19/08/2014 The One Show

Show with Alex Jones. And Matt Baker. Let us cross live to one of

the BBC's best loved BJ -- DJs. We do not mean the British Broadcasting

Corporation, we mean the Brixton Broadcasting Corporation. Who is

calling? What sort of guy are you looking for? What are you doing

tomorrow night? I am not at liberty to discuss that. I could be

prosecuted under the crucial secrets act. Double Wilkins must remain on

the shelf and stay on his sleeve. Please welcome Lenny Henry! Lovely

to see that. 27 years ago. Really? One of the first black broadcasters

on the BBC. That is right! You have been campaigning and things are

taking a turn in the right direction. Since we began the

campaign on it has been going on for a while now, there has been slow

movement and it can only get better. I really chuffed with the recent

announcements. Sky have said... Also the BBC have announced stuff as

well. And mentoring. There is more to come. It is exciting. Back in the

day, the only people of colour at the BBC worthy people on the door

and in the canteen. Have an extra dumpling! It can only be for the

better. We will be talking to Lenny about his new stage play later. And

you will be helping us to smash some cameras with Dom Are you up for

this? I am very up for this! Are there any paparazzi involved? In a

moment, we will introduce Lenny to Iggy the big yuan. What? -- the

iguana. He is very friendly! Miranda is revealing why one species of

iguana became the target for smuggling.

This is the remote island of San Salvador and it is home to one of

the world's rarest reptiles, the San Salvador rock iguana. With maybe a

couple of hundred left in the wild, their removal from the natural

environment is forbidden by international law. But it does not

stop an illegal pet trade. On the black market, they can fetch up to

?20,000. In February, there was an audacious attempt to smuggle 13 into

Britain. Two females were travelling back from the Bahamas. They made the

decision to go through the green channel, nothing to declare, and

they were intercepted. There was a full examination of their luggage.

One of the suitcases, opened it up, there was a towel and when he pulled

back the towel, he saw large lizards that had been smuggled inside

socks. He shut the soup is up. I was on duty. I received the call -- the

suitcase up. We sent officers attend. When you arrived, where

there is still in the suitcase? They had put them in containers to make

sure the animals were alive. One had died unfortunately but the rest were

OK. They told us they were San Salvador Rock iguanas, critically

Endangered Species Act I have been doing this for 20 years and it is

probably the most significant case I have been involved with. Compare it

against the giant panda, 1500, you can see how significant it was. The

illicit luggage was destined for Germany where they were going to

meet a Swiss contact who they said had financed the trip. For the cost

of a free holiday, they were smuggling a cargo with a potential

value of more than ?250,000. At Crown Court, the two women both

pleaded guilty to illegal importation and on Thursday the 3rd

of April they were sentenced to 12 months in prison age which they are

currently serving. Sentencing the women, the judge said, there is a

market for such creatures and for as long as people such as yourselves

perpetrate the facility for them to be smuggled out of the Bahamas, the

trade will continue. Since the seizure in February, the iguanas

have been looked after ran the clock by the specialist team at the animal

reception centre at Heathrow. They were in socks. As you can imagine, I

worry was low would be dehydrated I would have injuries from packing. --

our worry was they would be dehydrated. How have you been

looking after them? They have a will range of food, there is usually

lighting and all of the specialist things reptiles need. So important

are the iguanas that the High Commissioner has been sent to

Heathrow to observe as the animal reception centre team prepare for

their safe return to the Bahamas. The people of the Bahamas are very

pleased the iguanas are being returned to them. I have never seen

such cooperation. I am told by the UK authorities this is only the

second time animals have been repatriated from London back to the

original country. How important is it that they return? If you take

anything out of paradise, we want it back. One of the Bahamas died when

they were smuggled and the animal reception centre wants to minimise

the risk that the stress of the journey might kill anymore. They

were going to individual pillowcases with shredded paper and then into a

compartment within an insulated box with her holes that is labelled so

it is handled properly and is not upside down. Transporting them is a

risk so we are taking every precaution. It is now 6am and the

iguanas on their way to a flight bound for nipple, is -- bound for

the Bahamas. The nine-hour flight will be a nervous flight for us all.

Whatever happens, I will be staying with them every step of the way.

You can find out what happened to the rescued iguanas tomorrow.

Iggy is definitely not a San Salvador rock iguana. Beauty! He is

joined by his owner, reptile expert Mark Amey. Lovely to see you.

Introduce us to the rest of the gang. Is that a bearded dragon? Rain

this is a green iguana, that is a bearded dragon. In your hands is a

leopard gecko. Absolutely beautiful. You are right, Lenny? I am fine! I

went to a party at Cliff Richard's hands where this happened. I am not

allowed to say that! A lot of people would like it as a pet. If there is

a family who are at work all day, would a bearded dragon be suitable?

Lenny cannot control himself. Why did I say that? That is a good

question. I can only apologise. Something that is moral nocturnal

would be more suitable. The leopard one would be ideal. The bearded

Dragon would be a better option. Loads of rescued creatures around.

This would not be the ideal pet. It takes up your spare room. It would

have your arm off. He is incredibly chilled. Absolutely beautiful, this

leopard gecko. You can get different coloured ones. You can choose your

favourite colour. How much do they cost? Bearded dragon, running costs

per week, ?7 up to ?10. To set it up completely, ?200, ?300. They are

long-term creatures as well. They live ten, 15 years. A handbag.

Again! I'm only joking. He is alive, no one is dead. Let us put a bit of

music on. I thought you would play in the gecko. Lenny's new play is

based on a record store. Andy Kershaw finds out why Huddersfield

has a musical link to Kingston, Jamaica. In the 1970s, I fell in

love with reggae. Whether it was watching live bands or listening to

a sound system. The late 1970s and early 80s, are used to make

pilgrimages here to listen to sound systems in the clubs and to see

visiting Jamaican bands. But now all of those clubs have been knocked

down and replaced by a charming multistorey car park. At the heart

of those gigs where the competing sound systems. For the reggae DJs of

Yorkshire, size really did matter. The sound system had its roots in

Kingston, Jamaica. It was nothing more than a small gramophone and

speakers which shopkeepers and businesses put outside to get the

customers in. To join the big crowns, you needed big sounds. They

grew into monstrous speaker systems which brought rhythm and blues and

reggae to the UK. Michael Moore, he moved to Huddersfield from Jamaica

in 1967 and set up his own sound system to become one of the town's

living legends. What do the neighbours think question not they

love it! -- what do the neighbours think? Huddersfield is a musical

inspired town. What were the rivalries like? For an onlooker, you

would not think it was friendly, but it was. This was a DJ clash, two

sound systems in the same room. That is right. One would play a record

and then the other. We made the sound on the music do the business.

Sometimes I feel like I am in the box. For the deep as the sound, you

cannot buy the equipment to create that in the shops. The sound system

crews build their own. That tradition continues in Huddersfield

to this day. How does it differ from the DJ gear I would use? It is a lot

bigger and a lot better. Turntable, the brain, the preamp, the

amplifiers, enormous speaker boxes. Physical laws do not allow a big fan

to come out of a small box. But I think the 80s was probably the most

exciting time for sound systems to be playing from Huddersfield around

the country against other sound systems from major cities. And today

the British sound systems are stronger than ever and the one Love

Festival in Milton Keynes is Britain's reggae mecca. It moves

you. People love sound systems. Where it used to be just a mainly

West Indian, Jamaican descent culture when I was young, now it is

from around the world. The biggest names in Jamaican music and the

British fans were drawn to this Pennine town in the 70s and 80s. For

a while, most implausibly, a small street in Huddersfield became a

little corner of Kingston. He is dancing.

# They call it The One Show. # This goes back to your early days.

We used to have parties in Dudley. The Jamaican community do that, they

get behind on the rent, they have a party and people pay to get in.

Curry goat on paper plates. When you are a kid in Dudley and there is no

fear in Dudley and there is no Fiona -- furniture in the house, you think

your parents have gone, but it is not the case, they are having a

party. My first expense of alcohol, baby charm. I first expose of seeing

these massive speakers in my house. The base was so loud. People from

over the road will be dancing in the living room. Such a great time. This

is partly what Rudy's Rare Records is about. It is set in the present

day and it is set in a record shop and it is about three generations of

dysfunctional men living amongst each other. My dad is played by a

fantastically funny actor. My son is played by a man from a group, you

can see them on the internet. Wonderful cast. The director was the

associate director on the 2012 Olympic ceremony with Danny Boyles.

It was a fantastically exciting rehearsal process. The first time I

have worked with a live writer. Normally if you do Shakespeare and

stuff, you can't change anything. But now the writers are live, you

go, can you change this? They go, it is fine. THIS HAS BEEN ON RADIO FOR

SOME TIME. THAT WAS ON RADIO. BLUE -- Danny and the Human Zoo, what is

that about? It is about a boy who wins a talent contest, he exploded

into show business, he gets to meet people and go on television, he does

a summer season in Blackpool. He has to do The Black and White Minstrel

Show, because he was not paying attention when he signed a

contract! He has a weird experience and he decides he has got to get out

of the show by any means necessary. Autobiographical then? Yes. And my

friend Neil Gaiman said that I should write about what I know, make

up what I want, but make sure it has some reality to that. It will be at

the Hackney Empire. And there is live music, there is singing. And

many jokes! I'm looking forward to it. We wish you all of the best.

Coming up, we have the worlds biggest boomerang The One Show. I

love The One Show! World 's biggest boomerang! Somebody's going to smash

some telephones later! That is what we are on right now.

Now I've been amazed at how my mobile phone continues to

work depsite endless drops, scrapes and exposure to the elements.

Yes, they can be tougher than you think, and some

of the latest ones are supposed to be even more hard wearing.

Dom's been to test out their claims and when I say test, I mean test.

I'm here at HMS Collingwood, one of the toughest training bases in the

Royal Navy. Not to put the officers through their paces, but to test

these rugged mobile phones. We have all seen phones with broken screens,

these are the mobile phones specially designed to withstand the

harshest environments and that office jobs. -- the toughest jobs.

We are testing these mobile phones: It is not made by one of the rugged

phone specialists, but it has been designed to withstand everything

your child can throw at it. Can it keep up with its rugged competitors?

We have asked the officers to strap each phone to their arm, so they

take the full brunt of the assault course. Right, you horrible bunch of

petty officers, put those marble throne is -- put those mobile phones

through their paces! He has dropped it in the water, that is a problem!

They all claim to be water resistant, our officers cannot help

but give them a real soaking. He has found it! He has only found it! It

was still ringing! As well as withstanding knocks and bumps, they

are guaranteed to survive drops from 1.8 metres, but will they survive

something a little more aggressive? Just one more dunking and the phones

have completed the challenge. How have they fared? Let's have a look

at these phones... This one, completely steamed up...

This one, MGM, looking 100% OK... The high Street phone... Cracked

screen but seems to be working... It does as well, it is illuminating...

And this one, cracked screen, is it working? Know, the bottom... It is

cream cracker. We are down to just two phones. Right, that is the

assault force gone, now it is done to the big test, sort out the men

from the boys. -- that is the assault course done.

This is the submarine escape training tank, and trust me, it is

very deep. In fact, it is 30 metres to the bottom, and I want to see how

far down the two remaining phones, the MGM and the already cracked

Samsung, can go before they stop working. The MGM should withstand

1.5 metres, the Samsung claims to be water resistant down to one metre,

but we are going to push them further. Things looking good... Two

metres, and they are still working. But then the divers take them to the

depths, keeping a close eye on when the operating system stop

functioning... At what point did you think the MGM broke? Robert B 15

metres. But the screen was still working... And then it just went. At

what point did the other one go? The Samsung was still working, the

screen, similar sort of time, and then it began making a lot of random

letters and then it went. Even the dive tank has failed to separate out

to toughest phones. We have one test left to try to turn in an ultimate

winner. Welcome the Navy 's bomb disposal truck, weighing in at seven

tonnes. This monster is more than enough to crush any telephone. We

brought into new undamaged phones, to see which handset could withstand

the most pressure. I heard some crunching sounds...

Does it still work? No signs of life... And the MGM... No cracked

screen, and this one is working 100%! The last phone standing, the

MGM! Is there nothing that can stop this beast? ! ?322.80, it is the

second cheapest of the phones. These tests were not exactly scientific,

but if you think that I am leaving you with a working phone, you are

mistaken! I refuse to be beaten by a mobile phone!

Ready to go for another experiment. Apparently one of the most common

accidents is dropping a telephone down a toilet! We all know someone

who has done that. What you can do, turn it off, put it in a bowl of

rice, put it in the airing cupboard for three days, fingers crossed! A

bowl of rice? ! It is really absorbent, it is about the

moisture. Another experiment involving cameras. They claim to be

indestructible, they say they can be dropped from three metres. What we

have got Lenny Henry here to do, imagine that you have confiscated

these from the children, they have been peering in the front room. --

on piece from the paparazzi. -- confiscated these from the

paparazzi. Usually when I am in the street and the paparazzi are there

and I have got a mallet, there is none of this... Why have we got a

sheet? ! LAUGHTER Wait a minute, here we go...

Goodness me! All right! LAUGHTER Visible signs of damage! We said

that Lenny should do it! The lens has gone on that one. That is not

bad! That one is OK, you could take that one back. Big problems here...

Any signs of life? A little bit cracked. What about the buttons on

this one? What we will do now, cracked. What about the buttons on

We will we will try to buddies back together... I want to smash

something else! We will show you the results in a moment. And here is

Marty trying to smash a boomerang world record, here we go, bring it

on! People have been throwing boomerangs for thousands of years,

but for me, they are all a bit small... Today, I am going to go

super-size! I shall try to break a record for the world 's largest

boomerang to fly and crucially, to come back. The current world record

measured 2.59 metres from tip to tip. This is not going to be easy to

beat, and so to give me a hand, I have roped in my favourite

Australian engineer, Hugh Hunt. Doctor, a boomerang has a banana

shape, or what about the bend, why the bend? I have got to stick Cor,

bits of wood, one is straight and this one is bent. -- I have got's 's

of stick here. -- I have got two bits of stick here. You can see

this, you can see if you throw them through the air, we will throw them

together... Three, two, one... The bend helps the stick to spin and fly

further, it does not make it come back. The spinning boomerang is a

bit like this spinning wheel, if it is not spinning, it will tumble

down. But as soon as it is spinning... Then it is staying

upright. Yes, it stays stable, but one extra thing is happening, if you

notice... It is turning around. That is called gyroscopic procession and

that is what makes spinning boomerang comeback. To get this

effect in his bent piece of wood, he needs to carefully shaped the

boomerang on one side. -- shape. Now, hopefully, it should return.

That was brilliant! But... How big can we go? That little one, if you

make it twice as big, it is going to be eight times heavier. To build a

record-breaking boomerang, that is light enough to throw, we have

teamed up with the British boomerang Society, and we have headed to the

Oval cricket ground, the perfect spot to sling around a boomerang.

Adam, Sean, lovely to meet you. How do you throw this, do you hold it

that end? We will be throwing it off this handle here, over your

shoulder, and throwing it like this... What we are trying to do is

get a maximum rotation on launch. It is very tricky. Is it going to

work? Is it going to work? There is a chance these may break, as we

found out in testing. That is why we have brought four! It is much

it must be throwing 20 metres or more and it must return to the

position of the thrower within ten metres. If it were any bigger, it

would not work at all. Have I got to catch it? You do not have to catch

it! 20 metres is still a long way to throw a kilogram of wood. May as

well give it a try! Well, it definitely flies! Just not

quite far enough... Very good throw. Try again!

This is not easy. I'm still just shy of the 20 metre mark. We have been

throwing for 30 years, when it comes to something this big, it is tough.

We will see if Adam can do better. It is official! 2.74 metres, this is

the world 's largest returning boomerang!

people at home are going, unbelievable!

CHEERING We smashed some cameras... I want a

boomerang! They cannot withstand a wooden hammer, basically. They are

not Lenny Henry proof! This one fared slightly better, we have got

some kind of Arctic mountain range going on... And this one is

completely dead... But anyway, the tester did recommend the mallet.

Shocker, it did not work. Lenny Henry, thank you very much indeed.

I'm sorry your experiment did not happen.

Thanks to Lenny, and Rudy's Rare Records opens in Birmingham' Rep

Theatre on 4th September before moving to London's Hackney

Empire at the end of the month. Tomorrow, Mad Men's silver-tongued

star Jon Hamm will be here. See you then.

Good night.