The Real Marigold Hotel (series 2)

It really will be okay flying you know Anniebach I could hold you hand. You could even come by boat if you wanted to although the trip might be half finished by the time you arrived

Although we could do 2 programs. Gransnet on Tour at Home and Gransnet on Tour Away.

Gilly, how kind if you but you could hsve to sedate me and pin me down ?

That's okay. Anniebach My DS used to have to take a "wobbly pill" before he could get on a plane. Silly boy used to watch a lot of disaster documentaries and once slept through an entire flight. He then attended one of those "fear of flying" classes and he's fine now. Can't get enough of it.

Maybe we could arrange a course for those Gransnetters who are afraid of flying. Could also make for a laugh interesting viewing.

Not fear of flying for me, just all the waiting around at airports, claiming luggage etc.
So a little holiday in Midsomer will do me nicely, we will be perfectly safe as Mrs Barnaby will be joining us for outings.Won't we?? ( looks around nervously)

Roses I think I'd prefer to come to Midsomer with you if that's OK? I'm not brilliant in the heart, hate spicy food and don't travel by plane very well. If we have to have shared rooms, please could I bunk up with Jones?

Chewbacca, you beat me to it/him

Sorry Annie but Jones is a Welsh boy and I'm Welsh too so he's MINE! plus I got there first.

Going to sulk now ?

I'd offer to share Annie but he'll be fit for nowt after! Let's see if there are any other Welshmen that might take your fancy? Spoilt for choice really. Anthony Hopkins? Rhys Ifans? Michael Sheen?

I keep wondering why these wonderful chances to try out a new life in India, (and other exotic places) always go to well heeled celebs.
I would love to see how a few genuinely hard up oap's get on there, when trying to live on their State retirement pensions.
Most of the celebs have a chance to amass quite a substantial nest egg, and could live in comfort anywhere they chose.
How would retirement be for poorer oldies?

Difficult Chewbacca , Ioan Gruffud if I could forget when on Who Do You Think You Are thry traced him back to the king who murdered the first prince of Wales, poor Ioan was devastated, so was I.

So Martin Sheen would be second choice

Oh Rhys Ifans makes me laugh though

Leonora wrote
"How would retirement be for poorer oldies?"
I should think almost impossible unless you had family there.
I asked our son, who lives there, what will happen when they retires, because they're hard up and have no pension provision.
He said, we'll go and live with one of the children (they are bringing up 4 Indian children.) It's tradional for grown children to look after their parents.

I'm enjoying this series much more than the last one with the awful Miriam Margoyles farting her way through it.
I think it's Pauls wispy hair and receding gums that makes him look so old. He very big in theatre land I believe, as a producer or director.
Miriam Stoppard looks like a little plastic doll, and she comes across as being a bit childlike and helpless. Not at all the successful doctor and tv personality that she was.
Love the snooker chap, the locals loved his exhibition shots.
Sheila Ferguson? Dismissed her in episode one when she said 'I must have a balcony' then saw Bill had a better room and wanted that one instead.
Lionel might be on some medication, steroids perhaps as his face is also very puffy.
Unfortunatly age affect us all however much money we may have.

May I be forgiven for thinking they are all acting like overgrown children? I have become fed up with the series, apart from the information about the various Indian customs, and the beautiful colours/scenery.

What's wrong with acting like an overgrown child PRINTMISS? - much more fun than being sensible!

The editing has a lot to answer for. It may be that the director will only choose the more 'extreme' bits which may emphasise aspects of the people in more unfavourable but arguably more 'interesting' moments?

Oh by the way I'm up for the GN tour - home or away! Just put my name down and let me know where to meet. I won't be wearing shorts either - long or short - they are so unforgiving and not at all comfortable. It's sun dresses for me but only if we are in a hot country, of course!

Jane of course, the editing always shows the worst/ cringeworthy/emotional etc bits as being more view worthy! It's also obvious that quite a few things are 'set up' like the 'chance meeting' at the hair salon with the bride to be who then invites them all to the evening before wedding party.The BBC is held in high regard in India, and a mere sniff of the beeb cameras will bring out the cooperative side of the locals.
With the exception of Dennis, all the others seem to be amazingly self obsessed.

I don't think Rusty is self obsessed but the rest I do agree and I also agree with you Printmiss I m bored with them all now in fact I found my concentration really dipping and am now watching because it's on I actually think it should have stayed as a one off They are mostly such divas that I find it a big turn off Individually they are probably all ok but put together the egos are too enormous

OMG just caught up with the final episode and I LOVED IT! I have enjoyed this series so much. If they do it again I wonder if they will manage to get a group of OAP celebs who get on as well as this lot did. Anyway, thanks to all of them for being so entertaining and endearingly honest.

Danni agree the characters of the different celebs 'grew' on me.
Even the ones that I was not too keen on in the first episode.

I shall miss the series

My favourite was the lady that owned the house she seemed lovely

I watched it really to see parts of India rather than for the celebs, although they did all seem to get on pretty well, on camera anyway. India is fascinating, I very much enjoyed the scenes shot there in the recent film "Lion" and there was a really good Indian film on Sunday evening called "The lunchbox". I'd recommend it if it's on Catch Up.

I think Alex Taylor is a real sweetie, and enjoy the show for the places they visit.

Sad that it's ended now, really enjoyed this series, I hoped that one of the celebs would take the puppy home with them though.Indian people don't usually keep cats and dogs as pets.

By the time it came out of quarantine it would no longer be a puppy though, and would be completely different...