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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

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Sheila Ferguson

Amanda Barrie

Lionel Blair

Dennis Taylor

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The Real Marigold Hotel: Series 2: Episode 3

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The group attend a Hindu wedding and are blown away by the spectacle.

Celebrities test whether retirement in India is better than in the UK. The group attend a wedding and are blown away by the importance of family in an Indian marriage.

Amanda and Rustie visit a local hair salon and meet a bride-to-be getting styled for her big day. The bride invites them to her wedding, so the whole group go to buy traditional clothes, with hilarious consequences.

The group attend the Hindu ceremony in their Indian finery despite some wardrobe malfunctions on the way. They are blown away by the spectacle and the importance of family in an Indian marriage union and are touched by how welcome they are made to feel.

After the emotion of the wedding, Sheila reflects on her own love life, revealing that since the sudden death of her partner she has been single for eight years. She announces that she is ready to start dating again and realises the only thing that would definitely convince her to make a big move to living in India would be a man.

Miriam and Lionel, who are both Jewish, discover Old Kochi has a surprising connection to their heritage in an area called Jew Town. A visit to the synagogue makes Miriam reflect on the huge impact her own marriage had on her family when she chose to marry outside of the Jewish faith. As a result, her father declared she was dead to him and refused to speak to her for many years. Their tour guide invites them to his home, where Miriam discovers his own painful story of love has striking similarities to hers.

Bill takes half the group along to one of the biggest festivals in Kerala, Puli Kali, which celebrates the tiger. He ends up volunteering to take part, which means stripping off and having his belly shaved and painted as a tiger, before dancing down the streets amongst a throng of thousands. It is an experience that cements his love for India.

An invitation to one of the premier members-only clubs in Kerala, the Yacht Club, gives the group a chance to meet up with successful locals and ends in the offer of a dinner date for Sheila.

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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