0:00:02 > 0:00:05'Childhood holidays - oh, the anticipation seemed endless.
0:00:05 > 0:00:09'The holiday itself, well, it was over too quickly.
0:00:09 > 0:00:13'So, in this series, I'm going to be reliving those wonderful times
0:00:13 > 0:00:15'with some much-loved famous faces.'
0:00:15 > 0:00:17This is a memory I will treasure.
0:00:17 > 0:00:21'Every day, I'll be arranging a few surprises to transport them
0:00:21 > 0:00:23'back in time.'
0:00:23 > 0:00:25Please. No?
0:00:25 > 0:00:27- Come on, Len.- Yeah.
0:00:27 > 0:00:28'We'll relive the fun...'
0:00:28 > 0:00:31THEY LAUGH Oh!
0:00:31 > 0:00:32Ah! No! No!
0:00:32 > 0:00:35'..the games... HE GROANS
0:00:35 > 0:00:37'..and the food of years gone by...'
0:00:37 > 0:00:39That's my boyhood in a bowl. Oh!
0:00:39 > 0:00:42"My boyhood in a bowl." THEY LAUGH
0:00:42 > 0:00:46'..to find out how those holidays around the UK helped shape
0:00:46 > 0:00:49'the people we know so well today.'
0:00:49 > 0:00:51Tap dancing!
0:00:51 > 0:00:53LEN YELLS
0:00:53 > 0:00:56'So buckle up for Holiday Of My Lifetime.'
0:00:56 > 0:00:59- Close your eyes.- Yep.- And here we go.
0:01:06 > 0:01:10Today's holiday guest is a man who's been entertaining us
0:01:10 > 0:01:14on screen and off since the 1970s.
0:01:14 > 0:01:18He was born in Birmingham in 1945.
0:01:18 > 0:01:20Oh, here he is as a wee nipper!
0:01:20 > 0:01:24Oh, he's got the face for entertainment.
0:01:24 > 0:01:27He's one of Britain's funniest men.
0:01:27 > 0:01:30And like me, he hasn't got a bad voice either.
0:01:30 > 0:01:36You may remember him - oh, and his funky moped - on Top Of The Pops.
0:01:36 > 0:01:38Vroom, vroom, go on. HE LAUGHS
0:01:38 > 0:01:41And he's also turned his hand to acting,
0:01:41 > 0:01:44starring onstage and in sitcoms.
0:01:44 > 0:01:47Now, come on, you don't have to be a DETECTIVE
0:01:47 > 0:01:50to know who we're talking about.
0:01:50 > 0:01:53Have you got it yet? Of course you have.
0:01:53 > 0:01:58Today's guest is top comedian, actor, one of me best mates
0:01:58 > 0:02:02and one of your five a day, it's Jasper Carrott.
0:02:02 > 0:02:04Hey, hey!
0:02:04 > 0:02:06And I'm off to meet him in this vintage coach,
0:02:06 > 0:02:13just like the one he would've gone on his holidays in all those years ago.
0:02:13 > 0:02:17Jasper! Oh, Jasper, Lenny's coming for you!
0:02:24 > 0:02:27Jasper Carrott grew up in Acocks Green, Birmingham,
0:02:27 > 0:02:29where he lived with his older brother, Roy,
0:02:29 > 0:02:32his dad, Alan, who was an electrical engineer,
0:02:32 > 0:02:33and his mom, Claris,
0:02:33 > 0:02:37who worked three different cleaning jobs just to make ends meet.
0:02:37 > 0:02:42Today, Jasper has a career in comedy that spans five decades.
0:02:42 > 0:02:46But his showbiz break came in 1969 as the compeer
0:02:46 > 0:02:49of The Boggery Folk Club in Birmingham,
0:02:49 > 0:02:52thanks of course to his flair for comedy,
0:02:52 > 0:02:57which eventually led to his first TV special in 1976 -
0:02:57 > 0:03:00A Half Hour Mislaid With Jasper Carrott.
0:03:00 > 0:03:03Needless to say, it's been followed by countless others,
0:03:03 > 0:03:06as well as five series of The Detectives,
0:03:06 > 0:03:09a British Comedy award for lifetime achievement
0:03:09 > 0:03:12and even an OBE from dear old Liz.
0:03:12 > 0:03:17So, if anyone deserves a wee holiday, well, it's him.
0:03:17 > 0:03:19I hope he has the exact change.
0:03:19 > 0:03:22Ho-ho. Hey, hey! Jasper!
0:03:22 > 0:03:26Things are so bad, you're down to...
0:03:27 > 0:03:30- ..coach driving. Good to see you. - What do you reckon on this?
0:03:30 > 0:03:35- It's a knockout, isn't it? - A classic.- A jet.
0:03:35 > 0:03:38- Just like yourself - built for speed...- And a classic.
0:03:38 > 0:03:40..and still going strong.
0:03:40 > 0:03:42So now, where are we off to?
0:03:42 > 0:03:44- Are you ready for this? - Yeah, I am.- OK.
0:03:44 > 0:03:46- Is it the Algarve?- No.- Right.
0:03:46 > 0:03:50- Another guess?- Benidorm.- No!
0:03:50 > 0:03:52Barry Island!
0:03:52 > 0:03:54Oh, South Wales. Tada!
0:03:54 > 0:03:57- And what's the year?- 1958.
0:03:57 > 0:04:01- '58.- Same time as this coach. - Exactly, 1958.
0:04:01 > 0:04:07And that was the same year that the first... Guess what - film.
0:04:07 > 0:04:10- Carry On film.- Really?- Yes.
0:04:10 > 0:04:141958, first-ever Carry On film. Matron?
0:04:14 > 0:04:16- Let's go.- Thank you. - LEN LAUGHS
0:04:18 > 0:04:22Thanks to its beaches and fun fair, Barry Island has been
0:04:22 > 0:04:26a popular tourist destination since the late 1890s.
0:04:26 > 0:04:30And you'll find this gem, along with its population of 50,000 people,
0:04:30 > 0:04:33in the Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales.
0:04:33 > 0:04:37Recently made famous again by TV series Gavin & Stacey,
0:04:37 > 0:04:41the island was originally named after a Welsh saint
0:04:41 > 0:04:43who drowned in the nearby Bristol Channel.
0:04:43 > 0:04:47Still, Jasper had a ball here back in '58.
0:04:47 > 0:04:50So today, we're going to re-create that holiday.
0:04:50 > 0:04:55We'll discover why it is fun to stay at the... # Y-M-C-A! #
0:04:55 > 0:04:57- Everything you wanted was here. - Yeah.
0:04:57 > 0:05:00'We'll find out why dying is easy but comedy is hard.'
0:05:00 > 0:05:02You suck!
0:05:02 > 0:05:05'And we'll go head-to-head in everything from snooker...'
0:05:05 > 0:05:08- Have you gone left-handed?- It's no problem when you're a genius.
0:05:08 > 0:05:09You're multilingual.
0:05:09 > 0:05:10'..to the bumper cars...'
0:05:10 > 0:05:12- Now I've got you! - LEN LAUGHS
0:05:12 > 0:05:16'..as us golden oldies enjoy the time-honoured tradition
0:05:16 > 0:05:17'of a seaside holiday.'
0:05:17 > 0:05:23Everyone a winner! Come on - hook the duck, win a prize.
0:05:23 > 0:05:26MUSIC: The Entertainer by Scott Joplin
0:05:27 > 0:05:30Every holiday begins with a journey.
0:05:30 > 0:05:33But while Jasper's dad was fiercely proud of his Austin 7,
0:05:33 > 0:05:36it really wouldn't have survived the drive to Barry,
0:05:36 > 0:05:40which is why the Carrotts took the coach instead.
0:05:40 > 0:05:42- As a kid, I only ever had three holidays.- Right.
0:05:42 > 0:05:45Two were here in Barry Island and one in Dawlish.
0:05:45 > 0:05:50- My mum and dad weren't very rich, so a holiday was a real treat.- Yeah.
0:05:50 > 0:05:53You were a proper working-class family, I suppose.
0:05:53 > 0:05:54Very much so, yeah.
0:05:54 > 0:05:55But my dad had got some deal going,
0:05:55 > 0:05:58- cos he was a wheeler-dealer, you know.- Where was you coming from?
0:05:58 > 0:06:00We came from Birmingham.
0:06:00 > 0:06:03And then you go to Cheltenham, which is the big hub
0:06:03 > 0:06:05where all the coaches met in the '50s.
0:06:05 > 0:06:08- And then you changed coaches.- Right. - And hopefully you got the right one.
0:06:08 > 0:06:11- Yeah.- And then they take you down to Barry Island.- Right.
0:06:11 > 0:06:14- So how long...? It must've been a longish journey.- About three days.
0:06:14 > 0:06:17Yeah, at least!
0:06:17 > 0:06:19- The holiday was virtually over!- Yeah.
0:06:19 > 0:06:21You got there and you had a night
0:06:21 > 0:06:23and then you got back in the coach to get back to Cheltenham.
0:06:23 > 0:06:26- So what did you get up to on the journey?- Well, cos it was...
0:06:26 > 0:06:29I mean, in those days, you didn't have, you know,
0:06:29 > 0:06:331pods and twitterfaces, so I was an avid reader.
0:06:33 > 0:06:36- And I loved the Just William books. - Oh, yeah!- Yeah.
0:06:36 > 0:06:39I used to go to the library and borrow about half a dozen, you know.
0:06:39 > 0:06:40- Yeah.- Well, nick them, really.
0:06:40 > 0:06:44- Yeah.- And then... I'd read on the bus, yeah.
0:06:44 > 0:06:47- He was a boy, old Just William, wasn't he?- Oh, fantastic.
0:06:47 > 0:06:49In case you get bored with me chatting away...
0:06:49 > 0:06:52- JASPER SNORES Yeah, exactly.- What?
0:06:52 > 0:06:56I thought you might be interested in a book.
0:06:56 > 0:07:00JASPER LAUGHS
0:07:00 > 0:07:02William's Television Show.
0:07:03 > 0:07:05That is fantastic.
0:07:05 > 0:07:06Where did you get that?
0:07:06 > 0:07:09- I've got my sources. - Hang on a moment.- That's not yours.
0:07:09 > 0:07:13This is a very wealthy book. This is very, very expensive.
0:07:14 > 0:07:17- LEN LAUGHS - Sorry.
0:07:17 > 0:07:19I'll have that back, thank you.
0:07:19 > 0:07:21You're not... Yeah, I know your game.
0:07:22 > 0:07:25You can never trust the Brummies, I tell you. Ha-ha!
0:07:25 > 0:07:28'While Jasper was busy pocketing Just William books,
0:07:28 > 0:07:32'here is what else was going on in the world back in 1958.'
0:07:36 > 0:07:42It was the year work began on the M1, Britain's first full-length motorway.
0:07:42 > 0:07:45Meanwhile, on Grosvenor Square in Westminster,
0:07:45 > 0:07:49Britain was introduced to its first-ever parking metre.
0:07:49 > 0:07:52Cost per hour - sixpence. What a liberty!
0:07:52 > 0:07:56We also saw the debuts of two classic telly shows -
0:07:56 > 0:07:59Blue Peter and the legendary Grandstand.
0:07:59 > 0:08:03But this was also the year we sadly mourned the death
0:08:03 > 0:08:05of 23 people in the Munich air disaster,
0:08:05 > 0:08:09among them members of Manchester United football team.
0:08:09 > 0:08:11And as for music, well,
0:08:11 > 0:08:15we were listening to the velvet tones of Perry Como.
0:08:15 > 0:08:19# Magic moments
0:08:19 > 0:08:23# When two hearts are caring
0:08:23 > 0:08:26# Magic... #
0:08:26 > 0:08:30Not only did Magic Moments spend eight weeks at number one,
0:08:30 > 0:08:36it also became Perry's biggest and most successful UK hit of all time.
0:08:37 > 0:08:38Oh, what a year!
0:08:38 > 0:08:41Especially for young Jasper Carrott,
0:08:41 > 0:08:44when he finally arrived in Barry.
0:08:44 > 0:08:45Ho-ho!
0:08:45 > 0:08:46Oh, yes!
0:08:48 > 0:08:49I remember the view.
0:08:49 > 0:08:53- This is all brand-new.- Of course.
0:08:53 > 0:08:57- But that is the beach that we were on.- Yeah.
0:08:57 > 0:09:01And just a short walk from here, the family's accommodation for the week.
0:09:01 > 0:09:03- What was it called, Glan-y-Mor? - Glan-y-Mor.
0:09:03 > 0:09:06- Glan-y-Mor. - It's Welsh, I don't know...
0:09:06 > 0:09:09- I know the Y stands for and.- Yeah.
0:09:09 > 0:09:11- You work it out.- Glen and moor.
0:09:11 > 0:09:13Glen and moor.
0:09:13 > 0:09:17- Glan... McGlanny... Glan could be Welsh for...- Glen?
0:09:17 > 0:09:20Glenn. And mor could be for Patrick.
0:09:20 > 0:09:23- Yeah!- Patrick Moore. Patrick for Irish.- Yeah.
0:09:23 > 0:09:25Yeah, Glenn and Irish.
0:09:25 > 0:09:28There you are. We've sussed that out straightaway.
0:09:28 > 0:09:32While the name sounds all windswept and interesting,
0:09:32 > 0:09:36Glan-y-Mor was in actual fact a humble YMCA.
0:09:36 > 0:09:39# It's fun to stay at the YMCA
0:09:39 > 0:09:44- LEN HUMS ALONG - # It's fun to stay at the YMCA... #
0:09:44 > 0:09:48But 57 years on, well, the old girl's been demolished.
0:09:48 > 0:09:52RECORD SCRATCHES, MUSIC STOPS Even so, the memories live on.
0:09:52 > 0:09:55I've pulled a few strings for you
0:09:55 > 0:09:57and if we hop back on the chair-a-bang...
0:09:57 > 0:10:00- We call it the chair-a-bang, right? - The Charabanc.- Charabanc.
0:10:00 > 0:10:02# Sharra, sharra, sharra Bang, bang, bang. #
0:10:02 > 0:10:04- You remember? - Yes, of course I do.
0:10:04 > 0:10:07So we'll get back on the charabanc
0:10:07 > 0:10:12and I'm going to take you to meet someone who knows all about you,
0:10:12 > 0:10:15your table manners and the YMCA.
0:10:15 > 0:10:18So let's jump on and we'll go and have a look.
0:10:18 > 0:10:20It's an actor, isn't it? It's an actor.
0:10:20 > 0:10:21You wait and see who it is.
0:10:21 > 0:10:26'Oh, yes! Next up - cue the music - the YMCA.'
0:10:26 > 0:10:28# Ooh, ah, ah!
0:10:28 > 0:10:31# It's fun to stay at the YMCA
0:10:31 > 0:10:35- # It's fun to stay at the YMCA - Yeah, yeah, yeah... #
0:10:35 > 0:10:40Glan-y-Mor first opened its doors in 1933.
0:10:40 > 0:10:43And by the late '50s, the people running the show
0:10:43 > 0:10:45were Cledwyn and Rose Gimblett.
0:10:45 > 0:10:47And I've only gone and tracked down their daughter!
0:10:47 > 0:10:49Ho-ho!
0:10:49 > 0:10:54- You must be Sandra.- Yes, I am. Hello. - Len, nice to meet you.- And you too.
0:10:54 > 0:10:57- And Jasper.- Hello, hello.- Can I come under there?- Yes, you can.
0:10:57 > 0:11:00- Yes, you can.- Not you.- No, I'll stand in the rain, that's all right.
0:11:00 > 0:11:01It's big enough for all of us.
0:11:01 > 0:11:04- See, Sandra and I are old friends. - Course you are.
0:11:04 > 0:11:08- We go back 50-odd years. - Yes. Very, very old friends, yes.
0:11:08 > 0:11:12- Now, Sandra, as I understand it, your mum and dad...- Yes.
0:11:12 > 0:11:17- ..ran the YMCA that Jasper went to in '58.- Yes.
0:11:17 > 0:11:19- Is that right?- Yes.- Yeah.
0:11:19 > 0:11:21And what does Glan-y-Mor mean?
0:11:21 > 0:11:24- Near the sea. - We weren't far wrong.- No.
0:11:24 > 0:11:28- You'd look out, you'd have the beach and the lap pool.- Yeah.
0:11:28 > 0:11:32- The fun fair.- The fun fair at Barry Island. Everything.- Yeah.
0:11:32 > 0:11:34- Everything you wanted was here. - Yeah.
0:11:34 > 0:11:36Demolished in 1980,
0:11:36 > 0:11:40Glan-y-Mor has been replaced with residential properties.
0:11:40 > 0:11:44But back in the day, it provided full board for more than 200 people.
0:11:44 > 0:11:47A double room cost five pound, 17 shillings.
0:11:47 > 0:11:50Woohoo! What a bargain.
0:11:50 > 0:11:52Dad put good food on the table.
0:11:52 > 0:11:55We had, like, breakfast, we had a three-course lunch
0:11:55 > 0:11:57and we had an evening meal.
0:11:57 > 0:11:59But you had to be on time for meals or else your dad...
0:11:59 > 0:12:02- If you were late, you paid a fine.- Yes.
0:12:02 > 0:12:04And somebody would go round with a fine box
0:12:04 > 0:12:07and you'd put a penny or two pence, or a tuppence, in there,
0:12:07 > 0:12:09and that would be like our charity thing.
0:12:09 > 0:12:10Blimey, that's a bit strict.
0:12:10 > 0:12:14Still, there was plenty to smile about - snooker,
0:12:14 > 0:12:17table tennis, even fancy dress competitions.
0:12:17 > 0:12:20That's a little photograph of a fancy dress.
0:12:20 > 0:12:23- That was in the ballroom, wasn't it?- Yes.
0:12:23 > 0:12:26- That's me, actually.- Is that right?
0:12:26 > 0:12:29Daddy's girl, rolling little cars along the floor.
0:12:29 > 0:12:32Every child had a present on Friday evening.
0:12:32 > 0:12:35If they entered the fancy dress, they all had a prize.
0:12:35 > 0:12:39- Well, let me say, Sandra, it's been a joy to meet you.- And you too.
0:12:39 > 0:12:42- And thank you so much for your time. - OK, thank you.- Thank you.- Thank you.
0:12:42 > 0:12:44- I knew Jasper would do that. - Nice to see you again.
0:12:44 > 0:12:46He can't help himself. JASPER LAUGHS
0:12:46 > 0:12:49- Every opportunity.- I know! - At our age, Len, every opportunity.
0:12:49 > 0:12:53Let me tell you this, you think this is where the excitement ends,
0:12:53 > 0:12:56kissing Sandra, but no, there's more.
0:12:56 > 0:13:00- So, Sandra, we'll see you again. - Yes, OK.- Thank you once again.
0:13:00 > 0:13:02- All right. Thank you.- Bye. - Bye-bye.- Good to see you.
0:13:02 > 0:13:04'I almost didn't give her the umbrella back!
0:13:04 > 0:13:07'While Jasper and I hop aboard the fun bus,
0:13:07 > 0:13:11'here's my seven top tips for a holiday in this part of Wales.'
0:13:11 > 0:13:15Starting with a journey through time and space.
0:13:15 > 0:13:18Oh, yes, it's the Doctor Who experience in Cardiff,
0:13:18 > 0:13:22giving you the chance to meet the old dastardly baddy
0:13:22 > 0:13:24and even have a looksy inside the TARDIS.
0:13:24 > 0:13:26Meanwhile, back on Earth,
0:13:26 > 0:13:30how about a tour of one of Wales' most important landmarks?
0:13:30 > 0:13:33The Senedd, home to the National Assembly.
0:13:33 > 0:13:35It's essentially the Welsh Parliament.
0:13:35 > 0:13:37It's the place that people come to have a little moan.
0:13:37 > 0:13:39It is the place that people
0:13:39 > 0:13:41turn to if they need their problems solved
0:13:41 > 0:13:43and it's the place that makes laws for Wales.
0:13:43 > 0:13:47So whether you are a fan of cutting-edge architecture or
0:13:47 > 0:13:51just watching politicians fight, this one is a must.
0:13:56 > 0:14:00'As for me and Jasper, we're going to relive a few of those YMCA
0:14:00 > 0:14:05'traditions, like playing snooker and competing for best fancy dress.'
0:14:05 > 0:14:10I see you, especially like that with your jeans and that,
0:14:10 > 0:14:14- I see you as a cowboy. - Right.- So if you come over here...
0:14:16 > 0:14:19My reputation in this business is rapidly going downhill,
0:14:19 > 0:14:22- you know that? - Well, of course it is.- Thank you(!)
0:14:22 > 0:14:26- And what do we do with these?- Well, you're a cowboy, you work it out.
0:14:26 > 0:14:29Because I'm a Roman gladiator, of course.
0:14:30 > 0:14:33'I reckon I'm going to be victorious. Oh, yes!
0:14:33 > 0:14:35'Tell you what, play the music.'
0:14:35 > 0:14:39MUSIC: Bad To The Bone by George Thorogood & The Destroyers
0:14:46 > 0:14:48Oh, no! Oh! Oh!
0:14:50 > 0:14:53- Have you gone left-handed?- It's no problem when you're a genius.
0:14:53 > 0:14:55You're multilingual.
0:14:55 > 0:14:57I...I learned it off Cliff Thorburn.
0:14:57 > 0:15:01When you were growing up, who were the people on TV or stage
0:15:01 > 0:15:03or screen that inspired you?
0:15:03 > 0:15:06I suppose all my influences were American.
0:15:06 > 0:15:11I remember watching the Smothers Brothers on television.
0:15:11 > 0:15:14And the BBC brought them over for 13 shows.
0:15:14 > 0:15:16And they played twice, they did two shows.
0:15:16 > 0:15:18And I thought they were hysterical.
0:15:18 > 0:15:21Nobody else rated them at all and the BBC took it off.
0:15:21 > 0:15:23And I realised then I'd got a sort of a, you know,
0:15:23 > 0:15:26- a different way of looking at humour.- Yeah.
0:15:26 > 0:15:31And I think they inspired me to look at comedy in a different way.
0:15:31 > 0:15:36- Yeah.- And then that's when I got into Tom Lehrer.
0:15:36 > 0:15:37Big time, big time.
0:15:37 > 0:15:41Tom Lehrer was a pianist and a mathematician,
0:15:41 > 0:15:44but what made him popular was his song parodies,
0:15:44 > 0:15:47something a young Jasper took great inspiration from.
0:15:47 > 0:15:50So I used to write funny songs and then do funny chat.
0:15:50 > 0:15:53- Yeah.- One of my first routines was about Butlins.
0:15:53 > 0:15:55I used to do this thing about...
0:15:55 > 0:15:58The guards used to come round the chalets every night, 12 midnight,
0:15:58 > 0:16:01going, bang, bang, bang... "Hello, have you got a girl in there?
0:16:01 > 0:16:03"No, no, honest, there's no girl in here."
0:16:03 > 0:16:06- "Hang on, we'll get you one." - LEN LAUGHS
0:16:06 > 0:16:09And the whole routine on Butlins, yeah.
0:16:09 > 0:16:11And that's where I learned to become a raconteur.
0:16:13 > 0:16:17And five decades later, Jasper is still going strong,
0:16:17 > 0:16:19though he's not much of a snooker player.
0:16:19 > 0:16:21What's that over there on the window?
0:16:23 > 0:16:27- What are you on about?- No, look, in the corner there.- Where?
0:16:27 > 0:16:29- Just over there.- Yeah?
0:16:29 > 0:16:30Yeah.
0:16:30 > 0:16:33- Oh, no, it's nothing. It was a shadow.- Oh, OK.
0:16:33 > 0:16:35What?!
0:16:35 > 0:16:38That's eight. JASPER LAUGHS
0:16:38 > 0:16:41'Now, what a lot of people don't know about my friend here is
0:16:41 > 0:16:43'that as well as not being much of a snooker player...'
0:16:43 > 0:16:45It takes a lot of skill to miss those.
0:16:45 > 0:16:49'..he was also quite shocking at retail in his younger years, too.'
0:16:49 > 0:16:53I went straight into a department store
0:16:53 > 0:16:55called the Beehive.
0:16:55 > 0:16:57And without a doubt,
0:16:57 > 0:17:00Are You Being Served? was written about the Beehive.
0:17:00 > 0:17:02I swear it. I was there for three years.
0:17:02 > 0:17:05- Really?- Yeah. - What department were you in?
0:17:05 > 0:17:08I had to work in all the departments.
0:17:08 > 0:17:10Did you work in ladies' underwear?
0:17:10 > 0:17:13We should form a comedy duo.
0:17:13 > 0:17:16The only comedy duo with two straight men.
0:17:16 > 0:17:18THEY LAUGH
0:17:18 > 0:17:20- Right, now look, to finish this off...- Yeah.
0:17:20 > 0:17:24- If you get that into that middle hole, I'll give you the game.- OK.
0:17:24 > 0:17:25That's it.
0:17:27 > 0:17:29- Yeah!- Oh, get in there!
0:17:29 > 0:17:31Yes. Thank you.
0:17:36 > 0:17:41There was a time the population of Barry Island was a mere 85 people.
0:17:41 > 0:17:45But after the railway arrived, eventually so did the fun fair,
0:17:45 > 0:17:51attracting as many as 400,000 day trippers in just one weekend.
0:17:51 > 0:17:54The island was noise, it was the smell of food,
0:17:54 > 0:17:57it was the smell of chips. Wyn Thomas, a local writer,
0:17:57 > 0:17:59described Barry Island as the kingdom of the chip.
0:17:59 > 0:18:01But it was the kingdom of candy floss.
0:18:01 > 0:18:03It was the kingdom of the toffee apple.
0:18:03 > 0:18:06You know, it was the kingdom of the people screaming
0:18:06 > 0:18:11on the Scenic Railway as they dived down a 72ft drop on this mile ride
0:18:11 > 0:18:15they had on this magnificent piece of machinery.
0:18:15 > 0:18:19Many residents saw it as a den of iniquity and so decided to
0:18:19 > 0:18:24create a getaway of their own on a nearby beach called Cold Knap.
0:18:24 > 0:18:29A huge boating lake was built. It was in the shape of a Welsh harp.
0:18:29 > 0:18:32We were never aware of that. We couldn't see the shape.
0:18:32 > 0:18:35And then next door to the boating lake, which is right
0:18:35 > 0:18:39behind the pebbly beach, they built a magnificent swimming pool.
0:18:39 > 0:18:43We youngsters in Barry spent the whole of the summer there.
0:18:43 > 0:18:45But the locals didn't stop there.
0:18:45 > 0:18:49Soon they added accomodation as well. Its name - the Glan-y-Mor,
0:18:49 > 0:18:52as stayed in by one Jasper Carrott.
0:18:52 > 0:18:55And later, a ballroom was built.
0:18:55 > 0:18:58Bindles Ballroom, which became one of Barry's greatest features.
0:18:58 > 0:19:01I always argued that Bindles represented
0:19:01 > 0:19:03the 20th century in Barry. You know, it was...
0:19:03 > 0:19:06It had the flashing lights, it had the jazz, it had the music,
0:19:06 > 0:19:09it had the styles that we saw in the American films.
0:19:09 > 0:19:13But above all, Barry was proud of Cold Knap.
0:19:13 > 0:19:17This was a civilised retreat, unlike some they could mention.
0:19:17 > 0:19:19It had its dignity, it had a bit of style,
0:19:19 > 0:19:21it had a bit of class,
0:19:21 > 0:19:25as compared to the island which belonged to the triplets.
0:19:26 > 0:19:29Food is a big part of any holiday.
0:19:29 > 0:19:34And in Jasper's case, every meal was courtesy of the YMCA.
0:19:34 > 0:19:40And while the building is gone, here in Barry, the institution lives on.
0:19:40 > 0:19:42We're here, we've just washed our hands,
0:19:42 > 0:19:45I thought a little bit of cooking.
0:19:45 > 0:19:48- Yeah. Follow me.- Are you mad?- No.
0:19:48 > 0:19:51I've heard you're a fine cook. Ainsley Harriott told me...
0:19:51 > 0:19:55JASPER LAUGHS ..you're a fine chef.
0:19:55 > 0:19:57'Now, once Carrott works out how to use his apron...'
0:19:57 > 0:20:00- No, I think your head goes through it.- OK.
0:20:00 > 0:20:02We're going to have trouble here, I can see that.
0:20:02 > 0:20:04'..we're going to create some of that YMCA nosh
0:20:04 > 0:20:07'he was so passionate about.'
0:20:07 > 0:20:11- It was nirvana. It was heaven. - So, you got your breakfast...- Oh...
0:20:11 > 0:20:12Well, and you had a choice!
0:20:12 > 0:20:16You know, you could have scrambled egg or fried. Ooph!
0:20:16 > 0:20:18It was...it was utopia.
0:20:18 > 0:20:21And then beans and sausage... Black pudding!
0:20:21 > 0:20:24- First time I'd ever had black pudding. It was awful.- Yeah.
0:20:24 > 0:20:26But, you know, what the heck.
0:20:26 > 0:20:28And then you got, you know, a three-course lunch,
0:20:28 > 0:20:29a three-course evening meal.
0:20:29 > 0:20:34- And you got sweetsw after every course, apart for breakfast.- Yeah.
0:20:34 > 0:20:36Sweets, desserts, you know, puddings.
0:20:38 > 0:20:41- Yeah?- Oh, yes.- Now what?
0:20:41 > 0:20:45Pie. We're going to make ourselves a nice steak and potato pie.
0:20:45 > 0:20:49- And you are in charge...- Yes? - ..of the crust.
0:20:49 > 0:20:51- OK.- Isn't that what they call it?
0:20:53 > 0:20:54Look at this, Len.
0:20:55 > 0:20:58Not yet, not yet. See, you don't know how to cook.
0:20:58 > 0:21:00- I don't know how to cook. - No, you don't know how to cook.
0:21:00 > 0:21:02You've got to get it all out.
0:21:02 > 0:21:05- Now you put it on. - A bit of that.- Yeah.
0:21:07 > 0:21:10Were you a bachelor at any time?
0:21:10 > 0:21:15I make the best spaghetti Bolognese that's ever been made.
0:21:15 > 0:21:19- What I'm not strong on... - Is piecrust.- ..is pastry!
0:21:19 > 0:21:21THEY LAUGH
0:21:21 > 0:21:24- No.- No, it's coming, it's coming. What we shouldve done...
0:21:24 > 0:21:27Is sanded it.
0:21:27 > 0:21:31- Look what I've done - no knife, nothing.- Brilliant. Brilliant.
0:21:31 > 0:21:32And then it goes on top of here.
0:21:32 > 0:21:36- That way round?- Yes, this way round. Look, see?
0:21:36 > 0:21:39Now, what I need is your false teeth cos I want to crimp.
0:21:39 > 0:21:41'Oi, cheeky!'
0:21:41 > 0:21:43You're doing that wrong.
0:21:43 > 0:21:46I know what my Nan did... Is you go round it like that.
0:21:47 > 0:21:50You go around it like that, me ole sausage.
0:21:51 > 0:21:55Then prod it with a fork... And Bob's your uncle!
0:21:55 > 0:21:58My mum used everything that came out of the top.
0:21:58 > 0:22:01It was like a blackbird whistling.
0:22:01 > 0:22:02Yeah?
0:22:03 > 0:22:06Was it a good home your mum was in?
0:22:06 > 0:22:09LEN LAUGHS
0:22:10 > 0:22:12Now...
0:22:12 > 0:22:14Straight in the oven at gas mark four.
0:22:15 > 0:22:19'Cook for about 40 minutes and, all going to plan,
0:22:19 > 0:22:23'this will be just like taking a bite out of 1958.'
0:22:23 > 0:22:25Say the magic words.
0:22:25 > 0:22:26Alakazam!
0:22:28 > 0:22:29Open Sesame!
0:22:34 > 0:22:36Brilliant. Hang on a moment.
0:22:37 > 0:22:40'OK, slight confession to make.'
0:22:41 > 0:22:44This is one we made earlier...
0:22:44 > 0:22:46LEN LAUGHS
0:22:46 > 0:22:48Now, to be honest...
0:22:48 > 0:22:51- OK, I know our one isn't fully baked.- No.
0:22:51 > 0:22:55- But it's there or thereabouts, isn't it?- It's not far off.
0:22:55 > 0:22:58'Even so, let's eat the one the professionals made.
0:22:58 > 0:23:01'As I think Jasper is trying to tell me he's hungry.'
0:23:01 > 0:23:03Aaah!
0:23:03 > 0:23:05I'm trying to walk like a waitress.
0:23:05 > 0:23:07Now, look... Eh?
0:23:07 > 0:23:12- You do a good impression of Julie Walters.- Oh, thank, yeah.
0:23:12 > 0:23:14'Oh, yes, no end to my talents(!)'
0:23:17 > 0:23:21- I tell you what, you make a good commis chef.- Thank you very much.
0:23:21 > 0:23:25- We're going to induct you into the pudding club.- Oh, thank you!
0:23:25 > 0:23:27Not a problem.
0:23:27 > 0:23:32'Enough about yours truly, I want to know about Jasper's talents.
0:23:32 > 0:23:34'After all, before he became known as a comedian,
0:23:34 > 0:23:37'he was actually a folk singer.'
0:23:37 > 0:23:40I never really got rid of the music. I still do...
0:23:40 > 0:23:43On tour, I still do one-liners. You know...
0:23:43 > 0:23:47Hello darkness my old friend I walked into this wall again.
0:23:47 > 0:23:51- You can laugh there.- I'm laughing! - It's all right, good. And that...
0:23:51 > 0:23:54I still keep that element in.
0:23:54 > 0:23:58- Yes.- So music was really a vehicle for the comedy.
0:23:58 > 0:24:02Right. And what about...Top of the Pops?
0:24:02 > 0:24:05- JASPER SIGHS - This is really good pie.
0:24:05 > 0:24:08Sorry, Jasper, as far as I'm concerned,
0:24:08 > 0:24:11Funky Moped will NEVER be forgotten.
0:24:11 > 0:24:14# ..my moped out on the road I'm going to ride
0:24:14 > 0:24:18# Ride, ride, ride, ride
0:24:18 > 0:24:19# Funky moped! #
0:24:19 > 0:24:21Again, we had £1,000 to make a single.
0:24:21 > 0:24:23And I had this single called Funky Moped
0:24:23 > 0:24:24written by this American,
0:24:24 > 0:24:28so I did that and I made it very much for a Birmingham audience.
0:24:28 > 0:24:32And when I finished it, I'd got £300 left over
0:24:32 > 0:24:34from the £1,000 they gave me, and I bought a guitar.
0:24:34 > 0:24:37And then the record company came and said,
0:24:37 > 0:24:39"What are you going to put on the B-side?"
0:24:40 > 0:24:42And I'd spent the money.
0:24:42 > 0:24:45Do you know what the Welsh for carot is?
0:24:45 > 0:24:47JASPER LAUGHS
0:24:47 > 0:24:49Yeah.
0:24:49 > 0:24:51Moron.
0:24:51 > 0:24:52- Moron.- Moron.
0:24:52 > 0:24:55- Jasper Moron.- Yeah.
0:24:55 > 0:24:57- # Move, move, move...- #
0:24:57 > 0:24:59Fortunately, Jasper was able to use
0:24:59 > 0:25:02a track he'd already recorded himself -
0:25:02 > 0:25:04a mickey take of The Magic Roundabout
0:25:04 > 0:25:08which went on to become a hit in its own right.
0:25:08 > 0:25:11It's the only other hit single with no musical content.
0:25:11 > 0:25:14And yet, it was a disco hit.
0:25:14 > 0:25:16It was a really weird single.
0:25:16 > 0:25:17# Move, funky moped! #
0:25:17 > 0:25:22It sold more than half a million copies. Take a bow, Jasper.
0:25:22 > 0:25:24# Funky moped, yeah! #
0:25:26 > 0:25:27What on earth?
0:25:28 > 0:25:31This is 1958 in a bowl.
0:25:31 > 0:25:34- 1958.- You haven't got the...?
0:25:34 > 0:25:37Syrup pudding.
0:25:37 > 0:25:39You haven't got...?
0:25:39 > 0:25:41- Golden nectar.- You have.
0:25:41 > 0:25:43Oh!
0:25:43 > 0:25:46JASPER GASPS
0:25:46 > 0:25:48- I'm going to make it like an island. - Ooooh...
0:25:50 > 0:25:54- Look at that.- I'm 13 again, Len. - Yeah.- Oh!
0:25:54 > 0:25:55Mm!
0:25:57 > 0:25:58Tell the truth.
0:26:00 > 0:26:02Tell the truth.
0:26:02 > 0:26:05- Nectar.- It is nectar.- Nectar.
0:26:06 > 0:26:12- Food is like comedy - nostalgia is a massive element.- Yeah.
0:26:12 > 0:26:14That's philosophical, isn't it?
0:26:14 > 0:26:16Yeah, it is, but I understand where you're coming from.
0:26:16 > 0:26:20- This takes you back to your childhood.- Yep, absolutely.
0:26:20 > 0:26:23And it's wonderful. I'm going to have another go at it.
0:26:23 > 0:26:26- You go back longer than me, of course.- Only by a year.
0:26:26 > 0:26:28JASPER LAUGHS
0:26:28 > 0:26:31There's a nose growing, there's a nose growing!
0:26:31 > 0:26:34- LEN LAUGHS - Oh...
0:26:34 > 0:26:37'Now, while we continue to eat 1958,
0:26:37 > 0:26:40'time for a few more of my seven top tips.'
0:26:43 > 0:26:47Kicking off with the stunning Cardiff Castle, which once
0:26:47 > 0:26:50belonged to the Bute family, whose fortune was made from coal.
0:26:50 > 0:26:52In fact, by the 1860s,
0:26:52 > 0:26:56the Third Marquess Of Bute was reputed to be the richest man
0:26:56 > 0:27:00in the world. That would explain all the gold.
0:27:00 > 0:27:02And then there is the Welsh Hawking Centre
0:27:02 > 0:27:05where you can get up close and personal
0:27:05 > 0:27:07with more than 200 birds of prey.
0:27:07 > 0:27:12Here at the centre, we pride ourselves on our breeding programme.
0:27:12 > 0:27:14This year, we have bred in the region of 120 birds
0:27:14 > 0:27:19from various different species - from eagles to vultures to falcons
0:27:19 > 0:27:21to hawks, all manner of things.
0:27:21 > 0:27:23We do daily flying displays.
0:27:23 > 0:27:28We also have various animals from horses to meerkats to rabbits
0:27:28 > 0:27:29to guinea pigs.
0:27:29 > 0:27:34As for the most popular attraction, well, there's really no contest.
0:27:34 > 0:27:36I must say, Buzz here is very popular.
0:27:36 > 0:27:39Everybody has a soft spot for owls.
0:27:39 > 0:27:41- BUZZ SQUAWKS - See?
0:27:45 > 0:27:48Or if you fancy getting your adrenaline pumping, you can
0:27:48 > 0:27:52always roll on up to the Barry Island Pleasure Park.
0:27:56 > 0:27:58This is the dodgems, not the bumpems.
0:27:58 > 0:28:03- I am the friend of Lewis Hamilton. - Oh, yes.- Lewis Hamilton is my friend.
0:28:03 > 0:28:06- John Surtees.- Oh, well, it's about your age group.
0:28:06 > 0:28:09- No bumping, right?- No bumping.
0:28:09 > 0:28:12'Offering everything from the carousel to the dodgems, there's
0:28:12 > 0:28:17'no denying this fun fair brings out the big kid in us all.'
0:28:17 > 0:28:22- Hey!- I've got you now. Now I've got you.- Oh, oh, oh!
0:28:23 > 0:28:26'The park was established in 1929,
0:28:26 > 0:28:29'and soon after, was wowing summer crowds
0:28:29 > 0:28:32'of up to 250,000 people a day.
0:28:33 > 0:28:36'No wonder that way back in 1958
0:28:36 > 0:28:39'you couldn't keep a young Jasper Carrott away.'
0:28:39 > 0:28:41I used to come up and spend hours here.
0:28:41 > 0:28:43They used to have the shooting range.
0:28:43 > 0:28:47I remember I had about 12 gos at about a tuppence a time.
0:28:47 > 0:28:49And eventually, I won a toothbrush.
0:28:49 > 0:28:51So I could've bought it for a tuppence.
0:28:51 > 0:28:54- You won a toothbrush?! - I won toothbrush, yeah.
0:28:54 > 0:28:56I was that good(!)
0:28:56 > 0:29:00- Now, there's a chap here that I wanted to meet...- Yes.
0:29:00 > 0:29:04- ..who has, unlike ourselves, total recall.- Right.
0:29:04 > 0:29:11And he can give us the absolute lowdown on all things fun fair,
0:29:11 > 0:29:15- Pleasure Park, 1958.- Right.
0:29:15 > 0:29:18Andrew. He's sitting there like the lonely goatherder.
0:29:18 > 0:29:21Come on, we're going have a chat with him.
0:29:21 > 0:29:24'Originally from Scotland but of Italian descent,
0:29:24 > 0:29:27'Andrew's lived in Barry for more than 65 years.'
0:29:27 > 0:29:30- Hello, hello.- Good to see you. - Good to see you.- Nice to meet you.
0:29:30 > 0:29:32Do you speak Welsh?
0:29:32 > 0:29:33No, I don't!
0:29:33 > 0:29:38I can't even speak Italian, and that's my parents' language.
0:29:38 > 0:29:42I have difficulty with English, as you'll soon find out.
0:29:42 > 0:29:45'Don't be fooled, at 90 years old, Andrew's still as sharp as a tack.'
0:29:45 > 0:29:49One ride that used to always stick in my memory was the Caterpillar.
0:29:49 > 0:29:54- Oh, yes.- You remember?- Yeah. - And then the hood came over?- Yeah.
0:29:54 > 0:29:58And the lovely thing about that was the girls would be sitting there
0:29:58 > 0:30:01quite innocently and it'd stop and they'd get up,
0:30:01 > 0:30:05and as soon as they'd get up, whoosh, this rush of air,
0:30:05 > 0:30:06and up came the skirts.
0:30:06 > 0:30:08- Like Marilyn Monroe, you know?- Oh, yeah.
0:30:08 > 0:30:10And all the boys would go, "Oh, ah!"
0:30:10 > 0:30:11Joy of joys!
0:30:11 > 0:30:15'Mind you, the hanky-panky didn't end there. Oh, no!'
0:30:15 > 0:30:17The boys would buy a blue ticket -
0:30:17 > 0:30:19I think it was threepence in those days -
0:30:19 > 0:30:23the girls would buy a pink ticket, and then you spent the day
0:30:23 > 0:30:26going around the fairground looking for the corresponding number.
0:30:26 > 0:30:28It was nice to chat up the girls.
0:30:28 > 0:30:31It was just for a bit of banter and a bit of flirtation.
0:30:31 > 0:30:36And then if you met the partner with the same number,
0:30:36 > 0:30:38you're allowed one free ride on the ground.
0:30:38 > 0:30:41'Now while I can't offer Jasper a shot at romance...'
0:30:41 > 0:30:43- Andrew, lovely to talk to you. - No, thank you.
0:30:43 > 0:30:45Thank you for inviting me.
0:30:45 > 0:30:48'..I can invite him to roll up, roll up and try
0:30:48 > 0:30:51'if he's man enough to hook a duck.'
0:30:51 > 0:30:54- Right. Now I've got my hat.- Yes...
0:30:54 > 0:30:57Come on, boys and girls, roll up.
0:30:57 > 0:31:01Here we go. Everyone a winner.
0:31:01 > 0:31:04Come on - hook a duck, win a prize.
0:31:04 > 0:31:07Hey, you look a nice young lad, would you like to have a go?
0:31:07 > 0:31:10Len, there's got to be better ways of earning a living.
0:31:10 > 0:31:13THEY LAUGH
0:31:13 > 0:31:17- Here we go. Now, look...- I have to stick this...- You've got to hook...
0:31:17 > 0:31:22- Yeah?- Oh, hold on. Hook a duck.- Hook a duck.
0:31:22 > 0:31:26'Trust me, it's a lot more complicated than it sounds.'
0:31:27 > 0:31:30This could take a bit of time.
0:31:30 > 0:31:33This time. No.
0:31:33 > 0:31:35LEN LAUGHS
0:31:37 > 0:31:40THEY CHEER
0:31:40 > 0:31:42- Well done. - Now, I don't want the duck.
0:31:42 > 0:31:45No, no, no. But you've won a prize.
0:31:45 > 0:31:49- What is it? I bet it's a Rubiks cube.- No, it is not.
0:31:49 > 0:31:51What did you win in '58?
0:31:51 > 0:31:52A toothbrush.
0:31:52 > 0:31:53Thank you.
0:31:53 > 0:31:57THEY LAUGH
0:31:57 > 0:32:00- Brilliant, you've done your research, hey?- Oh, yes.
0:32:00 > 0:32:01Good one. Good one.
0:32:01 > 0:32:05Indeed I have, which is how I also know that Jasper's big,
0:32:05 > 0:32:09big break in comedy finally came in 1978.
0:32:09 > 0:32:13I was about six or seven years in the folk clubs, developing
0:32:13 > 0:32:16loads and loads of material, about three hours of material.
0:32:16 > 0:32:18And then Michael Grade discovered me.
0:32:18 > 0:32:22- He came to see me work in Stratford Shakespeare theatre.- Right.
0:32:22 > 0:32:26- And the support act... - Was?- Victoria Wood.
0:32:26 > 0:32:30- Oh, wonderful!- Victoria Wood was the support act.- Right.
0:32:30 > 0:32:33And that's when he gave me
0:32:33 > 0:32:36a chance to do a pilot for London Weekend,
0:32:36 > 0:32:37which was successful.
0:32:37 > 0:32:41- I did another five and it went out. And the rest...- The rest is history.
0:32:41 > 0:32:43- ..is history, yeah. - Well, talking of history,
0:32:43 > 0:32:47- I've got to get my leg over here. - Have you got the Zimmer for him?
0:32:47 > 0:32:50Careful. Oh, no! Don't! Oh!
0:32:50 > 0:32:53LEN LAUGHS
0:32:53 > 0:32:57Let's see, how about a bit of shopping in Barry town?
0:32:57 > 0:33:00After all, the reason Jasper was at the YMCA
0:33:00 > 0:33:04was because his dad was always on the lookout for a bargain.
0:33:04 > 0:33:07- Money and my dad were lethal.- Right.
0:33:07 > 0:33:10We never had it very long, but we had our hands full of junk.
0:33:10 > 0:33:11Absolute junk.
0:33:11 > 0:33:14Well, this is probably the type of shop that would have brought joy
0:33:14 > 0:33:15to his heart.
0:33:15 > 0:33:18- This Curiosity Shop.- Absolutely!
0:33:18 > 0:33:20Dad would be all, "I'll have that, I'll have that."
0:33:20 > 0:33:24Being an engineer, Jasper's dad also had a particular passion
0:33:24 > 0:33:25for anything electrical.
0:33:25 > 0:33:27When I was a kid, when I was about four,
0:33:27 > 0:33:32we had a television with two knobs. Two!
0:33:32 > 0:33:36- An on and off, which was a volume switch, and a contrast knob.- Yeah.
0:33:36 > 0:33:39- We were...- Yeah.- We were there.
0:33:39 > 0:33:41Kids used to come round just to stare at the second knob,
0:33:41 > 0:33:44- it was unbelievable. - LEN LAUGHS
0:33:44 > 0:33:48But the front room in that house was absolutely solid with old
0:33:48 > 0:33:52- valves and transistors and stuff. - Right.- And he was...he was...
0:33:52 > 0:33:55He would repair people's stuff, but he wouldn't ever repair them,
0:33:55 > 0:33:57he would just leave them cos he couldn't be bothered.
0:33:57 > 0:34:01And constantly my mum was making excuses as to why the radio
0:34:01 > 0:34:03wasn't fixed and the television wasn't there.
0:34:03 > 0:34:06Talking of television, how did they react
0:34:06 > 0:34:10when you decided to take up a career in entertainment?
0:34:12 > 0:34:16Well, my mum, until she died - and she was 89 -
0:34:16 > 0:34:19was always waiting for me to get a proper job. You know.
0:34:19 > 0:34:23And a proper job was some job that you could wear a suit,
0:34:23 > 0:34:24cos that was everything to my mum and dad.
0:34:24 > 0:34:27If you wore a suit, you'd got a proper job.
0:34:27 > 0:34:30And she never really got hold of it.
0:34:30 > 0:34:33My dad, unfortunately, never saw any of my success.
0:34:33 > 0:34:37I was doing folk clubs for a couple of years and then he passed away.
0:34:37 > 0:34:40- But he would've been thrilled to bits, I know that.- Yeah.
0:34:40 > 0:34:44- I know you started out as a salesman.- Yes.
0:34:44 > 0:34:49So I wondered, if I were to wander in as a punter
0:34:49 > 0:34:51- and this was your emporium... - Yeah, yeah.
0:34:51 > 0:34:55..of magical delights, you know, maybe you could try and...
0:34:55 > 0:34:57- Sell you something?- ..sell me something.- Have you got any money?
0:34:57 > 0:34:59I'm loaded.
0:34:59 > 0:35:01I'm loaded.
0:35:01 > 0:35:04'Now, of the various objet d'art on offer,
0:35:04 > 0:35:08'I'm thinking the hardest thing to sell me would probably be...
0:35:08 > 0:35:10'this.'
0:35:10 > 0:35:13I'm thinking of going to a wedding. I wondered...
0:35:13 > 0:35:15You know, you haven't got a mirror, what do you think?
0:35:15 > 0:35:19You don't need a mirror, sir, just believe me, you look sensational.
0:35:19 > 0:35:22You're going to a wedding, you want to make an impact,
0:35:22 > 0:35:25you want to impress people. You have the ideal hat.
0:35:25 > 0:35:28This hat is a Ming hat.
0:35:28 > 0:35:33It's from the third dynasty of a Chinese religion
0:35:33 > 0:35:35that worshipped - believe it or not - badgers.
0:35:35 > 0:35:38And so you weren't allowed to kill badgers.
0:35:38 > 0:35:43But if it died naturally, you could skin it and then you could put it
0:35:43 > 0:35:47through a process that ended up with material that looked just like this.
0:35:47 > 0:35:49And then you'd fold it and constituted it
0:35:49 > 0:35:50just like this is now.
0:35:50 > 0:35:53And then they used to use these in these religious ceremonies.
0:35:53 > 0:35:56So you're going back 3,000, 4,000 years, maybe.
0:35:56 > 0:36:00And it needs somebody very special to wear it. In fact,
0:36:00 > 0:36:05this hat has been waiting centuries for the right person to come along
0:36:05 > 0:36:07where it would suit perfectly.
0:36:07 > 0:36:09And today is the day, sir.
0:36:09 > 0:36:11Do you know what? I'm going to buy it.
0:36:11 > 0:36:14THEY LAUGH
0:36:18 > 0:36:22Time for the final installment of my seven top tips,
0:36:22 > 0:36:26starting with St Fagans - an exciting open-air museum,
0:36:26 > 0:36:29which has moved and rebuilt more than 40
0:36:29 > 0:36:31of Wales' historical buildings.
0:36:31 > 0:36:34But equally as impressive are the views you'll get
0:36:34 > 0:36:37if you walk or cycle the Cardiff Bay Barrage,
0:36:37 > 0:36:41which can exit Queen Alexandra Dock in the north
0:36:41 > 0:36:43to the Victorian town of Penarth,
0:36:43 > 0:36:48which is sometimes called the Garden by the Sea.
0:36:48 > 0:36:53Though, for me, top of the heap has to be biting into a freshly
0:36:53 > 0:36:58baked Welsh cake, the perfect mix of dried fruit, sugar and fat. Ooh!
0:36:58 > 0:36:59Lovely jubbly.
0:37:03 > 0:37:06As for our next stop, the Memo Arts Centre,
0:37:06 > 0:37:10which hosts everything from Shakespeare to comedy,
0:37:10 > 0:37:14making it a good place to ask Jasper about his return to stand-up
0:37:14 > 0:37:17after an absence of 13 years.
0:37:17 > 0:37:21End of the '90s, early 2000, I gave it up cos I just was bored.
0:37:21 > 0:37:25- Right.- And I wasn't getting any satisfaction.
0:37:25 > 0:37:29And I didn't see any rhyme or reason why I should go back on.
0:37:29 > 0:37:32But my very best friend is Bev Bevan from Electric Light Orchestra,
0:37:32 > 0:37:33he's a drummer, and he said,
0:37:33 > 0:37:36"Come on, let's go and do a few shows. We've never toured
0:37:36 > 0:37:38"in all the time we've been best friends.
0:37:38 > 0:37:42"Let's go and do a few shows before we run out of time,"
0:37:42 > 0:37:43really, you know.
0:37:43 > 0:37:46So I said OK. So we did 20.
0:37:46 > 0:37:49- Yeah.- And it was really successful.
0:37:49 > 0:37:51And I can't quite believe it still,
0:37:51 > 0:37:55but suddenly, I got back all that enthusiasm for stand-up.
0:37:55 > 0:37:59And I didn't have to do 2.5 hours, which is what I used to do,
0:37:59 > 0:38:03I just had to do two half hours because we'd do it with the music.
0:38:03 > 0:38:06- Yeah.- And I was having the time of my life.
0:38:06 > 0:38:07- Now listen...- Mm-hm.
0:38:07 > 0:38:09Shh.
0:38:09 > 0:38:13I'm not sure how long Strictly will last, Holiday Of My Lifetime,
0:38:13 > 0:38:15so on and so on.
0:38:15 > 0:38:18- I'm going to need another iron in the fire.- Yes.
0:38:18 > 0:38:22So what I was hoping to do now was to do a little bit
0:38:22 > 0:38:23of sort of stand-up...
0:38:23 > 0:38:27- Yes.- ..comedic gags and stuff here.- OK.
0:38:27 > 0:38:30And then maybe, you know, you could critique it, tell me
0:38:30 > 0:38:33if I'm going wrong. I'm sure you'll say I'm not.
0:38:33 > 0:38:38- I think I've run out of time, Len. - No, no, come on. Let me squeeze...
0:38:38 > 0:38:42- One.- Three.- One. One. All right, two. Two maximum.
0:38:42 > 0:38:45Three. JASPER LAUGHS
0:38:45 > 0:38:50'Ladies and gentlemen, live from Barry's Memo Centre, it's the one,
0:38:50 > 0:38:52'the only...Len Goodman.'
0:38:52 > 0:38:55- Did you hear about the... YELLS:- You suck!
0:38:57 > 0:38:59LAUGHING: Too early, too early!
0:38:59 > 0:39:01Think you're funny?!
0:39:01 > 0:39:03Do you get that? Did you ever get all that?
0:39:03 > 0:39:05That's what you've got to put up with, yeah.
0:39:05 > 0:39:08Did you hear about the constipated bullfighter
0:39:08 > 0:39:09who couldn't pass a dobly?
0:39:11 > 0:39:12Mm-hm. Next.
0:39:14 > 0:39:16- I've done... - No, not another joke, next.
0:39:16 > 0:39:19- Next act. - I've got another joke coming.
0:39:19 > 0:39:23Oh, I've...hurt me back carrying water.
0:39:23 > 0:39:26JASPER LAUGHS It was Evian.
0:39:26 > 0:39:28It was an 'eavy 'un.
0:39:28 > 0:39:29Yeah, Evian.
0:39:29 > 0:39:32- As in it was a heavy water.- Evian.
0:39:32 > 0:39:34- Yeah, OK.- And 'eavy 'un. Yeah, Evian.
0:39:34 > 0:39:38My third joke... I left the last one till the end.
0:39:38 > 0:39:41If I go in any type of paint shop,
0:39:41 > 0:39:45I just can't help crying, I get so emulsional.
0:39:46 > 0:39:48Um...
0:39:48 > 0:39:50Emulsional.
0:39:50 > 0:39:53Len, this Strictly Come Dancing, it's not going to end soon,
0:39:53 > 0:39:55- is it?- I hope not!
0:39:55 > 0:39:56On that reaction.
0:39:56 > 0:39:58THEY LAUGH
0:39:58 > 0:40:03'So the bad news - my career in comedy is over before began.
0:40:03 > 0:40:07'But the good news - it's finally brightened up.'
0:40:07 > 0:40:10- All the best, cheers. - Lovely day. Thank you, Len.
0:40:10 > 0:40:13- It's been a nice day.- Super. And the weather's turned out great.
0:40:13 > 0:40:14Look at it.
0:40:14 > 0:40:19Now, I've got to ask you because I've been dying to ask you and I'm not...
0:40:19 > 0:40:21The Detectives.
0:40:21 > 0:40:23- Ah.- Robert Powell.- Yes.
0:40:23 > 0:40:26How was that, acting with him and working with him?
0:40:26 > 0:40:27We got on like a house on fire.
0:40:27 > 0:40:31It was probably one of the most enjoyable times of my career.
0:40:31 > 0:40:32- Really?- Yeah.
0:40:32 > 0:40:35And the wonderful George Sewell, who was the superintendent.
0:40:35 > 0:40:37George was brilliant.
0:40:37 > 0:40:39And we had a terrific crew.
0:40:39 > 0:40:44Yeah, the thing is, when you look back over your career,
0:40:44 > 0:40:46you have done so many different things.
0:40:46 > 0:40:49Is there anything left that, you know, you think, "Do you know,
0:40:49 > 0:40:52"I wouldn't mind doing...?"
0:40:52 > 0:40:55- Honestly, truthfully?- Honestly.
0:40:55 > 0:40:57- Strictly Come Dancing.- No! I know that's a lie.
0:40:57 > 0:40:59I know that's a lie!
0:41:01 > 0:41:04'While I won't be marking Jasper's dance card anytime soon,
0:41:04 > 0:41:08'I've loved sharing his holiday here on Barry.
0:41:08 > 0:41:10'Not only did we travel in style...'
0:41:10 > 0:41:12It's knockout, isn't it?
0:41:12 > 0:41:13Look at that, classic.
0:41:13 > 0:41:18'..we really did discover it's fun to stay at the YMCA.'
0:41:18 > 0:41:21- Sandra and I are old friends.- Course you are.- We go back 50-odd years.
0:41:21 > 0:41:23Yes. Very, very old friends, yes.
0:41:23 > 0:41:26'Here, you can absolutely have a good meal...'
0:41:26 > 0:41:28- Nectar.- It is nectar.- Nectar.
0:41:28 > 0:41:30'..and do whatever you feel.'
0:41:30 > 0:41:33Oh, no! Oh! Oh!
0:41:33 > 0:41:36'We've enjoyed the time-honoured traditions of the seaside holiday.'
0:41:36 > 0:41:39Come on, boys and girls, roll up. Here we go.
0:41:39 > 0:41:43'And we've ruled out comedy as my next career path.'
0:41:43 > 0:41:45Think you're funny?!
0:41:45 > 0:41:49'Oh, yes, what a holiday it's been!'
0:41:49 > 0:41:53- Listen, it's been so nice.- Yes. - And I want you to remember it.
0:41:53 > 0:41:55Cos, you know, once you get to a certain age,
0:41:55 > 0:41:58- things do slip your mind.- Such as?
0:41:58 > 0:42:03Well, you could forget about our lovely time in Barry Island. Where?
0:42:03 > 0:42:07- I've never been to Barry Island. - Is that where we are?- Yeah.
0:42:07 > 0:42:09- So...- So...
0:42:09 > 0:42:11Just to keep your memories refreshed,
0:42:11 > 0:42:15here's a scrapbook of our time together.
0:42:16 > 0:42:19And you're on the front.
0:42:19 > 0:42:24'Oh, yes, there's lots of photos of yours truly, plus a few of Jasper,
0:42:24 > 0:42:29'so he can relive our special day any time he feels like a laugh.
0:42:29 > 0:42:31'But that's not his only souvenir.'
0:42:32 > 0:42:35- Glan-y-Mor.- Oh, crikey!- YMCA.
0:42:37 > 0:42:40- Holiday centre.- Thank you very much. - And thank you very much.
0:42:40 > 0:42:42I shall put it under my pillow.
0:42:42 > 0:42:45- And every time I go to bed, I'll think of you.- Thank you.
0:42:45 > 0:42:48- It's all right.- There you go.
0:42:48 > 0:42:51Well, put them all back in their box. And once again...
0:42:53 > 0:42:57- ..I'm going to have a man hug because I've enjoyed it.- Good man.
0:42:57 > 0:42:59Good man I am.
0:42:59 > 0:43:02'So as we run for our bus, it is tatty-bye from Barry.'