0:00:19 > 0:00:23India, a country bursting with colour and beauty.
0:00:24 > 0:00:27I don't have words for that.
0:00:30 > 0:00:33With 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 > 0:00:40I would love it - a different way of life,
0:00:40 > 0:00:44where money might last longer, and a wonderful climate.
0:00:44 > 0:00:47I want to have a comfortable old age.
0:00:47 > 0:00:50Let's go somewhere and live like kings.
0:00:50 > 0:00:52Your Majesty!
0:00:52 > 0:00:55Inspired by the film, eight well-known pensioners
0:00:55 > 0:00:59are going on a real-life adventure in the city of Jaipur.
0:00:59 > 0:01:02- Welcome to Jaipur. - I'm in! My bum is in.
0:01:02 > 0:01:05And they've set up a unique retirement home
0:01:05 > 0:01:07in the heart of the old city.
0:01:07 > 0:01:10- Is this the way to the market, though?- I don't know!
0:01:10 > 0:01:11We can give it a go. Hello!
0:01:11 > 0:01:14After trying to fend for themselves...
0:01:14 > 0:01:16It's banging around!
0:01:16 > 0:01:18Oh, my giddy aunt!
0:01:18 > 0:01:22..they've hired staff and begun to explore the local area.
0:01:22 > 0:01:26There wouldn't be enough years of retirement to take it all in.
0:01:26 > 0:01:28- Oh, wow!- Unbelievable!
0:01:28 > 0:01:31But will they navigate the challenges India poses...
0:01:31 > 0:01:34Blimey! This is exhausting.
0:01:34 > 0:01:39..and find somewhere new to call home on the other side of the world?
0:01:39 > 0:01:43You can't avoid loving this place. Magical!
0:01:57 > 0:01:59BIRDSONG
0:02:03 > 0:02:06- INDIAN MAN:- A very good morning! - ALL:- Good morning!
0:02:06 > 0:02:09Everybody, all of you look good this morning!
0:02:10 > 0:02:12Close your eyes.
0:02:14 > 0:02:18Let go of all your desires...
0:02:19 > 0:02:22..and see what wonders it does to your body.
0:02:23 > 0:02:26It's the second week of living together in the haveli,
0:02:26 > 0:02:29and the group have begun to embrace the local way of life.
0:02:29 > 0:02:34Wayne, Roy, Sylvester and Patti are up early for their yoga lesson
0:02:34 > 0:02:36with instructor Atul.
0:02:36 > 0:02:38Breathing through the nose.
0:02:48 > 0:02:52You breathe in through the mouth. Blow out your cheeks.
0:02:52 > 0:02:55And straighten your mouth. Breathe out of the nose.
0:02:55 > 0:02:59Atul's yoga is specially designed for senior citizens,
0:02:59 > 0:03:01and it's more than just exercise,
0:03:01 > 0:03:04focusing on meditation and mental wellbeing.
0:03:07 > 0:03:11I'm definitely going to start yoga classes and meditation.
0:03:11 > 0:03:13Those are two very important things in my life now.
0:03:13 > 0:03:15Take your hands up.
0:03:15 > 0:03:20Just brought us into, like, a sanctuary of peace and happiness.
0:03:20 > 0:03:23You feel calmness.
0:03:23 > 0:03:27But not everyone has been converted to the benefits of yoga.
0:03:27 > 0:03:33I really like a fan. I REALLY like a fan. I just love that blowy feeling.
0:03:33 > 0:03:36And when you fart, it sort of blows it away really quickly.
0:03:36 > 0:03:39So nobody sort of almost notices.
0:03:39 > 0:03:42If you're a slightly windy person, like I am.
0:03:42 > 0:03:43JAN LAUGHS
0:03:45 > 0:03:48I love the strangeness of India,
0:03:48 > 0:03:51the fact that it's a completely different culture,
0:03:51 > 0:03:54the unexpected things that happen here,
0:03:54 > 0:03:58- the imminence of- BLEEP- myself, you know.
0:03:59 > 0:04:03And Miriam isn't the only one suffering.
0:04:03 > 0:04:05I've still got the squits! You know, we all have squits.
0:04:05 > 0:04:07I think everybody's suffering.
0:04:07 > 0:04:09But the only thing is, I'm just trying...
0:04:09 > 0:04:13I need to stay around the room for maybe a little longer.
0:04:13 > 0:04:16It's part and parcel of India, my dear!
0:04:18 > 0:04:20OK, I've got to go again. I'm sorry.
0:04:22 > 0:04:24HORNS BLARE
0:04:26 > 0:04:29- BOBBY:- The thing I like about India, everyone's busy.
0:04:29 > 0:04:31Everyone's going somewhere, to get something.
0:04:31 > 0:04:34They're like ants. They're all everywhere.
0:04:34 > 0:04:37I don't know how they have so much strength. They're older than we are.
0:04:37 > 0:04:38HE CHUCKLES
0:04:40 > 0:04:44In Jaipur, even the most essential day-to-day activities
0:04:44 > 0:04:46are done away from the family home.
0:04:46 > 0:04:48Whoo!
0:04:48 > 0:04:50For even something as everyday as a shave,
0:04:50 > 0:04:53most local men go to a barber's.
0:04:53 > 0:04:56Ooh! Dear, oh, dear, oh, dear!
0:04:56 > 0:04:59- Cor blimey! - LAUGHS
0:04:59 > 0:05:02This would upset your bowels, wouldn't it?
0:05:02 > 0:05:04- CHUCKLES - Oh, dear!
0:05:04 > 0:05:07Wayne and Bobby have been recommended one by their hosts
0:05:07 > 0:05:10where a shave and a haircut cos under a pound.
0:05:10 > 0:05:12- Wait for me!- Come on, son.
0:05:14 > 0:05:17The risers are a bit high, so you have to be careful.
0:05:17 > 0:05:19OK.
0:05:19 > 0:05:21How do you do?
0:05:21 > 0:05:22A shave.
0:05:22 > 0:05:25And be nice to me. Have you ever cut anyone?
0:05:27 > 0:05:29Have you? No? Never cut no-one.
0:05:29 > 0:05:34- Keep that up, son.- How many a day does he do?- Trying to be 60 or 70.
0:05:34 > 0:05:38- 60 or 70? So nobody shaves at home? - No.- With electric?- No.- No?- No.
0:05:38 > 0:05:41- Everybody comes here.- Comes here.
0:05:41 > 0:05:44- Yeah.- Ah! Was it gentle? You didn't feel anything?- No, he's very gentle.
0:05:44 > 0:05:46Oh, good. All right, then.
0:05:46 > 0:05:49Makes me ears look big, now I've had a good shave.
0:05:49 > 0:05:52Well, that's what happens, doesn't it?
0:05:52 > 0:05:54Look at mine!
0:05:54 > 0:05:55Yeah.
0:05:55 > 0:05:58It's harder for us, don't you think, to stay young-looking
0:05:58 > 0:06:01- when we're this age?- Not for me! - Not for you, darlin'!
0:06:01 > 0:06:03You've got a baby face, haven't you?
0:06:04 > 0:06:06'Don't get old in your head.
0:06:06 > 0:06:09'If you never had a mirror, you wouldn't get old.'
0:06:09 > 0:06:11Cos you can't see yourself, can you?
0:06:11 > 0:06:13So I've took all the mirrors out of the house.
0:06:13 > 0:06:15No, I ain't really!
0:06:15 > 0:06:19I've got hair growing everywhere else but on my head as I get older.
0:06:19 > 0:06:22- Down me nose, out of my ears... - Yeah.- It's terrible.
0:06:22 > 0:06:25As I get older, I've realised it's inevitable.
0:06:25 > 0:06:28It's going to happen whether you like it or not!
0:06:28 > 0:06:30So why worry about it?
0:06:30 > 0:06:33Have you found since you've been here
0:06:33 > 0:06:35that the arthritis has been helped by the heat?
0:06:35 > 0:06:39- I think it helps. When it rains and it's cold, you feel it more.- Yeah.
0:06:39 > 0:06:42For my old bones, that have been doing dancing all these years,
0:06:42 > 0:06:47my muscles feel softer already, just within a few days.
0:06:47 > 0:06:49Yeah.
0:06:49 > 0:06:50Namaste.
0:06:50 > 0:06:52- IT SQUIRTS - Oh!
0:06:52 > 0:06:54- Sorry! - LAUGHS
0:07:05 > 0:07:08Miriam and Patti are venturing out, too.
0:07:09 > 0:07:11They need to get some laundry done.
0:07:13 > 0:07:17- You're all ready. - Ironing and washing...
0:07:17 > 0:07:20Most middle-class families don't do their own washing,
0:07:20 > 0:07:22so host Sushma is taking them to see the lady
0:07:22 > 0:07:24who does the laundry for all the locals.
0:07:24 > 0:07:31She has been doing our ironing...
0:07:31 > 0:07:33and washing for...
0:07:33 > 0:07:35at least four generations.
0:07:35 > 0:07:37Oh, my goodness!
0:07:38 > 0:07:41Hello! Hello! Namaste.
0:07:41 > 0:07:46- Her name is Durga. - Durga. My name is Miriam.
0:07:46 > 0:07:51- Patti. Come. - After you.- Come.- OK.
0:07:51 > 0:07:53I'll show you the place where she does her washing.
0:07:53 > 0:07:56- OK.- You need a hand? - Yep. I'm in.- Yes.
0:07:56 > 0:07:58- I'm in.- That's her family.
0:08:00 > 0:08:04Dobanji's whole family are employed in her laundry business.
0:08:05 > 0:08:11Her relatives, her husbands, three brothers, they live in the house.
0:08:11 > 0:08:14Each one of them has a place here,
0:08:14 > 0:08:19and they have floors on top where they live.
0:08:19 > 0:08:24- OK.- And the older son.- Oh, that's the older son.- He's the older son.
0:08:24 > 0:08:26Beautiful wife.
0:08:26 > 0:08:30- Beautiful.- That's the younger one. And younger daughter-in-law.
0:08:30 > 0:08:34- Why has she got her hair...her face covered?- As a mark of respect.
0:08:34 > 0:08:39What's the respect? Is it towards her mother-in-law? Or towards you?
0:08:39 > 0:08:40Or towards us?
0:08:40 > 0:08:42It's towards all elderly people.
0:08:42 > 0:08:48I was born in Nigeria, in west Africa, and there, you can't
0:08:48 > 0:08:52look an elderly person in the eyes when they're talking to you.
0:08:52 > 0:08:54People always tell me I should cover my face,
0:08:54 > 0:08:56but I don't think it's for that reason!
0:08:56 > 0:08:58- No! Oh! - THEY LAUGH
0:09:01 > 0:09:03India has grown on me completely,
0:09:03 > 0:09:09I mean, because India is so much the tradition of respecting
0:09:09 > 0:09:11the elders, so I feel totally at home here.
0:09:11 > 0:09:15I feel like I'm in Africa but with a different language.
0:09:16 > 0:09:21'I'm beginning to understand the ways of life here.'
0:09:21 > 0:09:24Bye-bye.
0:09:24 > 0:09:29'But within the family, I think there is great love,
0:09:29 > 0:09:32'and that's a really nice thing to see.'
0:09:32 > 0:09:34I don't have a family. My parents are dead,
0:09:34 > 0:09:38I have just my partner, and we don't have children.
0:09:38 > 0:09:42So I'm rather a solitary person,
0:09:42 > 0:09:45and I'm not sure how a solitary person
0:09:45 > 0:09:48would fare in this country.
0:10:02 > 0:10:05Living together may be cost-effective,
0:10:05 > 0:10:08but some aren't adjusting to it that well.
0:10:09 > 0:10:12- JAN:- 'Fitting into the group has been difficult.
0:10:12 > 0:10:15'So many of them are larger than life.'
0:10:16 > 0:10:19I just find that a bit difficult, because...
0:10:19 > 0:10:21I mean, I'm insecure, in many ways.
0:10:22 > 0:10:25But I think sometimes people hide their insecurity by sort of
0:10:25 > 0:10:29shouting louder than the next person!
0:10:29 > 0:10:32- MIRIAM:- We're going to have to look after...- Jan.- ..Jan,
0:10:32 > 0:10:35because she's fragile.
0:10:35 > 0:10:40- Yes. I know.- She's fragile.- And she's out of her own environment.
0:10:40 > 0:10:44- I think she finds it harder than we do, probably.- Yeah.
0:10:44 > 0:10:47- Do you think that? - I do think that.- Yeah. Yeah.
0:10:47 > 0:10:52Back home in Kent, Jan has lived on her own for the last 12 years.
0:10:52 > 0:10:55I didn't think at my age
0:10:55 > 0:10:58that I would be living on my own with a cat.
0:10:59 > 0:11:03'I am not lonely. I am happy.'
0:11:03 > 0:11:05My happiness could be added to!
0:11:19 > 0:11:23- Hello again, Janu.- Hi. - Hey, I'm really excited about this.
0:11:23 > 0:11:25- How are you?- Thank you, I'm very well.
0:11:25 > 0:11:28Jan has asked Janu, the haveli driver,
0:11:28 > 0:11:30to take her to see someone who could help.
0:11:30 > 0:11:34- I tell you something, there's no way I would ever drive in Jaipur.- Yes.
0:11:34 > 0:11:37I won't even drive in London any more.
0:11:37 > 0:11:40In India, many Hindus use psychic gurus to see what their future
0:11:40 > 0:11:45has in store, and Janu has recommended one for Jan to visit.
0:11:45 > 0:11:48I do believe in astrology.
0:11:48 > 0:11:51Now, let's face it, people only go to an astrologer
0:11:51 > 0:11:56if they've got a problem, either love, money, work...
0:11:56 > 0:11:58You don't go to an astrologer when you're happy.
0:11:58 > 0:12:00Actually, I am happy.
0:12:02 > 0:12:05Before you go, I want to make sure that you're brave enough,
0:12:05 > 0:12:08because you go there to hear the true.
0:12:08 > 0:12:12- Oh, my goodness! - You go there to hear the true.- OK.
0:12:12 > 0:12:15So you make sure you are happy to go there.
0:12:15 > 0:12:17Janu, could we go back?
0:12:27 > 0:12:28Good luck.
0:12:28 > 0:12:31Thank you. It's in there?
0:12:33 > 0:12:37Ajay Shrivastava does readings for those seeking enlightenment
0:12:37 > 0:12:40at the back of his jewellery shop.
0:12:40 > 0:12:41Namaste.
0:12:41 > 0:12:45I have an appointment with the guru. Is it all right to go in?
0:12:45 > 0:12:48- Yes.- Thank you. Namaste.
0:12:48 > 0:12:50Namaste.
0:12:54 > 0:12:56- Namaste.- Namaste.
0:12:58 > 0:13:00- Have a seat, please.- Thank you.
0:13:00 > 0:13:02PHONE PLAYS INDIAN MUSIC
0:13:02 > 0:13:04MUSIC STOPS
0:13:04 > 0:13:09- We have only five minutes, because I have yoga class.- Oh, right!
0:13:09 > 0:13:12- Give me your hand for a second.- Which?
0:13:20 > 0:13:23The guru doesn't charge anything for his services.
0:13:23 > 0:13:25He believes he has a gift
0:13:25 > 0:13:28which should be available to anyone who needs his help.
0:13:39 > 0:13:41So, go ahead, what do you want to know?
0:13:41 > 0:13:44- I have lived on my own a very long time.- Mm-hm.
0:13:44 > 0:13:47But relationship has always been a problem with you,
0:13:47 > 0:13:50because you have a massive problem with expression and communication.
0:13:50 > 0:13:54So, like, relationship and fall in love and then things fall apart,
0:13:54 > 0:13:57so like with a man it's always been like this.
0:13:57 > 0:13:59At least six men in your life, same thing is happening.
0:13:59 > 0:14:01You're amazing.
0:14:01 > 0:14:03- You're absolutely right. - How many children you got?
0:14:03 > 0:14:05One. A son.
0:14:05 > 0:14:07- How old he is?- 34.
0:14:07 > 0:14:10But basically, I think what you need to do, focus, concentration
0:14:10 > 0:14:11and self-loving.
0:14:11 > 0:14:14There's a creativity and things inside you,
0:14:14 > 0:14:16but still you haven't found the peace of mind.
0:14:16 > 0:14:20I haven't, and you're quite right about relationships.
0:14:20 > 0:14:23But having been on my own for 12 years,
0:14:23 > 0:14:25I've got used to it.
0:14:25 > 0:14:30It was very difficult originally. I would love to be...
0:14:30 > 0:14:33I would love to have a companion,
0:14:33 > 0:14:37but my track record would put men off.
0:14:37 > 0:14:38If...
0:14:38 > 0:14:43God or whoever says no, I am OK on my own,
0:14:43 > 0:14:44but I would me much happier...
0:14:44 > 0:14:47You're saying you OK, but I disagree with you.
0:14:47 > 0:14:50You're very lonely. And my suggestion for you,
0:14:50 > 0:14:52you still need to be very careful with depression.
0:14:52 > 0:14:55Whatever you are, howsoever you are, expression is very important.
0:14:55 > 0:14:57Second thing, as you're getting older,
0:14:57 > 0:15:01you need to be very careful with your short-term memory.
0:15:01 > 0:15:03- With my short-term... - Short-term memory.- Oh!
0:15:03 > 0:15:05- My mother...- Symptom of dementia.
0:15:05 > 0:15:07Yes, she did. Ah!
0:15:07 > 0:15:09Because both my grandmothers died of cancer.
0:15:09 > 0:15:11Bowel cancer.
0:15:11 > 0:15:12Yes, they did.
0:15:12 > 0:15:15INDIAN MUSIC PLAYS ON PHONE
0:15:15 > 0:15:18- Thank you so much.- You're welcome. Take good care.- Thank you.
0:15:21 > 0:15:23Hopefully see you soon.
0:15:27 > 0:15:28Phew!
0:15:28 > 0:15:30He's good.
0:15:30 > 0:15:32He's good!
0:15:32 > 0:15:37That man definitely has an energy. I could feel it coming into my hand.
0:15:37 > 0:15:41He shocked me when he said "six relationships".
0:15:41 > 0:15:44I mean, he doesn't know me from a bar of soap.
0:15:44 > 0:15:47My life has been totally...
0:15:47 > 0:15:49messed up with men.
0:16:00 > 0:16:02How are you?
0:16:02 > 0:16:04- He's amazing.- Yes? OK.
0:16:10 > 0:16:14I tell you what, even if I'd wanted to hide anything from him,
0:16:14 > 0:16:15I couldn't.
0:16:15 > 0:16:18- I mean, how could he know? - I told you before you come.
0:16:31 > 0:16:36- INDIAN WOMAN:- Ah. That's for the long "ah" sound.
0:16:36 > 0:16:37Back at the haveli,
0:16:37 > 0:16:41some of the group are trying to learn some basic Hindi.
0:16:41 > 0:16:43How would you say to somebody when you meet someone,
0:16:43 > 0:16:45"What is your name?"
0:16:45 > 0:16:48Jan has decided to join the group for the lesson.
0:16:48 > 0:16:50Naam kya hai?
0:16:50 > 0:16:53OK, so maybe you can have a little conversation between the two of you?
0:16:53 > 0:16:54Oh, God!
0:16:54 > 0:16:58- Yes, so...- Oh! - Erm, naam kya hai?
0:16:58 > 0:17:02- Wait a minute. Wait a minute. - Naam... What is "sleep" in, er...
0:17:02 > 0:17:08- Sleep?- Yeah, sleep. - Sona.- Mera naam Sona hai.
0:17:09 > 0:17:11- I'm falling asleep. Sorry. - CHUCKLES
0:17:11 > 0:17:13I'm so tired!
0:17:13 > 0:17:16I hope it's not the Hindi lesson
0:17:16 > 0:17:20- that's working as a lullaby for you! - It's concentrating when I'm tired.
0:17:20 > 0:17:23I was just going to say, with our not-very-good accents,
0:17:23 > 0:17:24will they understand us?
0:17:24 > 0:17:28They will. They will, because the context in which you're talking,
0:17:28 > 0:17:30they know what you are actually wanting them to say.
0:17:30 > 0:17:31I've got to keep this active.
0:17:31 > 0:17:35You know, it's absolutely true, if you don't use it, you lose it.
0:17:35 > 0:17:39'And I will be making notes, because I don't remember.
0:17:39 > 0:17:41'I had a very good memory when I was young.
0:17:41 > 0:17:44'Not quite photographic, but very, very good.'
0:17:44 > 0:17:46- WAYNE:- How would you say, "Would you like to make a date?"
0:17:46 > 0:17:48- TEACHER LAUGHS - OK!
0:17:48 > 0:17:50In India, you would not say that!
0:17:50 > 0:17:53- I want to be your sort of chaperone. - You're going to be my chaperone?!
0:17:53 > 0:17:55- I want to get you a rich Indian. - SHE SCOFFS
0:17:55 > 0:17:59- ROSEMARY:- Oh, that would be... She ought to have a... Yes, you.
0:17:59 > 0:18:03- That would be perfect for her. - I don't want a rich...!
0:18:03 > 0:18:05I know this sounds awful but, I mean,
0:18:05 > 0:18:08do people chat each other up, or is it unheard-of?
0:18:10 > 0:18:14- Flirt.- Do they flirt? - Erm...- Not really, no.
0:18:14 > 0:18:17Actually, in Jaipur, we still have a lot
0:18:17 > 0:18:20of what we call the respect in the eyes, you know?
0:18:20 > 0:18:23So if you see somebody you like, it would all be in the face, Jan,
0:18:23 > 0:18:27would it, sort of like looking at somebody like that?
0:18:27 > 0:18:30- So you look at me and I go... - ROSEMARY:- That's beautiful.
0:18:30 > 0:18:32And I go...
0:18:32 > 0:18:34WAYNE LAUGHS
0:18:34 > 0:18:37My life is quite fulfilling.
0:18:37 > 0:18:39There's room in it for somebody,
0:18:39 > 0:18:43but unfortunately - I'm not saying anything that most women
0:18:43 > 0:18:46don't think - most men want a much younger woman.
0:18:46 > 0:18:48And look at me and the age I am now.
0:19:00 > 0:19:02- ATUL:- Breathe in.
0:19:02 > 0:19:04Very gentle dropping.
0:19:04 > 0:19:07Dropping the head back.
0:19:07 > 0:19:12It's 8am, and the group's morning routine has already started.
0:19:12 > 0:19:17And that will reduce pressure on the heart by 33%.
0:19:17 > 0:19:20Yoga's been practised for 5,000 years in India,
0:19:20 > 0:19:22and it's part of the rhythm of life.
0:19:22 > 0:19:25Again with the nose tip. One...
0:19:25 > 0:19:26two...
0:19:26 > 0:19:30If you do it daily, you will be cured of your short-sightedness
0:19:30 > 0:19:33and long-sightedness. You won't need glasses.
0:19:35 > 0:19:39OK, let's start it again, sir. Sir, you also need to take your...
0:19:39 > 0:19:42But Rosemary's finding it tough.
0:19:42 > 0:19:45Would you excuse me? Because I'm going to have to go.
0:19:45 > 0:19:47I've got to go and do something. So, excuse me.
0:19:47 > 0:19:50I need this as much as everybody!
0:19:50 > 0:19:54- But I need to go and move on, so I'm sorry.- Don't worry, don't worry.
0:19:54 > 0:19:57'That has taught me the most enormous lesson.
0:19:57 > 0:19:58'I am really unfit.'
0:19:58 > 0:20:00Everything was hurting...
0:20:00 > 0:20:02- SHE LAUGHS - ..which is embarrassing,
0:20:02 > 0:20:05because it shouldn't have done, because they were so gentle.
0:20:05 > 0:20:07'And sing...'
0:20:07 > 0:20:09THEY CHANT
0:20:13 > 0:20:16Seriously, I'm actually quite shocked how bad I am,
0:20:16 > 0:20:18because I'm ten years younger than all these here.
0:20:18 > 0:20:19And, um...
0:20:19 > 0:20:22I mean, I think I've... You know.
0:20:22 > 0:20:24I'm reason... I am fit. But I'm not.
0:20:24 > 0:20:26I mean...
0:20:26 > 0:20:28I don't stretch and I don't do any exercise, really.
0:20:29 > 0:20:32I think this is just so...
0:20:32 > 0:20:34In fact, I do none, no exercise at all.
0:20:34 > 0:20:36CUTLERY CLINKS
0:20:36 > 0:20:39She said that when she goes to...
0:20:39 > 0:20:41I take a pill for my blood pressure,
0:20:41 > 0:20:46because my mother had a stroke, she died from that.
0:20:46 > 0:20:48That's what I take it for,
0:20:48 > 0:20:50in order to avoid... try to avoid a stroke.
0:20:51 > 0:20:55If you read in my obituary that I've died of a stroke, you'll say,
0:20:55 > 0:20:57"Oh, poor sod, it didn't work!"
0:20:57 > 0:20:59THEY ALL LAUGH
0:20:59 > 0:21:04I do think it's morbid to think about the autumn of life
0:21:04 > 0:21:06or even the winter.
0:21:06 > 0:21:11I mean, here we are, I'm lucky to have survived this long.
0:21:12 > 0:21:14I'm amazed the neighbours have let me.
0:21:14 > 0:21:16I'm old
0:21:16 > 0:21:18and I didn't expect to be.
0:21:18 > 0:21:22I didn't expect to have to climb stairs one at a time.
0:21:22 > 0:21:25Are you coming to the hospital, Bobby?
0:21:25 > 0:21:26I've got to be there at one.
0:21:26 > 0:21:31India has some of the best and cheapest medical care in the world.
0:21:31 > 0:21:33Some of the group have existing health concerns,
0:21:33 > 0:21:37so they've booked into a local hospital for a full medical checkup.
0:21:38 > 0:21:40So, I'm not sure at the hospital
0:21:40 > 0:21:43whether we are going to have to strip down
0:21:43 > 0:21:46or have a blood test or any of that kind of stuff.
0:21:46 > 0:21:48Well, not blood test.
0:21:48 > 0:21:50I think pressure, high pressure, low pressure, heart...
0:21:52 > 0:21:55Miriam was recently told that she needed an operation.
0:21:57 > 0:21:59I've developed arthritis.
0:21:59 > 0:22:01It means that I don't walk very well
0:22:01 > 0:22:04and I'm going to have a knee replacement operation.
0:22:04 > 0:22:06I'm not ready to slow down.
0:22:06 > 0:22:10If I have to walk more slowly, then I will,
0:22:10 > 0:22:13but I want to walk just as far.
0:22:13 > 0:22:15And there are little scooters that you can go on,
0:22:15 > 0:22:17they're ever such fun.
0:22:17 > 0:22:20You can knock all kinds of people like that.
0:22:20 > 0:22:23That's it, I've got my little stool.
0:22:26 > 0:22:28India has become a Mecca for health tourism,
0:22:28 > 0:22:32with around a quarter of a million people flying here each year
0:22:32 > 0:22:35to take advantage of the cheap private medical treatment.
0:22:36 > 0:22:39I would very much be interested in finding out
0:22:39 > 0:22:43about what it would cost to have an operation in India
0:22:43 > 0:22:46and who would do it and how good they are,
0:22:46 > 0:22:47because I just want the best.
0:22:47 > 0:22:49You know, this is my life.
0:22:54 > 0:22:56I want to see... Check me heart,
0:22:56 > 0:22:58- that's the most important thing to me.- Yeah.
0:22:58 > 0:23:00And me blood pressure
0:23:00 > 0:23:02and how long I'm going to live.
0:23:03 > 0:23:05We're looking for...
0:23:05 > 0:23:07Well, not Labour and Delivery,
0:23:07 > 0:23:09I think I'm past that one! Um...
0:23:09 > 0:23:13Intensive... Health Check, there we go, straight ahead.
0:23:13 > 0:23:15Straight ahead - Health Check.
0:23:15 > 0:23:19India does have a public health system, but access to it is so poor,
0:23:19 > 0:23:22going private is the only option for the middle classes.
0:23:24 > 0:23:27- I feel so sweaty, it's embarrassing. - I know, I know.
0:23:27 > 0:23:29I hate being sweaty when people...
0:23:29 > 0:23:30If they have to touch me.
0:23:30 > 0:23:32I don't know whether they're going to touch me.
0:23:32 > 0:23:34They may take one look at me and say, "Urgh!"
0:23:34 > 0:23:37I hope he doesn't have to touch me, full stop.
0:23:41 > 0:23:43164 in height.
0:23:44 > 0:23:46I've shrunk.
0:23:46 > 0:23:48The most comprehensive health check,
0:23:48 > 0:23:53covering everything from blood tests to bone scans, costs just £130.
0:23:59 > 0:24:03In the UK, the same tests done privately would cost over 1,600.
0:24:04 > 0:24:05You stay there.
0:24:09 > 0:24:10HE USES THE TOILET
0:24:12 > 0:24:16My mother had strokes and that's what I'm trying to avoid, of course.
0:24:16 > 0:24:19118 by 80. So it's absolutely normal.
0:24:19 > 0:24:20The pills are working!
0:24:24 > 0:24:29Could I ask how long it takes to get a knee operation?
0:24:29 > 0:24:31It's five to seven days, that's it.
0:24:31 > 0:24:33- Five to seven days?- Yes.
0:24:33 > 0:24:36Because I have to tell you that in England,
0:24:36 > 0:24:38- it could be up to four months.- No.
0:24:38 > 0:24:42And that would cost... the knee replacement?
0:24:42 > 0:24:47Around £3,000 for a single and 5,000 for both the knees.
0:24:47 > 0:24:50So you get a discount if you get both knees done!
0:24:52 > 0:24:55Back at home, a knee replacement done privately
0:24:55 > 0:24:57would cost around £11,000.
0:25:02 > 0:25:04Thank you very much.
0:25:06 > 0:25:09I'm impressed by this hospital.
0:25:09 > 0:25:11I would not be worried
0:25:11 > 0:25:16if I got sick and that is a very important area for people of my age.
0:25:16 > 0:25:19You worry about health care.
0:25:19 > 0:25:21Well, I wouldn't worry being here.
0:25:22 > 0:25:26At our age, this is the most important thing, is your body,
0:25:26 > 0:25:29cos things start breaking down and falling to pieces.
0:25:29 > 0:25:32So you've got a good hospital, it's relaxing, isn't it?
0:25:32 > 0:25:33- That's what you're doing now?- Yes.
0:25:33 > 0:25:35Yes, I've had it done before.
0:25:35 > 0:25:38And the thing down my throat as well, the liquid.
0:25:39 > 0:25:42Bobby's very familiar with the inside of a hospital.
0:25:42 > 0:25:44I wore me body out working, I suppose.
0:25:44 > 0:25:47People think I just threw darts. I used to dig tunnels.
0:25:47 > 0:25:49I used to lay granite floors.
0:25:49 > 0:25:52Just overdone it, wore me body out.
0:25:52 > 0:25:54You look so serious.
0:25:54 > 0:25:57You're taking the blood out of me, I'm not taking it out of you!
0:25:58 > 0:26:01I had metal knees, metal hip...
0:26:02 > 0:26:05..I broke my back in the World Championship.
0:26:05 > 0:26:09I jumped up and I come down wrong and I snapped me back.
0:26:20 > 0:26:23After just five hours, the test results start to arrive.
0:26:26 > 0:26:28- My general health good? - Well, it's very good.
0:26:31 > 0:26:35- Your heart more or less seems OK. - OK.- For my age?- For your age.
0:26:35 > 0:26:38- Was everything all right, Bobby? - Yes, everything was perfect.
0:26:38 > 0:26:41Brilliant. What about your heart?
0:26:41 > 0:26:43Perfect, my heart is very strong.
0:26:43 > 0:26:46- Oh, fantastic.- Slow.- Still slow?
0:26:46 > 0:26:49- He said, am I an athlete? - You are.- I said, yes.
0:26:49 > 0:26:53You are an athlete. An athlete who needs to lose weight, that's all.
0:26:53 > 0:26:55- Oh, thank you, Doctor.- Yes, yes.
0:26:55 > 0:26:57Well, you could say the same to me.
0:26:59 > 0:27:01I've got to lose a couple of stone,
0:27:01 > 0:27:04because I'm quite heavy. I don't look heavy, but I'm quite heavy.
0:27:04 > 0:27:06It's the drink. It's the beer.
0:27:06 > 0:27:08You put the weight on with the beer.
0:27:08 > 0:27:11If I'm playing darts, I drink a fair amount, probably six,
0:27:11 > 0:27:13seven pints, eight pints a night.
0:27:15 > 0:27:17Miriam has received her results
0:27:17 > 0:27:20and they are not quite what she was expecting.
0:27:20 > 0:27:25The doctor I saw was an orthopaedic surgeon and he confirmed,
0:27:25 > 0:27:28looking at the X-rays of my knees,
0:27:28 > 0:27:30that I do need a knee replacement...
0:27:31 > 0:27:33..probably on both knees,
0:27:33 > 0:27:34which I didn't know,
0:27:34 > 0:27:37but certainly on my right knee, which I did know.
0:27:38 > 0:27:42And he also said that I've got lots of little gallstones...
0:27:44 > 0:27:50..so I'm facing a minimum of two operations in the next year.
0:27:51 > 0:27:54Which is quite a heavy thing at my age.
0:27:56 > 0:27:59So I had better start taking care of myself.
0:27:59 > 0:28:01As far as I'm concerned,
0:28:01 > 0:28:04health is the only thing that is important in life.
0:28:04 > 0:28:06If you've got your health, you can do anything.
0:28:08 > 0:28:12- I'm looking for Mrs Rosemary. - Rosemary? The doctor's calling you.
0:28:12 > 0:28:14Rosemary is the last to be seen.
0:28:14 > 0:28:16Oh, hello.
0:28:16 > 0:28:19An obesity specialist has arrived to give her the results.
0:28:21 > 0:28:24So when we talk about the ideal weight which anybody should have...
0:28:24 > 0:28:27- Yes.- The basic thumb rule is that
0:28:27 > 0:28:29height in centimetres minus 100
0:28:29 > 0:28:31and your BOA is coming out to 49.4.
0:28:31 > 0:28:35- Yes, OK. - So that comes into morbid obesity.
0:28:35 > 0:28:39My job is to tell how important it is for you to lose weight.
0:28:39 > 0:28:41- Number one.- Yes, I know.
0:28:41 > 0:28:43Drugs are secondary things.
0:28:43 > 0:28:46- The primary thing is the lifestyle management.- Yes.
0:28:46 > 0:28:52Nobody likes to be told they are morbidly obese.
0:28:52 > 0:28:53It's being spelled out to me...
0:28:55 > 0:28:57..which has never been done before in such a way...
0:28:57 > 0:28:59I can tell you a few tricks...
0:28:59 > 0:29:03..and it is a shock and it does...
0:29:03 > 0:29:05It...
0:29:05 > 0:29:08It doesn't... It does frighten me, obviously,
0:29:08 > 0:29:12because I need to do something about it and obviously I don't want to.
0:29:12 > 0:29:16I find it very upsetting and if I think about it too long,
0:29:16 > 0:29:18I will get very upset.
0:29:18 > 0:29:22So I think I've got to do what I normally do in my life,
0:29:22 > 0:29:25is be strong and do something about it.
0:29:46 > 0:29:48We got back from the hospital terribly late,
0:29:48 > 0:29:52because we've really been investigated from...
0:29:52 > 0:29:55- BLEEP- to hair follicle, you know.
0:29:56 > 0:30:00- I felt really nervous a couple of times.- Did you?
0:30:00 > 0:30:03In case it turned out to be you were at death's door?
0:30:03 > 0:30:05Well, we are at that age.
0:30:05 > 0:30:08We're at death's back passage!
0:30:08 > 0:30:09THEY LAUGH
0:30:13 > 0:30:15It's close. I mean, you can't help thinking about it.
0:30:15 > 0:30:17I think about it a lot.
0:30:24 > 0:30:26Hello, pig.
0:30:26 > 0:30:29Hello. Hello.
0:30:29 > 0:30:31I'll have him for my dinner.
0:30:34 > 0:30:35SHE LAUGHS
0:30:35 > 0:30:38I think he's frightened of me, ha-ha!
0:30:40 > 0:30:42As part of her new health regime,
0:30:42 > 0:30:44Rosemary is already up and out for a walk.
0:30:45 > 0:30:49I've thought about it during the evening and I decided, well,
0:30:49 > 0:30:52I might as well start straightaway.
0:30:52 > 0:30:55I have tried every single diet in the world, virtually.
0:30:55 > 0:30:59Well, not quite, but I've done a lot of things.
0:30:59 > 0:31:02Once I fail, I give up
0:31:02 > 0:31:03and I'm lazy.
0:31:03 > 0:31:06It's actually so straightforward,
0:31:06 > 0:31:10but it's just having the strength to get through it.
0:31:12 > 0:31:14As well as state-of-the-art medicine,
0:31:14 > 0:31:18Indians also rely heavily on ancient Ayurvedic practices.
0:31:18 > 0:31:22During her time in Jaipur, Rosemary has become a convert.
0:31:22 > 0:31:24I've got real issues.
0:31:24 > 0:31:27My back is an ongoing thing
0:31:27 > 0:31:30and it is important that I find somewhere
0:31:30 > 0:31:32where I can maybe get my back sorted out
0:31:32 > 0:31:34when it does happen.
0:31:35 > 0:31:38One is to sort the weight out, as well,
0:31:38 > 0:31:39because that doesn't help my back.
0:31:39 > 0:31:42They're using a reservoir made from flour and water
0:31:42 > 0:31:46filled with hot herbal oil to ease Rosemary's back pain.
0:31:46 > 0:31:51It is weird but, I mean, I have never seen this in Britain.
0:31:51 > 0:31:55I tell you, if I was to come and retire here,
0:31:55 > 0:31:57this would certainly be part of my regime.
0:32:00 > 0:32:04Since she arrived in India, Jan has suffered from headaches
0:32:04 > 0:32:07and, on Rosemary's advice, has also booked some alternative therapy.
0:32:11 > 0:32:14Hello.
0:32:16 > 0:32:17- Oh, hello!- How are you?
0:32:17 > 0:32:19You didn't see me!
0:32:19 > 0:32:22- I can't have those. I have low blood pressure so they're not allowed.- OK.
0:32:24 > 0:32:27Rosemary has moved on to a steam box treatment.
0:32:29 > 0:32:31The people are lovely, aren't they?
0:32:31 > 0:32:33They're so warm and affectionate.
0:32:33 > 0:32:35Gentle...
0:32:35 > 0:32:38I think you should find a nice Indian, educated man.
0:32:40 > 0:32:41Rosemary!
0:32:41 > 0:32:44I've had enough of men.
0:32:44 > 0:32:45- Have you?- Mm.
0:32:45 > 0:32:48You are such a glamorous person.
0:32:48 > 0:32:50Oh, rubbish.
0:32:50 > 0:32:52- But you are, Jan!- I'm not!
0:32:52 > 0:32:54Accept what I'm saying, you are.
0:32:54 > 0:32:58I've lived on my own for 12 years, I've got used to it.
0:32:58 > 0:33:02Yes, I am lonely at times. I would have loved to have had a big family.
0:33:02 > 0:33:06I always most enjoyed at Christmas when I had up to 12 people.
0:33:07 > 0:33:11And now, Christmas, well, it's just another day.
0:33:12 > 0:33:15Well, I mustn't let you have that if that's the case.
0:33:15 > 0:33:18Don't you dare be on your own at Christmas.
0:33:18 > 0:33:21On a sunny weekend, when I can look out of my window
0:33:21 > 0:33:23and I see the families walking along by the beach
0:33:23 > 0:33:26and I see couples hand-in-hand,
0:33:26 > 0:33:28and I think, "Oh, I haven't even got anyone
0:33:28 > 0:33:30"I can go out for a drink with."
0:33:32 > 0:33:34If somebody came into my life who was right,
0:33:34 > 0:33:37that would be absolutely wonderful.
0:33:37 > 0:33:42But I don't think I could live 24/7 with anybody any more.
0:33:42 > 0:33:45Spend weekends together. Go on holiday.
0:33:45 > 0:33:47You see, I don't go on holiday
0:33:47 > 0:33:49because I have no-one to go on holiday with.
0:33:49 > 0:33:51But as someone once said to me,
0:33:51 > 0:33:55"Better first-class loneliness than second-class company."
0:33:57 > 0:34:00I think companionship is very, very important.
0:34:00 > 0:34:03- Are you on your own, Rosemary? - Yes, I am.
0:34:03 > 0:34:06I've lived on my own for 20 years, but I've been separated.
0:34:06 > 0:34:08I'm still married, I still have a lovely husband,
0:34:08 > 0:34:10but we don't live together.
0:34:10 > 0:34:13- Well, that's weird. - No, it's not weird at all.
0:34:13 > 0:34:16Circumstances would have been very difficult for him
0:34:16 > 0:34:19to have been with me that moment when we lost everything.
0:34:19 > 0:34:21- So I had to just get on. - You lost everything?
0:34:21 > 0:34:24- I had to get on.- What was that?
0:34:24 > 0:34:25It was the recession.
0:34:25 > 0:34:27- Oh.- We lost in the properties.
0:34:27 > 0:34:30We had properties, we had all sorts of things.
0:34:30 > 0:34:32Cos he needs somebody to help him and things.
0:34:32 > 0:34:37So, for me, it's easier anyway for us to be the way we be.
0:34:37 > 0:34:40- Do you see your husband?- Oh, yes. I do.- Oh, right.
0:34:40 > 0:34:41So you don't need anyone?
0:34:41 > 0:34:44Well, the thing is, Jan, I work...
0:34:44 > 0:34:47- I work all the time. - You're a workaholic.
0:34:47 > 0:34:51I work at weekends, I work every weekend you can imagine.
0:34:51 > 0:34:55Actually doing something, it stops one thinking about oneself, really.
0:35:01 > 0:35:05There has been lonely along the way.
0:35:05 > 0:35:06There are times
0:35:06 > 0:35:09when I've had something, a bad day,
0:35:09 > 0:35:12and you'd love to just talk to someone about it
0:35:12 > 0:35:14and there's no-one to talk to.
0:35:14 > 0:35:15And that is difficult.
0:35:28 > 0:35:29Out of bed. I need lipstick.
0:35:30 > 0:35:33I need lipstick.
0:35:36 > 0:35:38Tonight, the group are hoping
0:35:38 > 0:35:41to make some new local friends on a night out.
0:35:41 > 0:35:45I think all of us are going to the Palladio Club,
0:35:45 > 0:35:49which I think is a club for expats.
0:35:49 > 0:35:53We've been here about a week and we're all excited
0:35:53 > 0:35:55and we like what we've seen,
0:35:55 > 0:35:57or I'm excited and I like what I've seen.
0:35:57 > 0:35:59But I need to get the truth, really.
0:35:59 > 0:36:02It's going to be very, very interesting.
0:36:02 > 0:36:04I'd like to take a notepad with me, which might look a bit...
0:36:04 > 0:36:07I can't remember things any more.
0:36:07 > 0:36:09What about this? Too much?
0:36:09 > 0:36:11Well, it depends how warm you're going to be.
0:36:11 > 0:36:14Well, no, but does it look too much with all this white?
0:36:14 > 0:36:17- Or shall I put my dark blue...? - It breaks the white up.
0:36:17 > 0:36:20Or shall I wear my black trousers with the black waistcoat?
0:36:40 > 0:36:44Bar Palladio is a popular meeting spot for Western expats.
0:36:45 > 0:36:48Many of the clientele have lived in Jaipur for years.
0:36:51 > 0:36:53Wow! Look at this place.
0:36:55 > 0:36:56- Hi, I'm Ophelia.- Ophelia.
0:36:56 > 0:36:58And you're from here, or...?
0:36:58 > 0:37:00- Originally from France. - Oh, wonderful!
0:37:00 > 0:37:03- That's why I have this terrible accent.- Bonsoir, bonsoir.
0:37:03 > 0:37:05- This is Roy.- Hi, Roy.
0:37:05 > 0:37:06Bonsoir, madame.
0:37:06 > 0:37:09- Bonsoir. - You've got very strong hands.
0:37:09 > 0:37:12- So what do you do here? - I'm a jewellery designer.
0:37:12 > 0:37:14- Yes!- Have you met Patti Boulaye? - Hello.
0:37:16 > 0:37:18- Are you partners?- No, no.
0:37:18 > 0:37:21- One has to ask these days.- Yes, yes.
0:37:21 > 0:37:25See, this is the part I need to find before I go home.
0:37:25 > 0:37:27Because I've got... I'm gay.
0:37:28 > 0:37:30I've got to bring my partner back.
0:37:31 > 0:37:35I've been talking to friends about the homosexuality in India
0:37:35 > 0:37:37and they say be careful.
0:37:37 > 0:37:41Homosexuality in India was made legal in 2009,
0:37:41 > 0:37:44but the High Court overturned the decision
0:37:44 > 0:37:47and made it illegal once again a few years later.
0:37:47 > 0:37:49- I'm Wayne.- Will.- Wayne and Will.
0:37:49 > 0:37:52- Do you know Wayne? Possibly?- No!
0:37:52 > 0:37:54- Wayne is a very, very... - Oh, stop it!- Oh, shut up!
0:37:54 > 0:37:57..a very, very famous ballet dancer.
0:37:57 > 0:37:59And the smallest you've ever met.
0:37:59 > 0:38:05I'm interested to see if and how a gay community works,
0:38:05 > 0:38:07if a gay community is there, first of all.
0:38:07 > 0:38:09She certainly did.
0:38:11 > 0:38:13What can I do? I am gay.
0:38:13 > 0:38:17I don't think it's unnoticeable, because I have a little frill.
0:38:17 > 0:38:19I do drop my wrists occasionally.
0:38:19 > 0:38:21- Do you like it really hot? - Yeah, yeah.
0:38:22 > 0:38:24- So do I!- I love...
0:38:24 > 0:38:26Oh, are we talking about the food?!
0:38:26 > 0:38:28Wayne has met events organiser Will,
0:38:28 > 0:38:29who has lived in India for four years
0:38:29 > 0:38:32and is openly gay amongst his friends.
0:38:32 > 0:38:36If I thought of moving here with my husband,
0:38:36 > 0:38:40what kind of animosity would I expect
0:38:40 > 0:38:43if two men were living in one house?
0:38:43 > 0:38:46There is really very little homophobia. Um...
0:38:46 > 0:38:49So it's like a safe place,
0:38:49 > 0:38:52- but it just is like a taboo subject. - It's a what?
0:38:52 > 0:38:54A taboo subject.
0:38:54 > 0:38:56- Oh, taboo.- So you just don't really talk about it that often.
0:38:56 > 0:39:00You have to learn in which situations you can be gay,
0:39:00 > 0:39:03in which situations you are just quiet about it,
0:39:03 > 0:39:06in which situations you feel comfortable.
0:39:06 > 0:39:09- It still is collectively... - It's still in the closet.
0:39:09 > 0:39:13When something is really nice, we say "lovely jubbly".
0:39:13 > 0:39:16- Jubb-a-lee.- Lovely jubbly. We say that.
0:39:16 > 0:39:18- Lovely jubbly.- That's it, OK.
0:39:18 > 0:39:19I think it could be great.
0:39:19 > 0:39:22It would be much nicer to retire here than somewhere like Eastbourne.
0:39:23 > 0:39:26Jan has the chance to find out from fellow Brit Emma
0:39:26 > 0:39:29about what life is like for single women in Jaipur.
0:39:29 > 0:39:32I've been living out here on my own for the last five years.
0:39:32 > 0:39:34That's why I asked. Is it...? It's possible?
0:39:34 > 0:39:36Yes, of course, absolutely.
0:39:36 > 0:39:39I have my own apartment within the family house,
0:39:39 > 0:39:42so it's quite nice, because I have my own space. It's completely...
0:39:42 > 0:39:44I would need that.
0:39:44 > 0:39:47But then I open the door and the family is there, kind of thing.
0:39:47 > 0:39:52And that would suit me, because I've lived on my own for so long now.
0:39:52 > 0:39:55I love people, but I want my own space.
0:39:55 > 0:39:57That would be wonderful.
0:39:57 > 0:40:00They take you into their heart, they completely take you in
0:40:00 > 0:40:02and they'd do anything for you - anything.
0:40:02 > 0:40:05In England, I live on my own and, frankly, if I died,
0:40:05 > 0:40:07it would be several days before anybody will know.
0:40:07 > 0:40:10Here, I mean, people would know here and they'd really look out for you.
0:40:10 > 0:40:13Hearing about the support available for single women
0:40:13 > 0:40:16has opened Jan's eyes to new possibilities.
0:40:18 > 0:40:20I come from a very small family
0:40:20 > 0:40:23and now there's only my son in Sydney,
0:40:23 > 0:40:28so maybe I'll just have to adopt and adapt
0:40:28 > 0:40:30to an Indian family, if they'll take me in.
0:40:32 > 0:40:33It makes me feel I want to come.
0:40:53 > 0:40:56It's 7:30am at Jaipur Junction Railway Station.
0:40:59 > 0:41:01Although the group have travelled all over the city,
0:41:01 > 0:41:05today is their chance to test out long-distance travel.
0:41:05 > 0:41:08They are heading off to see the jewel in India's crown.
0:41:08 > 0:41:09I think we have to go over here.
0:41:09 > 0:41:13India has got thousands and thousands of years of culture.
0:41:13 > 0:41:15They were more advanced than we were
0:41:15 > 0:41:18and that would be a very exciting thing to go and see.
0:41:20 > 0:41:22The group are making the 150-mile journey east
0:41:22 > 0:41:24to the state of Uttar Pradesh
0:41:24 > 0:41:26to see one of the wonders of the world -
0:41:26 > 0:41:28the Taj Mahal.
0:41:28 > 0:41:30I don't quite get this.
0:41:30 > 0:41:32Erm...
0:41:32 > 0:41:35- 15. We want the nine o'clock. - The nine o'clock.
0:41:35 > 0:41:37Making the four-hour journey by train
0:41:37 > 0:41:41are Rosemary, Wayne, Miriam, Sylvester and Bobby.
0:41:41 > 0:41:44I'm bloody sure it's platform one!
0:41:44 > 0:41:46It's either one or two.
0:41:46 > 0:41:48- One or the other. - Come on. Let's go to platform one.
0:41:50 > 0:41:54- MIRIAM:- I'd love to go on trains and buses.
0:41:54 > 0:41:56I don't like...
0:41:56 > 0:42:00air-conditioned, chauffeured limousines.
0:42:00 > 0:42:03That's not what I'm used to and I don't want that.
0:42:06 > 0:42:10The station deals with 35,000 passengers a day
0:42:10 > 0:42:12and is the busiest in Rajasthan.
0:42:12 > 0:42:14I won't go on top of the train.
0:42:14 > 0:42:16No, I think they're dodgy. It's a bit dodgy.
0:42:16 > 0:42:19But I would like to go on the train and see what it's like.
0:42:19 > 0:42:22To see how the people travel.
0:42:22 > 0:42:24- Excuse me? Do you speak English? - Sorry?
0:42:24 > 0:42:27- Do you speak English?- No.- OK.
0:42:27 > 0:42:29With trains passing through the station
0:42:29 > 0:42:31heading to 50 different destinations every hour,
0:42:31 > 0:42:34they need to make sure they get on the right one.
0:42:34 > 0:42:36Is this going to Agra?
0:42:36 > 0:42:38- Agra?- Is this going to Agra?- Agra?
0:42:38 > 0:42:40- No.- No?- No?
0:42:40 > 0:42:42- No. Delhi. Delhi.- Delhi, not Agra?
0:42:42 > 0:42:45- Not Agra?- No Agra. Agra, nahi.- OK, thank you.
0:42:46 > 0:42:49- The train.- The train.
0:42:49 > 0:42:52- We're going to Agra.- Agra.- Yes.
0:42:52 > 0:42:54Train will have the apartment instructions.
0:42:54 > 0:42:57- Will you show us? Come with us.- Yes.
0:42:57 > 0:42:59Come with us. Come and show us the way.
0:42:59 > 0:43:01That's brilliant. Where's Miriam?
0:43:01 > 0:43:04I don't want to lose Miriam.
0:43:04 > 0:43:06I'm just waiting for you.
0:43:06 > 0:43:08Everybody, I've got a guide!
0:43:10 > 0:43:11- Is this our train?- No.
0:43:11 > 0:43:14- Oh, no, no, no! This is not it!- No.
0:43:14 > 0:43:16- Not it.- After this.- OK.
0:43:16 > 0:43:19- Our train is after this. - The next one?
0:43:19 > 0:43:22Blimey! This is exhausting.
0:43:23 > 0:43:25Maybe we should have gone by car.
0:43:29 > 0:43:31Well, we're on our way!
0:43:31 > 0:43:33Hooray!
0:43:34 > 0:43:37- Only an hour late. - Only an hour late.
0:43:37 > 0:43:38THEY LAUGH
0:43:38 > 0:43:42Roy, Jan and Patti have chosen the five-hour road trip to the Taj.
0:43:42 > 0:43:44HORNS BEEP
0:43:44 > 0:43:47- PATTI:- I want a car with a driver.
0:43:47 > 0:43:49I'm not going on buses.
0:43:49 > 0:43:52I have experienced that in Lagos
0:43:52 > 0:43:55and I'm not about to do that in India.
0:43:55 > 0:43:58Not at my age.
0:43:58 > 0:44:00They're being driven by haveli driver, Janu.
0:44:00 > 0:44:04- ALL: - # Ooh, there's only one Janu... #
0:44:04 > 0:44:06Their 300-mile round trip by car
0:44:06 > 0:44:09is costing around £100 between them.
0:44:12 > 0:44:14You all right, son?
0:44:14 > 0:44:18While for the others, the total cost of five return tickets is £60.
0:44:20 > 0:44:22I've never been...
0:44:22 > 0:44:26- surrounded by so many admiring men for a very long time.- I know.
0:44:26 > 0:44:28I'd have worn a tighter bra if I'd known.
0:44:28 > 0:44:30ROSEMARY LAUGHS
0:44:30 > 0:44:31HE SIGHS
0:44:31 > 0:44:32Thanks.
0:44:32 > 0:44:35- MAN SPEAKS HIS OWN LANGUAGE - All right?- Yep.
0:44:35 > 0:44:38- Right, so bottle of beer... - Bottle of beer...
0:44:40 > 0:44:44I might have a little kip in the train. Are you going to have a kip?
0:44:44 > 0:44:47I don't think I can avoid it. I'm so tired.
0:44:48 > 0:44:51- Cos I was up all night- BLEEP, - you know.
0:44:51 > 0:44:52TRAIN WHISTLE TOOTS
0:44:52 > 0:44:54Yes! This must be it.
0:44:54 > 0:44:56TRAIN WHISTLE TOOTS
0:44:56 > 0:44:57The train is packed,
0:44:57 > 0:45:00so the pensioners have had to book into different carriages.
0:45:00 > 0:45:0364 to 1.
0:45:03 > 0:45:05That sounds like a bet.
0:45:05 > 0:45:07The gentlemen are in third class...
0:45:07 > 0:45:09- Yes, this is the one. - But that's second class.
0:45:09 > 0:45:11..the ladies, in second class.
0:45:11 > 0:45:13- Yes, this is the one. It's got the number here.- Oh.
0:45:13 > 0:45:14We have to go further down.
0:45:14 > 0:45:17No, we need B. We're further up. This is BE1.
0:45:17 > 0:45:18We're B1.
0:45:18 > 0:45:23- Thank you.- Thank you so much. - Thank you so much.- Thank you.
0:45:23 > 0:45:26- B1, here's B1! This one.- B1?
0:45:26 > 0:45:30You can just about see it written up there. I mean, it's not very clear.
0:45:30 > 0:45:33- We need 11 and 12.- Which...? A1? - A1.- Yeah, this is...
0:45:33 > 0:45:38The group will be on the train for four hours.
0:45:38 > 0:45:40What does that say? Yeah?
0:45:40 > 0:45:433, 2, 1. You're 5.
0:45:43 > 0:45:46Excuse me? What number are you? 1. 1.
0:45:48 > 0:45:50OK. Thank you.
0:45:52 > 0:45:53Safely on the train,
0:45:53 > 0:45:57they now need to get to grips with the seating arrangements.
0:45:57 > 0:46:00If he wants to lie down
0:46:00 > 0:46:03- then we have to go up?- Up.
0:46:03 > 0:46:05- And then I have to go up?- Yes.
0:46:05 > 0:46:08OK. Well, that's all right. So, you know...
0:46:08 > 0:46:12Well, I'm small enough to crawl to the top, I suppose.
0:46:12 > 0:46:15- Is this...? Is this 11?- Yeah, yeah.
0:46:15 > 0:46:17That's 11? Ah! So I have to get up?
0:46:17 > 0:46:20- You sit here!- How do I get up there?
0:46:20 > 0:46:22- You want to show me?- Yeah.
0:46:22 > 0:46:24Like this.
0:46:24 > 0:46:25It's very simple.
0:46:26 > 0:46:28Put that...
0:46:28 > 0:46:30- Yeah.- Yep.
0:46:30 > 0:46:31Hold that.
0:46:33 > 0:46:34SHE GRUNTS
0:46:34 > 0:46:36- Ooh! - LAUGHTER
0:46:36 > 0:46:37- I think maybe...- No!
0:46:39 > 0:46:40LAUGHTER
0:46:40 > 0:46:45It's very testing and rather exhausting, actually.
0:46:45 > 0:46:47I feel a bit whacked.
0:46:47 > 0:46:51- Goodnight.- Goodnight. - Sweet dreams.- Sweet dreams.
0:46:51 > 0:46:53Ah, this is the life!
0:46:54 > 0:46:57- Wahey! - No, you've got to go headfirst.
0:46:57 > 0:46:59- Yes, put my head in first. - Got to go headfirst.
0:46:59 > 0:47:00I don't know where to put my foot.
0:47:00 > 0:47:03HE SIGHS
0:47:03 > 0:47:04That's it.
0:47:06 > 0:47:08HE GRUNTS
0:47:08 > 0:47:11That's it. Crawl on them like you're a...
0:47:11 > 0:47:13- A commando?- Yeah, the SAS, son.- Yes.
0:47:13 > 0:47:14HE PANTS
0:47:15 > 0:47:18I couldn't do it, see? I could never do that.
0:47:18 > 0:47:19HE GRUNTS
0:47:31 > 0:47:32Oh, look!
0:47:33 > 0:47:35- There you go.- Ah!
0:47:36 > 0:47:39An hour into their journey, Rosemary and Miriam have worked out that,
0:47:39 > 0:47:42in second class, they CAN turn their bed into seats.
0:47:46 > 0:47:48Wouldn't it be good to have a good cup of tea?
0:47:48 > 0:47:51What I really would like is a flush toilet.
0:47:51 > 0:47:52ROSEMARY LAUGHS
0:47:52 > 0:47:55And I don't think I'm going to get that for quite a while.
0:47:55 > 0:47:59No. Have you got your...? Have you got your...loo roll with you?
0:47:59 > 0:48:01Oh, I never travel without it.
0:48:01 > 0:48:02ROSEMARY LAUGHS
0:48:02 > 0:48:05I think it's one of the things you learn as you get older.
0:48:05 > 0:48:09- Yeah, I've got... - Take loo roll.- Always be prepared.
0:48:10 > 0:48:13Well, you've either got to be prepared
0:48:13 > 0:48:15or have a very tough sphincter.
0:48:16 > 0:48:18And I don't know that I have.
0:48:28 > 0:48:31Patti, Jan and Roy are two hours into their five-hour journey
0:48:31 > 0:48:33to the Taj Mahal.
0:48:33 > 0:48:37..While its creator, Emperor Shah Jahan, said,
0:48:37 > 0:48:42"It made the sun and the moon shed tears from their eyes".
0:48:42 > 0:48:47My wish list, of course, would be to see the Taj Mahal.
0:48:47 > 0:48:49The Taj was built by Emperor Shah Jahan
0:48:49 > 0:48:52to lay his favourite wife to rest.
0:48:52 > 0:48:56The magnificent tomb is a symbol of his love for her.
0:48:56 > 0:48:58- JAN:- I'm very sentimental and romantic
0:48:58 > 0:49:01and it's just wonderful now to have this opportunity,
0:49:01 > 0:49:03because when you live on your own, I mean...
0:49:03 > 0:49:05I'm not a scaredy-cat, I'll go and do things,
0:49:05 > 0:49:08but I certainly wouldn't go to India on my own,
0:49:08 > 0:49:12so this is a whole new culture, and, at my age, I'm...
0:49:12 > 0:49:13you know, grabbing each day.
0:49:17 > 0:49:19SYLVESTER HUMS
0:49:19 > 0:49:22With an hour left until they reach Agra,
0:49:22 > 0:49:26Sylvester is searching for second class and the rest of his group.
0:49:26 > 0:49:27I don't know where they are.
0:49:31 > 0:49:33SINGING
0:49:33 > 0:49:35Oh, they're singing.
0:49:35 > 0:49:37Hello.
0:49:37 > 0:49:38Oh, they're singing in here.
0:49:38 > 0:49:40THEY SING IN THEIR OWN LANGUAGE
0:49:43 > 0:49:46Rosemary and Wayne are busy making friends
0:49:46 > 0:49:48with their fellow travellers.
0:50:02 > 0:50:05The car is still 85 miles from the monument to love.
0:50:05 > 0:50:10- I've had my heart broken by a girl at school.- Really?
0:50:10 > 0:50:13Right. I've no idea why I fell for her,
0:50:13 > 0:50:15because I hardly even spoke to her.
0:50:15 > 0:50:17We used to go to a little sweet shop,
0:50:17 > 0:50:19but sometimes they had a lucky bag
0:50:19 > 0:50:21and there was a ring in this one, you know.
0:50:21 > 0:50:23- Ooh!- Oh!- And, er...
0:50:23 > 0:50:27I was passing her in the corridor and I slipped it into her hand.
0:50:27 > 0:50:28And she went...
0:50:30 > 0:50:33- Oh, no!- Oh, Roy!
0:50:33 > 0:50:34I didn't go back to school.
0:50:34 > 0:50:36- Oh! - LAUGHTER
0:50:36 > 0:50:39Have you...? Have you ever had your heart broken?
0:50:39 > 0:50:41Me?
0:50:41 > 0:50:43- No. - SHE LAUGHS
0:50:43 > 0:50:44Lucky you.
0:50:44 > 0:50:49This is the best thing! Oh, my God.
0:50:49 > 0:50:51- What is it?- Here? Yeah.
0:50:51 > 0:50:52WOMAN SPEAKS IN HER OWN LANGUAGE
0:50:52 > 0:50:55The local ladies are on a religious pilgrimage
0:50:55 > 0:50:57and are decorating their hands with henna.
0:50:57 > 0:50:59- What does it mean? - What does it mean?
0:51:03 > 0:51:05Close...relationship with the man?
0:51:05 > 0:51:08Yes, I see. With the husband. Very good.
0:51:08 > 0:51:11- What's your hands saying? - Michael.- Michael?
0:51:11 > 0:51:13- Michael.- Michael.
0:51:13 > 0:51:15- We're separated. How can I tell her? - Oh, you're separated?
0:51:15 > 0:51:18- Yes, we're separated. - Erm...- Excuse me. No, no, no.
0:51:18 > 0:51:20- No.- They are separate? - No. Rosemary here. Separate.
0:51:23 > 0:51:25I still have a memory.
0:51:25 > 0:51:27I still have memories. Yes, yes.
0:51:27 > 0:51:30- Oh, well!- Go on, then. Go on. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
0:51:30 > 0:51:32So you still have good memories?
0:51:32 > 0:51:33What they were saying was,
0:51:33 > 0:51:37if you put the man's name on your hand, it makes you closer.
0:51:37 > 0:51:39You take it into your heart.
0:51:39 > 0:51:42We had a lot of very good times.
0:51:42 > 0:51:45And we still have good times, but it's slightly different.
0:51:45 > 0:51:49But still... But still have him remember the good times,
0:51:49 > 0:51:50which I've got.
0:51:53 > 0:51:55How long were you married for?
0:51:55 > 0:51:59I was married for 26 years.
0:51:59 > 0:52:01We had our 25th anniversary.
0:52:01 > 0:52:04We did the whole of Paris in a weekend, you know.
0:52:04 > 0:52:06Oh, it was wonderful.
0:52:06 > 0:52:10- Unfortunately, 12 months later, she passed.- Oh, no.
0:52:10 > 0:52:11But at least you did that.
0:52:11 > 0:52:14- Yeah, yeah.- Ahh! - You wish you'd done more.
0:52:15 > 0:52:18Unable to hold on for the whole of the long journey,
0:52:18 > 0:52:22Miriam has had to brave the onboard facilities.
0:52:22 > 0:52:26There was a flush toilet and it flushed and it was a toilet.
0:52:26 > 0:52:29- EAST EUROPEAN ACCENT: - Was it like a toilet that I know?
0:52:29 > 0:52:31- LAUGHTER - Never in my life
0:52:31 > 0:52:35did I see a toilet like that. That was...
0:52:35 > 0:52:37You know, that was quite a special toilet.
0:52:37 > 0:52:40- LAUGHTER - But it was a toilet, so...
0:52:40 > 0:52:41LAUGHTER
0:52:41 > 0:52:43- NORMAL VOICE:- I was grateful for it.
0:52:47 > 0:52:50Bang on schedule, the train pulls into Agra Fort Station.
0:52:52 > 0:52:54- I think we should get off.- Ready.
0:52:54 > 0:52:56There's a step here.
0:52:56 > 0:52:57You got it.
0:52:59 > 0:53:00Well, let's go and find the others.
0:53:05 > 0:53:08The train journey was all right. It was...
0:53:08 > 0:53:0999% of it, I went to sleep.
0:53:11 > 0:53:15So, yeah, I would use the trains, cos you just go to bed.
0:53:15 > 0:53:18Thank you. It's been a lovely, lovely, lovely...
0:53:18 > 0:53:19Thank you so much.
0:53:20 > 0:53:23It was wonderful! Wonderful.
0:53:23 > 0:53:24That train journey, I have to say,
0:53:24 > 0:53:28one of the best train journeys I've ever had in my whole life, ever.
0:53:28 > 0:53:29If I was to retire here,
0:53:29 > 0:53:33it would be a wonderful way to go, and what fun. I mean, what fun!
0:53:33 > 0:53:36- Rosemary, why don't you come with me?- OK.- Are you all right with them?
0:53:36 > 0:53:38I'll go with...
0:53:38 > 0:53:40- Sylvester.- Sylvester.- OK.
0:53:40 > 0:53:41And the Fuhrer.
0:53:41 > 0:53:44- BOTH:- And the Fuhrer. - LAUGHTER
0:53:44 > 0:53:47The station is two miles away from the Taj Mahal.
0:53:47 > 0:53:50HORN BEEPS
0:53:50 > 0:53:52Whey! It's like dodgems.
0:53:52 > 0:53:53Great fun.
0:53:53 > 0:53:55Five.
0:53:55 > 0:53:57- ALL:- Five on a bike.
0:53:57 > 0:54:00- I think that's the world record so far.- Yeah, five on a bike.
0:54:00 > 0:54:03- Ah, a brass band!- That's amazing!
0:54:03 > 0:54:05BRASS BAND PLAYS
0:54:05 > 0:54:07Ah, fabulous!
0:54:07 > 0:54:08Oh, my goodness. Look at that!
0:54:08 > 0:54:11- Look, look, look. - This is the East Gate.- Look!
0:54:11 > 0:54:12Oh, it's there!
0:54:17 > 0:54:18Taj Mahal, East Gate.
0:54:18 > 0:54:22- South Gate, straight on. - South Gate, straight on.
0:54:22 > 0:54:24It is very hot.
0:54:24 > 0:54:27Today, in Agra, it's 38 degrees,
0:54:27 > 0:54:29and much more humid than Jaipur.
0:54:32 > 0:54:34Are you OK? Do you think you'll make it, or...?
0:54:34 > 0:54:35I don't know.
0:54:35 > 0:54:37I'll have to.
0:54:39 > 0:54:41This is hot.
0:54:41 > 0:54:44I'm not so good in the heat.
0:54:44 > 0:54:45SHE SIGHS HEAVILY
0:54:47 > 0:54:50Here we go. Steps.
0:54:50 > 0:54:52- BOTH:- Do you want some help? - No.- Are you all right, Miriam?
0:54:52 > 0:54:55- I'm all right, as long as I hold on to the...- Hold on.
0:54:55 > 0:54:57..to the burning poles.
0:54:57 > 0:54:59- LAUGHTER - Dear God.- They're high steps.
0:55:03 > 0:55:05- Wow. That's only the gate!- I know.
0:55:05 > 0:55:07LAUGHTER
0:55:07 > 0:55:11Every year, three million people visit the Taj Mahal,
0:55:11 > 0:55:14widely regarded as the world's greatest monument to love.
0:55:16 > 0:55:19I just have to keep going,
0:55:19 > 0:55:21because otherwise I stop.
0:55:21 > 0:55:22I want to see it!
0:55:24 > 0:55:26Look at that!
0:55:26 > 0:55:27Isn't that amazing?
0:55:27 > 0:55:28How beautiful.
0:55:30 > 0:55:33- It's a monument of love.- Look at it.
0:55:33 > 0:55:35ROSEMARY GASPS
0:55:35 > 0:55:38- It looks like it, doesn't it? - It feels it.- Yeah.
0:55:38 > 0:55:40You believe it's a work of love.
0:55:53 > 0:55:57It's unbelievable. It's mind-blowing.
0:55:57 > 0:55:58I'm going to have a selfie.
0:56:00 > 0:56:01CAMERA CLICKS
0:56:03 > 0:56:05You come to a place like this
0:56:05 > 0:56:07and it does make you think about your own life.
0:56:07 > 0:56:11I had a most wonderful husband,
0:56:11 > 0:56:14two wonderful children, and I had this...
0:56:14 > 0:56:17this wonderful life, and I've lost a lot of that. I've lost...
0:56:17 > 0:56:19I lost a lot of the love, and I...
0:56:19 > 0:56:22I really am a person who would love to be loved.
0:56:22 > 0:56:26I mean, really loved and felt, you know, special.
0:56:26 > 0:56:28And I think that's one thing we all want -
0:56:28 > 0:56:30we all want to be loved.
0:56:30 > 0:56:32Jose!
0:56:32 > 0:56:34Is the sound on?
0:56:34 > 0:56:35Can you see me?
0:56:37 > 0:56:38Guess where I am.
0:56:39 > 0:56:40Look!
0:56:43 > 0:56:46- It's my anniversary tomorrow. - Oh, is it?- Wedding anniversary.- Oh!
0:56:46 > 0:56:48I thought, that's it, I'm taking a picture and I'm going to send it
0:56:48 > 0:56:50to my husband. This is what I want.
0:56:50 > 0:56:52LAUGHTER, ALL CHATTER
0:56:54 > 0:56:57My wife would have loved to have been here.
0:56:57 > 0:56:59Very few know what love is.
0:56:59 > 0:57:00Do you?
0:57:00 > 0:57:02You bet.
0:57:02 > 0:57:04Do you miss me?
0:57:04 > 0:57:05I love you.
0:57:09 > 0:57:11It's such a beautiful place.
0:57:11 > 0:57:14I would love to have been here with someone I love.
0:57:14 > 0:57:17It's also been emotional for me,
0:57:17 > 0:57:21because although he left me 20 years ago,
0:57:21 > 0:57:22the love of my life...
0:57:25 > 0:57:26..was cremated yesterday.
0:57:28 > 0:57:30And I went up there
0:57:30 > 0:57:32and I wished I'd believed in heaven.
0:57:32 > 0:57:33And I don't any more.
0:57:35 > 0:57:37So it has been emotional.
0:57:39 > 0:57:42Obviously, I would have liked to have been with my partner
0:57:42 > 0:57:45sharing this beautiful experience.
0:57:45 > 0:57:48To come here...
0:57:48 > 0:57:49Wow.
0:57:52 > 0:57:55I don't have words...
0:57:55 > 0:57:56for that.
0:57:59 > 0:58:01It speaks for itself.
0:58:07 > 0:58:09- Madness. - HORN BEEPS
0:58:09 > 0:58:12Next time, the group visit the holiest Hindu city...
0:58:12 > 0:58:14Oh! Hit by a bull.
0:58:14 > 0:58:17Anybody who goes to India and isn't interested in Indian religions
0:58:17 > 0:58:19is a muffin!
0:58:19 > 0:58:21..get down with Jaipur's party scene...
0:58:21 > 0:58:25This has been one of the most fabulous evenings
0:58:25 > 0:58:27I've had in a decade!
0:58:27 > 0:58:30..and have a right laugh. LAUGHTER
0:58:30 > 0:58:32If I went over my park doing that,
0:58:32 > 0:58:34- they'd think I'm a nutcase. - LAUGHTER