28/03/2012 The One Show

Hello and welcome to the One Show with Alex Jones. And Matt Baker.

Tonight's guest has journeyed to the centre of a big volcano. Daring.

Dived with great white sharks. Scary. But what he really loves is

cosying up to giant teddy bears. Look at the size of that! She has

just jumped right into the water! Look at that! Yes, it is Steve

Backshall! Nice to see you. I have just noticed how my voice goes up a

couple of octaves every time I get excited. We do little impressions

of you. You are clearly delighted to be stirred by those grizzly

bears, but they can move quite quickly, you must have been a

little bit scared. This is the extent of my day acknowledge!

Guinness Book of Records says they can run as fast as a racehorse. I

am not sure they can, but they can run faster than he you can. They

were so focused on the salmon, they were not coming near us. You are

back from Sri Lanka. What was the most extraordinary experience?

would say that. We were filming Blue whales, you almost couldn't

tell you were in water, with a whale like a nuclear submarine,

cruising past, it was incredible. Tonight, we're not just talking

about Deadly 60, we are actually doing it. It is the return of our

favourite game - put your hand in the box when you don't know what is

in the box! Don't do it! Don't do Is he all right? All that is to

come. First, as any parent knows, taking your child to buy their

first pair of proper shoes is a big step. But for one mum and daughter,

it was an experience they nearly never got to share.

On the morning of 7th January 1920 11, Ava was like any other 13

months girl, but by 11pm, she was close to death, and about to embark

on an extraordinary journey. had a high temperature, so Whitaker

out of the hospital. The doctor came and told us she had meningitis.

Within an hour, she was covered head-to-toe in spot. We were told

there was a strong possibility she would die, so my world fell apart

there and then. At what point did you notice there was an issue with

her feet? After a couple of days, they would jet black. They were

like pieces of coal, and they said there was a strong possibility she

might lose her feet. I just said, just bring her smile back, that is

all I need. This doctor was the plastic surgeon who took over her

care. The very tips of her toes, the skin had all died off, so it

involved two operations, one to amputate the but at that level, and

our main goal was to preserve as much length of the but as possible,

until she got into shoes properly. We didn't know what the impact

would be. How did Ava cope with come out of the operation? She has

dealt with it fantastic. You would think she was 10, not two. Tell us

about how these prosthetic feet came about. Somebody had given the

information for orthopaedics, and they said we would try, see what

came out, and that is when the process started. Dorset prosthetics

were used to making bespoke prosthetic limbs, but this was a

new challenge. These are the moulds for Ava's feet, that I took on the

day, formed in such a way that they support her feet structurally. They

used silicon, like a puppy, and mould back -- that around the feet.

The dimensions of the FT All Change, the buyer mechanics will change,

and so the race will be on to keep pace with her now. What did she

make of it? She was excited. She wouldn't try them on at first

because she was very unsure about them, but when she did, she saw it

as a big joke. She put them on top of her socks. She is kicking people

with them! They look very realistic! I noticed the nails have

got a nail polish on. You can do them any colour you like, which

makes it a lot easier for Ava, because some days she wants them

and some days she doesn't. Before we meet Gemma and Ava, Dr

Sarah Jarvis is here. Advice about how to spot early signs of

meningitis has been updated dramatically, hasn't it? It has. A

lot of people know about that rash, and in Ava's case, it was very late.

Getting in early, getting help, can save lives, which is why it is so

important to spot the early symptoms. Little kids don't even

have a severe headache, holder Kit might have neck stiffness and not

like the light. Young Vic it may have cold hands and feet, or they

might have nasty pains in their legs. -- younger kids. It is

important for parents not to be too paranoid. Never a day goes by in my

surgery where ride don't get some child to kiss the Fenny. If you can

kiss your need -- kiss your knee, your whole spinal cord is stretched.

You haven't got meningitis! Vital tips there for any parent. You may

have heard, Ava is in the studio, with her mum, Gemma. Come on over.

This is her favourite song! Welcome to the One Show, Ava. Gemma, did

you ever think you would see the day when she would be running

around, as we saw on the film? Never. But at the time, I didn't.

But it was your instinct as a mother that saved her, because

Sarah said, it is difficult to know with a toddler. What were the

symptoms you spotted? Of vomiting and high temperature. Incredible

mixed emotions for you, to have gone through what you have gone

through, but now to have Ava are running around. It is massive to

last as a family. We have got a little surprise for Ava! Because

you have come in to see us, we know you like sparkly shoes... A do you

like those? Would you like them? They are all yours. You have come

into the One Show inner Balloon Week, so we have got you a pink

balloon as well. You will have so much fun. And it'll start at the

end of it. Perfect. Steve, we have uncovered some extraordinary

footage of you with a balloon, talk us through what is going on here.

Well, the idea was, this is a viper, it can sense walked at about the

temperature of blood, so we filled our water ballooned with water,

about 38 degrees, the buy-back sensed it, thought it was prey, and

we filmed it in slow motion. Make sure your balloon doesn't go

anywhere near any snakes! We don't have a snake in the next film, but

we do have a Larry Lamb and day 3 of Balloon Week.

Decoys have played an important role in the tactics of war for

thousands of years. But possibly the most audacious example of

military deception was during the Second World War, when rural areas

like this were transformed into decoy airfields, military bases,

and even whole cities. The aim was to draw the bombs away from their

intended targets and have them fall harmlessly in empty fields, instead.

At the beginning of the war, navigating was difficult. GDS

systems were decades away. The navigation systems they did have

would only direct planes into the general area. German pilots could

usually spot their targets. But at night, things were completely

different. Crews would become confused as to where they were, and

the only means of identifying location was the pattern of light

before. The British Witter to exploit the potential for Miss

identifying targets by creating their -- fake cities into took

tricking German pilots. This whole campaign was based at Shepperton

Studios near London, the perfect place to be. While film production

there was suspended during the war, a little movie magic could be

sprinkled on the decoys, making them look as real as possible.

Nearly 800 decoy sites were built. One of the most impressive was at

Blackdown. This irritated the whole city of Bristol, 12 miles away. --

imitated. How did they make it look so convincing? Base to realised

that trying to imitate a whole town in daylight was impossible, it

would have to be... It was impractical. But what they could do

was create an impression of what a town would look at night.

blacked-out how wouldn't look like much from the air? There are some

types of light that couldn't be suppressed, and it was those they

tried to imitate. Some lamps imitated the close from locomotive

for boxes, special vamps imitated the flashes from Trans. -- special

lamps. In some ways, at the first aircraft would drop incendiaries,

and then a decoy fire would be lit away from the city in the hope that

the NATO aircraft would drop their bombs on the fire, believing that

to have been started by the one that came first. This was the

control room at the top -- whole operation, this was where the decoy

it was operated from, but also operated as a bomb shelter. Making

decoys eventually became so routine that instructional films were made.

The Allied -- allied forces had been issued kits. They were issued

instructions on how to build it decoy airfields as they advanced.

There. As easy as that. Now, we are going to build a decoy used in

liked it out in exactly the same pattern as a runway of the time. To

see how convincing the stocks from above, I am going to call on the

One Show balloon, and take it on its very first night flight.

Bombers during the Second World War blew at tens of thousands of feet.

Because Picard get up to those sort of altitude at the heart air

balloon, we can see how affected those de Claire Lyte were --

because we can't get up to those With a simple delight, the One Show

have been able to create something looking like an airfield without

any of the infrastructure. It all looks very convincing to me. If

that were the target you were looking for, you would be drawn

towards it, in the way the German It is estimated that throughout the

Second World War, more than 5% of all the German bombs were actually

dropped on decoy targets, and that is thought to have saved more than

2500 lives. Brilliant idea. We saw the Viper

and the balloon before, but have you used a hot air balloon for

Deadly 60? Not really, you tend to be quite a long way away from the

animals, we tried to get closer. Have you been up in a balloon?

is fantastic, much quieter than you expect. I seem to be the only one

who hasn't! Next Balloon Week! the third series of Deadly 60, is

it hard to keep making them more and more deadly as they go on?

really, ever since I started doing this for a living, whatever

scientist I pork 2, I'm always on the lookout for new stories. --

I've talked to. When it came round to see Rees 3, I came up with about

500 new ones. So we will never be without Deadly 60! We will go on

and on... But you always seem cool and collected in the face of danger.

But even you had a bit of a freak out when you came face-to-face with

I want them to feed on the meat of the tree, using this as bait.

Let's move! The Dragons reaction took us all by surprise.

The do move fairly fast! Go! Yeah! Go! Here they come!

As far as the behind-the-scenes stuff is concerned, how long were

they chasing you for? 100 metres. The whole thing was over with in

six minutes. Once they found the meat, they forgot about us but for

a few minutes, it was genuinely quite frightening. We were actually

pushing Dragons away with a big stick. When you go on safari they

say, the only person you have to run faster than is the person next

to you! Any Other sticky moments? It is

never the things that people expect. Working with venomous snakes and

crocodiles, they tend to be predictable and you have a good

idea of what they are going to do. It tends to be the larger animals,

like an African elephant is probably the most frightening

animal on earth, hippos and buffalo and things that are intelligent,

unpredictable and can run faster than you. In this series, you were

hanging out of a helicopter and you met the most deadly his snake...

That was one of the coolest thing I have ever done. Giving 150 mph,

dropping into a crocodile nest, really terrifying stuff! Do you

ever fear the next thing? Obviously you approach every situation and

respect the animal, but thinking of Steve Irwin, do you fear for your

life? What happened to Steve was a freak accident. Tens of thousands

of people every year dive with stingrays and come to no harm and

the more I work with animals, the more I realise their limits and the

old truth that animals would much rather moves away from you than

attack you becomes more and more apparent. Animals mean us no harm,

with almost no exception. Genuinely, I feel more safe working with

animals than I do wandering around a big city at night. That is good

news. Last time you were on, we played it

game, we played and you watch it. It is our favourite game.

absolutely love it. Put your hand in the box... When you don't know

You are doing good...! There we go. I thought there wasn't going to be

anything in the box and that is why I was so freaked out! Anyway, Steve,

we are going to turn the game on you and because it is you and you

have no fear, we have upped the ante. OK! How are you feeling?

little bit nervous. I am guessing he would not put anything in their

genuinely venomous. Off you go! your hand and gently and be careful.

It is warm blooded, it is very, it You might have worked with this

creature before. You met this creature in Northern Ireland...

has got nonretractile cause so it is not a cat. -- clause. Give us

another clue. Smell. It is a skunk! The good news is, we have another

two for you before the end of the show! You can see Steve in Deadly

60 from Monday to Friday on CBBC. And you can catch up with the sea

was online. Another person who is not scared of a tough challenge is

Esther Rantzen and the latest could be heard toughest yet. -- her

toughest yet. Twenty-five years ago, I fancied

ChildLine, a helpline for children Back then, nothing had been done

like that before but now I have come up with another idea. A

helpline for order people to combat loneliness and isolation. -- older

people. After my husband died, I experienced just what it feels like

to be gripped by loneliness. 85- year-old Vicky Pryce and also

suffered acute loneliness when her husband passed away. In my mind, I

had got myself in a hole and I did not want anybody near me. The it

sounds as if you lost the will to live? Exactly. I was on the verge

of a nervous breakdown. Too much pride? Wouldn't ask for help?

can do this on my own. It did beat me. Unbeknown to Jimmy. Did you

know what I mean? -- unbeknown to me. I thought it was the natural

thing when you are a widow on your own. Being alone can be bad for

your health. Research shows having good social relationships with your

friends and family as you get older becomes extremely important. Not

only do many people have less chance of survival, one study

suggests they are twice as likely to develop Alzheimer's. For Vicky,

it took many years to find a place like this in Putney, to help her

overcome her loneliness. We have roast beef, Yorkshire pudding and

roast potatoes today. And friendship, as you can see, all

around us. Mein Silverline service would offer elderly people a

lifeline, and it would be a friendly service for those who just

wants somebody to talk to. It will signpost to groups who can help

them and it will help for hidden problems, like abuse. When I set up

ChildLine, I had no real idea of the challenge and was taking on.

Now I know. Now I am on my own so I am flying to Dublin to meet a

fabulous woman who have set up a special helpline for people there,

in the republic. Mary set up a senior helpline 16 years ago, and

despite its success, it is a small group of committed and passionate

volunteers. I am hoping she can give me an insight into what

Silverline can offer. It is a peer- to-peer listening service. It is

people can listen sympathetically, and in some cases they may know

what it is like to be on their own. When we launched ChildLine, we had

50,000 on the first night so I am slightly concerned that I may be

stimulating a demand that I can't reach. What we did was started

small and then we started to grow step by step. So you are being

sensible and starting smaller, and I am being lunatic and starting be?

I don't think you are a lunatic. I think there is a real need for this

service. Senior helpline, good afternoon. The helpline has 370

trained volunteers in Ireland, with two lines open 12 hours every day.

We might have a caller who is upset about a family problem and they

can't share it with their family member, and sometimes it is easier

to speak to a stranger. helpline introduces isolated older

people to activities like this, where they enjoyed teaching

children how to do meeting. Do you think young people and

elderly people should mix up or should children only speak to

children? No, old people and young people should talk! They always

know loads of stuff and they can pass it on. It takes me out of the

house. And lets me do things with pickets also stop they are so

interested. It brings so much life to us. And we are giving them the

gift of knitting. It is a lovely scene, but two generations having

so much fun together. I am so glad I have seen it in action. Having

met Mary and seen her business, it is clear I have got a lot of work

ahead of me if I am to launch next year. With 10 million pensioners in

the UK, the demand could be overwhelming. When I think about

Vicky and all the older people around the UK who have written to

me about their loneliness, if we can make it work, it is really

going to be worthwhile. I think they can gain a lot from the

Silverline, truly I do, because there is such a lot of lonely

people out there. All the best. Good news, Steve. You on to the

second box. Five seconds. The it is live telly. Here we go. It is a

reptile. Any thoughts? You have met this reptile before. Skink. Yes!

Certain alien species released in the countryside have damaged

certain wildlife, but Jeremy Wade looks at one foreign predator who

may not be as destructive as it has been made out to be. 15 years ago,

news reports warned of the new alien species of predatory fish

taking over Britain's waterways. The dominance of the Zander has

left for a call to target the fish to reduce its numbers. This is the

It is obviously a predator, it has It is also known as a pike perch

but they tend to feed on the same fish species as pike, small silver

fish. These are the fish people start to worry about when they

start to appear in the water. Native to the European Continent,

where they are a popular eating fish, Zambia were first introduced

to Woburn Abbey in 1878 -- zander. Just under half a century ago, 97

finger sized fish were introduced not into a pond but into a large

system of water in the Norfolk Fens. This release by the local water

authority with legal. By 1957, 97 had turned into 20,000 and they

were eating 20 tons of fish every year. Over the last 40 years, they

have been spreading. Partly due to natural migration to connected

waterways but also, through deliberate, illegal introductions

by anglers, who want to fish for them on their own patch.

Is trying to get rid of them a real option? It would be extremely

difficult, very costly, but let's try to contain it where we have got

it and let's not introduce it to New River Systems that don't have

it. Some anglers maintain the zander is not wiping out native

fish stocks. They are in specific areas. I have come up here to have

a go to try to catch them. I have come 150 miles. I have not noticed

over 15 years of fishing for them any decrease in the fishing. In

fact, it is better now than it has ever been. So do these fishermen

have a better perspective than the authorities? If you compare zander

to crayfish, which has taken 20 years to decimate native crayfish

numbers, they could be right. There is under appears to have had little

or no detrimental effect and has been here half that time, but the

rate of impact varies with species and it is possible zander could

still have a devastating effect on wildlife in the future, and

fishermen's tales of fishermen using them to populate their local

rivers indicate bed rather than stopping the spread, we are in some

incidences actually promoting it. For now, one thing nearly everyone

agrees on is that non-native species should not be spread with

our help. Native or non-native is the

question, with the final round of "put your hand in the box when you

don't know what is inside the box". This is probably the most dangerous

out of the three. We know you do fear it. Very smooth to the touch.

Have they feel. -- have a feel. It is a real, human person! He just

looked me! Any idea what that could be, bearing in mind you on the One

Show? It is Mike Dilger! APPLAUSE. Thanks, Steve, ever so