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Episode 2

A group of celebrities travel to Udaipur in India to test retirement there. The group embrace life in Udaipur, trying their hand at Hindi and seeking leisure pursuits.

It's the second week in India, and the senior citizens have settled into their new home and are embracing life in Udaipur. Having found their feet with group living, they go in search of their favourite pastimes.

Syd, Bob and the Krankies head to the local park, and realise the benefits of living in a warm country as they get stuck into exercising outdoors, and Stanley, Peter and Selina decide to tackle the language and try their hand at Hindi.

The group receive a grand invitation from the maharanah and are invited to mingle with Udaipur's high society at the City Palace, where entertainer Janette Krankie wastes no time in showing off her dancing skills.

Cricket lover Stanley makes a friend at the local cricket club and proves that age is no barrier to being at the crease, as he gets in his whites and has a crack against the local team. Music fan Syd searches for his own passion and discovers a love for the sitar, with his first lesson proving an unexpected challenge. Meanwhile, Peter goes in search of a lady friend and tries his hand at dating, and the Krankies are ready to escape the city, and go on a rural adventure of their own, enjoying the surrounding countryside.

The group end the week with a trip to the northern state of the Punjab to visit one of India's most spectacular and holiest cities. As they travel to the magnificent Golden Temple in Amritsar, Stanley goes back in time as he revisits somewhere he last went to in his student days. As the senior citizens join in in some of the traditions of the Sikh faith, they discover the sense of giving and strength of community at the heart of Sikhism and are once again moved by the magic of India.

59 minutes

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Music Played

  • Shankar Mahadevan & Surjo Bhattacharya

    Thom Karuvil

  • Anoushka Shankar

    Nivedan

  • Niraj Chag

    Intermission - Part 2

  • Asha Bhosle

    Jab Chaye

  • Easy Star All-Stars & Matisyahu

    Within You Without You

  • Manhar Udhas, Kavita Krishnamurthy & Sukhvinder Singh Namdari

    Ilu Ilu

  • Shivkumar Sharma & Zakir Hussain

    Mishra Tilang' In Keharwa Tal

  • Gale Storm

    Dark Moon

  • John Mayer

    Acka Raga

  • Mohammed Rafi

    Bade Miyan Diwane

Credits

Role Contributor
Participant Stephanie Beacham
Participant Bob 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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