22/08/2016 The One Show

After two weeks away, welcome to The One Show.

With Alex Jones and, as Matt is taking a well deserved

break after all the excitement in Rio, I'm joined by Patrick

We know you've been enjoying watching Team GB in the most

successful Games we've ever had in 100 years.

What will we do at 3am to fill the void?

Our studio audience is very impressed with that! In over 100

years! ? APPLAUSE.

There they are, look. I feel like grandad on telefools Horses, every

single gold medal performance on screen at once. At the beginning,

add Tam Peaty's 100 metre breaststroke, the first gold.

to our final two gold medals on day 15 with.

And Mo Farah completing the double double in impeccable style.

We couldn't fit the other 23 silver and 17 bronze

Tomorrow, Team GB will arrive back in the UK and we are sending a bus

to Heathrow to pick them up and bring them back here for a big

Earning the right to compete in the Olympics takes

Earning the right to compete in the Olympics takes

But at the end of this year, there's another trophy up for grabs

and all you need to enter this competition is a bit of fake tan,

a tight-fitting outfit and a whole load of glitter.

I think there's a bit more to it than that Patrick.

But yes, 12 of this year's 15 Strictly Come Dancing contestants

And our guests tonight are the final three.

A little clue at least one of them has a medal from Rio

And to help us celebrate our return to your screens, playing us

out tonight, we've got the multi-platinum selling Caro

In just 78 days' time, the United States will choose

It's either Hilary Clinton or Donald Trump.

On a dark day back in June, one British mum found herself

unwillingly dragged into the very centre of the presidential campaign.

The moment a 20-year-old from Surrey is dragged away. It was a phone call

I'll never forget. Nothing could ever have prepared me for the words

they said next. Suspected of trying to kill Donald Trump. I just

couldn't get my head around it. It was just life-changing news. We love

our police. The market town of Dorking is set in

the hilling of the Surrey Downs. Shop assistant Lynn Sandford, her

daughter Jessica, mum Christine and until recently, her 20-year-old son

Michael. Lynn is making a journey to America to plead for her son who is

facing allegations arising from his alleged assassination attempt on

Donald Trump. Michael has battled with severe mental health issues

since being diagnosed with autism as a child. Everybody noticed he was

quite different and he started to get bullied and truant from school.

He developed the OCD and the anorexia and his health spiralled

out of control basically. He didn't care if he lived or died. He gave up

eating to which point he had to be sectioned for his own health. It's

been a struggle, one would have thought? Very much so. Michael's

health improved. He seemed to be coping with life with autism and at

18, he announced he was off to America. It was over a girl he

claimed he'd met here and she lived over there and he wanted to go and

be with her. We always had huge misgivings. Within 24 hours of

landing, a distressed Michael was sectioned in New York, but after a

couple of weeks was deemed well enough to fly home. Within months,

he was again determined his future lay in America. We had approached

our GP, the goal mental health authorities and the police but they

all said to me, you know, he's an adult, albeit a vulnerable one and

unless he's declared mentally incompetent, you can't stop him from

going. Michael flew back to the States in June last year. When his

visa expired, his calls home stopped coming and in May his mum reported

him missing. I tried so hard to contact people out there, I

contacted the Salvation Army and I said my worst fears are that my son

will end up in prison or dead. Then in June, came that fateful call.

I was woken, I was asleep, from this phone call and I was told it was the

Foreign Office and we'd found Michael. I was so elated and they

said he'd been arrested. Nothing could have prepared me for the words

he said next. He was arrested trying to take a policeman's gun. The US

Secret Service say Michael told them he'd been planning to kill Donald

Trump for more than a year and had visited a shooting range the day

before to practise using a gun. Has he ever shown any interest in guns?

A brief spell of a few months, when he was younger with his father, they

did paint balling. Michael didn't particularly like it and they moved

on the something else. Since his arrest, Lynn has been allowed to

speak to Michael only by prison phone. To just pick up the phone and

just hear "hi, mum", the two most basic words in the world but that

meant all the world to me and words that at one point I feared I might

never hear again. He finds life very difficult. I wanted to do what all

mums do and put my arms around him and protect him. Michael has pleaded

not guilty to being in possession of a gun. His trial has been put back

to October now. If convicted, he faces up to 30 years in jail. Lynn's

campaigning to have him sent home. I'm not asking for my son to escape

punishment but I want him brought back to the UK so he can get the

help he needs. He's full of remorse, he's very glad nobody was hurt. He's

very frightened. He's just a little boy in a man's body. Tomorrow,

Michael's lawyers will ask a judge to allow him a prison visit from his

mum, something currently not permitted. It's been a tremendously

difficult and emotional life, now I have to be strong for Michael. It's

just a position that no family would ever want to find themselves in.

Absolutely awful. The sofa's feeling a little empty,

so it's probably time we revealed our first Strictly

contestant and this one's set to be To help keep their identities under

wraps, this year each contestant has been given an Shakespearean code

name and we're about to meet Straight off the plane

from Rio, it's Team GB's Olympic Long Jump Medalist,

Greg Rutherford! MUSIC

CHEERING. Come on, we want to see some moves!

I haven't got any yet. I'm terrified. Don't be. Just embrace

it. We'll talk about Strictly in a moment but obviously we have to talk

about Team GB, a brilliant success out in Rio. Absolutely. You have had

a couple of days to recover, how do you feel now looking back at the

experience? I mean, truly wonderful Olympics for Team GB, something I

think a lot of people didn't expect after London. London will always be

the greatest modern Olympics I think, but the medal haul we have

come away with is something out of this world, for an away Olympics as

well. So, so proud to be a part of that. As always, Team GB's stepped

it up and done something special. Does the bronze feel any better now?

You're home and realise what an achievement that is. You were so

disappointed at the time? It's bitter sweet still. Ultimately I

went into it to try to win and I felt I could have done that but my

best on the day wasn't quite good enough. To come away with two

medals, I think that's OK. It's more than OK!

APPLAUSE. Come on!

APPLAUSE. Absolutely brilliant. Forgive me for

this. From bronze to bronzer. Nice! Very good. See what you did there!

Thank you, good night! How are you feeling about Strictly?

Absolutely terrified. I train to run in a straight line and jump in a

sand pit which is a stupid niche physical activity as it is. Look

what he has done? I know, cut my knee, ripped my jeans, it's gone

very bad for me. I've never danced a step in my life. Well, you say that.

Usually they call you, but you pitched yourself, now this is a

video that you made ages ago. You were doing the chicken, is that a

dance? Not sure what that was or why I did it, to be honest. You are

going to have to up your game from there, Greg.

LAUGHTER. That is why I am hoping to get a very good partner because true

Ily I have no idea what I'm doing in this. It's going to be terrifying.

We are going to meet another two very shortly.

It's a competition! Exactly. The competitive edge is out.

We don't often say this, but we are genuinely about to give you a chance

to become part of history. This is a big thing. Here is Jo with

the details of a competition that could see you become the voice of a

British institution so reliable you can set your watch but it -- bit.

At the first stroke, it will be 10 o'clock precisely.

Beep, beep, beep... The speaking clock, keeping us on

time for the last 80 years. It will be 1 o'clock precisely,

beep, beep, beep... Even Big Ben is set by it. But it's

time for a change. This is your chance to take the iconic place in

British history by becoming the next voice of the speaking clock.

The speaking clock still receives 12 million calls a year, especially on

Armistice Day, New Year's Eve and when the clocks change.

I've come to meet David Hay, BT's head of heritage and archives. Is

this the very first speaking clock? Yes, it is, made in 1935-36 by the

Post Office engineering department. These disks are glass which held the

recordings of the speaking clock. How did they decide who was the

speaking clock? On a competition amongst the telephone operators.

This is the panel of judges. They're all listening to the voice on

telephones and they're all gold because they're looking for the girl

with the golden voice. The winner was Jane Cane. Let's hear the golden

voice then. Sure. At the third stroke, it will be 8. 56 and 50

seconds... It's kind of clicked, very formal.

Oh, yes, today's voice is much warmer. At the third stroke it will

be... 1 o'clock... Precisely. There have only ever been four permanent

voices of the speaking clock. Sara Mendez de-Costa has been the voice

since 2006 when she won a competition for BBC Children In

Need. This was actually the moment I won. Nicky Campbell and Julia Brad

by and Pudsey bear. The grin on your face is huge, so happy. Very excited

there. This was an incredibly lovely day and, of course, wake up to

woken, an incredibly special memory. What What a photo to have, yes. Yes,

very dear to my heart. It's been an absolutely wonderful experience

right from the start. And will both be on the one show judging panel to

find the voice of the new speaking clock all in aid of BBC Children In

Need 2016? Are you sorry to see it go, to hand it over? Oh, I am! The

speaking clock's like my baby. It's my baby.

I will always be the fourth permanent voice of the speaking

clock and that is a huge honour. To kick start our search for the next

voice, Sara and I are hitting the streets. At the third stroke, it

will be 4.33... And 50 seconds. I like the smile. A little bit quick.

Like you're talking to your friends. At the third stroke... It will be 1.

24 and 50 seconds. ... If you were on the speaking clock, I would be

phoning up at bedtime. You would be my bedtime story!

You don't have to do the beeps in real life, do you? No. Give it a go.

Go to week site where you will find full details of how to enter --

website -- and the all-important strict from the first sessions.

Simply record yourself ragging it. I'm using a voice recorder on my

smartphone. At the third stroke it will be 1. 24 and 30 seconds and

then, attach that recording to an e-mail and simply e-mail it to The

One Show. Easy. Make sure you include speaking clock in the

subject line. Anyone over the age of 10 can enter. You can hear a

recording of Sara's voice for free on the website. If you do call the

speaking clock, it will cost you 45p per minute from a BT residential

landline, calls from mobiles and other networks could be

significantly higher. Don't miss this opportunity to go

down in history as the next voice of the speaking clock. You have until

Monday the 29th of August at 10pm... Precisely.

Beep, beep, beep... It could be you. You are eating fish and chips on

your lap tray, it could be you. It could be you. At the third stroke it

will be one o'clock and 58 seconds. Call the competition off, there he

is. You can enter on The one Show website and BT will donate 10p from

every call made to BBC children in need of to a maximum of ?50,000. The

competition closes on bank holiday Monday. If you are under 18 you will

need permission from a parent or guardian to enter.

Well, it's time to meet our next Strictly contestant.

Codename: Cleopatra, who in Shakespeare's play

Which is nothing like her character in one of our best soaps.

It is Tamika Hampson from Albert Square. It is my never smooth. Hello

everybody. Got the moves already.

Congratulations. And you have got the Strictly shoes. They are giving

me good vibes. Now it is out. How are you feeling? Worse, terrible. It

is actually going to happen now. This is the Strictly Come Dancing

waiting room, like going to the dentist. It is so hard keeping the

secret, I have been avoiding every group conversation, avoiding

telephone calls. Loads of the current EastEnders cast to have done

it? Yes! It is official, it is out there. No going back. We know you

haven't got two Lafita. You got to the final of let's dance Sport

Relief. I was challenging beyond say. Now, on their show, I have got

to challenge myself. It is going to be me. Looking at Greg's face. Oh

no! What will you think will be your best, the ballroom stuff? The

ballroom, I will have to work it on. I like it quite quick. Easy with the

jive. I think that will be the one where the stamina... Kicks and

flicks. You shake it out, we have one more contestant to reveal. Let's

put everyone out of their misery. The final contestant's codename is

Titania. Swapping Birds of a Feather and Chigwell further Cha Cha Cha, it

is the fabulous Lesley Joseph! Leslie, hello. Come and sit down. I

am standing behind the screen, just thinking about it. Why is it so

nerve wracking? It won't be as nerve wracking as this, because we saw you

do Lady Gaga in 2010. You are in green. Yes, you had to say that. I

think I am a bit bigger than. Seriously, it is embarrassing. We

would like to apologise to any small children still on their holidays and

not in bed, for those distressing scenes. I genuinely feel like I have

made a massive mistake. I looked like a big, green blob. No,

honestly. You don't know who your partners are yet. Do you think any

of your -- these three keep up with you? It is whether I can keep up

with them. They are all fantastic and I am leaving my health in the

hands of the producers. I love Kevin, not saying I would want to be

partnered with him, but I love Kevin. They are all fantastic. In

our way, I cannot wait to get started now because the

anticipation, it is the most frightening thing. You are going to

be stretched and so far out of your comfort zone. Once we start it will

take over my life. Anybody done any sneaky dancing before this? From the

age of five to about eight. It was all this... We have the final

line-up now, let's have a look at it, who do you think is your

competition, strongest competition, Greg? Anybody and everybody. I am

going to struggle. It is a strong line-up. Anybody you are

particularly nervous about? Anybody. They say they cannot do it, when the

lights go on, the shimmer and the shy, who knows. Just enjoy it, it is

a brilliant experience, you will all be brilliant. She says! She says,

putting her hands behind her back. Despite being identical twins, Adam

and Neil Pearson look different because of a genetic condition. Now

they look at why it affected them differently and what it means for

the future. My name is Adam, on the right. My thing. My identical twin

brother, Neil. This is us today. I am the one with the face. This is

Neil. Not only do we share the same genes, we share a rare genetic

disease. It affects us in very different ways. I have a facial

disfigurement and Neal has short-term memory loss. Today is

Tuesday or Wednesday. Not only do we have no idea why, the world of

medicine has no idea. I want to try to get to the bottom of it. It

causes tumours to grow on nerve endings. It affects one in every

2500 people, but no one has seen a case as extreme as ours. I have had

32 operations and we have spent our lives being examined by doctors, who

are trying to understand more about our condition. We are travelling to

Belgian to meet an expert. We have a genetic material, a double set of

it, one set from your mother's side and one set from your father's side.

We have two NF1 genes. It is when the second copy goes wrong you get

the tumours. The big question is, does Neal have a version of my face

somewhere in his body? And he should probably sort out that underwear.

The scan revealed as slow-growing tumour in his leg. This is a similar

phenomenon as what you see in your brother's phase. OK. It doesn't look

malignant, so what we usually recommend is to leave it until it is

causing problems. Just like me, he also has tumours, it's just his

answer as obvious. The reason we look so different is the second copy

of our NF1 gene also went wrong when we were both developing in the womb,

giving us both tumours, but in different places. At least none of

them are cancerous, but it still didn't explain Neal's memory loss.

He was fine, and for one of a better phrase, you began to think he had

got away with it. Then when he was 14, he went out one evening, came

back and didn't know where he had been and what he had done. If it is

busy disease that has made his memory like a sieve, could memory

loss be part of my future? Am I going to come home one day and not

know where high been what I've done. To try and find an answer, I took NF

to hospital to get a brain scan. The results weren't what we were

expecting. From the clinical information, we have this

information of a virus called an like this. It seems memory problems

stem from that time. Is there a chance I could lose my memory? I

don't think anything we have seen in Neal will relate to you. So apart

from normal ageing, I think your memory will be the same as it is

now. Remarkably, we have discovered Neal's memory loss is due to a

separate condition. It is a huge relief. I get to keep my memory and

Neal gets to keep his face. Whatever the future holds, we will deal with

it together. You can see more of that story on Horizon: My Amazing

Twin this Thursday night at nine o'clock on BBC Two.

But almost better night, good luck to our three guests who will be

brilliant Strictly Come Dancing stars. We have Team GB and you can

catch Laura Trott and Jason Kenny on BBC breakfast tomorrow. And Kara

Emerald is getting ready to play is out. And here she is with Never

Ever. # I was wrong and you were right

again. MUSIC

# I came to find you when you ran away.

# Ayasse Chu-En Lai and you would never speak.

# You made it like a game of hide and seek.

# But not before you took control of me in Paradise.

# If you give a little, all you ever do is take it back again.

# Leave me in the middle and till I would reminisce again.

# I never thought you would never ever leave me.

# Never ever would you deceive me. # Never ever would you leave me.

# Never ever would you deceive me. # Never ever would you be trainee.

# Never ever would you try to slay me.

# Swing me along and string along my dreams.

# Left me alone until I was scared of me in Paradise.

# I am cracking every mirror on my walls.

# I'm not taking any of your calls. # Suddenly gone and it's all my

faults. # This is paradise.

# Why do you make every day in front of me impossible?

# Why do you make anything and everything unreasonable?

# I never ever thought he would leave me.

# Never ever would you deceive me. # Never ever