0:00:02 > 0:00:03Here.
0:00:05 > 0:00:07There are always people to avoid.
0:00:09 > 0:00:10Roly, here.
0:00:11 > 0:00:12Got to let them pass.
0:00:12 > 0:00:14Look.
0:00:14 > 0:00:16There they go.
0:00:16 > 0:00:18Look. There, there they go.
0:00:18 > 0:00:19Power walkers.
0:00:20 > 0:00:22They're all very nice people, who come here...
0:00:23 > 0:00:28..and then the lady rendezvous, and she does her keep-fit walk,
0:00:28 > 0:00:33and they're keeping their physiques in trim,
0:00:33 > 0:00:36rather than doing some useful toil.
0:00:38 > 0:00:39Go on, Ted.
0:00:40 > 0:00:42Go on, Ted.
0:00:42 > 0:00:44Good boy.
0:00:44 > 0:00:46Another summer has passed at
0:00:46 > 0:00:50Wiveton Hall Farm on the north coast of Norfolk,
0:00:50 > 0:00:54home to gentleman farmer, Desmond MacCarthy.
0:00:54 > 0:00:59He's the one who's been keeping my mother awake, for weeks.
0:00:59 > 0:01:03Desmond's lived here all his life, with his mother, Chloe,
0:01:03 > 0:01:05now 101 years old.
0:01:05 > 0:01:08My mother's lived so long because she's never drunk milk.
0:01:08 > 0:01:11I like cream, you know.
0:01:11 > 0:01:13What are your other tricks?
0:01:13 > 0:01:16When they're not at university, he's joined by his children,
0:01:16 > 0:01:19Isabel and Edmund.
0:01:19 > 0:01:20Does Granny pay rent?
0:01:20 > 0:01:22- She does pay rent.- Bastard.
0:01:26 > 0:01:27Oh, my God!
0:01:28 > 0:01:31Last year, Desmond kept the wolf from the door
0:01:31 > 0:01:33by the seat of his tweed pants.
0:01:33 > 0:01:35Do I have a lot of cash around?
0:01:35 > 0:01:38No. Other people's cash, yes. Mostly the bank's.
0:01:38 > 0:01:42Earning just enough money from his 250-acre farm,
0:01:42 > 0:01:47cafe and holiday cottages to maintain a country way of life,
0:01:47 > 0:01:50and preserve the hall for generations to come.
0:01:50 > 0:01:52Perhaps this is where the nostrils came from.
0:01:52 > 0:01:56Thank goodness the double chin has been bred out.
0:01:56 > 0:01:57- Has it?- Yes.
0:02:00 > 0:02:03This autumn, Desmond's on a marketing drive
0:02:03 > 0:02:06to attract guests from around the globe to Wiveton.
0:02:06 > 0:02:08I'm always saying we must get foreign people.
0:02:08 > 0:02:10Yes, and they're either...
0:02:10 > 0:02:12- And they're Chinese. - Or Japanese, I'm not sure.
0:02:12 > 0:02:13That's so much better.
0:02:13 > 0:02:16And interest from an international magazine
0:02:16 > 0:02:19prompts a major tidy-up at the hall.
0:02:19 > 0:02:21Oh, my God, we must cover that awful chair.
0:02:21 > 0:02:23I can't bear it.
0:02:23 > 0:02:26The shabby chic was invented for this house.
0:02:40 > 0:02:44It's late October at Wiveton Hall Farm.
0:02:44 > 0:02:46Oh, my God, final sale.
0:02:46 > 0:02:48- Many items.- Isn't that good?
0:02:48 > 0:02:50In a few days,
0:02:50 > 0:02:53the cafe and shop will close for four months,
0:02:53 > 0:02:55not opening again until spring.
0:02:56 > 0:02:59Desmond's desperate to sell old stock,
0:02:59 > 0:03:03and make as much money as possible to help them survive the winter.
0:03:03 > 0:03:08That should be seven, £7.
0:03:08 > 0:03:11- That should be a fiver.- What?
0:03:11 > 0:03:12Because they last forever.
0:03:15 > 0:03:19Our restaurant is shutting in five days.
0:03:19 > 0:03:21Rather sad. We're going to have to learn how to cook.
0:03:21 > 0:03:23It's going to be sad.
0:03:23 > 0:03:27People will leave, the farm will begin to shut down,
0:03:27 > 0:03:31the customers will go, and I mean, it's rather like the party ending.
0:03:31 > 0:03:34Anyway, never mind, we get ready for next year.
0:03:34 > 0:03:37And what are we going to do to celebrate?
0:03:37 > 0:03:38We don't celebrate...
0:03:39 > 0:03:44Oh, what are we celebrating, the shutting down of the cafe?
0:03:44 > 0:03:45It is mad.
0:03:47 > 0:03:50We will lose 20 to 25 people.
0:03:52 > 0:03:54Which is great from a payroll point of view,
0:03:54 > 0:03:57but of course, we lose all our income.
0:03:57 > 0:04:00Not all our income, because we still get our holiday lets
0:04:00 > 0:04:03and that kind of thing, but the big chunk of income has finished.
0:04:03 > 0:04:06Sell them. Are they on a discount?
0:04:06 > 0:04:08- No, they're not. - Well, then discount them,
0:04:08 > 0:04:10- they're awful, get rid of them. - Well...
0:04:10 > 0:04:13At the end of the year, the cash flow is low,
0:04:13 > 0:04:15and we haven't got all the income coming in,
0:04:15 > 0:04:18and it's a bit of a struggle to get through to the next season.
0:04:18 > 0:04:21And it's not because the cafe hasn't done well - it has -
0:04:21 > 0:04:23but when you put everything together,
0:04:23 > 0:04:25there's not a lot left.
0:04:25 > 0:04:27This flour, look.
0:04:28 > 0:04:32That needs selling, otherwise mice will come and get it in the winter.
0:04:42 > 0:04:44When the cafe and shop close,
0:04:44 > 0:04:46Desmond will rely on other sources of income,
0:04:46 > 0:04:48like his holiday cottages.
0:04:49 > 0:04:52Charged with enticing visitors to
0:04:52 > 0:04:56spend winter in rural Norfolk is property manager, Emma.
0:04:56 > 0:05:00These quiet periods is where I've got to start, you know,
0:05:00 > 0:05:04putting my thinking cap on and rustling up some business.
0:05:04 > 0:05:08I'm actually just putting all the properties on Airbnb,
0:05:08 > 0:05:09to see if that works.
0:05:09 > 0:05:12I'm also trying to do up one of the cottages,
0:05:12 > 0:05:15to make that a bit smarter.
0:05:17 > 0:05:21I said to Desmond that I just thought we should
0:05:21 > 0:05:24maybe make the bedrooms a bit prettier and cosier.
0:05:24 > 0:05:27So I've found a few wallpaper samples.
0:05:27 > 0:05:30Desmond's coming down, because he's actually, you know,
0:05:30 > 0:05:33he has a very strong opinion about these things, and, you know,
0:05:33 > 0:05:34he's got a very good aesthetic.
0:05:36 > 0:05:38Hello, Emma.
0:05:38 > 0:05:41- Hello, Desmond.- It's all, it's all happening.
0:05:41 > 0:05:43Ooh, who's living here?
0:05:43 > 0:05:44Who's living here?
0:05:44 > 0:05:47- Yes.- It's the three little bears and Goldilocks!
0:05:48 > 0:05:50Do they have no clothes?
0:05:50 > 0:05:52- It's so warm.- I know.
0:05:52 > 0:05:53Do you think in here...?
0:05:53 > 0:05:56I like the white walls here.
0:05:56 > 0:05:57Well, actually, maybe not.
0:05:57 > 0:06:00Makes me think you're in Spain or something, it's very nice.
0:06:00 > 0:06:02- Yes.- I don't think anyone would complain.
0:06:02 > 0:06:05Oh, why can't they turn the heating down?
0:06:05 > 0:06:07Yes, we'll turn it down, don't worry.
0:06:07 > 0:06:10So, I was thinking, this or this.
0:06:10 > 0:06:13Oh, no!
0:06:13 > 0:06:15- And he's off.- And you don't want to do this one?
0:06:15 > 0:06:17Yes, I want to do that one.
0:06:17 > 0:06:19Look.
0:06:20 > 0:06:23Yes. Oh, I love that.
0:06:23 > 0:06:24Or do you like the rabbits?
0:06:24 > 0:06:26I think it's rather cottage-y and charming.
0:06:26 > 0:06:30- Yes.- It's quite nice to make them a little bit unique.
0:06:30 > 0:06:34- Yes.- You know, that these have little, pretty wallpapered bedrooms.
0:06:34 > 0:06:37- Yes.- That they're not all the same.
0:06:37 > 0:06:40- Desmond, hello?- Yes.
0:06:40 > 0:06:42No, no. True, true.
0:06:42 > 0:06:44I'm looking at the crack around the top.
0:06:44 > 0:06:46- That little crack.- Yes, well,
0:06:46 > 0:06:48- that'll get covered up by wallpaper, you see.- OK.
0:06:48 > 0:06:51Even without new wallpaper,
0:06:51 > 0:06:54Emma's marketing push is proving successful.
0:06:54 > 0:06:56We've got our first Airbnb.
0:06:56 > 0:06:59Oh, yes. And I'm always saying we must get foreign people.
0:06:59 > 0:07:01- Yes.- And I...- And they're either... - And they're Chinese.
0:07:01 > 0:07:03Or Japanese, I'm not sure.
0:07:03 > 0:07:04I think they're more likely Chinese.
0:07:04 > 0:07:07- Yes.- There are more of them. - So, it's very exciting.
0:07:07 > 0:07:11- So, Desmond has been wanting to get...- Yes.- Why?
0:07:11 > 0:07:14Well, because we've got to break into a new market, haven't we?
0:07:14 > 0:07:16- We're always told... - The tiger economy.- Mm.
0:07:16 > 0:07:20Just been told they're borrowing more than ever and they're
0:07:20 > 0:07:24as in debt as us, but never mind. Let's hope we have some...
0:07:25 > 0:07:28They might find you culturally quite odd.
0:07:28 > 0:07:30Very good, that's fine. Well, it might be mutual.
0:07:32 > 0:07:34All right. Going to see you later.
0:07:41 > 0:07:45The cottages are getting a makeover and so is Desmond.
0:07:45 > 0:07:48With the shooting season on the horizon,
0:07:48 > 0:07:52he's commissioned a tweed suit from tailor and ex-wife Tina.
0:07:54 > 0:07:57The material has arrived from a woollen mill on Islay
0:07:57 > 0:07:59and it's ready for inspection.
0:07:59 > 0:08:02- Hello, Tina.- Hi, Desmond.
0:08:04 > 0:08:07- Oh, my God! - I've opened it already.
0:08:07 > 0:08:08Oh, fantastic!
0:08:08 > 0:08:10- How exciting. - I've opened it already.
0:08:10 > 0:08:12- I think you'll like it. - Is it...? Oh, my God.
0:08:12 > 0:08:15Let's have a look. Because I've got to live with it.
0:08:15 > 0:08:17It's almost worse than getting married.
0:08:18 > 0:08:20Got to live with it for a long time.
0:08:20 > 0:08:22Look. Now, look at that.
0:08:22 > 0:08:25There was a brief moment when I suddenly had anxiety
0:08:25 > 0:08:28that it was going to be too green. And I'll be too leprechaun.
0:08:28 > 0:08:31- Yeah.- Let's look at it in the light. - Go out there and get a mirror.
0:08:33 > 0:08:35Oh, my God.
0:08:35 > 0:08:37- Have a look.- Does it make me look taller?
0:08:37 > 0:08:41- What do you think?- Yeah, I think it's really nice.- Mm.
0:08:41 > 0:08:43Isn't that lovely? Look at it.
0:08:44 > 0:08:47- It's not too subtle. - No, no, no.- For a change.
0:08:47 > 0:08:50No. Oh, my flies are undone. Whoops.
0:08:50 > 0:08:52OK, lovely.
0:08:52 > 0:08:57Oh, one can become obsessed by tweed.
0:08:57 > 0:09:00The traditional thing is to wear a material
0:09:00 > 0:09:02that actually blends into the country.
0:09:04 > 0:09:09Who knows? No-one has actually asked a bird or a deer what they can see,
0:09:09 > 0:09:14but if you stand in a white suit on the side of a hill in Scotland,
0:09:14 > 0:09:20any movement and the creatures you're after to hunt would see you.
0:09:20 > 0:09:24And you can see why people get carried away and obsessed by stuff.
0:09:32 > 0:09:36Keen to increase global awareness of Wiveton's charms,
0:09:36 > 0:09:38Desmond has managed to pique the interest
0:09:38 > 0:09:41of an international interiors magazine.
0:09:41 > 0:09:45They want to do a feature on the grand 17th-century hall,
0:09:45 > 0:09:49which prompts the housekeeping team into a flurry of activity.
0:09:49 > 0:09:55This is, you know, an extremely high-end magazine.
0:09:55 > 0:09:58Oh, dear. Could the car be cleaned?
0:09:58 > 0:10:00I think they've been wanting to come and do it for ages.
0:10:00 > 0:10:04And then Desmond mentioned it to me and so I encouraged him
0:10:04 > 0:10:05and said, "Come on, let's do it."
0:10:07 > 0:10:09Oh, dear.
0:10:09 > 0:10:11I thought it would be really good for business.
0:10:11 > 0:10:13So hopefully, it will be.
0:10:13 > 0:10:15Let's just look through here, Debbie.
0:10:15 > 0:10:19They're coming to photograph the house today.
0:10:19 > 0:10:24Quite an honour they think the house is nice enough and also
0:10:24 > 0:10:27shows other people and some of them might want to come here.
0:10:27 > 0:10:29- Yeah.- Let's try and make it look nicer.
0:10:29 > 0:10:31- Mm-hm.- God.
0:10:31 > 0:10:34What's this board? Let's get rid of this bread bin.
0:10:34 > 0:10:37These are last year's nuts.
0:10:37 > 0:10:38Do you think they're any good?
0:10:38 > 0:10:40It will be very good publicity.
0:10:42 > 0:10:45That picture's not very straight.
0:10:45 > 0:10:47Come on. Oh, my God.
0:10:47 > 0:10:48OK. OK, Desmond.
0:10:48 > 0:10:50Remember to breathe.
0:10:50 > 0:10:52And breathe. Right.
0:10:52 > 0:10:54We must cover that awful chair.
0:10:54 > 0:10:56I said... Well, I mean...
0:10:56 > 0:10:58Well, well, a blanket. Something nice.
0:10:58 > 0:11:01Something nice. I can't bear it.
0:11:01 > 0:11:04We'll get... Well, I mean, we talked about it so many times.
0:11:04 > 0:11:07- I think it's absolutely disgusting, that chair.- Where do I put these?
0:11:07 > 0:11:09No, I put some here earlier, but Desmond's taken them out,
0:11:09 > 0:11:12so he obviously doesn't like flowers in the kitchen.
0:11:13 > 0:11:15What about this sheet?
0:11:15 > 0:11:16Is it being photographed?
0:11:16 > 0:11:17Anything. Let's try that.
0:11:17 > 0:11:21I don't get around half of what I mean to get round.
0:11:21 > 0:11:23- Do we, Debbie?- No, we don't.
0:11:23 > 0:11:26- Lots to do.- So much to do.
0:11:26 > 0:11:28Get the other end of this thing.
0:11:28 > 0:11:30- And then I'm going to go and do something else.- OK.
0:11:32 > 0:11:33That's so much better.
0:11:35 > 0:11:37You could have a fancy dress party...
0:11:38 > 0:11:40..using all the things in here.
0:11:40 > 0:11:43I'm not a stylist, but I know what I like.
0:11:44 > 0:11:45Yeah.
0:11:48 > 0:11:50That magazine, it's got all sorts of
0:11:50 > 0:11:53different houses from very smart apartments in...
0:11:56 > 0:11:59..Palermo or Pisa or Paris, you know.
0:12:01 > 0:12:04As well as some quite shabbier places.
0:12:04 > 0:12:06Where do you put yourself on the scale?
0:12:06 > 0:12:11Well, I think we are on the shabby...
0:12:11 > 0:12:14The shabby chic was invented for this house.
0:12:23 > 0:12:24The photographer has arrived.
0:12:27 > 0:12:30Along with the editor, who will oversee the photo shoot.
0:12:32 > 0:12:34It's an incredibly romantic house,
0:12:34 > 0:12:37and it's a house with a huge amount of history. It was, I think,
0:12:37 > 0:12:40a Carmelite or a Cistercian monastery
0:12:40 > 0:12:42destroyed under Henry VIII.
0:12:42 > 0:12:44So it's got these kind of incredible layers,
0:12:44 > 0:12:46and that is why we're attracted to it.
0:12:46 > 0:12:48It's heavenly and homely,
0:12:48 > 0:12:51and I think every piece of furniture has a story to tell.
0:12:51 > 0:12:53Several stories, probably.
0:12:53 > 0:12:56You put the camera too high again, so I can't film.
0:12:56 > 0:12:58- No, I just had to do that. - No, you've done it deliberately.
0:13:00 > 0:13:02My parents lived in this room, mostly.
0:13:02 > 0:13:05And the radio, no telly.
0:13:05 > 0:13:07It's so old, you know, that they listened to the news.
0:13:09 > 0:13:11Houses are a reflection of their owners.
0:13:11 > 0:13:14So somewhere like this, which is built up of Desmond's family,
0:13:14 > 0:13:16families before Desmond's family,
0:13:16 > 0:13:18Desmond, Desmond's children - I mean,
0:13:18 > 0:13:20it can't help but be a portrait.
0:13:20 > 0:13:22- Do you see that?- Yeah.
0:13:22 > 0:13:28Part of Wiveton's charm is that it's the home of a working farmer.
0:13:29 > 0:13:32- Come on.- Have you spotted one?
0:13:32 > 0:13:34There's a little one here.
0:13:34 > 0:13:38Desmond's promised his housekeeper two egg-laying bantams.
0:13:38 > 0:13:39But he's got to catch them first.
0:13:40 > 0:13:43Oh, sorry! Sorry, sorry.
0:13:43 > 0:13:45Dangerous business.
0:13:45 > 0:13:47- Yeah, dangerous.- Flattened.
0:13:49 > 0:13:51Oh!
0:13:51 > 0:13:53Yeah.
0:13:53 > 0:13:54Oh, it's so hard.
0:13:56 > 0:13:58It has to be the best of its kind.
0:13:58 > 0:13:59So we span everything.
0:13:59 > 0:14:01We do something very modern, we do something very old,
0:14:01 > 0:14:04we do something very broken down, we do something very pristine.
0:14:04 > 0:14:07But they all have to represent a kind of pinnacle, I suppose.
0:14:07 > 0:14:10- Margaret, if you could drive them round.- Yeah.- Just gently.
0:14:12 > 0:14:14Whoa! Oh!
0:14:14 > 0:14:16Go on! Oh!
0:14:16 > 0:14:18Blimey. Very hard.
0:14:18 > 0:14:20Much harder than I thought.
0:14:21 > 0:14:27This is a, in a way, one of the nicest English, romantic, old,
0:14:27 > 0:14:30very grand houses, constantly lived in for its whole history.
0:14:30 > 0:14:33And they're very few and far between now.
0:14:33 > 0:14:34Oh. Oh, dear.
0:14:36 > 0:14:39- Oh, dear God.- My God, it's a sport.
0:14:39 > 0:14:41It's an Olympic sport.
0:14:42 > 0:14:43- Do you think that's all right?- Yeah.
0:14:43 > 0:14:46- That'll be all right.- Look at that, beautiful in the light.
0:14:46 > 0:14:47Yeah, no, that'll be fine.
0:14:47 > 0:14:50This is quite hard, this room, I think.
0:14:50 > 0:14:53It sometimes feels a bit rough around the edges here...
0:14:53 > 0:14:55A bit rough around the edges?
0:14:56 > 0:14:58But that's why you like it, isn't it?
0:14:58 > 0:15:00And that's why it makes very, very atmospheric pictures,
0:15:00 > 0:15:03because you want to somehow convey the kind of romance,
0:15:03 > 0:15:04and the age of somewhere,
0:15:04 > 0:15:08and obviously that is made a lot easier if it has some sort of...
0:15:08 > 0:15:09If it doesn't look scrubbed.
0:15:09 > 0:15:11If it doesn't look too new.
0:15:12 > 0:15:14Desmond will have to wait for publication
0:15:14 > 0:15:17to see if this exposure of his family home
0:15:17 > 0:15:20attracts interest in Wiveton as a place to stay.
0:15:27 > 0:15:28I'm going to go and say hello.
0:15:28 > 0:15:31At the edge of the farm, the Chinese family
0:15:31 > 0:15:33have arrived in one of the holiday cottages.
0:15:33 > 0:15:34- Hello.- Hello.
0:15:34 > 0:15:36I'm Desmond MacCarthy.
0:15:36 > 0:15:37Nice to meet you.
0:15:37 > 0:15:40The arrival of the international guests
0:15:40 > 0:15:43is a marketing triumph for Desmond.
0:15:43 > 0:15:45We are now in international business.
0:15:45 > 0:15:47We've got Chinese customers
0:15:47 > 0:15:50from three of the biggest cities in China.
0:15:52 > 0:15:56High-flyers, high-flyers in the medical world.
0:15:56 > 0:15:59Any prostate problems, I know exactly who to go to.
0:16:04 > 0:16:06The holiday cottages and the hall
0:16:06 > 0:16:11are not the only accommodation being spruced up at Wiveton.
0:16:11 > 0:16:14Desmond has acquired a second-hand caravan
0:16:14 > 0:16:17for next year's seasonal farm workers.
0:16:18 > 0:16:21On. No, that doesn't work.
0:16:21 > 0:16:23That's the only thing that doesn't work.
0:16:25 > 0:16:28Mr Feldgate Jr is helping transport it
0:16:28 > 0:16:33- eight miles along the coast road to the hall.- Oh, my God.
0:16:33 > 0:16:35Hold on. Yeah, we missed that by inches.
0:16:35 > 0:16:37- Yeah.- Well done.
0:16:40 > 0:16:43I'm more worried about the fixtures and fittings in the caravan.
0:16:43 > 0:16:45Well, yeah, that's right.
0:16:45 > 0:16:48It's not often you get a chance to buy a fully furnished home.
0:16:48 > 0:16:50Well, yeah, that's right.
0:16:50 > 0:16:51You know, yeah, that is pretty good.
0:16:53 > 0:16:56Desmond needs to attract a reliable stream of
0:16:56 > 0:17:00Eastern European workers to keep his farm going.
0:17:00 > 0:17:04He's hoping a newly upgraded caravan will tempt them to Norfolk.
0:17:04 > 0:17:10We started having Polish workers when I started growing more fruit.
0:17:11 > 0:17:13They are loyal.
0:17:13 > 0:17:15They work lots of hours.
0:17:15 > 0:17:19Don't pay very much for being here.
0:17:19 > 0:17:23And they can then... Happy to go home for the winter.
0:17:26 > 0:17:27Oh, that was a...
0:17:27 > 0:17:29What a journey.
0:17:29 > 0:17:31I mean,
0:17:31 > 0:17:33we've come from Yarmouth.
0:17:33 > 0:17:35Yarmouth, yeah.
0:17:36 > 0:17:39Someone is going to have a disappointing holiday
0:17:39 > 0:17:41when they get there next year, but anyway.
0:17:41 > 0:17:43God, look at the old wheel.
0:17:43 > 0:17:44Bloody hell.
0:17:45 > 0:17:49Oh. I don't think we want to come any further.
0:17:49 > 0:17:52Very good. He looks a little bit on the sosh.
0:17:52 > 0:17:54With Brexit on the horizon,
0:17:54 > 0:17:59Desmond is worried his supply of seasonal farm workers may dry up.
0:17:59 > 0:18:03If labour from Eastern Europe didn't come,
0:18:03 > 0:18:05because they either weren't allowed to come,
0:18:05 > 0:18:08or it wasn't worth their while,
0:18:08 > 0:18:10it could be devastating news.
0:18:10 > 0:18:12There, marvellous.
0:18:12 > 0:18:17There might be English people who'd come forward, wanting to work.
0:18:19 > 0:18:20But it's a might.
0:18:20 > 0:18:23HE HUMS
0:18:28 > 0:18:31We're going to see the new caravan.
0:18:31 > 0:18:32It's rather good quality, Margaret.
0:18:32 > 0:18:35Is this a quality...? Has the Wiveton vote gone up?
0:18:35 > 0:18:36And I'm wondering who...
0:18:36 > 0:18:38Rodney wants to live there.
0:18:38 > 0:18:41Jack wants to live there. I'm pretty tempted.
0:18:41 > 0:18:44Desmond has brought Emma, with her creative flair,
0:18:44 > 0:18:47to inspect the new caravan.
0:18:47 > 0:18:48Is it always going to be at this angle?
0:18:48 > 0:18:51I think so. No, it's only just been put in there.
0:18:51 > 0:18:53Don't worry.
0:18:53 > 0:18:56- You get in first.- Oh, my God. Oh, my God.
0:18:56 > 0:18:59Oh, my goodness, a second bedroom!
0:18:59 > 0:19:02Oh, I didn't know that. There is not anyone in there, is there?
0:19:02 > 0:19:04I think it's great. Look at this.
0:19:04 > 0:19:06Over the next few weeks,
0:19:06 > 0:19:09Emma's job is to make it an attractive place to stay
0:19:09 > 0:19:10for Wiveton's workers.
0:19:10 > 0:19:13It's even got ornaments.
0:19:13 > 0:19:15Some of the ornaments are superb.
0:19:15 > 0:19:19- Roly.- Oh, my God, look at the naughty mug.
0:19:19 > 0:19:21Lovely ornaments. Lovely mugs.
0:19:21 > 0:19:23Look, isn't that nice?
0:19:23 > 0:19:26- Top shelf, top class. - Top shelf, top class.
0:19:26 > 0:19:27Look at this lovely bird.
0:19:27 > 0:19:29It needs a good clean.
0:19:29 > 0:19:32- Well, not much of a clean. - But I guess...
0:19:32 > 0:19:33Mistle thrush.
0:19:33 > 0:19:37I mean, it's a fantastic place for someone to live.
0:19:37 > 0:19:39If this doesn't pull them in...
0:19:39 > 0:19:42If this doesn't pull them in, I don't know what will.
0:19:42 > 0:19:44Yes, but it needs a clean, and maybe...
0:19:44 > 0:19:46- Of course it needs a clean, but that's not bad.- ..and curating.
0:19:46 > 0:19:48Yeah, curating, yes.
0:19:48 > 0:19:53- Who's in charge of that? - Well, you are.- Oh, OK.
0:19:53 > 0:19:55You are. It's one of your things.
0:19:56 > 0:19:59- Oh, my God, this is like...- Come up this end.- Let's have a look.
0:19:59 > 0:20:02- Ooh. Pungent.- Oh, my God. - It's a little...
0:20:02 > 0:20:06Sorry. Oh, there's a lamp that's gone.
0:20:06 > 0:20:08THEY SCREAM
0:20:10 > 0:20:11Quick!
0:20:12 > 0:20:15Did the earth move for you, Desmond?
0:20:15 > 0:20:16It did. Is that what they say?
0:20:16 > 0:20:17That's what they say.
0:20:17 > 0:20:21In the bedroom. OK.
0:20:21 > 0:20:23Now... Whoa!
0:20:26 > 0:20:27The light's gone.
0:20:37 > 0:20:39It's been several weeks since Tina
0:20:39 > 0:20:43began work on Desmond's seasonal makeover.
0:20:43 > 0:20:46Oh, my goodness, look at the sunlight on it.
0:20:46 > 0:20:50And his new tweed suit is ready for a first fitting.
0:20:50 > 0:20:54- Do you like it? - It is very nice and subdued.
0:20:54 > 0:20:57- Oh, look.- I forgot to ask you to bring some socks.
0:20:57 > 0:20:59- Stockings.- Do you mind?
0:20:59 > 0:21:02I'm not going to go home and get them.
0:21:02 > 0:21:05So, shall I go and get some...?
0:21:06 > 0:21:08Are there some of Edmund's?
0:21:08 > 0:21:10- I'll go and have a look. - Shall I try the...?
0:21:10 > 0:21:11No, no, you've got to wait for me.
0:21:13 > 0:21:16Oh, look at that. Isn't that lovely? Look at that.
0:21:16 > 0:21:23I would have preferred that. Isn't that lovely? Isn't that lovely?
0:21:23 > 0:21:25I'm just going to become obsessed.
0:21:25 > 0:21:27Isn't that beautiful tweed?
0:21:28 > 0:21:30I probably made a bit of a hasty...
0:21:30 > 0:21:32I'll love it anyway.
0:21:32 > 0:21:34I will love it.
0:21:34 > 0:21:36You can't have that.
0:21:36 > 0:21:37That's very, very exclusive.
0:21:37 > 0:21:39- What do you mean?- It belongs to someone else.
0:21:39 > 0:21:41- I know it does.- But yours is beautiful as well.
0:21:41 > 0:21:44- Yes, yes.- I don't think you should try these on, Desmond.
0:21:44 > 0:21:47- No.- They actually should be disposed of.
0:21:47 > 0:21:49They'll be all right.
0:21:49 > 0:21:51Don't worry, Tina, I'm going to have to put those on.
0:21:51 > 0:21:52Just shake them out.
0:21:54 > 0:21:55They were put away dirty.
0:21:55 > 0:21:58- I know, I didn't know that. - Well, you should go through...
0:21:58 > 0:22:01They're actually quite stiff with dirt, aren't they?
0:22:01 > 0:22:02They're filthy.
0:22:04 > 0:22:06Anyway, I'll wear it for a short time.
0:22:15 > 0:22:17The waist is fantastic.
0:22:18 > 0:22:20Scarlett.
0:22:20 > 0:22:21Come on.
0:22:21 > 0:22:22Two pleats.
0:22:22 > 0:22:25Do you think they need to be a bit bigger at the bottom?
0:22:25 > 0:22:28- Well, I do.- More fuller?
0:22:28 > 0:22:30- A little bit fuller, yeah. - OK, that's fine.
0:22:30 > 0:22:31Why are they not full length?
0:22:31 > 0:22:35Well, when you are tramping through the undergrowth,
0:22:35 > 0:22:37if they were long trousers,
0:22:37 > 0:22:41they would catch on the brambles and...
0:22:41 > 0:22:44- They'd get wet. - And they'd get wet.
0:22:44 > 0:22:45Come on, let's put this on now.
0:22:45 > 0:22:47Look, that's very smart.
0:22:47 > 0:22:51Look at that lining. Oh, my goodness!
0:22:51 > 0:22:54Yes, it's a really good lining. It's for a young person.
0:22:54 > 0:22:55Oh, good.
0:23:00 > 0:23:02- Do you mind the cat?- No.
0:23:02 > 0:23:04That's pretty good, you know, Tina.
0:23:04 > 0:23:07- Is it?- I've got a lot of bulk to me.
0:23:07 > 0:23:10- It's quite broad. - I am broad.
0:23:10 > 0:23:12Can you raise your arms?
0:23:13 > 0:23:14What does that feel like?
0:23:15 > 0:23:16Just a tiny bit tight.
0:23:16 > 0:23:18Where is it? Round the back?
0:23:18 > 0:23:20- OK.- Just here.
0:23:21 > 0:23:24I know the front has got to be let down a bit.
0:23:24 > 0:23:26Do you see how it's sort of popping up at the front?
0:23:28 > 0:23:33Tweed is the centuries-old uniform of the country gentleman.
0:23:33 > 0:23:35It's that quintessential English look
0:23:35 > 0:23:39that attracted the international interiors magazine
0:23:39 > 0:23:41to photograph Desmond's home.
0:23:42 > 0:23:46The edition featuring Wiveton Hall has just arrived in the post.
0:23:46 > 0:23:48Let's have a look.
0:23:48 > 0:23:50- Conde Nast.- Oh!
0:23:50 > 0:23:52- Would you like to open it?- Yes.
0:23:52 > 0:23:54Oh, my God, this is so exciting.
0:23:54 > 0:23:56Oh, my God, we're on the front cover!
0:23:58 > 0:24:00Oh, my God, it looks beautiful.
0:24:00 > 0:24:03Look, and Annabel's lovely birds.
0:24:03 > 0:24:05- That's nice.- There's your bathroom.
0:24:05 > 0:24:07It makes the bathroom look nice.
0:24:07 > 0:24:09So tidy.
0:24:09 > 0:24:11I didn't know you were so tidy, Desmond.
0:24:11 > 0:24:13Very tidy.
0:24:13 > 0:24:14Oh, look.
0:24:14 > 0:24:18- I hope being in this will bring a few more people.- Yes, yes.
0:24:18 > 0:24:20Well, I think this will be good for the wing,
0:24:20 > 0:24:22which is the bit we want to...
0:24:22 > 0:24:23- Rent out.- Yes.
0:24:23 > 0:24:26So we've already had someone ringing
0:24:26 > 0:24:29saying they want to come and stay at Easter. So that's good news.
0:24:30 > 0:24:33Very good. Look at that.
0:24:33 > 0:24:35- That's cool.- Where is that?
0:24:35 > 0:24:38- That's in Uruguay. - God, you can almost hear
0:24:38 > 0:24:40the mosquitoes, can't you?
0:24:40 > 0:24:41We may move there.
0:24:41 > 0:24:47- That's very good and it's nice to have a record of it.- Exactly.
0:24:47 > 0:24:49When you're...
0:24:49 > 0:24:52- When all has gone pear-shaped and... - And we're living in Uruguay.
0:24:52 > 0:24:54Living in Uruguay.
0:24:54 > 0:24:57We'll take this with us and you can remember it.
0:24:57 > 0:24:59Sell up, get out fast.
0:24:59 > 0:25:00A very nice brochure.
0:25:02 > 0:25:05And we'll try and sideline the estate agents.
0:25:06 > 0:25:08- Very good.- Yes.- Well, there we are.
0:25:09 > 0:25:11- Here, champ.- Yes, Dad?
0:25:11 > 0:25:13Look at that!
0:25:13 > 0:25:17The new marketing strategy is paying off.
0:25:17 > 0:25:21Wiveton Hall has been launched on the international stage.
0:25:21 > 0:25:23I think we must celebrate by
0:25:23 > 0:25:28going to have a quick cup of tea and a massive slice of cake.
0:25:28 > 0:25:30I haven't had cake for ages.
0:25:39 > 0:25:40Come on.
0:25:40 > 0:25:44The cleaners at the holiday cottages have alerted Desmond and Emma
0:25:44 > 0:25:47to comments left by recent occupants.
0:25:47 > 0:25:49Shall we go down this way?
0:25:49 > 0:25:54We had these Chinese people, they came and they were very nice,
0:25:54 > 0:25:59and apparently they have left a message in the visitors' book.
0:26:01 > 0:26:03Now, do you think this needs improving a bit?
0:26:03 > 0:26:05Yes.
0:26:05 > 0:26:06Oh, dear.
0:26:06 > 0:26:11Like any hospitality business, responding to feedback is crucial.
0:26:11 > 0:26:13Oh, my God. Look at that.
0:26:15 > 0:26:17Oh, "What a wonderful week. Good walks."
0:26:17 > 0:26:19Nice handwriting.
0:26:19 > 0:26:20Yes, very nice.
0:26:20 > 0:26:21"The cottage is perfect,
0:26:21 > 0:26:25"everything you need for a relaxing and comfortable break."
0:26:25 > 0:26:26It's very kind of them.
0:26:26 > 0:26:28They needn't write quite such an essay.
0:26:28 > 0:26:30It has taken up most of their holiday.
0:26:32 > 0:26:35- Well, you know what, Desmond... - "Fantastic wildlife,
0:26:35 > 0:26:40"amazing birds and the comforting call of the owl at night."
0:26:42 > 0:26:47"Beautiful cottage, prepared and cleaned as a home from home,
0:26:47 > 0:26:51"but we absolutely hate the hunting pictures."
0:26:51 > 0:26:55- Oh, really?- "A beautiful wildlife and nature preservation place
0:26:55 > 0:26:58"such as Norfolk, then artwork promoting
0:26:58 > 0:27:00"the useless killing of our
0:27:00 > 0:27:04"wonderful, living creatures. Horrific."
0:27:04 > 0:27:05She didn't like that.
0:27:05 > 0:27:08"The beautiful wildlife" - the boar.
0:27:08 > 0:27:11You've got to learn how to shoot the boar, haven't you?
0:27:13 > 0:27:14Haven't you?
0:27:16 > 0:27:19You can't have them everywhere. Anyway.
0:27:19 > 0:27:21She thinks...
0:27:21 > 0:27:24She's the sort to think you've got to leave everything to nature.
0:27:27 > 0:27:28Oh, my God!
0:27:31 > 0:27:32That's nice.
0:27:33 > 0:27:37- Well, we don't know.- No. - We don't know.
0:27:37 > 0:27:42"A very nosy man came round, the moment we got here.
0:27:42 > 0:27:44"We were about to put our feet up,
0:27:44 > 0:27:48"nosey man came in and asked so many ruddy questions,
0:27:48 > 0:27:51"I wished I was back in Beijing."
0:27:53 > 0:27:55"We are never going to come again,
0:27:55 > 0:27:58"certainly won't recommend our friends."
0:28:04 > 0:28:07Next time, Desmond keeps with country traditions
0:28:07 > 0:28:09by holding a shoot at Wiveton.
0:28:09 > 0:28:12Got to keep quiet, Roly. Roly.
0:28:12 > 0:28:15I've heard of people who swear at their dogs.
0:28:15 > 0:28:17It doesn't do much good.
0:28:17 > 0:28:19And as the end of the year approaches,
0:28:19 > 0:28:24he rewards his faithful staff with a Christmas party.
0:28:24 > 0:28:26We've got the tree in, so Christmas has begun.
0:28:26 > 0:28:28- Has it?- Yes.