17/09/2012 The One Show

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

there's a woman here from the Six O'Clock News. She's the front woman

of The Antiques Roadshow and has turned art detective again for a

new series of Fake Or Fortune. Please welcome Fiona Bruce!

APPLAUSE Straight from the news.

Brilliant. How was it? Everything OK? It was sort of OK. We were

overrunning. I heard the editor, you've got to interrupt, this must

end, during an interview. I dived in. We get that all the time. It's

happening now actually! We'll talk about Fake Or Fortune later. Just

before that, your co-presenter, Philip Mould has set you a

challenge. We have got here a Renoir on one side and Picasso on

the other. One of these paintings is real and worth �1.5 million. Yes

indeed, woo. The other is a fake worth just 50 quid. Philip will

reveal all at the end of the programme. So, I've got my thoughts.

I've got my thoughts. They're not the same thoughts. Today sees the

start of freshers' week for a lot of universities. Later on Iwan

Thomas finds out what it's like for students leaving home for the fis

time. We would like to see freshers' week photos, new or old.

Keep them clean. No nudity. Send them into the usual address. We

will show some of them later on. Now, for children who have just

started back at school, the thought of returning as an adult is the

furthest thing from their mind. One woman in Rochdale has done just

that. When Elaine Hibbert arrived back, she realised she had quite a

bit of home work to do. Hollin Primary School in Rochdale

is opening for the new school year. And for head teacher, Elaine

Hibbert, this school means much more than just bricks and mortar.

Morning! Elaine first walked through the gates of the original

school in 1959, when skirts were below the knee and teachers still

used chalk boards. I can remember coming into school right in the

first two classes and as a twin, my sister was put in the opposite

class. I can still remember the smell of the block paints that you

used to have on a Friday afternoon. Despite Elaine's fond memories of a

good school, time has not been kind to holyinpriemaer. Rebuilt five

years ago. Ofsted put it on the Government's list of failing

schools. Good morning everybody! I'm so pleased to see you all back

into school. So, in 2010 when Elaine found out a school that

meant so much to her and in need of a new head teacher, she couldn't

resist. When the job became available I knew I had to fight to

get it. The school was attacked by Ofsted for inadequate teaching,

poor leadership and erratic attendance. They'd been without a

permanent head for two years. This primary school needed a miracle.

The first thing I had to do was time prove teaching. If a child

hasn't made progress - why? Don't accept well it's just because they

haven't come to school. Well let's do something about it. Don't accept

it's because they don't read at home. Do something about it.

sounds like you make your teachers work harder than other teachers.

Some of the teachers thaw inherit when you take over a failing school

will say "you're a hard task master. We didn't do that before." My

answer to that is - I don't dwell in the past. When she first arrived

not all the staff agreed with Elaine's new ideas. Once she'd laid

out her plans, nearly half her teachers left. Next, Elaine had to

tackle poor attendance, which wouldn't be easy. You're all coming

back tomorrow. Every time a child is off, phone call home. If that

phone call tells me that they're struggling get the children in,

they won't get dressed or they won't eat their breakfast, then I

chat to them the minute they come back into school and say this is

ridiculous or I get in the car and knock on a door. Go and get them?

Yes! I pick them up. Is that going a bit above and beyond the call of

a head teacher? Not at all. In previous years I've actually gone

and they've come in in their pyjamas and got dressed in school.

Elaine's's a dab hand when it comes to turning around failing schools

fast. This is the third in less than ten years. Are you going to do

your best? When we had our first one-to-one meeting, the last thing

she said is "We're going to hit the ground running." I think that's

what she's good at. She leaves you under no illusion to how hard

you're going to work. She gave across the idea she was someone you

want to be on the right side of. Being on the wrong side of her

won't be so good. She's a -- like a football manager, brought in key

players, just like a manager would. Elaine's skills haven't gone

unnoticed. She's frequently asked to visit other struggling schools

in the area offering advice and support. Elaine and her team might

have impressed the Ofsted inspectors, but what do her

toughest critics think about her? She's quite strict, but that's good.

When we do like really bad stuff and we have to go to her, it

teaches us a lesson. She know that's we won't do it again because

she's like strict. Have you ever been sent to her? No. What kind of

standard of work does she expect? Outstanding. So at the end of the

first day of a new term, and after two years on the job, the results

speak for themselves. Before Elaine arrived, less than 40% of Key Stage

2 children achieved their expected level in English and maths. This

year, there was a 100% pass rate. Ofsted are going to hope the same

dramatic turn around can happen at the remaining 451 schools in

England still causing concern. Thanks. See you tomorrow.

My mantra, if we're talking about mantras is would I send my own

child to this school? Would you? Yes, definitely.

Elaine joins us now. 100% pass rate in English and maths is incredible.

It helps to have the parents onside. How have you improved the

relationship between parents and the school? Very slowly, softly,

softly, by inviting them into school, initially for some fun

activities. I remember the very first activity that we had was a

meat and potato junk modelling evening. Really?! The children

couldn't get near the material for parents making spaceships and theme

parks. We've also... It sounds like a great idea. Ti, was. And it

brought those parents into school Many of them who had had bad

experiences themselves brought them back into school. We've had huge

bouncy castles, where parents have got on to the bouncy castle and

learned how important team work is to get themselves over. We also

have demonstration lessons. One of the first things parents said to me,

when I arrived in school, was, "We don't know how modern mathematics

is taught" for example. You don't add up like we used to. You don't

divide like we used to. We invite parents to come in and watch us

teach those lessons. You were nodding along. It's that thing of

seeing how does the school teach. The maths thing is a torement with

my ten-year-old. My 14-year-old don't bodger to help him any more.

So much of it, I learned to do maths by writing it all done and

showing your work. So much is in their heads now. Completesly

different. It's practical. You do little graduations as well on a

Friday. Yes. We've always had the golden book where children have

been celebrated. Now we've revamped it and we have junior graduates.

Every Friday a child is chosen from every class and the child has the

mortar board and the cape and they enter the school hall, where

parents are present, and they graduate, they end up with the

graduation certificate. That raises self-esteem so much. They're

aspiring to go on to university now. And parents want them to go on as

well. Brilliant. You've done an excellent job. Of course to

everyone at the school as well. Obviously they had to do the work

as well. Well done children, and staff. Everybody. And the parents.

Now, at this time of year people across the country will be

competing for these, village shows. These lovely rez certificates.

Fiona has her eyes on this. We'll talk about this and your pumpkin

shortly. For one Bedfordshire village, this year's entrants have

found themselves up against stiff This is Caddington in Bedfordshire.

Every year they pull out all the stops for the show, brass bands,

morris dancing, the lot. There's no bigger attraction than the battle

in the produce section. This year, there's add competition in the

shape of four One Show presenters who will take on the locals. My

challenge is to grow prize-winning radishes. The problem is, any plant

I have ever tried to grow, in my life, I've killed. If I'm going to

stand any chance at the village show, I'm going to need expert help.

Medwyn's produce has won gold medals 11 times at the Chelsea

Flower Show. When it comes to growing plants, I'm known as Dr

Death. Are some people cursed to never be able to grow anything?

don't know if that's true or not. Let's look at your hands. They're

not green. Not at all. Let's see what we can do. I'm sure I can get

you to grow a simple vegetable and hopefully win the red card. That's

instiling me with confidence already. I'm glad somebody has

confidence. A red card, that's first place in a show like this.

The humble radish originated in China, but was also grown in

ancient Greece and Egypt. The builders of the pyramids were paid

in radishes. They didn't come here inform the 16th century and now

they're a salad staple. We bought 40 million packs of them last year.

This is jolly, the one you're going to gets. That is beautiful. That is

about the size you would want on the table. If it goes a bit bigger,

it doesn't matter. You don't want it smaller. Nothing's perfect, by

the way. I strife for perfection, but settle for excellence. That's

what you'll have to do. This is what you don't want, too big, it's

got an indentation in there. I mean out of ten, I wouldn't give that

more than about three out of ten. The pressure's on. There's no room

for mistakes because radishes go from seed to maturity in just 25

days. Time for a master class, so I know what to do when the time comes

to plant. I suggest you grow them in compost. A special kind of

compost? This is, feel that. Put it in there. It feels lovely. F means

fine, 2 means it's medium strength and S means it's got fine sand.

Once you've done that, lift the pot and tap it down. Level it off.

know nothing. I would have pat today down. If you do that you'll

squeeze all the air out and the roots want air. Put about three

seed in each hole. Two or three or four. Doesn't matter if you put

more. Is one of these one radish? Yeah, one of those will be one

seedling. Why put three or four in? In case some of them don't germ

negotiates. Great, so I know even less than I thought! All I need to

do with radishes is water them. They're hardy and will grow whether

it's sunny or not. I just need to remember to sow them about a month

before the show. Even if I manage to grow them, that's half the

battle. It's the art of displaying that -- them that will win the show.

Cut it with a knife? Yes, roughly about two inches. Uniformity when

you're staging and the uniformity don't forget, it's not just in size,

it's in shape, colour as well. final bit of work these white

radishes and my red ones will need is a gentle wash with a lot of tlc.

Then they're put on a plate with a black cloth to really show off

their colour. What will impress them is the length of the stalks is

the same, same shape, same size. He's going to say, that's got to

have a first. Yeah. All I can do is wish you the very, very best.

these fingers. Yes. The best of luck. Thank you. Well, I've got my

compost, seeds. I've had my lesson from the grand master, but there

are still so many factors that could mess this up. I might get

slugs or I might end up killing them like I do everything else. The

Fiona you were watching that intently.

I was! The world of pumpkins is very big for you at the moment?

the village where I live, there is a pumpkin competition. I have never

gone in for it. We decided to grow pumpkins on the compost heap. This

is for the benefit of my daughter, but I can see that I am m -- am

taking over. How is it going? There are a few

pumpkins. I have no idea how to get them larger, but we will see.

There will be people e-mailing in their droves.

Now, Fake Or Fortune is back since last night. It is like detective

work for this show. That is the idea. My co-present ser

an art specialist. We are trying to make a programme that shows you

don't have to be an artist to enjoy. We are looking at working out if a

painting is what it claims to be or is in fact a genuine painting that

has lost its way and people no longer believe that it is by, in

the case of last night, the impressionist, Edgar Degas. So it

is a case of detective work, really. There is a massive team behind us.

A lot of research going on behind the scenes to prove whether or not

that the paintings are what we hope them to be.

The series started as a chap brought a painting that he had

found near a rubbish tip in Ireland. He hung on to it for 20 years in

the attic. He brought it along it the programme. It was by a former

painter, called Homer. His oils go for many, many millions of pounds.

Bill Gates owns one. This was worth several hundred thousands of pounds,

but it turned up as a fairly nondescript piece of artwork.

To the untrained eye. Next week, you are at the National

Museum of Wales? Yes. You think that you have three

Turners? Here you are analysing it. There are all sorts of comparisons

that become obvious. The explosion of light. The bright white that

seems to suffuse the picture N both paintings you feel that, you sense

So on style grounds, you are sure that it is a Turner on those

grounds alone? We have further to go, but this is a very comfortable

comparison. Indeed! It must be stre, very

tricky, to convince those who have decided that they are fakes that

they are real? In the case of Turner. One of the people that

decided that they are not real is still around. So we had to compile

the research and get him back to change his mind publicly. That is

not easy to ask of anybody. That is his reputation and he must

have faith in our research. We get the experts on board to back up

what we are saying. You will have to watch to find out

what happens. Fake Or Fortune is on this Sunday on BBC One at 7.00pm.

Soon we are to find out which of these paintings is fake and which

is worth a fortune, �1.5 million to be precise.

Today, the sales of toasters... Small fridges, powdered milk...

That is a good one. Large boxes of washing powder will have gone

through the roof, but freshers' week started. A way to embrace

student life. Iwan Thomas has gone to see what it

is like for parents with their children flying the nest.

When I was 18 I was reluctant to go to university, but my mum and dad

insisted that I needed a degree to fall back on if the running did not

work out. Looking back now, I learned so much about myself. This

week hundreds of thousands of students are heading into a world

of tersery education, but will they be learning more than they are

studying? In Manchester, an astonishing 1 million people apply

to study here. 1970s life for a student gives us the insight. With

13 pence a pint and free education for all, it is far cry from today's

students, who could be paying up to �9,000 in television fees. Despite

the challenges getting to and through university, the experience

for us is often life-changing. Do you think that my experience

will be different to yours? I think you will have fun and enjoy it.

Neil is looking forward to his daughter following in his foot

steps. Do you think that life has changed

since your time? We were probably mo relaxed with the costs and the

pecksences. We probably spent more time in bars and drinking, but I

dare say that they do a fair amount now. You can't beat it as a life

experience. It changes you. It influences you for the rest of your

life. Isabela is looking forward to the

next chapter of her life. She is studying art.

I want to go on to cook, to get a good degree. Learn how to live on

my own and experience the world a little more, a little more

independently. We both, my wife and I, hope she

enjoys it. Hellen is moving into halls for the

first time. Her dad, John is there for the first time.

It has been a long and emotional day and for you, the start of a

long time at university. I have freshers' week first. I have

to get that out of my system. Then a long three years ahead of me.

Does it bring back memories for you? It does. I went in 1966. I did

an English degree at Birmingham, but there are more pressures news

now. We are expected to invest in our

futures. When you are investing so much money at our age, you have to

have the right goal. I think you went out all of the time. You got

your degree in the end, but for me it is about the end product. I want

to earn something. It is a lot of money.

What would you say to Helen? Grab your chance and enjoy it, that is

the main thing. Brilliant. Three years of pure

enjoyment. I did it for a year then I started

on Blue Peter. Freshers' week, there were a lot of

keen people trying to get you to join lots of clubs. I remember

thinking I couldn't handle this and I went down to the pub.

I read that you dyed your hair and sang rock? Well, I dyed my hair

blue. Did you do this? That traffic-cone

look passed me by. This is someone's little brother.

This is Ian Hanson at his freshers' week at Leeds University.

And this is Darren, I think he is doing some cleaning. Mike Dilger

has been out at the time of day that most students rarely ever see.

He has enlisted the help of a milk man. If you can bare to leave the

duvet, dawn in the city is a magical time to venture out and

capture a hidden world of nature. A surprising number of diverse

animals take the centre stage. I am taking a journey across the centre

of Bristol, to see what kind of -- kind of wildlife comes out whilst

we are sleeping. What a splendid way to do it than with the milkman.

We placed nine camera traps across the city and left them running for

a week to reveal how much wildlife is emerging every night around us.

It is 4.00am. We have the city to ourselves. The ideal time to

encounter Bristol's most famous night residents. Along the way we

meet the security team the Bristol University. The guards have been up

all night watching the camera traps. They see foxs in the small hours.

There is one in particular who has grown friendly.

We have a residential fox here, Jeff.

He hears us coming out into the vehicles, he will come out too and

sit there and beg for food. It is nod advised to feed wild

animals by hand. One of the team went on a pizza run and knowing

that Jeff may be on the prowell left a crust for him. He turned up

in moments. The cameras at the university picked up another fox.

You may or may not recognise that fox? He has a limp? It is not

unusual to find foxs with severe injuries. Lots of them, especially

urban foxes get hit by cars. In the countryside an injury would

seriously affect a fox's hunting ability, but in the city with the

food more readily available, this fox appears to be doing well. We

have to get on with the safari. Just as we were about to get on the

float, Jeff arrives! An encounter like this can only happen when the

streets are quiet. It is well worth getting up early for. That is

definitely Jeff, is it? It is. It is amazing, right in the centre

of Bristol. That, in many ways, is Britain's biggest carnivore. Let's

have a look at some more footage. Camera two, and there is rare

footage of students playing late night frisbee. Then, somebody walks

into a room above, without knowing that just below a badger is going

about its business! It is getting close to 6.00am. The streets are

still pretty empty. Now we are in search of another of Britain's

largest wild mammals. Badgers. I have heard that a community of them

have set up here in this magnificent Victorian cemetery in

the heart of the city. We have also set up camera traps here. Let's see

what we caught. Well, we caught this. We know it is is a wood mouse

as it is hopping. Voles and rats scurry. Later on the same camera,

the first sight of this cemetery's largest living resident, the urban

badger. Nick is the estate manager, he takes us to a set.

It is huge. It supports a good-sized population.

When you see sets like this, they could be generations of generations

after generations of badgers from the same family living here.

Badgers have an amazing sense of smell. Up to 800 times better than

our own. Here, the badger is smelling around it is likely that

the trap we have placed has given him a new scent. He has definitely

found the camera now! It is 6.30am. My journey is drawing to a close.

Now that the human city is waking up, the wildlife that ruled the

streets for a few short hours, melts back into the under grow.

Talking of which, I think it is time to hit the hey myself! Isn't

Jeff a great name for a fox?! We are joined now by Philip Mould, he

is our expert in Fake Or Fortune. At the start of the show we asked

which of these paintings was fake or real. One is worth about �175

million. It is for sale for that priel. The

other is probably worth -- for that price. The other is worth about

�100. OK. How do you go about spotting a

fake? The first thing is to look at the frame. It gives an indication

of what lies therein. Sometimes frames are cut down to fit a

different type of picture. A bit like hand-me-down-trousers. They

tonight work. Or sometimes the frame is cheap. It is made out of

poor materials, resin. They are light. That give it is away.

What about the work itself? This is where we come into the knowledge of

art. Does it look like the artist's work? Every artist has a different

style. A bit like handwriting. They had techniques. The way that they

moved the brush. The way that they flicked the paint. The more of this

that you can learn, the more you are able to work out if it is the

real thing or not. Should you smell the artwork at

well? No, I just made that up! I thought it sounded good for The One

Show! But, you can, to tell you the truth, recently created pictures,

do smell like unset paint. They smell fresh.

Well, the time has come. Which painting is worth �1..5 million?

I have to guess? You are mean ies! I would say that one. I would say

Picasso, the frame is looking so cheap.

This one has to be the real one, this frame is so terrible.