24/02/2012 The One Show

Hello. At thank you for tuning into another fantastic Friday One Show

with Alex Jones and Chris Evans. Here is a clue to our first guest

tonight. He is 5 ft 1. 6 ft 4. is from Bollywood. No, Bolton.

he is married to Tom Daly. Tess Daly. He is also a sharp dress,

super-smooth model turned Saturday- night game shows superstar. It is

Vernon Kay. There was a wonderful introduction. Does that doesn't

always follow you around? Yes. This week at the service station, where

we lived... You live at a service station! You should pop-up five. I

was ordering some food and this man made the noise. I said, that's a

top answer. Very funny. So you have a stock response. Yes, either that,

or, let's see what our survey says. When I got the Family Fortunes job,

Les Dennis phoned me up and he warned me that wherever I go for

the rest of my life I would hear that bowser sound. But he is not

getting paid and he is still hearing it. Vernon Kay is here, so

we want to know if you have ever won a prize on the TV. If you have

a Blankety Blank cheque book and pen, Bullseye bully, or anything

else. Or a mug from Tear five. Maybe Dusty Bin. Send us a photo to

prove it. On the eve of a Six Nations rugby weekend, we honing in

on England versus Wales. Tonight, Will Carling will take on Gareth

Thomas and Rob Jones in a live challenge to psychologically strike

the first blow for their team. But do not worry, it will not be won

against two. We will explain later. How about some company for Vernon

Kay on the sofa? Head of the Oscars, we welcome the foxy Fresh femme

fatale of 2012, Claudia Winkleman. Thank you. I already have questions.

What were you buying? You were ordering food in a service station!

Yes. He never stops eating. He eats more than most people in the studio

put together. Sausage rolls. It is a pasty or sausage rolls from a

petrol station. Technically, you are both married to Tess Daly. You

are married her -- to her in real life, food and stuff, and you in

terms of television. I am obsessed by her, and I imagine you are, too.

Sometimes, I would mount her with no warning. She is so gorgeous and

funny and lovely. And so are you. One of you said she has the best

But who said that? Was in you? Probably, but I don't remember.

is like a thoroughbred. She has these endless legs. You need to

worry about her. Or else invite her over! This has suddenly taken a

turn. We are also joined by the super hero of a super heroes, the

man who invented Spider-Man, the Incredible Hulk and Iron Man. Mr

Marvel, Stan Lee. He and his story coming up later. The movie tipped

to sweep the board at this weekend's Academy Awards is The

Artist. Carrie Grant has uncovered a real live silent star whose story

She was a big star. She had her name in lights in Hollywood and she

had not even so the word. This star of almost 70 silent films hailed

from working-class Belfast and Gloria Gee in the name of Eileen

Percy. Nearly a century on, there is no glorification of I mean. Not

a plaque, not a statue, nothing. -- Eileen. In the 1930s, Eileen per se

was the brightest of Hollywood stars. Here she is with Clark Gable.

So how did this woman, who should have been an office girl, end up

acting in Hollywood? She would have been living at number 33. It would

have been a relatively small house with an outside toilet. Her

educational and job opportunities would have been limited. She may

have been able to stay at school until 14. 14! Yes, if she was

fortunate. But for a lot of woman - - women, they could have left

school at 12 and gone to work in the Mail. She may have become a

typist, but no Hollywood scouts would have picked her up in Belfast.

Born in 1900, Eileen was only seven when she left for America in search

of the American Dream. Her family, like thousands of Irish immigrants,

settled in Brooklyn and sent her to convent school. But she had other

plans. By 11, she was working as a photographer's model, and by 15 she

had worked her way into the chorus line of the Sixfields Follies.

were extravagant shows on Broadway. Scandalous, but not CD. They

starred many of the major actors of the period. Comedians and famous

beautiful women. She was one of them. How did she come to the

attention of Hollywood? When Douglas Fairbanks saw her, he

realised she had a look that would be perfect for the camera and he

lured her to Hollywood on a contract of $150 a week. It would

have been a large amount of money but in a few years she was making

something like $1,800 a week, more than most people made in a year.

The movies moved to the West to catch the Californian sunshine.

That year of celebrity had arrived, and screenplays almost played

second fiddle to the fantasy lives of the stars. The teenager Eileen

Percy signed with Fox pictures and over the next two decades she

proved she was no one-hit wonder. She sparkled in 64 films. So how

come no one round here knows who she is. She is a silent movie star.

Never heard of her? Not winning any bells? No. A silent movie star.

Something to do with the movies. my gosh, somebody knows her. I hope

she was as good looking as you. has not even seen her. In the 1920s,

the movies became the talkies. Like the star in The Artist, the

struggle to adjust was her problem. She looked the part but with her

Belfast accent she did not sound it. Careers crumbled and were born,

because everything became about the voice. If you were Aileen per se,

used to being associated with non- Irish roles, her voice did not

register with audiences. -- Eileen Percy. None of her famous friends

could help her. She appeared in just five more films. Tonight, we

have brought her home in a special premiere. Are we ready to meet her?

Is he a good deal or a baddie? He is a baddie. The Man From Painted

Post is one of her best films. Here, she plays to perfection the role

that catapulted her into the big- time, the love interest of Douglas

Fairbanks. She died in Beverly Hills in 1973, but here, below the

Belfast Hills, the girl from Vernon Street is once again making a name

for herself. Thwarted by the talkies. But to die

in Beverly Hills, there are worse things. You have worked in America.

You had voice coaching to thrash -- to flatten your northern vowels.

There seemed to be the problem with the middle of America understanding

my accent. They found it quite difficult to understand my northern

charm. What happened in the coaching sessions? It is

stereotypical. Around the ragged rock them ragged rascal ran. And

you talk slowly. And you'd talk proper. And that was it. So it was

like My Fair Lady. Was that over here, or was it in the States?

was in America with an English lady who had been there for a long time.

She also taught Americans to have an English accent. Gwyneth Paltrow,

her accent is so good. Let's talk about actors and actresses. Over

the weekend we have the Oscars. You have already done your show. Yes,

we had an argument about who would win. What is a weird is that every

year I think, cannot start with, I can't believe they left this one

out and I am so grumpy about it. This year we promised we would not,

but there are such glaring omissions that we just shouted for

15 minutes. Have they not seen it? Thank you very much for watching!

Every year, I get properly excited. And you shout in this studio,

because this is where you film the programme. We broadcast live, and

when we do it there are six of us and I am still brushing the baby

sick out of my hair. There is a half-eaten packet of prawns. I

expected the same thing tonight but there are humans here. And there is

no mess. On Friday morning after your show, because it is live...

you make it messy? It is like 50 people have had a party in here.

is not so much messier. There is a draw in the make-up room with

sweets in it, and on Thursday morning it is empty. I am so sorry.

I did not know it was yours. Share and share alike. I will fill it.

You have pouches of chocolates. There will be a cat fight later and

we are selling tickets. You have some alternative Oscars. Yes,

because the person who phoned me ask me for ideas. Shame has got no

recognition at the Oscars. Shame. My best run is for Michael

Fassbender him that. It is a beautiful shot and he runs for

about 18 minutes. We can see him here. You might be thinking, what

is she on about? But he leaves his apartment and he runs, and it is

absolutely beautiful. There is no other reason you want Michael

Fassbender to get an Oscar. He is extraordinary. He is very good in

it. So that is that. And I love to Young Adults. If you have not seen

it, Charlize Theron is great in it and should be in the Best actress

category. And her clothes are phenomenal. This is my best dressed.

It is a tracksuit! I see where you are going. Look, that is fabulous.

She looks amazing. It is the way that she wears it. It is a

brilliant story. Whatever. Your third alternative Oscar. The best

film is The Artist, but if it is not, it is the Muppets, which I

cannot go on about enough. I go daily. So do I. It is brilliant.

You are not keen on The Artist? it is the film of the year, but it

feels like a foregone conclusion. People have been saying, wait until

you see this. And it is a real dog, not the dog from the moppets. This

# Am I a man, or am I a Muppet. If I am a Muppet, I am a very manly

Muppet. # If I am a man, that makes me a

Ahead of the Oscars, we have an Oscar here. This could be a prop,

because they are not difficult to make them look like one on the TV,

but this is real. We can only handle it wearing gloves. They took

the gloves away. It was won by somebody in 1981. You can look at

it. That is heavy! Move on. This is for animated short film. Daniel

Greaves. Soon, the hero behind some of our favourite superheroes, Stan

Lee from Marvel comics. First, Alex Riley on how a super hero comes

Super heroes look out for us around the clock, keeping us away from

evil and whatever keeps us awake at night. But have you ever stop to

wonder as we sleep soundly, how his life for them? Beneath the tights

and the mask the superhero is often a complex individual. Two were

understand them, we need to examine the Times in which they were

created. Superman, can you coming? How do you do that? As well as

having an encyclopaedic knowledge of music, Paul Gambaccini knows

what makes the heroes take. 1930s were a time of economic

disadvantage which makes today look like a gold rush. Superman is the

hero and advocate, what the common man wanted during the Depression in

the run-up to the Second World War. The friend of the helpless and

depressed is Superman. That is the appeal. He is someone people could

identify with. He doesn't have all the powers he has today. Huge

distances are swiftly covered with giant leaps, he's not flying, just

jumping. This man is a product of his time. They had to get the

builders in after his last appointment. Anger management

issues. Next up, another creation that broke the mould. Our friendly

neighbourhood Spiderman. A regular sufferer of teenage angst.

Spiderman was very much about an honest, emotional response to being

young. Interesting that originally he had Ali's occasionally, but you

don't see that. It is about the evolution of the art over time. He

is a young boy, a school kid, has trouble getting the girl, always

losing out to the jocks. This is like reading my own life. Then he

gets bitten by a radioactive spider, radiation again, Cold War territory

and he turns in to a super hero endowed with superpowers. It is

only when he encounters a criminal and decides in that moment not to

stop the criminal that the legend is born, because that criminal goes

on to murder Peter Parker's uncle, so this kid, who is already

suffering with the banks of teenage life has a guilt complex. He could

have stopped this guy, but he didn't. What a tangled web we weave.

Some might assume my next appointment has issues with the

opposite sex. Not true, although until she came along, all

superheroes were men. Wonder Woman, I can see you now. Wonder Woman was

the first superhero Whom It girls could create -- relate to. The

crater was actually a man who thought it wasn't -- who had helped

create a lie-detector, and the thought it was great to have a

character who could catch people with the last two and make them

tell the truth. The success of Wonder Woman helped lead to the

feminist movement. It's not that I hate men, they just getting my way.

Super here rose, so much history, so many issues. -- Super heroes.

Now for the Invisible woman. welcome the man be fined --

Spiderman -- behind Spiderman, it is damn it Lee. So nice to see.

Nobody told me the show was live. I am terrified. The tea is not

really! Yours Super heroes have inspired all around the globe, but

who inspired you to design the Super heroes? Everything I saw and

dread inspired me. When I was a kid there was an actor called Errol

Flynn, I don't know if you remember him, but he was my hero. He was the

Sheriff of Dodge City and he played Captain Blood. He was always

duelling with people. When I left the theatre after an Errol Flynn

movie, I was about 12, I would have a crooked little smile on my face,

the way I thought he smiled, and an imaginary sword at my side. I would

be looking for a little girl but a bully might be picking on so that I

could defend them. Good boy, stand. Tell us about the moment Spiderman

was born in your head. What happened was, I had to, with the

new super hero because I had done a few before that. I worked for a

publisher and he said the other ones were selling, give me another

one. The first thing you need with a super hero is what he's he's

superpower? I was thinking and thinking and then I saw a fly

crawling on a wall and I said, well! What if they hero could climb

on waltz like a flight, so then I needed in a, and I thought fly a

man. -- needed a name. Then I cried, insect man! It wasn't glamourous

enough. I went down the list, musky tone manner. Then finally,

So a legend was born. And we can see your superior is behind us. Is

it true that you cannot actually sketch yourself very well. So how

does it work? Who sketches your super heroes for you? I don't draw

them. What I would do is, with the idea, then I would choose who will

I thought was the right artist and we would get together and I would

tell him what I wanted and we collaborated. At that time we had

an artist called Jack, he was the best around. He did the fantastic

Four with me, the X-Men. When I came up with Spiderman, he drew

very heroic things. When I wanted Spiderman, I said that I wanted him

to draw it and said, Jack, don't make him look to heroic. I want him

to be quite an ordinary kid. But Jackie is so used to drawing

everyone to look like Captain America, when I saw the drawings I

said, that isn't what I want, but Jack didn't care. Then I called

Steve ditto -- Ditko. He did exactly what I had in mind, and it

was perfect. I have forgotten what the question was. No, it was the

perfect answer. You are at some kind of important comic convention.

I said that to the people in the car, why am I here? I hope it is an

important comic convention. I would hate to travel across the ocean for

an unimportant comic invention. is the London Super Comic

Convention. I didn't even know the name, it is a beautiful name.

You're one of the best guess we have ever had on the show, and

you're certainly the best 89-year- old you we have had -- we have had.

Is that it? I am just getting started. You are better than the

rest of us put together. Give him more of the money! Right, I imagine

one day you are enjoying life on the golf course, and the next

you're getting on a plane against your will, and knowing your

innocence and you will end up behind bars. There is a man making

that journey now, in the air as we speak. We sent Simon to meet him on

his last day of freedom here in the UK. This is the world of Chris

tapping, golf and grandchildren, winding down gently after a life in

business, but his life has been turned upside down after a 35 year

career in the shipping business, Chris is being packed off against

his will. Chris is due to leave the green belt tomorrow, possibly in

handcuffs, and his destination is a jail some way in America. That is

why I have come to see him on his last day of freedom. I am

devastated. I am very worried, not only for myself, but my family and

my wife. She has supported me all the way through this ordeal. It

seems very frustrating that I should be leaving her side to go to

a foreign land on a charge which has been trumped up. In 2006, Chris

says he was asked to import industrial batteries from Texas to

a car company in Amsterdam. Unknown to Chris, the exporter was a front

for undercover US customs officers and they claim that Chris knew the

batteries were intended for Iranian Hawk missiles. What is your

involvement in this? For he was a routine deal, a client buying goods

in another country and we would do the shipping of the goods from

there to the UK. The export licences required by the American

customs were supposed to be done by the exporter, that is why they are

called export licences. What is it you have actually been accused of?

Attempting to ship goods without an export licence. If it is not your

responsibility to get the licence, how can you be charged? Exactly.

ball-watching will think there is no smoke without fire. -- people

watching. I am a victim in all of this. The victim of entrapment by

the Americans. Give us an idea of the whole he will leave when he has

He's not going to be coming home to me every night. And he's a little

grandson won't see him. The US prosecutors say they have evidence

Chris was part of eight wider conspiracy that has led to two

convictions. What is the problem with extraditing suspected

criminals? Extradition has a place in ensuring justice is done. Most

people would be pretty alarmed to know that they can be shipped off

to another country, whether it is America, Russia, Turkey, Azerbaijan,

without a basic case made against them in a British court. He has

gone through due process. Can he not just stand trial? He faces a

number of years in prison in Texas before his case is even brought to

trial, so he will have to possibly sell his home to pay for his legal

defence. An independent legal review of the extradition treaty

carried out by Sir Scott Baker found it was not unbalanced. But

this week David Cameron said in a proper, sober, thoughtful review

needs to take place and that this case shows why. Why could he not be

tried here? There are many factors, including whether witnesses are

located, where the evidence is, where the victims are. If they

decide a prosecution is more appropriate in the US, then the US

will submit an extradition request. The purpose of extradition is so

the person can be tried in the country where the offence took

place. The reason it is necessary is that crime is increasingly

global, and with computers and even with telephones it is easy to stay

at your home in the UK and commit crimes that affect countries all

over the world. What is your worst fear? I don't know when he will be

back. And I'm just scared. I am scared for him, because when we go

to Heathrow he will be taken away and put on a flight to America. We

don't know where in America and when we will hear about where he is,

and I have no idea what is going to Whatever happens in that situation

it is horrible for everyone concerned and we wish them well.

Vernon Kay, host of Family Fortunes, What is that? That wasn't very good.

Do it again. This is Simon, and I believe you are a big fan. He is in

Blue, isn't he? I am a brown. And I am a great fan. I know the Mall,

Duncan, Anthony, Lee Ryan, I am She knows all the words. She is

properly funny. This is our seven series, and June Brown and her

family, she is one of the best guess we have ever had. I accepted

an award once, and her speech was 15 minutes and it was hilarious.

She has been in showbusiness for such a long time, and her daughters

look exactly like her. I am sure they will be thrilled. A younger

version! In the new series you have also had Russell Grant's family.

Who has been your favourite family? Stacey Solomon? She was the last

series, but when you meet Stacey, you think she is a bit wacky, but

very funny, when you meet her family you realise why that jigsaw

fits so well. She's just in kindergarten where madness is

concerned there. Family Fortunes has been going 33 years, and you

were four when it started. Did you imagine as a little boy you would

be hosting it? When I got into telly there were two things I

wanted to do, top of the Pops, which I did once. He was on BBC Two,

not BBC One. And then the other one... It still counts. The second

one was hosting Family Fortunes, and it came around, and I thought I

really wanted to do it. I love game shows, as you know. It snowballed

You are doing Play Your Cards Right. We have done a pilot for that.

Hopefully that will come on to TV. That was Brucie. How does that

feel? I have made a phone call. I told him, Bruce, we are doing a

pilot for Play Your Cards Right. Marvellous! He was so nice. Did he

give you tips? Lots of tips. We did the pilot and he said, when I come

back from Puerto Rico, bring their DVD and we will watch it. So how

long is it? It is with proper contestants. It is with people,

human beings. Human beings! And you, your most refuse to do recorded TV.

I am rubbish pre- recorded. I am always in a state of slumber.

Drank? No, sleepy. And I do not like perfect. I know that when I

drop something was scratch my head they will ask me to do it again. I

like the fact that it is over. has to finish at 8pm. Lots of

people say, because you were doing Play Your Cards Right, they call

you the some of Brucie. What about Strictly. What if he retired?

keep getting asked this all the time. I think it is because my wife

hosts the show. There is a connection. Would you do it if they

offered it to you? Yes, why not? It is a hit! And you have said you

would definitely dance. I would give that ago. Be a contestant,

have a word, and hosted next year. The listings might clash, but we

will see. We asked for pictures earlier if you had been on a game

This is a Tony Blackburn and Will this family won a Mini Metro.

Simon says, this is my Bob Monkhouse Wide out paperweight. --

wipe-out. They should bring Ahead of the Six Nations match

tomorrow, we will be playing Family Fortunes with past masters Will

Carling, Gareth Thomas and Rob Jones. The boys are here. Two Welsh

against one English. We will balance it up later. The next item

is as topical as you can get. is called Friday. Gyles Brandreth

Once upon a time, long ago, there was a mythical goddess, the mother

of all the Norse gods. It is from her name that we get Friday. But

who was she, and why is Friday named after her? Within the

hallowed halls of Oxford University, there are those who delve back

through the mists of time, studying and translating the earliest

written records of Norse mythology. One such person is from St John's

College. She is the one who can crack a Morse code. -- Norse code.

In other places, Friday was named after Venus. That is how we get the

French pronunciation. But in Norse cultures, it was the goddess of

married love. It is the first record that we have of her giving a

name to Friday comes back in Anglo Saxon times, over 1000 years ago.

Who was she? She was the mother of all of the gods, married to the

father of all the gods. She is very much a figure of three wifely

devotion. But also she is the mother of the heir to the king of

the gods. In southern Europe they have been us, a bit of a goer. But

in the north, we have this one. She may have been more conservative

than Venus, but she was not totally dull. Without her, we would not

have one of my favourite Christmas season traditions, kissing under

the mistletoe. Perhaps mistletoe guru Jonathon Briggs can take us to

the root of the matter. Jonathan, what is the connection between

mistletoe and Friday? Well, the goddess had a son with her husband

and he had dreadful dreams foretelling his death. She managed

to make everything that lived on the earth and flew in the sky and

grew in the ground promise never to hurt him. And one Roma evil God

realised she had missed out mistletoe. -- won rather evil God.

So he constructed an arrow poisoned with mistletoe. He shot it at him

and he fell dead. His mother wept tears over her dead son. Her tears

became the translucent berries. But instead of mistletoe becoming a

plant of doom and death, she decreed that from now one it would

become a plant of love and peace, and that anyone meeting under the

mistletoe in the winter months, when her tears were hanging on it,

would greet each other and kiss each other. So it seems that her

influence is still alive today. And I wonder, given the connection

between her and kissing under the mistletoe, does that mean we are

now allowed to do it every Friday? Gyles is here with his mistletoe.

am allowed to do it this Friday because it is the first Friday

after Ash Wednesday. Old English tradition has it that this is

kissing Friday. Here I am! Yes! can hold it. Pucker up, while I

share some news about kissing Friday, a tradition that lasted for

hundreds of years and was abandoned the... Tests, are you watching?

This is how it starts. -- Tess Daly. We are more refined here. Kissing

Friday went out in the 1940s and we can see why! It was popular in

Yorkshire and Leicestershire, where it was known as the nippy have day.

People were positive about kissing Friday in the old days. Many people

have reservations about Friday, traditionally a day of ill-fortune

and bad luck, because of Good Friday, when Christ was crucified.

Friday the 13th, the origin of that was 13 people at the Last Supper.

Many people have a fear of Friday. There is a word for that. Is it

Greek? It is Greek in origin, a fairer Friday. For some, Friday is

a great day. When it is bad, they call it Black Friday. President

Kennedy was assassinated on Friday, the first collapse in the American

economy on a Friday, deaths of suffragettes, but for us it is a

good day because some of the best people were born on Friday. What

they were you born, Alex? It just happens to be Friday. Chris? Friday,

too. You know what it says in the old poem? Get them off? It says

Friday's child is loving and giving. You can see what day I was born on.

Monday. Monday's child is there of face. And Claudia, Saturday's child

works hard for its living. That could be you. And Vernon Kay, you

were born on Sunday and the child that is born on the Sabbath day is

Bonnie and blithe and good and gay. So he was wasting your time! That's

showbiz. You are full of information. I am taking you home.

That is what I hoped. This is your time to talk about Sport Relief.

will do whatever they say. They have sent me on lots of projects.

It is Friday the 23rd. Get involved, go to the website and do the Mile

which is on Sunday. Six miles, three miles or one mile. It will be

a great Sport Relief. This year, we don't just want your donations, but

we want you to take part. We are looking for 1001 show viewers to

take part in possibly the biggest relay event in the UK. It will take

10 days non-stop to cover every inch of road. You will only have to

run one mile. Anyone over 16 can There is lots of other stuff going

on, if you cannot run so well. Let's get some sporting heavy

weights on. Ex England rugby captain Will Carling. And Gareth

Thomas. Also, Welsh scrum-half Rob Boys, easy, easy. Will Carling,

what is going on tomorrow that has not happened for a while? Something

is different tomorrow, isn't it? it? Yes, they are favourites.

much so. They are favourites. The last time they were favourites was

my first game. Robert was there. 1988. Were they favourite because

you were playing? That was something to do with it. Will it be

an advantage for England to be underdogs? Is that possible?

Hopefully. I hate this. I find this very hard. They are a very, very

good team with some great young players. And they are playing some

great rugby. You look at England and you think, we shouldn't be in

the game tomorrow. But it is Twickenham. They do not have a

great record there. If we can get it into their heads and put them

under pressure, who knows? latest initiative from the English

RFU today was a message to the fans saying, please remember to sing.

They have sent this out because Wales are so up for the game

tomorrow that it will sound like Cardiff. Can you imagine that in

Wales, sending a message to the fans? Something must be wrong in

English rugby. If you have to ask the supporters to support, there is

something wrong. We know that. are Wales going to smash England?

Smash? Yes, that's right. They are a form team, without a shadow of a

doubt. England were lucky to scrape through with two wins. It will be

tough, but this team are so young that the history does not matter.

Will Carling, tell England to win in one easy move. Win. I do think

we have some good young players. What are they going to do? We have

to get on the front foot. I think what they don't understand, talking

about getting the crowd to cheer, there is something uneasy about a

very quiet stadium. It is very English. Don't make too much noise,

you know what I mean? It is a weird tactic, but we will go with that.

We have to ask about Sport Relief, Gareth, because you are doing lots

of stuff. One of the first -- main things I am doing is a 1000 mile

challenge around the UK, for the first nation to come home. I have

got it written down on my hand. is it normal for the scrum half to

say so little? Gareth Owen Will Carling never stopped. When the

quiet one but I just get on with my work. -- Gareth and Will Carling.

Did you know that cake can get into it secret society? The first rule

is that you don't talk about it. Matt Allwright has already failed

to grasp that concept. Somewhere near Leeds, Mike is not

just baking a cake, but getting ready for the latest meeting of a

secret society. We make cakes and we try not to make the same one as

other people. But actually finding out where the event is being held

is quite cool. It is that whole secretive, clandestine aspect of it.

This mild-mannered systems administrator is an unlikely

candidate for a double life. But I have followed him to the latest

Clandestine Cake Club gathering. Location, upstairs, art gallery,

restaurant area. There they are. It is a simple idea. You bake a cake,

you bring it along, you eat other people's cakes, and then you take

some home. It is spreading like butter cream up on a warm knife.

There is even a branch in Barcelona. And as if the cake is not exciting

enough, there's the added attraction of secret locations.

This has an element of a hidden, secret things to it that makes it

A retired bank worker founded the first Clandestine Cake Club a

little more than a year ago and she changes the venue every time to

keep it from going stale. I like the mystique of hidden places. I

usually tell the guests and baker's where the event is a few hours

before the event, or it could be a few days before. Check that out.

is not all about the Victoria sponge, the chocolate cake or the

coffee cake. It is beyond that. We have had cheese and walnut cake. We

have had pesto cake. We have had pistachio and lime cake. Every

flavour imaginable has been seen at some of these cake clubs. I do not

want people to take it too seriously. It is about fun and

meeting people. Cake bakers across the UK soon wanted a slice of the

action and her advice on how to set up their own clubs. Across the

country, there are now almost 30 clubs. In total, more than 700

members are using the club rules and website. New members simply

register on the website to hook up with their local branch. It is a

great way to meet new people and friends. A new recipes. Cake people

are friendly people. They go out of their way to make something to

share with other people's. That is my 4th slice. You are almost one of

us. There are strict rules. No tarts, no Brownies, no cupcakes, no

pies or muffins. Just proper, big cake. What would you do if I walked

in with a tart? Any tart is not allowed. It has to be all about

cake. We do not allow cupcakes, muffins. What about a repeat

offender, Sombat carried on bringing in pies? If someone turned

up with a pie, because we are so friendly, I would welcome them with

open arms. We would taste it and we would convert them. But we would

not turn people away. And now it is time for this slightly subversive

baking circle to pack up what is left of their cakes and blend back

in with the rest of the population. You see, secret cake societies. If

I had not brought them to your attention, you would never know.

Don't worry, I am monitoring the And we have cake Club members here.

Good evening, girls! And the big man over there. Perfect! OK! Tell

us about your special cakes. This is inspired by the presenters. I

like the colour of their hair. wish I could achieve that. I am not

from Cornwall, so it is inspired by Cornwall and The One Show. This is

inspired by the colours in the studio. Does it tastes nice?

beautiful. The this is a tuck shop cake with a butter cream. Who would

not one to get stuck into that? have an acronym of the one show,

orange, nut and elderflower. This has got ginger in it and a lemon

Topping, so zesty and fruity. an after 7pm cake, because of the

time of The One Show. Let Sea Road for the cake Club members! -- let's

hear it. We have a late entry, over two Alex! Too late entries to get

in on the act. Shall we reveal them? Go! That is the first cake

I've ever made in my life. We have some pictures to prove that you

have made it yourself. There you go. Vernon have you got pictures as

well? Er, No. Do you think he made the cake? How dare you doubt me!

Vernon, this is the BBC, we are not allowed to live. Did you make the

cake? No, I didn't! The delays the brought as a cake. Courtesy of my

friend Greg. Before we play at Six Nations Family Fortunes, we have

been out looking for race month creature that can dance. And we do

not mean you, Anton Du Beke. -- for a smooth the creature. There is one

creature that over hundreds of years has brought fear and terror

to people all over the UK. With its copper coloured eyes and venomous

bite, the adder is for many the stuff of nightmares. But the

fearsome reputation is very much undeserved. Adders are actually

incredibly docile snakes that will only ever attack if they are

alarmed, and they actually have a very gentle side to their nature.

One that very few of us have ever been privileged to witness. They

have even been known to perform an elaborate dance, which is rare to

see. Let alone filming it. The dancing occurs between two males

driven crazy by the pheromones omitted from a newly emerged be

male. But only one of them can mate with her. For an animal with the

potential to kill, the adders settle the matter in a far more

civilised way, a reptilian wrestling match. This means they

saved their valuable venom for when they need it most, hunting their

prey. The victor will have won the right to fertilise the eggs of the

female. So, who would have thought, even with its venomous bite and

supposedly evil demeanour, the Asda has evolved the ability to settle a

meeting dispute with nothing more than a charming wolds. Far from

being fearful of adders, we should cherish the opportunity to see them

in the wild. In the UK, adders are becoming rare. Apart from their

strongholds in the heat LANs like Dorset, which is where I have

joined the experts, role and Griffin. Here we are, cracking

Habitat -- role and Griffin. All we All reptiles are cold-blooded, so

they need the warmth of the Sun to be able to hunt and mate. We have

got some skins. Adders will shed their skins almost immediately

after they emerge from hibernation. We have not got a snake, but the

next best thing, evidence. Here we have a fresh at the skin. You can

see the zig-zagged down the back. - - adder scheme. Finding the scheme

is a sure fire sign that the male snakes are about. Stripping off is

all part of the Prix meeting preparation for these shy snakes.

So shy, in fact, that Roland and I are having trouble tracking them

down. A I am spending half my time looking down for the snakes, and

then looking up for a break in the cloud. If the sun comes out, the

snakes will appear. At last! Look That is lovely. That is beautiful.

We have found a male adder. It is - - the striking jet black zig-zag

gives it away. The most amazing thing is that the snake looks as

flat as a pancake. Yes, they spread their ribs out as wide as they can

and exposed as much of their body to the UV rays. He is out basking

in the sun. Now he is moving. camouflage pattern just emerges

perfectly with the dead bracken around. Absolutely. It creates that

right shade and dappled effect and may sink into the background.

never thought we would even see an adder. It is not easy on a day with

no sunshine. Fabulous. What a privilege sighting of one of

Britain's most gorgeous and Miss understood Stakes. -- snakes.

Quickly time for some more of your TV photos. It is a big breakfast

mug. I have Amanda in Northern Ireland, a Blankety Blank

chequebook campaign. What about this? The Barnett family on Family

Fortunes. Look at that suit! over to Vernon and the Six Nations

family fortunes. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to a special

edition of six nations Family Whoever wins will get the chance to

win -- lift the Six Nations trophy. We have two teams, one from Wales!

Captains, please come forward. Let's play Six Nations Family

Fortunes. One hand by your buzzer, one behind the back. A good, clean

fight. A quick stare at each other. We like it. Good luck. Concentrate.

We surveyed 100 people and we are looking for the top five answers.

You only get one life playing this game. Name something a rugby player

wears on his lower half. Don't break it! Boots. Let's have a look.

break it! Boots. Let's have a look. Do you want to play or pass,

Gareth? We will play. He gets to have ago. If you can find an answer

more popular than boots. Vernon, did you forget the rules to your

own game? Shorts. Is that the top Socks! Less have a look. If Socks

is up there, we are on a roll. We We need one more answer, but you

only have one life. The 4th most You played, what else did you wear?

Shin pads. That's football! You only have one life, so get ready,

Wales. You are saying shin pads. The survey says... Rob, what do you

We will say support. Any support. - - niece support. If it is up there,

you have stolen the board from the England team. Is it the 4th most

popular answer? It is not. England, you win the points! England,

congratulations. You have won the first game. The missing answer was

Let's play Family Fortunes for the One hand by your buzzer. One behind

your back. We surveyed 100 people, and we look for the top five

answers. No, you don't know the You should have waited till I

finished the question, Smartie pounds! Name a painful part of the

body to injured during the game. Name a painful part of the body to

injure. The shoulder again. Can we say privates? Let's have a look.

It is there! That means the winners of a very special edition of six

nations, all-star Family Fortunes We got there in the end.