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A group of celebrities see if they can have a better retirement in India than in the UK.

A group of celebrities travel to India to see whether retirement would be more rewarding there than in the UK.

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Bill Oddie

Paul Nicholas

Rustie Lee

Sheila Ferguson

Amanda Barrie

Lionel Blair

Dennis Taylor

Miriam Stoppard

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The Real Marigold Hotel: Series 2: Episode 1

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The group visit the world-famous backwaters on traditional houseboats.

Celebrities test whether retirement in India is better than in the UK. The group visit the world-famous backwaters on traditional houseboats.

Entertainer Lionel Blair, wildlife presenter Bill Oddie, actress Amanda Barrie, snooker champion Dennis Taylor, TV personality Rustie Lee, TV doctor Miriam Stoppard, Three Degrees singer Sheila Ferguson and Just Good Friends actor Paul Nicholas arrive at their new home, a 16th-century mansion in Old Kochi.

Sheila is keen to make sure she gets what she wants out of the experience, but Lionel finds dealing with the realities of living in India unsettling - the animals in the street, the more basic way of life and the piles of rubbish that can distract from the beauty. Paul, Bill and Dennis rise to the challenge with humour and classic one-liners, and Rustie and Miriam seem charmed by their first days here. The group then head off to visit the world-famous backwaters, hundreds of miles of waterways that criss-cross through the villages and jungles, on traditional houseboats.

The Real Marigold Hotel: Series 2

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Lionel Blair, Bill Oddie, Amanda Barrie, Dennis Taylor, Rustie Lee, Miriam Stoppard, Sheila Ferguson and Paul Nicholas see if they can have a better retirement in India than in the UK.

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