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My guest co-host tonight put his holiday plans on hold when he heard

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I did, Alex Jones. I am so pleased that Matt is in Bristol with the

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rickshaw. I get to meet the two men whose latest film The Lady In The

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Van is a cinematic triumph, funny, moving. I loved it. Please welcome

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Alan Bennett and Alex Jennings. Great to have you with us. During

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the course of the interview we will determine which one is which. Alex,

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quite a daunting prospect for an actor to play a person who is very

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much with us but also the person who has written the play and the

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screenplay. Did you ask for any advice? I played Alan in two short

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pieces that he wrote, one called Home and one called Almac cocktail

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Sticks. I had got it out of the cupboard before doing the film. That

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gave me confidence for the film. I am very easy to imitate. He had been

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doing it for years before it went on the stage. Is that right? I think

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that probably is right. When did you first realise that you were somebody

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who could be imitated? As soon as I realised my accent. It is a bit like

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me being Welsh. It is easy. Which attributes do you think he got

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spot-on? I used along to the filming and when I would be sitting there

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when they were filming and occasionally he would pass the door

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and I would think, he does look like me. Otherwise I do not see it,

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really. His hair was quite difficult to get right on the stage. They dyed

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his hair and he ended up looking like Veronica Lane. On the film it

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is much more realistic. Because it is a wig. Alan has won Olivier

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awards and Baftas and his workers on the National Curriculum and I

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studied him at university. Only a full would try to sum up the work of

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one of Britain's prolific playwrights in a minute and a half,

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so here we go. Alan Bennett's love of the absurd claim to the public

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notice in 1960 when he found almost -- instant fame and success. A TV

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series was a major influence on Monty Python. Goody-goody gumdrops,

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I want to sign it. GG gumdrops would be cheaper? His plays and films have

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often reflected life in the north of England, revealing the humour hidden

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inside the mundane. Fancy. There is a cream cracker under the city.

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Successful plays have become cinematic triumphs. The history boys

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launched the careers of young British talents like Dominic Cooper

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and James cordon. This Friday the two-storey of a lady who lived in a

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van for nearly 15 years is to be adapted for the big screen. I think

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I am about to be taken short. Can I use your lavatory? No. The flashes

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on the blink. I do not mind. Where is it? Alan, as we heard, the story

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in the move film is about this lady who parked on your driveway. She was

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supposed to be there for three month and it turned into 15 years. How did

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that come about? Won it takes place is on a slope and the van started

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parked at the top and gradually she led to drift down and I am at the

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bottom so she ended up opposite my house. It is opposite the Bay Mendel

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where I work. I used to see everything that went on. She used to

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get not quite rough cut but persecuted and aggravated by people.

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I found I was watching out for her. I sometimes had to go out and scare

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people off rather ineffectually. I was looking at her and it distracted

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me from my work, so eventually I said to her, listen, running into

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the drive, the drive is about here to the monitor, see what happens,

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thinking it would be about three month and it turned into 15 years.

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It was my own fault I asked her in. You should perhaps have set a time

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limit. It would have made no difference. She was very strong

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willed. She knew she was going to stay and she did. When did you first

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think there might be a play in this? I used to keep notes. She was so

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close to me. If anything happened I would write it down. Anything funny.

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I could not do anything when she was still alive and she died in 1989 and

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it was after that... In the van. In the van. I thought I might be able

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to do something. This is one of the many moments that Miss Shepherd gets

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the attention of many of the residents. You have to mix it. I

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have mixed it. I have Madeira cake in it. All of her vehicles ended up

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looking as if they had been given a coat of clustered or scrambled egg.

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There were a few occasions on which once saw how genuinely happy she was

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and one of these was when she was putting paint on. Jackson Pollock

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could not have done it better. Alan, and some ways this film could be

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subtitled The Man In Your House because it is about you observing

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the lady in the van and your reaction to her and the reaction of

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the residents to her. Why did you put yourself into this? You could

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have made it a fictional neighbour. She used to aggravate me. If it had

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been a nice sweet film or sweet story where I was a nice

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compassionate person and I asked her in because I felt charitable... It

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was not like that. She used to irritate me to a great degree. You

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are very clear in the film that you are not a saint. You swear, you get

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annoyed. That is not modest. She was a real pain. Not only is there one

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Alan, there are really two. Your task with playing both. One is the

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writer, one of the landlord. They are very different. They are. The

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clues are there in Alan's writing. The writer is tougher and more

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objective about her and prodding the Alan living the life to have a more

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exciting life I suppose. Alan is kind of hard on himself I think in

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that his life... We are very grateful that you have lived the

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life you have lived because you have given us this extraordinary work.

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And observation of the quirks and strangeness of people. Good you

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almost look the arrival of Miss Shepherd as a kind of gift? She was

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a gift. If you are a writer anything is a gift. I have been doing

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something with a Danish writer whose name I forget but he specialises in

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boredom and boredom is a gift to him. We filmed it on the Crescent in

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Alan's house, the van was there, and the physical closeness, literally

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you open the door and the van is there. And the smell. Our van was

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not smelly and Maggie was not smelly. You have to go round the van

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to get in the street. Extraordinary to be shooting in the same house

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looking at the same window. People used to come and see me and very

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often did not mention the van. This was extraordinary because you have

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to squeeze past it. The best occasion was choral brown, who was

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married to Vincent Price, and they came and had supper, no mention of

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this terrible van. When they were leaving they balls have quite loud

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voices and were talking as they left and as they past there was a voice,

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make less din. The incident prize nearly jumped. It was very

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satisfying. Maggie Smith has done a fabulous job. Three fantastic

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central performances. The film is out on Friday. We want you to get in

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touch of there something on your drive you thought would only be

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there for a few months but has been there for years. Relatives not

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included. Take a picture, send it in, and we will look at the end of

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the show. It is time to catch up with Matthew. If you are mourning

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about how your Monday has been going this is when you realise it is

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nothing compared to what Team Rickshaw are putting themselves

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through. After some of the worst weather Team Rickshaw have had to

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face we are hoping that the weekend would be drier. It is very windy

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this morning and we are expecting a lot of rain. Anyway, heads down.

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By! Get in the zone. That is great, Amira. As predicted it was not long

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before the heavens opened. This is absolutely ridiculous. It is verging

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on painful rain. If anybody is in two minds, Amira, about whether to

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text, what would you say? Text! Eventually the rain stops but the

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pain sets in. Making it hard for one of our riders who suffers from

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severe arthritis. How is your need? If I am putting pressure on it it is

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a bit more swollen. How are you doing on pain? About four going up

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hills. Because she is so tough we have had to work out a way of

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gauging the pain level she has had. We started on three and are up to

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four. We will stop when we get to five. We do stop. Her team-mates

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step in to give her a helping hand. Are we ready? Yes! Being a member of

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Team Rickshaw is never easy and four George Griffiths the hills are one

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thing... That is the top of the hill... He is also feeling homesick.

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I want dad. I miss him. George's brother Henry is providing the

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family support. I have a quick word. He really misses his dad. I am not

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sure if there is any chance of getting him off. We will get him. I

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miss you. Tell them what you just did. I went up really high hills.

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Two years ago when he was 14 Elliott from Essex was diagnosed with

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cancer. He is in remission but it still remains a worry for his

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family. What do you remember about the day when they told you the news?

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The enormity of it hit me. I cried like ten tears I think and then I

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was basically saying I have to be strong for my family. As a parent I

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cannot imagine what that must feel like. It must have affected them so

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badly, psychologically. At the beginning you sort of feel like you

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are the only teenager with cancer. But even though everything might

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seem like it is lost it is not so there is no point letting it get you

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down, you have to stay positive. I am sure lots of people are watching

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that are in a similar position and to hear you say that must give them

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an enormous amount of strength. Yes. What did you make of the rest of

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Team Rickshaw? I love it. It is like a family. Everybody has been talking

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about their charity. You have this common thread of being incredibly

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determined. That determination lends itself to great support. In

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Bridgwater we have an impressive escort.

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The Fire Brigade have joined us, and Pudsey is hitching a ride! Next

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stop, Clifton suspension Bridge. And look at this for an image to draw

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day four to a close. George riding across Clifton Suspension bridge,

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and here are the whole family here, his dad and mum. Mark, you go on

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over there. George, look who's here!

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This is just the most beautiful sight. George has been waiting for

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this moment for so long. Kate, I know you are going to be with us

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now, because Henry is going to go home, but can you sum up what that

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was like, hearing those words of what your George was saying. I know

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it has been really tough. It is a rickshaw challenge. But you don't

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really realise how hard it is, especially with the weather and

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everything, but I am so proud and amazed. Look at this. You see? That

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is what it is all about. What did I say, George? Is this good enough for

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you? It's great! You are going to have lovely night. Have another big

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family cuddle. Have you seen who is over here, as well! It's practically

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all of George's family who have turned out. I don't know where you

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all staying! You have a lovely time while I talk to all the viewers at

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home, because it isn't just about peddling, this rickshaw challenge.

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Our riders also have to make a speech in front of a group. And the

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dancer, Amira, Totora famous dance floor. I am backstage at Strictly to

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give my speech for the rickshaw challenge. It is a massive

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achievement to do something like this. 12 months ago she would have

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been huddled in a corner. Ladies and gentlemen, we would like to welcome

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somebody very special to the dance floor. This is Amira. One of the

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most important people in my life is my big sister. I always felt sure

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that she would have a bright future. All of this changed to years ago

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when she had a brain haemorrhage. She was only 16, and suddenly she

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was fighting for her life. It is still unbearable to think that the

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times when I thought I might lose her. Eventually her condition

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stabilised, but she had severe rain damage which meant she couldn't move

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or communicate. We needed to find somewhere to help Elle to continue

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to get better. The children's trust didn't just care for Elle, they

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cared for the whole family. We had hard times coming to terms with

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this, and for awhile, I lost my confidence. Without the children's

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trust and Children in Need, we wouldn't be where we are now, so

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please make a donation because it can really make a difference to

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families like ours. I have to say, Amira, what you did

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today, at Cheddar Gorge, all the viewers will see that in the next

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few days, how you cycled up there, but to get that inner strength as

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well, that couldn't have been easy to go on Strictly and talks the way

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you did. To be fair, that was the biggest challenge, but it is all

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worth it. And you are doing this to raise money, to get as much support

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as you can for all those other youngsters, and Lucy, Erin, come

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over here, I am now going to reveal this total. Turnarounds are every

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body at home can see you. I asked what you hoped the total would be,

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and you said hopefully ?50,000. The total is behind us, and all these

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lovely people of Bristol are going to reveal it now. Can you lift up

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the total to reveal what Team Rickshaw paso raised so far.

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?582,000! High-5! Are you happy with that? So happy. We're not finished

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any means. We are now halfway. Amira, we're not even finished the

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day yet, so you keep going, and I will tell everybody what happening

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tomorrow. We are leaving this area at 2am, and this is the route that

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we will be going. It is 74 miles long, so there will be lots of fun

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and games along the way. We will be taking in Warminster, Wilton and

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Stockbridge. If you would like to track us, just go to the website and

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you will find it. That is just remarkable, ?582,000 so far. Please

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keep giving. Let's get this over a million. We will see you in

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Winchester tomorrow night to turn on the Christmas lights!

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Thank you to Matt and the team, what a total and incredibly moving to

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Alan has often written about isolated people living

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And we've found a family who chose to become exactly

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that when they upped sticks and moved to a tiny Welsh island.

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I think many of us dream about getting away from it all and living

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somewhere really remote, but imagine if that place had no cars, no

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flushing toilets, know what water, limited electricity, where eight

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trip to the supermarket meant a boat ride back to the mainland. This is

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the island of Hardy of the North Wales coast. It's only permanent

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human residents are the Porter family who are the caretakers. How

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did you make the decision to move out here? We had been coming here

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for visits for quite a long time, so we knew a lot of the residents.

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Having been home-schooled throughout his GCSEs and A-levels, Ben is about

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to join his older sister Lucy who is away at university. It will make

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things harder for his parents,. It is very satisfying to be able to sit

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down to a meal that is entirely from the island. We sometimes catch fish,

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and we grow potatoes and vegetables to Ben has lent me his bedroom for

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my stay here, and he has explained there are a few things I need to get

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used to. Head torches, limited electricity, going outside for the

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toilet. It is a compost loo. We use grass or

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sawdust. So in the middle of the night if I need a week, I have to

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come all we are out here? Yes. It is so peaceful here, I slept

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extremely well, but it has been an early awakening. Steve was the

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member of the family with the most worries about coming here. He

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enjoyed his job as an instructor in outdoor pursuits, and he loved to

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travel, so the island can feel very small. There is a time at the end of

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the winter most years where I feel like I have had enough. It is a

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long, soggy, windy, muddy winter. But then spring comes and there is

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so much new life on the visitors return and the season's new

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possibilities arrive. Everyone has to muck in on the farm, but the

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family have learned to use the island's resources in their own way

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to of the time. How important is it to have focus

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and structure? Really important. You are not in control, it is the

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weather, and you do have to fit in with that rhythm of the tides and

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the weather and the seasons. And if you could change any of this, a hot

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shower or something, what would it be?

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I am stumped there. That's brilliant! I think I am quite

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satisfied. They look really happy, don't they.

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Alan, the Porters are in self-imposed isolation.

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Miss Shepherd isolates herself in her van parked on your drive

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It is important for a writer to isolate themselves to write? I am

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quite isolated in Yorkshire, but I have to come back to London, I can't

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write there. It would drive me mad being on an island, isolated. Miss

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Shepherd wasn't a recluse. And she wasn't a hermit. She lived in the

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middle of a community, and even though she didn't have much to do

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with Abel, she a recluse. And you do get the impression that she quite

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liked the closeness of having you there, even though not in the same

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house, necessarily, she knew that there was somebody keeping an eye on

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her. Alex, we saw you playing Prince Charles opposite Helen Mirren in the

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Queen. UI now about to embark on playing the Duke of Windsor in this

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mammoth series for Netflix called the Round. Do you think it is

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easier, or does it come with more baggage, playing somebody who has

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actually existed? It is a different process to playing Hamlet or Henry

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Higgins, both of which I have done. You listen and you what should the

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way, you can now go on you Tube and there is a lot of information out

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there, and that is a process I have used when I have played these real

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people. It is slightly different, because you don't want to be the

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Spitting Image puppet version of Alan!

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LAUGHTER Is it a bit late in the day for

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that? The Duke of Windsor has been dead

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for a long time, so there is less baggage. With Prince Charles, I have

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a huge amount of respect for him, and I didn't want to stitch up. I

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didn't Camilla say to you, what was it like playing my husband? She did

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ask me what it was like, and I said it was tricky, and she said, yes,

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I'm sure it was! But she was delightful and very twinkly about

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it, she said that when Charles hadn't actually seen it. In future

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film roles, if you got offered a part in Star Wars, and the director

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of the last-minute said, could you do it as Alan Bennett... I think

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that is all I am going to be doing! I play the Duke of Windsor as Alan

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Bennett! In homage to The Lady In The Van, we

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asked for your pictures of things that have been in your driveway for

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longer than necessary. We have some brilliant pictures here. Dan from

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Belfast has had this bath in his driveway for 13 years.

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Abigail has had this boat in her driveway so long, people ask her if

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she lives in the house with the boat. Gosselin has had this on her

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driveway for 13 years. This one is a good one. Andrew has had this

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caravan in his driveway for six years. Not the one I was thinking

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of. Another Andrew has sent us this

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picture of his parents' driveway, that is the plane. No idea how it

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got there. Plenty of inspiration there for some

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new players! Right!. Lots of parts for Maggie Smith. It has been

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marvellous to see you all. The Lady In The Van is out on Friday. And

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thank you to Paul, you have been wonderful.

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My pleasure. Nick Grimshaw will be

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in my place tomorrow, and Kate Join us on BBC One for a truly epic

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night of entertainment, featuring your favourite stars

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and shows.

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