11/05/2012 The One Show

Hello, friends. Welcome to another fascinating, fabulous Friday 1 our

One Show with Alex Jones and Chris Evans. Tonight, we meet a man who

used magic to survive the Second World War, a fascinating story from

Fergus. Che goes cock-a-hoop over the tastiest chicken curry in the

UK. -- Jay. And Miranda and might find out what the rain has been

doing to our wildlife. Very cute. And we have two guests that span

the generations of entertainment. The wild-haired comedian and

composer responsible for the smash hit musical Matilda. And an

entertainment legend who has just landed not one but three roles and

the Wizard of Oz. It is Tim Minchin First of all, Des O'Connor, on the

way tonight we have curry and hair. Which is most important in your

life? I thought you meant being bald. I am more than egg and chips

man. I do like a curry, but not too hot. Tim, curry or hair? Curry. If

you give me two options and one of them is curry, it is always curry.

Coming up tonight, a growing up a theme going on. Tim will be singing

about growing up later. We have someone who has grown up on TV, for

56 years. And we are asking you to show how grown-up you are by

sending pictures of you Ben Ansen now. We will demonstrate. This is a

picture of Ben. And this is him now. I think both of them work. He is

still nice. We had a go as well. Here we go. This was Chris back

then. And this is Chris now. This was Alex back then. And this is

Alex now. As far as the Olympics are concerned, we are off the

starting blocks. The flame has been lit, and it went out again, and it

is on its way over here. Let's go for our first medals. Here we are.

These are some of the 4700 and Olympic and Paralympic medals. They

are so important that we are not allowed to touch them. I don't know

what will happen if we do. Touched one and see what happens. Can I go

for gold? He touched them and nothing happened. My Finger dropped

off! Where have they come from? Wales, of course. That is where all

the best things come from! We had better check.

The gold medals for the Games will be the largest and most valuable

ever handed out, but when the middle tradition began in 1896, the

winners actually got Silva, the second place got bronze and third

place got precisely nothing. These days, the prices are more glitzy.

In the middle of the Welsh valleys, why would you want a building that

looks like a prison but is not a prison? There must be something in

there that needs protecting. Olympic gold. I said, no Spandau

Ballet. We will have enough of that in a couple of months. For the past

six months, a specially selected team of Royal Mint designers,

technicians and craftsmen have been working behind heavily locked doors,

ensuring every medal produced meets highly exacting specifications.

This is where it all happens. In terms of the metal going into this,

what are we talking about, what is in there? This is the gold

Paralympic medal, with six grams of gold actually in the alloy.

then they are painted. They are not painted! They are electro pleated

to give them the gold colour. Why are they not solid gold? The cost.

First strike, 600 tons, and the last squeeze, 750 tonnes. Look at

that. That is a Paralympic gold. It is silver, but it is a gold. It is

the heaviest Olympic medal ever. Heavy metal. Talk me through the

idea behind them. How do you turn the idea into something we can

hold? There were two different processes. For this side, which is

the wings, we modelled it on a computer. The other side is

different. For this, we took a texture of the original sculpture

of Naik that appeared above the stadium in Athens, and we combined

it with a hand-made plaster model to produce this side. The idea is

that it is the heart of the Olympic Games. Usain Bolt has just won his

gold medal. They go to put it round his neck, and at that point, guess

what happens? It is my worst nightmare as well. Is it? That it

drops straight off the ribbon onto the floor. I double checked and

double-checked a bit more on the stitching and I make sure it is not

going anywhere. This is what you get for a lifetime of complete

devotion and commitment. It has got care instructions. Do not use any

liquid, chemicals or abrasive substances when cleaning it.

the proud owner of London 2012 gold medal. But it is not just precious

metal. Rio Tinto has provided the gold, silver and bronze in order to

make the medals from mines in Mongolia. Rio Tinto is accused of

environmental damage, ignoring workers' rights and trampling on

local tribes the world over. Have you got concrete examples? The Rio

Tinto mine is in an area of the Gobi desert which is very dry, and

the water they are taking is likely to lead to problems down the line

for local tribespeople. Rio Tinto say that being ethically

responsible runs through everything that it does. These are the same

old claims that have been dismissed by an independent body. The water

that we use for our mining process is sourced from a completely

different supplied to the water used by the local people. Wherever

the metal comes from, the end product is the result of hours of

care and attention. Time for some awards, One Show-style, with a nod

to the ancient Greeks. Actually, my back garden. You have done very

well. Thank you very much. Well done, well done.

Good work. Well done, Wales. Next week, live from RNAS Culdrose in

Cornwall. The show his life from their next Friday as we welcome the

Olympic flame to the shores of Great Britain. -- the show is

coming live from there. Other exciting news, it has been

announced that Des O'Connor is going to be starring as the wizard

in the Wizard of Oz. Have you been told? Yes, somebody sent me a

letter. We are not revealing it to you. You are taking over on the

22nd. I met the cast for the first time today and did a few lines with

the Straw man and the lion. They are wonderful, and she is gorgeous.

The lovely Sophie. I am looking forward to it. Eight shows a week

for 100 years! Was it an accident will return to the theatre? What is

this word "accidental"? You were our Tikrit 6. Dreamboats And

They thought, he is not going to sing, is he? I got to sing Everly

Brothers songs and a cliff Richard's song and it was so great.

Since then, Bill Kenwright and his Lordship, Andrew Lloyd Webber, said,

he would be all right. I am so excited. You go backstage in the

Palladium, there is something about it. All of the sets and the scenery.

You realise it is like a movie. Have you seen it? I had seen it

twice. It is brilliant. She saw it for both of us. You are playing

three parts. In dreamboat and petticoats, played a 61-year-old

and a 41-year-old, and I got away with that. And I have to wear a wig

in this. The blizzard wears a wig. He plays a professor, and a doorman,

and then he plays the Wizard. will yours differ from Russell

Grant? Have a different want. -- I Matilda the musical,

congratulations. You cannot read music and you play by ear, so how

can you write a musical? People confuse a lack of formal training

with the lack of understanding. They have Mozart on one end and

Hendrix on the other, just feeling it. There is a middle area, where

most songwriters are, I think. I understand music through many hours

of writing simple songs and slightly more complex songs. I know

a lot about songwriting just through experience. What I have is

a freedom from the history. I have never gone through Stephen Sondheim

scores and tried to figure out what he does. I know nothing about

classical music. I tend to start with lyrics and I go, how should

this sound? I understand it, I just cannot read the dots. Added you

feel the first time you saw it on stage? -- how did you feel? It is

just the most satisfying thing. I have done a lot of solo performance

as a comedian and musician, and it is always fraught with your own

obsession with the details. But being a part of something with

these incredible Co creators and directors and designers and staff,

and to watch everybody nail their bets. But probably the best day,

perhaps of my career in any field, was hearing the cast and the band

play it at the first run-through. Not with the stage, set and

choreography, no audience, just people on microphones singing with

the band the stuff that I had done in my head and Done Bad demos of.

Hearing it come alive, I was like a child. Des, you were a punchline

for many performers very long time, weren't you? Even Carol Vorderman

had ago. You have probably often wondered what you can do with a Des

O'Connor record. Well, a sensible thing to do is make a static

electricity generator out of one. As I turn the handle, sparks fly

across the gap. Remember, you need a Des O'Connor record. No other

record will do. I have never seen that before. Wait until I see her!

It is something I learned to live with. I remember once at the

Palladium signing autographs and a lady called me close and said,

there is an envelope and in there is my address and a five pound note.

Send me your new album. I said, it will not cost a fiver in the shops.

She said, I am not going to go in and ask for it. I learned to live

with it. You will be back at the Palladium on 22nd May. Now, to a

marvellous magician. He used magicked out with his captors

during the Second World War. -- he used magic to outwit his

captors. I am on my way to the Magic Circle,

the club for magicians, to meet its longest serving member. Fergus,

nice to meet you. 93-year-old Fergus joined the Magic Circle in

1936, aged 18. He was its youngest In October 1939, Fergus was called

up. He had no idea what lay ahead. I did not want to be alone at the

end of it. Life was awful. People just didn't know what to depths you

had been in. In order to survive, he would cheat death and danger and

charm his way to freedom. And throughout all, he would be reliant

on his magic hands. For the first two years, he was stationed in

England, performing magic for the troops. But then, on 7th December

1941, Pearl Harbor was attacked. Fergus was posted to Singapore, and

within days of arriving, was bombed by the Japanese. My wristband was

blown out. My hand was in shreds, and there was nothing for it at the

time but to cut it off. The but his magical reputation would come to

his rescue. The orderly said, aren't you the magician? I said yes.

He turned to the surgeon and said, you can't cut his hand off, he is a

conjuror. Hours later, Fergus's hospital came under attack from

Japanese soldiers. Badly injured and with no sign of movement,

Fergus created the ultimate illusion. My hand was on my chest,

pouring with blood. And when they saw the blood, they thought I had

died, and walked on. I was the only one left alive out of the 71.

all those on your ward were killed that day? All dead. Nurses, doctors,

everybody. Fergus evaded death, but not capture, and soon found himself

a prisoner of war working on the Burma railway nicknamed the railway

of death. It was here that he again tricked his way to survival. His

break time magic shows so impressed the guards that they forgot about

time. Sometimes I could work it so that I had 45 minutes of rest,

which was vital. His Japanese captors demanded a magic show.

Fergus wanted an egg as a prop, and made the most of his access to the

cookhouse. When I got there, the Jap asked me what I wanted. So I

said, 50 eggs. So I shot off with this lot into our hut, and we made

a 50 egg omelette. And we ate it. After his performance, he was

summoned by the commandant. He said, you do trick with one leg. Where 49

eggs? That was when I said, I am dead. And then out of my mouth came

these words - your show was so important, I was rehearsing all day.

And I remember walking back to the heart, saying to myself, you fool!

Then on 2nd September 1945, the Japanese surrendered. After three-

and a-half years in captivity, Fergus went home to his fiancee,

Lucille. There she was, waiting. We were married 35 wonderful years.

People often say to me, someone up there is looking after me. My view

is, you are born, you live, you die. Everything that happened to me, it

is the way the cookie crumbles. I survived it. A round of applause.

Fergus, thank you for coming on. Welcome to The One Show. Lovely to

be here. Incredible story, but I am a bit of a romantic. What struck me

was the story between you and the lovely UCU. So she said no to five

proposals while you were away? She knew you would come back. How

was the first meeting between you? It was strange, because my brother

and his wife and Lucille met me at Charing Cross station. And we sat

in a train going home, and no one said much. You didn't want your

brother and his wife there? really. I want Lucille on my own!

It was an anti-climax to see her for the first time. But you made up

for it. Did they know you were alive because of a secret message

on this postcard that you sent home? Yes. We had been prisoners

for about two and a half years, and we got this card that we could send

home. They would not allow us to write anything on it in case of

codes and that sort of thing, so we were just allowed to sign it. When

I was a baby, they called me smiler. And when I went off to the army, my

mother said, whatever happens to you, keep smiling. They had been

told that I had been killed in action. But my mother said,

nevertheless, I will send a card every week, just in case. We got

this card, and I sent it. And when it got home nine months later, my

mother said, he really is dead. That is not my son's signature. And

she took herself off, and no one was to mention my name. And then

suddenly, she started screeching of a place down - he is alive! She had

spotted my little toad. Tell us how the code works? To start with, that

is not the normal signature. It is slightly different, because there

is a curve at the top of the letter F. And insured hand, that reads

"still". And then the little flick at the end of the liturgy means

"smiling". And in the crossings out, I wrote, don't worry. So learn

shorthand in case there is another war! Now, we have to ask you about

the Olympics. Obviously, it is round the corner. But you actually

watched the 1948 Olympics here. He went to the stadium every day?

Every day, I paid half a crown and went in and sat by the finishing

line. No corporate boxes Comer no queuing up for tickets. Got on the

bus, half a crown, and in. These are White City studios, so the

Olympic Stadium was here? Yes, they told me just now that the finishing

line is just the other side of this window. There is a memorial to all

the people who won the medals. you ran here as a boy? I ran in the

public schools mile. I did not know anything about running. I just knew

I could run. And I led all the way. When we came up the finishing

straight, they all passed me! think the Olympic Committee should

invite Fergus to the Olympics. Before you go, have you got a

little trick for us? I did bring a little trick. I have a penknife. It

is a Woolworths penknife that I got when I was young. If I push it

through my hand, it is quite simple. If I were, fingers when I am doing

it, it changes colour. Now it is But if I were, fingers, it goes

They don't make them like Fergus any more. If they did, we would all

be out of a job. Thank you for coming.

On Wednesday, the hairdressing world lost one of its legends.

Vidal Sassoon was lost to the great salon in the sky. Here is our

street barber Michael Douglas' tribute to one of his heroes.

In the 1960s, Vidal Sassoon became one of the most famous hairdressers

in the world, creating hair stars you can still see on the streets

today. It is fair to say I would not be here without him. This is

Becky. I am going to give her a 1950s inspired haircut based on the

kinds of things Vidal Sassoon would have been doing at the beginning of

his career. Becky, Vidal Sassoon was born in Hammersmith, around

here. And he was raised in Shepherds Bush, just up the road.

His mum was from the Ukraine. His dad was an immigrant from grace

called Nathan. His dad left when Vidal Sassoon was about five years

old, due to the stresses and strains of being a single parent,

of the Dow and his brothers were put into an orphanage. Then his

mother insisted that he became a hairdresser. Vidal completely

revolutionised hairstyles like this so that you did not have to go to

the salon once a week. You could go once every eight weeks, which

people found liberating. There you have it. How is that? Brilliant.

Lurgy everybody would have had back combing in their hair, and

everybody's hair used to be cut with razors, which Vidal Sassoon

changed forever. His creative cuts helped define the Swinging '60s.

His client list included Twiggy, Mia Farrow and one of his best

known clients, Mary Quant, who called Vidal Sassoon de Chanel of

hair. It was here on the fashionable New Bond Street at a

26-year-old Vidal Sassoon opened his first salon. It has changed

hands many times, but I will give the new owner a Vidal Sassoon

inspired job. So these are the original premises, the first salon.

Yes, he was an artist. A hairstyle can make or break. It is part of

your personality. What was great about these flat, geometric

hairstyles, is that they were designed to accentuate different

parts of the face. He would expose the cheekbones, bring out the eyes

with these short fringes. He revolutionised hairdressing. I met

Vidal Sassoon in about 2004. I was working at London fashion Week and

he came back stage to say it was the best hair he had seen in any

show that season. I can't tell you how happy I was. For 24 years, I

have been doing people's hair. There has not been a working day go

by when I do not use one of Vidal Sassoon's techniques, the way I use

my scissors or even copied the styles he created. His legacy will

live on probably pretty much forever. I love it. It is great.

Thank you. Don't thank me, thank the man himself.

We were just getting ready for something there. Now, today's show

is all about growing up. We wanted your photographs of you "then and

now". Here, these are worse, rich, Ray and Rob. 25 years between the

two photos. Here they are now. I change my round? I want to do now

and then. It will work better. This is Verity, Ellen and Alex. That is

them now. But that was then. See? And here we have now and now. Tim

Minchin is here. You wrote Matilda, but you are about to star in Jesus

Christ Superstar. Yeah. This is the show Andrew Lloyd Webber is putting

together on ITV. He is looking for Jesus, but he has already got you

as Judas Iscariot. Yes, I am Judas. It is very new news to me. It is

hard to explain, because people know me here as a comedian and

composer, but this has been my obsession. It is the only role I

have ever cared about in musical theatre. Not Jesus are any other

show, but this role in this show. How come? It is just awesome. It is

a rock show and I am a rock singer. And it is an incredible story, a

dramatic story told in a unique way. And Judas's journey from his

frustration through to his suicide and total breakdown, all the while

singing be flats and Ds, the version I was obsessed with was in

from deep purple singing Jesus, and the singer playing Judas, it

sounded like his throat was bleeding. You are genuinely excited.

But you are excited about everything you do. I have ended up

with an amazing life. I get to do these things. It took me to lie was

30 before I even managed to kick the first door down. I was

struggling away in Australia. And now I keep getting what I want. I

am lucky. You are a busy boy, because you have lots of concerts

over the summer in different places. You are doing more serious stuff

now. Are you moving away from comedy? No. I am doing comedy songs,

it is just that because of Matilda and all these other projects, I

have not written a new batch of comic material. I did this thing

with Symphony Orchestra's over the last couple of years, so I am

finding ways to reinvent my music. People who don't know my stuff will

still get comedy out of my gigs, but people who have followed me

will get new versions of things. I am playing a lot of festivals with

a four piece band. Sometimes a 12 piece band. It depends on digging.

But it will still be mostly Have you ever played Glastonbury?

They invite the old guys. Watch it! If you do Sweet Caroline and YMCA,

they love it. I would love to do that. I am available. Not until

September. Tim, where can we see you over the summer? It is all

festivals. A couple of national houses. We are on to Des now.

we did not get to where we can see him. It is on my website. Back to

Des. Your big chat show. 8:00pm, ITV. It is a family show. You have

a campaign for the family chat show making a return. Somebody asked me,

what do you think of the new chat show hosts? We have a remote and we

can turnover, all we can stick with someone. If I have one little Winch,

a lot of the young comics started their first shows with us, the

first masterclass, mainstream stuff. I look at a couple of them these

days and I think, the language. I curl up a bit, and I do not think

they need it because they were funny without it and they would be

just as funny today without it. Have we got time for his Les Dawson

clip? We have not. What have we got time for? Jay Rayner. He is back

with more spice than ever. I asked for your recipe for the

favourite home style chicken curry. The competition was as hot as the

At the end of a hard week, there is nothing as comforting as a big bowl

of chicken curry, whether you like it mild or fiery. A good one can be

a wake-up call for the taste buds. Currie is said to have come from

the Tamil word for a spice sauce. In the UK, we have been devouring

it for centuries. 40% of us eat curry every week. We sifted through

your applications, looking for taste and originality, and these

three finalists think that they should win the grand title of the

nation's favourite. Julia from Chester. I have the best recipe -

simple and easy but I am on to a winner. Mandeep from Surbiton.

going to win and crush the competition. And Symon from London.

Mine is the best and I am going to win. They have to impress me and

Angela Gray. We have asked for an Indian style chicken curry. What

are you looking for? A balance of aromatic spice, clever flavour

building, forlorn but with a nice kick. And not swimming in too much

oil. The chicken should be succulent. I sense deep enthusiasm

in you. I cannot get through the week without my curry fix. Let the

competition begin. Julia blends and aromatic marinade including chilli,

coriander, ginger and garlic. It is a family favourite. Where does it

come from? My mother in law is of Indian origin. Originally, it was

one of her marinade recipes that she taught me many years ago. Over

the years, I have adapted it and it is now my own. Have you eaten

Indian food all your life? until I was 21. 21! She finishes

off with spinach and a slug of cream. Next, Mandeep with her

grandmother's recipe. She is using a home-made spice blend Gara

Marsala, and another traditional ingredient which is all fat. What

is this? It is not very good for the diet. It is clarified butter,

and lashings of it. But her old school curry is getting a makeover

with a coriander emotion. That sounds rather posh. It is coriander

which is blitzed with olive oil. It will be drizzled on the top. I have

some shallots, which are going to be fried and tossed in a

combination of mango powder and black salt. It is not entirely

black, is it. Black sorts, that his attention to detail. There is an

aromatic kick. Symon is a self-proclaimed

connoisseur, and to him, precision is everything. What are you doing?

I am worrying the onions, 1.5 grams. It is incredibly precise. It has to

be perfect. Are you the ultimate Curry nerd? Something along those

lines. There is a long list of spices, at least nine, all blended

together in a coffee grinder. If I ever said to you, why not buy curry

powder from the supermarket, would you laugh in my face? Yes. As soon

as it is ground, the flavour is gone. Time is up, and now for the

best bit, the tasting. Shall we start with Julia's quick chicken

tikka with spinach and cream? creamy. There is still fire there.

I would struggle to eat a large portion. The flavour is there but

under a blanket of cream. Let's move on to Mandy's inherited

recipe. -- Mandeep's. You have the Spice. Full-on chicken, but lots of

spice and the heat comes in waves. Garnish can sometimes be for show,

but this plays a part in the flavour.

Let's move on to Symon's precision curry. Beautiful sauce and a nice

balance of spice. One thing which is not a favourite, the chunks of

green pepper. It is a very serious bit of curry. All of that measuring

paid off. This is a tough job. Three great dishes, but there can

only be one winner. The winner of the One Show chicken curry

challenges... Mandeep. We agreed that her curry was the clear

favourite because of its depth of flavour and scrumptious garnish.

Congratulations. And you have brought the curry in, which is

brilliant news. Before that, Jay, you have something to give to her.

All expense has been spared to give you this second to none... And Des

has brought something a little more I was hoping for a Des O'Connor C D.

We have got a few 1000 round the back! Is this the winning curry?

Is there going to be steam coming out of my ears? Can you reach it

from there, because I can't! What sets us apart from the others? All

of them looked lovely. They were lovely. Tim wants to throw himself

into it as well. People talk about curry having layers of flavour, but

too often they are just a stew which tastes of salt and heat but

not much else. This one has lots of layers, lots of character. It is

not just salt and heat, but it is rich, deep and dark. And the meat

melts in your mouth. Pre-it does interesting things. When you are

walking to a curry house and you get the smell, what is it? What is

the overwhelming smell that comes down the street? Lots of butter.

What is the key to a good samosa? My mum cooking it. We are all

coming round later! Yours has a modern twist because you have a

coriander emotion. And shallots on the top. -- are coriander emotion.

What would your grandmother had said? She would have thought it was

silly but I think she would have enjoyed it as well. Tim, are you

having some? I am so hungry. Some of the entries did suggest

chocolate, which is not as crazy as you might think. In South American,

Mexican food there is a lot of chocolate in those stews. So I can

imagine chocolate working in this style of curry, except that you do

not associate the cocoa plant growing in the Indian sub-continent,

so it is a bit strange. And about curries, is it Indian? The Indian

sub-continent is huge. There's packets buck Pakistan, Bangladesh,

Sri Lanka. It is like talking about one European food. There are lots

of different regions. Your family is from the Punjab, which has its

own style. The Indian curry on the High Street is mostly Bengali.

more question. Can you come back every week? And the curry has gone

down a storm, and she has brought an extra dish, Saag Paneer. Oh, my

goodness! I have tried that while you were chatting. That is nice,

dark spinach. Can we go on a break so I can eat? If you want to eat

any of the Curry, the recipes are on the website right now. Last week

we sent Lucy Siegle out to explain why we had droughts and floods at

the same time. Since then, however, because of the continuing rain, 19

areas have dropped their drought status this afternoon. But what of

the phrase, nice weather for ducks. What about the rest of the

I am in the heart of the Fens that the Ouse Washes, one of the most

important breeding habitats in the country for ground-nesting birds

like lapwing, redshank and snipe. Conditions for those birds are

absolutely ideal on this side, but over here, it is a very different

story. The Ouse Washes are large areas of pasture land purposely

flooded to prevent the river bursting its banks. Normally, this

only happens in winter, but last week the Environment Agency had no

choice but to open the sluice gates to prevent the flooding of

thousands of people's homes. This move has had dire consequences for

this internationally important wildlife reserve. This lapwing

footage captured by a viewer shows one of many nests being submerged.

John is the RSPB site manager for the Ouse Washes and has seen at

first hand the after effects of the flooding. Just to reiterate, this

lake over here really should look like that over there. Absolutely.

It is a disaster for this time of year. We would expect at the moment

to have 600 pairs of breeding waders, 800 pairs of ducks. Instead,

we have 1.5 metres of water. This is 22 miles long. It is hard to

envisage. It is about 6000 football pitches. To be honest, I am gutted.

I adore birds. Is there any light at the end of this tunnel? There is

a glimmer, still. End of June-July, if we can get rid of the water by

then, there is the chance that lapwing and snipe might make a

nesting attempt. But realistically, the chances are very slim. This

might have a knock-on effect for years. The biggest irony is that

this entire region is technically in drought. It is not just the east

of the country that has been badly affected. Miranda has been in the

south-west to see how the recent deluge has hit wildlife in this

critical season. It is a time when young birds and

mammals should be with their parents but sadly many are becoming

separated due to the horrendous weather we have been having. Recent

flooding has swamped dens, Burroughs and nests. Last week,

these kingfishers were filmed struggling to feed their young in

the flooded conditions. This is just one drama in a catalogue of

incidents. Somerset is one of the worst-hit areas, and wildlife

rescue centres have been inundated with refugees. Care manager Sarah

Cowen is working round the clock. Look at them! They are just

gorgeous. These cubs were saved by good-natured members of the public.

What happened? He was seen in Bude in Cornwall. The road in the town

was flooded and a member of the public watched the fox cub drowning

and they managed to grab him. condition was he in? He was

absolutely drenched, soaking wet and very distressed and cold. And

quite hungry. But he has settled in. Looking good now. These are the

lucky ones. Their chances of survival are excellent and they

will be released once they are big enough. But other animals are not

faring so well. They were flooded out of their badger set a couple of

days ago. But unfortunately this little one, we are having to feed

with a syringe because he is not taking food and has lost weight.

This is the downside of the flooding. Unfortunately, yes.

Badger cubs do not know where they are, where to go. You cannot put

them back until it subsides. Can I give him something to eat? Gently

poppet into the side of his mouth. It is quite a disgusting, sickly

Sara and the team hoped to release these back into the wild, but when

depends on when the floodwaters subside.

The baby foxes were lovely. We have an update. We spoke to the Secret

World Wildlife rescue Centre this morning, and the baby foxes and

badgers are well on the way to recovery and release. And began to

ban is over! Now, Monday sees the latest

instalment of the extraordinary documentary about growing up. We

have more of your photographs. This is Gavin and see them, and now.

am going to go with now and then. These are them now, Denise, Lynn

and run from Stoke. 59 years previously, this was how they

looked. This is Sam, 40 years ago, from West Yorkshire. And now!

is then, Ian, at seven years old. Look at him now. It is all about

growing up. Monday sees the latest instalment of the extraordinary

series that has followed the lives of 14 people from different

backgrounds since 1964. In many ways, this was the first reality

showed. We have seen them living in care, get married, split up, get

back together, become parents, and move abroad. And nobody was voted

out. Between them, they have dealt with homelessness, infidelity,

bereavement and even a career in local politics. Her one of them,

Symon, is here. First, let's have a sneak preview of what he is up to.

Before I am old enough to get a job, I will walk around and see what I

can find. I was going to be a film star. Now I am going to be an

electrical engineer. There is more to reality. By 21, Symon was

working in the freezer room of Wall's sausages in London. I know I

can't stay here forever. I could not stay there for that long. My

mind would go dead. Do you never feel you should be doing better

jobs? Aren't you worth more? No. I suppose are just like hard work. I

am the proof that you need to push yourself. If you want things in

life, you have to push yourself to keep going. I think that programme

is extraordinary, and you are part of it, Symon. It is possibly the

most extraordinary series television has ever seen. How has

it been? Easy. How do you feel when you look back at some of that

footage? Is it's nice to have a record, or do you feel embarrassed

by some of it? I used to feel bad. I used to get tensed up when the

programme was coming, and 10 stop when the filming was going to be

shown. But now I am too old to worry about it. And you and your

wife over the years have fostered 65 children? Will they be featured

in the film? We will talk about it, but we are not allowed to reveal

that. You have already seen the programme. Is it any good? It is

fantastic. That is not just me saying it. Everybody that has been

in the programme and been part of the programme has thought it was

fantastic. I heard this was going to be the last one? We need enough

survivors to do the next one. you are only 56. I am just a kid.

You are next to Des O'Connor. only 27! Symon, when you look back

over the different documentaries every seven years, which was your

favourite period? This one now. have to say that. No, actually,

this one now. People always say those were the days. But actually,

these are the days. Des O'Connor, you must come across that all the

time. Whichever moment you are in, that is what you should be enjoying.

Are you friends with some of the others in the documentary? I see

them more as family. I do not see them at all, but when I do meet up

with them, it is like we have known each other all our lives. It is

extraordinary seen the footage from different years. The footage of you

as a young man could have been filmed yesterday. You think so?

Very handsome as a young man, if you don't mind me saying. 56 Up is

on ITV1 on Monday night at 9pm. Now, it is inevitable that was

growing up, we have warm patch that we have all warned things we later

Ruth Goodman has been looking at the fashion that went from flash to

trash in a blink of a knife. There was a time when sport and

fashion kept a healthy distance. Sport was all about practicality,

and fashion it was different. But in the 1980s, all that changed when

a new type of clothing emerged - the shellsuit. Cotton to peace

tracksuits had been around for ages, but in the nylon age, they really

came into their own. Out of place in a modern sports store, these

vintage '80s shell-suits were once the height of fashion. This is why

it is called a shellsuit, this micro fibre nylon shell, quite

unlike the heavy cotton track suits that were available at the time. A

true shellsuit is also tapered in at the cuffs and down again at the

ankle. These man-made fibres were also much easier to print on and

could be produced in a range of colours and patterns. Shell-suits

first caught the eye of British people when Liverpool fans were

travelling to watch their team dominate European football in the

'80s. This exposed them to continental fashions, and they

wanted a piece of the action, which is how this garish garment made the

transition from Milan to Merseyside. Sports retailers seized the

opportunity and started to import container loads. A shellsuit would

be �120. And I suppose that is part of its aura, that if you spend �120

on a tracksuit, you look as though you are wearing �120 worth of

tracksuit. It is when it is a fiver in a barrel somewhere in a market

that it loses a lot of its appeal. With high street shops and market

stalls stocking them, prices tumbled, and so did the shellsuit's

reputation. What started as a functional garment for honed and

focused athletes now came to represent the opposite. And thanks

to the likes of Harry Enfield's Scousers, they came to stereotype a

workshy underclass. Not only had they become laughable, but BBC's

Watchdog had noticed a moor burning issue. Welcome to watchdog. In

tonight's programme, startling news. Shell suits are made of flimsy

polyester or nylon. Look how quickly they go if near a fire.

Once Watchdog ignited a debate, the heat was on for the shellsuit. But

you don't have to hold a naked flame to a shellsuit to raise the

temperature of everyone around you. It has such an inflammatory

reputation that you merely have to wear one. What does the shellsuit

say today to shoppers on fashionable Bond Street? It is for

chavs. Shopping centres. It is not the most glamourous think. Hideous.

Not many people dress like that around here. They don't do you any

favours. But while some are glad to see the back of the shellsuit,

there still seems to be some residual affection for it. Vintage

shellsuit still a roaring trade online, and there are some who

think they may be about to enjoy a mainstream fashion renaissance. One

young designer has taken fashion's most sneered at two peace and we

launched it during London fashion Week to wide acclaim. I wanted to

bring two opposites together and create something new. I hope it

will be something that becomes an identifiable thing you would like

to wear. The shellsuit may have gone back to its aspirational roots,

but for the moment, its place is the slip-on uniform of the high

street has passed. Whether it went out of vogue due to public opinion

is debatable, but they don't half keep the wind out.

But anything against a cool brick wall looks good. Matt Baker would

call that practical and cool. is here. You have a little one

growing up. Seven and a half? Fantastic little guy. I went to

school and a headmistress said how sporting of you to volunteer for

the fathers' race. I had to run against Linford Christie! Imagine

me at 72. I let him win. I did not want to spoil it. Speaking of

growing up, let's have a little song from Tim Minchin.

# When I grow up. # I will be tall enough to reach

the branches. # That I need to reach to climb the

trees. # You get to climb when you're

grown up. # And when I grow up.

# I will be smart enough to answer all.

# The questions that you need to know.

# The answers to before you're grown up.

# And when I grow up. # I will eat sweets every day.

# On the way to work, and I will. # Go to bed late every night.

# And I will wake up. # When the sun comes up, and I.

# Will watch cartoons until my eyes go square.

# And I won't care 'cause I'll be all grown up.

# When I grow up. # I will be strong enough to carry

all. # The heavy things you have to haul.

# Around with you when you're a grown up.

# And when I grow up. # I will be brave enough to fight

the creatures. # That you have to fight beneath

the bed. # Each night to be a grown up.

# And when I grow up. # I will have treats every day.

# And I'll play with things that mum pretends.

# That mums don't think are fun. # And I will wake up.

# When the sun comes up and I. # Will spend all day just lying in

the sun. # And I won't burn 'cause I'll be

all grown up. From the musical Matilda. Thank you

for being here. Good luck with all your festivals, and with Matilda.

And Des, we can see you on 22nd May. You can. You have seen both shows.

Don't ask me. What? For a favourite! They are both great.

Have a great weekend. Have a lovely weekend, and we will see you on