06/06/2013 The One Show

with Matt Baker. And Matt Jones. Our guest is a pedal powered medal

winning machine. He is 11 time world champion, six time Olympic champion

and the most successful Olympic cyclist of all time. In fact, in

terms of gold medals, he is the most successful British Olympian ever.

None of this would have happened if it was not for a film about a little

alien in a bicycle basket. To tell us why, please welcome, the one at

the back, Sir Chris Hoy. It is great to see you. Welcome. How are you?

Welcome. The ET influence, tell us more? It is the story a lot of

people think is nonsense but it is true. I watched it when I was about

six or seven and it is the first BMX bike I had ever seen. I had never

heard of them before and it was the chase scene at the end, being chased

through the streets, going over jumps, around corners, and other six

or seven-year-old it was very exciting and that is why I got into

BMX. You are ninth in the world eventually. A few years later, I

started racing at a local track and used to go all over Britain and

Europe. My dad took me in the car. We would pack up after school on

Friday, drive to the race and come back up on Sunday night. Do you

remember your first bike? You never forget it. Was it pink?It was a

second-hand bike, I think it was �5. My dad got it, re-sprayed it and put

BMX stickers and big handlebars, convinced me it was the BMX. I

thought brilliant, went out there and there was a dirt jump area near

my house. I went there and within about two or three weeks I had

snapped the frame. You moved onto this one, your second bike. That is

a belter. My mum called it the girls bike. My next door neighbour, it was

that old bike and she offered it to me. It did not last long,

unfortunately. Many others have happy memories of our first bikes,

so we want to see yours. If you have a picture, send into the usual

address and we will show them later. We know of at least one MP, three

lords and one former X factor judge who will be cursing undercover

journalists this week. Who here is News man turned broadcaster Nick

Ferrari on the art of the perfect sting. The sting has been around for

years. It has brought down politicians, sports stars and

celebrities. It usually works like this. Reporter goes undercover to

expose wrongdoing. He or she pretends to be someone they are not

by setting up a fake company, taking on a fake identity or perhaps most

famously, being a fake sheik. Sting can result in famous -- newspapers

flying off the shelves. It can ruin lives careers in minutes. But what

is the recipe for a perfect sting? Well, I am going to speak to some

other seasoned old hacks to try to find out. Phil Hall was editor of

the News of the world for five years, a paper well known for its

Expose is and reporters who, just at the right moment, aid their excuses

and left. He says the key to a great sting if keeping it simple. What

makes a good sting? A good sting is a story that probably ultimately

ends up with the person you are writing about going to jail. What is

required? What are the ingredients? The You need clear evidence. Things

will be under the microscope. Newspapers have to have confessions,

independent witnesses. The end has to justify the means. Which sting

are you most proud of? The Jeffrey Archer case. He went to jail for

five years, committed perjury, and it is something newspapers should

investigate. How do you know it is worth pursuing question mark so many

stories must come your way. Has to be a high profile out Wash

individual, criminal activity and something in the public interest.

What all is not in the public interest as a matter of debate but

most editors will only authorise the sting if they have some proof

beforehand that wrongdoing is taking place. The stakes are high for

everyone. Today's headlines are tomorrow's disaster stories for

some, so if you are going to go undercover you have to make sure you

get it right and you don't get caught. How many people are you

responsible for torturing? Paul Kenyon is an experienced undercover

reporter, who has gone to extreme lengths to get his story. He has

even faked his own death. He was almost rumbled when posing as a boat

fanatic for the BBC. I jumped down onto an area of the yacht that

looked safe and flat and he turned around and said, you do not know

anything about yachts, do you pressure up she said, you do jump

onto this part of the yacht in shoes. There is no way I would have

known that but it gave it away very suspiciously from that moment.

fearful do you get prior to the moment of confrontation? When you

hear on a walkie-talkie someone say, he is coming your way, yes, your

heart leaps out of your rib cage. It is a big moment. The key rules for

keeping your cover intact, what do you do?

Keeping cool, having a strong back story. Everything has to be planned

with military position. We have to know how to use secret cameras. One

of the stupidest things is putting on an accent. I have been in

positions before where I thought I used -- I ought to be East European.

When it went on television my wife said, you sound like a meerkat,

talking like this. You have to stick to your story, make it believable

and you have to have some proof before you go undercover. Cash for

questions, cash for access, cash for fixing. In a sting, money comes into

it. But when does it become cashing in on the vulnerable? When is it

merely entrapment? I think newspapers stings must be

proportionate. If you're going to offer a jockey a sum of money to

throw a race and he is earning �1000 a week, if you offer him �100,000 he

would be tempted. It does not mean he is a bent jockey. It has to be

proportionate. The perfect thing has to be to expose something corrupt or

some wrongdoing. You have to have a cover story as tight as a Manchester

United back four. When you go in for the sting you have to catch them

doing it, not make them do it. Andrew Neil is here. Panorama's

investigation into lobbying practices, Cash For Questions

Undercover, is on tonight but in your experience, what have these

recent finds uncovered for you? People worry politicians are for

hire. They have become hired guns. They are meant to be our hired guns,

working for us, the people and people worried that they can be

bought by powerful interests and represent these interests for

money, rather than presenting the people. That is not healthy. All of

them have denied the allegations. am not talking about the recent

ones, this is going back since 1994. I was told in 94 that some

politicians, if you paid them, would ask questions in the House of

Commons. We found it hard to prove. I had to go to America. The acting

editor, who took over, set up the sting and it works. They took the

money and asked the questions. did they do that? It was a sting

operation. The journalists appeared to be lobbyists representing a big

company and said if you represent our interests, we will pay you each

month and they said, OK, when do we start? They spoke about entrapment

in the film. When do you cross the line? When does it become

entrapment? You should not go on a fishing expedition. You should not

say, let's take six MPs and see if they bite. You need grounds for

thinking that they could be susceptible in the first place. The

second thing is, if they turn it down first time, you can't go back

and say we will give you twice as much, three times as much, we will

throw in a holiday because that is becoming troubled. You have to keep

your eye on the price. If they don't get it first time, you have to walk

away. Have you had any experience in this field? With drugs around

cycling, have you found undercover journalists have tried to get things

out of you? Not that I have been aware of. My experience with the

media has been positive over the years. There is time!I don't want

to jinx it. Most journalists seem pretty straight. The biggest thing

for us in the public eye, it is the wrong road, the wrong phrase, the

wrong sentence that comes out and gets used against you, with a

headline. On the whole, I have had a pretty good experience. Andrew,

thanks and Panorama is on tonight at 9pm and Andrew and his guests will

be back on This Week at 11:35pm on BBC One. With Molly is a dog. She is

here with her agent. They said The One Show could not afford her.

will be watching, tucked up in bed. As well as being an Olympic and

world champion, Chris also holds the world record for cycling 500 metres

in a very speedy 24.75 seconds. Incredible. As Iwan Thomas

explains, even cycling hero like Chris would struggle to beat the

astonishing achievements of a former greengrocer's boy from

Stoke-on-Trent. There is one sporting record, a feat

of endurance so great that almost certainly it will never be broken.

In the 1930s, a competition to cycle the greatest distance in a year was

known simply as the year record. Related by cycling magazine and

followed avidly by thousands of readers, the record in 1937 was held

by an Australian, Ozzy Nicholson, and stood a little over 62,000 650

miles. On January one, 1939, British cyclist Tommy Godwin put his life on

hold, secured sponsorship and set out to break it. He would need to

cover on average over 170 miles a day, that is between ten or 12 hours

in this hard saddle, everyday, for 365 days straight. Cycling

journalist and author Dave Barter has studied his record-breaking year

in great detail. He would not have had the smooth tarmac we have today.

He would have had to ride on rough roads like this, granite settops,

almost hard compact it tracked. Most of his days he was averaging 16 or

20 miles an hour. All year round. Rain, wind, hail smoke, he was out

there. 1939, one of the worst winters for a long time. He was

riding through snow, ice, he crushed countless times, terrible weather

conditions. Still, he persevered. Sundays, Tommy would ride the

equivalent of London to Manchester on what today would be a museum

piece of a bike. I have a bike similar to the bike Tommy would have

written. You have a modern-day bike. Can I compare the wait? That is like

one finger. Despite. Ella Bob in this bike weighs �16. The replica

bike would have weighed about 28 or 29. You have the gears. He had as

great -- state of the art bike to ride on. My bike has 30 years.

needed to fuel the miles and he consumes far more than two and half

thousand calories needed by the average man. In front of us, a

typical day. He would have eaten between 6000 and 10,000 calories

every day to keep itself going. see a lot of food but no meat?

was a vegetarian after working in the pie shop. Put him off?It put

him off and he was vegetarian. a few cakes. Yes, three o'clock in

the afternoon was his treat time. Having done 100 or 125 miles, you

would want something to look forward to. For much of the year he was

unsupported. Peacock took the miles by riding regular routes between his

home in Stoke and Hemel stamps -- Hemel Hempstead, sometimes going

further afield in search of better weather. Every day, he had to log

his mileage. It had to be verified by someone in authority, like a

policeman or vicar, then he was ready to post it to the cycling

magazine. On October 26, 1939, two months shy of the full year, he rode

into Trafalgar Square with the record in the bag. On he rode,

eventually clocking up over 75,000 miles. It has never been beaten and

will not be. Modern athlete tried recently and abandoned after just

three months. The effort its toll. Niall Hemmings Road with Tommy as a

boy. I'm writing thinking when he achieved the record he had to learn

how to walk again? I remember when you shook hands with him, his hands

were very clenched, very sinewy. Obviously his feet were the same. He

had to have physiotherapy and support at hospital to help him walk

again. Looking at his diary, in this week alone, Tuesday, 295 miles,

Wednesday, 360. I would moan, having to drive 361 miles in a car. He had

a day off because he was invited to meet the Prince of Wales. He has put

in his diary, past the record, day off, Prince of Wales. People around

him must be very proud of his achievements. Tommy died at a

relatively young age of 63. He collapsed after a social ride to a

castle. He may be gone but I have got a feeling that record will stay

be beaten? It is astonishing, when you work out day-to-day what he had

to do, and with the equipment, the bikes, the clothing - everything,

the road surface. Unbelievable. bloke who might be able to give it a

go of course is Sir Bradley Wiggins, who is out of the Tour de France

because of injury. I know Bradley will be bitterly disappointed. It is

frustrating. It is part of what makes sport exciting, as you know

anything can happen at any time. It makes his achievements last year all

the more amazing because he was able to overcome the pitfalls along the

way, to not be ill or have a crash and to perform at that level. He'll

bounce back. How is life for you now as a cycling spectator. You

announced your retirement two months ago. Has it sunk in? I think it did

when I watched the World Championships back in February. I

was then still making up my mind whether I was going to continue on

to the Commonwealth Games. I watched the World Championships at Minsk. It

was weird watching and not being there, but I thought I had made the

right decision. My body is at the end of its life as far as a

professional cyclist is concerned. Have you noticed a difference in

your thighs? I've noticed I can get my jeans on a little easier.

what's next? I have barely had a day off since I've retired. I thought

retirement was supposed to be injury. I'm now ambassador for the

Commonwealth Games in 2014 in Glasgow. I'm ininvolveded with the

youth Olympic bid for Glasgow. So many different things and

opportunities. It is great. You can help out with charity events and

help people get involves in cycling. You are passing on your experience

to people who can ride bikes. What's the biggest challenge for the likes

of us? I don't know if you saw the episode of the Simpsons where Homer

got to design a car. It is not like that surely! He builds a car which

is great for himself but no-one in the world wanted it. Ehis horn play

played the Copacabana. The difficulty was not designing a bike

that I thought would be perfect more me but no good for anyone else but

to get one that's ideal for the leisure market. There'll be a full

range going up to the top level bike soon. It is just about getting back

on your bike, reminding yourself what it was like when you were

getting into sport. The things that got you off the bike, the things

that within uncomfortable, the things that you liked. Is there a

basket, is there a bell? It is a practical bike but there are neither

of those on it, I'm afraid. You have to buy them as extras? It is easy to

ride, it is light. Hopefully people will enjoy them. And you've moved on

to four wheels. I've not seen this. Check out your corners. How long

have you been doing this? I had a road track car I've been using every

now and then. This is a new thing I've started again this year, the

Radical SR one cup. It is the most fun I've had on four years. And how

far do you want to take this, Chris? Is I'm realistic. It is amazing fun,

a great adrenaline rush. It is a new thing. It is exciting when you are

with 37 years of age and doing something new. Do you feel you've

got a knack for it? I don't think I've got a knack for it but I enjoy

it. You are very good at going high speed round and round in circles.

is the corners. From your book, you said you had retired from five

sports by the the time you were 18. You've obviously got the competitive

drive you had since you were a lad. Yes, and it is nice to have

something you can vent it on. When you're on a track you're giving

everything you possibly can. You're raising as fast as you can to win

the race, but if you don't win it, you're not devastated if you lose.

Cycling, I've loved it all my life, I've done it since I was a wee boy,

but at the Olympic Games there's a lot of pressure, so it is nice to do

something with no pressure. We wish you all the best. Now here is Cerys

Matthews with a tale of monks, and wizards and magic.

2013 is a huge year for Derry Londonderry having been awarded UK

City of Culture all eyes are on this once troubled town. And never more

so than this weekend when the city's people will take part in a huge

parade to celebrate the return of which patron saint Colum. He was a

member of the O'Neill clan, a privileged family from the north of

Ireland. But 1,500 years ago, and with 3,000 dead on his conscience he

fled in shame to Iona. Here he repented and began to preach peace

and lover. Rumour has it has he fought a monster in the river Ness.

He returned to Ireland and set about establishing monasteries to spread

his word. The first one is rumoured to be lying under the church here in

the centre of town. Frank boys aim aims to replicate the success of the

Olympics opening ceremony. The thing for me was the volunteers. All

races, all classes, all abilities. To do that in a small city is even

more exciting. It would settle have a big impact. And the performers are

locals aren't they? They are almost all from Derry. At a secret location

on the edge of town locals congregate to rehearse and build

giant floats in preparation for this big weekend. So this is Dopey Dick.

This killer whale swam up the Rover Foyle in 1977 but with the goodwill

of the people of Derry it escaped to the open seas. John, what's going on

here? This is the Amelia air Hart fulcrum. In 1932 Amelia air heart

crashed a plane on her way to Canada. -- Amelia Earhart. I don't

like flying but I do like dressing Derry women are renowned for their

glamour but these 20 foot motorised dresses are something else. Do you

need a driving lesson? On board this huge ship a nod to the city's

maritime past, local musicians will be performing and reviving the myth

of this famous patron saint. There's never been anything about Colum

before. He was a good warrior cheeft taken who believed there was

different ways of achieving those ends. And Derry songs on the day?

Yes, the new streets of Derry, a song I wrote.

# As I walked home through the streets of Derry... #

But these giant contraptions aren't the only things hitting the city at

the weekend. At the end of the evening we are bringing a gigantic

Loch Ness monster up the loch and there'll be a showdown between the

Saints and this huge monster the size of a church. Also back home

this weekend is legend legendry songwriter who wrote

Congratulations. I wonder if you will teach me a beautiful song,

please. It will be a great pleasure. # There was music there

# In the Derry air # Like a language that we all could

understand # I remember the day that I earned

my first pay # When I played in the small pick-up

# There I spent my youth and to tell you the truth

# I was sad to leave it all behind # For I learned about life

# And I found a wife # In the town I loved so well #.

APPLAUSE Cerys, beautiful. A legendry song

and writer. It was a lot of fun visiting Londonderry Derry. There's

lots of things coming out. The longest day of the year, Friday 21st

June. They are really turning the city into the music city. They've

got a sky orchestra. Do you know what that is? No idea.They are

going to set off in seven hot-air balloons at dawn, playing music.

Ethereal. As the sun comes up they'll have music. They'll have

musicians from all over the world, from Cuba, Beirut players and Harare

as well. Local musicians amateur and professionals. And this is a really

exciting events, 11th to 18th August the first all -island fleadh, that

is singing is, dancing, a lot of Gaelic speaking as well. Derry

Londonderry is the first UK City of Culture. The next one is in four

years' time. The nominations are in now. Applications are now closed.

All around the country is represented, from Aberdeen, Swansea,

Dover, Canterbury. The short-list is announced by the end of this month

and the winner announced by November. Aberdeen or Dundee Chris,

what do you reckon? I used to go to University in St Andrews, across

from Dundee. Either will be nice. Are we going to finish with a bit

more music? It is a classic song. The words are 100 years old but the

tune is much older. It is an Irish tune published in 1855. It toes:

# Tis I'll be there in sunshine or in shadow

# Oh Danny Boy # Oh Danny Boy I love you so #.

APPLAUSE Beautiful. Can you play Teenage

Kicks? You need electric guitars. Do you know this one? Yes!I wanna hold

Cerys, thank you and thanks for bringing your guitar. Don't panic

but we won't be here tomorrow. We have a day off. To explain why, it

is over to Holly and Reggie from The Voice.

Hi Alex and Matt and to you Sir Chris Hoy. We are very sorry to be

taking over at seven. 00pm on BBC One tomorrow. It is the first live

shows of The Voice UK. We've got a brand-new set. Take a look. She's a

beautiful thing. The 12 termified the acts and four shy and retiring

coaches. And for the first time this series viewers can have their say on

who stays and who goes. I cannot wait. That's tomorrow night at

seven. 00pm on BBC One. Our coaches have been sitting in those red

chairs forever. Any tips on saddle soreness? I reckon vaseline, Paddick

shorts and you don't wear underwear. No seams. Do you go for the one pair

or two? Just the one.Earlier we asked for pictures of of you with

your first bike and we have had low your first bike and we have had low

loads of them in. My first bike in 1961, I had to pay ten shillings a

week to a local hardware store, Jez Jed Parker. Mike, getting ready to

rev up on my first bike. Isn't that wonderful? Thank you.

And this is J Taylor on her Raleigh bicycle aged seven. Nina from

Margate in her back garden in 1951 riding her bike.

This is ten-month-old Stephanie Williams on her first bike. That's