0:00:02 > 0:00:10This programme contains some strong language.
0:00:19 > 0:00:21Do you think there'll be people naked in there?
0:00:21 > 0:00:23I don't know what to expect at all.
0:00:23 > 0:00:25- It's there.- Wait a minute!
0:00:25 > 0:00:27Those are all blokes, old ones.
0:00:27 > 0:00:28LAUGHTER
0:00:28 > 0:00:30Where in the world would you choose
0:00:30 > 0:00:31to spend your golden years?
0:00:37 > 0:00:39There's a big wide world out there that's ready,
0:00:39 > 0:00:41that can teach us an awful lot.
0:00:41 > 0:00:43Do you speak English? No.
0:00:44 > 0:00:47I think it's a huge adventure to find out more.
0:00:47 > 0:00:49- Cheers.- Salud!- Salud!- Salud.
0:00:49 > 0:00:52A group of famous pensioners are on a global quest...
0:00:52 > 0:00:54ALL SHOUT
0:00:54 > 0:00:56..travelling the world,
0:00:56 > 0:00:59exploring how different countries deal with growing old.
0:00:59 > 0:01:01I've gone MAD!
0:01:01 > 0:01:03Bring it on, I can't wait for it.
0:01:05 > 0:01:06Having sampled a super-sized
0:01:06 > 0:01:08retirement in China...
0:01:08 > 0:01:10This is a nightmare!
0:01:12 > 0:01:13..Miriam Margolyes...
0:01:13 > 0:01:15- How are you?- Was wondering where you were!
0:01:15 > 0:01:17Wayne Sleep, and Bobby George...
0:01:17 > 0:01:19- Hello.- Oh, hello!
0:01:19 > 0:01:23..are reuniting with well-known Marigold face, Jan Leeming.
0:01:23 > 0:01:25- ALL: Hello!- How are you?
0:01:25 > 0:01:28It's lovely to have somebody new again, that you sort of knew, but
0:01:28 > 0:01:30didn't get to know a lot.
0:01:30 > 0:01:33And this time, they're trying out the Communist approach...
0:01:33 > 0:01:36- Got your passport?- Yeah, here.
0:01:36 > 0:01:38..in Cuba.
0:01:38 > 0:01:40I'm going to do as much as I can while I can,
0:01:40 > 0:01:43because once you're pushing up the daisies,
0:01:43 > 0:01:45there's no chance to do anything!
0:01:55 > 0:01:59Cuba - an island nation on the cusp of change.
0:02:00 > 0:02:03Famous for its vibrant culture,
0:02:03 > 0:02:07Communist revolution and vintage cars.
0:02:08 > 0:02:11And with a life expectancy of 79,
0:02:11 > 0:02:13one of the highest in Latin America,
0:02:13 > 0:02:16could this be a place to spend your golden years?
0:02:16 > 0:02:20Do you think it's going to be very hot when we leave this...
0:02:20 > 0:02:22- I'm hot already, I'm sweating.- Yeah.
0:02:22 > 0:02:24I feel like I'm melting.
0:02:24 > 0:02:25Oh, my goodness.
0:02:27 > 0:02:30The group have landed in Cuba's capital city, Havana.
0:02:32 > 0:02:35From the airport, it's a half-hour journey to one of the coastal
0:02:35 > 0:02:37districts on the northern edge of the city.
0:02:38 > 0:02:41- Welcome to Cuba.- Yeah, thank you!
0:02:41 > 0:02:42Thank you. Can you take that?
0:02:42 > 0:02:45- Of course.- That's my first thing done!
0:02:45 > 0:02:47You're in, you're in, doll!
0:02:47 > 0:02:49You wait for me over there, I pick up the car.
0:02:49 > 0:02:51- OK. "Picking up the car".- OK?
0:02:51 > 0:02:53- Very good English.- OK!
0:02:55 > 0:02:57Yeah, better than my Spanish.
0:02:57 > 0:02:59I have been living with a Spanish
0:02:59 > 0:03:03gentleman for 23 years.
0:03:03 > 0:03:06And I don't speak a word of Spanish.
0:03:06 > 0:03:08MAN SPEAKS SPANISH
0:03:08 > 0:03:11WAYNE REPEATS
0:03:11 > 0:03:13I know "Hola", for instance.
0:03:13 > 0:03:16And "como estas?" How are you?
0:03:16 > 0:03:17And that's about it.
0:03:17 > 0:03:20- It's hot.- You can feel the warmth here now, can't you?
0:03:20 > 0:03:22I have to be careful not to get thrush.
0:03:22 > 0:03:26- Really?!- Yeah, under your arms and in your groin.
0:03:26 > 0:03:29You've GOT to make sure that all the crevices are dry.
0:03:29 > 0:03:35- Yes.- I know that Jan, she is a lady, and I'm an old tart.
0:03:35 > 0:03:39So I will have to be careful about my language.
0:03:39 > 0:03:41It does piss her off a bit.
0:03:42 > 0:03:44Are we going in one of these?
0:03:44 > 0:03:46Is a 1949 Chevy.
0:03:46 > 0:03:48- 1949?- Fantastic!
0:03:48 > 0:03:50Oh, this is incredible. It just reminds me of all those
0:03:50 > 0:03:54Elvis Presley movies I used to see in the '50s and '60s.
0:03:54 > 0:03:55I love the car!
0:03:55 > 0:03:57It's a little bit high.
0:03:57 > 0:03:59- It is- BLEEP- high!
0:03:59 > 0:04:01I'm in.
0:04:01 > 0:04:02HE LAUGHS
0:04:02 > 0:04:04Oh, dear.
0:04:04 > 0:04:05OK, here we go!
0:04:07 > 0:04:10How old's this, 1949?
0:04:10 > 0:04:111949, sir.
0:04:11 > 0:04:14So that's 67, 68 years old.
0:04:14 > 0:04:16- That's incredible.- Old-fashioned, see.
0:04:16 > 0:04:18- Built to last.- Like you, Bob.
0:04:18 > 0:04:20I was just going to say you, as it happens.
0:04:22 > 0:04:25Look at them. Look at the colours!
0:04:26 > 0:04:28It's like a rainbow!
0:04:28 > 0:04:31- VOICEOVER:- Would I even THINK of retiring to Cuba?
0:04:31 > 0:04:34Put it this way, if I had...a partner...
0:04:36 > 0:04:38..I'd go anywhere in the world.
0:04:39 > 0:04:40Who's that guy?
0:04:40 > 0:04:42Right in front of us is Che Guevara.
0:04:44 > 0:04:47After the revolution nearly 60 years ago,
0:04:47 > 0:04:49Cuba relied heavily on Soviet support until
0:04:49 > 0:04:52the USSR's collapse in 1991.
0:04:54 > 0:04:56In the economic crisis that followed,
0:04:56 > 0:04:58Cuba started to open its doors to tourism.
0:05:00 > 0:05:01You said you've been to Cuba before.
0:05:01 > 0:05:03- Yeah.- Was that with the ballet?
0:05:03 > 0:05:06Yes, they have an international ballet festival.
0:05:06 > 0:05:09- VOICEOVER:- I've been to Havana three times before.
0:05:09 > 0:05:10It's palatial.
0:05:10 > 0:05:16I mean, all these palaces that the Spanish built in 1900 are all
0:05:16 > 0:05:19corroding and falling down as if it's under the sea.
0:05:19 > 0:05:22Some people, when they first come here, they don't like it at all
0:05:22 > 0:05:24cos they think it's too...
0:05:25 > 0:05:27..too poverty stricken.
0:05:27 > 0:05:29But I just think it's romantic.
0:05:29 > 0:05:31This is history.
0:05:31 > 0:05:34- And you can't get away from your history.- No.
0:05:36 > 0:05:38For the duration of their time in the city,
0:05:38 > 0:05:41the group will be staying in the neighbourhood of Vedado
0:05:41 > 0:05:43with two local families.
0:05:44 > 0:05:46Oh, it's here.
0:05:46 > 0:05:50Miriam and Bobby are moving into a house owned by married couple,
0:05:50 > 0:05:52Horacio and Marta.
0:05:54 > 0:05:56- Si!- Hola!
0:05:56 > 0:05:59Siamo arrivati!
0:06:00 > 0:06:02- Hi, hello, how are you?- Hello.
0:06:02 > 0:06:04- I'm Miriam.- Horacio.
0:06:04 > 0:06:07Even when I don't look, I am your host.
0:06:07 > 0:06:09- How nice.- I'm Bobby.- You look my host.
0:06:09 > 0:06:11- Bobby, how are you?- You look a perfect host!
0:06:11 > 0:06:12Welcome to Casa Antigua in Havana.
0:06:12 > 0:06:15- Thank you very much.- Let me help you with your luggage.
0:06:16 > 0:06:18- Hello.- Hi.
0:06:18 > 0:06:20Yo no habla inglese, pero puedo entender.
0:06:20 > 0:06:21She doesn't speak English, but...
0:06:21 > 0:06:24- No. Parlo italiano.- Hello, darling.
0:06:24 > 0:06:28Oh, well if you speak some Italian, then maybe it's OK.
0:06:28 > 0:06:29- Bobby. Bobby.- Bienvenido a la casa.
0:06:29 > 0:06:31Jan and Wayne are staying just around
0:06:31 > 0:06:33the corner with their retired hosts,
0:06:33 > 0:06:35Antonio and Diana.
0:06:35 > 0:06:38- Hola!- Hola!- Como estas?
0:06:38 > 0:06:41- Hello, nice to meet you.- Mi nombre, Wayne.- Wayne.
0:06:41 > 0:06:43- My name is Tony.- Tony...
0:06:43 > 0:06:45- And Diana.- Diana.
0:06:45 > 0:06:47Como estas, come stai?
0:06:47 > 0:06:49- Ah, muy bien, muy bien.- Good. Good, good, good.
0:06:49 > 0:06:53- Un poquito espanol, hablar.- OK! - Espanol.
0:06:54 > 0:06:56- Come.- It's really beautiful.
0:06:56 > 0:07:00Rooms, this way. Here is one of the rooms.
0:07:00 > 0:07:02Miriam, what side are you going to lay on?
0:07:02 > 0:07:05- What side do you want?- Look, they've put daffodils, little flowers.
0:07:05 > 0:07:07- Do you want that side or I have that side?- You choose the side!
0:07:09 > 0:07:12And I teach classical ballet
0:07:12 > 0:07:15and jazz and tap.
0:07:18 > 0:07:20And Jan was famous.
0:07:20 > 0:07:22She read the news on television.
0:07:22 > 0:07:23Can I tell my own story, please?
0:07:23 > 0:07:25Well, get on... Well, you will anyway!
0:07:25 > 0:07:28I can't get a bloody word in edgeways.
0:07:28 > 0:07:29- VOICEOVER:- Jan is a very sensitive woman.
0:07:29 > 0:07:33She'll defend her ground because she thinks she's being attacked, and
0:07:33 > 0:07:36she's not. So you have to have kid
0:07:36 > 0:07:37gloves on with Jan, sometimes.
0:07:52 > 0:07:55- Are you all right?- Yes, sit down and rock yourself to sleep.
0:07:55 > 0:07:57Lovely.
0:07:58 > 0:08:00- Ooh!- Got the fans on for us.
0:08:00 > 0:08:02I'm always a bit nervous of rocking chairs.
0:08:02 > 0:08:05Oh, they're lovely.
0:08:05 > 0:08:06Lovely, eh?
0:08:06 > 0:08:08Beautiful place.
0:08:09 > 0:08:11MARTA SPEAKS SPANISH
0:08:11 > 0:08:13I think you are using her
0:08:13 > 0:08:16rocking chair. It's better you go to other side...
0:08:16 > 0:08:18- No, because I've got the fan!- You have fan, eh.
0:08:18 > 0:08:20- No, I want this one!- There is fan for everybody.
0:08:20 > 0:08:22I want this one!
0:08:22 > 0:08:23No, I like it here.
0:08:24 > 0:08:26What I like, I like.
0:08:26 > 0:08:28I like this.
0:08:28 > 0:08:29MARTA SPEAKS SPANISH
0:08:29 > 0:08:32Move that one there, and then...
0:08:32 > 0:08:34You see how bossy I am.
0:08:35 > 0:08:36Because...
0:08:38 > 0:08:40MIRIAM LAUGHS
0:08:40 > 0:08:43Thank you. I just love this.
0:08:46 > 0:08:49Do you know, when there's a bit of a breeze, this is most acceptable,
0:08:49 > 0:08:51- isn't it?- Yeah, it's very nice.
0:08:51 > 0:08:53Hello, we're up here.
0:08:53 > 0:08:55Oh, hello! Hello. Hello.
0:08:55 > 0:08:57- Come on up.- Hi! Hi, hi.
0:08:57 > 0:09:00To mark the group's arrival in the neighbourhood,
0:09:00 > 0:09:01Jan and Wayne have been invited over
0:09:01 > 0:09:04to Horacio and Marta's for their
0:09:04 > 0:09:07first taste of Cuban home cooking.
0:09:07 > 0:09:09- Looks gorgeous.- Ah, that is a royal cake.
0:09:09 > 0:09:11That is fries and a layer of chicken.
0:09:11 > 0:09:14- Chicken, ah!- And over, mayonnaise.
0:09:14 > 0:09:16Wow.
0:09:16 > 0:09:18- Can we begin?- Of course.
0:09:18 > 0:09:22ALL: Salud!
0:09:22 > 0:09:26WAYNE AND ANTONIO SPEAK SPANISH
0:09:28 > 0:09:29It's good?
0:09:29 > 0:09:32- Lovely.- Te gusta?- Mmm.- Lovely.
0:09:32 > 0:09:33What do you do?
0:09:33 > 0:09:35I mean, there's a great deal of art around this place.
0:09:35 > 0:09:39We are both a product of the system and the revolution.
0:09:39 > 0:09:43Everything was very easy, and we tried many things.
0:09:55 > 0:09:56Isolated?
0:09:56 > 0:09:59- Isolation.- Insulated.- So the revolution, in the
0:09:59 > 0:10:00beginning, was a very good thing for you?
0:10:00 > 0:10:02Yes, of course.
0:10:02 > 0:10:05I want to ask about the internet,
0:10:05 > 0:10:09because I know that this is not the
0:10:09 > 0:10:12same in Cuba as it is in other countries.
0:10:13 > 0:10:15- A car?- Card.- OK.
0:10:15 > 0:10:20- VOICEOVER:- The internet, I came to, I suppose, late in life.
0:10:20 > 0:10:22And it is incredibly important.
0:10:22 > 0:10:26I don't have time for porn and Instagram,
0:10:26 > 0:10:30but not to be able to get e-mails and send e-mails,
0:10:30 > 0:10:35and connect with my wider circle of friends,
0:10:35 > 0:10:37is going to be very difficult.
0:10:43 > 0:10:45And those are the cards for access.
0:10:45 > 0:10:47You must scratch...
0:10:47 > 0:10:50- Scratch...- ..this, and you...
0:10:50 > 0:10:53- Reveal the number.- You can read.
0:10:53 > 0:10:55- Right, catch you later, then, son. - Well, have a luck.
0:10:55 > 0:10:57- Thank you, thank you.- See you later.
0:10:57 > 0:10:59And enjoy your access.
0:10:59 > 0:11:00Thank you very much indeed.
0:11:02 > 0:11:04Subject to state censorship,
0:11:04 > 0:11:06the internet in Cuba is amongst the
0:11:06 > 0:11:08most tightly controlled in the world.
0:11:09 > 0:11:12With the majority of home connections banned,
0:11:12 > 0:11:15most residents must make a trip to their local Wi-Fi zone.
0:11:17 > 0:11:19Oh, I thought it was going to be a shop you went to.
0:11:19 > 0:11:22- It's in the middle of a park, then? - No, it really is in a park.
0:11:22 > 0:11:25So you can pick the internet up in this area, then?
0:11:25 > 0:11:27Apparently. We'll sit here.
0:11:28 > 0:11:30Thank you.
0:11:31 > 0:11:33Siamo inglese, qui.
0:11:33 > 0:11:35- We are English.- Yeah?
0:11:35 > 0:11:37- OK.- From London.
0:11:37 > 0:11:39Oh, OK, nice to meet you.
0:11:39 > 0:11:41Nice to meet you.
0:11:41 > 0:11:43With the state pension as low as 11 a month,
0:11:43 > 0:11:47and Wi-Fi access costing around 1.50 an hour,
0:11:47 > 0:11:50surfing the net doesn't come cheap.
0:11:50 > 0:11:52You've got to scratch that off, or something.
0:11:52 > 0:11:53That's the number, isn't it?
0:11:53 > 0:11:56- That's the number.- Yeah, wait a minute.
0:11:56 > 0:11:58That's my password, and then I go to...
0:11:58 > 0:12:00Miriam, what's your password?
0:12:00 > 0:12:01I'm not telling you!
0:12:01 > 0:12:02BOBBY LAUGHS
0:12:02 > 0:12:05"Hello." It should be "hello"!
0:12:07 > 0:12:09Ah, dear.
0:12:15 > 0:12:17Oh, they stop! Do they?
0:12:17 > 0:12:18JAN LAUGHS
0:12:20 > 0:12:23Wayne and Jan have decided to venture into Havana's city centre to
0:12:23 > 0:12:25do some shopping.
0:12:26 > 0:12:27Ooh! Mind the rubble, darling.
0:12:29 > 0:12:32Cuba has two currencies.
0:12:32 > 0:12:34Exchange rate.
0:12:34 > 0:12:36I don't know what this means.
0:12:36 > 0:12:38While most locals use Cuban pesos,
0:12:38 > 0:12:41foreigners generally use the international currency
0:12:41 > 0:12:42known as "kooks".
0:12:43 > 0:12:46- Yay!- It worked.
0:12:48 > 0:12:51- The last time I was here, that was still being done up.- Yeah.
0:12:51 > 0:12:53It was filthy dirty.
0:12:53 > 0:12:55Look what they've done with it since.
0:12:55 > 0:12:57It's incredible.
0:12:57 > 0:12:59I expected Havana to be like this.
0:12:59 > 0:13:03I didn't expect so much decrepit-ness.
0:13:03 > 0:13:07But then of course, I mean, they had almost 60 years in the wilderness,
0:13:07 > 0:13:11you know. I mean, you know, the curtain came down, and that was that.
0:13:11 > 0:13:13Look how narrow that shop is!
0:13:13 > 0:13:16- They've made a shop out of a staircase.- Mmm!
0:13:16 > 0:13:18Very industrious,
0:13:18 > 0:13:20turning your staircase into a shop.
0:13:20 > 0:13:23Very good. What is this hat? This one?
0:13:23 > 0:13:25Can I try? It's quite nice.
0:13:27 > 0:13:29- Let's have a look. Suits you.- Yeah?
0:13:29 > 0:13:32- Yes.- La cuenta?- 20.
0:13:32 > 0:13:33- 20. Ooh, it's too much.- Yeah.
0:13:33 > 0:13:36- No, everybody 20.- Everybody? You sure?
0:13:36 > 0:13:4020 kooks is the equivalent of nearly £15.
0:13:40 > 0:13:43Thank you. Thank you.
0:13:43 > 0:13:44Thank you very much.
0:13:48 > 0:13:51You know, in England, it's much easier to do internet.
0:13:51 > 0:13:53How, for you, a young person...
0:13:54 > 0:13:57- Um...- Come fa?- Ah! Er...
0:13:59 > 0:14:02We don't need this.
0:14:02 > 0:14:04- Really? You don't need it?- No.
0:14:04 > 0:14:07I think it makes them more intelligent, not to have internet.
0:14:07 > 0:14:10I think we're all a load of wankers on it, frankly.
0:14:10 > 0:14:13It's much better if you talk to people, and look at people,
0:14:13 > 0:14:16and don't have your head buried in a screen all the time.
0:14:16 > 0:14:19She'll do all this, and she won't get no e-mails.
0:14:19 > 0:14:22I think it's a good thing if it don't control your life.
0:14:22 > 0:14:26But it's not just the internet, it's the actual phone itself.
0:14:26 > 0:14:28You go on the train, no-one says good morning to you, cos
0:14:28 > 0:14:30they're all on their phones.
0:14:30 > 0:14:33We've got to have it, but I think it's a bit over the top sometimes.
0:14:33 > 0:14:36I've got 119 e-mails!
0:14:36 > 0:14:37You said I didn't have any.
0:14:37 > 0:14:43- Yeah, they only done that for a laugh. It's probably the same one, sent 119 times!- Oh, shut up!
0:14:43 > 0:14:44112, I've got.
0:14:44 > 0:14:46Oh, 112, not so many now then.
0:14:48 > 0:14:51- You're a tease! - Oh, dear.
0:14:51 > 0:14:53I like to be on the internet for hours at a time.
0:14:53 > 0:14:56So if I were living here for a long
0:14:56 > 0:15:00time, I would have to have internet,
0:15:00 > 0:15:03and I think I would have to wait until it became more easily available.
0:15:03 > 0:15:05Ridiculous.
0:15:05 > 0:15:07I mean, I can't look through 112...
0:15:07 > 0:15:10Yeah, but, like you said, a lot of them are rubbish ones.
0:15:10 > 0:15:11- A lot of them are rubbish.- Yeah.
0:15:14 > 0:15:17I'm not going to do a survey on incontinence.
0:15:23 > 0:15:26- Little bit of a dance, darling. - Little bit of a dance?
0:15:26 > 0:15:30My mother said, "If you've got a good lead, then you can dance,
0:15:30 > 0:15:33- "if you have a sense of rhythm". - Hello there.- Hi!
0:15:33 > 0:15:35It's the group's first evening in Havana.
0:15:35 > 0:15:37- Hola!- Hola!
0:15:38 > 0:15:40Here we are.
0:15:40 > 0:15:43Keen to sample the local night life, they're meeting up
0:15:43 > 0:15:46before heading out for a night on the tiles.
0:15:46 > 0:15:48What were your, what was yours like?
0:15:48 > 0:15:50We had a good time, we went to the park.
0:15:50 > 0:15:52And we did our internet.
0:15:52 > 0:15:55It's noticeable that nobody's obsessed with it.
0:15:55 > 0:15:59And this is good for me, because I can't do it, so forget about it.
0:15:59 > 0:16:00And I just get on with life.
0:16:00 > 0:16:03I think it's time to go, because it's getting late.
0:16:03 > 0:16:06- Oh, OK. Come on.- Will you play the piano for us at some stage?
0:16:06 > 0:16:08- Come on, on we go, andiamo.- Come on.
0:16:08 > 0:16:11And don't tell me my knickers show, Jan, because I know they do.
0:16:14 > 0:16:17Tonight, Horatio and Marta are taking the group to one of Havana's
0:16:17 > 0:16:19premier nightspots.
0:16:20 > 0:16:23Just five minutes from their home-stay,
0:16:23 > 0:16:27it's a destination for pensioners all over the city.
0:16:27 > 0:16:28- She's ready.- I'm ready, look.
0:16:28 > 0:16:30- She's ready.- I'm ready.
0:16:32 > 0:16:35Every week, for 1.50,
0:16:35 > 0:16:39hundreds of Cubans over the age of 60 pack the dance floor.
0:16:54 > 0:16:57Horatio and Marta are like a double act.
0:16:57 > 0:17:02They have it in their bodies, this natural rhythm they have here.
0:17:13 > 0:17:14Two sparkling water.
0:17:15 > 0:17:17Pablo!
0:17:18 > 0:17:21Sparkling water, two bottles.
0:17:21 > 0:17:23Glass, glass. You want a glass?
0:17:25 > 0:17:28Just for me, the music is too loud.
0:17:28 > 0:17:30But it was very infectious.
0:17:30 > 0:17:33It's good to shake your bits about.
0:17:33 > 0:17:34SHE LAUGHS
0:17:37 > 0:17:39I like Cuba.
0:17:39 > 0:17:42- I like Cuba, don't you?- Yes.
0:17:42 > 0:17:43I'm surprised by it.
0:17:45 > 0:17:49I'm not very good.
0:17:51 > 0:17:54You see, I'm a strange individual in some ways.
0:17:54 > 0:17:57Although I like my quietness,
0:17:57 > 0:18:02I like my own company, I'd love to still be in a relationship -
0:18:02 > 0:18:04I was all my adult life.
0:18:04 > 0:18:07And yet, I'm very independent.
0:18:13 > 0:18:15What?
0:18:16 > 0:18:21I'm very flattered, but not today.
0:18:22 > 0:18:23Maybe.
0:18:25 > 0:18:27- OK.- OK?- OK.- Yeah?
0:18:31 > 0:18:35It's been a fabulous evening, and it's nice to think that, even at my
0:18:35 > 0:18:37age, guys are happy to dance with me.
0:18:38 > 0:18:39Woo!
0:18:39 > 0:18:41THEY LAUGH
0:18:43 > 0:18:45This was your first time in Havana, yes?
0:18:45 > 0:18:47Yes.
0:18:47 > 0:18:49- Tell me your impressions. - Fantastic!
0:19:05 > 0:19:08- Cup of tea?- Got the tea, yeah, here we go, look.
0:19:08 > 0:19:10- Agua.- Agua.- No, basta.
0:19:10 > 0:19:15It's 8am, and the temperature in Havana is already 30 degrees.
0:19:17 > 0:19:20It's boiling, and I'm going to sweat in my groin!
0:19:29 > 0:19:32- Good morning.- Good morning! - Good morning.- How are you?
0:19:32 > 0:19:34THEY LAUGH
0:19:34 > 0:19:37- It is a...- Good morning. - Ah!- Started already?
0:19:37 > 0:19:39Tell me about last night.
0:19:39 > 0:19:43- Your impressions.- Last night was very interesting.
0:19:43 > 0:19:44- Was it?- Yes!
0:19:44 > 0:19:47- I loved it, last night, all the dancing.- Yeah, good fun.
0:19:47 > 0:19:49- I had a date, or could have had. - You didn't?
0:19:51 > 0:19:53A gentleman came up and asked me to dance.
0:19:53 > 0:19:56He was very kind, and guided me through the dancing.
0:19:56 > 0:19:59Then said, "You come to another dance place."
0:19:59 > 0:20:03- Ah!- And I said, "Thank you very much, but no."
0:20:03 > 0:20:05And he was so persistent.
0:20:05 > 0:20:07- He just wanted a fuck, love.- Yeah!
0:20:07 > 0:20:11Oh, stop being so vulgar, Miriam.
0:20:11 > 0:20:14No way was I going to go somewhere in Cuba with a man I didn't know!
0:20:14 > 0:20:16- You must be joking!- Ooh, I would!
0:20:16 > 0:20:19ALL LAUGH
0:20:25 > 0:20:27I have another two.
0:20:27 > 0:20:28Right, OK.
0:20:28 > 0:20:31But I have this other.
0:20:31 > 0:20:33You've done me like a kipper.
0:20:39 > 0:20:41With the city heat rising,
0:20:41 > 0:20:45Miriam, Jan and Wayne have decided to cool off with a morning dip.
0:20:45 > 0:20:48I expect it to be a bit like a warm bath.
0:20:48 > 0:20:52- Yeah, hopefully.- Yes, I hope it will be.- Well, I don't think it... - Don't think it'll be that hot.
0:20:52 > 0:20:55..can't be as cold as it is in the UK.
0:20:55 > 0:20:57Close to their neighbourhood, they've heard about a spot
0:20:57 > 0:21:00where pensioners socialise and swim,
0:21:00 > 0:21:04in the refreshing waters of the Gulf of Mexico.
0:21:04 > 0:21:05- Hola!- Hola!
0:21:07 > 0:21:10- Hola!- So, do you come here every day to swim?
0:21:10 > 0:21:14- Yes, every day.- And it's a good way of saying, "Hello, how are you?"?
0:21:14 > 0:21:16Discuss your problems?
0:21:16 > 0:21:18- Yes, yeah.- So you're never alone.
0:21:18 > 0:21:20- No.- No.
0:21:20 > 0:21:24I think loneliness, for elderly people, is worse than anything.
0:21:24 > 0:21:26- Of course.- And you keep healthy.
0:21:26 > 0:21:28- Yeah, good!- How old are you?
0:21:28 > 0:21:30- 80.- 80!
0:21:30 > 0:21:32Gosh! That's amazing.
0:21:35 > 0:21:37How often do you come?
0:21:37 > 0:21:40Every day. Every day.
0:21:40 > 0:21:45Because he is also a save-guard, you know?
0:21:45 > 0:21:50A lifeguard. That's why you have a good physique.
0:21:50 > 0:21:52Ella es una mujer muy bonita.
0:21:52 > 0:21:53He says that you're a beautiful lady.
0:21:53 > 0:21:57Thank you. Thank you.
0:21:57 > 0:21:59Thank you. I'll have to come and live here!
0:21:59 > 0:22:02- Of course.- I don't get that kind of attention at home.
0:22:02 > 0:22:04Coming to Cuba is a good idea.
0:22:04 > 0:22:07- Shall we go in?- Yes, let's do it!
0:22:09 > 0:22:11Now, I want to see how they're getting in.
0:22:11 > 0:22:13- Because I won't be so agile.- No.
0:22:13 > 0:22:15Be very careful.
0:22:16 > 0:22:19- VOICEOVER:- I don't really care much about appearance.
0:22:19 > 0:22:20Jan, for example, she is,
0:22:20 > 0:22:22as it were, my opposite number.
0:22:22 > 0:22:25She's everything that Miriam isn't.
0:22:25 > 0:22:28I can talk, I can make jokes, I can...
0:22:28 > 0:22:30..I hope, make people happy.
0:22:30 > 0:22:33But I don't look great. But I manage.
0:22:33 > 0:22:36- I'm in!- She's in, she's in.
0:22:36 > 0:22:39You know, do I worry about it at night? No.
0:22:39 > 0:22:41I don't.
0:22:41 > 0:22:43I can't turn over.
0:22:43 > 0:22:44That's the thing.
0:22:44 > 0:22:48Push me towards there, I'm getting scared.
0:22:48 > 0:22:52- Yeah.- It's really hard to turn over.
0:22:52 > 0:22:54It makes me nervous.
0:22:56 > 0:22:59I'm just, you know, I'm a frightened Jew.
0:22:59 > 0:23:01That's what I am.
0:23:07 > 0:23:12- Ooh!- OK.- Mucho.
0:23:12 > 0:23:14Whilst the others are at the beach,
0:23:14 > 0:23:19Bobby has joined Horatio for a Cuban daily ritual -
0:23:19 > 0:23:20newspaper and a coffee.
0:23:20 > 0:23:23- Three?- Grandma, tambien.
0:23:24 > 0:23:27What's that?
0:23:29 > 0:23:31Oh, right.
0:23:31 > 0:23:34In Cuba, locals can only read newspapers
0:23:34 > 0:23:35approved by the government.
0:23:35 > 0:23:39So when you read the paper, this is, obviously, this is an official one?
0:23:39 > 0:23:42This is the official information from the government.
0:23:42 > 0:23:44The government, so, obviously,
0:23:44 > 0:23:47it could be, like, trimmed down a bit,
0:23:47 > 0:23:50because they don't want to put everything in the paper, or not?
0:23:50 > 0:23:55Well, whatever you read here is what the Government decide the people...
0:23:55 > 0:23:57- Should know.- ..will read.
0:23:57 > 0:23:58I see. OK.
0:23:59 > 0:24:01Let's go up here, shall we?
0:24:04 > 0:24:07Is he married?
0:24:07 > 0:24:08No, not now.
0:24:08 > 0:24:11Oh. You mean he's widowed, or divorced?
0:24:11 > 0:24:15- He?- Yeah.- Divorced.- Divorced.
0:24:15 > 0:24:18With a body like that, I should think the women run after him.
0:24:18 > 0:24:21HE SPEAKS SPANISH
0:24:21 > 0:24:25- What?- He said you are very beautiful woman.
0:24:25 > 0:24:26Thank you very much.
0:24:26 > 0:24:28Well, you are a very lovely man.
0:24:28 > 0:24:31We could go for coffee, and you could translate.
0:24:31 > 0:24:34- Yeah!- Thank you.- Gracias, mucho... - Thank you.
0:24:39 > 0:24:41- Oh, yeah.- Nice body.- Yes.
0:24:41 > 0:24:43- Big balls.- Oh, stop it!
0:24:43 > 0:24:45Oh, Miriam!
0:24:45 > 0:24:47I just said that so you would...
0:24:47 > 0:24:48To wind me up!
0:24:50 > 0:24:52- You like talking to men.- I do.
0:24:52 > 0:24:55I openly admit, and it's nothing to do with flirting,
0:24:55 > 0:24:57I like men's company.
0:24:57 > 0:25:02I like talking with men, and, quite frankly, if they say nice things,
0:25:02 > 0:25:05- it's lovely.- He could come and save me in the water any day!
0:25:05 > 0:25:07JAN LAUGHS
0:25:09 > 0:25:11Oh, that's a baby coffee.
0:25:11 > 0:25:14- It's espresso.- Espresso, is it?
0:25:14 > 0:25:17They're tiny! Looks like an egg cup.
0:25:17 > 0:25:19It's strong.
0:25:19 > 0:25:24That is the Cuban style for drink coffee.
0:25:24 > 0:25:25It's not bad.
0:25:25 > 0:25:28I like it. Like most Cubans,
0:25:28 > 0:25:30one of the most important things in any Cuban house
0:25:30 > 0:25:32is to offer a coffee.
0:25:32 > 0:25:35So what was it like growing up, as a kid?
0:25:35 > 0:25:39My memories just...are related
0:25:39 > 0:25:41with the revolution.
0:25:41 > 0:25:46The '50s, the situation in Cuba was really hard for everybody.
0:25:46 > 0:25:50Fidel was the driver, but the feeling,
0:25:50 > 0:25:53the national feeling was to change the situation.
0:25:53 > 0:25:56Yeah, but when I was young it was hard, as well.
0:25:56 > 0:26:00It was, cos after the war it was horrible.
0:26:00 > 0:26:04I was brought up, my dad was blind, I didn't have anything.
0:26:04 > 0:26:07I had to go to jumble sales to get the clothes.
0:26:07 > 0:26:09When you're young, you always remember something.
0:26:09 > 0:26:11And I always say, colour telly...
0:26:11 > 0:26:15- Collie?- ..coloured, colour television...- Yeah.
0:26:15 > 0:26:19..and the Beatles, changed the way we lived.
0:26:19 > 0:26:20HORATIO LAUGHS
0:26:20 > 0:26:22That's what I say.
0:26:22 > 0:26:25- It's like here.- It's changed for you, but it's the same as us.
0:26:25 > 0:26:26Same as me.
0:26:29 > 0:26:33Every summer, Havana is host to one of the world's best known carnivals.
0:26:35 > 0:26:38Having been invited to take part in tonight's celebrations,
0:26:38 > 0:26:41Wayne is keen to explore the local dance scene.
0:26:42 > 0:26:46- VOICEOVER:- For me to move abroad and settle down, I need my culture fix.
0:26:46 > 0:26:49Dance and choreography are still very important to me.
0:26:49 > 0:26:53I tried to retire when I was 40 years old - boring!
0:26:53 > 0:26:55I couldn't do that for longer than a week.
0:27:01 > 0:27:06The dance company is run by veteran choreographer Santiago Alfonso.
0:27:06 > 0:27:09I've never seen anything like this before.
0:27:18 > 0:27:21The suppleness of the bodies is incredible.
0:27:21 > 0:27:26That's why the Cuban dancers are some of the best in the world now.
0:27:29 > 0:27:31- Thanks for coming.- Fantastic.
0:27:31 > 0:27:33- Thanks for coming.- Thank you. - Welcome!
0:27:35 > 0:27:38How are you? It's fantastic.
0:27:38 > 0:27:42- Hello! Hola!- Buenas!- Buenas!
0:27:42 > 0:27:44Nombre Wayne Sleep.
0:27:44 > 0:27:46And I was with the Royal Ballet...
0:27:46 > 0:27:48SANTIAGO TRANSLATES
0:27:48 > 0:27:50..for 20 years.
0:27:50 > 0:27:52I'm 69 years old.
0:27:52 > 0:27:55- Oh, you're younger than me! - I'm not younger than you!
0:27:55 > 0:27:57- You're younger than me.- 78.
0:27:57 > 0:27:59- You're not 78!- I am, too.
0:27:59 > 0:28:00God, there's hope for us all.
0:28:00 > 0:28:03- You see something.- Look at you!
0:28:03 > 0:28:05He's still moving. Is he a good teacher?
0:28:05 > 0:28:07ALL: Yes!
0:28:07 > 0:28:08Yeah, you have to say yes!
0:28:08 > 0:28:10SANTIAGO AND WAYNE LAUGH
0:28:10 > 0:28:13Can you tell me about this dance?
0:28:13 > 0:28:14What do you call this dance?
0:28:14 > 0:28:16No, no.
0:28:20 > 0:28:22- ..all together.- It's fantastic.
0:28:22 > 0:28:24- Loved it.- Now you do it with us.
0:28:24 > 0:28:27- Oh!- Do the thing with us. - Now I will learn Cuban dance.
0:28:27 > 0:28:28ALL: OK, yes!
0:28:28 > 0:28:31WAYNE LAUGHS
0:28:31 > 0:28:33This way.
0:28:35 > 0:28:39- VOICEOVER:- Why I keep coming back to Cuba, it's for the passion and the drive they have.
0:28:39 > 0:28:41The hunger is incredible,
0:28:41 > 0:28:43that you don't really see anywhere else.
0:28:47 > 0:28:48That's it!
0:28:48 > 0:28:51When I joined in, I felt like a complete beginner.
0:28:51 > 0:28:54None of my classical technique came into use at all.
0:29:03 > 0:29:05- Thank you.- Say something.
0:29:05 > 0:29:06I can't speak.
0:29:10 > 0:29:11- It was fantastic.- Like that?
0:29:11 > 0:29:14- I won't be able to walk for a week! - OK.
0:29:19 > 0:29:21Marta!
0:29:21 > 0:29:24- E possibile venire un momento?- Si!
0:29:26 > 0:29:29I want to make some gin-tonica.
0:29:29 > 0:29:30Agua tonica?
0:29:30 > 0:29:34Tonica, gin, er, ghiccia, ice.
0:29:34 > 0:29:36Hielo?
0:29:36 > 0:29:38- Gielo.- Gielo. One moment, please.
0:29:39 > 0:29:41Just going to fart.
0:29:41 > 0:29:42SHE FARTS
0:29:42 > 0:29:43That's it.
0:29:45 > 0:29:47- Sorry, Bobby.- I heard it.
0:29:51 > 0:29:53'Kin hell!
0:29:53 > 0:29:55Love gin and tonic.
0:29:55 > 0:29:56It's a great drink.
0:29:59 > 0:30:01It's really my only tipple.
0:30:04 > 0:30:07Well, that's not quite true, because I do like whisky.
0:30:07 > 0:30:09Chin, chin.
0:30:09 > 0:30:11- Salud!- Salut.- Lovely job.
0:30:15 > 0:30:18- Needs more gin.- Mmm.
0:30:21 > 0:30:23That was incredible.
0:30:23 > 0:30:25I've never seen dancing like that before.
0:30:25 > 0:30:27I've seen every other kind of dance,
0:30:27 > 0:30:29and it's incredible. And look at this view!
0:30:29 > 0:30:31- This is...- This is Havana.
0:30:31 > 0:30:33This is Havana.
0:30:33 > 0:30:37Cuba is a culture of confluences.
0:30:37 > 0:30:41We have from Spain, we have from Africa.
0:30:41 > 0:30:43- I see, yes.- All mix.
0:30:43 > 0:30:46On top of that, our weather.
0:30:46 > 0:30:48- Our light.- Yes.
0:30:48 > 0:30:51- That makes us very open people. - Yes, yes.
0:30:51 > 0:30:53Do you think you can go on teaching for ever?
0:30:54 > 0:30:59Till the... I would love, if the Lord blesses me,
0:30:59 > 0:31:02I would love to be working till the last minute.
0:31:03 > 0:31:07I think the key to old age, from what I've seen here,
0:31:07 > 0:31:11is that you must keep going, keep doing something.
0:31:11 > 0:31:16If I lived here, I'd teach class, maybe form my own group,
0:31:16 > 0:31:18and just get something new going.
0:31:18 > 0:31:20Oh, I wouldn't be sitting by a pool.
0:31:20 > 0:31:22Well, some of the day!
0:31:30 > 0:31:32But your bum's got to go out, in,
0:31:32 > 0:31:35- out, in, out, in... - Oh, my goodness.
0:31:35 > 0:31:37It's 6pm.
0:31:37 > 0:31:38Ahead of tonight's carnival,
0:31:38 > 0:31:41the group are gathering at Wayne and Jan's house.
0:31:41 > 0:31:43It's very different from ours.
0:31:43 > 0:31:45- Yes, it is.- It's modern.
0:31:45 > 0:31:46Yours is very arty.
0:31:47 > 0:31:50- Oh, that's beautiful.- Isn't it?
0:31:50 > 0:31:52Lovely.
0:31:52 > 0:31:56To help get in the carnival spirit, Wayne has been sent a traditional
0:31:56 > 0:31:59outfit by the dance company he will be performing with.
0:31:59 > 0:32:01I'm really going to enjoy it.
0:32:01 > 0:32:06Once you hear that music, you just can't help dancing and moving.
0:32:06 > 0:32:09And I'm sure all my lot will be jigging around in their seats as well.
0:32:11 > 0:32:12- Hello!- Oh, wow.
0:32:12 > 0:32:15- Ole!- Ole!
0:32:15 > 0:32:17Is that a skirt? You've got to wear a skirt as well?
0:32:17 > 0:32:18Oh, yeah, you wait.
0:32:18 > 0:32:22- Oh, my God!- Actually, I think it's rather stylish.
0:32:22 > 0:32:25What, they keep the flies away, them bottoms, are they, or something?
0:32:25 > 0:32:28Well, there we are, loves, I'm off.
0:32:28 > 0:32:30- Thank you!- All right son, be lucky.
0:32:30 > 0:32:32Dear, oh, dear, does it ever end?
0:32:39 > 0:32:42It's carnival time in Havana.
0:32:44 > 0:32:48Throughout August, thousands of locals flock to the coastal road,
0:32:48 > 0:32:51known as the Malecon, to soak up the free festival atmosphere.
0:32:52 > 0:32:55I never thought I would ever
0:32:55 > 0:32:58be performing in Havana Carnival.
0:33:00 > 0:33:02Very nice!
0:33:02 > 0:33:05For one night only, Wayne will be joining one of the dance
0:33:05 > 0:33:09troupes from across the city that make up the traditional parade.
0:33:12 > 0:33:15I'm feeling like the Pirate Of The Caribbean!
0:33:15 > 0:33:18But I'm not feeling very good about the dance.
0:33:18 > 0:33:20Oh!
0:33:23 > 0:33:25- VOICEOVER:- I've done no rehearsal for this.
0:33:25 > 0:33:27But I've got two beautiful ladies,
0:33:27 > 0:33:30who look like zebras in black and white,
0:33:30 > 0:33:31who are going to guide me through.
0:33:31 > 0:33:34I'll be like putty in their hands.
0:33:34 > 0:33:37Blimey! There's lots of people.
0:33:37 > 0:33:41I always try and steer clear of places like this.
0:33:42 > 0:33:47I get a bit nervous in big crowds, because I'm so short.
0:33:47 > 0:33:51But the colour, and the movement, as Barry Humphries would say,
0:33:51 > 0:33:53the vitality.
0:33:55 > 0:33:56No, it's good.
0:34:05 > 0:34:07- Wayne's over there.- I can see him!
0:34:18 > 0:34:20Dance is always part of my life.
0:34:20 > 0:34:24I think it's given me a tenacity, a staying power.
0:34:26 > 0:34:30The worse thing about growing old is that you have much less time than
0:34:30 > 0:34:33you had when you were younger, when we didn't even think of a time
0:34:33 > 0:34:35limit to our lives.
0:34:35 > 0:34:38So I don't believe in suddenly saying things like,
0:34:38 > 0:34:41"Oh, I don't think I could do that now."
0:34:41 > 0:34:42I'm not growing old gracefully.
0:34:42 > 0:34:46I'm growing old as a, sort of, juvenile delinquent.
0:34:48 > 0:34:50Fantastic!
0:34:50 > 0:34:53- I didn't know what I was doing! - Wonderful, wonderful.
0:34:53 > 0:34:57I was a bit worried that I'd make a fool of myself in front of all these
0:34:57 > 0:34:59fantastic moving men and women.
0:34:59 > 0:35:02And I think we just about pulled it off.
0:35:02 > 0:35:05You know, there's life in the old boy yet!
0:35:21 > 0:35:24Right, are we going? Oh, no, we're waiting for Madam.
0:35:24 > 0:35:27Miriam's having a "dump", she said.
0:35:27 > 0:35:29Miriam felt another movement.
0:35:29 > 0:35:31And I don't want to be there when it moves!
0:35:36 > 0:35:39- Here I am.- Was it a big one?- Yup.
0:35:39 > 0:35:40WAYNE LAUGHS
0:35:40 > 0:35:41Wayne!
0:35:41 > 0:35:44Well, we're going to hear about it anyway.
0:35:44 > 0:35:46You don't have to join in, you know!
0:35:46 > 0:35:48- Sorry to hold you up. - As long as you feel better.
0:35:49 > 0:35:53- Well, I feel more secure, let's put it like that.- Good.
0:35:53 > 0:35:57This morning, the group are making the short walk to the local park.
0:36:04 > 0:36:07To help keep Cuba's elderly population fit and healthy,
0:36:07 > 0:36:10the state funds a variety of neighbourhood initiatives.
0:36:11 > 0:36:16One of the most popular are the alfresco exercise programmes.
0:36:21 > 0:36:22Uno, dos...
0:36:24 > 0:36:26- I'll do this bit all right.- How are you doing, dear?
0:36:26 > 0:36:29Yeah, this is all right. I don't mind doing this bit.
0:36:30 > 0:36:32- Do you like it?- No, I don't like it.
0:36:32 > 0:36:36- Non mi piace.- Ah, non ti piace?
0:36:36 > 0:36:38What kind of exercise do you like?
0:36:39 > 0:36:41- Ti piace?- Zero!- Zero!
0:36:41 > 0:36:42WOMAN LAUGHS
0:36:42 > 0:36:44It's good, very good for our...
0:36:46 > 0:36:51..health, especially when we are not so young.
0:36:51 > 0:36:52WOMAN LAUGHS
0:36:52 > 0:36:53True.
0:36:54 > 0:36:56Respiramos...
0:36:56 > 0:37:00I would like to be more active, so I should get off my bottom.
0:37:02 > 0:37:05You dig your grave with your knife and fork.
0:37:06 > 0:37:08GROUP SING AND HUM TO MUSIC
0:37:13 > 0:37:14So you do this every day?
0:37:14 > 0:37:18Yes, it's very good. I suffer chronic stress.
0:37:18 > 0:37:22So I started taking here classes of exercises,
0:37:22 > 0:37:27and also in the old-age university.
0:37:27 > 0:37:29What is the old-age university?
0:37:29 > 0:37:33They give you different subjects that are very interesting subjects,
0:37:33 > 0:37:35to, how to deal with your problems,
0:37:35 > 0:37:37- day by day.- Is it free?
0:37:37 > 0:37:39- Do you have to pay?- No, it's free.
0:37:39 > 0:37:42- Totally free.- This is the government, presumably.- Yes, yes.
0:37:42 > 0:37:46The government give it for free, to anyone over...
0:37:46 > 0:37:4850, 48, something like that.
0:37:48 > 0:37:51- And up to 90.- Up to 90!
0:37:51 > 0:37:52And more.
0:37:58 > 0:38:02As well as free health care, Cuba's pensioners have access to over 230
0:38:02 > 0:38:04state-run day centres.
0:38:05 > 0:38:08In Havana, there's a university for senior citizens.
0:38:11 > 0:38:15Miriam and Bobby are keen to see if they can learn anything new.
0:38:16 > 0:38:18What is the subject today?
0:38:18 > 0:38:21Today we are going to introduce, to...
0:38:21 > 0:38:25..participate in a class about sexuality...
0:38:25 > 0:38:26About sexuality?
0:38:26 > 0:38:28..in the elderly people.
0:38:28 > 0:38:30Oh, elderly sexuality.
0:38:30 > 0:38:31Oh, that's new.
0:38:31 > 0:38:32BOBBY LAUGHS
0:38:32 > 0:38:34That's different, isn't it?
0:38:34 > 0:38:36Oh, yeah, I might learn something.
0:38:38 > 0:38:43What we're planning to put across the table is that, how much
0:38:43 > 0:38:47stigma there is against the third age
0:38:47 > 0:38:50on this particular subject of sexuality.
0:38:50 > 0:38:53Grandchildren sometimes said, "Grandma and
0:38:53 > 0:38:57"grandad should not have sex because it's dangerous for them."
0:38:57 > 0:38:59And that is not the reality.
0:39:00 > 0:39:03- VOICEOVER:- I don't have sex very much now.
0:39:03 > 0:39:06My partner and I deeply love each other.
0:39:06 > 0:39:08And we cuddle.
0:39:08 > 0:39:10I enfold her in my arms,
0:39:10 > 0:39:12and I feel joy.
0:39:12 > 0:39:13Absolute joy.
0:39:13 > 0:39:17But there isn't a lot of penetration, let's put it like that.
0:39:20 > 0:39:24There is an expression that says, "Factory is closing down,
0:39:24 > 0:39:28"but the amusement park is about to open!"
0:39:30 > 0:39:33Would you like to share your age?
0:39:33 > 0:39:35I'm 72.
0:39:35 > 0:39:40Esta pensado un poco, pero cree que es 72. Miriam, you don't mind if I ask you?
0:39:40 > 0:39:41No, I'm 76.
0:39:41 > 0:39:43And I'm lesbian.
0:39:43 > 0:39:46- And I have a partner for nearly 50 years.- OK.
0:39:46 > 0:39:48Miriam has said...
0:39:48 > 0:39:53Ella es lesbiana y tiene una companera por casi cincuenta anos.
0:39:58 > 0:40:01What I loved about the Cubans was
0:40:01 > 0:40:05when I told them that I was a lesbian, they didn't faint,
0:40:05 > 0:40:08they clapped, because I've been with my partner so long.
0:40:08 > 0:40:10They were pleased for me.
0:40:10 > 0:40:14I am absolutely astonished to be
0:40:14 > 0:40:19sitting here talking about sex with
0:40:19 > 0:40:22a lot of strangers in such an open,
0:40:22 > 0:40:26relaxed, informative, way.
0:40:26 > 0:40:31This would NOT happen in England.
0:40:37 > 0:40:42I think the Cuban people are just fabulous.
0:40:42 > 0:40:45- They just...- I mean, if you'd said that we were going to spend the
0:40:45 > 0:40:49afternoon talking about sex with a lot of old people, I'd have said, "Oh, I don't think I'll like that."
0:40:49 > 0:40:52But that was really brilliant.
0:40:52 > 0:40:54They looked happy, they were cheerful.
0:40:54 > 0:40:57They're investing in life, still.
0:40:57 > 0:40:59I think it's delicious.
0:41:15 > 0:41:16It's early evening in Havana.
0:41:18 > 0:41:22Jan is getting ready for a double date with the 70-year-old lifeguard
0:41:22 > 0:41:25and the married couple she met at the beach.
0:41:25 > 0:41:27Life is for experiences.
0:41:27 > 0:41:31And aren't I fortunate to be given the chance?
0:41:31 > 0:41:35Up to there he's got a body of a 30-year-old.
0:41:35 > 0:41:37It's going to be interesting.
0:41:37 > 0:41:41Especially as Renaldo doesn't speak a word of English,
0:41:41 > 0:41:44which rather inhibits conversation, but we'll get by.
0:41:46 > 0:41:49I could at least say good evening. What's that?
0:41:49 > 0:41:53- Buenas noches.- Oh, buenas noches. - Buenas noches.- Buenas noches.
0:41:53 > 0:41:55There's "que tal?" How are you?
0:41:55 > 0:41:57- Oh, look!- Oh!
0:41:57 > 0:41:59JAN GIGGLES
0:41:59 > 0:42:01- Hello.- Oh, my goodness.- Hola!
0:42:01 > 0:42:02- Hola!- Hola.
0:42:02 > 0:42:05- Buenas tardes. - No, no, buenas noches.
0:42:05 > 0:42:06Oh, buenas noches.
0:42:08 > 0:42:09Oh, my goodness.
0:42:09 > 0:42:12Thank you. Right, bye-bye.
0:42:12 > 0:42:15Bye-bye. See you later. Enjoy your evening.
0:42:15 > 0:42:17Take care.
0:42:17 > 0:42:20- VOICEOVER:- I know I've been married a few times, but I've never had
0:42:20 > 0:42:24anybody, really, to look after me.
0:42:24 > 0:42:26Oh, the car!
0:42:26 > 0:42:31I live on my own, and have done for 14 years.
0:42:31 > 0:42:35But there's a part of me that would very much like to share.
0:42:35 > 0:42:38You have car?
0:42:38 > 0:42:39You have a car?
0:42:40 > 0:42:43Like, you, car?
0:42:43 > 0:42:45DRIVER SPEAKS SPANISH
0:42:45 > 0:42:47Moto, moto, moto.
0:42:47 > 0:42:50Motorbike? Ah.
0:42:50 > 0:42:52SHE LAUGHS
0:42:52 > 0:42:54I'm glad you didn't pick me up on that!
0:42:56 > 0:43:00Jan and Renaldo are heading to one of Havana's home-run restaurants,
0:43:00 > 0:43:02known as paladares.
0:43:02 > 0:43:05Thank you! Muchas gracias.
0:43:05 > 0:43:07Thank you.
0:43:07 > 0:43:10- Hello.- Hello!- Hello, hello.
0:43:10 > 0:43:12- Hello, Arestes.- Hello, Jan. - Hello, Miriam.
0:43:12 > 0:43:14- Ooh, sorry!- Two.- French way.
0:43:14 > 0:43:18To help the lines of communication, Miriam and Arestes will be acting as
0:43:18 > 0:43:20their interpreters for the evening.
0:43:20 > 0:43:24I feel so embarrassed that I speak no Spanish.
0:43:24 > 0:43:27And poor Renaldo, I mean, you know,
0:43:27 > 0:43:30we're communicating with sign language.
0:43:30 > 0:43:32By sign! That's universal.
0:43:32 > 0:43:34- OK.- Oh, thank you.
0:43:34 > 0:43:35Ooh!
0:43:37 > 0:43:39That's a very impressive menu.
0:43:39 > 0:43:41- Do you need some help?- No, look!
0:43:41 > 0:43:44ALL LAUGH
0:43:44 > 0:43:48- VOICEOVER:- Another misconception of the young is, when you get older
0:43:48 > 0:43:51there is no such thing as a physical relationship.
0:43:51 > 0:43:53You have your children, and that's it.
0:43:53 > 0:43:55That is not true.
0:43:55 > 0:43:58Believe you and me.
0:43:58 > 0:44:02The fires might slacken a bit, but they're still there.
0:44:02 > 0:44:05Renaldo has been married a couple of times.
0:44:05 > 0:44:07I'm told that, sometimes,
0:44:07 > 0:44:10people divorce, but they stay in the same house?
0:44:10 > 0:44:16That's true. In Havana the problems of living are...
0:44:16 > 0:44:17It's very difficult.
0:44:17 > 0:44:19To find somewhere to live?
0:44:19 > 0:44:22- Yes.- The wife, the only wife, is still living in his house?
0:44:22 > 0:44:26MIRIAM TRANSLATES
0:44:26 > 0:44:27But you don't share...
0:44:32 > 0:44:33Oh, I'm glad to hear that!
0:44:33 > 0:44:35MIRIAM LAUGHS
0:44:35 > 0:44:37This is just doing my head in!
0:44:37 > 0:44:38ARESTES LAUGHS
0:44:40 > 0:44:42I've always paid the bills.
0:44:42 > 0:44:44I've always kept a roof over my head.
0:44:44 > 0:44:46I can always keep myself busy.
0:44:49 > 0:44:50But it would be lovely to have
0:44:50 > 0:44:52somebody whom one could go on
0:44:52 > 0:44:55holiday with, or go to the theatre with.
0:44:58 > 0:45:01Up until the last 14 years,
0:45:01 > 0:45:04I was invariably in a relationship,
0:45:04 > 0:45:07and I was used to being part of a pair.
0:45:09 > 0:45:13Le soir est bien, tres bien.
0:45:13 > 0:45:19Mais, en espanol, c'est n'est pas possible, parce que je ne parle pas.
0:45:19 > 0:45:23- VOICEOVER:- Unfortunately, it may never happen now.
0:45:23 > 0:45:25Muchas gracias.
0:45:25 > 0:45:29por the flores, and for a lovely evening.
0:45:29 > 0:45:30Thank you.
0:45:31 > 0:45:34Thank you very, very much.
0:45:34 > 0:45:36- Adios!- Adios.
0:45:49 > 0:45:51May I have some toast, please?
0:45:51 > 0:45:53It's the group's last day in Havana.
0:45:55 > 0:45:57I thought that was terracotta,
0:45:57 > 0:46:00and I've just realised it's some sort of sausage meat.
0:46:00 > 0:46:01SHE GIGGLES
0:46:01 > 0:46:04- It's chicken sausage, actually.- Is it?- Mmm.
0:46:04 > 0:46:07Bobby and I took sleeping pills last night, so we had a good sleep.
0:46:07 > 0:46:11- Did you?- Good for you.- BOBBY:- I dreamt about you last night, Miriam.
0:46:11 > 0:46:13- Ooh!- Oh.- Did you? - No, you wouldn't let me!
0:46:13 > 0:46:16MIRIAM AND BOBBY LAUGH
0:46:21 > 0:46:23To make the most of his remaining time,
0:46:23 > 0:46:28Wayne has decided to venture out in a bid to improve his Spanish.
0:46:28 > 0:46:31- Buenas dias!- Buenas dias.- Que tal?
0:46:31 > 0:46:33SHE SPEAKS SPANISH
0:46:33 > 0:46:35- Un mesa por una "person". - Bienvenido.
0:46:36 > 0:46:39Gracias.
0:46:39 > 0:46:42Could I have a cafe...
0:46:42 > 0:46:43Um...
0:46:43 > 0:46:46What's it called? Mojito?
0:46:46 > 0:46:48No, macchiato.
0:46:48 > 0:46:51No? Um, all right.
0:46:51 > 0:46:54- Er...black coffee. - Black, short?- Espresso.
0:46:54 > 0:46:56- Yes.- Espresso, con leche.
0:46:56 > 0:46:58- Like cortado.- Cortado!
0:46:58 > 0:47:00Yes, I know.
0:47:00 > 0:47:01Yes, that's what I meant.
0:47:04 > 0:47:07I want to thrill my husband with my Spanish when I get back to England.
0:47:07 > 0:47:10HE LAUGHS
0:47:11 > 0:47:15Gracias, senor. Que tal?
0:47:15 > 0:47:19- Si, e te?- Oh, me, muy bien.
0:47:19 > 0:47:22- OK. Buen provecho.- Thank you.
0:47:26 > 0:47:30In Cuba, the game of dominoes is a national obsession.
0:47:31 > 0:47:34Having practised against his hosts,
0:47:34 > 0:47:38Bobby is venturing out with Horacio to a popular spot in the residential
0:47:38 > 0:47:40neighbourhood of Marinal.
0:47:40 > 0:47:44THEY SPEAK SPANISH
0:47:44 > 0:47:47The pair are planning to take on some of the locals.
0:47:47 > 0:47:50Anything you do,
0:47:50 > 0:47:54in any sport, you want to win.
0:47:54 > 0:47:58You know, I want to win. When you do bowls, you do snooker, pool...
0:47:58 > 0:48:01If you are coming to lose, it's better not to go.
0:48:01 > 0:48:04Yeah. You come to win.
0:48:04 > 0:48:08- VOICEOVER:- I played dominoes when I was a kid. It was like playing cards, in a way.
0:48:08 > 0:48:10More you do it, better you get at it.
0:48:10 > 0:48:12Hello, sir.
0:48:14 > 0:48:17The most important thing, when you get to a certain age,
0:48:17 > 0:48:19you've got to be active.
0:48:19 > 0:48:22You've got to get this bit going.
0:48:22 > 0:48:25If this dies, the body goes with it.
0:48:27 > 0:48:29Even better.
0:48:29 > 0:48:31Lovely game, this, innit?
0:48:31 > 0:48:32HE LAUGHS
0:48:34 > 0:48:36- ON PHONE:- Hello?- Hello, Jose.
0:48:36 > 0:48:38Who is this?
0:48:38 > 0:48:39It's Wayne.
0:48:39 > 0:48:40"Who's this"?
0:48:40 > 0:48:42- Ah!- Ooh!
0:48:42 > 0:48:44Yeah, I just missed you.
0:48:44 > 0:48:47I just thought it would be nice to have a little chat, say hi!
0:48:47 > 0:48:49Is it good views?
0:48:49 > 0:48:51Oh, lots of good views.
0:48:51 > 0:48:53My God, the men are beautiful!
0:48:53 > 0:48:56Yes, there's a lot of eye candy in Cuba.
0:48:56 > 0:48:57I'll tell you that now!
0:48:57 > 0:48:59BOTH LAUGH
0:48:59 > 0:49:02Well, I look forward to seeing you.
0:49:02 > 0:49:06- Have fun, love you.- Bye, take care, bye. Bye.- Bye, bye.
0:49:07 > 0:49:11I miss him. He's... You know, he's part of my life.
0:49:11 > 0:49:15You know, at my age, 69, what is important are the cuddles.
0:49:15 > 0:49:19The embracing, the knowing somebody's there.
0:49:19 > 0:49:21I think, as you get older,
0:49:21 > 0:49:24the main thing that keeps the relationship together
0:49:24 > 0:49:26are separate bathrooms!
0:49:31 > 0:49:38OTHER MEN SPEAK SPANISH
0:49:38 > 0:49:39Oh, that won.
0:49:43 > 0:49:45Great! This is my opening.
0:49:45 > 0:49:49MEN LAUGH
0:49:49 > 0:49:51Yeah, it was quite enjoyable, really. I mean,
0:49:51 > 0:49:52I'm not very good at it.
0:49:52 > 0:49:56THEY CHEER AND LAUGH
0:49:56 > 0:49:58They're quite nice blokes, they were, and all.
0:49:58 > 0:50:01They bought me a beer and, you know, they were friendly.
0:50:01 > 0:50:02They were very friendly.
0:50:05 > 0:50:08If I lived here, obviously I would probably go to a place like that.
0:50:11 > 0:50:14To mark the end of their time in Cuba, tonight
0:50:14 > 0:50:17the group are throwing a farewell party.
0:50:17 > 0:50:19- Is this yours?- Yeah, yeah. - Oh, I didn't realise.
0:50:19 > 0:50:21Jan has booked herself and Miriam
0:50:21 > 0:50:23into the hairdresser's for a spruce-up.
0:50:25 > 0:50:26What do you want to do?
0:50:26 > 0:50:28I just want rollers...
0:50:28 > 0:50:29WOMAN TRANSLATES
0:50:29 > 0:50:30..to make it high.
0:50:32 > 0:50:36Up, with some height, and maybe...
0:50:36 > 0:50:37Maybe a cut.
0:50:37 > 0:50:38THEY SPEAK SPANISH
0:50:42 > 0:50:45Miriam, do you go to the hairdresser?
0:50:45 > 0:50:47No.
0:50:47 > 0:50:49- Not ever?- No.
0:50:49 > 0:50:52I don't. I like the way I look.
0:50:52 > 0:50:54That's what people don't understand.
0:50:54 > 0:50:56I think that's admirable.
0:50:56 > 0:50:59I mean, I wish that I had the confidence to go out with
0:50:59 > 0:51:02no make-up, but I haven't. I envy you in a way.
0:51:02 > 0:51:06- I don't...- It must be very nice.
0:51:06 > 0:51:09Now, we get the Gypsy Rose Lee look.
0:51:09 > 0:51:11- (IN ACCENT):- Cross my palm with silver!
0:51:14 > 0:51:16Now, not too hot!
0:51:16 > 0:51:18Il controllo...
0:51:18 > 0:51:19Agua?
0:51:21 > 0:51:23Per favor.
0:51:24 > 0:51:26That is absolutely stunning.
0:51:28 > 0:51:29He's brilliant.
0:51:30 > 0:51:32WOMAN TRANSLATES
0:51:32 > 0:51:35Brilliant. Oh, you are wonderful! Thank you.
0:51:38 > 0:51:39Oh, my God!
0:51:39 > 0:51:41It's too nice.
0:51:41 > 0:51:43It's too elegant.
0:51:44 > 0:51:45I want to scrunch it, like this.
0:51:47 > 0:51:48Scrunch, scrunch!
0:51:54 > 0:51:57- How do you feel?- Ridiculous!
0:51:57 > 0:51:59- Why?- It's not me.
0:51:59 > 0:52:01Well, then, run your hands through it when you get...
0:52:01 > 0:52:03I'll sort it out when I get home, yeah.
0:52:03 > 0:52:06- Of course. You look great. - Thank you.- You look lovely. It's a triumph.
0:52:06 > 0:52:08I haven't looked like this for years!
0:52:08 > 0:52:09- Bye!- Bye.
0:52:15 > 0:52:17Oh!
0:52:17 > 0:52:19- You dancing?- Mind the heights.
0:52:19 > 0:52:20It's 6pm.
0:52:20 > 0:52:21There we are.
0:52:21 > 0:52:23Party preparations are underway.
0:52:23 > 0:52:25It's very artistic, Wayne.
0:52:25 > 0:52:27Ooh, thank you.
0:52:27 > 0:52:28You haven't lost your touch, love.
0:52:28 > 0:52:31Ooh, haven't lost my touch. Lovely.
0:52:31 > 0:52:34And a special delivery has arrived.
0:52:34 > 0:52:36Ooh, my God!
0:52:36 > 0:52:38That is incredible.
0:52:38 > 0:52:40Miriam won't like it, but I do!
0:52:40 > 0:52:41HE LAUGHS
0:52:41 > 0:52:44- Look at that!- Now I know why I'm Jewish when I look at that.
0:52:44 > 0:52:46On festive occasions, it's
0:52:46 > 0:52:49traditional to serve a hog-roast, Cuban style.
0:52:49 > 0:52:51Smoking a cigar!
0:52:51 > 0:52:52WAYNE LAUGHS
0:52:52 > 0:52:57I tell you what, we could put a little rum, here?
0:52:57 > 0:52:58Just a little, because...
0:52:58 > 0:53:01- Yes.- ..the fruit absorb a lot...
0:53:01 > 0:53:03Yes? And we'll all get drunk? No!
0:53:03 > 0:53:04For sure!
0:53:04 > 0:53:05JAN LAUGHS
0:53:06 > 0:53:08I don't know if I leave it on the bone.
0:53:08 > 0:53:11I suppose I do, don't I? Some of it?
0:53:15 > 0:53:16Nice!
0:53:16 > 0:53:18Hello.
0:53:18 > 0:53:22Everyone the group have met during their stay has been invited.
0:53:22 > 0:53:25First of all, what would you like to drink?
0:53:25 > 0:53:27- Hello, Miriam.- Hello.
0:53:29 > 0:53:31Marta, you're going to have a gin and tonic,
0:53:31 > 0:53:33because that's the only thing I can do.
0:53:34 > 0:53:36Hello, my friend. There you go, son.
0:53:36 > 0:53:37Lovely jubbly.
0:53:37 > 0:53:39- Nice to see you.- Good.
0:53:39 > 0:53:41Now, don't get too sexy!
0:53:45 > 0:53:47Oh, you remembered!
0:53:47 > 0:53:49Hello. Hello.
0:53:49 > 0:53:51How lovely to see you.
0:53:54 > 0:53:55Do you... ? Would you like a...
0:53:55 > 0:53:57Oh, what's this?
0:54:00 > 0:54:02Entonces para retengan de recuerdo.
0:54:02 > 0:54:05That is a souvenir for you, for you, you see.
0:54:05 > 0:54:06Oh!
0:54:06 > 0:54:08HE SPEAKS SPANISH
0:54:08 > 0:54:12For the moment that we are here, spend all the times here.
0:54:13 > 0:54:16Ooh. Oops!
0:54:16 > 0:54:18Ooh! Oh!
0:54:19 > 0:54:20Thank you.
0:54:21 > 0:54:23Oh, isn't that...
0:54:23 > 0:54:25Oh, that's very good.
0:54:26 > 0:54:29Thank you. How gorgeous.
0:54:29 > 0:54:30Aren't I lucky?
0:54:32 > 0:54:34OK, could you come and eat, please?
0:54:34 > 0:54:36Eat. Food!
0:54:36 > 0:54:39This way. Food.
0:54:40 > 0:54:43Tony, this is Renaldo.
0:54:43 > 0:54:45We met swimming.
0:54:45 > 0:54:48He swims very well. Very well indeed.
0:54:48 > 0:54:52Don't you? You... Renaldo, you swim well.
0:54:52 > 0:54:54You are... Bueno, swim.
0:54:56 > 0:54:58Swim very well.
0:55:00 > 0:55:02SENORES...
0:55:02 > 0:55:04..e caballeros!
0:55:04 > 0:55:07GROUP CHEER AND SHOUT
0:55:07 > 0:55:15Thank you to our friends in Havana who've been so kind,
0:55:15 > 0:55:20so welcoming, so generous, so full of life.
0:55:20 > 0:55:26We have learnt so much from you and we've had a wonderful week,
0:55:26 > 0:55:29wonderful, and we want to come back.
0:55:29 > 0:55:31Thank you very much.
0:55:31 > 0:55:33THEY APPLAUD AND CHEER
0:55:33 > 0:55:35Thank you very much.
0:55:35 > 0:55:37- VOICEOVER:- They are living fully and well.
0:55:37 > 0:55:41They are happy. They are still alive
0:55:41 > 0:55:44and searching and full of life, actually.
0:55:44 > 0:55:49And that's why I want to come back, because they give me hope.
0:55:50 > 0:55:52Steady, old man!
0:55:52 > 0:55:53SHE LAUGHS
0:55:53 > 0:55:56The Cubans never stop going.
0:55:56 > 0:56:00And they're excited, still, by life and that's what they can teach us,
0:56:00 > 0:56:04to be excited every day, to wake up to a new day and think,
0:56:04 > 0:56:06"I'm still alive, and I'm going to
0:56:06 > 0:56:09"make full use of the day I've got left."
0:56:10 > 0:56:12Oh, oh! And finish.
0:56:14 > 0:56:16- JAN:- You're going!
0:56:16 > 0:56:19It's been absolutely lovely.
0:56:21 > 0:56:23Remember forever.
0:56:23 > 0:56:26Oh, my God! He's speaking in English.
0:56:26 > 0:56:28He says he will remember you for ever.
0:56:28 > 0:56:30And I will remember you.
0:56:30 > 0:56:32HE SPEAKS SPANISH
0:56:34 > 0:56:36Oh!
0:56:36 > 0:56:39- Bye.- It was a pleasure. - I do like Renaldo.
0:56:39 > 0:56:40He'd...
0:56:44 > 0:56:47..gone to the trouble of learning two words, and
0:56:47 > 0:56:49he said, "Remember forever."
0:56:51 > 0:56:54It was just one of those rather sweet,
0:56:54 > 0:56:57rather magical moments that I'll always remember.
0:57:00 > 0:57:03- MIRIAM:- It's funny, because I wasn't looking forward to this at all.
0:57:03 > 0:57:06- I wasn't. I wasn't. - And I've enjoyed it, you know.
0:57:06 > 0:57:08There's a lot of food left!
0:57:19 > 0:57:23Odio packing. I hate packing.
0:57:23 > 0:57:26The main thing is to have knickers at the top.
0:57:26 > 0:57:28Put a bit of smelly on.
0:57:28 > 0:57:29You never know, do you?!
0:57:31 > 0:57:33- Hasta luegos! - Tony, thank you so much.
0:57:33 > 0:57:36It was such a pleasure being with you in your home.
0:57:36 > 0:57:38Thank you so much.
0:57:41 > 0:57:44No, honestly, it's...
0:57:44 > 0:57:46Really, happy.
0:57:46 > 0:57:48Right. I'm in.
0:57:51 > 0:57:52Ritorni pronto.
0:57:52 > 0:57:54- WAYNE:- Yes, "returne pronto".
0:57:55 > 0:57:57I'm understanding it more.
0:57:57 > 0:57:58I can't say it,
0:57:58 > 0:58:01but I understand Spanish much more now I've been here.
0:58:01 > 0:58:03"Ayer" is today.
0:58:05 > 0:58:07Or is it yesterday?
0:58:10 > 0:58:15I just can't wait to get in with all you guys!
0:58:15 > 0:58:16Next time...
0:58:16 > 0:58:18..a new group of well-known marigold faces...
0:58:18 > 0:58:21Oh, you're not hanging about, babe.
0:58:21 > 0:58:23..try to find the key to longevity...
0:58:23 > 0:58:25SHE GRUNTS
0:58:25 > 0:58:27..in Iceland.
0:58:27 > 0:58:29There he is. Look at that, look at that.
0:58:29 > 0:58:34- We have just witnessed... - The death of two old men!