04/02/2014 The One Show

Hello and welcome to the programme. Now, the last time tonight's guest

was on the show, he spoke about his new film, which had a character who

could go back in time. We wondered if he would like to live this moment

again. That Notting Hill, that was so boring. Old and boring, yes. It

was so boring please welcome Richard Curtis! Sorry to bring that back to

haunt you. It is all right. It has richly lifted the standard of my

work. She was a jam. But the good news is, Lillian could not be here

tonight. That is good news, she is very well. The bad news is that she

has reviewed your new DVD, About Time, and she will be telling us...

So, we may not sell a single copy. It is quite comp entry. We have also

got a brand-new twist on a game very close to your heart, one which

features in your new film, table tennis. It is quite amazing. We may

even entice you to have a little game later on. We will be speaking

to Richard about his films tonight, and we want you to join in by

sending in your own wee creations of some of Richard's most famous movie

scenes. You could do a bridge, under the duvet. You could recreate a

scene from Love Actually. Or you could get your kit off and stand

outside your front door, like in Notting Hill. If you are one of

life's Mr Beans, then just sending a picture of yourself. How many good

friends would you say you have, Richard? Three? That is a good

number. Or 33. Well, you do not need many. Because if you are on

Facebook, you would probably have 100,000, and they would probably all

be complete strangers. To mark the 10th birthday of the social

networking site, Lucy has been to Amersham to try to make some friends

the old-fashioned way. I think I am a pretty sociable person, but can I

make ten new friends in one day? Are you interested? It depends what you

offer. Do you think we can be friends? Actually, trying to make

friends is quite difficult. What is the secret to long lasting

friendship? Reliability. I have got a friend I see once a year, at

Christmas, and that is it. But if ever I needed him, he is there.

Could I make it into your friend network? I would help you out but

not a friend. Do you think we could be friends? I think so. Thank you.

Hi, guys. What is the secret of a long-lasting friendship? I think

understanding each other, being a good listener and a great

problem-solving. People you feel do not judge you, and you can trust

them. What is the biggest thing you have done for a friend? My friend

rang me up and really needed to somebody to speak to at midnight, so

I headed off half way across town to go and see him by taxi. I guess your

friends just come to you, really. Well, maybe to you!

Letzgo Hunting asks some experts who understand the true value and

importance of friendship, a group of ten-year-olds. What is the secret of

friendship? I think they should have a good sense of humour and not take

themselves too seriously. Not to blurt out secrets. Never to lie

about things. If you go to your friend and you say, I have five

dogs, but then they go round to your house and you only have a hamster,

they will be thinking, where are the dogs? You are not the boss of them,

they can do what they want as well as you do what you want. That is

nice, so you give them some free will? Yes.

Well, a very big thank you to everybody who became Lucy's friend.

I counted 19. That was good. But there is a question about whether or

not friends would be the right time. Some of them are good friends, some

not so much. Thumbs up, or thumbs down, Richard, to Facebook? I think

thumbs up. It is interesting, from the perspective of a writer, what do

you think about social networking, communicating just by writing? Well,

we do a lot of that in Bridget Jones, with absolutely disastrous

effect. One of my friends told me the other day that it would be

completely unacceptable to chuck someone except by text. The horror

of breaking that news face-to-face would make it impossible for the

person getting chucked. To do it by text is polite, recent, humane. What

is the world coming to?! It is probably a good time to mention our

own Facebook page. We are asking for your favourite facts, and then

tomorrow, on the show, our team of boffins will tell you whether they

are true or not. My favourite so far has to be from Martin, who asks, are

ants really the only insect who stretch when they wake up? When has

he seen that, that is the question?! How do you know when they

are asleep? I am going to be asking every insect, and also asking the

boffins tomorrow. As we saw earlier, Lillian was a bit critical of

Notting Hill. This is a very nervous moment. Well, as Richard's film is

about going back in time, we thought we would ask Lillian back, with her

friends this time, from her film club, to review the new one. Thank

God for the friends. It is called about About Time. Yes, Lillian is

back. And she has brought some friends - Barbara, Frederick, Joan

and Andrea. They are here to watch Richard's latest film. I thought

this phone was old but suddenly it is my most valuable possession. I

love your frock. And my hair? It is not too brown? I love Brown. The

fringe is new. The fringe is perfect, it is the best bit. I have

got this dodgy friend who is about to assault me! OK, I am coming. I

hope I see you again. You will. It is time for the verdict. Parts of it

were sad, parts of it were happy. It was one of those films where you are

frightened to get up and go to make a cup of tea or go to the toilet in

case you miss something. I was totally involved. I liked the ending

because it was how we should live our lives. I think it deserves

eight. I would give it ten. I would give it ten out of ten. That was a

much better film than Notting Hill. Isn't that lovely?! The comedian in

me was -- so hoping that when you cut to her, she was fast asleep.

That would have been brilliant. She was emotional, actually, Lillian, I

think she had had a bit of a cry. I am absolutely thrilled, eight out of

ten, who was that they know that was very thrilling and very risky

indeed. I am hoping if they had given two, you would not have shown

it. The DVD About Time is out tomorrow. The main character goes

back in time. You have said this is going to be the last film for you as

a director, is that because it encapsulates everything that you

want to say? Sort of. It is a big old job directing a film, it takes

in the end about three years. The message of the film is to cherish

every day of your life, try and enjoy the texture of it, enjoy your

address and your shirt. While we were making the film, we were

filming on a beach, and we thought, wouldn't it be nice the next time we

were on a beach just to be walking along and chatting, instead of

working? So I think I will try to obey the orders of the film and take

life a bit easier. I watched it again on Saturday, and I would

really want to know, where is the house in the film? It is so

beautiful. It is in a place in Cornwall, and it really is

absolutely gorgeous. We had an extraordinary summer. There was a

cafe selling ice cream is at the bottom of the garden, and the actors

were very rarely there when we needed them, because they would be

sneaking off to get an ice cream. It is a brilliant film, Richard, I have

already seen it three times. Has anybody tried to persuade you that

it would be such a good idea if you just did one more, maybe? No, it is

literally just you. If Lillian brings me and says one more film,

then I might just change my mind. We can arrange that. Emma, your

long-term partner, was associate producer, how does that work, as a

relationship? I come to her very optimistically and give her pieces

of paper, and she tells me that what is written on them is very bad, and

I must try harder. She is there to encourage me and help me make the

film I want to make, but also, when I fail, to make things better. She

also rented a house next to the house where we were filming, and she

would make cakes each day and bring them to try to cheer up the

atmosphere on the set. The family in the film is the family everybody

wants to but there is a quirky character, like in every family, in

this one, called Kit Kat. Have you got a dysfunctional character in

your own family? Well, do you know, it is funny, one of the characters

are like a mixture. There is a bit of Emma, there is a bit of my

daughter, a bit of my sister, a bit of my friend Helen. It is a strange

thing, you kind of steel things from other people. The character played

by Bill is my dad, but there is quite a bit of Bill as well. And

bits of me as well. You are using the ingredients to make something

new. It is almost like the perfect film. So many people are absolutely

delighted by it. It gives you everything that you kind of want. JK

Rowling has recently said that she followed her heart instead of her

head, with Hermione marrying Ron Weasley. But would you have changed

anything if you could go back in your work? I think nobody really

wants to marry Hugh Grant. That is where you are so wrong! Don't you

think?! No, I think he has got many redeeming features. I wish they had

all live at the end of Blackadder. You have got lots of the same cast

in your films, so what are they going to do now? We are going to go

on walking holidays together. Brilliant! Well, About Time is out

on DVD now. When you break a leg or an arm, you do not expect to be

taken to a police station. But when it comes to a mental illness, some

people can spend up to writer and poet Benjamin Zephaniah spent a day

with West Midlands Police to witness a new way to deal with the problem.

I am spending the day with West Midlands Police as they try out a

new way of dealing with people with suspected mental health problems.

The idea is to try where possible to avoid taking them I am Benjamin

Zephaniah, and why do I care? Because one night, my cousin, who

had mental health problems, ended up in a cell, and died. From the

information we have received, there is a possible self harm threat as

well. This is called street triage. When the call comes in, a police

officer, paramedic and mental health nurse go to the scene together,

which means that between them, they can decide on the spot the best

place to take that person. This call is about a man who has been

threatening to harm himself. I have been asked to wait outside while the

officers go inside to assess the situation. For the first time,

really, we have got the opportunity to have a mental health nurse

accessing the mental health records, the police officer

accessing the police records, and the paramedic accessing the

ambulance data, so when we get there, we will be able to see the

best way to deliver the right service for that person.

At the scene, the Mall is no longer there. If he was having the episode

earlier in the hospital, couldn't he be having it now in the Street?

Intentionally, yes. You're not going out to arrest him? No. I chested in

the scheme because my cousin died in custody. This was ten years ago. --

I am interested. Dealing with people who are mentally ill is one of the

hardest things you do as a police officer. One fifth of this force 's

call outs are under the Mental Health Act. Under this act, a person

can be detained in a police cell for up to 76 hours. Whether they have

committed a crime or not. I just was absolutely terrified. I was tired,

exhausted, distressed, and I ended up curled up on the floor sobbing

for hours and hours. This is the voice of gene. We have changed her

name. She has a history of mental health problems. She's been held

five times in a police cell, once for 36 hours. I remember sitting in

that cell thinking, what have I done wrong? Is it my fault I am unwell

mentally? Last year, a government report called for a new approach,

but figures show that in 2012 and 2013, it still happened to 8000

people. This triage team can decide straightaway whether it makes more

sense to take a person to hospital, and assessment centre or back home.

A new call has come in. And 86-year-old lady who's in a police

station, very distressed, foldable and confused. So hasn't she been

arrested? No, she has just walked in. Do you want us to take you home

today? Re/Max he said he wanted to take me in a motorcar or something.

It is taking the surfaces in as soon as we can, rather than people being

moved from one place to another. People have realised we need to

invest a bit more time and effort to people who are vulnerable. Is this

costing more money or saving money? Saving money. The triage team have

been called back to the hospital. The man has returned. He is fearful

that we are going to arrest him for something, which is not the case, so

to get his cooperation, we will take a bit of a step back. If you could

just let him know there is a police officer inside, but just one. But

the team's efforts on this occasion are fruitless. The gentleman didn't

want to talk to us. The man was assessed at a later date and found

not to be mentally unwell. I hope this scheme works so that the right

people get the right help at the right time. At long last, I'm glad

to see something is being done. Thanks to Benjamin. Something is

being done. Dr Mark Porter joins us now to talk about this. The pilot

scheme has been tried out in other areas. Yes, it is one of eight. What

are the results? The results in Cleveland are astonishment. When the

teams went out, just 12 out of 371 people needed it. When the mental

health nurse was not there, there were 224 people brought in. That

shows the scale of it. We didn't see any examples in the film, but

children are affected by Section 136 of the Mental Health Act. Yes, it is

an issue across the spectrum. What else needs to be done? You have to

point out the nature of mental illness. Some of these crises are

always going to be played out in public. There are things we can do

early. If we can help someone with oppression before they get to the

stage where they are standing on a bridge, that can help. The MP Norman

Lamb has put nearly half ?1 billion into improving access to

psychological services. There's a lot of ground to make up. The

perception still is that there's this gulf between physical and

mental illness, and that mental -- that mental illnesses are less of a

priority. It's always been a huge priority for Comic Relief. We have a

project that is all about public attitudes. They say that one in four

of us will experience some kind of mental illness. I certainly have.

The more experiments that can be done and the more it can be taken

out of the shadows, the better. And if less stigma is attached to those

who have problems, we can help. It's difficult to know how you cope, if

you are there. The attitude of the police reflects a lot of the

attitudes in society. It would be unacceptable if someone who had

epilepsy was taken to a police cell. But the cup axe in mental health

provision must mean that there are more people on the streets who end

up in police cells. Yes, in England there has been a 2% cuts in the last

few years, and there wasn't much in there in the first place. Thank you

for coming in. If you need more information on anything we have

spoken about, just go to our website. Our next film is all about

showbiz agents, sometimes called ten percenters. Although these days,

some take a bigger cut than that! An agent from a real showbiz family has

some trade secrets. Showbiz agents are the deal-makers

of the entertainment industry. Behind every star there's someone

navigating their career and pulling the strings. Like me, they operate

out of the spotlight to find their clients work, manage the highs and

lows of their careers, and ideally, make them millions before taking a

cut. I make my living negotiating deals for top performers and

broadcasters. I'm what's known in the business as a ten percenter. How

important is an agent to an artist's career? And agent is vital.

It controls the blood flow of the art. They are the ones who find the

person to suggest to audition for a role. Showbiz runs in my family. My

dad was an agent in the 40s and 50s, and my uncle launched Sunday Night

at the London Palladium, one of the biggest shows on TV at the time.

Anyone who was anyone was on their books. When you think of Leslie

grade, and his agency, they were the pinnacle of everything that was show

business in this country. One of the unsung legends of the agency

business was Billy Marsh. He work with my family, and taught my

brother, Michael Grade, the secrets of the trade. Billy had one

expression. Do anything for them, but never put their coats on for

them or carry their bags, because you end up being subservient. They

need to respect you. It was Billy Marsh who got Bruce Forsyth his big

break. I was at a dreadful agent before Billy. He had me signed for

life like a servant you couldn't get rid of. It was bad. What kind of

qualities do you look for in an agent? It is looking far ahead,

looking at what is the best for you, is the money right... And should

they go a bit further, to see if they can squeeze people a bit more

for money. You do work up a personal relationship with them, which is

very, very important. It's a bit like a double act. Yes, but I get

all the laughs! Bruce and Billy's professional relationship. -- lasted

until Billy's death in 1995, but such loyalty is rare in this

business. There was more competition to keep a client, because if you

have a bad run with a client, all the others are around dispensing

what we used to call the unhappy pill in the dressing room. You would

go into the dressing room and say, you must have seen your agent. And

they say, I haven't seen my agent for three weeks. You keep slipping

them the unhappy pill. And then you ring them, and say, have you thought

of changing agent? My father had no need of the unhappy pill when he

signed Palladium regular Cliff Richard in the early 60s. Every time

I came here to see a show, I always think of your dad. The man who

brought us here was your dad. Sometimes, you can feel like you are

just in someone else's money machine. I never felt like that with

him. Today, Cliff Richard mostly organises his own career, and

recognises that things have changed since my father's day. I sometimes

feel sorry for people coming out of the X Factor. Even the losers are

good. But are they getting the support their way that your dad

supported us? We had the best of times. I'm hoping it is all

cyclical. Showbiz has changed dramatically since my father's era,

but one thing will always be the same - behind every talent there

will always be an agent, making deals and taking their 10%.

What will we be without them? And Comic Relief wouldn't be the same

without you. Comic Relief had an agent, and it wouldn't exist without

him. I think there are some really fantastic agents around still.

Earlier on, we asked you to recreate some iconic Richard Curtis film

seems. Let's do Bridget Jones first of all. OK. He's gone all Bridget

Jones on us! Nearly identical! Now the father and son. From Love

Actually. Here is Nick and Nathan from Doncaster. It gets better.

That's really cute. I hope he hasn't got love problems already. We asked

for any natural Mr Beans to send photos in. His friends always tell

his dad that he is a dead ringer for Mr Bean! We said earlier on that

table tennis plays a big part in About Time. Come over here. Six

people can play this game of table tennis, or even up to 12 people. I

will slot in here. There we go. Grab that bat and join in. Richard, why

is table tennis is such a big part of the film? I always used to play

with my dad, and he always let me win, for 20 years! This is very

similar to the normal table tennis game. You can have up to 20

players. Watch the tower behind you! You can only do two shots, and then

you have to swap over. Karim, I'm going to have a go at you. The idea

is to get a table like this into every single primary school in the

UK. Are the rules the same as normal table tennis? No, it's different. We

haven't got time to go into it! Karim, this is like a massive orange

segments. What happens if you go over the white line? Nothing, you

carry on playing. You can only play to the same player twice. Come on.

Which is, a family of six, this is perfect for you! That is it for

today. A big thank you to Richard Curtis. About Time is out as DV --

on DVD. Tomorrow we are going to be joined by Lee Mack and Wayne Sleep,

so get your ballet shoes on! 'Let's bring you the news...'

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