0:00:02 > 0:00:04Childhood holidays. We all love them, don't we?
0:00:04 > 0:00:06Fun in the sun, sand castles, swimming in the sea.
0:00:06 > 0:00:08You can't beat them.
0:00:10 > 0:00:14So, in this series, I'm gonna be reliving those wonderful times
0:00:14 > 0:00:16with some much-loved famous faces.
0:00:16 > 0:00:18Everyone's a winner!
0:00:18 > 0:00:20Come on, hook a duck.
0:00:20 > 0:00:22And some of the most surprising guests
0:00:22 > 0:00:25have the most fascinating holidays.
0:00:25 > 0:00:28- You could do a night here. - You could.- Yeah.
0:00:28 > 0:00:30However, I think that's long enough for me.
0:00:33 > 0:00:34We'll relive the fun...
0:00:34 > 0:00:35TRAIN HORN BLOWS
0:00:35 > 0:00:37Ah! No, no!
0:00:37 > 0:00:39..the games...
0:00:39 > 0:00:42And the food of years gone by.
0:00:42 > 0:00:45That is a little taste of childhood, right there.
0:00:45 > 0:00:48..to find out how those holidays around the UK
0:00:48 > 0:00:52helped shape the people we know so well today.
0:00:52 > 0:00:55I'm giving you a standing ovation.
0:00:55 > 0:00:58So, buckle up for Holiday Of My Lifetime.
0:00:58 > 0:00:59Can you come on all my holidays?
0:01:06 > 0:01:08I'm so excited!
0:01:08 > 0:01:11I'm on my way to meet a lovely fella,
0:01:11 > 0:01:14who's been on our screens since he was a lad.
0:01:15 > 0:01:18He was born in London in 1972.
0:01:18 > 0:01:20Oh, here he is.
0:01:20 > 0:01:22Right Bobby Dazzler.
0:01:22 > 0:01:25Who started his TV acting career when he was just a liver.
0:01:27 > 0:01:32Here he is in his first professional acting role in 1984.
0:01:32 > 0:01:35Oh! Such an angelic little chap.
0:01:35 > 0:01:37But all that changed when he
0:01:37 > 0:01:40joined Britain's most famous square.
0:01:40 > 0:01:42Now, that's a good clue.
0:01:43 > 0:01:47Now you can find him pulling punches against Phil Mitchell, no less.
0:01:47 > 0:01:50Do you know what? That Phil had it coming.
0:01:50 > 0:01:52Love affairs, scandals...
0:01:52 > 0:01:54Oh, yes, he's been a naughty boy.
0:01:54 > 0:01:56But it was when he was on Strictly,
0:01:56 > 0:01:59wiggling his hips, that we saw a different side to him.
0:01:59 > 0:02:03Oh, yes! It was his backside! Woo!
0:02:03 > 0:02:06I bet you know who it is. Oh, of course, you do.
0:02:06 > 0:02:09It's me old mate, Jake Wood.
0:02:09 > 0:02:12Jake Wood, woo, you're good.
0:02:12 > 0:02:15And his holiday was a school trip,
0:02:15 > 0:02:18so I'm on my way to pick him up in a coach...
0:02:18 > 0:02:20Just like the one he would've travelled down in.
0:02:20 > 0:02:23And you know what? Hey, hey!
0:02:23 > 0:02:24I'm gonna be his schoolmate.
0:02:30 > 0:02:33Jake was born in 1972, in London,
0:02:33 > 0:02:36to parents John and Joelle.
0:02:36 > 0:02:38An only child, he discovered acting
0:02:38 > 0:02:39at school at an early age
0:02:39 > 0:02:42and was soon bitten by the bug.
0:02:42 > 0:02:45He attended the famous after school club,
0:02:45 > 0:02:48the Anna Scher Theatre School in Islington,
0:02:48 > 0:02:51and it wasn't long before he started acting professionally,
0:02:51 > 0:02:55first appearing on our screens as a young whippersnapper.
0:02:55 > 0:02:58Jake has appeared in numerous television series, films
0:02:58 > 0:03:01and some very memorable adverts,
0:03:01 > 0:03:05but it was playing the scoundrel Max Branning in EastEnders
0:03:05 > 0:03:07when he really became a household name.
0:03:08 > 0:03:12I'm sure Jake and I will be getting up to all sorts
0:03:12 > 0:03:14as we relive his holiday memories,
0:03:14 > 0:03:16starting with this big, old coach.
0:03:17 > 0:03:21Wow, look at that! It brings back a few memories.
0:03:21 > 0:03:22Fantastic.
0:03:22 > 0:03:25I've just gone back 33 years.
0:03:25 > 0:03:26Hey!
0:03:26 > 0:03:30- How are you, Len?- Hey, look at you. - Good to see you. How are ya?
0:03:30 > 0:03:32- What do you reckon of the get up? - Fantastic.
0:03:32 > 0:03:35Well, I've made the effort and I want to be your schoolmate.
0:03:35 > 0:03:37I'll be honoured.
0:03:37 > 0:03:39This is fantastic, eh?
0:03:39 > 0:03:411979, so it could be the coach.
0:03:41 > 0:03:43It could be the very coach.
0:03:43 > 0:03:44Look at it.
0:03:44 > 0:03:46- Bringing back a few memories.- Yeah.
0:03:46 > 0:03:49- So, where was this school trip?- It was in use in Bude, in Cornwall.
0:03:49 > 0:03:51- Oh, beautiful Bude.- Yeah.
0:03:51 > 0:03:54- And what year?- 1980.- Oh!
0:03:54 > 0:03:57- Olivia Newton John.- Fantastic.
0:03:57 > 0:03:59That film... # Xanadu! #
0:03:59 > 0:04:01Oh, yes!
0:04:01 > 0:04:03- Well, your chariot awaits. - Fantastic.- Should we get on?
0:04:03 > 0:04:05- Yes, please. Let's go.- After you.
0:04:05 > 0:04:08- How are you, sir?- Hello.
0:04:08 > 0:04:10'No snogging in the back, thank you.'
0:04:15 > 0:04:1844 miles north of Plymouth is Bude,
0:04:18 > 0:04:21a small picturesque town that's situated
0:04:21 > 0:04:23on the shores of North Cornwall.
0:04:23 > 0:04:26Cornwall has almost 300 miles of rugged coastline,
0:04:26 > 0:04:29which has long been a draw for tourists.
0:04:29 > 0:04:31Bude itself was once known as Bude Haven,
0:04:31 > 0:04:34which is probably due to its fine weather
0:04:34 > 0:04:36and idyllic beaches.
0:04:36 > 0:04:39And the little place is still a popular holiday destination
0:04:39 > 0:04:44as people flock to the town for the coastal walks and excellent surf.
0:04:46 > 0:04:50Today, I'm taking Jake back to relive those action-packed days
0:04:50 > 0:04:54when he came on his school holiday with all of his mates.
0:04:54 > 0:04:56We'll be scaling new heights...
0:04:56 > 0:04:59I'm going for this one, because I think, with the overhang...
0:04:59 > 0:05:01It looks a bit harder...
0:05:01 > 0:05:04It looks harder to me, I don't care what others say.
0:05:04 > 0:05:06..bunking down holiday-style.
0:05:06 > 0:05:08- Help me out. - No, come on. Don't hog it.
0:05:08 > 0:05:09LAUGHTER
0:05:11 > 0:05:13..and getting to grips with his inner wise guy.
0:05:13 > 0:05:17- You give me a four in the rumba, did ya?- I did.
0:05:17 > 0:05:20Together, we'll find out how the holiday of the past helped shaped
0:05:20 > 0:05:23the much-loved actor we see on TV today.
0:05:25 > 0:05:30Before any holiday truly begins, first you must set out on a journey.
0:05:30 > 0:05:33And for eight-year-old Jake, the holiday really started
0:05:33 > 0:05:36when he climbed aboard a coach with all of his schoolmates
0:05:36 > 0:05:38to travel from London to Bude.
0:05:39 > 0:05:42So, Jake, this was a school trip, right?
0:05:42 > 0:05:45Yeah. 1980. I would've been eight years old.
0:05:45 > 0:05:48First proper time away from home, I suppose.
0:05:48 > 0:05:50And where did you live?
0:05:50 > 0:05:51We lived in Archway, North London.
0:05:51 > 0:05:54The school I went to was Hargrave Park, which was in Archway,
0:05:54 > 0:05:57- and we lived just around the corner. - Yeah.
0:05:57 > 0:05:58So, the trip...
0:05:58 > 0:06:02There must've been terrible excitement, was there?
0:06:02 > 0:06:06Yeah, well, I think it's a long way from Archway to Bude,
0:06:06 > 0:06:09so it's probably a six, seven, eight-hour coach trip.
0:06:09 > 0:06:11I remember it went on for hours and hours and hours.
0:06:11 > 0:06:14We'd stop off, grab some sweets and we'd go again, yeah.
0:06:14 > 0:06:16Exactly like this.
0:06:16 > 0:06:19I think we'd probably would've been at the back, I think, when I was eight.
0:06:19 > 0:06:21So, what was home life like?
0:06:21 > 0:06:22What did your dad do?
0:06:22 > 0:06:25My dad was a painter and decorator.
0:06:25 > 0:06:27My mom is from France, east France...
0:06:27 > 0:06:31so I think she hadn't been long in England.
0:06:31 > 0:06:34She still talks with a very thick French accent to this day.
0:06:35 > 0:06:37Yeah, very simple sort of home life.
0:06:37 > 0:06:40It was me, my mum and dad. I've got no brothers and sisters.
0:06:40 > 0:06:43So, your mum and dad, were they happy for you to go?
0:06:43 > 0:06:46I think they were, yeah, pleased to see me go.
0:06:46 > 0:06:48It was a fantastic opportunity.
0:06:48 > 0:06:50It was an adventure holiday,
0:06:50 > 0:06:53so we're doing stuff like canoeing and horse riding
0:06:53 > 0:06:55and abseiling...
0:06:55 > 0:06:57Chuck us off a cliff, the whole lot of us.
0:06:57 > 0:07:00It was going to be an adventure holiday.
0:07:00 > 0:07:03Obviously, it were all very excited going out there to Cornwall,
0:07:03 > 0:07:04none of us had been there before,
0:07:04 > 0:07:06and were looking forward to the trip.
0:07:06 > 0:07:08Aw, I can imagine the excitement.
0:07:08 > 0:07:12I tell you what, we're gonna have a bit of an adventure today.
0:07:12 > 0:07:13Sounds good.
0:07:13 > 0:07:18What we've got to try and do is go back, totally, to 1980.
0:07:18 > 0:07:22Well, I tell you what, this coach is bringing back memories.
0:07:22 > 0:07:26This is exactly what we would've had. This is a great start.
0:07:26 > 0:07:29Now, as taken as I am with the old school uniform,
0:07:29 > 0:07:31I'm not sure the good people of Bude
0:07:31 > 0:07:34should really be exposed to my bare legs.
0:07:34 > 0:07:37So, what I've gotta do is go up the back and change.
0:07:37 > 0:07:41- All right, perfect.- But I am going to tell you, while I'm up there,
0:07:41 > 0:07:43I don't want you looking. I'm going to moon.
0:07:43 > 0:07:45- Right, OK.- I don't think mooning had come in...
0:07:45 > 0:07:47Well, I'll keep my eyes very firmly that way.
0:07:47 > 0:07:49- Keep that way. Right.- Right.
0:07:49 > 0:07:50See you in a bit, Len.
0:07:50 > 0:07:52Dave, go slow because I'm gonna show me bum.
0:07:54 > 0:07:55Look out!
0:07:55 > 0:07:56LAUGHTER
0:07:58 > 0:08:01I think he would've been expelled from my school.
0:08:01 > 0:08:02Do you honestly think I did it?
0:08:02 > 0:08:04Well, what goes on school trip
0:08:04 > 0:08:06stays on school trip,
0:08:06 > 0:08:08so you'll never know.
0:08:08 > 0:08:10BUS DRIVER LAUGHS
0:08:10 > 0:08:11Welcome to Bude.
0:08:11 > 0:08:13Aw, look at that. Fantastic!
0:08:20 > 0:08:24And here's what else was going on in the world back in 1980.
0:08:24 > 0:08:28It was the year Maggie Thatcher introduced the controversial
0:08:28 > 0:08:29Right To Buy,
0:08:29 > 0:08:33which saw over a million council houses being
0:08:33 > 0:08:35sold off to their tenants.
0:08:36 > 0:08:39We also saw boxer Muhammad Ali,
0:08:39 > 0:08:42who floated like a butterfly and stung like a bee,
0:08:42 > 0:08:43make his comeback.
0:08:43 > 0:08:46Keep your eyes open and your ears open.
0:08:46 > 0:08:50Keep writing and watch me come back, knock out a couple bums,
0:08:50 > 0:08:52do my dance...
0:08:52 > 0:08:53do my shuffle.
0:08:53 > 0:08:56At 38 years old, I'll show you a miracle.
0:08:56 > 0:08:58Despite his claim for a miracle,
0:08:58 > 0:09:01Larry Holmes defeated Ali, who would retire a year later.
0:09:03 > 0:09:07And even way back in 1980, The Archers was celebrating
0:09:07 > 0:09:09its 30th anniversary,
0:09:09 > 0:09:13with two deaths and a scandalous relationship.
0:09:13 > 0:09:14Oh, it was epic!
0:09:14 > 0:09:17Meanwhile, the young generation were glued to Grange Hill,
0:09:17 > 0:09:21where Tucker Jenkins created TV history
0:09:21 > 0:09:24by setting fire to Miss Mooney's science lab.
0:09:24 > 0:09:26Whoa! The cheeky little so and so.
0:09:26 > 0:09:29Mind you, this was also the year many of us were saying,
0:09:29 > 0:09:32"Hey, teacher! Leave those kids alone."
0:09:32 > 0:09:33# Hey!
0:09:33 > 0:09:34# Teacher!
0:09:34 > 0:09:36# Leave them kids alone. #
0:09:36 > 0:09:39Oh, yes, having already topped the British charts,
0:09:39 > 0:09:42Pink Floyd's classic track Another Brick In The Wall
0:09:42 > 0:09:46hit number one in America, New Zealand, South Africa,
0:09:46 > 0:09:48Israel and across Europe,
0:09:48 > 0:09:51selling more than four million copies.
0:09:55 > 0:09:58Oh! What a year!
0:09:58 > 0:10:01After what I am sure would have been a noisy coach ride,
0:10:01 > 0:10:04Jake and his chums would have arrived at Bude
0:10:04 > 0:10:06and had their first glimpse of the sea.
0:10:12 > 0:10:15- Come on, Jake, the adventure begins. - Here we are, look!
0:10:15 > 0:10:16Look at it all.
0:10:16 > 0:10:18Oh, yeah!
0:10:18 > 0:10:21- Just as I remember it.- Really?
0:10:21 > 0:10:23Well, it's 33 years since I've been here.
0:10:23 > 0:10:24It wouldn't have changed much.
0:10:24 > 0:10:27It wouldn't change much in thousands of years, I'd imagine.
0:10:27 > 0:10:31What sort of things did you get up to on this holiday?
0:10:31 > 0:10:34There'd be lots of, sort of, walking...
0:10:34 > 0:10:37Packed lunches, obviously in areas like this,
0:10:37 > 0:10:39in the dunes, just the open space.
0:10:39 > 0:10:43We're all from London, North London kids.
0:10:43 > 0:10:46London's great, there's parks there, but nothing like this.
0:10:46 > 0:10:49Out in the open space for the first time, probably.
0:10:49 > 0:10:50You must've been so excited.
0:10:50 > 0:10:52Just that sense of freedom when you get out.
0:10:52 > 0:10:55What about the teachers, were they a strict bunch?
0:10:55 > 0:10:56Occasionally, yeah.
0:10:56 > 0:10:58They were great.
0:10:58 > 0:11:00We had one teacher in particular, Mr Lashbrooke,
0:11:00 > 0:11:02who was the headmaster, he was fantastic.
0:11:02 > 0:11:05We went to Italy and he made a real effort with the kids.
0:11:05 > 0:11:09We used to do school productions, huge productions,
0:11:09 > 0:11:11and a fantastic school holidays.
0:11:11 > 0:11:14- I really appreciate it now, looking back.- Yeah.
0:11:14 > 0:11:15Mr Lashbrook.
0:11:15 > 0:11:17You know what? I...
0:11:17 > 0:11:19You know what?
0:11:19 > 0:11:22I wouldn't mind cliff climbing or something later.
0:11:23 > 0:11:26- Len, if you want to do a bit of cliff climbing, I'm with you. - Yeah?
0:11:26 > 0:11:28I'll hold the ropes, I'll come up with you, whatever you want.
0:11:28 > 0:11:30I have to think about it. For the time being,
0:11:30 > 0:11:33- should we just go and have a look at the beach?- Yeah.- Yeah.
0:11:35 > 0:11:37I've got a little surprise on the beach for Jake,
0:11:37 > 0:11:38but first...
0:11:44 > 0:11:49Bude became a popular tourist destination in the 20th century,
0:11:49 > 0:11:52due to the advent of the Atlantic Coast Express railway.
0:11:54 > 0:11:57In a journey time of around five hours from London,
0:11:57 > 0:12:01it didn't take long for people to swap The Big Smoke
0:12:01 > 0:12:02for the open beach.
0:12:02 > 0:12:05With the 20th century came tourism.
0:12:05 > 0:12:07We have magnificent surf.
0:12:07 > 0:12:12We have one of the largest sea pools in Britain -
0:12:12 > 0:12:14it's 100 metres long.
0:12:14 > 0:12:16It's washed out by the sea every day,
0:12:16 > 0:12:18so you have safe sea bathing.
0:12:18 > 0:12:21You've got magnificent surf.
0:12:21 > 0:12:23We've got a very strong tradition in the character of
0:12:23 > 0:12:25beach huts in Bude,
0:12:25 > 0:12:27so you've got everything here.
0:12:30 > 0:12:34Back in 1980, Jake and his schoolmates couldn't wait to
0:12:34 > 0:12:36get down on to the beach and
0:12:36 > 0:12:40teacher Mr Lashbrook knew not to waste any time getting them there,
0:12:40 > 0:12:42so I won't either, today.
0:12:42 > 0:12:44- Lovely, eh? - Look at that. Beautiful.
0:12:44 > 0:12:45I suppose, as a kid, as soon as you got here,
0:12:45 > 0:12:48all you and your mates were down here, were you?
0:12:48 > 0:12:50Straight in, certainly. As soon as we were let loose,
0:12:50 > 0:12:53all 30 kids steaming down to the sea, yeah.
0:12:53 > 0:12:54Lovely. Yeah.
0:12:54 > 0:12:58Well, there's somebody here that I want you to meet.
0:12:58 > 0:13:02- Right, OK.- OK. And...
0:13:02 > 0:13:03Here he comes now.
0:13:05 > 0:13:07Mr Lashbrook.
0:13:07 > 0:13:08It is Mr Lashbrook!
0:13:08 > 0:13:11I thought, if you don't recognise me, I should feel a right berk.
0:13:11 > 0:13:13Wow! How are you, sir?
0:13:13 > 0:13:16- I am fine. - Can I give you a cuddle?
0:13:16 > 0:13:18Yeah, long-time no see.
0:13:18 > 0:13:2130...well, we won't say that, will we?
0:13:21 > 0:13:22Fantastic to see you. How are you?
0:13:22 > 0:13:26I'm fine, really, considering how old I am.
0:13:26 > 0:13:28- How old I am!- Yeah!
0:13:28 > 0:13:31I don't think I could chase you any more, Jake.
0:13:31 > 0:13:33No, no. You don't have to.
0:13:33 > 0:13:34I am much better behaved.
0:13:34 > 0:13:37What was he like as a nipper?
0:13:37 > 0:13:40He was a lovely little fellow, actually.
0:13:40 > 0:13:42You always play the villain and you were the nice guy.
0:13:42 > 0:13:44Thank you very much.
0:13:44 > 0:13:47Yeah! Yeah! You see, Len?
0:13:47 > 0:13:48Dear little fellow.
0:13:48 > 0:13:51Did you do many of these trips with all of the kids?
0:13:51 > 0:13:54We used to come here in the summer.
0:13:54 > 0:13:56We used to go skiing in the winter.
0:13:56 > 0:14:00- Yeah, Sella Nevea. Do you remember?- Yeah, yeah.
0:14:00 > 0:14:03And with shows, we did three shows a year, didn't we?
0:14:03 > 0:14:05Yeah, I remember the first show I did was Peter Rabbit.
0:14:05 > 0:14:08That was my first ever thing. That was the first production of the year
0:14:08 > 0:14:10and the first time I was ever on stage.
0:14:10 > 0:14:14I always credit Mr Lashbrook with part of the reason I'm into acting.
0:14:14 > 0:14:17Yeah, is because... when I was seven or eight in school,
0:14:17 > 0:14:19we used to do fantastic school productions.
0:14:19 > 0:14:22We used to do a big concert in the church at Christmas.
0:14:22 > 0:14:24- Yeah, yeah, yeah. - Around the corner, remember?
0:14:24 > 0:14:26Bugsy Malone, do you remember?
0:14:26 > 0:14:29You actually got the splurge guns, didn't you, from the film?
0:14:29 > 0:14:32I got them from the film. I got them from Pinewood...
0:14:32 > 0:14:34- Pinewood Studios. - It was unbelievable.
0:14:34 > 0:14:36My mum and dad still talk about that show -
0:14:36 > 0:14:39- they still remember it. - The splurge guns were hilarious.
0:14:40 > 0:14:42They say, "Give me the child till they're seven
0:14:42 > 0:14:43"and I'll give you the man."
0:14:43 > 0:14:45Did you...?
0:14:45 > 0:14:48Did you ever have a feeling that he could act?
0:14:48 > 0:14:50Or was he just one of the kids to you?
0:14:50 > 0:14:52To be honest, Len, I mean,
0:14:52 > 0:14:54we were a school in a very poor area,
0:14:54 > 0:14:58but the talent among those kids was amazing.
0:14:58 > 0:15:00I had so many kids that were talented -
0:15:00 > 0:15:03most of them didn't do anything with it. You did.
0:15:03 > 0:15:06I really remember the spark and the interest in acting
0:15:06 > 0:15:09started with you when I was seven, eight in the school productions.
0:15:09 > 0:15:11- We loved doing it.- And lucky for us,
0:15:11 > 0:15:15Mr Lashbrook has got lots of photos of school life.
0:15:15 > 0:15:17There's another one here, with a splurge gun.
0:15:17 > 0:15:21- They were like semi-professional productions?- Oh, yeah.
0:15:21 > 0:15:23We had everything. We had the sets, the musicians.
0:15:23 > 0:15:25- You can see all the costumes. - Costumes, the props.
0:15:25 > 0:15:27We had all the sound. I did all the sound.
0:15:27 > 0:15:30The splurge guns there. Wow. I've never seen these photos.
0:15:30 > 0:15:31That's amazing.
0:15:31 > 0:15:34I used to get professional musicians in to play for you lot.
0:15:34 > 0:15:37The band was all pros because I knew them.
0:15:37 > 0:15:40I was entertaining as well, so I had mates in the trade.
0:15:40 > 0:15:41I could pull them in.
0:15:41 > 0:15:43So, you had a hell of a backing group...
0:15:43 > 0:15:45I tell you what. ..and they were free.
0:15:45 > 0:15:47Such a treat to see you.
0:15:47 > 0:15:49- It's lovely to see you. - Aw, it's fantastic.
0:15:51 > 0:15:54And while we say goodbye to Jake's dedicated old teacher...
0:15:55 > 0:15:59..here's the first instalment of my seven...
0:15:59 > 0:16:00Top tips for Cornwall.
0:16:02 > 0:16:05First off, you need to get your bearings.
0:16:05 > 0:16:08So, how about a horse and carriage ride around Bude,
0:16:08 > 0:16:10with modern-day coachman Mark?
0:16:10 > 0:16:12Poseidon is probably the leader,
0:16:12 > 0:16:13in terms of he likes to get on with
0:16:13 > 0:16:15the job and get going.
0:16:15 > 0:16:17Zeus will hang back a lot more
0:16:17 > 0:16:20and let Poseidon do all the work, if he can...
0:16:20 > 0:16:21If he gets away with it.
0:16:21 > 0:16:24They like all the fuss that the people make of them.
0:16:24 > 0:16:26I think they enjoy it, really.
0:16:26 > 0:16:29The horse can collect you outside Bude Castle,
0:16:29 > 0:16:33which itself was once a home to Sir Goldsworthy Gurney,
0:16:33 > 0:16:35the inventor of the steam carriage.
0:16:35 > 0:16:36Clever man!
0:16:36 > 0:16:38Then, you can go indoors
0:16:38 > 0:16:40and try your hand at a spot of
0:16:40 > 0:16:42glass-making at Beau Nidol.
0:16:42 > 0:16:43Get it?
0:16:43 > 0:16:45LAUGHTER Beau Nidol?
0:16:45 > 0:16:47Here you can learn to cut glass,
0:16:47 > 0:16:48wrap it in copper foil
0:16:48 > 0:16:50and solder it together.
0:16:50 > 0:16:51A fascinating craft
0:16:51 > 0:16:54and the family's holiday gift sorted.
0:16:56 > 0:16:59Actor Jake obviously learned a lot from his time at school
0:16:59 > 0:17:00with Mr Lashbrook
0:17:00 > 0:17:05and one production seems to bring back extra special memories,
0:17:05 > 0:17:08so I want to take him back to those childhood days.
0:17:08 > 0:17:11Well, what I thought, one of the things that
0:17:11 > 0:17:14I know was a joy was doing some of those shows.
0:17:14 > 0:17:19So, I thought we'd try... There's only two of us, unfortunately.
0:17:19 > 0:17:21..replicate one of those shows.
0:17:21 > 0:17:23So, I'm just going to get something...
0:17:23 > 0:17:26you wait there a moment, I'm gonna get a... Because...
0:17:28 > 0:17:30- Firstly, I think you're... - What are we doing, Len?
0:17:30 > 0:17:32- I think you'll have to put that on. - All right, OK.
0:17:32 > 0:17:35- You know, to give it the feeling. - Right.
0:17:35 > 0:17:38Let me sort me life out, here.
0:17:38 > 0:17:39- Oh, yes!- These the bottoms?
0:17:43 > 0:17:45Now, does this give you a clue?
0:17:45 > 0:17:47Now, this is...yeah.
0:17:47 > 0:17:50- Bugsy Malone, innit? - It's a bit of Bugsy.
0:17:51 > 0:17:52Oh.
0:17:52 > 0:17:54THEY LAUGH
0:17:54 > 0:17:55Wait a minute.
0:17:56 > 0:17:57I'm dreading this.
0:17:59 > 0:18:01- We've got the splurge guns. - Fantastic.
0:18:02 > 0:18:04Now...
0:18:05 > 0:18:06Look.
0:18:06 > 0:18:08Ah, Bugsy, yeah.
0:18:08 > 0:18:10Now, wait a minute!
0:18:10 > 0:18:13- Hey!- Come on.- Ready?
0:18:13 > 0:18:15- Yeah.- I'm going to enjoy this.
0:18:15 > 0:18:17Take that.
0:18:17 > 0:18:20- You gave me a four on a rumba, didn't ya?- I did.
0:18:20 > 0:18:21Oh, on the Rumba!
0:18:21 > 0:18:24- I gave you a ten in something or other.- Go on, then.
0:18:24 > 0:18:25When I was eight or nine years old,
0:18:25 > 0:18:27I would've been running around with that.
0:18:27 > 0:18:30- There you go. - THEY LAUGH
0:18:32 > 0:18:34Over the shoulder.
0:18:38 > 0:18:40Here he goes, look.
0:18:45 > 0:18:48That will serve them right, won't it?
0:18:48 > 0:18:51I don't like people that come down on the beach
0:18:51 > 0:18:55and, you know, flaunt themselves with tops off.
0:18:55 > 0:18:58Let's go down and give him a squirt.
0:18:58 > 0:19:00- It'll wash off, won't it? - It'll wash off.
0:19:00 > 0:19:03You've got the sea. LAUGHTER CONTINUES
0:19:05 > 0:19:07That's the best thing.
0:19:14 > 0:19:16Like with Jake's trip in 1980,
0:19:16 > 0:19:21Bude surf and cliffs have always played a major part in its tourism.
0:19:21 > 0:19:25Today, Bude is still a popular place for school trips for the young ones,
0:19:25 > 0:19:30so they can experience first-hand what life on the coast is all about.
0:19:31 > 0:19:34The main activities are things as you can see here,
0:19:34 > 0:19:35like surfing.
0:19:35 > 0:19:38They can do a little bit of canoeing on the canal.
0:19:38 > 0:19:41Then you've got a lovely area over by the break water
0:19:41 > 0:19:44where they can go climbing and abseiling.
0:19:44 > 0:19:48Where we're lucky with Bude is it's such a great natural classroom.
0:19:48 > 0:19:52It is all about helping people find out a bit more about themselves,
0:19:52 > 0:19:54give them some self-confidence and self-esteem,
0:19:54 > 0:19:56and it can change people's lives.
0:19:59 > 0:20:03Well, adventure was certainly on the cards when Jake was here as a lad.
0:20:03 > 0:20:07He'd be up and down these cliffs like a rat up a drain pipe.
0:20:07 > 0:20:11What? Out there? In the weather? Oh, no!
0:20:11 > 0:20:14Instead, I've brought him to a local climbing wall -
0:20:14 > 0:20:16much better for us pensioners.
0:20:16 > 0:20:18Oh, look. Come on.
0:20:18 > 0:20:20Hey, Jake! Look at that.
0:20:21 > 0:20:24What we should do is get kitted up,
0:20:24 > 0:20:25- you know, health and safety.- Yeah.
0:20:25 > 0:20:27And then the challenge will start.
0:20:27 > 0:20:29Now, I'll tell you what we'll do.
0:20:29 > 0:20:33- Whoever wins is going to be crowned...- Yeah.
0:20:33 > 0:20:35..the rock face champion.
0:20:35 > 0:20:37Fantastic. The challenge is on.
0:20:37 > 0:20:39- You're on?- Yeah. - Come on, let's get the gear.
0:20:39 > 0:20:41Now, we've just got to put on the harness
0:20:41 > 0:20:44so Mike here can safely belay for us
0:20:44 > 0:20:46and then we're going to see who can shimmy up
0:20:46 > 0:20:48that climbing wall the quickest.
0:20:49 > 0:20:52- Can you just hold that yellow loop? - Does that go in my teeth?
0:20:52 > 0:20:54- No, not quite like that.- OK.
0:20:54 > 0:20:56- Oh, oh. - Can you still breathe?
0:20:56 > 0:20:58Yeah, it's good. Oh, I feel secure.
0:21:00 > 0:21:02Perfect.
0:21:02 > 0:21:04Oh, yes. Oh, yes.
0:21:05 > 0:21:06There we go.
0:21:06 > 0:21:08- Oh, yeah.- Yeah, good, eh?
0:21:08 > 0:21:10Yeah, you look like a scaffolder.
0:21:12 > 0:21:14Well, I think, you know,
0:21:14 > 0:21:17- you should go first, really.- OK. Yeah, all right.
0:21:17 > 0:21:20And then you'll set the challenge and I'll go from there.
0:21:20 > 0:21:22- Wish me luck. - Good luck. Get up there.
0:21:26 > 0:21:28Jake, what route are you gonna go?
0:21:28 > 0:21:30Uh, what would you recommend, Mike?
0:21:31 > 0:21:34I'd go...whites for your hands
0:21:34 > 0:21:36and any colour for your feet.
0:21:36 > 0:21:37There you go, that's the one.
0:21:37 > 0:21:39- I'm listening to him. - I don't blame you.
0:21:39 > 0:21:41Is there a harder one, though?
0:21:41 > 0:21:45There is... No, this is pretty much the hardest route.
0:21:45 > 0:21:46- You ready?- I'm timing you.
0:21:46 > 0:21:48- Good to go.- You timing?
0:21:48 > 0:21:50- OK, here we go. - Nice and tight.
0:21:50 > 0:21:51Climb when you're ready.
0:21:51 > 0:21:54- There we go. You watching, Len? - I am watching you.
0:21:54 > 0:21:56LAUGHTER
0:21:56 > 0:21:59I'm running out of holes already.
0:22:01 > 0:22:03HE GRUNTS
0:22:11 > 0:22:13- Oh! - Careful.
0:22:13 > 0:22:15There you go.
0:22:15 > 0:22:16Jake, honestly!
0:22:18 > 0:22:1924 seconds?!
0:22:19 > 0:22:21He's been practising, I know he has.
0:22:21 > 0:22:22God, this brings me back.
0:22:24 > 0:22:27I lost a bit of the time, I got confused. I think it was 11 minutes.
0:22:27 > 0:22:29All right, that sounds about right.
0:22:29 > 0:22:32I may have got confused, though.
0:22:32 > 0:22:34- All right, you going up? - I am going up now.
0:22:34 > 0:22:37- I'm going to be like a gazelle. - It's easy, you'll get up there.
0:22:37 > 0:22:39You'll get up there in no time.
0:22:39 > 0:22:40Right, here you go, Len.
0:22:40 > 0:22:43- Do you know what? You know, you've done that one.- Yeah.
0:22:45 > 0:22:47I don't want anyone to say, "Well, he knew where to put it."
0:22:47 > 0:22:50I'm going for this one cos I think, with the overhang...
0:22:50 > 0:22:53- That looks a bit harder. - It looks harder to me.
0:22:53 > 0:22:54I don't care what others say.
0:22:54 > 0:22:58- Yeah.- And, Mike, I don't care what you say.
0:22:58 > 0:23:00I think you were giving Jake a bit of a pull along.
0:23:00 > 0:23:03- I don't want any help. - OK, I won't.
0:23:03 > 0:23:04Go on. I'm just plotting me...
0:23:04 > 0:23:08- Plotting your route. - Plotting me route, now.
0:23:08 > 0:23:09Obviously, I want to be fast.
0:23:09 > 0:23:11Climb when ready.
0:23:11 > 0:23:13- Climb when ready.- Go on, Len.
0:23:13 > 0:23:14You can do it.
0:23:15 > 0:23:18Ooh! Ooh! Ooh-ooh!
0:23:23 > 0:23:26I'm getting vertigo.
0:23:26 > 0:23:28HE WHIMPERS
0:23:29 > 0:23:32I think I'm going to need oxygen.
0:23:32 > 0:23:35The air gets thin the higher you go.
0:23:35 > 0:23:37Can I...? Whoa!
0:23:38 > 0:23:39Mum!
0:23:39 > 0:23:41I wish my mum was here.
0:23:41 > 0:23:42HE GRUNTS
0:23:44 > 0:23:46Go on, Len!
0:23:48 > 0:23:51No! No!
0:23:51 > 0:23:53Jake, have I made it?
0:23:53 > 0:23:55No, Len, I think you should come down now. Come on.
0:23:55 > 0:23:58Oh, the height. OK, Mike.
0:23:58 > 0:24:00- Oh, mummy.- You all right? - Yeah.
0:24:00 > 0:24:02Whoa!
0:24:02 > 0:24:04'Well, it felt really high.
0:24:04 > 0:24:05'OK, Jake, you win.'
0:24:10 > 0:24:15A must for any literary, or in fact history, buff is Jamaica Inn.
0:24:15 > 0:24:17Around 45 minutes south of Bude,
0:24:17 > 0:24:20it's infamous for being embroiled in
0:24:20 > 0:24:22Cornwall's smuggling past.
0:24:22 > 0:24:24It's also the title of
0:24:24 > 0:24:26Daphne du Maurier's famous book,
0:24:26 > 0:24:28a book so full of dastardly deeds
0:24:28 > 0:24:29and double-crossing
0:24:29 > 0:24:31it makes your hairs stand on end
0:24:31 > 0:24:33just to think about it. Blimey!
0:24:34 > 0:24:37Daphne du Maurier, she was riding on the moors
0:24:37 > 0:24:38and she got lost,
0:24:38 > 0:24:40which is quite easy to do,
0:24:40 > 0:24:42and she arrived at this Jamaica Inn.
0:24:42 > 0:24:46And she got ideas from the Jamaica Inn
0:24:46 > 0:24:49on how the smuggling went on
0:24:49 > 0:24:51and the storyline behind Jamaica Inn.
0:24:53 > 0:24:55If nature is more your thing,
0:24:55 > 0:24:56try Bude marshes,
0:24:56 > 0:24:58accessible from the canal at the
0:24:58 > 0:24:59Visitors' Information Centre.
0:24:59 > 0:25:01You can keep an eye out for
0:25:01 > 0:25:03otters, bats, herrings,
0:25:03 > 0:25:05kingfishers and grass snakes. Oh, wait a minute.
0:25:05 > 0:25:07And staying with animals,
0:25:07 > 0:25:08if you know your shire cross
0:25:08 > 0:25:10across from your genuine cob,
0:25:10 > 0:25:11then Broomhill Manor Stables
0:25:11 > 0:25:13on the outskirts of Bude
0:25:13 > 0:25:14is a place for you.
0:25:14 > 0:25:16With pony and horse rides
0:25:16 > 0:25:17tailored for all ages,
0:25:17 > 0:25:18and cliffside rides
0:25:18 > 0:25:20for the more experienced riders,
0:25:20 > 0:25:22there's fun here for everyone.
0:25:25 > 0:25:28And cliffside horse riding was something Jake experienced
0:25:28 > 0:25:30back in 1980.
0:25:30 > 0:25:31So, there's horses here.
0:25:31 > 0:25:34Did you go on one on your school trip back in 1980?
0:25:34 > 0:25:36We did horse riding on the cliff tops, yeah.
0:25:36 > 0:25:40I remember, on my horse, at one point, bolted towards the cliff edge.
0:25:40 > 0:25:43I'd never been on a horse before, I didn't know what to do.
0:25:43 > 0:25:45So he's galloping away, going at quite a speed,
0:25:45 > 0:25:47and I thought the best thing to do would be throw myself off.
0:25:47 > 0:25:49Yeah, it wasn't the best experience.
0:25:49 > 0:25:51So, you don't fancy getting on one today?
0:25:51 > 0:25:54I think I would rather give it a miss, Len, if I'm honest.
0:25:54 > 0:25:55I mean...
0:25:55 > 0:25:56they're pretty big animals.
0:25:56 > 0:25:58Thank God you said that
0:25:58 > 0:26:01cos, if you'd got on, they'd probably make me get on.
0:26:01 > 0:26:03- You don't want to do that.- No, no.
0:26:03 > 0:26:06What was your first, sort of, professional job?
0:26:06 > 0:26:07First professional job was...
0:26:07 > 0:26:10Do you remember The Gentle Touch? Jill Gascoine?
0:26:10 > 0:26:11I would've been 19...
0:26:11 > 0:26:13I would've been about ten years old...
0:26:13 > 0:26:15It would've been about 1982.
0:26:15 > 0:26:17I'd been at Anna Scher's for about three months
0:26:17 > 0:26:18and they wanted this...
0:26:18 > 0:26:21kid to come in who's, sort of, been beaten up by his dad
0:26:21 > 0:26:23for about three or four scenes.
0:26:23 > 0:26:25And I just fell in love with it from there, you know?
0:26:25 > 0:26:28They really looked after me and being in the studio...
0:26:28 > 0:26:32I remember the cameraman was showing me how to use the camera.
0:26:32 > 0:26:34Everyone made a real fuss about me.
0:26:34 > 0:26:36By that time, after that job, I decided that was it,
0:26:36 > 0:26:39that, you know, all I wanted to do was to act.
0:26:39 > 0:26:43What about your mum and dad? Their reaction when, "There he is"?
0:26:43 > 0:26:47I think really proud and also very supportive.
0:26:47 > 0:26:50I remember when I came back from that first job, The General Touch,
0:26:50 > 0:26:53my mum said, "How did it go? Did you enjoy it?"
0:26:53 > 0:26:56I said, "Mum, I think I want to be an actor."
0:26:56 > 0:26:58She turned around and said, "You are one."
0:26:58 > 0:27:02That sort of support is valuable when you want to do something.
0:27:02 > 0:27:04I was always encouraged and never held back,
0:27:04 > 0:27:05so I've got them to thank.
0:27:05 > 0:27:09And you appeared with, bless her heart, Cilla Black.
0:27:09 > 0:27:11Yeah, I did a Christmas show with Cilla,
0:27:11 > 0:27:14about 1983, I think I'm dancing in that.
0:27:14 > 0:27:17Obviously, no training at that point.
0:27:17 > 0:27:21But she was lovely. She sang a song and gave us all gifts.
0:27:21 > 0:27:23What were your moves? What was going on?
0:27:23 > 0:27:25Well, I was very untrained at that point.
0:27:25 > 0:27:28I think it was all just a little bit of that.
0:27:28 > 0:27:29Body popping was big at the time,
0:27:29 > 0:27:33so I think I was doing a bit of that. Yeah.
0:27:33 > 0:27:36I'm definitely going to look it up, I promise you!
0:27:38 > 0:27:41No holiday experience is complete without indulging in a
0:27:41 > 0:27:44few sweet treats along the way
0:27:44 > 0:27:46and Jake's school trip, back in 1980,
0:27:46 > 0:27:50was made complete by a very special ice cream moment.
0:27:50 > 0:27:52I think there was something...
0:27:52 > 0:27:57on your holiday, back in 1980, involving a knickerbocker glory.
0:27:57 > 0:27:59There was. There was a race.
0:27:59 > 0:28:03There was a race with the whole class, everyone on the school trip,
0:28:03 > 0:28:05was told to race from A to B
0:28:05 > 0:28:10and whoever got past the finish line first got a knickerbocker glory.
0:28:10 > 0:28:11And what did the others get?
0:28:11 > 0:28:14Nothing. So I sat there, I sat at a table...
0:28:14 > 0:28:17I won the race, so I sat there with his huge ice cream,
0:28:17 > 0:28:19eating it in front of me mates.
0:28:19 > 0:28:22It was great watching all their faces.
0:28:22 > 0:28:25So, I thought what we could do is maybe replicate that -
0:28:25 > 0:28:27- have a race.- Yeah.
0:28:27 > 0:28:30The winner gets the knickerbocker.
0:28:30 > 0:28:33- That sounds like a great idea. - Yeah?- Yeah.
0:28:33 > 0:28:36- Now, I thought down to the rope. - Yes.
0:28:36 > 0:28:39- Down to the rope, from somewhere here.- OK.
0:28:39 > 0:28:40- Yeah?- Yeah.
0:28:40 > 0:28:43I've gotta be honest, you are younger than me, right?
0:28:43 > 0:28:45I've got a gammy knee,
0:28:45 > 0:28:48so I thought what I'd get is a yard's start.
0:28:48 > 0:28:51Or if you want to go metrication, a metre's start...
0:28:51 > 0:28:52A metre sounds all right.
0:28:52 > 0:28:54..for every year I'm older.
0:28:56 > 0:29:00- I'm going to walk forward until you think that's fair.- OK.
0:29:00 > 0:29:02So, a metre for every year?
0:29:02 > 0:29:05Well, you can say, "Len, don't be daft."
0:29:05 > 0:29:08- So, I'm just going to stroll. - Off you go.- Look...
0:29:08 > 0:29:09Don't worry about me bad knee.
0:29:11 > 0:29:12HE SIGHS
0:29:15 > 0:29:16What are you saying?
0:29:16 > 0:29:18Keep going, Len, go on!
0:29:18 > 0:29:20- You happy?- No, keep going.
0:29:22 > 0:29:24- Right, that's perfect!- OK.
0:29:24 > 0:29:26- I'll say, "Ready! Steady! Go!"- OK.
0:29:26 > 0:29:30- You ready?- I am ready. - OK, don't fall over.
0:29:30 > 0:29:32- Ready!- Yes!
0:29:32 > 0:29:33Steady!
0:29:33 > 0:29:35Go! Come on!
0:29:35 > 0:29:37- Come on, Len.- Come on!
0:29:37 > 0:29:39THEY LAUGH Go on, son.
0:29:45 > 0:29:48- Good race!- All right! - We get to share it.
0:29:48 > 0:29:50- Oh, lovely.- Yeah?- Yeah!
0:29:50 > 0:29:53- Ice cream.- Ice cream. - Let's do it.- Oh, yes.
0:29:53 > 0:29:55Sand, ice cream and excellent views.
0:29:55 > 0:29:58I tell you, it don't get much better than this.
0:29:58 > 0:29:59Oh, here we go!
0:29:59 > 0:30:02- Look at that. - Look at that, Len.- What a beauty?
0:30:02 > 0:30:04That's exactly as I remember it.
0:30:04 > 0:30:08I remember I ate the whole thing in front of everyone.
0:30:08 > 0:30:10Well, it was very generous of you to let me,
0:30:10 > 0:30:14you know, get a bit of it cos it would've drove me mad.
0:30:14 > 0:30:16Lovely.
0:30:16 > 0:30:19- Enjoy.- I'm going to just have that first lump.
0:30:19 > 0:30:21Oh, lovely.
0:30:21 > 0:30:22- Cheers, Len.- Cheers, me dear.
0:30:22 > 0:30:24- Happy holidays.- Happy holidays.
0:30:24 > 0:30:28- Mm.- Oh, yeah!- Go on...
0:30:31 > 0:30:35Jake, the thing is, you have been in so many different shows.
0:30:35 > 0:30:39- Red Dwarf...- Yeah. - Only Fools and Horses.
0:30:39 > 0:30:41- Yeah, that was great fun. - What else you been in?
0:30:43 > 0:30:45I've done a few films over the years, The Illusionist.
0:30:45 > 0:30:46What about that monkey?
0:30:46 > 0:30:48Something monkey?
0:30:48 > 0:30:50- Grease Monkeys?- Grease Monkeys! - Yeah.
0:30:50 > 0:30:52That was a few years ago.
0:30:52 > 0:30:57And the other thing, you've popped up in a lot of...
0:30:57 > 0:30:59- adverts.- Hmm-hmm.
0:30:59 > 0:31:01- Yeah.- I remember the BT one.
0:31:01 > 0:31:03The BT one. Yellow Pages, one.
0:31:03 > 0:31:05When you were the vandal?
0:31:05 > 0:31:08That's it, waking up on a bed.
0:31:08 > 0:31:11Wake up, my parents fly back today!
0:31:11 > 0:31:13- Who are you?- Who are you?
0:31:15 > 0:31:16Who is she?
0:31:17 > 0:31:18Get these glasses.
0:31:18 > 0:31:19JAZZ MUSIC PLAYS
0:31:21 > 0:31:22Come on, you stupid thing.
0:31:24 > 0:31:27- Oh, no.- I used to love doing adverts.
0:31:27 > 0:31:28I used to do about one advert every year
0:31:28 > 0:31:31and that used to keep me going for the rest of the year.
0:31:31 > 0:31:33Yeah.
0:31:33 > 0:31:35What about the one...
0:31:35 > 0:31:37with the noodles?
0:31:37 > 0:31:39When you wouldn't share them?
0:31:39 > 0:31:41Wouldn't share the noodles.
0:31:41 > 0:31:43Not like me now. Look, I'm sharing this with you.
0:31:43 > 0:31:45So, how are you Super Noodles, then?
0:31:45 > 0:31:47- Mm.- Give us a try.- Hmm-hmm.
0:31:47 > 0:31:48Oh, moody!
0:31:48 > 0:31:50Look, I hate it when you do this.
0:31:50 > 0:31:52I offered to make you some and you said no.
0:31:52 > 0:31:54- I'm not hungry, I just want a little taste.- No!
0:31:54 > 0:31:56SHE MOCK WHINES
0:32:01 > 0:32:03You can finish them off if you like.
0:32:03 > 0:32:05- Oh, David, are you sure?- Yeah.
0:32:07 > 0:32:08Oh... You really love me, don't you?
0:32:08 > 0:32:11That was a bit of comedy, I like doing a bit of comedy.
0:32:11 > 0:32:13I haven't done much in recent years.
0:32:14 > 0:32:16You've always been a rascal...
0:32:16 > 0:32:18- more or less.- Yes.
0:32:18 > 0:32:20Why do you think that is?
0:32:20 > 0:32:22Cos you're not. You're a charming, lovely chap.
0:32:22 > 0:32:24- Bless you, Len.- Well, you are.
0:32:24 > 0:32:29I don't know. I suppose I've got a mean look. I can do mean and moody.
0:32:29 > 0:32:33I sort of...fell into doing that and it seemed to work.
0:32:33 > 0:32:36Hopefully, I'll go back to doing a more comedy - I enjoy that.
0:32:36 > 0:32:39I've got to be honest, I'm going to tell you something.
0:32:39 > 0:32:41This is not flattery or anything,
0:32:41 > 0:32:43so don't take it as a truism.
0:32:43 > 0:32:44You're fit.
0:32:44 > 0:32:46- You're fit as a fiddle.- Yeah.
0:32:46 > 0:32:48Great North Run.
0:32:48 > 0:32:49Yeah, I do a little bit of running,
0:32:49 > 0:32:52so a half marathon and boxing. I'm into my boxing.
0:32:52 > 0:32:53I love my sports.
0:32:53 > 0:32:56I used to play a lot of football and running. I'm always at the gym.
0:32:56 > 0:32:59And there's me hobbling about like Hop-a-long Cassidy.
0:32:59 > 0:33:04There's you, films coming out all over, adverts...
0:33:04 > 0:33:06Sport... No.
0:33:06 > 0:33:08We still drew the race, Len.
0:33:08 > 0:33:12We did and I tell you something about a knickerbocker glory -
0:33:12 > 0:33:14the lower you get, the better it gets.
0:33:14 > 0:33:15The fruiter it gets.
0:33:15 > 0:33:18It's not like a prawn cocktail, when you get all the prawns on the top,
0:33:18 > 0:33:22and once you've had them, all you've got is a bit of foliage.
0:33:22 > 0:33:26This...the deeper you go, the better it gets.
0:33:26 > 0:33:28- We haven't gotten to the sauce yet. - No.
0:33:28 > 0:33:30- Get in there.- Go on, get in there.
0:33:35 > 0:33:39Part of the excitement of a childhood holiday is staying somewhere new
0:33:39 > 0:33:43and somewhere new was a dormitory for Jake and his mates.
0:33:43 > 0:33:45Ho-ho! I bet that was nice and quiet(!)
0:33:47 > 0:33:49Oh, yeah. Here we are.
0:33:49 > 0:33:50Wow! Look at that.
0:33:53 > 0:33:54Now, that's exactly as I remember it.
0:33:54 > 0:33:57We had the bunk beds and it would be, yeah, about four to a room.
0:33:57 > 0:34:00Yeah. Come and have a sit down.
0:34:01 > 0:34:04Lovely! Hey!
0:34:04 > 0:34:05So, what did you...?
0:34:05 > 0:34:09What did you get up to? Surely you didn't just go off to sleep.
0:34:09 > 0:34:11There was not much sleeping, Len, to be honest.
0:34:11 > 0:34:13I remember, one night, we bought little mini torches
0:34:13 > 0:34:15when we were out and about.
0:34:15 > 0:34:17The old torches, the old comics come out.
0:34:17 > 0:34:21The old sweets, the old teacher walking by and the torches go off.
0:34:21 > 0:34:22Well...
0:34:24 > 0:34:25Let's...
0:34:25 > 0:34:31- Cos, you know, we want to try and replicate the 1980s.- Yeah.
0:34:31 > 0:34:35It's daylight now, so we can't really make...get it dark.
0:34:35 > 0:34:37Let's make up a tent!
0:34:37 > 0:34:39- Come on.- All right, lovely.
0:34:39 > 0:34:44- Get in there. Up and over. - Yeah, yeah.- Go over.
0:34:44 > 0:34:46Got to be quiet, the teachers are outside.
0:34:46 > 0:34:49Hold on, I ain't got a lot of this.
0:34:49 > 0:34:51Oh, no. Come on, don't hog it.
0:34:51 > 0:34:54HE LAUGHS I know... You...
0:34:56 > 0:34:58Now, hold on.
0:34:58 > 0:35:01- What we got here?- The torches. - Here we go.
0:35:01 > 0:35:02Right, there we go.
0:35:02 > 0:35:05HE MUMBLES
0:35:05 > 0:35:07Hello.
0:35:07 > 0:35:09- Got mine going.- Yeah, of course you have.
0:35:09 > 0:35:13Got to flash it to your mate in the other bunk up there.
0:35:13 > 0:35:14Why mine ain't coming on?
0:35:14 > 0:35:17Oi! Wake up! Who's got the comics?
0:35:17 > 0:35:20- I've got the comics. - Oh, get them out.
0:35:20 > 0:35:22- I've got The Beano. - He's got The Beano!
0:35:22 > 0:35:24Who's got the sweets?
0:35:24 > 0:35:26- I've got the sweet!- Shh! The teacher's outside.
0:35:26 > 0:35:28What's that?
0:35:28 > 0:35:29Strawberry bonbons.
0:35:31 > 0:35:33George, wake up! We've got strawberry bonbons!
0:35:33 > 0:35:34Come on, George!
0:35:34 > 0:35:36LAUGHTER
0:35:36 > 0:35:39Let me show you something.
0:35:39 > 0:35:40What's the year?
0:35:40 > 0:35:42Wow! 31st of May, 1980.
0:35:42 > 0:35:44- I probably had this one.- Seven pence
0:35:44 > 0:35:46I remember this one.
0:35:46 > 0:35:47Oh, yeah, Fort Softy.
0:35:47 > 0:35:50Fort Softy. What else we got?
0:35:50 > 0:35:52Roger the Dodger, of course.
0:35:53 > 0:35:57- Baby Face Finlayson, who I don't remember.- He was good.
0:35:57 > 0:36:00- Teacher's coming.- Oh, get under!
0:36:00 > 0:36:05- George, get under the cover! - George, stop mucking about!
0:36:05 > 0:36:08What else we got? Gnasher...
0:36:08 > 0:36:10Tell you what, this is like being back on my school trip.
0:36:10 > 0:36:14- That's what we tried to do. - Exactly like it.- Fabulous. Now...
0:36:16 > 0:36:17I've gotta be honest with you,
0:36:17 > 0:36:21I never really got to see a lot of EastEnders...
0:36:21 > 0:36:25but I know you were on it for many, many years.
0:36:25 > 0:36:29You have an idea how many episodes you did?
0:36:29 > 0:36:33I think they told me, by the time I left, I think it was 987,
0:36:33 > 0:36:36so just short of 1,000.
0:36:36 > 0:36:39- You should've gone on for 13 more. - I should've,
0:36:39 > 0:36:41but I'm gonna take a year off.
0:36:41 > 0:36:44I'm having a year break and then Max Branning will be back.
0:36:44 > 0:36:47- He's coming back?- Yeah, he's coming back.- He's in the nick, isn't he?
0:36:47 > 0:36:50Yeah, for the moment, and we'll see what happens after,
0:36:50 > 0:36:53- but I think the story will continue.- Lovely.
0:36:53 > 0:36:56Now, you did a few villainous tricks in your time.
0:36:56 > 0:36:58What, Max, what did he get up to?
0:36:58 > 0:37:02- Well, he had an affair with his daughter-in-law.- That's bad.
0:37:02 > 0:37:04He...what else did he do?
0:37:04 > 0:37:08- He got buried alive.- Oh, that's not really good, is it?
0:37:08 > 0:37:10No, it was a bad week for Max.
0:37:10 > 0:37:12Ripped so many people off.
0:37:12 > 0:37:16He had numerous affairs. Yeah, the list is endless.
0:37:18 > 0:37:21Once you've gone for over 900, nearly 1,000 episodes,
0:37:21 > 0:37:24you're gonna get up to a bit of a mischievous, isn't he?
0:37:24 > 0:37:27- Now, he's in prison.- Yeah. - What'd he do?
0:37:27 > 0:37:30- He didn't do anything - he's innocent!- No way!
0:37:30 > 0:37:34- Really?- We'll see what happens. Wrongly accused.- Really?- Yeah.
0:37:34 > 0:37:38Well, he couldn't have got just a year.
0:37:38 > 0:37:42No, he's got life. I don't know how he is going to get out.
0:37:42 > 0:37:44He must get out for good behaviour or something.
0:37:46 > 0:37:49- It's nice in here, but it's a bit hot, innit?- It is a bit hot.
0:37:50 > 0:37:54While we cool off, here's the last of my holiday sevens.
0:37:57 > 0:38:01Here's something a little bit interesting - The Gnome Reserve.
0:38:01 > 0:38:04Half-an-hour northwest of Bude,
0:38:04 > 0:38:07it houses more than 2,000 gnomes and pixies,
0:38:07 > 0:38:10all thanks to founder Ann Atkin.
0:38:10 > 0:38:14There are roughly, gnomes and pixies together, just over 2,000.
0:38:14 > 0:38:16I think it's roughly half gnomes,
0:38:16 > 0:38:18so round about 1,000 gnomes.
0:38:18 > 0:38:21In the summertime, when people come,
0:38:21 > 0:38:23we lend everybody gnome hats,
0:38:23 > 0:38:26so the gnome population rises, doesn't it?!
0:38:26 > 0:38:27And top of my list, well,
0:38:27 > 0:38:29it has to be the Cornish pasty.
0:38:29 > 0:38:31It's said the dish
0:38:31 > 0:38:32dates back to the 13th century,
0:38:32 > 0:38:34but it was the 18th century
0:38:34 > 0:38:36that saw its popularity rise among
0:38:36 > 0:38:39poorer mining and farming families,
0:38:39 > 0:38:40who could fill a whole meal
0:38:40 > 0:38:41of cheap ingredients, like
0:38:41 > 0:38:43potatoes, swede and onion,
0:38:43 > 0:38:45into one thick crust.
0:38:47 > 0:38:49Before our holiday comes to an end,
0:38:49 > 0:38:52I'm taking Jake to a spot high on the hill,
0:38:52 > 0:38:56where I can get the lowdown on how he's managed to become
0:38:56 > 0:38:58so good at so many things.
0:38:58 > 0:39:01Now, I can't spend the day with you without asking
0:39:01 > 0:39:06- you about your experiences on Strictly.- Yes.
0:39:06 > 0:39:09What made you, first of all, decide...?
0:39:09 > 0:39:13They ask you and you say, "OK, I'll give it a go."
0:39:13 > 0:39:15I'd had a few friends that had gone through it.
0:39:15 > 0:39:18I just always fancied it. I like a challenge.
0:39:18 > 0:39:21I'd never danced before, so that was another challenge for me.
0:39:21 > 0:39:23And I just think it's a great show, one of the best shows on TV.
0:39:23 > 0:39:26It's great Saturday night entertainment.
0:39:26 > 0:39:29My kids were at an age where they could watch it and enjoy it.
0:39:29 > 0:39:31They love the series. As a family, we enjoyed watching it,
0:39:31 > 0:39:34so I thought I'd love to do something they can watch and be proud of.
0:39:34 > 0:39:39And I'm gonna be honest with you, I was so sad and sorry when you went
0:39:39 > 0:39:43because you were so much...so entertaining.
0:39:43 > 0:39:45- There was so much going on. - Thank you, Len.
0:39:45 > 0:39:46And that salsa that you did.
0:39:46 > 0:39:49That was my main regret, that we didn't get to the finals,
0:39:49 > 0:39:52cos I was looking forward to doing that salsa in the final again.
0:39:52 > 0:39:53But it was great fun.
0:39:53 > 0:39:57A lot of that is down to Jeanette, she's fantastic.
0:39:57 > 0:40:01I've gotta ask you about this fabulous time we've had,
0:40:01 > 0:40:06and I'm sure the time you had back in 1980, coming here...
0:40:06 > 0:40:11Do you think your time here and the wonderful Mr Lashbrook,
0:40:11 > 0:40:16do you think that turned you into who you became, really?
0:40:16 > 0:40:17I think so.
0:40:17 > 0:40:19That was the start of it.
0:40:19 > 0:40:21As soon as I saw Mr Lashbrook today,
0:40:21 > 0:40:24I think I totally realised that
0:40:24 > 0:40:27my first experience of being on the stage was thanks to Mr Lashbrook
0:40:27 > 0:40:30and the effort and the school productions they used to do.
0:40:30 > 0:40:33I'm really pleased that I got to see him again after 33 years.
0:40:33 > 0:40:36It was a real shock and such a special treat.
0:40:36 > 0:40:39I hope you've enjoyed the experience of coming back and reliving it
0:40:39 > 0:40:42because I certainly have.
0:40:42 > 0:40:43I think it's been a terrific time.
0:40:43 > 0:40:45- That certainly means a lot. - Yeah, lovely.
0:40:49 > 0:40:54I've really enjoyed being one of Jake's school friends in Bude today.
0:40:54 > 0:40:57We've messed around in the dorms...
0:40:57 > 0:41:01- George, wake up! We've got strawberry bonbons.- Come on, George!
0:41:02 > 0:41:03..splurged on fun...
0:41:03 > 0:41:06THEY LAUGH
0:41:06 > 0:41:09..and found glory at the bottom of a knickerbocker.
0:41:09 > 0:41:12The deeper you go, the better it gets.
0:41:12 > 0:41:13We haven't got to the sauce yet.
0:41:13 > 0:41:16- No. Go on, get in there. - Go on, get in.
0:41:16 > 0:41:19Being able to relive the holiday with Jake has shown me
0:41:19 > 0:41:22just how important those early school days were
0:41:22 > 0:41:25in shaping the actor we know and love.
0:41:25 > 0:41:28And to remember our day, I've got him a few goodies.
0:41:29 > 0:41:31I tell you what, Jake,
0:41:31 > 0:41:33- I've had a terrific day.- So have I.
0:41:33 > 0:41:35- I have, really.- It's been fantastic.
0:41:35 > 0:41:37- And I want you to remember it. - Yes.
0:41:37 > 0:41:39You know, so...
0:41:39 > 0:41:43in case you forget, I've got a little book of memories.
0:41:43 > 0:41:45Oh, wow, thank you so much.
0:41:45 > 0:41:47Good, I'll treasure that.
0:41:49 > 0:41:52A picture book of our fantastic day together.
0:41:59 > 0:42:03And I've also got him something else very special.
0:42:03 > 0:42:05Everyone gets a scrapbook.
0:42:05 > 0:42:07Not you.
0:42:07 > 0:42:08You're getting two.
0:42:08 > 0:42:10- Really?- You are.
0:42:11 > 0:42:15And you can open that, there's is a little thing.
0:42:15 > 0:42:16Wow, look at that.
0:42:18 > 0:42:21Aw, look at that. That's my holiday in 1980.
0:42:21 > 0:42:24It is, indeed.
0:42:24 > 0:42:28- I was asking Mr Lashbrook to get me copies of the photos.- There you go.
0:42:28 > 0:42:29I don't need to any more.
0:42:29 > 0:42:32Look at that, Bugsy Malone.
0:42:32 > 0:42:33Mr Lashbrook has come good.
0:42:33 > 0:42:37Thank you so much, Len. I am really touched by that. It's very special.
0:42:37 > 0:42:38I'll show my kids that.
0:42:38 > 0:42:42They'll like to see dad when he was starting acting.
0:42:42 > 0:42:44Last thing....
0:42:44 > 0:42:46I know you've seen it already,
0:42:46 > 0:42:49but it is 1980 and it is The Beano,
0:42:49 > 0:42:51so what more could you want?
0:42:51 > 0:42:53Fantastic. Again, I will give that to my kids and show them
0:42:53 > 0:42:56what Daddy used to read when he was their age.
0:42:56 > 0:42:57- Jake...- I'll treasure that.
0:42:57 > 0:42:59Len, thank you so much for today.
0:42:59 > 0:43:00I had such a great day.
0:43:00 > 0:43:03It's been a great trip down memory lane.
0:43:03 > 0:43:06- It's lovely to share it with you, so thank you.- Cheers!
0:43:06 > 0:43:08It's been a fantastic day!
0:43:08 > 0:43:11And as we say goodbye to good, old Bude,
0:43:11 > 0:43:13I know this little piece of the Cornish coastline
0:43:13 > 0:43:16will always be a special place for Jake.