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00:28Party, waltz!
00:30Can't find the gears.
00:31It's a sailing ship, son. Don't think it has any.
00:34Anyhow, see that there?
00:36That's the island of Icaria, the island of longevity, son.
00:41We're rolling back the years, so splice the main anchor
00:44and crank that music back up.
00:47Her name is Rio and she dances on the sand
00:54Just like that river twisting through a dusty land
01:12Me and Chris have test-driven cars all around the world together.
01:16Have you missed me? I thought I had.
01:18And now we're going back behind the wheel.
01:21If you're going to do that, drop a window, it's dealt with.
01:23I'm not farting.
01:24Let me, take it!
01:26I've hit the big 5-0 and it's coming for Chris, too.
01:30I'm not giving up.
01:31But instead of getting weird about it...
01:34What are you doing?
01:36We've decided to tackle getting older head-on.
01:42So we're visiting some of our European neighbours...
01:46Cheers.
01:47Get my mask.
01:48Yay!
01:50To see if any of them can let us in on the secret...
01:53Hello, chaps.
01:53How are you?
01:54Hello.
01:55That's it, Chris.
01:58I can't hold on.
02:00To living healthier, happier and longer lives.
02:03You are a change, man.
02:04I'm so proud of you.
02:06Here we go, Chris.
02:07Come on, son.
02:12Three lips, no!
02:27I've got one question for you.
02:29Elbow in or out?
02:30It feels out, should be.
02:32Yeah, I got...
02:33Oh, not full.
02:34But a bit.
02:35I go here.
02:35Okay.
02:36And I put that there.
02:37And it's nice.
02:38You can just get a little flex on.
02:40You won't know about that.
02:41No, what's that?
02:42What is that?
02:42No, but just that.
02:43In fact, you've done well with your forearm being that long to reach the top of the window.
02:49All this mocking of my forearms marks the start of our road trip around the rocky Greek
02:54island of Icaria.
02:56It's hot.
02:57Interestingly, very, very, very, very hot.
03:02Not much sun.
03:03No.
03:04That's a genuine heat wave, isn't it?
03:06It's hot and legendary.
03:09Icaria's named after Icarus.
03:11Your man who flew too close to the sun.
03:13And in this heat, no wonder his wings melted.
03:16But that's ancient history.
03:18We're here for our health.
03:21There's a saying in Icaria.
03:25Don't wear your hat on backwards.
03:27Don't add years to your life.
03:29Yeah.
03:30Add life to your years.
03:32I love that.
03:34Getting as much in as possible.
03:36But the Icarians are here for a good time and a long time.
03:41The whole island is a blue zone.
03:44No to do with the beaches.
03:45It's one of just five places around the world where people live extra long lives.
03:51One in three people live to the 90s.
03:54Ten years longer than people in the West.
03:58Ten years?
03:58Ten years.
03:59Now, you know you accuse me of being the most miserable man you've ever met.
04:02Yeah.
04:03I'm not going to change that opinion here by saying that I don't understand why anyone wants
04:07to live till they're 90.
04:09I don't see the point.
04:10That's the kind of positivity I've come to expect from Chris.
04:1465 brilliant years, for me, much more appealing than 90 average ones.
04:19Although my late daddy did say to me, it's awful well saying that until you get to 64 and
04:24a bit, and then suddenly you think, actually, I want to go a bit longer.
04:28Yeah.
04:31A process that you're referring to your dad as daddy.
04:34Yeah.
04:35You're a 50-year-old man.
04:38Yeah.
04:38I think when you're about, in your teenage years, you know what, he's like dad.
04:42So you'd be called to your mates.
04:43But then when you get into your 20s, you say daddy again.
04:46No, no, no.
04:46You're happy with yourself.
04:47No, no, no, no.
04:48That's just because you are incredibly posh.
04:51I'm not.
04:51You are.
04:52You know you're posh.
04:57Unlike little Lord Fauntleroy here, the Icarians are happily giving the Grim Reaper a run for
05:03his money.
05:04What is the secret?
05:06I think that's what we've got to get into.
05:08To find out, first stop, the Highlands.
05:13Life is in the slow lane up here, and it's where the most super long lifers live.
05:22Their lives aren't governed by time, so I'm hoping that'll wash over us a little bit.
05:28And most families live entirely off their land.
05:32Fit the good life with Penelope Keefe, but with more lemons.
05:38Look at this, man.
05:40Beautiful.
05:40Beautiful.
05:41Helping us be more efficient at being self-sufficient, we're meeting a typical Icarian family.
05:47Hello!
05:48Hello, hello.
05:49Hello.
05:50Hello, hello.
05:58It's all organic.
06:00Yeah.
06:00Oh, fantastic.
06:02But round here, there's no such thing as a free lunch.
06:11Who's this lad?
06:12Oh, hello.
06:13Where'd he come from?
06:15Have you not got a goat area in your mansion in Cheshire?
06:17No.
06:18No.
06:19Oh, look at him.
06:21Whoa, these are frisky lads.
06:22These are frisky.
06:26This lad here at the back, this prime for the milking.
06:29Yeah.
06:30Is it lad?
06:31It's lady.
06:32Lady, innit?
06:33Well, I hope they're milking ladies.
06:34You can milk a male one if you want.
06:36That's a different kind of show.
06:41Right, show me how you do it.
06:43You just hold it here, and you press a little bit, and it's coming.
06:49I'm not really sure about this pad.
06:52OK, OK.
06:54Yeah?
06:55Oh!
06:56Lovely stuff, Chris.
06:58Yeah.
06:58Tell you what, pad, all those years of boarding school were perfect.
07:06Yeah, go on, get in there.
07:07I don't blame you.
07:08I won't let him at my udders either.
07:12Yeah, very good.
07:13I think she can manage now.
07:14Yeah.
07:15Till the end of the day, we're going to have the milk.
07:17Yeah.
07:18For the cheese.
07:18Looking forward to tasting your cheese, Chris.
07:21Oh, yeah.
07:21OK.
07:22Here we go.
07:23While Chris grapples with goat's nipples,
07:26Eleni and Lefteeris have got a job for the muscles of the duo.
07:31Putting up a fence.
07:33Step one, get the posts in.
07:35This is a thing.
07:38I'm very good at that.
07:39OK.
07:41It's an exercise I've done before.
07:44Because I worked on building sites back in the day,
07:47granted, not usually in these shorts or 40 degree heat.
07:50There's a bit of a bend in my rod.
07:53Story of my life.
08:01OK.
08:02A little bit more.
08:03A little bit more.
08:08I'm knackered already.
08:10Your dad's very fit.
08:12When you're at first, you're very strong.
08:13How old is your dad?
08:1578.
08:15Wow.
08:16Yeah.
08:17He looks fantastic.
08:18Papa may not be rocking a six-pack,
08:20but all this gardening is like a gym membership.
08:23It's what keeps the people fit around here.
08:26What makes Icaria such a good place to live?
08:30Why do you love it here?
08:31We don't have so much things, but we have all this.
08:36Family, friends, neighbours.
08:38They help each other all the time.
08:45And I've noticed no-one's got a watch on.
08:48No watches.
08:49No clocks.
08:49No, no, no.
08:50People know that they have to wake up in the morning,
08:53maybe sometimes before the sun comes.
08:55Yeah.
08:55And then, oh, now it's very hot, so it's lunchtime.
08:58When they finish everything, I go first swimming,
09:01go to the cafe, to go shopping.
09:04Not like, um...
09:06Oh, my God, what am I going to do?
09:08Yeah.
09:12This has surely got to be up there when it comes to longevity.
09:16This sort of stress-free, simple way of life
09:19and not sort of constantly grasping for the trappings.
09:25They want for nothing and they're happy.
09:30I think if you're involved in the production of what you eat,
09:34your life's better on every level.
09:36It has to be.
09:37Because you respect it more, you value it more.
09:40And I can tell you, yeah, I'm working my core in a way I haven't worked it for a while.
09:45It's part of my process, I told you, I'm doing a reboot.
09:48I reckon that's not a bad haul.
09:54Your dad's looking at me here as though I'm going too slow.
09:57Oh, yeah, yeah.
09:57OK, here we go, Papa, here we go.
09:59The people, when they have to work, they have to work.
10:03Yeah.
10:03But when they sit for wine, we drink wine.
10:06Oh, even better!
10:08Now we're talking, first we hammer, then we get hammered.
10:12Roll it out.
10:12Yeah, yeah, a little bit.
10:14Hold that one.
10:16There.
10:17This way?
10:18Yes.
10:18Non-stop.
10:20Doesn't stop.
10:21He's like, I want to get the fence up.
10:33Oh, I've got a bad feeling about this.
10:35Does he want to borrow my shorts?
10:37Is that what he's asking you?
10:38No, no.
10:39We have to cut some pieces of the tree and feed the animals.
10:44I said, maybe later.
10:46He wants me to keep working.
10:49He won't let me go.
10:50He won't let me go.
10:53We have to drink wine.
10:55Oh, no, he's going now.
10:57Yes, yes.
10:58I'll follow you then after you.
11:00After you.
11:01Fantastic.
11:08The workers return.
11:10This is what it's all about.
11:12Eating with family, friends and neighbours.
11:14Oh, and Chris, but nothing's perfect.
11:18Oh, look at this beautiful, beautiful food.
11:25Here we go.
11:26Cheers, everybody.
11:28Yamas.
11:29Yamas.
11:30We make this also.
11:32Yamas.
11:33Isn't that lovely?
11:33Oh, that's punchy.
11:34Woo!
11:35Isn't that lovely?
11:36Yeah.
11:36Luke's amazing.
11:38So colourful and vibrant.
11:39They are definitely on top of the five-a-day here.
11:44Chicken is lovely.
11:45This organic diet must surely add years to your life.
11:49This is very good.
11:50It's 70% veggie with the odd meat treat.
11:54This is the cheese.
11:55And plenty of goat's cheese.
11:57That's where I have hands-on experience.
12:02Is this what Chris was getting milk in the goats?
12:05Well, it was not enough.
12:08Oh, come on.
12:09I tried.
12:10For a smaller.
12:11In Greece, obviously, there's lots of different gods.
12:14Is there a god of wine?
12:16Dionysos.
12:16Yeah.
12:17We say Dionysos.
12:18Yeah.
12:19Dionysos, that they born here.
12:21If he was born here, I'll toast him.
12:23OK.
12:23Yes.
12:27Yes.
12:27Yes.
12:29Yes.
12:30I don't think any of us do enough of this.
12:33Back home.
12:34It's back home.
12:34You've got a watch on.
12:35If you're not looking at your watch, you're looking at your phone.
12:37What's your phone got on it?
12:38A clock.
12:39Our lives back home are governed by time.
12:42You're always chasing your tail.
12:44I know I am.
12:46So, you know, there's something to be said about how they treat time here.
12:51I'd love to adapt to be more like this, and I can see how it's just better for you all
12:55round.
12:55This way of looking after yourself, this sense of community, of hanging with your family.
13:00Whenever you can, being part of what's put on the table to eat, it's good for you.
13:05I'd like to do more of that.
13:06How you do that in a flat in Bristol, I don't know, but I'll find a way.
13:09Thank you so much for taking us in today and looking after us.
13:14Thank you very much.
13:15Thank you very much.
13:16Thank you very much.
13:16Bye.
13:18Oh, I'm stuffed.
13:20That meal was almost a religious experience.
13:24Speaking of which...
13:25What god would you be?
13:27God of what?
13:28Well, you know, I like a chant.
13:30OK, yeah, yeah, yeah.
13:31So, I'd probably be, er...
13:33Tarkus.
13:34Yeah!
13:35The god of chant.
13:38Yeah.
13:38If I know you.
13:39That'd be the brackets after.
13:41What would you be?
13:43I think I quite like giving off an air of don't talk to me.
13:49So, I think I would be...
13:51I'd be that bro that, inwardly, actually, is happier than you think.
13:53Yes.
13:54But I've got a furrowed brow, so I'd be frowness.
14:09Look at that down there.
14:11That is superb.
14:12Look at that.
14:13Look, I'll pull in here.
14:15Even gods need a break.
14:16So, let's take a leaf out of the Icarian playbook and get in that sea.
14:21I love and kick you.
14:25I love and kick you.
14:27I love and kick you.
14:31I love and kick you.
14:33I love and kick you.
14:34I love and kick you.
14:36I love and kick you.
14:38Right.
14:39Oh, that is glorious.
14:42Woo!
14:43Yeah, watch this.
14:44Ready?
14:45I'm going in.
14:46Go on, man.
14:52Oh, fantastic.
14:55Lovely, lovely technique.
14:59Oh, this is the life.
15:01I think this is a big part of it.
15:02If you get in this twice a day, how is your life not better?
15:06It's just amazing, isn't it?
15:08The washers, the little warm bits.
15:10I'm hoping that's not where you've had a week.
15:12And the little cold bits.
15:13It's heavenly.
15:15It's a nice way of life.
15:31Today, we're heading from the north to the south of the island.
15:36That's gorgeous down there.
15:38Is that a gorge?
15:39I suppose it is.
15:41For something that's as beautiful as a gorge,
15:43the word gorge doesn't sell it, does it?
15:47Gorge.
15:47You say it brilliantly.
15:48Gorge.
15:49Gorge.
15:50Gorge.
15:51It's just not a good word.
15:52No.
15:53You know another bad word?
15:54What?
15:55Moist.
15:55Everyone talks about moist and gusset.
15:57Moist.
15:57But I think gland is the word.
15:58Excuse me.
15:59What?
16:00Excuse me.
16:02What?
16:03Not everyone talks about gusset.
16:06Gusset.
16:06Gusset.
16:07That.
16:08Gusset.
16:09I've never heard anyone talk about gusset.
16:11I don't know what circles you're missing.
16:13You just threw that out there like, oh, everyone talks about gusset.
16:16No, they don't.
16:17Talking of unmentionables, I've heard there's another reason the Icarians have such a zest
16:22for life.
16:24Athens University conducted a study that has shown that 80% of Icarian males from the age
16:30of 65 and 100 are sexually active.
16:34Have the Icarian females had a say on this?
16:37That's quite a statistic, isn't it?
16:38It is.
16:39Well, I think they live a different life out here.
16:43The sun's shining.
16:45Look, if you're away, especially on holiday, it puts you in a slightly frisky mood.
16:50So I think that's going to be...
16:51They live here.
16:52Yeah, that's something to say.
16:53So you're going to be permanently frisky.
16:56I think it's probably a lot slower and there's a lot more warming up.
17:00Hang on a minute.
17:02Slow down for God's sake.
17:07Older people doing it comes under the heading of a bit icky for most people, doesn't it?
17:12Yeah.
17:12But we're already in the zone of being icky for the younger generation.
17:16If you were to interview my children about this...
17:18Yeah.
17:18..and they say, well, you know, do you think your father's sexually active?
17:22They'd all go...
17:23Well, I don't think that's just your kids.
17:24I think even if I think about you being sexually active, that makes me feel ill.
17:32Sex isn't the only thing the Icarians don't quit.
17:35But they just don't retire around here.
17:37It's amazing.
17:38They just carry on working because work doesn't feel like work to most of them.
17:41Yeah.
17:42I think that's what keeps them young in their mind.
17:44Yeah, it has to be.
17:45I think retirement, strangely, that's the British mentality, innit?
17:50Oh, can't wait to retire.
17:52Work, work, work and then retire.
17:53And then when they do, people go downhill.
17:56You've got to be able to do something to keep your hand in,
17:58just to keep the old grey matter ticking over.
18:02One thing I've not seen on Icaria yet is a retirement home.
18:07Oh.
18:07It's not like Western Supermare, is it?
18:09I imagine you, when you're older, your old folks home will be a lot different to mine.
18:13Yours will be somewhere beautiful down south.
18:16Have you seen your house compared to mine?
18:18And it'll be...
18:19You've got to give up on that whole thing.
18:21It'll be a lot of mahogany, a lot of people in cravats and ladies with pearl earrings.
18:28It's extraordinary.
18:28It's extraordinary.
18:30And you'll be going, please, one more day.
18:32Your house has got pillars.
18:36Use it or lose it is the theory.
18:39But to find some living proof, our next stop is the island's capital.
18:49We're going to meet a man called Stavros.
18:52He's a fisherman.
18:53He's taking us fishing.
18:54This bronzed, white-vested Adonis is Stavros.
18:58And he's 75 years old.
19:01Hello there.
19:02Stavros, nice to meet you, Paddy.
19:04Oh!
19:06That's a strong handshake.
19:07I like that.
19:08That's a grip that's pulled up a few anchors.
19:12May we step on your vessel, sir?
19:14Please.
19:15I'll be yourself.
19:16Thank you, pal.
19:17Well done.
19:18We're supposed to be helping him and his brother Nikos with today's catch.
19:22You just put them over your head like that.
19:24Yeah.
19:25Like what?
19:26I ain't gone, sir.
19:27But just the safety gear has stumped us.
19:30I've literally been defeated by a life tracker.
19:32I don't know how you do it.
19:33How do you put that on?
19:35I've literally defeated.
19:37There we go.
19:38There we go.
19:39Literally two straps.
19:40Beautiful.
19:41There we go.
19:42There you go.
19:43Look at that.
19:45So what are we doing today, pal?
19:46We're going out two miles out to pick up a long line for a snapper.
19:51How far down is the line?
19:53About 38 feathers, 60, 70 metres.
19:56Oh, wow.
19:56Yeah.
19:57It's going to be a lot of pulling.
19:59Right, OK.
20:00He knows.
20:00He knows.
20:01Let's get out of here, boys.
20:02Let's do a bit of fishing.
20:16Oh, yes.
20:17I could get used to this as a commute to work.
20:20You all right there, Captain?
20:22Yeah, yeah.
20:23Just soaking it in.
20:24Gorgeous, that, isn't it?
20:26You look good for 75, Stavros.
20:28You look good for your age.
20:31Because I'm working.
20:32I'm working every day.
20:3450 years.
20:3450 years on the seas.
20:37But you don't think of it as a job?
20:38No.
20:38For you, it's not a job?
20:40Everything is close, you know.
20:42I don't know if Stavros is working or having the time of his life,
20:46but apparently working just one year past retirement age
20:49can put more miles on your clock.
20:52Here we go.
20:53Here we go.
20:54Right.
20:54Now we're fishing.
20:55Great bit of hooking there.
20:57Lovely hooking.
20:58Here we go.
20:59Here we go.
20:59Here we go.
21:00You more, you.
21:01OK.
21:03Yeah.
21:05Let me translate, Christos.
21:07He'll wind, you pull.
21:10Hold.
21:10OK.
21:12Pull, yeah.
21:15Easy.
21:16Because I have a fish after a little.
21:18OK, sorry.
21:19Yeah, yeah, yeah.
21:20You're yanking the heads off him, Chris.
21:22I thought Chris would be a natural puller.
21:25Feels like it's getting heavier.
21:27Do you want me to start quoting Jarl's lines to you?
21:29Yeah, go on.
21:30Have you ever looked into a shark's eyes?
21:34They're black like a dog's eyes.
21:37I'm seeing something.
21:38Oh, here we go.
21:39Here we go.
21:41What's that there?
21:42Here we go.
21:43What's that there?
21:44Oh, there's a rock.
21:44Whoa, what the hell's that?
21:45I've caught a rock.
21:46You've got a rock.
21:47Yeah.
21:47Safe to say we're not going to need a bigger boat.
21:50Stavros gives us a lesson in outer pull.
21:54Are you serious?
21:55Oh, I can, yeah.
21:56See it there?
21:57Fishy.
21:58Whoa!
22:00Whoa!
22:00Whoa!
22:01Whoa!
22:03I think we're some way off a full meal, but Stavros seems happy.
22:08Stavros, do you think you'll ever stop fishing?
22:10No.
22:11I die, I stop.
22:12Yeah, yeah.
22:13I like that.
22:14He said when he stops is when he dies.
22:16You see?
22:17Yeah.
22:18I have a friend.
22:18I have a drink.
22:19I have a, you know, a caffeine.
22:21No stress.
22:22For me, yeah.
22:23No stress.
22:23But how old do you feel?
22:25I'm not feeling younger, but I feel good.
22:27The catch of the day may be nothing to write home about, but Stavros has left us with plenty
22:33of food for thought.
22:46Today we're back on dry land, but there's still time for a sea shanty.
22:54There we're travelling.
22:56My little pretty one.
22:57Pretty one.
22:58When you're gonna do me some time.
23:01My Sharona.
23:02Who do you think my motor up?
23:04Motor up.
23:05Got it coming off of the line, Sharona.
23:10It's about to this.
23:12I always get it up to the touch of the younger kind.
23:15My, my, my, my, yeah.
23:18Woo!
23:19My, my, my Sharona.
23:21Do you know who's 83?
23:23And he's amazing on it.
23:25Who?
23:26Ringo Starr.
23:27Is he?
23:28He's 83.
23:30Jagger.
23:31He's, he's in his 80s.
23:33Do you know what I'm equating it to?
23:34What?
23:35Her.
23:36What?
23:37Oh, that.
23:37Her.
23:38I think that's something about longevity.
23:40If you've got a good head of her.
23:42The Rolling Stones would never be the Rolling Stones if it was her and the sides bald on top.
23:49Like most blocs.
23:50You just committed both of us to a short life.
23:52Pretty much, yeah.
23:58I'll tell you something about this experience that is interesting to me.
24:02When you want to sort yourself out, as I admitted that I needed to, a lot of the pressure comes
24:07on.
24:07Get yourself fit.
24:09Get out there.
24:10Sort your diet out.
24:11They don't talk about just de-stressing your life.
24:14That's what I've learned here.
24:16It doesn't matter if you get all fit and eat the right stuff.
24:19If your default position is worry, I don't think it'll make much difference if you get all the health stuff
24:23sorted out.
24:24You've got to get this sorted out.
24:26You could have a six pack, no body fat and look a million dollars.
24:30If you're absolutely stressed out your mind, you're still going to end up in an early grip.
24:35You're a ticking bomb, aren't you?
24:36Yeah.
24:41And when it comes to de-stressing, a career as in all.
24:50Oh, surf's up, baby.
24:52We've heard surfing's a great stress buster.
24:56It builds muscle and releases feel-good endorphins.
24:59Perfect for this pair of ageing beach boys.
25:11Hello there.
25:12Hey, guys.
25:13Welcome.
25:14Chris.
25:14Chris.
25:15Chris.
25:17Paddy.
25:17Nice to meet you.
25:18I'm Isidor, but you can call me easy.
25:20Easy?
25:21It's easier that way.
25:22My colleague Vasilis.
25:23How are you, Paddy?
25:24Nice to meet you.
25:25Nice to meet you.
25:25How are you?
25:26I'm good.
25:27Great place to, if you can call it work, this is not work, is it, for you two?
25:32Icarians, they have a saying.
25:34They say,
25:37I'm working slow.
25:39I'm working slow.
25:40I'm working slow.
25:41I'm gaining life.
25:42This is a mantra.
25:43That could be for me and you.
25:45And we need to let the crew know this.
25:46We're working slow, but we are gaining life.
25:50Yeah, yeah, yeah.
25:51I'm here for it.
25:52This is a first for me.
25:53I've always wanted to give it a go, but for me, the nearest sea is Blackpool.
25:58And it doesn't really lend itself to surfing.
26:00Okay, come and sit at the front parts of the boards.
26:05This is a thing in itself at our age.
26:07Hey!
26:08I'm telling you.
26:09Okay, step number one, paddling.
26:11Beautiful.
26:12So, first of all, you have to make sure that you are centred at the centre line of the board.
26:16Okay, I want you, when you lay down, to centre your body and with the tip of your toes, feel
26:22the end of the board.
26:23Can you reach that?
26:24Yeah, it was going to come.
26:25It was going to come.
26:26Yep.
26:26You might struggle getting...
26:28Why?
26:28His legs are very short.
26:31So, both of you go in paddling position.
26:36Both of you look behind your back.
26:38Ah, a nice wave is coming.
26:40Turn forward and start paddling.
26:42Oh!
26:42Keep your body steady.
26:44Keep your eyes forward.
26:45Yeah.
26:47And without thinking of anything, just jump!
26:50Oh!
26:51Oh, I went forward.
26:52The only difference between the two of you is that he was turning forward.
26:56Yes.
26:57You were looking down and that's why...
26:58That's why I stumbled.
26:59Yeah, yeah, yeah.
27:00Okay.
27:00Because actually your torso stayed down.
27:02Yeah.
27:02And there wasn't enough space for your front foot.
27:04I couldn't get my stomach up.
27:05There's a lot of it.
27:07Yeah.
27:08Go on paddling position.
27:09Sorry, man.
27:10Okay.
27:11Paddle and keep your eyes to my palms.
27:13Yeah.
27:13Paddle harder.
27:14Yeah.
27:15Jump!
27:17Perfect.
27:19Slightly forward.
27:20What is this?
27:21I was...
27:21I had the beach boys in my head.
27:23Everybody got...
27:24It just naturally comes to me easy.
27:26If you feel that you are losing speed, you can gain speed by taking a small step forward.
27:32Speed.
27:33Oh.
27:34Back to neutral position.
27:35And you can hit the brakes by going all the way to the back of the board.
27:39Okay.
27:40Love that.
27:41Forward fast, backward slow.
27:43Yeah.
27:44Yeah.
27:44Piece of cake this.
27:46Easy as falling off a log.
27:48Or a surfboard.
27:49Cue dramatic music.
28:10Let's have it.
28:33Right now, we're less beach boys.
28:35More beach whales.
28:39This is difficult.
28:41Made even harder by me testicles being in me stomach.
29:00I don't know.
29:02Let's go!
29:02Let's go!
29:03Key.
29:04Let's go!
29:04You must go!
29:07Let's go!
29:07You must go!
29:09Woo!
29:11Boom!
29:11So we heard, and we're, and heading out west.
29:14We got to start!
29:16Woo-hoo!
29:19Let's go!
29:26Woo-hoo!
29:30Woo-hoo!
29:31Woo-hoo!
29:33Woo-hoo!
29:35Woo-hoo!
29:36Hang on!
29:37Hang on!
29:39Here we go!
29:40Here we go!
29:41Here we go!
29:42Here we go!
29:52Fantastic!
29:54Love it!
29:56You know what?
29:57All these surfing falls that you read about on Instagram are absolutely right.
30:02It's very exciting.
30:03It's cheap.
30:05It goes on forever.
30:07It teaches you patience.
30:10A lot to be said for that.
30:12I think I had about one second up and it was glorious.
30:16Story of my life, really.
30:19Hey!
30:21I thought it was brilliant, pal.
30:22You were up as well.
30:23I loved it, didn't you?
30:26Great exercise.
30:28Great exercise.
30:30Very tiring.
30:32And I need a kip.
30:33They say nappers are less likely to have heart disease.
30:38So wake me up in ten.
30:50Look at this.
30:52Could have been made for my Guinness.
30:54Perfect!
30:54Pat, would you say that you like a sun lounger?
30:57I love a sun lounger.
30:58You know I'm part lizard.
30:59Yep.
31:04Cheers, boys.
31:06Cheers.
31:07Cheers, guys.
31:08Cheers.
31:09Cheers.
31:10Cheers.
31:12Cheers.
31:12Cheers.
31:17Can I ask you lads, because you're both young blokes, what do you think about the reputation
31:23of the island being the island of longevity? Would you agree with that?
31:27The people that are now 90 and harder is the generation that this reputation stands for.
31:34Yeah.
31:34Because all these people, they didn't have cars, they were walking all day, growing their own
31:39food, they had their animals.
31:41Some of this stuff have changed.
31:45Okay.
31:45Everybody now, they have a car, they have a motorbike.
31:48There are supermarkets in our life here.
31:51But still, you can say that they are keeping the worry-free attitude, the no-stress attitude.
31:57Yeah.
31:58It's going to change slightly, but still it's a good place.
32:02A lot of Western wellness, I hate that word, is about diet, exercise.
32:10But that doesn't address the word stress.
32:13Yeah, yeah.
32:13It doesn't matter if you do all that, if you're still worrying about your job and your stressing,
32:17I think it makes you not well.
32:19I'm not feeling that stressed here, are you?
32:21No.
32:22No.
32:22Have you felt this?
32:25I'm bought into it.
32:26I'm coming back here.
32:27I'm not going to open a rival surf school, but I'm going to find something that's complimentary.
32:32After this beating, are you thinking of opening a surf school?
32:36Hair.
32:37Up, up, up.
32:45After that invigorating afternoon de-stressing, we're ready for some nightlife, Icarian style.
32:57Here we go.
32:59Got me best threads on.
33:01It's cocktail time.
33:03this is me holiday shirt this is a shirt you can't really put on in the uk you shouldn't really
33:09put
33:09it on anywhere pad anyhow a boys night out here is backgammon right what's backgammon backgammon
33:17is i think the greatest of all the pub games you're gonna love it like all great games it's
33:22simple but has great depth and complexity as well i think paddy's more of a snakes and ladders man
33:28but games like backgammon can help keep the old gray matter in tip-top condition
33:38look at this oh right pad there you go this is what it's all about hello paddy pleased to meet
33:47you
33:47please to meet you artemis artemis yeah nice to meet you paddy nice to meet you how are you
33:53look at this wow so this is the game so you are white and you're aiming to get around the
34:01board
34:01that way and get your pieces to there and get them off and i am black and i'm coming around
34:05this way
34:06okay so i've got to get all them white you got your white pieces to go around there okay what
34:11are them
34:11two doing there well these obviously these are the furthest away so they're the most difficult i've
34:19not put them there no they are there they start there this is going to be troublesome so if i
34:27move
34:27them two then it goes over you can't you can't start taking any pieces off until you've got all of
34:32your pieces into there so that's not the end that's not the end this these are these are the furthest
34:39away so they can move off now no time do you know since we've been all that sort of the
34:44stresses of
34:45the modern world have left me yeah i can feel the shoulders getting a bit tight now where's the end
34:51of
34:51the board is here right you've got to get all your pieces into this zone yes before you can start
34:56taking them off ah so if they're in there i can take them off yes but until i can take
35:00these off no
35:01no i'm going to get all the can i just tell you something you're you you you are a very
35:08impatient
35:10teacher not like easy on the on the surfboard i'm gonna work who didn't put me under the stresses of
35:16not understanding thank god saved by the waitress now a triple whiskey live please um could i have um
35:25could i have a lemonade thank you um lemon yes aid excuse me gentlemen when this game's finished
35:36would you mind taking on my friend because he thinks he can he's good at this no i don't think
35:40i'm good i need to i need to see someone challenge him artemis tell me how great a game is
35:44this i love
35:45this game do you like this game yes fantastic i play 60 years this game i'm gonna bring in my
35:52second
35:52get on here out of it where are you where are you going i'm going there my god a proper
36:00trouncing
36:01should put an end to chris's backgammon back charts i will play slowly you play slowly for me
36:07five and a five okay we go again i'm gonna run away a bit i'm gonna go three here i'm
36:14gonna go three here
36:15go on two and a six oh god right he's fast this boy i'm gonna take my time here five
36:22one oh
36:24artemis is so quick and that shows you about using it or losing it his brain he's playing that he
36:31he's
36:32not even counted he just knows where it's going and he's sharp as a tack he said he's been playing
36:3660
36:37years and i'm i think that's the key to it weirdly exciting though even though i have no idea what's
36:44going
36:44on don't got a bit of people here that's not good okay right now one two three four five let's
36:51go
36:52let's go oh that's decent look at this they stacked him up and he's got another throw on he's double
36:58five no he's done it he's done it yeah six and a one great play oh terrible say you what
37:05you've got
37:05you've got some off there as well chris haven't you yeah oh that's that's that's done me a bit
37:11oh three against two oh so i've got if i throw a double six i win
37:18oh you did throw a six i'm at unless he throws a two and a one i'm done it's all
37:22down to one throw
37:24sudden death backgammon
37:33what a great game you give him a good run though you give him a good run fair play to
37:38you chris what
37:39a great game old bloke goes to the pub is a massive cliche how many cartoon strips are based on
37:45it how
37:45many comedy shows are based on it and it's not a healthy um stereotype either that's a really good
37:50version of it so old bloke in this country goes to the pub doesn't drink 10 points goes there tests
37:56his mental ability his mental agility i think it's fantastic i really do bye bye chaps love that
38:02he's gonna throw one last dice come on
38:13from stress busting surfing to brain flexing board games it's easy to see why this rocky
38:19outcrop is the gold standard for long life hello nature they call icaria the mountain in the sea
38:29so we're taking a spin up to one of its highest points let's just enjoy this for a minute
38:35just look at that chris is paddy mcginnis getting zen you've got a time machine ah no you can only
38:46use
38:46it once you can have a go as far forward as you want into the future or you can go
38:53as far back as you
38:54want to live but it's as you are now easy to answer for me that go on back back yeah
39:02what what decade
39:05early 80s probably oh i'm not golden years if you go back to the 80s let's say 82 with your
39:13knowledge you have now what are you the first to come out with and make yourself a few quid very
39:18good
39:18question bottled water oh yes i remember seeing the adverts i remember me mum going
39:26who's paying for water it's free and we're still buying it yeah
39:32bottle water that would be the one i agree what would you do i think you i think you i
39:37don't
39:37think there's any better than that chris i don't think there's any better than that the old peckham
39:42springs
39:45while chris thinks about his watery gold mine i've come up with a plan to test our metal i do
39:52find as we get older you kind of stop challenging yourself a little bit i don't like it when you
39:58begin sentences like that yeah normally means we're going to go and do something that might result in
40:02near death well we're going to go and have a little look at a bit of rock climbing
40:08see i knew it is this a good time to tell you that i'm i'm better with heights but we're
40:13still not
40:13great mates well christos it's time to face your fear and a great big rock face it's one of the
40:21island's
40:21steepest now i'm not a rock climber you're not a rock climber but i'm all for this chris getting
40:33ourselves out of the comfort zone chris is all about comfort but rock climbing helps build mental
40:39resilience and we all need more of that as we get older i know we should push ourselves at this
40:49age
40:50in life trying new things but i'm not look at the way i'm built i'm not hanging using my arms
40:56for
40:56long am i you are very boulder-esque what's that there that might be what we're going on oh bad
41:12look at it it's about half a mile high i can see a geyser up on the rock though and
41:18that's who we're
41:18meeting pro climber vagalis him and his mate nick are gonna show us the ropes literally i'm not sure
41:25these lads have ever coached a fifth year old bloke to do it but maya i'm younger than tom cruise
41:31that's a point tom cruise is 60 have you seen the stuff he does you're no tom cruise paddy a
41:38mission
41:38impossible too at the beginning i won't mind doing that recreating that what he does the he does
41:44the double thing like that he hangs on and it's called the crucifix i know what else it's called a
41:50very bad idea hello hello evangelis nice to meet you buddy nice to meet you chris i'm nick buddy nice
41:59to meet you hello so what you're gonna do here is sport climbing but uh in a way that is
42:05very safe
42:06it's about 20 meters high and we have the rope and anchor points up so you can feel very very
42:14safe
42:14yep i'm saying yes but i'm thinking get me off this mountain so let's go have you seen the film
42:22mission impossible too yeah i have yeah there's this phrase i'm adding more life to my years right now that
42:29feels wrong right at this present moment in time we have to wear our harnesses on oh yeah
42:36that's a bit snog and now the shoes it's a small because we need a small shoes for climbing
42:45that's okay tight but i presume that's okay yeah
42:53that's too small for me it has to be a little bit tight it's real as in i can't get
42:56my foot in it
43:00i can't feel my toes you need to have them dead tight on your feet chris so you can get
43:04it into
43:04the little nooks and i don't want to be crying all the way up when you start climbing it's gonna
43:07be a
43:08little bit uncomfortable but not like this oh great well i'm looking forward to this anyway
43:16oh just give me a car to review so what it is chris they've got child size for you okay
43:21take him off
43:23i tell you what mate i met you 20 minutes ago and i much prefer you to him i don't
43:29know you from adam
43:29but i'd rather spend the rest of my life in a flat with you than ever see him again
43:34we climb and we follow the quick draws okay i suspect paddy's going to scarf her up there
43:39like he did in his youth i.e being chased by a policeman because he just nicked something
43:43you could have my shoes in a sec so i presume the end is naturally the end of the rope
43:48it's not past
43:49that follow the line you have to go up there you don't touch anything else you don't no metal parts
43:55only the rug right let's climb so you have to go to the right you have to follow the oh
44:03right great
44:05start great start straight up the wrong i'm not saying anything here
44:11look at that that's it nice there we go yes you look like a natural climber pad thank you you
44:19do
44:20where your knee is looking yeah nice bravo go on pad
44:33bring the right over the rope
44:40this is really testing me physical and mental strength
44:46go fast fast try it in the in the holes nice
44:52you see where the big jugs are i beg your pardon you see where the big jugs are that's where
44:58you're
44:58gonna go there are big holes there that's where you have to place your feet but you have to bring
45:02your feet high if you'd have said big jugs at the beginning i'd have been up here in two seconds
45:10go where your knee is let me look let me look
45:24oh my word that's tiring boys
45:34i'm shattered but i'm not getting off this mountain without me tom cruise moment
45:40get low there quick camera they'll never know at home
45:57we've known each for a long while man needs to zip down my fly i need a wee and i
46:02can't do anything
46:03now um i think that's the only thing more terrifying than climbing this cliff face
46:10when i'm halfway up i want positivity absolutely not your usual
46:14just taking the piss calling me foul have i ever
46:21go a little bit there left here a little bit to the left yeah there
46:28it's almost like a vertical game of twister left foot rock right hand rock right foot rock
46:40there's no one put my hands here now where do i go left foot higher
46:46left hand oh nice that's it nice nice go go go that's it chris
46:56you can't see anything i'm stuck here now
47:03so i was just thinking as i was going up i don't want to be here
47:05no i really don't like it sorry i don't want to be here push with your left foot backwards
47:12every handhold was called i don't want to be here
47:15i can't hold on yeah yeah you can you can fall it's i'm i'm here
47:19i can't i don't want to i want to stop this now it's not for me
47:22do i feel youthful no i don't this is taking years off my life
47:27wait sorry about that lads no no that's nice that's as much as i can do with that did you
47:30like it
47:31no no no it's one of the most unpleasant things i've ever done but now i've done it
47:35okay you want to come back yes please come down thank you
47:46thank you very much thank you very much thank you very much really enjoyed it sorry i was rubbish
47:54but it was good fun thank you cheers i don't like heights i have so little interest in
47:59in wanting to get up there but i thought i'd give it a go i'm very glad i did because
48:05sometimes
48:05you have to do things to confirm that you shouldn't bother doing them in the first place
48:08that was one of them it's just not for me at all absolutely not for me right paddy show me
48:15something else i never want to do again
48:32i don't think a rock face is chris's natural environment but it's a different story if you
48:37stick him on a set of wheels we've been seeing them all week i know we've not gone near them
48:43i know
48:44but today's the day it's the last day i know i know shall we hire a couple please come on
48:49let's roll
48:49back the ears hello there scooters takes me back to when i was a holiday rep in kavos minus the
48:59rash from
49:00the sunburn oh here we go safety first christopher safety first when we were 16 we would not have worn
49:09jeans but all right now all this helmet look at this chips california highway patrol yeah i know what
49:16it means how do these work then let's go i think they're just rev and pops chris okay let's go
49:21stand
49:22stand up stand up start twist go ready it's good or maybe not yeah pressing your button yeah
49:36if you want something doing right here's the stand up properly yeah all right let's have a quick look
49:43try that on you get oh we've not got all day we've got streets to go dude i've never met
49:54anyone
49:55like you safety first
50:14this is the only way to travel absolutely beautiful in korea baby for a sense of freedom
50:21nothing beats a motorcycle does it it's just the best feeling ever in the sunshine on a bike
50:27open and go
50:37tell you what i'm i'm not stressed now we're heading back to the highlands where this adventure began
50:48like easy rider beautiful with extra feta cheese look at this
51:00This is one of Icaria's famous village parties.
51:04They're called Panagiria, and everyone is welcome,
51:07even a pair of British oiks.
51:12If you want a great party, just add McGuinness.
51:16Love that, boys. Keep it going.
51:21When in Icaria.
51:27I'm Sophie.
51:28You're Sophie?
51:29I recognise that accent.
51:31Yorkshire, Leeds.
51:32Leeds? How long have you been out here, then?
51:34Ten years.
51:36My husband's from Icaria, and this is my daughter.
51:39So did you meet in the UK?
51:42No, here.
51:44Have you been to a Panagiri before?
51:46Each village has their Panagiri on a certain date,
51:48so everybody that's from the village helps cooking, serving,
51:52doing all the chores and stuff, and all the money from the Panagiri,
51:55from all the tourists and all the people from other villages
51:57goes into their village.
51:59There's a good sense of community,
52:01sort of people working together and enjoying life.
52:04People are included. They don't just stay home.
52:08Everyone sits together.
52:09All the older people are just mixing up with the young ones,
52:13and that's one of the reasons also why the depression,
52:17hence the immense rate, is so low.
52:20I'm a miserable bugger, and I'm not sure I want to live.
52:23Everyone's saying, oh, you're going to live till you're 100.
52:25Right now, that has no interest.
52:27That holds no interest to me whatsoever.
52:29But I can see here, you're useful.
52:32People want to talk to you at dinner.
52:34They don't want to just lock you away in an old people's home.
52:36But I'm slowly changing my mind.
52:39OK, so is the worst job on the island being a therapist?
52:44Because there's no need, is there?
52:45We don't have a therapy.
52:46There's no therapist.
52:47Is there a therapist?
52:48That's brilliant.
52:49We don't have a therapist.
52:52We don't have a therapist.
52:54We don't have any stress.
52:56We just dance all the time.
52:57This is making me miserable.
52:59I love that.
53:00What would you say is the secret to long life out here, then?
53:03Food, wine and party.
53:06Food, wine and party.
53:08It's so simple.
53:09I mean, and no watches.
53:11Can't believe you've kept yours on.
53:12All right, here we go.
53:13Here we go.
53:17Redundant.
53:18Go away.
53:19You're not needed here.
53:20Cheers.
53:22Yamas.
53:23Yamas.
53:24Yamas.
53:25Yamas.
53:26Yamas.
53:26I think it's time we give this lovely lot something back
53:29in exchange for our supper.
53:31I've seen enough backgammon.
53:33Time for a British classic.
53:37Bingo!
53:40And don't worry.
53:41I've brought me own balls.
53:43You're going to love this.
53:45You're going to love it.
53:47Grab your dippers and your dobbers.
53:49Those are pens.
53:51And we will begin.
53:53Oh, hang on.
53:54There we are.
53:55First number.
53:56Five and eight.
53:58Fifty-eight.
53:59Where we go?
54:00Find it.
54:01There we go.
54:02Maggie's Den.
54:04Number ten.
54:06Paddy, if this stand-up doesn't work, you've got a job for life here, mate.
54:12Two little ducks.
54:13Quack, quack.
54:1422.
54:16Why?
54:17They look like ducklings.
54:1922.
54:19Get in there now.
54:21I can feel the tension in there.
54:24It's a real crackle.
54:26It's exciting, isn't it?
54:27Don't judge me on this.
54:28It's a British thing.
54:29Two fat ladies.
54:30Eighty-eight.
54:34Meal for two.
54:36Sixty-nine.
54:40Two and three.
54:41Twenty-three.
54:42Not many balls left now.
54:45Six and four.
54:47Sixty-four.
54:48I'm so close.
54:50That's not the first time you've said that.
54:53Four and three.
54:55Forty-three.
54:56Yeah!
54:58No!
54:59No!
55:00Oh, bingo!
55:01Bingo!
55:02Two winners.
55:03Up you come!
55:03Up you come!
55:05Oh, sorry, Christopher.
55:06This lady's hand was up first.
55:08She was.
55:08We have a winner!
55:13Two bottles of wine!
55:19Thank you so much, everybody, for playing bingo!
55:22Yay!
55:36It's a strange one, isn't it, being out here, because I don't know if I feel any younger
55:41or not, but I feel a sense of lightness.
55:44Yes.
55:45Do you know what I mean?
55:45Yes.
55:45I feel a sense of chill.
55:47Can I put it this way?
55:49I don't feel I've aged as quickly as I would have done in the UK.
55:54Yeah.
55:55Quite right.
55:55Everything slowed down a bit.
55:57And...
55:58the tan.
55:59Look at that.
56:02Put that out.
56:02I've got a head start.
56:03You're doing well.
56:04We've done very, very well, though, with that.
56:13So, do you feel you've added life to your years?
56:16I think we have.
56:17We've done stuff that you've not done...
56:21Yeah.
56:22...in your life.
56:23Yeah.
56:24In five or six days.
56:25Rock climbing.
56:27Bingo.
56:28Those two things.
56:30I like this technique, hand behind the back.
56:33Whoa, whoa, what's going on here?
56:34Where are we going here?
56:36Where are we going?
56:36Oh, hey!
56:39I'm not sure what the correct answer is to longevity and getting extra years out of your life, but what
56:47I have learned from here is some valuable tools to hopefully do that, which is don't rely too much on
56:53the clock, try and take a little bit of time out for friends and family, and just don't stress.
56:58I'll show you a little bit of British dance.
57:06Stress is the key one I take from this.
57:08Stress is the one, innit?
57:08Stress is the one.
57:09Also, the diet thing.
57:10We are engines.
57:12There's your little engine there, and if you put good petrol into that engine, it's going to perform better, isn't
57:16it?
57:17True.
57:17True, you needed a bit of four star in there.
57:19Hold that.
57:22Tuh, duh-duh, duh-duh, duh-duh-duh-duh-duh-duh-duh-duh-duh-duh-duh-duh-duh-duh-duh
57:29-duh-duh-duh-duh-duh-duh-duh-duh-duh-duh...
57:35Chris, you coming under, son!
57:37Chris, we are coming!
57:39Hooray!
57:44Oh!
57:50what the where the hell did you get a submarine from in switzerland
57:57my god feeling that chris i am feeling that mate
58:03get off me what's his body sculpting what are you doing what you are is a bald denier
58:09you've got that bald bit there right what the hell is this i didn't sign up for this
58:15oh god oh my god i just had a little glimpse of little chris there
58:44so
58:47you