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0:00:05 > 0:00:06- # Hey, hey, hey
0:00:07 > 0:00:09- # Listen to the music
0:00:10 > 0:00:12- # Tonight's a big night
0:00:12 > 0:00:14- # I've got something
0:00:14 > 0:00:17- # Yes, yes, yes, I've got something
0:00:18 > 0:00:21- # Something to say
0:00:24 > 0:00:26- # Tony, Tony, Tony
0:00:26 > 0:00:28- # Aloma #
0:00:28 > 0:00:33- They've sold over 100,000 records - and made six television series.
0:00:33 > 0:00:37- Tony and Aloma - are iconic Welsh figures...
0:00:38 > 0:00:40- ..the perfect duet.
0:00:40 > 0:00:46- They've shone on our stages - and television sets for 40 years.
0:00:46 > 0:00:48- # Tony, Tony, Tony
0:00:48 > 0:00:49- # Aloma #
0:00:49 > 0:00:54- They have been running - a Blackpool hotel for 20 years.
0:00:54 > 0:00:56- The touring is over.
0:00:56 > 0:01:00- Their devoted fans travel - to The Gresham to see their heroes.
0:01:01 > 0:01:04- Is there anyone from Anglesey here?
0:01:06 > 0:01:07- Anyone from Caernarfon here?
0:01:07 > 0:01:08- Anyone from Caernarfon here?- - Yes!
0:01:09 > 0:01:10- Well, tough!
0:01:10 > 0:01:13- This song is about Anglesey, - mother of Wales.
0:01:17 > 0:01:21- # Anglesey, Mother of Wales #
0:01:25 > 0:01:29- Tony and Aloma's new book - was launched at The Gresham.
0:01:29 > 0:01:32- But with Christmas approaching...
0:01:32 > 0:01:37- ..the publishers are keen for them - to meet their fans back home.
0:01:37 > 0:01:40- # Back home
0:01:40 > 0:01:42- # In Wales #
0:01:51 > 0:01:57- No matter where I've come from, - the bridge is the journey's end.
0:02:00 > 0:02:04- As Mam says, "There isn't - a bridge like it in the world!"
0:02:06 > 0:02:08- We're on Anglesey.
0:02:11 > 0:02:14- It's the week before Christmas.
0:02:14 > 0:02:19- Y Lolfa has organized book signings - in Caernarfon and Menai Bridge.
0:02:25 > 0:02:27- Look at me with the umbrella!
0:02:28 > 0:02:29- Hello, how are you?
0:02:29 > 0:02:30- Hello, how are you?- - Hiya.
0:02:31 > 0:02:33- Hello, Jean. How are you?
0:02:37 > 0:02:39- Tony, thanks very much.
0:02:39 > 0:02:42- Emyr Ddreiniog.
0:02:42 > 0:02:43- Yes!
0:02:51 > 0:02:55- Can you write - "Happy Christmas, Iona", please?
0:02:58 > 0:02:59- Are you alright?
0:03:01 > 0:03:02- As good as I can be.
0:03:03 > 0:03:06- She's noisy - - and that's always a good sign.
0:03:07 > 0:03:08- In other words, I'm mouthy!
0:03:08 > 0:03:10- In other words, I'm mouthy!- - Silence is a bad sign.
0:03:11 > 0:03:14- Tudur Owen's - got more photographs than you.
0:03:15 > 0:03:17- Do you think he looks like Nain?
0:03:18 > 0:03:19- How are you?
0:03:19 > 0:03:20- How are you?- - OK.
0:03:21 > 0:03:24- Are you avoiding anyone - in Caernarfon?
0:03:24 > 0:03:25- Um... no.
0:03:26 > 0:03:27- Sure?
0:03:27 > 0:03:31- No! An old girlfriend or something?
0:03:31 > 0:03:32- I see. We'll see.
0:03:33 > 0:03:35- We'll see.
0:03:38 > 0:03:41- # Who has fallen in love - forever more?
0:03:42 > 0:03:45- # Only you and me
0:03:45 > 0:03:46- # Only you
0:03:47 > 0:03:49- # Only you #
0:03:49 > 0:03:51- At the Caernarfon launch...
0:03:51 > 0:03:56- ..Gwyneth Glyn and her husband - Dafydd Emyr perform their songs.
0:03:56 > 0:04:01- Music producer Dyl Mei quizzed them - about their careers...
0:04:01 > 0:04:05- ..and dealing with constant requests - to sing a song.
0:04:06 > 0:04:07- Will you sing me a song?
0:04:07 > 0:04:09- Will you sing me a song?- - Not tonight. We're going to eat.
0:04:09 > 0:04:11- Just one song.
0:04:11 > 0:04:13- Maybe later on.
0:04:14 > 0:04:15- I've bought your record.
0:04:15 > 0:04:17- I've bought your record.- - Oh, yes?
0:04:17 > 0:04:19- What do you do?
0:04:20 > 0:04:21- I'm a builder.
0:04:22 > 0:04:25- Between the prawn cocktail - and the steak...
0:04:25 > 0:04:27- ..build me a wall there.
0:04:27 > 0:04:29- Oh, come on!
0:04:30 > 0:04:32- Come on!
0:04:37 > 0:04:38- Are you a football fan?
0:04:38 > 0:04:39- Are you a football fan?- - Football?
0:04:40 > 0:04:40- Who do you support?
0:04:40 > 0:04:42- Who do you support?- - Liverpool, I'm afraid.
0:04:43 > 0:04:44- Me too.
0:04:44 > 0:04:45- Me too.- - Shake on it!
0:04:55 > 0:05:00- Back in Blackpool, Aloma's daughter, - Emma, is hard at work in the hotel.
0:05:01 > 0:05:04- In the meantime, - Nain picks up Lily from the nursery.
0:05:06 > 0:05:06- Hiya.
0:05:06 > 0:05:08- Hiya.- - Hello, love.
0:05:09 > 0:05:10- Hello!
0:05:11 > 0:05:16- Did you think I'd forgotten you? - Shall we sign you out then?
0:05:18 > 0:05:20- Come on then. Hold hands.
0:05:22 > 0:05:26- There's a generation gap - where my family's concerned.
0:05:27 > 0:05:32- My grandson, Dawna's son, is 21.
0:05:33 > 0:05:37- There are only a few months - between my first grandchild...
0:05:38 > 0:05:40- ..and my youngest daughter.
0:05:41 > 0:05:43- Yes, it's extremely tiring.
0:05:44 > 0:05:47- But they keep me going.
0:05:47 > 0:05:49- They keep me young.
0:05:51 > 0:05:53- To add to it all, we've got Lily.
0:05:54 > 0:05:58- She's full of life.
0:05:58 > 0:06:01- There's no stopping her.
0:06:02 > 0:06:04- Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom!
0:06:04 > 0:06:06- Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom!
0:06:07 > 0:06:10- I was 60 this time last year.
0:06:10 > 0:06:15- I considered throwing a big party...
0:06:16 > 0:06:20- ..and inviting a lot of old friends.
0:06:20 > 0:06:24- But unfortunately, - I'd had health problems.
0:06:24 > 0:06:28- I lost a lot of weight and was - back and forth from hospital.
0:06:29 > 0:06:34- The results of many - of the oscopies hadn't come back.
0:06:35 > 0:06:37- I wasn't sure how things would be.
0:06:40 > 0:06:44- This year, we decided it would be - an opportunity to go out for a meal.
0:06:46 > 0:06:51- Aloma's family travelled from - Anglesey to join the celebrations.
0:06:51 > 0:06:55- Aloma gets a chance to catch up - with her eldest daughter, Dawna.
0:07:02 > 0:07:05- Are you going to buy everybody - a drink?
0:07:05 > 0:07:06- Aloma, excuse me.
0:07:06 > 0:07:11- The youngest has had enough - attention! What about the oldest?!
0:07:11 > 0:07:15- Tony is a ho-ho-honorary member - of the family.
0:07:15 > 0:07:16- Godfather.
0:07:16 > 0:07:18- Godfather.- - Yes, godfather!
0:07:32 > 0:07:35- # Happy birthday to you
0:07:35 > 0:07:38- # Happy birthday to you #
0:07:53 > 0:07:55- Oh, that's nice.
0:07:55 > 0:07:57- LAUGHTER
0:07:59 > 0:08:00- What happened there?
0:08:00 > 0:08:02- What happened there?- - He was being a busybody!
0:08:02 > 0:08:05- He tripped - and almost landed on his face!
0:08:06 > 0:08:08- Not me, the other bloke!
0:08:12 > 0:08:16- I came to this church - two nights after Emma's birth.
0:08:16 > 0:08:19- She was so tiny, - they wouldn't discharge her.
0:08:19 > 0:08:24- I came to church at midnight - for the first time in many years.
0:08:24 > 0:08:25- The next morning...
0:08:26 > 0:08:30- ..the doctor said I could take her - home, to give her a better chance.
0:08:31 > 0:08:34- I took her home, - and she's with us tonight.
0:08:38 > 0:08:42- Come on, boys! Let's start running!
0:08:44 > 0:08:47- Fatboy Slim, or someone, - is in the Winter Gardens.
0:08:47 > 0:08:49- That's why it's so busy.
0:08:50 > 0:08:52- Half the staff have gone to see him.
0:08:53 > 0:08:55- Are you a Fatboy Slim fan, Roy?
0:08:55 > 0:08:57- Are you a Fatboy Slim fan, Roy?- - No. I don't like DJs, sorry.
0:09:01 > 0:09:03- No, Musicians' Union!
0:09:05 > 0:09:07- Roy and Aloma have been together...
0:09:07 > 0:09:12- ..since they began performing - as a cabaret duet in the 1970s.
0:09:16 > 0:09:18- Thank you and welcome back.
0:09:18 > 0:09:23- And now for something different - - two pianos and two people.
0:09:23 > 0:09:26- Aloma and our regular accompanist, - Roy James.
0:09:27 > 0:09:31- # Piano Medley # - Bargoni, Liszt, Mozart, Tchaikovsky
0:09:59 > 0:10:01- A nice clean ashtray to start with.
0:10:02 > 0:10:05- Roy and Aloma - are spending Christmas in Tenerife.
0:10:06 > 0:10:09- They have travelled extensively - over the years...
0:10:09 > 0:10:14- ..but this will be their first - foreign trip in 20 years.
0:10:15 > 0:10:17- Do you want a cup of tea - before you go?
0:10:17 > 0:10:18- Yeah.
0:10:19 > 0:10:22- You don't need a passport - so often nowadays.
0:10:23 > 0:10:24- No!
0:10:25 > 0:10:28- Our old passports - are here somewhere.
0:10:28 > 0:10:31- When we were writing the book...
0:10:31 > 0:10:34- ..I couldn't remember - the places or dates.
0:10:37 > 0:10:39- Roy found our old passports.
0:10:40 > 0:10:43- They were all stamped, - or our visas were attached.
0:10:44 > 0:10:47- Our passports were full of stamps...
0:10:48 > 0:10:51- ..including our time on the cruises.
0:10:52 > 0:10:57- We followed the stamps to see - where we were from year to year.
0:10:59 > 0:11:05- I've never been - a disorganized person.
0:11:05 > 0:11:08- Usually, I know where everything is.
0:11:08 > 0:11:11- It's in order and packed.
0:11:11 > 0:11:16- But we were away this weekend, and - between the book and the launch...
0:11:17 > 0:11:21- ..I stuffed everything in the case - and I'll sort it once I'm there.
0:11:21 > 0:11:24- Roy said, "If you haven't got it, - you can buy it."
0:11:31 > 0:11:35- What are you doing?
0:11:37 > 0:11:40- What would you normally do - over Christmas?
0:11:41 > 0:11:44- I've never been without them - over Christmas.
0:11:44 > 0:11:50- I'm trying not to think about it - or I'd change my mind about going.
0:11:52 > 0:11:53- I love Christmas.
0:11:54 > 0:11:57- We're usually all here.
0:11:57 > 0:12:02- Tony comes, his sister - and her husband... whoever's around.
0:12:04 > 0:12:05- DOG BARKS
0:12:05 > 0:12:06- DOG BARKS- - Here comes the taxi.
0:12:07 > 0:12:08- Alright, Richard?
0:12:14 > 0:12:18- Richard's taking us to the airport.
0:12:18 > 0:12:23- He has worked here for 12 years. - He lived in the flat next door.
0:12:23 > 0:12:26- He was very young - when he started here.
0:12:26 > 0:12:30- Richard almost calls me Mam, - well, just about.
0:12:30 > 0:12:33- He wanted to see us off.
0:12:36 > 0:12:37- No crying.
0:12:38 > 0:12:40- Right, five o'clock. Come on!
0:12:42 > 0:12:44- Have a nice time, OK?
0:12:44 > 0:12:46- Have a nice time, OK?- - And you!
0:12:48 > 0:12:50- I might be home tomorrow!
0:12:53 > 0:12:54- Bye-bye.
0:12:55 > 0:12:59- Be good for Father Christmas, OK? - See you, girls.
0:12:59 > 0:13:02- Don't forget to text us - when you get there.
0:13:05 > 0:13:06- Have a good holiday!
0:13:06 > 0:13:09- Thank you, Lily. Bye!
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0:13:25 > 0:13:30- Christmas is a busy period - for Blackpool's hotels.
0:13:31 > 0:13:34- This Christmas, - The Gresham has closed its doors.
0:13:34 > 0:13:39- While Roy and Aloma are in Tenerife, - Tony looks after the hotel.
0:13:41 > 0:13:45- We're now in the most important room - in the hotel.
0:13:49 > 0:13:53- It's my flat, a bachelor pad.
0:13:54 > 0:13:59- No-one can bother me here.
0:14:01 > 0:14:03- For the first six years...
0:14:03 > 0:14:07- ..Roy, Aloma and the children - lived in the flat.
0:14:08 > 0:14:09- Are you hungry?
0:14:17 > 0:14:18- Where's Pinkie?
0:14:22 > 0:14:23- Pinkie's deaf.
0:14:24 > 0:14:26- One day, Emma asked me this.
0:14:27 > 0:14:33- "Tell me, I'm talking to my friends - and I'm talking about you.
0:14:34 > 0:14:36- "They asked me, 'Who's Tony?'
0:14:38 > 0:14:41- "Who are you, Tony? What are you?"
0:14:42 > 0:14:45- She wanted to know who I was...
0:14:46 > 0:14:49- ..to answer her friends.
0:14:51 > 0:14:55- "Are you my uncle?" - "No, I'm not your uncle," I said.
0:14:56 > 0:15:01- "You tell your friends - I'm a friend of the family."
0:15:04 > 0:15:08- Tony doesn't live - with Aloma's family any more.
0:15:08 > 0:15:11- He still spends time - with Emma and Lia.
0:15:16 > 0:15:18- Oh, Tony! Grandad jumpers for you.
0:15:18 > 0:15:20- Are they?
0:15:20 > 0:15:23- I can see you in one of those.
0:15:24 > 0:15:28- Have you got money on you? - I came out with no money!
0:15:30 > 0:15:32- I came out with no money!
0:15:35 > 0:15:39- Back in The Gresham, the staff - prepares for New Year's Eve.
0:15:40 > 0:15:45- But first, they must welcome Aloma - back from holiday.
0:15:52 > 0:15:55- # Spring is approaching
0:15:55 > 0:15:58- # And the weather is mellowing
0:15:59 > 0:16:02- # The birds will return
0:16:02 > 0:16:05- # To sing in the valley
0:16:06 > 0:16:12- # The oak will awaken - from its heavy sleep
0:16:13 > 0:16:16- # Tony and Aloma
0:16:16 > 0:16:19- # Why are you here?
0:16:19 > 0:16:21- # Your voice captivates me
0:16:23 > 0:16:26- # My love is still strong
0:16:26 > 0:16:28- # Tonight
0:16:29 > 0:16:35- # My heart longs for your company #
0:16:51 > 0:16:53- After a week relaxing in Tenerife...
0:16:54 > 0:16:57- ..Roy and Aloma - are back in the kitchen.
0:16:57 > 0:17:00- They're preparing - a New Year's Eve supper for 80.
0:17:03 > 0:17:06- The kitchen's hotter than Tenerife.
0:17:06 > 0:17:10- But I'm not getting a suntan here, - just wrinkles.
0:17:11 > 0:17:14- Tony's mind is on other things.
0:17:17 > 0:17:19- It's too heavy for me.
0:17:20 > 0:17:23- Come along, Tony. - I'll hold the ladder.
0:17:23 > 0:17:24- Fold it again.
0:17:24 > 0:17:28- By the time you get to the top step, - you could reach.
0:17:29 > 0:17:31- Put it there, Tony.
0:17:32 > 0:17:37- Fold the ladder back again - and walk up half of it.
0:17:37 > 0:17:40- Could we put them up this way?
0:17:42 > 0:17:44- How did you get them up?
0:17:56 > 0:17:57- Tony!
0:17:58 > 0:17:59- Yes?
0:17:59 > 0:18:02- Yes?- - You're going to knock them all down.
0:18:02 > 0:18:04- Pass me the red one please, Lily.
0:18:09 > 0:18:11- Right, leave it at that.
0:18:11 > 0:18:12- Come on, let's try again!
0:18:12 > 0:18:14- Come on, let's try again!- - Tony, we've got stuff to do.
0:18:14 > 0:18:15- Don't give up.
0:18:15 > 0:18:17- Don't give up.- - I'll have to leave you to it.
0:18:29 > 0:18:31- He who dares, wins.
0:18:42 > 0:18:46- It's very hot. Tell the girls - to be careful with it.
0:18:51 > 0:18:52- Are you OK?
0:18:52 > 0:18:55- Brilliant now.
0:18:56 > 0:19:00- I took my dentures out.
0:19:00 > 0:19:02- I can't eat.
0:19:02 > 0:19:06- I've put them back - so I can smile at you now!
0:19:13 > 0:19:16- He'd have a terrible stutter!
0:19:17 > 0:19:18- He would!
0:19:22 > 0:19:24- We've been here 25 years.
0:19:24 > 0:19:29- Only on one New Year's Eve - have the balloons failed to release.
0:19:29 > 0:19:32- The idea is to pull the two strings.
0:19:33 > 0:19:38- I pull that one, - and with a bit of luck...
0:19:39 > 0:19:42- ..the string comes out - and the balloons fall.
0:19:42 > 0:19:44- I hope.
0:19:49 > 0:19:53- It's 8.00pm on New Year's Eve. - How are things?
0:19:53 > 0:19:56- I'm still in my apron. - How do you think I feel?!
0:19:56 > 0:19:59- It'll be tomorrow - by the time I'm ready.
0:19:59 > 0:20:01- Tony's started to celebrate already.
0:20:01 > 0:20:04- Tony's started to celebrate already.- - The worst bit is over, the food.
0:20:05 > 0:20:07- That's the biggest pain.
0:20:07 > 0:20:11- We've been on the solids - and it's now time for the liquids.
0:20:11 > 0:20:15- Tony finds it a pain - to eat the food.
0:20:16 > 0:20:17- Yes.
0:20:17 > 0:20:22- That's all you've done, just - sweated buckets, looking at me.
0:20:22 > 0:20:24- Oh, no! I've worked hard tonight.
0:20:24 > 0:20:25- Oh, no! I've worked hard tonight.- - Yes.
0:20:26 > 0:20:28- Has he? You've got witnesses.
0:20:28 > 0:20:29- Has he? You've got witnesses.- - Yes.
0:20:34 > 0:20:39- By 11.00pm, Blackpool's streets - are full of revellers.
0:20:41 > 0:20:43- THEY CHEER
0:20:49 > 0:20:51- In The Gresham...
0:20:51 > 0:20:56- ..Roy, Tony and Aloma make sure - it's a New Year's Eve to remember.
0:20:56 > 0:20:58- # Good times never seemed so good
0:21:02 > 0:21:04- # I'm inclined #
0:21:05 > 0:21:08- What time is it? Five minutes to go.
0:21:08 > 0:21:13- Then we'll know whether it's worked. - If it doesn't, he's sacked.
0:21:13 > 0:21:17- We'll see if it works. - I'm quietly confident.
0:21:18 > 0:21:20- Are you?!
0:21:20 > 0:21:21- I'm not!
0:21:24 > 0:21:26- It's my big moment.
0:21:26 > 0:21:28- It's midnight, isn't it?
0:21:29 > 0:21:33- All this fuss over a few balloons...
0:21:33 > 0:21:37- ..after all the preparations, - the food and everything...
0:21:37 > 0:21:40- ..it's make or break with balloons.
0:21:40 > 0:21:44- It's not the balloons, - it's the system, the invention.
0:21:44 > 0:21:46- We'll argue now.
0:21:46 > 0:21:49- # You put your left leg in, - your left leg out
0:21:49 > 0:21:52- # In, out, in, out, - you shake it all about
0:21:53 > 0:21:56- # You do the hokey cokey - and you turn around
0:21:56 > 0:21:58- # That's what it's all about
0:21:59 > 0:22:02- # Well, oh, the hokey cokey
0:22:04 > 0:22:06- # Oh, the hokey cokey
0:22:07 > 0:22:09- # Oh, the hokey cokey #
0:22:09 > 0:22:14- Almost there!
0:22:14 > 0:22:18- Five, four, three, two, one!
0:22:18 > 0:22:22- A happy new year everybody!
0:22:25 > 0:22:28- # For auld lang syne, my dear
0:22:29 > 0:22:32- # For auld lang syne
0:22:33 > 0:22:38- # We'll take a cup o' kindness yet
0:22:39 > 0:22:40- # For the sake
0:22:41 > 0:22:46- # Of auld lang syne #
0:22:49 > 0:22:52- A very happy new year everybody!
0:22:53 > 0:22:55- Oggie oggie oggie!
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