0:00:02 > 0:00:03- The metal detector man's coming. - Yes.
0:00:03 > 0:00:06He comes and patrols the fields and looks at ancient artefacts.
0:00:06 > 0:00:09- Oh, yes.- And these are some things found
0:00:09 > 0:00:11in a rather poorly-displayed way.
0:00:11 > 0:00:13Look at that one! Still going.
0:00:13 > 0:00:15- INTERVIEWER:- What is that?- I...
0:00:16 > 0:00:18..think it's called a scrotal bell.
0:00:20 > 0:00:21Oh, right.
0:00:21 > 0:00:23Have you got one, Andrew?
0:00:23 > 0:00:24I haven't got a scrotal bell, no.
0:00:32 > 0:00:33Come on, Ted.
0:00:33 > 0:00:37Wiveton Hall Farm on the North Norfolk coast.
0:00:37 > 0:00:38Good boy.
0:00:38 > 0:00:42Home to gentleman farmer Desmond MacCarthy.
0:00:42 > 0:00:44- GUNSHOT - Oh, fantastic shot!
0:00:46 > 0:00:49He's lived here all his life with his mother, Chloe,
0:00:49 > 0:00:52now 101 years old.
0:00:52 > 0:00:55My mother's lived so long because she's never drunk milk.
0:00:55 > 0:00:56I like cream.
0:00:57 > 0:00:59What are your other tricks?
0:01:00 > 0:01:03When they're not at university, he's joined by his children,
0:01:03 > 0:01:06Isabel and Edmund.
0:01:06 > 0:01:08- Does Granny pay rent? - She does pay rent.
0:01:08 > 0:01:09Bastard!
0:01:11 > 0:01:12Oh!
0:01:12 > 0:01:13- Oh, dear. - GAS HISSES
0:01:13 > 0:01:14It's going to explode.
0:01:16 > 0:01:20So far, Desmond's kept the wolf from the door
0:01:20 > 0:01:22by the seat of his tweed pants...
0:01:22 > 0:01:24Do I have a lot of cash around?
0:01:24 > 0:01:26No. Other people's cash, yes.
0:01:26 > 0:01:27Mostly the bank's.
0:01:27 > 0:01:32..earning just enough money from his 250-acre farm,
0:01:32 > 0:01:36cafe and holiday cottages to maintain a country way of life
0:01:36 > 0:01:39and preserve the hall for generations to come.
0:01:39 > 0:01:43Thank goodness the double chin has been bred out.
0:01:43 > 0:01:44- Has it?- Yes.
0:01:47 > 0:01:48For four months,
0:01:48 > 0:01:53the cafe has been closed and Desmond's been without its income.
0:01:53 > 0:01:54Oh, it's been a hard winter.
0:01:54 > 0:01:56We've lived on game and cheese.
0:01:57 > 0:01:59And roadkill occasionally.
0:02:00 > 0:02:03Now the cafe will reopen on Mother's Day
0:02:03 > 0:02:08and Desmond is keen to try out some new ideas to boost his revenue.
0:02:08 > 0:02:12You can sit here and look out at the beautiful view.
0:02:12 > 0:02:14I think it'll have to be a pay loo.
0:02:14 > 0:02:16- It's a fiver, isn't it? At least. - Oh, I think so.
0:02:31 > 0:02:35It's March and Wiveton Hall is emerging from winter hibernation.
0:02:38 > 0:02:40RATTLING
0:02:40 > 0:02:43Spring. Springtime. We've got a lot of planting to do.
0:02:45 > 0:02:46Buds, look!
0:02:47 > 0:02:48We've got another one there.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51In another day or two, it'll be changing.
0:02:51 > 0:02:53It's all starting to grow.
0:02:53 > 0:02:57Makes one a little frantic because so much to do.
0:03:00 > 0:03:04Desmond is, well, probably stressed, as he always is.
0:03:05 > 0:03:09We have no income from October to March
0:03:09 > 0:03:13so, as always, cash flow's, erm...tight.
0:03:13 > 0:03:18Before the new season, the coffers at Wiveton are empty.
0:03:19 > 0:03:23Any moment, the cafe will open, and, hopefully...
0:03:24 > 0:03:26..the cash is starting to come in again.
0:03:27 > 0:03:30Should we not move that one over to the left?
0:03:30 > 0:03:32- The actual...- The top. The top.
0:03:33 > 0:03:35- INTERVIEWER:- What are your targets this year?
0:03:35 > 0:03:36Oh, targets?
0:03:38 > 0:03:39Huge fortune.
0:03:42 > 0:03:44There's plenty to do.
0:03:44 > 0:03:47New toilets, new staff, new menu,
0:03:47 > 0:03:50and an expensive state-of-the-art till system
0:03:50 > 0:03:53that's just been installed.
0:03:53 > 0:03:56All sorts of ghastly electrical gadgetry
0:03:56 > 0:04:00has to be reinstated or new stuff bought.
0:04:00 > 0:04:02The others are much better at the details.
0:04:02 > 0:04:04I mean, I don't know how to work the...
0:04:04 > 0:04:06The tills now are like computers.
0:04:07 > 0:04:09Of course I don't know how to work them.
0:04:09 > 0:04:14This attempt to modernise should make the cafe more efficient,
0:04:14 > 0:04:16if they can figure out how it works.
0:04:16 > 0:04:21We'll test it today and have a list of questions for you tomorrow.
0:04:21 > 0:04:23- CRASH! - Oh, God!
0:04:24 > 0:04:26Oh, my goodness!
0:04:26 > 0:04:28Look, here we go. So, you've walked in.
0:04:28 > 0:04:30Is this pretend shopping?
0:04:30 > 0:04:33Yeah, we pretend. So, we're going to have...
0:04:33 > 0:04:35- Have some cider.- An Americano.
0:04:35 > 0:04:36Kim, you're a genius.
0:04:36 > 0:04:38- Lots of ice.- Lots of ice.
0:04:38 > 0:04:39Why not just a bit of ice?
0:04:39 > 0:04:41- I want a little bit of ice. - And a straw.
0:04:41 > 0:04:42But what if I want a little bit of ice?
0:04:42 > 0:04:45Two covers on table seven.
0:04:45 > 0:04:46Then I do "send."
0:04:47 > 0:04:49It sends it to the kitchen.
0:04:52 > 0:04:55- Poor Rodney.- Oh, I think the printer's not on, maybe.
0:04:55 > 0:04:57- Is it on?- Rodney's turned it off.
0:04:57 > 0:04:59He's put a drill through it.
0:05:01 > 0:05:04- INTERVIEWER:- So, you're going to be interpreting this data
0:05:04 > 0:05:05- on a daily basis?- I'm going to be.
0:05:05 > 0:05:09Kim will. She's got a different tier of intelligence
0:05:09 > 0:05:11and she can take these things in.
0:05:11 > 0:05:14I'm still more concerned about the ice machine
0:05:14 > 0:05:16and the loos still, Rodney.
0:05:17 > 0:05:20Thankfully, Desmond's made himself available
0:05:20 > 0:05:22to deal with any last-minute hitches...
0:05:22 > 0:05:24Hello? OK, I can get in there.
0:05:24 > 0:05:27I can look. I'm on my knees now.
0:05:27 > 0:05:28I'm on my knees.
0:05:28 > 0:05:30..like the broken ice machine.
0:05:30 > 0:05:32Pull the flaps forward. All of them?
0:05:32 > 0:05:33That's right. Exactly.
0:05:34 > 0:05:36Oh, dear.
0:05:38 > 0:05:43Wait! A deeper U or a more shallow U?
0:05:43 > 0:05:46What you need to do is get the loop lower.
0:05:46 > 0:05:49OK, well, I'm raising it up. I'm raising it up a bit more.
0:05:49 > 0:05:52It's higher than it was before.
0:05:52 > 0:05:54Oh, drop it.
0:05:55 > 0:05:57OK. Oh!
0:05:57 > 0:06:01I told you to get somebody young to test it.
0:06:01 > 0:06:04Last season, there were queues for the cafe toilets,
0:06:04 > 0:06:09so builder Rodney has been instructed to upgrade facilities.
0:06:09 > 0:06:12Hello, Rodney. Oh, doesn't it look smart?
0:06:12 > 0:06:14- It does look smart.- Very smart.
0:06:14 > 0:06:18I mean, to invest in loos is a bit depressing.
0:06:18 > 0:06:20A lot of people,
0:06:20 > 0:06:24as my mother said, they should have gone before they left home.
0:06:24 > 0:06:27Never mind. It'll be nice.
0:06:27 > 0:06:31Have you sat on the position of the throne?
0:06:31 > 0:06:33No. We thought, really, that would be...
0:06:33 > 0:06:36It's going to have the best view of any...
0:06:37 > 0:06:41..public toilet in the country.
0:06:41 > 0:06:43- Yes.- It is going to be nice.
0:06:43 > 0:06:47- Yes.- You can sit here and look out at the beautiful view.
0:06:50 > 0:06:53But... I mean, how...? I think it'll have to be a pay loo?
0:06:53 > 0:06:54- Yes.- Ooh.
0:06:54 > 0:06:57- Oh, it's a fiver, isn't it? At least.- Oh, I think so.
0:06:57 > 0:06:58A special thing. Anyway...
0:06:59 > 0:07:01It's lovely at the moment.
0:07:02 > 0:07:04It's going to be difficult.
0:07:04 > 0:07:07We'll have a little note saying, "You may enjoy the view,
0:07:07 > 0:07:08"but do hurry up."
0:07:09 > 0:07:11Polite, but firm.
0:07:13 > 0:07:14Anyway...
0:07:18 > 0:07:20To coincide with the cafe's opening,
0:07:20 > 0:07:24Desmond's sister Mary and his nephew Samuel
0:07:24 > 0:07:26have been working on a new attraction.
0:07:29 > 0:07:34It's going to be a sort of play area for the children at the cafe.
0:07:34 > 0:07:39The children will play, the parents hopefully will
0:07:39 > 0:07:42sit back and drink another bottle of wine at the cafe.
0:07:47 > 0:07:49Let me try.
0:07:51 > 0:07:54Oh, the family always help.
0:07:54 > 0:07:58Yes. I mean, a farm like this does rely on...
0:07:58 > 0:08:01I mean, free family labour, of course.
0:08:01 > 0:08:05This is not precision-drilled, Samuel.
0:08:06 > 0:08:10No. I've ruined it already.
0:08:10 > 0:08:14I'm not sure if my nephew and sister agree with that
0:08:14 > 0:08:17but I think they've got to go along with it.
0:08:18 > 0:08:22I mean, I remember we did Airfix together.
0:08:23 > 0:08:25- Did we?- Yes.
0:08:25 > 0:08:26What did we make?
0:08:27 > 0:08:30I think some sort of plane.
0:08:30 > 0:08:32- It was difficult. - I wiped it from my memory.
0:08:32 > 0:08:34It was traumatic.
0:08:34 > 0:08:36- May well have been. - It was traumatic.
0:08:39 > 0:08:43Wive Hall is being officially opened by Desmond's great nephew.
0:08:45 > 0:08:46Leighton, come here!
0:08:47 > 0:08:49Great grass today.
0:08:49 > 0:08:53We should have a bunch of flowers for him.
0:08:53 > 0:08:55- Oh! - CHEERING
0:08:56 > 0:08:58Thank you very much.
0:08:58 > 0:08:59You've opened the Wendy Hall.
0:08:59 > 0:09:02Would you like to say a few words?
0:09:07 > 0:09:09It's got no windows...
0:09:10 > 0:09:12..and it does look like a ruin.
0:09:12 > 0:09:15It looks like Wiveton Hall after the fire.
0:09:19 > 0:09:21Doesn't it? It's a shell.
0:09:23 > 0:09:24Slightly haunting.
0:09:25 > 0:09:27Very frightening. Anyway...
0:09:27 > 0:09:28We'll see. We'll see.
0:09:29 > 0:09:31Work in progress.
0:09:37 > 0:09:39Before the cafe reopens,
0:09:39 > 0:09:44Desmond and Kim are keen to learn from last year's customer feedback.
0:09:44 > 0:09:48We'll have a look at TripAdvisor because we haven't, have we?
0:09:48 > 0:09:50- We've been so busy... - We haven't looked at it.
0:09:50 > 0:09:53Oh, dear! Oh, great location.
0:09:53 > 0:09:54Wonderful coffee.
0:09:55 > 0:09:57Superb, friendly and passionate.
0:09:57 > 0:10:00Fabulous food. Good panna cotta.
0:10:00 > 0:10:02Scone-tastic.
0:10:02 > 0:10:04"Best fruit scones anywhere I have ever eaten."
0:10:04 > 0:10:06There you go. What's the next one?
0:10:06 > 0:10:09"Nice place, but a bit overpriced."
0:10:09 > 0:10:12- Well, they've never tried running a business.- Mm.
0:10:12 > 0:10:16Look - "a beautiful cafe, albeit in a wooden shack."
0:10:16 > 0:10:18- And we get a lot of that. - Is that all they're saying?
0:10:18 > 0:10:21- Yep.- Well, they haven't justified it.
0:10:23 > 0:10:25That is a bit harsh, isn't it?
0:10:25 > 0:10:28Oh, silly people. What are they doing? "Disappointed."
0:10:28 > 0:10:30"Having planned a cycle out in the Norfolk lanes,
0:10:30 > 0:10:33"we thought Wiveton Farm Cafe was an ideal place to stop.
0:10:33 > 0:10:35"Sadly, it was not to be.
0:10:35 > 0:10:39"The proprietor made it very clear he did not want Lycra-clad people
0:10:39 > 0:10:42"in his establishment and we were not his sort of customers."
0:10:43 > 0:10:45They wanted to come at 12.
0:10:45 > 0:10:50No. They were such slow cyclists they got there at one o'clock,
0:10:50 > 0:10:52and they'd bred on the way or picked up a lot of friends.
0:10:52 > 0:10:58There were about 25 of them, all in their revolting Lycra kit,
0:10:58 > 0:11:00looking something out of Star Trek.
0:11:00 > 0:11:04I made a joke about no Lycra at lunchtime.
0:11:04 > 0:11:06- It didn't go down well. - Didn't go down well.
0:11:06 > 0:11:09Erm... Never mind. You can't please everybody.
0:11:09 > 0:11:11Let's look at all the wonderful ones.
0:11:11 > 0:11:14- Some wonderful ones as well. - Take the edge off them.
0:11:14 > 0:11:16305 excellent compared to 17 terrible,
0:11:16 > 0:11:18- so that's not too bad. - Isn't that good?
0:11:19 > 0:11:21DOG BARKS
0:11:30 > 0:11:33The beginning of a season can be frantic
0:11:33 > 0:11:36but Desmond is taking time to have breakfast
0:11:36 > 0:11:39with old friend Andrew Snodgrass.
0:11:39 > 0:11:42Early morning tea, I'm obsessed with early-morning tea
0:11:42 > 0:11:44- because that's what I... - Please, Andrew. No, no.
0:11:44 > 0:11:46- Oh, what happens there? - You get a plate.
0:11:46 > 0:11:48- Oh, a plate.- You may be a bachelor but...
0:11:48 > 0:11:50Yeah, I'll use this one here.
0:11:50 > 0:11:53- It's just nice standards and stuff. - OK, standards, yeah.
0:11:53 > 0:11:56- And the metal detector man's coming. - Oh, yes.
0:11:56 > 0:11:59Quite interesting. It brings in bits of history.
0:11:59 > 0:12:02It would be lovely to find a hoard just today.
0:12:02 > 0:12:05- A hoard!- It would be marvellous.
0:12:05 > 0:12:09I visualise a lot of ecclesiastical...
0:12:11 > 0:12:14..gold and silver artefacts from the altar.
0:12:14 > 0:12:16- Wow!- Ooh, it would be marvellous.
0:12:20 > 0:12:25John is a detectorist and a regular visitor to the farm.
0:12:25 > 0:12:28Today, he's showing off some new kit.
0:12:28 > 0:12:31Tesoro Lobo. A very good machine.
0:12:31 > 0:12:34Very light, very reliable.
0:12:34 > 0:12:35Nice even spread.
0:12:35 > 0:12:38That's covering what? Six feet?
0:12:43 > 0:12:46A major find could solve Desmond's money worries
0:12:46 > 0:12:51and Norfolk soil has produced some significant treasure in the past.
0:12:51 > 0:12:56Most famously, the 150 items of the Snettisham Hoard,
0:12:56 > 0:13:01with an estimated value of £11.5 million.
0:13:02 > 0:13:06- INTERVIEWER:- Is he allowed to take whatever he finds?- No!
0:13:06 > 0:13:07What do you mean?
0:13:07 > 0:13:11- It's of no interest off the premises.- Yeah.
0:13:13 > 0:13:15No. We must keep an eye on him.
0:13:15 > 0:13:17Yes. Oh, yes.
0:13:25 > 0:13:27A piece of horseshoe.
0:13:29 > 0:13:31If there's, like, silver or gold,
0:13:31 > 0:13:34that'd have to go to a...
0:13:34 > 0:13:37We'd have to take that to a museum and let them decide.
0:13:37 > 0:13:41But anything less, then Desmond will either say he'll have it
0:13:41 > 0:13:42or he'll give it to me.
0:13:42 > 0:13:45- INTERVIEWER:- So, who gets first dibs?
0:13:45 > 0:13:46Desmond.
0:13:47 > 0:13:50Until the Wiveton Hoard is unearthed,
0:13:50 > 0:13:53Desmond will have to rely on farm,
0:13:53 > 0:13:56cafe and gardens to keep the place afloat.
0:13:59 > 0:14:02Following the success of last year's tours,
0:14:02 > 0:14:05Desmond has invested in the gardens.
0:14:05 > 0:14:07Look at the steam! Look at the steam!
0:14:07 > 0:14:08Isn't it exciting?
0:14:09 > 0:14:12That's the compost. Fascinating.
0:14:12 > 0:14:18His team of Peter, Beamish and Amanda are now hard at it.
0:14:18 > 0:14:20Amanda, look!
0:14:20 > 0:14:22Shouldn't this have been...? It's spring.
0:14:22 > 0:14:25- Yeah.- Is this the time you prune the roses?
0:14:25 > 0:14:28Pruning the roses now and we'll feed them and mulch them.
0:14:28 > 0:14:30Please feed them. They're desperate for food.
0:14:30 > 0:14:33- They are.- Are we allowing them to grow more or anything, no?
0:14:36 > 0:14:39Can you get rid of the dog out of here, please, Peter?
0:14:39 > 0:14:40Please, Peter.
0:14:41 > 0:14:44ENGINE HUMS
0:14:47 > 0:14:49It's important to make it look extra nice
0:14:49 > 0:14:52because lots of people love coming round the garden.
0:14:52 > 0:14:53And they pay a little bit...
0:14:55 > 0:14:57..to walk round, so if they're paying money,
0:14:57 > 0:15:00it must be up to scratch.
0:15:01 > 0:15:06As the cafe and gardens gear up for a new season, so too does the farm.
0:15:07 > 0:15:12Every spring brings another round of new life.
0:15:12 > 0:15:14- INTERVIEWER:- Have you always had pigs?- Always had pigs.
0:15:18 > 0:15:20They're very handy with the cafe opening -
0:15:20 > 0:15:24all the waste peelings and things get put in.
0:15:24 > 0:15:27Otherwise, it putrefies in dustbins.
0:15:27 > 0:15:28Anyway, more useful.
0:15:28 > 0:15:30Keep coming!
0:15:32 > 0:15:34Whoa, whoa.
0:15:35 > 0:15:36OK.
0:15:37 > 0:15:40So, they're three weeks old, the piglets...
0:15:40 > 0:15:43- Yes.- So Mum can be with them for another sort of three to four weeks.
0:15:46 > 0:15:48She might be a bit protective.
0:15:48 > 0:15:49Be a bit careful.
0:15:52 > 0:15:53Are we ready...?
0:15:55 > 0:15:56Hello, Mummy!
0:15:59 > 0:16:00Aren't they nice?
0:16:06 > 0:16:08Look at that. Lovely family.
0:16:10 > 0:16:12I mean, it was only the other day
0:16:12 > 0:16:15did John come and take the last ones away.
0:16:15 > 0:16:16But, erm...
0:16:18 > 0:16:19Full circle.
0:16:26 > 0:16:27While the pigs settle in,
0:16:27 > 0:16:31the kitchen staff are getting ready for tomorrow's big opening -
0:16:31 > 0:16:33Mother's Day.
0:16:33 > 0:16:35Excitement, anticipation...
0:16:35 > 0:16:40There's about six of us, and the cake lady doing her baking,
0:16:40 > 0:16:44just to get the full menu ready for tomorrow, 12 o'clock deadline.
0:16:47 > 0:16:50Look at this! This is gravad lax.
0:16:50 > 0:16:53I don't know where the actual salmon was born,
0:16:53 > 0:16:54but we'll see how tasty it was.
0:16:59 > 0:17:01My job is quality control.
0:17:02 > 0:17:04Mmm.
0:17:04 > 0:17:06- Thumbs up, yeah? - It's delicious, yeah.
0:17:07 > 0:17:10That is not samphire.
0:17:10 > 0:17:13It's a new sort of plant that has suddenly become fashionable.
0:17:13 > 0:17:15It's called agretti.
0:17:15 > 0:17:18- Monk's beard.- Or monk's beard.
0:17:18 > 0:17:19It's actually a...
0:17:25 > 0:17:26..very nice grass.
0:17:27 > 0:17:32In the shop, Verity has been busy buying new lines of stock,
0:17:32 > 0:17:35anticipating the taste of the new season's customers.
0:17:35 > 0:17:37Desmond isn't...
0:17:38 > 0:17:41He's not suited to buying things in for the shop.
0:17:41 > 0:17:43It's very feminine, isn't it?
0:17:43 > 0:17:45Things like this...
0:17:45 > 0:17:47It's not practical.
0:17:47 > 0:17:51So, for Desmond, it needs to be practical, it has to have a purpose.
0:17:52 > 0:17:53Oh, look.
0:17:54 > 0:17:57You're very clever. What are these?
0:17:57 > 0:17:59- These?- What do we do with them?
0:17:59 > 0:18:00You wear them.
0:18:02 > 0:18:03OK.
0:18:03 > 0:18:06SHE LAUGHS
0:18:06 > 0:18:08Yes. And these? What are these?
0:18:08 > 0:18:10We had these last year, they're gifts.
0:18:10 > 0:18:12Nice little gifts. They're for Mother's Day and things like that.
0:18:12 > 0:18:15- I see, you give that to a mother. - Yes.
0:18:15 > 0:18:17This is rather exciting, it's opening again.
0:18:17 > 0:18:20It's a new leaf.
0:18:20 > 0:18:23- Going to just rejuvenate.- Mm.
0:18:43 > 0:18:45See the head on there?
0:18:49 > 0:18:51See that lovely head?
0:18:51 > 0:18:52That's a nice find.
0:18:59 > 0:19:01Let's see what you've found.
0:19:01 > 0:19:03Oh.
0:19:03 > 0:19:04Oh!
0:19:05 > 0:19:07- What is that?- Well...
0:19:11 > 0:19:13Look at that! Now, that is...
0:19:13 > 0:19:14That's a head.
0:19:14 > 0:19:16Iceni.
0:19:17 > 0:19:18No.
0:19:18 > 0:19:21- It looks like Greek. - You're getting close.
0:19:21 > 0:19:23Is it Roman?
0:19:23 > 0:19:26Is it?! Did you find that today?
0:19:26 > 0:19:27Yes.
0:19:30 > 0:19:32Did you?
0:19:32 > 0:19:34That is incredible.
0:19:34 > 0:19:37That is...2,000 years old.
0:19:41 > 0:19:46I mean, that is probably one of the most important treasures
0:19:46 > 0:19:48in the Wiveton Hall collection.
0:19:48 > 0:19:51Edmund, do you want to see this coin? Come and look.
0:19:51 > 0:19:54Here we are. It's got the same tails.
0:19:54 > 0:19:56That's the one.
0:19:57 > 0:19:59That's the same bloke.
0:19:59 > 0:20:01330-337 AD.
0:20:01 > 0:20:03145.
0:20:03 > 0:20:06- That's what it goes for? - Yes.- That's not bad.
0:20:06 > 0:20:08Isn't that amazing? Well done, John!
0:20:08 > 0:20:11- Thank you, Desmond. - You have done well.
0:20:11 > 0:20:14- The cheque is in the post! - THEY LAUGH
0:20:33 > 0:20:36The day of the grand reopening has arrived.
0:20:38 > 0:20:39Careful, it's not that well made.
0:20:39 > 0:20:42- It's fine.- Hold on...- It's going in, it's going in, Dad.
0:20:44 > 0:20:46Well done.
0:20:46 > 0:20:50It's our first big Sunday, first Sunday we're open.
0:20:50 > 0:20:51We're fully booked.
0:20:51 > 0:20:54We're trying to open for the customers for this year.
0:20:54 > 0:20:56- Edmund...- It's coming. There we go.
0:20:56 > 0:20:58We can open. Ah...
0:20:59 > 0:21:01- Finally!- Marvellous.
0:21:03 > 0:21:05Mothering Sunday.
0:21:05 > 0:21:07Perhaps it's an old thing, anyway...
0:21:07 > 0:21:11But now it's just an opportunity for card manufacturers
0:21:11 > 0:21:16and I suppose restaurants to encourage more customers.
0:21:16 > 0:21:18Well, I'm afraid I joined in on that.
0:21:21 > 0:21:24All the new staff will be tested,
0:21:24 > 0:21:29and so will all the new electronic computer gadgetry.
0:21:29 > 0:21:31And, of course, the new loos.
0:21:31 > 0:21:34Yes, toilets, vital.
0:21:38 > 0:21:41Mothers coming for breakfast, mothers coming for lunch,
0:21:41 > 0:21:44mothers coming for coffee, mothers coming for tea.
0:21:46 > 0:21:49Oh, we'll be on our knees by the end of it,
0:21:49 > 0:21:51but hopefully a little richer.
0:21:51 > 0:21:53Thank you.
0:21:53 > 0:21:55Thanks ever so much.
0:21:55 > 0:21:57Oh, Mother's Day, I love it.
0:22:01 > 0:22:05Desmond's mother, Chloe, is 101 years old,
0:22:05 > 0:22:08and still lives in a cottage on the farm.
0:22:08 > 0:22:11She is remarkable. She's planted so much around here.
0:22:13 > 0:22:15She started planting magnolias and...
0:22:16 > 0:22:21..and camellias in the garden in her late 70s.
0:22:21 > 0:22:24Anyway, she kept an awful lot going. She's very tenacious.
0:22:25 > 0:22:27But I do see her every day, so...
0:22:30 > 0:22:33Your Mother's Day coffee, would you like to come?
0:22:33 > 0:22:34Yes.
0:22:36 > 0:22:38Look at those flowers, don't they look nice?
0:22:38 > 0:22:42- They're lovely. - You planted those, didn't you?
0:22:42 > 0:22:46- Yes.- Flowers have been an important part of your life, haven't they?
0:22:46 > 0:22:49They have.
0:22:49 > 0:22:51Still are. Let's go, all aboard.
0:22:53 > 0:22:54Good.
0:22:54 > 0:22:56Please shut the door.
0:23:02 > 0:23:04The cafe has been open now for four hours
0:23:04 > 0:23:08and the team have survived a busy breakfast.
0:23:08 > 0:23:10Thank you.
0:23:10 > 0:23:14But now for the real test - lunch is about to begin.
0:23:14 > 0:23:18A record number of people have booked and are arriving at the cafe
0:23:18 > 0:23:21with high expectation and mothers in tow.
0:23:23 > 0:23:25- Good morning.- How are you? - All right?
0:23:25 > 0:23:27Oh, my goodness, how busy.
0:23:29 > 0:23:31The beef smells delicious.
0:23:31 > 0:23:33It's striploin, like a sirloin.
0:23:33 > 0:23:36Oh, my God. Oh, delicious.
0:23:37 > 0:23:40Mmm, very good. Have you got horseradish sauce?
0:23:40 > 0:23:43Here. It's ready to go out.
0:23:43 > 0:23:44OK.
0:23:50 > 0:23:54The cafe relies on a pure water supply from an ancient well
0:23:54 > 0:23:57which in the past has been unpredictable.
0:23:59 > 0:24:03So Desmond's giving head chef Ben a crash course
0:24:03 > 0:24:06on how to troubleshoot the temperamental pump room.
0:24:06 > 0:24:08We'll do a bit of experimenting later.
0:24:13 > 0:24:14Oh, my goodness!
0:24:19 > 0:24:21We're about two minutes away from service
0:24:21 > 0:24:23and the water's gone off, so...
0:24:23 > 0:24:25I just turned one of the pumps off.
0:24:26 > 0:24:27I'm, I...
0:24:29 > 0:24:33Just as mothers sit down to their roast beef,
0:24:33 > 0:24:37Desmond's fiddling with the pumps has caused the water supply to fail.
0:24:39 > 0:24:40Ah.
0:24:40 > 0:24:43- Now it's working? - That's working, that one.
0:24:43 > 0:24:46- OK.- So that is working.
0:24:46 > 0:24:50A bit more button-pressing brings the water back on,
0:24:50 > 0:24:53but now the electricity is off.
0:24:53 > 0:24:55That... I don't think that's good. Everything's off.
0:24:57 > 0:24:59It could just be a coincidence,
0:24:59 > 0:25:04but Desmond was fiddling with things in the pump house, and since then,
0:25:04 > 0:25:07the electric's gone off. So we can't use the till, the printers...
0:25:08 > 0:25:12..our sockets, which is an ideal start to service.
0:25:12 > 0:25:14Well, the situation is that...
0:25:15 > 0:25:16Electrical problem.
0:25:18 > 0:25:19Probably triggered by me.
0:25:24 > 0:25:29The expensive, hi-tech till system, designed to improve efficiency,
0:25:29 > 0:25:31is left powerless.
0:25:32 > 0:25:33OK? No?
0:25:35 > 0:25:36What is not working?
0:25:36 > 0:25:39Is your computer working?
0:25:39 > 0:25:41The till's working but there's no Wi-Fi.
0:25:41 > 0:25:43Keeps going on and off.
0:25:43 > 0:25:45- No Wi-Fi?- No.
0:25:45 > 0:25:48The printer, guys, the printer, your printer is not...
0:25:48 > 0:25:51Sorry, guys. The printer is not working.
0:25:51 > 0:25:54- Old school.- We'll get by.
0:25:54 > 0:25:56Handwritten.
0:25:56 > 0:25:59The kitchen team are forced back onto pen and paper.
0:26:00 > 0:26:01Very tiresome.
0:26:05 > 0:26:07Service, please.
0:26:07 > 0:26:08Yes, please.
0:26:09 > 0:26:11One more bruschetta.
0:26:12 > 0:26:15- That's good.- Yeah.- It all helps.
0:26:15 > 0:26:18Thankfully, after only 20 minutes of old school,
0:26:18 > 0:26:20electricity returns to the cafe.
0:26:22 > 0:26:25All under control. And we kept it from the customers.
0:26:25 > 0:26:28The customers were kept in the dark, that's the most important bit.
0:26:28 > 0:26:31- Well done for not panicking. - Thank you.
0:26:31 > 0:26:34All that training I've given you has paid off.
0:26:34 > 0:26:36- Of course, yes.- Yes?
0:26:36 > 0:26:38Anger management, and...
0:26:38 > 0:26:39Anger management.
0:26:47 > 0:26:51Despite Desmond's meddling, the kitchen is now back into the rhythm.
0:26:51 > 0:26:54And the new menu is going down a treat.
0:26:54 > 0:26:55Spirits are high, I think.
0:26:55 > 0:26:58Everyone was quite nervous and apprehensive this morning,
0:26:58 > 0:27:01but now we've got a few dishes under our belts,
0:27:01 > 0:27:03everyone seems to have relaxed a little bit.
0:27:14 > 0:27:18Wiveton Hall's fortunes are tied to the success of the cafe.
0:27:20 > 0:27:23And the new till system allows Desmond to see instantly
0:27:23 > 0:27:25how much money he's making.
0:27:25 > 0:27:27What is your secret code?
0:27:27 > 0:27:29I couldn't tell you.
0:27:29 > 0:27:31Could you put it in? I won't look.
0:27:31 > 0:27:34As long as I'm seeing what's going on.
0:27:34 > 0:27:36With Mother's Day lunch still to finish,
0:27:36 > 0:27:38he can't resist checking on the takings.
0:27:42 > 0:27:43Yes!
0:27:44 > 0:27:46That's very encouraging, isn't it?
0:27:46 > 0:27:48And we've seen how many customers?
0:27:48 > 0:27:51350 people.
0:27:51 > 0:27:53Oh, my God, they're going to move.
0:27:53 > 0:27:54Lovely to see a queue.
0:27:54 > 0:27:57Sorry it's so long, but anyway.
0:27:57 > 0:27:58Thanks for coming.
0:28:05 > 0:28:07Really encouraging.
0:28:07 > 0:28:09Everyone's learned how the techniques,
0:28:09 > 0:28:11the new technology's worked,
0:28:11 > 0:28:14despite me trying to cock it up, but anyway.
0:28:14 > 0:28:16Everyone seems to be happy.
0:28:16 > 0:28:18As long as they keep their...
0:28:18 > 0:28:21Oh, look, and that's the... Oh, my God, oh, oh.
0:28:21 > 0:28:23Oh, no!
0:28:23 > 0:28:24Stop!
0:28:26 > 0:28:28Are there any parents present?
0:28:28 > 0:28:31It's not for climbing on the roof, please.
0:28:33 > 0:28:34Oh, my God.