0:00:02 > 0:00:05- GUNSHOTS - There's one. Bang.
0:00:05 > 0:00:07Most of these are indigenous ducks.
0:00:07 > 0:00:09It was a very good breeding season this year.
0:00:09 > 0:00:10GUNSHOTS
0:00:11 > 0:00:12In the reeds!
0:00:13 > 0:00:15Find it.
0:00:15 > 0:00:16Floss, find it.
0:00:16 > 0:00:18Good boy.
0:00:20 > 0:00:22Mmm, isn't that a beautiful?
0:00:22 > 0:00:25Would you like to have this one stuffed?
0:00:25 > 0:00:27- And you could have him on your dining room table.- Perfect.
0:00:27 > 0:00:30My wife would love that - she's a vegetarian.
0:00:32 > 0:00:34Come on, Ted.
0:00:34 > 0:00:35Come on, Ted.
0:00:35 > 0:00:36Good boy.
0:00:39 > 0:00:43Another summer has passed at Wiveton Hall farm on the North coast
0:00:43 > 0:00:47of Norfolk, home to gentleman farmer Desmond McCarthy.
0:00:47 > 0:00:50He's the one that's been keeping my mother awake.
0:00:50 > 0:00:51COCKEREL SQUAWKS
0:00:51 > 0:00:53For weeks.
0:00:53 > 0:00:56Desmond's lived here all his life with his mother, Chloe,
0:00:56 > 0:00:58now 101 years old.
0:00:58 > 0:01:02My mother's lived so long because she's never drunk milk.
0:01:02 > 0:01:03I like cream.
0:01:03 > 0:01:06What are your other tricks?
0:01:06 > 0:01:09When they're not at university, he's joined by his children,
0:01:09 > 0:01:12Isabel and Edmund.
0:01:12 > 0:01:13Does Granny pay rent?
0:01:13 > 0:01:14She does pay rent.
0:01:14 > 0:01:15Bastard.
0:01:18 > 0:01:19Oh. Oh, my God!
0:01:21 > 0:01:24Last year, Desmond kept the wolf from the door
0:01:24 > 0:01:26by the seat of his tweed pants...
0:01:26 > 0:01:28Do I have a lot of cash around? No.
0:01:28 > 0:01:30Other people's cash, yes.
0:01:30 > 0:01:31Mostly the bank's.
0:01:31 > 0:01:35..earning just enough money from his 250-acre farm,
0:01:35 > 0:01:40cafe and holiday cottages to maintain a country way of life
0:01:40 > 0:01:43and preserve the hall for generations to come.
0:01:43 > 0:01:46Perhaps this is where the nostrils came from?
0:01:46 > 0:01:49Thank goodness the double chin has been bred out.
0:01:49 > 0:01:50- Has it?!- Yes.
0:01:52 > 0:01:54With Edmund home for a few days,
0:01:54 > 0:01:58Desmond's encouraging him to follow in his father's footsteps.
0:01:58 > 0:01:59- We do need to think long-term.- Yeah.
0:01:59 > 0:02:03- You could do the cash flow with me, Edmund.- Yes!
0:02:16 > 0:02:18Teddus.
0:02:18 > 0:02:21- Aw, Teddy.- Teddy, you've been painted.
0:02:22 > 0:02:24Aw, Teddus.
0:02:24 > 0:02:28It's early autumn at Wiveton, and Desmond is sorting through
0:02:28 > 0:02:31old portraits of the hall with property manager Emma.
0:02:31 > 0:02:34I think it's lovely to have paintings of people.
0:02:34 > 0:02:36It shows a bit of their character.
0:02:37 > 0:02:38It lingers on.
0:02:39 > 0:02:42- Those are rather nice, Desmond. We should put those up.- They are.
0:02:42 > 0:02:44They ought to be up, they look nice.
0:02:44 > 0:02:45Oh, my God.
0:02:45 > 0:02:47We must hang this stuff.
0:02:49 > 0:02:53Oh, look. Very faded pictures of people with setters.
0:02:54 > 0:02:57Oh, look. Look - now, that IS exciting.
0:02:57 > 0:02:58- Bittern shooting.- Oh, yes.
0:02:58 > 0:03:02There are only about 15 pairs of bitterns in the whole country now.
0:03:02 > 0:03:04That gives shooting a bad name.
0:03:04 > 0:03:05SHE CHUCKLES
0:03:05 > 0:03:08- That's my father. - Oh, that's really nice.
0:03:08 > 0:03:11Nice, except it gives him a hand like a gorilla.
0:03:12 > 0:03:14Look at the size of his hand.
0:03:14 > 0:03:16But it's nice, apart from that.
0:03:18 > 0:03:21The hall has been passed down through the McCarthy family
0:03:21 > 0:03:24for the last three generations.
0:03:24 > 0:03:26Desmond's ancestors cover the walls,
0:03:26 > 0:03:30watching to see who will inherit it next.
0:03:30 > 0:03:32Oh, that is also my father.
0:03:33 > 0:03:36- He's a handsome man.- Yes, handsome.
0:03:36 > 0:03:37- Eyebrows.- The eyebrows.
0:03:37 > 0:03:39- Nose.- Chin...possibly.
0:03:39 > 0:03:41Determined chin.
0:03:41 > 0:03:44- LAUGHING:- Determined chin! Stubborn chin?
0:03:44 > 0:03:47- Quite good taste. He used to wear a tie.- Yes.
0:03:47 > 0:03:50- People wore a tie in those days. - Yes.
0:03:52 > 0:03:53Come on, Ted.
0:03:53 > 0:03:54Teddy!
0:03:54 > 0:03:55HE WHISTLES
0:03:57 > 0:03:59Perhaps this is where the nostrils came from.
0:03:59 > 0:04:03And not the double...thank goodness the double chin has been bred out.
0:04:03 > 0:04:05- Has it?- Yes!
0:04:05 > 0:04:06SHE CHUCKLES
0:04:09 > 0:04:11Look, you mean... Oh, the bum chin?
0:04:11 > 0:04:13- Oh, I hate that. I've never heard that expression.- Bottom chin.
0:04:13 > 0:04:15- Yeah. Anyway, there we are.- Oh, yes.
0:04:15 > 0:04:20This is the ancestral egg that the family came from.
0:04:20 > 0:04:22That you were hatched from!
0:04:22 > 0:04:23This is one of the ones that didn't hatch.
0:04:23 > 0:04:26One of the relations that never hatched.
0:04:26 > 0:04:27But it could at any time.
0:04:29 > 0:04:33The first of Desmond's children to hatch was Edmund.
0:04:33 > 0:04:37This one, with Edmund, nice picture of father and son.
0:04:37 > 0:04:40Father looking much less grey and unstressed there,
0:04:40 > 0:04:44cos he spent all his time enjoying himself shooting,
0:04:44 > 0:04:45showing his son what to do.
0:04:47 > 0:04:49Edmund is now 21 and at university.
0:04:50 > 0:04:53Desmond was a similar age when he took on Wiveton,
0:04:53 > 0:04:57but whether Edmund succeeds him is a loaded question.
0:04:58 > 0:05:01I'd like to keep the house in the family.
0:05:01 > 0:05:03Edmund loves it.
0:05:03 > 0:05:06Um, Isabel likes it, I think.
0:05:06 > 0:05:07Erm...
0:05:07 > 0:05:10But it shouldn't become a burden.
0:05:10 > 0:05:13- Oh, look. Aw!- There he is. Where's Desmond?
0:05:13 > 0:05:14There he is.
0:05:14 > 0:05:16The past, the past.
0:05:16 > 0:05:19I think he wants to keep it...
0:05:19 > 0:05:22how he inherited it.
0:05:22 > 0:05:27Somebody described him to me as the custodian of this land, and I feel
0:05:27 > 0:05:29that that's how he thinks of himself.
0:05:30 > 0:05:32But, long-term, I don't know.
0:05:32 > 0:05:35He's not getting any younger and I suppose he just...
0:05:36 > 0:05:39I would think he hopes that Edmund will come and take over...
0:05:41 > 0:05:43..and continue in the same vein.
0:05:43 > 0:05:47So, how old were you when you actually took the reins?
0:05:47 > 0:05:49Well, I was about...
0:05:50 > 0:05:52..you know, 20,
0:05:52 > 0:05:55- when I started doing things.- Yes.
0:05:56 > 0:05:59- So, if you dropped dead tomorrow, Desmond...- Yes?
0:05:59 > 0:06:01Well, I mean, it's entirely...
0:06:02 > 0:06:04They can do what they want, but...
0:06:04 > 0:06:06But Edmund would come and...?
0:06:06 > 0:06:07He might come and...
0:06:09 > 0:06:13- ..if he could afford to gather the shekels that were left...- Yes.
0:06:15 > 0:06:17..and they hadn't found the doubloons
0:06:17 > 0:06:19that I've been buried with...
0:06:19 > 0:06:20Oh!
0:06:20 > 0:06:22But...
0:06:22 > 0:06:24We'll remember to frisk you.
0:06:24 > 0:06:26Check my pockets, yes.
0:06:26 > 0:06:27But, erm...
0:06:28 > 0:06:30- ..of course he could do something with it.- Yes.
0:06:30 > 0:06:34It's strange for a young person to take over the running
0:06:34 > 0:06:36of a place like this.
0:06:36 > 0:06:39As long as they've got their wits about them, they can...
0:06:39 > 0:06:41and get the right help, they can make it manage.
0:06:41 > 0:06:42It makes you grow up quickly.
0:06:42 > 0:06:44It makes you have to grow up quickly, yeah.
0:06:49 > 0:06:53Whoever takes the reins will have to deal with whatever surprises
0:06:53 > 0:06:56the farm, the hall and the cafe may throw at them.
0:06:58 > 0:06:59Service, please!
0:07:02 > 0:07:04Mmm!
0:07:04 > 0:07:05Mmm!
0:07:05 > 0:07:07Look at that Parmesan.
0:07:07 > 0:07:08You're doing Parmesan sculpture.
0:07:08 > 0:07:12Mmm. Mmm.
0:07:12 > 0:07:13Oh, look at those.
0:07:15 > 0:07:17That's a sign of autumn, isn't it?
0:07:17 > 0:07:19The sticky toffee pudding.
0:07:19 > 0:07:23Today, slap-bang in the middle of lunchtime service...
0:07:23 > 0:07:25Two soup, 43, please.
0:07:25 > 0:07:29..the water supply to the cafe has suddenly dried up.
0:07:29 > 0:07:31We have no water.
0:07:31 > 0:07:34The guys haven't enough pressure to actually run the machines,
0:07:34 > 0:07:37so, on a busy lunch day, you just get a backlog of everything and
0:07:37 > 0:07:38it slows everything down.
0:07:43 > 0:07:46With panic setting in, Desmond heads for the pump room.
0:07:46 > 0:07:50We have...water problems.
0:07:51 > 0:07:53- So, absolutely nothing?- No pressure.
0:07:53 > 0:07:55No pressure or no water?
0:07:55 > 0:07:56No pressure, no water.
0:07:58 > 0:08:03The cafe, the hall and the farm all rely on a free water supply
0:08:03 > 0:08:05from an ancient well.
0:08:05 > 0:08:09Well, it's jolly useful to have a good supply of water,
0:08:09 > 0:08:10it's one of the most basic things.
0:08:10 > 0:08:13It's nice to be independent, so we want to keep it going.
0:08:13 > 0:08:17It's losing pressure going through this cycle, I think.
0:08:18 > 0:08:21Desmond's very proud of his private water. He thinks...
0:08:21 > 0:08:26And the private water makes delicious coffee at the cafe.
0:08:26 > 0:08:28This takes nitrate out of the water.
0:08:28 > 0:08:29This softens the water.
0:08:31 > 0:08:35If Desmond's private supply fails permanently,
0:08:35 > 0:08:38the cafe will be forced to connect with the mains -
0:08:38 > 0:08:41a lengthy procedure costing thousands of pounds.
0:08:41 > 0:08:43Will you go and see the cafe?
0:08:44 > 0:08:46OK. Well, let's turn it off now.
0:08:50 > 0:08:52Ah, that's gone up.
0:08:52 > 0:08:53Perhaps there was an airlock?
0:08:55 > 0:08:59Resetting the pump solves the problem - for now.
0:08:59 > 0:09:01Well, that's good news.
0:09:01 > 0:09:03There must have been a bit of an airlock.
0:09:06 > 0:09:10As well as the supply becoming unreliable, Desmond's also worried
0:09:10 > 0:09:13that the composition of the water is changing.
0:09:13 > 0:09:15We have a concern.
0:09:15 > 0:09:17It's now very corrosive.
0:09:17 > 0:09:19Look, here, so corrosive.
0:09:19 > 0:09:20Look.
0:09:20 > 0:09:25It's turned this perfectly normal copper pipe to paper.
0:09:25 > 0:09:28And then it makes a hole, so there's another problem.
0:09:28 > 0:09:29Oh, God.
0:09:29 > 0:09:34Despite these changes, the well water is filtered and regularly
0:09:34 > 0:09:37tested and is still perfectly safe to drink.
0:09:37 > 0:09:41Everything's more complicated than it used to be.
0:09:41 > 0:09:43I wish we could go back to more primitive times.
0:09:45 > 0:09:48Switching to mains water will be expensive,
0:09:48 > 0:09:52so Desmond's hoping to find another solution.
0:09:52 > 0:09:55We might be able to revive the other well.
0:09:56 > 0:09:58- Oh, another well?- Mm.
0:10:00 > 0:10:01- Where's that?- That's up there.
0:10:01 > 0:10:05I'd love to try and revive the other well.
0:10:05 > 0:10:07It may have a better quality of water.
0:10:14 > 0:10:16Edmund!
0:10:16 > 0:10:20There's something stinking in the hall and it's very fishy.
0:10:21 > 0:10:25Edmund is back from university for a few days.
0:10:25 > 0:10:26He's in bed.
0:10:29 > 0:10:31Oh, hello.
0:10:32 > 0:10:33Hello?
0:10:37 > 0:10:39I think it's time to stir.
0:10:44 > 0:10:48When home, he's put to work in the cafe and the gardens.
0:10:48 > 0:10:50I'm slave labour.
0:10:50 > 0:10:53Free labour as much as possible.
0:10:54 > 0:10:59But it's his long-term plans that Desmond is interested in.
0:10:59 > 0:11:04I changed from sociology to accounting and finance
0:11:04 > 0:11:07just because it's more up my street,
0:11:07 > 0:11:12and more... You can apply it to anything, any job, hopefully,
0:11:12 > 0:11:14that I'd like to have in the future.
0:11:17 > 0:11:21This house has bankrupted its owners in the past.
0:11:21 > 0:11:23So, I'm aware of that,
0:11:23 > 0:11:28and careful to look to the future and try and make the most of it.
0:11:32 > 0:11:35You think you would like to come back to Norfolk?
0:11:35 > 0:11:38- I mean, we do need to think long-term.- Yeah.
0:11:38 > 0:11:41He is not a townie and he's actually
0:11:41 > 0:11:44prepared to put his weight behind the tool.
0:11:45 > 0:11:48So... And he's got good ideas.
0:11:48 > 0:11:52- You could do the cash flow with me, Edmund.- Yes!
0:11:52 > 0:11:53When's that happening?
0:11:53 > 0:11:55Well, it's got to happen soon.
0:11:55 > 0:11:57- Well, shall we have a go?- Yeah.
0:11:57 > 0:11:59- OK.- In the columns - that would be good.
0:11:59 > 0:12:00- Yeah, OK.- Yeah.
0:12:07 > 0:12:11If Edmund decides to take on Wiveton Hall,
0:12:11 > 0:12:15he'll be inheriting fruit and barley fields, pigs, chickens,
0:12:15 > 0:12:18and the tradition of raising a few hundred pheasants
0:12:18 > 0:12:19for the shooting season.
0:12:20 > 0:12:23But, this autumn, there's a problem.
0:12:24 > 0:12:27Rats are stealing food from the pheasant feeders.
0:12:27 > 0:12:29The rat is very clever.
0:12:29 > 0:12:33We live on the edge of the marshes so, wintertime,
0:12:33 > 0:12:35water levels rise,
0:12:35 > 0:12:40and the rats come in, um, to the higher ground.
0:12:40 > 0:12:44Occasionally we go out at night and try and shoot them.
0:12:44 > 0:12:46This is what used to be used.
0:12:49 > 0:12:53You push this down and you set it, very, very tenderly.
0:12:53 > 0:12:55And the rat runs along and...
0:12:58 > 0:12:59Anyway, now...
0:13:00 > 0:13:03..people clean them up and put them on the wall of pubs.
0:13:11 > 0:13:15Edmund's bought an attachment for his gun to help deal with the rats.
0:13:16 > 0:13:20I've got a new night sight,
0:13:20 > 0:13:24and we're going to try and have a go at shooting some.
0:13:25 > 0:13:28I've pestered Dad for years, years, to get one.
0:13:31 > 0:13:32It's like Call Of Duty, really.
0:13:32 > 0:13:36You can shoot at the bottle of wine on the table at night.
0:13:37 > 0:13:39If you turn the lights off.
0:13:39 > 0:13:41Dad, look. Have a go.
0:13:41 > 0:13:42Oh, my God.
0:13:42 > 0:13:43OK, check it's open.
0:13:46 > 0:13:48I've got the wrong glasses on.
0:13:48 > 0:13:49- No.- Oh.- No!
0:13:49 > 0:13:51There's a telly screen, Dad.
0:13:51 > 0:13:52I see.
0:13:52 > 0:13:54It's a very unusual way of shooting.
0:13:54 > 0:13:56Look at the telly.
0:13:56 > 0:13:57How exciting.
0:13:57 > 0:13:59Don't shoot Rowley, please.
0:13:59 > 0:14:01- No, he wouldn't.- Oh, my God.
0:14:02 > 0:14:03Quick!
0:14:04 > 0:14:06You can see, they're lurking in the bushes.
0:14:06 > 0:14:08Sh!
0:14:09 > 0:14:13We want to just see what they look like, identify them as creatures.
0:14:13 > 0:14:14- Oh, there's a pheasant?- What?
0:14:15 > 0:14:17- I'm not sure what it is. - Let's have look.
0:14:17 > 0:14:19There!
0:14:20 > 0:14:22- Oh, yes!- What is it?
0:14:22 > 0:14:23Pheasant.
0:14:25 > 0:14:26There we are. Let's go and catch one.
0:14:28 > 0:14:31On a rat shoot, stealth is vital.
0:14:33 > 0:14:35DOOR ALARM BEEPS
0:14:41 > 0:14:43Ruddy hell!
0:14:46 > 0:14:48- I can't see anything.- Well, wait, cos you...
0:14:48 > 0:14:50Your lights are on, Dad.
0:14:50 > 0:14:53- I mean, that just completely defeats the point.- OK.
0:14:55 > 0:14:57I need a night sight to drive with!
0:14:57 > 0:14:58We need goggles!
0:14:58 > 0:15:00Stop, Dad, stop, stop.
0:15:00 > 0:15:02- Look at the rabbits.- Where?
0:15:02 > 0:15:04There! Just stop! Stop, stop.
0:15:04 > 0:15:06Lights off, Dad, lights off.
0:15:06 > 0:15:08We're not quite experienced night-sighters yet.
0:15:08 > 0:15:12We're not experienced night-sighters. Now, look here.
0:15:13 > 0:15:15This is where the rat holes are.
0:15:15 > 0:15:17Yeah.
0:15:17 > 0:15:20There are a lot along the edge of the field.
0:15:20 > 0:15:23It's like looking for the Siberian tiger.
0:15:23 > 0:15:25There it is. Now, stop, stop, stop.
0:15:26 > 0:15:27What's that there?
0:15:29 > 0:15:31Oh, look, there he is. There he is.
0:15:31 > 0:15:33Yeah.
0:15:33 > 0:15:34How exciting.
0:15:38 > 0:15:39Shoot it now.
0:15:40 > 0:15:42- Yes!- Yes!
0:15:43 > 0:15:45Let's go and get it.
0:15:45 > 0:15:46Here's the torch.
0:15:46 > 0:15:48- Here's the torch, Edmund.- Yeah.
0:15:48 > 0:15:49Oh, it's massive.
0:15:53 > 0:15:54What?!
0:15:56 > 0:15:57Look at that.
0:15:57 > 0:15:59Bring it back, Edmund.
0:15:59 > 0:16:00Urgh!
0:16:01 > 0:16:03Bring it back.
0:16:03 > 0:16:04We got the bastard.
0:16:05 > 0:16:07Oh, God, how revolting.
0:16:07 > 0:16:09That is a bull brown rat.
0:16:09 > 0:16:11Now, put him on the hedge.
0:16:11 > 0:16:15On top of the hedge, and then something, a creature, will eat him.
0:16:15 > 0:16:16Ugh! Rat juice on the bonnet.
0:16:24 > 0:16:25Look.
0:16:25 > 0:16:27That's a nice sight.
0:16:27 > 0:16:28Here they come.
0:16:30 > 0:16:34After his father died, as the male heir, Desmond inherited the whole
0:16:34 > 0:16:36of Wiveton Hall Farm.
0:16:37 > 0:16:40They have, you know, rather a good life,
0:16:40 > 0:16:42but then they do end up bacon.
0:16:44 > 0:16:49His creative older sister, Mary, chose a different path.
0:16:49 > 0:16:52I mean, I'm very glad it didn't land on my shoulders.
0:16:52 > 0:16:55Not sure that I'd have been able to cope with it.
0:16:55 > 0:16:58I'd have turned it into something, I don't know,
0:16:58 > 0:17:00quite different, perhaps.
0:17:00 > 0:17:04I might have turned it into a hippie commune in those days.
0:17:05 > 0:17:07The next in line is Edmund.
0:17:07 > 0:17:10And, you know, he loves it,
0:17:10 > 0:17:13but it's a huge burden...
0:17:14 > 0:17:15..and we'll just have to see.
0:17:17 > 0:17:19If Edmund does take over,
0:17:19 > 0:17:22he will inherit a business with hundreds of thousands of pounds
0:17:22 > 0:17:24worth of debt.
0:17:24 > 0:17:26This is where we have massive overheads.
0:17:27 > 0:17:30Understanding the finances is key,
0:17:30 > 0:17:33so Kim is taking him through the cash flow.
0:17:33 > 0:17:37Your dad wants to consolidate the debt that's there at the moment.
0:17:37 > 0:17:41So, what we have to do is predict...
0:17:41 > 0:17:43What you think... What you think is going to happen.
0:17:43 > 0:17:46You've got a cafe, cottages, shop,
0:17:46 > 0:17:49farm - stall and deliveries we don't even do.
0:17:49 > 0:17:50That doesn't happen any more?
0:17:50 > 0:17:54Not really. Then the rental is Noel, Francis and your grandma
0:17:54 > 0:17:56in the rented properties. They pay rent.
0:17:56 > 0:17:58Does Granny pay rent?
0:17:58 > 0:17:59Should does pay rent.
0:17:59 > 0:18:00Bastard!
0:18:03 > 0:18:04We need to know...
0:18:06 > 0:18:09..what's ahead. Where does he want it to go?
0:18:09 > 0:18:13And, actually, it's a conversation for Edmund and Desmond, really.
0:18:14 > 0:18:16It's a succession issue.
0:18:16 > 0:18:18- A lot of pressure. - Come back in ten years.
0:18:18 > 0:18:19If I want to have a job, it's not fair.
0:18:19 > 0:18:20No, of course not.
0:18:20 > 0:18:24And that's why it's an important conversation for you two to have.
0:18:24 > 0:18:26Dad may decide to give it to Isabel.
0:18:26 > 0:18:27Yeah. There's always that.
0:18:27 > 0:18:29That's always an option. May cut me out.
0:18:29 > 0:18:31That's just to make you behave while you're at uni.
0:18:33 > 0:18:34That's just a threat.
0:18:40 > 0:18:43Oh, thank you, Isabel, for coming.
0:18:43 > 0:18:45Have you got your farming shoes on?
0:18:45 > 0:18:49Desmond's younger child, Isabel, could also inherit Wiveton.
0:18:49 > 0:18:54But, so far, she's followed her Aunt Mary to art school in London.
0:18:54 > 0:18:55Gently, gently, gently.
0:18:55 > 0:18:58Isabel, well, she must find out what she's good at.
0:18:58 > 0:19:00There, well done.
0:19:00 > 0:19:02Every family situation,
0:19:02 > 0:19:05their children are heirs to the thrones in different ways.
0:19:05 > 0:19:08And, so, of course...
0:19:08 > 0:19:11But, one mustn't put expectations on.
0:19:11 > 0:19:15Today, she's back, helping her father to move some pigs
0:19:15 > 0:19:17and keeping him company.
0:19:17 > 0:19:18Yeah, he doesn't like being alone.
0:19:20 > 0:19:21He has to have someone to play with.
0:19:23 > 0:19:26Shall we put it in the third snotch?
0:19:26 > 0:19:28I think it's called a snotch.
0:19:32 > 0:19:35This is farming the old ways.
0:19:37 > 0:19:39Oh, Teddy's here!
0:19:39 > 0:19:41Teddy's come to help.
0:19:41 > 0:19:42I think I need a hammer.
0:19:44 > 0:19:48We need a hammer, we need the cable, we need the hut.
0:19:48 > 0:19:50Come on. Leave that, you're not tired yet.
0:19:52 > 0:19:54Because we do need help.
0:19:54 > 0:19:57It may not be your thing, but when the world changes...
0:19:59 > 0:20:01..who knows what we might have to do?
0:20:01 > 0:20:04We might be servants to some Japanese mogul.
0:20:09 > 0:20:10COCK CROWS
0:20:11 > 0:20:13I think a little stirrup cup, don't you?
0:20:15 > 0:20:16Mmm!
0:20:16 > 0:20:18Oh, so good.
0:20:18 > 0:20:20A little port.
0:20:23 > 0:20:27The water supply from the well is still causing problems for the cafe,
0:20:27 > 0:20:30so Desmond's on the hunt for a new supply,
0:20:30 > 0:20:33which could save him thousands of pounds.
0:20:33 > 0:20:36We've got another old well here.
0:20:36 > 0:20:39It's from a different source in the strata, it's from the gravel
0:20:39 > 0:20:40rather than the chalk.
0:20:40 > 0:20:42We'll get the ladder out first.
0:20:42 > 0:20:46If we can get it working, and there's a good enough supply,
0:20:46 > 0:20:53it will save a lot of money by not having to pay the water authority.
0:20:53 > 0:20:56But, first, a sample of water must be gathered for analysis.
0:20:56 > 0:21:00You told me you did some cave-diving in your youth.
0:21:00 > 0:21:03- I did.- It's going to come in handy.
0:21:03 > 0:21:07He's roped in his gardening team, Peter and Beamish, to help.
0:21:07 > 0:21:10- You loved cave-diving, didn't you? - Yeah.
0:21:11 > 0:21:13I'd like you to get a hosepipe from here.
0:21:15 > 0:21:17You know where to go, don't you?
0:21:17 > 0:21:18Just up there and to the left.
0:21:20 > 0:21:23That's the air supply for you, Peter.
0:21:24 > 0:21:27I don't believe I'm going down there, Desmond, please?
0:21:27 > 0:21:30I would go down, but I've done something to myself.
0:21:31 > 0:21:32You are walking a bit strange.
0:21:32 > 0:21:34I know.
0:21:34 > 0:21:36If the water in the well is drinkable,
0:21:36 > 0:21:39it could be the answer to Desmond's water supply problems.
0:21:39 > 0:21:41First rule is...
0:21:42 > 0:21:45..do not fall down the well.
0:21:45 > 0:21:47Now...
0:21:48 > 0:21:50This is an old well.
0:21:50 > 0:21:52I think medieval.
0:21:52 > 0:21:55Oh, call the dog away. Bloody stupid dog.
0:21:55 > 0:21:59And the idea is to revitalise the well to try and get a new
0:21:59 > 0:22:01and vibrant supply of water.
0:22:04 > 0:22:06Good God!
0:22:06 > 0:22:07Look at that mouse! Look.
0:22:09 > 0:22:10Don't you go in there!
0:22:10 > 0:22:12You lunatic!
0:22:12 > 0:22:14- Now, don't mess about, OK?- OK.
0:22:14 > 0:22:17Pay attention. Make that dog sit.
0:22:17 > 0:22:18We've disturbed his home.
0:22:20 > 0:22:22- Now, look, we'll lower the ladder down.- Eh?
0:22:22 > 0:22:25You won't get that down there, Desmond, that's 50 foot!
0:22:25 > 0:22:26Will we not? Is it too deep?
0:22:26 > 0:22:28What you want to get is a plumb line.
0:22:28 > 0:22:29Just drop it in and then measure the rope.
0:22:29 > 0:22:31OK, well, get the water sample anyway.
0:22:31 > 0:22:34Call the bloody dog away! Go on!
0:22:35 > 0:22:38- Now, what we're doing, Beamish... - Yep.
0:22:38 > 0:22:41..we'll bring it up. You will take the first sip.
0:22:42 > 0:22:44Don't break the bottle!
0:22:44 > 0:22:46And will you get the ladder across there, please?
0:22:46 > 0:22:48Lay it across the middle of the thing.
0:22:48 > 0:22:50Yeah, well, he's in the way, isn't he?
0:22:50 > 0:22:52OK, lovely, there.
0:22:52 > 0:22:53Oh, you didn't get much.
0:22:55 > 0:22:58Well, look at that. That's clear as...
0:22:58 > 0:22:59Absolutely perfect.
0:23:01 > 0:23:02No, no, no!
0:23:05 > 0:23:07Fine.
0:23:07 > 0:23:08Not bad. Try it.
0:23:09 > 0:23:10I think I might pass.
0:23:10 > 0:23:12It's all right, here.
0:23:12 > 0:23:13Shall we get another one?
0:23:16 > 0:23:17Peter, don't...
0:23:17 > 0:23:18Spit it out.
0:23:20 > 0:23:22Very good. Not salty.
0:23:23 > 0:23:25Shall we get another test, Peter?
0:23:25 > 0:23:27We want to get the whole thing filled.
0:23:27 > 0:23:29- If you put the ladder through. - Tastes all right.
0:23:29 > 0:23:31Proper sample.
0:23:31 > 0:23:34The water sample will be sent off for testing.
0:23:34 > 0:23:38It'll be a few weeks before Desmond finds out whether it's safe to use.
0:23:38 > 0:23:39Thank you, Beamish.
0:23:39 > 0:23:41We've got a snail. We've got...
0:23:43 > 0:23:44..twigs.
0:23:44 > 0:23:45It's not bad.
0:23:46 > 0:23:48It's quite medieval looking.
0:23:48 > 0:23:52Slightly, erm, slightly cloudy and there are foreign bodies.
0:23:52 > 0:23:55I hope I don't feel ill later.
0:23:55 > 0:23:59If Peter and I keel over and Beamish doesn't,
0:23:59 > 0:24:01we'll know there's something funny.
0:24:08 > 0:24:09That is amazing.
0:24:10 > 0:24:11That's like a farm duck.
0:24:11 > 0:24:13They are a little bit furry,
0:24:13 > 0:24:15but if we'd had more time we'd have singed them.
0:24:15 > 0:24:18Desmond's organised a send-off dinner for Edmund,
0:24:18 > 0:24:20who is returning to university.
0:24:20 > 0:24:24Wild duck, shot this morning on the marsh, is on the menu.
0:24:24 > 0:24:28Don't think you need bacon. There's so much fat on the duck.
0:24:28 > 0:24:29You have orange or not?
0:24:29 > 0:24:31Oh, I love orange, yes.
0:24:31 > 0:24:33Cos it sort of cuts the grease.
0:24:33 > 0:24:35And adds a little sharpness to it.
0:24:35 > 0:24:38Canard a l'orange.
0:24:40 > 0:24:41OK.
0:24:41 > 0:24:45After the cookery lesson, they are joined by some close friends.
0:24:45 > 0:24:47I'm very well, nice to see you.
0:24:47 > 0:24:50I've got Mr Snodgrass coming this evening.
0:24:50 > 0:24:53Mr Snodgrass and Mr Clutterbuck.
0:24:53 > 0:24:55- You're on safari?- Safari, yes!
0:24:57 > 0:24:58As you say, you couldn't make it up.
0:25:00 > 0:25:02Don't push me away.
0:25:03 > 0:25:05'Mr Snodgrass, he's enormous,'
0:25:05 > 0:25:07so he likes coming here cos there's plenty of room.
0:25:09 > 0:25:12And then Guy, who is Mr Clutterbuck,
0:25:12 > 0:25:14said he'd bring what he called refreshment.
0:25:15 > 0:25:17So, that's good.
0:25:17 > 0:25:19We'll toast happy birthday to Edmund.
0:25:19 > 0:25:20Happy birthday.
0:25:20 > 0:25:22- 21st.- When?
0:25:22 > 0:25:24Last September!
0:25:24 > 0:25:25LAUGHTER
0:25:25 > 0:25:27That's good enough, isn't it?
0:25:29 > 0:25:30What shall we have?
0:25:30 > 0:25:33- A bit of mallard?- Mallard, yeah.
0:25:33 > 0:25:34Mallard.
0:25:34 > 0:25:36Widgeon, teal...
0:25:36 > 0:25:38Or porcupine?
0:25:39 > 0:25:42- I'll do without the porcupine. - No, have a bit of porcupine.
0:25:42 > 0:25:45Oh, how exciting. I'm not waiting for anyone.
0:25:46 > 0:25:50First duck of the season. First bit of creature to be eaten.
0:25:52 > 0:25:53This is absolutely delicious.
0:25:53 > 0:25:56Mmm, really good.
0:25:57 > 0:25:59The secret to this is resting it, Edmund, well done.
0:25:59 > 0:26:00It's not too hard.
0:26:05 > 0:26:07I mean, he's going to university,
0:26:07 > 0:26:10and there's some lovely girls in Northumberland.
0:26:10 > 0:26:13- You know why there are beautiful girls in Northumberland?- Why?
0:26:13 > 0:26:15There's a great genetic combo.
0:26:15 > 0:26:17Because there's Irish from the shipbuilders
0:26:17 > 0:26:20and the Vikings, the Scandinavians.
0:26:27 > 0:26:33Edmund's future at Wiveton Hall is still uncertain but, one day,
0:26:33 > 0:26:37he will need to decide whether to follow in his father's footsteps.
0:26:38 > 0:26:41That was a borrowed, very nice tweed coat.
0:26:43 > 0:26:44Look at the old cars.
0:26:45 > 0:26:47Me. That's tidy.
0:26:47 > 0:26:49Nice tweed jacket.
0:26:49 > 0:26:50Is that you in bed?
0:26:50 > 0:26:52- Yes.- What is on your face?
0:26:52 > 0:26:53That's fur!
0:26:53 > 0:26:54That's horrible.
0:26:54 > 0:26:57Time flies.
0:26:59 > 0:27:01What do you want to Edmund to do?
0:27:01 > 0:27:05Oh, the cliche is, oh, he wants to be happy.
0:27:06 > 0:27:09Anyway, I think happiness is massively overrated.
0:27:12 > 0:27:13What's wrong, Teddy?
0:27:13 > 0:27:15I think he knows I'm going.
0:27:15 > 0:27:17He always gets a bit sad.
0:27:17 > 0:27:19He gets lonely.
0:27:20 > 0:27:24I'm not going to come back here for at least 20 years.
0:27:24 > 0:27:27Well, if we can get 20 years out of Dad.
0:27:27 > 0:27:29We'll see.
0:27:29 > 0:27:30If he can hack it till 80.
0:27:33 > 0:27:34I need some shirts.
0:27:36 > 0:27:40We're quickly raiding Dad's wardrobe.
0:27:40 > 0:27:41We'll wait and see.
0:27:42 > 0:27:44We'll wait and see.
0:27:44 > 0:27:47I'd like to think I've still got a little bit of life
0:27:47 > 0:27:48in the old dog yet.
0:27:50 > 0:27:52All done.
0:27:52 > 0:27:55I would be cheesed off if I make it over to him,
0:27:55 > 0:27:58the moment it's his, he sells and
0:27:58 > 0:28:00turns it into a golf course.
0:28:05 > 0:28:06Next time...
0:28:06 > 0:28:08Oh, my God.
0:28:08 > 0:28:10..Desmond's rape crop comes under attack.
0:28:11 > 0:28:14It's quite an effort getting rid of these pigeons.
0:28:14 > 0:28:16His girlfriend joins him for an evening.
0:28:16 > 0:28:18Oh, Jesus!
0:28:18 > 0:28:20..with the pigs. SNORTING
0:28:20 > 0:28:22The pigs are looking well, aren't they?
0:28:22 > 0:28:26And Desmond celebrates his 60th birthday...
0:28:26 > 0:28:27Oh, my God!
0:28:27 > 0:28:29..in style.
0:28:29 > 0:28:30Welcome to the Swinging '60s.
0:28:30 > 0:28:32CHAMPAGNE CORK POPS
0:28:32 > 0:28:34It is terribly important to have a good time.