0:00:02 > 0:00:04Childhood holidays? We all love them, don't we?
0:00:04 > 0:00:07Fun in the sun, sandcastles, swimming in the sea...
0:00:07 > 0:00:10Can't beat them.
0:00:10 > 0:00:13So in this series, I'm going to be reliving those wonderful times
0:00:13 > 0:00:16with some much-loved famous faces.
0:00:16 > 0:00:20Everyone a winner! Come on! Hook a duck!
0:00:20 > 0:00:24And some of the most surprising guests had the most fascinating holidays.
0:00:26 > 0:00:27THEY LAUGH
0:00:27 > 0:00:30- Hey!- It's a tug-of-war!
0:00:32 > 0:00:35We'll relive the fun... TRAIN WHISTLES
0:00:35 > 0:00:36Oh, no, no!
0:00:36 > 0:00:38'..the games...'
0:00:38 > 0:00:41..and the food of years gone by...
0:00:41 > 0:00:43That is a little taste of childhood, right there.
0:00:43 > 0:00:48..to find out how those holidays around the UK helped shape
0:00:48 > 0:00:51the people we know so well today.
0:00:51 > 0:00:53I'm giving you a standing ovation.
0:00:53 > 0:00:56So buckle up for Holiday Of My Lifetime.
0:00:56 > 0:00:58Can you come on all my holidays?
0:01:01 > 0:01:05In today's journey through time, I'm not only driving a classic
0:01:05 > 0:01:10piece of British engineering, I'm doing it on an island.
0:01:11 > 0:01:14Oh, it's not the Isle of Wight, it's not the Isle of Man
0:01:14 > 0:01:15and it's not the Isle of Skye!
0:01:15 > 0:01:18But it's an island. And do you know what?
0:01:18 > 0:01:20I'm not going to tell you which one.
0:01:20 > 0:01:24Although I WILL tell you my the next stop's the airport.
0:01:24 > 0:01:26I can't wait to meet my famous friend.
0:01:26 > 0:01:28She's been bringing sunshine
0:01:28 > 0:01:33and occasional showers into our living rooms for years.
0:01:33 > 0:01:38She was born in Morar, Scotland in 1962.
0:01:38 > 0:01:41After university, she got a job as a secretary at the Beeb.
0:01:43 > 0:01:45But, I tell you what, ha-ha!
0:01:45 > 0:01:47The sky was the limit!
0:01:47 > 0:01:49She must have been on cloud nine
0:01:49 > 0:01:52when she got a job at the weather channel
0:01:52 > 0:01:55before moving back to the BBC.
0:01:55 > 0:01:58Since then, come rain or shine, she's been telling us
0:01:58 > 0:02:04"whether" we should take our brollies or stick on our sunglasses.
0:02:05 > 0:02:10She's won the hearts of the nation and she's won awards, too!
0:02:10 > 0:02:13And that's your last cabbie clue.
0:02:13 > 0:02:16Because she's about to clear customs!
0:02:16 > 0:02:19I bet you know exactly who we're meeting.
0:02:19 > 0:02:25It's that weather girl we all love to wake up to, Carol Kirkwood.
0:02:25 > 0:02:28And I'm waiting to pick her up in a taxi.
0:02:28 > 0:02:32Just like the way she would have travelled all those years ago.
0:02:38 > 0:02:40Morar, where Carol Kirkwood grew up,
0:02:40 > 0:02:43is a small village on the west coast of Scotland.
0:02:43 > 0:02:46She lived there with her seven brothers and sisters,
0:02:46 > 0:02:52her mum Nancy and her dad Calum, who ran Morar's one and only hotel.
0:02:54 > 0:02:59After leaving school, Carol went to Napier University in Edinburgh
0:02:59 > 0:03:02and got herself a BA in commerce.
0:03:02 > 0:03:06Then she joined the Beeb, working behind the scenes.
0:03:06 > 0:03:08But her destiny was to become a television presenter,
0:03:08 > 0:03:12something she finally realised in the early '90s.
0:03:12 > 0:03:14And after training with the Met Office,
0:03:14 > 0:03:17she went on to become Britain's favourite weather girl,
0:03:17 > 0:03:22giving us those daily highs and lows on BBC News, World News
0:03:22 > 0:03:24and News At Six and of course, Breakfast.
0:03:24 > 0:03:26No surprise then,
0:03:26 > 0:03:31she's won Best TV Weather Presenter a staggering seven times.
0:03:31 > 0:03:35With all those hours she puts in, I bet she's keen on a holiday
0:03:35 > 0:03:38and what better island to come to than - drumroll please -
0:03:38 > 0:03:39Jersey?
0:03:39 > 0:03:44Home of the gorgeous Jersey Royal Potato. I can't wait!
0:03:44 > 0:03:46Hooray! Hello!
0:03:47 > 0:03:49It's good to see you.
0:03:49 > 0:03:50Good to see you.
0:03:50 > 0:03:53- You're looking well tanned.- Look at you though...
0:03:53 > 0:03:55- Please give me that. - Thank you, thank you.
0:03:55 > 0:03:58- Welcome to Jersey.- Oh, it's lovely to be back.
0:03:58 > 0:04:00- It's been so long!- Is it exciting?
0:04:00 > 0:04:02It's very exciting, yes, it is.
0:04:02 > 0:04:06Now, when you came here on your holidays, who were you with?
0:04:06 > 0:04:10I was with my mum and my dad, my little sister and my little brother.
0:04:10 > 0:04:13The flight to Jersey was like going abroad, we'd never been abroad.
0:04:13 > 0:04:16- Yeah.- So I remember it so well... We couldn't sleep the night before.
0:04:16 > 0:04:17Yeah, I bet it was so exciting.
0:04:17 > 0:04:20Now, where exactly are we heading for?
0:04:20 > 0:04:23Oh, well, I think St Helier, because that's where I stayed.
0:04:23 > 0:04:26- Oh, St Helier!- Yes.- Beautiful.
0:04:26 > 0:04:29- And what was the year?- 1973.
0:04:29 > 0:04:32James Bond, Live And Let Die, 1973.
0:04:32 > 0:04:35- You know what the big pop song was? - No.
0:04:35 > 0:04:37Long-Haired Lover From Liverpool.
0:04:37 > 0:04:40- Jimmy Osmond!- Jimmy Osmond... Well, I'm not long-haired and I'm not
0:04:40 > 0:04:43much of a lover, but your taxi awaits.
0:04:43 > 0:04:45- Thank you, Len.- Here we go.
0:04:45 > 0:04:48Ironically, the weather isn't the best today.
0:04:48 > 0:04:51But that's not going to dampen our spirits. Oh, no!
0:04:51 > 0:04:53This is your carriage.
0:04:53 > 0:04:54Oh, but it's lovely.
0:04:54 > 0:04:58Do you know, we used to bagsy seats? So I'm "bagsying" my seat now.
0:04:58 > 0:05:00I'm going in the front.
0:05:00 > 0:05:03Well, it's normal that you would sit in the back as I drove the taxi,
0:05:03 > 0:05:07but on this occasion, special occasion, you're more than welcome.
0:05:07 > 0:05:11Let me get rid of this bag and then we'll get you in and off we go.
0:05:11 > 0:05:12Brilliant.
0:05:15 > 0:05:20With a population shy of 100,000, Jersey isn't a big place.
0:05:20 > 0:05:23In fact, the island is only 45 square miles,
0:05:23 > 0:05:26just off the coast of Normandy.
0:05:26 > 0:05:30But now the meter's running, we're heading for the capital, St Helier,
0:05:30 > 0:05:36so Carol can relive her summer of '73 when she was 11 years old.
0:05:42 > 0:05:46Every holiday begins with a journey and for Carol, the excitement
0:05:46 > 0:05:50levels reached fever pitch before she even left the house.
0:05:50 > 0:05:52My brother was coming up for his sixth birthday,
0:05:52 > 0:05:54that's what we were celebrating in Jersey.
0:05:54 > 0:05:56This was an adventure.
0:05:56 > 0:05:58We would leave early in the morning.
0:05:58 > 0:06:01Dad would drive, Mum would prepare a picnic.
0:06:01 > 0:06:05She would have cooked sausages before, wrapped them in silver foil
0:06:05 > 0:06:08cooked eggs before, shelled them, wrapped them in silver foil,
0:06:08 > 0:06:13she'd have a flask of tea, we would drive to Loch Laggan and we would stop there.
0:06:13 > 0:06:16Oh, but it was brilliant! And that was part of the charm.
0:06:16 > 0:06:20Then we carried on to Glasgow, and it's like, "Glasgow?!
0:06:20 > 0:06:22- "Goodness me, we're in the city!" - Yeah, yeah.
0:06:22 > 0:06:24You know? It was amazing.
0:06:24 > 0:06:27And then going on a plane, we'd never been on a plane!
0:06:27 > 0:06:31And coming to Jersey, you know, if I put it into today's terms,
0:06:31 > 0:06:36- it was probably like flying to Sydney.- Yeah.- It was so exciting.
0:06:36 > 0:06:37And while Mum and Dad
0:06:37 > 0:06:40and the eight siblings could probably have filled a plane
0:06:40 > 0:06:44on their own, this holiday was just for the three youngest children.
0:06:44 > 0:06:48But here's what else was going on in the world in 1973.
0:06:51 > 0:06:56It was the year we finally joined the EU after being rejected,
0:06:56 > 0:07:01thanks to the French president, in both 1963 and '67.
0:07:01 > 0:07:06We also saw the debut of not one, but two classic British comedies,
0:07:06 > 0:07:10The Last Of The Summer Wine and Some Mothers Do Have 'Em,
0:07:10 > 0:07:14with Michael Crawford giving us a bit of "Oooh, Betty!"
0:07:14 > 0:07:16And speaking of the telly,
0:07:16 > 0:07:21500 million people tuned in to watch Princess Anne tie the knot with
0:07:21 > 0:07:26Captain Mark Phillips, which, by the way, was only the second time
0:07:26 > 0:07:30in 200 years a British Royal had married a commoner.
0:07:30 > 0:07:34And as for music, we were all banging our heads to this one...
0:07:34 > 0:07:38# So come on feel the noise... #
0:07:38 > 0:07:39LEN SINGS ALONG
0:07:39 > 0:07:41# Girls grab the boys
0:07:41 > 0:07:44# We get wild, wild, wild... #
0:07:44 > 0:07:45Oh, I've got a headache.
0:07:45 > 0:07:46# Wild, wild... #
0:07:46 > 0:07:48Slade's classic Cum On Feel The Noize
0:07:48 > 0:07:51not only entered the UK charts at number one,
0:07:51 > 0:07:55but in the first three weeks, it sold half a million copies.
0:07:55 > 0:07:57Oh, what a year!
0:07:57 > 0:07:59Especially for 11-year-old Carol Kirkwood,
0:07:59 > 0:08:03who found everything about Jersey, from its locals
0:08:03 > 0:08:04to its beautiful beaches,
0:08:04 > 0:08:06nothing short of thrilling.
0:08:06 > 0:08:08Well, Carol. Eh?
0:08:08 > 0:08:10This is a lovely view.
0:08:10 > 0:08:14- Oh! Do you know what, Len? I remember that castle.- Yeah?
0:08:14 > 0:08:17I think, and I could be wrong, it's Elizabeth Castle.
0:08:17 > 0:08:20But we went to it and Mum was so concerned
0:08:20 > 0:08:24that the tide would come in and we would get stuck,
0:08:24 > 0:08:27- but we walked across and we walked right back again as well.- Yeah?
0:08:27 > 0:08:29Which was amazing.
0:08:29 > 0:08:33Obviously, that's the same, but has the place changed much since?
0:08:33 > 0:08:35Do you remember?
0:08:35 > 0:08:39The beach is the same, more scenic than I remember, but still stunning.
0:08:39 > 0:08:43As for Carol's holiday in '73, there was one place
0:08:43 > 0:08:46her dad practically insisted they visited.
0:08:46 > 0:08:50The War Tunnels, a chilling reminder that during World War II,
0:08:50 > 0:08:56Jersey endured five long years of German occupation.
0:08:57 > 0:08:59Well, do you remember this, the Jersey War Tunnels?
0:08:59 > 0:09:02Yes, and do you know what I remember most?
0:09:02 > 0:09:06It was chilly inside and I think there was the sound of picks
0:09:06 > 0:09:09and it felt... You could smell it, it was quite dank
0:09:09 > 0:09:11and there were hospital beds and mannequins...
0:09:11 > 0:09:13It was quite scary, actually, when we were kids.
0:09:13 > 0:09:18- Scary.- Yeah.- I don't do scary. I don't honestly do scary.
0:09:18 > 0:09:21But because I'm with you, and I feel protected,
0:09:21 > 0:09:23as long as you hold my hand...
0:09:23 > 0:09:25- I'll look after you, Len. - ..I'm going to go in.
0:09:26 > 0:09:28- Ohhhh!- Look, it's all dark!
0:09:28 > 0:09:30LEN GASPS CAROL LAUGHS
0:09:30 > 0:09:35Today, the tunnels form a spooky museum that tells the story
0:09:35 > 0:09:39of the prisoners of war who were forced to excavate rock
0:09:39 > 0:09:42in order to create a defensive structure
0:09:42 > 0:09:45135 feet below the surface.
0:09:45 > 0:09:49- This is what I remember.- Yeah? - How cold it was and the noises.
0:09:49 > 0:09:52- Cold...- Yeah, and this was the scary bit, Len.
0:09:52 > 0:09:55Well, I'm a bit scared, if I'm honest.
0:09:55 > 0:09:59Thousands of labourers, many thought to be slaves, were brought over.
0:09:59 > 0:10:02Some literally worked to death
0:10:02 > 0:10:06and one exhibit attempts to recreate the conditions they endured.
0:10:06 > 0:10:08How long would it have taken?
0:10:08 > 0:10:12Because you're just chipping into rock, aren't you?
0:10:12 > 0:10:17Well, it beggars belief, really, the length of time it must've taken.
0:10:17 > 0:10:19GERMAN VOICES PLAY THROUGH SPEAKERS
0:10:19 > 0:10:21- Those are German voices?- Yes.
0:10:23 > 0:10:27- I guess shouting the commands to the prisoners of war.- Yeah.
0:10:27 > 0:10:29"Get on with it."
0:10:29 > 0:10:32- Well, when we were kids, hearing that, it really would be scary. - Yeah.
0:10:32 > 0:10:35It would have been, and I remember running back to Mum and Dad
0:10:35 > 0:10:37trying to find them, because we WERE scared.
0:10:37 > 0:10:39It was 40 years since you've been here, or so,
0:10:39 > 0:10:44- and it's 50 years since... But I do remember coming here...- Me too. - ..and this place.
0:10:44 > 0:10:46Yeah. Even the smell is familiar.
0:10:46 > 0:10:48BOOM
0:10:48 > 0:10:50Don't be scared, Carol.
0:10:50 > 0:10:51Be a brave little...
0:10:51 > 0:10:54INDISTINCT VOICE Stand by?
0:10:59 > 0:11:01After taking Normandy,
0:11:01 > 0:11:06the Germans decided to bomb Jersey, as they assumed, quite wrongly,
0:11:06 > 0:11:09that the island would have a large military presence.
0:11:09 > 0:11:12When the planes arrived over Jersey,
0:11:12 > 0:11:16they flew low over the harbour and they saw lots of lorries,
0:11:16 > 0:11:18which they took to be Army lorries.
0:11:18 > 0:11:21In actual fact, they were potato lorries.
0:11:21 > 0:11:23Thinking they were military,
0:11:23 > 0:11:26they dropped their bombs and they machine gunned the harbour.
0:11:26 > 0:11:29Realising Jersey was defenceless,
0:11:29 > 0:11:32the first Germans arrived a few days later.
0:11:32 > 0:11:35Hitler thought the island was of huge significance during the war.
0:11:36 > 0:11:39What Hitler had was called "insel wahn",
0:11:39 > 0:11:41which means "island madness".
0:11:41 > 0:11:43He was delighted he had them and, my God,
0:11:43 > 0:11:45he was going to hang onto them if he could.
0:11:45 > 0:11:49The War Tunnels were essential to his plans and were eventually
0:11:49 > 0:11:53turned into an emergency hospital for German troops.
0:11:53 > 0:11:56Fortunately, the hospital was never finished,
0:11:56 > 0:11:59or even used, and today,
0:11:59 > 0:12:03its fascinating story attracts visitors from near and wide,
0:12:03 > 0:12:06like Carol and her family back in '73,
0:12:06 > 0:12:09who despite the odd fright, loved coming here.
0:12:09 > 0:12:11When you was a little girl,
0:12:11 > 0:12:15did you have ambitions as to what you wanted to be when you grew up?
0:12:15 > 0:12:19Yes, I first of all wanted to work for the BBC and secondly,
0:12:19 > 0:12:23wanted to be a Blue Peter presenter, so I wrote to the BBC when I was
0:12:23 > 0:12:26about 12, saying, "I want to come and work for you, what do I have to do?"
0:12:26 > 0:12:29They wrote back, personnel wrote back, saying, "Get a degree."
0:12:29 > 0:12:32So I said, "In what?" And they said, "Anything."
0:12:32 > 0:12:34So I did that and then I went
0:12:34 > 0:12:37and joined what was called the secretarial reserve.
0:12:37 > 0:12:39That was very much like having an in house temporary
0:12:39 > 0:12:42secretarial agency. I don't think it exists any more.
0:12:42 > 0:12:44But I did that and that was great
0:12:44 > 0:12:47because I worked in so many different departments,
0:12:47 > 0:12:50and programmes like Doctor Who, Beat The Teacher, Newsnight,
0:12:50 > 0:12:53- and of course, Breakfast.- Yeah.
0:12:53 > 0:12:57'Even though Carol never did present her favourite childhood show,
0:12:57 > 0:13:01'she did end up borrowing their garden on a regular basis.'
0:13:01 > 0:13:04I spent years in the Blue Peter garden,
0:13:04 > 0:13:07- probably more than the Blue Peter presenters!- Yeah.
0:13:07 > 0:13:10So, there was that little connection with Blue Peter, even though
0:13:10 > 0:13:12- you didn't get on the main show. - Yes.
0:13:12 > 0:13:16'For Carol, that was just the beginning, and while I'm
0:13:16 > 0:13:20'dying to know what happened next, right now there's much more to see in Jersey.
0:13:20 > 0:13:26Like Durrell Wildlife Park, created by author Gerald Durrell in the late '50s,
0:13:26 > 0:13:29'so he could help protect some of the planet's rarest species.
0:13:29 > 0:13:32'It's also where Carol celebrated
0:13:32 > 0:13:35'her little brother's birthday in '73.'
0:13:35 > 0:13:38- So, what do you remember of coming here to the zoo?- Oh, gosh!
0:13:38 > 0:13:41I remember the orang-utans, we were fascinated by the orang-utans.
0:13:41 > 0:13:44- We'd never seen them. And the monkeys!- Yeah.
0:13:44 > 0:13:47Oh, the monkeys were so naughty and they were running everywhere.
0:13:47 > 0:13:51We thought they were hilarious, as well as being uber cute.
0:13:51 > 0:13:55Yeah. And wasn't there a bit of an incident with the...?
0:13:55 > 0:13:57The orang-utans, yes.
0:13:57 > 0:14:00My wee sister, my brother and myself thought this was hilarious.
0:14:00 > 0:14:02Mum and Dad didn't find it quite so funny.
0:14:02 > 0:14:03We were just walking past
0:14:03 > 0:14:07and one of the orang-utans decided to relieve himself. He was dangling...
0:14:07 > 0:14:09He was hanging like this and then suddenly,
0:14:09 > 0:14:13- everything was just coming out of him.- Well, you would!
0:14:13 > 0:14:15We thought that was so funny!
0:14:15 > 0:14:19As I say, Mum and Dad didn't see the funny side of it at all.
0:14:19 > 0:14:22'And while that's an experience that's hard to top, I think
0:14:22 > 0:14:26'Carol's really going to enjoy my next surprise.'
0:14:26 > 0:14:29Carol, this is Chris.
0:14:29 > 0:14:31- Oh!- Not that.
0:14:31 > 0:14:33Hiya, Chris. Very nice to meet you.
0:14:33 > 0:14:36- And you.- Chris, good to meet you. - Hi there.
0:14:36 > 0:14:41- Now, Carol remembers vividly the orang-utans and...- Yes.
0:14:41 > 0:14:44Carol, control yourself.
0:14:44 > 0:14:50- I think Chris is going to let us feed...- Oh, my goodness!- Yes, I am.
0:14:50 > 0:14:52- Really?- Yeah.
0:14:52 > 0:14:55We've got a nice mixture of pellet and nuts and raisins for them.
0:14:55 > 0:14:57One of their favourites.
0:14:57 > 0:15:00So, I'll just grab the bucket and we'll try and get him
0:15:00 > 0:15:02to come back outside.
0:15:02 > 0:15:06- Wow!- Wow! Ha-ha! - Oh, my goodness! That is so cool!
0:15:06 > 0:15:07Joy of joys!
0:15:07 > 0:15:09'I thought she'd be pleased.
0:15:09 > 0:15:12'Let's hope there's not a toilet incident this time!'
0:15:12 > 0:15:15How do you feed them then, Chris? What do you do?
0:15:15 > 0:15:18Well, this is scatter feed, so what we do is just lots of little
0:15:18 > 0:15:22bits, put it in the scoop and just throw it over.
0:15:22 > 0:15:25- And you can see he knows exactly what's going on.- Look at the...
0:15:25 > 0:15:29- What's his name?- His name is Dagu. - Dagu.- He's our dominant male.
0:15:29 > 0:15:33- He's enormous!- He is. Have you got more than one orang-utan?
0:15:33 > 0:15:37Yep, we've got six in total, so we've got the big daddy,
0:15:37 > 0:15:40Dagu, we've got two mums with two babies
0:15:40 > 0:15:43and then we've got another juvenile male.
0:15:43 > 0:15:47- Look at Dagu's great big sideburns. - What are those big jollopy things?
0:15:47 > 0:15:50- Yeah.- They are what's known as cheek flaps.
0:15:50 > 0:15:52No-one's entirely sure what they're for.
0:15:52 > 0:15:56But what we think is it makes him look bigger and also,
0:15:56 > 0:16:00- if you want to shout loud, you cup your hands over your mouth...- True.
0:16:00 > 0:16:02..and then it goes further. That's what we think that's for.
0:16:02 > 0:16:06# Now, I'm the king of the swingers, oh... #
0:16:06 > 0:16:07And right now,
0:16:07 > 0:16:11I wouldn't mind betting Dagu's trying to tell us he's Hank Marvin!
0:16:11 > 0:16:15Though feeding him is something best done from a safe distance.
0:16:15 > 0:16:19- Go on, Carol. Give him a... - OK. What if I hit him?
0:16:19 > 0:16:21- He really doesn't mind.- OK.
0:16:21 > 0:16:23Stand back, everybody.
0:16:23 > 0:16:24OK, Dagu, are you ready?
0:16:24 > 0:16:28- Oh, I'm so sorry!- Oh, Dagu.
0:16:28 > 0:16:31Oh, no. you deliberately went for him, Carol.
0:16:31 > 0:16:35This is how it should be done.
0:16:35 > 0:16:39- Oh...- That wasn't a bad fling cos it had a bit of height to it.
0:16:39 > 0:16:43What are you talking about? He's wearing them all now.
0:16:43 > 0:16:47OK, wee man. I'll try not to fling this at you.
0:16:47 > 0:16:49Look at his face!
0:16:49 > 0:16:53- Like, what was this?!- You've scattered them hither and thither.
0:16:54 > 0:16:57He moves a little bit like Anton Du Beke.
0:16:57 > 0:16:59LAUGHTER
0:16:59 > 0:17:02'I don't know if it's my aim or my one liners,
0:17:02 > 0:17:05'but it looks as though old Dagu has had about enough.'
0:17:05 > 0:17:09- And he never did his toilet. - He didn't.
0:17:09 > 0:17:11- Oh.- He's had enough.
0:17:11 > 0:17:14He's said - I'm fed up of being pelted by monkey nuts!
0:17:14 > 0:17:16'Wouldn't you be?'
0:17:16 > 0:17:18Well, do you know what, Chris?
0:17:18 > 0:17:23Truly, I could stand here watching them come out and go in and be...
0:17:23 > 0:17:26It's fascinating. It really is.
0:17:26 > 0:17:30And thank you so much for spending the time with Carol and I.
0:17:30 > 0:17:32Hear, hear. Thank you very much, Chris.
0:17:32 > 0:17:37- Carol, just see what I've got in store for you up here. - I can hardly wait.
0:17:37 > 0:17:42I do know for a fact that back in '73, Jersey had one
0:17:42 > 0:17:48other tourist draw that Carol absolutely adored - go-karting.
0:17:48 > 0:17:51Something I'm not too shabby at myself.
0:17:51 > 0:17:54I'm going to tell you the honest truth.
0:17:54 > 0:17:57Lewis Hamilton, I don't know if you know this,
0:17:57 > 0:18:00started out before Formula 1, in go-karting.
0:18:00 > 0:18:03- I didn't.- Oh, yes. 100%. And I was his instructor.
0:18:03 > 0:18:05THEY LAUGH
0:18:05 > 0:18:10- So I am, you know, pretty red hot on the old go-karting.- Yeah?- Yeah.
0:18:10 > 0:18:14- So, I thought maybe a few laps, a little wager, maybe...- OK.
0:18:14 > 0:18:17- Who pays for the coffee.- Done.
0:18:17 > 0:18:19Done. Come on!
0:18:19 > 0:18:24'Now, to succeed in this game, you need to have the right equipment.'
0:18:24 > 0:18:28- We're going to look like we're members of the Ferrari team.- Yes.
0:18:28 > 0:18:30'You need stamina.'
0:18:30 > 0:18:34Just hold my elbow, George. Help the old people.
0:18:34 > 0:18:36'And patience!'
0:18:36 > 0:18:40I'll have to take my shoes off. This could take hours.
0:18:40 > 0:18:44'But most of all, you need to know how to rattle your opponent.'
0:18:44 > 0:18:46Carol, there's a side of me you don't know.
0:18:46 > 0:18:48I'm extremely competitive.
0:18:48 > 0:18:54- Are you?- Oh, yes. Most sports I've done and I'm not used to losing.
0:18:54 > 0:18:55Oh, gosh!
0:18:55 > 0:18:58Well, Len, I'll be driving like Miss Daisy round here.
0:18:58 > 0:19:01Well, I'll be driving like Stirling Moss with knobs on.
0:19:01 > 0:19:05'And now that Carol's well and truly rattled, it's time,
0:19:05 > 0:19:07'as they say, to bring it on!'
0:19:07 > 0:19:11- Now, Carol, I'm going to let you go in the front.- Thanks, Len.
0:19:11 > 0:19:15Because obviously, you're only an amateur. I'm semi-pro.
0:19:15 > 0:19:19So you jump in that one and I'll get in just behind you.
0:19:19 > 0:19:23'All that remains to be said - drivers, start your engines!
0:19:23 > 0:19:26'Hang on a minute, no. I'm not ready.'
0:19:26 > 0:19:29Now, that's the brake, and that's the goer.
0:19:29 > 0:19:32'OK, I'm ready. And we're off!'
0:19:32 > 0:19:35CAROL LAUGHS
0:19:37 > 0:19:38- This is cool!- Oi!
0:19:38 > 0:19:43Lewis Hamilton will be shaking in his shoes now at this speed.
0:19:43 > 0:19:45'Oh, yes! I can already feel the G forces.'
0:19:45 > 0:19:47Ha-ha!
0:19:47 > 0:19:51'Right then, three laps should separate the men from the boys.'
0:19:51 > 0:19:53Go on, Carol!
0:19:53 > 0:19:55Go on, girl!
0:19:55 > 0:19:57Chop chop!
0:19:57 > 0:19:59Wahey!
0:19:59 > 0:20:01'Well, I'm not breaking any land speed records,
0:20:01 > 0:20:04'but I am in first place.'
0:20:04 > 0:20:05Ha-ha!
0:20:05 > 0:20:07Come on, Carol!
0:20:10 > 0:20:11Come on, girl!
0:20:11 > 0:20:15'Going in to the second lap now, and Goodman's firmly in the lead.'
0:20:15 > 0:20:18Oh, yes!
0:20:18 > 0:20:19Oh, yes!
0:20:19 > 0:20:21I was built for speed!
0:20:21 > 0:20:23Get out of the way!
0:20:23 > 0:20:25'Not on your Nelly!'
0:20:25 > 0:20:27Get out of the way!
0:20:30 > 0:20:31'Hang on, what's this?
0:20:31 > 0:20:35'Carol's a bit sharper behind the wheel than I thought.
0:20:35 > 0:20:37'She's only gone and moved into first place.'
0:20:37 > 0:20:41Blimmin' Carol crept up on the inside.
0:20:41 > 0:20:44It's a liberty! Absolute liberty!
0:20:45 > 0:20:48'And just like that, she's snatched victory
0:20:48 > 0:20:50'out of me clutches!'
0:20:50 > 0:20:53I'm not having this. That was cheating.
0:20:54 > 0:20:58'And even though this action replay shows no such thing, I'm going
0:20:58 > 0:20:59'to have to say...'
0:20:59 > 0:21:04It's a liberty! I want another lap because... No, it's not fair.
0:21:04 > 0:21:07'Still, I think Carol enjoyed herself.'
0:21:07 > 0:21:12That was brilliant fun! And I overtook Len! Yes!
0:21:12 > 0:21:15Carol, I'm not having this. CAROL GIGGLES
0:21:15 > 0:21:18I was just enjoying myself, looking at the view,
0:21:18 > 0:21:23and I thought, "Oh, look, I've just seen a cuckoo." There was
0:21:23 > 0:21:26a small cuckoo there and a chiff-chaff, and while my head
0:21:26 > 0:21:31was turned, you sneaked up on the outside, like that.
0:21:31 > 0:21:34Very, very upset and disappointed.
0:21:34 > 0:21:37'It also means I'll have to go and pay for the teas,
0:21:37 > 0:21:39'if I can walk to the cafe!
0:21:39 > 0:21:43'Though at least it's a chance to find out how a young Carol
0:21:43 > 0:21:45'ended up with a career on screen.'
0:21:45 > 0:21:47I used to work at the BBC as a production
0:21:47 > 0:21:49assistant behind the scenes
0:21:49 > 0:21:52and one of my friends worked for television training
0:21:52 > 0:21:55and they phoned me one day and said, "We're looking for presenters, as
0:21:55 > 0:21:59stooges, so we can train directors, floor managers, and everybody else."
0:21:59 > 0:22:01And then, on the back of that,
0:22:01 > 0:22:03I applied for a job with the local cable company and got it.
0:22:03 > 0:22:07So I had to do all my own production and research and then presenting.
0:22:07 > 0:22:10'Finally, Carol had realised her dream
0:22:10 > 0:22:15'and soon even had an agent, though she wasn't properly impressed
0:22:15 > 0:22:18'when they suggested auditioning for the Weather Channel.'
0:22:18 > 0:22:20I thought, "Oh, I don't want to do the weather."
0:22:20 > 0:22:23So I went along anyway because he was basically saying, "Oh, get you!
0:22:23 > 0:22:26"What makes you think they're going to give it to you anyway?"
0:22:26 > 0:22:30So I went along and it was love at first sight. I just adored it.
0:22:30 > 0:22:33Well, I know the Weather Channel from going to America
0:22:33 > 0:22:35and it's huge there.
0:22:35 > 0:22:39- So, were you based in England? - Eventually, I was.
0:22:39 > 0:22:43- I'd had training in Atlanta... - Oh, in America?- In America.
0:22:43 > 0:22:46Yes, and then came back to London, which is
0:22:46 > 0:22:47where it was based in the UK
0:22:47 > 0:22:52and presented from there, and it was a fabulous organisation to work for.
0:22:52 > 0:22:55'But then came a slightly more familiar broadcasting
0:22:55 > 0:22:58'corporation and once again, Carol got the job.'
0:22:58 > 0:23:01- I must say, I love working at the BBC now. It's great.- Yeah.
0:23:01 > 0:23:03You're a real go getter, you know?
0:23:03 > 0:23:07- If there's something there that you want, you...- Go and get it.
0:23:07 > 0:23:08Do you know what, Len?
0:23:08 > 0:23:12Probably the most common complaint that I get is,
0:23:12 > 0:23:14"Why are you so happy in the mornings?"
0:23:14 > 0:23:17And the answer to that is very easy.
0:23:17 > 0:23:21I love my job with a passion and I work with my friends every day,
0:23:21 > 0:23:24- so what's not to be happy about? - Yeah.
0:23:24 > 0:23:26Well, listen, it's lovely to have a cup of tea,
0:23:26 > 0:23:29- but I think we'll move on. - Brilliant.- Come on.
0:23:29 > 0:23:35I'm hoping Carol will give me a bit of career advice.
0:23:35 > 0:23:38As you get older, you need a bit of an insurance policy
0:23:38 > 0:23:41and I know Strictly's not going to last forever,
0:23:41 > 0:23:43so I've always fancied myself as doing a bit of the weather,
0:23:43 > 0:23:47so it just so happens that we've got a thing over here...
0:23:47 > 0:23:50Perhaps we could go through it and you can see how I do
0:23:50 > 0:23:53- and give me a score. - I'll give you a score.- Come on then.
0:23:53 > 0:23:56'You never know, with a bit of guidance,
0:23:56 > 0:23:58'I could be the next Michael Fish!'
0:23:58 > 0:24:01Well, do you want to put the weather that we've got in Jersey
0:24:01 > 0:24:04- on the map first?- No!
0:24:04 > 0:24:09- OK, then.- I'm going to start up and work down.- Got an unruly pupil here!
0:24:09 > 0:24:13And of course, we have, as always up in Scotland, we've got
0:24:13 > 0:24:16a deep depression, with thunder and lightning.
0:24:16 > 0:24:19Very, very frightening, viewers.
0:24:19 > 0:24:20And now, of course,
0:24:20 > 0:24:25- we come over to the west coast, to where you live, Morar...- Yes.
0:24:25 > 0:24:27And there we are, it's slightly cloudy,
0:24:27 > 0:24:31but we have got quite a bit of sunshine.
0:24:31 > 0:24:33Yeah, that's what we would call sunny intervals.
0:24:33 > 0:24:35- Sunny intervals, it is indeed. - Beautiful.
0:24:35 > 0:24:37You're doing well so far, Len.
0:24:37 > 0:24:38Thank you so much.
0:24:38 > 0:24:43I'll go down to Newcastle and Sunderland and unfortunately,
0:24:43 > 0:24:46they've got a bit of a mixed bag because there is some sunny
0:24:46 > 0:24:49intervals, but you have got some damp patches.
0:24:49 > 0:24:50THEY LAUGH
0:24:50 > 0:24:53So, sunshine and showers.
0:24:53 > 0:24:54Yes!
0:24:54 > 0:24:56'Oh, yes! I'm a natural!'
0:24:56 > 0:25:01And we come now to where I live, Kent, with this.
0:25:01 > 0:25:04I think it's an anticyclone. Whatever that is.
0:25:04 > 0:25:07I don't know quite what an anticyclone is,
0:25:07 > 0:25:09but I would imagine it's something like that.
0:25:09 > 0:25:13- That's actually a hurricane! - THEY LAUGH
0:25:13 > 0:25:17OK. And now, here we are...
0:25:17 > 0:25:19We're down in Jersey.
0:25:19 > 0:25:21- And Len...- Aw!
0:25:21 > 0:25:23..is peeping from a cloud.
0:25:23 > 0:25:27That's my favourite, Len. We should have them on all of our maps.
0:25:27 > 0:25:29That's brilliant!
0:25:29 > 0:25:33I must say, you did really, really well. I give you...a ten.
0:25:33 > 0:25:36Ten from Len.
0:25:36 > 0:25:41- A ten FOR Len.- It's a ten for Len. I knew it. I knew it.
0:25:41 > 0:25:43I'm a natural at the weather.
0:25:43 > 0:25:47'For the time being at least, I'm going to let Carol keep her job.'
0:25:49 > 0:25:53Carol, you must know you're everybody's favourite weather
0:25:53 > 0:25:58girl and you've presented the weather in so many different places.
0:25:58 > 0:26:00What would you say was your favourite place?
0:26:00 > 0:26:04Oh, that's really hard, Len, because there's so many.
0:26:04 > 0:26:06Recently, Wimbledon,
0:26:06 > 0:26:09but to go inside Buckingham Palace as well, that was pretty special.
0:26:09 > 0:26:12Yeah. I can well imagine.
0:26:12 > 0:26:14You've won Weather Person of the Year.
0:26:14 > 0:26:17- How many times have you won that? - Seven.
0:26:17 > 0:26:20Seven! LAUGHTER
0:26:20 > 0:26:22Oh, perfect!
0:26:22 > 0:26:24- Really?- Yes.
0:26:24 > 0:26:26- Oh, that's incredible. - That was such an accolade.
0:26:26 > 0:26:29I didn't expect it because I always think there's
0:26:29 > 0:26:32so many brilliant weather presenters around who are much better than
0:26:32 > 0:26:36me, by a country mile, so it was lovely to win it again this year.
0:26:36 > 0:26:43Do you know, I think people's childhood reflects on who they are and what they become?
0:26:43 > 0:26:47And I must say, you must have had the most happy
0:26:47 > 0:26:50and wonderful childhood because you've become such a happy
0:26:50 > 0:26:53and wonderful person, you really have.
0:26:53 > 0:26:54Thank you.
0:26:54 > 0:26:58And to share your little holiday just for a day has been
0:26:58 > 0:27:03- absolutely fantastic. - Len, the pleasure has been mine.
0:27:03 > 0:27:06- Give us a cuddle.- Thank you.
0:27:06 > 0:27:07I'm not putting you down now.
0:27:07 > 0:27:11THEY LAUGH
0:27:13 > 0:27:16'Oh, yes! What a holiday it's been!'
0:27:17 > 0:27:19I've got a little thing here.
0:27:19 > 0:27:25A little scrapbook of memories of our time here in Jersey.
0:27:25 > 0:27:30Thank you so much! That is lovely!
0:27:30 > 0:27:32Thank you, Len.
0:27:32 > 0:27:35'After all, what's a holiday without a photo?
0:27:35 > 0:27:37'Which is why I've made sure our
0:27:37 > 0:27:40'special moments have been captured.
0:27:40 > 0:27:43'Aw! But I'm not done yet, oh, no.'
0:27:43 > 0:27:47I've got one other thing for you. Here's a print from the zoo.
0:27:47 > 0:27:50Thank you!
0:27:50 > 0:27:52Oh, that is brilliant!
0:27:54 > 0:27:56- Oh, that was so kind.- No.
0:27:56 > 0:28:01- Thank you.- I had such a good time. - I don't want it to end.
0:28:01 > 0:28:05- No. Well... Shall we stay a couple of days?- Yes.- No, people will talk!
0:28:05 > 0:28:08No, mustn't! THEY LAUGH
0:28:08 > 0:28:11'In that case, taxi for Miss Kirkwood.
0:28:11 > 0:28:16'We'll be sorry to leave, but it's ta-ta from Jersey.'