27/01/2016 The One Show

Matt! Allo, allo. Come on, the show is being great. There will be lots

of great characters, good catchphrases, come on! It's going to

be great this, isn't it! Stupid boy! Hello and welcome to the One Show

with Matt Baker And Alex Jones. Yes, tonight we have gone all out to

celebrate a certain classic sitcom. Everyone is getting into the Dad's

Army spirit. Look at the crew. They look absolutely wonderful, don't

they? There is Rob, the floor manager. Very good, sir. Even Dave.

And our editor. The boss. It doesn't stop there. Let's look in the

gallery. There is the director HMRC private Smith - don't panic. The

audience are in the spirit of things. They have dressed up. Which

is lovely. We have room for a few more, haven't we? They are a bit

quiet. Let's have a drum roll, please.

Tonight, we vn an incredible number of guests from acting royalty to

sitcom stars they are in the Dad's Army film. 1, 2, 3, 4! Please

welcome Blake Harrison. Mr Daniel Mays. Bill Paterson. It's Sir Tom

Courtenay. Another Sir, it's Michael Gambon. And we also have Catherine

Zeta-Jones. # Who do you think you are kidding,

Mr Hitler... # Military

APPLAUSE Welcome. Have a seat. Thank you very

much to The Bevin Boys, they are our house band for the evening.

Fantastic. More from them later on. Lovely to have you here. The film is

finally out on the 5th February. Everybody is very excited, aren't

we. Very much so. We have seen it. How was the premier? It was

brilliant. Brilliant. Had you seen it before last night before the

premier? I saw a cutting of it somewhere. I can't remember where.

It was very good. Seeing it with an audience was my fist time, my mum,

dad and family were there. It was wonderful. The response was great.

There were things I had forgot about even while shooting it. Knowing the

gag I was laughing. It was great. We have a lovely picture of you all.

Love the dress, Catherine. Let's look at you at the premier. That is

you with the Chelsea Pensioners. There you are. You have only just

said goodbye to each other but you are on the One Show together. Lovely

to have you here tonight. We wanted to do the same tonight and recreate

the characters from Dad's Army. We have started. Let's put together our

own Dad's Army look a likes. Is your dad the spitting image of Captain

Mainwaring like our producer's dad. Please send us your pictures as long

as they look like characters from Dad's Army. It doesn't matter.

Britain is still being battered by the tail of storm Jonas which has

already brought flooding and gale force winds to many, many areas. In

Scotland, for example, two lorries were blown over on the busy A1. That

wasn't the windiest moment in British history. For that, you need

to go back in time 27 years. Marty did. In February 1989, Britain was

battered by storms that left a trail of destruction across the UK. As

high as 83 miles per hour in Lancashire and Leeds, destroyed

buildings and overturned buses and lorries, leaving Britain in chaos.

It was a Scottish fishing town that was hit the hardest. On the 13th

February 1989 the Aberdeenshire town of Frazerborough experienced a gust

of wind at 142 miles per hour. That's twice as fast as the winds

that were causing havoc across the rest of the country. . It remains in

the record books as the strongest ever low-level wind recorded in the

United Kingdom. To get a sense of how violent this storm was I'm

stepping into the wind tunnel at Glasgow University. Here comes the

wind. Right. How's that? That's only 30! That's a really blowy day on the

High Street. Brollies - no use. Wind it up, come on. 50 miles an hour.

70 miles an hour. 0! At this speed I'm struggling to keep my balance.

This is Force 11 and caused trees and roofs to topple in 89.

That was 100 mile an hour wind. At 100 miles per hour I can't take any

more. Such hard work. That's far less than the record of 142, but

clearly still capable of causing chaos. Can I come out now? So, what

happened that night in Frazerborough to create such extreme winds? Pete

Buchanan is a meteorologist in nearby Aberdeen. It was a depression

that formed not north-west of the UK. The wind came down from the

north-west a straight into this area. The wind reached 78mph average

speed. Technically, for a land station, that represents hurricane

force. The wind speed they recorded is nearly twice that. How could that

possibly be? What we have here is essentially gustiness. A gust is

basically a short increase in wind speed, lasts just a very few

seconds. To show why we get this sudden increase in wind speed I'm

getting back into the wind tunnel. Imagine that this stream of smoke is

the powerful wind storm blowing over the North Sea that night. It has

nothing to get in the way until that is it gets to somewhere like Frazer

borough. Imagine I'm Frazerborough, the wind has to move around each

tree and building, every obstacle in its way. This creates turbulence.

Within the turbulence we see fast and unpredictable whirls of air.

These energetic whirls are gusts. Gusts are usually around

one-and-a-half times the average wind speed, but that night saw so

much turbulence that the gust was almost twice the speed. As you can

see it sticks out a little bit. It was also in the zone of strongest

winds making it even more gusty than normal. So the area, vulnerable and

exposed headline, lying in the path of the hurricane force winds, was

perfectly placed for a record-breaking gust. 8mph became

142mph. The speed of the gust of wind that night has never been

equaled. -- 78. They hold the United Kingdom record for the fastest ever

low-level wind. You feel more cosy. It is. That happened is what we were

saying. Not cosy in New York. Lots and lots of snow. No. We saw it

coming. I actually got a flight earlier in anticipation of me being

stuck and missing seeing my friends, missing the premier last night. We

got on a flight and spent the weekend with my family and my niece.

It was wonderful. Nice to be back home. You are more Welsh than we

were expecting? I had time with my family. Meeting Alex. We haven't met

I know. Before. Anyway, lovely to meet you now. You too. Keeping the

Welsh flag flying, my darling. Very happy. We are slowly taking over the

world! Slowly, but surely. If we talk about your character in the new

Dad's Army film you play Rose Winters. She is the only main

character isn't in the series from the past. What are your memories of

Dad's Army of old? It's like my memories of my great childhood of a

cup of oval teen and watching Dad's Army with my grandparents, my

grandfather was in the war, some of my family members with recite

remember bay tum the lines of some of the scenes. We were Avid - They

must have been beside themselves when you told them When my agent in

America called me - honey, they're doing Dad's Army! Sorry? They want

you to be in Dad's Army, it's really big over there. I was like - yeah,

give me Oliver Parker's number, I should deal with this personally.

It's way too rooted in my being to not do this. When they said that

then and you explained to Michael, your husband, did you have to tell

him what the series was or did he know what Dad's Army? No, not at

all. I tried to explain it to him. He got it, but when I told him the

kind of actors I was going to be working with - He got it. Sir

Michael, the wonderful cast we have on this chair. He said - whatever it

is, you've got to do it, you know that, right? That was his, you know,

it was just great. It was everything that I wanted it to be. Great

experience coming home, working with great, great actors. The journalist

that you play in the film then, how would you entice our viewers into

her character? Well, she's very enticing kind of character. I

wouldn't know - it was method acting! No idea where I got it from.

But she does use your womanly charms to manipulate and nurture what

everyone believes is she's doing a story for the lady magazine. She

gets thrown into Walmington-on-Sea wearing Chanel suits, fabulous 40s

attire, shakes it up, not only with the men, but with the ladies. Not in

that way! It's the 40s, we hadn't got there then, come on! She has got

the Home Guard wrapped around her little finger. Let's look at Rose in

action. Morning Miss Winters. Corps rat Jones. A-butcher by trade. A

soldier by night, more notches on my rifle than you've had hot dinners.

No the that you've had too many hot dinners you have a fine figure, if I

may say. Welcome to Walmington. Thank you, Mr Jones. Good day. I saw

that Jack Jones, just slipped her a sausage!

APPLAUSE That's a line! Sir Michael, you play Godfrey then who was

originally played by Arnold Ridley. Did you find yourself, you are an

actor in your own right, you can't help but have that image of the way

he did it The way he stands and walks and talks all sticks to you.

When you go on you just feel that or try and make it inside you, turn

yourself into that. It's not copying him, it's being part of him. Right.

What was the direction then that you were given? Was it to immiate a

little bit or bring yourself to it? Not immiate at all. You just sort of

- you make it feel as though you - he belongs - it's difficult to

explain, isn't it, about acting? It's not copying, is it? Why No.

Pretending, working yourself into it. You play Dumbledore as well in

Harry Potter. If you are being yourself as Dumbledore and being

yourself as this kind of bumbling soldier where do you sit the most

comfortable the wizard or soldier? I'm not being myself, I'm being

them. I'm being Dumbledore and I'm being this bloke. I don't really

know what I'm doing! I mean started off... I don't know nothing about

it, really. I just go on. How did it fit in as an experience? You have

done so much stuff, being on set doing this? I loved it. All my

friends play leading roles in it. I know everybody. I'm very happy.

Except it's very cold where we shot this. I bet. My God. Really pretty,

wasn't it? Beautiful. You are the eldest member of the platoon. You

spout beautiful nonsense during the film was it ad libs or heavily

scripted? No, you can't ad lib everything I said is Brit written

down. Proper. I'm proper, I don't muck around. Some of the actors - I

won't tell you their names. Go on. Name and shame. When we hire a new

One Show presenter we like to get them with an entertaining name. We

have a Michael Douglas, he is a hairdresser hechl cuts our hair.

That is Michael Douglas. He looks like Michael Douglas. Because we

knew at some point obviously we would have you on, well we have a

music man and he's called Richard Mainwaring much he says you

pronounced Main-War-Ing. Who better to present the film about the theme

tune. Let's have a look. # Pack uppior troubles - when it

comes to winning wars, songs are often a secret well for rally

troops... And poking fun at the enemy. Hitler has only got one...

Some do both # Two do you think you are kidding Mr Hitler? If you think

we are on the run? # We are the boys who will stop your little game # Who

do you think you're kidding Mr Hitler captures the 40s and it is

ideal as the Dad's Army theme. But it wasn't written during the war

years. It was actually created specifically for the series at the

height of the swinging 60s. Its aim to pastiche the sound, feel and tone

of 1940s popular music. Jimmy Perry was behind the song and used his own

experiences to get everything right. Tony Pritchard is head of the Dad's

Army appreciation society. He was in the home guard as a boy of 16 and

thought it was a game. Later on in the war he moved to Burma and was a

sergeant there. And saw action there and wept into the concert party and

started producing plays and things. When he came back, he began acting.

So it is based upon his experience? Yes absolutely. The sound he wanted

to evoke was a mixture of styles anyone who served during the war

would have been familiar with. Fundamentally it is a military

march. # Dah dah dah dah dah # But it is rooted in music hall. But we

can't forget 1940s big band style and tend of opening credits has a

jazz hands moment # If you think old England's done! # Genius. The

influence of music hall is found in the lyrics which in addressing Mr

Hitler directly are for comedy effect. The person who actually

performed the song was no fiction character. Bud Flanagan was a

war-time music hall legend. By the 60s he was retired but Jimmy Perry

got him to the microphone and it is said he nailed the performance in

one take in what was his last recording. The song was complete and

was the start of the first Dad's Army on 31st July 1968. I could have

you shot for this. That would be tricky since he is the only one with

a gun. Nearly 50 years I want to pay my tribute in the town it was film

with the band of the RAF and the people of Thetford, also known as

Walmington-on-Sea. Who do you think you're kidding Mr Hitler, if you

think we're on the run? We are the boys who will stop your little game

# We are the boys who will make you think again # Who do you think

you're kidding Mr Hitler f you think old England's done! CHEERING AND

APPLAUSE Cheers! It is a song you can't help joining in with. Thank

you to Richard the people of Thetford. That is not the last we

will see of the town. Joe will be there live soon meeting some of the

unknown stars of original. Bill Paterson and joins us. Catherine has

a cup of tea. Bill, you play private Frazer and the repeats of Dad's Army

still get two million. You had some reservations about doing the film.

Who wouldn't? All of us grew up with Dad's Army. It was part of my life

and I saw the first episode and my dad was Home Guard. He joined the

Royal Artillery later. I watched, it is one of the few things I bonded

with the 60s, you didn't bond much with your dad, we were hippies, it

was Dad's Army and sergeant bill Coe. It is engrained in the spirit

is the joy of Dad's Army. When you found out who was doing it, you

thought I had to be part of it. No, it only when I heard of the other

people doing it, if they think they can do it. They won't cancel it

because I can't do it. Did you have the same reservations or were you up

for it? No I wasn't. It was going to be done in the summer and I was

offered it in the spring when I was doing 45 years and time past and it

came back in the autumn and I heard these boys were on board, that so I

thought it would give it a go. So it is somebody's wrong if it goes

wrong. Michael, how do you approach something that is so treasured and

something so important to the British? You just had to be careful

and try and get it right and make it become the man you watched on the

television in the series, trying to become him in some way, without

copying him. It is very difficult. It must be like Shakespeare play or

something, so many people have done it before, you do it... You just

have to jump in the water and try and get it right. I don't know how I

did it. It is magic, you just jump in the water and become him. We have

already seen you as corporal Jones trying to slip Catherine a pound of

sausages. Let's... Have Bill and Michael and Frazer and Godfrey.

Attention to detail, ladies. The sooner we get the wounded back on

their feet, the sooner we shall win this war. How that is George? Rather

painful dear. It is your own fault, you stood on a land mine. Been shot

in the leg. But it goes all the way up. You big baby. I can't take this.

Lift your arm Mr Godfrey, you have been shot in the chest. Have I? Oh

dear. Will I be all right? We had it on good authority you were a

trouble-maker. On set. The fun that was having was that the case. All

lies. 'S a wonderful actor bs but incapable speaking the truth. Don't

take notice of anything he said. I dropped my mobile phone in the

middle of a take. We have got to tell this. You have got to keep

watching to the end of the credits. There is an extra bit at the end.

Don't get up. Before we came on, he said, is my mobile phone working? I

told him, give it to somebody else or it will be... I haven't got it

now. Attention seeking. You might have been the trouble maker, Tom,

you were the stunt man. We saw dangling off the cliff. You did that

yourself. No double I had my own private bit of cardboard cliff. I

was about that high off the ground. I loved it, because all the others

were sent home while I dangled on the cliff. It made me feel very

important. It was very nice dangling. We understand at 78 you

had a career first, doing a recent... Sex scene? Some of us saw

it. It is a family show this. In my underpants. I thought that was

untruthful. I wanted to take them off and they wouldn't let me. It was

sensitively done with Charlotte Rampling. To change the subject,

David Cameron announced plans to re-develop around 100 of what called

the UK's worst sink estates, where he said poverty, gangs and

anti-social behaviour are rife. We sent our reporter to Falinge in

Rochdale to see if the residents agreed him. This is Lower Falinge,

it has been described as one of the most deprived estates in Britain. It

is a community of around a thousand people, but fewer than one in three

have a job. The Prime Minister wants the country's worst housing estates

to be blitzed and replaced with better homes. He has not said where

it will happen. But what do people think here. Do they love it or want

to demolish it? We are going to put to it the vote. Do you think it

should be knocked down Yes it needs improvement. Look at the state of

it. How do you feel about the possibility of this estate being

pulled don? Not happy. I have lived here nine and a half years and I

love it. I brought my children up here. They love it. People with kids

don't know. People don't want to live here, because it has a bad

reputation. It is sad, but I think they should just cut their losses

and raze it to the ground. Yes or no. Yes. No. Another no. Results

later. Scotland is leading the way with one in four high rise flats in

Glasgow demolished as part of a separate scheme and now a ?140

million fund has been set aside to regenerate a hundred of England's

worst estates. What is this section? The new build. In Lower Falinge

there have been changes and Andy from the residents' association is

showing me around. Two blocks, more than 40 flats, have made way for new

homes. 25 new houses. How much did it cost? 3.7 million. He is

sceptical about what the 140 million can achieve. There is one estates,

that is 1.4 million each. These cost 3.7. The money isn't there. The

people moved out didn't automatically get first choice on

the new homes here. Tony speaks for more than hundred of the UK's

housing associations. ?140 million for one hundred estate is not

enough. We need resources from the housing associations and the private

sector to do a proper job in these areas. If you only tackle the

buildings, you will not successfully turn around that estate. You have to

tackle things like gang culture, poverty, unemployment. On the estate

I am meeting a lady who have lived here all her life and thinks

starting over could solve a lot of the social problems. If we have

better houses and fa till sis it would be -- facilities it would be

happier. We don't feel safe with our children going out. You don't know

who is about and we have nothing on the estate for them to do. Time to

vote. I'm torn with it. My heart has always been with this estate. And if

we do get new houses, then I think it could be a good place. I'm going

to say yes. How is Andy going to vote in here and others have been

upset by negative reports about life here. It annoys me when people slate

the area. When they don't know the area. People are saying this is a

bad estate. Come down and have a look. The flats are nice. You have a

good community spirit here. People watch out for each other. I'm proud

to live here. You want to demolish or not? No way are we demolishing.

I'm not going anywhere. How has it gone? All right, there was a real

affection for the place and even the people who say tear it down, they do

say with a heavy heart. Much of the nitty-gritty that could affect

voting like what happens to those who have bought their own homes and

whether people moved out would get to move back is yet to be thrashed

out. But the poll is in. Their evenly split. Mine is a mixed bag.

In our poll we questioned 50 people. 14 said demolish it, 16 said no and

20 refused to answer. With opinions split, the battle to re-develop

these estates could be a bitter one. I think it's about time that we met

some genuine Home Front heroes. Let us introduce our very own Captain

Mainwaring. It's John Sergeant. APPLAUSE A little theme tune as

well, John. Looking superb. Thank you. Sit down. You are loaded with

facts here. I am. As always. Too many. Let us find out where the Home

Guard came from then? May 1940, it may seem funny looking back it

wasn't funny at the time. It really looked as though there was a danger

of innovation. The call went out for a local volunteer force and within

seven days 250,000 men had volunteered. Really? As Dunkirk came

it then really - getting more serious leading up to the Battle of

of Britain they had volunteers, not much equipment. A shambles. By the

end of the war 1.7 million people in the Home Guard. They have been doing

serious things such as bomb disposal. 1,200 had been killed.

This is, sort of, you see the context of the joke. It's wonderful.

If you look back, as you all know - This is the thing. Breath taking You

were in series. The Home Guard, how old you were you then? 13. What did

you do as a 13? I was drafted in as it were because I was in the School

Cadet force and had a uniform. I was the only one much our crew who had a

uniform. We had Reg the barber, Jack the Gardiner, Fred the groccer, Tom

the ringer the of the bells. Quite true? Absolutely true. We were all

different. Anyway, I remember we drilled with my weapon in fact was a

broomstick. A broom handle. It was a great piece of equipment. How did

you use that then? What was your technique then? I beg your pardon!

It's like Dad's Army all over again. You told me this was a financialily

show! We stood at ease, all that sort of stuff. I was the drill man,

you see. I was the only one, the rest were either 400 years old or

whatever. I was the only one who knew anything about drilling at all

through my experience, as it were. We filled sandbags. No sand, but we

filled it with earth from our local allotment. We built gun placements.

I had to get a spade. I didn't have one. My mother bought one and it's

in my shed to this very day. It's never been used since! Let us talk

about the Auxillery Territorial Service, you were part of it then.

What was your job When the aircraft came in you have to go and get your

instrument ready and you look and get on target. You saw what the

height of the plane that goes over to the guns so the guns can elevate

to have a. It was matter-of-fact? Yes. It must have been daunting when

the news came in? We got used to it and worked in different shifts.

Everybody took their turn. Anne, what about yourself? I had a good

job, really. Go on. Officers looking after the officers mess. I had the

good things. How did you get that job then? Well... You promised not

to ask those questions! Alex! The Dad's Army aren't the only

characters currently being revitalised for a new generation to

enjoy. Here's Gyles with a monster of a renovation project. Deep in the

heart of South London something is lurking in the undergrowth. A

mysterious group of creatures that has been striking fear into the

hearts of local residents. For decades they have been lying dormant

- until now! These fearsome beasts have finally woken from their

slumbers and, by the look of it, they're hungry. Well, not really.

Steven Spielberg may have sparked dino fever with his series of

blockbusters but the original Jurassic Park was here in the London

suburb of Sid nap. The models stunned Vick tore yoen

society and represented the latest in scientific thinking. The --

Victorian. They were built in 18 54 The crystal Palace Company wanted to

build a theme park. They wanted to make it about education. Dinosaurs

were big news at the time. They had quite recently been discovered and

named and there was a lot of popular interest in them. Designed by

Benjamin Waterhouse they were the first of their kind. If you think of

Jurassic Park, Jurassic Park all starts here. The theme park was an

instant success. A scientific thinking moved on these poor

creatures began to look outdated. For one thing this should be upright

and this spike spike should be on his thumb. A plan has been hatched

to save them. How much are you trying to raise? ?2 million. ?1

million for the work on the sculptures themselves. ?1 million

for education and outreach maintenance. Our ideas have changed

throughout. Science is a process of changing. That is what these

sculptures tell us. So far enough money has been raised to restore the

patient most in need of attention. Lewis is leading the conservation

effort. This is an odd-job. It's not every day you are asked to conserve

a Victorian dinosaur. What is it made of? Concrete, casting sections

and built around a metal frame. Hollow inside? They look solid? You

can poke your head in there. Really? Here is the torch. Where do I go?

Watch your head. It's personal, never mind, there's a hole here.

It's amazing. Lewis and his team are securing the foundations and fixing

the tailback into place. Today's job is a little more delicate. Wow, this

is as close as I've been to a dinosaur's jaw. A lead tooth. Brand

new. Based on the original. I put it into this hole you drilled? Just

there. In it goes nicely. Perfectly done. There I am, the original

Jurassic toothfairy. Finally, these neglected creatures can be given a

new lease of life and this original Jurassic Park restored to its former

glory. What can possibly go wrong? Oh. Anything when Gyles is there.

That's so true. Thank you. Catherine is back. The tea was good. Lovely.

You have brought with you the young turks. Welcome to you both. You

play, Pike, Blake. The actor who played him originally is still

alive, Ian Lavender. He was in a scene with you, how was that?

Nerve-wracking. He did a great job with it. He was just really lovely.

I mean, he was respectful and let me do my thing with it. He didn't come

up and say - you're doing it wrong, do it like this! He was really,

really lovely. After the premier last night he came up and was really

complimentary and said some lovely things about me in it and the film

in general. No higher He didn't like praise. The football scarf? I don't

know how much of that is true from what he said much my opinion on that

was - as a Millwall fan it was too claret and blue! Sticking a bit of

something in there, yellow, something like that, to make it less

West Hammy. You made Walker more likeable really in the film than he

was in the series was that deliberate? Really. That's kind of

you. I didn't do anything drastically different I think from

James Beck who played him in the original. I loved playing him he is

the cheeky cockney charmer, loveable rogue. I wanted to make him as fun

to watch as it was watching the guys back in the day. A lot of fun with

it. You have done quite a few gritty roles. How did this role sit as far

as your career is concerned? It was a great departure. I have done

hard-hitting stuff. Look, to be in -- with these actors. I've admired

them for years - Thanks mate. He's a will havely lad. I will pay you

later. It was an honour really and great company to be part of it. We

have met the whole platoon shall we see you together in action. You have

brought with us an exclusive clip. You won't have seen this anywhere

else. Here we go. You're not taking this seriously, are you Walker? How

did you know it was me? Pike. Put thought into this, Jones. Thank you,

captain. It was lent to me from last year's production of Robin Hood. I'm

a tiny bit of Sherwood Forest. Godfrey, you look like you are on a

cruise to the South Seas. Thank you so much, sir. Very kind of you. I

got the idea from a picture I saw last week. I thought it looked

rather open-air. Take it off. Captain, might I be excused.

Certainly not! APPLAUSE

You of course Blake, as Pike got to kiss Catherine here. Yes, the kiss

again! Is this an awkward moment for you? We were all very jealous, yeah.

I bet you were. How was it for you then, this is awkward. We have to

ask? I'm a professional. I'm sure it was nerve-wracking for you. Yeah.

You wanted to rehearse a lot. I've been in this business long enough I

don't needed to rehearse the kiss. I was like, no, we do need to rehearse

it a little bit. I think Catherine kept getting it wrong on purse so we

had to keep doing it over and over again. We heard as well to make the

lipstick look authentic in other scenes you got involved off camera

there as well, was that right Pray tell? Um, we're not getting paid

enough in this movie to be talking about this! It's interesting because

your life in America is obviously very different to the life that

you've got back at home how does it feel when you are back here and

doing British films. It's been a while since you've done it, does it

feel right for you? Yeah. It kind of woke me up and reminded me how much

I love coming back. Really. Working with British crews. Working with - I

mean, it was a slam dunk. If they asked me to read the film book I

would have come over over with these guys and the ladies too. It was a

real treat for me. It reminded me of my Darling Buds of May. I used to

love it that. Nostalgic and peace of Dad's Army. Working with real

actors, all of us come from a theatre background or done some

theatre. We all knew our lines and on time. Everything else was a

bonus. I could have been there all day long lis tong their stories and

watching these guys the young turks following their careers and proud of

what they are doing and happy to be one of the platoon. I suppose the

other opposite to Catherine is your dream to go over to America and to

be in films there? Are you happy? We live in hope!

Start of bigger things to come. We wait and see. Who knows. The

Inbetweens was massive. Thats with a sitcom that win to the big screen.

Hopefully that was the same? It's a completely different thing,

obviously. You could take your gran or someone under 18 to watch this

one. Yeah, fingers crossed that it does as well, even better. You never

know with these things. OK. As promised Joe has now hot footed it

to the town that became Walmington-on-Sea once year from

1968 while the original series was being filmed. We hear you found a

pub. Good boy? It is The Bell Inn and every year

when the crew came here to film for two weeks, they stayed here. This

was the epicentre of Dad's Army. They're mad about Dad's Army and

they have rooms named after and even Pike's Bar. This is my best effort

at a Pike scarf. Back then you might find some of the actors. I'm joined

by some of the original extras. Tim, this is you back then, you were 14,

playing a scout and you had to play the bugle. It was going to be the

biggest moment of my life playing the bugle, before the take, they

said would you play it out of tune. I said I couldn't, because I have

been practicing perfect. They said play anything. All that practicing

and you had to do it out of tune. It has been a few years but give us a

blast. It has been 40 years... PLAYS OUT OF TUNE Derek, I love the tie,

what was you role? The resident tramp. You were there to get

everyone rounded up. You must have been popular. Yes, although the job

was voluntary, everyone was happy to be an extra in Dad's Army and after

a couple of years, Equity said we had to be paid, so I became more

popular. You were also an extra. Did Keith get everyone around to my

house. Yes without any warning, ewe found out the gin and beer we could

find and plied them with drink. John Le Mesurier complained the piano was

flat. I was about to get the cooking sherry out and the home made slow

gin when they left. Don't panic we still have gin. I have a collection

of their autographs. Arthur Lowe and Jimmy Perry. Food and drink was

important and I'm told what they did was scheduled in lots of time for

dinners and drinks, because if they get get that right, it would

translate and Arthur Lowe had his own drink, the am scone. Not bad. --

the Amazon. It is not bad. Hello captain Mainwaring. I should salute

you. These are all volunteers at the Dad's Army museum and form the

Walmington-on-Sea platoon and here I'm joined by Stewart, Stewart here

is the curator of the museum. Because of the film, you must have

got a few new exhibits? Yes we have some props of the new film including

this tree and we have a helmet from the original series, made of fibre

glass, because they complained about the tin helmets. You're down here in

the 70s, you were one of the few who were not only in the original

series, but have been an extra in t new film. I have been in both. So

hand on heart, which was better? Sorry, folks, but Thetford, will

always be Walmington-on-Sea! There we go. Popular with the Thetford

crowd. I think if you would be upstanding, because from Thetford

the spiritual home of Dad's Army, we raise a toast, we raise you an

Amazon - cheers! They don't like it up 'em! Lovely. From the old pub to

the new pub. You were taken with the new location with Bridlington and

Scarborough where you stayed. I'm biased I'm from Wales and there is

nothing like that. But it is pretty spectacular up there. Scarborough is

a fantastic town and that beautiful architecture and that... We

commented on it. We were wondering where it was, it looked so great.

The only place where you are happy to wearchesy clothes -- wear itchy

clothes, because it was cold. We had long Johns on. I didn't! It was

worth it for the gorgeous outfit. As we have seen from the trailer the

platoon are not exactly the best at catching... Well anything. But

Miranda has been on the trail of sea eagle. A bird that could give this

lot a run for their money. The isle of Skye, a place of incredible

beauty and avian action. This is a battle of eagles versus gulls. Two

white-tailed sea eagles have developed a way of getting the

seagulls to do their hunting for them. Sea 'ings are a conservation

success story have been reintroduced to Scotland. A unique tidal flow

creates a great food supply. While Victor can catch his own fish, he is

not adverse to bullying other birds for food. Alison knows the birds

better than most. They have been around since the autumn of 2009 and

The Had some successful breeding attempts. This year we have one

chick in the chest. This is a period of intense feeding activity. We are

lucky with the unique situation, everything comes together so there

is a plentiful food supply. An ideal place to be? Yes perfect. With a

hungry chick, Victor and Orla have to up their game. Fishing comes as

second nature, but they have been known to adopt more unusual

techniques. To get the best view I need to get on board the local

ferry. I'm not the only one keen to spot the birds. This channel is

called the Kyle narrows. It is near the eagles do most hunting. The tide

had just turned and the water will start flooding through gap and the

eagles show starts. As the water is squeezed through the gap, so too are

huge numbers of fish, mainly mackerel, which triggers a feeding

frenzy. There is heads popping up. There is seals and gulls. There

is... Energy and anticipation here. There is no guarantee of seeing the

sea eagles fishing or harassing the other birds, but this is their

favourite spot. They were perch on the rocks, or perhaps up on the

trees behind. On the larch tree up there. Just the front tree. He is

enormous. He is off and swooping down! He has got something. Has he

got a fish? He is going... Yes he is going for one himself. I thought he

was going to clays the gulls. -- chase the gulls. Victor is more than

capable of catching his own lunch today. Ironically it is the eagles

getting harassed by the gulls and crows, rather than the other way

around. But there no chance of Victor giving up his fish. He has

disappeared in that direction. Is that where the nest is? Yes heading

home to the nest and that fish will go straight to the chicks. They

always take fish to the chick before they feed themselves. They can feed

their chicks 11 times in one day. Sometimes bullying the gulls for

food, other times picking off mackerel for himself, but it is

clear that in these parts it is the sea eagles who rule the roost. There

we are. We were trying to make you feel at home. That is pretty. We

have to say thank you f sending in your Dad's Army pictures. Shall we

have a look at some. I will save that one for the end. Graham played

corporal Jones in a stage show and raised money for holidays for

heroes. This is Gary, dressed up as... The old private Walker. This

is Sheryl's dad, he was in the home guard in World War two, captain

Mainwaring? Godfrey. He is 93, Jimmy and we are going to put that there.

With the new member. Just have a look at that. Cheeky! He was

impressed by your head gear. I love the headscarf. You're so cheeky.

Carry on. Hopefully, we think it is a fantastic film. If there is a

Dad's Army two, are we all in? Yes. We are definitely in. Pike should go

to Jamaica. That is my idea. I couldn't agree more. And is it right

you're going to be playing Churchill? Yes I have finished it

now. It is on ITV soon. I don't know when. Some time soon. Don't talk

about it. Don't say you're nervous about that. I'm nervous about

everything. As you say, just be yourself. Just you know, you have

already done it. Don't worry about it. Listen, that is almost that we

have got time for for tonight. Thank you so much to Catherine, so Michael

and so Tom. And Bill, Blake and Daniel. Dad's Army is in cinemas

from 5th February. And now playing us out it is The Begin Boys. -- The

Bevin Boys. # Every time it rains, it rains pennies from heaven!