23/11/2015 The One Show

Hello and welcome to the One Show, with Alex Jones.

Tonight's show can't start until our audience here is excited

We can hear their heartbeat is pretty relaxed.

What if I tell them he's one of the UK's most popular

Where did you find that? Stop it! It is brilliant. Don't encourage them!

Such an intense picture. What was I channelling?

Vernon, we're talking heart rates because the new series

of 1000 Heartbeats that you're presenting kicked off today.

But has anything been raising your heart rate over the weekend?

The boxing, Anthony Crolla, in Manchester. After the serious

injuries he suffered tackling a burglar, he became world champion, I

went ballistic. You must have been jumping up and down. Capacity

everywhere. We want to know what's been raising

your heart rates over the weekend. Or on your hen do? Or maybe you have

just seen the photo! Send us your photos to

the usual address and we'll show Also tonight, this is sure to get

hearts beating, we've got hundreds of Strictly fans outside, along with

Strictly professional Natalie Lowe. They'll be doing the Strictly

dance at the end of the show. Keep warm, we will be with you

shortly! In one part of London,

residents are so concerned about crime that they're considering

funding their own police force. Time

for the Sergeant to investigate. Hampstead, London, Enderby U three.

Called professionals, yummy mummies, and celebrities. Wait a

moment! Are you local? Indeed. A terrace house will set you back ?2

million. Many of you will think if you live here, you have got it all,

but some people do want something more, they want more police, and

they are prepared to pay. Despite having one of the lowest crime rates

in the capital, some residents do not feel safe. I have lived here for

25 years, we have never seen the violent crime that we have had. With

the local police station closed, some are prepared to dip into their

own pockets to fund more bobbies on the beat. The organisers reckon if

their plan is put into effect, there would be six extra police officers

in this area. Is it fair and reasonable for rich people to summon

up extra police? One woman who thinks it is is Jessica, she is

asking locals to pay ?600,000 over three years to pay for the officers

who work here in Hampstead. But Sian thinks it is a bad idea, she will

stand as a candidate for the men of London for the Green party. What are

the problems? We had a spike in violent crime, we have had men

attacked on the street and in the drives of their homes by men with

hammers riding mopeds who would then steal their watches. That is the

crime we have been seeing. Councils can choose to pay for extra officers

in their area, but this is the first time a community group has asked

locals to stump up for more police. It is all very well talking about

Hampstead, looking nationally, if this was to extend, you would have

so many police in Surrey, how many in Sheffield, Manchester, places

where they cannot afford to pay's communities have a choice. We have

been the first, and I think other communities will follow suit. Tell

us about the people who have pledged money. Anything between ?10 a year

to much more. They must be very rich. What you have are people who

are concerned about what is going on in deck immunity who would like to

benefit the whole community and the extra officers will be patrolling

for everyone's benefit, not just those who contribute. It is not

healthy, you would end up with the police concentrated around where

people can pay and people in poor areas which have higher crime than

rich areas would be really suffering. We need a campaign to

reduce the cuts. So that everybody can benefit. It was suggested it

would not set a good president, and Boris Johnson says he is not

attracted to the idea. There is not much official enthusiasm, but if

there are going to be severe police cuts, people are bound to look out

for any alternative. With the police in London expecting to save ?800

million by 2020, could private funding be taken seriously? We have

got the plan, let's see what the public think. If I was sure that my

money was definitely going to put bobbies on the beat in my area, I

would not mind so much, that I am not happy to pay more for a general

idea which is a bit vague. Would you be prepared to pay for extra

police? Those of us who can should be paying more tax for many things,

not just for police. Crime is not particularly high in this area, so

it does not seem to have a huge relevance.

Policing is a hot topic this weekend. People worried about the

Paris attacks and the terror threat, which we have to live with, but this

is the week when there will be a statement from the Chancellor on all

of the public spending plans, and people will be looking at the police

budget. He says he cannot guarantee that the numbers of police officers

will not go down, but this is after five years of a reduction. There are

some interesting statistics with the relationship between bobbies on the

beat and crime rates are. The Government can argue that crime is

going down, but people do not feel it, in Hampstead, that is not a high

crime area, but when people see something, they see it on

television, violence, and Paris, they think, I would like to feel

more secure. It is quite an emotional thing. It is only a

proposal. In Frinton on Sea, they are looking at something interesting

in the same realm. It is a small place in Essex, but they are

employing private security guards, three men, and the residents pay

?100 a year, and they wonder around. They are armed. Three is not very

many. But the interesting thing is people do not like the idea that

because they have got money, they can afford it. Most local authority

areas have rich parts and poor parts, so the idea that because you

have got money... It is like private medicine, people are not keen on it,

and even in Hampstead, it was interesting how reluctant they were

to save what a good idea it was. Now, I don't know if you've heard

of the marshmallow test. Is this what you did on your hen

do? Slightly different! Don't we need a fire? We have not got one, it

is a studio environment! I am quite surprised you accepted one. I do not

normally like them, they are packed with sugar!

Because having the discipline to resist could be

The test saw children put in a room for 15 excruciating minutes and told

not to eat the sweet whilst the researcher was out of the room.

Those children who resisted grew to be stronger academically, had better

social skills and lower levels of substance abuse. The test was seen

as a kind of indicator of possible future achievement. The professor

from the University of Warwick upgraded the test in the 1980s,

using younger children and those who were born prematurely. The tests

were previously done with school children, but we wanted to predict

academic performance or attention regulation in school well before

they went to school, we looked at it for 20 months old. We had a number

of children who were born preterm, we know they have more problems. If

we find that out, we can do something to intervene. 37% could

not wait longer than up to ten seconds. Only 24% could wait for a

minute. It was a very good spread. The results have now revealed that

around two thirds of the kids that waited did better academically at

the age of eight. Using a variety of props, we arranged a similar, though

not scientific, test for some toddlers and watched anxiously with

their parents. What do you expect her to do? If she wants something,

she wanted straightaway, so it will be interesting. Will that be

tempting for him? I am not sure if he has ever had a marshmallow. How

important is it that a child learns they sometimes need to wait? Very

important, an adult could you cannot have everything just because you put

your foot down. It is important in school that you sit down and you are

in a large group, you wait your turn. Well done! If it had gone the

other way, do you think it might have changed how you might support

her? I definitely think it would have. Make her more patient, things

like that. Well done. I am not sure I agree with the idea of labelling a

child. A child is going to develop at his own pace. Did you do it?

Yes! Did he surprise you by waiting so patiently? I am surprised he did

not eat it! He did very well, I was pleased and proud.

They are really young! Would you want to put your child through that

test to know the outcome? It is all to do with the parents and the way

you are brought up. I think you bring your kids up the way you were

brought up. That is hereditary, the way that you are mentally and

physically. Interesting. From testing intelligence to testing

heart rates, the second series of your quiz show 1000 Heartbeats

kicked off this afternoon. For those who haven't seen it,

explain the concept. The contestants are attached to a

heart rate monitor, you have 1000 eight of your heart rate to answer

seven questions to win ?25,000. You are the timer? Yes, you have to

control your emotions. Let's play. Which of these UK cities

is further north? Manchester. True row? Durham. Stop the heartbeats,

well done! You got three wrong. During gameplay, your peak was

massive! 172 beats per minute. It is not normal!

One guy got up into the 100 natives and you had to stop? Yes, the medic

said, can we stop their? Because he will keel over! We had to take him

to one side, get him to calm down and relax. The orchestral playing as

well, that makes it 100 times worse. It affects all of your senses, even

smell. They said you can smell fear. With the music playing and the

visuals, people get so scared. The heart rate goes through the roof.

You said it is one of the best things you have presented, one of

your favourites. All of the best game shows, you know what they are

by the top line in the radio Times, no explanation, 1000 bits of your

own heart to win 25 grand, it is simple. The rounds are fantastic,

and as a viewer you cannot help but share the answers at the screen. We

were doing it! We do it in the studio! Can you tell who will be

quite good, people who look relaxed, or do they surprise you? The best we

have had in the mathematics round, always the ones that stand people, a

greengrocer and former used-car salesman, he could visualise

numbers, because he has done that all his life, he would fire up the

numbers. He was unbelievable. It is one to look forward to in this

series. With a remarkable heartrate, she was so calm. Exactly. You have

tried this with blue yes, I've done it, and Tess has as well, and she

did really well. She got through the maths and went

on to win a certain amount of cash. Keith Lemon was terrible.

Unsurprisingly! And you are back on the radio now, how is that? It is

great. Chris Moyles is my warm up, he does breakfast on Radio X. You

wind each other up a lot on a day-to-day basis? We do. He's not

here, is he? You never know. Now, it's Dom's turn to get his

pulse racing, as he's taking part in Problem is, he's up against

Henry Body, who's so quick off the mark that he can go from 0

to 100mph in under 11 seconds. Mind you,

he's had a lot of practice. The pensioner Henry Body, for him,

happy retirement means time for his vintage motorbikes. But this pastime

is hardly restful. Because Henry is addicted to speed. Henry is 81 years

old, but he's still super quick off the mark. He's the British veteran

sprinter champion on his 1929 600 cc Douglas motorcycle. It will do zero

to 100 in around 11 seconds and can top 118 mph. The regular sprints at

Westonzoyland aerodrome in Somerset are where Henry writes, and I'm

going to get a chance to get alongside him. Petrol head heaven. A

bit like Henry, I've been riding motorcycles since I was a kid.

Thanks to my next-door neighbours I got my first one when I was ten.

I've ridden most things from scramblers to scooters. I want to

know what makes Henry such a speed Demon. He's been racing for 65 years

and is legendary for being fastest out of the gate. When I was grass

tracking I was always known to be the fastest Gator in the country.

tracking I was always known to be Why was that? If I didn't get away

in the lead I would get filled up with Mark and then I couldn't see.

Artificial hip, pacemaker, one eye, one here, you are 81 years old and

we are about to race down a quarter mile race track. Yeah. Despite his

age and infirmity is Henry just keeps going on his handbuilt bike.

I've wrote that one in 277 events. I've won 274 of them. I did have a

vintage motorbike quite like Henry's home gym monster, so I'm

borrowing a modern 600 cc bike from 13 times sprint champion Allington

Ian. If I opened the throttle and went flat out, I would be in

trouble, wouldn't I? You could be, quite easily. What would happen? You

could stand on the back wheel, it could slide out of the side, induce

a lot of wheel spin, that's what you don't want. What does the race

organiser Dave Matson think will happen when I line up alongside

Henry? When the light goes green, Henry will fire off and you will

react at some point and chase after him. It won't be the other way

round, will it? Unlikely. Henry is off like a rocket. He's left me

standing. Even though I eventually catching, he still holds the crown

for the speediest getaway. -- eventually catch him. He was

definitely quicker off the start, was our Henry. Full respect because

I tell you what, Henry was off like a bee-stung stallion. But what does

the daddy of sprint racing finger of this new boy's starting technique?

How do you think I did? Good. You had the right machine. Without a

doubt, I had twice the power of that. Only nine years old and yours

is 86 years old. I described you as a bee-stung stallion. Oh right. Do

you think that is right? I've been called all sorts in my time. Will

stop there. Fast is what I'd call him. Go, Henry, go.

He doesn't look 81, does he? That was very impressive. You are a bit

of a speed Demon, Vernon? How old, 81? That's nothing these days, it's

the new 60. Good grief. Yeah, I do like fast cars. I've always been

brought up around machinery, my dad was a lorry driver. I've got a

little sports car myself that I've souped up, a bit more than 950 brake

horsepower. Does it have a huge exhaust? Massive. Thanks for sending

in your photos of things that have raised your heart rate this weekend.

There we are, look. This one has come in from a running club. They've

done a ten K obstacle race to get their hearts racing. This was at

Abbey's birthday shower. Finbar's heart rate was raised by skiing in

the Cairngorms for the first time this year. And this was a hen do on

the summit of Ingleborough. How different her hen do was to yours.

So different. None of them are dressed as Tina Turner. No. Outside

tonight are hundreds of Strictly fans about to do the biggest

performance we have ever done on the piazza. Before that, I have a family

fortunes style question for you. We surveyed 100 people. We'd like you

to name one of the habitat requirements for the UK's largest

population of water voles. Water, a river, something like that? No! Mike

has gone to Glasgow without wellies to find out.

Crown Hill Park in the East End of Glasgow is not where you would

expect to find an abundance of wild animals. I see Foxes and Seagulls.

You park your car, ten minutes later, it is splattered. Alongside

Seagulls, the communities thought they had another wild menace in the

area. They were going to the council and complaining. As there were

similar complaints the council came to investigate. What they discovered

was not an infestation of rats but a population of rare water voles that

have made this area of grassland their home. Water voles are in

serious decline in the UK. They are usually found close to slow flowing

rivers, canals, ditches and lakes. A far cry from this urban grassland

with not a drop of water inside. With the full backing of the City

Council, Robin Stewart from the University of Glasgow has been

studying them for the past two years. Believe it or not the nearest

watercourse is about three quarters of a mile from here. But you are

finding the highest density of water voles ever recorded in the UK in

this spot. Nobody knows how they got here. One theory is they were

displaced from the nearby canal when the MH was built. Another, that they

were always here, but nobody realised. Can you show me any signs?

Think we've got some over here. Is a burrow, obviously. Yes, we also have

this area here. Females are territorial, and they mark their

territory with little piles of poop. They have sent glands on their side.

And the other water voles know that is where they live, and to keep out.

Robin believes there could be up to 150 of these water voles living in

underground burrows in this area alone. And in order to monitor the

health of the population she leaves out special traps. Right, so, here

is a trap. We've got one. It is a little role. We have a vole. Due to

their protected status a special licence is required to handle water

voles. There we go. Beautiful animal. You can tell straightaway

the important features, short tail, blunt nose, not along those like a

rat, and tiny years. And a hairy tale as well, rats tend to have a

pink tail. This is the first time I've ever seen water voles without

wearing Wellington boots. It's bizarre. Robin ways, measures and

microchips, this helps keep a record of their numbers. Voles spent a lot

of time underground. To see how they live, a geophysicist has been called

in, who uses electromagnetism waves to create subsurface mats. How big

is this territory? This survey area was ten by 15 metres and we reckon

the length of the borough system is 40 metres. The maps show that the

diameter of the burrows can double in size from seven centimetres to

around 15. It also reveals the burrows varying depths, and the

results are certainly exciting Robin. This is absolutely amazing.

It is the first time this has been done. You can see these

intersections where different boroughs are meeting each other. You

have one that goes 40 to 50 centimetres, and something like that

is probably a nest chamber. The information Robin is obtaining is

crucial to protect water voles from regeneration. But key to their

survival is support from the residents. Who'd have thought a

population of water voles would crop up in Glasgow's East End so far from

water? Hopefully thanks to this research work and support from the

local community they will continue to thrive.

Here we are not piazza, surrounded by thousands of Strictly fans who

are about to do the Strictly, led by Natalie. You were here a couple of

weeks ago, remind us what this is about. It has gone crazy. We put a

Strictly dance together to the theme chin because we wanted everybody to

be part of Strictly this year, there is so much hype around it and we

wanted everybody to get involved. And the moves, you had the Russell

Grant? The Russell Grant, the Judy Murray, iconic moves from the show

people must have seen in the past. To bring that to the world and the

country and to Vernon. We won't put you on the spot, Vernon. It has been

amazing, the tutorial alone has had 800,000 hits. 20 million people on

social media have seen it. These guys, 400 people behind us. So many

people have been involved, Milton Keynes Dons but, businesses across

the country. Fantastic. Well, we are about to see it. And your partner is

getting involved? Yes, and we are doing the Christmas special this

year, so watch out for Cassidy on Christmas Day. This is a nice warm

up for you. Which dance are you doing? I think I am allowed to say I

am doing a jive. Thanks to everybody that has turned up, you will be

dancing any second now. Now, if what you're

about to see inspires you to do the Strictly, go to our website,

where you'll find the links. The new series

of Vernon's show 1000 Heartbeats We'll both be back tomorrow

with Eddie Izzard. But now, here's all the Strictly

fans doing the Strictly.