0:00:02 > 0:00:05Imagine you've embarked on the journey of a lifetime...
0:00:06 > 0:00:10..a luxury cruise around the world.
0:00:10 > 0:00:13I've done things and seen places that other people dream of seeing.
0:00:15 > 0:00:172,000 people are travelling some of the way...
0:00:19 > 0:00:21..but 400 lucky souls have signed up
0:00:21 > 0:00:23for the entire adventure.
0:00:25 > 0:00:28Well, this for me is the culmination of a life's dream -
0:00:28 > 0:00:31it sure makes your eyes water.
0:00:31 > 0:00:33They'll be stopping at some of most beautiful
0:00:33 > 0:00:35and exotic places around the globe.
0:00:38 > 0:00:41I think it's the most amazing thing ever.
0:00:41 > 0:00:44But this all-inclusive package offers much more than
0:00:44 > 0:00:47sunshine and sightseeing.
0:00:47 > 0:00:49On this global odyssey, the passengers have
0:00:49 > 0:00:51their very own vicar.
0:00:51 > 0:00:55Welcome, everyone, to this very special and very happy occasion.
0:00:55 > 0:00:59The ship IS my parish, therefore I'm seeking to minister to
0:00:59 > 0:01:03everyone on board whether they're believers or not.
0:01:03 > 0:01:05Welcome to the Cruise.
0:01:18 > 0:01:21Since leaving the UK, Balmoral has crossed
0:01:21 > 0:01:24the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans,
0:01:24 > 0:01:26sailed around Australia,
0:01:26 > 0:01:28and is now heading to South East Asia.
0:01:32 > 0:01:35The ship's resident Reverend is Colin Still.
0:01:36 > 0:01:38'I've always enjoyed going on the sea,
0:01:38 > 0:01:42'I had many trips before I started as a chaplain and, of course,'
0:01:42 > 0:01:44I love travelling and that's the main thing,
0:01:44 > 0:01:49is that it's extraordinary. What a wonderful world is out there,
0:01:49 > 0:01:52with wonderful colours and people.
0:01:52 > 0:01:55# It's fun to say at the Y-M-C-A
0:01:55 > 0:01:56# It's fun to stay at the... #
0:01:56 > 0:01:58He may be a man of the cloth,
0:01:58 > 0:02:02but, on board, Colin's considered one of the entertainers.
0:02:02 > 0:02:06Cruise ships provide a great range of entertainments, and if you
0:02:06 > 0:02:11wanted to, you could fill every minute of the day with activities.
0:02:11 > 0:02:12# And I did not... #
0:02:12 > 0:02:15Sometimes passengers take part.
0:02:15 > 0:02:19# ..for being hard of hearing...
0:02:19 > 0:02:22# For I am a Pirate King
0:02:22 > 0:02:25ALL: # Hurrah, hurrah for the Pirate King
0:02:25 > 0:02:30# Hurrah for the Pirate King! #
0:02:30 > 0:02:33But, this time around, choir mistress Sue Alderson
0:02:33 > 0:02:35isn't producing a musical.
0:02:35 > 0:02:39We are going to be doing something different on this leg.
0:02:39 > 0:02:43We're going to do work for Colin's services for Easter.
0:02:46 > 0:02:51'And we're going to do an arrangement of Walk in Jerusalem.'
0:02:51 > 0:02:52I just wanted you to look at it,
0:02:52 > 0:02:56if you don't mind, just to make sure that this is appropriate
0:02:56 > 0:02:59and the kind of thing that you would like for Palm Sunday.
0:02:59 > 0:03:04It's three parts. So it's harmony as well, so it's quite tricky.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07The idea is that, um, Andy plays
0:03:07 > 0:03:10the ukulele for one verse
0:03:10 > 0:03:15and sings one verse, and then Anita will play some music which
0:03:15 > 0:03:21links his playing with this choral arrangement.
0:03:21 > 0:03:23# Walking in Jerusalem just like John
0:03:24 > 0:03:27# Walking in Jerusalem just like John. #
0:03:27 > 0:03:30Sue's drafted in Andy Starling to add something different.
0:03:30 > 0:03:32Lovely, lovely, Andy. Lovely.
0:03:32 > 0:03:35- We didn't get the notes right! - It was fine.
0:03:35 > 0:03:37'Well, I brought the ukulele on holiday with me
0:03:37 > 0:03:39'just to pass time when we were at sea,
0:03:39 > 0:03:43'and it just so happened that Sue was sunbathing out on the deck
0:03:43 > 0:03:47'and I was practising the tune that she fancied doing with the choir.
0:03:47 > 0:03:48'So, she then said,'
0:03:48 > 0:03:50well, would I join the choir,
0:03:50 > 0:03:55sing it as part of their Palm Sunday performance, so to say.
0:03:55 > 0:03:59BOTH: # Ready, I wanna be ready
0:03:59 > 0:04:02# Walking in Jerusalem just like John. #
0:04:02 > 0:04:05- That's perfect. - Yeah, once I've got it in my head...
0:04:05 > 0:04:09'I wouldn't say I'm a strong believer.
0:04:09 > 0:04:11'I'm a retired soldier so, yes,'
0:04:11 > 0:04:14there have been situations where you definitely feel
0:04:14 > 0:04:18that there is somebody looking after you and making sure
0:04:18 > 0:04:20that everything works out in the end.
0:04:20 > 0:04:23But I can't say I'm a churchgoing person.
0:04:24 > 0:04:26I'd probably get struck down by lightning if I said that.
0:04:28 > 0:04:31Most passengers prefer to have their entertainment laid on.
0:04:31 > 0:04:33Ladies and gentlemen, it is my pleasure
0:04:33 > 0:04:36to introduce seasoned Scarlatti and Schubert
0:04:36 > 0:04:39by the fabulous, talented Philip Lange.
0:05:00 > 0:05:03'I started playing the piano at the age of seven taking
0:05:03 > 0:05:06'formal lessons, and I was inspired, greatly inspired by
0:05:06 > 0:05:09'Sir John Barbirolli when I went to a concert,
0:05:09 > 0:05:10'conducting the Halle Orchestra.'
0:05:13 > 0:05:14'And at that concert,'
0:05:14 > 0:05:15after that concert, at the age of 13
0:05:15 > 0:05:18I decided, yes, I want to be a professional musician.
0:05:24 > 0:05:26'I enjoy cruise ships
0:05:26 > 0:05:28'for the informality of it all.
0:05:28 > 0:05:32'When I play on land, you come out, you bow,
0:05:32 > 0:05:34'you play, you bow and off you go again.
0:05:34 > 0:05:36'There's no interaction with your audience.
0:05:36 > 0:05:39'But, on a cruise, you can really talk about the pieces
0:05:39 > 0:05:44'that you're going to play, try and give the audience an insight,
0:05:44 > 0:05:47'and I think a sense of humour is important,
0:05:47 > 0:05:51'they love a few of my silly jokes and stories about the composers.'
0:05:51 > 0:05:53That was a quiet number, wasn't it?
0:05:53 > 0:05:54AUDIENCE LAUGHS
0:05:54 > 0:05:57That's enough to make you all go to sleep, isn't it? Good afternoon!
0:05:57 > 0:06:00'People stop me on the ship and say,'
0:06:00 > 0:06:02"We really enjoyed your concert,"
0:06:02 > 0:06:04and that to me, is the greatest accolade.
0:06:04 > 0:06:06'And if I'm giving people pleasure, that gives me
0:06:06 > 0:06:08'tremendous pleasure so I enjoy it very much.'
0:06:18 > 0:06:21APPLAUSE
0:06:21 > 0:06:24But even though Philip Lange loves entertaining,
0:06:24 > 0:06:26it wasn't his only ambition.
0:06:28 > 0:06:29When we were talking,
0:06:29 > 0:06:33you did mention that you had offered yourself for ordination.
0:06:33 > 0:06:37What sort of... How did you feel that God was calling you?
0:06:37 > 0:06:41Well, faith had been important really from a young lad, I suppose.
0:06:41 > 0:06:42I grew up as a Methodist.
0:06:42 > 0:06:44I was made a member of the Methodist Church
0:06:44 > 0:06:46when I was about 14.
0:06:46 > 0:06:49And then, at 18, I, um...
0:06:49 > 0:06:51started getting into church music,
0:06:51 > 0:06:55and just, you know, love all the settings that there were.
0:06:55 > 0:06:58And the liturgy, of course, I love the prayer book,
0:06:58 > 0:07:01I completely fell in love with the language of the prayer book.
0:07:01 > 0:07:03So, I think the combination of the language
0:07:03 > 0:07:06and the music that the Anglican Church had to offer was
0:07:06 > 0:07:10very special and I suppose my journey started there.
0:07:10 > 0:07:14But my calling to ordination I think was...
0:07:14 > 0:07:18I had a year in Paris as director of music at the British school,
0:07:18 > 0:07:21as well as being head of music, I was also a resident tutor in the
0:07:21 > 0:07:26boarding house, and this was my first time of doing pastoral work.
0:07:26 > 0:07:30And I really wanted to do more of this and with my calling with that.
0:07:30 > 0:07:35My ambition was to not be a parish priest, but to be a school chaplain.
0:07:35 > 0:07:37I thought what a wonderful combination.
0:07:37 > 0:07:40The Church's loss is Balmoral's gain.
0:07:40 > 0:07:43I've been able to come to three of your recitals,
0:07:43 > 0:07:45and I've so thoroughly enjoyed them.
0:07:45 > 0:07:48I mean, clearly you have a wonderful gift,
0:07:48 > 0:07:51and, so, in that respect...
0:07:51 > 0:07:54surely you can feel that you're serving God through your gift,
0:07:54 > 0:07:56- and in that way.- Indeed.
0:08:00 > 0:08:02I have regrets when I hear those wonderful
0:08:02 > 0:08:05words of the Eucharist, I wish I was saying them.
0:08:05 > 0:08:09The blessing of the Sacrament, I think, is very, very special,
0:08:09 > 0:08:11but the Lord has given me a great gift in being able
0:08:11 > 0:08:14to play the piano, and I'm delighted,
0:08:14 > 0:08:16and flattered, shall I say, that
0:08:16 > 0:08:18I can give people pleasure through my own music making.
0:08:19 > 0:08:23Thankfully, he did find a vocation in his playing
0:08:23 > 0:08:26because it's a gift that is much appreciated
0:08:26 > 0:08:31by a very much wider audience than perhaps his ministry would've been.
0:08:31 > 0:08:33APPLAUSE
0:08:40 > 0:08:42Balmoral's sailing into Semarang,
0:08:42 > 0:08:44the capital of Indonesia...
0:08:45 > 0:08:50..which is reawakening memories of Colin's own calling to the Church.
0:08:52 > 0:08:57I always enjoy steam trains and it takes me back to
0:08:57 > 0:09:01when I was in my teens and I used to go for my summer holidays to
0:09:01 > 0:09:04visit my uncle and aunt in Mid Wales.
0:09:06 > 0:09:07It goes only one way.
0:09:07 > 0:09:10Oh, I see, yes, OK.
0:09:10 > 0:09:13While I was there on holiday, I used to go down to the signal box
0:09:13 > 0:09:17and pull the levers, and when the Aberystwyth express
0:09:17 > 0:09:20came through it was me that was letting it through.
0:09:20 > 0:09:21It was all very exciting.
0:09:21 > 0:09:24Number 11, we're all in this one? Good.
0:09:24 > 0:09:27I'm going to come and sit next to you if that's all right.
0:09:27 > 0:09:28TRAIN WHISTLES
0:09:30 > 0:09:33It was lovely seeing all the paddy fields and the people
0:09:33 > 0:09:37working in the fields, and it just reminded me of the time when
0:09:37 > 0:09:42I was working in Borneo, and it was great to be reminded of that,
0:09:42 > 0:09:46because I haven't been back since 1962.
0:09:46 > 0:09:47TRAIN WHISTLES
0:09:47 > 0:09:48Oh, wow.
0:09:50 > 0:09:54Borneo was an important point in my life
0:09:54 > 0:09:57because just prior to going to Borneo, whilst
0:09:57 > 0:10:00I was in Germany, I felt that God was calling me
0:10:00 > 0:10:04to the priesthood. And that was, strange enough, through a dream.
0:10:04 > 0:10:09I dreamt that I was reading theology at Selwyn College, Cambridge.
0:10:09 > 0:10:13And I talked to various people about it and shared my thoughts
0:10:13 > 0:10:15with a bishop, and he said,
0:10:15 > 0:10:18"Well, just push the door, go for it."
0:10:18 > 0:10:21So that's why I applied to Selwyn College
0:10:21 > 0:10:26and, as it turned out, they gave me a place and I started there in '64.
0:10:29 > 0:10:32After leaving Java, Balmoral heads north towards
0:10:32 > 0:10:34Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam.
0:10:41 > 0:10:45Navigating the busy Mekong Delta requires careful concentration.
0:10:52 > 0:10:56It's been really interesting first of all seeing the enormous
0:10:56 > 0:11:00amount of shipping that is flying up and down the river,
0:11:00 > 0:11:04and then all of this jungle or marshes that are around,
0:11:04 > 0:11:08a pretty inhospitable area and, certainly, it makes you think about the troops
0:11:08 > 0:11:12when they were fighting the war. It must have been absolutely hell.
0:11:16 > 0:11:19To be at sea for four months is quite a long time
0:11:19 > 0:11:24and now we've done ten weeks of that journey, particularly those
0:11:24 > 0:11:27who are working on board, are feeling a bit tired
0:11:27 > 0:11:29because it's a seven-day week
0:11:29 > 0:11:33and life doesn't stop on board as it does in a parish at home.
0:11:36 > 0:11:40I am missing home, but the weeks will just fly now,
0:11:40 > 0:11:43I think these next six weeks will go really quickly.
0:11:43 > 0:11:47And we've got some really exciting stops as well.
0:11:47 > 0:11:50And passenger Christine Eldred would like it to go on for ever.
0:11:52 > 0:11:56I am like a kid waking up on Christmas Day every day,
0:11:56 > 0:11:57and this morning...
0:11:58 > 0:12:00..I was up at half past four.
0:12:01 > 0:12:03Every port, obviously, is different
0:12:03 > 0:12:08and, even now, I've been on the ship for about two and a bit months
0:12:08 > 0:12:12and I'm still like pinching myself sometimes, I'm like...
0:12:13 > 0:12:15"Am I really here or am I going to wake up at home
0:12:15 > 0:12:17"in Morton in Dorset?"
0:12:19 > 0:12:21Christine's travelling on a tight budget,
0:12:21 > 0:12:24sharing a cabin with Gillian Benjamin.
0:12:24 > 0:12:26I didn't know Christine very well,
0:12:26 > 0:12:28we'd kept in touch after we met
0:12:28 > 0:12:31two years ago and when I said, "Come on, join me,"
0:12:31 > 0:12:33she said, "Yes, please".
0:12:33 > 0:12:34It's been brilliant.
0:12:34 > 0:12:36We...you know, we get on so well
0:12:36 > 0:12:41and we're not living in each other's pockets, we give each other space.
0:12:41 > 0:12:44And I've seen it go so wrong in the past
0:12:44 > 0:12:45with people trying to share,
0:12:45 > 0:12:47that I think I'm very, very lucky.
0:12:47 > 0:12:50Well, so much so that we've gone and booked again for next year.
0:12:50 > 0:12:53So that says it all, doesn't it?
0:12:53 > 0:12:56Going under that bridge was pretty awesome,
0:12:56 > 0:12:59cos I was stood up underneath and the captain went on the whistle
0:12:59 > 0:13:02you know, and the echo and I nearly had a heart attack.
0:13:02 > 0:13:04I'm like, "Oh!" It really made me jump.
0:13:04 > 0:13:06Oh, this trip has been just...
0:13:07 > 0:13:11I can't think of a word really...spectacular.
0:13:24 > 0:13:26Morning. Hello.
0:13:26 > 0:13:28'We start a new choir today because
0:13:28 > 0:13:32'about two thirds of my choir got off so'
0:13:32 > 0:13:36I'm left with about 20 people from the choir before.
0:13:36 > 0:13:37Good, good, good.
0:13:37 > 0:13:39I'm going to go back here a bit.
0:13:41 > 0:13:43OK.
0:13:43 > 0:13:44Right.
0:13:44 > 0:13:46'I got there early because I'm always there early
0:13:46 > 0:13:49'and Sue was kind of looking a little bit worried
0:13:49 > 0:13:53'because I didn't think she was expecting many people to come.
0:13:53 > 0:13:54'She was pacing up and down'
0:13:54 > 0:13:57like she was having a baby, well, not having a baby but,
0:13:57 > 0:13:59do you know what I mean? She was very nervous.
0:13:59 > 0:14:00And at sort of...
0:14:00 > 0:14:03I looked at my watch and five minutes before the off,
0:14:03 > 0:14:04kind of thing, there was
0:14:04 > 0:14:07I was counting and there was like eight of us and I'm like,
0:14:07 > 0:14:10"Oh, my God," and she was, you know, she looked really worried.
0:14:10 > 0:14:12Then, all of a sudden, people came, and, in fact,
0:14:12 > 0:14:17I think we got as many as we had in the last choir, which is fantastic.
0:14:17 > 0:14:18Loads of new people.
0:14:18 > 0:14:21Welcome. Is it Jean? Lovely. Excellent.
0:14:21 > 0:14:25'Meeting a new choir is always exciting,
0:14:25 > 0:14:27'you just don't know who is going to be there.
0:14:27 > 0:14:31'It's always a challenge and I just love it.'
0:14:31 > 0:14:33Do you sing alto or soprano?
0:14:33 > 0:14:34Well, certainly not very high.
0:14:34 > 0:14:37That's all right. Well, stay there then, OK.
0:14:37 > 0:14:39'Everybody's totally different.
0:14:39 > 0:14:40'I can't read music, and quite
0:14:40 > 0:14:44'a few people that join the choir didn't think that they could sing.
0:14:44 > 0:14:47'And you get a camaraderie where the people that'
0:14:47 > 0:14:50can do it try and bring along the people that can't do it.
0:14:50 > 0:14:52'So, it works really well.'
0:14:52 > 0:14:54Yeah, Rosemary, are you singing with us
0:14:54 > 0:14:56this time or just breathing with us?
0:14:58 > 0:15:01I think you're singing with us the time, go in there.
0:15:04 > 0:15:05OK, lovely.
0:15:05 > 0:15:08Welcome, everyone - it's absolutely super to see
0:15:08 > 0:15:10so many people here this afternoon.
0:15:12 > 0:15:15It's very encouraging. It's a relief.
0:15:15 > 0:15:16SHE LAUGHS
0:15:16 > 0:15:19First of all, can I introduce to you Anita,
0:15:19 > 0:15:24who is a passenger on board and is our fantastic pianist.
0:15:24 > 0:15:29Without her, we could not have done the standard of the music
0:15:29 > 0:15:31that we've performed while we've been on board.
0:15:31 > 0:15:36So it is a huge thank you to Anita for all of that.
0:15:36 > 0:15:38APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:15:42 > 0:15:47'We will have two days, two rehearsals to perform at the service'
0:15:47 > 0:15:50on Palm Sunday, which is this Sunday.
0:15:51 > 0:15:55'It's all going to be a little bit tense because we're in Singapore,'
0:15:55 > 0:15:59all that day, get back on at four, and the service is at five.
0:16:01 > 0:16:05'It's going to be another challenge, but a challenge of a different kind.'
0:16:07 > 0:16:08For one...
0:16:10 > 0:16:12ALL: # For by and by, by and by... #
0:16:13 > 0:16:15Excellent, well done. OK.
0:16:16 > 0:16:20But by far the biggest challenge is feeding 1,500
0:16:20 > 0:16:22hungry mouths three times a day.
0:16:23 > 0:16:26The food is fab on this ship. Really nice.
0:16:26 > 0:16:31And I've managed not to put on any weight, but it's very hard.
0:16:31 > 0:16:34It's really lovely food and you can eat all day if you want.
0:16:37 > 0:16:41Executive Chef Sara Sipek has to make it all happen.
0:16:41 > 0:16:46Two small lamb, one lamb, one small vegetarian, one small pasta.
0:16:46 > 0:16:48It seems nowadays that the food is the most important
0:16:48 > 0:16:51thing about cruising, and people expect food 24 hours a day,
0:16:51 > 0:16:56so without the galley team there'd be nothing for people to eat at all.
0:16:56 > 0:17:00Sara's the first woman to make top chef in the company.
0:17:00 > 0:17:02Working with so many men in the galley is fun
0:17:02 > 0:17:05most of the time. It was difficult at the beginning.
0:17:05 > 0:17:07I found a lot of resistance against the female
0:17:07 > 0:17:09that we couldn't do it, but the funny thing is
0:17:09 > 0:17:12they always say the woman's place is in the kitchen.
0:17:12 > 0:17:13Nobody can tell me now
0:17:13 > 0:17:16that I can't do it, that women can't do it.
0:17:16 > 0:17:18Manjee, we need more cheese in the sauce.
0:17:18 > 0:17:21The mealtime schedule must go like clockwork.
0:17:23 > 0:17:26I have a fantastic team here - 89 male cooks,
0:17:26 > 0:17:28and three females in the galley.
0:17:28 > 0:17:32We have Indonesian chefs, Indian chefs, Filipino chefs, Thai as well.
0:17:32 > 0:17:34They're also being taught different ways of eating and food
0:17:34 > 0:17:37and they will cook me something from their countries,
0:17:37 > 0:17:40different times for me to try, so I get to learn things as well.
0:17:40 > 0:17:42Something wrong?
0:17:42 > 0:17:44We need to put some more cream inside.
0:17:44 > 0:17:47'We just had a tasting table, we do every night.'
0:17:47 > 0:17:48Taste the sherry?
0:17:48 > 0:17:50'The waiters have an opportunity to come and taste,
0:17:50 > 0:17:52'they know exactly what to give the guests,
0:17:52 > 0:17:54'and what kind of flavours the food has if the guests ask.
0:17:54 > 0:17:57'And it's also a learning process for them too.'
0:17:57 > 0:18:00This is a final reminder - the steaks are all temperatures.
0:18:00 > 0:18:03The lamb, please ask the guests, medium or well done.
0:18:03 > 0:18:05'When people complain that they put on weight I just laugh,
0:18:05 > 0:18:08'I think it's great. I did have a guest a while ago who complained
0:18:08 > 0:18:11'to me that her husband couldn't come for the formal night because his
0:18:11 > 0:18:14'trousers didn't fit any more and she was upset that I laughed.'
0:18:14 > 0:18:17It's funny. I think it's great because that means that they've
0:18:17 > 0:18:19enjoyed the food and put on weight and had a good time.
0:18:21 > 0:18:25Fixed dinner times mean that any change of schedule is a problem...
0:18:25 > 0:18:29and it's the cruise director's job to deal with the fallout.
0:18:29 > 0:18:31OK, guys, shh.
0:18:31 > 0:18:36So Anthony's just got something he needs to inform us of
0:18:36 > 0:18:38and then we will need to make a decision.
0:18:38 > 0:18:42We've extended our stay in Singapore by three hours,
0:18:42 > 0:18:45so we're staying till eight o'clock.
0:18:45 > 0:18:49So, obviously, it means we can't... Unfortunately, we're not able
0:18:49 > 0:18:52to change the timing of the service.
0:18:52 > 0:18:55So we would obviously still love the service to go ahead as normal
0:18:55 > 0:18:58and for your input to go ahead as normal,
0:18:58 > 0:19:02but the service will have to remain at five o'clock because we can't change.
0:19:02 > 0:19:06We can't alter the timings because of the dinner service.
0:19:06 > 0:19:09I discussed a number of options with Colin
0:19:09 > 0:19:11and, unfortunately, there's
0:19:11 > 0:19:14nothing that seems to be any better than the situation that we are in.
0:19:14 > 0:19:16We would love you to go ahead as normal,
0:19:16 > 0:19:18but I understand if one or two of you
0:19:18 > 0:19:20would rather spend a little bit more time ashore.
0:19:20 > 0:19:23It depends on having to go and now discuss with husbands.
0:19:23 > 0:19:25I know, I realise that. I realise that.
0:19:27 > 0:19:30The sudden change of plan may scupper Sue's choir,
0:19:30 > 0:19:33and lose some of Colin's congregation.
0:19:33 > 0:19:35Can I ask one question?
0:19:35 > 0:19:38Why can't we move this service to the following day?
0:19:38 > 0:19:40I know it's Palm Sunday, right,
0:19:40 > 0:19:42Palm Sunday service will take place.
0:19:42 > 0:19:45'There was controversy because they said, "Well, why can't they do
0:19:45 > 0:19:47"the church service on another day while we're at sea?"
0:19:47 > 0:19:50'And everybody was saying that the Christians changed
0:19:50 > 0:19:54'the day of Christmas to suit the Pagan mid-Winter ceremonies,'
0:19:54 > 0:19:56so why couldn't they move Palm Sunday by a day.
0:19:56 > 0:20:00'It is always possible to change a service. We've already done
0:20:00 > 0:20:04'that a number of times, but because it's Holy Week and there are'
0:20:04 > 0:20:08special services set aside for each of the days that we're at sea,
0:20:08 > 0:20:11'people would be upset if we didn't have something tomorrow.'
0:20:11 > 0:20:14Hopefully, we'll keep the nucleus of people to put on what I'm sure
0:20:14 > 0:20:17will be another wonderful performance at the service tomorrow.
0:20:17 > 0:20:19Some have arranged to meet family -
0:20:19 > 0:20:22obviously they want to stay longer with family.
0:20:22 > 0:20:25'So we will be reduced numbers, we'll just work round
0:20:25 > 0:20:28'and we'll just go with what we've got.'
0:20:28 > 0:20:29Can't be helped.
0:20:29 > 0:20:31We haven't seen them for years
0:20:31 > 0:20:33so if we've got more time with them...
0:20:33 > 0:20:35Sorry about that, Sue.
0:20:35 > 0:20:37What about you, Anita?
0:20:37 > 0:20:43I don't know, because we have a tour at half past one, I think.
0:20:43 > 0:20:46Well, they should be back shouldn't they?
0:20:46 > 0:20:48- I hope so.- All the tours...
0:20:48 > 0:20:50When the tours are back at half past four,
0:20:50 > 0:20:53which is OK.
0:20:53 > 0:20:54Yeah, I'm sure they'll be back.
0:20:54 > 0:20:57'I'm going to the Singapore Zoo tomorrow
0:20:57 > 0:20:58'and I'm looking forward to this day'
0:20:58 > 0:21:00more than any other day
0:21:00 > 0:21:02cos I'm going to have breakfast with the orang-utans.
0:21:02 > 0:21:06But I would've even forgone that to support Sue because
0:21:06 > 0:21:10I think she's doing a fantastic job, and I think she's just amazing.
0:21:10 > 0:21:11You are so loyal.
0:21:11 > 0:21:17Um, on this occasion, I don't expect, um, your loyalty.
0:21:17 > 0:21:20I would love it, and it would be nice if we had it,
0:21:20 > 0:21:21but I don't expect it.
0:21:21 > 0:21:24If you do want to, just so long as you let me know,
0:21:24 > 0:21:28because I would need to know who is not going to be there.
0:21:28 > 0:21:30Um...no blacklist.
0:21:30 > 0:21:32THEY LAUGH
0:21:32 > 0:21:33But...
0:21:33 > 0:21:34'It was a bit of a disaster,
0:21:34 > 0:21:38'with the disruption of being told that everything had changed.
0:21:38 > 0:21:40'It set everybody off in'
0:21:40 > 0:21:42a bit of a negative atmosphere.
0:21:42 > 0:21:45'Then, all of a sudden, I was asked to come across and perform.'
0:21:46 > 0:21:49- NERVOUSLY:- # I... #
0:21:49 > 0:21:50'Which I wasn't quite ready for...'
0:21:50 > 0:21:54at that point so I hadn't psyched myself up to do it.
0:21:54 > 0:21:56- NERVOUSLY:- # I want to be ready to
0:21:56 > 0:22:01# Walk in Jerusalem just like John. #
0:22:01 > 0:22:03- Sorry about that. - Don't worry, and then...
0:22:03 > 0:22:06So then Anita, you'll just start us straight in.
0:22:11 > 0:22:12That's a lovely link.
0:22:14 > 0:22:17ALL FAINTLY: # Oh, by and by
0:22:17 > 0:22:20# By and by... # Where are we? Come on.
0:22:20 > 0:22:23Ready? Three, four.
0:22:23 > 0:22:25'We've just got to get over these things, haven't we?'
0:22:25 > 0:22:27There are setbacks all the time, and it's what
0:22:27 > 0:22:32we do about it isn't it, really? Not the setback itself, so...
0:22:32 > 0:22:34we'll keep saying...
0:22:35 > 0:22:38..our prayers and hope for the best on Sunday.
0:22:38 > 0:22:43# Oh, by and by, by and by
0:22:43 > 0:22:47# Oh, by and by
0:22:47 > 0:22:50# By and by
0:22:50 > 0:22:56# By and by, by and by
0:22:56 > 0:23:03# I'm ready
0:23:03 > 0:23:08# To walk in Jerusalem
0:23:08 > 0:23:11# Just like John. #
0:23:14 > 0:23:16It's Palm Sunday in Singapore
0:23:16 > 0:23:18and Colin's on escort duty again.
0:23:19 > 0:23:22What will happen tonight I have no idea,
0:23:22 > 0:23:24but the service will take place
0:23:24 > 0:23:28and those that would like to come will be there,
0:23:28 > 0:23:30and those who are staying longer
0:23:30 > 0:23:32with their families and relatives,
0:23:32 > 0:23:36well, that's their prerogative and I hope they have a good visit.
0:23:36 > 0:23:38It's not ideal, but he's got Christine
0:23:38 > 0:23:41and the orang-utans for company.
0:23:41 > 0:23:47Singapore has a very successful programme in breeding orang-utans,
0:23:47 > 0:23:50because they are really threatened in many parts of Indonesia.
0:23:50 > 0:23:53Most of these orang-utans are from Sumatra,
0:23:53 > 0:23:56as well as born as actually two sub-species.
0:23:56 > 0:23:58# Now I'm the king of the swingers
0:23:58 > 0:24:01# Oh, the jungle VIP
0:24:01 > 0:24:03# I've reached the top and had to stop
0:24:03 > 0:24:06# And that's what's bothering me... #
0:24:06 > 0:24:09'Well, I enjoyed being with Christine at the zoo because she was
0:24:09 > 0:24:11'so enthusiastic about every animal,
0:24:11 > 0:24:13'but particularly with the orang-utans.
0:24:14 > 0:24:17'I took a photograph of her being very close to them
0:24:17 > 0:24:20'and she was just so excited.'
0:24:20 > 0:24:23There was a tiny two-week-old baby, I was so close to him
0:24:23 > 0:24:26and then I blew him a kiss...like that.
0:24:27 > 0:24:29# Oh, oobee doo
0:24:29 > 0:24:32# I wanna be like you
0:24:32 > 0:24:34# I wanna walk like you
0:24:34 > 0:24:36# Talk like you
0:24:36 > 0:24:39# You'll see it's true
0:24:39 > 0:24:42# An ape like me
0:24:42 > 0:24:45# Can learn to be human... #
0:24:45 > 0:24:47- Meerkats!- Oh, yes, they're...yes!
0:24:47 > 0:24:49COLIN LAUGHS
0:24:49 > 0:24:53It was brilliantly laid out, and the way the animals could be seen
0:24:53 > 0:24:55and yet they looked in their natural habitat,
0:24:55 > 0:25:00it was just lovely to see so many animals in such a close proximity.
0:25:00 > 0:25:03- TOUR GUIDE: We take special care of these...- Oh, look at them!
0:25:16 > 0:25:19So, what's your favourite so far?
0:25:19 > 0:25:21Oh, that's an impossible question!
0:25:23 > 0:25:28TOUR GUIDE: ..residents are the giant tortoise and Komodo dragon.
0:25:31 > 0:25:34Although the tour's a diversion,
0:25:34 > 0:25:36Colin can't stop worrying.
0:25:36 > 0:25:38Well, I think it might be a bit of a walk.
0:25:38 > 0:25:41'Well, it seems strange to be even thinking of the service tonight
0:25:41 > 0:25:47'when we're in amongst all this amazing foliage and animals.'
0:25:47 > 0:25:50You can see the flying fox taking off. Can you see the flying fox?
0:25:51 > 0:25:56'My mind hasn't concentrated yet on Palm Sunday service,
0:25:56 > 0:25:57'I'm not at all happy,
0:25:57 > 0:26:00'but, unfortunately, we couldn't change the time,'
0:26:00 > 0:26:02which is disappointing.
0:26:02 > 0:26:03Would you like to make your way to the bus?
0:26:03 > 0:26:05They'll be back at one.
0:26:05 > 0:26:07I've got to get quickly in the shower, change,
0:26:07 > 0:26:09put my lovely frocks on and go to choir,
0:26:09 > 0:26:11cos we've got the Palm Sunday service which I'm really
0:26:11 > 0:26:14looking forward to as well because I love the song we're singing
0:26:14 > 0:26:17and it's just been the most amazing day.
0:26:17 > 0:26:19Having breakfast with monkeys - fantastic.
0:26:19 > 0:26:22Orang-utans, which are my favourite.
0:26:27 > 0:26:29- Nice to see you.- Thank you.
0:26:29 > 0:26:34Colin's got back on time, but many of the congregation aren't...
0:26:34 > 0:26:37and there's one glaring absentee.
0:26:37 > 0:26:42Welcome to our Palm Sunday interdenominational church service.
0:26:42 > 0:26:46We've got a slight hiccup in as much as our pianist has
0:26:46 > 0:26:49not yet got back from one of the tours.
0:26:49 > 0:26:54Without Anita, the choir decide they can't perform Walk In Jerusalem.
0:26:54 > 0:26:58So we're going to start our service without a pianist,
0:26:58 > 0:27:01which means we're going to try and sing unaccompanied.
0:27:01 > 0:27:07# Ride on, ride on in majesty... #
0:27:07 > 0:27:10I'm not all that keen on pitching notes...
0:27:10 > 0:27:14so having to lead the singing was a bit of a challenge.
0:27:14 > 0:27:17# Oh, glory, Lord on high... #
0:27:17 > 0:27:19'Well, we had a good result in spite of the fact that
0:27:19 > 0:27:23'Anita wasn't there, which was disappointing.
0:27:23 > 0:27:26'And I think they just accept that you don't get
0:27:26 > 0:27:28'perfection on a ship,'
0:27:28 > 0:27:31all the time, and that you have to adapt,
0:27:31 > 0:27:34and make the most of what you've got.
0:27:34 > 0:27:38It won't be wasted - Colin has suggested that next Sunday
0:27:38 > 0:27:39we do both of them.
0:27:39 > 0:27:41It's tremendous the effort that you've put in,
0:27:41 > 0:27:45and I thank you so much for your support.
0:27:49 > 0:27:53And I'll see you tomorrow, usual time.
0:27:53 > 0:27:57We'll start on the three rehearsals now for the next one,
0:27:57 > 0:27:59so bags of time.
0:27:59 > 0:28:01OK?
0:28:01 > 0:28:03I think we'll all go for a drink now.
0:28:03 > 0:28:04THEY LAUGH
0:28:04 > 0:28:07We've now got three sea days that we can continue rehearsing the
0:28:07 > 0:28:11one that we should've done today, and we'll do them on Easter Sunday.
0:28:11 > 0:28:13Hopefully!
0:28:13 > 0:28:16Unless there's a lifeboat drill or something else.
0:28:16 > 0:28:19When we get to that bit, Anita, could you play it?
0:28:19 > 0:28:21Will Anita show up for Easter?
0:28:21 > 0:28:25Stop, stop, stop. I feel you're coming in just too soon.
0:28:25 > 0:28:27Colin gets taken for a ride.
0:28:27 > 0:28:29Thank you. Oh, I just loved it,
0:28:29 > 0:28:31- it was really...something very special.- Yeah.
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