0:00:02 > 0:00:05'Childhood holidays? Oh, the anticipation seemed endless.
0:00:05 > 0:00:08'The holiday itself? Well, it was over too quickly.
0:00:08 > 0:00:12'So, in this series, I'm going to be reliving those wonderful times
0:00:12 > 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
0:00:21 > 0:00:23'to transport them back in time.'
0:00:23 > 0:00:26- I feel as though we're about to go over the edge.- Don't say that.
0:00:27 > 0:00:29'We'll relive the fun...'
0:00:29 > 0:00:31- Oh!- Ah! Oh!
0:00:31 > 0:00:32No, no!
0:00:32 > 0:00:34'..the games...' Oh!
0:00:34 > 0:00:37'..and the food of years gone by.'
0:00:37 > 0:00:40- Oh, I'm so excited.- Oh, the taste?
0:00:40 > 0:00:42Taste of your childhood.
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.'
0:00:51 > 0:00:53Ah! HE LAUGHS
0:00:53 > 0:00:55'So, buckle up for Holiday Of My Lifetime.'
0:00:55 > 0:00:56Oh, yes!
0:00:56 > 0:00:59We're going to get the water skis out in a moment!
0:01:04 > 0:01:08'Today, I'm going on a magical mystery tour
0:01:08 > 0:01:11'in this fantastic Ford motor
0:01:11 > 0:01:15'and with someone who's even more handsome than me.
0:01:15 > 0:01:19'I know what you're thinking. It's not possible. But it is!
0:01:19 > 0:01:23'So, where am I off to, then? I'm not going to tell you yet.'
0:01:23 > 0:01:27I'm on my way to meet a gentleman who's been treading the boards
0:01:27 > 0:01:30for more than 20 years.
0:01:30 > 0:01:35He was born in York in 1966, the year England won the World Cup.
0:01:35 > 0:01:40There he is as a nipper! Oh! Butter wouldn't melt.
0:01:40 > 0:01:45He got his big break in 1993 when he became a regular in Emmerdale.
0:01:45 > 0:01:50Oh, he was a wrong 'un and no mistake. Nasty piece of work.
0:01:50 > 0:01:54Then he really got pulses racing in Casualty.
0:01:54 > 0:01:56Oh! He's gorgeous.
0:01:56 > 0:02:01Phew! Since then, you'd have seen him in a number of guises.
0:02:01 > 0:02:03He was a detective in Blue Murder
0:02:03 > 0:02:07and then got to show off his bedside manner again in Doctors.
0:02:08 > 0:02:13But he's not a doctor, of course. He's just a brilliant actor.
0:02:13 > 0:02:17The multi-talented Ian Kelsey.
0:02:17 > 0:02:21And I'm on my way to pick him up in this classic Ford Cortina,
0:02:21 > 0:02:24just like the one his family had when they went on their holidays.
0:02:24 > 0:02:30Oh, yes. Ian, Ian! Wherefore art thou, Ian? I could be an actor.
0:02:30 > 0:02:33Shakespeare, anything you want.
0:02:33 > 0:02:35'Ian Kelsey grew up in York,
0:02:35 > 0:02:38'the very heart of the White Rose country.
0:02:38 > 0:02:42'With his brother David, dad John and mum Julie.
0:02:42 > 0:02:44'Dad was a hard-working printer
0:02:44 > 0:02:48'and Ian's mum an accomplished window dresser.
0:02:48 > 0:02:50'After doing a few heavy manual jobs,
0:02:50 > 0:02:54'Ian got into acting relatively late.
0:02:54 > 0:02:57'But with his matinee idol looks, it wasn't long
0:02:57 > 0:03:00'before the television people came calling.
0:03:00 > 0:03:02'As Emmerdale's heartbreaker,
0:03:02 > 0:03:05'Dave Glover was an instant hit with fans
0:03:05 > 0:03:08'and he continued his love affair with the countryside
0:03:08 > 0:03:13'when he starred in the drama Down To Earth with Ricky Tomlinson
0:03:13 > 0:03:16'and lovely on-screen wife Angela Griffin.
0:03:16 > 0:03:22'And now after three years, he's decided to say goodbye to Doctors.
0:03:22 > 0:03:24'I can tell he's a man who likes to move on.
0:03:24 > 0:03:27'I just hope he's hung around long enough today
0:03:27 > 0:03:29'for me to pick him up.'
0:03:30 > 0:03:32Oh!
0:03:32 > 0:03:33Wow.
0:03:36 > 0:03:38- Ian?- I don't know who I'm more pleased to see.
0:03:39 > 0:03:42- It's a beauty, isn't it?- What a car!
0:03:42 > 0:03:45- It's good to see you.- And you.
0:03:45 > 0:03:47HE LAUGHS
0:03:47 > 0:03:49- What do you reckon? - Oh, that's beautiful.
0:03:52 > 0:03:55- God, sense memory. Wow.- Yeah.
0:03:55 > 0:03:57What colour was the one you came down in?
0:03:57 > 0:04:02Mink Blue. It was kind of like just... I think this is Silver Fox.
0:04:02 > 0:04:04HE LAUGHS Silver Fox.
0:04:04 > 0:04:05Well, yeah, it suits me!
0:04:05 > 0:04:08- Silver fox in a Silver Fox. - So, where are we going?
0:04:10 > 0:04:14- Down to Lyme Regis.- Lyme Regis. - Please, driver.
0:04:14 > 0:04:17- And what is the year?- '73.
0:04:17 > 0:04:22Oh! '73. Oil crisis, power cuts, three-day week.
0:04:22 > 0:04:25It was all happening then. Well, anyway, listen.
0:04:25 > 0:04:30There's no fuel crisis today. We've got a full tank, we've got the car.
0:04:30 > 0:04:34- Jump in and Lyme Regis, here we come.- Let's go.- Let's go.
0:04:45 > 0:04:49Nestled in the gorgeous little curve between Exmouth and Weymouth
0:04:49 > 0:04:51in the super south-west of England,
0:04:51 > 0:04:55the ancient port of Lyme Regis sits very comfortably
0:04:55 > 0:04:57on the border of Dorset and Devon.
0:04:59 > 0:05:01It's on the world-famous Jurassic Coast,
0:05:01 > 0:05:0595 miles of stunning sun-kissed seafront
0:05:05 > 0:05:08that is also a paradise for natural history lovers.
0:05:11 > 0:05:15Now, I happen to know Ian did a spot of fossil hunting
0:05:15 > 0:05:17with his family under the cliffs of Lyme Bay
0:05:17 > 0:05:21way back in those balmy endless summers of the '70s.
0:05:22 > 0:05:24Oh, paradise indeed!
0:05:26 > 0:05:31So today, I'm going to relive those far-off fun-filled days with him.
0:05:32 > 0:05:35There'll be deep-sea adventures, thrills
0:05:35 > 0:05:36and hopefully, not any spills.
0:05:38 > 0:05:40Don't think I could do this as a day job.
0:05:40 > 0:05:45'We'll go behind the scenes to see how the screen magic
0:05:45 > 0:05:49'Ian delivers so well actually happens.'
0:05:49 > 0:05:52- Look at that, 35mm. - Don't touch anything!
0:05:52 > 0:05:55'And there'll be lots of looking round for precious
0:05:55 > 0:05:59'and incredibly well-preserved old treasures.'
0:05:59 > 0:06:02You never know, we might dig up Bruce Forsyth in a minute.
0:06:02 > 0:06:03He'll be somewhere around here!
0:06:09 > 0:06:15'Before any holiday truly begins, first you must set out on a journey.
0:06:15 > 0:06:17'When the businesses of Yorkshire
0:06:17 > 0:06:19'closed for the annual factory fortnight,
0:06:19 > 0:06:24'the Kelsey family would make a beeline for Lyme Regis
0:06:24 > 0:06:28'in a motor very like this sleek silver beauty.
0:06:28 > 0:06:30'Being driven perfectly, as you can see,
0:06:30 > 0:06:34'by an equally sleek silver beauty.'
0:06:35 > 0:06:39So, it was 1973. So, you could have only been a little nipper.
0:06:39 > 0:06:41Yeah, yeah.
0:06:41 > 0:06:44- But I do remember, it's one of my first memories.- Yeah?
0:06:44 > 0:06:49One of my first memories is just coming down to Lyme.
0:06:49 > 0:06:52So excited! It was probably more exciting than Christmas.
0:06:52 > 0:06:56The great thing I think about going on holiday in a car.
0:06:56 > 0:06:59The holiday starts really as soon as you get in that car
0:06:59 > 0:07:01and you get out the front door.
0:07:01 > 0:07:03And where were you coming from?
0:07:03 > 0:07:07- From York, so it was...- Oh, that's a journey.- That is a journey.
0:07:07 > 0:07:10- And how many of you were there in the car?- Just me and my brother.
0:07:10 > 0:07:14- Just... I was always in the left.- Right.
0:07:14 > 0:07:16Um, and our kid was always on the right. And we used to...
0:07:16 > 0:07:19- I used to come and sit up here. - Right.
0:07:19 > 0:07:22- I used to call it the budgie perch. - Right, yeah.
0:07:22 > 0:07:24So I'd just, you know, come back.
0:07:24 > 0:07:26- There was no seat belts in the back then.- Yeah.
0:07:26 > 0:07:29So your dad would be driving. Was it your mum there?
0:07:29 > 0:07:31Yeah, Mum was here
0:07:31 > 0:07:37and she'd have a bag of goodies that every 50 miles, we'd get...
0:07:37 > 0:07:40- Oh, get something?- Something else. - Right. Oh, that was good.
0:07:40 > 0:07:44What do you do on the journey to sort of entertain yourselves,
0:07:44 > 0:07:45keep yourselves going?
0:07:45 > 0:07:48Pub games. What did we used to call it? If we went past a pub...
0:07:48 > 0:07:50- Pub cricket?- Yeah, pub cricket.
0:07:50 > 0:07:53We'd call The George, you'd get two points.
0:07:53 > 0:07:56- It was all down to how many legs the person had.- Oh, right.
0:07:56 > 0:08:02Or The Swan or I think my dad knew of a pub called The Centipede.
0:08:02 > 0:08:04Oh, well, that... That'll be 100!
0:08:04 > 0:08:07- Yeah, so that was 100 points straight away.- Yeah.
0:08:07 > 0:08:09- Oh, you'd never beat that. - You'd never beat that.
0:08:09 > 0:08:15- So you'd be driving along looking out for a pub.- But this. This was..
0:08:15 > 0:08:20This was the signal that we were near. I remember this.
0:08:20 > 0:08:23Where all the trees would come over the road.
0:08:23 > 0:08:26Even if it was a bright, sunny day, it used to go really dark.
0:08:26 > 0:08:29And we'd know we were getting close to Lyme.
0:08:29 > 0:08:32Oh, this is really, really bringing me back, this.
0:08:32 > 0:08:35We used to stop at Yeovil Tank Museum,
0:08:35 > 0:08:36we stopped at Stonehenge once
0:08:36 > 0:08:39and that was when you could actually get in and actually...
0:08:39 > 0:08:41- Get in and walk, yeah.- And have a picnic on the stones.- Yeah.
0:08:41 > 0:08:44- You can't do that now. - So, you'd have a few stops?- Yeah.
0:08:44 > 0:08:47Would your mum bring a few sandwiches and bits?
0:08:47 > 0:08:52Yeah, used to... Used to stop in lay-bys and have a cup of tea.
0:08:52 > 0:08:54- With all the cars going past!- Yeah.
0:08:54 > 0:08:57Yeah, that's exactly how my holidays were.
0:08:57 > 0:09:01'I bet after a drive from York all the way to Lyme Regis,
0:09:01 > 0:09:05'the Kelsey family couldn't wait to get to where they were staying.
0:09:05 > 0:09:08'However exciting the pub cricket got!'
0:09:08 > 0:09:12- Ah, Black Dog, four.- Ah, there you go. It's on my side, though.
0:09:12 > 0:09:17- Oh, it's got to be on your...?- Yes, so I got four points.- Oh! Oh, no.
0:09:17 > 0:09:20- See? I think you just made that bit up.- No! That's the rules.
0:09:20 > 0:09:23- Well, I saw it! You'd have missed it totally.- No, no.
0:09:23 > 0:09:25It's on my side so I get four points so let's see what's...
0:09:25 > 0:09:28- What, even if you didn't see it? - It has to be on your side.
0:09:28 > 0:09:31Well, I bet there's no pubs on my side.
0:09:31 > 0:09:35What did you do? Did you stay in a hotel or did you...? A B&B?
0:09:35 > 0:09:38Guesthouses, guesthouses. And we never booked. That was one thing...
0:09:38 > 0:09:42- You never booked?- That's one thing I've taken into my life now.
0:09:42 > 0:09:43So, if I go away with the kids now.
0:09:43 > 0:09:45We go to France or something like that,
0:09:45 > 0:09:47we just get to France and turn right.
0:09:47 > 0:09:49- And see, you know... - See what you find?
0:09:49 > 0:09:52When the kids get tired, let's see what we find.
0:09:52 > 0:09:55And I always remembered just driving around.
0:09:55 > 0:09:57I don't know why they never booked.
0:09:57 > 0:10:01We used to just drive around and there'd be no vacancies,
0:10:01 > 0:10:02no vacancies, no vacancies.
0:10:02 > 0:10:05And then yeah, there's vacancies and we'd wait in the car
0:10:05 > 0:10:08and Dad would go in and then he'd come back out.
0:10:08 > 0:10:12- I remember the smile on his face. - Uh-oh.- "Come on, keep moving."
0:10:12 > 0:10:16- But it was that tension.- Yeah. - Victoria. Six points, I'm up to.
0:10:18 > 0:10:19- It's not on.- But it's...
0:10:19 > 0:10:23It was the tension of being actually in your holiday destination
0:10:23 > 0:10:26and you still haven't gone to the beach.
0:10:26 > 0:10:29Guys, we've got to find somewhere to stay.
0:10:29 > 0:10:31Kent House, that's it! We stayed there.
0:10:31 > 0:10:35- Kent House?- Yeah, yes!- Oh, really?
0:10:35 > 0:10:39- It's a health centre now. - Yes.- Quite poignant!
0:10:39 > 0:10:41Oh, you stayed... So this was where you stayed?
0:10:41 > 0:10:43Yeah, Kent House, that's it.
0:10:45 > 0:10:48- How funny is that? Me being on Doctors now.- Yeah!
0:10:48 > 0:10:50And my guesthouse, that's it.
0:10:50 > 0:10:52And there was a tortoise in the back garden
0:10:52 > 0:10:55- with another tortoise doing... - Oh, getting on with it?
0:10:55 > 0:11:00Yeah, I always remember that! But that was it. Kent House.
0:11:00 > 0:11:04So, this was the walk that we'd do. Now, now we're driving now.
0:11:04 > 0:11:07This is the walk that we had to do at the end of the day.
0:11:07 > 0:11:10Well, you won, without doubt, the pub cricket
0:11:10 > 0:11:14and if you open that glove box, your reward is waiting for you.
0:11:14 > 0:11:18- HE LAUGHS - Bag of crisps?- Yeah!- Thanks, Len.
0:11:21 > 0:11:25'In 1973, when Ian was no doubt winning the pub cricket
0:11:25 > 0:11:27'on his way down south,
0:11:27 > 0:11:31'the world's greatest artist Pablo Picasso played his last innings.
0:11:31 > 0:11:37'He died in '73 and art lovers all over the world mourned his loss.'
0:11:37 > 0:11:39I think it's very sad
0:11:39 > 0:11:43because I think Picasso gave a lot to the world through his works.
0:11:44 > 0:11:47'In Britain, while the strikes were raging
0:11:47 > 0:11:50'and oil prices were rocketing,
0:11:50 > 0:11:54'in the City of London, the stock exchange opened its doors to women
0:11:54 > 0:11:57'for the first time in its 200 year history.
0:11:57 > 0:12:00'I don't know what took 'em so long. Liberty!
0:12:03 > 0:12:08'Way out west of London, beautiful Brecon had a very special visitor.
0:12:08 > 0:12:10'His Holiness, in fact.
0:12:10 > 0:12:15'The Dalai Lama visited followers there as part of his ten-day tour
0:12:15 > 0:12:17'on his first ever trip to Britain.
0:12:18 > 0:12:23'And from a guru to a Wizzard, Roy Wood and chums got us on our feet
0:12:23 > 0:12:29when Ball Park Incident reached the top 10 at the very start of '73.
0:12:29 > 0:12:32# I found her lyin'
0:12:32 > 0:12:36# Yeah, yeah, yeah Near the ball park down at school
0:12:37 > 0:12:40# The sheriff came on to question my brother
0:12:40 > 0:12:42# I could have dropped down... #
0:12:42 > 0:12:44'Well, I hope there were no incidents today
0:12:44 > 0:12:50because we've just arrived just down the hill from where Ian once stayed.
0:12:50 > 0:12:53In the centre of lovely Lyme Regis.
0:12:53 > 0:12:57And we're about to relive his holiday of a lifetime.
0:12:57 > 0:13:03- Well I've got to say, Ian. This is fantastic.- Hmm.
0:13:03 > 0:13:04This is lovely.
0:13:04 > 0:13:06That was it, that...
0:13:06 > 0:13:11Just walking down here and seeing that view for the first time.
0:13:11 > 0:13:15- That was the start of the holiday. - So, you got into your hotel, right?
0:13:15 > 0:13:17- Or your...- B&B.- B&B.
0:13:18 > 0:13:21And then I suppose you couldn't wait, you and your brother.
0:13:21 > 0:13:24- We want to get down on the beach. - Yeah.- So, straight down.
0:13:24 > 0:13:28Straight down, walking round this corner and seeing that.
0:13:28 > 0:13:32Even now, just seeing that. It's hardly changed.
0:13:32 > 0:13:34I think that's why we loved it.
0:13:34 > 0:13:38Well, these places are really timeless, in a way. You know.
0:13:38 > 0:13:41You come back and I bet if you came back in another 50 years
0:13:41 > 0:13:43or 30 years or whatever...
0:13:43 > 0:13:45- It'd still be the same. - Still be the same.
0:13:45 > 0:13:46That's one lovely thing about Lyme,
0:13:46 > 0:13:48that's one of the qualities about it.
0:13:48 > 0:13:53It hasn't lent itself to the busyness
0:13:53 > 0:13:55of other kind of coastal towns.
0:13:55 > 0:13:57It's still the same.
0:13:57 > 0:14:01So, it's 1973. What was the fashion? Was it flares and all that?
0:14:01 > 0:14:06- I can remember I had quite a horrendous fringe haircut.- Oh, yeah?
0:14:06 > 0:14:10- Yeah, just shorts and T-shirts. - Yeah.- Get in the sea.
0:14:10 > 0:14:13I think one year, they were filming French Lieutenant's Woman.
0:14:13 > 0:14:17- Oh, yeah?- Here, yeah. So there was a big film crew filming on the pier.
0:14:17 > 0:14:19Over there.
0:14:19 > 0:14:2230-odd years later, 40 years later, the place is the same.
0:14:22 > 0:14:25Still the same, still the same atmosphere.
0:14:25 > 0:14:27And coming back, does it sort of...?
0:14:27 > 0:14:29Is it as though you'd never left, almost.
0:14:29 > 0:14:31- It's part of me, I think.- Yeah.
0:14:38 > 0:14:43'This ancient and beautiful place used to be called plain old Lyme
0:14:43 > 0:14:49'until it got a royal charter in 1284 and added the Regis bit.
0:14:49 > 0:14:53'Since then, it's been a hugely important naval port,
0:14:53 > 0:14:56'shipping centre and tourist spot.
0:14:56 > 0:15:00'And for the whole 700-odd years since it got its charter,
0:15:00 > 0:15:05'you know you've arrived somewhere special when you come to Lyme Regis.
0:15:05 > 0:15:10'And it's even given the world one of its greatest films.
0:15:10 > 0:15:15'The French Lieutenant's Woman set in Lyme Regis in around 1867.
0:15:15 > 0:15:19'And looking around, you can see they didn't need much set dressing.
0:15:21 > 0:15:25'That famous film was based on an equally famous book
0:15:25 > 0:15:28'written by a Lyme Regis resident John Fowles who,
0:15:28 > 0:15:32'when he wasn't being one of our greatest novelists,
0:15:32 > 0:15:35'helped out at the Lyme Regis Museum.'
0:15:35 > 0:15:39John Fowles started working at the museum in 1970s.
0:15:39 > 0:15:41In a voluntary role, being the great novelist he was,
0:15:41 > 0:15:45he was a great researcher too and contributed greatly
0:15:45 > 0:15:48to the museum's knowledge of the town.
0:15:48 > 0:15:52'Fowles must have found the museum handy for researching his book.
0:15:54 > 0:15:58'And in 1980, at the same time as Master Ian Kelsey
0:15:58 > 0:16:02'was mucking about in Lyme Regis, Meryl Streep, Jeremy Irons
0:16:02 > 0:16:06'and their huge film crew came to make the movie. Oh, what fun!'
0:16:06 > 0:16:09Of course, the ironic thing is the iconic picture from the film
0:16:09 > 0:16:14is of Meryl Streep and Jeremy Irons on the end of the Cobb in a storm.
0:16:14 > 0:16:17But it wasn't actually Meryl Streep.
0:16:17 > 0:16:19I think Meryl was much too valuable for them
0:16:19 > 0:16:21to risk being swept into the sea.
0:16:21 > 0:16:24I'm not sure if it was Jeremy Irons but by all accounts,
0:16:24 > 0:16:26he's quite a tough guy so it may well have been him.
0:16:27 > 0:16:29'Well, it might have been Meryl.
0:16:29 > 0:16:32'She's pretty tough and it's staying power you need.
0:16:32 > 0:16:35'That's one of the many things me, Meryl and Lyme Regis
0:16:35 > 0:16:36'have been common.
0:16:36 > 0:16:39'The town goes back a bit further than me, though.
0:16:39 > 0:16:42'It's even got a mention in the Domesday Book.
0:16:42 > 0:16:45'But that's nothing compared to the age of the fossils
0:16:45 > 0:16:47'you can find on beaches around here.
0:16:47 > 0:16:52'And I just can't wait to show off my knowledge of Lyme
0:16:52 > 0:16:55'in the time of the dinosaurs.'
0:16:55 > 0:16:56Ian?
0:16:57 > 0:17:01I want you to meet someone now who knows a lot about old things.
0:17:01 > 0:17:03Not me! HE LAUGHS
0:17:03 > 0:17:06- Paddy, this is Ian.- Pleased to meet you.- Nice to meet you.
0:17:06 > 0:17:11- Nice to meet you, Len. - So, this is the Jurassic Coast.
0:17:11 > 0:17:15- This is part of it, yes. - And it's 185 million years old.
0:17:15 > 0:17:19In places, yeah. We've got Triassic rocks to the West.
0:17:19 > 0:17:21So, over 200 million years old.
0:17:21 > 0:17:24- And then Jurassic rocks all the way along here.- Right.
0:17:24 > 0:17:26So Ian, did you used to come down here with your mum and dad?
0:17:26 > 0:17:29We did, yeah. We never found anything, though. You know.
0:17:29 > 0:17:31What are these? Teeth?
0:17:31 > 0:17:34Yeah, this is part of the jaw of a large ichthyosaur.
0:17:34 > 0:17:38- So, you've got teeth on...both sides.- What's that?
0:17:38 > 0:17:40That was a big piece of poo.
0:17:40 > 0:17:42You wouldn't know that was poo, would you?
0:17:42 > 0:17:45- You'd think, "That's a funny bit of a rock."- Look at that.
0:17:45 > 0:17:48You know, anybody could pick that up and throw it in the sea.
0:17:48 > 0:17:50They are the hardest things to learn to find
0:17:50 > 0:17:52- because they're all different. - So, where did you find this?
0:17:52 > 0:17:54That was actually just over here.
0:17:54 > 0:17:56- Really?- Literally within about 10ft of where we are now.
0:17:56 > 0:17:58- So, millions of years ago... - No, don't tell me.
0:17:58 > 0:18:01- ..a dinosaur had a poo over there. - Yeah.
0:18:01 > 0:18:04That's just a bit of stone, you just brought that down for a laugh.
0:18:04 > 0:18:05Well, to most people.
0:18:05 > 0:18:08But we learn to recognise the right sort of stone.
0:18:08 > 0:18:11- So this one, I broke it open. - Oh, don't do that!
0:18:11 > 0:18:13- That's what I wanted to do. - Don't do that!
0:18:13 > 0:18:15So, you recognised that there was something in that?
0:18:15 > 0:18:17You recognise the right shape and texture.
0:18:17 > 0:18:19Do you reckon we could find something today?
0:18:19 > 0:18:21- There's a good chance. - Come on, Paddy. Lead the way.
0:18:21 > 0:18:23Let's go and do a bit of fossil hunting.
0:18:23 > 0:18:25Come here...
0:18:25 > 0:18:27Can you...? I've come here.
0:18:28 > 0:18:30I've got my fossil-hunting shoes.
0:18:30 > 0:18:33I wish I'd bought a little pick axe or something. Come on.
0:18:35 > 0:18:38Dinosaurs must have loved it down here in Lyme Regis
0:18:38 > 0:18:40because, you know, everywhere you look,
0:18:40 > 0:18:44there's all the traces of old creatures.
0:18:44 > 0:18:46You never know, we might dig up Bruce Forsyth in a minute.
0:18:46 > 0:18:48He'd be somewhere around here.
0:18:48 > 0:18:51Look, that could be like the hipbone, couldn't it?
0:18:51 > 0:18:53Yeah, no, just a piece of stone, that one.
0:18:53 > 0:18:55So, when you were coming down here as a little boy,
0:18:55 > 0:18:58did you have any idea that what you wanted to do was,
0:18:58 > 0:19:00you know, go into acting?
0:19:00 > 0:19:03No idea, no idea. That just came from working at the railway.
0:19:04 > 0:19:07And we were so bored building the trains,
0:19:07 > 0:19:10that me and a friend joined Rowntree's Youth Theatre
0:19:10 > 0:19:13to just meet girls, really!
0:19:13 > 0:19:14And just got the bug there.
0:19:15 > 0:19:18And then I just...I went to...
0:19:18 > 0:19:20I went to build conservatories for a year
0:19:20 > 0:19:24after I worked at the railways and I got an allergy to cedar-wood.
0:19:24 > 0:19:25So, I had to change my career.
0:19:25 > 0:19:28Doctors said, "Look, you know, if you're going to carry on doing that,
0:19:28 > 0:19:31"you need to wear a mask all day," and I just didn't fancy that.
0:19:31 > 0:19:35- No!- So, I just flipped it and went to drama school and, you know...
0:19:35 > 0:19:40I was a late starter at 24. Doesn't sound late now but it was then.
0:19:40 > 0:19:43And did... Were your mum and dad pleased?
0:19:43 > 0:19:45Or did they say, "No, don't do that"?
0:19:45 > 0:19:48They were kind of laid-back and just like, "Yeah, OK,
0:19:48 > 0:19:50"if you want to do that, go and do that." So yeah...
0:19:50 > 0:19:54- So you know, that was it. No looking back.- Right.
0:19:54 > 0:19:57'Maybe acting's gain was dinosaur hunting's loss.
0:19:57 > 0:20:01'I'm going to see if we can help Ian finally find a fossil.'
0:20:01 > 0:20:02So, Paddy?
0:20:03 > 0:20:07These rocks have got the potential to have something in them.
0:20:07 > 0:20:09Yeah, all of these might have something inside.
0:20:09 > 0:20:12- Can I break some rock?- Yeah, you can have a go. You'll need these.- Cool.
0:20:12 > 0:20:14Health and safety at all times.
0:20:21 > 0:20:26- Oh, yeah, look.- Oh, yeah! Look, the sneaky little devil, he's just...
0:20:26 > 0:20:28You've got a gnat's thing of it.
0:20:28 > 0:20:3040 years later, I've found something.
0:20:30 > 0:20:32THEY CHUCKLE
0:20:32 > 0:20:35- Can I just do one? - Yeah, certainly.- Do you mind?
0:20:35 > 0:20:38Because you know, you're hogging the whole thing.
0:20:38 > 0:20:39You're coming down here.
0:20:43 > 0:20:44- Oh, he's going. Going.- I might...
0:20:46 > 0:20:49- Ah! - He pulled it apart with his fingers.
0:20:49 > 0:20:51I'm like that. I'm Action Man.
0:20:51 > 0:20:55I haven't come across a family yet that have done any fossil hunting.
0:20:55 > 0:20:57Yeah, were you a bit posh? HE LAUGHS
0:20:57 > 0:20:58No!
0:20:58 > 0:21:01No, I mean, we weren't really bothered about the fossils.
0:21:01 > 0:21:04- It was just something to fill the day.- Something to do.
0:21:04 > 0:21:05Something to do, yeah.
0:21:05 > 0:21:08It was just part of the excitement of coming down to Lyme.
0:21:08 > 0:21:10This is what Lyme offers, you know.
0:21:11 > 0:21:13- Oh!- Hey!
0:21:14 > 0:21:16BOTH LAUGH
0:21:16 > 0:21:21'Oh, yes! After 40-odd years, Ian finally got his prize.
0:21:24 > 0:21:28'If you want to know more about some of the other biggest attractions
0:21:28 > 0:21:30'in the area, then you're in luck
0:21:30 > 0:21:35'because I've picked seven of the best to tell you all about.
0:21:35 > 0:21:39'In the 18th century, Lyme Regis was one of the biggest
0:21:39 > 0:21:41'ports in the country.
0:21:41 > 0:21:43'Much bigger than Liverpool, even.
0:21:43 > 0:21:46'People have been fishing out of here in boats big and small
0:21:46 > 0:21:50'for hundreds of years. And today, you can too.
0:21:50 > 0:21:55'Lyme Bay's Mackerel Fishing Tours run all summer long
0:21:55 > 0:21:57'and they're becoming a hot ticket.
0:21:57 > 0:22:00Mackerel fishing is terribly, terribly popular.
0:22:00 > 0:22:03This area has been very good for mackerel over the years.
0:22:03 > 0:22:04They seem to arrive...
0:22:06 > 0:22:09..when we start our fishing trips at Easter.
0:22:09 > 0:22:12In a good year, we can be catching mackerel for most of the season
0:22:12 > 0:22:15until we pack up in November.
0:22:15 > 0:22:19'During the Second World War, Dorset played host
0:22:19 > 0:22:21'to 80,000 American soldiers
0:22:21 > 0:22:24'and the wonderful Marine Theatre in Lyme Bay
0:22:24 > 0:22:27'was the place to keep their peckers up.
0:22:27 > 0:22:29'It was the Armed Forces canteen
0:22:29 > 0:22:32'with stars like Jimmy Cagney entertaining them.
0:22:32 > 0:22:35'More recently, everyone from Paul Daniels to Jo Brand
0:22:35 > 0:22:38'to Alan Carr has played here too.
0:22:38 > 0:22:40'I wonder why they haven't called me.
0:22:45 > 0:22:50'No holiday experience is complete without sampling the local food.
0:22:50 > 0:22:52'Those new tastes and textures,
0:22:52 > 0:22:57'so different to home, that transform our palettes forever.
0:22:57 > 0:23:00'When Ian came to Lyme Regis in 1973,
0:23:00 > 0:23:03'he had a couple of bob in his pocket
0:23:03 > 0:23:07'and the desire to sample every tasty treat you could find.
0:23:07 > 0:23:11'Let's see if he's still got his sweet tooth.'
0:23:11 > 0:23:14You know, as much as you remember the big things on holiday,
0:23:14 > 0:23:17sometimes it's just the little things that bring back wonderful
0:23:17 > 0:23:19- memories. Have you got any of them? - Yeah, we used to get...
0:23:19 > 0:23:21We used to get a little budget of 50p
0:23:21 > 0:23:26and off we'd go at amusement arcades or little sweet shops.
0:23:26 > 0:23:28And what was your favourite sweets?
0:23:28 > 0:23:32- Sugar mice.- Sugar mice? Well, I'm going to make your day.
0:23:32 > 0:23:35- There's the sweet shop. - Wow! Same one still there.
0:23:35 > 0:23:37Still there, look at that. Want to go in?
0:23:37 > 0:23:40- Let's see if they sell them. - You got 50p?
0:23:40 > 0:23:42I'll give you 50p, don't worry.
0:23:45 > 0:23:48Eh? This is a kid's dream. Right?
0:23:48 > 0:23:50And I tell you what, I'm going to go around the counter
0:23:50 > 0:23:54- and I'm going to see what you fancy. - See if you've got me 50p. Look!
0:23:54 > 0:23:58- Here they are. Little sugar mice. - Look at that!
0:23:58 > 0:24:01- So, how many of them would you have had?- Oh, I dread to think.
0:24:01 > 0:24:05- Dread to think.- Well, let's get a bag. Don't touch the stock!
0:24:06 > 0:24:09- Why don't you have one of them?- I'll have one please, Len.- Just one?
0:24:09 > 0:24:12- And get yourself one.- OK, well, I'll give you... I'll have a white one.
0:24:14 > 0:24:15And a green one.
0:24:15 > 0:24:17I'm going to savour this because I like a bit of sugar.
0:24:17 > 0:24:19- Wow, look at this.- So let's go.
0:24:19 > 0:24:23I'll find a nice little spot where we can sit and eat our sugar mice.
0:24:23 > 0:24:26- So, how much did you get? 50p? - 50p a day.
0:24:26 > 0:24:29- Was it ten shillings back then or still 50...?- Come on!- Oh, OK.
0:24:29 > 0:24:31Let's leave it there.
0:24:31 > 0:24:33Let's go somewhere and eat 'em. Come on!
0:24:34 > 0:24:38Well, this is a nice little spot. Lovely, now...
0:24:40 > 0:24:43- Do you want the white one or the green one?- White one, please.
0:24:47 > 0:24:49Look at that! Eh?
0:24:54 > 0:24:57- Delicious.- Oh!- Absolutely delicious.
0:24:58 > 0:25:01So, when did you get your first proper acting job?
0:25:03 > 0:25:07Um...straight away. Out of drama school, actually. It was...
0:25:08 > 0:25:12- It was a commercial in South Africa. - In South... Oh, blimey!
0:25:12 > 0:25:15But the first stage production was Grease.
0:25:15 > 0:25:18- I did that in Dublin at the Olympia Theatre.- Really?
0:25:18 > 0:25:22So, that was my introduction into the business.
0:25:22 > 0:25:28- And then, of course, the thing that we all remember was Emmerdale.- Hmm!
0:25:28 > 0:25:31- How did that come along? - Just went up for the casting.
0:25:31 > 0:25:35Yeah, and I got the gig. That was my first TV role. I can remember.
0:25:35 > 0:25:39I didn't even know what marks were or any camera terminology.
0:25:39 > 0:25:42- So, that was almost like TV school for me, really.- Right.
0:25:42 > 0:25:45But the crew were so lovely up there, you know.
0:25:45 > 0:25:47They were used to people that didn't know
0:25:47 > 0:25:48what they were doing on a film set.
0:25:48 > 0:25:52So, that's where I learned the trade, really, on that job.
0:25:52 > 0:25:54I used to work with Seth Armstrong.
0:25:54 > 0:25:57Spent most of the time in the countryside filming.
0:25:57 > 0:25:58We'd have people walking up to you
0:25:58 > 0:26:01- and asking for an autograph during the take!- Right.
0:26:01 > 0:26:03You know, people taking pictures
0:26:03 > 0:26:05and you know, back this way, there was the countryside
0:26:05 > 0:26:09but over there, there'd be probably 500 people watching you.
0:26:09 > 0:26:11So, it was like doing live theatre, it was hilarious.
0:26:11 > 0:26:14But that was one thing that was lovely about that show.
0:26:14 > 0:26:18- Three quarters of it was out... - Out in the country? Oh, lovely.
0:26:18 > 0:26:19Regardless of what weather.
0:26:19 > 0:26:22It was just brilliant to get out there and do your job.
0:26:22 > 0:26:25And how did your parents feel when suddenly, there he is?
0:26:25 > 0:26:29- You're on the telly!- Oh, very proud. Very, very proud, yeah.
0:26:29 > 0:26:30Well, I can imagine.
0:26:30 > 0:26:33Because they were in York and we were filming in Leeds
0:26:33 > 0:26:36so they used to come down to the set all day. Let's have another go.
0:26:36 > 0:26:37Yeah, don't, you know...
0:26:39 > 0:26:43- Well, I like it.- Don't eat the tail. - No, I'm not going to eat the tail.
0:26:43 > 0:26:46I suppose it's just pure sugar, really.
0:26:46 > 0:26:50- God, we must have been flying after we had these.- Yeah? Well...
0:26:51 > 0:26:54- I like them.- I might leave it there for the seagulls.
0:26:55 > 0:26:56Anyway...
0:26:56 > 0:27:00There's more to do, more to see and places to visit. Come on.
0:27:00 > 0:27:02'Now, the next stop on our tour of Lyme
0:27:02 > 0:27:05'isn't exactly a tourist destination.
0:27:05 > 0:27:07'Unless you're seven-year-old Ian Kelsey.
0:27:07 > 0:27:11'He and his brother loved the thrilling sight of the brave men
0:27:11 > 0:27:14'of the lifeboat crew being called to action.
0:27:14 > 0:27:17'So, I've arranged another surprise.'
0:27:17 > 0:27:18Ian, I want you to meet Ken.
0:27:18 > 0:27:21- How you doing, Ken?- All right, how are you doing? Nice to see you.
0:27:21 > 0:27:24- Ken, good to see you again. - Very nice, thanks.- Now, Ken...
0:27:24 > 0:27:30was on the lifeboat back when you were here in '73. Is that right?
0:27:30 > 0:27:33- Yeah, but you won't remember this. - No, it was over there, wasn't it?
0:27:33 > 0:27:35Yeah, yeah. I've got a picture here.
0:27:35 > 0:27:37- Of the old place.- Wow!
0:27:37 > 0:27:40That might be me! So when is this, then?
0:27:40 > 0:27:45- Well, that will be the middle '70s. Because...- There we are.
0:27:45 > 0:27:47- The early '70s, we had a boat like that.- Yeah.
0:27:47 > 0:27:50And then we came to a boat like that.
0:27:50 > 0:27:53Which is the forerunner of these.
0:27:53 > 0:27:56- Right.- Smaller version than that.
0:27:56 > 0:27:58I mean, that's high technology.
0:27:58 > 0:28:01- I used to remember the firework going up.- The maroons.
0:28:01 > 0:28:03And then all you boys coming down from your day jobs.
0:28:03 > 0:28:06Running like hell, yeah. Day and night.
0:28:06 > 0:28:08Screeching up with the cars and on your bikes and everything.
0:28:08 > 0:28:11And all the kids would run to see it, go down the slope.
0:28:11 > 0:28:13- Yeah, and the boat.- Do you still use the firework now?- No.
0:28:13 > 0:28:15Are you all just... You constantly man it?
0:28:15 > 0:28:18Well, I finished years ago. But it's all electronic now.
0:28:18 > 0:28:20- They're all tagged up, you know. - Oh, OK.
0:28:20 > 0:28:24- But they're still working in and around the town?- Oh, yeah, yeah.
0:28:24 > 0:28:26It must have been fantastic for you.
0:28:26 > 0:28:29- You know, where you came from, you were nowhere near the sea.- No.
0:28:29 > 0:28:33- And suddenly, you're coming down here.- Yeah, with a firework. Boom!
0:28:33 > 0:28:35You've got the harbour, you've got the beach. Fantastic, hey?
0:28:35 > 0:28:38And I guess these now can reach colossal speeds.
0:28:38 > 0:28:41- This one goes 35 knots.- Really?
0:28:41 > 0:28:46- Yeah, we were only going 25 with these.- Yeah. Well now, Ian.
0:28:46 > 0:28:50- What we're going to do now is we're going out in a boat.- You're kidding.
0:28:50 > 0:28:53- Really?- No, and we're going out quite a way, three or four miles.
0:28:53 > 0:28:57- Wow, cool.- And we're going to look back at the whole of this bay.
0:28:58 > 0:29:02- Now, are you any good at rowing? - Let's have a go.- Come on.
0:29:02 > 0:29:06I'm going to wear my hat in case I burn my balding head.
0:29:06 > 0:29:08- How do I look?- True sailor.
0:29:08 > 0:29:13OK. Well, I think the boat is over here. So, Ken. Thanks a million.
0:29:13 > 0:29:16- That's all right, mate.- Cool, good. - Nice, Ian. Nice meeting you.
0:29:16 > 0:29:18- Good to talk. Cheers.- Come on, sailor.- There we go, sailor.
0:29:19 > 0:29:21Ian?
0:29:22 > 0:29:25- This is John.- Hello, John. - How are you?- Nice to meet you.
0:29:25 > 0:29:29These are life jackets. You can put them on just like a jacket.
0:29:29 > 0:29:33John, you'll have to help me because I'm a bit cranky. Where's that one?
0:29:33 > 0:29:36Oh, lovely. Right.
0:29:36 > 0:29:39That's nice, isn't it? You're so protected.
0:29:39 > 0:29:43I'll put my hat on because my head's burning.
0:29:43 > 0:29:45I was in the sea cadets, you know? Oh, yes!
0:29:45 > 0:29:47- Shall we get on?- Let's do it.
0:29:47 > 0:29:52'Now fortunately, the lifeboat with its 35 knots isn't for joyriding in.
0:29:52 > 0:29:56'And anyway, one of those bright orange hero speedsters
0:29:56 > 0:29:58'isn't the Goodman way, oh, no.
0:29:58 > 0:30:02'I like to ride in style and not in a hurry.'
0:30:02 > 0:30:05To be honest, this is about as rough as I can stand it
0:30:05 > 0:30:07and about the right speed, this.
0:30:08 > 0:30:12Mind you, don't think I'm feeling as bilious as Ian.
0:30:12 > 0:30:14I think it was wise to not have lunch before we came out here.
0:30:14 > 0:30:16Yeah, exactly.
0:30:16 > 0:30:20- God, I've never seen Lyme from this angle.- Yeah.- Fantastic.
0:30:20 > 0:30:22- So you never did this as a kid?- No.
0:30:22 > 0:30:26- We'd come out in a little dinghy but...- But nothing like this.
0:30:26 > 0:30:28Fantastic, hey?
0:30:28 > 0:30:31It is the most wonderful coastline.
0:30:31 > 0:30:35And, you know, you don't really get to appreciate it
0:30:35 > 0:30:39so much as when you get somewhere like this and you're out here.
0:30:40 > 0:30:41I think it's great.
0:30:45 > 0:30:49- Don't know if I could do this as a day job. See that there?- Where?
0:30:49 > 0:30:51- Where the park is there?- Yeah?
0:30:51 > 0:30:56- We did a little show on there one night.- What, when you was a kid?
0:30:56 > 0:30:59Yeah, it was like an improvised comedy show.
0:30:59 > 0:31:01And at the end, it must have been the last...
0:31:01 > 0:31:04It must have been the last night because they sold off all the props.
0:31:04 > 0:31:07And one of the props was a big shark's fin.
0:31:07 > 0:31:11And I can remember walking up that big hill back to the guesthouse
0:31:11 > 0:31:13and I'd walk past windows with the shark fin on.
0:31:13 > 0:31:15Oh, yeah? Fabulous.
0:31:17 > 0:31:19You still got it? No!
0:31:19 > 0:31:21HE LAUGHS That's gone!
0:31:21 > 0:31:24Now when you first started your acting career,
0:31:24 > 0:31:29was there any times you felt, "Oh," you're not looking for work
0:31:29 > 0:31:32and you thought maybe this isn't the best thing to do?
0:31:32 > 0:31:35- Or did it all work along swimmingly?- Um...
0:31:35 > 0:31:38Yeah, I've been really, really lucky.
0:31:38 > 0:31:42Um, I think the first time I've had a big kind of break
0:31:42 > 0:31:44was 18 months and that was about five years ago.
0:31:44 > 0:31:48So really, you've had the most lovely career.
0:31:48 > 0:31:52- What was the detective thing? - Uh, Blue Murder.
0:31:52 > 0:31:57That was six years in Manchester filming with Caroline Quentin.
0:31:57 > 0:32:00- That was great fun. - And Doctors, of course.
0:32:00 > 0:32:03- You can turn your hand to anything, you can!- Yeah!
0:32:03 > 0:32:08- Yes, I had a fun time on Casualty as well.- Oh, yeah?
0:32:08 > 0:32:12- The medical jargon was... - Oh, I bet you that was the game!
0:32:12 > 0:32:16I think I hold the record for the most takes
0:32:16 > 0:32:19- for some of the terminology. - Can you remember it?
0:32:19 > 0:32:2327 takes it was for homonymous hemianopia.
0:32:23 > 0:32:27- Homonyous...?- Homonymous hemianopia, sounds like a fossil.
0:32:27 > 0:32:28Yeah.
0:32:28 > 0:32:31I can say it now. It took me 27 takes.
0:32:31 > 0:32:34Oh, I'd have it written everywhere. It was like The Generation Game.
0:32:34 > 0:32:36- Yeah?- I had it written on people's arms, people's legs.
0:32:36 > 0:32:38You know, you'd lift up something
0:32:38 > 0:32:40and there'd be another five milligrams of whatever. You know.
0:32:40 > 0:32:43Well, we didn't want to tell you this
0:32:43 > 0:32:45until we got you on the boat but...
0:32:45 > 0:32:48We're going to get the water skis out in a moment.
0:32:48 > 0:32:50HE LAUGHS
0:32:50 > 0:32:53- You first. You show me how it's done.- No, no, no!
0:32:53 > 0:32:55No, it's not in my contract.
0:32:59 > 0:33:02While we try to find our land legs again,
0:33:02 > 0:33:06here's another instalment of my seven top tips for Lyme Regis.
0:33:08 > 0:33:11They say nearly half the wildlife in the world
0:33:11 > 0:33:14has disappeared in the last 40 years.
0:33:14 > 0:33:17So, it's a good job we've got places like Lyme Regis'
0:33:17 > 0:33:20excellent Axe Valley Wildlife Park
0:33:20 > 0:33:23to care for some very precious species.
0:33:23 > 0:33:27We have several types of endangered species of mammal.
0:33:27 > 0:33:30We have some of the species of lemurs here that are endangered.
0:33:30 > 0:33:32We have several species of birds that are endangereds
0:33:32 > 0:33:35from the cranes, some of the ibis have come from the Endangered List.
0:33:35 > 0:33:37BIRDS SQUAWK
0:33:37 > 0:33:40And also some of the parrots are on the Endangered List.
0:33:40 > 0:33:44They've also got some of those good-looking mongoose things
0:33:44 > 0:33:46that are even more famous than me.
0:33:47 > 0:33:52Unlike piranhas, grey mullet have very, very tiny teeth.
0:33:52 > 0:33:53That's a fact worth knowing!
0:33:53 > 0:33:57If you go to the Lyme Regis Marine Aquarium,
0:33:57 > 0:34:01you can feed mullet by hand and not worry about losing your finger.
0:34:03 > 0:34:06Water mills started to die out in the UK
0:34:06 > 0:34:09when the Industrial Revolution brought in
0:34:09 > 0:34:12that newfangled steam power.
0:34:12 > 0:34:17So, it's fantastic to see such a beautifully restored town mill
0:34:17 > 0:34:18in Lyme Regis.
0:34:18 > 0:34:25It now stands on a site surrounded by artisan shops and a microbrewery.
0:34:25 > 0:34:26Ooh, posh!
0:34:26 > 0:34:29Which leads me neatly to the next stop
0:34:29 > 0:34:31on Ian Kelsey's Holiday Of A Lifetime.
0:34:32 > 0:34:36Because I'm taking him to the pub his family used to visit.
0:34:36 > 0:34:41And I reckon I can win back the 50 pence I paid for the sugar mice.
0:34:41 > 0:34:44This is your old pub, right? Where your mum and dad used to come?
0:34:44 > 0:34:46- I'm so pleased you brought me here. - Yeah, what do you want?
0:34:46 > 0:34:50- Just half a lager, please? Ta. - Cheers! All the best.
0:34:50 > 0:34:52- Hmm.- Oh, look.
0:34:52 > 0:34:54You want a go?
0:34:54 > 0:34:57- Walked through that. Oh, hard luck.- Oh, red.
0:34:58 > 0:34:59Right, yellow.
0:35:03 > 0:35:05No, don't do that!
0:35:05 > 0:35:08We saw Brian Cant in the garden one day.
0:35:08 > 0:35:10He was the Tom Cruise of kids TV in the '70s.
0:35:10 > 0:35:14Children's television, he was like the master. He was...
0:35:14 > 0:35:15Oh, he was great.
0:35:18 > 0:35:20- Beautiful.- Yeah, beautiful shot.
0:35:20 > 0:35:23I've got to say that because he gets all grumpy.
0:35:25 > 0:35:28- Ah, didn't mean to do that.- Unlucky.
0:35:36 > 0:35:38Oh, no! Bosh!
0:35:41 > 0:35:43Right. Thank you.
0:35:45 > 0:35:46£5.
0:35:47 > 0:35:48Next drinks are on me.
0:35:48 > 0:35:50'They certainly will be. Cheers, Ian!
0:35:56 > 0:36:01'I love the fact that there's so much history in Lyme Regis.
0:36:01 > 0:36:04'It's literally bursting out of the rocks.
0:36:04 > 0:36:07'These beaches haven't only seen dinosaurs.
0:36:07 > 0:36:11'They were also the landing ground for some of the last ever
0:36:11 > 0:36:14'invasions of 17th-century Britain.'
0:36:14 > 0:36:17In 1685, the Duke of Monmouth
0:36:17 > 0:36:21made the last attempted invasion of England in Lyme Regis.
0:36:21 > 0:36:25He landed just to the west of the town at Monmouth Beach.
0:36:25 > 0:36:27And with his followers, marched inland
0:36:27 > 0:36:31and was finally defeated in Somerset at the Battle of Sedgemoor.
0:36:31 > 0:36:34The outcome of his rebellion was quite bloody.
0:36:34 > 0:36:38Many of his followers were executed in many hideous ways.
0:36:38 > 0:36:41They were hung, drawn and quartered, some here at Lyme.
0:36:41 > 0:36:44'Oh, that's not a good way to go out.
0:36:44 > 0:36:48'But the final stop on Ian's holiday definitely is.
0:36:48 > 0:36:52'In 1981, Ian remembers watching James Bond
0:36:52 > 0:36:55'in Live And Let Die in this picture palace.
0:36:55 > 0:36:57'So, we're going behind the scenes!'
0:36:59 > 0:37:01- Wow! Look at that!- Oh! Look at it.
0:37:02 > 0:37:06I wonder if that was the one that played the Bond movie.
0:37:06 > 0:37:09It might have been because it's like a real old-fashioned, proper old...
0:37:09 > 0:37:13- Isn't it?- Blooming heck. - A beauty, Peerless.
0:37:14 > 0:37:17- Just need to have a look through there.- Yeah, I was going to say.
0:37:17 > 0:37:19- Have a little look.- Wow!
0:37:19 > 0:37:22Look at this thing. This is, I suppose...
0:37:22 > 0:37:25- Yeah, look, they've got some film on it.- Wind the films back on, yeah.
0:37:25 > 0:37:27Yeah, massive!
0:37:27 > 0:37:30- Look at that, 35mm.- Don't touch anything!- Don't touch it!
0:37:30 > 0:37:31- Big old thing.- They'll charge us.
0:37:31 > 0:37:36When you started on Casualty, you became quite hot property then.
0:37:36 > 0:37:40Did you know that you'd become a bit of a heart-throb and...?
0:37:40 > 0:37:43Well, it all started on Emmerdale, really.
0:37:43 > 0:37:47It was this campaign to kind of beef up the soap.
0:37:47 > 0:37:50We had this big poster campaign down in London.
0:37:50 > 0:37:54And it was me and one of the other young lads from the show.
0:37:54 > 0:37:59An on the big Tube posters, it said, "Worth getting home early for."
0:37:59 > 0:38:02So the lads had to look at my face every day when they were...
0:38:02 > 0:38:05Oh, I bet they were painting a moustache on it and the glasses!
0:38:05 > 0:38:06- Yeah.- Yeah.
0:38:06 > 0:38:09So, that whole heart-throb thing started there, really.
0:38:09 > 0:38:11- It's all quite embarrassing, really.- Well...
0:38:11 > 0:38:14You got it, you got to flaunt it, I suppose!
0:38:14 > 0:38:16Now if you get a new role,
0:38:16 > 0:38:19- do you sort of prepare or do you think, well...?- Yeah, I do, yeah.
0:38:19 > 0:38:24When I was on Blue Murder, I spent a day with the CID.
0:38:24 > 0:38:30Just before Down To Earth, which was a show about organic farmers,
0:38:30 > 0:38:33I came to a little place near here in Honiton
0:38:33 > 0:38:36and spent two days on an organic farm.
0:38:36 > 0:38:38Talking about Down To Earth,
0:38:38 > 0:38:41they look the most idyllic, wonderful places.
0:38:41 > 0:38:44- Please don't say no, it was a dump! - It was gorgeous.
0:38:44 > 0:38:48We were filming, you know, in places like Lyme every day.
0:38:48 > 0:38:51- It was gorgeous.- Yeah, the filming of it was beautiful.
0:38:51 > 0:38:54Just made you want to go and just be there.
0:38:54 > 0:38:57Yeah, it was one of the best jobs I've ever had, that. It was lovely.
0:38:57 > 0:38:59Oh, this is lovely. Thank you so much, brilliant.
0:38:59 > 0:39:02No, I'm glad we could make it in and also, you know,
0:39:02 > 0:39:05thank you to the Regent and letting us come in and have a look round.
0:39:05 > 0:39:07- Yeah.- Fantastic.
0:39:11 > 0:39:14'While we poke around these fascinating projectors,
0:39:14 > 0:39:17'here are the last two of my top tips.
0:39:19 > 0:39:23'Did you know the Americans and Germans have been arguing
0:39:23 > 0:39:27'about who invented the teddy bear since 1903?
0:39:27 > 0:39:29'And here's another fact.
0:39:29 > 0:39:31'Lyme Regis is the hub of
0:39:31 > 0:39:34'international teddy bear health care.
0:39:34 > 0:39:39'Alice's Teddy Bear Shop has a hospital that treats sick bears
0:39:39 > 0:39:41'from all over the world.
0:39:41 > 0:39:43'Aw! Hello.'
0:39:43 > 0:39:46We've gone from one or two a month 16 years ago
0:39:46 > 0:39:49to six or seven a day now.
0:39:49 > 0:39:52So, hundreds and hundreds of bears come through.
0:39:52 > 0:39:56'And at one, it's got to be Lyme Regis Museum.
0:39:56 > 0:40:01'It ties all the town's rich history together perfectly.
0:40:01 > 0:40:05'It also commemorates the greatest ever fossil hunter.
0:40:05 > 0:40:07'Lyme's very own Mary Anning.
0:40:07 > 0:40:12'They say she was the inspiration for the tongue twister
0:40:12 > 0:40:15' "she sells seashells on the seashore. "
0:40:15 > 0:40:16'Uh, yeah, I think that's it.
0:40:17 > 0:40:21'It's been a long day but that's still easy for me to say,
0:40:21 > 0:40:22'even with these dentures!'
0:40:27 > 0:40:29Talking to you during the course of the day
0:40:29 > 0:40:31and thinking about your mum and dad.
0:40:31 > 0:40:35You know, you must have come from a really loving family.
0:40:35 > 0:40:40To take the time to get you up and drive six or seven hours here.
0:40:40 > 0:40:43Yeah, I think so. I think they'd be...
0:40:43 > 0:40:45I think if they were still around today,
0:40:45 > 0:40:48I think they'd be very happy with what's happened with my career
0:40:48 > 0:40:51and seeing the kids and everything I've got.
0:40:51 > 0:40:55You know, so my mum and dad introduced me to this place
0:40:55 > 0:40:58and hopefully I'll be able to introduce my kids to this place.
0:40:58 > 0:40:59Yeah.
0:40:59 > 0:41:02If things hadn't worked out as they did for you,
0:41:02 > 0:41:06and you became very successful in your acting and so on,
0:41:06 > 0:41:08what do you think you'd have become?
0:41:08 > 0:41:11- What would you have done? - I don't know. But...
0:41:12 > 0:41:15I always have points in my life.
0:41:15 > 0:41:17Like this next point now, leaving Doctors,
0:41:17 > 0:41:20where you don't know what's coming round the corner.
0:41:20 > 0:41:23And I'm not afraid of change.
0:41:23 > 0:41:25If I had to give up acting now,
0:41:25 > 0:41:29I'd be very happy with what I've achieved so far.
0:41:29 > 0:41:30But I don't know.
0:41:30 > 0:41:34I would find something that I would wake up and smile about.
0:41:35 > 0:41:39'That was the perfect end to a perfect day.
0:41:39 > 0:41:42'It's been an absolute delight spending time with Ian
0:41:42 > 0:41:47'and reliving precious moments from his childhood holiday of a lifetime.
0:41:47 > 0:41:50'We've dug deep into the sun-filled memories
0:41:50 > 0:41:55'unearthing treasures more valuable than we could find in the shops.'
0:41:55 > 0:41:58Oh, yes! Look!
0:41:58 > 0:42:01'And we've braved the choppy seas of the south coast.'
0:42:02 > 0:42:04Don't know if I could do this as a day job.
0:42:04 > 0:42:07'There was controversy when he won the pub cricket.'
0:42:07 > 0:42:09I think you just made that bit up.
0:42:09 > 0:42:12'But I beat him fair and square at pool.'
0:42:14 > 0:42:16Thank you. £5.
0:42:16 > 0:42:20'And Ian was as gracious in defeat as he has been all day.
0:42:20 > 0:42:23'A brilliant Holiday Of My Lifetime companion.'
0:42:23 > 0:42:25- Here's a little scrapbook of memories...- Ah!
0:42:25 > 0:42:29- ..from your Holiday Of My Lifetime. - Thank you so much, brilliant.
0:42:32 > 0:42:35For super Ian, a picture book of our time together.
0:42:37 > 0:42:40And I've got one final surprise that will help him
0:42:40 > 0:42:43remember his holiday of a lifetime.
0:42:43 > 0:42:47- Here's an original LP from Live And Let Die.- Wow, cool.
0:42:47 > 0:42:50- Thank you so much. - It's been a pleasure.- Cheers, mate.
0:42:50 > 0:42:53- I've had a lovely day. Thank you so much.- I had a great day, thank you.
0:42:53 > 0:42:57So that's it. Bye-bye from lovely Lyme Regis.
0:42:57 > 0:43:02A town much like me. It may be old but it's also ageless.
0:43:02 > 0:43:03Oh, cheerio!