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'I was born in India
and grew up in the Far East
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'and have spent a lifetime
travelling the world.
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'But I'm getting older,
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'and there's so much
of my own country I haven't seen.'
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So I decided that using
my traveller's eyes
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that I've taken you on so many trips
around the world,
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I'm going to turn that vision
onto this country,
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the place that I now call home.
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What a place!
Wow.
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Oh, what a joy to see these
beautiful birds up close.
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'I'm on a journey of discovery
around our great country...'
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This is Kashmiri spinach.
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I'm a Kashmiri, you know,
I'm a Kashmiri.
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'..Finding out
what makes Britain tick...'
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Yeah.
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'..And revisiting
some familiar old haunts.'
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'I'll be covering
all points of the compass...'
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We're known as the Game Of Thrones
territory.
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'..Meeting the people
who make us unique...'
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Do you think somebody's
looking at you
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and thinking, "Sandy's had a dram"?
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So many people have said,
"You'll make the 100."
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I think you will. So far I've made
95 now. Don't tell nobody.
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'..Exploring amazing traditions...'
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Isn't that fantastic?
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Look at this,
it's a mass of colours.
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'..And revealing some
breath-taking sights along the way.
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'This week takes me north
to the Lakes.'
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Windermere.
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'Then onto gothic Whitby.
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'Via a visit to Bond HQ.'
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Oh, my God.
WHIRRI NG
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'But we're starting
at Tilbury Docks in Essex
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'at the old passenger terminal.'
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I spent so much of my childhood
on troop ships,
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travelling out to the Far East
and back again,
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and I seem to have been
to a lot of ports in England.
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Liverpool, Southampton, Portsmouth,
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and Tilbury, here in Essex,
is the gateway to London
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and a place
where thousands of people
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disembarked and departed from
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in the years following
the Second World War.
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And do you know,
it hasn't changed much since then.
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'I wasn't even a year old
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'when I arrived in Britain
for the first time.
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'We'd sailed from India
after her independence in 1947.'
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I think I went on five journeys
and using four ships.
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There was the Franconia,
the Dilwara twice, the Empire Orwell
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and, extraordinary enough...
the Windrush.
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'We sailed aboard
the Empire Windrush in December 1948
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'bound for Hong Kong.
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'Just six months earlier, the ship
had arrived here at Tilbury.'
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NEWSREEL: The Empire Windrush
brings to Britain 500 Jamaicans.
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Many are ex-servicemen
who know England.
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They served this country well.
In Jamaica they couldn't find work,
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discouraged, but full of hope,
they sailed for Britain.
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When you stop here, you can see
there's a passport here. Yeah.
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And you think,
"Oh, that's a British passport."
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But, actually, look again,
it's actually got Jamaica on it.
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The people that arrived,
they were citizens.
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They were, cos, look, it says
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"British, British passport,
Jamaica." Jamaica, yeah.
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'Here at Tilbury, artist Evewright
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'has mounted photographs
of the Windrush generation
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'to honour their contribution
to post-war Britain.'
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Are you a child of the Windrush
generation? I am indeed.
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It was my father,
he came over in a boat,
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he wasn't Windrush, though, er,
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one of the many boats... Yeah.
..that sort of arrived.
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He came over on his own?
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He came on his own
and then he sent for my mother.
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Look at these gorgeous
wedding pictures here.
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This part of the bridge, you
actually look, we're halfway. Yeah.
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So we're about to cross over
into Britain,
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it's black and white, so there's
a little bit of contention here,
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so you have like the
White Defence League on this side.
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Yeah.
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And then on this side you've got
unification, people coming together.
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Nurses, of course. Nurses.
So fabulous.
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Carlton Du rrelL
Ah-ha.
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First black headmaster
of a primary school in Essex.
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That's the school behind him.
Yeah. That's my mother up there.
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Oh, gosh, how beautiful.
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Clarice Wright.
Yeah.
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Is she with us any more?
She passed away this year, actually.
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I'm so sorry. Yeah, yeah.
And this is her bridge.
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You know, they didn't just
come as passengers,
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they came with their food.
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Absolutely.
Clothing. Yeah.
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Music. Music. Culture, everything.
Yeah.
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That's the British story now.
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But this is a symbol, really,
this bridge is a symbol of that.
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'From Tilbury, we're driving north,
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'but on the way,
I'm making a pit stop.
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'Buckinghamshire
is the home of British motor racing.
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'Just off the M1 in the village
of Newport Pagnell
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'is the historic factory
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'of one of the icons of British
engineering, Aston Martin.'
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The reason I'm so thrilled
to be here today
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is that apart from my love
for fabulous cars,
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I once had an entanglement
with a certain secret agent.
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'O07, to be precise.
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'In 1969, I was a Bond girl
in On Her Majesty's Secret Service,
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'and I've remained a fan of the
films, the gadgets and the cars.
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'Since it made its first appearance
in Goldfinger in 1964,
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'the legendary DB5
has featured in eight Bond films.
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'Now Aston Martin
is making 25 perfect replicas.'
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Oh, Paul,
what are we looking at here?
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'It's a privilege to be shown
round by Paul Spires,
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'President of Aston Martin Works.'
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The thing is,
the second you come here
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you see that unforgettable
shape of the DB5, that's it.
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Look at this.
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'These limited edition reproductions
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'come complete
with all the ingenious gadgets
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'featured in the Goldfinger
original.'
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How much would one of these
little beauties set me back?
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To be honest,
if you've got one of these
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you probably have got some land.
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OK, I think
I should take one for a test drive.
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'Silverstone is the legendary home
of British Formula 1.'
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Wow.
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'Inside the famous racing circuit is
Aston Martin's very own test track
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'where they're trialling
their latest model.
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'And in true Bond style,
there are just a few small details
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'they want to run through with me
before I can take her for a spin.'
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You're Q, aren't you, really?
You sort of are.
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OK, so first off...
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JOANNA GASPS
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This is a French number plate.
Yes, that's the French number plate
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out of the Goldfinger film.
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MUSIC: 'James Bond Theme'
by Monty Norman
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Oh, my God.
WHIRRI NG
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Perfectly safe, thankfully.
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And then on the rear,
we've got the bullet screen,
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this is genuinely bulletproof
material so, er,
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we don't suggest that you,
er, test it, but, erm...
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That's amazing, Ben.
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Hm!
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And off we go.
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Extraordinary.
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Yeah.
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Beautiful old-fashioned dials,
clear as a whistle.
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No secrets. Well, I mean
apart from the secret weapons.
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GUNS WHIRR
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My life is complete.
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'North of Silverstone,
in the centre of England,
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'lies the beautiful county
of Derbyshire.
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'The Peak District sweeps across
the southern tip of the Pennines,
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'a landscape of heather-covered
moors and limestone plateaus
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'that's home to Britain's
first ever National Park.'
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Look at that. The Peak District,
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great rolling hills
and soft valleys,
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and ahead of me, a little village
with a remarkable history.
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'This is the village of Eyam.
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'With uncanny parallels
to our own times,
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'in the year 1665,
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'Eyam was struck by its own version
of the coronavirus -
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'Bubonic plague.
The infamous Black Death.
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'Like us, the way the villagers
here responded
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'was a huge test
of their courage and resolve.
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'Joan Plant is a descendant
of one of the original survivors.'
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Joan, in 1665, the Bubonic plague
was racing across the entire country
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and, of course, London was
subsumed by it, suffering terribly.
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But here we are in Eyam,
in the middle of Derbyshire,
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it seems to be cut off,
how did the plague come here?
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The tailor lived just round the
corner here at Plaid Cottage. Yeah.
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They were expecting this big
parcel of cloth coming from London.
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When it arrived, he opened the box.
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What, of course, he couldn't see
were these little fleas.
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As soon as he shook the cloth,
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all the fleas
that were in this cloth
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actually brought this disease
to Eyam,
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because within two days,
the tailor died.
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Very simple, and a terrible disease,
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it was painful and horrible,
wasn't it?
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Oh, it was awful. Yeah.
Awful.
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But William Mompesson,
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who was the rector here
at the church at the time,
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he knew that they had to quarantine
this community
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to stop this spreading.
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And the plan was
to close the church...
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Yeah.
..so there were no burials,
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everyone had to bury their families
in fields and gardens nearby,
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and nobody coming in and out,
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so in other words,
the village was isolated.
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He was the sort of father
of lockdown, wasn't he? Exactly.
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What bravery, what self-sacrifice.
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It's just amazing. It is amazing.
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'350 years later, in March 2020,
the ancient church of St Lawrence
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'closed its doors for only
the second time in its history.'
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Mike?
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'The rector here is Mike Gilbert,
the successor to William Mompesson,
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'who led the parish
at the time of the plague.'
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This is what we call
our plague window.
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Right in the middle
is William Mompesson
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and around him the story happens.
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There in, er, left-hand bottom
corner is the death of the tailor
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and around him his family are...
they're mourning,
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and as you can see, just under that
is the ring of roses.
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Ring of roses. Ring-a ring-a roses.
Which was the marks?
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A pocket full of posies
to stop the smell.
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That's right. "A tissue,
a tissue, we all fall down."
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What do you think we learned
particularly from that episode?
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You know, in a pre-scientific era,
without all,
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all our knowledge, they did exactly
what we've been told to do.
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Did lockdown,
they quarantined themselves,
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they did social distancing,
they stayed in their own families,
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they didn't meet together.
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The actual fact was that it stopped.
It worked. Yes, it did.
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It did not go any further. It didn't
spread from this little village.
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They saved... How far into
the north of England, I don't know.
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The parallels with now are
quite extraordinary, aren't they?
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Well, they stepped up to the mark.
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It was loving sacrifice
of actually saying,
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"lt's not about me,
it's about other people."
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'By the end of the 14-month outbreak
in Eyam,
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'approximately 260 people had died,
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'around a third
of the population of the village.
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'There's a special place where that
great sacrifice is remembered.'
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Oh, Joan,
this is unbelievable countryside.
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We're about half a mile
outside Eyam, with rolling hills.
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So, yes, so we're coming
towards Riley Graves. Yes, tell me.
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So, Riley Graves is really
significant in the story.
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'The Hancock family
lived at Riley Farm.
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'In the space of a week,
in August 1666,
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'Elizabeth Hancock lost her husband
and her six children.'
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Oner at the back there,
and Elizabeth.
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And William.
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J°hn.
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Can I show you something awful
I've just seen here?
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William Hancock,
buried August the seventh.
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Oner Hancock,
buried August the seventh.
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So, on one day she had to bury two
of her children.
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Two, yeah, yeah.
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What does it say
on this big flat stone here?
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"Remember man as thou goest by,
238
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"remember man that thou shalt die."
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What a reminder.
240
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'Manchester was the world's
first industrial city...
241
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'..an economic powerhouse
made rich by the cotton trade
242
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'and made famous by football.'
243
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What I love about Manchester
is the music,
244
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the energy, the people,
245
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the feistiness, the pride,
the beauty, actually.
246
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And above all... Coronation Street.
247
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'For four weeks
in the summer of 1973,
248
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'I had a starring role on
the most famous street in Britain.'
249
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Have you thought about
what you're saying?
250
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Coronation Street.
251
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It was 1973, I think,
252
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when I got the call
to be in Coronation Street.
253
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I thought my heart
would never stop beating,
254
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the most exciting thing
in the world.
255
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I think the show had been
running for maybe 13 years,
256
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it was easily the longest-running
show in the world,
257
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huge“! popular,
258
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and I was going to play Ken Barlow's
girlfriend, Elaine Perkins,
259
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the daughter of the local
school master, Ken was a teacher.
260
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They had the archway,
I remember, in the old place,
261
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but it didn't have
the Viaduct Bistro in.
262
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And all these modern houses
on this side didn't exist
263
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because we never looked at that
side of the road.
264
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It was much, not less ambitious, but
it was a much smaller scale thing,
265
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we're talking about 47 years ago.
266
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Isn't it astonishing
that I'm still walking
267
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after 47 years in the business?
268
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'One man who's definitely still
going strong is Bill Roache,
269
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'AKA Ken Barlow,
270
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'officially the world's
longest-serving male actor
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'in a continuing role.'
272
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Bill, I can't believe
I'm looking at you.
273
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BOTH LAUGH
You haven't changed a bit.
274
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Oh, Bill, we have seen each other
once or twice...
275
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...but, really, other than that, it
was, I counted up, it's 47 years...
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...since I was in Coronation Street.
277
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You can't remember this,
278
00:16:58,540 --> 00:17:00,475
but it was a big, bright spot
in my life, you know.
279
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We fell for each other pretty fast,
didn't we?
280
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But you've had 23 girlfriends,
281
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so you don't have to try
to make me feel special.
282
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And are you now married?
I ought to know.
283
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No, you're not.
284
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Maybe Elaine now runs a school
somewhere.
285
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Oh, gosh.
286
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Bill, when you started off,
I mean, you had no idea
287
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that this show was going to run
for over 60 years.
288
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Bill,
you will never leave, will you?
289
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Wouldn't that be something?
No reason why not.
290
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No, stop it, don't lie!
291
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You'll go on forever.
292
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Exactly, it just goes round.
293
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'I'd love to linger in the Rovers,
but I have a train to catch.
294
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'The Settle to Carlisle railway
will take me to the Lakes.
295
00:18:51,050 --> 00:18:54,305
'It's one of the most
spectacular train journeys
296
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'in the United Kingdom.'
297
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Look at this, this is what you
dream of. This is Herriot country.
298
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Walls, sheep, everything immaculate.
299
00:19:05,050 --> 00:19:08,915
Gorgeous little tors, little bit
sort of Wuthering Heights-y.
300
00:19:10,050 --> 00:19:14,045
'The line's most astonishing feature
is the Ribblehead viaduct -
301
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'a towering feat
of Victorian engineering
302
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'that carries the railway a quarter
of a mile across the Ribble Valley.'
303
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Oh, Ribblehead,
so here's the little station,
304
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just before this fantastic viaduct.
305
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It's built on 24 columns,
massively high.
306
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And now we're beginning
to go over it. Here.
307
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Oh, look at this,
isn't this beautiful?
308
00:19:54,460 --> 00:19:58,795
'As the railway line descends,
we come to Appleby in Cumbria.
309
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'The Lake District extends
over 30 miles from east to west,
310
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'containing England's highest peaks
and 16 major lakes.
311
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'And at its heart,
the most celebrated lake of all.'
312
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Windermere.
313
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'For at least 500 years
there's been a ferry crossing
314
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'between Bowness,
on the eastern side of the lake,
315
00:20:36,608 --> 00:20:38,713
'and Far Sawrey on the west.
316
00:20:41,330 --> 00:20:42,945
'The journey only takes ten minutes,
317
00:20:42,970 --> 00:20:46,795
'just long enough for a favourite
Lake District treat.'
318
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Kendall Mint Cake.
319
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It's fantastic,
it's extremely peppermint-y.
320
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It achieved its greatest fame
321
00:21:04,050 --> 00:21:08,025
because Sir Edmund Hillary
took it to the summit of Everest
322
00:21:08,050 --> 00:21:10,555
and all climbers now eat it.
323
00:21:10,580 --> 00:21:13,155
I think it's because it gives you
a bit of a sugar rush
324
00:21:13,180 --> 00:21:17,475
and because the minty-ness
clears your airwaves.
325
00:21:17,500 --> 00:21:20,583
This is actually made on the shores
of Windermere, which is here.
326
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'On the western side of the lake
327
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'lies the home of one of
the greatest figures
328
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'of children's literature...
329
00:21:30,050 --> 00:21:32,355
'..and a personal heroine of mine.'
330
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Look at that little familiar gate.
331
00:21:38,220 --> 00:21:40,555
'Beatrix Potter bought Hilltop Farm
332
00:21:40,580 --> 00:21:43,225
'with the proceeds
from her early children's books,
333
00:21:43,250 --> 00:21:45,045
'and the house and gardens went on
334
00:21:45,070 --> 00:21:47,355
'to inspire
many of her later stories.'
335
00:21:51,658 --> 00:21:52,795
0h!
336
00:21:52,820 --> 00:21:55,915
This is the path
up to Hilltop Cottage.
337
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So much of my life was centred
around Beatrix Potter as a child,
338
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cos even though
we were in the Far East,
339
00:22:02,788 --> 00:22:05,555
her books were just familiar
companions wherever we went.
340
00:22:05,580 --> 00:22:09,583
My sister and I read and knew them
all by name, all the characters,
341
00:22:09,608 --> 00:22:11,305
of course, Tom Kitten
and Peter Rabbit
342
00:22:11,330 --> 00:22:13,833
and Floppsy, Mopsy, Cotton Tail
and Peter.
343
00:22:16,220 --> 00:22:19,355
But Beatrix Potter did everything
from here, in this garden,
344
00:22:19,380 --> 00:22:22,155
she used parts of the garden,
parts of the path...
345
00:22:24,180 --> 00:22:25,763
...the gate I came in through.
346
00:22:25,788 --> 00:22:27,763
You see the three bad kittens
sitting on the wall
347
00:22:27,788 --> 00:22:29,155
and the ducks walking past.
348
00:22:29,180 --> 00:22:31,305
And now they're just
part of history,
349
00:22:31,330 --> 00:22:33,633
part of children's memories forever.
350
00:22:33,658 --> 00:22:36,475
She was a total genius.
351
00:22:40,940 --> 00:22:43,915
'Beatrix spent her childhood
holidays in the Lake District.
352
00:22:45,180 --> 00:22:47,513
'And the people, the landscape,
353
00:22:47,538 --> 00:22:51,075
'and, most of all, the animals
shaped her imagination.'
354
00:22:52,940 --> 00:22:54,155
Hilltop.
355
00:22:55,940 --> 00:22:59,665
Oh, it's so tiny.
It's just a little cottage.
356
00:22:59,690 --> 00:23:01,865
Oh, look, probably the kind of hat
she wore with gloves,
357
00:23:01,890 --> 00:23:04,713
a little stick as she walked around.
358
00:23:06,460 --> 00:23:08,633
And the range, that's so familiar,
359
00:23:08,658 --> 00:23:12,915
that's where naughty Tom Kitten
climbed up the chimney,
360
00:23:12,940 --> 00:23:14,075
that's where he climbed up.
361
00:23:15,250 --> 00:23:18,713
This is the staircase
where Mrs Tabitha Twitchit...
362
00:23:18,738 --> 00:23:23,225
I remember that painting of her
standing there, looking heartbroken.
363
00:23:23,250 --> 00:23:26,115
She was going, "Where's Tom Kitten?
That bad little cat!"
364
00:23:26,140 --> 00:23:28,583
And that's where she was,
she was standing just here.
365
00:23:30,608 --> 00:23:33,763
Look, more treasures here.
GASPS
366
00:23:33,788 --> 00:23:36,713
And tiny, tiny miniatures
of all the figures.
367
00:23:37,820 --> 00:23:38,915
Jemima Puddle-Duck,
368
00:23:38,940 --> 00:23:44,225
Mrs Tiggy-Winkle, Samuel Whiskers,
Peter Rabbit, Jeremy Fisher.
369
00:23:44,250 --> 00:23:47,475
Look at those.
I would have adored those.
370
00:23:51,738 --> 00:23:55,045
Today, Hilltop
is owned by the National Trust.
371
00:23:55,070 --> 00:23:58,195
The curator
is Liz Hunter MacFarlane.
372
00:23:58,220 --> 00:24:01,355
Why was it that Hilltop
was so special to Beatrix Potter?
373
00:24:01,380 --> 00:24:04,405
Well, Hilltop was a real place
of sanctuary for Beatrix,
374
00:24:04,430 --> 00:24:07,555
it was her place of refuge,
it was her little den, if you like.
375
00:24:07,580 --> 00:24:10,405
When she was alive and writing,
and had become a great success,
376
00:24:10,430 --> 00:24:12,405
was she famous
within the village of Sawrey?
377
00:24:12,430 --> 00:24:13,763
Not especially,
378
00:24:13,788 --> 00:24:16,405
she certainly didn't dress the part
of a millionaire.
379
00:24:16,430 --> 00:24:19,355
Tell me what she wore.
Oh, she had a Herdwick tweed suit.
380
00:24:19,380 --> 00:24:21,555
Herdwick is what,
the-the name of the sheep?
381
00:24:21,580 --> 00:24:24,555
Which is the local breed
of sheep here in the Lake District
382
00:24:24,580 --> 00:24:29,405
and they're a very hardy breed,
but their wool is quite rough
383
00:24:29,430 --> 00:24:31,355
and then, erm,
if the weather was poor,
384
00:24:31,380 --> 00:24:33,633
which it often is in this area, erm,
385
00:24:33,658 --> 00:24:36,583
she would put an animal feed sack
over her head
386
00:24:36,608 --> 00:24:38,795
and she once
got mistaken for a tramp.
387
00:24:38,820 --> 00:24:41,275
Beatrix Potter
became tremendously famous
388
00:24:41,300 --> 00:24:44,015
and loved by the world for her
paintings and her children's books,
389
00:24:44,040 --> 00:24:47,815
but, more importantly,
she was huge for the National Trust.
390
00:24:47,840 --> 00:24:51,455
Beatrix's gifts of land and farms
to the National Trust
391
00:24:51,480 --> 00:24:53,885
were some of the biggest
that we'd ever received. Wow!
392
00:24:53,910 --> 00:24:56,245
She knew that
she wanted to preserve, erm,
393
00:24:56,270 --> 00:24:58,733
as much of the Lake District life
as she could,
394
00:24:58,758 --> 00:25:02,215
and, of course, the success of the
little books made that possible.
395
00:25:02,240 --> 00:25:04,215
So by the time she died
396
00:25:04,240 --> 00:25:07,965
she'd amassed 15 farms
and over 4,000 acres that she left.
397
00:25:07,990 --> 00:25:10,455
15 farms? That's extraordinary.
398
00:25:15,040 --> 00:25:16,375
'Beatrix Potter's gift
399
00:25:16,400 --> 00:25:18,885
'forms the nucleus
of the Lake District National Park,
400
00:25:18,910 --> 00:25:23,175
'which today extends
over 900 square miles.'
401
00:25:27,040 --> 00:25:28,965
This is the great Langdale Valley,
402
00:25:28,990 --> 00:25:31,885
fabulously beautiful,
very, very famous.
403
00:25:34,558 --> 00:25:37,935
I can see why Beatrix Potter loved
this part of the world so much.
404
00:25:40,400 --> 00:25:43,853
'Eric Taylforth has been farming
here for over 40 years.
405
00:25:45,628 --> 00:25:49,575
'His sheep are Herdwicks, an ancient
breed native to the Lake District.'
406
00:25:53,710 --> 00:25:56,853
Nell is...
being, sort of, black and white,
407
00:25:56,878 --> 00:25:58,885
pretty much the same colour
as the sheep,
408
00:25:58,910 --> 00:26:01,045
and suddenly you see her
running like an arrow,
409
00:26:01,070 --> 00:26:02,603
and a flurry of creatures.
410
00:26:03,808 --> 00:26:06,455
Look at her.
411
00:26:15,798 --> 00:26:18,045
Isn't that sensational?
412
00:26:20,160 --> 00:26:23,245
ERIC WHISTLES AND SHOUTS
413
00:26:27,070 --> 00:26:29,853
Talk about one man and his dog.
414
00:26:29,878 --> 00:26:31,773
That's Eric and Nell.
415
00:26:35,710 --> 00:26:37,853
We're surrounded by Herdwicks,
aren't we?
416
00:26:37,878 --> 00:26:39,455
We are, these are incredible.
417
00:26:39,480 --> 00:26:42,015
What is it that you, Eric,
admire about Herdwick?
418
00:26:42,040 --> 00:26:43,733
The hardiness of them,
419
00:26:43,758 --> 00:26:47,095
how they've adapted to everything
that's thrown at them
420
00:26:47,120 --> 00:26:49,965
and the characters
that come from them,
421
00:26:49,990 --> 00:26:53,135
you form such incredible bonds
with some of them.
422
00:26:53,160 --> 00:26:55,885
Do you?
They rely on you.
423
00:26:55,910 --> 00:26:57,425
Yeah. How amazing.
424
00:26:57,450 --> 00:27:00,853
So, to me, er,
Herdwick sheep have been here,
425
00:27:00,878 --> 00:27:04,045
history, our farm,
probably 400 years.
426
00:27:06,600 --> 00:27:08,773
They've heard your voice.
Yeah.
427
00:27:08,798 --> 00:27:10,733
They've got the most
beautiful little faces.
428
00:27:10,758 --> 00:27:14,245
They're all different, I love that
criss cross on the faces.
429
00:27:14,270 --> 00:27:17,015
Yeah, well, that's just because
they're starting to lose their wool.
430
00:27:17,040 --> 00:27:18,215
Oh, is that what it is?
431
00:27:18,240 --> 00:27:20,773
Yeah, you see the, the one
in the middle is much whiter.
432
00:27:20,798 --> 00:27:23,773
Yes, got a white face. So, what,
they're born with dark little faces?
433
00:27:23,798 --> 00:27:25,935
Yeah, they're black,
should be all flat black.
434
00:27:25,960 --> 00:27:27,965
If they're born white, you know,
435
00:27:27,990 --> 00:27:30,135
you get some of them
with a bit of white on.
436
00:27:30,160 --> 00:27:34,095
JOANNA LAUGHS
437
00:27:34,120 --> 00:27:36,135
You're the sweetest dog.
438
00:27:36,160 --> 00:27:38,295
Tell me,
do you have only just one dog?
439
00:27:38,320 --> 00:27:40,815
Er, I tend to use, er, one dog, yes.
440
00:27:40,840 --> 00:27:42,523
One's enough to keep an eye on them,
441
00:27:42,548 --> 00:27:45,015
I think the sheep
get more used to it.
442
00:27:45,040 --> 00:27:48,773
Yeah. Are the Herdwicks
safe with you, Nelly?
443
00:27:48,798 --> 00:27:52,425
Erm, very, very safe with her.
Oh, honestly!
444
00:27:52,450 --> 00:27:55,095
Yes.
Adorable movie dog.
445
00:27:55,120 --> 00:27:58,175
The sweetest hound.
This is soppy, isn't it?
446
00:27:58,200 --> 00:28:00,375
Oh, yes, yeah.
447
00:28:00,400 --> 00:28:02,375
But it doesn't,
it doesn't do that with me.
448
00:28:02,400 --> 00:28:03,685
It's just you, Joanna.
449
00:28:03,710 --> 00:28:06,935
Is it just strangers, darling?
Strangers and cameras.
450
00:28:06,960 --> 00:28:09,325
Smile over there. Smile, smile.
451
00:28:23,878 --> 00:28:26,603
'From the Lakes,
I'm travelling to Yorkshire.
452
00:28:28,070 --> 00:28:31,685
'The city of Bradford was once
the wool capital of the world.
453
00:28:32,798 --> 00:28:37,295
'In the 1950s and '60s, it became a
new home for people from South Asia
454
00:28:37,320 --> 00:28:39,523
'who came to work
in the textile industry.
455
00:28:41,350 --> 00:28:45,295
'Today, around a quarter of
the population has Asian heritage.'
456
00:28:49,758 --> 00:28:54,673
Yasmin. Oh, Yasmin, I'm Joanna,
how lovely to see you.
457
00:28:54,698 --> 00:28:56,985
Thank you so much for having me.
458
00:28:57,010 --> 00:29:00,035
You, and the famous allotments,
and the famous women.
459
00:29:00,060 --> 00:29:04,265
'In 2017,
Yasmin Hussein and her friends
460
00:29:04,290 --> 00:29:06,345
'formed their own gardening group
461
00:29:06,370 --> 00:29:09,315
'to tackle the problems of
loneliness and social isolation.'
462
00:29:10,730 --> 00:29:11,793
I smell good food.
463
00:29:16,220 --> 00:29:18,753
Tell me what you're growing.
Can we have a look?
464
00:29:20,698 --> 00:29:24,265
'The ladies have taken over three
allotments here at Scotchman Road
465
00:29:24,290 --> 00:29:27,515
'and grow a huge variety
of fruit and vegetables.'
466
00:29:28,898 --> 00:29:30,475
Oh, don't you love nasturtiums?
467
00:29:30,500 --> 00:29:32,235
Which part?
468
00:29:32,260 --> 00:29:35,155
The petals?
469
00:29:38,340 --> 00:29:40,345
Beautiful. Those are hot ones?
470
00:29:40,370 --> 00:29:45,185
Ooh.
471
00:29:45,210 --> 00:29:48,345
I'm a Kashmiri,
you know, I'm a Kashmiri.
472
00:29:48,370 --> 00:29:50,155
That's my spinach!
473
00:29:50,180 --> 00:29:52,623
You've got good, black
earth here, haven't you?
474
00:29:52,648 --> 00:29:56,835
Yeah.
475
00:30:02,060 --> 00:30:04,673
So, tell me, "ladies allotment,"
explain what you mean by that.
476
00:30:12,500 --> 00:30:14,035
Muslim ladies?
477
00:30:14,060 --> 00:30:16,235
Usually they don't go out
on their own?
478
00:30:16,260 --> 00:30:18,435
It's a brilliant idea, isn't it?
479
00:30:18,460 --> 00:30:21,455
Because they're quite safe here,
they've got comradeship, friendship.
480
00:30:21,480 --> 00:30:22,905
Not lonely any more.
481
00:30:22,930 --> 00:30:26,085
I'd love to meet some of the ladies,
do you think they'd talk to me?
482
00:30:27,180 --> 00:30:30,065
I won't pretend that I'm not drawn a
bit by the food that I saw cooking.
483
00:30:31,210 --> 00:30:34,835
'The ladies allotment
now has around 25 members.
484
00:30:34,860 --> 00:30:36,515
'Most have Asian heritage,
485
00:30:36,540 --> 00:30:40,035
'but the group welcomes women
from all backgrounds.'
486
00:30:41,980 --> 00:30:43,873
As-salamu alaykum, ladies.
487
00:30:43,898 --> 00:30:47,235
How good to see you,
thank you very much indeed.
488
00:30:47,260 --> 00:30:49,185
Despite the weather.
Yorkshire weather.
489
00:30:49,210 --> 00:30:52,435
Yeah, I would love that.
490
00:30:57,620 --> 00:30:59,185
0h!
491
00:31:00,980 --> 00:31:03,155
The perfect way to serve chutney,
with a teapot.
492
00:31:03,180 --> 00:31:05,543
It's heaven.
493
00:31:05,568 --> 00:31:07,475
Even though the rain
is dappling down.
494
00:31:07,500 --> 00:31:09,985
It's lovely to be out
in the fresh air,
495
00:31:10,010 --> 00:31:11,543
and especially with the lockdown,
496
00:31:11,568 --> 00:31:15,873
this was somewhere where we
could come, because it's outdoors.
497
00:31:15,898 --> 00:31:17,673
There's a kind of depression
can set in
498
00:31:17,698 --> 00:31:20,475
when you don't know when something
grim like the coronavirus
499
00:31:20,500 --> 00:31:21,673
is going to go away...
500
00:31:21,698 --> 00:31:24,185
Yeah. ..but there's something
restoring about nature.
501
00:31:24,210 --> 00:31:25,435
Yes, definitely.
502
00:31:25,460 --> 00:31:29,155
Still growing, birds and bees
still flying, snails still eating.
503
00:31:29,180 --> 00:31:33,085
And you see that from,
erm, growing stuff, er,
504
00:31:33,110 --> 00:31:36,235
cos something might look like
it's half dead or it might be dead,
505
00:31:36,260 --> 00:31:39,673
but if you leave it for long enough,
something will happen.
506
00:31:39,698 --> 00:31:43,673
I suppose that's trust,
trust in life. Trust in life. Yeah.
507
00:31:43,698 --> 00:31:45,543
It's a sort of therapy in a way,
isn't it?
508
00:31:45,568 --> 00:31:47,753
More than a therapy,
it's a philosophy.
509
00:31:47,778 --> 00:31:50,905
Well, absolutely, you can read a
lot into gardening. Yeah, you can.
510
00:31:55,930 --> 00:31:58,835
Very good, yeah.
The green gym.
511
00:31:58,860 --> 00:32:02,115
Well, this has been just
a fantastic, fantastic feast.
512
00:32:02,140 --> 00:32:03,835
I don't think I can go
513
00:32:03,860 --> 00:32:06,435
without just tasting a tiny bite
of the rhubarb cake.
514
00:32:06,460 --> 00:32:07,985
Oh, yes, do.
515
00:32:12,500 --> 00:32:16,705
You know, that was just absolutely
lovely, the ladies cooking,
516
00:32:16,730 --> 00:32:20,155
planting things, growing,
eating, feminine friendship,
517
00:32:20,180 --> 00:32:21,345
taking care of each other,
518
00:32:21,370 --> 00:32:23,265
and as I left,
one of these ladies said to me,
519
00:32:23,290 --> 00:32:25,905
"You know, all you really need
in life if you're depressed
520
00:32:25,930 --> 00:32:29,873
"is to grow things, cook things,
and let nature take care of you."
521
00:32:29,898 --> 00:32:31,475
Wise words.
522
00:32:36,980 --> 00:32:41,793
'It's just 30 miles from Bradford
to the heart of the Yorkshire Dales,
523
00:32:41,818 --> 00:32:43,985
'which sweep across the Pennines,
524
00:32:44,010 --> 00:32:48,435
'covering 840 square miles
of windswept moors
525
00:32:48,460 --> 00:32:50,543
'and lush green valleys.
526
00:32:53,010 --> 00:32:56,315
'No wonder Yorkshire
is known as God's Own Country.'
527
00:33:00,010 --> 00:33:02,515
Look how beautiful.
The Yorkshire Dales.
528
00:33:02,540 --> 00:33:05,623
This is Malhamdale,
and I'm going to Gordale Scar.
529
00:33:05,648 --> 00:33:08,543
You can see why
hundreds of thousands,
530
00:33:08,568 --> 00:33:12,345
millions of people, visit this
gorgeous countryside every year,
531
00:33:12,370 --> 00:33:14,155
it's so lovely.
532
00:33:14,180 --> 00:33:17,185
Listen, dashing stream,
dry stone walling.
533
00:33:18,778 --> 00:33:21,065
Fresh air.
534
00:33:23,370 --> 00:33:27,115
'Maxwell Ayamba
leads a pioneering walking group.'
535
00:33:28,778 --> 00:33:30,595
Maxwell?
536
00:33:30,620 --> 00:33:33,345
Hello, Joanna. How lovely
to meet you. Nice to see you.
537
00:33:33,370 --> 00:33:35,623
Oh, look, we're going
on an adventure. I know.
538
00:33:35,648 --> 00:33:37,345
I've never been here before,
have you?
539
00:33:37,370 --> 00:33:39,595
I haven't, but I've heard of it.
Oh, let's go.
540
00:33:44,210 --> 00:33:48,085
'Gordale Scar is one of the natural
wonders of the Yorkshire Dales.
541
00:33:48,110 --> 00:33:51,155
'A towering gorge
carved out of limestone
542
00:33:51,180 --> 00:33:53,265
'that leads to a hidden waterfall.'
543
00:33:57,210 --> 00:33:58,873
Do you walk a lot around here?
544
00:33:58,898 --> 00:34:01,175
I do. I do.
I do a lot of walks, yeah.
545
00:34:01,200 --> 00:34:03,543
And you do a bit of climbing
as well? I do a lot of climbing.
546
00:34:03,568 --> 00:34:07,595
I've been... done Ben Nevis... Yeah.
..done Scafell, Snowdon.
547
00:34:07,620 --> 00:34:10,315
Wow, these are the three big ones,
the Three Peaks, aren't they?
548
00:34:10,340 --> 00:34:11,835
That's right. I walk with a group
549
00:34:11,860 --> 00:34:13,725
called the Black Men Walk For Help
Group. Yeah.
550
00:34:13,750 --> 00:34:15,185
And it was set up based on the fact
551
00:34:15,210 --> 00:34:19,235
that, er, Black men, normally when
they are young, are very active.
552
00:34:19,260 --> 00:34:21,065
But when they get to middle age
553
00:34:21,090 --> 00:34:23,543
they begin to lead that kind of
sedentary life. Yeah.
554
00:34:23,568 --> 00:34:25,873
And therefore don't walk, er,
555
00:34:25,898 --> 00:34:27,725
and so it affects their health
and wellbeing.
556
00:34:27,750 --> 00:34:30,365
Yes. Especially mental health,
it's a big issue.
557
00:34:30,390 --> 00:34:33,115
That's the thing now, isn't it,
today, more than ever,
558
00:34:33,140 --> 00:34:35,515
the importance of keeping this
healthy.
559
00:34:35,540 --> 00:34:38,753
Healthy body, but healthy mind
as well. Yeah. Yeah.
560
00:34:38,778 --> 00:34:41,435
It's so liberating to find yourself
561
00:34:41,460 --> 00:34:43,835
in these kind of
beautiful landscapes
562
00:34:43,860 --> 00:34:46,623
that most people are not aware
they exist.
563
00:34:46,648 --> 00:34:49,835
And so that's why the group
was set up
564
00:34:49,860 --> 00:34:51,265
to open that access to people
565
00:34:51,290 --> 00:34:53,475
from Black
and ethnic minority communities.
566
00:34:53,500 --> 00:34:55,185
So you feel that maybe
the Black community
567
00:34:55,210 --> 00:34:58,020
doesn't feel at home
in the British countryside?
568
00:34:58,045 --> 00:34:59,761
I think, erm, the whole issue
569
00:34:59,786 --> 00:35:01,952
is to do with the history
of the British landscape.
570
00:35:01,977 --> 00:35:06,802
When our, you know, our fathers
came here during the Windrush
571
00:35:06,827 --> 00:35:09,721
they didn't have that
kind of opportunity to really go out
572
00:35:09,746 --> 00:35:11,402
and walk for leisure and recreation.
573
00:35:11,427 --> 00:35:14,872
People are so preoccupied with
working to survive on a daily basis.
574
00:35:14,897 --> 00:35:20,002
Walking is not something that
is really typical of minorities,
575
00:35:20,027 --> 00:35:23,952
it's more typical of people
who've got time to spare,
576
00:35:23,977 --> 00:35:26,511
erm, or maybe are wealthy.
577
00:35:28,057 --> 00:35:30,032
'To promote access
to the countryside
578
00:35:30,057 --> 00:35:32,282
'for people
from diverse backgrounds,
579
00:35:32,307 --> 00:35:34,282
'Maxwell has cofounded a charity,
580
00:35:34,307 --> 00:35:36,922
'The Sheffield Environmental
Movement.'
581
00:35:39,616 --> 00:35:41,591
Basically I am an ecocentrist,
582
00:35:41,616 --> 00:35:44,802
so I see man as part of nature.
583
00:35:44,827 --> 00:35:47,761
And so being-being an ecocentrist
584
00:35:47,786 --> 00:35:50,282
we believe that the only time
you gain happiness
585
00:35:50,307 --> 00:35:51,892
is when you're out in nature.
586
00:35:51,917 --> 00:35:54,102
I believe that, too.
And... You do? Oh.
587
00:35:54,127 --> 00:35:56,511
I didn't know I'm an ecocentrist,
though, but now... now I am!
588
00:35:56,536 --> 00:35:59,232
I'm signed up here, Maxwell.
BOTH LAUGH
589
00:36:02,147 --> 00:36:05,841
Look, look where we are now. Look,
suddenly, we're in this vast...
590
00:36:05,866 --> 00:36:08,672
Look what's happened
to the landscape now, Maxwell. Yeah.
591
00:36:08,697 --> 00:36:11,442
We're suddenly in the great
beginning of the gorge, aren't we?
592
00:36:11,467 --> 00:36:14,591
Yeah. Yeah.
Where is it?
593
00:36:14,616 --> 00:36:16,802
We don't know,
will we hear a great rushing?
594
00:36:16,827 --> 00:36:21,312
We're going round a corner now.
Oh, Maxwell, look at this!
595
00:36:21,337 --> 00:36:23,122
Wow.
What a place.
596
00:36:28,616 --> 00:36:30,872
That's some water, isn't it?
Wow.
597
00:36:30,897 --> 00:36:34,002
Can you imagine how much it
must have...
598
00:36:34,027 --> 00:36:36,122
over the centuries have dashed down?
Wow.
599
00:36:39,587 --> 00:36:41,872
Oh, it's an amphitheatre,
isn't it?
600
00:36:41,897 --> 00:36:44,082
This is a spectacular scene here.
601
00:36:44,107 --> 00:36:46,802
Gosh.
Really very, very impressive.
602
00:36:46,827 --> 00:36:49,152
Oh, can you feel the cold wind
coming down, though?
603
00:36:51,897 --> 00:36:53,511
Nature is so wonderful.
604
00:37:05,587 --> 00:37:10,082
'North east from the Yorkshire Dales
is the beautiful city of Durham...
605
00:37:11,866 --> 00:37:14,591
'..which is home to one of England's
greatest cathedrals
606
00:37:14,616 --> 00:37:16,672
'and a world-class university.
607
00:37:16,697 --> 00:37:20,202
'But I've come here
to see another building,
608
00:37:20,227 --> 00:37:22,562
'one with a very personal
connection.'
609
00:37:27,027 --> 00:37:29,841
I'm in Durham and it's a part
of the world I don't know very well,
610
00:37:29,866 --> 00:37:31,362
but I do know this.
611
00:37:31,387 --> 00:37:34,511
The Lumleys came from here, there's
a village called Great Lumley
612
00:37:34,536 --> 00:37:37,761
and there is, of course,
Lumley Castle.
613
00:37:37,786 --> 00:37:41,362
'Lumley Castle has stood
over the town of Chester-le-Street
614
00:37:41,387 --> 00:37:43,282
'since the late 1300s.
615
00:37:43,307 --> 00:37:47,282
'It was built by a very, very,
distant ancestor of mine
616
00:37:47,307 --> 00:37:49,922
'and, actually,
of Lumleys everywhere.'
617
00:37:49,947 --> 00:37:52,872
Oh, look, big square castle.
618
00:37:54,697 --> 00:37:58,002
'Somewhere in the mists of time,
my branch of the family
619
00:37:58,027 --> 00:38:00,082
'was probably cruelly dispossessed,
620
00:38:00,107 --> 00:38:05,232
'but the castle appears to be open
and so maybe I could lay claim.'
621
00:38:06,387 --> 00:38:09,312
Hello. Good morning, Miss Lumley,
welcome to Lumley Castle.
622
00:38:09,337 --> 00:38:11,032
Thank you very much indeed.
623
00:38:11,057 --> 00:38:13,262
If I can get you to register,
please.
624
00:38:13,287 --> 00:38:16,572
If you can just pop a signature on
there for me, please. Sure I will.
625
00:38:16,597 --> 00:38:19,572
Come and see what I can write,
obviously.
626
00:38:20,957 --> 00:38:22,572
'Joanna...
627
00:38:24,517 --> 00:38:27,322
"..Lumley,"
because it's my name.
628
00:38:27,347 --> 00:38:30,452
Technically, it's not my castle...
yet.
629
00:38:30,477 --> 00:38:32,492
Thank you so much.
You're welcome.
630
00:38:32,517 --> 00:38:34,771
Thank you.
631
00:38:40,287 --> 00:38:43,851
'Over the centuries, Lumley Castle
has been a private residence,
632
00:38:43,876 --> 00:38:45,682
'an archbishop's palace
633
00:38:45,707 --> 00:38:48,771
'and it's still owned
by the Earl of Scarborough.
634
00:38:50,187 --> 00:38:53,242
'Now it's a beautiful hotel
that everyone can enjoy.'
635
00:39:01,267 --> 00:39:04,292
Wow.
636
00:39:04,317 --> 00:39:06,731
Thank you very much indeed.
637
00:39:11,756 --> 00:39:14,521
'Maybe I could just move in here,
no-one would notice.'
638
00:39:19,437 --> 00:39:22,012
Look at that bed!
639
00:39:23,157 --> 00:39:26,212
I've never seen a four-poster bed
as big as that.
640
00:39:27,237 --> 00:39:29,012
It's beautiful.
641
00:39:33,037 --> 00:39:35,851
Thank you so much,
I'll call you when I need you.
642
00:39:35,876 --> 00:39:37,042
Thank you.
643
00:39:51,656 --> 00:39:56,352
I'm driving east across Yorkshire,
it's a huge county.
644
00:39:57,457 --> 00:39:58,501
On the map it looks big,
645
00:39:58,526 --> 00:40:00,862
but when you're driving it,
it seems even bigger,
646
00:40:00,887 --> 00:40:03,782
and it's so different,
this side of the country.
647
00:40:03,807 --> 00:40:08,052
High, wild, desolate,
a bit spooky.
648
00:40:08,077 --> 00:40:11,851
You don't want to be stuck up
on here on a windy cold night.
649
00:40:15,676 --> 00:40:18,132
'My destination
lies on the far side of the moors.
650
00:40:19,267 --> 00:40:21,651
'The ancient fishing port of Whitby.
651
00:40:25,796 --> 00:40:29,242
'In 1890, a young writer
named Bram Stoker
652
00:40:29,267 --> 00:40:31,851
'came here to work on his new book.
653
00:40:31,876 --> 00:40:34,442
'The ghostly town
made such an impression on him
654
00:40:34,467 --> 00:40:37,242
'that he set part of his story
in Whitby.
655
00:40:37,267 --> 00:40:41,162
'The result was one of the most
frightening novels of all time.'
656
00:40:43,827 --> 00:40:46,962
But, of course, the reason I wanted
to come to Whitby above all else
657
00:40:46,987 --> 00:40:52,132
was to see the abbey which inspired
Bram Stoker to write Dracula,
658
00:40:52,157 --> 00:40:54,322
because I was in a Dracula film.
659
00:40:54,347 --> 00:40:59,132
It was 1974, and I was in a film
called The Satanic Rites Of Dracula.
660
00:40:59,157 --> 00:41:02,372
And I was Jessica Van Helsing,
Peter Cushing's granddaughter,
661
00:41:02,397 --> 00:41:07,771
and Christopher Lee as Dracula
chose me as his bride for eternity
662
00:41:07,796 --> 00:41:10,012
to walk by his side
through darkness.
663
00:41:11,876 --> 00:41:15,771
And I just wanted to see
what made Bram Stoker
664
00:41:15,796 --> 00:41:20,442
dream up something of such
absolute enduring horror.
665
00:41:22,676 --> 00:41:26,052
'In the novel,
Dracula's ship lands at Whitby
666
00:41:26,077 --> 00:41:30,572
'and he bounds off, taking
the form of a terrifying dog
667
00:41:30,597 --> 00:41:32,771
'that runs up the hill
and disappears into the abbey.'
668
00:41:38,157 --> 00:41:41,932
At the time that he was writing,
gothic novels were the craze,
669
00:41:41,957 --> 00:41:44,412
legends of far away castles
and monasteries
670
00:41:44,437 --> 00:41:47,372
and eerie stone walls.
671
00:41:49,467 --> 00:41:52,521
And, of course,
Dracula could climb up walls
672
00:41:52,546 --> 00:41:54,932
and climb down them as well.
673
00:41:54,957 --> 00:41:58,322
He could transform himself
into animals, bats,
674
00:41:58,347 --> 00:42:00,962
bats which fly around here
in Whitby Abbey,
675
00:42:00,987 --> 00:42:03,092
Bram Stoker would have adored it.
676
00:42:08,018 --> 00:42:10,863
'Rose Rylands
is a local Whitby storyteller
677
00:42:10,888 --> 00:42:13,223
'who's immersed in the legends
of Dracula.'
678
00:42:14,968 --> 00:42:16,943
Rose, I was in a Dracula film,
679
00:42:16,968 --> 00:42:19,582
and I'm always interested
about the beginnings of Dracula.
680
00:42:19,607 --> 00:42:21,393
Do you think that
Bram Stoker, who came here,
681
00:42:21,418 --> 00:42:22,752
he must have loved it here?
682
00:42:22,777 --> 00:42:26,193
They say he was overwhelmed
when he came to Whitby
683
00:42:26,218 --> 00:42:30,193
by the full moon rising
above the abbey and the church
684
00:42:30,218 --> 00:42:34,752
and this phenomena we get, where
the mist sits in the graveyard
685
00:42:34,777 --> 00:42:37,473
and the tombstones stick up
above the mist.
686
00:42:37,498 --> 00:42:39,913
Do you know
how the legend of Dracula became?
687
00:42:39,938 --> 00:42:41,553
Where did he get that name from?
688
00:42:41,578 --> 00:42:44,943
Apparently, while he was in Whitby,
he went to the local archives
689
00:42:44,968 --> 00:42:46,943
and he found a book,
690
00:42:46,968 --> 00:42:51,143
apparently written by a man
who'd spent some time in Wallachia,
691
00:42:51,168 --> 00:42:52,913
which was part of Romania,
692
00:42:52,938 --> 00:42:58,473
and Count Dracula was in this book
693
00:42:58,498 --> 00:43:03,663
and Dracula means "devil",
so it was a very dark, evil name.
694
00:43:03,688 --> 00:43:05,863
And let's remember
he was a Victorian,
695
00:43:05,888 --> 00:43:09,273
the Victorians were obsessed
with the paranormal, with death,
696
00:43:09,298 --> 00:43:13,113
with the occult, with clairvoyants,
with Ouija boards.
697
00:43:13,138 --> 00:43:15,943
They were... And didn't they...
They loved a good funeral, you know.
698
00:43:15,968 --> 00:43:19,502
They did, they loved that. Yeah.
So there was so much to inspire him.
699
00:43:20,808 --> 00:43:23,712
'In recent years,
Whitby's ghostly atmosphere
700
00:43:23,737 --> 00:43:26,193
'has attracted
a whole new following.
701
00:43:29,098 --> 00:43:32,943
'What began as an informal gathering
of goth friends in a local pub
702
00:43:32,968 --> 00:43:35,473
'has evolved into the twice-yearly
Whitby Goth Weekend.
703
00:43:35,498 --> 00:43:38,113
'An extravaganza
of music and fashion
704
00:43:38,138 --> 00:43:41,073
'that draws goths
from around the world.
705
00:43:43,578 --> 00:43:45,993
'One of them
is boutique owner Elaine Horton.'
706
00:43:48,248 --> 00:43:50,393
How long have you been in this
little shop, Elaine?
707
00:43:50,418 --> 00:43:52,832
Erm, in this location
708
00:43:52,857 --> 00:43:55,473
I think I've been here
about a year and a half now.
709
00:43:55,498 --> 00:43:59,632
'Elaine came to Whitby for a goth
weekend and never wanted to leave.'
710
00:44:04,498 --> 00:44:07,223
GASPS
Elaine...
711
00:44:08,607 --> 00:44:10,273
Oh, my heavens.
712
00:44:10,298 --> 00:44:14,193
It's just packed with treasures.
713
00:44:19,248 --> 00:44:20,353
GAS PS
714
00:44:23,857 --> 00:44:26,832
We've got, sort of, metal-y things,
715
00:44:26,857 --> 00:44:31,353
sort of, lacy things,
corset-y things.
716
00:44:31,378 --> 00:44:32,913
Yeah, something for everyone.
717
00:44:36,218 --> 00:44:39,073
Look at these skeleton hands
coming round the neck.
718
00:44:39,098 --> 00:44:41,273
I think they're glow in the dark
as well, those things.
719
00:44:41,298 --> 00:44:42,832
They glow in the dark.
720
00:44:42,857 --> 00:44:45,423
Possibly the best present
you could give anybody
721
00:44:45,448 --> 00:44:48,353
is a skeleton hand necklace
which glows in the dark.
722
00:44:49,938 --> 00:44:53,353
And this, this...
GONG CHIMES
723
00:44:53,378 --> 00:44:56,223
MOCK FEARFULLY:
The midnight hour has struck!
724
00:44:56,248 --> 00:44:57,993
Oh, here's something gorgeous.
725
00:45:01,328 --> 00:45:02,663
That's a beautiful simple coat.
726
00:45:06,777 --> 00:45:09,223
Can I try that on?
Mm-hm. Of course you can.
727
00:45:11,238 --> 00:45:12,772
Thank you.
728
00:45:17,677 --> 00:45:20,323
'This adventure has made me
see Britain
729
00:45:20,348 --> 00:45:23,852
'as I've never seen it before.
From Tilbury Docks in Essex,
730
00:45:23,877 --> 00:45:28,323
'up through the spine of England,
to the spectacular North Sea coast,
731
00:45:28,348 --> 00:45:31,522
'this is a land that thrills
and amazes me.'
732
00:45:35,468 --> 00:45:40,243
Next week my journey takes me north
to Scotland and Northern Ireland.
733
00:45:40,268 --> 00:45:42,683
0h!
734
00:45:42,708 --> 00:45:44,883
'I'll weave my way
through the Outer Hebrides...
735
00:45:46,598 --> 00:45:49,772
'..go sightseeing
in gorgeous Glencoe
736
00:45:49,797 --> 00:45:52,443
'and visit the land
of Game Of Thrones.'
737
00:45:52,468 --> 00:45:55,053
It's getting chilly.
Winter is coming.
738
00:45:55,078 --> 00:45:56,213
BOTH LAUGH
739
00:45:58,398 --> 00:46:01,323
Whitby, it's been magical.
740
00:46:03,318 --> 00:46:05,413
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