10/09/2013 The One Show

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

Tonight, we will be talking about this satirical newspaper which was

written and produced in harrowing conditions on the front line during

World War I. And talking about it with us will be the editor of this

satirical newspaper, which is written in a cosy London office just

around the corner from a Tesco Metro. It is Ian Hislop! Yeah, they

did have tougher conditions than us. Some interesting things have

been coming out in the news recently. Have you decided on the

cover of next week's Private Eye? It looks like a number of BBC figures

in suits, possibly with the headline, the great British payoff.

Now, you have written a comedy drama about the Wipers Times, which we

will talk about later. But first, ADHD is a common childhood disorder.

Symptoms include finding it hard to stay focused and pay attention, and

difficulty controlling sometimes violent behaviour. In the last five

years, there has been a 50% increase in the number of prescriptions being

given to children with ADHD. That is over 657,000 prescriptions a year.

So what is it like for the children on those drugs? These are

16-year-old Terry Ray and 14-year-old Luke's stories, in their

own words. I was not a happy child. I was very angry. I used to smash up

things all the time. I used to get into fights, pushing my dad,

punching my dad, biting my dad. At the age of six, my mum took me to

the doctor about it and then I got diagnosed with ADHD. I was not a bad

child, I was just misunderstood. Memory and concentration were the

child, I was just misunderstood. main issues. I would always want to

do what I was told, I just got distracted. By the age of six, there

was no denying it. Everybody knew I was different, but I didn't know

why. I was diagnosed with ADHD. It didn't feel any different, until I

started taking the tablets. Last year, doctors wrote 657,000

prescriptions for ADHD drugs, a 50% rise over the past six years. It is

hard to talk about it. It is hard to tell people you have got ADHD,

because a lot of people label you naughty, when I am not. I am not

nasty or horrible. My medication makes me a different person. It is

almost robotic. I am not my bubbly self. I feel boring. But it works so

although it has some side effects that I may not be so happy about, it

is going to benefit me, completely. If I am on the drugs, personally, I

don't feel me. It makes me very emotional. It makes me cry a lot

when I get angry Tom because the medication kicks in and I am trying

not to cry. If I did not have the medication, I would not cry. Every

morning, Chloe Ramus decide when to take her medication. She can only

take one pill a day, and the effects only last for eight hours. She must

choose which lessons she needs to focus on most, so she can take the

pill at the right time. My medication only lasts for six

lessons. I find are read to be quite an easy subject, because I enjoyed

it -- religious education. So I don't need my tablet as much as I

would for, say, music, which is the last lesson. The first lesson and

last lessons are the main important ones, because I either take it for

the first lesson and miss out the last, or take it for the last and

miss out the first. Education, in my life, is the most important thing.

Without my tablet, I would not be anywhere. After eight years on

Without my tablet, I would not be medication, Luke is on his third

type, and although it controls his behaviour, he does not always take

his tablet. If I say to my mum and dad that I have taken them, I will

need have put them down the sink or say I have taken them when I

haven't. Or I will keep them in my mouth and spit them in the toilet.

Luke's know that missing his tablet can have serious consequences. Why

haven't you taken it? I have been taking it, but not properly. Then

you go all moody with me, and start hitting and lashing out because you

you go all moody with me, and start have not taken it. When I say, why

haven't you taken it, you say, you have. But I know you haven't. It is

hard when you don't take it, because we have do pick up the pieces. You

are the one who has to deal with it. People ask me all the time, do you

grow out of it? You are born with it and you die with it. You can't get

rid of it. You can stop it for a few hours with the tablet, but it will

always be who you are. If people have got ADHD, it is really

important to be active. Ice skating is really good, because I can go all

the time. Instead of breaking stuff, I can just ask my mum and dad if I

can go skating. It makes me feel free on the ice. It makes me feel

like I can fly away, because when I am on the ice, I am me, with or

without medication. You really feel for them, watching

that. Thank you to Chloe-Rae and Luke for

sharing their stories. Doctor Sarah Jarvis is here now. There might be

some people out there the same age as Luke and Chloe-Rae who may think

they have ADHD, or parents who are concerned. If a parent brought a

child into the surgery to see you, how would you determine whether they

had ADHD? There are several different kinds of ADHD. Chloe-Rae

described herself as a dreamer. That is the inattention kind. Boys often

have the more hyperactive, impulsive kind. They are the ones who throw

themselves off high walls and don't understand. The difference between a

child with ADHD and a child who is badly behaved is that a child with

ADHD can't behave well. A badly behaved child, with enough of an

incentive, can make themselves behave properly. A child with ADHD

may desperately want to, but they can't. But to have a diagnosis, you

need to have had at least six of the symptoms for six months, such as not

being able to concentrate, losing things, being disorganised, finding

it difficult to motivate yourself, blurting out questions, that sort of

thing, and it has got to be different from other kids, in at

least two settings, at home or at school. Bowie said from the age of

six, she was different. In the process goes further than just going

to see a GP. A GP can start the process, but ADP should never give a

diagnosis. Once you are off school age, if you are moderately

effective, you should get to a specialist. At an early stage, we

can try early things, but a GP should never put you on these drugs.

They are not for us to start. We saw in that film how Luke was so upset,

having had to take these drugs and trying to hide them from his family.

Are there other options to medication? Medication should never

be used on its own. For mild cases and preschool children, we don't

recommend it at all. But for severely affected kids, their lives

are completely blighted by the condition, so the NICE guidance is

that they must first get help for their parents. That is not to say

their parents are useless. These kids don't have the same rules.

Cognitive behavioural therapy, social skills training, helping them

understand what their condition is doing. There is a link on our

website if you want more information about ADHD. Now, nearly 100 years

ago, a satirical magazine was produced from an unlikely place, the

trenches of World War I. It was packed with jokes about

bombing raids, the British Army and the evil hand. Ian is so passionate

about the magazine that he has written a new comedy about it for

BBC Two, and more importantly, he made this film for us.

In 1916, the First World War was dragging on. With no end in sight,

morale was in short supply. On a miserable January morning, the men

of 12 Sherwood Foresters were patrolling the streets of Ypres in

Belgium, insert of materials with which to repair the war-torn

trenches. Their commanding officer was one Captain Fred Roberts. He and

his men came across something unexpected, something which would

not mend their trenches, but which would help shore up their spirits. A

printing press. Blimey. Can you make this work? It has not been used for

a while. But given a bit of time, yes Thomas. During World War I,

there were various trench newspapers, but none were produced

under such testing conditions in the battlefield as the wipers time. The

paper took its name from the inability of the soldiers to

pronounce the name Ypres correctly. They pronounced it wipers. It is

genuinely funny. All the latest in barbed wire etc. I am such a fan

that I recently co-wrote a drama about it for the BBC. Soldiers from

all ranks contributed to the newspaper. And they did so in

snatched moments of free time. The pages of the Wipers Times are filled

with fake advertisements, because the ads were at the front, an

editorial, letters from readers, poems. It is all black comedy about

daily life in the trenches. Clearly, comedy is a way of coping with the

horrors of war. This is an advert for a music hall show that they are

going to put on, a screamingly funny farce. They say of the Cloth Hall,

it is the best ventilated war in the town. In fact, it was a building

that had been bombed to bits. You could not put on anything there. It

would be dangerous just to be in it. German shelling meant constant

disruptions to production of the paper. The number of printing blocks

was always limited. The unique tone of the paper was largely influenced

by its editor, captain Fred Roberts. A man of considerable

literary talent and a sharp sense of humour, he is a fascinating

character. He died in 1964, but his wartime exploits are well known

amongst his grandchildren. It is an odd thing to reduce a newspaper in

the middle of the war. What were his qualities that made him want to do

that? He was a rebel. And a risk taker. This was why he enjoyed

taking the Mickey out of the sensors, basically cocking a snook

at authority. Not only is this quality writing, but the

circumstances under which it was produced or extraordinary. It is

incredible. I don't know how he had the time to both write a war and

incredible. I don't know how he had write a trench magazine, but he

did, and he did it well. My mother was immensely proud of him. She

often referred to how brave he was. And they had technical problems?

They had problems with a lack of type. For instance, they were short

of the letter in the, the letter S and the letter I. It depended what

particular press he had at the time as to whether he could publish the

magazine. I felt the work he did during World War I to produce this

trench magazine and all its humour did a massive amount to improve the

morale of the troops who read it. I don't think that was ever

acknowledged at the end of the First World War. Such is the demand for

First World War memorabilia that original copies of the paper now

sell for hundreds of pounds at auction. Looking back almost 100

years, the Wipers Times emerges not just as a first-hand account of

authentic voices from the trenches, but also as a classic example of the

British comic tradition at its best. Ian, what kind of situation are we

talking about for this newspaper? The first one had just 100 copies,

but it got past hand to hand, and a printed more and then they printed

1000, and it started getting right around the western front and then

going home. People at home were picking it up, thinking, that is

funny. The further the war went on, the more popular it became. And now,

funny. The further the war went on, when you pick it up, because it was

hand-printed, it is a beautiful thing. Yes, I have one original copy

which a lady discovered in her attic and sent to me. It has got mud on

the back and it is yellowed with age. It is the authentic voice of

the time. That one is from 1916. And there was a motto connected to this

paper that came from a comment made by one of the senior chiefs? Yes,

the commanding inspector would check the troops and say, are you being

offensive enough? They were worried about the troops doing nothing. So

Roberts thought, yeah, we are being offensive! And he used it as a joke.

He would say, are you being offensive enough? In the film, it

looks like you are having a bit of a pop at one of the national

newspapers. Everything in the film is real. That is not you?No. There

is a pop at the Daily Mail, which obviously, I approve of. But the war

correspondents hated them, because they were sitting there saying, I am

here at the front line, and Roberts thought, no, you are not. Never seen

any of you. And they road fake dispatches. One of them wrote

dispatches about how he was in an airship. It was rubbish.

dispatches about how he was in an Humour was a way of getting through

it, wasn't it? They obviously did it to keep themselves sane, but they

found it was keeping other people sane too. Literally just laughing at

the awful things that were going on. Cleverly written as well, it's

clever satire? Is It's contribution yuetions from all ranks and it's

jokes, poems, Limericks, the lot -- contributions. You showed some

adverts of what happened in the film. After years of working in the

Private Eye, are there articles that you are particularly surprised at?

Yes, there is a fake agony column and someone's written in it "don't

worry, shooting a senior officer is always excusable" and I'm thinking,

they are talking about shooting a senior officer in 1916, you know,

it's very black and there's an advert for a duck board, so that

when your commanding officer comes down, you jump on one end and it

flips him into no-man's-land and they are running this as an ad. We

can see now how you turn the magazine into the comedy. The Wipers

Times is on at BBC Two tomorrow night at 9 o'clock. This is Michael

Palin as General Mitford. I'm referring to this response.

"Dear Sir, no, the death penalty is not enforced in the cause of

murdering a senior officer, as you will always be able to claim ex-ten

waiting circumstances". LAUGHTER That's a joke? It's an

incitement to mutiny, I'll have him shot. Not if he shoots you first.

You watch it and think to yourself, is it all right to laugh at this.

There are a lot of moments like that. We have classic Palin moments

later on when we reveal the two nominees for the People's Portrait

later on when we reveal the two when you get to vote for Great

later on when we reveal the two Britain to have their picture hang

in the National Portrait Gallery. First, a survey found 62% of people

have lied about reading classic novels to make themselves appear

more intelligent. Never! Lewis wondered if she could find anybody

who'd claim to have read this, entirely fictitious novel by a very

unlukely author. It's not out in entirely fictitious novel by a very

hard back yet. It's very good! To be quite honest, I often lie

about books and films that I say I've read and seen but I haven't.

Can I get others to admit they do the same?

You have not read it yet? No.Do you intend to read it? I haven't... No,

I don't know anything about it. Alex Jones. A new writer to me. Thug read

The Valleys yet? No.It's on your list? Yes.Do you think she'll be up

there with the literary greats, like Dickens, toll city? Yes.This is her

third book, how many of her books have you read? I just read the first

one. You have read the first one. Did you enjoy it? Yeah. Her writing

is, you know, quite classic. Do you feel she speaks to you as a woman?

Oh, yes, you know, she's very good and you get the feel of her

characters in everything that she's doing. Why did some of the people I

spoke to feel the need to lie? I think it's all about ego, isn't it,

you know? We all want to be what we are not or we all want to be better

than we are or better than we are perceived. Sometimes I do feel a

bit, you know, you don't want to keep saying, sorry, I haven't read

that. Why do we do it? I suppose we don't want to appear to be not very

erudite, I suppose, we want to appear very knowledgeable and know

about our literature. I talk about books that I skimmed or

glanced at or read a review of and then I have probably allowed people

to get the impression that I had read it.

What do you think the reasons are that people pretend to have read a

book when they haven't? We live in a world where we are constantly

worried, perhaps far too much, about what other people are thinking about

us. There is such a per crepion that books are things that we should read

-- perception. If you find a cultured, sophisticated person, you

think you need to read books. . I've got to put her out of her misery. I

just made her up. No! You rat bag. You've done what I do all the time.

If somebody's enthusiastic about an author, I will play along with them.

Most people that we have spoken to today have admitted that they have

lied about their cultural consumption at some point to fit in.

So, just bear in mind the next time you are having a literary

So, just bear in mind the next time conversation with someone, you may

So, just bear in mind the next time not be telling you the whole story,

or even half of it. The rat bag is here, Lucy! Can't

believe that. I'm so ashamed.She'll enjoy my book when it finally comes

out! The Man Booker Prize short list is out today, Lucy. Yes.At the

start of the film you said you don't read the books so you obviously

haven't read any of them? Not yet. What is on the list? It's very

strong, some critics called it the strongest short list ever. We have

the Testament of Mary, We Need More Names, Harvest, The Lowland and A

Tale for the Time Being, a very strong list. Have you read any, Ian?

No. I have done the opposite and pretended I've never read a Jeffrey

Archer when I did! LAUGHTER

Was it good? No. If you are drawn into conversation

about these books on the list, this is the bluffer's guide. From someone

that's never read 'em, come on. I have read A book, I would like to

clear that up. The Lowland author is already a Pulitzer prize novelist.

This is an extraordinary novel. Why? Sa I'm going to tell you. It charts

two brothers' journeys. One goes to the US and one stays in east Bengal

and gets involved in politics. What the author is able to do is to get

that emotional resonance so she conjures from the chaos of human

life, she's able to conjure... Really? All right, Lucy... This is a

completely different vibe. This is the Wexford author, known as the

Master, and in fact that was one of the titles of his novels. This time

the protag nast is Mary Mother of God. In 101 pages, we find Mary as a

solitary older woman looking back at the life of her son and the

foundations of Christianity. It's so powerful. What I find interesting

about The Testament of Mary is how they recount Lazarus. Does that

reflect what we are talking ability now? Yes, you have done that

straight back at me! We don't like to get specific about pages. Keep it

general. They gave me that line to throw at you. You wouldn't last five

minutes at a dinner party. It was a good guide, thank you ever so much.

Now time to say goodbye to viewers in Scotland. But, you will have to

catch up within this next bit on the iPlayer because we need you to vote

on the People's Portrait on Friday. Good luck in the football. See you.

For everyone else, here are today's nominees for the People's Portrait.

One of which could end up in the National Portrait Gallery.

Michael Palin, comedy legend, actor, writer and modern day fill yas Fire

Brigade. -- Phileas Fogg. I want you to imagine a world without Michael

Palin's contribution to comedy. I want to register a complaint. What

is wrong with it? It's dead. And there was the subtle comedy of a

Fish Called Wanda. He has this sort of ability. He's

the best of British. Michael Palin's not only brought a unique unorthodox

form of comedy into British homes for almost 50 years. His travel

adventures have introduced millions of us to cultures and characters

across the globe. What you see on screen on travel

documentaries is him, very genuinely him. He's a national treasure, yes.

So, if ever you'd been on or dreamt of going on an adventurous holiday,

the probably down to Michael Palin. Mount Everest. Forbidding, aloof,

terrifying. No, I'm sorry, we don't go there. No. If you are filled with

pride, that's thanks to the work of Michael Palin. I have every single

tape of Monty Tie on this. I've been in a sketch with you once -- Monty

Python. He's not the that sire, just a very lovely man.

-- the messiah. Mr Clifford. The idea of protecting

the rights of the innocent. When it comes to the idea of protecting the

rights of those who've been detained for onth or convicted of extreme

crimes like terrorism or murder, that requires a special dedication

of quite high moral code. As a boy, Clive Stafford Smith wrote a history

essay of capital punishment and later discovered it's still

happening across the world. Clive vowed to make a difference.

And he has. Known for taking on cases for free

for those who cannot afford a lawyer, he's represented over 300

death row prisoners and increedibly, prevented the death penalty in all

but six cases. But to Clive, any loss of life is

unacceptable. When the family ask me why, all I

can say is it's a sick world, it's a sick world.

We treat people with standards by which we'll be judged. When history

will be written, his life will be seen as huge importance. He's put

himself under hunger strike out of solidarity for the last detainee in

Guantanamo Bay. During the course of his career, he's been called a

traitor, all simply for fighting for basic human rights. Working in the

field that Clive has for 30 years and to keep going has got to be

really, really applauded. Clive Stafford Smith is brave, passionate

and an authentic British humanitarian.

There are 12 candidates in all. It's a difficult question to choose a TV

legend or human rights lawyer, but who would you go for there, Michael

or Clive? Michael Palin's just agreed to star in my film so it

would be incredibly ungrateful if I didn't pick him, so I'll go for

Clive. Excellent.A very important an extraordinary man and less sung

than Michael. There'll be more People's Portrait

nominees later this week and you can vote for your favourite when the

lines open on Friday. If you want to see them all now, go to the website.

Also this week, we will be saluting the summer of 2013 and saying thank

you so much for all that brilliant sunshine we've had. So we'd like you

to send us your stories, pictures and videos of the best thing you got

up to this summer. We want to see the highlights,

looking forward to that one of you celebrating at Wimbledon. Thanks for

looking forward to that one of you the ones you have sent in so far.

E-mail us your videos, links or the ones you have sent in so far.

however you want to do it. All the details are on the website. You can

see Ian's new comedy at BBC Two tomorrow at 9. Bye. Bill