on your way to Jaipur? - Yes, we are.
0:03:28 > 0:03:31Well, could you take this for me, please? I can't be bothered.
0:03:31 > 0:03:34I am a gypsy - continuously travelling.
0:03:34 > 0:03:37And I'm not sure whether I'm running away from something
0:03:37 > 0:03:39or running after something.
0:03:39 > 0:03:41And I think it might be after something
0:03:41 > 0:03:45and after a place where I can finally lay my head.
0:03:45 > 0:03:50Next to arrive is 74-year-old Harry Potter star Miriam Margolyes.
0:03:50 > 0:03:56The opportunity to go to India and find out whether I could live there
0:03:56 > 0:04:01as an old woman, it seemed to me a glorious adventure.
0:04:01 > 0:04:02EM Forster wrote
0:04:02 > 0:04:07when you go to India, you come face-to-face with yourself.
0:04:07 > 0:04:10And I hope that that will happen.
0:04:10 > 0:04:15Completing the group is 61-year-old singer Patti Boulaye
0:04:15 > 0:04:19and 74-year-old ex-newsreader Jan Leeming.
0:04:21 > 0:04:23The whole question is,
0:04:23 > 0:04:28is this a place that a pensioner from England would go and live?
0:04:28 > 0:04:31I had never thought about India, but maybe.
0:04:33 > 0:04:36Oh, thank you very much.
0:04:36 > 0:04:38Lovely to have a man about the house.
0:04:39 > 0:04:41Right. Which way?
0:04:43 > 0:04:45They're flying 4,000 miles to Jaipur,
0:04:45 > 0:04:48capital of the state of Rajasthan in northern India.
0:04:57 > 0:05:00Known both as the Desert State and the Land of Kings,
0:05:00 > 0:05:03the cost of living here is cheap for Westerners,
0:05:03 > 0:05:06and for most of the year the weather is hot and dry.
0:05:12 > 0:05:14- MAN:- Welcome to India! - Thank you.
0:05:16 > 0:05:18They're being met by Janu,
0:05:18 > 0:05:21who will be their driver for their time in Jaipur.
0:05:21 > 0:05:25- Welcome to Jaipur.- Thank you. - I'm- Janu. Thank you, Janu.
0:05:27 > 0:05:30- I can't get up here. - Thank you very much.
0:05:33 > 0:05:35- Right.- All right?- Yeah.
0:05:35 > 0:05:39I'm in, believe it or not. My bum is in.
0:05:44 > 0:05:45For the next three weeks
0:05:45 > 0:05:50they'll be living alongside the 3.5 million people of Jaipur.
0:05:55 > 0:05:57- It's so busy.- Yeah. Oh!
0:05:58 > 0:06:00My goodness! Oh!
0:06:00 > 0:06:02CAR HORNS BEEPING
0:06:02 > 0:06:04- Nobody gives way. - Oh, my word!
0:06:04 > 0:06:07- Nobody gives way. - It's just... Oh, wow!- Unbelievable.
0:06:07 > 0:06:10- Here, driving like a video game. - Video game.
0:06:10 > 0:06:14- Oh, I see. - Everybody know what they're doing.
0:06:14 > 0:06:16CAR HORNS BEEPING
0:06:16 > 0:06:17HE GASPS
0:06:24 > 0:06:26Now we're going in Pink City.
0:06:26 > 0:06:28- Oh, we're going into the Pink City? - Yes.
0:06:28 > 0:06:32- It's orange, but never mind. - It's Indian pink.
0:06:32 > 0:06:35- Indian pink.- There you go.
0:06:37 > 0:06:40Together they'll set up a unique retirement home
0:06:40 > 0:06:42in the heart of the Pink City...
0:06:43 > 0:06:45..the old walled quarter of Jaipur.
0:06:47 > 0:06:48There's a cow in the street!
0:06:48 > 0:06:50Oh, there's a cow in the streets.
0:06:50 > 0:06:53- That must be a holy cow. - Yeah, it's holy cows.
0:06:53 > 0:06:55Hi, holy cow!
0:06:58 > 0:07:00They'll be taking over a haveli,
0:07:00 > 0:07:03a traditional Indian mansion built around a courtyard.
0:07:05 > 0:07:08- This must be it.- What?
0:07:08 > 0:07:10- CHEERING - Here we go.
0:07:10 > 0:07:13- Have we arrived? - Yes, we're arriving.
0:07:16 > 0:07:19Wow! Look at it. Hello.
0:07:19 > 0:07:22Wow! Look at this.
0:07:23 > 0:07:26It's not just finding about whether the medical's all right
0:07:26 > 0:07:29or whether the house prices are all right, it's not just that.
0:07:29 > 0:07:31It's actually about community as well.
0:07:31 > 0:07:35It's about what's around and whether you could actually fit in or not.
0:07:36 > 0:07:39- I'm Sushma.- Sushma.- Yes.
0:07:39 > 0:07:43- How do you do? My name is Miriam. - Miriam.- I'm Wayne.
0:07:43 > 0:07:48Khatu Haveli is the ancestral home of Brigadier Singh and his wife Sushma.
0:07:48 > 0:07:50Namaste.
0:07:55 > 0:07:56That's fantastic.
0:07:58 > 0:08:01- How do you do? - Look, we've got to share ours.
0:08:01 > 0:08:04We ran out. We want one more.
0:08:07 > 0:08:10- I'll manage.- Listen, everybody.- Yes.
0:08:10 > 0:08:13Haveli is 160 years old.
0:08:13 > 0:08:15It was built by my great-grandfather.
0:08:15 > 0:08:20- Six generations of the family have been living here.- Fantastic.
0:08:22 > 0:08:24Who wants to stay on the ground floor?
0:08:24 > 0:08:26We have three rooms here.
0:08:26 > 0:08:28- Bobby, you take the ground floor. - Thank you.
0:08:28 > 0:08:33For under £20 a day, the eight senior citizens will get a luxury room each,
0:08:33 > 0:08:36but these strangers will have to learn to live together.
0:08:36 > 0:08:41- Wow! Is this all mine, this bit? - This is yours, yes.- Wow!
0:08:41 > 0:08:44I'll be doing barre work every morning in
0:08:44 > 0:08:47the open air after breakfast. Look at this.
0:08:47 > 0:08:49I love it, Sushma. I love it.
0:08:49 > 0:08:52Thank you. Are the wardrobes up there?
0:08:52 > 0:08:55- Yes.- I have so many clothes, you won't believe.
0:08:55 > 0:09:00It's a very beautiful room and I'm so happy and grateful.
0:09:00 > 0:09:03It's really beautiful.
0:09:03 > 0:09:05I'm looking forward to the communal aspects of it.
0:09:05 > 0:09:09Usually when I'm in a group I'm someone who makes jokes
0:09:09 > 0:09:14and tries to lighten the atmosphere.
0:09:14 > 0:09:18I do fart and they have to accept that.
0:09:18 > 0:09:20It's just one of those things.
0:09:20 > 0:09:23I'll always say that I'm going to.
0:09:23 > 0:09:27But if people say, "Oh, I can't bear that!"...
0:09:27 > 0:09:30I will just say... That will be it.
0:09:30 > 0:09:34When I pack a suitcase it looks like a hand grenade's gone off in it.
0:09:34 > 0:09:37My missus is very tidy. Look, does it all neat.
0:09:39 > 0:09:40Medication.
0:09:45 > 0:09:47Medication.
0:09:47 > 0:09:51I've got arthritis, I've got rheumatism, metal back, shoulder.
0:09:53 > 0:09:58When it's cold you feel the...grinding.
0:09:58 > 0:10:01But when you're warm you don't feel it,
0:10:01 > 0:10:03you feel more comfortable.
0:10:03 > 0:10:04If you're going to retire somewhere,
0:10:04 > 0:10:07you wouldn't go to the North Pole, you know what I mean?
0:10:07 > 0:10:09I did actually say to my wife, "Let's go somewhere,
0:10:09 > 0:10:11"live like kings in the sun."
0:10:11 > 0:10:14It's got to be better when you're warmer.
0:10:22 > 0:10:26During their stay the group will be eating all their meals together.
0:10:26 > 0:10:28- This is amazing!- Oh-la-la!
0:10:28 > 0:10:31- Look at this!- Mama mia!
0:10:31 > 0:10:36That's chicken. Potatoes, rice, chapatti.
0:10:36 > 0:10:38Thank you so much.
0:10:39 > 0:10:43I find that I'm not just concentrating on India
0:10:43 > 0:10:46and about how it would be to retire here...
0:10:46 > 0:10:52but also feeling about all of you, the personal interactions,
0:10:52 > 0:10:57because I only knew really Sylvester and Wayne, slightly,
0:10:57 > 0:11:00so all of you are new to me,
0:11:00 > 0:11:06and I'm enormously relishing the human part of this.
0:11:06 > 0:11:09Roy, have you given up?
0:11:09 > 0:11:10Beautiful food.
0:11:10 > 0:11:12Very hot.
0:11:12 > 0:11:15- It wasn't that hot.- For Roy...
0:11:15 > 0:11:17For me, I'm very tender.
0:11:17 > 0:11:19I'm sensitive.
0:11:19 > 0:11:22I better not let him try my chilli.
0:11:22 > 0:11:26I am so excited. I'm just so excited.
0:11:26 > 0:11:28I'm beside myself with excitement.
0:11:28 > 0:11:31Because what is amazing, we've all been to Europe and whatever,
0:11:31 > 0:11:33this is so different.
0:11:33 > 0:11:36I don't know about anybody else...
0:11:36 > 0:11:40I am loving this. I love my room.
0:11:40 > 0:11:43The expectation, driving here...
0:11:43 > 0:11:46Them people we see today, they are all doing something to live.
0:11:46 > 0:11:49We're sitting in the posh place...
0:11:49 > 0:11:51of India tonight.
0:11:51 > 0:11:53They're sitting on the floor.
0:11:53 > 0:11:56We don't know India until we sit on the floor with them.
0:11:56 > 0:12:00- Yeah.- That's what I'm trying to say. - That's a really good point.
0:12:16 > 0:12:19- RADIO PRESENTER.- Good morning, Jaipur. It's me, Guinee.
0:12:19 > 0:12:21It's another scorching-hot summer day out there,
0:12:21 > 0:12:24so I'm going to put up some hot numbers only for you.
0:12:24 > 0:12:27Oof!
0:12:27 > 0:12:29Pouring with sweat.
0:12:31 > 0:12:34It's early in the morning. Must be at least...
0:12:34 > 0:12:3735 degrees out there.
0:12:37 > 0:12:39I've got bags under my eyes.
0:12:39 > 0:12:42I'm not sleeping, having diarrhoea.
0:12:44 > 0:12:47Well, I better put some bottoms on.
0:12:49 > 0:12:52I thought this would be quite fetching.
0:12:52 > 0:12:56The group have three weeks to consider if India is a place where
0:12:56 > 0:12:58they could set down roots and retire,
0:12:58 > 0:13:01and that means embracing the way Indians live.
0:13:02 > 0:13:04Trying to make a life there.
0:13:04 > 0:13:08I can't wait to find out whether it will win me over.
0:13:08 > 0:13:11- Namaste.- Namaste. Very good morning to everyone.
0:13:11 > 0:13:13ALL: Good morning.
0:13:13 > 0:13:16What I would like us do to, have yoga together.
0:13:18 > 0:13:20Like many of the other residents of Jaipur,
0:13:20 > 0:13:23the group are starting the day with a yoga class.
0:13:23 > 0:13:26- Your shoulders are very stiff. - Yes, I know.
0:13:26 > 0:13:28But you will feel the difference now.
0:13:28 > 0:13:30Local yoga teacher Atul
0:13:30 > 0:13:34has specially designed some exercises for first-timers.
0:13:34 > 0:13:38And then we will shift our gaze. All right. Look in the distance.
0:13:39 > 0:13:43I haven't done exercise for nearly a year now.
0:13:43 > 0:13:45But if I don't do it now it will never happen,
0:13:45 > 0:13:48cos at this age your muscles start to dissolve,
0:13:48 > 0:13:51so I've got to get them back in gear, I know that,
0:13:51 > 0:13:54I've been told that by a specialist.
0:13:54 > 0:13:57Again. One, two.
0:13:57 > 0:14:02If you do it daily you will be cured of your short-sightedness
0:14:02 > 0:14:06and long-sightedness. You won't need glasses. Breathe in.
0:14:16 > 0:14:18Relax.
0:14:20 > 0:14:25Absolutely gobsmacked at this Indian form of yoga.
0:14:29 > 0:14:32It has made me feel better.
0:14:32 > 0:14:36I am standing taller and I'd like to do this every day.
0:14:44 > 0:14:47That's the vegetable thing? It's a little bit spicy.
0:14:47 > 0:14:51Different in the morning to have spicy stuff for your breakfast.
0:14:52 > 0:14:56When in Rome, do as the Romans do, they say.
0:14:56 > 0:14:59If the group are going to test out retiring here,
0:14:59 > 0:15:01they need to work out how to live like locals.
0:15:01 > 0:15:05A haveli of this size would normally have around eight staff
0:15:05 > 0:15:07to do all the chores.
0:15:07 > 0:15:10But today they're going to try running it without help.
0:15:10 > 0:15:12What I think is really tricky here is
0:15:12 > 0:15:15if everybody starts doing their own stuff... That kitchen is tiny.
0:15:15 > 0:15:18I think we should actually have somebody cooking,
0:15:18 > 0:15:19and I'm happy to cook today.
0:15:19 > 0:15:23Chef Rosemary at 65 is one of the youngest of the group
0:15:23 > 0:15:24and still runs her own cookery school.
0:15:24 > 0:15:28I'd love to be useful. I think I need to be busy.
0:15:28 > 0:15:31I need to find something to do.
0:15:31 > 0:15:34And I think it's important that I need to stick with what I know best.
0:15:34 > 0:15:36I think we need to go and source food.
0:15:36 > 0:15:39- Fish. Meat.- Fish I adore,
0:15:39 > 0:15:42but I will not eat fish away from the coast.
0:15:42 > 0:15:45Well, I'll tell you what I don't eat.
0:15:45 > 0:15:49I don't eat lamb. I don't eat mutton.
0:15:49 > 0:15:52There is no beef, so it leaves it to chicken.
0:15:52 > 0:15:55Do you know what to get and how many...?
0:15:55 > 0:16:00- Well, who wants to join me?- Me. - Anybody else? OK.
0:16:00 > 0:16:04And are you four going to organise towels and things like that?
0:16:05 > 0:16:10- A lavatory brush. - Can we write a list?
0:16:10 > 0:16:11Yeah.
0:16:11 > 0:16:13I don't need to take control.
0:16:13 > 0:16:17I am very happy to stand back, but I do find it quite difficult.
0:16:17 > 0:16:20I am being so contrary.
0:16:20 > 0:16:23I do find it really difficult not to be the boss,
0:16:23 > 0:16:26cos that's my natural instinct.
0:16:28 > 0:16:31- This is our first venture out. - Yes, it's so exciting.
0:16:31 > 0:16:33It's exciting.
0:16:38 > 0:16:41The food market is just five minutes' walk from the haveli,
0:16:41 > 0:16:43but it's a walk that can take some getting used to.
0:16:43 > 0:16:48OK, well. Hang on. Whoa!
0:16:50 > 0:16:53Hang on. Look. No, no, no! Not that way.
0:16:53 > 0:16:56- Let's walk down there. - Walk down there?- Yes.
0:16:56 > 0:16:59- Is this the way to the market? - I don't know.
0:16:59 > 0:17:03Hello. Can I go past? OK.
0:17:07 > 0:17:08Hello.
0:17:12 > 0:17:15Would you look where you're going, dear?
0:17:15 > 0:17:17Cor blimey! Oh, mind the cow!
0:17:17 > 0:17:20- Mind the cow.- Hello.- Hello, cow.
0:17:24 > 0:17:31God, it's fabulous. Fast bikes, noise, dirt, heat.
0:17:31 > 0:17:33Where are the other two? Come on.
0:17:33 > 0:17:36Well, they're just lagging right behind.
0:17:36 > 0:17:38Hurry up, boys.
0:17:38 > 0:17:44# Mad dogs and Englishmen... # Oh! Hello! Hello.
0:17:45 > 0:17:49Chandpole Bazar is the biggest food market in Jaipur.
0:17:51 > 0:17:54- Hello!- Morning. It's cooler here. - This is better.
0:17:55 > 0:17:57Look, now we can start shopping.
0:17:57 > 0:18:00Within metres you can buy everything you need -
0:18:00 > 0:18:05spices, vegetables and meat - at a fraction of the cost in the UK.
0:18:05 > 0:18:06Hello.
0:18:06 > 0:18:08Namaste.
0:18:08 > 0:18:10Namaste.
0:18:10 > 0:18:14But to get the best prices you have to haggle.
0:18:14 > 0:18:17- How much?- 15 rupees.
0:18:17 > 0:18:19Ten? Ten.
0:18:19 > 0:18:22I need lemons.
0:18:22 > 0:18:25We'll go and look for lemons and sweet potatoes for you.
0:18:25 > 0:18:29- And ginger.- Yeah.- Pepper.
0:18:29 > 0:18:33They'll come in useful for our gin and tonics as well.
0:18:33 > 0:18:35Two. One.
0:18:35 > 0:18:37Any change? No change?
0:18:37 > 0:18:40- 40 rupees.- Oh.
0:18:40 > 0:18:44I'm a little worried I'm being done because I was told I must barter,
0:18:44 > 0:18:50but I think it's so ridiculously cheap anyway that who can complain?
0:18:50 > 0:18:51Despite paying over the odds,
0:18:51 > 0:18:56Rosemary will be able to feed everyone for less than £10,
0:18:56 > 0:18:57including the meat.
0:18:57 > 0:19:00- One chicken. - Are we having a live one?
0:19:00 > 0:19:03- Yeah, we'll have a live one.- Are we?
0:19:03 > 0:19:05Yeah, you carry it under your arm.
0:19:05 > 0:19:07- What, we're taking it home alive? - They'll do it for us.
0:19:07 > 0:19:09- Who's carrying it?- You! - They'll kill it.
0:19:09 > 0:19:12- No, I'm not! - Oh, you're a chicken.
0:19:12 > 0:19:15Which chicken would you like?
0:19:15 > 0:19:18Which one do you think would be the nicest-tasting?
0:19:18 > 0:19:20Let's say that one.
0:19:20 > 0:19:23- Here's one going.- Don't look.
0:19:23 > 0:19:26- I told you not to look. - I have to look.
0:19:26 > 0:19:30- THEY GASP - Oh, my giddy aunt!
0:19:30 > 0:19:32He slit its throat and it's walking around!
0:19:32 > 0:19:34Meat is not something I'm scared of,
0:19:34 > 0:19:36but it was the way they did that.
0:19:36 > 0:19:41If they'd sliced it, just done it, killed it straight off,
0:19:41 > 0:19:43then I'm OK with it.
0:19:43 > 0:19:47But because they half-killed it I'm not into that. That's not my scene.
0:19:54 > 0:19:59- Honey?- Ayurvedic.- Ayurvedic?- Yeah.
0:19:59 > 0:20:02Patti and Jan and Miriam and Bobby...
0:20:02 > 0:20:04Oh, that's better, isn't it?
0:20:04 > 0:20:06..are out trying to buy the basics.
0:20:06 > 0:20:08They're not quite right, are they?
0:20:08 > 0:20:10They'll let everything through.
0:20:10 > 0:20:14Shopping for essential items means going off the tourist trail,
0:20:14 > 0:20:17where English is much less widely spoken.
0:20:17 > 0:20:20Do you have a full-length mirror?
0:20:20 > 0:20:22Yes.
0:20:22 > 0:20:24No, that's a small one. Full-length.
0:20:24 > 0:20:27I want a wee-wee. I'd be better off if I can wee-wee.
0:20:29 > 0:20:32Is there a toilet around here?
0:20:32 > 0:20:34Does anybody speak English?
0:20:34 > 0:20:36Any of you guys speak English?
0:20:37 > 0:20:41- Speak English? Yeah.- Toilet.
0:20:45 > 0:20:48- Up there? - TRAFFIC NOISE DROWNS SPEECH
0:20:48 > 0:20:50That's right.
0:20:50 > 0:20:54- That's right. It's on your left. - No. Left. Left.
0:20:59 > 0:21:01Come on, boys. Come on, we're walking.
0:21:08 > 0:21:11Have you ever seen anything as bad as this?
0:21:11 > 0:21:13- Look at it. - This is a kind of nightmare.
0:21:19 > 0:21:21HORNS BEEPING
0:21:21 > 0:21:24- It's like a war zone, isn't it? - Absolutely.
0:21:24 > 0:21:26But imagine what the loo's going to be like.
0:21:26 > 0:21:29Come here. It's just up here.
0:21:29 > 0:21:33- Ladies' toilet?- Yeah.- Right. Away you go.
0:21:36 > 0:21:39- That's it. Thank you.- Oops.
0:21:39 > 0:21:42- Now.- Right. That was an experience.
0:21:42 > 0:21:45- Is it clean?- No.
0:21:54 > 0:21:56I could have hung out in the streets all day.
0:21:56 > 0:21:59- Yeah.- I loved it.
0:21:59 > 0:22:02I just found it absolutely fascinating.
0:22:02 > 0:22:05- Hello.- Hello. Did you get your mirror?
0:22:05 > 0:22:07I didn't want the mirror. It was Patti.
0:22:07 > 0:22:09I know, but you were on the mirror run.
0:22:09 > 0:22:12- Hello, guys.- Hello, welcome.
0:22:12 > 0:22:14Did you have a nice time?
0:22:14 > 0:22:16- It was hot.- Yeah, it was very hot.
0:22:16 > 0:22:18- I was suffering from the heat. - Right.
0:22:18 > 0:22:20And then I needed to go to the loo.
0:22:20 > 0:22:23But I went to the loo. We found a public toilet.
0:22:23 > 0:22:25- What was that like?- Vivid.
0:22:27 > 0:22:31We're going to have beans with black pepper. We're going to have lentils.
0:22:31 > 0:22:35What I'd like you to do is slice the onions, please.
0:22:35 > 0:22:39- Very thin?- Very thinly. And I need to rinse the chicken in a bowl.
0:22:39 > 0:22:42Today Rosemary's shouldering the burden of running the kitchen,
0:22:42 > 0:22:44but the group still have to decide
0:22:44 > 0:22:47if they want to do everything themselves
0:22:47 > 0:22:49or whether they want to run the haveli as locals would
0:22:49 > 0:22:53and hire staff to do the shopping, cooking and housework.
0:22:53 > 0:22:56Can't connect to this network.
0:22:56 > 0:23:00I know it's going to be a communal living experience.
0:23:00 > 0:23:04There'll probably be a discussion about how we do things.
0:23:04 > 0:23:06Who takes out the bins?
0:23:06 > 0:23:09Well, it's not going to be me, that's for sure.
0:23:16 > 0:23:18Well, this could make a nice retirement, couldn't it?
0:23:18 > 0:23:20You have that.
0:23:20 > 0:23:23Do you know what? As I walked up here, it's another dimension.
0:23:23 > 0:23:27- Yeah.- And I thought... Do you know what?
0:23:27 > 0:23:29There isn't a retirement place like this anywhere in the world.
0:23:29 > 0:23:32- No.- Oh, yeah. This is lovely, isn't it?
0:23:32 > 0:23:34- Yeah.- It's quiet when you look over the city.
0:23:34 > 0:23:37And we're not acclimatised, so we would get used to the heat.
0:23:37 > 0:23:39There's no heat tonight, is there?
0:23:39 > 0:23:45Oil is on this, so it means I don't have too much oil in the dish.
0:23:45 > 0:23:49- I'm here, Chef.- All right. Let me just clean this up.
0:23:51 > 0:23:55It's a hot kitchen, especially if I'm in it.
0:23:55 > 0:23:58- This is going in here.- OK.
0:24:00 > 0:24:01Shall I do that for you?
0:24:01 > 0:24:04- If you did, I'll collapse. - Yes, I know.
0:24:04 > 0:24:07I'm going to do that for her later. She deserves it.
0:24:07 > 0:24:10It's not so much the cooking, it's the heat.
0:24:10 > 0:24:12Heat is really difficult.
0:24:12 > 0:24:14- The heat is bad. - The heat is bad.
0:24:14 > 0:24:18The heat is bad, plus you have been out the whole day.
0:24:18 > 0:24:22- We've been on the go all day. - Exhausted.- And I've got jet lag.
0:24:22 > 0:24:27And here I am devising a meal, trying to get it together.
0:24:27 > 0:24:31- Yes.- I've done it, though. - Yeah, you've done it.- Oh!
0:24:42 > 0:24:44CHEERING
0:24:44 > 0:24:47Let's hear it for the chef.
0:24:47 > 0:24:49Thank you.
0:24:49 > 0:24:51With an average age in the group of 70,
0:24:51 > 0:24:54the heat and hard work is taking its toll.
0:24:54 > 0:24:57We have actually, all of us, been on the go all day.
0:24:57 > 0:25:02And you can't sustain that. I don't think that's sustainable.
0:25:03 > 0:25:08I think one needs to find some sort of way of dealing with it.
0:25:08 > 0:25:11- I don't know. - In hot countries they get up early.
0:25:11 > 0:25:14When it comes to the afternoon they go inside.
0:25:14 > 0:25:16That's how they sustain it.
0:25:16 > 0:25:20- And you have help.- Staff.
0:25:20 > 0:25:24- We definitely need to get staff. - Yes.
0:25:24 > 0:25:27I think it's difficult. I honestly do.
0:25:27 > 0:25:29I want to have a comfortable old age,
0:25:29 > 0:25:33and that means being looked after.
0:25:33 > 0:25:35And now I need the help.
0:25:35 > 0:25:38I've developed arthritis, which is something I wasn't expecting.
0:25:38 > 0:25:41And I can't sew, I can't cook.
0:25:41 > 0:25:45Somebody else can do that as long as I pay them.
0:25:45 > 0:25:50I've made enough money to pay people to do things.
0:25:50 > 0:25:55It's not much. I mean, we're talking about hardly any money at all.
0:25:55 > 0:25:58Because they can share the expense among the group,
0:25:58 > 0:26:01it will cost them less than £20 each a week to have the cooking,
0:26:01 > 0:26:04shopping, cleaning and housework done for them.
0:26:04 > 0:26:09Let's just take them all on and give us some breathing space.
0:26:09 > 0:26:10Hear, hear!
0:26:13 > 0:26:17I was worried who I was going to live with for this time,
0:26:17 > 0:26:19because it's not easy.
0:26:19 > 0:26:23And actually, I'm so happy with the crowd of people, I cannot tell you.
0:26:23 > 0:26:24I'm so happy.
0:26:24 > 0:26:26Everybody's so different.
0:26:26 > 0:26:30Everybody has something different to give.
0:26:30 > 0:26:32Goodnight, y'all. Sleep well.
0:26:36 > 0:26:39I'd better just make an appearance in the kitchen
0:26:39 > 0:26:43to give the complete fiction that I was prepared to help,
0:26:43 > 0:26:45which I wasn't.
0:26:45 > 0:26:51But I think you have to pretend, otherwise people take a dim view.
0:26:51 > 0:26:55Let's see. I don't think there's any more things to wash up here.
0:26:55 > 0:26:57I never do housework.
0:26:57 > 0:26:59It's a sort of rule of mine.
0:27:00 > 0:27:02I really don't like it.
0:27:18 > 0:27:21The group are three days into their stay in India
0:27:21 > 0:27:24and they still have a lot to learn about what makes the country tick.
0:27:25 > 0:27:30I think India's the perfect place to be able to reflect,
0:27:30 > 0:27:33explore the spiritualism inside me more,
0:27:33 > 0:27:36and it's obviously going to be all around me there.
0:27:38 > 0:27:41Religion in India is an essential part of daily life.
0:27:41 > 0:27:45Every morning Hindus across the country
0:27:45 > 0:27:47carry out their morning prayers.
0:27:47 > 0:27:51I was very religious when I was a child, but then when I went to the
0:27:51 > 0:27:53Royal Ballet School, all that soon trickled away.
0:27:55 > 0:27:59Every Hindu home has its own family shrine,
0:27:59 > 0:28:01and Wayne and Patti have decided
0:28:01 > 0:28:03to join this morning's prayers at the haveli.
0:28:03 > 0:28:08I've always pushed my spiritual side away,
0:28:08 > 0:28:14so I wanted to come to India partly to search the spiritual world.
0:28:14 > 0:28:17The shrine is the heart of the Hindu household,
0:28:17 > 0:28:21a sacred space set apart for honouring and worshipping the gods.
0:28:23 > 0:28:28We have made an offering to the goddess to accept that.
0:28:28 > 0:28:29It has to be in private.
0:28:29 > 0:28:32And then after a while she'll open the curtain
0:28:32 > 0:28:36and she'll bring the prasad and give it to you.
0:28:36 > 0:28:38Fantastic.
0:28:38 > 0:28:43What I want to find is what they find - their spiritual side.
0:28:43 > 0:28:49And I've always thought that I might have that and always denied it.
0:28:49 > 0:28:55My own experience of religion has been almost like a hobby
0:28:55 > 0:28:58that's done once a week, if that.
0:28:58 > 0:28:59Thank you so much.
0:28:59 > 0:29:03Going into a temple and seeing their complete dedication,
0:29:03 > 0:29:06it makes you humbled.
0:29:10 > 0:29:12What is your name?
0:29:12 > 0:29:14- Virinder. - SHE MISPRONOUNCES:- Brinder.
0:29:14 > 0:29:18- Oh, Virinder. - Hello. My name is Miriam.
0:29:18 > 0:29:20He does the waiter's job.
0:29:20 > 0:29:23As the group have all agreed they need staff,
0:29:23 > 0:29:26the owners of the haveli have organised for a team to start today.
0:29:26 > 0:29:29Mukesh does the cleaning of the rooms.
0:29:29 > 0:29:31- Prakash.- Hello, Prakash.
0:29:31 > 0:29:35- SHE MISPRONOUNCES:- Prakash. - No, look. Pra-kash.
0:29:35 > 0:29:37- Oh, Prakash.- Yeah.
0:29:37 > 0:29:39He changes the sheets and towels and...
0:29:39 > 0:29:41Fantastic.
0:29:41 > 0:29:43- That is Ram Singh.- Oh!
0:29:43 > 0:29:45The staff earn around £100 a month.
0:29:45 > 0:29:48Half of them have travelled hundreds of miles,
0:29:48 > 0:29:51leaving their families behind to find work,
0:29:51 > 0:29:54so the haveli also provides them with bed and board.
0:29:57 > 0:30:01With the staff on board, the group now have more free time to fill.
0:30:01 > 0:30:04And one of the best things about living in Jaipur is being able to
0:30:04 > 0:30:08take advantage of thousands of years of history right on your doorstep.
0:30:11 > 0:30:14I don't like New York cos it's all tall buildings.
0:30:14 > 0:30:16That's not my cup of tea.
0:30:16 > 0:30:19I want to go and see the old buildings when I go somewhere.
0:30:19 > 0:30:22I like to see different history things, the wildlife,
0:30:22 > 0:30:23all that sort of thing.
0:30:23 > 0:30:25An elephant having lunch - a small tree.
0:30:25 > 0:30:28Oh, fantastic!
0:30:29 > 0:30:32I'm going to ride on one of those.
0:30:32 > 0:30:35Bobby, Patti, Jan, Sylvester and Roy
0:30:35 > 0:30:38have decided to visit the most famous local attraction.
0:30:38 > 0:30:40That must be the fort.
0:30:40 > 0:30:42Whoa!
0:30:42 > 0:30:46Oh, my goodness! Look at the size of that.
0:30:46 > 0:30:48That is impressive.
0:30:49 > 0:30:51The closer you get the more awesome it is.
0:30:51 > 0:30:54- Have you ever seen anything like that?- No.
0:30:54 > 0:30:58The Amer Fort, built almost 500 years ago,
0:30:58 > 0:31:02was once used as a royal palace by the local rulers.
0:31:03 > 0:31:04Astonishing.
0:31:04 > 0:31:06I love history.
0:31:06 > 0:31:10I love to get to know the whole background of the country.
0:31:10 > 0:31:11India just...
0:31:11 > 0:31:14There wouldn't be enough years of retirement to take it all in,
0:31:14 > 0:31:16I don't think.
0:31:17 > 0:31:20After the language problems of the previous day,
0:31:20 > 0:31:24the group have decided to hire an English-speaking tour guide.
0:31:24 > 0:31:29If you're getting people in to help you out, various local people,
0:31:29 > 0:31:33that will help quicker than if you were just a plain old tourist.
0:31:33 > 0:31:36You could get deeper into the society.
0:31:36 > 0:31:37Look at the wall.
0:31:37 > 0:31:40Actually, this is the Indian China wall.
0:31:40 > 0:31:44- This is the Indian China wall. - 10km all around the town.
0:31:44 > 0:31:47- Oh, really?- With seven watchtowers.
0:31:47 > 0:31:5127-year-old Raju taught himself French and English from scratch
0:31:51 > 0:31:55five years ago in order to get his dream job as a tour guide.
0:31:57 > 0:32:00It looks like a garden is floating on the water.
0:32:00 > 0:32:02Yes, it's a floating garden.
0:32:05 > 0:32:07- So the king lived here? - King lived here.
0:32:07 > 0:32:09How many wives did he have?
0:32:09 > 0:32:12If we talk about the first king, he had 21 official wives.
0:32:12 > 0:32:15- Official?- Official. - And unofficial wives?
0:32:15 > 0:32:19- 300 concubines at the same time. - You're kidding?
0:32:19 > 0:32:21- You're not married?- I'm not married.
0:32:21 > 0:32:23Will they make a match for you or will you choose your own?
0:32:23 > 0:32:26Actually, I will choose for myself,
0:32:26 > 0:32:30because I've seen some situations when the arranged marriage
0:32:30 > 0:32:32was not successful.
0:32:32 > 0:32:37Even with my sister. So I will like to get married my own choice.
0:32:37 > 0:32:40He's an independent man with his independent life,
0:32:40 > 0:32:42and he's going to choose his own lady.
0:32:42 > 0:32:45Even when you choose your own wife, it doesn't always work out either.
0:32:45 > 0:32:47Yeah, even when you choose your own.
0:32:47 > 0:32:50THEY LAUGH AND TALK OVER EACH OTHER
0:32:50 > 0:32:52- It's a lottery.- It is.
0:32:55 > 0:32:57He's very personable.
0:32:57 > 0:32:59You couldn't have asked for a lovelier guide.
0:32:59 > 0:33:02I mean, he's obviously a qualified young man.
0:33:02 > 0:33:05This must be a prestigious job. It must be quite well paid.
0:33:05 > 0:33:07How was the tour?
0:33:07 > 0:33:10Oh, wonderful. What an experience.
0:33:10 > 0:33:14My idea of going and living somewhere totally foreign is
0:33:14 > 0:33:19to absorb that country, meeting new people,
0:33:19 > 0:33:21finding out what makes them tick.
0:33:32 > 0:33:34Here we are.
0:33:34 > 0:33:38Raju's invited them to meet his family at his home at the foot of
0:33:38 > 0:33:40the fort in the town of Amer.
0:33:40 > 0:33:45He lives here with his mother, sister, niece and two nephews.
0:33:45 > 0:33:47Two weeks.
0:33:47 > 0:33:49We have buffaloes, also.
0:33:49 > 0:33:53- Look.- Yeah.- She is buffalo.
0:33:53 > 0:33:58- Do you keep them for milk? - For milk. We sell milk.
0:33:58 > 0:34:01I've never tasted buffalo milk.
0:34:01 > 0:34:02- Would you like to try?- Yes.
0:34:02 > 0:34:04You can even try fresh milk.
0:34:04 > 0:34:06Don't ask me to do it. It will probably kick me.
0:34:08 > 0:34:10Please, come.
0:34:13 > 0:34:14That's our kitchen.
0:34:16 > 0:34:18Oh, what lovely smells.
0:34:18 > 0:34:21- That's our little temple.- OK.
0:34:21 > 0:34:24- Your parents?- Grandparents. We remember them.- OK.
0:34:24 > 0:34:26I thought that was really interesting.
0:34:26 > 0:34:29When you've got animals in a small place like this,
0:34:29 > 0:34:32this is the proper house, isn't it? This is normal.
0:34:32 > 0:34:35In the past, India was run on a tight caste system.
0:34:35 > 0:34:39Raju is part of the Meena caste, who were designated a criminal tribe
0:34:39 > 0:34:42during the British colonial rule.
0:34:42 > 0:34:44Do you say a little prayer before your meal?
0:34:44 > 0:34:46We just say, "Happy eating."
0:34:46 > 0:34:47Since independence,
0:34:47 > 0:34:52the Indian government have tried to correct the injustices of the system,
0:34:52 > 0:34:55but many still suffer from prejudice.
0:34:55 > 0:34:57- You're the only breadwinner, are you?- Yeah, yeah.
0:34:57 > 0:34:59How much do you earn a week?
0:34:59 > 0:35:012,000 rupees, let's say.
0:35:01 > 0:35:03- £20.- £20 a week.
0:35:03 > 0:35:06Is that a pretty good wage, over here? £20?
0:35:06 > 0:35:08- Can you get a lot for your money? - No.
0:35:08 > 0:35:11- No?- No. But I can get a good salary
0:35:11 > 0:35:14- if I start working with the good travel agencies...- Yes.
0:35:14 > 0:35:17..because the guides, they're on very much...very good money,
0:35:17 > 0:35:20- but you should have good contacts with the companies.- Yeah.
0:35:20 > 0:35:24- Oh, really?- Travel companies. - So does your caste make it difficult
0:35:24 > 0:35:25to get work as a tour guide?
0:35:25 > 0:35:28Yes, because I am the...
0:35:28 > 0:35:31- in the very few peoples...- Yes. - ..who is working as a tour guide.
0:35:31 > 0:35:33- From my caste...- Yep.
0:35:33 > 0:35:37..normally, you will not find any guys working as a tour guide.
0:35:37 > 0:35:40Which caste system are you in? Where are you in the hierarchy?
0:35:40 > 0:35:42No. Still people consider us
0:35:42 > 0:35:46- criminal tribes, the backward caste...- Mm-hm.
0:35:46 > 0:35:49..don't know anything, how to behave with people.
0:35:49 > 0:35:52So they don't like us to see in, erm...
0:35:52 > 0:35:54Let's say in tourism.
0:35:54 > 0:35:56If I go in any tourism companies, I have some interviews
0:35:56 > 0:35:59and then they see my name. "OK." And then they say,
0:35:59 > 0:36:03- "Go and get some experience." - So even your name...?
0:36:03 > 0:36:07- The name and then my caste. That is my caste.- Seriously?
0:36:07 > 0:36:08If they are to live out here,
0:36:08 > 0:36:10the group will have to get used to living in a society
0:36:10 > 0:36:12where the caste system still exists
0:36:12 > 0:36:15and where wealth is in the hands of the few.
0:36:16 > 0:36:19Yeah, you... You are welcome to stay.
0:36:19 > 0:36:21All right, there? How are you, darling?
0:36:21 > 0:36:23'Annoys me, that, really.
0:36:23 > 0:36:26'If you've got a talent and you can do something good,'
0:36:26 > 0:36:29why should you be on the bottom rail?
0:36:29 > 0:36:31I think that's wrong, personally.
0:36:31 > 0:36:34- Mummy, thank you.- Thank you.
0:36:34 > 0:36:35SHE LAUGHS
0:36:41 > 0:36:44The group are starting to make local friends in Jaipur,
0:36:44 > 0:36:48but they are keen to meet people from both lower and higher caste,
0:36:48 > 0:36:52so they have accepted an invitation to meet the royal family of Jaipur.
0:36:57 > 0:36:58It's the afternoon.
0:36:58 > 0:37:01We're having some tea with some maharajah.
0:37:01 > 0:37:03So, it's sublime to ridiculous.
0:37:07 > 0:37:09The maja...
0:37:09 > 0:37:11I don't even know. I can't even say it.
0:37:14 > 0:37:16Majarajah.
0:37:16 > 0:37:19Majarajahs. Something like that.
0:37:19 > 0:37:22I haven't got much time for maharajas.
0:37:22 > 0:37:24I think I might have to...
0:37:24 > 0:37:25control my natural...
0:37:27 > 0:37:30..feelings of democracy and...
0:37:32 > 0:37:34..scorn for the upper classes.
0:37:34 > 0:37:35Maharajah.
0:37:38 > 0:37:40I've got a bit of lipstick.
0:37:40 > 0:37:43I think it shows that you've tried, if you put on a bit of lipstick.
0:37:43 > 0:37:46I mean, I never... I never use it normally.
0:37:46 > 0:37:48It just shows willing, you know?
0:37:51 > 0:37:54Put on a bit. I only put a bit on, cos I look...
0:37:54 > 0:37:56I look a bit like a tart.
0:37:57 > 0:38:01'That's the extent of what I do'
0:38:01 > 0:38:03to get ready. If they don't like it,
0:38:03 > 0:38:05they can bloody well lump it.
0:38:07 > 0:38:08CHEEPING
0:38:08 > 0:38:09PEACOCK HOOTS
0:38:13 > 0:38:16Rambagh Palace was the main residence for the royalty of Jaipur
0:38:16 > 0:38:19until they lost power when India became independent.
0:38:21 > 0:38:23I was saying to the others,
0:38:23 > 0:38:28I bought this about 12 years ago and I've really worked on it.
0:38:28 > 0:38:32- I don't know. What do you think? - Yes, it's very nice.- It's nice.
0:38:32 > 0:38:36In the 1950s, they converted it into a luxury hotel,
0:38:36 > 0:38:38now considered to be one of the best in the world.
0:38:38 > 0:38:41Follow me, boys and girls, when you're ready.
0:38:41 > 0:38:44We can always go for a walk on the lawns later.
0:38:44 > 0:38:47- See...- Love that. - Not at all. Not at all.
0:38:47 > 0:38:50- Miriam Maharani.- Miriam Maharani.
0:38:50 > 0:38:52- Miriam,- Your Majesty. Yes.
0:38:52 > 0:38:54So there's about 200 staff here.
0:38:54 > 0:38:58You know, it's quite heavy on the payroll, frankly.
0:38:58 > 0:39:00Everybody ready for tea?
0:39:00 > 0:39:03Yes, thank you, your royalty.
0:39:03 > 0:39:07Maharajah Jai Singh and Rani Vidya are waiting to meet the group
0:39:07 > 0:39:09with some of their high-society friends.
0:39:09 > 0:39:11- Good afternoon.- Good afternoon.
0:39:11 > 0:39:13- Good, thanks.- Namaste.
0:39:15 > 0:39:18I've never met a maharajah before.
0:39:18 > 0:39:21I've met the Queen and some members of the royal family.
0:39:21 > 0:39:25I've been presented to the Queen or the Queen Mother.
0:39:25 > 0:39:27I think I've met her about 15 times.
0:39:28 > 0:39:31- We know nothing about your lives. - Yes.
0:39:31 > 0:39:35Well, it's very much normal, like anybody else lives.
0:39:35 > 0:39:40But I think, in the city of Jaipur,
0:39:40 > 0:39:42although the monarchy is no more in India,
0:39:42 > 0:39:45- I think they still consider them... - Yes.
0:39:45 > 0:39:47- ..the ruling family.- Oh, they do?
0:39:47 > 0:39:51I think the family still hold that kind of respect.
0:39:51 > 0:39:54The royal family still live in the grounds of this magnificent palace,
0:39:54 > 0:39:58a stone's throw from the largest slum in the city.
0:39:58 > 0:39:59Nothing, thank you.
0:39:59 > 0:40:02But what is so amazing about India, I find,
0:40:02 > 0:40:04is the extreme from both ends.
0:40:04 > 0:40:08- Yes.- From this opulence to the incredibly poor.
0:40:08 > 0:40:11- And I'm trying to get to terms with it...- Yes.- ..because, in Britain,
0:40:11 > 0:40:14- we don't have it in the same way, do we?- Yes, it's not...
0:40:14 > 0:40:19- Religion is a philosophy, Hinduism. - Yes.- And it's all about karma.
0:40:19 > 0:40:23- Yes.- So if you see even the very poor...- Yes.
0:40:23 > 0:40:25..I mean, yes, they are going through difficulties,
0:40:25 > 0:40:30but you don't find them unhappy, because they feel that this is...
0:40:30 > 0:40:32this is a cycle they have to go through
0:40:32 > 0:40:34- and, in the next life... - I agree with you.
0:40:34 > 0:40:35..they'll do better.
0:40:35 > 0:40:37'I didn't really want to come.'
0:40:37 > 0:40:41Having met several members of the family,
0:40:41 > 0:40:43they couldn't be nicer,
0:40:43 > 0:40:46they welcomed us with courtesy and friendliness and warmth.
0:40:48 > 0:40:51So, in the end, you have to say they're just like anyone else.
0:40:51 > 0:40:54- The caste system...- Yes.
0:40:54 > 0:40:58..in India and how it is viewed, still,
0:40:58 > 0:41:02whether or not it is being diluted now, or just as strong?
0:41:02 > 0:41:04- It's getting less, yes.- Yes.
0:41:04 > 0:41:08And it started, actually, the caste system, with professions.
0:41:08 > 0:41:13You know, the chap who cleans was that caste.
0:41:13 > 0:41:16- The agriculturist was another... - Was another caste?
0:41:16 > 0:41:19- And the fighters were, the soldiers were...- The soldiers, another caste?
0:41:19 > 0:41:21Yes. It was professional.
0:41:21 > 0:41:24And then later it became discriminatory.
0:41:24 > 0:41:28How do the high society...? What do they do for hobbies?
0:41:28 > 0:41:30What would you do?
0:41:30 > 0:41:32- Football?- Polo.
0:41:32 > 0:41:34- Polo?- Polo. - Oh, do you?- Yeah.
0:41:34 > 0:41:36Er, do you play darts?
0:41:36 > 0:41:37LAUGHTER
0:41:37 > 0:41:40You can't throw like that. You have to put your arm out, dead straight.
0:41:40 > 0:41:43You know what I mean? Eh?
0:41:43 > 0:41:47So your arm goes straight. So that's what you do when you throw a dart.
0:41:47 > 0:41:50I hate the disparity of wealth.
0:41:50 > 0:41:52I hate the gap between rich and poor.
0:41:53 > 0:41:56And it is shocking in India.
0:41:56 > 0:41:58I hope they are generous.
0:41:58 > 0:41:59I believe they are.
0:42:10 > 0:42:13That's it. Arm out, yeah.
0:42:13 > 0:42:15Same pressure. Don't think, just throw.
0:42:15 > 0:42:17Good darts. Well done, son.
0:42:22 > 0:42:23ALL TALK
0:42:24 > 0:42:28Listen, Patti, would you please dress up one night?
0:42:28 > 0:42:31- LAUGHTER - I will do. I will do my best.
0:42:33 > 0:42:36Today, it was fascinating that our guide...
0:42:38 > 0:42:40..took us back to his house and we asked him lots of questions.
0:42:40 > 0:42:44And we got onto the question of the caste system.
0:42:44 > 0:42:46- And it's a...- But you can't tell
0:42:46 > 0:42:49whether someone is one caste or another just from looking at them.
0:42:49 > 0:42:51- But they can.- You can by their name.- They can.
0:42:51 > 0:42:52- Do you think they can? - ALL:- They can.
0:42:52 > 0:42:55- And how dark they are.- And, actually, the way they look
0:42:55 > 0:42:57- and how dark they are.- Yeah.- Cos I've noticed the untouchables
0:42:57 > 0:43:01- are a lot darker.- Yes.- It is the same in Britain and it's the same.
0:43:01 > 0:43:05It's just we met one person today who we happen to like.
0:43:05 > 0:43:06A really lovely young man.
0:43:06 > 0:43:08Those are the sorts of people that bring these things...
0:43:08 > 0:43:10that highlight problems like that.
0:43:10 > 0:43:12- My understanding... - ALL TALK
0:43:12 > 0:43:14My understanding, Patti, and I may be wrong,
0:43:14 > 0:43:17is that the caste system in India
0:43:17 > 0:43:20- is much tougher...- Yes.
0:43:20 > 0:43:22- ..and much more formalised and much harder to break...- Yes, I agree.
0:43:22 > 0:43:25- I agree, yes.- ..than the one that we certainly have.
0:43:27 > 0:43:29'Meeting Raju and his family,'
0:43:29 > 0:43:33I met more people in one afternoon
0:43:33 > 0:43:36who want to embrace me and take me into their family circle
0:43:36 > 0:43:40than I have met in where I live in...
0:43:40 > 0:43:43ten years. But that's their sense of family.
0:43:43 > 0:43:46I want to know more about them and their way of life.
0:43:55 > 0:43:56HORNS BEEP
0:43:58 > 0:44:00- RADIO:- 'Good morning, Jaipur. It's very hot in the city.
0:44:00 > 0:44:03'By this afternoon, we're expecting to see temperatures
0:44:03 > 0:44:07'almost hitting 40 degrees, so please drink lots of water.'
0:44:07 > 0:44:10I've got a little tube of Vegemite.
0:44:12 > 0:44:14I'm taking it up to breakfast.
0:44:14 > 0:44:16I'm not going to share it.
0:44:16 > 0:44:19Actually, I find sharing food very difficult.
0:44:20 > 0:44:22Erm...
0:44:23 > 0:44:27..so I bought a bottle of whisky for everybody,
0:44:27 > 0:44:30so that they don't think I'm a mean old cow, but...
0:44:30 > 0:44:34Vegemite I might have to keep to myself.
0:44:34 > 0:44:36With the first week drawing to an end,
0:44:36 > 0:44:38the group are starting to settle into living together.
0:44:38 > 0:44:41'I live alone most of the time.'
0:44:41 > 0:44:44So suddenly being squashed in
0:44:44 > 0:44:47with a lot of unknown people...
0:44:47 > 0:44:49is disconcerting...
0:44:50 > 0:44:52..but it's also quite fun.
0:44:52 > 0:44:56And I really love having breakfast in the mornings with everybody.
0:44:56 > 0:44:59- Good morning. - LAUGHTER
0:45:03 > 0:45:06It's India itself that's having a big impact on Wayne.
0:45:06 > 0:45:09'India is just the place for me at the moment,'
0:45:09 > 0:45:13because I am slowing down and I'm being more reflective
0:45:13 > 0:45:16and I've always felt this spiritual feeling inside of me.
0:45:20 > 0:45:23This morning, Wayne is travelling further afield
0:45:23 > 0:45:25in his quest for spiritual knowledge.
0:45:25 > 0:45:28He's taking Jan and Patti just outside the city limits
0:45:28 > 0:45:31to visit one of the holiest sites in the area.
0:45:31 > 0:45:33How much?
0:45:33 > 0:45:35Ten?
0:45:35 > 0:45:40Galtaji has been a holy pilgrimage site since the early 16th century.
0:45:40 > 0:45:44The temple complex is home to a community of Hindu priests
0:45:44 > 0:45:46and a tribe of monkeys.
0:45:48 > 0:45:51Mind your wallets and mind your sunglasses.
0:45:51 > 0:45:53Apparently, they just like to play with it
0:45:53 > 0:45:55and wave it in the air at you and run away.
0:45:55 > 0:45:57Then you have to run at them...
0:45:57 > 0:45:59- They're like naughty children, aren't they?- Yeah.
0:45:59 > 0:46:00Agh! Sorry...
0:46:00 > 0:46:02- He's taken the lot! - He's taken it already.
0:46:02 > 0:46:05- They've taken the lot! - He just stole it.
0:46:05 > 0:46:06- Oh! - LAUGHTER
0:46:06 > 0:46:08Here am I telling you to be careful...
0:46:08 > 0:46:09LAUGHTER
0:46:09 > 0:46:10- Hello.- Hello.
0:46:10 > 0:46:12They've arranged to meet up with Raju again,
0:46:12 > 0:46:16so he can explain the spiritual significance of the place.
0:46:16 > 0:46:18- We are going to visit a temple. - Yes.- Uh-huh.
0:46:18 > 0:46:20And, also, we are going... We are meeting some monkeys.
0:46:20 > 0:46:25- They will grab your stuff, what you have.- As they already have done.
0:46:25 > 0:46:27- It's that one there, he's got three packs.- Yeah.
0:46:27 > 0:46:29- Did you give? - No! He stole it from me!
0:46:29 > 0:46:30LAUGHTER
0:46:30 > 0:46:32Already?
0:46:32 > 0:46:33Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
0:46:33 > 0:46:36It's good for karma to feed monkeys, or animals.
0:46:36 > 0:46:39Oh, come on. I'll stay here and just feed them. I need it.
0:46:39 > 0:46:40Come on.
0:46:46 > 0:46:48PEOPLE TALK
0:46:48 > 0:46:50- It's a natural spring.- Mm-hm.
0:46:50 > 0:46:52And this is the holy water.
0:46:52 > 0:46:56People come to Galtaji to be purified of their sins by the waters,
0:46:56 > 0:46:59which are also said to bring you a better future.
0:47:02 > 0:47:05- WAYNE:- 'I think everybody needs healing in their life.'
0:47:06 > 0:47:09'I did have a bit of a scare earlier in the year
0:47:09 > 0:47:12'and I had to have some treatment'
0:47:12 > 0:47:16and I said to myself that if I'm going to get in touch with anything,
0:47:16 > 0:47:18"You'd better find out quick, mate,
0:47:18 > 0:47:20"cos you're getting older."
0:47:20 > 0:47:21PEOPLE TALK
0:47:21 > 0:47:24'My life just before I came to India was very disturbing,
0:47:24 > 0:47:27'because I had to have an operation for prostate cancer,
0:47:27 > 0:47:29'which I didn't tell anybody, when I arrived,
0:47:29 > 0:47:31'cos I didn't want sympathy or anything,
0:47:31 > 0:47:33'so I kept it to myself for a while.'
0:47:33 > 0:47:36And I was on medication as well, which made me very low.
0:47:36 > 0:47:37PEOPLE TALK
0:47:37 > 0:47:40Namaste. Namaste.
0:47:40 > 0:47:41Fantastic.
0:47:43 > 0:47:44- ALL:- Ooh!
0:47:51 > 0:47:54A fire which has been lighting since 500 years
0:47:54 > 0:47:55and, still, they are lighting it.
0:47:55 > 0:47:58- ALL:- Really? - Eternal? Eternal fire?- Yeah.
0:47:58 > 0:48:02- WAYNE:- 'All the people have this sort of inner calmness
0:48:02 > 0:48:06'that radiates when you are with them.'
0:48:06 > 0:48:08Namaste.
0:48:08 > 0:48:11And he's blessing us. Thank you.
0:48:11 > 0:48:14He looks wonderful, doesn't he?
0:48:14 > 0:48:15He looks so peaceful.
0:48:16 > 0:48:18'I've always been...
0:48:18 > 0:48:21'quite feisty. I don't take prisoners.'
0:48:21 > 0:48:22I've always wanted to be the best.
0:48:22 > 0:48:25I've always wanted to win the race of life.
0:48:25 > 0:48:29And now I feel quite calm about it.
0:48:29 > 0:48:33I think I've found a slight serenity in myself.
0:48:36 > 0:48:38BELL RINGS
0:48:40 > 0:48:43To say thank you to the owners for their warm welcome,
0:48:43 > 0:48:45and to meet their new neighbours,
0:48:45 > 0:48:48the group have decided they should hold a party tonight.
0:48:48 > 0:48:49Janu? How are you?
0:48:49 > 0:48:52- Fine. I need you to take me to Shopper's Paradise.- Of course.
0:48:52 > 0:48:54- Will that be all right?- No problem.
0:48:56 > 0:48:58- Will you come in and help me?- Yes.
0:48:58 > 0:49:02- Because I need some help. - For what?- Janu, about the shopping.
0:49:02 > 0:49:04- What I am looking for. - All right. No bother.
0:49:04 > 0:49:07So that would be so wonderful, Janu, honestly.
0:49:07 > 0:49:09That would be brilliant, cos I haven't got a clue.
0:49:09 > 0:49:10I'm actually slightly...
0:49:10 > 0:49:13I'm not stressed, but I'm actually anxious.
0:49:13 > 0:49:14OK, so what do you want to buy?
0:49:14 > 0:49:17- Right, just eggs, flour, big lemons, big oranges.- Lemons. OK.
0:49:17 > 0:49:18All those sort of things.
0:49:18 > 0:49:21- So let's go and I'll show you when we get there.- OK.
0:49:21 > 0:49:25- We haven't got time to sit around and me to discuss it.- No problem.
0:49:25 > 0:49:27HORNS BEEP
0:49:33 > 0:49:34'Would you ask?'
0:49:34 > 0:49:36- I would like someone to help us.- Yes, yes.
0:49:36 > 0:49:39Show us where everything is.
0:49:39 > 0:49:41'I thrive on pressure a little bit.'
0:49:41 > 0:49:43I need a bit of pressure.
0:49:43 > 0:49:47I can't have no pressure, because that would do my head in.
0:49:47 > 0:49:49- JANU TALKS - Oh!
0:49:49 > 0:49:52Oh, we did, Janu. We've got loads, haven't we?
0:49:52 > 0:49:55I'm going to start, cos I have such a lot to do. OK.
0:49:57 > 0:49:58I need you to do something.
0:49:58 > 0:50:00- You're my friend, I need you to do something.- What's going on?
0:50:00 > 0:50:03You're going to be the hostess.
0:50:03 > 0:50:06- I'm just going to make sure that I'm doing my job.- Of course, of course.
0:50:06 > 0:50:09- I'm not going to be the hostess. - You don't need to project to me.
0:50:09 > 0:50:12- No. No, no. So, you don't... - I mean, just...calm.- Yep.
0:50:12 > 0:50:15- Just don't use so much of your energy.- You are lovely.
0:50:15 > 0:50:18- That's my problem. - I know, just...calm.
0:50:18 > 0:50:21- That's what I need to learn to do. - Calm.
0:50:21 > 0:50:25Despite being 65, Rosemary has just launched two businesses.
0:50:25 > 0:50:28'I can never see me giving up work completely.
0:50:28 > 0:50:30'Some people, at my age, would be winding down.'
0:50:30 > 0:50:32I've wound up.
0:50:33 > 0:50:36- Right, if we could have the rest of the stuff...- I'll bring it.
0:50:36 > 0:50:40'I do know - I'm not silly - I have to slow up a little bit.
0:50:40 > 0:50:44'But money plays a very important part in your retirement, I think.
0:50:44 > 0:50:45'But I'm not ready to retire yet.'
0:50:45 > 0:50:48Still got to earn some more money.
0:50:48 > 0:50:51- Janu, thank you so much for your help.- No problem.
0:50:51 > 0:50:53You are a star.
0:50:53 > 0:50:55- Be careful, son.- Here we go. - Where you going?
0:50:55 > 0:50:58The boys have been to the markets to buy decorations for the party.
0:50:58 > 0:51:02- All right, my son? - Go on, get up there, my son.- Eh?
0:51:02 > 0:51:05I tell you what, it doesn't look very British garden party.
0:51:05 > 0:51:07It looks more like Waikiki.
0:51:09 > 0:51:11# A woman's touch.
0:51:11 > 0:51:13# A woman's touch. #
0:51:13 > 0:51:15SHE HUMS
0:51:15 > 0:51:17LAUGHTER
0:51:17 > 0:51:20BELL RINGS
0:51:20 > 0:51:22Before the preparations for the party get under way,
0:51:22 > 0:51:26Rosemary decides to follow up on a tip from the haveli owners
0:51:26 > 0:51:29of a local guru to try out a meditation session.
0:51:30 > 0:51:32'I'm a very controlling person, in one sense.
0:51:32 > 0:51:34'And so I need to let go.
0:51:34 > 0:51:38'I think I'm going to find it quite difficult to sit still.
0:51:38 > 0:51:41'To keep me still would be a miracle, but it might just make me
0:51:41 > 0:51:44- 'contemplate a little bit.' - BELL RINGS
0:51:44 > 0:51:48Om Ashram is 20 minutes away from the haveli.
0:51:48 > 0:51:50It's a retreat open to anyone looking to improve
0:51:50 > 0:51:52their mental and spiritual wellbeing.
0:51:52 > 0:51:54BELL RINGS
0:51:54 > 0:51:56'Maybe that's what I need -
0:51:56 > 0:51:59'to feed myself with that sort of, you know, calmness and that way.
0:51:59 > 0:52:02'It needs to be injected inside me somehow.'
0:52:02 > 0:52:05She's meeting guru Gyaneshwar Puri,
0:52:05 > 0:52:07who left Europe 18 years ago,
0:52:07 > 0:52:09turning his back on Western ways
0:52:09 > 0:52:13and dedicating himself to helping people find inner peace.
0:52:13 > 0:52:16- So you're actually retired or you're still working?- No, I'm not.
0:52:16 > 0:52:17I've started...
0:52:17 > 0:52:19The problem, what I've done is,
0:52:19 > 0:52:22I've started a business quite late in life.
0:52:22 > 0:52:26It's very stressful. It's-it's very difficult, cos I could lo...
0:52:26 > 0:52:30I mean, you know, if things don't work, I could lose everything.
0:52:30 > 0:52:33I've failed so much, I've failed so much in my life.
0:52:33 > 0:52:36Not in my work life, but in my...
0:52:36 > 0:52:38as a person, in a sense, who I am.
0:52:38 > 0:52:42- And I just feel I've almost failed before I've started.- Mm.
0:52:42 > 0:52:43If that makes any sense.
0:52:43 > 0:52:46So, obviously, you have to change something.
0:52:47 > 0:52:50So you start letting go with the small things.
0:52:50 > 0:52:53Things, you know, even if they go wrong, nothing will happen.
0:52:53 > 0:52:55We can go through the simplest
0:52:55 > 0:52:58- of the techniques...- Go through the simplest.- ..of meditation.
0:52:58 > 0:53:01You have to stop and let it flow out.
0:53:01 > 0:53:02- Let it empty.- Right.
0:53:02 > 0:53:04You have to empty yourself.
0:53:04 > 0:53:07When the mind stops, then basically meditation starts.
0:53:08 > 0:53:11AMBIENT MUSIC
0:53:11 > 0:53:12Relax your whole body.
0:53:14 > 0:53:15Relax your arms.
0:53:17 > 0:53:19Relax your whole back.
0:53:19 > 0:53:23Our whole body is completely relaxed.
0:53:23 > 0:53:25'I hope I can let go a little bit.
0:53:25 > 0:53:29'Maybe, if I can let go, that would make me become...
0:53:29 > 0:53:32- THEY CHANT - '..slightly more confident that life
0:53:32 > 0:53:35'won't fall apart if I drop down, you know?
0:53:35 > 0:53:39'Or that life can still go on.'
0:53:39 > 0:53:40There is nothing more to do.
0:53:43 > 0:53:45Rub your palms together.
0:53:45 > 0:53:48Put your palms on your eyes and eye muscles.
0:53:48 > 0:53:50And open your eyes.
0:53:52 > 0:53:56I have to tell you, that's the stillest I've been
0:53:56 > 0:53:58in an awful long time.
0:53:58 > 0:54:00That is an incredible thing.
0:54:00 > 0:54:05- Yes, but now you should know that this peace that you felt...- I did.
0:54:05 > 0:54:08- ..came from you.- Total, yes. - Not from me, from you.
0:54:13 > 0:54:17'I am a bit of a...panicker, I suppose.'
0:54:17 > 0:54:20I get worried. It's not panic, actually.
0:54:20 > 0:54:25I get worried. And I get myself in a tizzy, because, you know,
0:54:25 > 0:54:27this is what... And, actually, it's finding that way,
0:54:27 > 0:54:29when I get into a tizzy,
0:54:29 > 0:54:32it's finding a way through that tizzy, for me.
0:54:32 > 0:54:35And I think India is doing that for me.
0:54:35 > 0:54:37In fact, I know it's doing it for me.
0:54:40 > 0:54:42HORNS BEEP
0:54:48 > 0:54:51Oh, wow! Look at you!
0:54:51 > 0:54:54- ALL TALK, LAUGHTER - Hello.- Hello.
0:54:54 > 0:54:56Guests have started to arrive for this evening's party.
0:54:56 > 0:55:00Nice to meet you. Enjoy yourself.
0:55:00 > 0:55:01Welcome, welcome.
0:55:01 > 0:55:04Their tour guide, Raju, has come with his family.
0:55:04 > 0:55:05Yes!
0:55:05 > 0:55:07And they've also invited the owner's relatives,
0:55:07 > 0:55:10who live within the haveli complex.
0:55:10 > 0:55:13Come, we'll have a look at the food. We'll take Mummy with us, yes?
0:55:13 > 0:55:16Brandy snaps and tarts.
0:55:16 > 0:55:20Chicken vol-au-vents. Cucumber sandwiches.
0:55:20 > 0:55:23And I've got some more vol-au-vents coming. There's more in the kitchen.
0:55:23 > 0:55:24- OK, thank you.- Yeah.
0:55:26 > 0:55:29- MIRIAM:- 'It's always difficult, when you first come to a place,
0:55:29 > 0:55:31'and you don't know people there,'
0:55:31 > 0:55:35you want to reach them. You want to be able to talk to them
0:55:35 > 0:55:38and perhaps get to know them a little.
0:55:38 > 0:55:42'And that can only be done gradually.'
0:55:42 > 0:55:45- My name is Miriam Margolyes. I'm an actress.- Oh.
0:55:45 > 0:55:49- What is this Doctor Who? What's this?- It's a TV series.
0:55:49 > 0:55:51- Series?- Running for 50 years.
0:55:51 > 0:55:55- Running for 50 years?- Yeah. - Have you got me on there?
0:55:55 > 0:55:57I'm in Harry Potter. I'm Professor Sprout.
0:55:57 > 0:56:01That's the name of my character. Professor Sprout.
0:56:01 > 0:56:04- We have some Harry Potter fans here. - Oh, good. Well, I'll speak to them.
0:56:04 > 0:56:06- He is Wayne.- Wayne.
0:56:06 > 0:56:08- And he's a belly dancer. - Ballet.- OK.
0:56:08 > 0:56:10- Ballet.- Not belly. - Not belly!
0:56:10 > 0:56:12- LAUGHTER - No, no. I...
0:56:12 > 0:56:16If you want to see something most particularly English, please come.
0:56:16 > 0:56:20We have arranged some entertainment. Please have a seat.
0:56:20 > 0:56:23Somebody sit at the front, there's a cushion at the front.
0:56:23 > 0:56:26Ladies and gentlemen, Mr Wayne Sleep!
0:56:26 > 0:56:27SHOES TAP
0:56:31 > 0:56:33- WAYNE:- 'I'm just hoping I will have more time
0:56:33 > 0:56:37'to meditate and try to improve myself
0:56:37 > 0:56:41'and it's something I'm really looking forward to.'
0:56:41 > 0:56:43# I belong to Glasgow... #
0:56:43 > 0:56:44CHEERING
0:56:44 > 0:56:45HE SINGS
0:56:46 > 0:56:49- ROSEMARY:- 'Because I don't understand the culture yet,
0:56:49 > 0:56:54'it's a very hard place to live, and that I find very, very tricky.
0:56:54 > 0:56:57'But I want to try and get to grips with this culture.'
0:56:57 > 0:57:01It's early days. But, you know, there's a lot of food for thought.
0:57:01 > 0:57:05# Everybody's searching for a hero. #
0:57:05 > 0:57:08'I love the ready smile.
0:57:08 > 0:57:10'I love the way the women carry themselves.
0:57:10 > 0:57:12'I love the colour.'
0:57:12 > 0:57:14Not so much the smell sometimes.
0:57:15 > 0:57:16APPLAUSE
0:57:16 > 0:57:19'It just opened my eyes to see how other people live
0:57:19 > 0:57:21'and how they get a living.'
0:57:21 > 0:57:23That's the thing that got me.
0:57:23 > 0:57:25Some of them have got nothing.
0:57:25 > 0:57:27Literally nothing. But they're all polite and happy.
0:57:27 > 0:57:29So we could take that back.
0:57:29 > 0:57:32If everyone was like that, it would be lovely, wouldn't it?
0:57:32 > 0:57:35This piece of elastic is 12 feet long. Stretch it to 24 feet.
0:57:35 > 0:57:37LAUGHTER
0:57:37 > 0:57:39'There is dirt and there is poverty,'
0:57:39 > 0:57:43but, beside that, there is so much life and vitality...
0:57:43 > 0:57:44CHEERING
0:57:44 > 0:57:45Bravo!
0:57:45 > 0:57:47'..and generosity and warmth.
0:57:47 > 0:57:50'You can't avoid loving this place.
0:57:50 > 0:57:53'I really do, I love this country.'
0:57:53 > 0:57:55Whether I want to retire here...
0:57:56 > 0:57:59..that is harder to answer.
0:57:59 > 0:58:00THEY TALK
0:58:00 > 0:58:03'Now, I feel the adventure is beginning.'
0:58:03 > 0:58:07I can't wait for tomorrow and what it brings.
0:58:07 > 0:58:08CHEERING
0:58:10 > 0:58:15Next time, our eight OAPs settle into real life in India.
0:58:15 > 0:58:16Wow. Look at this place.
0:58:16 > 0:58:20It's harder for us to stay young-looking when we're this age.
0:58:20 > 0:58:21Not for me.
0:58:21 > 0:58:24I'm bloody sure it's platform one!
0:58:24 > 0:58:26And the whole group go on a magical mystery tour...
0:58:26 > 0:58:28THEY SING
0:58:28 > 0:58:30..to one of the wonders of the world.
0:58:30 > 0:58:32ROSEMARY GASPS
0:58:32 > 0:58:34I don't have words for that.