04/07/2016 The One Show

Hello and welcome to The One Show with Alex Jones.

And yes I am still on cloud nine after after Wales' stunning

victory over the Belgians in the football on Friday.

Of course you are. Where were you. Set the scene. So I was in a pub in

west London and what was lovely is everyone in the pub, I was the only

Welsh person there, but everybody supported the team. I cried. My

first tears in a football match. It is not the final yet. I know but it

might be. And we are going to go live to Iwan who is jumping around

making a lot of noise meeting fans in Cardiff. Apparently there was a

surge in people looking for their Welsh roots online. So go on. Did

you find anything? No, well not online. But there is this thought

that a lot of Welsh miners went up north to take their expertise from

the valleys up to the north-east. I have known this for a while. The

chances are I'm probably more Welsh than you are Alex Jones! Tell you

what, we love the T-shirt. Now how Welsh our guest, it is Professor

Brian Cox. Good evening. Any Welsh connections? The only connection is

I used to go on holiday there, I was from Oldham and everyone used to go

to Llandudno or Colwyn Bay. I used to go every year. Very happy

memories. You're in. Are you supporting us on Wednesday? Yes. Of

course. You're in. If you are now claiming a newly found Welsh

connection, we want to hear from you. The most random and spurious

the better. Send us a photograph with your claim to be Welsh and we

will see the best. Now, also Carol Vorderman is here who doesn't need a

connection. She grew up in Wales. On the big day, Carol had a very

exciting day. This what is she was up to on Friday. I'm in a Hercules

tank waiting for the RAF's new planes to come and refuel. They're

awesome. That is the most extraordinary shot. I can't wait to

hear that. Now in 2009 an inquiry was set up to examine the UK's

involvement in the Iraq war. Seven years later the Chilcot report will

be published on Wednesday. Those who fought in the conflict are eager to

learn the truth about what they were finding for. Kevin Duala has been to

meet do of them. The Iraq war. Eight years. 179 British lives lost. It

continues to divide opinion. Not least from those who fought there.

There were a lot of terrible consequences, I'm still conflicted

about whether going to war was right or wrong. There was a moral reason

for going into Iraq and I think that was justified. This week seven years

later the Chilcot Inquiry will publish its findings on how

decisions were made and what lessons might be learned. Adnan and Iain

were among the first British soldiers to set foot on Iraqi soil

in the conflict. Having grown up in a Muslim community, Adnan was not a

tipable recruit. -- tipable recruit. I walked down to the mosque and you

do that five times a day. His family came to Britain from Pakistan. How

did it feel when you heard you were going to war? I was trained and I

was willing to go. It was very exciting. Before you left to go to

war, did you get support from your family and friends? I got support

from my family. I don't speak to a lot of people I went too school with

from the Muslim community. There was a lot of white people who didn't

speak to me at school who then started speaking to me. Iain was a

part-time soldier in the Territorial Army in Fife when he was called up

for Iraq. Post through letterbox, there was a envelope, opened it and

at the top in bold letters, notice of compulsory call out. . What were

the reasons you were told we were going to war. They focussed on the

weapons of mass destruction. And this dossier that was produced had

this 45 minutes capability, which in the hands of somebody as mad as

Saddam Hussein, this was a real threat. Did you trust in the

intelligence that you were given? I did. I was a soldier, I believed in

my army and my officers and people were telling me the truth. There was

a chain of command, I'm not the Prime Minister. For both, memories

are vivid. Were told there were troops had been attacked as we were

about to drive down the road. That is when fear kicks in. There is

helicopters and tanks and land rovers. You think, yeah, I'm just in

a film. Then we lost a couple of guys. That was what made it real for

me. Some people were not going to come back. After the fighting

started, President Bush declared mission accomplished. Major combat

operations in Iraq have ended. He later said this was a mistake.

Saddam Hussein was captured later that year, the conflict rumbled on

until 2011 and within months of Saddam Hussein's capture it was

announced there were no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. We thought

he had weapons of mass destruction, turns out he didn't, but he had the

capacity... What did you think of that? Cheated. Absolutely cheated.

That is not what they told us. Despite his anger, Iain still

believes in the war. The reasons for getting rid of Saddam Hussein, the

moral reason was right. I think it was the right thing to do. If you're

going to send people too that situation, you owe it to them to

tell them the truth. With Iraq today divide, Adnan is less sure. Would

you go back? I am not sure. It is disappointing to hear that we send

one of the most professional armies in the world thousands of miles

away, based on this bit of information here. And then for it to

be different. Both men are keen to hear the findings of Chilcot report.

I would like to hear a real accounting of war. Something I was

part of and somewhere I you know lost people that I knew. I think the

Iraqi people definitely need an answer. Why did we visit their

country and do this? I hope we get some truth as to who knew what at

what point about weapons of mass destruction. Did they make a

conscious decision not to tell us the truth? There is not long to wait

and Adnan and Iain will be here on Wednesday to discuss that report Reg

Keys will be us with, who you may remember he lost his son in Iraq.

You have a fascinating series Brian, starting about the forces of nature

and it seems it started with a humble snowflake. Yes there a book

written in 1610 by Johannes Kepler. He wrote the first theory of grav

tichlt he was walking across a bridge and he was going to a party.

You will see him thanked on the credits at the end of the programme.

If it wasn't for him. He noticed a snowflake landed and he thought,

they're interesting, they all the same, but they're all different. He

started thinking and thought it must be something to do with the building

blocks of snowflakes, he knew this was water. It is this wonderful

modern mind thinking of it. At the end of the book, he gets carried

away and talks about hex gones and beehives. Then he said, I have gone

too far and read the whole universe into a snowflake. But it is a

beautiful book. The idea that looking very closely at something

beautiful but every day and thinking and thinking... That is how you do

science. Is the premise of Serries the build -- Serries the building

Brox. Yes if you look at the world, which is a complex but beautiful

place f you look carefully you can glimpse the structure of nature, the

laws of nature and they're quite simple and beautiful. But they

produce a confusing world with stars and planets and people. The idea is

that process of just thinking like a child-like, but not childish at all.

These simple questions can lead to deep answers. It is split into four

episodes. They focus on different topics, the first is shape. But also

you experience this as well in Spain. To support David and the

kids, the rest of the town all push inwards with equal force in all

directions. Buttressing the tower from all sides. This results in the

emergence of a shape. A circle. No other shape gives the tower such

strength. That is Catalonia. You have done that. Yes I did that in a

festival in Spain. How high did you go? I was in the middle. You can't

half feel the force. With the entire villagers, as they press, how strong

it becomes. Are even's feet all over you. Of course. It is amazing, the

lightest person needs to be at the top. They sends a six-year-old girl

right to the top. That is eleven people high. The idea to answer a

question why are planets spherical and it is to do with the way gravity

works. And how it operates. So the height of mountains depends on the

mass of the planets. Mars has the highest mountains, one that big on

earth was squash into the surface. You said child like but not

childish. It must have been how you got this content across but not

dumbing it down. Usually I say, "The universe began... " And wave my

hands. But there are answers. We talk about tides. There's an answers

to why tides work. The big question with tides is: Why are there two a

day? The moon's here and the earth is here and it pulls the water. Then

there's one here, but there's one on the other side, so why is that? That

is quite complicated. Do we have time in 30 seconds. I can tell you

what it is. The moon pulls the earth towards it. But then you think, why

doesn't the earth just hit the moon then? The earth is moving around,

its orbiting around the common centre of mass of the earth-moon

system. There's two forces, one trying to throw the water off, like

hanging onto a round about and getting thrown off and then the

gravitational pull of the moon. On this side the gravitational pull

wins. On that side the spinning off wins and throws the water off and

the earth rotates underneath so you get two high tides every day. It's a

bit slower in the programme, but... Due get that? I'm right up on tides.

It's a complicated but beautiful thing. Thank you. All the answers

and the questions are raised and can you watch it, Forces of Nature is on

tonight at 9pm, hopefully on BBC One. It depends how long the tennis

goes on for. It's been an unbelievable 72 hours for Welsh

football fans. We're with some of them now in Cardiff city centre.

I certainly am. # I'm with people who went out on Friday and also some

super fans going back for the semifinal on Wednesday. Earlier

today I took to the streets of Cardiff to gauge the situation and

gauge the atmosphere and I also went back to a school of certain global

superstar. Euro 2016. It's been packed full of

spectacular highs and bitter lows. For one country, it's been history

in the making. Wales have smashed the bookies' predictions and shaken

the football world. Who'd have thought it, the 80-1 outsiders

turned up at outsiders. Now they're proper contenders. Britain are

proud, but none more so than the people of Wales. They have passion

in their hearts and fire in their boots. If they concentrate and put

their mind to it, which they are, they will win. It's unbelievable to

think Wales are going to be there. Just thought good enough to qualify.

Now to get this far and we can do it. We can beat Portugal. Ladies,

let me ask you about the football, how excited are you? To be quite

honest with you, I never watched football in my life. But since Wales

are doing so good, can't believe it. English, Scottish, everybody

supporting Wales. I know. It's good. Really good. The English never

support us, do they All of Britain ( seem to be supporting you. Even

English fans. They're searching out their Welsh roots. You're making me

feel emotional. How proud are you being Welsh? I'm mother's Welsh.

Every day I kiss my mother on the head for being Welsh. I'm watching

on TV. Don't tell my wife, I'll be in the pub drinking. I've come back

to where it started for one of the star players. Whitchurch high school

is where Gareth Bale spent his early years playing football. He never

wanted to miss a game. Can you see that passion coming through. It's

unbelievable to see our team, small Wales do so well in a big

tournament. Gwyn was Gareth's sports teacher. He had dedication. He

doesn't forget where he comes fr. Somebody's got to win it, why not a

red shirt on Sunday. 100%. If we can beat the second best team in the

world, we can beat anyone, can't we? What's the atmosphere been like in

the pub for the matches so mar? Electrifying. Goose bumps every

time. Any idea roughly how many pints you'll serve on Wednesday?

Over 8,000. 8,000? ! I wish them all the luck in the world. They deserve

it. We're going to do it, yes. We are overflowing with passion. That's

what it is. That's what's brought everyone together. I'm happy to be

on the One Show and there's only one Wales. Bless. I'm in Cardiff city

centre. Normally the home of rugby. But things have changed. This nation

has gone football mad. Rightly so. It's the best performance at a major

championships to reach a quarter final in 1958. The bobbingies have

slashed the odds from 88-1 to 8-1. You've had a disaster here. You've

been to Lille, but not quite what you expected. No, we programmed the

sat nav to Lyon. We travelled all the way there, then it was Lille in

Belgium! You are going out tomorrow? Yes, flying tomorrow. We haven't got

tickets, yet. If anyone feels generous enough to help us out, feel

free. Someone is generous, you went to every game. You thought you

couldn't get more time back off work. But you're going back? I got a

ticket for Wednesday. A chat with my boss and fair play, he's going to

let me go back. You're a lucky man indeed. Angela, Nick, what's the

atmosphere like? Great atmosphere. Great experience. Belgians were

fantastic and gracious in defeat. We swapped flags at end. You've even

been there. Yes. What was it like? Brilliant. You're not going but you

have a message for the team? Good luck, boys, bring it home. Barry,

you're there thick and thin through bad times and good times now.

There's been a lot of bad times. Now these are the good times. They

certainly are. You rallied the boys. You're brilliant. A fantastic band.

I've got to go because I'm buzzing. I've got a flight to catch. I'm

going. See you lot out there. Take it away.

Hang on a minute. What do you mean that he's going to France? How did

this happen? Is this the point you mention the Bale bun on your head.

Carol is here. Earlier on we asked you to tell us your Welsh

connections to send in your photos and you haven't let us down. This is

from Chris. He once played for Bangor university 1974. Tenuous.

Damian, even more tenuous, he's Welsh because he loves daffodils and

Welsh cakes. Not sure. Richard travelled to Wales from Edinburgh to

buy his new car. OK. Eileen send the photo of her dog Cerys. She has a

Welsh name. You're in Eileen. Last week Carol here hitched a lift from

Gloucestershire all the way to Scotland to help the RAF test drive

their latest bit of hardware, the F35 fighter.

It's here, the long awaited F35 is now sitting in a hangar at RAF

fairford. This is the world's most advanced fighter jet. And the One

Show has privileged access. If this looks like something from a sci-fi

movie to you, actually, it is. Because of its shape and the

materials its made from and all the electronics, it's invisible to the

enemy. It has a very low radar signature, as it's called. It is

just a spectacular piece of technology. But to appreciate just

how great this aircraft is, you need to see it in the sky.

I'm on the back of a Hercules tanker waiting for the RAF's brand new F35s

to come and refuel. Today the aircraft will overfly

their future homes. Firstly the new aircraft carriers, then to RAF

Mareham in Norfolk, where they will be based. This aircraft cost ?100

million and the MoD has, so far, bought eight of them. This is

incredible to see, to refuel the pilot has to get the aircraft into a

tiny basket. Because of the airflow, he can go left a bit, right a bit,

down a bit, but not up. It's phenomenal. It's great fun to fly,

great fun to operate. It was a great day today. Good to see you guys out

on the ramp and go out there and take the plane to the places we went

to today. I can't believe, because I'm a tiny baby pilot, is the

accuracy when you refuel. The basket is maybe a foot, foot-and-a-half

across, you've got to be relatively accurate. Probably about six foot

worth of movement. Six foot! About that, yeah. I'm lucky to get on the

centre line of a runway, I am. The F35 can travel at more tan

one-and-a-half times the speed of sound. It can reach 50,000 feet.

It's packed with amazing technology, much of which is classified. You can

put the helmet on, flying this incredible machine, and you can see

through the floor, it's a bit wild. It's certainly different than the

Harriers. I'm not sure how much I can say about that, sorry. Stealth,

tell me about the radar signature. It's low observer aircraft. It's

supposed to be significantly small irthan anything we've seen in the

past. I think that's about all I can say about that. For anybody who's

see a harrier hover before, it's a fantastic site. But the harrier

moves a lot in the hover. There's been a lot of improvements in this

aircraft and the hover is absolutely solid. It's phenomenal to watch. The

vertical landing is a nice part to add and it's something we will

utilise operationally to get on board ships, if we need to. Possibly

on the Queen Elizabeth, as well. These aircraft will be operational

by 2018. They'll be flown by both Royal Navy and RAF pilots reforming

617 squadron, famous as the Dambusters during the war.

Goodness me! We quote, "best day ever". Best day at work of all time,

sitting on the herbingries and just -- Hercules, and at peace, actually.

Extraordinary. They are extraordinary aircraft. We're not

taking delivery of those. They're only here for two weeks. Then

they're going to perform at this weekend. Then at Farnborough. Then

they have to go back to the States because they don't become

operational until 2018. Really super privileged access. Massive preview.

They haven't been without problems. No, they haven't. Like anything,

even in space flight as you know, everything is delayed and delayed.

But they have had issues, budgetary is one of them. There were issues

with the ejection seat and then two years ago, all those aviation air

show geeks were waiting for it to arrive in 2014, and it didn't. There

was a problem with an engine in America, so they were grounded. This

is phenomenal. We have to talk about your solo trip around the world.

Yes! It's been put back. And you were... In the CCF when I was

younger. I flew in a Hercules like that. Yeah, fantastic. Loved it.

What's happening? You've postponed your trip? I have to have a fairy

tank. You're going around the world. Yes, around the world solo, which

means by yourself. I need a fairy tank in order to be able to have

safety elements, if somewhere is fogged in I can get to alternate

airports. There's been issues with the administration. I've missed the

weather window to get up to the Arctic Circle. We saw a glimpse of

where you're going there. Which areas are you most concerned about,

when we say solo, you're not using any autopilot? No, everybody has

some element of autopiloting because they're very long flights so there's

quite a lot of avionics in her. But you're by yourself. You're still on

it all the time. There's so How do you stop yourself goes into a

daze, then? I was being taught about that at RAF Henlow only last week.

There are all sort of phenomenon that you have to be guarded against.

My training is vertical at the moment. No pun intended. Yeah, it's

very exciting. But the thing I'm really frightened of is overflowing

water for any length of time and I have a lot of that to do. You have

two engines though? Yes. What's the aircraft? A diamond DA 42. Oh, one

of those (! ) You just keep everything crossed then. You're

going over shark-infested waters... Tharvingz Matt. -- thanks Matt! In

all seriousness, you went in a jet for this particular series that

we're going to see tonight. The typhoon, the euro fighter, which I

think you're going to fly next year. Over the summer hopefully. This is

beautiful. This is the other frontline RAF aircraft Built in

Britain. It's a vertical take-off. You were trying to experience two

sun rises in a matter of... Yeah, the idea is because now on this

ground we're travelling 650mph around the earth's axis. That's very

fast. Deep question in physics why don't we feel it. How can we

illustrate that on television? How fast do you have to fly to beat the

rotation of the earth and make the sun come up again. In a reasonable

amount of time, about 1. 5 times the speed of sound. Don't give all the

content away! Carol, thank you so much for coming along and doing what

you did there. If you would like to see the F35 Lightning II for

yourself, you can at the Farnborough international air show. And the air

tattoo. This weekend there were two great losses, one in the world of

gymnastics, a-- with the passing of Mitch Fenner. He was a real friend

of mine and inspiration. The world of comedy lost writer and

entertainer Caroline Aherne. You had the pleasure of being a guest on Mrs

Merton. Mrs Of being a guest, yes. How was it? Caroline was fantastic.

We had a lock-in in her dressing room afterwards. Really? Trying to

avoid a priest or something like that. That was the excuse for the

lock-in. She was one of the most kind-hearted women I've ever met, to

be perfectly honest. She's proper Manchester girl. She was just quite

an extraordinary soul. She observed everything so beautifully. What I

particularly loved about her comedy, she was never actually cruel to

anybody. She was lovely. I was working in radio in Leeds, many

moons before she was Mrs Merton. You used to get phone calls from a

little old lady and it was Caroline testing out Mrs Merton. "That was a

bit strange." I'd be playing the records. "Oh, well, it's very

nice... " I can't do it. She's say something strange and you think oh.

We're out of time here. That's all we have time for. Thank you to both

of you. Brian's new series starts tonight on BBC One. Tomorrow we're

back with Baz Lurhman and James Bay. See you then. Bye-bye.