0:00:03 > 0:00:04Childhood holidays.
0:00:04 > 0:00:07Oh-ho, the anticipation seemed endless.
0:00:07 > 0:00:08The holiday itself...
0:00:08 > 0:00:10Well, it was over too quickly.
0:00:10 > 0:00:11So, in this series,
0:00:11 > 0:00:14I'm going to be reliving those wonderful times
0:00:14 > 0:00:17with some much-loved famous faces.
0:00:17 > 0:00:19This is a memory I will treasure.
0:00:19 > 0:00:22Every day I will be arranging a few surprises
0:00:22 > 0:00:25to transport them back in time.
0:00:25 > 0:00:27I feel as though we are about to go over the edge.
0:00:27 > 0:00:29Don't say that.
0:00:29 > 0:00:30We'll relive the fun...
0:00:30 > 0:00:32Oh-ho-ho!
0:00:32 > 0:00:33Ah! Whoa!
0:00:33 > 0:00:36..the games
0:00:36 > 0:00:39and the food of years gone by.
0:00:39 > 0:00:42That is a little taste of childhood right there.
0:00:42 > 0:00:45To find out how those holidays around the UK
0:00:45 > 0:00:48helped shape the people we know so well today.
0:00:50 > 0:00:51Ah!
0:00:52 > 0:00:55So, buckle up for Holiday Of My Lifetime.
0:00:55 > 0:00:56Oh, yes.
0:00:56 > 0:00:59We are going to get the water skis out in a moment.
0:01:04 > 0:01:06On today's terrific trip,
0:01:06 > 0:01:10I'm travelling in this stylish and elegant saloon.
0:01:10 > 0:01:12Oh, it's a beauty.
0:01:12 > 0:01:16And beauty, elegance and style are three words I could use
0:01:16 > 0:01:19to describe the person I'm about to whisk off
0:01:19 > 0:01:23to the sun-kissed beaches of yesteryear.
0:01:23 > 0:01:26I'll tell you what, today I am really excited.
0:01:26 > 0:01:30I'm meeting a lady who's had a right royal time of it.
0:01:30 > 0:01:36She was born in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, in 1950.
0:01:36 > 0:01:37Look at that hairdo.
0:01:37 > 0:01:39Oo-o-oh!
0:01:39 > 0:01:42She began her career on a local paper
0:01:42 > 0:01:46before joining the BBC in the late '70s.
0:01:46 > 0:01:48And breaking news just in,
0:01:48 > 0:01:52she became a regular journalist on that channel
0:01:52 > 0:01:54before hanging out with the monarchy.
0:01:54 > 0:01:56Oi, curtsy if you will.
0:01:57 > 0:02:02She was almost crowned herself when she went on I'm A Celebrity in 2004.
0:02:02 > 0:02:04She didn't win, though.
0:02:04 > 0:02:07I tell you what, she was robbed.
0:02:07 > 0:02:10And since then she's been searching our attics,
0:02:10 > 0:02:11stopping us being ripped off
0:02:11 > 0:02:14and choosing our favourite foods.
0:02:14 > 0:02:16Got any ideas yet?
0:02:16 > 0:02:18Course you have.
0:02:18 > 0:02:22It's former royal correspondent and all-round good egg
0:02:22 > 0:02:23Jennie Bond.
0:02:23 > 0:02:24Oh-ho!
0:02:24 > 0:02:27Jennie and Lenny.
0:02:27 > 0:02:30And I'm on my way to pick her up in this sparkling Humber Hawk.
0:02:31 > 0:02:35Very similar to the car her family would have driven
0:02:35 > 0:02:37when they came down on their holidays.
0:02:37 > 0:02:40Oh, I'll tell you what, she's a classy girl.
0:02:43 > 0:02:47Jennie Bond grew up in the leafy garden city of Letchworth
0:02:47 > 0:02:51with her two sisters, her mum, Pamela, who was a housewife
0:02:51 > 0:02:52and her dad, Ken,
0:02:52 > 0:02:56a man rather high up in insurance.
0:02:56 > 0:02:59Jennie went to the University Of Warwick
0:02:59 > 0:03:03and into print journalism before joining the BBC.
0:03:03 > 0:03:07In 1989, she became the royal correspondent,
0:03:07 > 0:03:11reporting the great highs and devastating lows of the monarchy.
0:03:11 > 0:03:15Then in the 2000s she went Awol, turning up in everything
0:03:15 > 0:03:18from an EastEnders special to Rip Off Britain.
0:03:18 > 0:03:19Oh, yes.
0:03:19 > 0:03:23She's definitely a woman anyone would find difficult to impress.
0:03:23 > 0:03:24Even me.
0:03:24 > 0:03:26And what's going to make that even trickier,
0:03:26 > 0:03:29my Humber's gone and stalled.
0:03:29 > 0:03:32What are you doing? Have you forgotten to turn the engine on?
0:03:32 > 0:03:34Unfortunately, Jennie...
0:03:34 > 0:03:36And, first of all, it's great to see you.
0:03:36 > 0:03:38Hello! Hi.
0:03:38 > 0:03:39Good to see you again.
0:03:39 > 0:03:41Unfortunately, the car will not start.
0:03:43 > 0:03:44As gorgeous as it is, though.
0:03:44 > 0:03:46It is beautiful, but I am not surprised, Len.
0:03:46 > 0:03:50This is exactly what happened 50 years ago when we were here...
0:03:50 > 0:03:51Nearly 50 years ago.
0:03:51 > 0:03:54My father had a car like this and it broke down.
0:03:54 > 0:03:56On holiday. Really?
0:03:56 > 0:03:58Yes. Well, deja vu.
0:03:58 > 0:04:00Well, there you go.
0:04:00 > 0:04:04I wanted to recreate Jennie's holiday as faithfully as possible
0:04:04 > 0:04:07and it sounds like I'm off to a brilliant start.
0:04:07 > 0:04:09So, where're we going? We are going to North Cornwall.
0:04:09 > 0:04:12Oh-ho-ho! So, what's the year?
0:04:12 > 0:04:131966.
0:04:13 > 0:04:16I remember that because England won the World Cup.
0:04:16 > 0:04:17And that's when we were on holiday.
0:04:17 > 0:04:20And of course it was when The Beatles were at their top.
0:04:20 > 0:04:23Yeah, and I was a huge fan. And I.
0:04:23 > 0:04:24So, listen.
0:04:24 > 0:04:26Shall we have a day trip?
0:04:26 > 0:04:28I've got a ticket to ride, but we won't go far.
0:04:28 > 0:04:32We'll give it one more go at getting the old beauty started.
0:04:32 > 0:04:35Yeah, give her a go. Around we go. Lovely, thank you.
0:04:35 > 0:04:36Look at it, though. It is beautiful.
0:04:36 > 0:04:39I passed my driving test in this car.
0:04:39 > 0:04:41Well, not this car, but one just like it. One like it.
0:04:41 > 0:04:43Yeah, really hard with this steering...
0:04:43 > 0:04:44The gear on the steering wheel.
0:04:44 > 0:04:46Oh, it's heavy. Heavy, heavy, heavy.
0:04:46 > 0:04:47You're in? Yep.
0:04:49 > 0:04:51ENGINE SHUDDERS
0:04:53 > 0:04:57'I'm not exactly sure which lay-by we're stuck in at the moment,'
0:04:57 > 0:05:01but you'll find North Cornwall on England's westernmost tip
0:05:01 > 0:05:05and with place names such as Polzeath and Pendoggett,
0:05:05 > 0:05:08the whole region sounds windswept,
0:05:08 > 0:05:11brooding, and most importantly, romantic.
0:05:11 > 0:05:13Though there's just one problem.
0:05:13 > 0:05:15ENGINE SHUDDERS
0:05:17 > 0:05:20She's not going to go. No. She doesn't want to do it.
0:05:20 > 0:05:23Oh, it's exactly the same problem as all those years ago.
0:05:23 > 0:05:26Yeah, well, I'm not very mechanical. We had to get someone out to fix it.
0:05:26 > 0:05:28Yeah, well...
0:05:28 > 0:05:30Well, we can sit here for a minute anyway.
0:05:30 > 0:05:32It's not a problem.
0:05:32 > 0:05:33Who was in the car?
0:05:33 > 0:05:36OK, it was July, it was 1966
0:05:36 > 0:05:39and we were going on holiday after my O-levels,
0:05:39 > 0:05:41so I needed a break.
0:05:41 > 0:05:44And I was with my sister, my middle sister, Sue.
0:05:44 > 0:05:46Her boyfriend, Peter.
0:05:46 > 0:05:49And me in the back. And then Mummy, as I called her then.
0:05:49 > 0:05:51And Daddy. There you are.
0:05:51 > 0:05:53And it took 12 hours on that day.
0:05:53 > 0:05:57Never. It did, there was traffic jam after traffic jam.
0:05:57 > 0:06:01And 12 hours later we arrived in a place called Pendoggett.
0:06:01 > 0:06:03Pendoggett. Mm. Yeah.
0:06:03 > 0:06:05So, what time would you have left?
0:06:05 > 0:06:07I think we left about 7.30 in the morning.
0:06:07 > 0:06:09We got there just about in time for dinner.
0:06:09 > 0:06:12Daddy must have been just completely shattered
0:06:12 > 0:06:14cos I think he was the only one who drove.
0:06:14 > 0:06:16You know, were you quite a posh family? Wealthy...?
0:06:16 > 0:06:19You know, middle-class. Middle-class, middle-class.
0:06:19 > 0:06:20Middle-class.
0:06:20 > 0:06:23I mean, you know, there was only the one salary coming in,
0:06:23 > 0:06:26there were three daughters. We went to private school.
0:06:26 > 0:06:28So, I don't think there was much cash left over.
0:06:28 > 0:06:30You know, he did have to watch the pennies. Yeah.
0:06:30 > 0:06:33Now, listen. Let's give it one more go. OK. This is it.
0:06:33 > 0:06:35Is going to work. It's going to work. Fingers crossed.
0:06:35 > 0:06:36Yep, here we go.
0:06:36 > 0:06:37Fingers crossed.
0:06:37 > 0:06:39ENGINE SHUDDERS
0:06:41 > 0:06:43We'll have to find another way of going.
0:06:43 > 0:06:45We will have to hitch a lift. Yeah, we'll have to hitch a ride.
0:06:45 > 0:06:48All right, here we go then. Yeah. Right. Oh, what a shame.
0:06:48 > 0:06:50Never mind.
0:06:50 > 0:06:51Never mind.
0:06:51 > 0:06:53It's still very handsome.
0:06:53 > 0:06:54Isn't it just.
0:06:54 > 0:06:57When I saw the car, I was so happy.
0:06:57 > 0:06:59And I thought, "Oh, I'm going to pick up Jennie."
0:06:59 > 0:07:02Lenny and Jennie, driving down.
0:07:02 > 0:07:05Oh, in the old Humber Hawk. Yeah.
0:07:05 > 0:07:08But unfortunately, the old girl, bless her...
0:07:08 > 0:07:10She's given up. She's given up. Given up before we have.
0:07:10 > 0:07:13Yes. Just about. Just about.
0:07:13 > 0:07:15I'll tell you what, I've seen a lot of tractors going by.
0:07:15 > 0:07:19Yeah. Maybe we could hitch a lift with a farmer. Plan.
0:07:19 > 0:07:21Well, while we wait for a lift, there's a bit of time
0:07:21 > 0:07:24to tell you what the world was like
0:07:24 > 0:07:27back when Jennie's dad's original Humber
0:07:27 > 0:07:30was breaking down in Cornwall in 1966.
0:07:30 > 0:07:34The shocking news at the start of England's World Cup year
0:07:34 > 0:07:38was that the Jules Rimet World Cup trophy had been stolen.
0:07:38 > 0:07:41The trophy itself standing perhaps 10 inches high
0:07:41 > 0:07:44was on the pedestal in the middle of the cabinet here.
0:07:44 > 0:07:46But thanks to an ordinary member of the public
0:07:46 > 0:07:50and a dog called Pickles, it was later found under a hedge.
0:07:50 > 0:07:55Meanwhile, Harold Wilson's Labour government won a snap election.
0:07:55 > 0:08:00The tabloids had a lot of fun when the seamen went on strike.
0:08:00 > 0:08:03And The Beach Boys sailed to chart success with
0:08:03 > 0:08:06the tale of the Sloop John B.
0:08:06 > 0:08:09After peaking at number two, it gave them a total of three
0:08:09 > 0:08:14of the UK's biggest-selling singles of 1966.
0:08:14 > 0:08:15Oh, what a year.
0:08:15 > 0:08:18MUSIC: Sloop John B By The Beach Boys
0:08:24 > 0:08:27'Looks like we'll be spending a lot of this holiday on foot.'
0:08:27 > 0:08:31Mind you, what better way to take in the views
0:08:31 > 0:08:33from the cliffs of Polzeath?
0:08:33 > 0:08:37I think this holiday is officially back on track.
0:08:37 > 0:08:42In 1966, this was one of the Bond family's first stops
0:08:42 > 0:08:44after a long and arduous journey.
0:08:44 > 0:08:47Frankly, they couldn't have picked a better spot.
0:08:47 > 0:08:51Well, I must say, Jennie, what a marvellous, marvellous bay.
0:08:51 > 0:08:53Isn't it fantastic?
0:08:53 > 0:08:56I've not been back here for, well...50 years nearly.
0:08:56 > 0:09:00After a 12-hour journey,
0:09:00 > 0:09:04you must have just been longing to get out of the car and...
0:09:04 > 0:09:05We did. Jump in the sea.
0:09:05 > 0:09:07Well, my sister's much better at cold water than I am.
0:09:07 > 0:09:11Even then, I wasn't that keen on cold water.
0:09:11 > 0:09:14And in my old age, I have now decided that it's cold,
0:09:14 > 0:09:17I do not like it and don't tell me it's lovely once you're in
0:09:17 > 0:09:18cos it isn't.
0:09:18 > 0:09:20Yeah. I know we came here nearly every day on holiday.
0:09:20 > 0:09:23My parents and my sister and her boyfriend
0:09:23 > 0:09:29and they used to go surfing. I don't think Mummy did. No. But I did.
0:09:29 > 0:09:32Well, surfing in those days was not what they do now. No.
0:09:32 > 0:09:35It was a body board. Body... Yeah, the body board. Yeah. Body board.
0:09:35 > 0:09:38And if you were wearing a bikini it was very dangerous.
0:09:38 > 0:09:39Of course it would be.
0:09:39 > 0:09:41So, what made the family decide to come here?
0:09:41 > 0:09:43We just loved the beach.
0:09:43 > 0:09:46I must say, it is stunning. The whole thing.
0:09:52 > 0:09:56Back in the '60s, North Cornwall was full of small village communities
0:09:56 > 0:10:00like Polzeath, Pendoggett and Port Isaac.
0:10:00 > 0:10:02And while you would see a few tourists,
0:10:02 > 0:10:05you would definitely bump into the locals.
0:10:05 > 0:10:07Like Joan and Yvonne here.
0:10:07 > 0:10:10Port Isaac was a living village.
0:10:10 > 0:10:15Full of children going to school down the bottom on the cliff.
0:10:15 > 0:10:17It was a thriving village, wasn't it, Von?
0:10:17 > 0:10:19Yeah, thriving village.
0:10:19 > 0:10:21We had two bakers and... Two butchers.
0:10:21 > 0:10:23And we had two butchers, yep.
0:10:23 > 0:10:25We had everything in the village at that time.
0:10:25 > 0:10:29Scores of children living down the bottom,
0:10:29 > 0:10:32fathers fishing, but we lived on fish, you see.
0:10:32 > 0:10:36Yeah. Because the dads was out fishing,
0:10:36 > 0:10:39but if they caught lobsters they'd sell that. Yeah, yeah.
0:10:39 > 0:10:43They'd sell the lobsters and crabs to the tourists.
0:10:43 > 0:10:44But I tell you what, though.
0:10:44 > 0:10:46But nobody went without. No.
0:10:46 > 0:10:49Cos everybody looked after everybody else.
0:10:49 > 0:10:51That's right. Nobody went hungry. Did they, Yvonne?
0:10:51 > 0:10:52No. No.
0:10:52 > 0:10:53No.
0:10:56 > 0:11:00Part of the magic of any childhood holiday is the excitement
0:11:00 > 0:11:03of staying somewhere new.
0:11:03 > 0:11:07But back in the '60s, accommodation in these parts was pretty sparse.
0:11:07 > 0:11:11But luckily for the Bonds, there was indeed room at the inn.
0:11:11 > 0:11:14A pub with seven rooms above.
0:11:14 > 0:11:17Wow, lovely.
0:11:17 > 0:11:18It's all right, isn't it? Yes.
0:11:18 > 0:11:21Jennie, I'll get down here. Thank you very much. Lovely.
0:11:21 > 0:11:23It's cosy. Well, there it is.
0:11:23 > 0:11:27The Cornish Arms, where you stayed in 1966.
0:11:27 > 0:11:30Yeah. I wish I could say I remembered the interior
0:11:30 > 0:11:32as well as I remember the outside, but I don't.
0:11:32 > 0:11:34But it's a long time ago.
0:11:34 > 0:11:36Well, maybe you weren't allowed into the bar.
0:11:36 > 0:11:37Oh, I think I was.
0:11:37 > 0:11:39And if I wasn't, I'd have found my way in.
0:11:39 > 0:11:41Oh, would you? I can find my way into any bar, Len.
0:11:41 > 0:11:43Oh, right. Yeah.
0:11:43 > 0:11:45You actually slept here and everything?
0:11:45 > 0:11:46We stayed here, yeah.
0:11:46 > 0:11:48What's more, in 1966,
0:11:48 > 0:11:53the Cornish Arms received quite a favourable review.
0:11:53 > 0:11:54I've got a book here.
0:11:57 > 0:11:58Let's Halt Awhile.
0:11:58 > 0:12:01What a lovely title. Yeah.
0:12:01 > 0:12:04And if we go here, to this page...
0:12:07 > 0:12:10..we will find... The Cornish Arms.
0:12:10 > 0:12:11Now, just have a little read of that.
0:12:11 > 0:12:13"This really is a gem.
0:12:13 > 0:12:16"From humble beginnings, it's come on by leaps and bounds
0:12:16 > 0:12:20"since Gwyn and Basil took it over some 12 years ago."
0:12:20 > 0:12:23So, what year it? 1966. Yes. My gosh. I see! Yes!
0:12:23 > 0:12:24This is your year, so you're here...
0:12:24 > 0:12:27So, obviously Gwyn and Basil must have been here. Yeah.
0:12:27 > 0:12:29Oh, I wonder where they are now.
0:12:29 > 0:12:31"Should you wish to spend the night, as we did,
0:12:31 > 0:12:32"perhaps your biggest surprise
0:12:32 > 0:12:35"will be the bedrooms and residents' lounge.
0:12:35 > 0:12:39"Such luxury and excellent taste is indeed rare in a small country inn."
0:12:39 > 0:12:42Well, my father chose very well, didn't he? Yeah.
0:12:42 > 0:12:44And, of course it was, you know, England...
0:12:44 > 0:12:48The World Cup. Yes. And it was on in the bar.
0:12:48 > 0:12:50Yeah, of course. This is right.
0:12:50 > 0:12:51I think they played Portugal.
0:12:51 > 0:12:53In the semifinal. Yeah. Yeah, I remember that.
0:12:53 > 0:12:57Well, Peter and Father watched it all the time
0:12:57 > 0:12:59and I remember the excitement.
0:12:59 > 0:13:01Well, I suppose there was a few old locals turned up
0:13:01 > 0:13:04and this and that. Yeah, well...
0:13:04 > 0:13:06Yes, I think I got a little bit bored in the evenings.
0:13:06 > 0:13:08You know, I was 15 going on 16
0:13:08 > 0:13:11and there might have been a few old locals,
0:13:11 > 0:13:12but I wanted a few young locals.
0:13:12 > 0:13:15Yeah, you wanted a couple of hot young chaps.
0:13:15 > 0:13:17It's great. It's great to be back.
0:13:17 > 0:13:19I like it. I think it's great. I could stay here now.
0:13:19 > 0:13:20Yeah. Me too. Why wouldn't we?
0:13:20 > 0:13:23'I think we should take a look at the rooms
0:13:23 > 0:13:25'where Jen and her sister stayed.'
0:13:25 > 0:13:28Oh. Oh. Oh, it's very, very palatial.
0:13:28 > 0:13:33Wow. Wow. Wow. Yeah. Do you remember this?
0:13:33 > 0:13:36Sort of? It's sort of ringing a bell.
0:13:36 > 0:13:38These steps are ringing a bell.
0:13:38 > 0:13:40They are.
0:13:40 > 0:13:42I don't know. Maybe we... It's a very nice room.
0:13:42 > 0:13:45It's beautiful, isn't it? It's absolutely gorgeous.
0:13:45 > 0:13:47I can't believe we could have afforded this, actually.
0:13:47 > 0:13:50But maybe we did. So, were you all in here? No, no, no.
0:13:50 > 0:13:54My sister and I shared a room and then, times being such as they were,
0:13:54 > 0:13:56Peter, the boyfriend, was put in a separate room. Of course.
0:13:56 > 0:13:58And he stayed there. He did stay there.
0:13:58 > 0:14:00Except for the occasion when he came into our room...
0:14:00 > 0:14:02And maybe this is where Sue and I stayed,
0:14:02 > 0:14:05he came in and there was a... It's no longer here, but there was...
0:14:05 > 0:14:08Everybody had a kidney shaped dressing table in those days...
0:14:08 > 0:14:10Oh, yes. ..with the glass tops. Remember? Yeah.
0:14:10 > 0:14:12And usually a bit of lacy material underneath.
0:14:12 > 0:14:14Well, he came and sat on it.
0:14:14 > 0:14:16And he's a big, strapping farmer, this boy. Yeah.
0:14:16 > 0:14:17And "crack"!
0:14:17 > 0:14:19It went. Oh, no! Yes.
0:14:19 > 0:14:20I'm very impressed.
0:14:20 > 0:14:23I'm very impressed that my father found such a lovely place to stay.
0:14:23 > 0:14:25Of course. It's beautiful. Yeah.
0:14:25 > 0:14:28And there's you and your sister, Sue. She's a bit older.
0:14:28 > 0:14:30She's a couple of years older.
0:14:30 > 0:14:33Yeah. And we've got another sister, but she was already married.
0:14:33 > 0:14:34Right. Erm, so she didn't come.
0:14:34 > 0:14:36But did you get up to...
0:14:36 > 0:14:38You know? My sister and I? Yeah.
0:14:38 > 0:14:40Well, she had her boyfriend, so...
0:14:40 > 0:14:41Erm, I was the gooseberry, really.
0:14:41 > 0:14:43Yeah. But I...
0:14:43 > 0:14:46Well, I kind of remember...
0:14:46 > 0:14:50I remember a fisherman, I think, down in Port Isaac.
0:14:50 > 0:14:53A young guy, sort of, on the beach.
0:14:53 > 0:14:55Oh, yeah. And I think I remember a few goings-on.
0:14:55 > 0:14:56Oh, no.
0:14:56 > 0:14:58You saucy monkey. Really?
0:14:58 > 0:15:00I think a little bit of snogging might have happened, yes.
0:15:00 > 0:15:02Oh, well, why not? I was nearly 16, you know.
0:15:02 > 0:15:04Yes, of course. No.
0:15:04 > 0:15:07'Well, Jennie, what happens on tour, stays on tour.'
0:15:08 > 0:15:11The Bond family did love the beach.
0:15:11 > 0:15:16Today, Jennie is going to relive her teenage love of surfing,
0:15:16 > 0:15:18or body boarding, as I like to call it.
0:15:18 > 0:15:20You know, because I'm groovy.
0:15:20 > 0:15:22Jennie, there's someone I want you to meet.
0:15:22 > 0:15:25Tommy, this is Jennie. Hi. Nice to meet you, Jennie.
0:15:25 > 0:15:28You too. Now, he is the top surfing instructor
0:15:28 > 0:15:32in Cornwall, Devon and all points east.
0:15:32 > 0:15:33Oh, my God, that sounds terrifying.
0:15:33 > 0:15:35That sounds as if I might have to surf.
0:15:35 > 0:15:37Oh, it's going to be fun. Yes. You will be getting wet.
0:15:37 > 0:15:39Yeah. Oh, gosh.
0:15:39 > 0:15:41Erm, but to get started we need you guys to do to just get
0:15:41 > 0:15:43into position on the boards.
0:15:43 > 0:15:45Right. Here we go. Well, come on, then.
0:15:45 > 0:15:47We can do this. We can do this.
0:15:47 > 0:15:49Shoes off.
0:15:49 > 0:15:50OK. Now, here we are.
0:15:50 > 0:15:52I'm paddling. Oh, yeah. We've got to paddle.
0:15:52 > 0:15:54Keep paddling. A wave hits the tail of your board,
0:15:54 > 0:15:57it's going to lift your board up, you're going to drop down the face
0:15:57 > 0:15:58and do three more power paddles.
0:15:58 > 0:16:01Push-up, look left, look right.
0:16:01 > 0:16:03We lift up a bit.
0:16:03 > 0:16:04Oh, shut up.
0:16:04 > 0:16:05And we look round, anyone coming?
0:16:05 > 0:16:08And pop up, staying nice and low.
0:16:08 > 0:16:11And then suddenly, suddenly...
0:16:11 > 0:16:12Suddenly...
0:16:12 > 0:16:14You're in the water. Look at your feet.
0:16:14 > 0:16:16..you vault up and I'm on the board.
0:16:16 > 0:16:18And I'm on it. Here we go.
0:16:18 > 0:16:21And then to speed up, lean forwards, to slow down lean back. Yes.
0:16:21 > 0:16:23Come on, I want to speed it up.
0:16:23 > 0:16:25Speed it up, lean forwards. And if you want to turn one way,
0:16:25 > 0:16:28turn to the right just by pointing both arms to the right.
0:16:28 > 0:16:30And to come to the left, both arms to the left.
0:16:30 > 0:16:31Ba-ba-ba-ba! Whoa!
0:16:31 > 0:16:32There we go.
0:16:32 > 0:16:35And then you're probably going to fall off and get wet.
0:16:35 > 0:16:37And then off you get.
0:16:37 > 0:16:41If you were here, 1966. I was. I know you were. He wasn't, though.
0:16:41 > 0:16:43No, but let's imagine.
0:16:43 > 0:16:45If Tommy was here, right,
0:16:45 > 0:16:50and Tommy was somewhere over there, doing whatever,
0:16:50 > 0:16:52and you are in the water,
0:16:52 > 0:16:54would you pretend that you were in distress?
0:16:54 > 0:16:57A damsel. And you'd call... I think so.
0:16:57 > 0:16:59.."Excuse me, Tommy. I'm drowning!"
0:16:59 > 0:17:01I'd be there in a flash. He'd be there in a flash.
0:17:01 > 0:17:03Oh, you're such a gent. You're such a gent.
0:17:03 > 0:17:04There you go.
0:17:04 > 0:17:05Don't worry, you're in safe hands.
0:17:05 > 0:17:07I would have loved it.
0:17:07 > 0:17:09Tommy, it's been great. Yeah, thanks a lot.
0:17:09 > 0:17:12Let's do it again. Thanks for your lesson.
0:17:12 > 0:17:14Nice to meet you. Lovely. Thanks a lot.
0:17:14 > 0:17:16Our next stop is Port Isaac,
0:17:16 > 0:17:21a picturesque village renowned for its seafood since the 16th century.
0:17:29 > 0:17:34In fact the pier was constructed during the reign of old Henry VIII.
0:17:34 > 0:17:38Meanwhile, the residents of the village made their living
0:17:38 > 0:17:43either with the export of corn and slate or, of course, seafood.
0:17:43 > 0:17:46But while the likes of herring and mackerel traditionally
0:17:46 > 0:17:52paid the rent, by the 1960s local tourism was definitely on the up.
0:17:52 > 0:17:55Something Geoff Provis not only knows about,
0:17:55 > 0:17:58he was also there making money from it.
0:17:58 > 0:18:00I ran trips myself.
0:18:00 > 0:18:05Erm, the fishing trips in the early '60s, my father's boat.
0:18:05 > 0:18:10When I was 13 or 14 taking people on the North Atlantic
0:18:10 > 0:18:15in a 16-foot boat with one oar and an outboard engine.
0:18:15 > 0:18:20But in respect of the fishing trips generally,
0:18:20 > 0:18:23the fishermen were very happy to do it, take hourly trips.
0:18:23 > 0:18:26They'd haul their pots in the morning
0:18:26 > 0:18:30and then later on they would take visitors out
0:18:30 > 0:18:35on mackerel fishing trips to help make the money.
0:18:35 > 0:18:38Because there wasn't that much money with the potting then, see.
0:18:38 > 0:18:41Today, both tourism and seafood
0:18:41 > 0:18:43are still going strong here in Port Isaac.
0:18:43 > 0:18:46Though almost 50 years since her first visit,
0:18:46 > 0:18:50I wonder what Jennie, a huge fan of seafood,
0:18:50 > 0:18:52will make of my next surprise.
0:18:52 > 0:18:55Isn't this the most wonderful little village?
0:18:55 > 0:18:56It really is.
0:18:56 > 0:18:59I don't think it's changed at all actually in 50 years. No.
0:18:59 > 0:19:04Because this time I'm going to give Ms Bond a more hands on experience.
0:19:04 > 0:19:05Dressed crab. Do you like it?
0:19:05 > 0:19:08I love dressed crab. As long as someone else dresses them.
0:19:08 > 0:19:12Well, we're going to dress them ourselves, down here. Oh, dear.
0:19:12 > 0:19:14Jeremy. Mind the slope there. Hello. Jeremy, this is Jennie. Hi.
0:19:14 > 0:19:17Hi, I'm Jeremy. Hi, how do you do? Nice meet you. Hi, Len.
0:19:17 > 0:19:20We've got to put on our aprons and gloves. Thank you.
0:19:20 > 0:19:21Yeah. You've got to pick some crabs.
0:19:21 > 0:19:24Well, Les, I don't know about dressing the crabs.
0:19:24 > 0:19:26I don't think I can get the flipping apron on. That's it.
0:19:26 > 0:19:29Oh, you look good in a pinny, though. I've got to say, that is...
0:19:29 > 0:19:30Look at me. Look at that.
0:19:30 > 0:19:31'You know what?
0:19:31 > 0:19:32'I get that all the time.
0:19:32 > 0:19:38'But will it help me turn a freshly cooked crab into a local delicacy?'
0:19:38 > 0:19:40Grab a crab. Oh. One for you, Len.
0:19:40 > 0:19:43They look delicious. They really do. Oh, yeah. Yeah.
0:19:43 > 0:19:45You've got a male crab there, Len.
0:19:45 > 0:19:47Ah. Is that what they call a cock crab?
0:19:47 > 0:19:50You've got a cock crab. Cock crab. How do you know?
0:19:50 > 0:19:53Because the male has a little flap there.
0:19:53 > 0:19:57And the female has the big flap.
0:19:57 > 0:19:58See?
0:19:58 > 0:20:00Oh. Oh, I never knew that.
0:20:00 > 0:20:04You've got a little one, Len. And you've got a big flap.
0:20:04 > 0:20:06Now, we try and avoid the innuendo.
0:20:06 > 0:20:07Yeah, no innuendo.
0:20:07 > 0:20:09Right. Oh, dear. What do you do?
0:20:09 > 0:20:11You've just got to open it up.
0:20:11 > 0:20:13I haven't got one. There you are. You've got a hen.
0:20:13 > 0:20:16All right. I've got a hen. Open... Open it up.
0:20:16 > 0:20:18Put the shell down.
0:20:18 > 0:20:19It's messy, isn't it?
0:20:19 > 0:20:20Oh, hell of a messy. Yeah.
0:20:20 > 0:20:24But... Are all these crabs from, you know, around here?
0:20:24 > 0:20:25Yeah.
0:20:25 > 0:20:28We're on the sixth generation now of fishermen.
0:20:28 > 0:20:31Really? Yeah. I've been booted off my boat by my son.
0:20:31 > 0:20:32Really?
0:20:32 > 0:20:34Which is only fair because that's what I did what to my father. Ah.
0:20:34 > 0:20:37Fair enough then. Yeah, so it's got as natural thing to it.
0:20:37 > 0:20:39So, now you're in here and he's out there.
0:20:39 > 0:20:40He's out there.
0:20:40 > 0:20:42So, when did you start? Like, 1800 or something?
0:20:42 > 0:20:44Me? No. Well, you could have done.
0:20:44 > 0:20:46Six o'clock this morning, I started.
0:20:50 > 0:20:51Oh.
0:20:51 > 0:20:52That's perfect.
0:20:52 > 0:20:55What I'd like to do now is just put that in my mouth and...
0:20:55 > 0:20:58Exactly, eat it like a lollipop. I think that would be much easier.
0:20:58 > 0:21:01Yeah. Go on. I'd like to. Well...
0:21:01 > 0:21:03May I? Yeah.
0:21:03 > 0:21:04Yeah, go on.
0:21:04 > 0:21:05Oh, wow.
0:21:05 > 0:21:08If you just get the meat off that there.
0:21:08 > 0:21:10It's gorgeous.
0:21:10 > 0:21:11That is gorgeous.
0:21:11 > 0:21:14Mm. That's lovely.
0:21:14 > 0:21:16It's better than lovely.
0:21:16 > 0:21:17Oh, yes.
0:21:17 > 0:21:19Who needs to dress them? That's exactly right, yeah.
0:21:19 > 0:21:22Can't beat it, can you, really? Can't beat it.
0:21:22 > 0:21:24A crab lollipop.
0:21:24 > 0:21:25'Come on, Jennie.
0:21:25 > 0:21:26'There is work to do.
0:21:26 > 0:21:30'So, let's pop our lollipops to one side and focus on the job.'
0:21:31 > 0:21:34I'll do one. Yep. Then you do one.
0:21:34 > 0:21:36All right. And then... I'm happy eating, actually.
0:21:36 > 0:21:41And then we'll see who gets the top marks.
0:21:41 > 0:21:43Because I'm going, as much as anything,
0:21:43 > 0:21:46for presentation and style.
0:21:46 > 0:21:49I think I might have to give you a seven.
0:21:49 > 0:21:51Well, no, I couldn't get the ten from Jen. Yeah.
0:21:51 > 0:21:53THEY GROAN
0:21:53 > 0:21:56See where I went there?
0:21:56 > 0:21:58Very good.
0:21:58 > 0:21:59Well, that's mine.
0:21:59 > 0:22:01I would say... Well, I don't know what you would say.
0:22:01 > 0:22:03You are the expert. Yeah, you're the judge.
0:22:03 > 0:22:05That's... It looks a bit empty. That's what I thought.
0:22:05 > 0:22:07A bit on the mean side. Your go.
0:22:08 > 0:22:10Here we go, then.
0:22:10 > 0:22:13So, the brown meat, delicately in the middle.
0:22:13 > 0:22:16You gone mad, haven't you? Yeah, I think so. I think so.
0:22:16 > 0:22:18Now, I wonder if I can use the same spoon.
0:22:18 > 0:22:19No, I probably shouldn't, should I?
0:22:19 > 0:22:22This goes in the shell and not in my mouth.
0:22:22 > 0:22:24There we are.
0:22:24 > 0:22:28I can now see why dressed crab is relatively expensive.
0:22:28 > 0:22:30Well, it is expensive. Yeah, yeah.
0:22:30 > 0:22:31Let me have a look at yours.
0:22:32 > 0:22:34Oh, I think there's no contest, Len.
0:22:34 > 0:22:36I mean, you've got to admit.
0:22:36 > 0:22:37Yeah, but you've gone so heavy...
0:22:37 > 0:22:39You wouldn't make much profit.
0:22:39 > 0:22:42I think Jen's got to win.
0:22:42 > 0:22:45Jen's the better looking crab, but Len's thinking of the bottom line.
0:22:45 > 0:22:46The profit. I am.
0:22:46 > 0:22:48And I think I'm going to go with Len.
0:22:48 > 0:22:49You're getting...
0:22:49 > 0:22:52from Len to Jen...
0:22:52 > 0:22:54a ten.
0:22:54 > 0:22:55I give you a SEVEN!
0:22:55 > 0:22:56Seven for Len.
0:22:57 > 0:23:00As for our next stop, despite a spot of rain,
0:23:00 > 0:23:05we're following in the steps of those early tourists in the 1960s
0:23:05 > 0:23:07and hitching a ride in a local boat.
0:23:07 > 0:23:11And thankfully, Jeremy's only too happy to oblige.
0:23:11 > 0:23:13Well, how are we going to cock our leg up there?
0:23:13 > 0:23:16But while we've offered to help catch a few lobsters
0:23:16 > 0:23:18and replenish all the crabs we've eaten,
0:23:18 > 0:23:21it's a few miles out to the pots.
0:23:21 > 0:23:25So, I've got time to find out more about Jennie's big break.
0:23:25 > 0:23:28So, what was your first role at the BBC?
0:23:28 > 0:23:31Well, when I finally got in on the second or third time of asking,
0:23:31 > 0:23:33I was a sub.
0:23:33 > 0:23:37A down-table sub, writing the news on radio.
0:23:37 > 0:23:40I remember the thrill of the first day of being told
0:23:40 > 0:23:42I could do the weather forecast.
0:23:42 > 0:23:47And I wrote, "Today in the West Country, it will be raining."
0:23:47 > 0:23:50Right. And then I heard Peter Donaldson, the newsreader, say,
0:23:50 > 0:23:51"And now, the weather.
0:23:51 > 0:23:53"Today in the West Country, it will be..."
0:23:53 > 0:23:57Yes! I wrote that!
0:23:57 > 0:24:01And was it a gradual working your way up?
0:24:01 > 0:24:04Or did you suddenly get whoop! And you're there.
0:24:04 > 0:24:06Well, I do think actually... partly because I was a woman
0:24:06 > 0:24:08and it was fairly male dominated,
0:24:08 > 0:24:11I did feel I was getting promoted pretty quickly.
0:24:11 > 0:24:12Maybe because of that, I don't know.
0:24:12 > 0:24:17Sue MacGregor and I were the first two women to present
0:24:17 > 0:24:19the Today programme on Radio Four.
0:24:19 > 0:24:22And it was thought so momentous that two women could do this...
0:24:22 > 0:24:24Yeah, yeah.
0:24:24 > 0:24:26..that they sent the Daily Express, I think it was,
0:24:26 > 0:24:27along to record this for posterity.
0:24:27 > 0:24:31Yeah. Well, it was a bit like the two girls that do Strictly.
0:24:31 > 0:24:33Tess and Claudia, you know?
0:24:33 > 0:24:34Yeah, right. "Oh, two women"?!
0:24:34 > 0:24:36I know. We should be past that by now.
0:24:36 > 0:24:37Yeah, yeah.
0:24:37 > 0:24:39But we're not unfortunately.
0:24:39 > 0:24:42'Mind you, it hasn't held Jennie back.
0:24:42 > 0:24:44'Not for a second.'
0:24:44 > 0:24:46Well, one thing led to another and then suddenly I was invited
0:24:46 > 0:24:49to be royal reporter and then royal correspondent.
0:24:49 > 0:24:51Which I absolutely didn't want to do. Right.
0:24:51 > 0:24:54But I said, "Oh, all right, then. I'll do it for a year,
0:24:54 > 0:24:56"but I'll stick at being a general reporter, as well."
0:24:56 > 0:24:58Yeah, but you got it during all the juice...
0:24:58 > 0:25:00I don't know if that's the best way to...
0:25:00 > 0:25:03Yeah. But all the juicy bits, really.
0:25:03 > 0:25:05Yeah, it was an absolute crazy,
0:25:05 > 0:25:08turbulent period from when I started in '89
0:25:08 > 0:25:11right through to 2003.
0:25:11 > 0:25:15I mean, it was the monarchy imploding, really.
0:25:15 > 0:25:17Yeah. And suddenly we were talking about,
0:25:17 > 0:25:19"Is this institution going to survive?"
0:25:19 > 0:25:22I mean, the Diana years, they were crazy, crazy years.
0:25:22 > 0:25:26And on that note, I think it's about time we earned our keep.
0:25:26 > 0:25:30'Though if Jennie thought a crab lollipop was the cat's pyjamas,'
0:25:30 > 0:25:33well, she ain't seen nothing yet.
0:25:33 > 0:25:37Oh, there's a keeper. Oh, yeah. Nice one, isn't it? Nice one.
0:25:37 > 0:25:39In fact, some of this catch might even give steak and chips
0:25:39 > 0:25:41a run for its money.
0:25:41 > 0:25:43Not all of it, though.
0:25:43 > 0:25:45What is that?
0:25:45 > 0:25:47Oh, it's a tiny lobster.
0:25:47 > 0:25:51Oh, it's a baby. Ah. How old is it? Oh, it's only got one claw.
0:25:51 > 0:25:53Yeah, he's been scrapping, hasn't he?
0:25:53 > 0:25:55How old would that one be, do you think?
0:25:55 > 0:25:56Maybe a year. A year old.
0:25:56 > 0:25:57And it's only got one oiker.
0:25:57 > 0:25:59Oh. Oh, bless you.
0:25:59 > 0:26:02He won't grow another claw? Yeah, they will.
0:26:02 > 0:26:03Oh, will they? Will it? Yeah. Oh.
0:26:03 > 0:26:05But it never comes back quite as good. Right, OK.
0:26:05 > 0:26:07That's got a couple of claws on it, that one.
0:26:07 > 0:26:10Yeah. You don't want to get near that. No, you don't want to.
0:26:10 > 0:26:12OK, so these are clearly under measure. So, do you feel like
0:26:12 > 0:26:15you want to release... Send a lobster back to the wild?
0:26:15 > 0:26:17Kind of kind, wouldn't it? What about yourself, Len?
0:26:17 > 0:26:20Yeah. Can you turn it round that way? I'm very frightened.
0:26:20 > 0:26:22There we are. Er... You just... You just throw it in?
0:26:22 > 0:26:25Yeah, just chuck it over the side.
0:26:25 > 0:26:27Ah! There. Freedom. OK. Back you go.
0:26:27 > 0:26:30Back you go, go and see your mum. My little one. Go and grow.
0:26:30 > 0:26:31Little kiss... Oh. Oh, you could have kissed that.
0:26:31 > 0:26:34You could have kissed. That would have been nice, wouldn't it? Yeah.
0:26:34 > 0:26:35I could have. But I didn't. Wow.
0:26:35 > 0:26:39Ah, the perfect end to a perfect day.
0:26:39 > 0:26:41It's been an absolute joy
0:26:41 > 0:26:44reliving Jennie's childhood holiday of a lifetime,
0:26:44 > 0:26:47despite a shaky start.
0:26:48 > 0:26:52I'm pleased to see North Cornwall's lost none of its romance.
0:26:52 > 0:26:57We've surfed, in her imagination, the pounding waves of the coast.
0:26:57 > 0:27:00Come on, I want to speed it up. Speed it up. Lean forward.
0:27:00 > 0:27:03And we've experienced a local tradition
0:27:03 > 0:27:06that stretches back over the centuries.
0:27:06 > 0:27:08And it's only got one oiker.
0:27:08 > 0:27:14And if that isn't romance, well, Jennie Bond, I don't know what is.
0:27:14 > 0:27:19My main concern is that you never forget our day together.
0:27:19 > 0:27:21How could I forget a date with you?
0:27:21 > 0:27:23Well, I know you're great with a diary,
0:27:23 > 0:27:26but I've got a little scrapbook of our time together.
0:27:26 > 0:27:28Oh!
0:27:28 > 0:27:30How kind of you.
0:27:31 > 0:27:35Yes, even better than potted shrimp and a steak dinner,
0:27:35 > 0:27:38this picture book captures our every moment.
0:27:38 > 0:27:41And I've got one last surprise for our Jennie.
0:27:41 > 0:27:45Her very own 1966 travel guide.
0:27:45 > 0:27:47Oh, you managed to get that.
0:27:47 > 0:27:49Let's Halt Awhile.
0:27:49 > 0:27:51Oh, brilliant. 1966.
0:27:51 > 0:27:54And who knows, you might find another little spot
0:27:54 > 0:27:56that you could go to. I might. I might.
0:27:56 > 0:27:57Thank you very much.
0:27:57 > 0:28:00Let's Halt Awhile. Yeah, perfect. Shall we?
0:28:00 > 0:28:02Yeah, well, let's cuddle a while as well.
0:28:02 > 0:28:04Thank you so much. It's been lovely.
0:28:04 > 0:28:06No. It's been great. Thank you so much.
0:28:06 > 0:28:08So, that's us.
0:28:08 > 0:28:10It's bye-bye from lovely North Cornwall
0:28:10 > 0:28:14and time for Jennie and Lenny to hitchhike home.
0:28:14 > 0:28:15Hey-hey. Ta-ra.
0:28:52 > 0:28:54Welcome to MasterChef Semifinal.
0:28:54 > 0:28:56Come on, come on, come on, come on, come on!
0:28:56 > 0:28:59The challenges are about to get a lot tougher.
0:28:59 > 0:29:02You cannot mess up now.
0:29:02 > 0:29:04Our nine best cooks all fighting it out
0:29:04 > 0:29:07because one of them is going to be our champion.