Episode 13 Holiday of My Lifetime with Len Goodman

Childhood holidays, oh-ho, the anticipation seemed endless!

The holiday itself, well, it was over too quickly.

So, in this series, I'm going

to be reliving those wonderful times with some much-loved famous faces.

THEY SCREAM

Every day, I'll be arranging a few surprises to transport them

back in time.

Oh, look! It's just as I remember!

We'll relive the fun...

THEY LAUGH

..the games...

-Yes!

-We got them!

..and the food of years gone by...

-Yummy!

-Welcome to 1959.

-Total happiness.

-Yes! Perfect.

..to find out how those holidays around the UK helped shape

the people we know so well today.

-Bruce Forsyth!

-IMITATING FORSYTH: "Marvellous,

"Len, you're still my favourite."

So buckle up for Holiday Of My Lifetime.

You know, Len, I'm quite enjoying being on my holidays with you.

All aboard Goodman Coach Tours.

Sit back and take in the views as I'm on my way to pick up a very

IMPRESSIONABLE mystery holiday-maker

for today's trip down memory lane.

My guest today is always keen

to make a good IMPRESSION.

He was born in Ormskirk, Lancashire,

in 1968.

Here he is as a young whippersnapper.

Oi, keep your feet off the seats!

You could say he had the perfect face for radio, which is

just as well, because he was heard on the hospital airwaves.

And people got a chance to hear his one true voice.

Throughout his career,

he has been the spitting image of some of the lates and greats.

And by the time he'd reached his mid-30s,

he'd established himself as one of Britain's finest entertainers.

No smoking at the back!

With a back catalogue of 350 voices,

it is no wonder that he ended up with his own TV series in 2009.

And guess what, his impression of George Bush is a dead ringer!

Mind that greasy food, will you?

And from what I've heard, it's not just mimicking

celebrities that he loves, he enjoys gazing up at the stars, too.

Have you twigged yet?

Of course, it's Jon Culshaw!

And we're going to be hopping on and off of this beautiful bus

on the same journey that Jon took with his family all those years ago.

Oi, I've told you twice, no greasy food!

A Lancashire lad, Jonathan Peter Culshaw was born in 1968 to

dad Jim, who was a Royal Engineer during the Second World War,

and mum Theresa, who worked in a local grocers.

He has an older brother and an older sister.

Jon's entertainment career began

on hospital radio in Ormskirk

and went on to present for Viking FM in Hull.

His big break came when he joined the impressions team on

Spitting Image, where he provided voices for Frank Bruno,

Michael Portillo, Liam Gallagher,

Bill Clinton, John Major

and many more.

He is now regarded by many as Britain's best impressionist.

And even the sky is not the limit for Jon, who is a big fan

of astronomy and a presenter

on the long-running series The Sky At Night.

I'm on my way to South Queensferry, just outside of Edinburgh,

to meet Jon.

Well, right now, it's 11:0... Seven!

So that might be a good time for Len to show up. Who knows?

It would be fortuitous if he did.

Good grief!

Hey, hey!

-Chum, boy!

-Well, well, well!

-Welcome!

How nice to see you. How nice to see you.

-And what a lovely spot to be meeting you.

-Absolutely.

Right by the Forth Bridge.

-First steel bridge ever built.

-Yes. Yes, indeed.

So, where are we going?

Well, this holiday was called Gateway to the Highlands,

and it took in Perth and Dunkeld and Moffat and Edinburgh, many places.

-It was a wonderful trip, so much in five days.

-And what year is it?

-1980.

-Summer, 1980.

-Oh!

Jam were number one - Going Underground.

Well, I tell you, we're not going underground

because you are on the Goodman Tours. So...

-What do you think of this little beauty?

-That is magnificent.

-A W-registration coach from 1980.

-Yes. This is it.

-Your chariot awaits.

-Yes.

-Shall we get on board?

-Oh, I would love to.

-I would love to, look at this.

-1980.

-Time travel.

The coach tour we are taking today begins in South Queensberry,

just northwest of Edinburgh.

We will then make our way up to Crieff and then Perth

before heading back down south, into the capital of Scotland, Edinburgh.

It is a 110-mile trip which takes in stunning countryside,

sea views and a city skyline.

It is a similar tour to the one Jon and his family took

in 1980.

And today, we'll relive those years

when he was on the brink of becoming a teenager.

We'll enjoy the sights...

To be greeted by this - mountains and golden eagles - it was magic.

..the sounds...

If I was an alien race,

I'm not sure I'd invade the Earth like this, in sort of straight lines.

..and traditions of this memorable family holiday.

Jon!

-You are a natural.

-A natural disaster.

Along the way, we will be joined on our journey by some extra special

celebrity guests.

Bruce Forsyth!

IMITATING FORSYTH: "Yes, marvellous, Len, you're still my favourite."

And we'll see how those days spent gliding towards

the Gateway of the Highlands became a rite of passage.

This is quite emotional to think back, actually.

Before any holiday truly begins, first you must set out on a journey.

Whether by plane, train or automobile,

we have all experienced those hours of anticipation,

just waiting to get to the promised destination

you've been dreaming of all year.

It must have been especially exciting for Jon,

as this was the first real family holiday that he can remember.

So, Jon, how old were you in 1980?

I had just turned 12 in August of 1980, yes.

-Was it... The whole family came?

-Yes, pretty much.

It was me and my mum and dad and my brother, Jim,

and his girlfriend at the time, Liz,

-who is now his wife of about 35 years.

-Right.

And it was wonderful, it really was.

In those days, our family didn't tend to go on holiday as such.

I think we invented the word the staycation.

But one year, I think, my mum just had an idea, she said,

"Why don't we go on holiday, Jimmy?" And he said, "All right, then."

And they heard about this coach holiday -

Gateway to the Highlands.

And we travelled across to this very place.

-Here we go, look, across the bridge.

-Beautiful.

Just the scenery was absolutely gorgeous.

And then seeing sites such as the bridges here.

I had never seen a bridge of this scale before.

-You were all on an adventure.

-Yes, exactly. It's just like today.

That we are reliving.

Five million of us in the UK still take coach tours each year.

But back in 1980, they were even more popular

and considered a mainstream family holiday.

So for one day only,

Andrew is in the driving seat for our Goodman's Tour.

Can you describe the scene and the people on the bus?

Yes, I can remember them very, very vividly.

The driver was a wonderful chap called Eric.

And I can remember his sort of...

IMITATING ERIC: '..faint Liverpool accent, like that.

'He had a smile in his voice, you know.

'It came over well on the speakers.'

"We will be heading towards the Tame Bridge quite soon, the Forth Bridge

"we will also see."

And I can also remember he used to sort of call

the register of all the passengers to make sure everyone was on board.

And he used to say, "Mr and Mrs Tudor." "Here!"

"Mr and Mrs Kirkus."

'He'd just have this lovely sort of tone of voice.'

Sort of a dilated John Bishop and somewhere near Alan Bennett.

-Yeah.

-And he drove the bus great, just like our driver today.

-Andrew.

-Andrew, the driver.

-Yes, doing a steadfast, brilliant job.

Sterling work he is doing.

Mike Reid was also bus driver doing coach tours all over

Scotland in the 1980s. It was big business back then.

And for Mike and his colleagues, it was a case of work hard, play hard.

In the '80s, people came from all over the United Kingdom, right

from the South of England, they would come up by train.

You met them at the railway station.

And then you would have them

for a whole week.

And you would show them really beautiful parts of Scotland.

And they just appreciated getting on a coach and travelling round,

enjoying the scenery and not having to worry.

When you've got 45 people,

the idea is to keep everybody happy.

You always had to stop in a lay-by

so they could take pictures of the loch.

If you've seen one loch, you've seen them all,

but visitors to Scotland think this is great.

And this is what they come to see.

Everything is organised for them and they don't have to worry.

They get back to the hotel at night, they can sit and relax,

have a wee drink and look forward to the next day.

When Jon caught his coach in 1980, it was the start of a new

era of opportunity - big hair, great clothes and leg warmers.

Margaret Thatcher had settled into Number 10,

having been there for a year, and across the pond,

film actor Ronald Reagan was taking on the biggest role of his career.

Sadly, in December of that year,

John Lennon was shot dead outside his New York home.

But the biggest mystery that summer was who shot oil baron JR Ewing.

Millions of Dallas fans tuned in to find out.

The secret of whodunnit is contained in video tape,

brought into Heathrow Airport by an American security guard.

It will be kept at a secret location overnight

and won't be given to the BBC until tomorrow morning.

And everyone's favourite fair-haired lass, Blondie,

was riding high with three number ones.

# O-o-o-h

# Oh, your hair is beautiful

# Oh, tonight

# Atomic. #

An hour north of Edinburgh, into rural Perthshire,

we get our first glimpse of the kind of scenery Jon should remember well.

Jon, thank you.

Oh, love it!

THEY INHALE

Already! The first thing you notice is...

HE INHALES ..just that air.

You've been cooped up on the coach for four or five hours,

you get out... Oh, it must've been a thrill.

Yes, to be greeted by this... Just like these, Christmas trees.

Great mountains like the ones behind us here

for as far as the eye could see.

Sometimes with golden eagles flying across the top of them.

Mountains and golden eagles, it was magic.

Magic it is.

And then Eric would be, "OK..." How did he say it?

You know, he did sort of say that. He said, "OK!" And he used to lean...

I can picture him by the side of the coach door,

and he used to stand like that.

"Hey, hey, hey!

"OK, folks, all aboard now."

That's what he would do, proudly by his bus every time.

IMITATING LEN: 'In fact, I am going to say, Len,

'I thought that was a marvellous Eric impression. Your line was right.

'The way you leaned against the door. The laugh was spot on.

'It's a ten from Len.'

-Ho-ho-ho!

-'Spot on.'

-Thank you.

Jon has always loved making an impression...

Or 350, which is the number of characters

he is thought to have in his repertoire.

In 1998, he was even referred to in Prime Minister's Question Time

when, during a radio show,

Jon called the Downing Street switchboard pretending to be

William Hague, the then-leader of the opposition,

and was put through to one Tony Blair.

-Good morning, Downing Street.

-Hello there, it's William Hague.

-I just wondered if Tony was around.

-Hold on a moment.

-Hello?

-Hello, Tony?

-Yeah.

-Hello there, it is William Hague.

-Yeah.

Just thought I'd, you now, phone up for a chat, say hello,

see how you're getting on, that sort of thing.

-BLAIR LAUGHS

-That is quite a good imitation.

For many years, he used his impressions to prank

all and sundry on the Chris Moyles' Radio 1 show.

But he is still probably best known for his role on Dead Ringers,

that ran on BBC television and is still on Radio 4.

So, what age were you when you first started doing impressions?

I think I would have been, at the very beginning,

about five or six or seven.

Just copying what I heard on TV.

I used to do sort of cartoon characters such as Woody Woodpecker,

to my parents' delight(!)

-Also a big fan of Mike Yarwood.

-Oh, yes.

For me, Mike Yarwood, he's the guv'nor.

He was the first big-time TV impressionist.

He got 20-odd million viewers,

and I think he set the tone for everybody else.

I think it is Mike Yarwood who is most revered,

-anybody would tell you that.

-The doyen.

-Oh, completely.

Well, it is my job to set the tone for today's trip back in time.

And the next stop on our hopefully magical

and certainly mysterious tour is the town of Crieff.

Lying on the southern edge of the Scottish Highlands, it has been a

holiday resort since Victorian times

and has a population of almost 6,000.

I'm taking Jon to the world-renowned Caithness Glass Factory

and Visitor Centre, one of the stops on his 1980 coach tour.

-So, do you recognise the place?

-I do, yes.

The glass gift shop. I tried not to knock anything over and break it.

I knew that there was some glass-blowing going on, though

I didn't get to see it too much at the time, but I could hear it,

and the heat was there.

Skilled craftsmen and women have been creating glass work here

since 1961. And today, factory manager Scott Sinclair

is going to help take Jon on a trip down memory lane.

But this time, he is not just watching.

He is going to create a paperweight.

Off you go, Jonny boy!

And that's just to be for added protection there for your hands.

-Just so you'll be careful.

-OK.

Materials used to create the paperweight are heated

in a furnace to over 1,300 degrees.

Molten glass is gathered on the end of a metal rod, known as an iron.

The distinct colours are added using a variety of techniques.

Grab a hold. Grab a hold.

There is your first colour.

Now you are going to re-fire, and then we'll go there again.

And there's your other colour.

-All the texture's wonderful.

-So that's where...

That's actually crushed glass.

And then what we'll do is we'll bring them out.

And then we'll just keep that turning,

keep that turning. I've got a certain heat.

That's me now just starting to put a twist in it.

-See how the glass is twisting over?

-Yeah, it's amazing.

-Perfect.

The glass must be kept at a certain heat to keep it soft

and to continue building on the design.

-Get that in the other hand.

-Yep.

Now hand here. That's it.

-Now come down just a little bit. That's it. See that?

-Yep.

That's it, just keep... Come back to yourself.

-And it's like the sun coming out, it's that hot.

-Yeah.

While the piece is hot, any colours appear red or orange.

It is only when the glass is cooled that the real colours appear.

Different tools are used to create a variety of effects.

-It is sort of like treacle toffee.

-Yeah.

-It really is.

You've got to do another couple there. That's it.

That's all right, but come on, get over here, let me have a go.

-You need to put the finesse on, Len.

-Yes!

It is back into the furnace to make sure that glass is soft enough

for me to shape it.

-Fascinating, this!

-Yeah.

Hey, hey, hey!

I think this is your natural vocation, Len.

Once I'm kicked off Strictly, I'm coming up here.

Right in there. Now squeeze. Nice and gentle.

That's it, that's it.

-I don't want it to snap off.

-No, it won't.

Trust me, it won't snap.

OK, that will do you there.

What we'll do is we'll put that back in.

And then work your way up to the top.

-I love it! I love it!

-That's it.

That's the colour there.

Oh, you gorgeous little orb.

-Do the bottom again.

-Wee!

-That's it.

-Oh, yes.

Look at that little beauty.

-Oh, Jon, between us, we have created...

-A masterpiece.

-It's beautiful.

-..a true work of art.

It really is.

Now the paperweight goes into the kiln, where the decreasing

temperature is carefully controlled until the following morning.

Hopefully, you are happy with your piece when it is finished.

We will be. Post it back to us.

-Yes.

-Scott, been a pleasure.

Thank you very much.

I'm chuffed that I've been able to help Jon make

the paperweight he never got the chance to make in 1980.

Besides glass-making, there are loads of other things to see

and do on the coach route we are taking today.

So here is my Ten From Len,

starting with places to visit on the way to the Crieff area.

Callander is a popular tourist stop to and from the Highlands.

Situated on the River Teith,

the town serves as the eastern gateway to the Loch Lomond

and the Trossachs National Park.

Telly addicts might recognise Callander as the fictional

setting of Tannochbrae from the 1960s BBC TV series

Dr Finlay's Casebook.

Dr Finlay here.

Further along the River Teith is Doune Castle,

which featured in the comedy film Monty Python And The Holy Grail.

Dating back to the 14th century, the castle has a striking

100-foot-high gatehouse, which includes the splendid Lord's Hall.

90 years old and still going strong,

Gleneagles is a five-star luxury spa and golf resort,

so tea-time has two different meanings here -

they serve afternoon tea in the bar

or you can put the tee in the ground and have a game of golf.

No holiday experience is complete without sampling the local food.

These new tastes and textures, so different to home,

transform our palette forever - except in Jon's case.

The food on the 1980s coach tour would have been exactly

the same as home -

still made by Mum, but in a totally different setting.

I don't know about you, Jon, but I am getting a bit Hank Marvin here.

And we happen to have here...

I'm not saying it is up to your mum's standard,

but we have got a nice packed lunch.

Maybe the sort of thing you might've had.

Well, let's have a look at what we've got. Now, here we go.

We've got traditional crisps with the salt inside.

-Yes, perfect.

-We've got them.

Jaffa cakes.

Oh, this looks exotic.

Oh, the malt loaf.

-Malt loaf.

-In clingfilm.

-It has to be in clingfilm.

-Yes, of course.

I don't know what is inside these.

I would say it is either sort of meat paste or it might be Dairylea,

-something like that.

-Well, take one.

-Ha-ha.

-Uh-oh, I think it is the cheese.

It is a cheese bread.

-Oh, yeah.

-Oh, yes.

That takes me back.

A wonderful mobile picnic.

Yeah. Oh, look out.

-Oh, yes.

-The salt.

Oh, yeah. I suppose there'd have been a bottle of pop.

Yeah, a bottle of pop or maybe a tin of cola.

I remember a 1970s, '80s brand was in a pale blue and red tin,

and it was called Strike Cola.

-Well, that's them seen to.

-Yeah.

-Forgive my dreadful manners.

-I was starving hungry,

but it's surprising - a sandwich and a bag of crisps...

-Perfect.

-..does the trick.

-It really does.

-Yep.

I can understand why Jon loves this place.

In fact, 2.5 million tourists visit the Highlands every year.

And the Scottish tourist industry is the second biggest sector after oil.

The Highlands hold a particular fascination which

goes back as far as the 18th century.

What attracted people to the Highlands was the idea that it

was the wilderness. It was untamed landscape.

This wasn't an entirely true account.

But what also attracted people in the 18th century was the idea

of the noble savage, the idea that people in the Highlands lived very

honestly, away from the immorality of the towns and cities

of the later 18th and early 19th century.

I think what also helped the Highlands from the 1840s was,

of course, the railways, which were laid out around Scotland

and across Britain.

And so it was much quicker to get into the Highlands by the end

of the 19th century than it was at the beginning.

And this heralded a change in the type of visitor that

came to the Highlands -

whereas before, the male, moneyed and leisured variety of upper-class

came to the Highlands, now there were more families and women.

And right up to the present day,

where even film-makers find the Highlands attractive,

which brought a new generation of families and children

and encouraged more people to return to Scotland than ever.

Despite the beautiful scenery and a cast of characters,

including Eric the bus driver, I can't help wondering how Jon

would have managed to keep himself entertained.

So, Jon, there you are, 12-year-old cheeky little boy, there is

no Walkmans and all the technology that you get today.

What would you get up to?

I'd want to just get a drawing pad

and either a Bik or some felt tips and just draw it.

Just express it. Bring it to life again, you know?

-I have got some good news for you.

-Oh, OK.

Because just down here,

-I have...

-Oh, look at this...

-..a pad.

-And don't get overexcited here.

-Oh, no.

-Oh, look at this.

-Look.

-You see?

-This was the iPad of the early '80s.

-Yeah.

-This was all you needed.

And I think I probably would have wanted to

draw the mountains first

cos they were quite easy to do.

And then I'd sort of stick a UFO in it. You know?

Put a flying saucer in there.

There'd probably be a TARDIS down here

and perhaps a triceratops over there.

This is how they'd mount up, you know?

This is just how I would occupy my mind.

The thing is, one of your great loves is astronomy.

Yes, astronomy has always been a lifelong fascination.

And it started by watching

Patrick Moore on The Sky At Night, who sort of

IMITATING MOORE: '..captured the fascination absolutely wonderfully.'

Well, you know they say you should never meet your heroes,

but it must have been fantastic for you.

Endless passion, he really did have.

And he made the subject infectious to hear.

He really did bring astronomy to the masses

for the first time, really, on television.

We have been hearing a great deal about the inner planets,

but what about those remote members of the sun's family -

Uranus, Neptune and Pluto?

And in 2007, Jon thought all his comets had come at once.

Oh, I could remember the call vividly.

It was back in 2007, when The Sky At Night was 50 years old.

Because the first episode was never recorded in those days.

It was just live and that was it, it was gone.

So they had to recreate the first episode.

So I played the young Patrick Moore from 1957, saying...

Good evening.

Now, what I want to do in these talks is tell you about some

of the interesting things you can see in the night sky each month.

Jon still continues to present on the show,

asking the kind of questions viewers might have.

He might not be an expert,

but he has come a long way from his 12-year-old self.

When you was 12 or a teenager, did you have a telescope or binoculars?

James, my older brother, he had sent off for a telescope.

And one day, seeing this wonderful orange disk

through the telescope, I thought, "This is it, I've found Mars!"

And I was looking at it, fascinated.

And I went to show my brother and he said,

"It's just the dining room curtains."

-You know, "You pointed it at the orange curtains."

-Oh, no!

Well, onwards and upwards, as our next city is the city of Perth,

which sits on the banks of the River Tay, Scotland's longest river.

In the Wars of Independence, Perth was heavily fortified

and held by the English.

Robert the Bruce captured it in January, 1313,

after swimming across the moat and climbing the wall.

Today, we are entering the city in a more conventional way.

-So, we are in Perth.

-Yes, we are.

-Where you stopped on the coach trip.

-We certainly did.

-Do you recognise it?

I sure do, yes, the Salutation Hotel.

I remember those characters very vividly.

-And this is where we stayed for three nights.

-Oh, really?

-Yeah.

The first hotel I'd ever stayed in, really.

Life on the road in 1980 meant Jon

and his family got to experience a variety of hotels,

so I'm keen to know what was special about this one.

-So, was this your favourite hotel you stayed in on the trip?

-It was.

It was a lovely place. I remember first arriving, it was night-time,

all the lights were on, it looked exciting.

I had never stayed in a hotel before and it was just wonderful.

And it was better than the one we stayed in subsequently,

a little later. But it is great to see this place again.

-Still going strong, since 1699.

-Yes.

I didn't know at the time that it was the oldest hotel in the area.

Let's go in, see if it is the same as it was then.

"Welcoming guests since 1699."

Some hotels are welcoming guests FOR 16.99.

Yes. I wonder if Bruce was here for the opening.

The hotel wasn't just a place to sleep,

but somewhere to be entertained, too.

-Do you remember this room?

-I do, yes.

I do remember seeing this on a Saturday night,

and there was a ceilidh going on, proper Scottish dancing.

You'd have loved it. You'd have certainly given them a ten.

Or a seven at least. And it was really exciting.

My parents had this big smile on their face.

They didn't get in and join in with the dancing,

but they loved watching it.

-And you didn't? Did you join in?

-No, I didn't.

I suppose the place was quite crowded, was it?

-And hot and people are dancing.

-Yeah, exactly.

It was a Saturday night, so this event would have been perhaps

the biggest event in that week,

the thing that everything was leading up to.

Hey, hey!

Dashing White Sergeants, Strip The Willow,

The Eightsome Reel...

No, not the latest Mills and Boons,

but some of the most popular ceilidh dances.

A ceilidh is a traditional social gathering, which usually

involves playing Gaelic folk music and dancing.

So have you ever done any Scottish dancing?

No, I certainly haven't.

I think I probably would look a bit like John Cleese

doing his Ministry Of Silly Walks if I tried it.

Well, I can't say I'm an expert,

-but there is one dance that I do know.

-Yes.

And it would suit us, I'm sure,

-because you are slightly shorter than me.

-Right.

And if you'd be prepared to be the lady,

-I will go into...

-GRAVE VOICE: 'Charming, thank you.'

I will go into the Gay Gordons.

I'm going to hold this hand and put this one over your shoulder here.

-Yes.

-Give it to me.

-All right, yes.

-OK. So we start walking.

-Yes.

Any foot you like. Then we turn.

And we continue to walk. Continue to walk, dear boy.

-And then we turn back again.

-Yes, I see.

Then the you turn under my arm like this.

Right round, right round. And I grab you.

-Yes.

-Now we're going to do like a little bit of polka.

So you start with your right foot and you go... Dumty-dum.

Dumty-dum, dumty-dum,

dumty-dum... Under the...under the arm!

And start again.

LEN HUMS

Now we start again.

LEN HUMS

Under the arm.

Gallop. Gallop a bit.

Gallop a bit. Gallop a bit.

Gallop a bit. Under you go. Jon!

You are a natural.

I'm going to get straight on the phone to Strictly Come Dancing.

I'm going to say, "You've got to get Jon on there,

"he has got the moves."

-I am a natural.

-You are.

-A natural disaster.

I wouldn't go that far.

It's not just their dancing that will leave you entertained in this

part of the world.

Scotland's oldest public library,

in Innerpeffray, has been lending books since 1680.

Imagine the fine now if you had lost one of those!

In its tranquil, rural setting on the River Earn, travel

back in time and lose yourself in the stories of the region.

And from Scotland's oldest lending library, to the

country oldest working distillery -

Glenturret Distillery in Crieff.

The Grouse whisky brand was created in 1896.

And due to popularity, it was renamed The Famous Grouse in 1905.

There are over 50 whiskies available to sample.

But it doesn't have to be a purely liquid lunch,

as there is a cafe, too. Woo-hoo!

Ten minutes' drive north of Perth is Scone Palace, where

Macbeth, Robert the Bruce and Charles II were once crowned.

You can wander down the long gallery where Charles II strode

to his coronation in 1661.

During the Jacobite rebellion, James Stewart, The Old Pretender,

spent three weeks here.

And his son, Bonnie Prince Charlie, visited in 1745.

235 years later,

Jonathan Peter Culshaw was wandering down the corridors

of the Salutation Hotel in Perth,

where he was about to attack a rebel force of his own.

Jon...

-Do recognise the bar here?

-Yes, I do.

-Had you come in it?

-I certainly did, yes.

-So, look, here is a couple of 10ps.

-Look at that.

-Genuine 10ps from 1980.

-Yeah.

-Surprising how much bigger they were.

-And heavier. Proper money.

-So what would you have done with them?

In 1980, I would probably have looked for the Space Invaders machine.

-Really?

-I would've had a look for that.

-Well, just have a look there.

Oh!

-Fantastic. In 1980, we were used to the TV game.

-Ping-pong thing.

Yes, yes. And similar things.

But to see a proper chunky arcade game like that, that was fantastic.

It was really the craze that kind of kicked off at that time.

Come on, let's have a go.

Oh, look at this.

Look at this.

-Now then...

-Come on.

Now, you should be an expert.

I haven't done this for a long, long time.

There was a time when wee was Scottish for small

and Xbox lived on the top shelf of a video store and a Game Boy...

Well, I think we better stop right there.

In 1980, arcade games were becoming an increasingly vibrant industry.

You haven't lost it, go on.

-We used to hit the button like that, fast.

-Yeah, come on, fast.

They say to shoot the ones at the end first,

cos then it takes longer for them to work their way down.

Look out for him! Oh, yes, good. Now, that was good.

If I was an alien race,

I'm not sure I'd invade the earth like this, in sort of straight lines.

-Look out! Look out! Look out!

-Big trouble!

-Mummy! Go on.

-IMITATING OBI-WAN: 'The force will be with us always.'

-Get in.

Ah! Oh!

I got had.

-This is fun.

-It is big, it is life-size.

-Gear sticks, buttons that you can hammer.

-Yeah, everything a kid wants.

-Yeah, exactly.

-And all for two bob.

-Yeah, exactly.

I am parched after all that exercise.

And while Jon was officially too young for a drink in 1980,

I'm pretty sure I'm on safe ground today.

-So, a shandy?

-A shandy.

-Half a shandy?

-Half a shandy.

-Two halves of shandy, please, young man.

-No problem.

-Thank you.

So, I suppose you felt like a real man standing at the bar

-with your dad.

-It was quite a significant moment.

It was a step forward in life, you know,

to have a drink with your dad like that.

-And did your brother?

-I think he was there as well.

-Cos he was 15 years older, so he must have been 20-odd.

-He was.

And I think he was looking with some pride that I had taken this step up.

-Oh!

-BOTH: Cheers.

-Get one for yourself as well.

-Cheers.

-Cheers. Cheers to you.

For Jon, this holiday wasn't only a rite of passage,

but a chance to spend precious time with his parents.

What was your relationship like with your mum on the holiday?

It was lovely. She was enjoying it.

She just smiled at everything, took in all the adventures,

and she'd say things like, "Oh, they've done...

"It's very well-organised. Very well organised, isn't it, Jim?"

"Yes, it is, very well."

She was a very warm...

She had a wonderful sense of humour,

made all the more endearing by the fact

that she didn't realise she had it.

Very much loved. And...

This is quite emotional to think back, actually.

And, of course, sadly, your mother passed away.

And that's when you became involved with the wonderful

-work that the Marie Curie Organisation do.

-Yes, that's right.

That was a charity... She always admired their work.

She knew people who'd, you know, suffered with cancer

and it had claimed them, you know.

And the last few, you know, months of her life,

it turned out to be what got her as well when she was 84.

Yes, it's nice to come here and remember a time when I was 12

and she was really happy.

There was something about me being the youngest,

where she did look out for me a little bit like that.

It was always, "Now, Jonathan, have you got your hanky?

"Fasten your neck hole up. Put your scarf on. Keep warm.

"Where is your jacket?" It was all these sorts of things.

She was still talking to me like that when I was 41.

It was something that she never lost.

Well, my mum is 97 and she is still talking to me like that.

-So, here is to our mums.

-Here is to them. God bless.

-God bless them.

The last leg of our Goodman Tour takes us to Edinburgh.

It is the second most visited city in the UK, after London,

and it is easy to see why.

The Royal Yacht Britannia was a floating home to the royal family

for over 40 years, sailing over one million miles around the world.

Now berthed in Leith, you can

follow in the steps of royalty by visiting the bridge,

the state apartments, crews' quarters and engine room.

All the clocks on Britannia were stopped at 15:01,

the time the Queen was piped ashore for the final time.

Feeling adventurous? Why not treat yourself to a tailor-made kilt?

Head to the Royal Mile and watch

and learn at the Edinburgh Old Town Weaving Company.

Here the mill's noisy working looms produce the stock in trade.

Peruse the Tartan guide, check out your clan history

and then buy the garb.

Talking about what lies beneath, The Real Mary King's Close is

a warren of underground streets, shrouded in myths and mysteries.

In the 1600s, these streets were open to the skies

and bustling with traders selling their wares.

Today, costumed tour guides will help you explore this

underground side, revealing the fact from the fiction.

And finally, who is the king of the castle? Simple!

Edinburgh Castle, where you can visit the Great Hall,

The National War Museum

and the One o'clock Gun that sounds over Edinburgh every day.

Built in the 1200s, the Castle has sheltered many Scottish monarchs,

including Queen Margaret and Mary Queen of Scots,

who gave birth to James VI here in 1566.

Back to the present day and Goodman Coach Tours his back on the road.

So I'd better take the register.

I wouldn't want to leave anyone behind.

Well, just going to check if everybody is on board.

-Jon Culshaw?

-Here.

Ed Miliband?

IMITATION: 'I'm here, travelling up and down the country,

'listening to what voters have got to say.'

John Bishop?

'Yes, sir, I am sat here, at the back of this bus.

'I never done nothin'!'

Bruce Forsyth?

'Yes, marvellous, Len. You are so my favourite.'

Professor Brian Cox?

'Here. I'm travelling slower than the speed of light.'

-Obi-Wan Kenobi, are you on?

-'Present, master Len.'

Right. We are all on, then. We are heading on.

From Perth, it is a one-hour drive to the capital.

Edinburgh attracts almost four million visitors a year.

And as it is the home of the world's largest arts festival,

it's no wonder Jon felt at home.

We have come to Princess Street Gardens in the centre,

and I want to find out how Jon

got into the entertainment business in the first place.

So I understand you worked on hospital radio.

-How did you get into that?

-I did quite by chance.

Radio Ormskirk General.

And I just used to volunteer on there on a Sunday.

And it was a really good way of just practising talking between records

and having a rapport with the listeners, the patients, you know?

Gradually, gradually, gradually,

I ended up with a show on Red Rose Radio.

You could, you know, use the facilities, if you asked very nicely,

to edit together tapes of impressions.

-And eventually, I got accepted by Spitting Image.

-That's right.

That was your first TV.

The thing about doing impersonations, it's not just

the voice, you somehow manage to get into the character as well.

That must be a palaver.

Yes, you never know what you are going to notice first.

It might be, you now, a Simon Cole hand gesture.

It might be a sort of Boris Johnson kind of hunched over

sense of nonsense.

-What would be your dream TV job?

-I know exactly what this is.

And I hope by the time I am in my mid-50s,

it would be a lovely thought

to consider that I was playing the part of Dr Who.

-I'd love to do that.

-You would be good.

-I think it is the kind of life I would like.

-Yeah.

-Just to step into the TARDIS and go anywhere.

-Time traveller.

-Yeah.

-We did today - 1980.

-That's right. Yeah.

-You've got a flavour of it.

-Yeah.

We are looking back on your holiday, when you were 12 years old.

Do you think that shaped your character or how you became?

-Did the boy become a man because of that?

-I think it did.

It did shape many things. I think observing the characters on the bus

and the funny way that they talked...

IMITATING: 'Like Mr and Mrs Kirkus,

'she sounded rather like a cross between, I don't know,

'Beryl Reid and Barbara Cartland.'

I've had a marvellous time with Jon,

learning about his family and the colourful characters

he met on his coach trip that made such a wonderful impression.

From the glass-making...

I love it!

Oh, you gorgeous little orb!

I think this is your natural vocation, Len.

..to the mickey taking...

Hey, hey, hey! OK, folks, all aboard now.

'Your line was right.

'The way you leaned against the door. The laugh was spot on.

-'It's a ten from Len.'

-Oh!

Whoa!

..and the hip shaking...

LEN HUMS

..it has all been great fun.

Well, I tell you what, Jon, I've had a fabulous day. I really have.

And it has been great sharing that time with you.

Thanks, Len, it has been wonderful to hear that as well.

And who would have thought that, that day back in 1980,

when we got dropped off at McCall Station, who'd have thought all

these years later, we'd be reliving it as we have been?

Well, the excitement hasn't finished, because this is a

little scrapbook of memories of the 1980s and your holiday in Scotland.

Oh, that's wonderful. Thank you, Len.

Memories of Jon's time spent in Scotland has brought

that wonderful time with his family flooding back.

And I have also got a paperweight

just like the one we made ourselves.

It is as near as I could get to the one that you made.

-Gosh, look at that.

-As a little keepsake.

Well, thank you, Len, that is wonderful.

-I shall treasure that and everything else.

-What a lovely day.

A wonderful day. There it is, like a rising sun

-alongside the wheel like that.

-Perfect.

Goodman's Gateway to the Highland's Coach Tour has now

reached its final destination, but it has been a journey that brought

memories back of Jon's family, which he'll treasure forever.