0:00:02 > 0:00:05Ex pop star Abz Love and his girlfriend, Vicky Fallon,
0:00:05 > 0:00:09gave up their celebrity life for a smallholding in Wales.
0:00:10 > 0:00:11Can you get fairies doing this?
0:00:11 > 0:00:15- That are laying?- Good girl!
0:00:15 > 0:00:19A year later and Christmas is coming to the valley.
0:00:19 > 0:00:21Christmas cow!
0:00:22 > 0:00:26Yeah! I like it. Very festive. Very inviting!
0:00:30 > 0:00:33But with no money and even less farming experience...
0:00:33 > 0:00:35Slugs are thugs.
0:00:35 > 0:00:39..pursuing their green dream has been a steep learning curve.
0:00:39 > 0:00:44The chicken got... I think she died of a heart attack.
0:00:44 > 0:00:48Now, with their backs to the wall, it's make or break on the farm.
0:00:48 > 0:00:51- We've got a lot of debt. - I've had to sell everything
0:00:51 > 0:00:54Right now, I'm just living day to day.
0:00:54 > 0:00:55Let's do this.
0:00:55 > 0:00:58Now the couple are trying to find the perfect cash crop...
0:00:58 > 0:00:59Hey, honey!
0:01:01 > 0:01:03What the flip is that?
0:01:03 > 0:01:04..before it's too late.
0:01:04 > 0:01:08Cabbages? Don't know where I was going with that one.
0:01:09 > 0:01:13As a last resort, Abz puts his Brit Award for sale on eBay...
0:01:13 > 0:01:15I think that's a great pitch.
0:01:15 > 0:01:18..and events take an unexpected turn!
0:01:18 > 0:01:20Cockadoodle doo!
0:01:20 > 0:01:23Holey smoley!
0:01:23 > 0:01:26- That can't be real!- Look at them dollars!- That can't be real!
0:01:26 > 0:01:29Oh, my God. This would change our lives.
0:01:29 > 0:01:30This would change everything!
0:01:30 > 0:01:33So, is it a fairy tale ending to the year?
0:01:33 > 0:01:34What's happening, Santa?
0:01:34 > 0:01:37Or back down to earth with a bump, this Christmas?
0:01:37 > 0:01:38Merry Christmas!
0:01:48 > 0:01:52It's September in rural Wales and Abz and Vicky are coming to the
0:01:52 > 0:01:54end of their first growing season.
0:01:56 > 0:01:59Raw! Raw goodness!
0:01:59 > 0:02:03It's been a life-changing move from the city to the smallholding.
0:02:03 > 0:02:07We have been here, now, a whole flippin' year. That's incredible.
0:02:07 > 0:02:09I can't believe we've made it a year.
0:02:09 > 0:02:11And a good year, it's been.
0:02:11 > 0:02:14# As I went down to the polytunnel to pray... #
0:02:16 > 0:02:19Abz and Vicky planted their plot with plenty of enthusiasm
0:02:19 > 0:02:21but little know-how.
0:02:21 > 0:02:25Slugs are thugs. It's like we're growing food, but not for us.
0:02:25 > 0:02:27Do you know what I mean? It's like we're putting on the party
0:02:27 > 0:02:30and everyone's eating the biscuits, munchies, nibbles and drinks
0:02:30 > 0:02:31and we ain't getting nothing.
0:02:31 > 0:02:35We're just left with tidying it up, we've got to tidy up all the plates.
0:02:35 > 0:02:38We're still very far from self-sufficient.
0:02:38 > 0:02:43We're probably 2% self-sufficient.
0:02:44 > 0:02:46Do you eat the bit at the bottom?
0:02:46 > 0:02:49- No, that's a cauliflower, you eat that.- That's messy.
0:02:49 > 0:02:52- You just pulled it up. - It's dead, innit?- No.
0:02:52 > 0:02:55- This, you eat the white... - That's not dead?
0:02:58 > 0:03:00It's been one of the wettest summers on record,
0:03:00 > 0:03:04but, in their polytunnel, they've had more success.
0:03:04 > 0:03:06Oh, my goodness, sweetcorn.
0:03:07 > 0:03:10- What do we do? Do we unwrap it? - Open, it yeah.
0:03:12 > 0:03:13It's like Christmas.
0:03:13 > 0:03:16- Yeah.- Look at that. What?!
0:03:16 > 0:03:20- That's proper good.- That's crazy!
0:03:20 > 0:03:22Don't take them all off, what are you plucking them for?
0:03:22 > 0:03:26We're having them for tea. This is harvest, we're harvesting.
0:03:26 > 0:03:27Summer is done!
0:03:27 > 0:03:30Getting everything started is the hardest bit.
0:03:30 > 0:03:34It's like pushing a car, like getting it going,
0:03:34 > 0:03:38then eventually it starts rolling, and you're like... Phew!
0:03:38 > 0:03:41We're not rolling yet. We're still pushing!
0:03:46 > 0:03:49The pushing has been made easier with help from new
0:03:49 > 0:03:52friends like Hoppi Wimbush, an expert in green living.
0:03:54 > 0:03:58Show me your greenhouse. I'm impressed! Amazing!
0:03:58 > 0:04:01I've got some comfrey growing. Probably a bit late.
0:04:01 > 0:04:04- Well done, it's a perennial, it's fine.- Better late than never.
0:04:04 > 0:04:05Absolutely.
0:04:11 > 0:04:14You've gone through massive shifts. It's huge.
0:04:14 > 0:04:17- It's been traumatic.- It's huge.
0:04:17 > 0:04:19Unplugging from the internet, unplugging from mainstream,
0:04:19 > 0:04:22having everything on tap and suddenly, you know,
0:04:22 > 0:04:24having to, kind of, dig and work.
0:04:24 > 0:04:26You're on, like, a steep learning curve.
0:04:26 > 0:04:29- But out of the experience, you've learnt so much already.- So much.
0:04:31 > 0:04:33So it's an A for effort...
0:04:33 > 0:04:35Right, I want to have a look at this patch over here.
0:04:35 > 0:04:38The one you've been doing the drainage in.
0:04:38 > 0:04:41..but they're still struggling to come up with a plan for making
0:04:41 > 0:04:43a living from the land.
0:04:43 > 0:04:46Do you want to keep animals or do you want go down the soft
0:04:46 > 0:04:48fruits route? Do you know what I mean?
0:04:48 > 0:04:51You could use this area for an orchard, maybe.
0:04:51 > 0:04:54You've just got to think, what is it you want?
0:04:54 > 0:04:58The Welsh hills are also well suited to rearing goats and sheep,
0:04:58 > 0:05:00and Hoppi has another suggestion.
0:05:00 > 0:05:02Alpacas come to mind.
0:05:02 > 0:05:04So keeping them for their wool?
0:05:04 > 0:05:07Yeah, so you would graze them, look after them,
0:05:07 > 0:05:10and then harvest their wool and sell the wool.
0:05:10 > 0:05:12Alpaca fetches a good price.
0:05:12 > 0:05:15Do your research, look into it, explore it and see
0:05:15 > 0:05:17whether your heart is being ignited.
0:05:24 > 0:05:27So, alpacas may be an answer to their empty field, but, to date,
0:05:27 > 0:05:31their experiments with livestock have met with limited success.
0:05:33 > 0:05:37There's not many chickens about today. We've only got Nando.
0:05:37 > 0:05:40Fernando the second, and one of his girls,
0:05:40 > 0:05:44because the chicken got... I think she died of a heart attack.
0:05:45 > 0:05:47There's been a lot of death.
0:05:47 > 0:05:50There's been a lot of murder, death, kill.
0:05:50 > 0:05:52The other chickens, unfortunately, got ate by the fox.
0:05:52 > 0:05:54The fox outwitted me.
0:05:54 > 0:05:56I think on one occasion, we forgot to lock the door.
0:05:56 > 0:05:58I think he got two that night.
0:05:59 > 0:06:02I don't know if I'm doing a good job or not.
0:06:02 > 0:06:04I do feel guilty. I do feel responsible.
0:06:04 > 0:06:07I feel like there's far too many animals depending on me
0:06:07 > 0:06:09for survival.
0:06:09 > 0:06:11So, the chicken security needs to be tightened up.
0:06:11 > 0:06:14That's why we've got a fence up, as well, to keep the dogs out.
0:06:14 > 0:06:17No, keep the foxes out. Keep the dogs in.
0:06:17 > 0:06:21And it's not only the chickens who are struggling to survive.
0:06:21 > 0:06:24We were expecting to be further along than this.
0:06:24 > 0:06:26But with the limited knowledge, limited money,
0:06:26 > 0:06:31it has taken a little bit longer than we were hoping.
0:06:31 > 0:06:36We've got a lot of debt, a lot of personal debt, family debt,
0:06:36 > 0:06:38thousands of pounds of debt.
0:06:38 > 0:06:41A lot more debt than we really can cope with.
0:06:41 > 0:06:45We haven't got any income, haven't had for nearly a year.
0:06:45 > 0:06:49The farm is nowhere near creating us an income and, right now,
0:06:49 > 0:06:52I'm living day to day.
0:06:53 > 0:06:56Still need to sell this.
0:06:58 > 0:07:01I would usually wear safety goggles.
0:07:01 > 0:07:03But, yeah, I've had to sell everything.
0:07:03 > 0:07:06Sold the horses, can't sell the car, had to sell the Rolex,
0:07:06 > 0:07:09anything I had, that had any bit of gold on it, is gone.
0:07:09 > 0:07:13I have to wear... Tucking my chain in, but now I've resorted
0:07:13 > 0:07:18to wearing fashion jewellery now, cos I've got no more money.
0:07:21 > 0:07:24Our money-making plans haven't really made any money.
0:07:24 > 0:07:26COCKEREL CROWS
0:07:26 > 0:07:28Shut up, Fernando!
0:07:28 > 0:07:31Abz takes another look at their options.
0:07:31 > 0:07:34Here, on this black board, is our money-making schemes.
0:07:34 > 0:07:36Started off with rock star eggs.
0:07:36 > 0:07:39- It could still work. - All the chickens are gone.
0:07:39 > 0:07:42Cabbages. I don't know where I was going with that one.
0:07:42 > 0:07:46And where we're currently at... Alpacas.
0:07:46 > 0:07:47Oh, yeah, possible.
0:07:51 > 0:07:55Intrigued by Hoppi's suggestion that they consider raising alpacas,
0:07:55 > 0:07:58they head off to seek expert advice from
0:07:58 > 0:08:01Emma and Rodney Bird, who farm alpacas nearby.
0:08:03 > 0:08:06Rodney. Emma. I've always wanted a friend called Rodney.
0:08:06 > 0:08:08What are these white things? Is that a turkey?
0:08:08 > 0:08:11- Turkeys ready for Christmas, yes. - Ah, they're so gorgeous!
0:08:11 > 0:08:14- Uh-oh, are they getting the chop this Christmas?- They will be.
0:08:14 > 0:08:16They have no idea what's coming.
0:08:20 > 0:08:23Alpacas are closely related to llamas.
0:08:23 > 0:08:26Emma and Rodney farm their herd of about 20 animals
0:08:26 > 0:08:29for their fleece, which is particularly warm.
0:08:29 > 0:08:32- Look at these! Look at these! Look at these!- Here they are, then!
0:08:32 > 0:08:35- Is that an alpaca?- Yeah.- This is the first time I've ever seen one.
0:08:35 > 0:08:38My brain is just trying to comprehend what I'm looking at.
0:08:38 > 0:08:40- I haven't quite figured it out what it is yet.- Look at the eyes!
0:08:40 > 0:08:43Is it anything to do with... Whoa, what is that?
0:08:43 > 0:08:46- She's checking us out, look! - Easy, tiger.
0:08:46 > 0:08:49What the flip is that?! Look at him with his tooth!
0:08:49 > 0:08:51ALPACAS HUM
0:08:52 > 0:08:54That's them talking to each other.
0:08:54 > 0:08:57It's like they're meditating. Om! Do they om?
0:08:57 > 0:09:01# Woo... #
0:09:01 > 0:09:05SHE SINGS "The Lion Sleeps Tonight"
0:09:06 > 0:09:07# Woo
0:09:07 > 0:09:10# Wimoweh, wimoweh Wimoweh, wimoweh
0:09:10 > 0:09:14# Wimoweh, wimoweh Wimoweh, wimoweh
0:09:14 > 0:09:17# In the jungle... #
0:09:17 > 0:09:19Listen to their little... Do you hear it?
0:09:19 > 0:09:22- They're properly joining in! - Come on. Come on, girls.
0:09:22 > 0:09:24- Come on, girls.- Come on, girls.
0:09:24 > 0:09:29- Oh, Ada. You're honoured. Absolutely honoured.- Honoured?
0:09:29 > 0:09:32That's the matriarch of the pack, of the herd.
0:09:32 > 0:09:36Watch out, I'll be riding her next. Give me a head collar!
0:09:36 > 0:09:39I am in love with them! I'm an alpaca fan, are you?
0:09:39 > 0:09:42Yeah, they're amazing, how much are alpacas?
0:09:42 > 0:09:45Well, a breeding female, you would be looking from about £1,000.
0:09:45 > 0:09:48- They hold a high value. - A breeding female, £1,000?
0:09:48 > 0:09:53- That's not cheap.- They hold a high value.- Start at 1,000? What?!!
0:09:57 > 0:10:01At that price, they can barely afford to buy one alpaca.
0:10:01 > 0:10:03And Abz has some other concerns.
0:10:05 > 0:10:09Its little feet freak me out. I was freaked out.
0:10:09 > 0:10:11The feet freak me out. What is that?
0:10:11 > 0:10:13It was like a chicken, it was like a mythical beast.
0:10:13 > 0:10:16It had the neck of a griffin.
0:10:16 > 0:10:18I was waiting for it to have a beak.
0:10:18 > 0:10:24It's a split front lip, like it's had a bad piercing accident.
0:10:24 > 0:10:27Split. It's like camel-esque, but not a camel - you can't ride it,
0:10:27 > 0:10:29and it hums.
0:10:29 > 0:10:33It chants to you. It's just weird.
0:10:36 > 0:10:40Come on! In! Where you been, presh?
0:10:40 > 0:10:43So, with bills piling up and with nothing else left to sell,
0:10:43 > 0:10:45Abz reaches a decision.
0:10:46 > 0:10:52Brit Award, this thing I have had for ten years,
0:10:52 > 0:10:57won it, yeah, then no-one cares.
0:10:57 > 0:11:00I decided to sell it one day, because it's not any use to me
0:11:00 > 0:11:03and I need tools - I need stuff in the garden.
0:11:05 > 0:11:11So Abz puts his Brit award up for sale on eBay.
0:11:11 > 0:11:14You are viewing one real deal Brit Award,
0:11:14 > 0:11:17for Newcomer Best Pop Act 2000, awarded to Abz, ex-5ive rapper.
0:11:17 > 0:11:19Take advantage of my poverty
0:11:19 > 0:11:22and grab this rare opportunity to own a bit of pop history.
0:11:22 > 0:11:25Selling to fund a delivery of topsoil and maybe some garden tools.
0:11:25 > 0:11:27Has been dropped and knocked a few times
0:11:27 > 0:11:29and is currently being used as a doorstop.
0:11:29 > 0:11:31No reserve. 99p start.
0:11:31 > 0:11:34Has been held by Jason Statham, although I cannot prove this.
0:11:34 > 0:11:36Happy bidding! That's a good advert!
0:11:36 > 0:11:39- It's good advert. - I think that's a great pitch!
0:11:43 > 0:11:46So, whilst waiting for someone to grab this rare opportunity,
0:11:46 > 0:11:49they take advantage of support from other quarters.
0:11:58 > 0:12:01- Hey, Lyn.- Hiya. - How's it going, buddy?
0:12:02 > 0:12:05Logs are ready for you. It's nice, fresh ash for you.
0:12:05 > 0:12:08- That's lovely.- Nice and dry. - That's really sweet of you!
0:12:08 > 0:12:12Times couldn't be harder, but new friends have rallied around.
0:12:12 > 0:12:14You can take most of it.
0:12:14 > 0:12:17Neighbours have really gone out of their way to help us
0:12:17 > 0:12:19as much as they possibly can.
0:12:19 > 0:12:21- There's more there for you. - We can't take all of your wood.
0:12:21 > 0:12:23You can take as much as you want.
0:12:23 > 0:12:25That's such a beautiful thing, to see that happen,
0:12:25 > 0:12:27that there's humans like that, still.
0:12:27 > 0:12:31- These are my onions, drying here. - You grew all of these, Lyn?
0:12:31 > 0:12:34- Yes, I do. You can take those home with you.- I can take these?
0:12:34 > 0:12:37- Yes.- That's sweet of you. Onion soup, it is!
0:12:37 > 0:12:38Do you want to see my grapes?
0:12:41 > 0:12:44- There's the grapes for you. - Whoa!- I've got loads of them.
0:12:44 > 0:12:46Loads and loads of 'em.
0:12:46 > 0:12:49- This is lovely.- Nice, are they? - Thank you.- Good.
0:12:49 > 0:12:52Every time we come round, Lyn, you give us half your garden.
0:12:52 > 0:12:55It has given me faith in humans again, that there are beautiful
0:12:55 > 0:12:58people out there and they come to your aid when you need them.
0:12:58 > 0:13:00The tough part was accepting it,
0:13:00 > 0:13:02because we're always give, give, give.
0:13:02 > 0:13:06It is good to accept their help, and we needed it.
0:13:06 > 0:13:09What shall I give Lyn? Lyn. Packet of Monster Munch?
0:13:09 > 0:13:13No, thank you. No, thank you. I've got to look after my figure.
0:13:13 > 0:13:18- How about...- Put some of this in here.- ..a new bobble hat.
0:13:18 > 0:13:21- Please, try it on.- You've got to try it on.- It's made of alpaca wool.
0:13:21 > 0:13:24- Oh, nice.- That's made for you, Lyn.- Nice.- Is it nice?
0:13:24 > 0:13:25Very nice and comfortable.
0:13:25 > 0:13:29That's the nicest-quality alpaca wool, really beautiful, soft.
0:13:29 > 0:13:32Let me just... But I won't use much of it, mind.
0:13:32 > 0:13:34- I'll keep it for best. - Keep it for best occasions.
0:13:34 > 0:13:38- How much is it? I'll buy it from you.- No, I want you to have it
0:13:38 > 0:13:41- for all of those things you've given us.- It's all right.
0:13:42 > 0:13:44- Bye-bye!- Bye, now.
0:13:45 > 0:13:48But help from friends will only get them so far.
0:13:51 > 0:13:56Money or no money, the house, as well as the land, needs work,
0:13:56 > 0:13:58and in their new independent lifestyle,
0:13:58 > 0:14:01this means doing it themselves.
0:14:06 > 0:14:09Self-sufficiency is really difficult.
0:14:09 > 0:14:10Ah, there's a little hole, here.
0:14:10 > 0:14:12You're doing everything yourself.
0:14:12 > 0:14:15That's why it's called self-sufficient.
0:14:15 > 0:14:17That can't be it.
0:14:18 > 0:14:20Every day, there's something else to do.
0:14:27 > 0:14:30I think that's all right. That might have done the trick.
0:14:30 > 0:14:33Come on, Meow, lets go.
0:14:33 > 0:14:35What are you doing, little cat?
0:14:35 > 0:14:40Don't bite me, Meow, back up, Meow! Stay out, stay out.
0:14:40 > 0:14:42You're not allowed in the house.
0:14:42 > 0:14:45You're a very violent, vicious little thing. You stay.
0:14:48 > 0:14:50So, with no money to invest in an alpaca herd,
0:14:50 > 0:14:54it's back to the drawing board, where, now, it's Vicky who has
0:14:54 > 0:14:57plans for an unconventional crop.
0:14:57 > 0:15:01- Spirulina? That's an algae, isn't it?- Yes.
0:15:03 > 0:15:07Spirulina is an algae that's being heralded as a super food,
0:15:07 > 0:15:10and so they head off to the local health food shop to get
0:15:10 > 0:15:13the low-down on its money-making potential.
0:15:13 > 0:15:17- There's nobody in the UK that produces spirulina.- Say that again!
0:15:17 > 0:15:19- We've been looking for it for some time.- Gap in the market!
0:15:19 > 0:15:20There is a gap in the market.
0:15:20 > 0:15:23If we managed to grow it, there's a possibility you might be
0:15:23 > 0:15:24interested in buying it?
0:15:24 > 0:15:27- We'd definitely be interested. Yeah, definitely.- Oh!
0:15:27 > 0:15:30- This stuff is the future, I believe. - Little green gold.
0:15:34 > 0:15:37Although spirulina is sold as a dried powder,
0:15:37 > 0:15:40it's actually an algae that grows in water, a bit like pond weed.
0:15:41 > 0:15:43No buying garbage and junk.
0:15:43 > 0:15:47- Fish tanks.- Tanks, pipes, pumps!
0:15:47 > 0:15:50So, Abz and Vicky have come to Carmarthen's Sunday car-boot
0:15:50 > 0:15:52in search of what they need to get started.
0:15:57 > 0:15:59What are we doing with our lives?
0:15:59 > 0:16:01What more of a place to question these things about what
0:16:01 > 0:16:04you're doing with your life, than at a car-boot sale on a rainy day.
0:16:04 > 0:16:07Am I walking the right path with my higher self or is
0:16:07 > 0:16:08this my lower self?
0:16:08 > 0:16:10Am I going the wrong way?
0:16:10 > 0:16:12Or am I going the right way? What's around that corner?
0:16:12 > 0:16:15- I don't know, let's see.- Could be the answer to all our prayers.
0:16:15 > 0:16:17Let's see.
0:16:17 > 0:16:21- Absolutely nothing, let's go back.- Oh, dear.
0:16:22 > 0:16:26Oh sorry. Not you, little dog, not you.
0:16:26 > 0:16:29- That would be good for spirulina, wouldn't it?- Take that off.
0:16:33 > 0:16:35I am your father...
0:16:38 > 0:16:39It's been a good day, hasn't it?
0:16:39 > 0:16:41Have you seen what's in this box?
0:16:43 > 0:16:45I didn't see you get that.
0:16:45 > 0:16:48I had to buy them. That warms the cockles of the heart.
0:16:48 > 0:16:50- Let's go home!- Yeah.
0:16:52 > 0:16:55Back home, there's a reason to celebrate...
0:16:55 > 0:16:57High five.
0:16:57 > 0:17:01..as the bidding on Abz's Brit Award has picked up interest.
0:17:01 > 0:17:04The last bid was at £9,000, the last time I checked!
0:17:06 > 0:17:10That's amazing, cos we need about ten tonnes of top soil.
0:17:10 > 0:17:11Yeah. Fix the roof.
0:17:11 > 0:17:13We need to fix the roof. Got a leak.
0:17:13 > 0:17:17I'm happy to let it go and let's move forward with our life.
0:17:17 > 0:17:20It's not like I'm going to look around for it
0:17:20 > 0:17:22- and say, "Oh, I've lost a Brit. - I wouldn't.
0:17:25 > 0:17:27Cockadoodle doo!
0:17:29 > 0:17:30This is what ha...
0:17:32 > 0:17:35The auction still has several days to run
0:17:35 > 0:17:39and Vicky, at least, isn't counting her chickens just yet.
0:17:39 > 0:17:42Is that him or is that someone who's come to talk to me about my debts?
0:17:42 > 0:17:47- It is him. Rafal.- Hello. - Nice to meet you!
0:17:47 > 0:17:51She's arranged for spirulina grower Rafal Diaczek to help them
0:17:51 > 0:17:54get started with growing their green gold.
0:17:54 > 0:17:58What I'm planning to show you is a cost-effective simple set up.
0:17:58 > 0:18:00Algae is where I'm thinking now, which is
0:18:00 > 0:18:06a place where not a lot of farmers, I guess, venture.
0:18:06 > 0:18:11A bottle, one cut in half. Upside down like that.
0:18:11 > 0:18:14It sounds like a quick-turnaround, big-income thing.
0:18:14 > 0:18:16But I don't know yet.
0:18:16 > 0:18:19- What is that? - That's a non-return valve.
0:18:19 > 0:18:21- Non-what valve? - Non-return valve.
0:18:21 > 0:18:23Non-rettun valve? OK.
0:18:23 > 0:18:26A non-threatening valve?
0:18:26 > 0:18:27Return valve.
0:18:27 > 0:18:30- Ret-run valve?- Non-veteran valve?
0:18:30 > 0:18:31Non-return valve!
0:18:31 > 0:18:34- A non-return valve! - Non-return valve!- High five!
0:18:34 > 0:18:37- Yeah, we're getting there! - Oh, no return!
0:18:37 > 0:18:39So it only goes one way!
0:18:39 > 0:18:41There seems like there's a lot to take on board.
0:18:41 > 0:18:48There's a lot of bottles and pipes, tubes and green stuff and water.
0:18:48 > 0:18:50But I think it's a good start.
0:18:50 > 0:18:54So, spirulina looks like a potential money-spinner in the longer term.
0:18:56 > 0:18:59But Abz has an eye on a faster route to riches.
0:19:00 > 0:19:03Let's go up the mountain and see what's going on.
0:19:03 > 0:19:05As they have no internet connection at the house,
0:19:05 > 0:19:09they haven't checked on the bidding on his Brit Award for a few days,
0:19:09 > 0:19:10and they're in for a shock.
0:19:12 > 0:19:15Oh, my God, oh, no! That can't be real!
0:19:16 > 0:19:19Holy smoley!
0:19:19 > 0:19:23- That can't be real!- Look at them dollars.- That can't be real!
0:19:23 > 0:19:28- It's at £51,000.- That's some...
0:19:29 > 0:19:31No!
0:19:32 > 0:19:35I think it's this picture that's doing it.
0:19:35 > 0:19:37I think people love that.
0:19:37 > 0:19:40That's so much tools. I'm going to buy a utility belt.
0:19:40 > 0:19:43Everything. I might buy a spare utility belt.
0:19:46 > 0:19:51I went to bed, woke up the next day and it was all over the planet.
0:19:51 > 0:19:53It's gone around the world.
0:19:53 > 0:19:55Abz is selling his Brit Award - newspapers,
0:19:55 > 0:19:57The Guardian, The Times.
0:19:57 > 0:19:59I can't even... Honestly, I don't know what...
0:19:59 > 0:20:00It's just a blur.
0:20:00 > 0:20:02All the papers, all the tabloids, all the press!
0:20:02 > 0:20:06I hear India, I was in Australia talking about it on the phone.
0:20:06 > 0:20:08Abz, thank you very much for joining us.
0:20:08 > 0:20:10Whereabouts are you in the world?
0:20:10 > 0:20:11Hey, guys, I'm in Wales.
0:20:11 > 0:20:13I'm in the middle of the woods right now!
0:20:13 > 0:20:16The middle of the woods?! Abz, this is sensational.
0:20:16 > 0:20:18Does yours say "Abz" on it?
0:20:18 > 0:20:19You can scratch that off.
0:20:19 > 0:20:22If there's any potential buyers out there,
0:20:22 > 0:20:25you can scratch off the Abz name. Nice and easy.
0:20:25 > 0:20:27We've always loved you. Thank you, Abz.
0:20:27 > 0:20:29I do love Australia, thank you.
0:20:31 > 0:20:35Over the next few days, the bidding climbs beyond their wildest dreams.
0:20:35 > 0:20:37As it started going up and up and up, we started thinking,
0:20:37 > 0:20:39oh, my God!
0:20:39 > 0:20:42This will change our lives, this would change everything.
0:20:42 > 0:20:45Then, all of a sudden, I am on the phone with the
0:20:45 > 0:20:47World Press Association and she goes,
0:20:47 > 0:20:49"Oh, my God, it's just gone to a million."
0:20:49 > 0:20:52I'm like, "What?" This is life-changing.
0:20:52 > 0:20:54It's all over if that's the case, forget it.
0:20:54 > 0:20:57I'm already thinking in my head, "Butler!"
0:20:57 > 0:20:58Do you know what I'm saying?
0:20:59 > 0:21:02The evening before the auction,
0:21:02 > 0:21:06Abz and Vicky head out to check the listings for a final time.
0:21:06 > 0:21:08Bidding has reached a staggering £1.2 million
0:21:08 > 0:21:13and over 17,000 people are watching it online.
0:21:13 > 0:21:15I'm not taking any risks or chances, man.
0:21:15 > 0:21:18I'm bringing the Brit with us everywhere we go,
0:21:18 > 0:21:22because just in case if it is worth a million.
0:21:22 > 0:21:24That's Hackney mentality.
0:21:26 > 0:21:28But there's a problem.
0:21:29 > 0:21:30What shall I do?
0:21:33 > 0:21:35I'll pull in here.
0:21:37 > 0:21:40That's so frustrating. That's the message. Look.
0:21:40 > 0:21:42"The account for user ID abzonthefarm
0:21:42 > 0:21:45"specified in this request is suspended." So have eBay done this?
0:21:45 > 0:21:47Are you sure that...?
0:21:49 > 0:21:52Out of the blue, the listing has been deleted.
0:21:52 > 0:21:56That's just fucked everything.
0:21:57 > 0:22:00Seriously, man, what was the point?
0:22:04 > 0:22:07What the fuck was the point? Are you kidding me, man?
0:22:13 > 0:22:14That's a million bucks.
0:22:19 > 0:22:22After an anxious night, they get a phone call from eBay.
0:22:24 > 0:22:26Hello, Clare.
0:22:35 > 0:22:40Yeah, right, yeah, there's a lot of that.
0:22:43 > 0:22:45Yeah, that was me!
0:22:50 > 0:22:54The fraud department flagged this up as high-risk
0:22:54 > 0:22:59because of the high amount of bids, as, maybe, a hoax or something,
0:22:59 > 0:23:01so they suspended the whole account.
0:23:01 > 0:23:04Speak to you soon, Clare, thank you, bye.
0:23:07 > 0:23:09Da-duh!
0:23:13 > 0:23:16This morning, I woke up feeling a little bit depressed with life.
0:23:16 > 0:23:18This is not the fairy-tale ending I wanted.
0:23:18 > 0:23:20No, it is not.
0:23:20 > 0:23:22It was like... boom!
0:23:27 > 0:23:30Didn't happen. Cruel.
0:23:32 > 0:23:34Although they relisted it a week later,
0:23:34 > 0:23:36the Brit Award failed to sell.
0:23:36 > 0:23:38It's like a curse.
0:23:38 > 0:23:41It's like the Brit Award curse. You can't get rid of them.
0:23:41 > 0:23:43So, we've still got the Brit and I'm looking to sell it
0:23:43 > 0:23:45if you're interested.
0:23:45 > 0:23:48Please get in touch, blah, blah, blah. No time-wasters, all that.
0:23:53 > 0:23:54Just bask in that glory.
0:23:58 > 0:24:01Every time the sun shines out here, man, everything just stops.
0:24:01 > 0:24:05Like, if you was holding a baby. Drop. Waa!
0:24:05 > 0:24:07Catch some sunshine.
0:24:07 > 0:24:10You don't realise how important the weather is until you try
0:24:10 > 0:24:12and grow some stuff.
0:24:12 > 0:24:14We were so desperate just to have a home, we didn't take
0:24:14 > 0:24:17into consideration anything like that, did we? Really.
0:24:17 > 0:24:20- We were just like, so happy to have a house.- Anywhere will do.
0:24:20 > 0:24:22Yeah, we'll work with it and that's what we've been doing.
0:24:22 > 0:24:27- We've been working with it and it's working.- Yeah, well...
0:24:27 > 0:24:31It's not really working, but we're just pretending it's working.
0:24:31 > 0:24:33There's two outcomes.
0:24:33 > 0:24:36We get through this year much easier and it is much more enjoyable,
0:24:36 > 0:24:39or it's even worse and we move to Spain.
0:24:44 > 0:24:48Let's have this maybe going across the front of the house.
0:24:48 > 0:24:50But, determined to look on the bright side,
0:24:50 > 0:24:53Abz starts decorating the house for Christmas.
0:24:53 > 0:24:54Man, it don't fit.
0:24:56 > 0:25:00Barry is Abz and Vicky's closest neighbour in the valley.
0:25:00 > 0:25:03All right, Barry. I'm just putting up a few lights. Have a look.
0:25:03 > 0:25:05- Bet they cost a few bob, did they? - I got them on eBay.
0:25:05 > 0:25:07You haven't even heard of eBay, have you?
0:25:07 > 0:25:09- You didn't know what eBay was? - No, not got a computer.
0:25:09 > 0:25:10Never, in my life, been online.
0:25:10 > 0:25:13- You're like a national treasure. - I know.- You are.
0:25:15 > 0:25:18Yeah, like it. Looks good.
0:25:18 > 0:25:21Very festive. Very inviting.
0:25:25 > 0:25:27OK, I'm trying to inflate this Santa, man.
0:25:27 > 0:25:30Look, we've not got much time. No more messing about, get blowing.
0:25:30 > 0:25:32- Whose stocking is this?- Mine.
0:25:32 > 0:25:34Mamma Kay has come to stay for the festive season,
0:25:34 > 0:25:38and she's helping them throw a party for their friends.
0:25:38 > 0:25:40Christmas cow!
0:25:41 > 0:25:43I knew I had the mulled-wine spices.
0:25:45 > 0:25:47Abz, can you help me with the mulled wine?
0:25:49 > 0:25:51Can I help you with the what?
0:25:51 > 0:25:54I'll be right there, give me a second.
0:25:55 > 0:25:57You have to inhale.
0:25:57 > 0:25:59- HIGH-PITCHED:- # We wish you a merry Christmas... #
0:25:59 > 0:26:03I hope they brought me a present for Christmas.
0:26:03 > 0:26:06I've been a good boy this year.
0:26:06 > 0:26:09- NORMAL VOICE: - I'd love to see you get...
0:26:09 > 0:26:11- HIGH-PITCHED: - # Never gonna give you up
0:26:11 > 0:26:13# Never gonna let... you down
0:26:13 > 0:26:16# Never gonna run around and hurt you... #
0:26:21 > 0:26:26- Hey, Barry.- Merry Christmas. - Check it out!- A pixie!
0:26:26 > 0:26:30You've come as Barry! We've got a Christmas cow, Barry. Look.
0:26:30 > 0:26:32He doesn't quite float, but he hovers.
0:26:35 > 0:26:39- Welcome!- Welcome! - Come in!- Warm your cockles.
0:26:39 > 0:26:41How are you doing, Sharon? Give me some love.
0:26:41 > 0:26:42Nice to see you, sweetheart.
0:26:42 > 0:26:45Give me some love, Geraint. How are you, young man?
0:26:45 > 0:26:46Nice to see you. Bring yourself in.
0:26:46 > 0:26:52- Merry Christmas. Welcome. - Yaki da.- Yaki da.
0:26:52 > 0:26:56- Good health.- Yaki da. Yaki da. Yaki da.
0:26:59 > 0:27:03There you go. What's happening, Santa? How are you?
0:27:03 > 0:27:05It's hot in this bloody thing.
0:27:09 > 0:27:12There he is! I think we should put the fire out!
0:27:13 > 0:27:15I'm not going to lie to you.
0:27:15 > 0:27:20I've been to a lot of rock and roll parties in my time.
0:27:20 > 0:27:22Up and down, crazy, naked.
0:27:22 > 0:27:26This is about as wild as it's ever got for me, personally.
0:27:26 > 0:27:29Wow, this is the Brit Award!
0:27:29 > 0:27:30I shall present it to you!
0:27:33 > 0:27:36OK, hang on. Here we go. Serious matter.
0:27:36 > 0:27:38One year on, here, in this beautiful valley,
0:27:38 > 0:27:42in this beautiful part of Wales, with all these beautiful people
0:27:42 > 0:27:44here right now. There were times I thought,
0:27:44 > 0:27:46"Oh, my God, I don't think we're going to make it."
0:27:46 > 0:27:48The story's not over yet.
0:27:48 > 0:27:50It's still early days.
0:27:50 > 0:27:52But, seriously, we feel really accepted
0:27:52 > 0:27:53and it's meant the world to us.
0:27:53 > 0:27:55Thank you, Wales, for having us.
0:27:55 > 0:27:58It has been an amazing first 12 months, man.
0:27:58 > 0:27:59Merry Christmas. Wa-hey!
0:28:01 > 0:28:04The worst thing is looking back at the end of your life
0:28:04 > 0:28:09and saying, "Would it have? Could I have? Should I have?"
0:28:09 > 0:28:12Let's do this. Don't know what that is.
0:28:12 > 0:28:15What's the worst that can happen, man?
0:28:15 > 0:28:18Death. Just come back, reincarnate, try again.
0:28:18 > 0:28:20Oh, man!
0:28:20 > 0:28:24Everything's going to be all right. Always was, always has been.
0:28:25 > 0:28:29Hey, honey. Just looking at the experiment.
0:28:29 > 0:28:31Who knows what's next?
0:28:31 > 0:28:35I don't know. Still feel like I'm going to get ate by a sasquatch.