1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.BZ 2 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.BZ 3 00:00:10,160 --> 00:00:14,000 (Whooshing, Bass drone builds) 4 00:00:15,960 --> 00:00:16,960 (Dog barks) 5 00:00:19,960 --> 00:00:21,000 (Water rushes) 6 00:00:29,960 --> 00:00:32,960 (Resonant thud, Rain patters) 7 00:00:44,960 --> 00:00:47,960 (Martial beat) 8 00:00:49,960 --> 00:00:50,960 (Bird caws) 9 00:00:50,960 --> 00:00:54,000 (Percussion builds) 10 00:01:16,960 --> 00:01:19,960 (Twinkling note, Music builds) 11 00:01:36,960 --> 00:01:42,800 On my 60th birthday, I had occasion to visit Copenhagen 12 00:01:42,800 --> 00:01:45,960 and I went into a museum dedicated to the work 13 00:01:45,960 --> 00:01:49,960 of a man known as Robert Storm Peterson. 14 00:01:49,960 --> 00:01:54,000 Robert Peterson was a 20th century cartoonist, 15 00:01:54,000 --> 00:01:57,960 film-maker, journalist, storyteller. 16 00:01:57,960 --> 00:02:02,960 And one of the paintings in the museum was called The Rat Race. 17 00:02:02,960 --> 00:02:04,960 And it's a picture of thousands of people 18 00:02:04,960 --> 00:02:06,960 heading off into the factories, 19 00:02:06,960 --> 00:02:09,960 but one guy, just one guy's escaped from it all 20 00:02:09,960 --> 00:02:12,640 and is walking off to the side. 21 00:02:12,640 --> 00:02:15,960 The day I saw that, I thought, "I'm going to buy that 22 00:02:15,960 --> 00:02:17,960 "and the day I retire, I'm going to hang it on my wall." 23 00:02:17,960 --> 00:02:22,960 I was that guy that was escaping from the rat race 24 00:02:22,960 --> 00:02:25,000 and I knew that one day my turn would come 25 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:27,960 and no more getting up at five o'clock in the morning, 26 00:02:27,960 --> 00:02:29,960 catching a flight all over Europe. 27 00:02:29,960 --> 00:02:33,960 I'd be able to lie long and sleep late and... 28 00:02:33,960 --> 00:02:34,960 - (He sighs) - ..how I 29 00:02:34,960 --> 00:02:36,960 looked forward to those days. 30 00:02:38,960 --> 00:02:41,960 (Spirited instrumental music) 31 00:02:51,320 --> 00:02:53,480 (Music continues) 32 00:02:57,480 --> 00:02:59,000 (Music builds) 33 00:03:04,960 --> 00:03:06,960 (Machine whirs; Music continues) 34 00:03:31,960 --> 00:03:33,960 (Music continues) 35 00:03:35,960 --> 00:03:37,960 (Music continues) 36 00:03:50,640 --> 00:03:52,800 (Music continues) 37 00:03:54,960 --> 00:03:59,480 (Music crescendos) 38 00:03:59,480 --> 00:04:02,480 (Music concludes; Porridge bubbles) 39 00:04:02,480 --> 00:04:04,640 (Bubbling continues) 40 00:04:05,960 --> 00:04:07,960 (Toby) Katsu! Come on. 41 00:04:07,960 --> 00:04:11,640 Katsu! C'mon, buddy. 42 00:04:16,960 --> 00:04:18,960 Katsu. 43 00:04:18,960 --> 00:04:21,000 Come here, buddy. 44 00:04:23,640 --> 00:04:26,960 This is Katsu. 45 00:04:26,960 --> 00:04:28,960 He's my, uh... 46 00:04:28,960 --> 00:04:32,640 my reason for, uh... for being. 47 00:04:39,960 --> 00:04:43,960 One night on the internet, maybe eight or so years ago, 48 00:04:43,960 --> 00:04:46,960 I'd seen a chef that had won the World Championships of Pesto 49 00:04:46,960 --> 00:04:48,960 and I thought it was pretty funny 50 00:04:48,960 --> 00:04:51,480 and I was looking for my version of that. 51 00:04:51,480 --> 00:04:54,800 And in the morning I made myself a bowl of porridge 52 00:04:54,800 --> 00:04:59,640 and I just wondered if there was a World Championships of Porridge. 53 00:04:59,640 --> 00:05:03,960 Uh, googled it and, um... 54 00:05:03,960 --> 00:05:04,960 found the Golden Spurtle. 55 00:05:06,960 --> 00:05:08,960 Thought, "Should I go? 56 00:05:08,960 --> 00:05:10,960 "How much is it going to cost me to get there, 57 00:05:10,960 --> 00:05:12,960 "from the other side of the world? 58 00:05:12,960 --> 00:05:15,960 "Is my porridge good enough? Do I know enough?" 59 00:05:15,960 --> 00:05:17,320 And then it just wouldn't leave me alone 60 00:05:17,320 --> 00:05:18,960 and, over the next eight years, 61 00:05:18,960 --> 00:05:20,800 every time I made a bowl of porridge, 62 00:05:20,800 --> 00:05:24,480 I just had this little... little bell in my ear, just... 63 00:05:24,480 --> 00:05:25,960 - (Bell dings) - .. "Go to Scotland." 64 00:05:25,960 --> 00:05:27,960 (Lively violin music) 65 00:05:34,960 --> 00:05:36,960 (Music continues) 66 00:05:41,800 --> 00:05:42,960 (Vehicle approaches) 67 00:05:46,960 --> 00:05:49,960 (Music continues, concludes) 68 00:05:55,960 --> 00:05:57,960 Hi, welcome to Carrbridge Village Hall. 69 00:05:57,960 --> 00:05:59,960 Let me show you around. 70 00:05:59,960 --> 00:06:02,960 (Playful instrumental music) 71 00:06:04,960 --> 00:06:05,960 This is the Bridge of Carr. 72 00:06:05,960 --> 00:06:09,320 It's also known as the Packhorse Bridge 73 00:06:09,320 --> 00:06:11,960 and it's also known as the Coffin Bridge, 74 00:06:11,960 --> 00:06:14,000 because it takes you to the cemetery. 75 00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:18,800 Carrbridge is lucky because it's totally surrounded by woodland. 76 00:06:18,800 --> 00:06:20,960 And this particular one is a community wood 77 00:06:20,960 --> 00:06:22,960 and because of that, it can't be built on. 78 00:06:25,320 --> 00:06:29,480 (He shouts) This is Carrbridge Railway Station. 79 00:06:29,480 --> 00:06:31,960 To the north, we have Inverness. 80 00:06:31,960 --> 00:06:34,320 To the south, Glasgow and Edinburgh 81 00:06:34,320 --> 00:06:37,960 and then onto London and the continent of Europe. 82 00:06:37,960 --> 00:06:41,960 For a small village, we're very well connected. 83 00:06:42,960 --> 00:06:44,960 Well, this is the Cairn Hotel. 84 00:06:44,960 --> 00:06:47,960 As well as being a hotel, it's the local pub. 85 00:06:49,960 --> 00:06:51,160 This is my house. 86 00:06:54,800 --> 00:06:56,960 This is Carrbridge Cemetery, on the edge of the village. 87 00:06:56,960 --> 00:06:59,960 Because there's no crematoria, 88 00:06:59,960 --> 00:07:01,960 this is where most people end up. 89 00:07:01,960 --> 00:07:04,000 (Music continues) 90 00:07:10,960 --> 00:07:12,960 (Music concludes) 91 00:07:12,960 --> 00:07:14,960 (Engine starts) 92 00:07:33,960 --> 00:07:35,960 (Engine stops) 93 00:07:35,960 --> 00:07:37,960 OK. 94 00:07:37,960 --> 00:07:39,960 Right. 95 00:07:39,960 --> 00:07:41,960 Want me to start? 96 00:07:41,960 --> 00:07:43,960 Right. I'm Barbara Kuwall. 97 00:07:43,960 --> 00:07:47,960 Um, I've been involved with the porridge 98 00:07:47,960 --> 00:07:50,960 since the beginning. 99 00:07:50,960 --> 00:07:52,960 And I've been washing the dishes, 100 00:07:52,960 --> 00:07:56,960 or helping wash the dishes, for about 25 years. 101 00:07:59,800 --> 00:08:03,960 This bowl was presented to me 102 00:08:03,960 --> 00:08:07,960 on the 21st anniversary of the porridge competition. 103 00:08:07,960 --> 00:08:10,960 It was presented by the community council 104 00:08:10,960 --> 00:08:14,320 and the porridge committee 105 00:08:14,320 --> 00:08:17,320 for my services to washing up. 106 00:08:17,320 --> 00:08:18,960 (She laughs) 107 00:08:24,480 --> 00:08:27,000 (Alison) Now that's one that probably should 108 00:08:27,000 --> 00:08:29,640 have increased in value with age. 109 00:08:29,640 --> 00:08:32,960 - The rest of them are shite. - (She sighs) 110 00:08:35,960 --> 00:08:37,960 So this pot, 111 00:08:37,960 --> 00:08:41,960 it took about eight firings altogether. 112 00:08:42,960 --> 00:08:44,960 That with the price of electricity going up, 113 00:08:44,960 --> 00:08:47,960 that makes it an expensive pot. 114 00:08:49,480 --> 00:08:53,960 That is from a very famous Norwegian story 115 00:08:53,960 --> 00:08:55,960 about a princess on a bear. 116 00:08:55,960 --> 00:08:57,960 Strong, powerful woman, right? 117 00:08:57,960 --> 00:09:00,960 (She chuckles, sighs) 118 00:09:00,960 --> 00:09:02,960 We have our village of dreamers. 119 00:09:02,960 --> 00:09:05,960 We have our village of characters. 120 00:09:05,960 --> 00:09:07,960 And... 121 00:09:07,960 --> 00:09:09,960 (Cuckoo clock chimes) 122 00:09:09,960 --> 00:09:12,800 That's my cuckoo clock! 123 00:09:12,800 --> 00:09:14,960 (Chiming continues) 124 00:09:19,960 --> 00:09:22,960 (Music box melody plays) 125 00:09:25,960 --> 00:09:28,960 I tell you what I used to dream a lot about. 126 00:09:28,960 --> 00:09:31,960 Not so much nowadays. 127 00:09:31,960 --> 00:09:34,480 Flying. 128 00:09:34,480 --> 00:09:37,960 If you know the old Superman movies, 129 00:09:37,960 --> 00:09:39,960 where he goes... like that, 130 00:09:39,960 --> 00:09:43,960 I used to dream about that an awful lot at one time. 131 00:09:44,960 --> 00:09:46,960 Well, I'm quite proud of the fact 132 00:09:46,960 --> 00:09:49,480 that I've got a street named after me. 133 00:09:49,480 --> 00:09:51,960 I was a member of the community council at the time, 134 00:09:51,960 --> 00:09:55,960 was looking for an idea to promote the village 135 00:09:55,960 --> 00:09:58,960 after the summer season and what have you. 136 00:09:58,960 --> 00:10:03,160 And I was out walking the dog in the woods, 137 00:10:03,160 --> 00:10:05,480 thinking of what we could do, 138 00:10:05,480 --> 00:10:07,960 and the idea of other villages 139 00:10:07,960 --> 00:10:11,960 having events to put them on the map, 140 00:10:11,960 --> 00:10:14,960 and I thought, "What can Carrbridge do?" 141 00:10:14,960 --> 00:10:18,960 And it just came to me - the porridge. 142 00:10:18,960 --> 00:10:20,960 The, er... 143 00:10:20,960 --> 00:10:23,960 epitome of Scottish food. 144 00:10:23,960 --> 00:10:27,800 Can you make a competition out of making porridge? 145 00:10:27,800 --> 00:10:31,160 Why is there no monument to porridge in our land? 146 00:10:31,160 --> 00:10:35,480 If it's good enough to eat, it's good enough to stand 147 00:10:35,480 --> 00:10:39,960 On a plinth in London, a statue we should see 148 00:10:39,960 --> 00:10:42,160 Signed, "Porridge made in Scotland," 149 00:10:42,160 --> 00:10:44,320 "Oatmeal, OBE." 150 00:10:52,480 --> 00:10:54,960 I'd just like to mention that I cook mine, 151 00:10:54,960 --> 00:10:58,960 porridge, the Scottish way, which is with water. 152 00:10:58,960 --> 00:11:01,960 (Playful instrumental music) 153 00:11:04,640 --> 00:11:06,800 (Music continues) 154 00:11:10,960 --> 00:11:12,960 (Music continues) 155 00:11:15,960 --> 00:11:18,960 Well, this is a replica of the village hall 156 00:11:18,960 --> 00:11:20,960 where the Golden Spurtle is held. 157 00:11:20,960 --> 00:11:25,480 The first thing is that the judges assemble in a little room, 158 00:11:25,480 --> 00:11:27,800 just off the main arena. 159 00:11:27,800 --> 00:11:30,960 The contestants will work on six work stations 160 00:11:30,960 --> 00:11:34,960 and these work stations will be powered by gas burners. 161 00:11:34,960 --> 00:11:36,960 Whisky guru Martyn O'Reilly, 162 00:11:36,960 --> 00:11:39,960 he also takes up position inside the contestants' area, 163 00:11:39,960 --> 00:11:42,960 and from there does his whisky tasting. 164 00:11:43,960 --> 00:11:48,640 The audience will take their seats in this section here. 165 00:11:50,960 --> 00:11:53,960 Various stewards around the place keep the crowd under control 166 00:11:53,960 --> 00:11:58,000 and make sure passageways, fire exits are all kept clear. 167 00:11:58,000 --> 00:11:59,160 Some of the public 168 00:11:59,160 --> 00:12:02,160 may well be looking in the window to see what's going on. 169 00:12:02,160 --> 00:12:04,160 Because usually the hall's so crowded. 170 00:12:05,960 --> 00:12:07,960 And then somewhere in the middle... 171 00:12:07,960 --> 00:12:10,960 we have me. 172 00:12:10,960 --> 00:12:14,160 (Director) How hard is it to clean up a pan of sticky porridge? 173 00:12:15,960 --> 00:12:19,480 If they've got non-stick pans, it's not bad. 174 00:12:19,480 --> 00:12:23,960 But some pans are really bad and we've got to soak them for a while. 175 00:12:23,960 --> 00:12:26,960 (Martyn) We all agree that's the most important job. 176 00:12:26,960 --> 00:12:28,960 Glad I wasn't doing it, that's for sure. 177 00:12:28,960 --> 00:12:30,000 (He chuckles) 178 00:12:30,000 --> 00:12:32,640 We've got to be very careful that there's a finite, 179 00:12:32,640 --> 00:12:33,960 you know, volunteer resource. 180 00:12:33,960 --> 00:12:37,640 And the village hall is a finite size. 181 00:12:37,640 --> 00:12:41,960 And as I say, we've got to keep it really enjoyable, but safe. 182 00:12:41,960 --> 00:12:43,960 The rules are under constant review and 183 00:12:43,960 --> 00:12:45,960 we take feedback from the contestants, 184 00:12:45,960 --> 00:12:46,960 particularly the ones 185 00:12:46,960 --> 00:12:48,960 who are worried about a particular ingredient 186 00:12:48,960 --> 00:12:50,960 or a particular process. 187 00:12:50,960 --> 00:12:52,960 And an example there would be 188 00:12:52,960 --> 00:12:55,960 one guy brought along a deep fat fryer one year. 189 00:12:55,960 --> 00:12:59,960 And, apart from being dangerous, it was... 190 00:12:59,960 --> 00:13:00,960 crazy. 191 00:13:00,960 --> 00:13:02,960 (Vehicle approaches; Music concludes) 192 00:13:04,960 --> 00:13:07,960 (Lively, indistinct conversation; Organ music plays) 193 00:13:22,960 --> 00:13:24,960 (Music continues) 194 00:13:36,960 --> 00:13:38,960 - (Music stops) - Come, let 195 00:13:38,960 --> 00:13:41,000 us bow down and worship Him. 196 00:13:41,000 --> 00:13:44,480 Let us kneel before the Lord, our maker. 197 00:13:44,480 --> 00:13:46,000 He is our God. 198 00:13:46,000 --> 00:13:48,960 We are the people He cares for - 199 00:13:48,960 --> 00:13:52,960 the flock for which He provides. 200 00:13:52,960 --> 00:13:55,640 So reads God's word. 201 00:13:55,640 --> 00:13:57,960 (Automated voice) 'To do that, you'll need to be online.' 202 00:13:57,960 --> 00:13:59,960 (Laughter) 203 00:13:59,960 --> 00:14:00,960 Goodbye. 204 00:14:04,320 --> 00:14:06,960 Shall we pray and at the end of that prayer, 205 00:14:06,960 --> 00:14:09,000 shall we say the Lord's Prayer together? 206 00:14:10,480 --> 00:14:14,960 Father God, we do thank you that you brought us here this morning. 207 00:14:14,960 --> 00:14:18,960 Father, we thank you that our church is still open 208 00:14:18,960 --> 00:14:21,960 when so many are closing. 209 00:14:21,960 --> 00:14:24,160 Father, we pray that it's an open church 210 00:14:24,160 --> 00:14:27,960 that people can come into any time of the day. 211 00:14:27,960 --> 00:14:32,000 And, Father, we pray that each one of us here this morning might know 212 00:14:32,000 --> 00:14:34,960 that we have been with Jesus this morning. 213 00:14:34,960 --> 00:14:36,960 - (Organ music plays) - (All) Amen. 214 00:14:36,960 --> 00:14:40,960 (Lively, indistinct chatter; Music continues) 215 00:15:21,800 --> 00:15:23,960 (In English) Will I sing the national anthem now? 216 00:15:23,960 --> 00:15:25,960 - (Woman) Yes! - (Overlapping chatter) 217 00:15:25,960 --> 00:15:27,960 (Lively violin music) 218 00:15:27,960 --> 00:15:30,000 (Jeremy) I have heard of the Golden Spurtle, 219 00:15:30,000 --> 00:15:32,960 but I wouldn't dream of entering. 220 00:15:32,960 --> 00:15:34,960 In fact, I'd probably get the booby prize. 221 00:15:35,960 --> 00:15:38,960 (Neal) Medium oatmeal soaked overnight, 222 00:15:38,960 --> 00:15:41,960 and the salt goes in at the very end. 223 00:15:41,960 --> 00:15:43,960 That's all there is to it. 224 00:15:43,960 --> 00:15:45,960 So, this is my alternative gym, 225 00:15:45,960 --> 00:15:47,960 where I do quite a lot of exercising - 226 00:15:47,960 --> 00:15:49,960 top of the hill in Pilrig Park. 227 00:15:49,960 --> 00:15:51,960 I do a lot of body weight exercises. 228 00:15:51,960 --> 00:15:54,640 You can actually do a press up against a tree. 229 00:15:54,640 --> 00:15:57,960 Don't know if you've ever tried it. It's quite nice. 230 00:15:57,960 --> 00:16:01,960 My mother-in-law, once a week, she made a great big pot of porridge 231 00:16:01,960 --> 00:16:03,960 put it in a lined drawer, 232 00:16:03,960 --> 00:16:07,960 and then every morning just cut out a square for the porridge. 233 00:16:07,960 --> 00:16:10,480 And that was how it was done, long ago. 234 00:16:10,480 --> 00:16:12,960 - (Music continues) - Coco is nearly ten years old now, 235 00:16:12,960 --> 00:16:15,960 and dog porridge is part of her regular diet, 236 00:16:15,960 --> 00:16:18,000 shall we say, as well as oily fish. 237 00:16:18,000 --> 00:16:21,960 And she loves kale and she loves carrot, and she loves cheese. 238 00:16:21,960 --> 00:16:23,320 (Music continues) 239 00:16:23,320 --> 00:16:26,160 (Adam) I heard about the competition through a news article 240 00:16:26,160 --> 00:16:29,960 where a guy called Toby was travelling over from Australia 241 00:16:29,960 --> 00:16:31,960 to compete in the World Porridge Championship. 242 00:16:31,960 --> 00:16:36,960 And me and my friend James were already really into porridge. 243 00:16:36,960 --> 00:16:38,960 So we kind of lost our minds 244 00:16:38,960 --> 00:16:42,640 and once we had picked ourselves up off the floor, we applied. 245 00:16:42,640 --> 00:16:44,960 And that was that. 246 00:16:44,960 --> 00:16:46,960 - Hi, I'm Kellie. - I'm Alison. 247 00:16:46,960 --> 00:16:49,960 (Both) And we're competing in the Golden Spurtle. 248 00:16:49,960 --> 00:16:52,960 Hi, I'm Tracy Griffen and this is Coco 249 00:16:52,960 --> 00:16:55,960 and we're competing in the Golden Spurtle this year. 250 00:16:55,960 --> 00:16:56,960 (Music continues) 251 00:16:56,960 --> 00:17:00,960 I'm Adam Kiani and I'm competing at this year's Golden Spurtle. 252 00:17:00,960 --> 00:17:02,960 (Music concludes) 253 00:17:09,960 --> 00:17:12,640 (Charlie) What we're going to do now is make a spurtle. 254 00:17:12,640 --> 00:17:17,960 And what I tend to use is these pre-cut lengths of beechwood. 255 00:17:17,960 --> 00:17:20,960 In a good year, I'll make about 400 256 00:17:20,960 --> 00:17:25,800 and it's a revenue stream for the Porridge Championship itself. 257 00:17:29,960 --> 00:17:34,000 So this particular tool is a parting tool, 258 00:17:34,000 --> 00:17:37,960 and it's the simplest of all the turning tools that we use. 259 00:17:39,160 --> 00:17:42,960 And what I've done now is cut out the head of the spurtle, 260 00:17:42,960 --> 00:17:44,960 which, when I'm finished, will 261 00:17:44,960 --> 00:17:48,960 represent a thistle in a stylised form. 262 00:17:48,960 --> 00:17:51,960 We take a wire, piano wire, 263 00:17:51,960 --> 00:17:55,960 and we mark some decoration lines on it. 264 00:17:55,960 --> 00:17:59,960 This is just to break it up and to give it a bit of eye appeal. 265 00:18:00,960 --> 00:18:04,960 We give it a very light sanding. 266 00:18:04,960 --> 00:18:06,960 Just to make sure that there's nothing sticking out 267 00:18:06,960 --> 00:18:09,960 that could do any damage. 268 00:18:10,960 --> 00:18:14,160 And all my spurtles are dishwasher friendly. 269 00:18:15,960 --> 00:18:17,960 And that's it - one spurtle. 270 00:18:20,960 --> 00:18:21,960 I use a spurtle to make my own 271 00:18:21,960 --> 00:18:24,960 porridge, and it's really, really good. 272 00:18:24,960 --> 00:18:27,960 It's much better than using a wooden spoon. 273 00:18:27,960 --> 00:18:29,960 I don't know why, because a wooden spoon's, like, bigger 274 00:18:29,960 --> 00:18:33,960 and you'd think that the extra amount of wood 275 00:18:33,960 --> 00:18:35,960 would make better porridge, but it doesn't. 276 00:18:35,960 --> 00:18:38,480 So you have to stir your porridge 277 00:18:38,480 --> 00:18:42,480 with a spurtle, specially made. 278 00:18:42,480 --> 00:18:45,960 And you stir it clockwise, 279 00:18:45,960 --> 00:18:46,960 otherwise you let the devil in. 280 00:18:48,960 --> 00:18:51,960 (Charlie) I was in a fairly stressful job when I worked 281 00:18:51,960 --> 00:18:53,160 and my wife bought me this lathe. 282 00:18:53,160 --> 00:18:55,960 And when I come home from work and you know that way 283 00:18:55,960 --> 00:18:58,960 when you're all jangly and the nerves are playing upon you. 284 00:18:58,960 --> 00:19:02,320 And I'd spend half an hour just turning any old piece of wood. 285 00:19:02,320 --> 00:19:03,960 So it causes you to relax 286 00:19:03,960 --> 00:19:06,960 and it's still very much that type of process. 287 00:19:09,960 --> 00:19:12,960 If you do more than about a dozen at a time, 288 00:19:12,960 --> 00:19:14,960 it can get very boring. 289 00:19:14,960 --> 00:19:17,960 So I've got my little television in the corner 290 00:19:17,960 --> 00:19:20,320 to keep me sane. 291 00:19:20,320 --> 00:19:23,960 I talk to the television, it talks to me. 292 00:19:23,960 --> 00:19:25,960 And, at the moment, we've got... 293 00:19:25,960 --> 00:19:29,960 Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire, that one is, 294 00:19:29,960 --> 00:19:33,960 and him and I have become very good friends over the years. 295 00:19:34,960 --> 00:19:37,960 (Lively piano music) 296 00:19:39,960 --> 00:19:41,960 (Music continues) 297 00:19:52,960 --> 00:19:53,960 (Music continues) 298 00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:03,160 (Music continues) 299 00:20:07,960 --> 00:20:09,160 (Music continues) 300 00:20:09,160 --> 00:20:12,960 So I went over last year, my debut competition... 301 00:20:13,960 --> 00:20:17,960 ..and I managed to squeeze through the heat 302 00:20:17,960 --> 00:20:20,960 and make it into the top six in the finals 303 00:20:20,960 --> 00:20:23,800 where I was ousted by Lisa Williams, 304 00:20:23,800 --> 00:20:25,960 who's the two-time, now, World Champion. 305 00:20:25,960 --> 00:20:27,960 (Music continues) 306 00:20:32,960 --> 00:20:34,960 (Music continues) 307 00:20:36,000 --> 00:20:40,800 (Charlie) 'Lisa Williams 'first won the competition in 2019, 308 00:20:40,800 --> 00:20:43,960 'and this year she's back as the defending champion.' 309 00:20:43,960 --> 00:20:46,960 (Director) But she's also feared, because she's so good? 310 00:20:46,960 --> 00:20:51,960 Well, she's a woman who all the other contestants aspire to. 311 00:20:51,960 --> 00:20:55,960 'She's got a recipe all of her own, 312 00:20:55,960 --> 00:20:58,640 'but it's so hard to be jealous of her when she's so nice.' 313 00:20:59,960 --> 00:21:01,960 (Music continues) 314 00:21:06,960 --> 00:21:09,000 (Music halts) 315 00:21:13,800 --> 00:21:14,960 (Lisa) So I learned to cook with my mum. 316 00:21:14,960 --> 00:21:17,960 She made the best pastry, the best cakes 317 00:21:17,960 --> 00:21:20,960 and she was a very simple cook. 318 00:21:20,960 --> 00:21:22,960 So this is my porridge cabinet. 319 00:21:22,960 --> 00:21:25,960 I started off with a porridge shelf and I've now got three shelves 320 00:21:25,960 --> 00:21:28,480 full of all my porridge treasures. 321 00:21:29,960 --> 00:21:31,960 And this is the Golden Spurtle. 322 00:21:31,960 --> 00:21:34,960 It's a spurtle and it's golden 323 00:21:34,960 --> 00:21:37,960 and it's got everybody's names around the base. 324 00:21:39,000 --> 00:21:40,960 This travels around the world. 325 00:21:40,960 --> 00:21:43,640 And he's got his own little suitcase. 326 00:21:43,640 --> 00:21:45,960 So I don't know where he's going to go off to next. 327 00:21:45,960 --> 00:21:48,800 We've been lucky to have him in Suffolk. 328 00:21:48,800 --> 00:21:51,960 You can see, on the end, he's got a rather beautiful amethyst 329 00:21:51,960 --> 00:21:54,000 and you only really see that amethyst 330 00:21:54,000 --> 00:21:55,960 when you're holding him. 331 00:21:56,960 --> 00:21:58,960 (Director) D'you wanna come in, Steve? 332 00:21:58,960 --> 00:22:00,960 Yeah! How do you want me to... Just walk in now? 333 00:22:00,960 --> 00:22:02,960 - (Director) I think so. - Yeah, OK! 334 00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:10,640 Steve actually cooks the porridge, our porridge, for breakfast. 335 00:22:10,640 --> 00:22:12,960 And that's quite a thought, if you think about it. 336 00:22:12,960 --> 00:22:14,000 You're cooking for a world champion 337 00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:16,960 and you are hoping that every week you're doing it right. 338 00:22:16,960 --> 00:22:19,160 - But so far no complaints. - (He chuckles) 339 00:22:19,160 --> 00:22:20,960 And we do eat a lot of porridge. 340 00:22:20,960 --> 00:22:22,960 We do. Most mornings, we have porridge for breakfast. 341 00:22:22,960 --> 00:22:23,960 Yeah. 342 00:22:23,960 --> 00:22:27,000 (Director) What helps you last for 20 years? 343 00:22:27,000 --> 00:22:29,960 - Sense of humour. - Yes. 344 00:22:29,960 --> 00:22:32,960 - Sense of tolerance, for sure. - Yeah! 345 00:22:32,960 --> 00:22:34,960 Well, yeah, I mean, I... 346 00:22:34,960 --> 00:22:36,960 - This is my second marriage. - Yeah, my second. 347 00:22:36,960 --> 00:22:38,960 I think you learn lessons. 348 00:22:38,960 --> 00:22:40,960 Mistakes that you make in your first marriage, 349 00:22:40,960 --> 00:22:42,960 you kind of put right in your second one. 350 00:22:42,960 --> 00:22:45,800 - 20 years later. - Still kept. 351 00:22:45,800 --> 00:22:48,640 - He's still kept. - (They chuckle) 352 00:22:48,640 --> 00:22:50,960 (Playful instrumental music) 353 00:22:55,960 --> 00:22:58,960 (Nick) I've known Lisa now for a number of years 354 00:22:58,960 --> 00:23:01,960 and she's obviously got a magic touch 355 00:23:01,960 --> 00:23:04,640 with the traditional porridge pan. 356 00:23:04,640 --> 00:23:06,960 Well, I don't know Nick Barnard too well. 357 00:23:06,960 --> 00:23:10,800 Nick's been in the competition for quite a few years. 358 00:23:10,800 --> 00:23:13,960 He's in it to win it. 359 00:23:13,960 --> 00:23:18,960 In a traditional trophy, you have very clear parameters. 360 00:23:18,960 --> 00:23:21,960 You've got water, oatmeal and salt. 361 00:23:21,960 --> 00:23:24,960 And how you combine those to create a moreish bowl of porridge 362 00:23:24,960 --> 00:23:26,640 is more or less magic. 363 00:23:26,640 --> 00:23:28,960 (Director) So if you wouldn't mind looking to camera for us. 364 00:23:28,960 --> 00:23:29,960 Mm-hm. 365 00:23:35,960 --> 00:23:38,960 It would be wrong of me to say that I'm not burning with desire 366 00:23:38,960 --> 00:23:41,960 to win the Golden Spurtle. 367 00:23:41,960 --> 00:23:43,960 Ten years in and having been in the final 368 00:23:43,960 --> 00:23:45,960 probably six or seven times now, 369 00:23:45,960 --> 00:23:48,960 it's always a surprise to me that they don't consider my bowl 370 00:23:48,960 --> 00:23:52,960 as being the finest example of traditional Scottish porridge. 371 00:23:52,960 --> 00:23:55,960 (Director) Why do you think Nick Barnard 372 00:23:55,960 --> 00:23:57,800 hasn't won the Golden Spurtle? 373 00:23:57,800 --> 00:23:58,960 I think it's nothing more sinister 374 00:23:58,960 --> 00:24:01,960 than the fact that the judges preferred somebody else. 375 00:24:01,960 --> 00:24:03,960 'He will conform to the rules, 376 00:24:03,960 --> 00:24:05,960 'but he'll conform to the rules in his manner.' 377 00:24:05,960 --> 00:24:07,960 - And that's fine... - (Music stops) 378 00:24:07,960 --> 00:24:10,960 ..as long as he does what everybody else is doing. 379 00:24:12,960 --> 00:24:15,960 (Urgent percussion) 380 00:24:20,960 --> 00:24:22,960 Hi, I am Neil Mugg and I am the Head Judge 381 00:24:22,960 --> 00:24:25,480 at the World Porridge Championships. 382 00:24:30,960 --> 00:24:33,960 The traditional porridge is judged by three criteria - 383 00:24:33,960 --> 00:24:36,960 taste, colour and texture. 384 00:24:36,960 --> 00:24:39,000 20 marks are awarded for taste, 385 00:24:39,000 --> 00:24:42,960 five marks are awarded for each colour and texture 386 00:24:42,960 --> 00:24:45,960 and that makes up 30 marks in total. 387 00:24:45,960 --> 00:24:47,960 The most perfect rounded bowl of porridge 388 00:24:47,960 --> 00:24:50,960 is a marriage of all these three things together. 389 00:24:50,960 --> 00:24:52,960 (Percussion continues) 390 00:24:54,960 --> 00:24:56,960 The day's broken down into heats 391 00:24:56,960 --> 00:25:01,960 whereby the competitors have 30 minutes to cook their porridge. 392 00:25:01,960 --> 00:25:03,960 The porridge is then judged anonymously 393 00:25:03,960 --> 00:25:07,000 and then the six highest scoring throughout all the heats 394 00:25:07,000 --> 00:25:10,960 are then invited to cook in the final competition. 395 00:25:10,960 --> 00:25:14,960 I think the philosophy is kind of developing day-by-day, 396 00:25:14,960 --> 00:25:19,000 but the main thing I try to focus on is to let the oats sing. 397 00:25:19,000 --> 00:25:23,960 I feel like they need to be heard in whichever porridge I'm making. 398 00:25:23,960 --> 00:25:26,480 I never want to drown it with too many ingredients. 399 00:25:26,480 --> 00:25:27,960 I think the star of the show 400 00:25:27,960 --> 00:25:30,640 should always be the porridge itself. 401 00:25:30,640 --> 00:25:32,800 (Percussion continues, stops) 402 00:25:35,960 --> 00:25:37,960 (Lisa) I'll just light this up. 403 00:25:37,960 --> 00:25:41,960 In here, I've got one cup of oatmeal, 404 00:25:41,960 --> 00:25:44,960 one cup of pinhead oatmeal, on a fairly high heat. 405 00:25:44,960 --> 00:25:48,960 I'm gonna bring it up to the boil. It'll all of a sudden change. 406 00:25:48,960 --> 00:25:52,960 And this wateriness will go and it will start blooping 407 00:25:52,960 --> 00:25:54,960 and you can hear it. 408 00:25:54,960 --> 00:25:57,960 And when you hear it making that bloop-bloop-bloop noise, 409 00:25:57,960 --> 00:26:00,960 then that's when I start timing it. 410 00:26:00,960 --> 00:26:02,960 (Spirited piano music) 411 00:26:07,960 --> 00:26:10,000 Don't know if you can hear that. 412 00:26:10,000 --> 00:26:12,160 (Music continues) 413 00:26:14,960 --> 00:26:17,960 (Toby) Having watched Lisa last year, really, like, 414 00:26:17,960 --> 00:26:20,960 slowly let her oats do the talking, 415 00:26:20,960 --> 00:26:23,960 I've recently changed my technique. 416 00:26:23,960 --> 00:26:29,960 I was a big, big stirrer, until maybe a week ago. 417 00:26:29,960 --> 00:26:32,960 I'm just letting the oats do their thing. 418 00:26:32,960 --> 00:26:35,960 Hopefully this is the key to success. 419 00:26:37,960 --> 00:26:39,960 (Porridge bubbles, music continues) 420 00:26:42,960 --> 00:26:44,960 This is the bit in the competition 421 00:26:44,960 --> 00:26:46,960 where everything's getting a little bit tense. 422 00:26:49,960 --> 00:26:53,960 And the judges say that they're looking for a porridge 423 00:26:53,960 --> 00:26:57,960 that isn't too runny, but equally it isn't a hockey puck. 424 00:26:58,960 --> 00:27:02,160 (Toby) They say you must stir clockwise, 425 00:27:02,160 --> 00:27:05,480 to keep the evil spirits at bay. 426 00:27:11,960 --> 00:27:13,960 I do it just in case. 427 00:27:13,960 --> 00:27:17,160 So into this, I'm now going to add my salt. 428 00:27:17,160 --> 00:27:19,320 (Music continues) 429 00:27:21,320 --> 00:27:23,960 (Toby) I'm pretty generous with the salt. 430 00:27:25,960 --> 00:27:27,960 (Music continues) 431 00:27:29,000 --> 00:27:31,160 (Music halts, porridge bubbles) 432 00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:38,960 Right, I think that's good to go. 433 00:27:39,960 --> 00:27:43,000 So this is pretty much where I like it. 434 00:27:43,000 --> 00:27:45,160 It feels more... 435 00:27:46,800 --> 00:27:49,960 ..almost like a risotto, where you've got those little bits of rice 436 00:27:49,960 --> 00:27:54,160 kind of floating in a kind of creamy sauce. 437 00:27:54,160 --> 00:27:57,480 We can have traditional cream... 438 00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:02,960 ..with a little bit of sugar. 439 00:28:02,960 --> 00:28:06,000 You can either have sugar, or you can have Steve's favourite. 440 00:28:06,000 --> 00:28:08,160 He has golden syrup on his. 441 00:28:09,960 --> 00:28:11,960 (Martial beat) 442 00:28:16,960 --> 00:28:18,960 When God was making the world, 443 00:28:18,960 --> 00:28:21,960 he came to the part when he was making Scotland. 444 00:28:21,960 --> 00:28:24,960 And as he was doing it, the angel Gabriel came up to him 445 00:28:24,960 --> 00:28:28,960 and said, "Eh, what you doing now, God?" 446 00:28:28,960 --> 00:28:32,960 And God said, "Well, I'm making Scotland in a minute." 447 00:28:32,960 --> 00:28:35,960 And Gabriel said, "Hm, do you think it's fair?" 448 00:28:35,960 --> 00:28:36,960 (Music builds) 449 00:28:36,960 --> 00:28:38,960 And God said, "What do you mean, fair? 450 00:28:38,960 --> 00:28:40,960 "What's not fair about it?" 451 00:28:40,960 --> 00:28:44,000 He says, "Well, you've given these people a beautiful country, 452 00:28:44,000 --> 00:28:46,960 "probably the best you've ever made, 453 00:28:46,960 --> 00:28:49,960 "and the people in the country are intelligent 454 00:28:49,960 --> 00:28:53,320 "and I see from their timeline that they're going to be inventing 455 00:28:53,320 --> 00:28:56,800 "some of the greatest inventions ever known to man. 456 00:28:56,800 --> 00:28:58,960 "Do you really think that's fair?" 457 00:28:58,960 --> 00:29:01,640 And God says, "Oh, don't worry about it, Gabriel. 458 00:29:01,640 --> 00:29:02,960 "I'm going to even it up. 459 00:29:02,960 --> 00:29:05,960 "Wait till you see who they're getting as neighbours." 460 00:29:05,960 --> 00:29:07,960 (Music continues) 461 00:29:23,160 --> 00:29:26,960 My name's James Ross. I live in Carrbridge, in the Highlands. 462 00:29:26,960 --> 00:29:28,960 As you can see from behind, 463 00:29:28,960 --> 00:29:31,480 the Highlands have been around for a long, long time, 464 00:29:31,480 --> 00:29:33,960 and there's even been porridge or oats 465 00:29:33,960 --> 00:29:37,960 found in the Neolithic period in the Highlands. 466 00:29:37,960 --> 00:29:39,960 (Music continues) 467 00:29:42,960 --> 00:29:44,960 Examine the drop. 468 00:29:44,960 --> 00:29:46,960 It's good, good viscosity, 469 00:29:46,960 --> 00:29:48,960 you know, it's not sticking to the spoon. 470 00:29:50,000 --> 00:29:51,960 (Music halts) 471 00:29:51,960 --> 00:29:54,960 That's... That's what you want. 472 00:29:54,960 --> 00:29:57,960 (Nick) 'Porridge is the ancestral convenience food.' 473 00:29:57,960 --> 00:30:00,960 It's easy to make and can be delivered in large quantities. 474 00:30:00,960 --> 00:30:04,960 So there I was at boarding school being served this grey slop, 475 00:30:04,960 --> 00:30:08,640 which, of course, flavours and taints your understanding 476 00:30:08,640 --> 00:30:11,960 of how porridge can deliver flavour. 477 00:30:11,960 --> 00:30:15,960 So porridge does have quite a strong negative connotation 478 00:30:15,960 --> 00:30:19,640 and that's what we're here to dispel at the World Porridge Championship. 479 00:30:19,640 --> 00:30:21,960 - (Director) Did you enjoy school? - School was amazing. 480 00:30:23,960 --> 00:30:25,960 (Door creaks) 481 00:30:36,960 --> 00:30:38,960 (Charlie) A big, big team of people, 482 00:30:38,960 --> 00:30:42,320 probably as much as 10% of the village 483 00:30:42,320 --> 00:30:45,000 is involved in creating Porridge Day. 484 00:30:50,960 --> 00:30:53,960 The way the organisation is structured 485 00:30:53,960 --> 00:30:56,960 is there is a chairman, or a chieftain. 486 00:30:56,960 --> 00:31:00,800 The chieftain's role is to manage the committee. 487 00:31:01,960 --> 00:31:04,960 And the organising committee consists of about a dozen people. 488 00:31:04,960 --> 00:31:09,960 One, two, three, four, five, and so on and so on. 489 00:31:09,960 --> 00:31:11,960 And if any one of the committee members 490 00:31:11,960 --> 00:31:14,960 is short a resource or a piece of information, 491 00:31:14,960 --> 00:31:17,960 or indeed a bit of finance, it's the chieftain's job 492 00:31:17,960 --> 00:31:19,960 to make sure that they get it. 493 00:31:19,960 --> 00:31:23,960 And that essentially is how the organising committee works. 494 00:31:23,960 --> 00:31:27,960 It's done very much on formal project management lines. 495 00:31:27,960 --> 00:31:29,960 Right, guys, thanks for coming over. 496 00:31:29,960 --> 00:31:33,960 This is probably the last meeting before we have the event itself. 497 00:31:33,960 --> 00:31:36,960 So I just want to make sure that everything's OK 498 00:31:36,960 --> 00:31:40,960 and that there's no gaps to fill, nothing we need to worry about. 499 00:31:40,960 --> 00:31:42,960 If we go on to press and PR, Alan, please. 500 00:31:42,960 --> 00:31:47,000 OK, obviously, we're fast approaching the event, 501 00:31:47,000 --> 00:31:50,960 which is starting to see a lot more activity 502 00:31:50,960 --> 00:31:52,640 on social channels. 503 00:31:52,640 --> 00:31:57,640 #HealthyFoods, #FoodLovers, Oats 504 00:31:57,640 --> 00:32:00,960 #Scotland, #Carrbridge, of course. 505 00:32:00,960 --> 00:32:03,160 But number one, right across the board, 506 00:32:03,160 --> 00:32:06,960 is #GoldenSpurtle. 507 00:32:06,960 --> 00:32:10,960 My name is Jane Weston and they call me the Raffle Queen. 508 00:32:10,960 --> 00:32:13,800 (She laughs) 509 00:32:13,800 --> 00:32:16,960 Family and friends are hearing it on their radio. 510 00:32:16,960 --> 00:32:19,960 And then the chap Bob from America, 511 00:32:19,960 --> 00:32:24,800 when he won, it was up in Times Square. 512 00:32:24,800 --> 00:32:26,960 The one thing I don't understand 513 00:32:26,960 --> 00:32:30,000 is how are we able to stream to Facebook 514 00:32:30,000 --> 00:32:32,960 when we've get no Wi-Fi in the hall? - (Alan) Well... 515 00:32:32,960 --> 00:32:34,960 - How does that work? - (Alan) ..this comes with... 516 00:32:34,960 --> 00:32:40,960 The AV company is one unit that will be doing the filming, 517 00:32:40,960 --> 00:32:43,960 but we also have a sat dish coming in 518 00:32:43,960 --> 00:32:45,960 that will connect us and provide the Wi-Fi. 519 00:32:45,960 --> 00:32:48,960 Oh, that's posh! Oh, very good, yeah. 520 00:32:48,960 --> 00:32:51,960 (Alan) It was actually how it was done last year, I saw the guys. 521 00:32:51,960 --> 00:32:54,960 - It's like a temporary... - How much is that costing me? 522 00:32:54,960 --> 00:32:56,960 - (Alan) I don't know. I think... - Don't ask. 523 00:32:56,960 --> 00:32:57,960 (They laugh) 524 00:32:57,960 --> 00:32:59,960 (Alan) The budget is tight, Charlie, as you know. 525 00:32:59,960 --> 00:33:01,960 - Aye, OK. - (Alan) But we'll get by. 526 00:33:01,960 --> 00:33:03,960 Need to sell more spurtles. 527 00:33:03,960 --> 00:33:04,960 Bob. 528 00:33:04,960 --> 00:33:06,960 Heather, have you ironed all the flags? 529 00:33:06,960 --> 00:33:10,480 I have, but I would need to discuss some of those flags with you. 530 00:33:10,480 --> 00:33:11,960 (Charlie) Why, are they wrong? 531 00:33:11,960 --> 00:33:13,960 - Well, Ulster? - (Charlie) Aye! 532 00:33:13,960 --> 00:33:16,960 You have to do your inventory early on. 533 00:33:16,960 --> 00:33:21,480 What you've got left in stock, how much do you think you'll need. 534 00:33:21,480 --> 00:33:24,960 - Have we got an Ulsterian in? - Yes, yes. 535 00:33:24,960 --> 00:33:25,960 (Heather) Do we? 536 00:33:25,960 --> 00:33:28,960 And it's not Ulster, by the way, it's Northern Ireland. 537 00:33:28,960 --> 00:33:31,160 Martyn, the whisky. 538 00:33:31,160 --> 00:33:34,960 - This bell has travelled all over. - (Bell dings) 539 00:33:34,960 --> 00:33:36,960 There we are. 540 00:33:36,960 --> 00:33:39,960 There we are. 541 00:33:39,960 --> 00:33:41,960 Last orders. There we are. 542 00:33:41,960 --> 00:33:44,960 - Bedtime. - (He chuckles) 543 00:33:45,960 --> 00:33:47,960 (Martyn) 'My father is Irish. 544 00:33:47,960 --> 00:33:50,000 'The Irish talk a lot, you know.' 545 00:33:50,000 --> 00:33:53,320 But, most definitely, um, 546 00:33:53,320 --> 00:33:55,160 I'm also quite used to working a crowd. 547 00:33:55,160 --> 00:33:56,320 (He chuckles) 548 00:33:56,320 --> 00:33:58,800 I like cocktail parties where I don't know anybody, 549 00:33:58,800 --> 00:33:59,960 you know, sort of cruise in. 550 00:33:59,960 --> 00:34:03,480 One joke I find very useful is where the husband says to his wife, 551 00:34:03,480 --> 00:34:06,960 "Darling, darling, will you still love me if I'm poor?" 552 00:34:06,960 --> 00:34:10,000 And she says, "Darling, of course I'll love you if you're poor. 553 00:34:10,000 --> 00:34:13,320 - "But I'll miss you." - (He laughs) 554 00:34:13,320 --> 00:34:15,480 (Bob) One other thing, which is actually... 555 00:34:15,480 --> 00:34:18,000 you might not have looked, but the weather forecast for Saturday... 556 00:34:18,000 --> 00:34:20,960 - (Anne) I know. - (Bob) ..is atrocious. 557 00:34:20,960 --> 00:34:22,480 (Anne) Should we have some big umbrellas? 558 00:34:22,480 --> 00:34:25,960 That's what I was saying, if we could we all bring an umbrella. 559 00:34:25,960 --> 00:34:28,960 - (Charlie) I don't own an umbrella. - Do you not? Oh, dear. 560 00:34:28,960 --> 00:34:30,960 (Fiona) Once you get umbrellas, 561 00:34:30,960 --> 00:34:33,960 you're losing the visual thing as well. 562 00:34:33,960 --> 00:34:36,960 (Jane) You know something? When I 'die... 563 00:34:36,960 --> 00:34:39,960 this is going on the top of the coffin. 564 00:34:39,960 --> 00:34:42,160 And the minister is going to say, 565 00:34:42,160 --> 00:34:45,960 "You can all relax, she's taken her raffle tickets with her!" 566 00:34:45,960 --> 00:34:48,800 (She laughs, Urgent instrumental music) 567 00:34:48,800 --> 00:34:50,960 You've got to have a bit of a laugh! 568 00:34:50,960 --> 00:34:52,640 (Music continues) 569 00:34:53,960 --> 00:34:55,960 (Ian) This is two bikes that I built. 570 00:34:55,960 --> 00:34:58,640 I used to cycle over to Sweden on this. 571 00:34:58,640 --> 00:34:59,960 (He laughs) 572 00:34:59,960 --> 00:35:04,960 (Alison) 'The only famous 'porridge-making person I know 573 00:35:04,960 --> 00:35:06,960 'is Ian Bishop.' 574 00:35:06,960 --> 00:35:08,960 He's mad as a march hare. 575 00:35:08,960 --> 00:35:13,160 (Director) A coffee or a cup of tea? - I've had one. 576 00:35:13,160 --> 00:35:16,960 I'm looking forward to competing alongside him. 577 00:35:16,960 --> 00:35:18,960 He's a historical figure. 578 00:35:18,960 --> 00:35:21,960 I was a bit nervous when I heard Ian was coming back, 579 00:35:21,960 --> 00:35:23,960 because he's a previous winner. 580 00:35:23,960 --> 00:35:26,960 He hasn't competed since I've been competing. 581 00:35:26,960 --> 00:35:29,960 I've always felt he should be a judge, 582 00:35:29,960 --> 00:35:31,960 because his experience and wisdom 583 00:35:31,960 --> 00:35:34,960 stands him head and shoulders above all of us, 584 00:35:34,960 --> 00:35:38,960 in terms of his knowledge of what constitutes 585 00:35:38,960 --> 00:35:41,960 really good, traditional Scottish porridge. 586 00:35:41,960 --> 00:35:43,960 (Music continues, He toots horn) 587 00:35:51,960 --> 00:35:54,960 He's a man of mystery, in many respects. 588 00:35:54,960 --> 00:35:56,960 I don't keep well, 589 00:35:56,960 --> 00:36:00,960 Charlie doesn't keep well and we share our faults. 590 00:36:00,960 --> 00:36:03,960 As far as I remember, Ian's house is fed by a borehole, 591 00:36:03,960 --> 00:36:05,960 right from the depths of the earth. 592 00:36:05,960 --> 00:36:08,960 So I suspect the water he might bring 593 00:36:08,960 --> 00:36:10,960 will have a flavour all of its own. 594 00:36:10,960 --> 00:36:12,960 (Music concludes) 595 00:36:12,960 --> 00:36:16,960 (Director) What's changed your mind to pick up the spurtle again? 596 00:36:16,960 --> 00:36:22,960 Well, what changed my mind was one of the boys down in the village. 597 00:36:22,960 --> 00:36:25,960 "Ian, you've got to come back. We've got too many visitors. 598 00:36:25,960 --> 00:36:30,960 "You've gotta come back and just show them how to make porridge." 599 00:36:30,960 --> 00:36:33,960 Three ingredients. 600 00:36:33,960 --> 00:36:37,960 Doesn't take a lot of effort, so... 601 00:36:37,960 --> 00:36:40,960 (Director) What oats will you be using? 602 00:36:40,960 --> 00:36:42,960 Why would I want to tell you? 603 00:36:42,960 --> 00:36:45,480 Other people would get to know. 604 00:36:51,320 --> 00:36:54,960 (Charlie) I remember the first time I came into this hall 605 00:36:54,960 --> 00:36:57,960 and we saw crowds of people passing our house 606 00:36:57,960 --> 00:37:00,960 and we saw a pipe band passing the house, 607 00:37:00,960 --> 00:37:03,960 and it was a case of, "Where are they going?" 608 00:37:03,960 --> 00:37:08,960 And we came up and we stood at that doorway there 609 00:37:08,960 --> 00:37:11,960 and we couldn't believe how many people were in here. 610 00:37:11,960 --> 00:37:13,960 It was like a sardine can. 611 00:37:13,960 --> 00:37:16,960 And, eh... 612 00:37:16,960 --> 00:37:17,960 when we first saw it empty, 613 00:37:17,960 --> 00:37:20,640 we realised what a difference there was. 614 00:37:20,640 --> 00:37:26,960 But what a cosy, warm venue it was for the event. 615 00:37:27,960 --> 00:37:31,960 And everybody that was at the event, that was asked, 616 00:37:31,960 --> 00:37:33,960 wouldn't like to go anywhere else. 617 00:37:33,960 --> 00:37:37,960 This became the home of the porridge and... 618 00:37:40,960 --> 00:37:43,960 ..it's been here for 30 years now and... 619 00:37:43,960 --> 00:37:45,960 hopefully another 30. 620 00:37:47,960 --> 00:37:50,160 (Director) Do you think you are waving the flag 621 00:37:50,160 --> 00:37:53,320 for the next generation of porridge makers? 622 00:37:53,320 --> 00:37:55,480 - I don't. - (He laughs) 623 00:37:56,960 --> 00:37:57,960 Uh... 624 00:37:59,960 --> 00:38:03,320 - I am but one man. - (They laugh) 625 00:38:03,320 --> 00:38:06,960 I... I wouldn't put myself at the... 626 00:38:09,640 --> 00:38:12,960 ..I don't feel like I'm the leader of a group. 627 00:38:12,960 --> 00:38:16,960 I'm just a guy cooking porridge. 628 00:38:16,960 --> 00:38:18,960 (Urgent percussion) 629 00:38:18,960 --> 00:38:21,000 (Percussion continues) 630 00:38:27,960 --> 00:38:29,960 (Percussion continues) 631 00:38:36,960 --> 00:38:39,960 (Toby) 'More and more people come from around the world. 632 00:38:39,960 --> 00:38:40,960 'People from the States, 633 00:38:40,960 --> 00:38:43,960 'there's a couple of African competitors this year. 634 00:38:43,960 --> 00:38:44,960 'Everyone gets a bit better. 635 00:38:44,960 --> 00:38:46,960 'I think you can't... you can't stay still. 636 00:38:46,960 --> 00:38:50,960 'You've got to... You've got to evolve with the game.' 637 00:38:50,960 --> 00:38:52,960 (Percussion continues) 638 00:39:05,960 --> 00:39:07,960 (Percussion stops) 639 00:39:13,800 --> 00:39:15,960 - (Chris) Yes, ma'am. - I just wanted to ask your advice. 640 00:39:15,960 --> 00:39:17,960 - I want to come tomorrow. - (Chris) Yes. 641 00:39:17,960 --> 00:39:19,960 And do, like, a round trip. 642 00:39:19,960 --> 00:39:21,960 - (Chris) You can do that. - Not get off, as such. 643 00:39:21,960 --> 00:39:23,960 - (Chris) No, you can do that. - Oh, great. 644 00:39:23,960 --> 00:39:27,480 (Chris) No trouble at all. What time train do you want to do it on? 645 00:39:27,480 --> 00:39:28,960 - The first one? - Yeah. 646 00:39:28,960 --> 00:39:31,480 (Chris) Well, there we are, the first one's at 10:58, look. 647 00:39:31,480 --> 00:39:32,800 OK. 648 00:39:32,800 --> 00:39:34,960 (Chris) So that'll take you all the way up to Broome Hill, 649 00:39:34,960 --> 00:39:37,640 then back through here to Aviemore and then back here 650 00:39:37,640 --> 00:39:39,960 and you'll be back here by quarter past one. 651 00:39:39,960 --> 00:39:41,480 - OK. That's lovely. - (Chris) How's that? 652 00:39:41,480 --> 00:39:43,480 That's great. I'll meet you in the morning. 653 00:39:43,480 --> 00:39:46,960 I'll see you tomorrow. Right you are, ma'am. No trouble. 654 00:39:46,960 --> 00:39:49,960 (Playful instrumental music) 655 00:39:52,960 --> 00:39:54,960 (Music builds) 656 00:39:54,960 --> 00:39:56,960 (Chris) 'Right, well, good morning.' 657 00:39:56,960 --> 00:39:58,960 My name is Chris Price. 658 00:39:58,960 --> 00:40:00,960 I'm a 45-year railwayman 659 00:40:00,960 --> 00:40:05,960 and I work here as a volunteer for the Strathspey Railway. 660 00:40:05,960 --> 00:40:07,960 - (Music continues) - What we're hoping for, of course, 661 00:40:07,960 --> 00:40:12,480 is that a few of the porridge-making champions will arrive by rail. 662 00:40:12,480 --> 00:40:16,960 It will be nice to meet them and even perhaps encourage them. 663 00:40:17,960 --> 00:40:19,960 (Lisa) 'For me, getting up to Scotland is a huge thing. 664 00:40:19,960 --> 00:40:21,960 'I'm waiting for an operation. 665 00:40:21,960 --> 00:40:23,960 'I can't go in a car, I can't go on an aeroplane. 666 00:40:23,960 --> 00:40:25,960 'So we've got four trains. 667 00:40:25,960 --> 00:40:28,960 'You can worry about things and you can worry about it a lot. 668 00:40:28,960 --> 00:40:30,800 'Or you can just get on and do it.' 669 00:40:30,800 --> 00:40:32,960 'When you whack a kitchen in a suitcase 670 00:40:32,960 --> 00:40:34,960 'and take it to the other side of the world, 671 00:40:34,960 --> 00:40:38,960 'inevitably something can and probably will go wrong.' 672 00:40:38,960 --> 00:40:41,960 It's about 30 hours straight from here. 673 00:40:41,960 --> 00:40:44,960 (Chris) Something that my dad said to me many, many years ago, 674 00:40:44,960 --> 00:40:50,960 he said, "Chris, you'll be the one that has the most common sense." 675 00:40:50,960 --> 00:40:53,000 Hi, mate. 676 00:40:53,000 --> 00:40:56,960 (Chris) 'I think common sense is looking out for yourself.' 677 00:40:56,960 --> 00:40:58,960 Also, if you are with a group, you know, 678 00:40:58,960 --> 00:41:01,960 if you can, try and look out for them as well. 679 00:41:02,960 --> 00:41:04,960 (Music continues) 680 00:41:10,960 --> 00:41:12,960 (Music concludes) 681 00:41:22,960 --> 00:41:23,960 Uh... 682 00:41:25,960 --> 00:41:27,960 ..Ukraine. 683 00:41:27,960 --> 00:41:28,960 Zimbabwe. 684 00:41:28,960 --> 00:41:30,960 We should have Indonesia. 685 00:41:30,960 --> 00:41:32,960 What's the Indonesian flag like? 686 00:41:32,960 --> 00:41:35,960 Is that the same as the Polish one? 687 00:41:36,960 --> 00:41:39,960 Uh, the Zimbabwe flag is gorgeous. 688 00:41:39,960 --> 00:41:41,960 Have you seen it? 689 00:41:48,160 --> 00:41:50,320 How's that for a flag? 690 00:41:55,960 --> 00:41:57,960 Flags should be colourful, shouldn't they? 691 00:41:57,960 --> 00:41:59,160 They should be ridiculously colourful. 692 00:42:00,800 --> 00:42:03,960 And, of course, we've got our own porridge flags. 693 00:42:03,960 --> 00:42:07,800 So I'm just checking that I've got everybody represented. 694 00:42:08,960 --> 00:42:10,960 Um... 695 00:42:20,960 --> 00:42:23,640 - We can have... - That's more space there. 696 00:42:23,640 --> 00:42:26,960 This area here, we're going to have the big... 697 00:42:26,960 --> 00:42:28,960 sort of speaker unit thing here, for the AV guy. 698 00:42:28,960 --> 00:42:31,960 - (Musical ringtone plays) - Could stagger it across, yeah? 699 00:42:35,160 --> 00:42:36,960 - (Ringtone stops) - Charlie Miller. 700 00:42:38,800 --> 00:42:39,960 Hello? 701 00:42:39,960 --> 00:42:43,960 - Hey, who dropped out? - David Buchanan. 702 00:42:43,960 --> 00:42:44,960 Ah! 703 00:42:44,960 --> 00:42:47,960 - He's tested for positive for Covid. - Oh, well, that's a bugger. 704 00:42:47,960 --> 00:42:50,000 (Dialling tone) 705 00:42:51,960 --> 00:42:54,960 - (Robin, on phone) 'How you doing?' - Aye, fine. How are you? 706 00:42:54,960 --> 00:42:56,960 OK, good man. Listen, we've got a wee problem here. 707 00:42:56,960 --> 00:42:59,960 One of the contestants has pulled out. 708 00:42:59,960 --> 00:43:01,960 I'm wondering if you'll stand in. 709 00:43:01,960 --> 00:43:03,960 (Robin) 'So that'll be a case of 'then... 710 00:43:03,960 --> 00:43:05,960 'whatever Tesco's got left on their shelves.' 711 00:43:05,960 --> 00:43:07,960 Exactly, exactly that. Yeah, exactly. 712 00:43:07,960 --> 00:43:09,960 (Robin) 'Aye, OK, 'it'll be fun, let me do it.' 713 00:43:09,960 --> 00:43:11,960 - See you later. Cheery. - 'Bye.' 714 00:43:11,960 --> 00:43:14,960 (Phone chimes) 715 00:43:14,960 --> 00:43:15,960 That's sorted. 716 00:43:17,480 --> 00:43:20,320 (Indistinct conversation) 717 00:43:22,800 --> 00:43:24,960 Not enough. 718 00:43:24,960 --> 00:43:26,960 That needs to be open. 719 00:43:28,320 --> 00:43:30,960 - One above the door. - Right. 720 00:43:30,960 --> 00:43:32,960 - One above the door, there. - (Man) Two here. 721 00:43:32,960 --> 00:43:34,960 These burners are here. 722 00:43:34,960 --> 00:43:38,960 (Fiona) The burners are... the burners are in the centre. 723 00:43:38,960 --> 00:43:40,960 (Charlie) The burners are where we put them, 724 00:43:40,960 --> 00:43:41,960 so we can put them there. 725 00:43:41,960 --> 00:43:44,000 (Fiona) The burners are in the centre. 726 00:43:44,000 --> 00:43:46,960 - (Charlie) They don't have to be. - (Fiona) Yes, they have. 727 00:43:46,960 --> 00:43:47,960 (Charlie) Right. No, listen. 728 00:43:47,960 --> 00:43:50,960 Listen, Fiona. Fiona. Fiona. 729 00:43:50,960 --> 00:43:53,960 I don't have time to argue with you. We'll do it your way. 730 00:43:53,960 --> 00:43:55,960 (Birdsong) 731 00:43:57,960 --> 00:43:59,960 (Musical ringtone plays) 732 00:44:01,800 --> 00:44:03,960 - (Ringtone stops) - Charlie Miller. 733 00:44:03,960 --> 00:44:04,960 (Bob) Here. 734 00:44:04,960 --> 00:44:06,640 (Charlie) Hello, there. How you doing? 735 00:44:06,640 --> 00:44:08,960 Let me go where there's somewhere where I can... 736 00:44:08,960 --> 00:44:11,960 I can hear you a bit better. 737 00:44:11,960 --> 00:44:13,640 Right, how can I help you? 738 00:44:13,640 --> 00:44:16,960 (Bob) I just see a lot of hard work ahead putting these into the ground. 739 00:44:19,960 --> 00:44:22,000 Could somebody move the Audi? 740 00:44:32,960 --> 00:44:35,960 I say, we're filming here over the period 741 00:44:35,960 --> 00:44:38,960 of the World Porridge Championships. 742 00:44:38,960 --> 00:44:41,960 Also the harvest festival in this church. 743 00:44:41,960 --> 00:44:44,960 And... I've got the Bible here. 744 00:44:44,960 --> 00:44:48,960 There's plenty of references in the Bible to food and manna from heaven. 745 00:44:48,960 --> 00:44:53,640 But I'm going to read one verse from Luke's gospel. 746 00:44:53,640 --> 00:44:55,640 The parable of the yeast. 747 00:44:55,640 --> 00:44:57,960 "Again, Jesus asked, 748 00:44:57,960 --> 00:45:00,960 "what shall I compare the kingdom of God with? 749 00:45:00,960 --> 00:45:04,960 "It is like this. A woman takes some yeast 750 00:45:04,960 --> 00:45:07,960 "and mixes it with 40 litres of flour 751 00:45:07,960 --> 00:45:10,960 "until the whole batch of dough rises." 752 00:45:12,640 --> 00:45:13,960 Amen. 753 00:45:13,960 --> 00:45:16,800 (Bright instrumental music; Engine thrums) 754 00:46:07,960 --> 00:46:09,320 (Music continues) 755 00:46:13,960 --> 00:46:15,960 All right, the next one... 756 00:46:20,960 --> 00:46:22,960 (Music continues) 757 00:46:28,960 --> 00:46:32,640 So we've arrived in Carrbridge, in the Highlands. 758 00:46:32,640 --> 00:46:34,960 It's the week build up to the competition. 759 00:46:34,960 --> 00:46:37,960 So it's the week when we pull everything together. 760 00:46:37,960 --> 00:46:40,960 We're getting a little bit nervous, a little bit excited, 761 00:46:40,960 --> 00:46:43,480 and it's all those emotions all in together. 762 00:46:43,480 --> 00:46:45,640 (Music continues) 763 00:46:49,960 --> 00:46:52,960 (Music concludes) 764 00:46:53,960 --> 00:46:57,960 For this year's competition, we've organised a media van 765 00:46:57,960 --> 00:46:59,960 for interviews to take place. 766 00:46:59,960 --> 00:47:00,960 (Lively music) 767 00:47:00,960 --> 00:47:02,960 My name is Stephanie Yuill 768 00:47:02,960 --> 00:47:05,160 and I have come from Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, 769 00:47:05,160 --> 00:47:06,960 in the northern part of Canada. 770 00:47:06,960 --> 00:47:10,160 My name is Pav. I came from Birmingham. 771 00:47:10,160 --> 00:47:11,960 I'm representing Cyprus today 772 00:47:11,960 --> 00:47:14,960 for that's my ancestral homeland. 773 00:47:14,960 --> 00:47:17,960 My name is Miriam. I am from the Netherlands. 774 00:47:17,960 --> 00:47:22,160 When I arrived, I met eight former world champions, 775 00:47:22,160 --> 00:47:24,960 another 12 people at least 776 00:47:24,960 --> 00:47:28,960 who were professional chefs, at one level or another. 777 00:47:28,960 --> 00:47:30,960 And I had that feeling, 778 00:47:30,960 --> 00:47:33,960 "Oh, gosh, I have turned up at the wrong dance." 779 00:47:33,960 --> 00:47:36,960 I wanted to bring me, I wanted to bring me on a plate. 780 00:47:36,960 --> 00:47:39,160 My experiences around the world. 781 00:47:39,160 --> 00:47:42,960 I'm actually a little nervous. I'm feeling really discombobulated. 782 00:47:44,640 --> 00:47:46,800 I've visualised exactly what I'm gonna do, 783 00:47:46,800 --> 00:47:47,960 how I'm gonna do each step. 784 00:47:47,960 --> 00:47:50,960 The right amount of seasoning. 785 00:47:50,960 --> 00:47:52,000 Not undercooked. 786 00:47:52,000 --> 00:47:54,960 Once you've competed in this competition, 787 00:47:54,960 --> 00:47:56,480 you just want to come back, because 788 00:47:56,480 --> 00:47:58,800 it's so nice to be here, it's so loving. 789 00:47:58,800 --> 00:48:01,000 And it's the warming feeling the porridge gives you 790 00:48:01,000 --> 00:48:04,960 that is actually what is going on in Carrbridge. 791 00:48:04,960 --> 00:48:08,960 Already, Adam and I, the two Miller boys 792 00:48:08,960 --> 00:48:10,960 are already in the top 30 in the world. 793 00:48:10,960 --> 00:48:12,960 And I think that's a fantastic thing. 794 00:48:12,960 --> 00:48:15,320 Exactly. 795 00:48:15,320 --> 00:48:17,800 (Music continues, concludes) 796 00:48:17,800 --> 00:48:19,960 (Birdsong, bagpipe music) 797 00:48:19,960 --> 00:48:22,320 (Faint, bustling conversation) 798 00:48:23,960 --> 00:48:25,960 (Music continues) 799 00:48:45,960 --> 00:48:48,960 (Martyn) Just tell me exactly what you want me to do. 800 00:48:48,960 --> 00:48:50,960 Sure, sure. 801 00:48:50,960 --> 00:48:52,960 (Martyn) Bring them to order and then introduce you? 802 00:48:52,960 --> 00:48:54,960 - (Charlie) Uh... - (Martyn) Yes or no? 803 00:48:54,960 --> 00:48:57,960 - (Charlie) Yes, that's a good idea. - (Handbell rings) 804 00:48:59,160 --> 00:49:02,960 (Martyn) Ladies and gentlemen, good evening. 805 00:49:02,960 --> 00:49:04,960 (Charlie) I want to thank you all for coming tonight 806 00:49:04,960 --> 00:49:07,960 for the 30th World Porridge Making Championship. 807 00:49:07,960 --> 00:49:09,960 Enjoy yourselves tonight, ladies and gentlemen, 808 00:49:09,960 --> 00:49:12,960 and make sure you turn up bright and breezy tomorrow. 809 00:49:12,960 --> 00:49:14,960 (Cheering, applause) 810 00:49:14,960 --> 00:49:16,960 Thanks. 811 00:49:18,960 --> 00:49:20,960 - I was tempted. - You should've done! 812 00:49:20,960 --> 00:49:22,960 (Charlie) I think when you put it on, it goes "woo". 813 00:49:22,960 --> 00:49:24,960 (She chuckles) 814 00:49:24,960 --> 00:49:27,960 (Nick) 'What do you think of the recent trend towards pinhead?' 815 00:49:27,960 --> 00:49:31,960 I don't know if it's the taste or if it's the actual... 816 00:49:31,960 --> 00:49:34,960 It's the bitiness. I think it's the bitiness. 817 00:49:34,960 --> 00:49:38,960 So when you get the risotto just right, it's the bitiness is there. 818 00:49:39,960 --> 00:49:41,960 And now I'm going to switch it the other way, 819 00:49:41,960 --> 00:49:46,320 have mostly pinhead with some medium, just to give it body. 820 00:49:46,320 --> 00:49:49,960 Mm-hm. I'm just reminding myself of... 821 00:49:49,960 --> 00:49:51,960 your name. 822 00:49:51,960 --> 00:49:53,960 I've seen your name an awful lot, sonny. 823 00:49:55,960 --> 00:49:57,960 (Charlie) No, that's enough, plenty of people. 824 00:49:57,960 --> 00:49:59,960 Far more people here than I expected, I must say. 825 00:49:59,960 --> 00:50:02,640 - (Woman) Really? - (Charlie) Oh, yeah. 826 00:50:02,640 --> 00:50:04,640 (Director) How are you feeling, Ian? 827 00:50:04,640 --> 00:50:06,640 I'm not feeling too good, actually. 828 00:50:06,640 --> 00:50:10,960 But... I'll win it again this year, but... 829 00:50:10,960 --> 00:50:12,960 it's going to take some doing. 830 00:50:14,960 --> 00:50:16,960 Hmm. 831 00:50:16,960 --> 00:50:19,960 It's quite funny, isn't it? 832 00:50:19,960 --> 00:50:23,960 I mean, I used to be in the martial arts, 833 00:50:23,960 --> 00:50:25,960 like, big time, 834 00:50:25,960 --> 00:50:28,960 and I'm standing here thinking porridge. 835 00:50:30,960 --> 00:50:32,960 (He laughs) 836 00:50:32,960 --> 00:50:37,160 How can you break a neck of somebody with porridge? 837 00:50:37,160 --> 00:50:39,960 (Sombre piano music) 838 00:50:47,960 --> 00:50:49,960 (Music builds) 839 00:50:49,960 --> 00:50:51,960 (Lee) Being a local meteorologist 840 00:50:51,960 --> 00:50:53,960 means you're always the person they're going to ask, 841 00:50:53,960 --> 00:50:55,960 "Can I have my barbecue?" "Can I hang my washing out?" 842 00:50:55,960 --> 00:50:57,960 'Last weekend, I was in the local pub 843 00:50:57,960 --> 00:50:59,960 'and I must have been asked about 15 times, 844 00:50:59,960 --> 00:51:02,480 ' "Is it going rain on Saturday?" "How's the Porridge Day looking?" 845 00:51:02,480 --> 00:51:03,960 'It's a big deal in Carrbridge. 846 00:51:03,960 --> 00:51:05,960 'Is it gonna rain on Porridge Day or not?' 847 00:51:06,960 --> 00:51:10,160 People have got this opinion that Scotland sees rain all the time. 848 00:51:10,160 --> 00:51:12,800 It's not true. The west can be very wet, 849 00:51:12,800 --> 00:51:14,960 but here we're sheltered from the mountains. 850 00:51:14,960 --> 00:51:16,960 It can be quite dry. We get pleasant days in summer, 851 00:51:16,960 --> 00:51:18,960 temperatures 28, 29. 852 00:51:18,960 --> 00:51:21,800 'But in winter, we get cold, dry, frosty days, 853 00:51:21,800 --> 00:51:23,960 'when it can go as low as -20.' 854 00:51:24,960 --> 00:51:27,960 (Music continues, thunder rumbles) 855 00:51:36,960 --> 00:51:38,960 (Music continues, thunder rumbles) 856 00:51:43,960 --> 00:51:45,960 (Music builds) 857 00:51:55,960 --> 00:51:57,960 (Music stops) 858 00:51:57,960 --> 00:52:00,000 (Chris) And Saturday is the seventh. 859 00:52:03,960 --> 00:52:05,960 And welcome to Porridge Day. 860 00:52:06,960 --> 00:52:09,960 (Thunder rumbles, water roars) 861 00:52:27,960 --> 00:52:30,800 Yeah, it's not the best of days 862 00:52:30,800 --> 00:52:32,960 for wandering around the village, I must admit. 863 00:52:32,960 --> 00:52:35,960 It's really coming down quite heavily. 864 00:52:35,960 --> 00:52:39,960 It's the worst I can remember in 30 years, as regards the weather. 865 00:52:48,960 --> 00:52:51,960 It looks as if we're probably going to have to cancel the march, 866 00:52:51,960 --> 00:52:52,960 which is a great pity. 867 00:52:53,960 --> 00:52:55,960 (Charlie) If everybody could clear this area, 868 00:52:55,960 --> 00:52:58,960 I want to put the gas on and test it. 869 00:53:01,960 --> 00:53:04,960 That burner's live so be careful, yeah? 870 00:53:04,960 --> 00:53:05,960 Good morning. 871 00:53:05,960 --> 00:53:07,960 (Faint, bustling conversation) 872 00:53:11,960 --> 00:53:13,960 Er... 873 00:53:13,960 --> 00:53:15,640 Do you ever start to do something 874 00:53:15,640 --> 00:53:17,640 and forget what you were going to do? 875 00:53:18,960 --> 00:53:21,960 Today's the day. Tension is building, 876 00:53:21,960 --> 00:53:23,960 but I think we can handle it. 877 00:53:23,960 --> 00:53:26,960 I think we can handle it too. 878 00:53:26,960 --> 00:53:28,960 It's just at that stage of the day - 879 00:53:28,960 --> 00:53:31,960 let's get started, let's get it done 880 00:53:31,960 --> 00:53:34,480 and let's take that trophy back home. 881 00:53:34,480 --> 00:53:37,960 I'll take an Irn Bru, have you got one? Thank you. 882 00:53:37,960 --> 00:53:41,960 Oh, can't come in here, pal. This is dangerous. We've got gas running. 883 00:53:41,960 --> 00:53:43,960 (Bell dings) 884 00:53:43,960 --> 00:53:45,960 (Martyn) OK. Right, competitors. 885 00:53:45,960 --> 00:53:47,960 We're going to do a toast to the porridge. 886 00:53:47,960 --> 00:53:50,960 (Charlie) One, two. Is that live? Can you hear me? 887 00:53:50,960 --> 00:53:52,960 One, two, three. One, two, three. 888 00:53:52,960 --> 00:53:54,960 - (Man) We hear you. - (Martyn) Drink a toast to... 889 00:53:54,960 --> 00:53:56,960 the porridge. - The porridge! 890 00:53:56,960 --> 00:53:59,960 (Cheering, applause) 891 00:54:01,960 --> 00:54:03,960 (Conversation quietens) 892 00:54:03,960 --> 00:54:08,960 (Charlie) I'd like to hand over now to our MC for the day, Sarah Rankin. 893 00:54:08,960 --> 00:54:11,960 (Sarah) Shall we start the competition? 894 00:54:11,960 --> 00:54:14,960 (Charlie, crowd) Five, four, three, 895 00:54:14,960 --> 00:54:16,960 two, one... 896 00:54:16,960 --> 00:54:19,960 (Urgent music, Crowd cheers) 897 00:54:23,960 --> 00:54:26,960 (Ambient sound fades, music continues) 898 00:54:45,960 --> 00:54:49,960 (Sarah) We're just about there. That's it, time's up everyone. 899 00:54:49,960 --> 00:54:52,480 - (ambient sound resumes) - Heat number one, well done! 900 00:54:56,000 --> 00:54:57,960 I muffed it. 901 00:54:59,960 --> 00:55:01,960 It's, um... 902 00:55:04,960 --> 00:55:06,960 It's just not good, you know? 903 00:55:10,960 --> 00:55:12,960 (Indistinct conversation) 904 00:55:12,960 --> 00:55:14,960 It's a hearty bowl. 905 00:55:14,960 --> 00:55:16,960 - It's a good bowl, isn't it? - It is a good bowl. 906 00:55:16,960 --> 00:55:20,960 I think the colour, for me, if you were to compare it to the last one, 907 00:55:20,960 --> 00:55:22,960 was better coloured. - Mm-hm. 908 00:55:22,960 --> 00:55:25,640 But definitely, you know, the consistency here, 909 00:55:25,640 --> 00:55:28,160 I mean, that's definitely what we're looking for. 910 00:55:28,160 --> 00:55:29,960 - Yeah. It's much smoother. - Yes. 911 00:55:29,960 --> 00:55:31,960 And overall it maybe has the appearance on top 912 00:55:31,960 --> 00:55:33,160 of being quite thick. 913 00:55:33,160 --> 00:55:34,960 But it's got a nice little bit of bite to it. 914 00:55:34,960 --> 00:55:36,960 Mm-hm, it has got bite, mm-hm. 915 00:55:36,960 --> 00:55:38,960 We have more like that, it will be nice, easy work. 916 00:55:38,960 --> 00:55:40,160 Yeah. 917 00:55:40,160 --> 00:55:43,960 Porridge took a little bit longer to boil than I thought it might. 918 00:55:45,160 --> 00:55:48,960 But we got away with it, in the end. 919 00:55:48,960 --> 00:55:49,960 Yeah, relatively scot-free. 920 00:55:49,960 --> 00:55:51,000 Now, this is malting the barley. 921 00:55:51,000 --> 00:55:53,960 You're drinking malt whisky, so we're malting the barley 922 00:55:53,960 --> 00:55:55,960 and that gives the smokiness. 923 00:55:55,960 --> 00:55:58,480 Now you notice the difference in the smokiness in, uh, 924 00:55:58,480 --> 00:56:01,960 the different whiskies that we're going to, uh, look at today. 925 00:56:01,960 --> 00:56:04,960 Now, the shape of the still makes a difference to the whisky. 926 00:56:04,960 --> 00:56:06,960 Heat it up and then goes right up to the top 927 00:56:06,960 --> 00:56:08,960 where in fact it condenses. 928 00:56:08,960 --> 00:56:10,960 We have a clear liquid which comes out 929 00:56:10,960 --> 00:56:14,960 and it's 60% alcohol by volume. 930 00:56:16,960 --> 00:56:19,160 (Simon) 'Uh, so, I've just finished the first heat.' 931 00:56:19,160 --> 00:56:22,160 You think, "Sure, of course I can go to Scotland and make porridge. 932 00:56:22,160 --> 00:56:25,960 "How hard can it be?" And it turned out it's very hard. 933 00:56:26,960 --> 00:56:28,960 (Charlie) Heat two contestants, please. 934 00:56:33,960 --> 00:56:35,960 (Steve) Just managed to dry out. 935 00:56:35,960 --> 00:56:38,960 And everybody's relaxed and enjoying it. 936 00:56:38,960 --> 00:56:40,960 If we win, again, it's a lovely bonus, 937 00:56:40,960 --> 00:56:44,960 but I think Lisa's just so pleased to be back and in the fray. 938 00:56:44,960 --> 00:56:46,480 (Charlie) I'm here, I'm here. 939 00:56:46,480 --> 00:56:47,960 This is a professional event, Charlie! 940 00:56:47,960 --> 00:56:52,480 (Urgent instrumental music) 941 00:57:16,960 --> 00:57:18,960 (Music concludes) 942 00:57:18,960 --> 00:57:21,480 It was fun, but it was nerve-racking. 943 00:57:21,480 --> 00:57:23,960 I was quite pleased with the porridge. 944 00:57:23,960 --> 00:57:25,960 We'll just see how it goes. 945 00:57:25,960 --> 00:57:27,960 So, for me, this has got really good colour. 946 00:57:27,960 --> 00:57:28,960 Mm-hm. 947 00:57:28,960 --> 00:57:31,960 Um, it is a little bit thick, I would say. 948 00:57:31,960 --> 00:57:33,960 Um... 949 00:57:36,160 --> 00:57:37,960 ..but it eats really easily. 950 00:57:37,960 --> 00:57:40,960 - It does taste good. - It's cooked out. 951 00:57:40,960 --> 00:57:43,160 It's not floury, it's not glutinous. 952 00:57:43,160 --> 00:57:45,000 - Right. It's well seasoned. - Yes. 953 00:57:46,960 --> 00:57:50,960 - Actually... - Not under or over-salted at all. 954 00:57:50,960 --> 00:57:53,320 Try a little bit more of it. 955 00:57:53,320 --> 00:57:55,800 For me, I got a salty patch there. 956 00:57:56,960 --> 00:58:00,960 Definitely. I don't know if somebody's put rock salt into it 957 00:58:00,960 --> 00:58:03,960 and not mixed it properly. - Mm-hm. 958 00:58:05,960 --> 00:58:08,480 Ladies and gentlemen... 959 00:58:10,960 --> 00:58:15,960 ..we are now about to go and continue our tour of Scotland. 960 00:58:16,960 --> 00:58:22,960 The River Spey runs for 110 miles, from here all the way up to the sea. 961 00:58:22,960 --> 00:58:25,960 This is called Speyside. This is where you're standing. 962 00:58:25,960 --> 00:58:28,960 We are now in the Mecca of malts. 963 00:58:28,960 --> 00:58:30,960 Thanks, that's fine. 964 00:58:30,960 --> 00:58:33,960 Have we all got one? Come on. Just... 965 00:58:33,960 --> 00:58:36,960 there we go. Where's the other tray? 966 00:58:44,960 --> 00:58:45,960 Anne, did anybody clear away this? 967 00:58:45,960 --> 00:58:50,480 I've lost a... I've lost an auction prize, a... 968 00:58:50,480 --> 00:58:52,960 an auction item. Has anybody been clearing it away? 969 00:58:52,960 --> 00:58:56,160 (Martyn) Ladies and gentlemen. Have we all got the whisky? 970 00:58:56,160 --> 00:58:58,960 What's the first thing you do with malt whisky? 971 00:58:58,960 --> 00:58:59,960 Don't drink it. 972 00:58:59,960 --> 00:59:01,960 (Urgent instrumental music) 973 00:59:03,960 --> 00:59:06,960 (Ambient sound fades, music continues) 974 00:59:29,960 --> 00:59:32,960 (Sarah) ..two, one. Thank you. 975 00:59:32,960 --> 00:59:33,960 (Music stops, ambient sound resumes) 976 00:59:33,960 --> 00:59:36,960 - (Applause) - Right, guys, well done! 977 00:59:36,960 --> 00:59:39,960 Today was the first time I cooked in a competition 978 00:59:39,960 --> 00:59:42,960 more or less 100% pinhead oatmeal, 979 00:59:42,960 --> 00:59:45,960 and under normal circumstances, that takes 30 minutes to cook. 980 00:59:45,960 --> 00:59:47,960 You only have 30 minutes to cook, 981 00:59:47,960 --> 00:59:51,000 so this required soaking the oats overnight, the pinhead oatmeal, 982 00:59:51,000 --> 00:59:54,960 and then boiling it fiercely, for 30 minutes, 983 00:59:54,960 --> 00:59:57,960 and having the conviction to know, with all that water you put in 984 00:59:57,960 --> 01:00:00,960 so that it looked like a gruel, the worst sort of soup, 985 01:00:00,960 --> 01:00:04,960 it was going to set and it was going to make great porridge. 986 01:00:04,960 --> 01:00:06,960 Happily, it seems to have worked. 987 01:00:09,960 --> 01:00:12,000 And this is bowl number 24. 988 01:00:12,000 --> 01:00:13,960 - Good colour. - Yeah. 989 01:00:13,960 --> 01:00:17,960 Good texture. I think, for me, that is a... 990 01:00:17,960 --> 01:00:20,960 good-scoring bowl of porridge. - Mm-hm. 991 01:00:20,960 --> 01:00:23,000 (Faint, bustling conversation) 992 01:00:25,960 --> 01:00:26,960 (Ruth) 'This is the boiler house 993 01:00:26,960 --> 01:00:28,960 'of the World Porridge Championships.' 994 01:00:28,960 --> 01:00:30,960 You don't bother about what's happening out there. 995 01:00:30,960 --> 01:00:33,960 It all happens in here, where the dishes are washed, 996 01:00:33,960 --> 01:00:37,640 the cold porridge pots are scrubbed clean and they're all put out there 997 01:00:37,640 --> 01:00:39,960 and people can pick them up and go away. 998 01:00:39,960 --> 01:00:42,960 So, you know, don't make the mistake in thinking that it's out there. 999 01:00:42,960 --> 01:00:44,960 It's actually in here. - (They chuckle) 1000 01:00:44,960 --> 01:00:47,960 If they just come up and collect it and, uh... 1001 01:00:47,960 --> 01:00:49,960 And what about the raffle? 1002 01:00:49,960 --> 01:00:51,960 Well, the raffle will follow in a few minutes. 1003 01:00:51,960 --> 01:00:54,800 Right, we'll have the raffle in a few minutes. 1004 01:00:56,960 --> 01:00:58,960 (Music - "Wild Mountain Thyme") 1005 01:00:58,960 --> 01:01:01,960 Just give us a couple of minutes to get the raffle sorted. 1006 01:01:01,960 --> 01:01:07,960 # O the Summer time has come 1007 01:01:07,960 --> 01:01:13,960 # And the trees are sweetly bloomin' 1008 01:01:13,960 --> 01:01:19,960 # And the wild mountain thyme 1009 01:01:19,960 --> 01:01:26,960 # Grows around the blooming heather 1010 01:01:26,960 --> 01:01:32,160 # Will ye go, lassie, go? # 1011 01:01:32,160 --> 01:01:33,960 (Music stops; Applause) 1012 01:01:35,960 --> 01:01:37,960 (Urgent instrumental music) 1013 01:02:00,960 --> 01:02:02,960 (Music concludes) 1014 01:02:02,960 --> 01:02:06,960 (Sarah) OK, right. Press the button, Charlie. 1015 01:02:06,960 --> 01:02:08,000 Here we go! 1016 01:02:08,000 --> 01:02:11,960 Eight, seven, six, five, 1017 01:02:11,960 --> 01:02:15,960 four, three, two, one. 1018 01:02:15,960 --> 01:02:17,960 - Let's go. - (Applause) 1019 01:02:17,960 --> 01:02:19,800 (Tense percussion) 1020 01:02:24,960 --> 01:02:28,960 30 competitors, we're down to the last six. 1021 01:02:28,960 --> 01:02:31,960 The best six porridge makers in the world, in fact. 1022 01:02:34,960 --> 01:02:37,960 (Ambient sound fades, Stirring instrumental music) 1023 01:02:53,960 --> 01:02:56,960 (Charlie) 'At the other end of the village, we have a river 1024 01:02:56,960 --> 01:02:59,960 'and it rises in the Monadhliath Mountains 1025 01:02:59,960 --> 01:03:02,960 'and it runs with such ferocity.' 1026 01:03:02,960 --> 01:03:07,800 - (Music continues) - 'I have this nightmare 1027 01:03:07,800 --> 01:03:10,480 'where I'm up at the headwaters, 1028 01:03:10,480 --> 01:03:13,480 'I'm sitting astride a giant spurtle 1029 01:03:13,480 --> 01:03:16,960 'and I'm going down this river all the way to the Spey 1030 01:03:16,960 --> 01:03:18,960 'but I never make it. 1031 01:03:20,960 --> 01:03:23,960 'And I don't know what the significance of that is. 1032 01:03:23,960 --> 01:03:26,960 'It's quite, um, daunting... 1033 01:03:26,960 --> 01:03:29,960 'to figure out where I should be going.' 1034 01:03:31,960 --> 01:03:33,960 (Music continues) 1035 01:03:39,960 --> 01:03:42,960 (Music intensifies) 1036 01:03:47,960 --> 01:03:50,480 (Sarah) The last one is just about out. 1037 01:03:50,480 --> 01:03:52,640 It's done! This is done. 1038 01:03:52,640 --> 01:03:54,960 - (Applause, cheering) - It's all over! 1039 01:03:54,960 --> 01:03:57,800 (Music concludes) - Well done, guys! 1040 01:03:58,960 --> 01:04:00,960 (Cheering, applause fade) 1041 01:04:00,960 --> 01:04:02,800 (Faint, bustling conversation) 1042 01:04:02,800 --> 01:04:05,640 (Rain patters) 1043 01:04:06,960 --> 01:04:08,960 (Birdsong) 1044 01:04:15,800 --> 01:04:17,960 (Charlie) 'I think it was Isaac Newton that said, 1045 01:04:17,960 --> 01:04:18,960 ' "If I've achieved greatness, 1046 01:04:18,960 --> 01:04:21,640 ' "it's by standing on the shoulders of giants." 1047 01:04:21,640 --> 01:04:25,960 'But there is a point where somebody else has to take over. 1048 01:04:25,960 --> 01:04:29,000 'As I'm getting older things, are beginning to break 1049 01:04:29,000 --> 01:04:31,960 'and I get very tired very easily.' 1050 01:04:31,960 --> 01:04:36,960 At the moment, I'm suffering from lymphedema in one of my legs 1051 01:04:36,960 --> 01:04:40,960 and I can't stand, I can't walk for long periods of time. 1052 01:04:40,960 --> 01:04:45,960 'I feel a wee bit regretful that I'm not able to continue.' 1053 01:04:48,000 --> 01:04:49,960 (Sarah) I would like to announce 1054 01:04:49,960 --> 01:04:51,960 that the winner of the Golden Spurtle... 1055 01:04:56,960 --> 01:04:58,960 ..is Adam Kiani. 1056 01:04:58,960 --> 01:05:00,960 (Cheering, applause) 1057 01:05:15,960 --> 01:05:18,960 (Sarah) Just before Charlie starts talking again, 1058 01:05:18,960 --> 01:05:20,960 he doesn't know I'm going to do this, 1059 01:05:20,960 --> 01:05:21,960 we've got a wee something for you. 1060 01:05:21,960 --> 01:05:22,960 Oh, thank you. 1061 01:05:22,960 --> 01:05:25,480 (Sarah) Because this is your last year... 1062 01:05:25,480 --> 01:05:29,000 the Porridge Chieftain, 2023. Congratulations. 1063 01:05:29,000 --> 01:05:31,960 Thank you so much! Well done. 1064 01:05:31,960 --> 01:05:35,480 (Cheering, applause) 1065 01:05:35,480 --> 01:05:36,960 Thank you all very much. 1066 01:05:38,960 --> 01:05:40,480 Thank you. 1067 01:05:42,960 --> 01:05:45,800 (Charlie) 'I wasn't expecting a gift of any kind 1068 01:05:45,800 --> 01:05:48,320 'and I do wear baseball hats, I wear them quite a lot.' 1069 01:05:48,320 --> 01:05:52,160 It did bring a tear to my eye and a lump to my throat 1070 01:05:52,160 --> 01:05:56,960 and I was quite tearful for a good half hour. 1071 01:05:56,960 --> 01:05:59,960 I'm beginning to feel it now, in fact. 1072 01:06:05,960 --> 01:06:08,960 'I'm Charlie Miller, honorary Chieftain of the Golden Spurtle.' 1073 01:06:14,960 --> 01:06:16,640 (Lisa) 'I guess I was a bit disappointed 1074 01:06:16,640 --> 01:06:18,480 'when I wasn't announced for the final, 1075 01:06:18,480 --> 01:06:20,960 'but there's nothing you can do about it.' 1076 01:06:20,960 --> 01:06:22,960 On the day, it's what porridge the judges like 1077 01:06:22,960 --> 01:06:25,960 and you just have to enjoy it. 1078 01:06:25,960 --> 01:06:27,320 It was brilliant to be in the final, 1079 01:06:27,320 --> 01:06:31,960 uh, again, after having been in the final so many times. 1080 01:06:31,960 --> 01:06:35,960 And, yes, it was a disappointment, but very mildly. 1081 01:06:35,960 --> 01:06:38,640 No reaction, just observe 1082 01:06:38,640 --> 01:06:42,960 and just cherish the fact that we're all celebrating the noble oat, 1083 01:06:42,960 --> 01:06:46,960 cooked with such positivity. 1084 01:06:46,960 --> 01:06:48,960 (Director) 'You must be very proud of her, Steve.' 1085 01:06:48,960 --> 01:06:51,960 Oh, absolutely. I mean, just to come up here and to take part, 1086 01:06:51,960 --> 01:06:54,960 especially as she wasn't too well this year. 1087 01:06:54,960 --> 01:06:58,320 And just to see her do all that effort for the porridge 1088 01:06:58,320 --> 01:06:59,960 you know, you just think, "Well, you know, 1089 01:06:59,960 --> 01:07:02,960 "I wouldn't have the courage to do it, that's for sure." 1090 01:07:02,960 --> 01:07:06,960 And, yes, whether she wins or loses, she's still the star to me. 1091 01:07:10,480 --> 01:07:13,960 My name's Adam Kiani and I'm the winner of the Golden Spurtle. 1092 01:07:15,960 --> 01:07:19,960 It's just insane. I just can't, I can't fathom it. 1093 01:07:19,960 --> 01:07:21,960 It's the only thing I've ever won, I think. 1094 01:07:21,960 --> 01:07:24,960 So having this shiny thing in front of me, 1095 01:07:24,960 --> 01:07:27,960 I think it's going to take a while to sink in, for sure. 1096 01:07:27,960 --> 01:07:28,960 I was using my grandma's spurtle. 1097 01:07:28,960 --> 01:07:30,960 She gave it to me when I went to visit the other week 1098 01:07:30,960 --> 01:07:33,160 and I told her about the competition. 1099 01:07:33,160 --> 01:07:35,960 So, yeah, surely, it's the magic of the grandma 1100 01:07:35,960 --> 01:07:39,160 that has been sort of transmitted into this porridge. 1101 01:07:39,160 --> 01:07:41,480 Maybe that's why I'm here. 1102 01:07:44,960 --> 01:07:46,960 (Toby) 'I was disappointed in myself. 1103 01:07:46,960 --> 01:07:50,960 'I had a lot of excess flour left in my oats.' 1104 01:07:50,960 --> 01:07:52,960 It just had too much starch in it 1105 01:07:52,960 --> 01:07:54,960 and it was really creamy, which can be really nice, 1106 01:07:54,960 --> 01:07:59,800 but to the point where it was a little bit claggy, almost. 1107 01:08:03,960 --> 01:08:05,960 There are a few other international ones 1108 01:08:05,960 --> 01:08:08,160 I wouldn't mind throwing my hat into the ring for, though. 1109 01:08:09,960 --> 01:08:13,960 I heard about the International Testicle Cooking Championship... 1110 01:08:13,960 --> 01:08:16,960 uh, in Eastern Europe. The Ball's Cup. 1111 01:08:16,960 --> 01:08:20,960 There's the Fondue Championship, in Switzerland. 1112 01:08:20,960 --> 01:08:24,960 The Australian Camp Oven Competition. 1113 01:08:24,960 --> 01:08:27,800 Um... 1114 01:08:27,800 --> 01:08:29,960 I'm down for all of the above. 1115 01:08:29,960 --> 01:08:31,960 This is my new hobby. 1116 01:08:37,960 --> 01:08:40,960 (Vehicle approaches) 1117 01:08:45,960 --> 01:08:48,960 (Hammering) 1118 01:08:48,960 --> 01:08:50,960 (Indistinct conversation) 1119 01:09:52,960 --> 01:09:57,320 I've got a beautiful view here of the Forrigan Hills, which, eh... 1120 01:09:58,960 --> 01:10:01,960 ..I keep promising myself one day I'll walk up to the top. 1121 01:10:01,960 --> 01:10:04,320 They're not very high, but... 1122 01:10:04,320 --> 01:10:07,960 a real feature of the area around here. 1123 01:10:07,960 --> 01:10:10,960 That's the northern boundary of the Cairngorms National Park. 1124 01:10:22,960 --> 01:10:26,960 I'm beginning to get the smell of wood smoke from the evening fires. 1125 01:10:26,960 --> 01:10:29,320 A bit poetic, but I love the smell. 1126 01:10:39,960 --> 01:10:41,960 Yeah. 1127 01:10:45,960 --> 01:10:49,320 What was it that Saint Paul said? "I am a citizen of no mean city." 1128 01:10:49,320 --> 01:10:50,960 (He chuckles) 1129 01:10:50,960 --> 01:10:52,960 (Softly) Yeah. 1130 01:10:52,960 --> 01:10:55,960 (Wistful violin music) 1131 01:11:16,960 --> 01:11:18,960 (Music continues) 1132 01:11:32,960 --> 01:11:34,960 (Music continues) 1133 01:11:44,320 --> 01:11:46,480 (Music continues) 1134 01:11:56,000 --> 01:11:59,160 (Spirited instrumental music) 1135 01:12:05,960 --> 01:12:07,960 (Music continues) 1136 01:12:23,960 --> 01:12:25,960 (Music builds) 1137 01:12:49,960 --> 01:12:51,960 (Music builds) 1138 01:13:05,960 --> 01:13:07,960 (Music concludes) 1139 01:13:11,960 --> 01:13:14,960 (Playful piano music) 1140 01:13:37,960 --> 01:13:39,960 (Music builds) 1141 01:15:13,960 --> 01:15:14,960 (Music concludes) 1142 01:15:14,960 --> 01:15:16,960 Subtitles by accessibility@itv.com