0:00:18 > 0:00:20India.
0:00:20 > 0:00:23A country that overwhelms the senses.
0:00:24 > 0:00:29The Garden of Eden must've been as beautiful as this.
0:00:29 > 0:00:33With year-round warm weather and a low cost of living,
0:00:33 > 0:00:37could this be the perfect place to retire?
0:00:38 > 0:00:41If 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 > 0:00:51Inspired by the blockbuster film, eight well-known faces
0:00:51 > 0:00:55are spending a month in Kochi in the south of India...
0:00:56 > 0:00:57Oh, yes.
0:00:57 > 0:00:59Oh, sorry. Oh!
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 > 0:01:05Oh, my God, I look fantastic.
0:01:05 > 0:01:06Handsome.
0:01:06 > 0:01:08We started to dance down the street.
0:01:08 > 0:01:11I never thought I would ever do that at my age.
0:01:11 > 0:01:15Whatever. It's new and exciting, I haven't done it yet, let's do it.
0:01:15 > 0:01:16- And let go.- Aargh!
0:01:16 > 0:01:17Whoa!
0:01:18 > 0:01:22But will the challenges of India prove a step too far?
0:01:22 > 0:01:24Calm down, everybody.
0:01:24 > 0:01:26Chill 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 > 0:01:35It's like nowhere else on Earth I've ever been.
0:01:56 > 0:02:00Relax all your muscles, then make a circle.
0:02:02 > 0:02:04And feel the stresses going out.
0:02:07 > 0:02:10The group have been living in Kochi for almost a month,
0:02:10 > 0:02:13becoming increasingly immersed in the Indian way of life.
0:02:14 > 0:02:16Lie on back.
0:02:17 > 0:02:19India's making me calmer.
0:02:19 > 0:02:23My mind has totally relaxed since I've been here
0:02:23 > 0:02:25to the point where I'm not as hyper as I was.
0:02:25 > 0:02:27Nowhere near.
0:02:27 > 0:02:30Let loose all your muscles.
0:02:32 > 0:02:33From toes...
0:02:34 > 0:02:36..to head.
0:02:37 > 0:02:41I've always loved India but gradually over the four weeks
0:02:41 > 0:02:44I've found myself falling in love with India.
0:02:44 > 0:02:48I think the main change is that I'm feeling at home.
0:02:48 > 0:02:50I feel comfortable here.
0:02:50 > 0:02:52Yoga teacher Raj has been introducing them
0:02:52 > 0:02:55to new techniques in their regular classes.
0:02:55 > 0:03:00This is excellent for all-over general health, general wellbeing.
0:03:00 > 0:03:03This is a part of acupressure rings.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07- This helps to relieve all your pressure and stress.- Thank you.
0:03:07 > 0:03:10So I'll introduce how to practise this.
0:03:10 > 0:03:12- Please sit.- Your pinkie?!
0:03:12 > 0:03:16- Where would you wear it?- He's going to show us where to wear it.- I see.
0:03:16 > 0:03:19If you practise putting like these rings,
0:03:19 > 0:03:22this way each finger nine times.
0:03:22 > 0:03:26- Yes.- So before finishing the tenth finger, you will get a deep sleep.
0:03:26 > 0:03:30Let us practise together. Close your eyes and relax.
0:03:32 > 0:03:37And give slowly complete attention on your rings.
0:03:37 > 0:03:39LAUGHTER
0:03:39 > 0:03:41- Enjoy the process.- Oh, she's gone.
0:03:41 > 0:03:43Concentrate on your ring!
0:03:44 > 0:03:46- Sorry.- Rustie!
0:03:46 > 0:03:48That's what he said!
0:03:48 > 0:03:50Concentrate on your ring.
0:03:50 > 0:03:54I tell you what, I'm locking my door tonight.
0:03:54 > 0:03:56I'm locking my door, too!
0:03:56 > 0:03:58Jeez! Send her to the dungeon.
0:03:58 > 0:04:01- She's gone, mate. - I'm being vulgar. Sorry.
0:04:02 > 0:04:04So have a great day.
0:04:04 > 0:04:06Thank you. Thank you very much indeed.
0:04:06 > 0:04:08You were all thinking it and I said it.
0:04:08 > 0:04:10Come on, especially you!
0:04:10 > 0:04:12LAUGHTER
0:04:12 > 0:04:15'We've laughed so much.
0:04:15 > 0:04:17'Rustie could do stand-up.'
0:04:17 > 0:04:21She has an infectious laugh but a wicked sense of humour.
0:04:22 > 0:04:26- The laughter's just as good as the yoga.- Exactly.- I think so.
0:04:26 > 0:04:29If I don't laugh in a day, something must be wrong.
0:04:29 > 0:04:30Seriously.
0:04:37 > 0:04:39Watch it. Sacred cows.
0:04:40 > 0:04:42'The spiritual side does interest me
0:04:42 > 0:04:46'because I don't know anything about Buddhism or Hinduism or anything.'
0:04:46 > 0:04:50I like to understand what makes people think the way they do.
0:04:51 > 0:04:55Sheila, Amanda and Lionel have asked driver Shekhar
0:04:55 > 0:04:58to show them a local Hindu ritual
0:04:58 > 0:05:00on the banks of the nearby Periyar River.
0:05:02 > 0:05:06- Is this a priest?- He's the priest, especially for this occasion,
0:05:06 > 0:05:08this ceremony.
0:05:08 > 0:05:13Every day, dozens of remembrance ceremonies, known as Sraddhas,
0:05:13 > 0:05:16are performed here on the anniversary of a loved one's death.
0:05:16 > 0:05:20So, he would be maybe the father or the son of somebody they lost
0:05:20 > 0:05:21- in the family?- Yeah.
0:05:21 > 0:05:26What he's doing is, he just hold the leaf and other things on his head.
0:05:26 > 0:05:30- And he just turns back and throws it away.- Oh, wow.
0:05:30 > 0:05:33Why throw it over your shoulder? Why?
0:05:33 > 0:05:35He's the living one and his father is no more,
0:05:35 > 0:05:40so, father, I just did the best for you and you can go.
0:05:40 > 0:05:44- I think of you...? - I'm going to live some more days.
0:05:44 > 0:05:46Oh, I see. So, the future's there, the past is there.
0:05:46 > 0:05:48- The past is there.- OK.
0:05:48 > 0:05:50How incredible.
0:05:51 > 0:05:54'Death. I'm not looking forward to it, obviously.
0:05:54 > 0:05:57'It's not high on my list of things to do.'
0:05:57 > 0:06:00I was so paranoid about it earlier in my life
0:06:00 > 0:06:03and it did make me so ill.
0:06:03 > 0:06:06I don't seem to be as paranoid about it now.
0:06:06 > 0:06:09Mind you, if you said to me, "Tomorrow, you're going",
0:06:09 > 0:06:11I think I would be just as paranoid about it.
0:06:17 > 0:06:19Namaste.
0:06:20 > 0:06:23HE CHANTS
0:06:25 > 0:06:28There are seven holy rules in India.
0:06:28 > 0:06:31So, just think, the past seven generations -
0:06:31 > 0:06:34your father, father's father, father's father's father.
0:06:34 > 0:06:36Everybody's there in Heaven.
0:06:36 > 0:06:39Just pray everybody to bless us.
0:06:39 > 0:06:40Oh, I see.
0:06:40 > 0:06:43That's beautiful. That's beautiful.
0:06:43 > 0:06:45So they never forget the family.
0:06:45 > 0:06:48All the seven past generations.
0:06:52 > 0:06:57'Last year, I lost a lot of very good friends,
0:06:57 > 0:07:03'so death worried me because they were all unexpected deaths.
0:07:03 > 0:07:05'The first one was Cilla.'
0:07:05 > 0:07:08She was found dead and that really shook me.
0:07:10 > 0:07:15By losing so many close friends, it puts life into perspective.
0:07:15 > 0:07:18Enjoy every moment you've got.
0:07:18 > 0:07:21How beautiful. I think I'm going to ask my daughters
0:07:21 > 0:07:23to do something like that when I go.
0:07:23 > 0:07:26Send me off on a banana leaf and I'll be back to haunt them.
0:07:26 > 0:07:30The Hindu religion views death not as an end,
0:07:30 > 0:07:32but as a passage to a new life.
0:07:33 > 0:07:37They're just going to offer these things to the crows
0:07:37 > 0:07:41because it's a belief that their forefathers will come as a crow.
0:07:43 > 0:07:46Everything has a meaning, everything is a slight ritual,
0:07:46 > 0:07:49but there's a logic to it that I get.
0:07:49 > 0:07:52The logic is a fluidity of life, that...
0:07:52 > 0:07:53it's not over.
0:07:53 > 0:07:56It's not even over when the fat lady sings. It's just not over.
0:07:56 > 0:08:00- It's your father?- My father. - Oh, I'm so sorry.
0:08:00 > 0:08:03- How long? How long? - He died three years ago.
0:08:03 > 0:08:05- And you do this every year? - Every year.
0:08:05 > 0:08:08He came from Delhi, I came from England.
0:08:08 > 0:08:11- Oh, really?- Yeah. Only for this.
0:08:11 > 0:08:13- Where do you live? - A British citizen!
0:08:13 > 0:08:16- I am in Hampshire.- I was thinking how nice it is that a family
0:08:16 > 0:08:19- can get together. - That is the most important thing.
0:08:19 > 0:08:22That is why in the Hindu customs, you know, in these occasions,
0:08:22 > 0:08:27the whole family comes together so there is no rift in between.
0:08:31 > 0:08:35'Every day I see something new and miraculous
0:08:35 > 0:08:37'in India.
0:08:37 > 0:08:41'This, today, is so moving.
0:08:41 > 0:08:46'This is a whole ceremony of saying, "We will never forget you.
0:08:46 > 0:08:50'"We love you and we know that you're up there."'
0:08:50 > 0:08:53It makes dying less terrifying.
0:08:53 > 0:08:55It makes dying...
0:08:55 > 0:08:59You're not forgotten, you will always be remembered.
0:09:05 > 0:09:07Binoculars, camera...
0:09:07 > 0:09:09buh-buh-buh.
0:09:09 > 0:09:11Batteries. Yes!
0:09:11 > 0:09:16Having got to know Kochi, Bill, Miriam, Rustie, Dennis and Paul
0:09:16 > 0:09:19are heading off to explore an alternative retirement option.
0:09:19 > 0:09:23Apparently, it's going to be a bit chilly, so...
0:09:23 > 0:09:25I bought a grey suit...
0:09:26 > 0:09:29..so that sort of works for anything.
0:09:29 > 0:09:33If one of us dies, it's a good funeral outfit!
0:09:34 > 0:09:37'I remember when my kids were growing up and I said to them,'
0:09:37 > 0:09:42"If I disappear when I'm older, you'll find me on a donkey
0:09:42 > 0:09:45"trotting around the foothills of the Himalayas."
0:09:48 > 0:09:51All set for eight hours in a bus!
0:09:53 > 0:09:57They're travelling 200 miles to the hill stations of Ooty and Coonoor,
0:09:57 > 0:10:00high up in the Nilgiri Mountains.
0:10:04 > 0:10:06Like hill stations all over India,
0:10:06 > 0:10:10these were small towns built by the British Army at a high altitude
0:10:10 > 0:10:12to escape the sweltering summer heat.
0:10:12 > 0:10:16The climate is as close as you will find in India to Britain.
0:10:16 > 0:10:20There's no safety barrier a lot of the way. It's all broken away.
0:10:21 > 0:10:24The hill stations are an eight-hour drive from Kochi,
0:10:24 > 0:10:28the final stretch of which is all on mountain roads.
0:10:28 > 0:10:30Whoa, that's a big...!
0:10:30 > 0:10:34I better put my lippy on so if I drop dead I look nice.
0:10:34 > 0:10:35Aargh!
0:10:36 > 0:10:40It's amazing how they literally just miss people by inches.
0:10:40 > 0:10:43Cars are passing by inches. Not feet, inches.
0:10:44 > 0:10:46It's quite incredible.
0:10:50 > 0:10:53Hairpin bend. Go slow.
0:10:53 > 0:10:55Oh, look at this.
0:10:56 > 0:10:58Oh, dear Lord.
0:10:58 > 0:11:02The experience of India has been like a great adventure.
0:11:02 > 0:11:06'I've learned a lot and I've explored a lot,
0:11:06 > 0:11:10'but the driving, people overtaking on corners,'
0:11:10 > 0:11:13my heart leaping out of my throat!
0:11:13 > 0:11:15All together now, please.
0:11:15 > 0:11:19Our Father, who art in Heaven, hallowed be Thy...
0:11:20 > 0:11:22Please don't overtake this lorry.
0:11:22 > 0:11:24Please don't overtake.
0:11:24 > 0:11:26- He's going for it. He's going... - Oh, no!
0:11:26 > 0:11:28Oh, no!
0:11:29 > 0:11:31Oh, no!
0:11:31 > 0:11:33Lovely. Oh, and an ambulance.
0:11:33 > 0:11:35Oh, just the one?!
0:11:35 > 0:11:37LAUGHTER
0:11:37 > 0:11:40I don't know if my heart can take this...!
0:11:47 > 0:11:49In Kochi, Three Degrees singer Sheila
0:11:49 > 0:11:53is embracing India's alternative therapy treatments.
0:11:53 > 0:11:54Thank you. See you later.
0:11:57 > 0:11:59- Oh, hi!- Hello, Sheila.
0:11:59 > 0:12:02Local healer Megha uses a mixture of vigorous Reiki
0:12:02 > 0:12:04and relaxation techniques.
0:12:04 > 0:12:08I thrive on having new experiences and new adventures.
0:12:08 > 0:12:10The more outrageous and exciting,
0:12:10 > 0:12:14the more I might be tempted to try it.
0:12:14 > 0:12:16What exactly do you do?
0:12:16 > 0:12:19So, basically, there's certain points in the body
0:12:19 > 0:12:22- which are the emotional storehouses. - OK.
0:12:22 > 0:12:25In this session what we're trying to do
0:12:25 > 0:12:30is using body as a medium and releasing these pent-up emotions.
0:12:30 > 0:12:35Interestingly, most of the emotions which get stored up in our body,
0:12:35 > 0:12:39like in the form of crystals, are the painful memories.
0:12:39 > 0:12:42I don't have any emotional issues that I don't deal with.
0:12:42 > 0:12:44I resolve them within myself,
0:12:44 > 0:12:47so I couldn't say there's anything that I need to rejig,
0:12:47 > 0:12:51if you know what I mean? Something may come out, I don't know,
0:12:51 > 0:12:53but at the moment I think I'm pretty...
0:12:53 > 0:12:57I'm a Libran, so I try to balance everything as much as I can.
0:12:58 > 0:13:00Take a deep breath in.
0:13:01 > 0:13:03And breathe out.
0:13:04 > 0:13:06Known as soul rebalancing,
0:13:06 > 0:13:09each intense session can last up to three hours.
0:13:09 > 0:13:11In...
0:13:11 > 0:13:13and let go.
0:13:13 > 0:13:16Be with the breath and let go. Faster.
0:13:16 > 0:13:17RAPID BREATHS
0:13:17 > 0:13:22In, out, in, out. In and out. In and out. In and out, in and out,
0:13:22 > 0:13:27in and out. Breathe in and out. In and out, in and out, in and out.
0:13:28 > 0:13:31Megha believes that by applying intense pressure to key points
0:13:31 > 0:13:35on the body, she can reach into the subconscious mind
0:13:35 > 0:13:37and released painful memories.
0:13:38 > 0:13:41'The deeper I breathe, the more she could go deeper,
0:13:41 > 0:13:44'and the deeper she went, eventually she got to the core
0:13:44 > 0:13:47'and that made me able to withstand the pain.'
0:13:47 > 0:13:49Be with the breath and let go.
0:13:49 > 0:13:51Argh!
0:13:51 > 0:13:52- Oh!- And let go.
0:13:52 > 0:13:55- Be with the breath and let go! - Aargh!
0:13:55 > 0:13:57- Be with the breath and let go! - Aargh!
0:13:57 > 0:14:00Be with the breath and let go! Keep doing it.
0:14:00 > 0:14:03- Be with the breath and let go. - Ah!
0:14:06 > 0:14:1030 years ago, at the height of her success with the Three Degrees,
0:14:10 > 0:14:12Sheila decided to quit the group.
0:14:12 > 0:14:14And let go.
0:14:14 > 0:14:17A decision that had an enormous emotional impact at the time.
0:14:19 > 0:14:21SHEILA CRIES
0:14:22 > 0:14:24I miss you!
0:14:24 > 0:14:26SHEILA SOBS
0:14:30 > 0:14:32Oh!
0:14:33 > 0:14:36Why am I doing this? I'm sorry!
0:14:37 > 0:14:38Oh!
0:14:38 > 0:14:42'When she said, "Let it go", and I started crying and yelling,
0:14:42 > 0:14:43'I saw the other two Degrees'
0:14:43 > 0:14:49and I saw the day that I called to say I was leaving the group
0:14:49 > 0:14:52and I saw the nervous breakdown that ensued following it.
0:14:54 > 0:14:56I'm sorry.
0:14:56 > 0:14:58I miss you.
0:15:03 > 0:15:07'It showed me what has been eating away at me
0:15:07 > 0:15:09'for the last 20 years since leaving the group.
0:15:09 > 0:15:12'And I left the Three Degrees to raise my twin daughters.
0:15:12 > 0:15:14'That guilt between the two girls'
0:15:14 > 0:15:18and my two daughters has been like a tug-of-war.
0:15:19 > 0:15:22I will let go now.
0:15:24 > 0:15:27I will let go now.
0:15:28 > 0:15:32'I had no idea. I really had no idea it was eating at me that much,'
0:15:32 > 0:15:35so...lesson learnt.
0:15:37 > 0:15:39When I felt the loss,
0:15:39 > 0:15:44what I felt I was getting rid of was the pain of that separation.
0:15:44 > 0:15:47It was the hardest decision I've ever made,
0:15:47 > 0:15:50to leave two people that I love so much,
0:15:50 > 0:15:54and we worked so hard together to make it to the top of our career.
0:15:54 > 0:15:59So all of that pain, I didn't know I was carrying to this point.
0:15:59 > 0:16:00Let it go.
0:16:00 > 0:16:04So if that's the case, I can try to let all this go and fluff it away.
0:16:04 > 0:16:07- Let it come, let it go. Let it come, let it go.- Exactly.
0:16:07 > 0:16:09You must be exhausted after a session like that.
0:16:10 > 0:16:13- Let me give you a hug. - Oh, please do.
0:16:17 > 0:16:21While Bill, Rustie and Miriam are carrying on by bus to Coonoor,
0:16:21 > 0:16:24Dennis and Paul are joining the steam train at Mettupalayam
0:16:24 > 0:16:27to make the final leg of the journey to Ooty.
0:16:29 > 0:16:31It might be electrified.
0:16:35 > 0:16:38- I've got everything we need. Water for you.- Thank you so much.
0:16:38 > 0:16:41- And the absolute essential. - You'll need that.
0:16:43 > 0:16:48Despite Ooty being just 17 miles away from Mettupalayam,
0:16:48 > 0:16:52the steep and winding climb will take four hours.
0:16:53 > 0:16:56- Will it have a toilet onboard? - No.- No toilet?
0:16:56 > 0:17:00While you are still here, you can use the toilet.
0:17:00 > 0:17:03Where is the toilet? In there? OK, thank you.
0:17:05 > 0:17:08There's a bit of a queue.
0:17:09 > 0:17:11Can I go? Oh, that's very kind of you. Thank you.
0:17:11 > 0:17:14'Paul and me seem to have teamed up together.
0:17:14 > 0:17:16'I don't like telling Paul this, but my wife Louise,
0:17:16 > 0:17:21'her and her friends, they used to watch Just Good Friends'
0:17:21 > 0:17:24and they said they used to love Paul Nicholas.
0:17:24 > 0:17:26He was a naughty, he had that naughty streak
0:17:26 > 0:17:29and all her friends absolutely adored him.
0:17:29 > 0:17:31'And he's got a wicked sense of humour.
0:17:31 > 0:17:33'He's on the same wavelength.'
0:17:33 > 0:17:36I thought this was going to be quiet.
0:17:36 > 0:17:38- You know, like the Snowdonia train. I've been on that.- Yeah.
0:17:38 > 0:17:42- Slightly busier.- At least we're getting on a real Indian train,
0:17:42 > 0:17:45- aren't we?- This is the proper... - This is the real stuff.
0:17:45 > 0:17:48- Do you like speed?- How'd you mean?
0:17:48 > 0:17:51Well, this gets up to nearly ten miles an hour.
0:17:51 > 0:17:54A slow coach to wherever.
0:17:54 > 0:17:55Ooty!
0:17:55 > 0:17:58- BOTH:- # I'd like to take you...
0:17:58 > 0:18:02# On a slow train to Ooty
0:18:02 > 0:18:06# All to myself, alone
0:18:06 > 0:18:09# Da-be-doo-da-be-doo-oh! #
0:18:12 > 0:18:15- We're on our way, Paul.- We are.
0:18:22 > 0:18:26The Nilgiri Mountain Railway is the steepest in Asia,
0:18:26 > 0:18:28climbing to over 2,000 metres.
0:18:28 > 0:18:32The cooler climate could make it appealing to some of the group
0:18:32 > 0:18:33as a place to retire.
0:18:33 > 0:18:36Look at that. That's a drop and a half.
0:18:36 > 0:18:38That is a drop and a half, isn't it?
0:18:39 > 0:18:44But Ooty will also allow Dennis to fulfil a lifelong ambition.
0:18:45 > 0:18:47- Nice to meet you. - I'm Paul.- I'm Dennis.
0:18:47 > 0:18:50- What's your name? - My name is Lalitha.- Lalitha.
0:18:50 > 0:18:52- What's your name?- Lalitha. - Lalitha.- Yes.
0:18:52 > 0:18:56We've got to go to a very special club today.
0:18:56 > 0:18:57The Ooty Club.
0:18:57 > 0:19:01- It's very special. - He's a world famous snooker player.
0:19:01 > 0:19:04- Oh, wow. - He won the world championship.
0:19:04 > 0:19:06- Oh, my God! - You tell her what you're doing.
0:19:06 > 0:19:10We're going to go and play on the table where the game started
0:19:10 > 0:19:13all those years ago, so I'm so excited.
0:19:14 > 0:19:17'The game of snooker was invented in India.'
0:19:17 > 0:19:22I'd love to see exactly where that took place
0:19:22 > 0:19:27and where the first, more or less, game of snooker was played
0:19:27 > 0:19:31because, well, that's been my whole life.
0:19:32 > 0:19:34When I play snooker,
0:19:34 > 0:19:37I've got special glasses that I have to wear
0:19:37 > 0:19:40and they look like upside-down glasses.
0:19:40 > 0:19:45- Do you want to try my glasses on? - I would like to. I would love to.
0:19:45 > 0:19:48- You won't see anything. - Oh, my God!
0:19:49 > 0:19:51- So, it's just like that? - That's good, very good.
0:19:51 > 0:19:53She suits them.
0:19:53 > 0:19:56- Are you going to Ooty? - Yeah, I'm going to Ooty.
0:19:56 > 0:19:59I came to Ooty when I was very young, like child.
0:19:59 > 0:20:02- May I ask how old you are? - I'm 25 years old.
0:20:02 > 0:20:0525? You don't look 25. Well, 25's not old anyway.
0:20:05 > 0:20:09I know 25 feels old, but it's not, believe me.
0:20:09 > 0:20:12Is it, Dennis? 25 is very young.
0:20:15 > 0:20:19'I don't really think of myself as old, but of course I am.
0:20:19 > 0:20:24'But you cannot sit and look at the telly all day long,'
0:20:24 > 0:20:26saying, "I'm 70 plus", or whatever you are.
0:20:27 > 0:20:31'You have to keep mobile when you're older and you have to be interested
0:20:31 > 0:20:35'because just to be sedentary and not take part in life, you know,'
0:20:35 > 0:20:39it's a downward spiral, I think, into real old age.
0:20:39 > 0:20:41MIMICS DYING
0:20:42 > 0:20:46Two hours from Ooty, Dennis and Paul have reached Hillgrove,
0:20:46 > 0:20:49one of the eight hill stations en route.
0:20:49 > 0:20:51Look at the monkeys over there.
0:20:52 > 0:20:55They're very tame. I suppose they're waiting for something to eat.
0:20:55 > 0:20:59- They're on the trees, yeah?- Look. They look a bit frightened though.
0:20:59 > 0:21:01She looks a bit frightened.
0:21:01 > 0:21:03Shall I take a picture of you, Dennis?
0:21:04 > 0:21:07Oh, I just got shat on by the monkey, I think.
0:21:08 > 0:21:11Do you think that's good luck? That's great.
0:21:11 > 0:21:15- You wouldn't find this in Euston or Waterloo, would you, Paul?- No.
0:21:15 > 0:21:18Oh! I think he's going to try and get us again.
0:21:18 > 0:21:21Yeah, it's from a height. I think we'll move out the way.
0:21:25 > 0:21:28For Bill, the area around Coonoor has a special draw.
0:21:28 > 0:21:32It's one of the best places to spot wildlife in southern India.
0:21:32 > 0:21:34Good morning. Thank you.
0:21:34 > 0:21:36Do come in, please.
0:21:36 > 0:21:38This might take a very long time.
0:21:38 > 0:21:42With Miriam and Rustie, he's come to meet Ashish,
0:21:42 > 0:21:46who runs the Parkside Tea Estate and is a local wildlife expert.
0:21:46 > 0:21:49I'm going to take you around the tea estate.
0:21:49 > 0:21:53- And, hopefully, we'll see some wildlife on the way.- Wow.
0:21:55 > 0:21:58The high altitude is perfect for tea growing
0:21:58 > 0:22:01and the estate's been going for seven decades.
0:22:02 > 0:22:06It's so high up on the hills, it's making me nauseous.
0:22:06 > 0:22:08The oxygen is less here.
0:22:08 > 0:22:10There is, isn't it? I thought so.
0:22:10 > 0:22:13Do the tea plants need to be that high?
0:22:13 > 0:22:16Tea can grow starting from 900 metres.
0:22:16 > 0:22:19It can do up to 2,000 metres.
0:22:19 > 0:22:24You know those big gaps between the bushes, is that for walking between?
0:22:24 > 0:22:27Yes, these are footpaths and the plucking lanes
0:22:27 > 0:22:29for the pluckers to walk in.
0:22:29 > 0:22:31One can hear a rather naughty rhyme coming.
0:22:31 > 0:22:34- Yes. I decided to keep quiet there. - With pluckers.
0:22:34 > 0:22:38It's the erudite, stately, gracious Miriam
0:22:38 > 0:22:41who alludes to the dirty joke.
0:22:42 > 0:22:45Is there a lavatory up here? It's shaking the crap out of me.
0:22:45 > 0:22:47- Literally!- How vulgar!
0:22:47 > 0:22:51Although the tea estates have replaced much of the natural jungle,
0:22:51 > 0:22:55wildlife is still drawn here as it remains largely undeveloped.
0:22:55 > 0:22:58Was that a magpie of some sort just want across?
0:22:58 > 0:23:00That's a common crow.
0:23:00 > 0:23:02- It was just a crow, was it?- Yeah.
0:23:02 > 0:23:04Are they all jungle crows here?
0:23:04 > 0:23:07- No, the common crow and the jungle crow.- Right.
0:23:07 > 0:23:10I keep on hearing this word "jungle".
0:23:10 > 0:23:13I can't understand. Is there a real jungle here?
0:23:13 > 0:23:15Yes.
0:23:15 > 0:23:19If you see the area, you'll have the tea bushes all over.
0:23:19 > 0:23:22If it's not tea bushes, it's all jungle.
0:23:23 > 0:23:26Bill, there's a buffalo in the...
0:23:26 > 0:23:29- There's a buffalo there. - A buffalo?!- Oui.
0:23:30 > 0:23:32So, is this related to water buffalo at all?
0:23:32 > 0:23:36No, this is more towards the American...
0:23:36 > 0:23:40American bison, but it's not really like that either, is it?
0:23:40 > 0:23:43Would you want to climb a bit?
0:23:43 > 0:23:45- Yeah, sure.- Come.
0:23:45 > 0:23:47He's having to look at us now.
0:23:47 > 0:23:50The Indian bison, known as the gaur,
0:23:50 > 0:23:53is the tallest species of wild cattle.
0:23:53 > 0:23:54Look at all the muscles.
0:23:54 > 0:23:57This guy would be close to about two tonnes.
0:23:58 > 0:24:01Originally common throughout South East Asia,
0:24:01 > 0:24:04human expansion has seriously depleted their numbers,
0:24:04 > 0:24:08but here, in the jungles of southern India, they're managing to survive.
0:24:08 > 0:24:12'India's always had a very...'
0:24:12 > 0:24:15good reputation, if I can put it that way,
0:24:15 > 0:24:17erm, of reverence for,
0:24:17 > 0:24:21an understanding of and care for,
0:24:21 > 0:24:25and I think, most of all, enjoyment in animals in general.
0:24:25 > 0:24:27Oh, my goodness.
0:24:27 > 0:24:31- These are two solitary males. - Are they jealous of each other...
0:24:31 > 0:24:36- They fight.- ..over territory? - The males fight and when they fight,
0:24:36 > 0:24:41- you can hear the horns...- Clashing? - ..clash maybe a kilometre away.
0:24:41 > 0:24:44But they don't chase after people? No?
0:24:44 > 0:24:47Oh, he's looking up now, he's looking up.
0:24:47 > 0:24:48- Shall we go?- Yes.
0:24:48 > 0:24:51I'm dying to go... Honestly, I'm in trouble here.
0:24:51 > 0:24:53I need to get back. Oh!
0:24:59 > 0:25:02Dennis and Paul have finally arrived in Ooty,
0:25:02 > 0:25:05the capital of the Nilgiri district.
0:25:06 > 0:25:08This is my sort of climate, you know, up here.
0:25:08 > 0:25:10- It's a bit cooler, isn't it? - Oh, yeah.
0:25:10 > 0:25:13- In my retirement I would spend all my money on sun cream.- Yes.
0:25:13 > 0:25:16So, up here I wouldn't need so much sun cream, so..
0:25:21 > 0:25:24Oh, look at this. It's really is nice.
0:25:24 > 0:25:29The Ooty Club is where snooker was invented almost 150 years ago.
0:25:32 > 0:25:35- Paul, look at this.- Do you think I need to tuck my shirt in?
0:25:35 > 0:25:38I think you'll be OK. We'll have a word. You'll be fine.
0:25:38 > 0:25:41- Dennis Taylor. So delighted. - Dennis, it's an honour to meet you
0:25:41 > 0:25:43and an honour to have you at the club.
0:25:43 > 0:25:47It's a great honour for me and it's a lifetime dream to be here, I can tell you.
0:25:47 > 0:25:50- And this is Paul.- Hello. - Hi, Jimmy. How are you?
0:25:50 > 0:25:51Dennis, come.
0:25:51 > 0:25:54Club Secretary Jimmy has agreed to show them where it all began.
0:25:54 > 0:25:56Thank you very much.
0:25:56 > 0:25:59'He looked like a '60s pop star, the way he was dressed, you know.'
0:25:59 > 0:26:03He had his leathery suede beige jacket and the polo neck,
0:26:03 > 0:26:05'and a real gentleman.'
0:26:05 > 0:26:08- Let's have a look.- Welcome. - Oh, look at this.
0:26:08 > 0:26:11- Both of you. - That's lovely, isn't it?
0:26:11 > 0:26:14It was a British Army officer stationed here
0:26:14 > 0:26:16called Neville Chamberlain, no relation,
0:26:16 > 0:26:20who is credited with coming up with the game and giving it the name snooker.
0:26:20 > 0:26:23This is the table on which Sir Neville Chamberlain
0:26:23 > 0:26:26invented the game and laid down the final rules.
0:26:26 > 0:26:29I mean, it looks spanking new, doesn't it?
0:26:29 > 0:26:31It is being well maintained.
0:26:31 > 0:26:33The most important thing of all these old things,
0:26:33 > 0:26:35you've got to maintain them.
0:26:35 > 0:26:37I would think I'd be the first world champion
0:26:37 > 0:26:39to be in the club here, I would think.
0:26:39 > 0:26:42You don't know what that means to me.
0:26:42 > 0:26:45- I hope I can play a few shots. - Absolutely.
0:26:45 > 0:26:48I'd better get out my snooker specs.
0:26:49 > 0:26:53There we go. Well, this is a little bit of history here, Paul.
0:26:53 > 0:26:56- Don't...don't fluff it.- As long as I break them up. There we go.
0:26:57 > 0:27:00- Oh, can you believe that? - I got the white in!
0:27:01 > 0:27:04'You know, without the Ooty Club and that snooker table,
0:27:04 > 0:27:06'I don't know what I would've been doing.'
0:27:06 > 0:27:10I might've been back in Ireland working just in the local works.
0:27:10 > 0:27:11You're four down, gov'nor.
0:27:12 > 0:27:17'And in my wildest dreams I didn't realise that, one day,'
0:27:17 > 0:27:20I would be in India playing on the table where it all started.
0:27:23 > 0:27:26'I think with anywhere that you're going to go,'
0:27:26 > 0:27:31even if you've retired in England, you have to find something to do.
0:27:31 > 0:27:32Come on, let's do it.
0:27:32 > 0:27:36'Or you've got to have something that really interests you'
0:27:36 > 0:27:40within this area that will give you a reason to get up every day.
0:27:40 > 0:27:43- Oh, bravo!- Yeah, boy!
0:27:43 > 0:27:45Thank you so much.
0:27:45 > 0:27:47'Ooty, it would have everything that I wanted.
0:27:47 > 0:27:50'It's got the Ooty Club, the climate is beautiful,
0:27:50 > 0:27:53'there's no mosquitoes up there, there's no humidity.'
0:27:53 > 0:27:56It's Ooty for me all the time.
0:27:56 > 0:27:59- OK, here we go. - Right in the middle, yeah?- Yeah.
0:27:59 > 0:28:00Argh!
0:28:02 > 0:28:04Wag your finger!
0:28:06 > 0:28:09Thank you, mate. Fantastic.
0:28:12 > 0:28:14Can I get you some tea?
0:28:14 > 0:28:16Lovely tea set.
0:28:16 > 0:28:18- Very pretty.- Thank you very much.
0:28:18 > 0:28:21Do you want sugar?
0:28:21 > 0:28:25- This today...- It's lovely. It's delightful, you know?
0:28:25 > 0:28:29And I think the reason we've enjoyed here is that we can see the horizon.
0:28:29 > 0:28:35- Yes. And your mind can go free into the hills and the valleys.- Yeah.
0:28:36 > 0:28:39'When you get up there it's like Shangri-La.
0:28:39 > 0:28:42'It's like a lost kingdom
0:28:42 > 0:28:45'set up in the mountains. There's mountains all around.'
0:28:45 > 0:28:49You do get the feeling that this is a very special place.
0:28:51 > 0:28:55This scenery is impressive
0:28:55 > 0:28:58'and to actually be able to see the horizon all around you,
0:28:58 > 0:29:01'you know, that was what was nice about it.'
0:29:16 > 0:29:20Back in Kochi, Sheila's expecting the arrival of a special guest.
0:29:20 > 0:29:22Bless her heart, she's been up since two.
0:29:22 > 0:29:25- How old is she?- 35. She just turned 35.
0:29:25 > 0:29:29'Family is one of the most important things in life.
0:29:29 > 0:29:31'I had twin daughters.
0:29:31 > 0:29:33'Because I was in Majorca, one daughter's Dubai,
0:29:33 > 0:29:36'the other's in England, I miss them terribly.'
0:29:36 > 0:29:40Based in Dubai, just a three-hour flight away from Kerala,
0:29:40 > 0:29:45Sheila's daughter Alex has flown in for a rare chance to see her mum.
0:29:46 > 0:29:47Hello!
0:29:47 > 0:29:49Ah!
0:29:51 > 0:29:52Hi!
0:29:54 > 0:29:57Oh, don't cry, don't cry. Don't, don't, don't.
0:29:57 > 0:29:59Don't, don't, don't, don't.
0:29:59 > 0:30:03'I left the Three Degrees to raise my twin daughters.'
0:30:03 > 0:30:07- This is beautiful!- Hello. - Sorry, I didn't pay any attention.
0:30:07 > 0:30:09- Lionel.- Lovely to meet.
0:30:09 > 0:30:13'I came back from a six-week tour of Indonesia and I came into
0:30:13 > 0:30:16'the driveway, got out with all these beautiful toys'
0:30:16 > 0:30:21and my twins clung to the nanny and I thought, my heart just sank,
0:30:21 > 0:30:24'so I left the Three Degrees and I was there for them.'
0:30:24 > 0:30:28If I could give something like that up to be a wife and a mother,
0:30:28 > 0:30:29that's what grounds me.
0:30:29 > 0:30:32- Da-da!- Oh, wow, this is huge.
0:30:32 > 0:30:34I know. Don't tell anybody.
0:30:34 > 0:30:37- It just reminds me a bit of Majorca. - Oh, wow.
0:30:37 > 0:30:40- This is beautiful.- And, yes, we have yoga here a couple of mornings.
0:30:40 > 0:30:44- You do yoga?- Can you believe it? Can you believe your mother?
0:30:44 > 0:30:46- What?- I know. A changed woman.
0:30:46 > 0:30:49Swapping her life in Majorca for retirement in Kerala
0:30:49 > 0:30:52could offer Sheila the chance to see Alex more often.
0:30:53 > 0:30:56I want to actually take you to view a property here.
0:30:56 > 0:31:00- What, so you'd move here? - I might. I'm thinking about a flat.
0:31:00 > 0:31:02Because then that's only three hours away from me.
0:31:02 > 0:31:05I know. That's one of the things I was thinking.
0:31:06 > 0:31:08After you, darling.
0:31:08 > 0:31:10'Even though they're both now married and only...
0:31:10 > 0:31:12'Alex just got married,
0:31:12 > 0:31:17'they still look to Mummy when there's a problem'
0:31:17 > 0:31:20and that closeness is something that we will always have.
0:31:20 > 0:31:23I'm just really happy that you're here.
0:31:23 > 0:31:25Oh, I'm so happy you came.
0:31:25 > 0:31:28I just think it's lovely to see you here.
0:31:28 > 0:31:31You're very calm. It's like you've just found your inner peace.
0:31:31 > 0:31:35- I have.- And you're very Zen and I think...- I have.
0:31:35 > 0:31:38- I can pick up on that, definitely. - Good.
0:31:42 > 0:31:45Sheila's arranged to view a modern development of flats with Alex
0:31:45 > 0:31:47overlooking the famous backwaters.
0:31:52 > 0:31:54- Hi.- Hi.- My name's Sheila Ferguson.
0:31:54 > 0:31:56I think we have an appointment with you.
0:31:56 > 0:31:59- My name is George.- George, this is my daughter, Alexandria.
0:31:59 > 0:32:01- Hi, nice to meet you. - Nice to meet you.
0:32:01 > 0:32:03OK, so, let's see it.
0:32:03 > 0:32:06'If I see a place that I like, I might say, I've got to live here.'
0:32:06 > 0:32:10It would be tumultuous and my world would turn upside down,
0:32:10 > 0:32:12but I wouldn't put it past me.
0:32:13 > 0:32:17Properties here range from around £200,000 for a three-bedroom flat
0:32:17 > 0:32:20to over a million for a luxury penthouse.
0:32:21 > 0:32:24Sheila is heading straight for the top end.
0:32:24 > 0:32:25Whoa!
0:32:26 > 0:32:28This is...
0:32:28 > 0:32:30amazing.
0:32:30 > 0:32:32My heart's attacking me here.
0:32:32 > 0:32:36- And an infinity pool, as well? - Yeah, and a Jacuzzi.
0:32:36 > 0:32:38And a Jacuzzi?
0:32:38 > 0:32:40- And the views.- And the views, yeah.
0:32:41 > 0:32:44OK, George. You blew me away.
0:32:44 > 0:32:46So, you're entering the living room.
0:32:46 > 0:32:49It's a large, fairly large living room,
0:32:49 > 0:32:52and you have five bedrooms on the next two levels.
0:32:52 > 0:32:55- Just looking at that pool. - The maid would a full-time job.
0:32:55 > 0:32:58- Bedroom one?- Bedroom one, yes.
0:32:58 > 0:33:00This bedroom has a balcony for the view
0:33:00 > 0:33:02and all the fittings are in Italian marble.
0:33:02 > 0:33:05Would it be possible to change the fittings from silver to gold?
0:33:05 > 0:33:08- That has to be done by the buyer. - Well, I understand, but...
0:33:08 > 0:33:11- Yes, that is possible. - It would be no problem?
0:33:11 > 0:33:13Clearly, if you can afford it. OK.
0:33:13 > 0:33:16This is diva divadom. We're dealing with divadom here.
0:33:16 > 0:33:20Someone asked me would I live in India, I said "The Taj Mahal."
0:33:20 > 0:33:22They said, "No-one lives at the Taj Mahal."
0:33:22 > 0:33:25I said, "Right, think one level below that, then."
0:33:25 > 0:33:29- Oh, my God, look at it! - That's got to be some serious glass.
0:33:29 > 0:33:31Look at that view!
0:33:31 > 0:33:35So how much is this flat... penthouse flat again with the pool?
0:33:35 > 0:33:38- So, the penthouse is £1 million. - Is that negotiable in any way?
0:33:38 > 0:33:42- It is slightly negotiable.- Slightly? - Yes.- That beats a blank.
0:33:44 > 0:33:48'I don't owe anybody in the world money and I have no mortgage.'
0:33:48 > 0:33:51I like that. I don't like bills, so that's what I'm saying,
0:33:51 > 0:33:54I can move anywhere I choose to move without any ties.
0:33:54 > 0:33:58I never ever thought I'd see anything like this in India.
0:33:58 > 0:34:01- It's very tempting. - And it's three hours from me.
0:34:01 > 0:34:03There is that.
0:34:03 > 0:34:06And I just think, you know, time is precious
0:34:06 > 0:34:09and, yeah, we see each other maybe once a year,
0:34:09 > 0:34:13but definitely I would hop on a flight to see you sooner.
0:34:22 > 0:34:25- Hello, how are you? - Morning, sir.
0:34:25 > 0:34:29- Hello, I'm Paul. How are you? What's your name?- Naija.
0:34:29 > 0:34:31- Good morning, lovely to meet you. Amanda.- Lionel.
0:34:31 > 0:34:33Back from their travels,
0:34:33 > 0:34:36the rest of the group are looking into a new phenomenon.
0:34:36 > 0:34:38They've come to see a retirement complex
0:34:38 > 0:34:40just half an hour from the house.
0:34:40 > 0:34:43- So, how long has this been open? - How long have you been here?
0:34:43 > 0:34:46- Just two weeks since she's opened it.- Oh, two weeks?
0:34:46 > 0:34:50- So, it's absolutely brand-new? - Yes. Everything complete.
0:34:50 > 0:34:52We have 16 apartments on this floor.
0:34:52 > 0:34:56- All together?- All together it's 48 apartments in three floors.
0:34:56 > 0:34:59- Oh, my goodness.- Come on, Amanda. - Thank you, darling.
0:34:59 > 0:35:01- This is the living space. - Oh, my goodness.
0:35:01 > 0:35:04I've got to show you something. I'm going to show you something.
0:35:04 > 0:35:07- Yes?- Look at that. - That is brilliant.
0:35:07 > 0:35:08And this is the wash area.
0:35:08 > 0:35:13Ah! A Western toilet and an Indian toilet.
0:35:13 > 0:35:16Kerala has the highest literacy rate in India,
0:35:16 > 0:35:19which means more children move abroad for work,
0:35:19 > 0:35:22breaking the Indian tradition of families staying together.
0:35:22 > 0:35:25Oh, look, it's wonderful!
0:35:25 > 0:35:29This has led to a recent demand for retirement villages.
0:35:29 > 0:35:32Is it very expensive to stay here?
0:35:32 > 0:35:35An apartment like this, it's 25 lakhs.
0:35:35 > 0:35:39- £25,000. What's the oldest person you have living here?- 73.
0:35:39 > 0:35:42- Oh, God, that's very young. - The youngest?- We start by 55.
0:35:42 > 0:35:44At the age of 55, anybody can move in.
0:35:44 > 0:35:47Do they move in because they are ill and having problems?
0:35:47 > 0:35:50No, no, no, nothing like that. They just love community living.
0:35:50 > 0:35:52Living with people and neighbours.
0:35:52 > 0:35:54You see! It's what we've been saying.
0:35:54 > 0:35:56Look how happy we've all been living together?
0:35:56 > 0:36:00This is the retirement that we have all been looking for
0:36:00 > 0:36:03- if we were to come here.- Yes! - We have found it.
0:36:03 > 0:36:07'Communal living has always been interesting to me.
0:36:07 > 0:36:10'I mean, if you've got other people in your life,'
0:36:10 > 0:36:15erm, friends and other people to keep you mentally going,
0:36:15 > 0:36:19or tell you off or do whatever, I actually like that.
0:36:19 > 0:36:22Excuse me, ladies, can I put my head in?
0:36:22 > 0:36:26- Sure.- You all seem to come in here a lot earlier,
0:36:26 > 0:36:28a lot younger than we would in England.
0:36:28 > 0:36:32We get married earlier, we have children earlier
0:36:32 > 0:36:36and the children fly the nest earlier
0:36:36 > 0:36:40and then when they have gone, we feel quite lonely.
0:36:40 > 0:36:44- So, a community living like this... - I think that's wonderful.
0:36:44 > 0:36:46Yeah.
0:36:46 > 0:36:50My son is in Australia. Other one is in the Indian Army.
0:36:51 > 0:36:53Husband is no more.
0:36:53 > 0:36:57- I am planning to come here and stay. - And you will have friends here.
0:36:57 > 0:36:59Friends here.
0:36:59 > 0:37:02I think it is such a wonderful idea.
0:37:02 > 0:37:05I'm seriously thinking of joining you.
0:37:05 > 0:37:08- That's very nice.- In fact, I'm 81 and I thought they were going to
0:37:08 > 0:37:12sort of leave me here today. "We'll leave Amanda behind."
0:37:12 > 0:37:15- We'd love to welcome you here. - Ooh, thank you.
0:37:15 > 0:37:17I would like that, I would.
0:37:17 > 0:37:20- Hello, ladies. Are you nurses? - Yes.- Oh, I see.
0:37:20 > 0:37:22- So you take care of the older people?- Yes.
0:37:22 > 0:37:26- Have you got a lot of old people here at the moment?- In 16 rooms.
0:37:26 > 0:37:28- 16?- Yes.
0:37:28 > 0:37:30'I think it's probably better for old people
0:37:30 > 0:37:33'to at least have other people around and not to be lonely.
0:37:33 > 0:37:36'So, I think to be involved in a situation where you can'
0:37:36 > 0:37:39meet other people, you know, you might even find love.
0:37:39 > 0:37:41I mean, at 55, hopefully you will find love.
0:37:41 > 0:37:44I'm not sure that they've accommodated that here,
0:37:44 > 0:37:46but I'm sure they'll learn to.
0:37:46 > 0:37:50And what happens when the residents fall in love? What do you do then?
0:37:50 > 0:37:51We take care of that.
0:37:51 > 0:37:55How would you deal with residents visiting each other in the rooms?
0:37:55 > 0:37:58- Would that be allowed?- That... Why do you always think like that?
0:37:58 > 0:38:01- Because if I were here as an older man...- You would be running
0:38:01 > 0:38:04- backwards and forwards.- I'd like to meet, perhaps, a lovely lady.
0:38:04 > 0:38:07I don't feel... I'd like to know that that was allowed.
0:38:07 > 0:38:09That's a very tricky question.
0:38:09 > 0:38:11I think we'd have to turn his application down.
0:38:11 > 0:38:13LAUGHTER
0:38:18 > 0:38:19I can see you.
0:38:20 > 0:38:22What's that? What's that?
0:38:22 > 0:38:24What's that?
0:38:24 > 0:38:28Not for you to eat. You're having a little game? Can I have my bag back?
0:38:28 > 0:38:30Amanda's managed to find a local companion -
0:38:30 > 0:38:34a stray puppy that's been hanging around outside their house.
0:38:34 > 0:38:36'I'm in love with it.
0:38:36 > 0:38:39'I have been since the day we got here.'
0:38:39 > 0:38:43When I think of the times at home I'm going, "Shut the gate,
0:38:43 > 0:38:45"mind the thing, don't let the dog out,"
0:38:45 > 0:38:49'and I see this little scrap with all the road round it and...
0:38:49 > 0:38:51'I called her Marigold originally and then I found out'
0:38:51 > 0:38:54that she wasn't Marigold because she was extremely rude
0:38:54 > 0:38:56'and he was very active. He's called Goldie.'
0:38:56 > 0:38:58Goldie, you've...
0:39:01 > 0:39:02Who wouldn't want that at home?
0:39:04 > 0:39:06OK. Yeah.
0:39:06 > 0:39:09Let's see what your mother can wear.
0:39:09 > 0:39:13Making the most of the time left, tonight, Sheila is going on a date.
0:39:13 > 0:39:17She met a local businessman on a night out with the group in Kochi
0:39:17 > 0:39:20and he's arranged to take her out for dinner.
0:39:20 > 0:39:22I think I'll go Eastern.
0:39:22 > 0:39:24Daughter Alex is helping her get ready.
0:39:24 > 0:39:27- I've never worn anything like this. - I've never seen you in anything
0:39:27 > 0:39:30- like this, hence the....- I know. I'm going to look frumpy.
0:39:30 > 0:39:35'Her being here to help me through my first date,'
0:39:35 > 0:39:38I'm thinking, you know, it's not role reversal yet.
0:39:38 > 0:39:42It shouldn't be role reversal yet, but as she quite rightly says,
0:39:42 > 0:39:45well, you helped me out, I'm going to help you out.
0:39:45 > 0:39:46- Alex!- Yes?
0:39:46 > 0:39:50Sheila's been single since her partner John died eight years ago.
0:39:50 > 0:39:53- I look like some church elder. - No.- I don't dress like this.
0:39:53 > 0:39:55- I don't dress like this.- OK, right.
0:39:55 > 0:39:58What do I look like? And do not lie. What do I look like?
0:39:58 > 0:40:01- Look in my eyes and tell me. What do I look like?- OK.
0:40:01 > 0:40:04- Calm down.- I am calm. This is calm. What do I look like?
0:40:04 > 0:40:08- This is not showing your assets. - Correct.
0:40:08 > 0:40:09But you don't look frumpy.
0:40:10 > 0:40:1458-year-old Mohan runs his own construction company.
0:40:14 > 0:40:17- There's a little doggie outside. - Hi, Mohan.
0:40:17 > 0:40:19He's lived in Kerala all his life.
0:40:19 > 0:40:21- How are you?- I'm good. How are you?
0:40:21 > 0:40:23- Looking forward to your big, hot date?- Yeah.
0:40:23 > 0:40:26'I am definitely ready to find a partner now.
0:40:26 > 0:40:30'It's been a long time. I need to make myself more accessible.'
0:40:30 > 0:40:34I can't do that if I'm closed off in a lovely house in Majorca
0:40:34 > 0:40:37like Miss Havisham. I need to get out where there's life.
0:40:37 > 0:40:40- Hi, Sheila. Mohan's here for you. - OK.
0:40:44 > 0:40:46Right, where is he?
0:40:46 > 0:40:48- Hello.- Hello.
0:40:48 > 0:40:50- Hello.- Oh, hi, Sheila.
0:40:50 > 0:40:53- How are you?- Wow! - Pleasure to see you again.
0:40:54 > 0:40:56- Namaskara...- Namaskaram.
0:40:56 > 0:41:00- This is my daughter, Alexandria.- Oh, hello. You're the who's in Dubai?
0:41:00 > 0:41:04- Yes, I am, yes.- OK. She's already told us about you.- OK. Very good.
0:41:04 > 0:41:05- Sheila...- Oh!
0:41:05 > 0:41:08Yeah. This is about the best I could get today.
0:41:08 > 0:41:10Thank you.
0:41:10 > 0:41:11- ALL:- Bye.
0:41:13 > 0:41:14Enjoy.
0:41:15 > 0:41:17- Not too late.- Not too late!
0:41:20 > 0:41:23She looks very nice, your mum. She looks lovely.
0:41:23 > 0:41:25- She looks like a queen. - What time has she got to get back?
0:41:25 > 0:41:29It started a bit late, so, you know, 11.30pm would be good.
0:41:32 > 0:41:37Hello. Hey, look what you've got. Look what you've got here.
0:41:37 > 0:41:39No, no, look, it's there.
0:41:39 > 0:41:41Have your chicken dinner. A little bit there.
0:41:41 > 0:41:43Whoops! Sorry. There's a big bit.
0:41:43 > 0:41:46'Ever since I've been here, I've ordered chicken and rice'
0:41:46 > 0:41:50every single night because I thought, "Well, that will be
0:41:50 > 0:41:53"quite good for a puppy, a bit of chicken and a bit of rice,"
0:41:53 > 0:41:57'so I haven't eaten anything else and I know how good the food is.'
0:41:57 > 0:41:59I'll see you in the morning. Stay there.
0:41:59 > 0:42:02Have a safe night and don't get in a fight.
0:42:09 > 0:42:12This is a new experience for me. I'm not used to being taken out.
0:42:12 > 0:42:16I'm used to taking people out. Also, I haven't gone out in eight years.
0:42:16 > 0:42:18Eight? I've not gone out for 40 years on a date?
0:42:18 > 0:42:21- For 40?- 40, yeah. - No, no, no, don't be ridiculous.
0:42:21 > 0:42:24- I'm telling you. - Cheers.- Cheers to you.
0:42:25 > 0:42:27- To new friends.- Thank you.
0:42:29 > 0:42:33- So, do you have children? - Yeah. I have two.
0:42:33 > 0:42:35- OK.- I have a daughter. Married.
0:42:35 > 0:42:40- How old?- She is 32 now, but she's been married for eight years.
0:42:40 > 0:42:42Oh, wow. Great.
0:42:42 > 0:42:46- She lives in the US.- Oh, really? Where?- In Charlotte, North Carolina.
0:42:46 > 0:42:47You're joking?
0:42:47 > 0:42:51My grandparents are from Charlotte, North Carolina. What a coincidence.
0:42:51 > 0:42:53- It was an arranged marriage. - Oh, really?- Yeah.
0:42:53 > 0:42:56In fact, most people here, it's that way.
0:42:56 > 0:43:00- Arranged marriage?- Even mine was an arranged marriage, but not my son.
0:43:00 > 0:43:04- Really? It's a love marriage? - Yeah. He chose his own bride.
0:43:04 > 0:43:05Really? How are you with that?
0:43:05 > 0:43:09- Perfectly OK.- Really? - Yeah. Absolutely.- That's lovely.
0:43:10 > 0:43:14'It's interesting that all that chatter about finding a partner'
0:43:14 > 0:43:16led to my first date
0:43:16 > 0:43:19'and that shows me that, yeah, there are guys out there.'
0:43:19 > 0:43:22So, what made you say to me,
0:43:22 > 0:43:25would you consider spending the rest of your life
0:43:25 > 0:43:26with an Indian companion?
0:43:26 > 0:43:31- Do you remember saying that or was that the whisky talking?- Yep, I...
0:43:31 > 0:43:33- It was the whisky talking? - Maybe half-half.
0:43:33 > 0:43:37OK. Well, you shocked the hell out of me, I'm telling you.
0:43:37 > 0:43:40I was speechless. It's very difficult to make me speechless
0:43:40 > 0:43:44- because I can natter.- Let me tell you what you did. You laughed.
0:43:44 > 0:43:46- I blushed.- You laughed.
0:43:46 > 0:43:48I did laugh, but I was in shock.
0:43:49 > 0:43:52Thank you. Wow, that's big.
0:43:52 > 0:43:55Just get us two small plates so that we can just take this and put it...
0:43:55 > 0:43:57- Thanks.- That's a better thing.
0:43:57 > 0:44:00You're so good. I normally do all that organising.
0:44:00 > 0:44:02That's lovely.
0:44:02 > 0:44:04'I enjoyed the company.
0:44:04 > 0:44:07'He's a lovely man and he's actually invited me back.
0:44:13 > 0:44:17'I realised, since being here, that I have been living
0:44:17 > 0:44:20'with a veil of a facade for many, many years'
0:44:20 > 0:44:23and now I can drop that facade and be myself.
0:44:23 > 0:44:26'It doesn't mean I have to be this, that or the other,
0:44:26 > 0:44:28'I can just be more... I feel more complete.
0:44:29 > 0:44:34'I feel whole, like I can throw the leaf over the back of my shoulder'
0:44:34 > 0:44:36and not cry about it.
0:44:36 > 0:44:37I can smile.
0:44:53 > 0:44:54How are you this morning?
0:44:54 > 0:44:58Whatever you do, go home with that dress.
0:44:58 > 0:45:01You looked amazing, by the way, when you walked in.
0:45:01 > 0:45:03Didn't she? When she walked in, I went...
0:45:03 > 0:45:07She's not listening. I'm giving you compliments here and you're not...
0:45:07 > 0:45:09- You're...- Oh, sorry.
0:45:09 > 0:45:12- You're used to it.- You got me through with that dress, OK?
0:45:12 > 0:45:13Anyway, we had a lovely time.
0:45:13 > 0:45:16The group's time in India is drawing to a close.
0:45:16 > 0:45:20I was telling Hilary last night, I said, "I'm longing to come home
0:45:20 > 0:45:24"but, oh, I am so going to miss the silliness."
0:45:24 > 0:45:26It's the silliness.
0:45:26 > 0:45:28I never expected to laugh so much.
0:45:28 > 0:45:31You know what they say, children laugh 300 times a day.
0:45:31 > 0:45:33We've laughed more than that, I think,
0:45:33 > 0:45:36- and probably behaved like children. - Oh, we have laughed a lot.
0:45:36 > 0:45:39Some people, not looking at anybody in particular.
0:45:39 > 0:45:41Lionel Blair!
0:45:42 > 0:45:45'The best thing here has been the people.'
0:45:45 > 0:45:49I've had so many laughs that I actually,
0:45:49 > 0:45:51I think I've laughed my bags up.
0:45:51 > 0:45:53I need even more. I need major surgery.
0:45:53 > 0:45:56I've laughed till I've cried.
0:45:58 > 0:46:01- Hello.- Isn't she just a little doll?
0:46:01 > 0:46:03For Raj's final yoga session,
0:46:03 > 0:46:06he's brought along his five-year-old daughter Asha.
0:46:06 > 0:46:08She's so girlie, isn't she?
0:46:08 > 0:46:10She is girlie. She's a big girlie, aren't you?
0:46:10 > 0:46:12- Is she going to do some yoga? - Yeah.
0:46:12 > 0:46:15She started practising at two and a half years old.
0:46:15 > 0:46:18Watching my technique. I didn't instruct her.
0:46:18 > 0:46:20- She practises. - Are you going to show us?
0:46:21 > 0:46:22Oh!
0:46:22 > 0:46:24Next, full cobra.
0:46:24 > 0:46:26Full cobra, yes.
0:46:26 > 0:46:29- Wow!- That is a full cobra!
0:46:29 > 0:46:30So good!
0:46:32 > 0:46:36- I could never do that. - That totally puts us to shame.
0:46:36 > 0:46:38The final one, meditation.
0:46:39 > 0:46:41Oh!
0:46:41 > 0:46:44Concentrate your breathing process.
0:46:44 > 0:46:46She's a little guru.
0:46:46 > 0:46:49All the family doing every day morning yoga practice,
0:46:49 > 0:46:51so she watches every day.
0:46:51 > 0:46:54- She's really breathing properly. - And she's concentrating.
0:46:54 > 0:46:56She's very good.
0:46:57 > 0:47:00- Good girl.- Thank you very much. - Thank you, darling.
0:47:01 > 0:47:04Raj has got one final technique to teach the group.
0:47:04 > 0:47:08So, instead of stretching, you can walk like an eight pattern.
0:47:08 > 0:47:12- Good for digestive. - Can I do it with you?- Sure.
0:47:12 > 0:47:14Oh, I can walk.
0:47:14 > 0:47:16Starting from here.
0:47:16 > 0:47:18Mindful walking.
0:47:18 > 0:47:20Slight massaging on your spine.
0:47:21 > 0:47:25Mainly the length 12 to 14 feet length.
0:47:25 > 0:47:29So, beginning, five minutes. Later you can increase 20 minutes.
0:47:29 > 0:47:31- Doing just this?- 20 minutes.
0:47:31 > 0:47:35- This improves the body balance also. - Oh, it makes a difference.
0:47:36 > 0:47:40'The way the people, their whole being and their whole...'
0:47:40 > 0:47:44attitude to life has, I'm sure, lots to do with yoga.
0:47:44 > 0:47:47'It's, "Good morning", and they smile at you.'
0:47:47 > 0:47:49Nothing's too much trouble.
0:47:56 > 0:47:59Despite early misgivings, 87-year-old Lionel
0:47:59 > 0:48:02has become increasingly immersed in Kochi life.
0:48:02 > 0:48:06It makes you feel...alive.
0:48:06 > 0:48:08And one of his regular trips
0:48:08 > 0:48:11has become a visit to local tailor Faisal.
0:48:11 > 0:48:13Hello. It's nice to see you.
0:48:13 > 0:48:15Is my shirt ready?
0:48:15 > 0:48:18- Yeah, it's ready.- It's ready? Oh!
0:48:18 > 0:48:22For around £20, Lionel's been getting his shirts handmade.
0:48:22 > 0:48:25- Look at that colour. - It's a beautiful colour. Definitely.
0:48:25 > 0:48:29It's beautiful. I love the way the buttons are.
0:48:29 > 0:48:31- Yeah. I try to make it... - You copied beautifully.
0:48:31 > 0:48:34Thank you. With white trousers it'll look great!
0:48:34 > 0:48:36I'll try it with white trousers.
0:48:36 > 0:48:40- Would you fold it up for me? - Yeah, sure.- Thank you very much.
0:48:40 > 0:48:45I must say that everything that I have bought here
0:48:45 > 0:48:47is number one.
0:48:47 > 0:48:50- Thank you very much.- Number one.
0:48:50 > 0:48:53Nice to do some business with you and make friendship with you.
0:48:53 > 0:48:55- I will be waiting for you. - Thank you.
0:48:55 > 0:48:57- Anxiously waiting for you. - Thank you very much.
0:48:59 > 0:49:01Oh. Ah.
0:49:01 > 0:49:06# It's a lovely day today so whatever you've got to do
0:49:06 > 0:49:10# You've got a lovely day to do it in, that's true
0:49:11 > 0:49:14# So if you've got something that must be done
0:49:14 > 0:49:17# And it can only be done by one
0:49:17 > 0:49:21# There is nothing more to say...
0:49:22 > 0:49:28# Except it's a lovely day for saying, it's a lovely day!
0:49:28 > 0:49:31# It's a lovely, lovely day! #
0:49:31 > 0:49:34Watch out for the savage pooch.
0:49:35 > 0:49:38- He comes... Ooh, hello. - No humping there.
0:49:39 > 0:49:40He's got your knees.
0:49:41 > 0:49:45Bill and Dennis are going for a final stroll.
0:49:47 > 0:49:50Before they leave, driver Shekhar is keen to show them
0:49:50 > 0:49:53the national sport he played as a youngster.
0:49:53 > 0:49:57This is one of the traditional famous game in India.
0:49:57 > 0:50:00The game of kabaddi.
0:50:08 > 0:50:10Oh!
0:50:10 > 0:50:13'When I think about it, and it is really obsessional,
0:50:13 > 0:50:16'if anybody says, "What are the main things that drive your life?"'
0:50:16 > 0:50:19It would be wildlife, sport and music.
0:50:19 > 0:50:22Those three elements, I can't do without those.
0:50:22 > 0:50:24'I don't really know why.'
0:50:25 > 0:50:28Does kabaddi actually have a meaning?
0:50:28 > 0:50:30So, kabaddi is a Hindi word.
0:50:30 > 0:50:33The special meaning of kabaddi is "challenging".
0:50:33 > 0:50:36I am just challenging you. Can you win over me?
0:50:36 > 0:50:39I'm challenging you. I'm challenging you.
0:50:39 > 0:50:42I can't hear anybody saying kabaddi. Are they doing it now?
0:50:42 > 0:50:46Yeah. A single man has to start the game and when he starts the game,
0:50:46 > 0:50:49- he has to take a breath. - TAKES DEEP BREATH
0:50:49 > 0:50:51- And he's saying that? - Kabaddi, kabaddi, kabaddi, kabaddi.
0:50:51 > 0:50:54- BOTH:- Kabaddi, kabaddi... - Say again, say again.
0:50:54 > 0:50:56- BOTH:- Kabaddi, kabaddi, kabaddi, kabaddi, kabaddi kabaddi...
0:50:56 > 0:50:58You don't lose the breath.
0:50:58 > 0:51:00You should've made a game up.
0:51:00 > 0:51:03If you call this kabaddi, you could've called yours...?
0:51:03 > 0:51:05Kagoodie?
0:51:08 > 0:51:10WHISTLE
0:51:12 > 0:51:15You look like a rugby player.
0:51:15 > 0:51:18Yeah, I want you on my team.
0:51:18 > 0:51:19LAUGHTER
0:51:22 > 0:51:25So, we can do this, yeah? No?
0:51:25 > 0:51:26What do I do?
0:51:26 > 0:51:30You can start with the single breath and go, "Kabaddi, kabaddi, kabaddi."
0:51:30 > 0:51:33- Am I going to hit him? - You have to touch them.
0:51:33 > 0:51:35- All of them?- If you can.- OK.
0:51:35 > 0:51:38Kabaddi, kabaddi, kabaddi kabaddi...
0:51:39 > 0:51:41Oh!
0:51:42 > 0:51:44And, Dennis, you can try.
0:51:44 > 0:51:48- No, it's better Bill. Bill's a real man.- You can just try.
0:51:49 > 0:51:51'Bill was loving every minute of it.
0:51:51 > 0:51:55'It's such a friendly game, even though it's physical
0:51:55 > 0:51:58'and at the end of it they're all sort of hugging each other'
0:51:58 > 0:52:01and smiling, as everybody seems to do in this part of India.
0:52:01 > 0:52:03Thank you all so much. Thank you, boys. Thank you.
0:52:03 > 0:52:06Thank you very much. Thank you.
0:52:06 > 0:52:08That was really good fun.
0:52:08 > 0:52:10'I truly believe
0:52:10 > 0:52:14'and would wish upon every single person
0:52:14 > 0:52:16'that they came to India.'
0:52:16 > 0:52:18Not necessarily for any one thing or whatever.
0:52:18 > 0:52:21Don't come expecting, "I'm going to be saved" or, you know,
0:52:21 > 0:52:24sort of, get the spirit or something. Just go, definitely.
0:52:30 > 0:52:33This is just like doing a party at home. My own party.
0:52:35 > 0:52:38For their final night, the group are throwing a farewell party
0:52:38 > 0:52:40for all their new friends.
0:52:41 > 0:52:44The idea was that we would, if there's enough,
0:52:44 > 0:52:46we were going to float them on the pool.
0:52:46 > 0:52:49- Oh, that's lovely.- Don't you think that would be pretty?
0:52:49 > 0:52:52- Better without so much stem. - Then they float upright.- Yeah.
0:52:53 > 0:52:57'Tonight's the last evening and we've invited the people
0:52:57 > 0:53:01'that we've met on our way through this little tour of India.'
0:53:01 > 0:53:05It'll be really rather special tonight
0:53:05 > 0:53:07and I'm wearing this special shirt.
0:53:07 > 0:53:11It adds a bit of colour to a party, so there you go.
0:53:11 > 0:53:13I'm ready to go.
0:53:16 > 0:53:19- Oh, my goodness me! - Oh, you're looking lovely.
0:53:19 > 0:53:21Darling, you look gorgeous. Very nice.
0:53:23 > 0:53:26The friends they've made over the last month...
0:53:26 > 0:53:27Hello.
0:53:27 > 0:53:29..have started to arrive.
0:53:29 > 0:53:31- How nice to see you again. - Nice to see you all.
0:53:31 > 0:53:33- You've been all around Kerala? - All over.
0:53:33 > 0:53:37- This was the first time you were here?- Yes. It's just beautiful.
0:53:37 > 0:53:42It's exotic, it's very friendly. We're all in love with India.
0:53:43 > 0:53:45'If you wanted to retire here,
0:53:45 > 0:53:49'you could find a place here to live very happily.'
0:53:49 > 0:53:53- Hello, how are you? - I'm fine.- Nice to see you.
0:53:53 > 0:53:56I've enjoyed so much of being in India
0:53:56 > 0:53:59and one of the best things is you
0:53:59 > 0:54:02because the yoga has been brilliant for me.
0:54:02 > 0:54:06I definitely think that India is a place that people could retire.
0:54:06 > 0:54:10'They could find whatever they're looking for here.'
0:54:14 > 0:54:17'Everything I would need is here.
0:54:17 > 0:54:20'The people are lovely, the place is lovely.
0:54:20 > 0:54:22'It actually feels like home.'
0:54:24 > 0:54:26Go, Lionel.
0:54:29 > 0:54:34'India is a beautiful country and they are beautiful people'
0:54:34 > 0:54:36and I will never forget them.
0:54:36 > 0:54:39'The people have been terrific.'
0:54:39 > 0:54:42They really have been 100% delightful.
0:54:42 > 0:54:47'The other thing, actually, the group, all young people take note,
0:54:47 > 0:54:50'that people of this age can be bloody witty!'
0:54:51 > 0:54:53APPLAUSE
0:54:55 > 0:54:59'We got to see the famous Lionel Blair trouser drop,'
0:54:59 > 0:55:02and not a lot of people have witnessed that.
0:55:02 > 0:55:06'He claims that that was accidental but I think we know better.'
0:55:07 > 0:55:10# Are we in love
0:55:10 > 0:55:12# Or just friends? #
0:55:12 > 0:55:14Come on, Bill.
0:55:14 > 0:55:16I don't know the words.
0:55:16 > 0:55:19Sheila, it's better if you just sing yourself.
0:55:20 > 0:55:23# When will I see you again?
0:55:23 > 0:55:26# Tell me again. When will I see you again? #
0:55:26 > 0:55:28You've been a marvellous group of people.
0:55:28 > 0:55:30We love it here!
0:55:44 > 0:55:46Turn the lights out. Say goodbye.
0:55:46 > 0:55:49Oh, you've been wonderful to us all.
0:55:49 > 0:55:52- Thank you.- Thank you so much for everything.- My pleasure.
0:55:52 > 0:55:53Lovely. Thank you.
0:55:53 > 0:55:55See you again, no doubt.
0:55:55 > 0:55:58Thank you. Been a pleasure being here. Thank you very much.
0:55:58 > 0:56:01'This last few weeks with everybody,
0:56:01 > 0:56:05'it has been like a little bubble of us here in India.'
0:56:05 > 0:56:07- Go on, then.- OK.
0:56:09 > 0:56:11Thank you so much, my darling.
0:56:11 > 0:56:13And it has been wonderful.
0:56:15 > 0:56:17I'm going to miss you.
0:56:17 > 0:56:19'I'm going to miss a lot about India,'
0:56:19 > 0:56:22but I say that in a happy way because I'm still taking it with me.
0:56:22 > 0:56:26'It's never going to leave me. I'm always going to have the friends'
0:56:26 > 0:56:29I've made here and that friendship will grow over the years
0:56:29 > 0:56:32'because I would fly back here without reservation.'
0:56:35 > 0:56:38'I have actually fallen in love with India.
0:56:38 > 0:56:40'That's unforgettable.'
0:56:40 > 0:56:43I shan't ever forget it. I shall never undo it, you know?
0:56:43 > 0:56:46It's there. I'm in love with India.