23/04/2014 The One Show

Hello. Welcome to the programme. Tonight, on Shakespeare's 450th

birthday, we are hoping we will not have a comedy of errors, as Gyles is

live in Stratford. We are also hoping all is well that ends well,

as we reunite one of the stars of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang with one of

these three ingenious machines. Plus, speaking of gorgeous,

Christine will be announcing the winner of the winner will get their

design made at the Hampton Court Flower Show this year. But we hope

the decision is as you like it at home. How many references can we get

into this?! On the sofa, Two Gentlemen of Verona. Well, actually,

from London and ended brush Ashton -- London and Edinburgh! We are glad

to have you with us. I have just got to say this. You were so brilliant.

Oh, Nigel! I cannot believe you did that! You are the bravest girl I

have ever met. I was going to say exactly the same thing. They don't

come more brave than this girl. He was a bit of a charmer, wasn't he?

Shakespeare, 450! Somewhere in the world right now, people are doing

Shakespeare. Incredible, really. Have you played the Dame but Jim

Mark I haven't, you never know! My favourite of all probably is Richard

II. I did a production years ago, when I started off, with Ian

McKellen, so I heard it every night for years. It was just beautiful.

Have done a little bit, haven't you, Nicky? I used to do a little bit of

acting at university with my great friend Ian Glen, who is now an

incredibly successful film actor. He was better than me. I once had to

kiss him in a play, actually. How was it? It was fine, because he had

kissed Nicole Kidman, so I had this thing where I had keys to somebody

who had kissed... Degrees of separation! At home, we want you to

try and summarise your favourite Shakespeare play in just 25 words.

Here is an example. Actually, let's not say what it is. See if you can

work it out. Italian teenagers fall in love but their families cannot

stand each other, plan to hello, should have gone on Jeremy Kyle!

Yes, Jeremy Kyle would have sorted that out! Can you imagine?! Of

course, it is... Which one? Romeo And Juliet. Well done. The part to

play in that is Mercutio, that is to show off part. I have never played

it, but I have always wanted to. There is still time, Nigel! We would

love to be bombarded by your offerings tonight, so send in your

shortened Shakespeare plays to the usual address. The uprising in

Ukraine has highlighted for some the importance of a strong military. For

British forces, things are changing, with more reliance on reservists.

Unfortunately, people are not signing up like they used to. Before

we speak to the most senior serving reservist, Joe has been to see if a

new initiative targeting the unemployed is working. Matthew and

Simon are both out of work and claiming benefits, but the Army in

Stoke-on-Trent is hoping that they are the future. I just want to get a

job out of it, at the end of the day. There is nothing out there at

the minute. I am hoping to join the reserves after this. It is going to

be good experience. They are taking part in a trial, as the army tries

to boost the number of reserve troops. Unemployed people will get

one month's free training, they still get to claim their benefits,

there is no obligation to sign up, and they might even get a proper job

out of it. So what is not to like? But the course is not just for those

who are interested in the Army, it is also for those who want to make

themselves more employable. The four-week programme includes local

companies, in the hope that people will be helped to get employment. On

the first day they will be put through their paces, physically

shaken up, made to come out of their shells. The idea is to test their

commitment to the cause, but also their drive and determination to

find work. Lets see how they get on with this Army obstacle course. It

does not look that easy! Crawling in the mud, swinging on the ropes...

The Ministry of Defence has to recruit 10,000 extra reserves over

the next four years to cover the reduction in the size of the regular

army. It is not boot camp, it is not press gaining people to join the

army, it is about improving people's personal skills and motivating

them, with things like teamwork, discipline, self-confidence,

motivation. All the things which employers are crying out for, which

the Army has in spades. A lot more tiring than very hard! The tough

induction has already taken its toll. On the second day, three

people do not turn up, leaving just 13 still standing. For the next

couple of weeks they are taught teamwork and communications skills.

It is easy to be cynical about whether a short course like this can

really be life changing. But the confidence does seem to be growing,

and they can get some new : Editions. I was not expecting to get

qualifications in first aid, manual labour, I was not expecting to get

any of that. The main priority for this course may be to boost numbers,

but this is for the reserves, which means Matthew and Simon still need a

full-time job as well. They have been offered the chance to work for

one week at this local company, which makes doors. You might look at

this and say, it is just a week's work placement, can it make much of

a difference? Yes, because I have been offered a full-time job out it,

at this place. Thank you. Could you see yourself following through and

signing up for the reserves? I have already sent off the application

form. For Matthew, it is not quite the same. He has also been offered a

full-time job, but he does not want it, even though he has been

unemployed for more than a year. If you do not feel comfortable in that

job, you do not take it. But when you have not got anything else, it

is just going back to the Jobcentre, does that not make you feel down?

No. And what about the Army? Are you interested in that? No, I only

joined the course to get first aid and manual qualifications. You do

not want it enough to work here? No. I am telling you the truth. It is

frustrating to hear Matthew say he does not want this job. Diane Keaton

to hear how the course leader feels about it. I am disappointed. We

cannot force a person to take the job. All I can do is give them the

motivation and the self-esteem. It is the last day, and 11 of the

original 16 have made it through to the end. Three of them have been

offered full-time jobs. What about the number of new army recruits?

Eight out of 11 have signed up for the military, four for the Army

reserves, three for the regulars and one as a potential reserve officer.

When it comes to the Government's target of boosting the reserves by

10,000, this is just a drop in the ocean, isn't it? Anybody we recruit

will help reduce that number, plus, they will tell their friends, they

may consider a career in the Army reserves, which hopefully will

help. Simon has since declined the job, but he is looking for another

job. He does still plan to join the reservists. We are joined now by one

busy man. Just explain what your role is in the Army. Also, your day

job. In the Army, I am a Major General, Deputy Commander Land

Forces, I am the most senior Army reservist. I am a reservist, which

means I have another job, I am a lawyer in the City, I am General

Counsel and Company Secretary for an American insurance company in the

City of London. How do you find the time to do both? There are

synergies. There are things which I take from one into the other. To

make it work, if you are passionate about anything, you will find a way.

On top of that, a very understanding and supportive employer, as well as

the Army, who are supportive, who will do things slightly differently

with me, arranging meetings to make it work, and a very understanding

family as well. So, there might be some people out there who fancy

being a reservist, but what obligations do you have, once you

have signed up? In terms of the basic liability, as we call it, what

we want from you, it is 35-40 days training, most of that at weekends,

with a two-week annual camp, training exercise, somewhere in the

world. So, 35-40 days, mostly at weekends. As you get more senior, of

course, more of that will spill into the weekdays, which is where you

need support. And you get paid for that? You do. It is an important

point. We get paid the same daily rate for your rank as a regular

soldier. How much action have you seen during your time as a

reservist? I was employed in 2005, I was deployed to Baghdad, with a

Parachute Regiment officer, I was serving with them for five months.

So what then happens to your lawyer Judy 's? Again, a supportive

employer, they was going. -- duties. If you went into Iraq in

2003, everybody goes, and you are off. Since then, it is at the

agreement of the individual and the employer. So you can make plans in

advance to cover your absence. And there is money available to find a

replacement to train other people and so on and so forth be great

opportunities, but why do you think new recruits have been slow to sign

up? I think clearly, what people need to understand is the context

against which we are recruiting. The message out there in the country is

that the Army is getting smaller, which it is, the regular component,

we are coming back from Afghanistan, coming back from Germany, we are not

recruiting. We most regulars and reserves. We are an organisation

which is fed from the bottom. People are leaving at the top end. We need

people coming in at the bottom end. Nicky, you must be one of the

busiest men in the media anyway, but would this be something which you

would have warmed to? How shall I put this? No. I have got every

respect, my dad was in the Indian Army during the war, and he never

spoke about what he did and what happened until I was lucky enough to

do Who Do You Think You Are? And I found out he was involved in a

battle in Birmingham, -- in Burma, a very bloody. I find it all very

deeply moving. With the reserves, if you are a student who wants to

enhance your CV, if you are unemployed and want to learn a

trade, or if you just want to do something different with your time

at weekends and to be part of a group of men and women who are

like-minded, who share the same values and standards, who are part

of an integrated Army to go on operations together, not just in

Afghanistan, but the UN mission in Cyprus as well, working together,

and you get paid. How good is that?! Thank you very much. Major

General Munro. Now it is time for Christine to

introduce the first of our finalists in The One Show Garden Designer of

the Year competition. First up is this one inspired by the

18th century silk weavers of Spitalfields in London. The

designers are Holly Crosbie and Helen Reid. We wanted to make an

exploded loom that you could walk through and you could see the

flowers leaping up from the threads. There they are. Holly, Helen, there

are two of you. Is that fair? Of course! Who saw this competition

first? I saw it and said we have to do this. What kind of work are you

in? We work together in architecture. Who came up with

what? We did loads of stuff, we met before work and did loads of drawing

and models. Let's have a look at the design itself. What is your

favourite bit? I think I love the side with the mulberry trees because

it is a subtle more delicate side to the planting. It is a lovely idea.

How about you? I love the poppies, the big red poppies. We wish you all

the very best. We will meet the other finalists later on. I love the

idea of the looms. Good luck, girls. 450 years ago today a baby boy was

born in Stratford-upon-Avon who would go on to become the world's

greatest ever playwrights. His words would remain timeless but for many,

this man is much more than just a writer.

My name is Laurie am and I have been involved with Shakespeare's work for

three or four years. I first became interested when I started working

with the Hip-hop Shakespeare Company. Before that I saw

Shakespeare as someone who was old school. I did not have a connection.

I am the continent. With each new breath melting within, you are

anchored spiritually because I am queen.

When acting, reading or watching Shakespeare, the main thing I feel

and come back to is how powerful his intent was to allow people to

understand what it is to be human being. His intent is to really allow

people to come out of themselves and look at the world from a different

point of view. My name is Alan Smith and I am the

head of costume, props and armoury at the Royal Shakespeare Company. My

exposure to Shakespeare, that English lesson, when the English

teacher brings out the Shakespeare text and you think, oh, God. When

kids are reading monotone from a book, you cannot understand what is

going on. With acting companies, especially the great ones, you can

understand. It is almost like watching a subtitled film. Halfway

through you do not realise they are speaking in the iambic pentameter,

it is as if they are talking normally. Two Shakespeare plays, I

have a comedy and a tragedy. The comedy would be a Midsummer Night's

Dream. The play at the end they do is hilarious. I suppose tragedy

would be Julius Caesar. The speech, friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me

your ears, it brings me out in goose bumps thinking about it.

I work at Shakespeare's Globe and I have done for several years. I have

been massively into Shakespeare for a long time. My parents read a lot.

When I first read Shakespeare it was in the lamb's version, really

interesting stories for a child to read. Why I adore Shakespeare is the

richness of the language. You cannot escape the fact that each sentence

is exquisitely poised. If this be error and upon my proved,

by never writ or any man ever loved. My all-time favourite line is from

Hamlet, I could be bounded by a nutshell and count myself king of

infinite space, if I did not have bad dreams. It is a treat to work

here. When I meet a blind patron who has never been to a Shakespeare play

and they come to one of our audio described performances, and they

understand how it works as a performance, not just as a text and

the understand it, it is incredibly rewarding.

There is of course, only one place to be today and that is in

Stratford-upon-Avon at Shakespeare's birthplace where they

are preparing for some pretty big celebrations. Let's say good evening

to Gyles. I think he is in the room where Shakespeare was born. I am in

that very room. Much ado about a great deal here. I am in the first

floor of the house in Henley Street where Shakespeare was born 450 years

ago, in the very room where he was born. Could it be more exciting? I

do not think so. Shakespeare was born here, one of eight children,

the first boy. His parents were John and Mary Shakespeare. It is quite a

substantial house. They are well to-do people. I will go down to the

kitchen to find Jonathan Drake from Holy Trinity Church was a

Shakespeare's collection? We know Shakespeare was baptised in the

church and the font that was used for the baton is -- baptism can

still be seen today. We also know he was buried in the church. We get

quarter of a million visitors coming to see his grave each year. How are

you celebrating? We have a full schedule including a full peal of

bells which was performed by bell-ringers from Westminster Abbey

earlier on today. Now I will go out into the garden. I

think in Shakespeare's day this would be where the family grew their

vegetables. Now I will find someone from the escape community group arts

group -- Escape Community Arts group. These are characters from a

Midsummer nights -- a Midsummer Night's Dream. We have been

commissioned to make a wonderful big birthday cake for the celebrations.

Happy birthday to William and congratulations to all of you. I am

going to trip across the gardens. This is where Shakespeare went to

get to school. I am going to meet Marian Morgan from the Shakespeare

Birthplace Trust. We have more fairies. The celebrations go won

this weekend, what is happening? We have a big concert tomorrow and

Saturday sees our big celebrations. There will be ambassadors from all

over the world, because Shakespeare is not just for England... He is for

all the world. Here is the city of Coventry drum corps.

APPLAUSE We thoroughly enjoyed that. Gyles for flight Anneka Rice running

through Stratford. Early on we are still at home to summarise

Shakespeare's plays in 25 words. We have had the first one. Nigel, would

you read it? Yeller macro teenage prince is told by ghost of his dad

to kill his uncle. Spends the rest of the play confused about it.

Everyone dies. Everyone dies? That is not quite

true. Teenage prince, who can that be? You really do not know

Shakespeare! Teenage prince told by ghost... Mac Beth. She did say

Hamlet. Let's move on. Let's talk about the importance of

being earnest. Oscar Wilde is a sort of comedy. What happened was in

1982I did the importance of being earnest at the National Theatre with

Martin Jarvis. He said we must do this again. We are just getting the

hang of it. 32 and a bit years later, we are doing it again. We are

these people. We are members of a company of players and we are doing

our dress rehearsal at Lavinia's house, that is Lady Bracknell,

played by Sian Phillips. Love Sian Phillips. Simon Brett has written a

prologue to explain we do this play everyday and we are doing the dress

rehearsal and when you come to the second act it is all like Arcadia

and it is beautiful. I do not know if I explained it properly. I know

we are bit old for these parts but we have found a way around. You get

two plays, one is the setup and one is the play itself. Why did you

decide to do this play again? Because it is such fun to do. We

used to behave outrageously. In the first act, when Lady Bracknell

refuses him because he wants to marry his girlfriend, offstage I

play here comes the bride. He used to say, stop playing that ghastly

tune. I would dress in different costumes and make him laugh. Then

one night he said those costumes are getting a little dull. That night I

stood there completely naked! I had four people to dress me and I only

had a few seconds to get back into costume. Martin could not speak for

some time. He stopped the show. It looks like it was his fault because

he was the one not speaking. I was fine. I want to ask you, have you

heard about the controversy over Jamaica Inn and the mumbling? I

have. What is your take? I could not understand a word. I tried turning

up the volume. There was something wrong with the sound I think. As an

actor, that must be incredibly frustrating? Sometimes in drama

these days you do get a bit of mumbling and in films. I am more of

a Shakespearean. The sound guys spend so much time and effort

getting the sound right that it is a real shame. I know televisions have

got bigger but the speakers are still quite small. I do not

understand it. I think they have sorted it now. Thank you, Nigel.

The Easter weekend should have been a bumper time for businesses in the

south-west. But after some of the worst flooding in years, how did

they cope and how are things looking for the future? Lucy went to find

out. I am here in the south-west, my neck

of the woods. The times and villages here survived because of the tourism

industry which generates upwards ?10 billion a year for the region. Since

the winter storms which affected much of the UK and in particular,

the south-west, tourism has taken a big hit. When the railway line at

dawn dish was destroyed, it drastically disrupted businesses in

the region. -- the railway at Dawlish. We know you are resilient

types but it must have had a devastating effect on you? We are

used to being full, not just every weekend but in the weekday. Once the

storms came and the train line was disrupted, our business fell through

the floor. Our bookings were down by more than 30%. We were lying awake

at night thinking what are we going to do? That was very scary. How our

bookings looking forward? Virtually empty, still no bookings coming in.

A new summer show opening in the gallery, no guests. Would you expect

this to be full normally? Absolutely. People need to be

reassured that it is worth coming here. It is pretty, it is not

destroyed. Please come to Cornwall and discovered this wonderful area.

Some businesses were so badly damaged by the storm surges and

flooding that they have been unable to reopen so they have missed the

Easter Spike and are having to look ahead to the summer season. Nicky's

beach cafe in Cornwall is not yet open because of storm damage. How

would you describe the damage that has hit your business? Complete and

utter devastation. It was like a war zone. I did not know where to start.

But the positivity and determination of my staff and customers boys you

up. I thought I will not be defeated by this. How much trade have you

lost? We have regular customers come every day. At weekends we can serve

six 700 people a day so financially it has been crippling. Do you think

people will be enticed back to the region? I am sure they will. I am

not open for business yet but I will be. Sex and miles along the coast in

Devon, this major tourist attraction ground to a halt during the storms.

There was no revenue as a result. We could not believe what had occurred.

The river had come over the track and washed everything away. The

rails were suspended midair. It was incredible. How have you managed to

get it up and running so that we can be on it now? There is a lot of

effort went in, long hours. We were getting people knocking on the door,

shovels in hand, can we help? It was amazing. The 20 years I have lived

in this area, it is one of the worst storms I have witnessed. It is how

you deal with it and get back on your feet which is the important

thing. Thank you. Easter may be over but the holiday season lies ahead.

Two thirds of us take a break in the UK each year. And businesses of the

south-west want to remind you that when you are booking that, the

region is very much back on track. Back in business, that is the

message. Nicky, tomorrow, nine o'clock, Wanted: A Family Of My Own,

give us a brief summary of the series? Well, what we wanted, it is

made by the same company which makes Long Lost Family On John But We

Wanted Everybody To See It At The Beginning, And to go through the

adoption process. It is a wonderful, magical, thing. When I was adopted,

it was very different. The vast majority of people adopted in those

days were illegitimate, and were infants as well. It is completely

different now. A lot of these children have been abused, a lot of

them have veto alcohol syndrome, or some do, or might be addicted to

drugs. Very often sibling groups, often older. The people who want to

adopt are so motivated, they make the most fantastic parents. When

people say to me, as an adopted person, sometimes they say, and I

want to reiterate this, they say, have you met your real mum or your

real dad? And I say, no, my mum and dad are the people who adopted me.

Because, again inside one thing but belonging is the thing. They are my

real mum and dad. A lot of adopted people feel like that. That is how

wonderful it is. Tomorrow night, you meet a lovely little boy. Here he

is. Joshua's birth mother has serious long-term mental health

issues. And after struggling to look after him, she agreed it was in his

best interests to have him adopted. There was no attachment with his

mother at birth at all, which is very sad. It is not her fault. He

was very quiet in those early days, and we were quite concerned. Have

you had enough? He did not cry. And that was awed. It was as if he had

switched off, and babies cry, they are supposed to. Well, of course,

Joshua was being looked after by two wonderful people. Also, something I

really want to say, because my mother was a social worker. She is

not any more, she is 90 years old and laying into the red wine. But

that apart! My sister is a social worker. In the course of this

series, I met some amazing social workers. They get bad headlines when

something goes wrong, but the vast majority of the time, it goes right,

and they do a amazing work. Hopefully it will be an enlightening

for people, and it will show people that you can be gay, single... Each

programme, you take two different sides of the story, don't you? As I

understand it, there has been a sharp increase in the number of

people put up for adoption in the last five years, but there does not

seem to be the number of people coming forward. No, that is what we

have to say, what a fantastic thing it is. If you are motivated as a

parent, to bring a child into your home is something magical. I think

people think it is quite restrictive, but it is quite the

opposite. You can live in rented accommodation, you can have

disability, right across the board. You can be older. They are looking

for people to adopt, and we need more. Sometimes, things which might

put people off can be the apparently lengthy process of going through

it, but the Government has now reduced the timescale, which must be

brilliant? Yes, there has to be a process, there has to be a little

bit of that, but nine months, pregnancy, is quite a lengthy

process in itself. We normally have bad news, don't we, but there are so

many good people. It is really good to embrace that. And you have to

watch, because it is quite a story, as it unfolds, with Joshua. Yes.

When you see people stream is fulfilled, -- dreams fulfilled, it

is the most fantastic thing, when they become parents. If you are

interested in adoption, please go to our website, where you can find

further information. It is now time to go back to Christine, for this

year's Garden Designer of the Year competition. Our next finalist, Jon

Kay, from Guildford, was influenced by a famous gardener. She wanted to

paint a beautiful pictures with plants. That is basically what she

did. That is what I want to do with my garden at Hampton Court. So, to

sum it up for us? I just want it to look really beautiful. It has got to

look really nice. Which element are you most proud of? I like the simple

things, Glenn, actually. It has just got silver birch, it is simple, cool

and calm. What does your garden looked like at home? Completely

different to this. It is not flowers, it is architectural, it has

got big palm trees and firms, very different to what Gertrude would

have done. If you do not win, are you still going to do a bit of

this? Absolutely, I have learned a lot with searching Gertrude and now

I am going to pick up some of her elements. So even as an experienced

gardener, you have learned some things? Absolutely. I will be

putting some of her plants into my garden. It is not long before we

find out. We do not know, Christine is the only one who knows. That is

it for now. I like John pass Mac as well. Anyway, every weekday, Nicky

broadcasts his radio show to the nation. Everybody can tune in, but

as Ruth Goodman discovers, not all radio broadcasts are as easy to

understand. If you tune in a short wave radio to the right frequency,

on a clear day, you might just stumble across something pretty

strange. They are known as number stations. There is no easy leaders

seller in message, just an automated voice reading out a string of

seemingly random numbers. So what are they? This man is a short wave

enthusiast, and has spent years searching for and lobbying these

curious broadcasts. They all start with some kind of tone, like this,

or some kind of music, which is the same every single time. In this

case, a Swedish Rhapsody. You know it is coming, and then you can sit

and wait... NUMBERS BROADCAST.

Who is in charge of it, nobody knows. Short wave radio is a low

quality radio format, but its main advantage is that it can travel huge

distances, bouncing off the earth's atmosphere. It has often been used

to avoid censorship, to broadcast propaganda, or to get messages to

hard to reach places. Amateur radio enthusiasts often send each other

messages over short wave radio. All you need is a transmitter like this

and an ordinary short wave radio. But you need a license to do that,

and the messages log by our enthusiast were all on frequencies

reserved for the military or police. More frequencies used by

governments. Is this a clue to the purpose of these stations? Peter

Matthews worked in British intelligence during the Cold War and

is an expert in codes and communications. Who is sending these

messages? Everybody who runs an intelligence service, which is

virtually every industrialised country in the world, has some kind

of coding to transmit their information. So, we are talking

intelligence agencies? Intelligence agencies across the world. But how

do seemingly random strings of numbers become meaningful messages?

The answer is a pad like this. Words are encrypted or turned into numbers

according to rules laid out in a key. The key is unique. It is used

only one time, and it is known only to the sender and to the recipient.

Without the key, the message is just a jumble of numbers. As long as the

key is never used twice, it is an unbreakable for encryption. In the

very early days of the Cold War, I was hearing these numbers as they

began. There are not so many now. But still, there is a considerable

number. The benefits of using short wave that unlike mobile phones or

electronic communication, which is much harder to trace the source of

messages or the location people sending or receiving them. Even

recently, short wave radios have been found on arrested spies. This

lady was found guilty of spying against America in the 1990s. Her

court papers showed she used number stations to receive messages. When

the FBI arrested a spy ring in 2010, they also found a short wave

radio and a code book. We may never know for certain exactly what these

number stations are for or who is sending them, or even who is

listening. But if you do come across one in the middle of the night, it

is both fascinating and rather terrifying to think who might be

listening along with you. This, don't you? I do. I cannot believe

you have never heard of it. Anyway, we have done a bit of number

crunching ourselves. If you go to our website, you might see if you

can crack our code. It is 20 years of 5 Live, and you have been doing

the breakfast show for 17 years. I have been on the station for 17

years, I think I have been doing Breakfast for ten years. You have

heard some amazing stories in your time, on your show, lots of them

have got you quite choked up, but which one really stands out for you?

I did a phone in every day, and we had a caller on assisted dying, and

we had a string of amazing calls. When I tried to get the number out

at the end, I broke down in tears. Radio is a very intense medium. 5

Live are picking out the stories that people are talking about. We

are doing this big outside broadcast next week. We are going to be in

Inverness talking about what life is like after the army. That is on

Monday. Rachel will be doing that. We will be talking about the floods

in Somerset throughout the week. We will be talking about the First

World War, so, an entire week of getting to the people, edging to the

stories which people have come to us about. Talking of people coming to

us, we have been inundated with some Shakespeare contributions. She could

not have loved him more... Hang on. But she lost her handkerchief. He

lost his mind. No more hanky-panky! Is it Othello? Yes. Do you like

playing nasty parts? I do. I prefer it to playing nice people. It is

more fun, and was playing the villain is great. I adore it. It is

true. It is easier as well. Well, she is not much of a villain, but

she is a hard judge, it is time to go to Christine, to introduce our

third finalist in this year's Garden Designer of the Year competition.

Our last finalist, Alexandra Noble, was inspired by the hot springs in

the city of Bath. I really wanted to capture the vitality of the water

and get that sense of life in my garden. I really like this one, it

is one of my favourites. Similarly, you are an architecture student, had

you designed gardens before? Never. I have transferred my knowledge of

dimensions and materiality. Do you think it might be a new avenue for

you? Definitely. I am at University in Bath, I have been there for six

years. It has had a big influence on my life. What about the garden that

you grew up with? We have got a back garden, it is not that big. It is

quite plain, with a lawn. Used up to your guns with your design. I know

that Christine was not so sure about one particular section, but you had

a bit of an argument with her? Yes, it was a little bit controversial.

That is good! Good luck. We are moments away from discovering which

of these green-fingered amateurs will be discovering at this year's

Hampton Court Flower Show. The tension in here, I tell you what!

Anyway, before we find out, let's see how our trio of finalists but on

in impressing the judges. We have not to choose one finalist to be at

Hampton Court. Before we choose a winner, we want to interrogate our

finalists about their designs. My fellow judges and I have brought

them to the Cardiff flower show. First is Helen and Holly. All the

planting is taken from 18th-century silk designs. I am worried about the

amount of concrete. Do you attend it as a walk-through garden or just

beautiful from the outside? I thought it would be viewed from the

outside and the concrete would allow the eye to go through. As you look

through you have got the wow factor of the planting and we wanted this

contrast. I hope they realised we wanted to take on board what we work

all stop and their experience because we have never done this

before. Next, John Kane and his idea

inspired by Gertrude Chico. Jekyll is one of the most famous plants

women this country has ever produced. It is a challenge and I am

flexible. The garden is packed full of plants and they will all be

flowering at different times. Are you confident? We do not this is a

really have to go with this exact planting. With your knowledge we

could produce something similar and bring it up to date. It is not a

museum piece, we are not trying to replicate what Gertrude Jekyll did.

Well done. Thank you. I think they liked the design. I can understand

their concerns. Last but not least, Alexander and

her Roman bath design. I think it is inspirational but do you think the

person walking up to it will instantly identify it as Bath? I

think so, it is a romantic garden. There is the wafting movement and

since you are at a but I think a couple of Roman columns would stamp

half. I am not convinced! The garden is meant to be a lot more abstract

than that. What I thought was the energy would be the plants in the

form and texture and scale. It is that energy that I want to bring to

Hampton Court, the energy and vitality. Thank you very much.

I disagreed with Christine in particular. Not so much the two guys

but definitely Christine. I do not think a column would be appropriate.

OK, fair enough. But before we choose the winner, last challenge to

test their horticultural knowledge. They have to do the right label on

these ten plants. I am delighted to say you have got nine right. Well

done. Do you want to know your score? Six, well done. 3) you had

six right at one stage. So, John is top but Alexandra is last. I do not

know how we will decide. With the stakes so high, this is a decision

we have got to get right. So we left the judges deliberating

but they are all with us now. Christine, was it hard to break it

down to the final three? It was because the standard this year was

exceptional. Everybody who entered needs to be congratulated but the

finalists, we had some spanking designs.

Was the decision unanimous? Not quite! How did you then decide? It

was probably to do with this banking, wasn't it? ! Quite a lot of

discussion, forceful discussion, very little debate. We are still

friends. You had the last vote because you are the head judge. I

had casting vote. Well, the finalists are before us. Shall we

find out, who is the winner? Excitement brewing! Is it the drum

roll or a wheelbarrow full of bricks? Good luck. And the winner

is... Alexandra! A bunch of flowers is appropriate. There we are, my

dear, congratulations. The design will be on display at the Hampton

Court Flower Show. You did not expect it but how are you feeling? I

cannot believe it. Because my design was so controversial and Christine

was not a fan and the three out of ten, it was not looking good for me.

You fought for it. Well done. Once again, congratulations. Well done to

the other three. Your standard of work was outstanding. Last night we

thought we had some pretty big public art on display when we showed

you the kelpies on the banks of the Forth and Clyde Canal. Tonight, Lucy

has taken a trip to Heathrow Airport with another beast of giant art.

Last year, I went to Hull to report on the making of an ambitious new

artwork which is called slipstream. Slipstream has been commissioned to

form the centrepiece of this, Heathrow's new terminal two which

opened to the public in June. You need a big piece to fill a site this

size. At over 70 metres in length, Slipstream will be the longest

permanent sculpture in Europe. When I last spoke to Richard, the 23

sections were being transported one by one from Hull to Heathrow, to be

installed above the airport's central concourse. This has to be

the most ambitious piece I have ever made. We have probably had up to 80

people working on this. Richard's sculpture sets out to recreate the

slipstream created by a stunt plane in the sky. He is an artist who does

not do things on a small scale. He has rotated chunks of Liverpool

building and recreated the final scene of the Italian Job. Oh, my

goodness, it is huge! That is amazing. Are you pleased with it?

Yes, I am. It brings a smile to me every time I come here. I am

watching other people. They are intrigued by it. It is something you

cannot ignore. It is 78 metres long, 77 tonnes, there are over 3000

rivets. If I had to do that in several bags I could not do it.

Slipstream has been designed to be seen from every area and level of

the terminal. This is our through the clouds moment. It looks

completely different from up here. You can see this is a plane. Yes, as

the piece until eight through the space, it is quite abstract. But you

can understand what it is. One of the beautiful things is you can see

it is handmade. It has not been painted, it does not need to be

painted. It takes the 1960s Douglas aircraft, that polished surface. We

have hinted at the nostalgia, speed and endeavour. The man in charge of

turning Richard 's idea into reality is Ian Webber. We had to connect the

chains, rotated and get it millimetre perfect into position

before we lifted it into the air and bolted it to the next piece. You

cannot now see that it is 23 different places. It is estimated

that nearly four times the number of visitors to the Tate modern will see

this every year. Today, the first people have been invited in for a

sneak preview. What is the verdict? I like it but what is it meant to

be, plain? It is a fish. It is the waves. It looks like an aeroplane. I

think it is beautiful. You can make your own mind up when Terminal two

opens to the public on the 4th of June.

Thank you, I'm sure it will take off. An exhibition celebrating

Rowland Emit opens next month at the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery.

Rowland was the real-life Caractacus Potts who supplied and created the

contraptions in the children's film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. They are

beatable. Tim, you are organising this exhibition. Why now? Despite

the fact that Emit was famous in the Second World War period, he has been

forgotten for the last 25 years so we decided it was time to get the

machines out of storage. Where were they hiding? These were hiding in

Leeds. There are other ones from the Victoria Centre in Nottingham. I

played Caractacus Potts in the musical and had a joy of the time

playing with these wonderful things. What is this one that we are looking

at here? This is the feather stain kite mark two gentleman's flying

machine. Alex is with someone who knows why he was such a genius.

Yes, I am with Clare, the daughter of the man behind the machines. What

was it like growing up? Was your house full of bits and bobs? He

certainly went around the antiques shops and pinched things from the

house. There is a door knob which was on the cupboards. The teacup

that he would have taken and mirrors than tables and lampshades, always

taking lampshades! What was it like when the call came from Chitty

Chitty Bang Bang to asking to make these machines? I think he would

have felt very daunted but very excited. It was an enormous project.

He made about eight inventions as well as the breakfast machine for

the film. The only other film he was involved with was Admiral Crichton.

Very exciting for him and he loved it. Apart from the three machines,

we have got another find from the original film.

This is Adrian Hall. You may not recognise him. This was little

Jeremy. How old were you here? Eight. What memories do you have? It

was fabulous walking up to the set every day and seeing toys like this.

There was a little props guy who did the props for the Bond films. He

used DJ around and stop us grabbing hold of stuff and taking it home. I

bet you thought this was all real? I genuinely believed it all worked.

They all have this mesmerising quality. It is the sound and

everything. Thank you very much, Adrian. Early on we were talking

about summarising Shakespeare into 25 words. Another one says royal

uncle killed of a brother and two nephews, offers his kingdom for a

horse before being dumped in a Midlands car park. Of course, that

is Richard III. Nicky's new series Wanted: A Family Of My Own starts

tomorrow on ITV. And The Importance of Being Earnest will be at the

Harold Pinter Theatre. Tomorrow we will be joined by the one and only

Hello, I'm Ellie Crisell with your 90-second update.

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