0:00:19 > 0:00:23India - a country that overwhelms the senses.
0:00:24 > 0:00:29The Garden of Eden must have been as beautiful as this.
0:00:29 > 0:00:34With year-round warm weather and a low cost of living,
0:00:34 > 0:00:38could this be the perfect place to retire?
0:00:38 > 0:00:42If you'd won the lottery, where would you choose to be?
0:00:42 > 0:00:46I'm going there almost as a child, with my eyes wide open.
0:00:46 > 0:00:47Thank you.
0:00:47 > 0:00:52Inspired by the blockbuster film, eight well-known faces
0:00:52 > 0:00:55are spending a month in Kochi in the south of India...
0:00:56 > 0:00:59- Oh, yes!- Ooh, sorry. Ooh!
0:00:59 > 0:01:01..to see if living out their golden years here
0:01:01 > 0:01:03could be a real alternative.
0:01:03 > 0:01:06- Oh, my God. I look fantastic! - Handsome.
0:01:06 > 0:01:08We started a dance down the street.
0:01:08 > 0:01:12I never thought I would ever do that at my age!
0:01:12 > 0:01:15Whatever, it's new and exciting. I haven't done it yet. Let's do it!
0:01:15 > 0:01:17- And let go. - SHE SCREAMS
0:01:17 > 0:01:19Whoa!
0:01:19 > 0:01:22But will the challenges of India prove a step too far?
0:01:22 > 0:01:26Calm down, everybody! Chill pill!
0:01:26 > 0:01:29There's something down there that feels like it shouldn't be.
0:01:29 > 0:01:33Or could this incredible country give them real food for thought?
0:01:33 > 0:01:36I can't help being excited by India.
0:01:57 > 0:02:00The group are in their second week in Old Kochi,
0:02:00 > 0:02:03in the southern Indian state of Kerala.
0:02:04 > 0:02:06- Oh, morning, Dennis! - Good morning, Miriam.- Morning.
0:02:06 > 0:02:08Hello, darling.
0:02:10 > 0:02:12Although we are in India,
0:02:12 > 0:02:14and although it's different,
0:02:14 > 0:02:16it actually feels a bit like home.
0:02:18 > 0:02:21And they are enjoying some of the simplest benefits
0:02:21 > 0:02:23of their unusual retirement home.
0:02:25 > 0:02:29- Honestly, you're a one-off. - No, YOU'RE a one-off.
0:02:29 > 0:02:32And you and I are very close in age.
0:02:32 > 0:02:35Isn't it wonderful to be able to talk about the war?
0:02:35 > 0:02:40'I find it really difficult when people talk about age.'
0:02:40 > 0:02:43I never, ever envisaged getting to this age.
0:02:43 > 0:02:46- Oh, my darling!- Happy birthday. - Thank you so much.
0:02:46 > 0:02:47Thank you so much.
0:02:47 > 0:02:51Today is Amanda's 81st birthday.
0:02:51 > 0:02:53I don't want to remember how old I am.
0:02:53 > 0:02:55If you could hypnotise me and say, "Amanda,
0:02:55 > 0:02:59"you have no idea what your age is," I think it might be quite good
0:02:59 > 0:03:04because I haven't really changed at all, unfortunately.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07- Oh, I can't reach you. - Happy birthday. Come here.
0:03:07 > 0:03:08I said happy birthday to you by mistake.
0:03:08 > 0:03:12- Yes, you did, but it's all right. You missed mine.- Thank you.
0:03:12 > 0:03:15So, what would you like to do tonight, birthday girl?
0:03:15 > 0:03:19I would like to be with you lot, Sheila!
0:03:19 > 0:03:23Well, how about if we try to plan something around your profession?
0:03:23 > 0:03:26- Oh, yeah!- Yeah? I'm really looking forward to that.
0:03:26 > 0:03:28Oh, I'm so glad it's not a surprise.
0:03:28 > 0:03:31Oh, no, no! We wouldn't take you anywhere without theatre, darling.
0:03:40 > 0:03:42Morning.
0:03:42 > 0:03:44Shall we have a little bit of a power walk?
0:03:44 > 0:03:47- Swinging your arms helps. - Yeah, it's good.
0:03:49 > 0:03:52Lionel and Dennis are up and out early,
0:03:52 > 0:03:56along with their neighbours, to avoid the heat of the day.
0:03:56 > 0:03:58As you get older, you do get aches and pains.
0:03:58 > 0:04:00A doctor told me
0:04:00 > 0:04:03it's because of all the dancing that I've done throughout my life.
0:04:03 > 0:04:07So, when I wake up in India, I just love being warm.
0:04:07 > 0:04:09I mean, it's good for old bones.
0:04:11 > 0:04:15The people of Kerala have one of the highest life expectancies in India.
0:04:18 > 0:04:20- See, he's got the arms going, yeah.- Yeah.
0:04:20 > 0:04:22- I don't think we'll catch him, but we can...- No.
0:04:22 > 0:04:24- HORN HONKS - Morning.
0:04:24 > 0:04:26Look at that.
0:04:34 > 0:04:37Do they play football here before they go off to school?
0:04:37 > 0:04:38They must do.
0:04:38 > 0:04:42Come on! Come on! Jump, men, high!
0:04:42 > 0:04:44I think he's calling you, Lionel.
0:04:44 > 0:04:46- He wants you for a game. - HE CHUCKLES
0:04:46 > 0:04:49Watch it. Come here, come here!
0:04:49 > 0:04:51- Are you the coach of them? - I am the coach of this team.
0:04:51 > 0:04:54- Of all of them?- Yes. For 46 years, I am doing this.
0:04:54 > 0:04:55- 40...?- 46 years?
0:04:55 > 0:04:59Oh, I started on the 19th of May 1970,
0:04:59 > 0:05:02and I produced many players who have played for the country.
0:05:09 > 0:05:12Soccer is the name of the beautiful game.
0:05:12 > 0:05:15Played by the good, the bad and the ugly.
0:05:15 > 0:05:17HE LAUGHS
0:05:18 > 0:05:21- Look at them. Look at them training. - Yeah.- Wonderful!
0:05:26 > 0:05:28How old is Rufus?
0:05:28 > 0:05:30- 85.- 85.- 86.
0:05:30 > 0:05:32No. 80...?
0:05:32 > 0:05:3486?
0:05:34 > 0:05:37- 86?- Young!
0:05:37 > 0:05:40- See? I'm like rubber. - LIONEL LAUGHS
0:05:40 > 0:05:44- 87. 87!- Whoa, you are like me! Good. Very good. We are very good!
0:05:44 > 0:05:48- Hey, Rufus, Rufus? - They should learn!- 92!
0:05:48 > 0:05:51Very good. I'm running. I'm running off!
0:05:51 > 0:05:55- See, my fitness, I am looking after my health, you know.- Yes.
0:05:55 > 0:05:59- You like to come for warming up? - No.- Come on, then! See the boys.
0:05:59 > 0:06:02- I would love to, but I have a bad back.- Rufus, it was great...
0:06:02 > 0:06:06- No, you don't have a bad back. You have a big tummy.- Yes, I know.
0:06:06 > 0:06:08Your back is all strong, but you've got a tummy.
0:06:08 > 0:06:11- Yes, it's a problem. - It's a story - a long story.
0:06:14 > 0:06:18I've had prostate cancer, and I had that treated,
0:06:18 > 0:06:22and my health - touch wood - is fine,
0:06:22 > 0:06:27but the treatments I had have given me a distended tummy
0:06:27 > 0:06:30and this is what I hate is my belly.
0:06:30 > 0:06:32And I loathe that.
0:06:32 > 0:06:34It's a pleasure to know you.
0:06:34 > 0:06:36It's a really excellent pleasure to meet you.
0:06:36 > 0:06:38- Thank you very much.- And I thank God for sending you here.
0:06:38 > 0:06:41- See you, boys. Bye-bye. - HE SPEAKS HIS OWN LANGUAGE
0:06:41 > 0:06:44- BOYS:- Thank you, sir! - Good. Very good!
0:06:44 > 0:06:46Thank you.
0:06:46 > 0:06:4886? He's remarkable.
0:07:04 > 0:07:06Oh, that's fantastic!
0:07:06 > 0:07:1175-year-old bird-watcher Bill is enjoying a gentler pace of life.
0:07:11 > 0:07:14When you get a whole chorus of them like that,
0:07:14 > 0:07:17I think this is rather lovely.
0:07:17 > 0:07:20And the silhouettes are rather lovely, too.
0:07:23 > 0:07:27I'm most comfortable sometimes just being on my own.
0:07:27 > 0:07:28I was an only child,
0:07:28 > 0:07:31but I wasn't that happy at home, and I used to get on my bike
0:07:31 > 0:07:34and cycle off to the reservoir and commune
0:07:34 > 0:07:37- with the birds a bit, you know. - HE CHUCKLES
0:07:39 > 0:07:42Being out in the open air and in touch with nature
0:07:42 > 0:07:44does help with mental health.
0:07:44 > 0:07:47There's no question about that at all.
0:07:50 > 0:07:54I was diagnosed as bipolar a few years ago now.
0:07:56 > 0:08:01Its original title was manic-depressive
0:08:01 > 0:08:03and I think that's so much better a description,
0:08:03 > 0:08:07because depressive is easy to understand.
0:08:07 > 0:08:09You're just lying in bed, you can't move,
0:08:09 > 0:08:11you can't do anything, you can't think.
0:08:11 > 0:08:14But the manic part, you're very hyper,
0:08:14 > 0:08:17and it took several...
0:08:17 > 0:08:21several years to sort of wheedle my way through this terrible journey
0:08:21 > 0:08:24on the bipolar thing and come out the other end, I think,
0:08:24 > 0:08:26sort of thinking, "OK, I feel OK now."
0:08:36 > 0:08:39- Happy birthday, you. - Thank you so much.
0:08:39 > 0:08:42- Nice that we're having it here, isn't it?- Thank you very much.
0:08:42 > 0:08:45There might be all sorts of little treats going on.
0:08:45 > 0:08:48- Dennis?- Yes, Paul? - Are you dressing up a little bit?
0:08:48 > 0:08:50- Er, yeah. - Are you putting a jacket on?
0:08:50 > 0:08:53- Well, that's... No, that's perfect. Lovely.- A little jacket?
0:08:53 > 0:08:57You're just a... You're just a model, Paul.
0:08:57 > 0:09:01Tonight, the group are heading out to celebrate Amanda's birthday.
0:09:01 > 0:09:05I have a special ointment for my back, which aches when I walk.
0:09:07 > 0:09:10Oh! Oh, that's lovely!
0:09:10 > 0:09:14- Come on, then. - SHE LAUGHS
0:09:14 > 0:09:18- Oh, here's the birthday girl! - Where?- Here she comes!
0:09:18 > 0:09:22- ALL:- # Happy birthday to you
0:09:22 > 0:09:26# Happy birthday to you
0:09:26 > 0:09:31# Happy birthday dear Amanda
0:09:31 > 0:09:36# Happy birthday to you. #
0:09:36 > 0:09:42- Bravo!- Oh, thank you!- Bravo! - That was so lovely.
0:09:42 > 0:09:44- Speech!- Oh!
0:09:44 > 0:09:48All I can say is it's like winning the lottery,
0:09:48 > 0:09:51having come here with you daft lot.
0:09:51 > 0:09:53- THEY LAUGH - It really is.
0:09:53 > 0:09:55I can't think of anything to give you,
0:09:55 > 0:09:58but if, by chance, I don't make it back to England,
0:09:58 > 0:10:01my body parts are here for you!
0:10:01 > 0:10:03- THEY LAUGH - Thank you!
0:10:06 > 0:10:08Oh, look at that! One go.
0:10:08 > 0:10:11- Oh, one more. Quick, quick! - THEY CHEER
0:10:11 > 0:10:14- Thank you so much. - I'll put it on the table. - It just so happens I'm starving.
0:10:14 > 0:10:17Look at that. Brilliantly done, if I may say so.
0:10:17 > 0:10:18- Thank you, darling.- Yes!
0:10:18 > 0:10:21You've got a little bit of cream on your cheek, Amanda.
0:10:21 > 0:10:25Oh, my God! Oh, my God! Nothing changes!
0:10:25 > 0:10:28THEY LAUGH
0:10:28 > 0:10:30- Ready to rock and roll?- Yeah.
0:10:30 > 0:10:32Come along, my sweethearts. Shall we off?
0:10:32 > 0:10:36Oh, we're going to the theatre. Come on, sweetheart.
0:10:36 > 0:10:38- See you at 5.30.- DENNIS:- See you later.- Have a good day.
0:10:38 > 0:10:41And Sumesh is going with you, show you the way.
0:10:49 > 0:10:53Sheila has organised a trip to see some traditional Kathakali.
0:10:55 > 0:10:58This classical Indian theatre, featuring demons,
0:10:58 > 0:11:02gods and goddesses, was born in the temples of Kerala.
0:11:06 > 0:11:09- This is exciting, isn't it, Lionel?- LIONEL:- It's wonderful.
0:11:09 > 0:11:12Ooh, sorry, I trod on myself going upstairs.
0:11:12 > 0:11:15MUSIC PLAYS
0:11:19 > 0:11:23I started off in the business as a chorus girl with Barbara Windsor.
0:11:23 > 0:11:26Full make-up, skirts up here, eyelashes out there.
0:11:29 > 0:11:32I love Indian dancing.
0:11:32 > 0:11:34I was 17 years a dancer.
0:11:37 > 0:11:40The actors in Kathakali tell the story
0:11:40 > 0:11:44through dance and precise movement of the face and eyes.
0:11:48 > 0:11:51- WHISPERS:- My God. Look at the eyes.
0:11:59 > 0:12:02Unbelievable.
0:12:02 > 0:12:05APPLAUSE
0:12:05 > 0:12:10- Whoa! Oh!- Oh, my God! - Oh, my goodness!- Oh, my God!
0:12:10 > 0:12:15- Oh, wow!- Marvellous!- Oh, my God!
0:12:15 > 0:12:19I never thought that I would be in India on my birthday
0:12:19 > 0:12:23with people I'd never met before. It's wonderful!
0:12:23 > 0:12:25Life does begin at 80.
0:12:25 > 0:12:31You've got Miriam in her 80th year, Lionel is 87, Amanda who's over 80.
0:12:31 > 0:12:33What an advert for old age that is.
0:12:44 > 0:12:46- Oh!- So, what was that about?
0:12:46 > 0:12:49- I just thought the chair... - You nearly fell over, didn't you?
0:12:49 > 0:12:53- Try and behave. - SHE LAUGHS
0:12:53 > 0:12:56- How are we all feeling? - Well, I've had a lovely day.
0:12:56 > 0:12:59- Did you have a nice day? - Yes, absolutely.
0:13:00 > 0:13:03I'm feeling upset...
0:13:05 > 0:13:07..about this.
0:13:07 > 0:13:11I've had it for years and it is so depressing...
0:13:11 > 0:13:13- Yeah.- ..you cannot imagine.
0:13:13 > 0:13:16- But your prostate cancer has gone. - You're healthy.- I know!
0:13:16 > 0:13:18But you'd like to get rid of the tummy?
0:13:18 > 0:13:21So, why have I got this distended tummy?
0:13:21 > 0:13:25I know it's been sometimes a bit of a joke to people.
0:13:25 > 0:13:27- Not to us.- It's not a joke to me. - No, no!
0:13:27 > 0:13:30- It hasn't been a joke. - And... No, let me just...
0:13:30 > 0:13:32- It's just...- It's not a joke.
0:13:32 > 0:13:35It was like the coach that was coaching the young lads in football.
0:13:35 > 0:13:37He was a very fit 86 and he referred to Lionel's tummy.
0:13:37 > 0:13:39And he said, "Yeah, but you've got a fat tummy."
0:13:39 > 0:13:43- It made me feel dreadful. - It shouldn't. It shouldn't.
0:13:43 > 0:13:46But don't say it shouldn't if it's not you, Dennis.
0:13:46 > 0:13:49- Lionel...- It was me and it really hurt.
0:13:50 > 0:13:52A lot of old people get a bit of a tummy.
0:13:52 > 0:13:54It's usually from beer.
0:13:54 > 0:14:00- But this isn't, and that is why it really worries me.- I hear you.
0:14:20 > 0:14:24- Hello!- Good morning, darling.- Hi.
0:14:26 > 0:14:31This is my medication. Look, it's all into different bags.
0:14:31 > 0:14:33That's the evening bag.
0:14:33 > 0:14:36That's my favourite, really, because it contains the...
0:14:36 > 0:14:39the only medicine that's ever worked for me, really, I think,
0:14:39 > 0:14:42and that was... That's lithium, which I still take.
0:14:42 > 0:14:44I've been doing for some years,
0:14:44 > 0:14:46when I was diagnosed as being bipolar.
0:14:46 > 0:14:48One of the doctors said,
0:14:48 > 0:14:52"Anybody who ever saw The Goodies would've known that you're bipolar."
0:14:52 > 0:14:55And I wish they'd told me that 20-odd years ago, but they didn't.
0:14:55 > 0:14:56Anyway...
0:15:07 > 0:15:10India is the home of Ayurvedic medicine.
0:15:10 > 0:15:13Thought to be 5,000 years old,
0:15:13 > 0:15:16it aims to balance body and mind through diet,
0:15:16 > 0:15:18lifestyle and herbal remedies.
0:15:20 > 0:15:24There are Ayurvedic clinics all over the state of Kerala.
0:15:24 > 0:15:28Bill and Lionel are visiting one a five-minute drive from their home.
0:15:33 > 0:15:34I do, actually,
0:15:34 > 0:15:37I've got this little dream that some health guru
0:15:37 > 0:15:42will wave their hand across me in India and I will feel a lot better.
0:15:43 > 0:15:47- Hey. Hi, Bill.- Yeah, hi. - Nice to meet you.- Yes.
0:15:47 > 0:15:51I think I need you, if I may put it that way.
0:15:55 > 0:15:56Um...
0:15:57 > 0:16:02There's libido, meaning I don't feel like it,
0:16:02 > 0:16:07- and there's libido, meaning I can't do it.- Mm-hm.
0:16:07 > 0:16:11And, um, I'm the second, put it that way, you know.
0:16:11 > 0:16:15- Mainly because of medications. - Mm-hm.- I've got a beautiful wife.
0:16:15 > 0:16:17I love female company and everything else,
0:16:17 > 0:16:20and if nothing else, I'd like to think I could.
0:16:20 > 0:16:23- HE LAUGHS - But, um, I've learned to kind of
0:16:23 > 0:16:25live with that for a long time, you know.
0:16:25 > 0:16:28So, certainly, we do have certain things which you can try,
0:16:28 > 0:16:32- if that's OK with you?- Yeah, it doesn't involve a transplant or anything?- No!
0:16:32 > 0:16:37What I want you to do is try this external application.
0:16:37 > 0:16:39Do you provide the lady, as well?
0:16:39 > 0:16:43- We are not advanced to that level yet.- You're not?- All right?
0:16:43 > 0:16:46"Eight to ten drops of the liniment
0:16:46 > 0:16:50"to be massaged well into the affected part."
0:16:50 > 0:16:53- Mm-hm. What it does... - Is that what I think it is?
0:16:53 > 0:16:57It is, and it really helps to increase the circulation.
0:16:57 > 0:17:01- I'll test it.- Exactly. Great! - THEY LAUGH
0:17:01 > 0:17:04Oh, yeah, go there.
0:17:04 > 0:17:05Yes.
0:17:06 > 0:17:08Yes.
0:17:17 > 0:17:19Next door, Lionel is having an Ayurvedic treatment
0:17:19 > 0:17:23he hopes will reduce his distended stomach.
0:17:23 > 0:17:26What I'm hoping is there might be a doctor there that will go,
0:17:26 > 0:17:31"Ooh, I know exactly what you need! Zoom!" And it would go.
0:17:31 > 0:17:34And that would be magical to me,
0:17:34 > 0:17:37because no doctor in Britain has been able to.
0:17:37 > 0:17:40Use some herbal powders, mixed with an oil,
0:17:40 > 0:17:45which is rubbed onto your tummy by two lovely therapists from here.
0:17:45 > 0:17:50And these young men will really try to take the fat out from your tummy.
0:17:52 > 0:17:56It's smoothing it out.
0:17:56 > 0:17:59It's like, I suppose, a form of ironing.
0:17:59 > 0:18:01Ironing my tummy!
0:18:03 > 0:18:08I'm hoping treatment in India will help my belly.
0:18:08 > 0:18:10It's another culture, it's another way of living
0:18:10 > 0:18:12and if I can get rid of this,
0:18:12 > 0:18:16I would be the happiest person in the world.
0:18:16 > 0:18:19Oh, it's wonderful!
0:18:19 > 0:18:20Ooh!
0:18:33 > 0:18:36All this sweating really gets you down.
0:18:36 > 0:18:38After two weeks in India,
0:18:38 > 0:18:40some of the group are still acclimatising
0:18:40 > 0:18:42to the high temperatures.
0:18:42 > 0:18:44It's so hot, always sweating.
0:18:44 > 0:18:48- We're sweating so much. - We're very sweaty people, darling.
0:18:50 > 0:18:51Shall we go?
0:18:53 > 0:18:55Good morning, Ali.
0:18:55 > 0:18:57Undeterred by the hot weather,
0:18:57 > 0:18:59Dennis and Paul have accepted an invitation
0:18:59 > 0:19:03for a day out with two locals they met last week.
0:19:03 > 0:19:06- Where are you going? - Bolgatty Palace Golf Club, yes?
0:19:09 > 0:19:11My big passion is golf.
0:19:11 > 0:19:14You know, um, any spare time I have,
0:19:14 > 0:19:17it would be spent on the golf course.
0:19:25 > 0:19:29How often would you go playing golf on a tuk-tuk and a ferry?
0:19:31 > 0:19:34- HORN HONKS - Oh, dear! Let the games begin.
0:19:36 > 0:19:39It costs £4.50 to play on this course.
0:19:39 > 0:19:43Dennis and Paul are playing new friends Joe and Tom.
0:19:43 > 0:19:46- Gentlemen, how are you? - Fine, fine. Good morning, Dennis.
0:19:46 > 0:19:47Morning, gentlemen. Lovely to see you.
0:19:47 > 0:19:49- Tom.- Tom, nice to see you.
0:19:49 > 0:19:52Hi. Paul. How are you? Nice to meet you.
0:19:52 > 0:19:55I've tried playing golf. Er, I'm not great at golf.
0:19:58 > 0:20:01- Oh! Good start! - Tough course, isn't it?
0:20:01 > 0:20:03- THEY LAUGH - Didn't go very far.
0:20:03 > 0:20:06- It's still going. It's still going.- Oh?- Yeah.
0:20:06 > 0:20:09We're in trouble here - Paul can't get the ball on the tee.
0:20:09 > 0:20:12- HE LAUGHS - I find it goes on a bit, doesn't it?
0:20:12 > 0:20:13You know, and if you're cr...
0:20:13 > 0:20:17- If you're not good at it... - HE LAUGHS
0:20:18 > 0:20:21- CLANGING, THEY LAUGH - Can I go again?- That's OK, yeah.
0:20:22 > 0:20:23Oh, bugger!
0:20:24 > 0:20:27- Off the tree, not bad. - No, no, not bad. Not bad at all.
0:20:27 > 0:20:29You have to keep mobile when you're older,
0:20:29 > 0:20:33because just to be sedentary and not take part in life
0:20:33 > 0:20:36is a downward spiral, I think, into real old age.
0:20:37 > 0:20:41- It's OK.- It's a chaser.- Oh!- Oh! - THUDDING
0:20:41 > 0:20:44- THEY LAUGH - Well, I got the tree AND the car.
0:20:44 > 0:20:46Don't worry, he's not supposed to park the car there.
0:20:46 > 0:20:48He's not supposed to park it there.
0:20:48 > 0:20:50'I don't really have a health regime,'
0:20:50 > 0:20:53but I play a lot of golf, so you walk five or six mile a day.
0:20:54 > 0:20:58I try to look after my heart cos that's the big thing.
0:20:59 > 0:21:04Back in 1984, I got a terrible phone call
0:21:04 > 0:21:07saying that my mum had died suddenly. She was only 62.
0:21:10 > 0:21:11She'd had a massive heart attack.
0:21:13 > 0:21:17Because of that, I try to keep myself reasonably fit.
0:21:18 > 0:21:20And I don't tend to think too far forward
0:21:20 > 0:21:22and I just accept everything as it comes along
0:21:22 > 0:21:25because you never know what's round the corner.
0:21:29 > 0:21:31Just enjoy every single day.
0:21:31 > 0:21:33So, I need to get this close.
0:21:34 > 0:21:35OK?
0:21:38 > 0:21:43- Oh! - THEY CHEER AND LAUGH
0:21:45 > 0:21:47It's the old cliche, enjoy every single day, and I do.
0:21:47 > 0:21:50And when I play a game of golf, I put a little tick there
0:21:50 > 0:21:53and I'll say, "That's another day they can't take away from you."
0:21:53 > 0:21:56- Brilliant. - That's the second time today.
0:21:56 > 0:21:57Brilliant!
0:22:00 > 0:22:03Dennis cannot imagine retirement without golf.
0:22:03 > 0:22:07For Bill, having access to wildlife is a must.
0:22:07 > 0:22:11Today, he and Lionel are heading to a nature reserve.
0:22:12 > 0:22:13Ah!
0:22:15 > 0:22:19At some point, I'd love to stop at a garage with a loo.
0:22:19 > 0:22:22I should've done that earlier, really, and I didn't.
0:22:22 > 0:22:27- Yeah, yes, please. - See if they have a toilet.
0:22:29 > 0:22:34- HE GROANS - Shake hands with an old friend?
0:22:34 > 0:22:38- Point Percy to the porcelain? - HE LAUGHS
0:22:38 > 0:22:41God! I can't see!
0:22:49 > 0:22:50Better?
0:22:51 > 0:22:53Yeah.
0:22:53 > 0:22:58But in itself, that is not a pleasurable experience.
0:22:58 > 0:23:02There's no light, no paper,
0:23:02 > 0:23:06you've no idea where you are, you're feeling around in the dark.
0:23:06 > 0:23:09- I didn't like it.- No, I wouldn't. - Didn't like it at all.
0:23:19 > 0:23:21Just a few hours from Kochi,
0:23:21 > 0:23:26the Western Ghats region is world-renowned for its wildlife.
0:23:26 > 0:23:28DOOR CREAKS LOUDLY
0:23:28 > 0:23:31- Was that you, me or an elephant? - It's a very good noise.
0:23:40 > 0:23:43I am most comfortable in a sort of wildlife setting.
0:23:43 > 0:23:46Those beautiful kingfishers on the wires,
0:23:46 > 0:23:49and they're bigger and brighter and lovelier than ours.
0:23:55 > 0:23:59It's absolutely mind-blowing!
0:24:10 > 0:24:11Oh, this is...
0:24:13 > 0:24:15- HE SNEEZES - Excuse me!
0:24:15 > 0:24:19That's it - you've scared all the wildlife with that sneeze.
0:24:20 > 0:24:23Being quiet is quite an important thing.
0:24:26 > 0:24:31# The hills are alive with the sound of wildlife! #
0:24:31 > 0:24:35- Yes!- The hills are alive with the sound of me grumbling!
0:24:35 > 0:24:38THEY LAUGH
0:24:38 > 0:24:41I might have to gag Lionel, mightn't I?
0:24:43 > 0:24:46I'll wait here for you, Dad!
0:24:49 > 0:24:54Whoa, coucal, coucal. That's a coucal.
0:25:00 > 0:25:04HE WHISTLES
0:25:04 > 0:25:06I collapsed into a state -
0:25:06 > 0:25:08whenever it was, six, seven years ago -
0:25:08 > 0:25:11and the first thing I did was stop going out birding
0:25:11 > 0:25:14on Hampstead Heath, which was my regular place.
0:25:14 > 0:25:17That was a definition of depression for me.
0:25:17 > 0:25:21A sign, you know, that all the joy has gone for the time being.
0:25:21 > 0:25:24But I'm happy to say it's come back.
0:25:24 > 0:25:26HE WHISTLES
0:25:32 > 0:25:36BIRD CALLS
0:25:36 > 0:25:38Listen to that.
0:25:38 > 0:25:42Now, Bill would probably love that, and would know exactly who it is.
0:25:45 > 0:25:47Often, you know, wherever we've been,
0:25:47 > 0:25:50he's taken himself off by himself.
0:25:52 > 0:25:55Maybe, in a big group, he kind of holds back,
0:25:55 > 0:25:59but today, with me, we've had a laugh,
0:25:59 > 0:26:01and I think he's enjoyed it.
0:26:01 > 0:26:03Ooh, ooh, ooh!
0:26:03 > 0:26:05- Do that again.- Ooh, ooh!
0:26:05 > 0:26:08- No, three, please. - Oh. Ooh, ooh, ooh!
0:26:08 > 0:26:09# The funky gibbon. #
0:26:09 > 0:26:11THEY LAUGH
0:26:11 > 0:26:15- I couldn't resist it. - There you go! Ooh, ooh, ooh!
0:26:15 > 0:26:17It's not a gibbon, that's for sure.
0:26:42 > 0:26:45- Namaste, good morning. - Good morning. How are you?
0:26:45 > 0:26:48- Fine. How are you?- Fantastic.
0:26:48 > 0:26:50At this morning's yoga class...
0:26:50 > 0:26:53HE CHANTS
0:26:53 > 0:26:57..teacher Raj is introducing them to the art of chanting.
0:26:58 > 0:27:02- Mrityor ma. - ALL:- Mrityor ma.
0:27:02 > 0:27:05Jyotir gamaya.
0:27:05 > 0:27:08- ALL:- Jyotir gamaya.
0:27:08 > 0:27:11- SHE LAUGHS - Shut up, Rustie! Shut up, Rustie!
0:27:13 > 0:27:14Your faces!
0:27:14 > 0:27:17SHE LAUGHS
0:27:17 > 0:27:20I thought if I looked like I knew it, he might think I did.
0:27:24 > 0:27:26I don't think you're ever too old to learn new things.
0:27:28 > 0:27:32I don't anticipate putting my leg behind my head, you know.
0:27:32 > 0:27:35HE LAUGHS
0:27:35 > 0:27:37Very good.
0:27:38 > 0:27:41Oopsy! Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh!
0:27:41 > 0:27:43Vertigo. It's vertigo, vertigo.
0:27:43 > 0:27:45- Can I help?- No, no, I'll be all right.
0:27:45 > 0:27:47- You get on with what you're doing... - OK, fine.
0:27:47 > 0:27:50..and I'll just crawl round the corner!
0:27:52 > 0:27:55- It's vertigo. Sorry. - What is it? What's happened?
0:27:55 > 0:27:56I got vertigo. I get...
0:27:56 > 0:27:59Well, the lot of it is, I get vertigo.
0:27:59 > 0:28:01I haven't had it for ages.
0:28:01 > 0:28:04Vertigo is the sensation of spinning while standing still,
0:28:04 > 0:28:06which induces nausea.
0:28:06 > 0:28:08It can be caused by a problem with the inner ear.
0:28:10 > 0:28:14- Steady?- Oh, yes. - Give me your hand, then. Come on.
0:28:15 > 0:28:18I knew things were spinning when I was doing the yoga.
0:28:18 > 0:28:21I laid back and the vertigo went boom!
0:28:21 > 0:28:25And I thought, "There's no way I can stand up."
0:28:25 > 0:28:27And I thought, "I've got to get out of the way
0:28:27 > 0:28:29"cos I'm getting in everybody's way."
0:28:29 > 0:28:32I just felt rather silly and stupid.
0:28:33 > 0:28:36I was supposed to come to India...
0:28:37 > 0:28:42..to find peace and calm and find myself,
0:28:42 > 0:28:44and I think I bloody well have!
0:28:44 > 0:28:47Look at me! That's me!
0:28:55 > 0:28:57Amanda has decided to visit the local hospital
0:28:57 > 0:29:00to see a doctor about her vertigo.
0:29:00 > 0:29:03Lionel, Dennis and Rustie are going along with her.
0:29:09 > 0:29:11One of the largest in Kerala,
0:29:11 > 0:29:14this hospital provides the residents of Kochi
0:29:14 > 0:29:17with some of the most hi-tech health care in India.
0:29:18 > 0:29:22What a fabulous hospital. Lovely.
0:29:22 > 0:29:24SCANNER BEEPS
0:29:25 > 0:29:28Those are my hips going off.
0:29:28 > 0:29:30I'm a weird person as far as health is concerned.
0:29:30 > 0:29:33Two doctors I've had have said to me,
0:29:33 > 0:29:35"You're extraordinarily tough,
0:29:35 > 0:29:39"but then you've got a horse's nervous reaction to things."
0:29:40 > 0:29:42- Hello.- Hello. - Please come on in.- Hello.
0:29:42 > 0:29:44- How are you?- I'm all right.
0:29:44 > 0:29:48Um, I hear you're the person that I have to come to talk to
0:29:48 > 0:29:50because I've been suffering from vertigo.
0:29:50 > 0:29:54- Well, I can do that procedure. - Oh, thank you!
0:29:54 > 0:29:56- Up here.- OK.
0:29:56 > 0:29:59When you have it badly, it feels as if you're having a fit
0:29:59 > 0:30:05because it's like the inside of your head spins and you cannot see.
0:30:05 > 0:30:07It's awful.
0:30:07 > 0:30:09OK, keep your eyes open.
0:30:09 > 0:30:12- Ooh. Ooh, sorry. Bad, bad, bad! - Sorry for the discomfort.
0:30:12 > 0:30:16- OK, yeah.- It's OK now?- Yeah, OK. - Keep it down. Keep it down there.
0:30:16 > 0:30:18There is a manoeuvre he did
0:30:18 > 0:30:21to whip the crystals over that go in the bottom of your ears.
0:30:21 > 0:30:23It's as simple as that.
0:30:23 > 0:30:26- You need to hold it for another 20 seconds.- OK.
0:30:28 > 0:30:30- Are you feeling OK?- Yeah, yeah.
0:30:30 > 0:30:32- OK, now you sit up. - I wasn't feeling it.
0:30:32 > 0:30:35Now, you may do it evening time at home.
0:30:35 > 0:30:38- Yeah.- OK? You can do it yourself. - Yeah.- OK?
0:30:38 > 0:30:41- How are you feeling now? - I'm all right. I'm settling down.
0:30:41 > 0:30:45- Thank you very much. - OK?- Yes. Really, thank you.
0:30:46 > 0:30:48Oh, sorry! Ooh!
0:30:48 > 0:30:51HE LAUGHS
0:30:51 > 0:30:54We're getting into the swing of Indian traffic, aren't we?
0:30:54 > 0:30:5779-year-old Miriam and 72-year-old Paul
0:30:57 > 0:31:00are exploring their local neighbourhood...
0:31:00 > 0:31:03- BELL DINGS - It's a good bell.
0:31:03 > 0:31:04..and keeping fit.
0:31:10 > 0:31:13I would like to... Oh!
0:31:13 > 0:31:16SHE GIGGLES
0:31:16 > 0:31:20- You OK?- Yeah, I'm OK.
0:31:21 > 0:31:26- I cycle every day in the UK.- Mm-hm.
0:31:26 > 0:31:30- But on a spinning bike, which is stationary.- Yes.
0:31:30 > 0:31:34- Ooh, ooh! Paul, I'm sorry. - It's OK.- Um...
0:31:34 > 0:31:39Because I think, er, bicycling is good exercise.
0:31:39 > 0:31:42Absolutely. And there's one very important ingredient
0:31:42 > 0:31:45that you should always try and have in your life, if possible,
0:31:45 > 0:31:47for good health, and that's laughter.
0:31:47 > 0:31:51- Cos when you laugh, you boost your immune system.- Really?
0:31:51 > 0:31:55Yeah. So, find yourself a joker
0:31:55 > 0:31:57and, er, spend some time with them.
0:31:57 > 0:32:00- Absolutely.- I mean, I think Dennis would be wonderful,
0:32:00 > 0:32:03you know, to spend time with to keep you healthy
0:32:03 > 0:32:06- because it's a laugh a minute with Dennis.- Yeah.
0:32:06 > 0:32:08HE LAUGHS
0:32:09 > 0:32:11Either that or you end up killing him.
0:32:11 > 0:32:13THEY LAUGH
0:32:13 > 0:32:16HE IMITATES PHONE RINGING
0:32:18 > 0:32:21Ooh, I'll just get this call. Hello? Hi, Louis. Yeah, everything's fine.
0:32:21 > 0:32:24Yeah, the nurse was lovely. Everything's fine, thank you.
0:32:24 > 0:32:25OK, thank you, sir.
0:32:25 > 0:32:28At the hospital, Dennis is taking the opportunity
0:32:28 > 0:32:32to have a full body health check, costing £135.
0:32:33 > 0:32:35The screening checks for critical diseases
0:32:35 > 0:32:38and tests all organ function.
0:32:38 > 0:32:40I've got little boobies!
0:32:40 > 0:32:44It would cost over £800 for the same procedure in the UK.
0:32:47 > 0:32:50- I'm just looking at your heart, OK?- OK.
0:32:53 > 0:32:56You know, back when my mum passed away,
0:32:56 > 0:32:59if we had have known that there was anything wrong with her heart,
0:32:59 > 0:33:01we could've... we could've done something.
0:33:01 > 0:33:03HEARTBEAT ON MONITOR
0:33:05 > 0:33:08- See, your heart is good. - Oh, that's good.- OK?
0:33:08 > 0:33:11Functionally, it is quite efficient.
0:33:11 > 0:33:14So, you can continue all these activities with impunity.
0:33:14 > 0:33:17- And a bit more exercise? - Yeah, you can, safely.
0:33:17 > 0:33:23To hear that is, er, excellent news. Makes me smile even more. Yeah.
0:33:25 > 0:33:28- Well, how did you get on? - Everything's perfectly healthy.
0:33:28 > 0:33:30Oh, wonderful! That's great.
0:33:30 > 0:33:32Lovely. Cos you're always a little bit, you know,
0:33:32 > 0:33:35- with my mum having a heart attack at 62...- Yeah.
0:33:35 > 0:33:38..you always worry a little bit, but everything's fine.
0:33:38 > 0:33:40- Thank heavens. That's good news. - There we go.
0:33:40 > 0:33:43You see? It's cos you laugh the most.
0:33:43 > 0:33:46Yeah. "Keep smiling," he said. "Keep laughing and smiling."
0:33:46 > 0:33:48- Keep laughing. - Which you do all the time.- Yeah.
0:33:48 > 0:33:51- AMANDA:- More jokes and more jokes! - Oh, no!
0:34:04 > 0:34:08Oh, come on! Ooh, that'll keep me from eating much!
0:34:08 > 0:34:11The group are settling in to local life in Kochi,
0:34:11 > 0:34:13but are keen to make more friends.
0:34:15 > 0:34:18I think the rear view is very important.
0:34:18 > 0:34:21We forget to do the rear view quite often.
0:34:21 > 0:34:23'I've always loved India, but gradually,
0:34:23 > 0:34:26'I've found myself falling in love with India.'
0:34:26 > 0:34:27Done.
0:34:27 > 0:34:32I think the main change is that I'm feeling at home.
0:34:32 > 0:34:33I feel comfortable here.
0:34:33 > 0:34:37Well, I just don't know whether to do this.
0:34:37 > 0:34:41Tonight, they've accepted an invitation to drinks in the city.
0:34:41 > 0:34:43That's all right, isn't it?
0:34:44 > 0:34:51We are going tonight to meet, um, the expats who live here,
0:34:51 > 0:34:54and have presumably been here for some time,
0:34:54 > 0:34:56and did move out here and retire,
0:34:56 > 0:34:59so I suppose they're going to know everything that we want to know.
0:34:59 > 0:35:02OK, do you think the expats are ready for this?
0:35:04 > 0:35:06Let's do it!
0:35:06 > 0:35:08Hey, very nice.
0:35:08 > 0:35:11I think your ensemble is let down by your underpants.
0:35:11 > 0:35:14- THEY LAUGH - I know.- I am wearing them.
0:35:14 > 0:35:17- Is he really...?- I'm sure you are, but they don't match.
0:35:17 > 0:35:19Unless you put the brown ones on.
0:35:19 > 0:35:22- Guess again. - No, it's the black ones again.
0:35:22 > 0:35:24- RUSTIE:- The black ones? - No, no, more dangerous than that.
0:35:24 > 0:35:28- The purple?- The purple!
0:35:37 > 0:35:40India has the fastest-growing economy in the world,
0:35:40 > 0:35:44encouraging thousands of people to move to the country.
0:35:44 > 0:35:46This evening is the regular social gathering
0:35:46 > 0:35:49for foreign residents living in Kochi.
0:35:49 > 0:35:52- Dennis Taylor's my name. - Nice to meet you.- How are you?
0:35:52 > 0:35:54- My name is Sheila. - Sheila, I'm Chris.- Chris?
0:35:54 > 0:35:57- How long have you lived here? - This is our seventh year.
0:35:57 > 0:36:01- And how's India treating you? - I like India very much.
0:36:01 > 0:36:04- Do I look like I'm from Kerala? - No. Where are you from?
0:36:04 > 0:36:07- I'm from New York.- You're not! - Yeah.- Philadelphia!
0:36:07 > 0:36:09- No! Really? - Yeah, Philadelphia! Whoa!
0:36:09 > 0:36:11- So, are you thinking about... - Yeah, yeah.
0:36:11 > 0:36:15- .."Could I possibly live here?" - It's something I'm thinking about.
0:36:15 > 0:36:16I can move anywhere I want in the world.
0:36:16 > 0:36:18I now need to make that choice.
0:36:18 > 0:36:21- Yes.- You know, I'm divorced and another criteria
0:36:21 > 0:36:24is the fact that there may not be enough people.
0:36:24 > 0:36:26I need to find a guy who's single.
0:36:26 > 0:36:29Hey, I have to tell you, I have met plenty of gentlemen
0:36:29 > 0:36:33- who I think would enjoy meeting... - Really?- ..a vivacious Philly girl.
0:36:33 > 0:36:36- Really?- I think so.- Well, there is hope for me, then.- Yes.
0:36:36 > 0:36:38Do you have retirement homes here?
0:36:38 > 0:36:42- They're starting to happen. - Old-age people's homes, yes.
0:36:42 > 0:36:44- I just...- You see, what's happened is,
0:36:44 > 0:36:46traditionally in India,
0:36:46 > 0:36:49- the family look after the old people.- Yes, that's right.
0:36:49 > 0:36:51That's changing now, like so many other things.
0:36:51 > 0:36:54My mind is so open about India.
0:36:54 > 0:36:57I mean, it's a sort of watch this space.
0:36:57 > 0:36:58It is a different life
0:36:58 > 0:37:03and it has got an enormous amount of things, I think, to offer.
0:37:03 > 0:37:05Where we live is actually not far from here.
0:37:05 > 0:37:09It's overlooking this waterway, beautiful view,
0:37:09 > 0:37:13- the Chinese fishing nets just below our balcony...- That's lovely.
0:37:13 > 0:37:16..and what we pay - I'll state it in dollars -
0:37:16 > 0:37:18it's just about 500 a month...
0:37:18 > 0:37:21- Is that all?- That's incredible. - ..for a sizeable...
0:37:21 > 0:37:23'If I see a place that I like, I might say,
0:37:23 > 0:37:24'"I've got to live here."
0:37:24 > 0:37:26'I don't owe anybody in the world money'
0:37:26 > 0:37:30and I have no mortgage. Everything I have, I own outright.
0:37:30 > 0:37:32I like that. I don't like bills.
0:37:32 > 0:37:35So, that's why I'm saying I can move anywhere I choose to move,
0:37:35 > 0:37:36without any ties.
0:37:36 > 0:37:38- See, I'm an adventurer.- Yeah.
0:37:38 > 0:37:40You know, whatever is new and exciting,
0:37:40 > 0:37:41I haven't done it yet - let's do it!
0:37:41 > 0:37:45- There you go.- So then that means India's the place for you.- Exactly!
0:37:45 > 0:37:47Thank you very much. Thank you.
0:37:47 > 0:37:51'We've met some of the most amazing people.'
0:37:51 > 0:37:56They say the quality of life here is so much better than it is at home
0:37:56 > 0:37:59and they can live cheaper here
0:37:59 > 0:38:05and go to places that are historically wonderful
0:38:05 > 0:38:09and they have the best quality of life here in Kochi.
0:38:12 > 0:38:15- I've just got to say something. - Yes?- Look at that moon.
0:38:17 > 0:38:21Oh, no, it's not - it's a lamp! I'm mad. I thought it was the moon!
0:38:21 > 0:38:22Lionel was just pointing...
0:38:37 > 0:38:41Are you awake, darling? Are you awake?
0:38:46 > 0:38:49Since his appointment, Bill has been following the instructions
0:38:49 > 0:38:51from his Ayurvedic doctor.
0:38:52 > 0:38:55He's given me a little oily thing, which left stains on the bed,
0:38:55 > 0:38:58- which wasn't at all nice... - Oh, my God. That's not good.
0:38:58 > 0:39:00..for impotence.
0:39:00 > 0:39:02- What? That's supposed to get you up?- Yes.
0:39:02 > 0:39:05- THEY LAUGH - Have I got to lock my door?
0:39:05 > 0:39:07Yes, you will, yes. Sheila's in great danger.
0:39:07 > 0:39:11- She's next door, yeah. - THEY LAUGH
0:39:11 > 0:39:14I mean, do you really think that's healing?
0:39:14 > 0:39:17- Is that supposed to be for your impotence, then?- God knows!
0:39:19 > 0:39:21Question for Miriam,
0:39:21 > 0:39:24as undoubtedly the expert in the area of health
0:39:24 > 0:39:27and things that you get that make you better -
0:39:27 > 0:39:30is there any evidence that any of them work?
0:39:30 > 0:39:32One of the reasons why I would have to say
0:39:32 > 0:39:35I don't know about Ayurvedic medicine...
0:39:35 > 0:39:37I don't know what it is.
0:39:37 > 0:39:39No, the reason I don't know is
0:39:39 > 0:39:42because I'm not a believer in alternative medicines.
0:39:42 > 0:39:45I only believe in medicines that have been proven to work
0:39:45 > 0:39:50and are effective, and there's hardly any research at all.
0:39:50 > 0:39:53For that reason, and because, as a doctor,
0:39:53 > 0:39:55I can't recommend anything to a person
0:39:55 > 0:39:57if I don't know if it works,
0:39:57 > 0:40:01I've kind of shunned alternative medicine.
0:40:01 > 0:40:03And, you know, probably the most powerful healing organ
0:40:03 > 0:40:07- you've got is your brain. - You saying that...
0:40:07 > 0:40:11I was told it was something in my brain that is causing this.
0:40:11 > 0:40:13- Really?- My tummy. Yes.
0:40:13 > 0:40:17And it's not helping my tummy at all.
0:40:17 > 0:40:21That's why I'm interested in going, because every doctor I've been to -
0:40:21 > 0:40:23that I've told about this thing -
0:40:23 > 0:40:26I said, "Can I get rid of it?" and they said no.
0:40:26 > 0:40:29- I'm not saying that everyone should agree with me.- DENNIS:- Right, yeah.
0:40:29 > 0:40:35And there are, um, orthodox doctors who use homoeopathic medicines
0:40:35 > 0:40:37and alternative, complementary therapies.
0:40:37 > 0:40:41The interesting thing is is that one in three people
0:40:41 > 0:40:44will respond to taking something which is inactive,
0:40:44 > 0:40:45and that's cos they believe.
0:40:45 > 0:40:48- Now, that, in a way, is magical and mystical.- Yes, it is.
0:40:48 > 0:40:52I think it is something to do with that.
0:40:52 > 0:40:54There's a part of your brain.
0:41:01 > 0:41:05Despite Dr Miriam's doubts, Lionel is having his second session
0:41:05 > 0:41:07with the Ayurvedic doctor to find out
0:41:07 > 0:41:09if there is more he can do to help his stomach.
0:41:12 > 0:41:14It's now 38 or 39.
0:41:14 > 0:41:18- I used to be a 32, 34.- OK.
0:41:18 > 0:41:21We might be able to help losing inches.
0:41:21 > 0:41:22Not your weight perhaps.
0:41:22 > 0:41:25- So, the initial... - Oh, inches would be wonderful!
0:41:25 > 0:41:28But, er, I'd like to ask a few other questions, as well,
0:41:28 > 0:41:30- regarding your diet. - That's all right.
0:41:30 > 0:41:34- How about your appetite? Do you feel...?- It's wonderful.
0:41:34 > 0:41:38- Is it vegetarian? Non-vegetarian? - No, I eat everything.- OK.
0:41:38 > 0:41:43- Do you have a sweet tooth? - I love sweets, yes.- Ah.
0:41:43 > 0:41:45- Chocolate mousse, yes.- Ah, OK. - HE CHUCKLES
0:41:45 > 0:41:49- I'm not a big breakfast eater.- OK.
0:41:49 > 0:41:53- I might have a croissant... - Ah, OK.- ..or a Danish.
0:41:53 > 0:41:57- So, you really do have a really sweet tooth?- Yes!
0:41:57 > 0:42:00Do you nibble on anything in between?
0:42:00 > 0:42:03- Sometimes.- OK.- Biscuits.- Biscuits?
0:42:03 > 0:42:06- Oh, my God. That's the worst thing to nibble on.- I know!
0:42:08 > 0:42:11- So, you said you are windy? - Windy?- Windy.
0:42:11 > 0:42:14- You know, full of gas and... - I have gas.
0:42:14 > 0:42:17- Night, you are quite OK? - At night, I get windy.
0:42:17 > 0:42:19- You get windy at night? OK.- Yes.
0:42:21 > 0:42:23Regarding the wind, the first thing what we would try is
0:42:23 > 0:42:25adjusting your diet a little bit.
0:42:25 > 0:42:29I want you to drink a bit more of water into it and then
0:42:29 > 0:42:32I would like you to have some buttermilk.
0:42:32 > 0:42:33- Buttermilk?- Buttermilk,
0:42:33 > 0:42:36with some curry leaves in it and a slash of ginger
0:42:36 > 0:42:39because there is good bacteria in it.
0:42:39 > 0:42:41The good bacteria kind of grows in number
0:42:41 > 0:42:43and it should help to bring down your tummy, as well.
0:42:43 > 0:42:46- Really?- Yeah. And I would like you
0:42:46 > 0:42:50to do something called wind-relieving posture in yoga,
0:42:50 > 0:42:53early morning, as well as just before you go to your bed.
0:42:53 > 0:42:56- Um, I think I'm doing yoga tomorrow. - OK, fantastic.
0:42:56 > 0:42:58Can you write all this down?
0:42:58 > 0:43:00- Definitely. I can write it down for you.- Yeah.
0:43:00 > 0:43:02So, it's more of a lifestyle change, where you have, you know...
0:43:02 > 0:43:05Do certain small things in your daily life,
0:43:05 > 0:43:09it can actually go a long way and help with all the problems you have.
0:43:09 > 0:43:10All right?
0:43:14 > 0:43:16It was the best...
0:43:17 > 0:43:21..medical examination since I've had this tummy.
0:43:21 > 0:43:26He's given me information that nobody in the UK has told me,
0:43:26 > 0:43:29and he said, "I will promise you,
0:43:29 > 0:43:32"you will lose a few inches off your tummy."
0:43:32 > 0:43:36That's all I ask for! What more could I want?
0:43:40 > 0:43:44Dennis, not only am I going to lose weight here,
0:43:44 > 0:43:48I've lost 20 years off my life, so I'm now 67.
0:43:48 > 0:43:50- That's fantastic. - Isn't that good?- Yeah.
0:43:50 > 0:43:54- You're now the same age as me, Lionel.- I know!
0:43:54 > 0:43:57And he said things that made such sense.
0:43:57 > 0:44:01I've got to have things with ginger and cumin and hot water
0:44:01 > 0:44:05- to help the wind and everything. - Cumin?- Yeah.
0:44:05 > 0:44:07That's what I am, you know - a cumin!
0:44:07 > 0:44:10- You're a cumin being? - I knew you were going to...
0:44:10 > 0:44:12- That's two in a row, that is! - BILL LAUGHS
0:44:12 > 0:44:14Well, we'd better get off, you know.
0:44:14 > 0:44:15Yeah, can't wait to get back and see you.
0:44:15 > 0:44:18Yeah, God bless, sweetie.
0:44:18 > 0:44:21Mustn't forget the old hat. Lights off.
0:44:22 > 0:44:24With the group feeling settled in Kochi,
0:44:24 > 0:44:27some are ready to venture further afield.
0:44:27 > 0:44:33- Must stop all this kissing! - Bye-bye!- Bye-bye.- Bye, everybody!
0:44:33 > 0:44:36See you in a few days, nice little room.
0:44:36 > 0:44:39- Come on, Dennis.- Come on, Dennis. - You've got your pillow?
0:44:39 > 0:44:41- That's a very wise precaution.- Yes.
0:44:41 > 0:44:45They're going to visit one of the holiest temples in India.
0:44:45 > 0:44:48But with a 13-hour train journey to get there,
0:44:48 > 0:44:52Amanda, Bill and Lionel have decided to stay at home.
0:44:52 > 0:44:55I have never been so tired in all my life.
0:44:55 > 0:44:57I am so tired.
0:44:57 > 0:45:00Going in... Oh, magic, magic bed!
0:45:00 > 0:45:02And Little Ted.
0:45:03 > 0:45:06I've gone. Goodbye.
0:45:09 > 0:45:11The rest of the group are preparing for a night
0:45:11 > 0:45:13on the 11.15 sleeper train.
0:45:13 > 0:45:17- Here we go.- Thanks, Paul. - PAUL:- All right, darling.
0:45:17 > 0:45:20We don't travel the way we used to do with the snooker world.
0:45:20 > 0:45:23I don't travel abroad now. It'll just be for holidays there.
0:45:23 > 0:45:28So, that'll be fascinating to see what a train journey will be like.
0:45:28 > 0:45:30Look at his glasses!
0:45:30 > 0:45:33His glasses are steamed up! We'd better find the train!
0:45:33 > 0:45:36- I'll take you in, you old dear. - THEY LAUGH
0:45:36 > 0:45:40It's a chance to test out India's famous railways,
0:45:40 > 0:45:43but first, they'll have to find their train.
0:45:43 > 0:45:46Whoa, whoa, whoa! Paul, wait! Do you know where you're going?
0:45:46 > 0:45:49- Chennai to the left. - Do you know where you're going?
0:45:49 > 0:45:53- How about here?- Have you seen Chennai Express, the sign?
0:45:53 > 0:45:57'I thrive on having new experiences and new adventures.'
0:45:57 > 0:46:00I definitely want to travel across India. It's like, try everything
0:46:00 > 0:46:02once to see if you like it. Well, within reason.
0:46:02 > 0:46:05I think we've got to go up the stairs and over the platform.
0:46:05 > 0:46:08But nobody saw the sign that said Chennai Express!
0:46:08 > 0:46:10What time does the train go off?
0:46:10 > 0:46:13- 5 past 11. - Platform two, so turn right.
0:46:13 > 0:46:16- OVER TANNOY:- 'Platform number 1 at 23 hours...'- Hold it, hold it.
0:46:16 > 0:46:18Two there, look. It says two up there.
0:46:18 > 0:46:22- She said platform three. - Oh, what?- I heard her say three.
0:46:22 > 0:46:26- Let's go down.- Paul does not want to wait for anybody.
0:46:26 > 0:46:28- I think it's this one. - Come back, Paul!
0:46:28 > 0:46:31- What time's the train?- 11.05.- 11.05?
0:46:31 > 0:46:34- It's here. - I still haven't seen a Chennai sign.
0:46:34 > 0:46:37- Big adventure, eh?- Fantastic. It's just like Chester Central.
0:46:37 > 0:46:39SHE LAUGHS, TRAIN HORN HONKS
0:46:39 > 0:46:41Is that us?
0:46:42 > 0:46:46- It's not exactly the bullet, is it? - Oh!- Oh, my...!- Oh, my life!
0:46:46 > 0:46:48- PAUL:- Just a bit overcrowded.
0:46:48 > 0:46:50Well, these look like sleepers, don't they?
0:46:50 > 0:46:53- RUSTIE:- Yeah, they look like sleepers.
0:46:53 > 0:46:58For £13, they'll each have a bed in the second-class sleeper carriage.
0:46:58 > 0:47:01- A1?- A1.- We've got it? - Look, it says A1. A1.
0:47:03 > 0:47:06- Is this A1? Thank you, Paul. - Sorry, go on.- No, go ahead, Dennis.
0:47:06 > 0:47:08- No, go ahead, Miriam. - Thank you, thank you.
0:47:08 > 0:47:10That's it. Great. We're here.
0:47:10 > 0:47:12- SHEILA:- I don't see an A and I don't see a bloody 1!
0:47:12 > 0:47:13- MIRIAM:- No, it was outside.
0:47:13 > 0:47:15- PAUL:- This is A1. - I don't see it in here.
0:47:15 > 0:47:20- No, but it was outside, Sheila. - Calm down, everybody! Chill pill!
0:47:20 > 0:47:22- I don't know where we are now. - RUSTIE:- I'm here.
0:47:22 > 0:47:24- Is this your bag, Rustie? - No, my bag's here.
0:47:24 > 0:47:28- I'm 21. There we go. - It's up here, yeah.
0:47:28 > 0:47:32You know, there's Reno, Tahoe, and back to the ghetto! Ha!
0:47:32 > 0:47:35Never in my life have I slept on a train.
0:47:35 > 0:47:37I'm thinking Orient Express.
0:47:37 > 0:47:41Look, if it's good for the Indians, it's good enough for me, all right?
0:47:41 > 0:47:43I think we are in here.
0:47:45 > 0:47:47Ooh, no, I don't fancy that.
0:47:47 > 0:47:50- It's like Some Like It Hot. - Yeah! There's a man sleeping.
0:47:50 > 0:47:52Oh, dear. I'm so sorry.
0:47:52 > 0:47:56Are they going to come round with sheets? He's got two sheets.
0:47:56 > 0:47:58I think he's taken one from here.
0:48:17 > 0:48:21The overnight journey will take them from Kerala to Madurai
0:48:21 > 0:48:23in the neighbouring state of Tamil Nadu.
0:48:26 > 0:48:29It's like going camping. It's like being...
0:48:29 > 0:48:31- It's like a sleepover somewhere. - It is.
0:48:31 > 0:48:33Anybody got liquid Valium?
0:48:34 > 0:48:36So I can get to sleep!
0:48:36 > 0:48:38This is luxury, mate. Big room, fan, light.
0:48:38 > 0:48:40- I've never been on an overnight train.- Perfect.
0:48:40 > 0:48:43- Is it?- Yeah!- Oh, no! OK.
0:48:43 > 0:48:46- I've lived a very difficult life! - THEY LAUGH
0:48:46 > 0:48:49- Goodnight, darling. - Goodnight, my sweetheart.
0:48:49 > 0:48:51We did all right, didn't we?
0:48:51 > 0:48:54- Give me a shout in about 12 hours. - PAUL:- Goodnight. Goodnight.
0:49:13 > 0:49:16The group are ten hours into their journey
0:49:16 > 0:49:18and are now in Tamil Nadu.
0:49:18 > 0:49:20- Dennis?- Yes?
0:49:22 > 0:49:24Well, I didn't sleep terribly well.
0:49:24 > 0:49:26These beds are a bit hard, aren't they, don't you think?
0:49:26 > 0:49:29- Yeah, they're quite hard. - They're like sleeping on a board.
0:49:29 > 0:49:31Though did you manage to not have to get up for the toilet
0:49:31 > 0:49:33- or are you OK?- I did. I had to get up.
0:49:33 > 0:49:35I nearly went out the window at one point...
0:49:35 > 0:49:38- THEY LAUGH - ..I was so desperate!
0:49:39 > 0:49:41So, how did the girls sleep?
0:49:41 > 0:49:44I think they do look better than us in the mornings.
0:49:44 > 0:49:46They don't look better than you, darling.
0:49:46 > 0:49:48You look gorgeous any time of the day.
0:49:48 > 0:49:50HE LAUGHS
0:49:51 > 0:49:54- Hello.- Hello. - Did you fall asleep, no?
0:49:54 > 0:49:58I didn't sleep properly. Even so, it's a great experience.
0:49:58 > 0:50:00- Oh, fantastic.- Oh, yeah. - Great experience.
0:50:00 > 0:50:02- I wouldn't have missed this for the world.- Nor me.
0:50:02 > 0:50:05- We won't want to go home. - No, for sure.
0:50:05 > 0:50:07- I don't want to go home already.- Yeah.
0:50:13 > 0:50:15I'm looking forward to the temple.
0:50:15 > 0:50:18This is going to be quite an experience.
0:50:18 > 0:50:20People have been worshipping there
0:50:20 > 0:50:23for the last 1,000 years, apparently.
0:50:23 > 0:50:26- They must be exhausted. - HE LAUGHS
0:50:29 > 0:50:31- Hello.- Hello. - Hello. What's your name?
0:50:31 > 0:50:34- Mia.- Mia? Well, that's a very pretty name, isn't it?
0:50:34 > 0:50:36How old are you, Mia?
0:50:36 > 0:50:40- Two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten!- Oh!
0:50:40 > 0:50:45- No, you're not ten! You're not ten! - That's really good counting.
0:50:45 > 0:50:47- What's this?- Lips. - What's this?- Ears.
0:50:47 > 0:50:50- What's that?- Hand.- Yes!- Good girl!
0:50:50 > 0:50:53- And what is that?- Watch.- Good girl.
0:50:53 > 0:50:57- Does she speak any other languages? - Five languages.- Five?!- Five?
0:50:57 > 0:51:01- Which ones?- Bengali, Hindi, Malayalam, Tamil, English.
0:51:01 > 0:51:02How did she learn all them? How?
0:51:02 > 0:51:05In the housing, Bengali...
0:51:05 > 0:51:09- Ah!- She is learning. - She just picks it up naturally?
0:51:09 > 0:51:12- SHEILA:- What do you want to be when you're a big girl?
0:51:12 > 0:51:14- MIRIAM:- Do you want to be a teacher or do you...?- Yes.
0:51:14 > 0:51:18- Yes?- Oh, yes.- Well, that's a very good thing to be.- Yeah.
0:51:21 > 0:51:25After 13 hours, the group have arrived in Madurai.
0:51:30 > 0:51:33- They're not that keen on an escalator here, are they? - Not really.
0:51:38 > 0:51:41The city's skyline is dominated by the gateway towers
0:51:41 > 0:51:43of the Meenakshi Amman Temple...
0:51:45 > 0:51:47These are nice old cars, these are.
0:51:47 > 0:51:50..a ten-minute taxi ride from the station.
0:51:50 > 0:51:52I'll get in the back, then.
0:51:53 > 0:51:57- HORNS BLARE - Oh!- Hello.
0:51:57 > 0:51:59It's like they're talking to each other with the horn!
0:51:59 > 0:52:02HORNS BLARE
0:52:02 > 0:52:05- BRAKES SCREECH - Oh!- It's all right.
0:52:05 > 0:52:06It's only a woman and a man.
0:52:09 > 0:52:12- PAUL:- It's amazing we've never seen a crash, isn't it?- Mm-hm.
0:52:12 > 0:52:15- HORN BLARES - Oh, yeah! Whoo!
0:52:16 > 0:52:19There's a rhythm to it, isn't there? There's a dance.
0:52:22 > 0:52:24They just hope everyone knows the steps.
0:52:24 > 0:52:27THEY LAUGH
0:52:30 > 0:52:32The spiritual side of India does interest me
0:52:32 > 0:52:34because I'm not particularly religious,
0:52:34 > 0:52:39in that I don't know anything about Buddhism or Hinduism or anything.
0:52:39 > 0:52:41I'm sure there must be something spiritual
0:52:41 > 0:52:43that means something to me.
0:52:43 > 0:52:44Ah, here we are.
0:52:49 > 0:52:51It's just wondrous.
0:52:54 > 0:52:57- RUSTIE:- Oh, my goodness gracious!
0:52:59 > 0:53:03There has been a temple on this site for over 2,000 years.
0:53:07 > 0:53:09It's like being in a painting.
0:53:12 > 0:53:15It's very different to any temple I've ever seen before -
0:53:15 > 0:53:19the colour, the figurines, the statues.
0:53:19 > 0:53:23And it obviously holds great store for Indians, particularly Hindus.
0:53:23 > 0:53:27This sacred place for the Hindu religion
0:53:27 > 0:53:29is dedicated to the goddess Meenakshi.
0:53:29 > 0:53:32Legend has it that her marriage to Shiva
0:53:32 > 0:53:34was the biggest event on Earth,
0:53:34 > 0:53:37with the entire world descending on Madurai.
0:53:39 > 0:53:42Each year, hundreds of Hindu couples are married in this temple.
0:53:44 > 0:53:47I don't think there's anything in this world more precious than love.
0:53:47 > 0:53:50So, to have a temple to exalt love, to me,
0:53:50 > 0:53:53is, you know... I'm in heaven here.
0:53:53 > 0:53:58Everywhere I go, I can't help being excited by India.
0:53:58 > 0:54:00- See the different towers? - RUSTIE:- Yeah.
0:54:00 > 0:54:02- There are 11, I think.- 11?
0:54:02 > 0:54:06One, two, three, four, five. We can see five from here.
0:54:06 > 0:54:10- Oh, from here? - And they're spectacular!
0:54:10 > 0:54:12- PAUL:- Excuse me, do you speak English?
0:54:12 > 0:54:14- We're from London.- I'm Rashid.
0:54:14 > 0:54:16- Hello, Rashid. I'm Paul. - Nice meeting you.- How are you?
0:54:16 > 0:54:18- This is my wife, Mina.- Hello, Mina. How are you?- I'm Mina, hi.
0:54:18 > 0:54:21So, you've come here just to sightsee
0:54:21 > 0:54:25- or to worship or what, exactly? - No, because we got married here.
0:54:25 > 0:54:28Four years before, we got married, but today is our wedding day.
0:54:28 > 0:54:31- Oh, I see.- But lots of difficulties. - Why was that?
0:54:31 > 0:54:35I propose to her and father not accept it.
0:54:35 > 0:54:37- We have a different caste in the society.- Yeah.
0:54:37 > 0:54:41My brother-in-law, he worked very hard to merge the families.
0:54:41 > 0:54:43Now my parents are very happy with him.
0:54:43 > 0:54:44They're happy with him now?
0:54:44 > 0:54:49Well, love triumphs everywhere. Love is the most important thing.
0:54:49 > 0:54:52Yeah. I mean, she's my soul, everything.
0:54:52 > 0:54:54Yeah. Do you have any family?
0:54:54 > 0:54:57Er, we don't have any babies so far.
0:54:57 > 0:54:59We've been worshipping for four years. We are...
0:54:59 > 0:55:02All the time, we come here. It's a very special temple for us.
0:55:04 > 0:55:07It is believed that the goddess Meenakshi and her husband Shiva
0:55:07 > 0:55:10can bestow the gift of fertility.
0:55:10 > 0:55:13Each night, effigies of them are laid to rest together
0:55:13 > 0:55:15in the belief that they can make love
0:55:15 > 0:55:17and regenerate the universe.
0:55:19 > 0:55:22- You come here to ask for a baby? - Yeah, a lot.
0:55:22 > 0:55:26We are doing fasting, we are doing a lot of prayers.
0:55:26 > 0:55:31In India, the fertility is most important than the prosperity.
0:55:31 > 0:55:34- Ah!- Really?- So, if you have fertility, the prosperity is...
0:55:34 > 0:55:36That's why there are so many Indians, then?
0:55:36 > 0:55:39- THEY LAUGH - We don't want to waste the nights.
0:55:39 > 0:55:42No, I can tell.
0:55:42 > 0:55:44- DENNIS:- Well, we wish you all the best, yeah.
0:55:44 > 0:55:46Thank you so much. Thank you.
0:55:47 > 0:55:50Family, for the Indian people,
0:55:50 > 0:55:53is the most important thing in their lives.
0:55:53 > 0:55:55More important than having money.
0:55:55 > 0:55:57I mean, I've got two lovely children -
0:55:57 > 0:56:02Cameron and Amber, 9 and 11 - and then I've got a grown-up family.
0:56:02 > 0:56:06I mean, how lucky am I when you hear people like that
0:56:06 > 0:56:09and all they want to do is just have one child?
0:56:09 > 0:56:13I mean, how could you love the Indian people any more?
0:56:13 > 0:56:15They've got their values going on.
0:56:15 > 0:56:18The temple is one of the most beautiful I've ever seen.
0:56:18 > 0:56:21It really is special. It is breathtaking.
0:56:21 > 0:56:25But knowing it's about love, that makes me smile.
0:56:25 > 0:56:27And it's a lovely story of the goddess
0:56:27 > 0:56:30and how she went from being the warrior princess
0:56:30 > 0:56:34and conquering the world to meeting the right guy -
0:56:34 > 0:56:38that, to me, symbolises hope. There is hope at the end of the tunnel.
0:56:44 > 0:56:45Next time...
0:56:45 > 0:56:48- No three-point turn with this man. - Yeah.- Straight round!
0:56:50 > 0:56:53I want to know how to do...this.
0:56:53 > 0:56:55How to get into a sari.
0:56:55 > 0:56:57It's like putting together furniture!
0:56:57 > 0:57:01..the group celebrate the magnificence of the tiger...
0:57:01 > 0:57:03You do look like you've got a couple of fried eggs on there.
0:57:03 > 0:57:05- DENNIS:- Definitely sunny side up!
0:57:05 > 0:57:09..and experience the colour and magic of a Keralan wedding.
0:57:09 > 0:57:13There is something so genuine about it.
0:57:13 > 0:57:15It shines out of the people.
0:57:15 > 0:57:19Whatever that is, I would like some of it.