0:00:02 > 0:00:05This programme contains some strong language.
0:00:05 > 0:00:07I've just seen a car hit a pheasant. Fluttered into the side.
0:00:07 > 0:00:09I think it was just here.
0:00:09 > 0:00:10Oh, my God, there it is.
0:00:10 > 0:00:13There it is. Look.
0:00:15 > 0:00:18A bit of roadkill, nothing like it.
0:00:18 > 0:00:21Quick. Oh, beauty.
0:00:21 > 0:00:23- Ooh, lovely.- Um...- In the back.
0:00:23 > 0:00:26- Can you...? Is that legal? - Shush... Quick, quick!
0:00:26 > 0:00:28Quick!
0:00:28 > 0:00:31There are people who live on roadkill.
0:00:32 > 0:00:33- Are you one of them?- No.
0:00:36 > 0:00:37Come on, Ted.
0:00:37 > 0:00:40Do you want it?
0:00:40 > 0:00:41Good boy!
0:00:43 > 0:00:46Wiveton Hall Farm on the North Norfolk coast.
0:00:48 > 0:00:49Home to gentleman farmer..
0:00:49 > 0:00:50SQUAWK
0:00:50 > 0:00:52..Desmond McCarthy.
0:00:52 > 0:00:55He's the one that's been keeping my mother awake.
0:00:55 > 0:00:57For weeks.
0:00:57 > 0:01:00Desmond's lived here all his life, with his mother, Chloe,
0:01:00 > 0:01:03now 101 years old.
0:01:03 > 0:01:06My mother's lived so long because she's never drunk milk.
0:01:06 > 0:01:08I like cream! You know?
0:01:08 > 0:01:10What are your other tricks?
0:01:10 > 0:01:12When they're not at university,
0:01:12 > 0:01:13he's joined by his children -
0:01:13 > 0:01:15Isabel
0:01:15 > 0:01:17and Edmund.
0:01:17 > 0:01:19- Does Granny pay rent? - She does pay rent.
0:01:19 > 0:01:20Bastard.
0:01:20 > 0:01:22SHE SNORTS
0:01:22 > 0:01:25Oh! Oh, my God!
0:01:25 > 0:01:28Last year, Desmond kept the wolf from the door
0:01:28 > 0:01:31by the seat of his tweed pants...
0:01:31 > 0:01:33Do I have a lot of cash around? No.
0:01:33 > 0:01:36Other people's cash, yes. Mostly the bank's.
0:01:36 > 0:01:40..earning just enough money from his 250-acre farm,
0:01:40 > 0:01:42cafe and holiday cottages
0:01:42 > 0:01:44to maintain a country way of life
0:01:44 > 0:01:48and preserve the hall for generations to come.
0:01:48 > 0:01:50Perhaps this is where the nostrils came from.
0:01:50 > 0:01:54Thank goodness the double chin has been bred out.
0:01:54 > 0:01:55- Has it?- Yes.
0:01:55 > 0:01:56SHE LAUGHS
0:01:56 > 0:01:59As autumn draws on,
0:01:59 > 0:02:03Desmond is faced with matters of life and death.
0:02:03 > 0:02:05Oh, lovely!
0:02:05 > 0:02:07They have rather a good life,
0:02:07 > 0:02:09then they do end up bacon.
0:02:09 > 0:02:12- Come on!- I'm the Grim Reaper, aren't I?- Yes. Thank you.
0:02:12 > 0:02:16But he's determined to celebrate his 60th birthday...
0:02:16 > 0:02:17Oh, my God!
0:02:17 > 0:02:19..in style.
0:02:19 > 0:02:21Welcome to the swinging '60s.
0:02:21 > 0:02:22CHEERING
0:02:22 > 0:02:24It's terribly important to have a good time.
0:02:36 > 0:02:39October has arrived at Wiveton
0:02:39 > 0:02:42and Desmond is checking his fields.
0:02:42 > 0:02:46The rape crop provides a welcome boost to his income over the winter.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51But pigeons are eating the tender new shoots.
0:02:53 > 0:02:57I mean, this year, we had really quite a disaster with our rape crop.
0:02:58 > 0:03:00They absolutely decimated.
0:03:01 > 0:03:03Oh, God! Financially, the pigeons, I mean,
0:03:03 > 0:03:06they come across from the continent.
0:03:06 > 0:03:09Like, not as bad as locusts, but almost.
0:03:09 > 0:03:10Oh, my God.
0:03:10 > 0:03:13We didn't keep the pigeons off as well as we should have done
0:03:13 > 0:03:16last year, so instead of £20,000
0:03:16 > 0:03:19off a 30-acre piece of land, we harvested,
0:03:19 > 0:03:23I think, about £8,000 or £9,000 worth.
0:03:23 > 0:03:25So, big loss.
0:03:25 > 0:03:28That is bad news. A small group like that will be
0:03:28 > 0:03:32four times the size and... they attract others.
0:03:32 > 0:03:34Oi, oi, oi, oi, oi, oi, oi!
0:03:34 > 0:03:35Oi!
0:03:35 > 0:03:36HE CLAPS
0:03:37 > 0:03:40It's quite an effort getting rid of these pigeons.
0:03:42 > 0:03:43They'll just keep pecking at it.
0:03:44 > 0:03:48Well, we've got to build a hide and lie in wait.
0:03:48 > 0:03:50Probably tomorrow morning.
0:04:00 > 0:04:03Desmond will turn 60 this month,
0:04:03 > 0:04:07and he plans to mark the event with a party.
0:04:07 > 0:04:10The older you get, the most extra...
0:04:10 > 0:04:14It's horrifying how fast time goes.
0:04:14 > 0:04:18Especially if you're someone as easily distracted as I am.
0:04:18 > 0:04:21But it's terribly important to have a good time.
0:04:22 > 0:04:24Doesn't it look nice in here?
0:04:24 > 0:04:26Look at that.
0:04:26 > 0:04:28That's your...
0:04:28 > 0:04:30Clever. That's so nice.
0:04:30 > 0:04:34His birthday is a milestone that prompts thoughts of his father.
0:04:35 > 0:04:38Look, I've just had this picture done.
0:04:38 > 0:04:41Not had it done, but I... It's quite interesting.
0:04:41 > 0:04:42I had a tiny photograph.
0:04:42 > 0:04:45You know, you find a little photograph in a drawer.
0:04:46 > 0:04:49If you've never... And I found this tiny photograph,
0:04:49 > 0:04:50and I've had it blown up.
0:04:50 > 0:04:54It's slightly out of focus, and there I am with my father,
0:04:54 > 0:04:58still wearing corduroys and lace-up shoes!
0:04:58 > 0:05:00There we were in Ventnor.
0:05:00 > 0:05:03We stayed in a little hotel and then after,
0:05:03 > 0:05:06before breakfast, I would go down onto the beach and dig,
0:05:06 > 0:05:10dig furiously and there was soft, very soft stuff,
0:05:10 > 0:05:12and it was like porridge.
0:05:12 > 0:05:14Dig, dig, dig! And it'd fill in again.
0:05:14 > 0:05:17I just loved... That was Father. That's him. Full of glee!
0:05:17 > 0:05:21Are you thinking about your father a lot at the moment?
0:05:21 > 0:05:24Well, it reminded me of him, seeing this picture.
0:05:24 > 0:05:28And I joke that I've got arrested development.
0:05:29 > 0:05:30But, erm...
0:05:32 > 0:05:35..certainly haven't changed my outfit much.
0:05:35 > 0:05:36Anyway...
0:05:42 > 0:05:46Desmond's father was especially proud of Wiveton Hall's
0:05:46 > 0:05:48fine walled garden.
0:05:48 > 0:05:51It grows fruit, vegetables,
0:05:51 > 0:05:53flowers
0:05:53 > 0:05:55and holds powerful memories for Desmond.
0:05:58 > 0:06:03Now, this bit of wall fell down, blown down in a gale.
0:06:04 > 0:06:07And my father started patching it up, you know,
0:06:07 > 0:06:09just a little bit at a time.
0:06:10 > 0:06:13And, erm... Which he rather enjoyed doing.
0:06:13 > 0:06:16And then he died when he got to about those bricks.
0:06:21 > 0:06:22Doctor came rushing.
0:06:24 > 0:06:25No, it was pretty peculiar.
0:06:27 > 0:06:30Pretty peculiar, but luckily I...
0:06:30 > 0:06:34I brushed it under the carpet and went to play with my friends
0:06:34 > 0:06:35the next day.
0:06:37 > 0:06:39That was the best way of dealing with it.
0:06:39 > 0:06:42- How old was your dad when he died? - I think he was about 63.
0:06:42 > 0:06:44So I'm getting quite close.
0:06:45 > 0:06:47I was about, erm, 15 or 16.
0:06:47 > 0:06:50So too young, really.
0:06:50 > 0:06:52Just when he was about to be useful,
0:06:52 > 0:06:54he died.
0:06:54 > 0:06:56And then, erm...
0:06:57 > 0:06:59..it was my sister and my mother and me
0:06:59 > 0:07:02on our own in the freezing mansion.
0:07:03 > 0:07:05Alone. There we are.
0:07:12 > 0:07:15Keeping the wall intact is now one of the many jobs
0:07:15 > 0:07:19for Desmond's builder, Rodney.
0:07:19 > 0:07:20How wonderful.
0:07:22 > 0:07:23Well done.
0:07:23 > 0:07:25- That's going to last 200 years.- Yes.
0:07:26 > 0:07:29He's so skilled, he can do so much -
0:07:29 > 0:07:32carpentry, plastering, bricklaying.
0:07:34 > 0:07:35These walls.
0:07:35 > 0:07:37He was doing so well trained.
0:07:39 > 0:07:42- How long do you want to live for? - As long as possible, but...
0:07:42 > 0:07:45- Do you?- Yes. As we all do, I expect.
0:07:45 > 0:07:47Well, I don't necessarily
0:07:47 > 0:07:50want to be quite as old as some.
0:07:50 > 0:07:51- No. No.- You can't...
0:07:52 > 0:07:53Anyway...
0:07:59 > 0:08:03On a farm, you're more aware of matters of life and death.
0:08:06 > 0:08:10Before his pigs go to slaughter, Desmond's put them to work,
0:08:10 > 0:08:13clearing land on the edge of the marsh.
0:08:13 > 0:08:15Look how happy they are.
0:08:15 > 0:08:17They're eating these roots.
0:08:18 > 0:08:19PIG SNORTS
0:08:19 > 0:08:21Oh, lovely.
0:08:21 > 0:08:23Mm, mm.
0:08:24 > 0:08:25That's the loin.
0:08:26 > 0:08:29Obviously, that's the ham.
0:08:29 > 0:08:30That's the collar,
0:08:30 > 0:08:33shoulder, belly.
0:08:34 > 0:08:38And the vast chap there, the cheek.
0:08:40 > 0:08:42Having reached a good weight,
0:08:42 > 0:08:44his pigs will soon be off to the abattoir.
0:08:45 > 0:08:47Before they go, Desmond's decided to clear out
0:08:47 > 0:08:50the rest of the undergrowth with a bonfire.
0:08:51 > 0:08:54- Everyone loves a bonfire.- Everyone loves a bonfire, don't they?
0:08:54 > 0:08:57He's invited along his girlfriend, Harriet.
0:08:57 > 0:08:59It's really lovely stuff.
0:08:59 > 0:09:02- The pigs are looking well, aren't they?- OK.
0:09:02 > 0:09:06Like Desmond, Harriet also grew up in Norfolk.
0:09:06 > 0:09:08They've now been together for two years.
0:09:08 > 0:09:10Stand back.
0:09:10 > 0:09:11Loved bonfires.
0:09:12 > 0:09:15And the addiction's got worse.
0:09:16 > 0:09:18HE STRAINS
0:09:18 > 0:09:19Oh...
0:09:22 > 0:09:24Oh...
0:09:24 > 0:09:26A few more branches, please.
0:09:26 > 0:09:29Keep as many branches on as you can.
0:09:29 > 0:09:30OK.
0:09:32 > 0:09:34Off here, Harriet.
0:09:34 > 0:09:35Look.
0:09:35 > 0:09:36CRACK
0:09:36 > 0:09:38- Oh! Jesus!- Oh...
0:09:40 > 0:09:43- Are you all right?- Yeah, yeah. Yeah. Going round behind you.
0:09:43 > 0:09:45DESMOND GROANS
0:09:46 > 0:09:48Harriet, can you remember where you first met Desmond?
0:09:48 > 0:09:51Yes. I met him at a party in London.
0:09:51 > 0:09:54Yes, I mean, he occasionally goes up...
0:09:55 > 0:09:58- To London.- ..to London.- Is spotted.
0:09:58 > 0:10:00Occasionally spotted in the Smoke.
0:10:00 > 0:10:01And did he stand out?
0:10:01 > 0:10:02SHE GIGGLES
0:10:02 > 0:10:04We discovered...
0:10:04 > 0:10:06- Our mutual love of Norfolk...- Yes.
0:10:07 > 0:10:09- ..is what drew us together.- Yes.
0:10:09 > 0:10:10Ooh!
0:10:12 > 0:10:13I mean, clearly, her beauty.
0:10:13 > 0:10:15Transcendent beauty.
0:10:16 > 0:10:18Yah.
0:10:18 > 0:10:20Have people commented on a difference in age
0:10:20 > 0:10:21between the pair of you?
0:10:21 > 0:10:23SHE LAUGHS
0:10:23 > 0:10:25- Within...- As Joan Collins says...
0:10:26 > 0:10:29What was it? It was about Percy,
0:10:29 > 0:10:32her husband, who was 20 years younger than her.
0:10:32 > 0:10:35- "If he dies, he dies."- Yeah! - THEY CHUCKLE
0:10:35 > 0:10:37- You think that's good? - That was very good.
0:10:39 > 0:10:42Oh, I love it. Isn't it lovely out here?
0:10:42 > 0:10:44The duck calling, the geese. Listen...
0:10:44 > 0:10:46WILDFOWL SQUAWK
0:10:47 > 0:10:49- Ah, fuck!- What?
0:10:49 > 0:10:50I got this electric shock.
0:10:52 > 0:10:54Oh, my God.
0:10:54 > 0:10:55Oh, my God.
0:10:55 > 0:10:58We're going to be driven back into the ditch
0:10:58 > 0:11:01- and forced to swim for our lives. - OK.
0:11:03 > 0:11:04Oh, my God.
0:11:16 > 0:11:19Come on, Teddy. Come on, Teddy.
0:11:22 > 0:11:25We're going to see what the pigeon situation is.
0:11:25 > 0:11:28Until I get someone else to do it,
0:11:28 > 0:11:31I have got to, erm...
0:11:31 > 0:11:34go out and just fire a few shots, anyway.
0:11:35 > 0:11:39Pigeons are still ruining Desmond's rape field.
0:11:39 > 0:11:44It's a harsh reality, but they must be moved on or, preferably, culled
0:11:44 > 0:11:47if the crop is to make him any money.
0:11:47 > 0:11:49There are a few pigeons there.
0:11:49 > 0:11:51Just starting, yes.
0:11:51 > 0:11:52Look.
0:11:52 > 0:11:54Over on the hill.
0:11:55 > 0:11:58Gathering. Well, I'm going to fire a shot.
0:11:59 > 0:12:01I'm just trying to frighten them.
0:12:05 > 0:12:07- Two flying over there. - GUNSHOT
0:12:08 > 0:12:09They're getting up.
0:12:10 > 0:12:15Scaring them off with a gunshot is just a temporary fix.
0:12:15 > 0:12:18Desmond wants to reduce their numbers permanently.
0:12:18 > 0:12:21When you're pitting your wits against creatures,
0:12:21 > 0:12:24you have to keep your head down, use a bit of fieldcraft,
0:12:24 > 0:12:27get inside their minds.
0:12:27 > 0:12:28Stay still.
0:12:35 > 0:12:38You have to be camouflaged and...
0:12:38 > 0:12:39and patient.
0:12:39 > 0:12:43That's something I'm often...is often a bit absent with me.
0:12:46 > 0:12:49- HE WHISPERS - It's too far. A bit too far.
0:12:50 > 0:12:53Stay still, Roly. Sit! Roly, come in here!
0:12:54 > 0:12:55Roly! Roly!
0:12:55 > 0:12:58Come in here! Roly!
0:12:58 > 0:13:00Roly, come in here!
0:13:00 > 0:13:01Come in!
0:13:01 > 0:13:03Here! Here!
0:13:03 > 0:13:06Please, don't jump up. Look...
0:13:06 > 0:13:07Stay there. Stay.
0:13:11 > 0:13:13ROLY WHINES
0:13:13 > 0:13:15Oh, please, don't whine.
0:13:15 > 0:13:17Oh, my God.
0:13:17 > 0:13:19Stay down. Stay. Please, sit.
0:13:22 > 0:13:23Oh, fantastic shot.
0:13:26 > 0:13:27Roly, here!
0:13:28 > 0:13:32Well, we've done the right thing in one respect, but...
0:13:32 > 0:13:33Come on, good boy!
0:13:33 > 0:13:35HE BLOWS DOG WHISTLE
0:13:37 > 0:13:39Roly! Come on, here!
0:13:39 > 0:13:41HE BLOWS THE WHISTLE
0:13:41 > 0:13:43Roly, come here! Come on!
0:13:43 > 0:13:46Come on! Come on, here! Roly, come here!
0:13:46 > 0:13:48Here. Good boy!
0:13:48 > 0:13:49Here. Dead, dead.
0:13:50 > 0:13:52Good boy.
0:13:52 > 0:13:55Well done. Took a long time to get back, didn't you?
0:13:55 > 0:13:56Well done.
0:13:57 > 0:14:01That's a young pigeon, young pigeon, foolish pigeon.
0:14:01 > 0:14:04Didn't know what I was... Didn't see me.
0:14:06 > 0:14:09Well, I mean, the highlight was that incredible...
0:14:09 > 0:14:11my prowess with the weapon.
0:14:11 > 0:14:14A rare occurrence. That's put me in a good mood.
0:14:14 > 0:14:16Well, I've got other things to do.
0:14:17 > 0:14:19I won't leave it with the dog.
0:14:20 > 0:14:22He's sure to eat it.
0:14:22 > 0:14:24What will you do with the bird?
0:14:24 > 0:14:25Oh, it'll get plucked and eaten.
0:14:27 > 0:14:28Now, where's Teddy?
0:14:28 > 0:14:30Teddy!
0:14:30 > 0:14:31Come on.
0:14:34 > 0:14:36Up. Go on, hup.
0:14:36 > 0:14:38Go on, hup!
0:14:38 > 0:14:39Go on, hup, hup!
0:14:49 > 0:14:54Desmond's looming 60th birthday has prompted an air of nostalgia
0:14:54 > 0:14:56at Wiveton.
0:14:56 > 0:14:58There is my mother's father, look.
0:14:58 > 0:15:00There's Dick.
0:15:01 > 0:15:03A very tidy moustache.
0:15:04 > 0:15:05- Do you see?- Yes.
0:15:05 > 0:15:08The oldest McCarthy family member is Chloe,
0:15:08 > 0:15:11at 101 years old.
0:15:11 > 0:15:15She's lived and breathed Norfolk countryside for over 70 years.
0:15:15 > 0:15:19Here you are wearing... Oh, my God, looking like
0:15:19 > 0:15:21you're working in a prison camp.
0:15:21 > 0:15:22Rather grim.
0:15:22 > 0:15:24That's me.
0:15:24 > 0:15:26It is you.
0:15:26 > 0:15:29Here are your opera glasses.
0:15:29 > 0:15:33- Aren't they nice?- Very nice. - Can I have a go with them?- Yes.
0:15:33 > 0:15:35They've got lilies of the valley on them.
0:15:35 > 0:15:37Haven't been used for years.
0:15:37 > 0:15:39Well, they won't be very good for bird-watching.
0:15:39 > 0:15:43We can use them in the cafe to look across, look at people.
0:15:43 > 0:15:44Oh, they're good!
0:15:47 > 0:15:51His mother's opera glasses have given Desmond an idea.
0:15:52 > 0:15:54- It's coming up to be my birthday. - Yes.
0:15:56 > 0:15:57Quite a big one.
0:15:57 > 0:16:00I'd quite like a pair of binoculars.
0:16:02 > 0:16:05A new pair. I've got these, which are quite poor.
0:16:05 > 0:16:07Would you like to get involved in that?
0:16:07 > 0:16:10- Yes.- Marvellous.
0:16:10 > 0:16:13As I'm getting older, you have less of a thirst to kill things,
0:16:13 > 0:16:16- but more of a desire just to look at them and wonder.- Yes.
0:16:18 > 0:16:20Desmond doesn't waste a moment...
0:16:20 > 0:16:22You get in now.
0:16:22 > 0:16:26..driving his mother straight to Norfolk's finest binocular shop.
0:16:32 > 0:16:34I'm hoping to persuade my mother
0:16:34 > 0:16:36to buy me some binoculars.
0:16:36 > 0:16:38Good. Now, you want to improve on what you've got there?
0:16:38 > 0:16:41Well, I think things have probably got better.
0:16:41 > 0:16:43You feel there's almost too much choice.
0:16:46 > 0:16:48- These have got rubber eye cups.- Yes.
0:16:51 > 0:16:54- Pretty good. - You can take it out further
0:16:54 > 0:16:56and get more of an expanse.
0:16:57 > 0:16:58Fantastic.
0:17:00 > 0:17:02They're very sharp.
0:17:02 > 0:17:05Lovely cornflowers in there.
0:17:05 > 0:17:08- Very good.- Would you like a chair?
0:17:08 > 0:17:09No.
0:17:12 > 0:17:15- There we are.- There. - Oh, that's nice.
0:17:17 > 0:17:19Thank you. Well, these are good.
0:17:19 > 0:17:21Well, let's see something else.
0:17:21 > 0:17:23- OK.- These are new, are they?
0:17:23 > 0:17:25Yes.
0:17:26 > 0:17:29And the price of those is 1,799.
0:17:29 > 0:17:32Mm, £1,800.
0:17:34 > 0:17:36Well, they're fantastic.
0:17:36 > 0:17:38- They ought to be. They ought to be! - Aren't they beautiful?
0:17:38 > 0:17:41The grass and the...
0:17:41 > 0:17:43and the weeds...waving.
0:17:43 > 0:17:45If you buy something like this,
0:17:45 > 0:17:49it's a lot of money and it's going to have to last you a lifetime.
0:17:49 > 0:17:52- No, they're beautiful, beautiful. - They are, yeah.
0:17:52 > 0:17:54Knowing the health of the family finances,
0:17:54 > 0:17:58Desmond switches his attention to the second-hand selection.
0:17:58 > 0:18:01With binoculars, you don't want them too heavy.
0:18:01 > 0:18:03You've got to think of advancing age.
0:18:03 > 0:18:05Oh, yes, it's happening all the time.
0:18:05 > 0:18:08I don't sometimes like to say that, but...
0:18:08 > 0:18:09- No.- ..it's inevitable.
0:18:09 > 0:18:11No, you're quite right, but these are fantastic
0:18:11 > 0:18:15without even adjusting the... I haven't had to adjust anything.
0:18:15 > 0:18:18You haven't, no. But the majority of people that trade in,
0:18:18 > 0:18:20they trade in for a lighter model.
0:18:20 > 0:18:22- Yes.- Because they're getting older.
0:18:22 > 0:18:24Well, OK, well, I think I've got a bit more vigour.
0:18:24 > 0:18:25Oh, yes, absolutely.
0:18:25 > 0:18:27But they'd be very good.
0:18:27 > 0:18:29- They would be, yeah. - And a very good price.
0:18:29 > 0:18:31Yes. Well, and a very good make.
0:18:34 > 0:18:36These are second-hand.
0:18:36 > 0:18:39- Nearly £400.- Yes.- We might ask for a discount as well.
0:18:39 > 0:18:42- HE WHISPERS - Try and see if we can get a little something off them.
0:18:45 > 0:18:49Dawn on the pigeon-ravaged rape field.
0:18:49 > 0:18:52Desmond's arrived to set up a new deterrent,
0:18:52 > 0:18:54borrowed from a neighbouring farmer.
0:18:56 > 0:19:00So, this is a new, modern gas gun.
0:19:00 > 0:19:02Makes a hell of a bang.
0:19:02 > 0:19:05And hopefully doesn't annoy the neighbours too much.
0:19:05 > 0:19:08It's marvellously light. You've got a handle on it, like a suitcase.
0:19:08 > 0:19:14The bird scarer is programmed to do a double bang every 15 minutes
0:19:14 > 0:19:16throughout the day.
0:19:16 > 0:19:18All right, if we turn the gas on, and then...
0:19:20 > 0:19:21..flick this, lift the solar panel up,
0:19:21 > 0:19:23because that will recharge your battery.
0:19:23 > 0:19:25If you hold this one.
0:19:26 > 0:19:29Which one are we going for? Double blast?
0:19:29 > 0:19:30It fires compressed air,
0:19:30 > 0:19:32so no pigeons will die,
0:19:32 > 0:19:35but hopefully they will be put off their food.
0:19:35 > 0:19:38Your lights are flashing. Oh, here we go, something's going to happen.
0:19:38 > 0:19:40Bloody hell.
0:19:40 > 0:19:43- LOUD BANG - Oh! Blimey!
0:19:43 > 0:19:45- It should go again.- That's good. - LOUD BANG
0:19:45 > 0:19:46- Oh!- There we go.
0:19:46 > 0:19:49- Roly! Come here! Oh! - LAUGHTER
0:19:49 > 0:19:50He thinks we've shot a pheasant.
0:19:50 > 0:19:53Or we've shot a pigeon!
0:19:53 > 0:19:55Roly, come here!
0:19:55 > 0:19:57Oh, no. I've got no whistle.
0:19:57 > 0:19:59Look at them both.
0:19:59 > 0:20:01A good way to exercise them.
0:20:01 > 0:20:03That is, yeah!
0:20:03 > 0:20:06That was... That was quite serious, that.
0:20:06 > 0:20:08The second one's worse than the first.
0:20:08 > 0:20:10Yes, but the dog running in.
0:20:11 > 0:20:13He knows what a shot produces.
0:20:14 > 0:20:18- He thinks you've landed a pigeon. - Slightly humiliating.
0:20:18 > 0:20:20Teddy's back first. Come on.
0:20:20 > 0:20:22Get in the back, go on!
0:20:22 > 0:20:24In the back.
0:20:24 > 0:20:27Now, stay there.
0:20:32 > 0:20:33LOUD BANG
0:20:35 > 0:20:38Back at the hall, there's a flurry of activity.
0:20:40 > 0:20:42That's enough.
0:20:42 > 0:20:45Preparations are underway for tonight's celebrations.
0:20:45 > 0:20:48- How short are you going? Quite short?- Quite short.
0:20:48 > 0:20:52It's Desmond's 60th birthday dinner party,
0:20:52 > 0:20:56and he has invited 40 friends to come and have supper.
0:20:56 > 0:20:57Here for the moment.
0:20:57 > 0:20:59Isabel's coming,
0:20:59 > 0:21:01back from art school, so that's very exciting.
0:21:03 > 0:21:06Well, I'm having a few friends round.
0:21:06 > 0:21:08I think, with my mother...
0:21:09 > 0:21:12..about 40 people are coming.
0:21:12 > 0:21:1316,
0:21:13 > 0:21:1517,
0:21:15 > 0:21:1618, 19, 20, 21.
0:21:16 > 0:21:20Oh, my God, we're going to need much more.
0:21:20 > 0:21:23Those are awful chairs, but never mind. Have to have them.
0:21:23 > 0:21:25Shall we get another table?
0:21:25 > 0:21:27There's another one round the back.
0:21:29 > 0:21:32You know, it's his 60th birthday, it's quite a big deal, so...
0:21:32 > 0:21:36With all his birthday celebrations, this time, and parties,
0:21:36 > 0:21:39this time of year, Desmond likes to have cockerel korma.
0:21:41 > 0:21:43We're having cockerel korma.
0:21:43 > 0:21:46Hopefully lots of poppadoms, so that will be delicious.
0:21:46 > 0:21:49A slightly light curry, you know.
0:21:49 > 0:21:51Korma's a bit...
0:21:52 > 0:21:54..girly, isn't it?
0:21:54 > 0:21:58But it's nice, very good. I like it. So cockerel korma,
0:21:58 > 0:21:59with a bit of pheasant in it.
0:22:00 > 0:22:04First pheasant, it's early October, but we did get two the other day,
0:22:04 > 0:22:06and a partridge.
0:22:06 > 0:22:08Not everyone's taste.
0:22:08 > 0:22:10Occasionally it does go on the menu,
0:22:10 > 0:22:12but it doesn't always sell that well.
0:22:14 > 0:22:17You're much more experienced at party planning than I am.
0:22:17 > 0:22:21- Yeah.- Do we have drinks in the hall, do you think?
0:22:21 > 0:22:23And then come through?
0:22:23 > 0:22:26Drinks and the taramasalata?
0:22:26 > 0:22:28In the hall? Yes, cos there's not much room in here.
0:22:28 > 0:22:30- I think that's a good idea. - And then they come through
0:22:30 > 0:22:31and it's a nice surprise.
0:22:35 > 0:22:39Harriet's been marvellous, she's done all these flowers.
0:22:39 > 0:22:41Look how pretty it looks.
0:22:41 > 0:22:43Overseen the table...
0:22:43 > 0:22:47And, oh, she was going to make some dahl.
0:22:47 > 0:22:50I think she may have forgotten about that.
0:22:51 > 0:22:52Oh...
0:22:57 > 0:22:59It's a very well-oiled machine,
0:23:00 > 0:23:02the party machine, around here.
0:23:02 > 0:23:04It's off the internet,
0:23:04 > 0:23:07and it is red lentil and spinach dahl.
0:23:10 > 0:23:12Terrible dirty glasses.
0:23:12 > 0:23:15I mean, these glasses have been in the washing machine
0:23:15 > 0:23:16and been put back carelessly.
0:23:16 > 0:23:19Dirty. Not how it should be.
0:23:20 > 0:23:23No-one's fault particularly but, you know.
0:23:25 > 0:23:27Standards.
0:23:32 > 0:23:36Farm business doesn't stop for special occasions.
0:23:36 > 0:23:42Desmond and stockman John must load up the pigs for their final journey.
0:23:42 > 0:23:44Mind your heads, little'uns!
0:23:44 > 0:23:45Mind your head, oi!
0:23:51 > 0:23:52Come on.
0:23:52 > 0:23:54Come on.
0:23:54 > 0:23:55Good as gold.
0:23:55 > 0:23:58Come on, come on.
0:23:58 > 0:24:00Come on, come on.
0:24:00 > 0:24:03- OINK - Bugger!- Come on!
0:24:03 > 0:24:06Well, it's always sad, they've got a lot more rooting to do,
0:24:06 > 0:24:10that they could have done, but if we'd kept them any longer,
0:24:10 > 0:24:13they'd have put on an awful lot of fat.
0:24:13 > 0:24:16- Yeah, they would have been too fat. - I like a bit of fat, but...
0:24:16 > 0:24:18So we...
0:24:18 > 0:24:21And they're lovely. We're friends now.
0:24:21 > 0:24:23That's why he sends me to do it.
0:24:23 > 0:24:25- So, erm... - I'm the Grim Reaper, aren't I?
0:24:25 > 0:24:26- Yes.- Thank you.
0:24:26 > 0:24:27Come on!
0:24:30 > 0:24:31Come on!
0:24:31 > 0:24:35The pigs will provide Desmond with over 100 kilos of pork,
0:24:35 > 0:24:39sausages and ham, much of which will end up in the farm cafe.
0:24:42 > 0:24:43I'll let him out of the side door.
0:24:43 > 0:24:46It's a novel trick!
0:24:46 > 0:24:47We're taking Desmond, as well!
0:24:48 > 0:24:50Show what it's like.
0:24:53 > 0:24:56It a horrid, horrid thought, isn't it?
0:24:56 > 0:24:58You mustn't think about it.
0:24:58 > 0:25:00- No.- You mustn't think about it. That's the best way.
0:25:03 > 0:25:06They've cleaned up that bit of ground.
0:25:06 > 0:25:08They've had a lovely life and, erm...
0:25:09 > 0:25:11Look, there they go.
0:25:11 > 0:25:13They don't really know what's going on.
0:25:13 > 0:25:15But still, never mind...
0:25:21 > 0:25:22CORK POPS
0:25:24 > 0:25:25Hello!
0:25:25 > 0:25:27Has anyone arrived?
0:25:34 > 0:25:37Welcome to the swinging '60s!
0:25:37 > 0:25:41Jane! How lovely to see you!
0:25:41 > 0:25:43- Well done!- Lovely to see you.
0:25:43 > 0:25:45- How's everything? - Yeah, we've got the champagne.
0:25:45 > 0:25:47How are you?
0:25:47 > 0:25:48Nice to see you.
0:25:48 > 0:25:51Well done, very nice you're here.
0:25:51 > 0:25:54Oh! Oh...!
0:25:54 > 0:25:56Oh, my God!
0:25:56 > 0:25:57It's from the three of us.
0:25:57 > 0:25:59Oh, my God!
0:25:59 > 0:26:01This is quality.
0:26:01 > 0:26:03From the Kashmir area.
0:26:03 > 0:26:05Oh, my God!
0:26:05 > 0:26:06That is smart.
0:26:06 > 0:26:09Oh, my God, and we're in winter.
0:26:09 > 0:26:11Oh, my good... Now, are they...?
0:26:18 > 0:26:19Edible, apparently.
0:26:19 > 0:26:22Because you don't have enough raspberries,
0:26:22 > 0:26:25I thought I'd give you some chocolate-covered raspberries.
0:26:25 > 0:26:28- Oh, my God.- They are amazing. - I'm going to try one.
0:26:30 > 0:26:32Shooting stockings.
0:26:32 > 0:26:35Oh, aren't they nice? From lovely Annabelle.
0:26:35 > 0:26:39Aren't they lovely? Look at that, mixed fibres.
0:26:39 > 0:26:41Fantastic.
0:26:41 > 0:26:43Oh, look, Isabel.
0:26:43 > 0:26:45- How are you?- No so good.
0:26:45 > 0:26:46Come and have a drink.
0:26:51 > 0:26:53Shall we, what they call, come through?
0:26:53 > 0:26:55Do you want these on the table?
0:26:55 > 0:26:57Oh, yes! Well, they'll rather look...
0:26:57 > 0:27:00It'll be nice to come in, be brought into the table.
0:27:00 > 0:27:01OK.
0:27:02 > 0:27:04Go through and get food.
0:27:04 > 0:27:07And then sit down where you want.
0:27:12 > 0:27:13Well done!
0:27:21 > 0:27:25It's a very, very lovely evening to be here with Desmond,
0:27:25 > 0:27:26on his 60th birthday.
0:27:26 > 0:27:29He is someone who has done a lot in his life.
0:27:29 > 0:27:34I can't hope to cover it all but, just to say, you're a good man,
0:27:34 > 0:27:37you're very, very generous, well thought of.
0:27:37 > 0:27:39- Thank you. - A legend in his own lifetime.
0:27:39 > 0:27:42- Thank you, Andrew.- And cheers! To his 60th birthday!
0:27:42 > 0:27:44- Hear, hear!- 60th birthday, yeah!
0:27:45 > 0:27:47Thank you very much, Andrew.
0:27:47 > 0:27:48Happy birthday, Des.
0:27:51 > 0:27:53Age is a tiresome thing.
0:27:53 > 0:27:57It makes you feel neurotic and fear the worst.
0:27:59 > 0:28:02So we've just got to keep going and try not to eat too much.
0:28:04 > 0:28:06Next time...
0:28:06 > 0:28:07Come up this end.
0:28:07 > 0:28:09THEY SCREAM
0:28:09 > 0:28:11After a marketing push,
0:28:11 > 0:28:14Desmond's ambition to attract paying guests from around the world
0:28:14 > 0:28:16is realised.
0:28:16 > 0:28:18I'm always saying we must get foreign people.
0:28:18 > 0:28:21- Yes, and they're either... - Chinese!- Or Japanese, I'm not sure.
0:28:21 > 0:28:23And interest from an interiors magazine
0:28:23 > 0:28:26prompts a major tidy-up at the hall.
0:28:26 > 0:28:29Oh, my God. We must cover that awful chair!
0:28:29 > 0:28:31I can't bear it.
0:28:31 > 0:28:34Shabby chic was invented for this house.