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Episode 3

A group of celebrities travel to Udaipur in India to test retirement there. Bob, Susan and Selina explore rural Rajasthan and Stanley relives his youth on a motorcycle.

The group are now settled into life in Udaipur and are ready to explore further afield. Country lovers Bob, Susan and Selina want to see more of rural Rajasthan and head into the hills to go horse riding and camping, but it is not quite the glamping trip they imagined.

Over the campfire they open up about the difficult times in their lives, Bob's battle with cancer and Susan's loss of her husband.

Meanwhile, in Udaipur, Syd and Ian continue their Indian cookery lessons, Stanley the adventurer relives his youth on the back of a motorcycle, and Stephanie explores her inner self through meditation.

The group end the week with a trip to the neighbouring state of Gujarat for one of India's biggest annual festivals, Navratri, but to get there involves a 12-hour journey on a sleeper train. After attempting to learn a Gujarati folk dance, they get kitted out in traditional costumes and join thousands of worshippers for a night of celebrations for the powerful Hindu warrior goddess Durga. Susan, Selina and Stephanie get caught up in the intoxicating atmosphere, dancing with abandon into the early hours.

59 minutes

Music Played

  • Anoushka Shankar

    Nivedan

  • Shankar Mahadevan & Surjo Bhattacharya

    Thom Karuvil

  • Niraj Chag

    Intermission - Part 2

  • Kishore Kumar

    Mere Samnewali Khidki Mein

  • Mohammed Rafi

    Bade Miyan Diwane

  • Najma Akhtar

    Atish Fishan

  • Asha Bhosle and Kishore Kumar and Chorus

    Mil Gaya Ham Ko Saathi

  • Talvin Singh and Rakesh Chaurasia

    Meeting

  • Kala Ramnath

    Touching Air

  • John Mayer

    Acka Raga

  • Nitin Sawhney

    Pieces of Ten

  • Lata Mangeshkar, Mukesh

    Ichak Dana Beechak Dana

  • Asha Bhosle

    Dum Maro Dum

  • Kishore Kumar

    We Love Sunday

  • Coldcut

    True Skool (Instumental)

  • Panjabi MC

    Beware Of The Boys (feat. JAY-Z)

Credits

Role Contributor
Participant Stephanie Beacham
Participant Robert Champion
Participant Peter Dean
Participant Susan George
Participant Stanley Johnson
Participant Syd Little
Participant Selina Scott
Participant Ian Tough
Participant Janette Tough
Narrator Tom Hollander
Executive Producer David Clews
Series Editor Claire Walls
Series Producer Ben Archard
Production Company Two Four Productions

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