04/11/2015 The One Show

Tonight, we have a world exclusive from

global superstar Adele, recorded live at the BBC, when she sang

in front of a TV audience for the first time in nearly three years.

That's not all, we have a whole evening packed with the

We're recreating one of Norman Wisdom's most dangerous

We're talking about the biggest TV talent show on telly with

Strictly Come Dancing's Anton and Katie. Joining us in the studio.

Please welcome the superstar singer who brought

soul to rock and roll and the world class comedian who has, hopefully,

brought some broadcastable one liners with him tonight,

You wouldn't want to be a Rangers fan in here tonight. Listen. Have

you met before you started singing together over there the pair of you?

We go back a long way. Do you? We have the drinks in. Yes. These are

rum and Coke. You are a fan. Oh. We know you are generous when it comes

to getting a round in. Really? Apparently so. That is not

reputation you have. I certainly haven't. How did yours happen. I was

late for a gig. The train was delayed. I was two-and-a-half hours

late for a show and 1,300 people waited because there is nothing else

to do in Blackburn, presumably. I bought them all of a drink.

APPLAUSE. Yours. Only two fans turned for me!

No. I was in Las Vegas. It was the last show. There were so many Celtic

supporters in the audience with their green and white shirts on. I I

said, meet you over the road at ramies he played for Rangers. I

think there was 60, 70. Cost me $5,000. Well worth it. Did it?

Ramsay's. Dave has been handing the drinks out. We don't know who is

paying for it. You can fight it out between the pair of you. We'll be

fine. That's number four. Send us a picture of you with Jimmy

or Rod and we'll see if they can tell whose fans are

whose at the end of the show. Just a few of weeks ago we showed

how farmers are using drones to Now, the police are getting in

on the act. But with police spending under

review, is it the kind of thing they Could this be the future of

policing? An offender on-the-run. Chased on foot, but also from the

air by a police drone. Can they really make a difference? Drones. A

clever tool for fighting crime or simply a new toy for the police?

I've been invited to Warwickshire Police headquarters as the force

here is the latest to trial drones. They have spent ?5,000 on equipment

alone. How useful are they? The Chief Inspector is heading the drone

patrol. About public safety It's and support prosecutions. They have

spent ?19,000 using drones. It has led to no arrests. Not money wisely

spent? I would question arrests for a measure of success of these

devices. We would say they have a part to play in catching criminals

and a wider value in dealing with finding missing people, evidential

purposes, all of which we currently use a helicopter for, which is a

very, very expensive resource. With police helicopters costing roughly

?800 an hour to fly. He has a point. Earlier this year it was announced

that the police air service is to cut ten air bases. It's no surprise

forces are looking for cheaper options. They are trialing drones in

Dorset, dovn and Cornwall Police, Cumbria and the Met. Can they

replace police helicopters? I'm not sure. You can't ply fly them at

night, in the rain or if there are strong winds. The police's history

of drone use has been patchy. Merseyside Police got a ticking off

from the Civil Aviation Authority back in 2010 for flying one without

the proper permission. The following year they crashed it into the

Mersey. It it brought their venture with drones to a sorry end. I have

broken into someone's house with microbar. I'm still quite fast. How

fast is that drone? This shed is the house I've just burgled. Now, it's

time for me to do a runner. This isn't real. In the new year this

force could use the drones to track criminals. Their cameras sending

back real time images of search areas up to a kilometer for the

operator. If it rains harder, the drone will be forced to land. I will

hide from the police. The drone is above me. Images from the drone help

the officers on the ground track me down. The police dog looks like she

means business. How did I do? I've been nicked. I may be fast, but I've

been rumbled by the drone. Rain stopped play for the drone today

much we head back indoors. At the controls were PC Mark Billingham and

Police Community Support officers, Andy Stephenson. Do you think there

will be a big use for the drones in the police force? In your scenario

we found you. We could identify quickly that you had a weapon in

your hands. That information could be passed on to officers in real

time on the ground. The other aspect of missing person searches and

things like that. That will just be another feather in the cap, if you

like. The Warwickshire drones will be chasing real crooks in the new

year. They certainly gave me a run for my money, but I don't like to be

beaten. Not as young or fit as I used to be. I had a couple more

miles left in my legs. I reckon I could get away. We had you in our

sights. You had no chance. You might have wanted to wear a green jacket.

Red was vibrant. Gave it away. It's not just the police trialling

drones. Thinking of other emergency services, fire are grade? Fire and

Rescue in man chest, have 24/7 op call. Will not replace the Fire

Service. If they turn up to a call, shout out, it's bad, four or five

fire engines called, they can send a drone up in the air, it can assess

the situation. It can see where someone is lying, the heart of the

fire. Safe for the fire brigade to go up there. It sends thermal images

back as well. They can make decisions based on what they see

from the drone. It's going down well there. The Ambulance Service is

doing something similar. This is in Belgium. A drone that can take a

defibrulator to a scene. Imagine you are in London and you had a cardiac

arrest with traffic it could take ages to get there. The drone can

find its way by using the signal from the mobile phone that made the

emergency call. It can do 100 kilometers an hour. 12 kilometers in

one minute. It sends images back. It isn't replacing the paramedics. The

paramedics can look at the live footage and tell the person - It

talks to them? Through the drone. It says, this is what you need to do.

Place the pads here on the body. I think that happens in Casino Royale.

He has that in the car. The James Bond movie. They've nicked it. This

is James Bond with the rescue service. This is a rope bridge. A

drone in Zurich, two researchers have made this. They use drones to

actually build a bridge. It will be strong enough to support the weight

of a grown man to walk across. It uses 120 meters of rope. That binds

it altogether. The drone has a motor sized spool to adjust the tension.

That could be used if you are in the Peak District. Someone has broken

the leg. It would take two hours to walk around. You can build a bridge.

Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant. He didn't come up with it, you know

that? I know that. Great explanation. I still think bricks

and concrete have a while to play. They have to dry. I wouldn't drive a

car across it. My son is too young for that. As it walked away he

landed on my head. This drone landed on my head quite soft. You know, it

being loos like real hair! They have done a lovely job. He dyes it. I

don't. Be proud of your hair. They are using these drones to deliver

shopping now as well. The fourth emergency service. Where I go to my

clic and collect. It's a rough area. This can deliver the shopping to you

within half an hour's journey. Tell Rod's butler about it. You order

your food. It can turn up, do a half another journey. Two bags of

shopping. Hang on. Does she come with it? She has a nice birthday

cake. There is shoplifters. If you saw that going down the street you

would say, that is my shopping done. I'll have what they are having. You

can talk to that contraption. If someone tries to nick it. It will

talk to them. If you nick it, we're phoning the police. It's monitored

by a control centre. We are seeing the future here. This is the future.

It's striking, it really is. We want to talk to you about your model

trains? Me. At this point. Why do you want to talk to me about my

model trains. It's embarrassing. We got you a drone. That is why you

landed on my head. It fits into that same category. You playing with

trains. When you go on tour. You take your trains with you, is that

right? No. Hold on. I don't take my train set. It's a scale model

railroad. Oh, sorry. It's posh. When I go on tour, if I'm in a hotel

room, they will give me a spare hotel room. What happens is I have

tool kits, paints, you know, everything I need to build a project

if I want to - stop laughing. That's how most people travel, Rod. That is

how most people in this day and age will bring a spare room for their

model train. You are such a rock What else could star. I have been?

Look at this face. Let's change the subject. How big is your train set

at home No, don't talk about my train set. I heard it's the size of

a tennis court. It is. How do I get it up? How do you get it up! Shut

up, shut up. You are at an age... This time last year we used our

drone to film the firework display. Look at this footage. I bet you

didn't get that back! On that theme of being in a firework.

For Bonfire Night this year we've gone one better.

This man will be strapping fireworks to himself and leaping out

Tomorrow, I will be heading down to Land's End to prepare

for the Rickshaw Challenge which is setting off at dawn on Friday.

We've met five of the rickshaw riders already.

The last one is an incredibly brave and strong young woman who

A message of good luck. I want to wish all the people the luck in the

world on the Rickshaw Challenge. We're all thinking of you. You're

doing great. My name is Erin. I will take part in the Rickshaw Challenge

for children in need. This is where I live with my mum, dad, brother,

Max and dog, Bonnie. It was my 18th birthday yesterday. I had all the

family around and a wee party in the house. I got loads of presents and

cards and a Pudsey cake. When I was younger I was really active. I loved

gymnastics. I was really sporty. When I was eight I got diagnosed

with arthritis. It's all over my body. Every morning my dad would

have to carry me out of my bed into a warm bath so I could start moving

again because I couldn't even open my hands or I couldn't straighten my

legs. My body was in shock with a lot of the pain. My body shakes

uncontrollably. I'm on strong pain kills. Horse tranquillisers. People

say it's an old person's disease and young kids don't get it. If they

could live a day in Erin's life it would open people's eyes. She went

through gruelling treatments. Hair falling out. Sickness. She's had

years of not being able to attend school. It changed the whole

family's life. It was quite quick. From being very mobile to having to

be lifted out of her bed. Constant pain. Up all night. Crying with pain

and stuff like that. We went from having someone who was bouncy. It

was quite a dramatic impact on the family.

Arthritis Care is a UK charity working with people of all ages. In

Scotland we have got a couple of projects and one has been funded by

children in need for a 10-18 -year-olds. It is hugely important

to young people because they do not get many chances to meet other young

people with arthritis and people who understand. The support that you get

here is amazing. They are another family I have got. I can phoned them

or text them whatever time in the night. I can meet up for copy or

dinner if I feel like I just need to talk. I do not know what she would

do without them because they are another lifeline. They teach a lot

of emotional and life skills to help cope and it has been a really

positive thing. I am so excited about taking part in the Rickshaw

Challenge, I cannot wait. It is massively important for me to give

something back. I do not know where I would be without them because they

gave me my life back. Erin is very good at challenging herself and

succeeding at things. It is made for her, it is perfect. I am looking to

working together and cheering each other on. My big thing will be the

pain of arthritis and knowing my limits and saying, that is enough, I

will get back on the rickshaw later. I push myself and push myself. I am

so proud of her. She will push herself, I can see her being bossy

boots and telling people of to save her pedalling. I am taking part in

the Rickshaw Challenge, but we need your help, so please donate. There

you have the team which is now complete.

Hope you feel better very soon, Erin.

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We have been getting into the stunt recreation business and Gyles has

already staged this classic stand from Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em,

roller skating under a moving lorry. This week we are throwing a willing

stuntman called Theo down some stairs all in the name of comedy.

British film and television has a long-standing history with false and

the one man who embodied this like no other was Norman Wisdom. There

was one sequence the producers felt was too dangerous for the star to

perform. The film was called A Stitch In Time and was released in

1963. The sequence sees his character covered in bandages

hurtling down a set of stairs in a wheelchair through a wall and onto a

moving ambulance. It was in this movie filmed at Pinewood Studios

that stuntman Tex Fuller was tasked with performing the now notorious

sequence. But the experienced stuntman would not appear in the

film. Norman's son, Nicholas, remembers his father's account of

what happened that day. The most amazing story of the stitch in time,

Bob Asher, the director, called him over and said you are not going to

be happy, I have hired a stuntman. My father was flabbergasted because

he could not believe he would do that. He said, I have hired a

stuntman, this is far too dangerous. The stuntman came down

the stairs and went through the wall and landed on the ambulance and went

straight over the edge and injured himself so much he had to go to

hospital. The mood in the camp was not good as you can imagine. Bob

Asher came over to Norman and said, did you see that? What do you think?

Norman said it would be a shame to waste all this set that you have got

now, I will do it. Bob Asher was in a terrible position. He got

everybody on set. Time was money. If anything happens to him, the film

would not be completed. So he then said he could do it. Here we are all

these years later remembering the sequence, what is the enduring

appeal? It is just good clean comedy. He gives his audience what

they wanted to see. I can remember watching A Stitch In Time at the

cinema. At the end of the film everybody applauded. That was a

fantastic feeling for me to hear that. Like many stunts, the seeming

ease with which they are accomplished belies reality. It took

a particular skill and some clever engineering to get that we'll show

to write down those stairs. With that in mind we brought in our very

own on show stunt team to try to recreate the famous steer sequence.

The stunt coordinator is tasked with working out the logistics before the

stuntman can attempt it. The stairs in the original sequence were

purpose-built for the stands at Pinewood Studios. If you look

closely you can see the shallow depth and gentle gradient of the

steps, giving the wheelchair are much easier dissent than our team

will have with the steps they have to work with. Jamie has discovered

another problem, the wheelchair. As we have seen in the movie, the way

the wheelchair was designed they ended up putting the front wheels on

the back of the wheelchair and we are going to do the same thing. We

are completely turning the wheelchair back on itself, reinforce

the frame and change the seat position. If we did not do that, the

performer would go down the stairs and tip up. With the initial tests

done, they have sent the wheelchair to be rebuilt to the design used in

A Stitch In Time. For as the steps are real and they are made of stone.

Part two is coming up very soon. Jimmy, you are back on tour. I am

always on tour. This is The Best Of Ultimate Gold Greatest Hits Tour. I

did not want to confuse anyone with the name. But you are doing

something quite brave, you are telling jokes you have already told

before. Brave is maybe not the right word. According to the Independent

it is either a genius or Acorn. Where do you stand? You go and see

rock and roll groups and they knocked out the hits. Where would

they be if you did not do Maggie May? There would be an uproar. But

with the greatest hits it kind of can signal the beginning of the

end. Oh, my God, she is retiring me. I thought it would be nice.

You'd do corporate gigs occasionally and you do a greatest hits there and

you knock out the old stuff that always works and you have a great

show. Then you think, why don't I do that for people who come and see me

every year. I have done about ten DVDs and 20 hours of jokes. I cannot

remember it all. I am sure the audience will be fine. Let's look

back. Do not play my stuff on your show, Ofcom will get involved. We

have picked carefully, it is fine. If somebody recommend a book and

they say, it is a page turner I think, I know how books work.

British people are one inch taller than we were 20 years ago and that

is because 20 years ago we were all children. I had this cab driver

driving a black cab whistling and smiling and he said, I love my job,

I am my own boss and nobody tells me what to do. I said, left here.

Absolutely brilliant. I have cut down on carbohydrates since I told

that joke. You have had to look back over the DVDs and what is the main

difference? For a long time I looked as if my face had been shoved in a

lift, it was slightly fatter. You get better as a performer. Do you

look back at the early 70s? Oh, do not tell me about the early 70s. How

you interpret the song and I know when you look back at the early

stuff I think, I threw away that one-liner because I was so nervous

on stage. I have got no training. You get better at what you do. And

it is nice to go back and revisit. You have written books and all

sorts. You are very thorough. It is a bit pseudo on occasion. I think I

have got more rude. On the early stuff there is plenty you can play

on the show, but now not so much. It is brutal. I do not swear that much.

Rod is terrible. I do not know what I am doing here. Normally you have a

deadpan expression, so when you are delivering all of these jokes, are

you laughing inside? I did not laugh early on in my career because my

love is so ridiculous. I laugh when I breathe in, so it is a strange

goose noise. If I try and suppress it, it sounds like somebody has

smuggled an owl into the room. It does. It is infectious.

You say you were nervous when you first started and you have honed

your skills, but your mum was a big believer. She said, you are good at

this, go for this. She was an incredibly funny woman and that is

why I wanted to get into it. She was so charismatic and she was a funny

woman and everybody gravitated towards her. I thought, I will do

that. It is a nice thing. Everybody asks what is your favourite joke,

but when you are looking back through the archives, which joke

were you more surprised by that you did not realise was funny at the

time? I don't know, I am thinking of my all-time favourite joke that

might work on this show. I asked a Welsh friend of mine how many

partners he had in his life and he started to count and he fell asleep.

That is just about all right, isn't it? I like the one about the stag

and the meat, the stag meat. Venison is dear, isn't it? I wrote a 2 word

joke which was to war shortage, so I could pack more jokes into the show.

If you are a dwarf and you are offended, grow up. The Best Of

Ultimate Gold Greatest Hits Tour starred in Peterborough on the 17th.

Jimmy is great at playing the fool and Rod produces musical gold, so

guess which mineral our Jim Hunter has been collecting in his latest

film? This is a crowbar. Today I am heading towards one of

the so-called Slate Islands on the West Coast of Scotland in search of

a special crystal. For centuries this island was a world centre for

slate quarrying and it is within those old quarries that I am

searching for a semi-specialist stone called pyrite, also known as

fool's gold. Despite measuring less than a mile long and wide, in its

heyday, Easdale had seven working quarries. Everywhere you look on the

island there is plenty of evidence of its industrial past, but what

happened to all the quarries? Donald has lived on the island most of his

life. Back in the day there were over 500 people living and working

in the quarries when they were in full production. It was the peak of

the industry, but in 1881 a massive storm hit the island and the tidal

wave devastated the quarries and the industry almost overnight. What did

the Quarry men do when they left? All the tools were in the bottom

covered with water and there were no tools and no pay and the island went

downhill at that point. Today Easdale has a population of around

60 people and is one of the smallest, inhabited islands in the

inner Hebrides. There are no roads, street lights or cars and the

official mode of transport is the humble wheelbarrow,

I am Rae off to the old slate quarry. What is special about the

slate is that as well as the pitch black colour it has a rippling

effect on its surface which distinguishes it from other British

smoother slates. The reason why I'm here is because of the real beauty

that lies within. Revealed by the simplest of taps. Beautiful. Once

opened, you can see these gorgeous crystals of pyre rite glistening in

the sun light. They naturally grow into these perfect cubic shapes. You

can see when it's glisenning in the sun light, like this, that a lot of

people were fooled into thinking it's gold. What I'm after are cube

that is are around half a centimetre in size which can be found in larger

pieces of slate. The best place to find them is in the undisturbed

water-logged quarries. Here we go! , luckily the water is very clear. I

can swim down the sloping quarry face to see if there are any big

pieces of slate that could contain a nice amount of pirite. I found this

piece of slate here. It's absolutely speckled with pirite. I hopefully I

will be able to split it open and find nice crystals inside. Once I

get the slate back Attapatu my workshop I can really start to

create my piece of jewellery. I'm using a soft hammer, not a steel

hammer, but a rubber hammer. That absorbs a bit of the impact so it's

less likely to damage the crystals. Then, it's a case of cutting the

slate down and choosing which cube to use. I had the idea of designing

a complicating piece of jowl are you and set it with other gem stones.

Now I've seen its raw beauty and I've changed my mind. You can see

the cubic shape of the pirite embedded in the slate. It's

naturally growing out of there. I'm going to leave leave it as it is

with a simple silver setting and keep it as a pendant. He does lovely

pendants as well. And lovely cufflinks all sorts. Rod, a new

album, Another Country. We have the first track here, it's called

Please. Let's hear it before we chat about it.

# Stay with me tonight # Lay your head down next to mine

# Stay with me tonight # Let's leave our troubles behind

# Please! # What a note, Rod!

APPLAUSE. A beautiful song. Try singing along

to that at home. There is going to be terrible noises coming out of

cars. Trying to hit the high note. That was a high one. You two are -

You shouldn't have given us... It's family television. Behave. Speaking

of which you are now singing in your own words age appropriate songs?

That one Please is, yeah. It's, for want of a better word, the wife is

watching. It's a pulling song. It's not Tonight's The Night,

it's not Stay with Me, it's not Do, You Think, I'm Sexy. How many

pulling songs did you write I had my moments. Write what you know. Have

you taken up the mantle again, you have done a whole am bum. What is

the difference. Did you have the moment when you thought - I can do

it get. I put the autobiography together, Rod, unusual title. I

thought, I had so many things to write about. It dawned on me I had

tonnes of stuff to write about. That was the catalyst. That was the

opening of the floodgates. I've continued. The song that you have

written for your son. That is the most wonderful. Batman, Superman.

He's watching. Let me tell him. I'm bringing this home for you my old

mate. Talking about setting the scene and creating the image. It

hits it perfectly. How was that process writing that song and

putting that feeling down in words? Every night I'm the last one to say

good night to him. He says - dad, read me a story much I go, what

about? He says, make it up. What about? Bat Macman Superman or

Spider-Man. So the song was written. He plays it when I'm away from home.

When I'm on tur or something. When I come home he never plays it. It's

weird. Bless him. Aidan. I never get to put my song to bed much I was

listening to it and I got sad on the way Did you? Home. I'm going to cry.

Have you got any kids? No. Plenty of time. You go through the writing

process. You have to write loads of jokes they are one liners. You have

to write 1,000 to get 250 good ones, is that true? The audience decide.

There is a quote by an American comedian called Lenny Bruce he said,

the audience is a genius. . Side what is and isn't funny. You tell

and audience they will tell you what they like. Instantly. I bet Rod gets

it. You will say this is the single. The audience will tell you what they

are core keen on. As far as your venues, the size of them is

concerned, they differ greatly. You do intimate. They are all stadiums?

Next June, they are. Yeah. All my boys will be there. That feeling for

you, do you prefer it. Is it getting loads of people in one place at one

time or do you prefer the feeling. It's an outdoor show and the weather

is great it has a carnival atmosphere. Everyone has a few

tipples. They enjoy the show. When it's raining the British are great.

They don't care. They are used to it. It's... I prefer both. I love

the outdoor shows. I love the intimacy of, let's say - That venue

in Las Vegas is incredible. People spend their lives in front of

screens, computers and TVs. They like going out to stuff. To feel

part of a crowd and sing-a-long. It's a will havely experience. You

like to hear the ad libs. You don't like the big stages because of that?

It's different with comedy. I want people at the back of the theatre to

be able to shout out and be part of the show. The audience are a big

part of it. I will write jokes, 70% 80%. On a good night it's the

audience heckling and being rude to me. How do you go about writing a

joke? Backwards. How do you mean The punch line and go back. How about my

socks? Stripy jocks. They are absolutely useless and don't go with

anything else I'm wearing. I just noticed. A sock joke. I'll work on

it. We will get there. We will give you time. Thank you for the photos

coming in with either of these two. We will do something with them. Is

there anything we can show? Yes. Rod's tour starts in Norwich

on the 4th June. Time now to return to that lethal

looking stone staircase This is the moment that Gyles

recreated the famous scene from Can our stunt team recreate the

legendary Norman Wisdom stunt on a set of stone steps without breaking

any bones? A special effects team has redesigned the wheelchair and

run tests on it is durability ready for Theo and Jamie to plan the

safest way to perform the stunt. I put a huge amount of trust in Jamie.

He has more experience than I do. Once he feels that he has looked at

every aspect safety wise, he's confident with that, that puts a

huge amount of confidence in me to just do my job. Biggest issue we'll

have is the chair flipping. Maybe catching the edge of the railing.

Maybe the wheel getting caught and flipping me out of the chair.

Throwing you down. You don't have brakes on there. If things start to

go wrong, it's probably going to be a lot harder to sort things out.

Then you are committed. I think it's very much getting the alignment

right. Making sure the wheels are on track and then doing the best job.

With the serious issue of not being able to control the wheelchair's

speed, Jamie has deviced a safety system using rope -- devise. The

rope will be attached to a 4x4. It will run through a series of Pulis

before being fastened to the back of the wheelchair. The wheelchair speed

can then be kept constant. With each rehearsal Theo is gaining confidence

to attempt the stone steps without the rope system. Jamie has his

concerns. I think what you're going to get now, looking at what you're

doing now, you go from the top you will just be... I think it will be

out of control. The teamsome now concerned that the wheelchair is

taking a lot of punishment on the hard stone. There's no more time for

rehearsals. Can Theo make it down from the top in one piece and

without the rope? There's a lot of fuss about nothing

going on here. I think it's about time that a true professional, like

myself, showed these boys how to entertain an audience. This goes

around here. That goes there. I'm telling you, Norman Wisdom

earned that knighthood. Oh, anyone got a cushion!

APPLAUSE. It worked! Very good. Have you two

taken out insurance on Gyles, are you trying to kill him?

In a moment we'll be meeting two of the stars of the biggest show

Yes, Strictly Come Dancing's Anton and Katie are standing by

and they're about to hear what two Strictly Superfans really think

First, Mike is giving his own judgement

Please welcome to the dancefloor, the Rufus Grasshopper.

Across the UK the mating season brings out some pretty nifty dance

moves. It isn't just the larger animals who strut their stuff in

search of love. Deep in the undergrowth, here on the Devon

coast, there is a tiny creature with a dance to rival any animal in the

country. The grasshopper. There are over 10,000 species worldwide. Their

preference for warmer cloy mates mean only 11 call the UK their home

thechl are some of the most easily identified of all British insects

thech have strong back legs, able to jump over 20 times their own body

length. If you're not actually able to see them, you will certainly be

able to hear them. Each species has its own unique sound. They make

their sounds by rubbing their legs against their wings. Today I'm on

the search for the Rufus Grasshopper. Their song is the key

to finding them. There is no-one better at recognising this serenade

than insect expert, John Walters. John, top tips for looking for this

rare specialised grasshopper? It looks similar to the grasshoppers

you would find in your garden. This has some amazing antennae, which you

will see in a minute. It likes warm south facing grasslands with sun

pockets in. With their distinctive call all around we split up to try

and find some. Most grasshoppers pursue their mates purely with song.

The Rufus Grasshopper has an extraordinary dance routine that I'm

hoping to see. We soon hit the jackpot. Rod sets up his specialist

micro camera. There is a female with a male waiting in the wings. We

sneak in for a front row seat hoping to watch the romance build. They

love living on these steep south-facing banks like this because

it's a bit tricky to keep in position, almost sliding down here.

These are sun traps, particularly this time of year. Here we go. He's

going for it. He spotted the female. Trying to get head on so she can see

the pouts. He is trying to get her attention. There we go. There we go.

He has spotted her. Now will he do the display? Wonderful. Straight

head on there. Now starting the lug clockwork motion. I love the way he

ticks his head from side to side. It's gorgeous. Here we go, waggle of

the pouts. There we go. He flicks them down. A little bit of a song.

Chirping there. He is working his magic. What a dance.

Despite his best effort it seems the mail's dance moves do not quite

sweet this female off her feet. I have watched these hundreds of times

and I have never ever seen the mail successfully caught the female. She

is sitting there and letting him do a super display today. Look at that.

Despite his best moves they were unlucky.

Despite his best moves, unlucky grasshopper, I'm going to have to

Talking of Strictly, we're joined by Anton and Katie now.

It's been up and down for you two, but let's have a look

at the dance that saw you top the leaderboard, the Waltz.

CHEERING Oh, happy days.

That was a good night. What is the planned for this weekend? More of

the same. The quick step this weekend. How is that going? Not bad,

I think he is quite good at it. You know you have to do a thing called a

director's take and, look like you are interested, so we filmed it and

sent it off to the director of the show. And we did it today for the

first time and it went well. Normally it is an nightmare. It

looked good, with all the steps in the right order. Go for it. It is OK

for you. Because this has not happened a lot to you. Apart from

when you were with Ann Widdecombe, what dads are you looking forward to

doing with Katie? The quick step. I am looking forward to the quick step

this week and there is a dance I have never had the opportunity to do

on a Strictly Come Dancing, and that is the showdowns. Don't patronise

me. I have never had the chance because I have never made the final.

I have so much... So much to give. It is actually 15 minutes long and

it will be a lovely surprise for Katie. Tonight you are going

to be judged by members of the public.

Please welcome Strictly Superfans, Carol and Derek Lea from Wigan.

They know what they are talking about.

You have been watching with interest as you do every year. Come over

here, so we can see you. Top tips for Katie and Anton for this

weekend. Katie and Anton, with Len being a purist, make sure that you

can identify the dance that you are doing straightaway, not too much

faffing about. OK, good. That is technical. Katie, I think you should

loosen up, and you must feel the music and let it flow all through

your body. You have got to feel the music. Right. This is 44 years of

experience and we have got a wonderful picture of you both when

you first met and you go dancing every week? I was 15 and he was 17

and we met on the dance floor. And the first dance was a waltz. When

Anton was born. We would love to see a cha-cha. You are good at that.

That was beautiful. Derek and Carol Lea from Wigan.

Now, Anita will be dancing the Jive this weekend on Strictly.

First, here she is meeting a soldier who fully deserves the George Cross

He's called Chris Finney and just wait until you hear his story.

The 21st of March we went into Iraq. We were with the squad and within

our troop of four vehicles, we were going very slowly between a small

village and a river and it was a relatively straightforward task.

What nobody realised was that flying overhead were two US tank buster

aircrafts. The US crew had spotted that Chris and his convoy could not

make up their minds as to who they were, where they friend or foe?

Despite the pilot's concerns, the decision was taken to open fire. The

ban was huge. There was an explosion and spots and flames all around and

I did not know what was happening. Clearly our vehicle was destroyed or

going to be. I heard Alan shouting, he was my gunner on the same vehicle

is me. Alan had been shot in the leg and was trapped in the gun turret.

Now engulfed in flames Chris made a snap decision to return to the

vehicle. I grabbed Alan by his shirt and I dragged him around the front

of the vehicle and I tapped him in so the vehicles would go over the

top of us. The troops set up red smoke to signal they were allied

force, but it was not enough and the tank busters return for another

attack. Alan would have died if he had been left. This time Chris was

hit as he shielded his comrades. I was losing a fair bit of blood and I

lay down with Alan and I put my arm around him. I thought he was dead at

the time. Despite his injuries Chris again thought of someone other than

himself. The symmetry tank behind him was also on fire. I could still

hear the gunner from that vehicle. He was clearly in trouble. Chris

attempted a second rescue but the flames were too much. We went to

have a look and you could not go in there. You wanted to give a shot to

try and help, but unfortunately I could not. To help allied forces

recognise one another each vehicle displays an agreed colour, but the

Americans had mistaken the panels on Chris's convoy as rocket used by the

enemy. Alan no longer wants to relive the event, but for the first

time in six years Chris is being reunited with Paul Scott whose

convoy was alongside Chris's when he saved Alan's life. Neither will

forget that day. How are you doing? All right? Not bad. What was the

first you knew something was up? I heard the attack and I assumed they

were helping us out. Everyone was in shock trying to understand what had

happened. The moment the US pilot realised their mistake is also on

tape. British soldier Matty Hull lost his life. They overstepped the

mark, it was just a day at the office. At 19 Chris Finney became

the youngest ever military recipient of the George Cross. Instituted by

King George VI at the height of the Blitz, it recognises civilian

bravery and was awarded to Chris for an act of courage performed in the

absence of the enemy. It is such a young age to do such a remarkable

thing. It was pretty amazing. What did the Queen say to you? She said

it had been a long time since she had given one before. If it were not

for Chris's bravery that they more lives would have been lost. 75 years

after the creation of the George Cross King George himself would say

that Chris had done his country proud.

There will be a Royal British Legion Festival of Rememberance this

Rod, you are performing at the Royal Albert Hall, it must be a big

honour. Of course it is. I have written a song. From all the stories

my brothers and sisters Toby about my mum and dad and what London was

like during the war, I have written a song about that. It is on the

album. Yes. And that moment when the poppies fall. Do not tell me, I am

going to cry. How can you do that without crying? There are plenty of

rehearsals, so I get used to it. Are we finished? I have missed the

football. We asked everybody to send in photos if they had met you.

We have had hundreds. We are going to guess. Here is a picture of

somebody, a lovely lady called Lillian. Who is it? It could be

Anton? We are going Rod. Who could this be? Gemma has met somebody.

With that bloody, old tweed jacket, it has to be you. The last one. This

is Michael. It is on a train, so it is not him. Are you saying it is

you? I have got to show this one that has come in. Dave's wide Pat

has sent this one end. Why are you looking at me? There is my old mate

at the end. And there is a little Rod Stewart. Where did you get that

from? You can take that home. Can I really?

Thanks to Rod Jimmy, Katie and Anton.

Tickets for Jimmy and Rod's tours are on sale now,

Rod's album Another Country is out now and of course Strictly will be

If any thing that Rod or Jimmy have let slip tonight, we apologise.

Tomorrow I'll be here with James Martin and Alexander Armstrong.

I'm off to Lands End to start the Rickshaw Challenge so I'll see you

Hello, I'm Sophie Long with your 90-second update.

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