18/09/2012 The One Show

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

With us tonight is a woman who not only worked a double shift

presenting the Olympics and Paralympics but also managed to

create the Games' most iconic celebration. Please welcome the

inventor of the Mobot, it's Clare I heard my dress read there! Sorry,

it should come with a health warning. Not the dress, the

celebration. There's all the stock of legacy, that is the perfect

example. How did you convince Mo to do it? He came on to a TV show, and

James Corden said, we are going to invent a celebration, and you have

to use a 20 win gold. I suggested the Emaar, and then James called it

the Mobot. It is a good story, but having seen these picture today end

the paper from the 1940s... Have you seen these cursed my kit is a

girls' school, Royal Wanstead School. They are actually doing the

Mobot. Are they doing it for posture? There's something very

strange going on, it gets even weirder. They did this as well! It

is Bolt! Does the school still exist? If you were one of those

girls, if he were one of those girls, write to us. We will find

out if you are still doing it. love it, it is history as well as

now. Incredible. A worrying trend is seemingly spreading across the

British countryside, a resurgence in poaching. The poachers are

having a dramatic effect in one part of Scotland, so Simon Boazman

has been to try and then down. Deep in the heart of the Scottish

borders lies thousands of acres of prime forestry and farmland, home

to many species of wildlife. But this rural idyll has recently been

shattered by claims of extreme animal cruelty, dear coursing,

where man and dog come together in the name of sport. -- deer. It is a

pretty barbaric sport. These pictures show what happens when a

dog gets hold of a deer. Just last month, two were found mauled in

exactly the same way. Gamekeeper Eddie Bell knows this is when the

poachers are starting to hand. How are they doing it? They are using

motorised vehicles and high-powered lamps to basically dazzle them and

then they chased them with lurcher, Greyhound type dogs, kill them.

Evidence of this so-called sport has been found nationwide. Recently

on the west coast of Scotland this dead deer was found hanging from a

tree covered in dog bites. And in Edinburgh this summer, a man was

convicted of two charges of illegal possession of a deer carcass after

a mutilated body was found in his tenement flat. This alarming

footage of the courses caught in the act was captured on camera in

Northamptonshire. It illustrates graphically what the deer face. It

shows a 4x4 dividing the head and then releasing dogs to chase the

tiring deer. It ends with the dogs and men descending upon the

There are more than one million wild deer in the UK, and this

estate is home to 500. It is difficult to know how many are

poached nationally, because they tend to remove evidence and there

are no national statistics, but Eddie is worried about the numbers

being poached from his estate. Parts of the estate, I have lost

40%, gone. As much as that? Yes. You can tell the behaviour of the

animal as well, normally they are quite trusting, but now as you

drive towards them, they are gone. Now Eddie has joined forces with

the local police in Jedward to stamp out causing before it takes

hold. It is the 6th time we have been out on an operation targeting

deer coursing. We are covering this whole area here, looking for any

kind of lights, any kind of movement, anything you think is

suspicious, call us in. Police wildlife crime officer Rory

Hamilton leads the night-time sortie and after hearing about some

suspicious activity in the area. One of our spotters has seen a very

bright lights on a hill. On arrival, or they find there are some old

tyre tracks and no sign of any poachers. There are a couple of

puddles up there, nothing has driven up. What is the motivation

behind it? Why are they doing it? It is a bit of sport, in inverted

commas. It is a barbaric crime, dogs killing deer, it is horrible.

We have had some cases where we have caught people appear Mark Eley

attempting to catch deer. The difficult thing is trying to prove

that. That is the problem that game keepers and police face. Despite

evidence that it is on the increase, it is hard to catch the culprits

when it most poachers use quiet and hearts to detect methods. Is that

two deer now? Yes. They are just staring at us. The light dazzles

them. The dogs are trained to run straight down the beam. They are on

the deer before they realise they are coming. In the case of the

Northamptonshire criminals, three men were arrested that same night

and were given suspended prison sentences, community services and

were ordered to compensate the farmer. In Scotland, it is 4am and

the teams are calling it a night. This time they have not been lucky,

but they will be out again soon. just proves that it is not as easy

as you would think it would be. Will you keep doing this? He ate,

we will keep going out, Different nights, different times. -- yeah.

You have got to do what you can and try your best. Let's talk about

your lovely, beautiful book, it is all about the animals in your life,

horses and dogs, and they help you recall stories from your childhood

and early years, but it is called My Animals And Other Family. White

Jews that title? Well, I met Gerald Durrell's widow, and I asked her, I

said I had the idea in my head, and I did not know whether it would be

a factual book about different breeds of dog, or whether I would

write a childhood memoir. I said, can I flit the title of his book?

She said, of course you can, and she was very gracious about it. I

thought if I could make every chapter a different animal, I am

not writing about myself at all, and of course they came first all

through my life. Interestingly, your birth here was a big year for

the whole family, but you were not the headline act. Even now, if you

asked my father what happened in 1971, he will say that Mill Reef

won the Derby, the King George. And what else happened? That is 1972, I

was born in 1971, so that is after Mill Reef recovered. He broke his

leg in 1972, and an American vet came over and did an incredibly

complex operation. He was not able to race again, but they saved his

life. Oh, this is John Hallam, looked after him throughout his

racing career! He is still pretty sore, the plaster cast has come off,

and he is going away to A* at the National Stud in Newmarket. That is

my dad over on the left. That is all the locals coming to wish him

well. I promise you, he was a major celebrity. Frankel is a very well-

known horse, Mill Reef was the Justin Bieber of his day. As Matt

deer said, he was the number one love in your dad's life. Oh, yes.

You talk about how hard it was to get attention for a dad because he

was so busy and the animal's right very high in his mind. Even now, we

filmed a feature, I said to my dad, I was sitting there with my brother,

I asked my dad what happened in 1972? Mill Reef broke his leg. And

what else happened? And he goes, was he born? Yes! And he is... I

mean, Mill Reef changed his life, changed all of our lives. What he

was and how could he was, but also his owner was a very generous man.

Was your dad happy with the way you have written all this down? Height

was a bit worried about him reading it, because I'm quite hard on him,

but I explained that you have to go through me desperate for his

attention and in not giving it to me to make sense of when I finally

get it, that it matters. Even when you started presenting, he told you

that you were nodding too much. What did he make of your Olympics

coverage? He was right about that. I do not know, I did not talk to

him a lot, certainly not every night, and my mother was very

reticent to tell me other than she said BA text saying, I thought you

were doing quite well, but everyone was raving about you at Goodwood. I

was not looking at the papers, that was fine by me. Dad was good about

it, he did say, what were you doing at the boxing? He was very proud of

you in 1990 when he became champion lady rider, we have got brilliant

footage of You Racing Princess Anne, and she was not very happy at the

end of this. I am on the right of the picture, Princess Anne is in

the middle, similar colours. Gosh, you cannot see it from that angle.

Look at you! This is my face when the result is announced, because I

am feeling totally ashamed, because I nearly killed Princess Anne on

the first bend. I did not do it on purpose, I would like to say again!

I did not do it on purpose, but the air, I write about it. Actually, I

will start blushing about it, it was terrifying. Some brilliant

stories in the book, well worth reading. Speaking of books, I have

racked up a few library fines in my time, but I have got nothing on the

man in our next story. Phil Tufnell is on the trail of a thief that the

police could not wait to throw the book out. William Jacks was not

your average career criminal. His Wanted poster should have read,

public libraries enemy number one. He studied economics at Cambridge

and became a chartered accountant, but ultimately it was a different

type of book he had his eye on. At university, Jacques got a taste for

antique books and saw a get-rich- quick scheme. The general public

would never get access to these rare tomes, but by winning the

trust of rare libraries, he got access to their valuable asset. His

method was not sophisticated. The scam was generally to stuff books

under his jacket and walk out of the libraries that trusted him.

Over a three-year period, Jacques stole an estimated �1.1 million

worth of rare academic books, including first editions from Sir

Isaac Newton and Galileo. He sold his blunder through legitimate

auction houses, but in 1999 and obscure volume was bid for by a

fledgling T11 brought into book. saw this book, The Pure Logic Of

Quality, I bought it for �120, and I took it to a dealer. He said, can

you leave it with me for a few days? I thought, it must be good.

The delay knew the book had been tampered with. Read books often

have identifying marks on the spine, special labels and stamping on the

pages. But the book that Carl Cort had all three removed. It was all

there for him, it was obvious the book had been stolen. Having had

his suspicions raised, the dealer turned detective. He knew only six

copies of the book were in circulation, and one was in the

world renowned London Library. He asked them to check their shelves.

Lo and behold, their copy of the book was missing. Then he caught

the auctioneers who had sold the book. They told in the cellar was

one of their regulars, William Jacques. One more call from the

dealer to the London library revealed that William Jacques was a

member. Joining the dots together, he formed a picture that the police

became very interested in. The game was up and he found himself in

front of a judge. During the trial, Jacques revealed little about

himself, except his literary tastes were more rip-roaring than his loot.

He came to court every day clutching a Wilbur Smith adventure

novel, and it wasn't even a first edition. He denied he had stolen

the books, but he was found guilty and handed a four-year prison

sentence. Instead of turning over a new leaf on release, Jacques simply

started a fresh chapter of pilfering, but because he was now

the country's most recognised book thief, he returned to his old

haunts like the British Library incognito. He grew a beard to

disguise himself, but the staff recognised them and asked him to

leave. So we found a different place to steal books, the Royal

Horticultural Society's library. He told them his name was something

else and helped himself to 13 volumes of a rare book about

camellias. The staff smelt a rat as they saw him gingerly leaving with

a big bulge under his tweet jacket. They called the police. On trial

for the second time, the judge threw the book at him, handing him

another three-and-a-half-year sentence. The only library Jacques

as a ticket for now is the prison one. When he is released this time,

he will find his former stamping ground is very different. Libraries

and the book trade are now more security conscious, with book theft

and fencing being much harder to carry out. There are still book

blagger is willing to take the risk, but the antiquarian booksellers

Association is at the forefront of stamping it out. Their online

stolen books database helps libraries and collectors globally

detail and to let the book world to high-waisted books the moment they

People value books for the knowledge inside them. You're

always going to get the light- fingered minority who want to make

a fast buck, but as security methods improve they might find

their liberty shelved sooner than they think. It's unbelievable he

went back the second time. I tell you what else is, Clare balding,

until people have read your book they'll never believe how naughty

you were as a little girl. I was. You had hot fingers. I was a bit of

a tea leaf. Did you say hot fingers. I got caught at school stealing

things. You liked foreign coins weirdly? I was younger than that.

That was stealing money from my father's dressingroom and I stole

dollars because I thought he wouldn't notice it and I went into

the village shop to try to pay for sweets with dollars and tried to

persuade the shopkeeper she was getting a very good exchange rate,

but she didn't want them, so I went to the bank and I didn't have an

account. Then I got caught. Very forward thinking for a child.

Exactly. Doing it to get pencils and pens? But, it's still not right.

You have to learn that it's not right. A couple of weeks ago we met

a man who was handing out envelopes containing �1,000 to people in the

street who were nice and kind. It inspired us to ask viewers about

the small acts of kindness that take place every day and make the

world a slightly better place. took the children out for lunch and

we went to a restaurant. We had a long wait for food. I had no toys

to keep the children occupied, but I had a Timble, so we played across

the table. A man commented that it was nice to see someone playing

with their children and not seeing the kids playing computer games.

The gentleman came over and basically said please don't be

embarrassed I would like to pay for your meal and before I could say

thank you he had gone. I guess I would like to say thank you very

much. I had finished work. It was a Saturday. I got out of the office

late and all I could think was I had to get to the shops before they

closed and make the sales. I jumped into the car and ran down to the

shops and started shopping and worked my way down the list and I

thought how much time do I have in the car. I thought I didn't put any

time on the car. I ran back as quick as I could and it looked like

I had a ticket. I was thinking another fine, I can't afford this.

I realised it wasn't a fine, someone had put some time on the

car for me. I thought, wow, there are some good people out there. I

would like to say a very good -- big thank you. I first experienced

a random act of Al-Qaedaness in America. Driving up to the toll

booth and the chap just said, "It's fine, the car in front has already

paid your toll." When I came back to the UK I thought it would be

great to bring something like that back. I was visiting friends in

Wales and I had to cross the bridge, so we paid for the car behind us.

The toll operator was a little confused but thought it was really

nice. The car behind gave us a toot and a wave. I hope very much the

people behind appreciated the random act of kindness and perhaps

they'll pass it on one day. bridge is very expensive these days.

Those are all stories by viewers. If you would like to get your face

on telly then you've got another chance next week. We would like to

hear about your pets' distructive streaks. Pets cost us around �600

in damages over their lifetime. E- mail us your name and story and

we'll show them next week. Clare, plenty of animals in the book. Who

was the most distructive? Shetland Pony, when I brought her

into the kitchen. That wasn't her fault. Various dogs have chewed

thing and Archie, my dog, who looks like one of the dogs in the film,

he will destroy things that we buy for him really quickly and

sometimes things that are mine. My slippers, that kind of thing.

a very busy summer, but from the highlights you've said it was an

interview with Bert Le Clos after his son, Chad, had beaten Michael

Phelps. Let's remind ourselves of that interview. What a performance.

Unbelievable. Unbelievable. Unbelievable! I've never been so

happy many my life. It's unbelievable. Look at him. He's

beautiful. Look at this. What a beautiful boy. Sorry, sorry. Look

at him. Look at him. I love you. Oh, my God, every time I see myself.

This is live. No, no, no, you're fine. It was amazing. I saw him in

Westfield the next night and he says, "Clar, come here, my friend."

I said to him to have him on again before the end of the Games. He had

so much love and emotion and wanted to share it. It was brilliant.

hasn't stopped want ing to share it. You know what, he joins us live

right now. There's Bert. Hello. Bert, how are you doing? Clare,

hello. Hello my darling. I'm crying again. What's happened since? You

must have had so much attention and Chad too? Well, I just want to tell

you you have changed my life, but 30 years too late! So much more fun

now? Bert, millions of people saw the interview on television. Just

tell Clare what happened when you went to Mauritius? We went to an

exclusive place where we were invited to and I was born there. We

went back there and there were about ten British couples and I was

by myself and my wife and they were saying, "There's Bert from the

telly." One woman she came to me and said, "Do you recognise this

photograph?" she put it in front of me. I thought, these are the two

beautiful girls in Wimbledon. It were your nieces and they had

emailed them to her. Everybody recognises me now. Excellent, Bert.

Thanks Clare. Bert, since you've been back in South Africa, we hear

you've been doing some bedtime reading, is that right? Well, you

won't believe it, Clare, but here it is. Let me tell you something my

darling, I heard you had a book and I had to read it. If I was your

father I would have given ten for you. Bert, honestly I've missed you

so much. That has made my day to see you there. I really hope you

enjoy it. At some point I need to sign that for you. We'll sort that

out. Bert, before you go, if you are still there, will you give us

an, "unbelievable."? I want to say to everybody in London, firstly

thanks to Clare, because she's my queen and all the Brits for

treating me and my family so specially. I have a special place

in my heart for the British people now and I just want to say your

book is unbelievable! APPLAUSE

I will have to wipe Jilly Cooper from the front cover. How do you

follow that? The One Show is trying to win four categories in this

year's Cannington village show. Last night we saw Anita entering

her radishes and for the jam competition we have chosen Mike

Dilger. Let's see how he got on in training. I think I've got the

toughest challenge of all, because I've been entered into the

competition for best jam. I think I'm going to need help. Step

forward Vivien Lloyd, a former world marmalade champion.

Professional jam producer and teacher of jam making. I need to

start with the basics. If you're starting out with jam making try

raspberry. They have a medium amount of pectin, so they tend to

set quite easily. What on earth is that? She's lost me already. Pectin

is a gum-like substance that's found in the walls of fruit. It's

the gel that you get in jam. you turn a jam-making novice into

somebody who could enter a village fate in a day? I definitely can do

that. Jam needs sugar, weight for weight as much as the fruit, so it

was only in the Victorian era when the value of sugar dropped that jam

started to become available to the masses. I'm so excited. Trendy jam

combinations like prom gran night and figure are not for this show. -

- pomegranate and fig are not for this show. These are full of pectin

and I'm using home-grown raspberries, but the rain hasn't

helped. This is the worst year I've known in making preserves. The

apples are small because they haven't had enough sunshine.

great, not the best year to enter a competition, but let's crack on.

The apples are cooked with water over a low heat for ten minutes and

then mashed into a puree. Glorious.. It's just like baby food. Now, how

about this for a top tip? The gran lated sugar goes into a hot oven.

It will mix easily into the fruit, so bring on the raspberries. They

are going to be cooked very, very gently. The idea is to soften the

fruit and any pectin in the fruit will be released into the pan.

all about peck tin. English -- pectin. It's in with the apples and

the sugar. There might only be three ingredients but timing is

crucial. After ten minutes on a slow simmer, we turn up the heat.

Has it reached the right temperature to set? To be exact

it's 104.5 degrees C. Get it wrong and the whole possess my is a

disaster, but if it's too hot the flavour is ruined. Now the most

crucial test of all. Setting point. OK. Now, many makers would use a

sugar thermometer, but not viv. She relies on instincts. I take some of

the jam out of the pan and what I'm looking for is for it to suspend on

the side of the spoon. There we go. That tells me that the jam has set.

Thank goodness, but we still need to remove the scum from the top,

created by the impuerts in the sugar. For competition, it's a no-

no. A winning jam has a bright colour and the consistency is

spreadable and the flavour has to be a combination of fruit and sugar.

It goes into jars. To seal it's a screw lid or wax top. Don't even

think of using bows, because it creates moisture. What happens if I

don't come first, will you be cross with me? Yes! No pressure there,

then! We have some of Mike's jam right in the studio. It's really