0:00:02 > 0:00:04We all have plans when we retire, don't we?
0:00:04 > 0:00:07Pay your dues all your life, then you can spend time
0:00:07 > 0:00:10with the one you love, doing the things you always dreamed of.
0:00:10 > 0:00:14Unfortunately it doesn't always pan out that way.
0:00:15 > 0:00:17How much did they give you?
0:00:17 > 0:00:21Well, she's going to die, isn't she? I didn't marry June to watch her die.
0:00:21 > 0:00:24I married June because she's June.
0:00:24 > 0:00:29When she was first in hospital, she was really bad.
0:00:29 > 0:00:31She was wishing that she would die.
0:00:35 > 0:00:39We're here to help a woman who was struck down with a rare condition,
0:00:39 > 0:00:43who's left sleeping in their small kitchen with no washing facilities.
0:00:43 > 0:00:47Everyone should be able to use the bathroom in privacy.
0:00:47 > 0:00:49She hasn't had that for four years.
0:00:49 > 0:00:52You worked all your life and you get to this point
0:00:52 > 0:00:54and you deserve a bit of help, you deserve a break.
0:00:54 > 0:00:57It's difficult for a man like yourself to accept help, I imagine.
0:00:59 > 0:01:02I think the answer is clear and that's where we come in,
0:01:02 > 0:01:07to turn things around for June and her devoted and loving husband John.
0:01:08 > 0:01:11We have with us all the usual suspects of course
0:01:11 > 0:01:14but it's going to need the whole community to come together
0:01:14 > 0:01:18if we're going to pull this off in just nine days. Are you up for it?
0:01:18 > 0:01:19THEY CHEER
0:01:19 > 0:01:21This is DIY SOS The Big Build!
0:01:33 > 0:01:36Meet John and June Finlay.
0:01:36 > 0:01:39They live in Houghton-le-Spring just outside of Sunderland
0:01:39 > 0:01:42in this two-bedroom, 1960s, semidetached house.
0:01:42 > 0:01:45They moved in here after they married
0:01:45 > 0:01:47and haven't lived anywhere else.
0:01:47 > 0:01:50They raised their daughter Heather here.
0:01:50 > 0:01:53It's a home that gave them so much happiness.
0:01:53 > 0:01:57Never argued. Never a wrong word in 35 years.
0:01:57 > 0:02:01After working down the mines from the age of 14,
0:02:01 > 0:02:04John was looking forward to spending his retirement with June,
0:02:04 > 0:02:08except life took a devastating turn for the worse.
0:02:09 > 0:02:13Four years ago, John and June had just come back from a summer holiday
0:02:13 > 0:02:18when June was struck down suddenly with a terrible rare disease.
0:02:18 > 0:02:21She's now left as a prisoner in her home.
0:02:21 > 0:02:25Just before October she came back from Majorca fit and well.
0:02:25 > 0:02:27She started to feel a little bit tired
0:02:27 > 0:02:31and after that she deteriorated.
0:02:31 > 0:02:37By January she couldn't speak, walk, use her hands and was incontinent.
0:02:37 > 0:02:42They couldn't diagnose what it was and they diagnosed pneumonia.
0:02:42 > 0:02:48I think the pneumonia has gone from her lungs onto her brain
0:02:48 > 0:02:51because it was diagnosed after a brain biopsy
0:02:51 > 0:02:56as inflammation of the brain which is now called CLIPPERS.
0:02:56 > 0:03:01CLIPPERS is an inflammatory central nervous system disorder.
0:03:01 > 0:03:04It's a very rare condition the doctors are still researching.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07It means June's left trapped in her own home,
0:03:07 > 0:03:10living on an old hospital bed in her tiny kitchen
0:03:10 > 0:03:12and with nowhere to go to the toilet.
0:03:13 > 0:03:18You know, it's really hard. Mum gets really frustrated.
0:03:22 > 0:03:25When she was first in hospital,
0:03:25 > 0:03:30she was really bad and she was wishing that she would die.
0:03:39 > 0:03:45That was the worst day because, you know, it was so horrible
0:03:45 > 0:03:49to see your mum lying there wishing that that would happen.
0:03:50 > 0:03:52One, two, three.
0:03:52 > 0:03:57John, however, would not accept that this was the end for his wife.
0:03:57 > 0:03:59He wasn't having any of it.
0:03:59 > 0:04:02Despite being 69, he's thrown himself into the role
0:04:02 > 0:04:05of full-time physio and carer,
0:04:05 > 0:04:09spending all day attending to June's every need.
0:04:09 > 0:04:12And if sleeping downstairs wasn't bad enough,
0:04:12 > 0:04:16she now has to go to the toilet on a commode in the middle of the living room.
0:04:16 > 0:04:22A separate toilet is the ideal situation to go to the toilet.
0:04:22 > 0:04:24In the middle of the room, it's not nice.
0:04:26 > 0:04:29Dignity-wise for June, it's out of the window.
0:04:30 > 0:04:32- Are you very frustrated, June? - Yes.
0:04:35 > 0:04:37And I...
0:04:37 > 0:04:40Who cleans in here?
0:04:40 > 0:04:43Like to clear up and polish, wouldn't you?
0:04:43 > 0:04:47- And get me bottles of beer out of the fridge?- Yes.
0:04:47 > 0:04:49And taking the tops off!
0:04:50 > 0:04:54Doctors said June would never walk, talk or use her hands again
0:04:54 > 0:04:58but thanks to John's hard work, June is making slow progress.
0:04:58 > 0:05:03He takes her to the local swimming baths twice a week for some hydrotherapy.
0:05:03 > 0:05:05He also gives her a proper shower there,
0:05:05 > 0:05:08something she can't have at home.
0:05:09 > 0:05:14His sheer determination to get June better again is simply amazing.
0:05:14 > 0:05:19Somebody in June's life has got to say, "You're in with a chance."
0:05:19 > 0:05:21And she's getting better.
0:05:21 > 0:05:25Improvements are there but they're very, very slow. But it's not a race.
0:05:25 > 0:05:27Dad just keeps pressing on all the time.
0:05:27 > 0:05:29If it wasn't for Dad, she wouldn't be here.
0:05:31 > 0:05:36This devoted husband is desperately trying to do everything for his wife
0:05:36 > 0:05:41but needs our help so she can stop living in these terrible conditions.
0:05:48 > 0:05:49Right, the boys are on their way
0:05:49 > 0:05:52and we've got some people in early to help out.
0:05:54 > 0:05:57I like what you've done to the place!
0:05:57 > 0:06:01To be fair, our lot have been in and already started because we need to make a start
0:06:01 > 0:06:06and they've semi-destroyed your house already to give us a head start.
0:06:06 > 0:06:10To be fair, you've been living pretty much in this room we're in now, haven't you?
0:06:10 > 0:06:15That's not an easy way to live. How long has that been going on for?
0:06:15 > 0:06:19- About three and a half or four years now.- Yes.
0:06:19 > 0:06:23Apart from all the difficulties that you're facing,
0:06:23 > 0:06:25the dignity issue is a big deal, isn't it?
0:06:25 > 0:06:29Imagine now, you want to go to the toilet.
0:06:29 > 0:06:32In the middle of the room and you've got company.
0:06:33 > 0:06:35- It's not very nice, is it? - No.
0:06:35 > 0:06:38See, June's a lady.
0:06:39 > 0:06:43Well, she's a lady, a proper lady, and it's not right.
0:06:43 > 0:06:45This is why I want this.
0:06:45 > 0:06:49If anything happens to me, they'll banish her into a home.
0:06:51 > 0:06:54But if I get the bedroom sorted out
0:06:54 > 0:06:58and washing facilities sorted out, June can stop here with carers.
0:06:59 > 0:07:02That's it. Simples.
0:07:02 > 0:07:04But you deserve a break.
0:07:04 > 0:07:08You worked all your life and you get to this point... You know.
0:07:08 > 0:07:11You deserve a bit of help. You deserve a break.
0:07:11 > 0:07:14It is difficult for a man like yourself to accept help, I imagine.
0:07:17 > 0:07:20You know, it's actually very easy to get people to support
0:07:20 > 0:07:23a hard-working, proud man like John.
0:07:23 > 0:07:28Over 70 of the local trades have turned up to make this house right again for June
0:07:28 > 0:07:30and they're itching to get started.
0:07:30 > 0:07:33I'm pleased on this occasion that we're working for an older couple.
0:07:33 > 0:07:37Too many people go all their lives working hard and get sod all back at the end of it.
0:07:37 > 0:07:40He said to me just now before we came out,
0:07:40 > 0:07:42"My worry is I'm going to keel over and die
0:07:42 > 0:07:45"and she'll go into a home and everyone will forget about her."
0:07:45 > 0:07:49If he can get the house sorted he said, "I know if anything happens to me, she'll be safe
0:07:49 > 0:07:51"and my daughter can look after her and carers can help."
0:07:51 > 0:07:55It's a big thing we're doing today and it will make a massive difference to a family
0:07:55 > 0:07:58who have worked hard all their lives and deserve it.
0:07:58 > 0:07:59That's enough talk. Let's get on with it.
0:08:03 > 0:08:06We're going to double the footprint of the whole ground floor
0:08:06 > 0:08:10and decorate upstairs and as usual have just nine days
0:08:10 > 0:08:12before we give it back to June and John done.
0:08:15 > 0:08:18This is it. This is what it's all about.
0:08:18 > 0:08:20This is our one-storey extension to wrap around the building.
0:08:20 > 0:08:24A little bit of trussed roof there.
0:08:24 > 0:08:28They do both ends and then a cut roof in the middle. It's fantastic.
0:08:28 > 0:08:30Should be millimetre perfect.
0:08:30 > 0:08:32Of course, we need it to look nice
0:08:32 > 0:08:36and guess who's back to handle all the design? Yes, it's Oliver Heath.
0:08:36 > 0:08:39In the past me and the boys haven't seen eye to eye with Oliver.
0:08:39 > 0:08:42- Just keep out of there.- I don't want these to get damaged outside.
0:08:42 > 0:08:48Everybody has problems. Keep out of the room. Everybody means everybody!
0:08:48 > 0:08:51I must admit, it did get tense for a while
0:08:51 > 0:08:54but I'm going to be more civil this time, I promise.
0:08:54 > 0:08:56I thought we would chat about your overall plan.
0:08:56 > 0:09:00There's an enormous amount of design work going on here
0:09:00 > 0:09:07but what underpins all of this work is the design concept for this building, which is biophilia.
0:09:07 > 0:09:10- Biophilia means nature loving.- OK.
0:09:10 > 0:09:14It's all about connecting the house and people in it with nature.
0:09:14 > 0:09:19- There's not much nature out there, to be honest.- Look at it now, it's carnage.
0:09:19 > 0:09:22What we're going to do... There are three key parts to biophilia.
0:09:22 > 0:09:24- Tell us all three of them.- OK.
0:09:24 > 0:09:29Firstly it's about looking out onto nature and light windows
0:09:29 > 0:09:33and natural light is obviously good for vitamin D and good for your circadian rhythm,
0:09:33 > 0:09:36- so it helps regulate sleep patterns. - What?
0:09:36 > 0:09:40Circadian rhythm, your daily rhythmic cycles
0:09:40 > 0:09:43that help to level out your sleep
0:09:43 > 0:09:47- and your hormone imbalances and stuff like that.- OK.
0:09:47 > 0:09:50- The second part of biophilia... - We're only at the first part?
0:09:50 > 0:09:52That was the first part.
0:09:52 > 0:09:57The second part is having somewhere to back into. So come in here.
0:09:57 > 0:10:01The second part is having safe spaces to back into.
0:10:01 > 0:10:05This lounge is really important for us to create that safe space.
0:10:05 > 0:10:07We're going to take out this chimney breast
0:10:07 > 0:10:09and have an L-shaped sofa in here.
0:10:09 > 0:10:13This is the space where you huddle up in the winter and you can back up into here.
0:10:13 > 0:10:17Lastly it's about natural materials, textures and patterns.
0:10:17 > 0:10:20Would it be fair, to sum it up, to say we're going to have windows,
0:10:20 > 0:10:23a lounge and some nice patterns inside?
0:10:23 > 0:10:27No, that is completely destroying the whole biophilic design concept.
0:10:27 > 0:10:32You're reducing it and you're losing out on the poetry.
0:10:32 > 0:10:35We've only got an hour on the programme and I'm slightly worried!
0:10:35 > 0:10:40You're losing the poetry and the beauty of the fact...
0:10:40 > 0:10:45This is an ordinary house but we can still create a design concept that is fundamentally better
0:10:45 > 0:10:48and healthier and happier for them and that's what I want to do.
0:10:48 > 0:10:50I think I lost the will to live in the middle of that.
0:10:50 > 0:10:54The point is June and John desperately need more space.
0:10:54 > 0:10:57Oliver's design means the garage will have to make way
0:10:57 > 0:11:00for a massive extension going down the whole side of the house.
0:11:00 > 0:11:03This will create a study at the front, a wet room in the middle,
0:11:03 > 0:11:07and finally a downstairs bedroom for June at the rear.
0:11:07 > 0:11:11We'll be ripping out the old kitchen to create a new kitchen-dining area
0:11:11 > 0:11:14for the whole family to enjoy together.
0:11:14 > 0:11:18The whole ground floor, including the newly-designed garden,
0:11:18 > 0:11:19will all be on one level
0:11:19 > 0:11:23and all the door openings widened for easy wheelchair access.
0:11:23 > 0:11:26Upstairs we're keeping the original layout
0:11:26 > 0:11:28but that doesn't mean it's going to be left alone.
0:11:28 > 0:11:30We will be renovating the two bedrooms
0:11:30 > 0:11:33and family bathroom to create fresh, comfortable spaces.
0:11:34 > 0:11:37It might be a little house but it's a huge extension
0:11:37 > 0:11:38and there's a lot to do.
0:11:39 > 0:11:42And there is no time for standing around.
0:11:42 > 0:11:46Have you heard about Oliver's plan for this? Biophilia.
0:11:46 > 0:11:51- What does that mean?- It's easy, isn't it? It's the love of nature.
0:11:51 > 0:11:55- Blatantly.- Well bio is both ways, isn't it?
0:11:55 > 0:12:00No, that's bi. Bio means nature.
0:12:00 > 0:12:03And philia means love, so love of nature.
0:12:03 > 0:12:04THEY SNIGGER
0:12:04 > 0:12:07He's gone, hasn't he?
0:12:08 > 0:12:13Bi means both ways! Quite right, Bill, but not in this instance.
0:12:13 > 0:12:18- Biofuel? So biofuel goes both ways, does it?- I thought...
0:12:18 > 0:12:23You thought that was horizontal and that was vertical.
0:12:23 > 0:12:26Someone told me vertical is when you're dead.
0:12:26 > 0:12:30That's horizontal. Horizontal.
0:12:30 > 0:12:34And he's in charge of electrics. Frightening, isn't it?
0:12:38 > 0:12:42It's all going on. There's a timber frame buzzing in.
0:12:42 > 0:12:46We've got a bit of a problem with space because we've got to get a timber frame in.
0:12:46 > 0:12:47Got to get the plate down, this here,
0:12:47 > 0:12:50which is what all the timber frame is going to stand on.
0:12:50 > 0:12:53We've got to get scaffold up so we can actually work on it to first-floor height.
0:12:53 > 0:12:56All of that at the back, all that rubble, needs to come out,
0:12:56 > 0:13:00which is why we have so many people trying to get it out.
0:13:00 > 0:13:03It's one of those things really. This is DIY SOS Big Build all over.
0:13:03 > 0:13:06A million different trades all working on top of each other.
0:13:06 > 0:13:08You don't see this very often.
0:13:08 > 0:13:12Scaffolding going up in amongst people doing gardening.
0:13:12 > 0:13:15There's something else you don't see that often,
0:13:15 > 0:13:17a designer getting his hands dirty.
0:13:19 > 0:13:23On the first day of any build, this is where you will generally see me,
0:13:23 > 0:13:26filling a skip properly. It's a real bugbear of mine.
0:13:26 > 0:13:29Look, there's a barrel in there completely empty.
0:13:31 > 0:13:35It's the expense. You're paying all this money for a skip.
0:13:35 > 0:13:40- They're really expensive these days. £150 a go?- 320.
0:13:40 > 0:13:45Is that what they do now? 320? And all this space.
0:13:45 > 0:13:49You're looking at probably 20 quid's worth of space.
0:13:51 > 0:13:55Knowlesy opening up holes in the skip. He's hole mad, that boy.
0:13:59 > 0:14:01Look at him filling the little holes.
0:14:02 > 0:14:06One brick at a time. Not having that. There's a hole in there.
0:14:06 > 0:14:10Watch, this is how you do it. Get in there. That's it.
0:14:10 > 0:14:11Shove it in nice and tight.
0:14:13 > 0:14:18It's like Blue Peter. He's got a very wide spread of knowledge, Mr Knowles.
0:14:21 > 0:14:23Mostly rubbish.
0:14:23 > 0:14:25There's quite a bit of space in this skip.
0:14:25 > 0:14:27Just about enough room for an Irishman.
0:14:27 > 0:14:30Usually you don't see the kitchen fitter here on day one of the build
0:14:30 > 0:14:32but because of super-quick turnaround,
0:14:32 > 0:14:35he has been given a risky task to measure up the glass splashback
0:14:35 > 0:14:38before it's even been plastered.
0:14:39 > 0:14:41- Morning, Paul.- Morning. - He looks a worried man.
0:14:41 > 0:14:44- Paul came here yesterday. - Just a bit stressed.
0:14:44 > 0:14:49- He's got a glass back splash to put on this wall.- Splashback.
0:14:49 > 0:14:53- What did I say?- Back splash. Shall we try that again?
0:14:53 > 0:14:57That's when you have a wee, isn't it? You get back splash.
0:14:57 > 0:15:00- You put in the... - Splashback.- Splashback.
0:15:00 > 0:15:04Glass splashback on the wall and you've got to be exact.
0:15:04 > 0:15:06Within millimetres.
0:15:06 > 0:15:09Normally this would get done once the kitchen has been installed
0:15:09 > 0:15:14but with the timescale we have to measure up for the splashback
0:15:14 > 0:15:18before the kitchen goes in and before you plaster it.
0:15:18 > 0:15:23So wherever these sockets are now, they can't move. That's it.
0:15:23 > 0:15:25Whatever I tell you we're putting on the walls,
0:15:25 > 0:15:29- it can't be any bigger, any thinner, that's it.- To the millimetre.
0:15:29 > 0:15:33Well, best of luck, Paul. With all the will in the world...
0:15:33 > 0:15:34It's not going to work.
0:15:34 > 0:15:36Yeah, positivity, Bill!
0:15:36 > 0:15:39You know, DIY SOS is all about precision building.
0:15:39 > 0:15:41I'd better get cracking then. Get a move on.
0:15:41 > 0:15:44And I have every confidence in the man.
0:15:44 > 0:15:47Now to get that extra space in the living room,
0:15:47 > 0:15:51we have to take the chimney down but that has opened up a can of worms.
0:15:52 > 0:15:54- How bad is it?- That's pretty bad.
0:15:54 > 0:15:57That's the neighbour's fireplace coming through there.
0:15:57 > 0:16:00The chimney hasn't been lined and there's a gap there.
0:16:00 > 0:16:03We haven't seen this before when we've taken a chimney out.
0:16:03 > 0:16:05This was the chimney that came into this side.
0:16:05 > 0:16:09Unfortunately you might notice the second chimney next to it
0:16:09 > 0:16:12which doesn't come into this room at all. It goes into next door.
0:16:12 > 0:16:15That's next door's chimney, which is a bit of an issue.
0:16:15 > 0:16:21- How bad is that hole? - That hole is that bad. Four fingers.
0:16:22 > 0:16:27I'd better check next door that they haven't got a fire connected in there.
0:16:27 > 0:16:31Let's peer through their window and see what's going on next door.
0:16:31 > 0:16:32Hello. How are you?
0:16:34 > 0:16:38- We've made a weird discovery. Knocked out the chimney next door... - Right.
0:16:38 > 0:16:42- ..to find your chimney. We found your chimney flue. - Yes, it's a metal one.
0:16:42 > 0:16:47- No, there's no sleeve in it. - That's been there years.
0:16:47 > 0:16:50- You know what I mean? - We'll get your fire lined,
0:16:50 > 0:16:53so we'll get a proper liner put in for you.
0:16:53 > 0:16:55It won't disturb anything in the room.
0:16:55 > 0:16:59All it is, inside you get a liner in. It makes yours safe as well.
0:16:59 > 0:17:01It means you've got no leaking into next door as well.
0:17:01 > 0:17:06It's very good of you. You're taking it very well, given that we've just uncovered it.
0:17:06 > 0:17:11We're happy to get it done for John and June. Absolutely.
0:17:11 > 0:17:15They're amazing, aren't they? John is just an unstoppable force, isn't he?
0:17:15 > 0:17:19He has dedicated his life to her, hasn't he?
0:17:19 > 0:17:22He's been really brilliant. A brick, an absolute brick.
0:17:22 > 0:17:26A lot of the doctors said, "Oh, no, she'll never be able to do this, never be able to do that."
0:17:26 > 0:17:29- He's got her doing it. - He's got her doing a lot of things
0:17:29 > 0:17:32that they just would have given up on. The hospital just gave up on her.
0:17:32 > 0:17:36By the time we finish, they'll have more room and freedom to move around.
0:17:36 > 0:17:39It does mean we're going to make a lot of noise for the next few days.
0:17:39 > 0:17:42- We don't mind.- Really?- No.
0:17:42 > 0:17:43Lovely people.
0:17:43 > 0:17:47- Shame they had to come into contact with the likes of us, isn't it? - It is true.
0:17:53 > 0:17:56All over the site, people are getting up to all kinds of things.
0:17:56 > 0:17:58Smashing, digging, plastering and welding.
0:17:58 > 0:18:00Welding? What's happening here?
0:18:00 > 0:18:03MUSIC: "What A Feeling" by Irene Cara
0:18:03 > 0:18:04Who's behind the mask?
0:18:08 > 0:18:10It's Oliver! I was hoping for Flashdance.
0:18:11 > 0:18:16- All right?- Why are you welding concrete reinforcement?- Why?
0:18:16 > 0:18:20Because I got this helmet and I thought I really needed to use it in some way
0:18:20 > 0:18:22that's going to be useful to the house.
0:18:22 > 0:18:24It makes you look like a Power Ranger.
0:18:24 > 0:18:28- That's a beautiful thing that you've made there.- It so is, isn't it?
0:18:28 > 0:18:31This is so like you to come in and go,
0:18:31 > 0:18:33"Right, this is my opinion of what you've made,
0:18:33 > 0:18:36"although it's half finished and we haven't seen the whole lot."
0:18:36 > 0:18:40- So you're somewhat dissing it. - No, we're not dissing it.
0:18:40 > 0:18:43No, don't think for a moment that we're dissing it.
0:18:43 > 0:18:46- Were taking an interest, Oliver. - We are. A lot of people wouldn't.
0:18:46 > 0:18:50This is a green wall that's going to sit outside June's room.
0:18:50 > 0:18:55Imagine in the morning, you wake up and you have lovely plants outside and there's dew on the leaves
0:18:55 > 0:18:58and spider webs on things and the sunlight comes through
0:18:58 > 0:19:02and bounces off into the window. You can have these magical moments.
0:19:02 > 0:19:06From June's room she can lie in bed and see this vision of plants
0:19:06 > 0:19:12and dew drops and sunlight sparkling off. I think it will be beautiful.
0:19:12 > 0:19:17What's it like inside your head? It must be weird, like a kaleidoscope.
0:19:17 > 0:19:21It's lovely. I'd welcome you in but you might mess it up a bit.
0:19:24 > 0:19:27What sort of medication do you think he's on?
0:19:27 > 0:19:29They don't like to give you an easy time, do they?
0:19:29 > 0:19:33It's going to be beautiful though. Trust me. I'm a designer.
0:19:33 > 0:19:35We can all live in hope, I suppose.
0:19:36 > 0:19:38June's illness has affected the whole family.
0:19:38 > 0:19:41Daughter Heather was so worried about her parents
0:19:41 > 0:19:45that she moved back home and is now living in her childhood bedroom.
0:19:46 > 0:19:50When I had my flat I could do what I wanted.
0:19:50 > 0:19:53You know, my social life, my friends around,
0:19:53 > 0:19:57just doing what I wanted when I wanted. Just have my own space.
0:19:57 > 0:19:59I mean, I'm 28.
0:19:59 > 0:20:04Living at home with your parents is a bit naff for a 28-year-old.
0:20:04 > 0:20:08A bit sad. But hey-ho. It's what you have to do, isn't it?
0:20:08 > 0:20:10We wanted to try to give something back to Heather
0:20:10 > 0:20:14for the sacrifice she's made - an adult bedroom she can relax in.
0:20:14 > 0:20:18Hopefully this will go some way to making her life more bearable.
0:20:18 > 0:20:22You've moved back into the house now and sacrificed part of your life to help out.
0:20:22 > 0:20:24Yeah. Well, I came home one day
0:20:24 > 0:20:28and I found Dad slumped at the bottom of the stairs sweating.
0:20:29 > 0:20:32Mum had fallen. He picked her up himself. He was shattered.
0:20:32 > 0:20:36I said, "That's it, I'm coming home. I cannot leave you like this."
0:20:36 > 0:20:40Anything could happen. So I gave the flat up.
0:20:40 > 0:20:42I had a lovely flat but at the end of the day,
0:20:42 > 0:20:45my mum and dad are much more important than that.
0:20:45 > 0:20:47You seem very worried about your dad. Why is that?
0:20:47 > 0:20:50He seems such a strong character.
0:20:50 > 0:20:54Yeah, I mean Dad just does everything. He holds everybody together.
0:20:54 > 0:21:00He's had a heart attack previously so I really worry about his health.
0:21:00 > 0:21:04I just think if anything happened to Dad, what would happen to me and my mum?
0:21:04 > 0:21:10He's gone from being a husband to a carer as well, hasn't he?
0:21:10 > 0:21:15- And there isn't anything he doesn't do for her.- No. It's his wife.
0:21:15 > 0:21:18He just does it, no questions asked. Never questioned it.
0:21:18 > 0:21:22- Always just got on with it. - He never falters?- Never ever.
0:21:22 > 0:21:26It's all about Mum. Everything is to make sure my mum's all right.
0:21:26 > 0:21:28He's not bothered about himself. He doesn't care.
0:21:28 > 0:21:32June's condition is pushing John to his absolute limit
0:21:32 > 0:21:36and with his history of heart attacks it's even more crucial we fix this house.
0:21:41 > 0:21:44Back on site, the timber frame extension is going up all around us.
0:21:44 > 0:21:46It's so fast.
0:21:46 > 0:21:49These modern methods of construction are brilliant.
0:21:49 > 0:21:53Without them, we'd never be able to complete this build in just nine days.
0:21:54 > 0:21:58To give us a fighting chance of completing this build on time,
0:21:58 > 0:22:02these kind builders came in a few days earlier to lay the foundations
0:22:02 > 0:22:05so we don't waste any time getting the house rebuilt.
0:22:05 > 0:22:09You seem very motivated. Times aren't easy and you aren't earning anything.
0:22:09 > 0:22:11You could be somewhere else.
0:22:11 > 0:22:15The way we look at it is a week and a half of our time is costing us nothing but it's priceless to them,
0:22:15 > 0:22:18what they're going to get at the end of it.
0:22:18 > 0:22:20Her quality of life, that's what it's all about.
0:22:20 > 0:22:23I'd hate it to happen to my mother or anyone in my family.
0:22:23 > 0:22:26So we're more than pleased to help.
0:22:26 > 0:22:28Have you been surprised by what you've seen today?
0:22:28 > 0:22:32The work done today is unbelievable. Everybody's just chipped in.
0:22:32 > 0:22:33It's been good.
0:22:34 > 0:22:38Yep, it truly is, but it's thanks to all these amazing trades
0:22:38 > 0:22:41that we can even attempt something so ambitious.
0:22:43 > 0:22:45It's been a very productive day.
0:22:45 > 0:22:48There's tonnes of earth taken out, brand-new fencing put in the garden,
0:22:48 > 0:22:51a new opening has appeared here because this is part of the extension.
0:22:51 > 0:22:55Pan round and look at that. This extension is enormous.
0:22:55 > 0:22:57It runs all the way down the side of the building.
0:22:57 > 0:23:00In the kitchen we've taken out another big opening
0:23:00 > 0:23:02because we need to get in and out of that section
0:23:02 > 0:23:04and we've put in electrics and plumbing.
0:23:04 > 0:23:08As you move further down the building, upstairs has all been ripped out, too.
0:23:08 > 0:23:12Here in what's the living room area, the chimney has gone.
0:23:12 > 0:23:14Electrics and plumbing all in here too.
0:23:14 > 0:23:18Back outside again and you can meet me in the new front porch.
0:23:18 > 0:23:21See the size of it. It's vast. And we've got a roof on.
0:23:21 > 0:23:24All we need is decent weather tomorrow.
0:23:36 > 0:23:40And we're in luck. The weather is good and spirits are high.
0:23:41 > 0:23:45- Morning!- Morning, Oliver. Morning, Chris. Morning, Jules.
0:23:45 > 0:23:48After knocking through into the new extension yesterday,
0:23:48 > 0:23:51something needs to keep the house standing so the steels have to go in.
0:23:51 > 0:23:54Slide it up. Up and over. All right.
0:23:54 > 0:23:57Also the exterior walls need to go up and it's a massive job
0:23:57 > 0:24:00so it's a bit of luck that we have ten bricklayers on site today.
0:24:03 > 0:24:06Everyone is working hard to break the back of this build.
0:24:06 > 0:24:08Well, nearly everyone. Actually, not Billy.
0:24:08 > 0:24:11I used to be a stand-in for the Mexicans
0:24:11 > 0:24:15when they used to do all the filming round Elstree Studios.
0:24:15 > 0:24:20- I used to jump on a horse and that was me.- Galloping proper flat-out?
0:24:20 > 0:24:25- Oh, yeah.- Really?- The only reason why I'm not a jockey is just...too built.
0:24:25 > 0:24:29You're the right height but the wrong weight.
0:24:29 > 0:24:31Yeah, you could put it that way. Yeah.
0:24:31 > 0:24:36- Any extra work they needed someone to ride a horse, it was me.- Really?
0:24:36 > 0:24:38You think you know someone, eh?
0:24:38 > 0:24:44Billy on a horse? That I have to see. He's full of surprises, that man. None of them good.
0:24:44 > 0:24:49Upstairs the plasterers have started work as the whole house needs to be re-plastered.
0:24:49 > 0:24:52We never get a lot of chat out of plasterers, do we?
0:24:52 > 0:24:55Because they concentrate. They're somewhere else.
0:24:55 > 0:24:57I bet you that man is not thinking about what he's doing.
0:24:57 > 0:25:00I bet he's thinking about what he's having for his tea tonight,
0:25:00 > 0:25:03what he's going to say to the missus when he gets home,
0:25:03 > 0:25:06what he's going to say to his mates about being on DIY SOS.
0:25:06 > 0:25:09He's not thinking about what he's doing. Very repetitious.
0:25:09 > 0:25:12But you're quiet because you're thinking of other things.
0:25:12 > 0:25:15- In a way it's a form of meditation and therapy.- Yes.
0:25:15 > 0:25:19- That's why I'm so calm. - Is that right?
0:25:19 > 0:25:23Ha-ha! Let's test the theory.
0:25:23 > 0:25:26What are you thinking about while you're plastering?
0:25:28 > 0:25:30- Um...- What were you thinking?
0:25:30 > 0:25:36My wife because it's my ten-year anniversary on Friday
0:25:36 > 0:25:38and I'm going to be here. That's what I was thinking.
0:25:38 > 0:25:42- You're going to be here for the 10th anniversary?- Absolutely. I'm here on Friday, yes.- No!
0:25:42 > 0:25:45- We can't do that. What's her name? - Leanne.- What?
0:25:45 > 0:25:49- Leanne.- Leanne. And how lovely is Leanne?- Really lovely.
0:25:49 > 0:25:52- Is she?- Yes.- Still in love and everything?- Yes.
0:25:52 > 0:25:56- Is she the most beautiful, wonderful wife in the world?- Most definitely.
0:25:58 > 0:26:00- I think you got away with it. - Cheers!
0:26:01 > 0:26:04Commitment is of course key for any successful marriage
0:26:04 > 0:26:07and John is a testament to that.
0:26:07 > 0:26:10I caught up with him at the site of the pit he used to work at for a bit of a chat.
0:26:12 > 0:26:16With a man and a woman, there's like a veil that we never step through.
0:26:16 > 0:26:18How a woman does her hair, her make-up.
0:26:18 > 0:26:24- You've had to go through that to look after June in a way that blokes just don't really do.- No.
0:26:24 > 0:26:28You do things that you would never ever think about doing,
0:26:28 > 0:26:32like the toilet, because you've got to do it.
0:26:32 > 0:26:36She can't do it herself at the moment. You know June's ambition?
0:26:36 > 0:26:40One of her biggest ambitions? It's daft. It's to wipe her own backside.
0:26:41 > 0:26:45- You know?- To be able to use the loo on her own?- That's basic, isn't it?
0:26:45 > 0:26:47But it's not basic if you haven't got it.
0:26:47 > 0:26:51It must be very hard for you mentally, John. How do you keep going at it?
0:26:51 > 0:26:58If I was to give in, right, June's going to die, isn't she?
0:26:58 > 0:27:01That's not the game. I didn't marry June to watch her die.
0:27:01 > 0:27:05I married June because she's June.
0:27:05 > 0:27:09I saw June when she was young, vibrant, we grew up together.
0:27:09 > 0:27:14I've seen her decline down. She couldn't speak, she couldn't do...
0:27:14 > 0:27:19People were right once. She couldn't do these things but now I see that she can do them.
0:27:19 > 0:27:25So I'm looking for that extra yard, extra two yards, maybe extra mile.
0:27:25 > 0:27:30- I think June will get there.- Will she walk again?- Yes. I've seen her walk.
0:27:30 > 0:27:33- Will she be able to talk again?- Yep.
0:27:34 > 0:27:37I don't think I've ever seen
0:27:37 > 0:27:42- a more honest representation of two people being in love.- Aye.
0:27:44 > 0:27:48You know, you're a tough Geordie fellow
0:27:48 > 0:27:52but there's no doubt there's an amazing love story going on here.
0:27:52 > 0:27:57See, I met June when I was about 35 and we've been a couple ever since
0:27:57 > 0:28:01who have had holidays, family. It's been like a team.
0:28:01 > 0:28:05I've had 30 years of absolute brilliant marriage.
0:28:06 > 0:28:10Four years bad. What's to say I'm not going to get another 20 years good?
0:28:17 > 0:28:21OK, three days in and the plasterers are speeding ahead.
0:28:21 > 0:28:22In fact, all the trades are.
0:28:22 > 0:28:24I always like to muck in where I can
0:28:24 > 0:28:28but some people think I should stand back these days and just supervise.
0:28:28 > 0:28:31- Two lines, surely? - There's only one bloke at the end.
0:28:31 > 0:28:35- That's not working. There's only one bloke at the end.- Come on, lads.
0:28:35 > 0:28:37- We need to go quicker. Get the man on the camera!- Hold on.
0:28:37 > 0:28:39What are you doing?
0:28:39 > 0:28:42THEY JEER!
0:28:42 > 0:28:45- He's broke a nail! - He's snapped the chain.
0:28:45 > 0:28:49I'm not going to pretend that didn't hurt. That really hurts.
0:28:49 > 0:28:50Oh, come on!
0:28:50 > 0:28:52That really hurts.
0:28:56 > 0:28:59Actually, my finger was more serious than first thought
0:28:59 > 0:29:02and I decided I should go to hospital to check it out.
0:29:02 > 0:29:06I thought I would just slip away quietly so as not to affect morale.
0:29:08 > 0:29:10THEY HUM A CIRCUS SONG
0:29:12 > 0:29:14No worries, then. Yeah.
0:29:14 > 0:29:16- You heard about Knowlesy? - What happened?
0:29:16 > 0:29:18- He's took all the enamel off one of his nails.- Oh, dear.
0:29:18 > 0:29:22- He's gone to hospital?- Well, he's probably gone to a nail bar.
0:29:22 > 0:29:27- Of course, he's one of them guitar players.- Yeah, he is.
0:29:27 > 0:29:30And it's a great show because he stands on his little podium
0:29:30 > 0:29:32and flicks his nails and stuff.
0:29:32 > 0:29:35- On the up side he's not interfering here, is he?- No.
0:29:35 > 0:29:37Good chance to get the job finished then.
0:29:37 > 0:29:39See, that's what I love about the boys.
0:29:39 > 0:29:41They care so much and they're so supportive.
0:29:41 > 0:29:44- I miss him a bit, mind, don't you?- Who?
0:29:44 > 0:29:47- Can't remember.- Not really.
0:29:47 > 0:29:50Charming. Does no-one care? I thought we were all mates.
0:29:50 > 0:29:54That's showbiz. Here today, chip wrapping tomorrow.
0:29:58 > 0:30:00We're at the halfway stage now, and it's chaos,
0:30:00 > 0:30:02but organised chaos,
0:30:02 > 0:30:05I think. By the way, my finger is still very hurty.
0:30:05 > 0:30:08I'm going to come back and mention it just a little bit later.
0:30:08 > 0:30:10Inside, things are coming along nicely.
0:30:10 > 0:30:12The brickies are blocking up the chimney,
0:30:12 > 0:30:15as we've now repaired next door's, by putting in a new flue.
0:30:15 > 0:30:17I'm glad that's all sorted. Very nice people.
0:30:18 > 0:30:21Billy and his marvellous team are busy rewiring the whole house
0:30:21 > 0:30:24and the first stage of the plumbing is almost done.
0:30:24 > 0:30:27Not a drop spilt. Eh?! HE LAUGHS
0:30:27 > 0:30:29That's a happy plumber.
0:30:29 > 0:30:32Extension walls are nearly finished and, once the roof has been tiled,
0:30:32 > 0:30:36we will have a watertight exterior and that can't happen fast enough
0:30:36 > 0:30:38as we all know the British weather can turn at any minute.
0:30:38 > 0:30:41Look at the vans on the street. We've had a proper turnout today.
0:30:41 > 0:30:45All the way up round the corner and in the street running down that way.
0:30:45 > 0:30:47Loads of them. We've got 45 on-site.
0:30:47 > 0:30:51We nearly had, um, 57 at one point.
0:30:51 > 0:30:52But I had to send a load of them away,
0:30:52 > 0:30:55cos we couldn't actually get everybody in the house itself.
0:30:55 > 0:30:57Any chance of an apology now?
0:30:57 > 0:30:58What for?
0:31:00 > 0:31:03- What's wrong with it? - Well, it's broken.
0:31:03 > 0:31:05After all of you giving me gyp yesterday, saying,
0:31:05 > 0:31:07"Stick a plaster on it,"
0:31:07 > 0:31:10- I went to hospital last night. - No, we meant stick a plaster on it.
0:31:10 > 0:31:13- Oh, I see.- Yeah!- Stop talking about it?- Yeah, stop talking about it!
0:31:13 > 0:31:16If you think I'll stop talking about it now I know it's broken...
0:31:16 > 0:31:17- So it's broken? - Want to see the X-ray?
0:31:17 > 0:31:21There's the end of my squashed bone. Like a cauliflower, innit?
0:31:21 > 0:31:23Can you see it?
0:31:23 > 0:31:24Look, squashed.
0:31:24 > 0:31:26HE YAWNS: I know.
0:31:27 > 0:31:29Marvellous, innit?
0:31:29 > 0:31:32Inside, the extension is really taking shape and the roof lights
0:31:32 > 0:31:34are really letting the light flood into this new space.
0:31:34 > 0:31:38Maybe there is something to Oliver's bio-thingy after all.
0:31:39 > 0:31:42Well, it's all about connecting people's lives with nature
0:31:42 > 0:31:46and, you know, views out onto gardens, that's one of it.
0:31:46 > 0:31:49Having little safe spaces to retreat back into, like the shed,
0:31:49 > 0:31:52you know, letting light flood into houses.
0:31:52 > 0:31:56It's obviously really important. Natural light. Vitamin D!
0:31:56 > 0:31:59People have been proven to get better more quickly
0:31:59 > 0:32:02- with less medication, so less stress!- 'They've all gone.
0:32:02 > 0:32:04- 'They've gone, Oliver.' - Got that?- 'Give it up!'
0:32:04 > 0:32:07- Right.- 'There's no-one there.' - I think they've got that.
0:32:07 > 0:32:09'No, there's no-one there, look! There's no-one there!'
0:32:09 > 0:32:12It's not due to a lack of interest in his concept,
0:32:12 > 0:32:14everyone is just very busy. Well, you know... Ha-ha!
0:32:14 > 0:32:17Anyway, the internal walls are going up.
0:32:17 > 0:32:19This here is our proper doorframes, which are going in.
0:32:19 > 0:32:22These will be plasterboarded off and closed in.
0:32:22 > 0:32:26And then, our door'll slide in and out of this,
0:32:26 > 0:32:29so, basically, um, June will have proper room in her wheelchair.
0:32:29 > 0:32:32It means she can come forward in the wheelchair,
0:32:32 > 0:32:34turn sideways and slide the door open.
0:32:34 > 0:32:35'Ooh, tea's up!'
0:32:35 > 0:32:38If she got to here in the wheelchair, and she was on her own,
0:32:38 > 0:32:39and tried to open the door...
0:32:39 > 0:32:42'Yeah, all right, Mark, we all know about doors and how they work!
0:32:42 > 0:32:44- 'Anybody for a cup of tea?' - ..or like that.
0:32:47 > 0:32:50Since June's illness, the Finlays rarely get to go out together.
0:32:50 > 0:32:54Horses have always been a big part of the family's lives.
0:32:54 > 0:32:57And I hear Billy is no stranger to a horse.
0:32:57 > 0:32:58You can tell where this is going.
0:32:58 > 0:33:02There you go, Billy. That one's about your size.
0:33:02 > 0:33:05Hi, June. Take my hat off to a lady.
0:33:05 > 0:33:09- Mwah! Hi, John.- Hiya. - How you feeling? All right?
0:33:09 > 0:33:12I like the cowboy outfit. LAUGHTER
0:33:12 > 0:33:14- Well, you go off and get ready. - Well, this one's 18 hands.
0:33:14 > 0:33:18- What do you reckon?- Look at that! - He's got lovely brown eyes!
0:33:18 > 0:33:19LAUGHTER
0:33:19 > 0:33:21- Well, you go and get him ready.- Right.
0:33:21 > 0:33:23- Then we'll see what he can do. - Brilliant. Come on, then.- OK.
0:33:23 > 0:33:25I've got your gear.
0:33:25 > 0:33:27You've got the gear, but I've got no idea.
0:33:27 > 0:33:30'Hold on, Billy, you were giving it large recently saying
0:33:30 > 0:33:32'that you used to ride horses up at Elstree Studios.'
0:33:32 > 0:33:35Very difficult question for a father to answer,
0:33:35 > 0:33:38but to summarise Heather up as a daughter, how would you, um...?
0:33:38 > 0:33:42Well, she's no bother. She's a nice kid. She helps me out with June.
0:33:42 > 0:33:47- Er, I've told her not to go too far, not to spoil her life.- Yes.
0:33:47 > 0:33:51- But, er, if I wanted a hand... - She's there?- She's there.- Yeah.
0:33:51 > 0:33:52- And that's the way it's worked. - Brilliant.
0:33:52 > 0:33:55But a lot of people have thought she could possibly do more.
0:33:55 > 0:33:58- But what more can she do? She's 28 year old.- Yeah.
0:33:58 > 0:34:00- She's got a life to live.- Yeah.
0:34:00 > 0:34:02Stick with her mum and dad in the house?
0:34:02 > 0:34:03- That's no use, is it?- No.
0:34:03 > 0:34:05BILL: We've got a choice of horses?
0:34:05 > 0:34:07- Yeah, we've got a few to choose from.- Lovely.
0:34:07 > 0:34:10- I can hear him. Shall we have a look?- Yeah.
0:34:10 > 0:34:12BILL CHATTERS, THEY LAUGH
0:34:12 > 0:34:15- Where's he gone?! - LAUGHTER
0:34:15 > 0:34:19You've shrunk! You look little! You look really dinky!
0:34:19 > 0:34:22What are you trying to say? I think that looks good. Dapper, darling!
0:34:22 > 0:34:25LAUGHTER
0:34:25 > 0:34:29Ooh, I'll go out like this tonight, then, won't we? Go out tonight.
0:34:29 > 0:34:32Get yourself a monocle, you could go out with Chris Eubanks!
0:34:32 > 0:34:34What do I look like, June?
0:34:34 > 0:34:36You look awful!
0:34:36 > 0:34:38LAUGHTER
0:34:39 > 0:34:41One, two, three...
0:34:43 > 0:34:45LAUGHTER
0:34:50 > 0:34:52I'm there!
0:34:52 > 0:34:54You're a natural(!)
0:34:54 > 0:34:55Is it all coming back, Bill?
0:34:55 > 0:34:57Is that the horse or me? HE SNIFFS
0:34:57 > 0:34:59Oh, here, it's me! LAUGHTER
0:34:59 > 0:35:00It's you!
0:35:00 > 0:35:01He's stirred me!
0:35:03 > 0:35:07OK, don't laugh! You'd think we were having fun!
0:35:07 > 0:35:09MUSIC: Theme from "Black Beauty"
0:35:09 > 0:35:11Look at him go, look.
0:35:11 > 0:35:13- Can't see many stunts out there. - No! He's...
0:35:13 > 0:35:16- I thought he was going to do, "Wee-ee!"- He's looking a bit tense.
0:35:16 > 0:35:18LAUGHTER, BILL GROANS
0:35:20 > 0:35:22Go on, son!
0:35:22 > 0:35:24I've been telling him to stop...
0:35:24 > 0:35:25HE GASPS
0:35:29 > 0:35:31I've got to take some pictures of that!
0:35:31 > 0:35:34LAUGHTER CONTINUES
0:35:40 > 0:35:44His... His body's not doing what his legs are!
0:35:50 > 0:35:52Oh, dear!
0:35:52 > 0:35:54'Oh, you all right there, Billy?
0:35:54 > 0:35:56'I don't think you'll be walking right for days!'
0:35:56 > 0:35:58LAUGHTER
0:35:58 > 0:36:01'And we've got just three days before we hand this house
0:36:01 > 0:36:04'back to June and John and things haven't started well.
0:36:04 > 0:36:07'And to add insult to injury, Mark has decided to sing about it.'
0:36:07 > 0:36:09# We've had a delay and what can I say?
0:36:09 > 0:36:13# Oh, la-la-la, la! Let's just pray!
0:36:13 > 0:36:16# That the floor dries before tomorrow morning... #
0:36:16 > 0:36:19He's not right, is he? It's a delay we could do without,
0:36:19 > 0:36:21but there's plenty to be getting on with.
0:36:21 > 0:36:24Chris has still to finish plastering the extension.
0:36:24 > 0:36:26My boys. Look, they're in, on it!
0:36:26 > 0:36:28We have the brand-new kitchen going in today.
0:36:28 > 0:36:31That might sound like good news, but with everything still having
0:36:31 > 0:36:34to go through the house to get to the garden, it could slow us down.
0:36:34 > 0:36:36Coming through, lads.
0:36:36 > 0:36:39But luckily, Alan Carr has dropped in to give us a hand.
0:36:39 > 0:36:42You can't walk up to someone and call him Alan Carr.
0:36:42 > 0:36:44Upstairs, though, things are coming along very nicely
0:36:44 > 0:36:46and the decorating is well under way.
0:36:47 > 0:36:50What's this called? What colour's this?
0:36:50 > 0:36:52- Ice Storm 2.- Who?!
0:36:52 > 0:36:55Looks like battleship grey to me, but that's Oliver for you.
0:36:57 > 0:37:00Look, there's properly good stuff in there that could've been used.
0:37:00 > 0:37:02- Like what? - Well, all kinds of stuff.
0:37:02 > 0:37:05- I can't actually look.- Where's that step ladder we made for you?
0:37:05 > 0:37:07- That special step ladder?- Well...
0:37:07 > 0:37:10- I think Chris went off to get it or something.- Here you are, look.
0:37:10 > 0:37:14I took the initiative, so you'll never forget it, never lose it,
0:37:14 > 0:37:17you've always got yourself a set of steps.
0:37:17 > 0:37:21- And they double up, and then... - Give it a go. So put it down.
0:37:21 > 0:37:23All right, you've just taken it off, put it down and then step up.
0:37:25 > 0:37:27- That's just brilliant, man! - Right, you can join in now.
0:37:27 > 0:37:31Join in the conversation. Never feel left out again.
0:37:31 > 0:37:34I can do those higher jobs. Get the magazines off the shelf.
0:37:34 > 0:37:36- Beautiful.- Lads, thanks.
0:37:36 > 0:37:38- Well, that's all his work. - Thanks, mate.
0:37:38 > 0:37:40Here we go, let's sit you up on it. Here we go.
0:37:40 > 0:37:44There you go. Off you go. Any time you need a ladder, there you go.
0:37:44 > 0:37:47All right. See you later.
0:37:47 > 0:37:49Look at that. # Heigh-ho! #
0:37:49 > 0:37:52- # Heigh-ho! Heigh-ho... # - Off to work we go, look.
0:37:52 > 0:37:54# ..off to work we go DWARFS WHISTLE
0:37:54 > 0:37:58# Heigh-ho! Heigh-ho! Heigh-ho! Heigh-ho! Heigh-ho!
0:37:58 > 0:38:00# All seven in a row
0:38:00 > 0:38:05# You positively can't go wrong with a heigh, heigh-ho. #
0:38:08 > 0:38:11Just two days left and we can see light at the end of that long tunnel
0:38:11 > 0:38:15and on the horizon and there's good news about the wet room.
0:38:15 > 0:38:18Yeah, we're in today. The floor's gone off.
0:38:18 > 0:38:21- And we're having a wet room party today, aren't we?- Yeah.
0:38:21 > 0:38:26So we've just bordered it and now we're going to skim it.
0:38:29 > 0:38:30It's going well today.
0:38:30 > 0:38:32I don't want anyone to hear, but it's gone quite well.
0:38:32 > 0:38:35The scaffolders have arrived and we're going to take scaffolding down
0:38:35 > 0:38:37and the carpet fitters are here
0:38:37 > 0:38:40and we're going to be putting some carpet down upstairs.
0:38:40 > 0:38:41Um...
0:38:41 > 0:38:44The decorating's going well.
0:38:44 > 0:38:45The kitchen's fitted.
0:38:47 > 0:38:49And we'll be putting an oak floor down later on as well.
0:38:51 > 0:38:52Looking pretty good.
0:38:54 > 0:38:56But I don't want to tell anybody.
0:38:56 > 0:38:59I want to keep them all in suspense.
0:39:01 > 0:39:03He's a proper nutter, isn't he?
0:39:04 > 0:39:07And this is the last bit of plastering.
0:39:07 > 0:39:10Then that's it. There is no more. Complete-oh!
0:39:11 > 0:39:16Well, I think this room is going to be almost the main room
0:39:16 > 0:39:19of the house, isn't it? Cos that's the main thing he was saying,
0:39:19 > 0:39:22- that he's struggling with, is the wet room.- That's right.
0:39:22 > 0:39:27I think this room alone is going to make a massive difference.
0:39:27 > 0:39:28'Absolutely right, Jules.
0:39:28 > 0:39:31'And one couple who knows exactly what a difference it will
0:39:31 > 0:39:34'make to June is best friend Kathleen and husband Colin.'
0:39:34 > 0:39:36So what do you make of the fact that the house will be changed?
0:39:36 > 0:39:39To the extent she'll be able to move around, use all the downstairs,
0:39:39 > 0:39:42she'll have a bedroom and bathroom and all kinds of things,
0:39:42 > 0:39:44just access to everywhere, the garden and everything.
0:39:44 > 0:39:48It will make life easier for John, being her principal carer.
0:39:48 > 0:39:51Obviously, it's going to be easier for him, but the main thing is...
0:39:53 > 0:39:55..June's going to have some dignity back.
0:39:55 > 0:40:01Everyone should be able to use... the bathroom...in privacy.
0:40:01 > 0:40:04Everyone should be able to shut the bedroom door
0:40:04 > 0:40:06and just have some peace.
0:40:06 > 0:40:08She hasn't had that for four years.
0:40:08 > 0:40:14- Mm-hm.- Every personal moment is done in the kitchen.
0:40:14 > 0:40:18Everything happens in the kitchen, where she sleeps, she washes,
0:40:18 > 0:40:21which is the place where all the cooking's done, the laundry's done,
0:40:21 > 0:40:23everything goes on in the kitchen, doesn't it?
0:40:24 > 0:40:28Well, tomorrow, June will have access to the whole downstairs
0:40:28 > 0:40:30and the garden. We're now on the home straight.
0:40:30 > 0:40:34It's amazing how much has been done in just eight days.
0:40:36 > 0:40:40In the kitchen, it's the moment of truth for Paul the kitchen fitter,
0:40:40 > 0:40:44with his back splash, or splashback, or whatever.
0:40:44 > 0:40:46Will it fit?
0:40:46 > 0:40:48Er... I'm actually shaking at the moment.
0:40:48 > 0:40:50LAUGHTER
0:40:50 > 0:40:53It's going to look great, if it comes off, isn't it?
0:40:53 > 0:40:58Yeah, it's just the fact that, if it didn't work, what, you know...
0:40:58 > 0:41:00- What are we going to do? - Yeah, that's it.
0:41:00 > 0:41:02If it doesn't work, I can't cut new ones
0:41:02 > 0:41:05- and bring them back this afternoon. - There's just no time.- Um, so...
0:41:06 > 0:41:09- Yeah, so it's a one shot. - DRILLING >
0:41:09 > 0:41:12- Well, they have just stuck that panel on.- Yeah.
0:41:12 > 0:41:15- So, I think there's a, you know...- Thank you.
0:41:15 > 0:41:18Ooh, you have actually just got a wet hand!
0:41:19 > 0:41:22- No, no, it's fine. - Is it all right?- It's good.
0:41:23 > 0:41:27Come over here and give this man a hug. It's all right, it's fine.
0:41:27 > 0:41:31- See, I told you!- Aw, gosh! HE LAUGHS
0:41:31 > 0:41:34'Oliver's vision is slowly coming together.
0:41:34 > 0:41:36'But why isn't he inside helping?'
0:41:36 > 0:41:38What are you doing, Oliver?
0:41:38 > 0:41:41- Biophilia. You remember? You know what I said?- Yeah.
0:41:41 > 0:41:44- There are three tenets to it, OK? - No, let's not...- One of them...
0:41:44 > 0:41:47- Not again!- No, it's all... I've got to be consistent.
0:41:47 > 0:41:51- One of them is about materials, texture and pattern.- Right.- Yeah?
0:41:51 > 0:41:53OK, so you've got a lovely bit of wood
0:41:53 > 0:41:56and what you're going to do is burn it to bring out the grain?
0:41:56 > 0:41:59- Yes?- Burn it and wire brush it, so the softwood gets burnt away
0:41:59 > 0:42:02and you get left with all the sort of textural grain.
0:42:02 > 0:42:05- Brilliant.- So it's a tactile table, so, at the moment, it's all smooth,
0:42:05 > 0:42:08- but we're going to just make it... - You don't think a hand blowtorch?
0:42:08 > 0:42:10Maybe going over the top with a small tactical nuclear weapon?
0:42:10 > 0:42:13- # I am the god of hellfire! # - Just give it a go, shall we?
0:42:13 > 0:42:15# And I bring you...
0:42:15 > 0:42:16- # Fire! # - Ooh!
0:42:16 > 0:42:19- HE LAUGHS:- That was bad timing. - # ..I'll take you to burn! #
0:42:19 > 0:42:21I won't do that again in a hurry.
0:42:21 > 0:42:24BLOWTORCH HISSES, HE MOUTHS
0:42:26 > 0:42:28Hold! Whoa! Whoa!
0:42:31 > 0:42:33It's OK.
0:42:33 > 0:42:35- Nothing to see here. - Nothing to see here!
0:42:35 > 0:42:38Under no circumstances attempt this at home. We...
0:42:38 > 0:42:41Well, we should be using trained professionals, but we've got Oliver
0:42:41 > 0:42:44- and we can afford to lose him. - Hey! I'm a trained fire eater!
0:42:44 > 0:42:46- Are you? Open your mouth! - Tell you what, open your mouth.
0:42:46 > 0:42:48- No! - LAUGHTER
0:42:49 > 0:42:53- Breather, then! I'll breathe fire! - Get on with it.- Let's see it done!
0:42:53 > 0:42:56# Fire!
0:42:56 > 0:42:57# Take you to burn!
0:43:00 > 0:43:01# Fire! #
0:43:01 > 0:43:04- He's gone too far now. - Oh, now he's gone too far!
0:43:04 > 0:43:07- Oh, yeah!- No, that's... No, that's lovely the way you...
0:43:07 > 0:43:08- Yeah, good! - Hang on, bring him up there.
0:43:08 > 0:43:12Look at the lovely way he's brought the grain out in that. Look at that.
0:43:12 > 0:43:14- LAUGHTER - Charcoal! Charcoal effect!
0:43:14 > 0:43:15- What have you done to that? - What's that like?
0:43:15 > 0:43:19I said I'll set it on fire and I'm setting it on fire. Now stand back!
0:43:19 > 0:43:21It's like a burnt railway sleeper!
0:43:21 > 0:43:25- That's what we've got to do to the whole lot!- Like that?- Stand back!
0:43:25 > 0:43:28'What is it with Oliver and fire? One minute he's welding things,
0:43:28 > 0:43:31'the next he's burning tables! Has he got a thing about fire?
0:43:31 > 0:43:34'Or is it that he likes wearing masks?
0:43:34 > 0:43:35'Mmm!
0:43:35 > 0:43:38'Either way, I'm not sure the boys are that impressed.
0:43:38 > 0:43:41'Maybe that's because there is still an awful lot to do inside.
0:43:41 > 0:43:44'But then, there's an awful lot of people doing it,
0:43:44 > 0:43:46'so we should be all right, I think.
0:43:46 > 0:43:49'Look at that, the building site's going to be beautiful too.'
0:43:55 > 0:43:58Just nine days ago, we arrived at a family home
0:43:58 > 0:44:00that was simply no longer fit for purpose.
0:44:03 > 0:44:08We found a loving wife and mother who was a prisoner in her own home.
0:44:08 > 0:44:13Unable to get upstairs, she was stuck living in their tiny kitchen
0:44:13 > 0:44:14on an old hospital bed.
0:44:15 > 0:44:18You know, it's really hard.
0:44:18 > 0:44:20Cos Mum gets really frustrated.
0:44:25 > 0:44:27With no access to any washing facilities,
0:44:27 > 0:44:29her husband John even had to take her
0:44:29 > 0:44:33to the local swimming baths just to have a shower.
0:44:33 > 0:44:36Not only that, but every time June needed to go to the toilet,
0:44:36 > 0:44:39it was in the middle of the living room.
0:44:39 > 0:44:40Not nice.
0:44:41 > 0:44:44Dignity wise, for June, is out of the window.
0:44:44 > 0:44:46It was a house they felt trapped in.
0:44:46 > 0:44:50- See, June's a lady, she's a proper lady.- Yeah.
0:44:50 > 0:44:51And it's not right.
0:44:51 > 0:44:53Little did they realise,
0:44:53 > 0:44:55an army of local trades were ready to help,
0:44:55 > 0:44:58and amazingly, in just over one week,
0:44:58 > 0:45:00we have completely transformed this house...
0:45:02 > 0:45:06..into a home that John and June can once again enjoy.
0:45:08 > 0:45:10The kitchen no longer doubles as June's bedroom
0:45:10 > 0:45:13and is now a bright and airy space
0:45:13 > 0:45:17with Oliver's biophilia theme running throughout.
0:45:17 > 0:45:20It's twice the size and comes complete with a dining table
0:45:20 > 0:45:23that the whole family can sit around.
0:45:23 > 0:45:26This table was scorched to within an inch of its life,
0:45:26 > 0:45:29but I take my hat off to Oliver, it kind of works.
0:45:31 > 0:45:35The kitchen will now be the heart of family life,
0:45:35 > 0:45:37for them all to enjoy.
0:45:37 > 0:45:40For four years, John and June struggled with no washing
0:45:40 > 0:45:42or toilet facilities downstairs.
0:45:42 > 0:45:45Now, they have a beautiful and practical wet room
0:45:45 > 0:45:48where June can finally shower in her own home,
0:45:48 > 0:45:51go to the toilet in private and regain her dignity.
0:45:54 > 0:45:59June has finally got her own bedroom downstairs at the back of the house.
0:45:59 > 0:46:03It is a stunning area that reflects her love of plants
0:46:03 > 0:46:08and has masses of natural light flooding in from all angles.
0:46:10 > 0:46:14The garden has been transformed into a beautifully decked area
0:46:14 > 0:46:18that is low-maintenance and will allow June to get back outside.
0:46:18 > 0:46:21Oliver's green wall will be just the right thing
0:46:21 > 0:46:25to help June to rediscover her love of gardening.
0:46:27 > 0:46:29The living room has been completely redesigned -
0:46:29 > 0:46:33we've taking out the old fireplace and reconfigured the space.
0:46:33 > 0:46:35With a sofa tucked into the corner,
0:46:35 > 0:46:38it makes the whole room more inviting and spacious.
0:46:38 > 0:46:41It's a place where they can comfortably sit together
0:46:41 > 0:46:43as a family.
0:46:45 > 0:46:50Leading off the living room, we've created a wonderful study area.
0:46:50 > 0:46:53See how the nature theme continues throughout?
0:46:53 > 0:46:58Now, if that doesn't bring the outside in, I don't know what does.
0:46:58 > 0:47:00We've widened all the doorways
0:47:00 > 0:47:03to make the whole of the downstairs wheelchair-friendly,
0:47:03 > 0:47:04so June can become more independent
0:47:04 > 0:47:07and no longer will be stuck in one room.
0:47:07 > 0:47:09Heather's room hadn't changed since she was a teenager
0:47:09 > 0:47:12and no longer works for a 28-year-old woman.
0:47:12 > 0:47:16Now, well, it's a room that any grown-up would love.
0:47:16 > 0:47:19It has a contemporary, comfortable feel
0:47:19 > 0:47:22and, of course, we couldn't forget her love of horses.
0:47:24 > 0:47:27John's bedroom was unloved and cluttered.
0:47:27 > 0:47:31We've transformed it into a simple and unfussy room.
0:47:31 > 0:47:35Somewhere he can retire to for some well-deserved rest
0:47:35 > 0:47:38after a long day caring for the woman he loves.
0:47:43 > 0:47:46This house is now a beautiful and functional home,
0:47:46 > 0:47:49which will help John and June face the challenges ahead
0:47:49 > 0:47:51on the long road to recovery.
0:47:54 > 0:47:56- Welcome to your new home. - Yeah.- Wow.
0:47:58 > 0:48:00- Oh, hey, June!- Yeah!
0:48:02 > 0:48:03This is like...
0:48:08 > 0:48:11It's lovely.
0:48:11 > 0:48:16- Beautiful living room area. - Oh, this is absolutely unbelievable.
0:48:16 > 0:48:17- Unbelievable.- Yeah.
0:48:17 > 0:48:20So, plenty of room for the family all to be together round here.
0:48:20 > 0:48:23- That's good.- Yes, brilliant. - Isn't it?
0:48:23 > 0:48:25The next bit, I think is really important,
0:48:25 > 0:48:29because the next bit is the room that you've always kind of come
0:48:29 > 0:48:33- to hate, really, because you've been sort of locked in the kitchen.- Yeah.
0:48:33 > 0:48:35And we wanted to make it bright and new,
0:48:35 > 0:48:38so that you can forget all that's happened in there in the past
0:48:38 > 0:48:41and start again in a real, family space, yes?
0:48:41 > 0:48:44- OK, so have a wander through.- Yeah.
0:48:49 > 0:48:52- Wow, your bed's gone, June. - Yeah.
0:48:55 > 0:48:59- This is absolutely superb. - Isn't it? It's lovely.
0:49:01 > 0:49:06There's a new kitchen for you, so you can start cooking and give me a rest.
0:49:06 > 0:49:11- Look at that. Absolutely superb. - Isn't it?- This is...
0:49:14 > 0:49:15Nah.
0:49:18 > 0:49:20Absolutely...
0:49:20 > 0:49:21- I mean, it's pretty.- Aye.
0:49:21 > 0:49:24- It's pretty, but the more important...- It's functional.
0:49:24 > 0:49:27It's functional. It'll do everything you need it to do.
0:49:27 > 0:49:31This is... This is the first time we've had a table for four years.
0:49:31 > 0:49:34Come and have a look, because what we did was we took an old table
0:49:34 > 0:49:36and we cut the underside away,
0:49:36 > 0:49:40- so that you'll find that you can get your legs under here.- Yeah.
0:49:40 > 0:49:42Come round, let me just make sure that's all going to work.
0:49:44 > 0:49:47- Yeah.- Do you like it?- Yes, I do.
0:49:49 > 0:49:51- It's a lovely texture, isn't it?- Isn't it?
0:49:51 > 0:49:52This is called biophilia,
0:49:52 > 0:49:55- and Oliver's gone on about it all week.- Lovely.
0:49:55 > 0:49:59You bring the outside in, you create comfortable spaces to be in,
0:49:59 > 0:50:00and then you have texture.
0:50:00 > 0:50:03So I'm really pleased that when you came in, you started feeling,
0:50:03 > 0:50:06- cos it feels different, this table, doesn't it?- Mm-hm.
0:50:06 > 0:50:08It's to make you feel more in touch with nature,
0:50:08 > 0:50:11and it's supposed to be relaxing and calming,
0:50:11 > 0:50:14and, at the same time, you know, inspiring.
0:50:14 > 0:50:17- This is unbelievable, June, eh? - Isn't it?
0:50:17 > 0:50:19- You like it?- Yeah.- Good.
0:50:19 > 0:50:23- Well, let's see how we've done on the wet room, shall we?- Yeah.- Ready?
0:50:25 > 0:50:27- Hey, June!- Hey!
0:50:28 > 0:50:30This is...
0:50:33 > 0:50:34It's what?
0:50:36 > 0:50:39- Gorgeous.- Isn't it? Absolutely un...
0:50:42 > 0:50:44You know, I just can't...
0:50:44 > 0:50:48Seeing this, I just can't believe what you've done.
0:50:48 > 0:50:50So, look, a couple of things.
0:50:50 > 0:50:54There is a chair here that you can actually use for the shower.
0:50:54 > 0:50:56But it also fits over the toilet,
0:50:56 > 0:50:59but the toilet is an automatic system you can use yourself.
0:50:59 > 0:51:01So, once you've been through a bit of training,
0:51:01 > 0:51:04there's a little hand thing on the top there -
0:51:04 > 0:51:05the weight activates it,
0:51:05 > 0:51:07you can press different buttons and make things happen.
0:51:07 > 0:51:10Basically, you get to go to the toilet on your own and...
0:51:10 > 0:51:13Proper toilet for the first time in four years.
0:51:13 > 0:51:17- Yeah.- So, did we do all right in the bathroom?- Absolutely brilliant.
0:51:17 > 0:51:19- Happy with it, June?- Mm.
0:51:19 > 0:51:20Absolutely brilliant.
0:51:20 > 0:51:23Let's bring you out here and we'll show you part two.
0:51:23 > 0:51:25- On you go. In you go.- Oh!
0:51:26 > 0:51:28- Wow!- Into...
0:51:30 > 0:51:34- ..your bedroom. - And what's that, June?- What?
0:51:34 > 0:51:35That's your bed.
0:51:35 > 0:51:37It is the most beautiful bed
0:51:37 > 0:51:40and, more importantly, not only is it a beautiful bed, June,
0:51:40 > 0:51:44but it's also one of those beds that moves in all directions.
0:51:44 > 0:51:47- Thank you.- Cos I know that if you're lying in the same position
0:51:47 > 0:51:49it can get very uncomfortable and you can get sore and things.
0:51:49 > 0:51:52This is going to make sure that doesn't happen.
0:51:52 > 0:51:53Keep you moving around.
0:51:53 > 0:51:57- And you're not stuck in the kitchen, June.- No.- And this is...
0:51:57 > 0:52:00Look how beautiful it is with the sun coming in here.
0:52:00 > 0:52:03What a beautiful place to lie in bed and pull the curtains back and...
0:52:03 > 0:52:05I can sit out there on a nice, summer night, June,
0:52:05 > 0:52:07- with a few bottles of Brown Ale... - Yeah.
0:52:07 > 0:52:11..and you can be sitting there watching us drink.
0:52:11 > 0:52:13- It's going to be so... - Throwing things at him!
0:52:15 > 0:52:19Would you like to pop out into your new garden?
0:52:19 > 0:52:21There you are, June, there's your new garden.
0:52:21 > 0:52:25Mm-hm. Oh, it's lovely.
0:52:28 > 0:52:29Once you've had a few Brown Ales,
0:52:29 > 0:52:31don't forget there's a water feature in the middle.
0:52:31 > 0:52:34- Yeah, I'll probably be...- That's why we put some plants around it.
0:52:34 > 0:52:37- Don't want you going straight over that.- This is...
0:52:37 > 0:52:40Beautiful area that you can actually have people come out here.
0:52:40 > 0:52:42This wall over here,
0:52:42 > 0:52:47this is your area to work on plants and flowers and so on and so forth.
0:52:47 > 0:52:50- Absolutely...- It's lovely! - Absolutely brilliant, isn't it?
0:52:50 > 0:52:53I couldn't have built this for you, June, I couldn't, honest.
0:52:53 > 0:52:56I'd have tried, but I couldn't build it.
0:52:56 > 0:52:58Yeah, but what you're doing is more important, isn't it?
0:52:58 > 0:53:00I understand that the house is important
0:53:00 > 0:53:03and it makes a big difference, but all we're really doing
0:53:03 > 0:53:06is just giving you the tools to carry on doing the great work
0:53:06 > 0:53:09that you're doing and for you to battle your way back.
0:53:09 > 0:53:11And I know it's been massively frustrating,
0:53:11 > 0:53:14massively frustrating over the last four years at times,
0:53:14 > 0:53:16where you've got really frustrated with it.
0:53:16 > 0:53:21If I can come outside with June, she's not left in the house,
0:53:21 > 0:53:25I can potter in the garden and get my fresh air.
0:53:25 > 0:53:27- And she can come out with us.- Yeah.
0:53:27 > 0:53:31These last couple of years, she's been left in the house
0:53:31 > 0:53:34and got as far as the patio door to look out and...
0:53:36 > 0:53:40- Absolutely beautiful.- Yeah. - I can lie there, sunbathing.
0:53:42 > 0:53:45- I just can't believe it, June, can you?- No.
0:53:45 > 0:53:48- What we left and what we got, unbelievable.- Yeah.
0:53:51 > 0:53:52All this wouldn't have happened
0:53:52 > 0:53:56if it wasn't for daughter Heather who wrote in asking for help.
0:54:02 > 0:54:03It's lovely.
0:54:05 > 0:54:07Isn't it?
0:54:10 > 0:54:13- You've done well.- Yeah.
0:54:13 > 0:54:16It's perfect, isn't it? You've done well, kid.
0:54:18 > 0:54:21It's beautiful. The garden.
0:54:21 > 0:54:24- It's absolutely brilliant, isn't it?- Yeah.
0:54:24 > 0:54:27- Absolutely brilliant. - Oh, it's beautiful out there.
0:54:36 > 0:54:39- Your new bedroom.- Wow.
0:54:43 > 0:54:46- I absolutely love the colours. - Do you?- I love pinks and purples.
0:54:46 > 0:54:49We were determined to give you something nice, because, you know,
0:54:49 > 0:54:52- you gave up your flat to come home and help out with the family.- Yeah.
0:54:52 > 0:54:54It's a big deal.
0:54:54 > 0:54:57So, they've gone with a whole sort of boutiquey hotel feel,
0:54:57 > 0:55:00- so it feels like you're away in a posh hotel room.- It's really nice.
0:55:00 > 0:55:02- It's gorgeous.- Of course, we couldn't do it
0:55:02 > 0:55:05- without a horse motif. - Well, that's it.
0:55:05 > 0:55:10- All the way round the top.- Perfect. Just what I wanted. It's great.
0:55:10 > 0:55:13The chair here and the chair downstairs are both made
0:55:13 > 0:55:16by a local craftsman chair maker who knocked them up in about five days
0:55:16 > 0:55:19and bunged them in here for us for free.
0:55:19 > 0:55:22Some lovely people. You'll get to meet some of these people.
0:55:22 > 0:55:26- Yeah, can't wait.- All these people I've never met before,
0:55:26 > 0:55:33and probably not meet again, to do all this for us. For what? For nowt.
0:55:33 > 0:55:34Because they knew it wasn't right.
0:55:34 > 0:55:37Cos they knew it wasn't right the way that things had gone for you
0:55:37 > 0:55:40and for June and wanted to make a difference.
0:55:41 > 0:55:45This is what she needs, she needs somebody...
0:55:45 > 0:55:46to take care of her.
0:55:49 > 0:55:51You said you were worried before we came that
0:55:51 > 0:55:56- if anything happened to you... - I'm not worried now. No.
0:55:56 > 0:55:58A brand-new start now.
0:55:58 > 0:56:02This is a brand-new start, and I cannot really guarantee,
0:56:02 > 0:56:05but we'll have a little wager.
0:56:05 > 0:56:07Come back in a year's time...
0:56:07 > 0:56:10she'll be... She'll be walking.
0:56:12 > 0:56:14Do you know what? If you say so.
0:56:14 > 0:56:16I believe you.
0:56:16 > 0:56:19I had a bet on with the cameraman that I wouldn't cry.
0:56:19 > 0:56:21- You've lost that.- He's just won.
0:56:24 > 0:56:26He's just won.
0:56:26 > 0:56:29Here we go.
0:56:29 > 0:56:33APPLAUSE
0:56:52 > 0:56:56I'm looking round and I can't recognise anybody that I know.
0:56:58 > 0:57:02You're like complete strangers, but you've done this for us.
0:57:02 > 0:57:04You know, it's...
0:57:04 > 0:57:05It's amazing.
0:57:05 > 0:57:08Heather, you wrote to us because you were worried
0:57:08 > 0:57:11- not only about your mum, but about your dad, too.- Yeah.
0:57:11 > 0:57:14What do you make of what all these people have done?
0:57:14 > 0:57:17I just want to thank every single one of you.
0:57:18 > 0:57:23It's unbelievable that all of these people come together to help us.
0:57:23 > 0:57:26It's going to make a huge, huge difference to my mum and dad's life.
0:57:26 > 0:57:29It's going to give them their lives back.
0:57:29 > 0:57:33And make it home again, instead of a prison. It's just amazing.
0:57:33 > 0:57:35Thank you.
0:57:35 > 0:57:37APPLAUSE
0:57:42 > 0:57:44When you think about it, this is actually a love story.
0:57:44 > 0:57:47Not a fairy tale love story or a Hollywood love story,
0:57:47 > 0:57:49this is a down-in-the-trenches love story.
0:57:49 > 0:57:52John just simply would not give up on June.
0:57:52 > 0:57:55When the doctor said that she wouldn't be able to speak
0:57:55 > 0:57:58or move her hands, he just wasn't going to have that.
0:57:58 > 0:58:01And he fought for her, even when he had to clean her
0:58:01 > 0:58:05and help her use the toilet in the kitchen.
0:58:05 > 0:58:09That's just not right and these people thought that just isn't right
0:58:09 > 0:58:11and came to do something about it.
0:58:11 > 0:58:14Now this love story has a happy ending.
0:58:14 > 0:58:16Only you know somebody you can help out.
0:58:18 > 0:58:21Cheers. Thanks.
0:58:21 > 0:58:24You don't know what you've done, really, it's absolutely brilliant.
0:58:25 > 0:58:28My personal plumber?
0:58:28 > 0:58:29How you doing?
0:58:39 > 0:58:41- Thank you so much.- You're welcome.
0:58:45 > 0:58:49- It's just a dream, isn't it? Isn't it?- Yeah.- Just a dream, isn't it?