08/11/2011 The One Show

Hello, and welcome to The One Show with Matt Baker And Alex Jones.

Today we're in the presence of royalty.

It all started in 1939 when an 11- year-old boy tap-danced his way

onto a TV talent show. 20 years later he'd mastered the

art of entertainment. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Sunday Night

at the London Palladium. Well, shooo-bavenues-da-shoo-ba-do e!

LAUGHTER Ladies and gentlemen, it really is

nice to see him. Welcome Sir Bruce Forsyth. Wonderful.

APPLAUSE Brilliant stuff. Not the biggest

audience I've ever played to. They'll have to do, won't they? If

that's all you could muster up - friendly people. But how lovely it

is to welcome you on to our show. Lovely to be with you. I haven't

spoken to you two on this show before. Of course. You have spoken

to us separately. Exactly. And well done Saturday. Wasn't it - the

improvement... The face, the enjoyment, the performance -

Absolutely wonderful. Speaking of performances, 1961...

Yes, nice topical clip! Cutting edge, this show. Oh, blimey.

wonderful memories from that time. They are. He was wonderful to work

with, Norman. I miss doing those kind of shows. The public today -

the people of, say, 40, 50 years and younger, they won't know me as

a musical performer, as a performer who did sketches, had whole dance

routines and that sort of thing. Shows only used to get the big

stars working together. That is not done today. It's a pity it's not

done, but those were the shows I really loved doing. But of course,

a lot of people, they don't know me as that kind of performer. They

know me as Strictly and game shows. They will do soon. We'll be talking

about your new album in a little bit. But first, a little bit of

Strictly gossip. Artem of course hurt his back last weekend in a

choreographed event last weekend. Will you step up to the plate?

the dress rehearsal, they showed a bit. This is it. See, I actually

thought this was Artem, Bruce. You're a bit nifty on your feet,

truth be told. I did this kind of dancing. I did things where I'd

jump over my leg - all those kinds of things. I used to be a very

qualified dancer, but poor Holly - she was out there in the dress

rehearsal, and I thought, poor love. She's there on her own, so I

thought, I'd help her a little bit, and of course, I got remarks from

the judges that my flicks and kicks were very good. Oh, they're still

here. Thank you! Don't go, for God's sake! And of course, last

month, you were knighted eventually, which is good news. Yes. What did

the Queen say to you when you accepted... She said, "You have

entertained us for so many years," I don't know if she meant that that

was good or bad. I said, "Yes, your majesty, yes. When it gets to next

year, I will have been in show business 70 years. Her face - she

was visibly shocked, "70 years! How old were you started?" I said, "14,

mum, during the war." There again she was quite shocked. She didn't

think anybody had been in the job longer than she had. You do

perform... It's a good crowd - mixed. They're good, aren't they?

On the front row - see, I work to a dancefloor. I don't know if these

guys - that's what I love, contact. On Bruce's new album, he sings a

song with his granddaughter. We want all of you to send pictures of

you and your children singing and dancing with you. We'll see them at

the end of the show. Lovely. First, many of you will have been

horrified at the spate of thefts from war memorials up and down the

country. In a moment, Gyles has advice on

what you can do to help. But the real problem is with scrap metal

dealers who pay high prices for stolen brass, copper and lead. We

decided to lay a trap for one of them.

This stuff belongs to Salford City Council, but they're giving it to

The One Show so we can investigate the growing problem of metal theft.

According to the police, it's an attractive crime for thieves

because it's relatively easy to get rid of the stolen goods and make

the evidence of any theft simply disappear. One of the problems

police have when they're tackling metal theft is they think some

scrap metal dealers aren't asking all the questions they should when

people are bringing in things they really shouldn't have. Today we're

going to put that to the test. But you'll have to wait until later to

see how I get on. A police helicopter is on the trail

of men believed to have been involved in cable theft from a

railway line. Possibly involved in theft of scrap. Like these guys

busy offloading stolen copper, they ended up caught and convicted. It's

a crime that's putting their lives at risk and costing rail companies

millions. It's a modern-day great train robbery. For British

Transport Police, the metal theft, specifically cable theft, is second

only to terrorism in our list of priorities. So far this year the

cable robbers have caused 4,000 hours of delays and cost rail

networks more than �8 million. Welcome to the National Transport

Police day of action. In a joint effort, police forces up and down

the country are in an effort to clamp down on any scrap yards

buying stolen metal. Today, this PC is my guide. I am going to come in,

have a look at what's in your box. This is one of the many scrap yards

they visited. We have been doing our job correctly, and still, they

come back today in such a force that make us look like gangsters.

But it's not just obvious targets like the railways telecoms and

utilities the criminals steal from. This reverend in West Yorkshire has

had the lead off his church roof stolen twice, but they haven't

stopped there. They've also stolen 168 plaques from the church's

memorial garden. This isn't just theft. It's damage.

It is yes. What's happened here is very similar to a discretion of a

grave because these are the gravestones that people have put to

remember their loved ones. This is my mum's plaque here. It has been

replaced now. Why would somebody take something like that? It's the

place you come to remember somebody that's not here anymore, you know?

And even though it's just a piece of metal, there is a lot of emotion

attached to it. Back at the scrap yard, the police have found metal

from a railway. This is going to be photographed and seized and held,

all right? So is this stuff going, then? You're going to take this?

We're going the seize this, yes. For this to be here, somebody's

brought it in, weighed it in, and they took the cash. The person who

sold the scrap did provide ID and a letter supposedly authorising him

to sell the metal, but it now seems the letter referred to some other

material. The police are happy that the yard did all they could and are

cooperating with the investigation. Unfortunately, it doesn't mean it's

sold legitimately here, so we need to go away and work out why that

property has been found here. Nevertheless, they could still be

�2,700 out of pocket. Why did you take something that was so

evidently rail equipment knowing at the moment everybody is saying...

The reason we took it is we had the driver's licence from the guy. We

had all the information in the eyes of the law. What about that scrap I

was trying to get rid of? I am off to another yard to see how easy it

is to sell. Get a drink out of it. It's a day's graft, isn't it? I

just got those off the street. They were laying around. �35.60, mate.

Perfect, a treat. Name? John Well, there you go. We took in

stuff. I think it's quite obvious we shouldn't have - manhole covers

and street signs. He did ask me where I found them. I told him in

the street. He still took them. He asked me my address, and I told him,

and he still took them. He's got the scrap mill, and I've got my

money. Incredible stuff. What does the owner of the scrap yard he

visited say? He said he hadn't heard him say he found the metal

lying on the street. He says he has CCTV that will have recorded his

face and registration. He says from next month, all customers will have

to provide proof of address. This has become a political hot issue.

The Prime Minister has gotten involved. The Treasury is taking

action. They have launched today a task force. They're going to send

teams in to swoop down on these scrap metal dealers to see what's

going on. The Home Office are going to get licensing system of some

kind so they have to have a licence to deal in these metals. No more

dealing in cash. We're coming up to Remembrance Sunday. There are war

memorials in our country being desecrated. There is an

organisation called the War Memorials Trust. They have a

website, warmemorials.org. They're wanting us to get all onboard and

find out where your local war memorial is. Become a Neighbourhood

Watch. Take pictures of it. Make sure it's in good kach Nick. Keep a

constant eye on it not just this week but throughout the year.

Become a friend to them. Don't get carried away. They are historic

monuments. Don't take your bleach and scrubbing brush. But check out

with the authorities and become friends to them. It is disgusting.

You can't believe people would stoop that he. They have. And the

price has rocketed in the last year. Exactly. The cash is the thing as

well. Take cash out of it. Thanks. Now, we're going to talk about the

new album, but before we do that, we have a clip of you singing Young

and Foolish on Strictly. Oh, on Sunday. I must say, they loved it.

It went very well. # I wished that we were young

These Are My Favourites - that in itself must be difficult for you to

choose. You have 13 tracks on there. How would you - with the wide range

of songs... Luckily, I was in Puerto Rico, and Steve and I were

sort of - of course, I've got an iPad. Oh, Bruce! IPad, so we were

doing sort of things backwards and forwards, "What about this song?"

There is a marvellous channel in Puerto Rico. It's called Singers

that Swing, so 24 hours a day I was going, "Oh, yeah, that reminds me

of so and so," so a lot of the day was spent just listening to these

songs and getting back to Steven Howard going, "I think this could

be a good number", and he'd say, "I don't think that one." In the end,

we had 30, 40 songs, and we sifted it all out afterwards. I had a

great team to work with. There are a couple of duets on the album, one

with Nat King Cole. This one is quite a story. Oh, is that a

picture? There you go, a lovely shot. He was the most gracious man.

They phoned me up and said Nat King Cole was on the bill. This was at

the Palladium. They set it all up. You can both sing and play the

piano with each other. I said, "Do a number with Nat King Cole?" It

was 3.00am in the morning. I said, "I'll come in my pyjamas, is that

all right?" Good. I'm glad you stayed. I got there, and we got a

number altogether in ten minutes. He said, what would be a good

number? I said Paper Moon. I had all his records. Paper Moon. He

said, "What key do I do it in?" I said, "If - that's what key I do it

in." The auditorium was empty at the Palladium. He just played for

me. A neighbour gave me that audio she found on the internet, which is

marvellous. There is a great little bit on there where he goes, "Take

it, Bruce." That gives me a cold shiver - first eight bars. He says,

"Take it away, Bruce." I thought, take it where? Speaking of keys,

your voice is a little bit different on this album. You

brought it down a little bit. didn't bring it down. It just

happened. I don't think it broke when I was 12. But he was - Michael

Cane was talking about this. He says, when people do impressions of

him nowadays, they do impressions of him 50 years ago. It's the same

with me. When people do impressions of me, they go, "Nice to see you,

to see you, nice." I don't talk like that. So for the slower

numbers, particularly in the album, in fact, I had a lovely sort of

review there, again, on the internet, which I read today, said

my rich was richer than it's ever been. I think that helps it. In the

slower numbers, it certainly does. Definitely. There you go. That's a

perfect example of what you're talking about. We talked about your

grand daughter... Yes. That must be really... Oh, it was wonderful. She

can be so good. Apart from having a beautiful voice, she has a lovely,

How old is Sophie? I heard her sing when she was seven or eight but now

she is a woman singer. If people want to find out more about it, on

YouTube... Look at Bruce! Just look for These Are My Favourites, Bruce

Forsyth, and you can find more about Bessie D. It tells you what

it is all about -- find out more about the C D. I had such joy, I

had not had the chance in recent years to do anything musical, the

way I love to perform. It is a brilliant album. Thank you very

much. I hope I haven't taken up too much of your time. You are not

going yet, don't worry. We are going to chat more in a bit.

thought you were looking restless! Many expectant mum and dad's,

having a scan is an exciting chance to lay eyes on their unborn baby

for the first time put this medical discovery could not have started

life further away from a maternity It is a medical discovery that has

touched the lives of millions. An ultrasound scanner allows us to

look deep inside the human body, simply by making contact with the

skin. The story of its invention starts not in the hospital or a lab,

but in the shipyards of Glasgow. In the 1950s, ultrasound technology

was used in shipbuilding, to check for weaknesses beneath the services

of metal structures. This is a state of-the-art ultrasound machine

but it uses the same basic principles as those from the 50s.

This probe sends waves of high- frequency sound into the metal, the

waves and go back and are translated into a picture on this

screen. If there is any change in density in the metal, such as a

crack, it sends back a different matter -- different ago and to get

a different picture. Here we have a tiny flaw. One man who had taken an

avid interest was Ian Donald, Professor of midwifery at Glasgow

University put up he had seen industrial ultrasounds inaction and

recognise the potential in medicine. When they shipbuilding company

offered him a scanner, he decided to carry out an unusual experiment.

He filled the boot of his car with what must have been an unpleasant

load. Unwanted fibroids, cysts and tumours from patients at his

hospital. Then he set about testing his device on two issues rather

than metal. Donald discovered that different types of tissue sent back

different patterns of echoes. The results were beyond his wildest

expectations. But scamming life patience was to prove more

difficult. He found the probe clumsy to use and the signal hard

to interpret. He needed the help of a specialist. Step forward, Tom

Brown, a young engineer who had worked with industrial ultrasound

scanners. His expertise was invaluable to Donald and together

in 1957, they produced a ground- breaking human ultrasound machine

that still survives in Glasgow look's Museum. -- Glasgow's Museum.

This is the probe, I presume this would run over the abdomen. Yes.

One of the pioneering things was that it produced useful cross

sectional photographs of internal organs. Before then, the images

were just blips that were hard to interpret. What did doctors think

at the time? I suppose they were quite sceptical, the pictures were

pretty crude and not very well understood. Because of that, I

suppose we had quite a bit of mockery to put up with. But Ian and

Tom persevered, constantly improving the invention. It wasn't

long before its save a woman's life, by spotting that the growing lump

inside there was not cancer but a huge cyst, crushing her organs. The

cyst was removed, she made a dramatic recovery and her life was

saved. Finally, the medical profession sat up and took notice.

By 1964, Ian and Tom had created their first commercially successful

machine. 12 were made and sold around the world. Since those

pioneering days, ultrasound scanners have downsized

significantly, with some now as small as mobile phones. Picture

quality has also moved on in leaps and bounds, with four dimensional

stands looking almost like photos. Their medical applications look far

beyond examining foetuses. Their uses include monitoring blood

flowed and diagnosing problems in muscles, organises -- organs and

joints. Farmers and vets also use scanners to get a glimpse inside

animals. None of it would have been possible without the inspired work

of a determined professor, a young engineer, and Glasgow's glorious

shipbuilding industry. The most beautiful picture you will

have as a parent. As King of the game shows, we could not have you

won without playing a game -- could not have you won without playing a

game. This is called strictly play your dancing cards. You have to

work out if the next card is going to be higher than the last. I do

know the rules. Here we go with real celebrities scores from

Nancy Dell'Olio, dancing the waltz in week one. Do you think higher or

lower than a 12? Probably a little bit higher. Maybe one more. It is

Higher or lower than a 39? It has got to be lower. Higher? Lower, got

to be lower. Let's have a look. 21 points for the high flyer, shall we

move on to the last, higher or lower than Ann Widdecombe? Lower.

You don't get anything for a pair! Not in this game! If you get them

to come again, I will pay them. haven't got any prizes but we have

a lovely message from the Strictly gang. We haven't got time! We will

have to move on. They are too busy Last week, it took him three hours

to cycled 10 miles, and that is worrying, so time to up the ante.

How would he cope with a bit of extra weight in the back?

With Matt rickshaw challenge starting on Friday, the pressure is

starting to mount. I didn't get to sleep until 5:00pm, just thinking

about what is lying ahead. Endless roads, I am pretty shattered -- 5

o'clock am. He is going to be riding the rickshaw with a

passenger on board at all times. This will give Matt a real feel for

the trip itself and the challenge ahead. And we have sent him a

rather weighty first guest. Today, Matt hopes to pull his passengers

for 20 miles. Pudsey, you are brilliant downhill.

But carrying a big bear does also have its difficulties. Oh, man, I

don't notice this hill on my road bike. It is the build-up of lactic

acid. We are nearly at the top. Instead of making a big effort now,

keep it steady and it will give you a chance to flush some of that

lactic acid out of your legs. amount of revolutions that you are

doing to do such a short distance. It is surely a relief when Pudsey

is dropped off in the woods. But we have sent Lucy Siegle a long with a

heavy load. Why are you bring in that? Always travel with a barrel

of water, didn't anyone for -- tell you? This is half of what you are

going to drink in the whole trip. Matt will need to drink 40 litres

over the eight days. Today he is going to carry Lucy to the top of

the Chiltern Hills. Oh, my God, I feel so sorry for you. A welcome to

hell, you just enjoy yourself. have got a magazine as one! Read my

stars. The month in heads -- ahead involves lots of hard, physical

work. But if you get over them, you will achieve your goals. This is

agony. Matt will burn up to 9,000 calories a day. It is that constant

drain up hill. It just burns the thighs like you wouldn't believe.

Just looking at leaves on the road, blocking my way towards each one.

And then focus on the next one. this the top of it? Yes, this is

the top. This hill is only a quarter of a height that Matt must

climb in County Durham, yet it has been a real struggle. We thought we

would give him one last surprise. My word, man with luggage. Hello.

Jump on board, Jeremy. You and your Matt will be picking up passengers

along the way, on the challenge. This is the key, we need more tuba

players. They will be allowed to get out and even help to push if he

gets into difficulties. # I am singing and paddling in the

rain. A please, pick up your phone. --

It is going to be tough. Tomorrow is your laugh -- last day here.

is, I am going to get up to Edinburgh and cycle all the way

home. Just make it back for Children In Need. At the beginning

of the show, you asked, how we haven't got a granddaughter? A

granddad and a grandson. Sent in by Sarah Atkinson from Grimsby. He has

Margaret Bird and Matthew are from Cornwall. And Gracie from East

Sussex singing with her granddad. Did I mention I am doing the Albert

Hall in May? May 2nd or third. Come There are only 5,000 tickets left!