18/05/2016 The One Show

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

Tonight we're joined by a man of many talents He's an award-winning

comedian. He's a bestselling kids author. He's a lady. He's also our

favourite judge on Britain?s Got Talent. So let's hit the golden

button, buzzer, and straight through to the One Show sofa. Here we go.

Ah, YES! Mr David Walliams in all of his glittering glory. Hello. Clearly

seen the show, the golden button. That's what it's called. How are you

both? I was talking about you the other day on the show. You got my

name wrong. Yeah. Anyway, let's not go there. You know this is going out

live, you know that? We have lots of other guest that is we need to

welcome tonight. OK. Make yourself comfortable. Here we go. Picking

golden confetti and glitter out of their beards, the had been Hillary

Clinton. # Born to be wild...

# The bikers are half the men they used to be. The Hairy Dieters will

share the secrets of their slimming success later on. It's going well.

Tonight, our audience are Northern Ireland football fans. The Green and

White Army are here. APPLAUSE.

That was your Kew. They've released an unofficial song for the Euros in

Paris. They will be giving us us a rousing rendition later in the show.

That's the first time they have qualified in 30 years. Gyles

Brandreth will be bidding farewell to his personal collection of teddy

bears. He will tell us why those famous furry friends hold so many

fond memories, not just for him, but for all of us. You heard our

collection of items. Would you buzz off Brandreth and the bears? Never.

Good answer. What about the Green and White Army? There's a lot of

them. Yes. It would be less hot in here. I have to buzz off somebody.

You don't have to. OK. I would keep everybody. I think.

Last week leading lady, Sheridan Smith, had to step down

from starring in the West End musical, Funny Girl.

In doing so, the spotlight shined brightly on the understudy.

So we asked Alistair McGowan to draw back the curtain on the unsung

All the world's a stage and one man in his time plays many parts. The

theatre. Oh, to tread the boards like Dench and Mirren. Behind every

great actor, sorry... Sorry, I really don't feel very well. Oh! But

behind every great actor is an understudy waiting in the wings.

With tickets costing upwards of ?70 theatre goers want to see a familiar

celebrity face more than they want to see a show. What if something

happens to your star name? Currently, Natasha Barnes is winning

reviews in Funny Girl as she covers for Sheridan Smith. Rio Jones found

herself centre stage standing in for Hollywood royalty. When I got the

call, asking me to be standby to Glenn Close. Sunset Bull record. It

was an A-list Hollywood star. Of course, maybe deep down I thought I

would get on. There was a big possibility with five weeks I

wouldn't. Fate took over and you got that call, how did you feel in that

moment? I felt sick. I had a 40 minute rehearse Al with a leading

man. Never sang it with the orchestra or performed in costume.

It was thrown on. How did the audience respond to you? You are not

Glenn Close. I heard some of the boos. Someone shouted, "can I have

my money back?" I thought, OK. Go out there be be true to the role,

Norma. They went crazy. They were wonderful. It was a stunning,

stunning experience for me. I'll never forget it. But you want more

now. Rio, thanks so much. Lovely to meet you. Thank you, you too, Joe.

Sorry, abouts that. Feeling so much better now. Are you ready to make a

start? I'm sorry, Joe just stood in for you. Who's Joe? I absolutely

adore the theatre. For my birthday this year I saw Smith in Funny

Girth, would I have gone if it was her understudy, I would have done, I

would have been disappointed because I wanted to see her. What do other

theatre goers make of stars and their understudies? If I was looking

forward to seeing the star I would be unhappy. Disapointing. It's the

law of the I would be game. Angry. I with would watch the show. It's not

like I would leave or not show up. Gutted. Make the time to come here,

but we would see the play. To get the industry's take I have come to

meet the Editor of the Stage. When you buy tickets for a big production

and see an understudy instead, should they get a refund? From a

legal perspective they shouldn't get a refund. They are i booing tickets

for the show, not to see a specific performer. If you were see be An

Evening with Glenn Close, for example, you might have grounds for

asking for a refound if they replace her with an understudy. Can it be a

positive experience? It's worth remembering Anthony hop kins was an

understudy for Olivier. He wouldn't have been half as well known. Lots

of people in the audience would have been disappointed when Olivier was

taken ill. If the star name is off sick, keep an open mind, with

understudyies you will get a great show. That's a wrap. I'm fine

Equally as good now. As each other. I love looking through the

programme, working out who is each other's understudies and what it

would be like if they were on. Do you not do that? Does it the it not

say, so-and-so is the understudy. Chat amongst yourselves. Did you? I

did a show with Sheridan, Midsummer Night's Dream. It's norm Al to have

understudies in case... What was your relationship like with

ourunderstudy? Good. He was in the play as was Sheridan's understudy.

They were part of the show anyway. If one of us was off for any reason

they would step in. Were you off? I wasn't, no. No. You didn't want to

be, did you? No, I didn't. The show must go on. We were talking about

that. Yeah. I feel compassion for Sheridan. It she's like a sister for

me. She is going through a serious issues awe with her family inch

other job you would be allowed time off, wouldn't you? She is definitely

should be allowed this time off. We are talking about it. Audiences will

be thrilled when she comes back. Definitely. I have seen the show

already, I have tickets to go again. We will talk about your new book,

The World's Worst Children. Quite unexpected, we might add. We will

talk about that in a moment. We wanted to find out exactly

what children find funny and how So we sent Tommy Sandhu

to an afterschool comedy class for kids, armed with nothing

but some some jokes... All right, yes. Kids, they do the

funniest things. I should know, I've got a three-year-old plus I'm a kid

myself. Check it out! From slapstick to sarcasm we find different things

funny. As we get older our sense of humour changes. What tickles

children in those early years? Um... Bananas. Anything silly. People

falling over. Rude words. Probably to see my mum's... Wee, fat. Poo, it

stinks. I find it hill lair yous. -- hilarious. I don't know it's just

me. I've come to a school in Lymington with a neuroscience tis.

Humour is it a learnt thing. You learn it socially. Is it important

for them to be in touch with their humorous side? Yeah. It's incredibly

important. We are the only species that laughs, which is quite

interesting. When we laugh, it seems to be because momentarily the world

is turned upside down. I smell like a banana! There is a sense of

ex-sill ration in that. Sharing that with somebody is a joyious moment.

Are there like almost humour milestones where our humour changes?

From one to three-year-olds children are able to produce visual gags.

When the language skills are still developing they can do things that

will make other people laugh. The worst baby-sitter. That's an

example, a visual gag. Everybody understands it. The older children,

they can actually indulge in more verbal humour. What do you call two

pairs of robbers. A pair of knickers. They develop a sense of

irony and detect sarcasm as well. It's one of the best understood

taboos. You catch on to it early in life. If you can mention it and make

people laugh instead of getting into trouble, then your' away. Is there

an age when it's not funny any more? Not for boys. From around seven

years old upwards they have the language skills to be able to tell a

joke from the beginning to the end and remember the punch line, which

is very important as well. Guys, can I tell a joke? Yeah. What did the

cheese say when he looked in the mirror. Halloumi! Cheers, everyone.

I will be back next week. Tough crowd. Maybe I can do better with

this. We have the new David Walliams book here it's called The World's

Worst Children. Can I have it. Shout out your favourite characters?

Petula Perpetual. Seven-year-olds like bogeys. They are getting

excited about the characters. They are jumping off points for the

children's imagination. I can see they will enjoy having that idea

challenged we should be working hard. You should never work so hard

you lose your sense of humour. Got to have a laugh. Got to have a

laugh. LAUGHING. You have to have a laugh.

Thanks Tommy and a big thank you to the children

Hillary Clinton Hillary Clinton before you were hairy what did you

find funny? Two snow men standing on a hill one say - smell carrots!

Still love it. For you it was naughty comedy like the Young Ones?

You want to watch the comedy that is foreBiden. The stuff on at 9.00pm

your mum and dad send you to bed. The shone I loved as a kid was the

Goodies. Guess what clip we've got. The Young Ones! ... The City of

London! One of the most inventive shows of

all-time. As an adult I queued up and got their autographs. It's a

really, really brilliant show. Like monthy python for kids. For me it

was Les Dawson. I met him and got his autograph. Were you doing an

impression there as well. Yeah. That is as far as it goes. Not the most

accurate one we have seen. Uncanny that! Russ Abbott. Impressions. Keep

them under wraps. Let us talk about your latest book. Lots of people

await your book releases. No-one expected this one It's called The

World's Worst Children, a collection of short stories about children with

really bad traits. Like morality tales. It's halfway between a novel

and a picture book. Full of illustrations. It came about because

I spent a lot of time going into schools and talking to kids about

books and reading. I often ask the kids - who likes reading? Most of

them put their hands up. I say, who doesn't like reading? There are a

few boys at the back - books are boring. I go, why is that? I want to

see more killings in books. I thought, I want to write a book for

them. I want to write a book for the reluctant reader. I tried to write a

book as funny, visual and surreal as possible. It's not too demanding on

the young reader, it's store stories rather than a big narrative. It's

important it get kids reading. If they don't read as kids they don't

read as adults generally. Mr Stink is my son's favourite book. That is

nice. I said what is it about David's books? He said, daddy, it's

the characters. The world you create. That's nice. For them. That

is why you will nail it with this book. I hope so. The starting point

with the first book, nine years ago now - could I capture the Little

Britain style of comedy with the characters and some of the dialogue

in a book form for kids? Loads of kids like that show, it wasn't aimed

at kids. This is really like a series of sketches about badly

behaved children. A girl called Windy Mindy. We saw a picture of her

earlier. Any of you in her Quite a lot. They are based on parts of me

or my sister. Another character called Bertha Blubberer. She cries a

lot to get her little brother in trouble. It's what my sister, Julie,

who I know is watching tonight with my nephews, Eddie and Frankie, what

she used to do. She used to roll around on her bed going - David get

off me. I was in my room doing my homework. I would get in trouble. I

took my revenge and put her in this You have encouraged many young

children to read, but if anyone wanted to start writing, how do you

start? Well often a good idea is two ideas coming together. One is called

Gangster granny. Putting the two things together helps. And I think I

tell kids, keep your ears and eyes open and you never know hen you

might get a got idea. Sometimes it comes from Britain's Got Talent

contestants. Ehad one guy, we said what is your skill. He said, I'm

going to eat cockroaches. It gave me a thought, maybe he could turn rapts

into burgers. -- rats. If ever I'm trying to create a villain, I think

what would Simon Cowell do. Will that be made into a film? A TV film

and a couple of books have been optioned as films. Would you write a

book about Simon cow ever. I had an idea that he was this evil svengali

and he had a boy band that he was replacing with robots, the idea was

his heart was made of metal and he had no feelings. But it was too

close to the truth. I was going to to have Sinita as a henchman. Being

a father, that must spark off content. Yes you get to know what

kids laugh. I have nephews who are nine and four and you can can try

out ideas on them and it is a pleasure to write books with them in

mind and kids are very honest. If they find something boring they will

let you know. Don't you get obsessed with the only kid in the room that

doesn't look interested. There is 300 there enjoying and one is there

like this all the way through. He would rather be in a maths lesson.

But that is the thing. It is important to reach all kids. That is

the purpose of this book. Yes and loads of parents say, I couldn't get

my son to read a book, until I gave him one of yours. Which is obviously

a brilliant thing to be told. But it is generally boys who are reluctant

readers. From tomorrow you can read The World's Worst Children.

It can be hard not to laugh when you see a friend fall flat

on their back in the mud - even if they might not see

For the two friends in this next film, the outcome was far

worse than a bruised ego, when a small slip landed one of them

High impact sports can occasionally leave people with life-threatening

injuries, but you don't expect a walk too carry a similar risk. That

was far from the mind of Jade when she planned to meet up with her

friend Becky. Becky suggested walking around this beauty spot

above Guilford. This is where we came for our walk. The weather

wasn't brilliant. It was damp and we sat on a bench half way down. When

we got to the bench, Jade slipped and fell over down here. It was the

kind of minor accident that could happen to anyone. But Jade ended up

in hospital with an injury more serious than she would have possibly

imagined. I did hear my back crunch. But initially I thought I had just

winded myself and I was laid on the floor and trying to catch my breath.

I thought I didn't think she had hurt herself, I laughed and said,

get up. The longer she laid there she was cold and shaking, I realised

she had hurt herself. I did offer to ring an ambulance. I felt silly and

I didn't want to call an ambulance. So I said, I'm going to get myself

up. I had to get her arm and put it over me and we crept up to the car.

If someone had seen us, they would have thought it looked hilarious. We

were covered in mud. I tried casually to get in the car as if

nothing had happened. But the embarrassment faded as the pain

increased a and the next day Jade drove herself to hospital. An X-ray

revealed she had broken a bone in her back. I was heart-broken. Yeah.

... Sorry... Yes, it was a shock and I never expected them to say that.

Not just from falling over. I was so shocked, so shocked. Especially as

the way she fell, she fell on her side, sort of her front. So I

didn't... Expect her to break her back. Jade has been sent here to the

neurology department at St George's Hospital. They specialise in brain

and spinal chord swriries. Injuries. At the moment she is at risk of

being paralysed. I was told that by moving around, with the break so

close to my spine that would paralyse me from the waist down.

Treatment is usually either a spine brace and bed rest or opening the

spine to insert screws and rods. Both mean months of recovery. But St

George's are using a new technique. She has an unusual injury. So the

main part of bone has burst itself. You started to treat injuries

exactly stump as that with -- such as this with minimal invasive

procedures. Each screw goes into the spine through the skin. Think. Puts

all the metal work in without damaging the muscle. A rod connects

them across the top. Because the muscles are left intact, Jade could

be up and walking by the next day. It has not been nice. I wants to be

able to just get up and move in. But spinal surgery is not without risks.

They will be work next to her spinal chord without being able to see her

spine. We are a couple of millimetres from putting a screw in

the wrong place and damaging the spine chord. But the chance of that

with these extra x-rays is not zero, but chance is small. We will see how

Jade gets on later. Giles is here with her collection of Teddy bears.

You have a brilliant collection, including the original Pudsey Bear.

How did you start collecting? I started a long time when I was a

boy, more than 60 years ago with this character called Growler. Over

the years, I have acquired a wife, three children, even grands children

and more than 1,000 bears. Is that one a Steiff? Yes, they began making

bears in about 1902, the same year the American president Teddy

Roosevelt gave his name to the bear. The oldest bears are the Steiff

bears and one from 1903, the most valuable bear in the world sold for

?110,000. You have invited four others along. Yes, see who you think

this might be. A bear. It is a bear, whose best friend was Christopher

Robin. Winnie the Pooh. You expect him to look like that. The real

Christopher Robin, with who was a friend of mine, he didn't like the

smile on Winnie the Pooh's face and when he on show he has to have his

back to you. Because it didn't match the bear he had. Yes and he didn't

like being Christopher Robin and the fame. That is his Winnie the Pooh.

Yes. And this is our Winnie the Pooh, that everybody recognises,

illustrated by Earnest Shepherd. Here we have bears with a royal

connection. A beautiful princess and she died and these are bears

associated with her. Who do you think it is? Princess Diana. Yes,

when she died a lot of Teddy bears were left with the flowers and the

Royal Family didn't want the bears to be thrown away. So most of the

bears were take on the eastern Europe by a charity to be give on

the children's hospitals in eastern Europe. Some were kept in Britain

and this is one of them. We have the Diana bears as part of my

collection. The big one at the back? The one every child would want? He's

superstar. He is Kermit's best friend, it is Fozzie Bear. The

original Fozzie Bear, given to me by Jim Henson himself. Made in 1964.

Hue did you get that? I met him in a television studio in the 80s, I told

him about my collection. He said would you like to have Foss y. Three

week later, this bear arrived. Just a gift? Yes a priceless bear who

will never be given away. Fozzie has all his mechanics? Yes here a bear

who loves marmalade sands witches. Don't tell me that is the original.

Do you remember Paddington on the television. This is he given to me

by Michael Bonds. Like the Queen celebrating his 90th birthday. Each

finger, every image was taken, click and then fingers move and that is

how they made the programmes, Michael horden did the voice. And

here is an original sands witch. So you are giving away your bears. Sad

but happy. Thanks to The One Show I was sent up to North Yorkshire to

Newby Hall, where if during the seconds worlds war the Royal Family

had to leave London, they were going to go to Yorkshire. I arrived at

this stately home and thought if it is goods for the royals, it is good

enough for my bears and I persuaded the family, we have created a

charitable trust and will have all the bears on show forever. Living in

a home fit for the royals. I can't wait to go. But there is so many

stories here. You have such a connection. That will be difficult.

The truth is it is a bit heartbreaking, but the lovely thing

is I won't live forever. But these characters are immortal and I want

them to be enjoyed by generations to come and a thousand years from now

people can see these bears. I will drink to that. It is stuck down! We

have a lovely picnic here. David, important question - when you buy

sliced bread, and you get the ends, the crusts. This is the real reason

I'm here today? You eat them or put them to the side? I give them to the

poor. I eat them. I'm not a baby. I quite like the crusts. Angellica has

been raising to a man with a plan for this. It is the most wasted food

in Britain. Every day in homes across the country, we throw away 24

million slices of bread. But there is not just household waste. In

recent years many supermarket chains have made efforts to make sure waves

food is disposed of in the best way possible. What is known as store

waste, the food left at the ends of day is often given to charity. This

supply chain waste. That is the bread left over at the factory after

Britain's ready made sands witches have been sliced, buttered and

packed. And now there is a new solution that could wipe out bread

waste. Turn it into beer. This company in Essex is one of Britain's

biggest sandwich makers, producing 40,000 every day. The company makes

9,000 sands witches using one thousand loaves. But something

doesn't add up. To make 9,000 sandwiches should take

900 loaves. So where have 100 loaves gone? Technical manager, Noel Glass

oversees sandwich production. We use 1,000 loaves a day. There are 2,000

crusts that are unusable. We send our bread waste to generate power,

it goes back into the grid. We use it for other things. It's used in a

positive way. An idea is to turn that surplus bread into beer. It's

the brain child of Mr Stewart. I fed the pigs on the waste from my

kitchen and the local baker who had sack loads of bread. At the end of

the week I would turn it into pork by feeding my pigs. I came across

the Belgium brewers making quality craft ale out of old bread. They

told me this is the original beer recipe. I thought, for our waste

campaigning organisation to start generating revenues by selling beer,

using old bread, that's perfect. So we launched Toast Ale we have kicked

off a global brewing food waste revolution. At the brewery in

Yorkshire, the latest batch of this unusual beer is nearly ready for

bottling. It's in the fine Al stage of brewing. A process called

conditioning. The bread arrives from Toast. We mix it with malt. It's

boiled for an hour and a quarter in our Cooper. It's cooled,

transferred. Fermented for about a week. It's fill filtered and

bottled. It costs us nothing. It's waste. What else would you use it is

for? What does it taste like? What do the people of Stoke Newington in

London think? Let's find out. Do you like beer? No, not really. Fruity.

It's fruity. I wouldn't have expected that at all. What's it made

of? Bread. I love it. It's a UK thing. We will throwaway food, we

will make beer from bread. You can't have any more - go away! Can I

finish it? Yes, go on then. I don't believe it. It's a good solution to

food waste, turn Britain's most weighed food into Britain's most

favourite alcoholic drink. The people here definitely raise their

glasses to a pint of this stuff. Thank you, Angellica much we are now

joined by The Hairy Bikers. APPLAUSE.

Are you all right to drink beer Yes. Look trim these days. Have a taste.

Cheers, everybody. Cheers. Good health. It's quite sweet. That's

lovely, isn't it? It's like a marmalade sandwich. That's quite

nice that. Hoppy, toastie. Nice undertones. Good. In your old books

you had beer battered cod, steak and ale pie, none of that any more, is

there? There is. We couldn't find beer in the recipes. Hairy Dieters?

Fast tooed Food. We don't live in a bubble. We have a life that impacts

on us. Sometimes if you put weight on, you do. Or to end up more bidly

obese which is how we found ourselves four years We were in ago.

Front of the nation dressed in our underpants with every lardy bit out

we could find. We had to lose weight it was impacting on our health. We

have put a bit on. Dave, not so much as me. I put most of the weight back

on. I wasn't very well. But now, with the Fast Food book we have

practice what had we breach again. We are back on track. When you are

on a diet you are raging hungry. Yes. Unless you have the food on the

table quickly, when you come home from work, you will start picking.

Hunk of cheese was my downfall. With the calorie count thing, you get

better value with the meals we managed to design. That was the

purpose of the new book. Fast Food, you aim to cook the meals in 30

minutes. It's not really a diet book. It's healthy eating. It is.

What we do with all the books we have written. Particularly in the

diet book range, we come from a place where it has to be great

tasting food and you want to eat it. It's our job to make it less

calorific. There is a calorie count so you know what you are eating. The

portions are decent sizes. You can cook it for the whole family. You

are not in isolation, if you like. People don't, you know, people don't

know they are eating less calorific food. They are tasty recipes. The

curries are good. Have Friday night curry, get your mates around, they

won't know half the calories of a regular curry. In this book we use

pressure cookers. Half of India makes curry in a pressure cooker. It

tastes better, the flavour out of the spices. It takes 14 minutes in a

pressure cooker. It's thinking about it more. Are you across what is

happening with the recipes on the BBC website, it's in the news today

where they are are going. Where are you they going to We're not sure.

The BBC Good Food website is there. If if I see something in the market

I will type it in and find the recipes. If it's on the telly it has

been researched and you can cook it. When we write recipes, we want them

people to cook, until they settle we will put them on our website people

can get them for nothing. This brilliant series you have on BBC Two

called Old School. It pairs up, brilliant idea, retired people with

students in their GCSE year to see if they can obtain better grades and

help older people in various ways. Did it work as an experiment? Well,

the last episode is just - yeah, it was fascinating. The results were

fascinating. Last episode is out next week much you will have to wait

and find out. The results are tangible. It started out as an idea

in Japan, elderly people were put into schools for the benefit of

their minds and bodies. This time the idea was could the teenagers

benefit? We spoke to some professors, Professor Of Ageing. The

two loneliest group in Britain are teenagers and the elderly. If you

put them together you should solve a problem. We had the support of an

amazing school in Oxford, Oxford Academy. The headmaster, Neil,

Katie. Wonderful people. We did it. It was funny, when we had one

success other obstacles appeared it. Was an honest programme. That is

what we loved about it. Everybody involved in the programme, in front

anded behind the camera, had an emotion Al investment in it. We are

intervening in a crucial time in children's, not only emotion Al

development, also education Al development. It was an amazing

programme to be involved with. The fine Al episode of Old School with

The Hairy Bikers is on Tuesday 9.00pm on BBC Two and on the

iPlayer. The Hairy Dieters Fast Food is out now. Speaking of which. We

have a bone to pick. The thing is, right, I'm not a good book, David. I

looked in here, the only how to guy is how to chop an We did that onion.

For a laugh. Everything starts with a chopped onion. Matchstick

courgettes. I'm at a lost now, I only have onion. We have a chopping

board, a knife and some veg. We will have a masterclass on how to do this

thing. For Alex's benefit. I am sure our viewers will benefit. We will

have cooking music. We will get a member of our audience. We think it

would be nice if we could get a layman to do this. Who should we get

then Put your hands up if you fancy it? Look at that. Come forward,

good. Can we get a chopping board and a mic on as well. Thank you very

much. What is your name? Nasima. Do you cook a lot? Is Not very much. I

need guidance. Perfect student. Summery green coal saw. Matchstick

courgette. Fennel bulb. Are you going to use your mandolin? I don't

think I will. Go Manuel. Take this end off. Matchstick size there. Cut

it into slices like to. You should be on Hairy Bikers. You've got a

job, kid. Take a stack of your courgette and delicately cut them

into matchsticks. If all your veg is the right size they combine together

to excite the palate. That looks all right. We have glanced at Nasima.

Well... Oh! WHAT! Nasima is an expert fruit and veg carver. How did

you get on with the fennel? Just getting it here. Amazing! Do we have

time for the mango. Yep. Let us look. . There we are. Amazing. So

David wasn't left out. She made you a special one, David, heart, Simon.

Do with that what you want. You can make some coleslaw. There you are.

We have filmed a step-by-step video of Nasima carving the courgette and

fennel. Taking your whites for a wash

at the local launderette is becoming a rare thing,

as rising rents force more and more Arthur Smith got all in a lather

when his local launderette The launderette, a British

institution. This one has been washing our dirty linen in public

since the 1950s. I live over the road from this launderette. Over the

years, I've put in hundreds and hundreds of bags of dirty old

washing and they have come out delightfully clean because of Rita

and her mum. Rita has worked here for 15 years. Her job description is

somewhere between a manager and a social worker. London can be a

really lonely place. There are a lot of people who live alone. Just to

come to a launderette where they're recognised, they just feel that

there is family somehow. A nice time to sit and do nothing. Gentle hum of

the machines lend a kind of warm, almost womb-like quality. It means a

lot to a lot of people. It's like a social hub. Not everyone who pops in

needs their smalls cleaning. Susie drops in several times a day just

for a chat. Hello. This is a community place. These are whats I

call my neighbours, my friends. It's just a nice place to be. In their

heyday 14,000 beautiful launderettes graced our high streets the expense

of owning a shall with aing machine meant a weekly trip was essential.

Bruce is from the National Association of Launderettes. He

built a career selling dryers? This is now 20 years old. I sold this

batch of dryers to this shop. It was simple to use. They are like a

Morris Minor. Simple to fix. A great return for the shop operator. But

the profits have been wrung out of the launderette business with 97% of

homes having washing machines, fewer than 3,000 are clinging to survival.

And today is the shops fine Al spin cycle. Today we are dismanteling the

shop. Three again rations have owned the shop. It's not been an easy

decision. We have been existing for the past couple of years. Everything

around us has kind of become more expensive, the rates, the rents.

Yet, we've still been operating as an old fashioned launderette. Today

really marks the end of an era. Kyle spent his early career installing

launderette washing machines. Now he spends his time ripping them out.

Another gone. It's upsetting. I counted 200 that have closed since I

was young within a about a five or six mile radius of me.

I would rather not remember it this way. Who would have thought a little

launderette could have made such a difference? I'm so sorry you're

going. I've got you a poem. Oh, Rita my heart is cleft in Twain. I won't

be coming through these doors again. All of Balham will always regret

your welcoming, warm and beautiful launderette. My socks don't match,

but they're always clean because of Rita our Balham Queen. Sometimes

people there is so much noise around them in the world. They come here

for peace and quiet. A great place to meet people. A great shame it's

closing down. In a world of stress and rushing around the launderette

is a place if you put your stuff in and waiting for it, and get it out,

you have time. It's a relaxing place. People go off to retreats, I

say the launderette will do it for you. I will be sad to see it go and

not be part of it any more. EDWHITE Thanks to Arthur. We are

back on. Sorry. That is very sad. Thank you to everybody at the Balham

laundry. Somebody who has been in a spin like the connection is your

aerial acrobat on Britain's Got Talent. Here he is.

Wow. He is from the Canary Islands, how do you feel about having acts on

that aren't British? I hit the is great, it makes people try harder.

It would be hard to police if you said it was only British people, you

might have a double act. It is great, everyone wants to be part of

it. Outsite of America it is probably the biggest version of

brand. We have noticed you a bit nice tore Mr Cowell these days. What

are you after? I'm out of contract at the end... So, no, if he bears a

grudge, that is it. He does like to change things around. He does like

to sack people. A lot. That is me dressed as him. He said he found me

attractive when I was dressed as him. That is weird. I don't know

what that means. Is that now hanging in your wardrobe? Yes can I bring it

out for Hallowe'en. You have this golden buzz er. Here is the couple

you felt had that something... Special. Here we go.

# Oh, oh yeah crack Adak... # Thank you. I love you. There we are. We

have the acrobats. And yet there we are. And crack a Dak. I want a whole

album of Beyonce songs. It is stupid giving the golden buzzer to somebody

who will sail through. It is more interesting to use it as a wildcard

and bring in people who the other judges don't like. One of the other

judges was your mum at within stage. She was. Simon cow ever was nine

hours late and my mum happened to be there. They asked if he would like

to be judge. She got a brilliant reaction and people want to see her

replace Simon. Is he often late? He is normally about five hours later.

This time he was later. That is not acceptable. She is brilliant and was

thrown in at the last minute. But she wasn't afraid to buzz people and

we have had done it before and ant and Dec have stepped in, but my mum

has a streak of cruelty. Who are you looking forward to seeing again. Ian

and Ann. I like the fun acts. I mean sometimes people who are talented

are actually quite boring. There is loads of talented people. A lot of

people can sing a Whitney Houston song and sound great. Ian and Ann, a

fantastic choice of song I hope they will do all the single ladies. I

hope they will get through. Of course them. They will be the

winners. There we are. Time now to find out

how Jade is getting on. Earlier in the programme we saw Jade

preparing to have innovative new surgery to fix her back

that she broke simply by slipping The shattered bone is threatening

jade's spinal chord. The surgeon will insert screws and rods under

her skin, guided only by X-ray. We are setting up an X-ray to find the

target point. Finding the exact spot without being able to see is

technically challenging. Once they're sure the needle is in the

right place a wire is threaded down the middle and the needle can be

removed. The wire is now perfectly positioned. Everything goes in over

the wire, so we know it will follow a safe path way into the bone and

past the nerves. Shoot! Beautiful! X-rays are taken each time to make

sure nothing is going wrong. The corridor of bone is about four

millimetres wide and one side of it is the spinal chord under neath is

it one of nerves that supplies the legs. So we are within millimetres

of critical structures. The ability to place the screws with such

precision has only been possible in the past few months as smaller

screws and wires have been developed. The rod has to be

carefully bent to millic the spine o' - mimic the spine. The rod has to

be guided through the screws. Lovely. Very nice. Matthew closes

the tiny incisions and the operation is over. Shortly after the surgery

Jade has another XT scan. Now we have straightened this bone, this

fragment it is almost certain have all been pulled back into line and

we have fixed all the bones together to bridge the one that is unstable,

so it can heal without the worry it will move further or threaten the

spinal chord. We should be able to talk to her about taking the metal

back out in about a year to prevent any further complication and to

allow her spine to move in a normal manner. Jade is already back to her

old life. Just three weeks after her injury, we are taking a stroll back

to the site of her accident. With traditional treatment she would

still be confined to bed. I feels amazing to be up and about and I

didn't imagine that so quickly I would be walking around and I mean

friends and family have been around to see me have been so shocked that

I'm up and making cups of tea. So yeah it is incredible. Becky is glad

to see her back to normal too. How weird does it feel to be back? I was

nervous about coming back. But it's all right. How does it feel to have

her back. Very nice to have you back. Makes you think about

everything that can happen in such a split second. We are not going to

tempt fate, I think we should leave the view and go and have a cup of

tea. Thank you one and all. Before we go, what is in your fridge at the

moment and what would you be cooking if you weren't here? I have some

scallops that just about on the turn. So a risotto. I have a lot of

muscles that just starting to smell. I was going to get them. I have some

out of date milk. That is yoghurt I will eat. You have an online club

that people can be part of. Davina has her picture and you have yours.

Ant and Dec have gone off! It is fitness for the advanced... Look at

that. In a moment... The London northern island supporters club will

sing us out with their unofficial anthem. They have celebrating

qualifying for the first major tournament for 30 years. We would

like to represent all the home nations competing. In a couple of

weeks the manic street preachers will be here singing Wales' official

song. But there is no England song. Yet. So the question is - have you

made one? At home. If you have let us know. Here is your chance to

perform on The One Show. If you don't - he will. Thank you David.

The world's worst children is out tomorrow. The hairy dieters fast

food is out tomorrow and old skill is on tomorrow on BBC Two. Now here

is the London Northern Ireland supporters club with Making Our Way

to Paris. # Who ever guessed h whoever knew this time would come.

# We dared to dream, our dream came true, of Paris.

# Our tickets booked, our bags are packed.

# We looking forward, no turning back.

# Don't know what's waiting, but there'll be craic, in Paris.

# 30 long years we've been waiting for the chance.

# Now we've gone and qualified we're gonna go to France.

# Because it's 2016 and we're making our way to Paris.

# 30 long years since we went to Mexico.

# Don't ask me where the time went cos I just don't wanna know.

# Cos it's 2016 and we're making our way to Paris.

# Northern Ireland magic will support you ever more.

# They'd never seen our like before, in Mexico.

# Next Euro we're gonna be in Moscow.

# 30 long years we've been waiting for the chance.

# Now we've gone and qualified we're gonna go to France.

# Because it's 2016 and we're making our way to Paris.

# 30 long years since we went to Mexico.

# Don't ask me where the time went cos I just don't wanna know.

# Cos it's 2016 and we're making our way to Paris.

# Cos it's 2016 and we're making our way to Paris.

Hello, I'm Tina Daheley, with your 90-Second Update.

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