Episode 7 Holiday of My Lifetime with Len Goodman

Childhood holidays! Oh, the anticipation seemed endless.

The holiday itself? Well, it was over too quickly.

So, in this series, I'm going to be reliving those wonderful times

with some much-loved famous faces.

This is a memory I will treasure.

'Every day, I'll be arranging a few surprises

'to transport them back in time.'

Please? No?

-Come on, Len.

-Yeah.

We'll relive the fun...

-Oh!

-Oh!

Oh, no! No!

..the games...

..and the food of years gone by.

That's my boyhood in a bowl.

-Oh.

-"My boyhood in a bowl."

To find out how those holidays around the UK helped

shape the people we know so well today.

Tap dance, Len!

Ah!

So, buckle up for Holiday Of My Lifetime.

-Close your eyes.

-Yep.

And...here we go.

My mystery guest today is an actor who you could say

knows his way around a bar of soap or two.

Oh, he is clean!

He was born in Scarborough in 1973.

Oh, look at that! Star quality.

He shot to fame as a dishy doctor in EastEnders.

Oh, I bet Dot Cotton's heart couldn't cope!

During his career, he's gone from the East End to the West End,

via the Hollywood Hills.

Plus, he recently walked those hallowed cobbles

of a certain Weatherfield street.

But more important than that, he showed us he would strut his stuff

on the old Strictly dance floor.

Oh, yes! That boy's a mover.

I'm driving East Is East to meet him. Have you got it yet?

Of course, you have!

It's my old mucker, Jimi Mistry.

And I'm on my way to meet him in this beautiful yellow Ford Capri.

Just like the car he would have driven in on his holidays

all those years ago.

Tell you what, it ain't half bright.

Hope he's got his sunglasses. Whoo!

Look, look at my shirt. Ooh! Matching.

Jimi's mum, Patricia, was on holiday in Scarborough

when Little Jimi came into the world.

So, you could say he's an honorary Yorkshireman.

While Jimi's dad, Chandra, trained to become a doctor,

Jimi and his two younger sisters moved around the country.

So, Jimi developed a knack for fitting into new situations.

He was always a charmer!

And it's these skills that would put him

in good stead for his future acting career.

After getting his first major break in EastEnders,

Jimi has gone on to become a well-known face

on both stage and screen.

I'm looking forward to getting all the gossip from him

as we relive his holiday memories,

starting with what I'm sure was the car of little Jimi's dreams.

HE LAUGHS

No way.

That is amazing. I haven't seen one of those for years!

It's the same colour.

That is incredible. Look at that beauty.

HE LAUGHS

-Jimi!

-Yes!

-How are you?

-Len, how are you doing?

-Good to see you, good to see you.

-Here. What about it?

Oh, wow, this is a beautiful, beautiful car.

This is the car of my dreams. This is it, this is what...

this is what made me tick as a young boy. And it's the right colour.

-My dad had one.

-Really?

-Same car.

-So, where are we going?

-Castleton.

-Oh! What's the year?

-1979.

-Ooh!

-The Clash.

-The Clash.

-London Calling.

-That's right!

-Yes!

Well, don't worry about London calling. Castleton calling!

Here we go! Come on, let's get in.

LONDON CALLING BY THE CLASH PLAYS

-You in?

-Yes.

Jimi's holiday destination of Castleton lies almost central

in the 555 square mile Peak District National Park.

17 miles west of Sheffield and deep in the Hope Valley,

this picture-postcard village prides itself on its

surrounding caverns where the unique Blue John stone is mined.

But Castleton and the surrounding area

isn't just for the geology buffs.

The Peak District,

which incorporates parts of Derbyshire, Staffordshire,

and Cheshire, is a perfect destination for outdoor enthusiasts.

Today, I'm taking Jimi back to relive those happy days

when he came on his holibobs with his mum and dad.

'We'll be testing our camping skills...'

BOTH LAUGH Out you come!

-It's a tug-of-war!

-Wahey!

'..heading for those famous hills...'

This is not what I'm used to. You know, this is a man-made path.

Do you fancy going straight up?

'..and trying not to get lost in a maze.'

-Can you see the exit?

-Um...

I think you just... You backtrack what we did.

Oh, it's just there.

'Together, we'll find out how the holiday of the past

'helped shape this much-loved actor.'

Before any holiday begins, first you must set out on the journey.

For six-year-old Jimi, the journey to the Peak District

was all about driving around in the brightest car on the roads.

Yes, 1979. So, you could have only been a nipper.

-Yeah, I was about six or seven.

-And where were you coming from?

At that time, we were coming from Peterborough.

-Oh, right.

-Um, so that was a drive up the A1. A bit of a drive, but...

-..you know, we were in this beauty at the time.

-Yes.

So, what was home life like? What did your dad do?

-Yeah, well, my dad at the time was training to be a doctor.

-Yeah?

So yeah, so he was working a lot of the time. My mum...

They met at hospital in Peterborough, so my mum was a nurse.

And it was good, I had a happy childhood, you know. I was...

I was quite a...

-I had a vivid imagination, let's say.

-Yeah.

And did you stop on the journey

and did your mum pack up a few sandwiches and things?

-Or was it a, "Let's get there"?

-My mum used to...

-We used to make some sandwiches.

-Yes.

Interesting sometimes, the sandwiches. But...

What were they? Exotic?

Well...

There was a time when she actually forgot the filling for the sandwich.

-Oh, that's handy.

-So, we had...

-we had two slices of bread and a bit of salt.

-Oh, right.

-We had salt sandwiches!

-It was a non-sandwich, yeah?

It was a non-sandwich. But you know what?

As the young impressionable happy-go-lucky guy I was,

I didn't mind because we were going on holiday in the yellow Capri.

So, you know, you got up here. How was the weather?

-Don't say it was like this.

-It rained for two days nonstop.

-Oh.

-So nothing has changed, you have brought the weather with you, Len.

Right, well, I didn't do it on purpose.

We're going to do all nice things inside the whole day.

-We're not going out.

-Oh, really?

-No, that's a lie.

HE LAUGHS

-I just...

-Yeah! See there? Gullible as usual.

-I thought I'd try and cheer you up.

-Yeah, that's brilliant.

You made me laugh.

'Jimi's family holiday wasn't the only event

'to be taking place in 1979.'

It was quite a year for union action,

with ITV, lorry drivers and The Times newspaper

all going on strike during 1979.

We also met the man who came back from the dead

when disgraced former MP John Stonehouse left prison

after serving a three-year sentence.

He had faked his own death in 1974 and fled to Australia

to start a new life with his mistress. Cheeky devil!

But was soon caught out

and was brought back to Blighty to stand trial.

And talking of misdirection, for entertainment's sake this time,

Newton Edward Daniels, or Paul Daniels to you and me,

debuted his own magic show.

The show was so popular, it ran from 1979 until 1994.

Magic!

And in the background to all this,

The Buggles song Video Killed The Radio Star

was ringing out.

# Video killed the radio star... #

Three years later, the video for this was the first

to air on a new music channel, MTV.

And the rest, as we say, is history.

# We can't rewind We've gone too far. #

Today, we've arrived on the hills above Castleton

to get our first glimpse of Jimi's holiday hot spot.

Well, this I think behind is the...

Is Mam Tor.

'Hold on, Jimi. We'll climb that later.'

-This is fabulous.

-Yeah, hey?

You know, coming from Peterborough, which is sort of

-in a bit of a flat area.

-Yeah.

-You know? I like...

-Don't get me wrong, I like Peterborough.

-It's very flat.

But it's pretty flat. And then you come up here.

-It's just stunning.

-I know. It's amazing.

I'd never seen anything like it, really.

You know, you learn a lot about people coming here.

And I've learned one thing already about you.

You're a brolly hogger.

-Oh!

-BOTH LAUGH

-Sorry, Len.

-No, that's all good.

Brolly hogger! BOTH LAUGH

Oh, yeah.

So, did you do a lot of hiking when you were on the holiday

-or was it...?

-Yeah! No, we did, yeah.

-I mean, it rained for two days, like I said.

-Yeah?

-But it didn't stop us.

How do you mean?

Oh, it was good. I mean, I used to do a lot of walking up hills.

Coming back down for me wasn't great.

My mum said to me, she said I was all right going

up the mountain when we were hiking,

but I used to on the way down, I used to pray.

And I said, "Why?" She goes,

"Because I didn't want to get my jeans dirty."

-Ah, yeah.

-That's all I was bothered about. Was getting the jeans dirty.

-Yeah, pride and joy.

-Absolutely.

-Yeah. Course.

Did you do a bit of camping or did you stay in?

Oh, no, camping. It was two days' camping.

First time I'd ever camped,

first time, more importantly, my mum had ever camped.

And my mum wasn't exactly a classic camper.

And she says now to this day it was the most miserable

-two days of her life!

-Really?

She couldn't take the rain, she couldn't take the wet,

-the mist, the dew.

-The camping?

The camping, so we checked into a B&B on the third day

and everything was a lot better.

-But the plan was...

-The plan was...

-Camping, hiking.

-That's it.

-Outdoor living.

-Absolutely.

-Cooking over an open fire or whatever.

-Yeah, yeah.

Little stove, Calor gas stove.

-Yeah.

-That was it.

-Shall we get back in and go for a little mooch along?

-Let's do it.

-Come on.

Oh!

The little village of Castleton sits below the summit of Mam Tor,

or Shivering Mountain as it's known locally.

Some of the houses date back to the 17th century,

but remains have been found of both the Iron and Bronze Age settlements

on the top of Mam Tor.

The village takes its name from the castle up on the hill.

The castle was built by William the Conqueror in 1086

and granted to William Peveril, one of his most trusted knights.

Part of the fun of any childhood camping holiday

is the excitement of roughing it in a tent.

I've got hold of one just like his mum and dad's.

Let's hope Jimi remembers how to put it up.

Well, the first big job is getting it out of this.

Getting it out of the bag!

-I'll hold it, you... I'll hold it, you pull it.

-I will.

BOTH LAUGH

-Come on then!

-Go on, I'm pulling.

Oh, God, let me get this end.

BOTH LAUGH Out you come!

-It's a tug-of-war!

-Wahey!

Right!

'That's the hard part done.

'Now I've put up a few tents in my time, so I should be good at this.'

Right, now. Up you come.

When back in the day, was there any accidents with the tent

or did it go up like that?

Was your dad just...?

Well, it was raining and we pitched the tent up on a slope.

So what had happened, I had my own little tent and my mum came out

in the morning to wake me up and she couldn't find me.

So, she went in a blind panic and she went, "James, James!

"Where's he gone? Where's he gone?"

And what I've done is I rolled down the hill.

And I was in a little ball in my sleeping bag in the corner!

-She thought I'd gone.

-Like a squirrel.

-Yeah!

-Oh.

'I think we've done ourselves proud here.'

Round of applause? OTHERS CHEER

Thank you, thank you.

'Looks great. But how did the family fit in here?'

So, what was the campsite like back then? Was it similar to this?

Yeah, I mean, it's just kind of... It's all coming back, really.

I think it's pretty similar. It was a site with a load of tents in it.

-Yeah.

-Which is pretty much...

-Pretty much what we've got here.

In this beautiful countryside, so...

So, what made your mum and dad decide to go camping? Was it...?

Did you know? They just...

I don't know, I think they just wanted to do something

very, very different.

And it was also in the UK.

And it was a relatively affordable sort of experience.

You know, we weren't going abroad or anything, so...

It was kind of like just to have a new experience, really.

-And it is an adventure.

-Oh, it's a complete adventure.

Yeah, pitching the tent and you know, it is.

And what was it like growing up as a British Asian in the '70s and '80s?

Was it...? Were you just one of the kids?

Yeah, I was just definitely one of the kids, you know.

-I didn't really see myself as anything different.

-No.

Was just out in the street playing football,

-you know, going on adventures.

-Yeah.

I was kind of brought up in a very sort of traditional,

say British way.

So, I was just like the same as everyone, really.

-Yeah, one of the boys.

-Yeah, exactly.

-And were the other kids here, as you recall?

-Yeah, there's kids.

-Family?

-Families.

You'd always end up kind of like making pals

-with the nearest tent if they got kids.

-Yeah.

And invariably, you know, have a football knocking about.

-That's how you used to make friends in this place.

-Yeah, yeah.

But you know what I wouldn't mind?

-I wouldn't mind having a little of an explore.

-Oh, yeah? Let's do it.

-Shall we?

-Let's have a mooch.

-Go on, you go first.

-I love a mooch.

-I love a mooch!

'One of the joys of holidays under canvas is that you can

'really get to grips with the world around you.'

I've picked out my top seven Peak District attractions

that should delight the hardiest of campers.

Now, don't adjust your telly sets.

You're not seeing things

and we haven't just nipped over to South America.

Seven miles south of Castleton is Peak Llamas, home to seven llamas,

all of whom are the perfect companions

for a trek around the Peak District.

None of whom are wearing pyjamas.

Hey!

If you're after something more traditional to the region,

then head over to The Bakewell Pudding Shop.

In Bakewell, where you can get, you guessed it, a Bakewell pudding.

Not to be confused with a Bakewell tart.

The Bakewell pudding, which is puff pastry, strawberry jam,

egg, sugar, butter and ground almonds.

It's based in Bakewell

and we like to keep it traditionally in Bakewell.

And there is regulations to keep it in Bakewell.

It can't be made anywhere else in the world.

When not playing around the campsite,

Jimi's family could be found climbing the peaks.

So in true Jimi fashion, up we go!

-Now, I've just thought something, Jimi.

-Yeah.

It's all very well, this is not what I'm used to.

Just... This is a man-made path.

Do you fancy going straight up?

No, no. JIMI LAUGHS

No, it's just entered my head and went away.

Oh, yeah.

I can imagine the view's going to be pretty spectacular.

-I should imagine so, up here.

-I hope so. After all this climbing!

HE LAUGHS Oh.

Yeah.

Hey. Ah, it's fabulous.

-Isn't it?

-Yeah, it's amazing.

I feel sort of like Sir Edmund Hillary climbing Everest.

Yeah!

Was you one of those kids, "Oh, Mum, no, not another mountain to climb!"

-Or was you in the spirit of it?

-No, I was more like...

"Yes, Mum! OK, where do you want me to climb?"

It was kind of like so excitable about the whole thing.

-But like I said, I'd never seen anything like this before.

-No.

Growing up in cities and towns and... This was magical.

-Well, it's the great outdoors.

-Yeah.

And how did acting...? Did you always want to be an actor?

No, I mean... I grew up wanting to be a pop star.

Or a heart surgeon or again,

dreaming about all these fantastical things.

-And acting came on very late. I was about 16, 17.

-And what happened?

Did you go to a state school or theatre school?

Oh, I did, yeah, from school.

-I just decided that I wanted to give it a go.

-Yeah.

And auditioned for drama school and I got in one.

-So then I went straight into a drama school.

-Right.

And did you get any work whilst you were there

or was it after you came out?

I did a couple of little jobs when I was in drama school,

but it was really when I finally came out,

-got an agent, moved to London, it all happened very quickly.

-Did it?

-It all happened very quickly, yes.

-What was your first job?

My first job was boy in bank.

I was boy in bank in an episode of some ITV cop series.

And I get held up in the bank and all I remember was crying,

going, "Please don't, please don't shoot!" And that was it.

-And it was the most proudest thing ever.

-Yeah!

Me, I remember watching the TV with Mum

waiting for my name to come up at the end,

"Boy In Bank - Jimi Mistry." I was like, "Yes! I made it."

-Oh, fantastic, though, hey?

-Yeah, it was great. It was really good.

Were your parents supportive about you becoming an actor?

Or did they, "No, you've got to get a proper job"?

No, if it wasn't for them, I wouldn't have done it.

Seriously, because I mean, it was kind of a case of...

I think they realised at that time that this was probably

a good option for me.

I wasn't necessarily doing that well at my academic subjects.

Um, and my dad completely and utterly supported me all the way.

-And you cracked it.

-Well, still going. Still going, Len.

-Yeah, but you're there, honestly.

-So, you know. Yeah, it's been great.

Well, this is great. I love it.

I wonder if the car will drive up and pick us up, take us back down.

'Not likely. And I know young Jimi was very precious about his jeans.

'So before we continue...'

You know, you've got a very nice pair of jeans on.

I think we should roll them up in case we get the bottom stained.

-Do you think so?

-Yeah, I'm going to roll one.

-Shall we give it a go?

This is my only pair. I'm not going to wreck these.

-This could catch on.

-Yeah.

There.

-About as far as I can go.

-Yeah.

Pull me socks up, I want a bit of warmth.

-Here we go.

-Shall we try and get down here?

-Yeah, now...

There you are.

Ah!

-Ah, couple of lads.

-Couple of lads!

'Now all that climbing's got me a bit peckish.

'So it's back to the car to see if Jimi will like my surprise,

'his mum's speciality, salty sarnies.'

Just open the glove box, if you would.

See what... See what's lurking.

Oh! Hello! Oh, hello!

Get in there! HE LAUGHS

-You knew I was coming for dinner.

-Yeah! So...

-Would you like me to administer the salt?

-Yeah, give it a nice salt.

-That's it. Yeah.

-Is that all right?

Well, considering there's no filling,

you better go a bit heavier with the salt. OK, lovely!

-There you go, sir.

-What about you?

-There we go.

Some nice little sprinkling on there. We might be good to go.

-Bon appetit.

-Bon appetit!

-There's nothing wrong with that.

-It's not bad at all, is it?

-No.

No, I think, you know... Yeah.

It's better than I remembered it.

-This could catch on, couldn't it?

-Well, there you go.

To be honest, I like it but not that much.

-Shall we move on?

-Let's do it.

-Ignition.

REVS ENGINE

A holiday in the Peak District is all about the great outdoors.

If you want to get up high for a fantastic view of the area,

then you can't go wrong with the Heights Of Abraham cable car.

The tourist attraction is situated on the edge of the Peak District

and the cable car offers spectacular views of the national park.

And once your feet touch the ground again,

there's an adventure playground for kiddiewinkles.

The Peak District is famous for its history of mining.

If you want to find out more, the appropriately named

Peak District Lead Mining Museum in Matlock Bath is the perfect place.

But don't just think you'll be learning about recent history

as lead mining in this region goes back to Roman times.

Romans, they were prolific miners.

They sent the gleam of a lead ore to all parts of the Roman Empire,

which, of course, they used for plumbing, for roofing.

A very good and very durable commodity.

This truly is a mine of information.

Hey!

Keeping on the theme of miners

and back in Castleton itself is Speedwell Cavern.

Here you can take a boat trip through the underground caverns

and learn what life was really like in the 18th-century lead mine.

Nothing makes a rainy camping trip better than some food

cooked over the campfire.

For the Mistry family, that tended to be something simple and hearty.

And no offence to Jimi's mum,

but of those sarnies were a couple of fillings short of a picnic.

So, thank goodness his dinner would have been bangers and beans.

Oh! Fire it up, Jimi.

-Sausages!

-What's your favourite? You know, what is your signature dish?

Pfft! I love cooking food with flavour. So, it's quite...

It's either kind of Asian food, Indian food,

Mediterranean food, Spanish, you know.

-I like a lot of flavour in my food.

-So, do you do all the herbs?

Do all the spice... Grind all the spices, do all the herbs.

-You do it all?

-Yeah, yeah, all.

-Gosh!

If you're going to do it, you've got to do it properly.

Yeah, of course, you have.

We lived on this stuff when I was camping anyway,

so this is exactly what we would eat.

-Well, it's proper camping food, isn't it?

-Yeah.

-What was it like working on EastEnders?

-EastEnders was great.

It was...it was one of my first jobs,

the first taste of kind of being in a recognised show.

-Yeah.

-So, it was an amazing experience. It was slightly...

..unnerving walking down the street and people pointing at you

going, "Hey, it's that guy from the telly!" You know. As you know.

So, it's kind of a... It was a great experience for me as a young actor.

-Yeah.

-Mm.

-What? Nice?

-All right.

-Really?

-Good job, I reckon.

Mm.

-What about Corrie? How did you enjoy that?

-Well...

-There's not many actors that have done both.

-No.

-Enders and Corrie.

You know, Corrie was more recently and it was...

You know, the show is a great show and to have a chance to be in it...

And it was a great 18 months of,

you know, stories and I went out in a big blaze of glory.

It was a brilliant experience.

Very different from my Enders one because I was a lot older

and I'd done a lot more since then.

-But um, I loved it.

-Yeah.

Peter Harrison has lived in Castleton since 1945 and together

with his wife, Anne, has stayed in the same cottage

for nearly 60 years.

So, if anyone should know how the tourism industry

in this place has changed over the years, it's them.

It was a very quiet village.

Er, the tourist trade was very seasonable.

It opened at Easter and closed at the end of September.

And nothing throughout the winter in the tourist industry.

There were five food shops in those days and a butcher.

And a hairdresser.

Um, so, you know, you had to go to Sheffield for things

that you couldn't get locally.

Well, there's no need to go to Sheffield today

because Jimi's next trip down memory lane is closer at hand.

He used to visit the caverns

where Castleton's Blue John stone is mined.

The stone is unique to Castleton

and was first found around 2,000 years ago by the Romans

but wasn't commercially mined until the 1700s.

The stone can be cut and polished into ornaments or used in jewellery,

so I've brought Jimi to a local workshop where Jack Mosley

will put our polishing skills to the test.

-Jimi? This is Jack.

-Hello, nice to meet you.

-Hi, Jack. Nice meet you.

Jack!

-Good to see you. Now... I think when you were here...

-Yeah?

-..back in the day, you went down in the caverns.

-Yeah.

-Yeah?

Yeah, that's absolutely right.

One of my kind of most vivid memories was

-going into the caverns in this area cos it's famous for it.

-Yeah.

And as a young kid and kind of with a vivid imagination,

it felt like I was going to the centre of the Earth.

-It was so exciting.

-Yeah, the bat cave.

-Yeah!

-Yeah, it did!

-Down you went.

Now, I know that you are very competitive

cos I remember your time on Strictly.

-Ha! Try my best.

-Try your best.

-Yeah.

So, I thought what we would do, we'd have a competition to see

who could polish the best and get the best shine and sheen on it.

Who's...? And whoever wins, the other one buys the coffee.

-Bring it on.

-Bring it on.

-Let's give it a go.

'First off, we need to smooth down some stones.

'This can take some time, so I think I'll delve into Jimi's film career.'

-Like scrubbing the kitchen floor.

-Yeah, it is a bit. Lovely.

-One of the films I vividly remember was East Is East.

-Oh, yeah!

How was that? How did you enjoy that?

I mean, that was the start of my whole career.

I mean, it was the most amazing experience to be involved with.

-I was... I did the... It was a stage play before.

-Right.

-So, you didn't do the stage...?

-I did do the stage play, yeah.

-I was a young actor straight out of school.

-Yeah?

And I was kind of given

this opportunity to...

You know, to do this

great, great film.

'Buffing done, now we get to play with the polishing machine.

'Ooh! Excitement!'

As the honoured guest, I'm going to allow you to go first.

-Oh, right, OK. Let's see, let's see what I can do.

-Lovely.

-What about Leonardo DiCaprio and Blood Diamond?

-Oh, yeah.

-How was that?

-That was great.

-What was he like?

-He's amazing.

-Yeah, yeah...

-Is he just like a geezer? You know, just a regular...

Really normal guy.

But a brilliant actor and you know, for someone to

-be like probably one of the most famous actors in the world...

-Yeah.

-..to work with him was absolutely brilliant.

-Yeah, let's have a look.

Ready to go.

-OK, now just...

-I'll... Shall I step aside?

-Yeah, just step aside.

-It's the master.

-Let the professional in.

-Master.

What, you know, of all the things you've been on...

You know, which one would you say you're the most proudest of?

Weirdly enough, one of my proudest was doing Strictly. Because...

Not just because you were in it and we met.

But because it was something so out of my comfort zone.

And to be able to go out there on a Saturday night and perform

in front of all those millions of people as an actor was terrifying.

-It was so rewarding.

-Well, you know, the fact that it's live.

-You get one hit.

-Whereas actors, we like to have another go, please.

-Yeah, yeah.

-We don't get another go, do we?!

-So, I'm ready.

-All right, come on then.

'Verdict time.

'And Jack looks as tough a judge as Craig Revel Horwood.'

Jack.

I need to polish mine a bit more.

-No, look.

-I was just going to have a...

I want you to have a look and I don't want...

-Don't be nice to people.

-Don't be nice?

-Know what I mean? Tell the truth, come on.

-Apart from you.

-This is Jimi's effort.

-Attempt.

-Quite a poor effort.

What would you give it out of ten?

Um, well seeing as it's his first...

Yeah, first go.

..and it's pretty good for a first go and not much training,

I'd say maybe a six.

Yes! Quite happy with that.

-I'm going to go with the obvious number.

-No, I guessed that. Yes!

So, that's Jimi's, a six, yeah. Now what about this gorgeous...?

No, don't look at it carefully cos it would blind you.

-Don't look at it carefully?

-Yeah... The sheen would blind you.

-So shiny!

Well, it's slightly better.

-But you still need to get that right.

-What bit?

But the bit that you've done is very good,

so I'd say probably about an eight.

-Ooh!

-OK, thanks a million.

-Thank you.

You're buying the coffee.

-Go on, then. Let's go.

-Straight over.

'Oh, get in!'

As Castleton dates back to Norman times,

you'd expect the little place to have some unique traditions.

And so it does.

Every year on 29 May,

the entire village comes out to celebrate Garland Day.

With its roots dating back to the 1700s, the festival

consists of a procession through the streets led by king and consort,

both dressed in ceremonial costumes

and the king wearing a garland of flowers.

The actual garland is a beehive-shaped framework

covered with flowers and greenery.

And this is put over the king's head as he rides round the village.

The king and the consort being on horseback.

The procession goes round the village,

would visit every pub and stop and dance there and drink there.

And then when we reach the church gates, the actual...

the queen is actually the top of the garland. That is taken off.

And then the beehive is hooked up and hoisted to the top of the tower.

Not much has changed in the festival's history

except one surprising factor.

The biggest change in the garland was, of course,

the consort was a man dressed as a woman.

And then when the last man retired and we couldn't find one

to take his place, so we had to have a young lady.

And we've had a young lady, different ones ever since.

Lovely.

It wasn't just Castleton Jimi visited as a child.

Just over 14 miles south of the village is Chatsworth House,

home to the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire.

This stately home has been passed down through 16 generations

of the Cavendish family.

And back in '79, Jimi made some very fond memories here.

-It doesn't get any better than this.

-It's amazing.

The house is brilliant but the garden, over 100 acres of garden.

-And it's all mowed.

-Yes! You wouldn't want that job.

-No!

You know, coming back here,

-does this bring back lovely memories of...?

-No, this definitely does.

-Yeah.

-This is a perfect part of this journey.

I just remember being here walking around, being at the Cascade,

which is up there with the steps and the water going down.

Stunning. And this.

-Eh?

-I remember this.

And you came here, stood there and had your photograph taken?

Yeah, I had the photograph taken from the fountain.

-I'll tell you what. What a place.

-Amazing place.

-Isn't it?

The trouble is, if I'm honest, watching that fountain...

..I think I need the toilet.

-Oh!

-BOTH LAUGH

-I think it's back down there.

-Let's race off!

There are 105 acres of garden at Chatsworth House

and I'm sure little Jimi would have romped around all over it.

But I really hope his memory is as good as he says it is

as we're about to tackle the maze.

Oh, I tell you what this is going to be.

A-maze-ing.

CHURCH BELL RINGS JIMI LAUGHS

-It's amazing.

-Yes, yes!

-Right.

Now, this is it. Trust me. Right, see?

Now while we're walking along,

-I've got to talk about one of my favourite films.

-Oh, yeah.

-RocknRolla.

-Oh!

-Hey, how was that?

-That's great. That was cool.

-Yeah, I loved doing that. The dodgy counsellor.

-Yeah.

Great working with Guy, great working with all those good actors.

I love all these films, like yourself.

I love all the Lock Stock and all of that,

-so to be involved in one of those was really super.

-Yeah.

-Plenty of shooting and firing going.

-That's it.

You know, "Leave it," and all that sort of stuff.

-It was great.

-"Leave it!"

"Leave it!" It was brilliant, it was brilliant. So, yeah.

-What about The Guru? How was that?

-Ah.

-Now that must have been a laugh?

That was kind of when I...

..was seen first probably in the States and stuff like that.

-It was a lot of dancing, a lot of fun.

-Yeah?

-You know, great co-stars.

-It was a very good time in my life, you know. It was brilliant.

-Yeah.

-We did three lefts.

-Yeah?

-We've done the two rights.

-And then there was straight on. It's left.

-It's a left.

It's a long, what you call a long left.

Right, OK, I'm following you, then.

OK, this is better. Here!

-Somebody told me you love the DJing.

-Ah! Yeah.

I have done since I was a kid.

-It was my other real passion, you know.

-Yeah?

-Yeah.

-No, I love it.

-Do you have...? Have you got a name?

You know, those DJs have names, don't they?

I've had a few over the years.

What have you got now?

What's your latest handle or whatever they call...?

-Mr Mist.

-Mr Mist.

-Mist! That's it.

I could do a bit of DJing. I love music.

-What would your name be, though, do you reckon?

-Well, I could have...

-I could have Goodie Goodman.

-Yeah, Goodie Goodman.

-What about DJ Good Man?

-DJ Good Man.

-Yeah!

-He's mean on the machine.

-On the machine! He's a man who can.

-Has a man. A man who can!

-Yes!

Look where I've got us.

-There you go, where are we now?

-We're in the centre.

-We're in the centre of the maze.

-Now, what... Just climb up on there.

-I would do it, but I can't.

-Shall I have a look? Without showing me...

-Don't show your bottom.

-Oh, my goodness.

-Hey?

-Can you see the exit?

-Um...

-I think you just...

-You backtrack what we did.

-We're there.

-Well, it's just there.

-Yeah.

Ooh! Bongo Billy.

-Goodie Goodman.

-Goodie Good Man. Yes.

-With his mean machine.

-That's it, yeah. On the ones and twos.

-Yeah.

Yeah, I could be The Champ...

..with the amp.

-Yeah!

-HE LAUGHS

-There you go!

-Right. Now straight back.

-Yeah.

This way.

Right, I'm going to let you... See if you can do it.

'Getting to the centre of the maze was only half the battle.

'I hope Jimi does know how to get out.'

Get the wind in your sails

and visit one of the remaining

six-sailed windmills in England,

situated on the way to Derby.

Now, it started off life in 1797

with only four sails.

But now it's got six sails.

But its six sails are not for sale.

Get it?

The wind came from the wrong direction in 1894,

swept the whole of the top of the windmill, as you can see up there,

off the top.

And it had to be rebuilt.

Trams to the left of me, trams to the right.

In fact, there's a whole village of them.

Just outside the Peaks is the Crich Tramway Village,

home to the largest collection of these vintage vehicles

in Great Britain.

But it's not just trams, this period village boasts

old-style sweet shops, pubs and even a small museum

dedicated to letterpress printing.

After leading me a right merry dance through the maze, I think

I need to sit down, so Jimi and I can chat about his holiday memories

and grand plans for the future.

And I think the magnificent Painted Hall inside Chatsworth House

is just the place to do this.

I tell you, what do you think of this?

-The Painted Hall in Chatsworth House.

-It's incredible.

I mean, it's absolutely incredible. It's a real...

-Kind of gives you a real sense of history and grandeur.

-Fantastic.

Seen so much more than I remember,

so it's like something I'd definitely come to...

-Will you come back?

-Yeah, without a doubt.

Fancy getting killed off on Corrie? Hey? What was that like?

Well, I mean, it was...it was a great way to go.

And I wasn't ever going to be there forever.

So, I like stories with a beginning, a middle and an end.

And that gave me a definite end.

But the great thing was that no-one knew it was coming

and it was such a big...

..kind of blaze of glory, that it was...

it was a bit of drama, it was really good drama

and that's what I wanted to do there.

-So it was great.

-What about your time on Strictly?

Well, let's just say, first of all...

-..because of Strictly, you met the love of your life.

-Yeah!

-Right?

-Flavia.

-Flavia, yeah. My wife.

-Yes, your wife.

-Yeah!

-Yeah, so...

-that alone is worth the...

-That alone, yeah, but the...

I mean, the experience of the show itself was pretty amazing.

And from that, lots of great things have happened,

-including meeting my wife.

-Meeting your wife.

Flavia Cacace became a dancer on Strictly in 2006.

After being paired with Jimi in 2010,

the pairs' eyes met across the Sea Of Diamantes

and there was no turning back for the Strictly lovebirds.

And they got married three years later.

And coming here, coming to this...

you know, out to this area, coming to Chatsworth House and...

..living in a tent for a couple of days,

do you think doing all that helped to make you become you did become?

-Who you are?

-Well, think about it this way.

If you think that on that holiday...

That holiday was my first adventure and I went on...

You know, we did my adventures in the bushes,

did the camping, did everything.

From then, my whole life has become an adventure.

So, of course, it was the beginning of this whole journey for me.

Yeah, yeah. Well, there you go.

I've had the best laugh I could possibly ever have.

-It's been so much fun.

-Brilliant.

-It's just been great.

-Give us a hug.

-Hey, come on.

-Come on. Let's hug it out.

-Yeah.

Aw!

It's been a wonderful day and I'm so happy

Jimi shared his memories of Castleton with me.

'We've had a gourmet cuisine in the rain...'

Nothing wrong with that.

-It's not bad at all, is it?

-No.

To be honest, I liked it but not that much.

'..showed the tent who's boss...'

Up you come.

Round of applause? OTHERS CHEER

-Thank you, thank you.

-Well done.

JIMI LAUGHS

'..and went back to being little boys in short trousers.'

-This could catch on.

-Yeah.

Now...

-Ah, a couple of lads.

-Couple of lads!

'Spending the day here with Jimi,

'it's obvious how much his childhood holidays meant to him.

'And to remember the day,

'I've got a souvenir that I just know he's going to love.'

Now, I want you to remember this.

I want you to remember more of this than you did from the one

-when you were seven, so...

-Right.

-..just to remind you...

-Right.

..here's a little scrapbook -

Holiday Of My Lifetime.

That's fantastic!

-The memories and things we've done.

-That's great.

I'll never forget it.

A picture book of memories from our fabulous time together.

-So, that's for you and there's one other little thing.

-All right.

-I know you were so impressed with the car.

-Oh, yeah.

-And in the car park is... No.

-No.

HE LAUGHS

-I was like, "You got me again!"

-But this is the next best thing.

Oh, perfect. Look at that.

That's fantastic, that is absolutely brilliant.

-That will stand pride and place on my mantelpiece.

-There you go.

-Let me just say... Buddy, it's been great.

-Absolutely, mate.

-Well done. Loved it.

-Well done, you.

-Yeah.

-Hee-hee!

It's the end of a day that's been full of laughs with Jimi.

As we say goodbye to Castleton, I know this is a place

that will stay with him for a long, long time.