29/05/2013 The One Show

with Alex Jones. And Matt Baker. 60 years ago today, Sir Edmund Hillary

and Tenzing Norgay reached the top of Mount Everest and tonight in

London, the Queen will be celebrating the anniversary, and so

are we. We will meet the man who has just come back from a record setting

expedition to the top of Everest. will also meet the daughter of the

man behind Hillary and forgave's successful climb and the unsung

mountain heroes, the Sherpas. Our guest tonight hopes to do some

climbing of her own, straight to the top of the book charts. Sherpa Dave,

please bring in Tess Daly! MUSIC: "Ain't No Mountain High

These heels were not made for hiking! Nice to see you in snowy

white. You look lovely. We will be talking about your second novel

shortly. First, the Strictly news. There always seems to be Strictly

news. Brucie was an BBC Breakfast. He will be doing fewer shows this

year. Yes, he has booked himself three weeks off. And Claudia and I

will do the duties. You will be at the helm, so when does Bruce become

a special guest and strictly macro becomes your show? That is not going

to happen. Brucie would not stand for it. I am glad he is back.

is not the only octogenarian who is nifty on his feet. An 80-year-old

from Japan has just become the oldest person to climb Everest. But

you don't have to be 80 and on top of the world to impress us. We want

your photos of when you conquered your personal Everest. It does not

have to be a mountain, or a hill. What was the last major thing you

overcame? It was my fear of flying. I was fine, and then I had

children, and suddenly I could not bear flying. It was a real phobia.

They say it comes on suddenly. I was dreading going on holiday and then

dreading coming back once I was there. So I saw someone about it,

and it has helped. They coach you through your fear. So far, I am 80%

better. For me, it was saying the word octogenarian! Anyway, send us

your conquering hero moments. making it to the top of Everest once

is impressive enough, although the record is an exhausting 21 summits.

It is held by a Sherpa called Apa. But Sherpa means far more than being

a good climber. Lucy Siegle gets a crash course in the culture from the

Sherpas who set up his camp in Britain. It is 60 years since

Everest was first conquered. Since then, there have been

thousands of recorded climes will stop almost all of them have had one

thing in common - they were accompanied by Sherpas. But what do

we know about Sherpas? Surprisingly, there is a small community living in

the UK. It is a misconception that Sherpas are only hired porters to

carry bags. The word Sherpa originally refers to an ethnic book

of people from the Himalayas, with a population of 300,000 400,000, now

scattered across the globe. They have there own language and a strong

sense of and identity will stop Sherpas were originally high

altitude farmers and traders, but during the 1920s, Westerners began

trekking in the region and hiring the Sherpa people as porters because

of their skills. A policeman and his daughter have never visited Everest,

but they want people to recognise the Sherpa culture. Is it annoying

that people always associate Sherpas with mountaineering? Yes, because

the definition is wrong. The definition is of a porter, which you

can have in a hotel will stop porters are different. Sherpas are

the people who migrated east. They do other business, like trade,

farming. I am going into dentistry. My brother is graduating as a doctor

next year. And my dad is a policeman. They are just like any

other people, just open, honest and humble. This man was head of the

Sherpa association in the UK, and is worried that the conditions at the

heart of Sherpa culture are in danger of being lost. Sherpas have

their own language? Yes, one language, one culture, one

territory. The identity is carried only by language. The new generation

is not learning those languages. Do you feel like you are hanging onto

your culture? Yeah, I am trying to preserve the culture and tradition

of the Sherpas as much as I can. I can't give up. This man is a

climbing Sherpa from Nepal and almost lost his life trekking across

Everest. We went down and crossed the crevice. The problem was, there

was a lot of cloud. I could not see. I think I fell maybe 150 feet down.

But I survived. Soon after his experience, he met his wife Susie

while trekking in the Himalayas. This was the mountain where we met.

He has climbed this mountain many times. It is a very popular trekking

peak. I went to climb a mountain, met a husband! He came over the

following year to England, and I met him at Heathrow will stop I said to

him, how long have you come for? I thought he would say, a few weeks.

He said, six months. Anyway, we got married on the last way of the sixth

month. And tell me about these. these all mountains you have

climbed? Yes. This was Everest.That is incredible. And this is North

Yorkshire. I love this! North Yorkshire and Everest. One is big,

one is small, but powerful. With us is Harriet Tuckay, whose

father knew how vital Sherpas are two Everest climbers. Your dad was

Doctor Griffith Pugh, the expedition's physiologist in 1953.

What did you read in his diaries about the Sherpas he met? I read

that he recommended that the Sherpas should be given the same oxygen

equipment and clothing as the climbers, because he said they were

going to face the same challenges, but they would be working

considerably harder than the climbers. And Tenzing and Norgay

came round your house. You were six years old, so your memories must be

foggy, but what do you remember? He was very smiley and he had a

wonderful, wide smile and white teeth. I asked him if he had seen a

tiger, and he roared with laughter. I was a bit perturbed, but I found

out later that the reason he probably laughed was because elite

Sherpas who climb the very high altitudes were known as Tigers. And

he was one. He told me he had not seen a tiger. But your father's

medical work was key to the success of that first mission that reached

the summit. What findings did he bring with him to make it that

successful? He had done a study the year before on a mountain near

Everest. And he would commended that they used oxygen in a different way,

and that worked. Secondly, he told them how to acclimatise. They had to

give a month to acclimatisation. They had to climb higher in the

day, but sleep at a level they could tolerate and go gradually up over a

month. That meant they were fitter and better acclimatised. Two steps

forward, one step back. And that technique is still used today. But

the most important thing was was that they had to drink six to eight

pints of water a day to avoid dehydration. He also told Hillary he

might not feel thirsty, so the way to make sure he was properly

hydrated was to see how often he your related. And after he got to

the summit, he often used to report "when I got to the summit, I had no

choice but to pay on it" . All thanks to your dad! Well, we have

some lovely footage of your dad coming back and you as a little

girl, running to meet him. Colonel Hunt leaves the aircraft which

brings the triumphant Everest expedition back to Britain. London

is crowded with hundreds of well-wishers. Mr Pugh's little

daughter rushes to greet her father. Wives and relatives gather round to

welcome the heroes home again. that a vivid memory of yours? It

looks wonderful. I remember it was a very exciting day out. I had a new

pink Boller -- Bolero, and I loved it. What you were telling us was

ironic. It was a very ironic image, because there was not very much

hugging between me and my father. When I grew up, I did not get on

with him at all. I learned about him to writing my book, and now I feel

differently. You feel he has wiped from the history books? Yes, I do.

And I think the reason is that the leader of the expedition wanted to

be seen as a gallant and clever leader who had succeeded in bringing

the great dish quest of climbing Everest to a fruitful conclusion.

The last thing he wanted to admit was that a physiologist had solved

the problems of climbing at high altitude. He wanted to be seen as

having stood on the shoulders of his predecessors. The book you have

written will help people realise how key he was to the expedition.

Everest: The First Ascent is out now. Now, in the fight against

organised crime, police can spend years travelling the world looking

for the one clue that could break a case wide open.

But sometimes, they can just sit at their desks and check Facebook.

Martin Bayfield meets the detective whose suspects were not exactly

criminal masterminds. You would expect most criminal gangs

to hide in the shadows, to avoid the limelight. At least, that is what

you would expect from criminals with some sense. This is the story of a

criminal gang that does not score highly on the intelligence front.

And here they are, the Ladbroke Grove bloods, as they like to be

called. Hardly the shy and retiring types, they posted this video

bragging of the criminal exploits on YouTube. You might use social

networking to share holiday snaps, but they used to brag about what

cars they had nicked. This is came Williamson, posing with his new

range Rover, which is not his. The car was stolen a day before the snap

was taken. But that did not stop Williamson putting the photo on his

Facebook profile for the whole world to see. Not a good move, because

guess what? The police can use Facebook, too. In fact, they often

look at the social networks of people known to them, which included

Williamson. His Facebook page was remain with incoming eating photos

of him and his mates, posing with Lashkar 's, champagne, expensive

watches and wads of cash. Impressive, considering that none of

them had a job. Our suspect had taken it upon himself to post a

photograph on his Facebook page, stood in front of a stolen range

Rover. From the picture, we could establish most of the registration,

and from that we identified the burglary where the car was stolen. I

have never seen such Jupiter two. The tech is then seized

Williamson's mobile phone. It was also a treasure trove of

incriminating evidence. We found they host of things on his phone,

instant messaging between him and the other gang members that not only

showed commonality but also proved association between the group.

info on the phone linked Williamson to the rest of the gang and a series

of burglaries across the swankier parts of West London. When

detectives swooped on the other gang members, they seized even more

phones, all full of illuminating photos. In fact, these boys just

loved posing for the camera. Here is Daniel, with his new Porsche. Here

he is again. Rory Mason liked to flash the cash, cunningly posing

with it outside his own house. Not very bright. And that is Mr Murphy,

with a sandwich made of cash. So where did it all come from? You will

not be suppressed to hear that the gang's tactics were pretty simple.

They targeted homes with expensive top of the range cars parked

outside. They then broke into the house, stole the car keys and

anything else they could get their hands on, before making their

getaway in the stolen car. And if all the evidence in the colourful

snaps was not enough, they liked the film their antics, too. These videos

show some of them racing a Porsche against a BMW. The videos were found

always the gang who were doing the filming. We have got the vehicle.70

mph. Detectives linked them to this car chase films by police

helicopter. The evidence against the gang was overwhelming, enough photos

and videos to link them with 15 burglaries. Police believe they may

have committed more. They were local gang members, and such was the

weight of evidence, they were left with no opportunity to plead guilty

at court on the first appearance. My experience, I have never come across

evidence like it. The level of stupidity on their part and the

evidence they left to the cup and use was incredible. Eight of the

gang were convicted and sentenced to between three years and four years

eight months in prison. Since they have been locked up, there has been

a 40% reduction in burglaries in this area. Now, the only photographs

these criminals need to be worried about our debt and police mug shots.

48% decrease, remarkable. It is up to you, New York! It is your second

novel, so when did you start getting the writing bug? I got into it

before I got into television, I was living in New York, bottling, I had

been living there for five years. What were you writing? Interviews

with celebrities. I made myself a show real, I produced a show real,

and I had Quentin crisp first, the raconteur. He lived in my

neighbourhood in New York. He was in the phone directory, you could take

him out. He would tell us his life's adventures. I filmed him, I made a

film, and that got me my first job. But I wrote for a magazine, I have

always enjoyed writing, since I was a kid. I have written a diary since

day one. I have always enjoyed it. You get a chance to be creative.

you, it is just as well that you have kept a diary, as they say,

write about what you know, and the central character, it is what

happened to you, she worked in customer services and she gets

scouted by a modelling agency. is scouted, as I was, on the streets

of Manchester, and she takes part in a reality TV show. It is about

finding the UK's next supermodel, so she gets swept up into this world,

she finds herself in New York, and is a bad -- it is about her

adventures. I have not been able to put it down! Nigel Havers is a big

fan, he came in and he was reading it. Here is the proof.

Will you marry me, muttered Holly? James tucked her in. She fell

asleep. So speedily, she was not sure whether or not she had heard

him whisper, I would love nothing more.

Very good! I might get him for the audio book! His dulcet tones!

got scouted. When was that? Where were you? Are you still in contact

with them? I was in Manchester, outside McDonald's, somebody came up

with a leaflet for a modelling agency. What was your reaction? I

was too shy! I thought, I cannot do that! I slept on it, and I thought,

I will see them, and then I was in Tokyo within six weeks, then

Barcelona, Madrid, Paris for five years, back to London, then I lived

in New York for five years. How was Tokyo as a 17-year-old? It was mind

blowing. I had only ever been to the Isle of Wight! I had never left the

country, hubs Austria for a school trip. Everything there, the train

station signs were in Japanese, if I caught a train, I had to set my

alarm so I knew when to get off the train. Nobody spoke English. It is

different now. It was incredible, I had never had foreign food, I

thought foreign food was pizza. Raw fish, that was it! From the

Derbyshire Dales to Tokyo! Do you still have friends there? Not in

Tokyo, but in Paris and lots of places in the world. It was great.

Do you want to write a third novel? I hope so. Where do you write? I

have an office in the loft, it is my time, it is a sanctuary, nobody is

allowed in! There is no glitter! The glitter ball is not in the loft!

new book, It's Up To You New York, is out now.

In a moment, we meet Daniel Hughes, who has just set a new record on the

summit of Mount Everest. But first, the story of a man who eat death in

front of an audience night after night. Until the night he did not.

Chung Ling Soo, popular magician, master of the art of illusion. Until

the night he was killed on stage by a bullet from his own gun. At the

time of the First World War, he had built a successful career as a

variety theatre magician, playing to packed houses across London six

nights a week. It was a traditional magic act spiced up with exotic

Oriental theme. He worked in front of a silk curtain emblazoned with

the Chinese dragon. He produced live goldfish out of midair and made his

glamorous Chinese resistance does appear, only to reveal an enormous

orange tree in her place. But the stage character was a total

invention. In reality, he was William Robinson, born in New York

in 1861. William Robinson was not a successful magician in North

America. He had an awkward stage presence, he did not speak well on

stage, and he was as excess working for other magicians, creating tricks

for them. But it turned around when he saw a successful magician in the

USA. He was a genuine Chinese magician. He had an idea, to

borrow, or steal, in some peoples eyes the act and persona of the

Chinese magician and reinvent himself in Britain. Over he came as

Chung Ling Soo, and he built himself as the original Chinese conjurer. He

went to great detail, he wore authentic costumes, changed his

hairstyle and even adopted the language. Well, pretended to.

could not speak a word of Chinese, he had a fake chance later. --

translator. He would murmur gib rush back to the translator, and the

translator would invent and cancer. He did not speak a word of Chinese.

This is thought to be the only film record that exists of Chung Ling

Soo. Onstage, he was gaining protection for one trick, defying

the bullets. On Saturday the 23rd of March 1918, here at the Wood Green

Empire, he was reaching the end of the second house. It was full and he

was about to perform his bullet trick. He would stand up one side of

the stage and are allowed to real guns to be fired at him, loaded with

bullets chosen and marked by two members of the audience. He would

attempt to catch the marked bullet in this plate, as he had done

before, and hold played directly in front of him, across his chest, and

his assistants would raise the guns, take aim and fired directly at him.

Chung Ling Soo fell to the ground. The audience fell silent. They did

not know if this for showmanship or part of the act, but the trick had

gone wrong. A bullet had pierced his lung Tom are causing massive

haemorrhaging. He was rushed to a nearby hospital but died the

following day. What is your theory about what happened? There are lots

of rumours and conspiracy theories, some people thought it was suicide.

He had a complicated life, competitive relationships with

others, he married his assistant and there were rumours of bigamy and

possible polygyny, but it was a dangerous trick, Houdini begged him

not to do it, it was known as the trick that scared Houdini. Houdini

wrote to him, please do not do it. He set up the guns, he was

meticulous, but as the Inquirer showed, there was corrosion in the

gun, and as a result, the gun went off accidentally, and fatally shot

him. Chung Ling Soo, or William Robinson, was buried at a private

service in Ban Cemetery on March 30 1918. He kept the actor until the

end, almost. He fell to the floor, and he was heard to cry out, oh, my

God, something has happened, love the curtain! The first and last

words in English ever spoken on stage by Chung Ling Soo. His act was

over. After that story, we are back in the

mountains with Daniel Hughes, who earlier this month was the first to

make a video call from the top of Mount Everest.

This is the world's first video call, it has never been done

before, from the rooftop of the world. It is not too windy. I will

introduce my Sherpa, I would not be here without him. Nobody would get

to the top of these mountains without the shirt is.

He is here! Congratulations. It is nice to have you. 520 people have

reached the summit, one person is an 80-year-old man, so some would say,

is it easier these days? My mission was to put the first red nose on the

top, and I was focused on that, I need people to donate. Judy to go to

the website! It was similar in many ways, we followed the same

footsteps, the same environment, the wind and conditions, we still had

oxygen, in some ways it is easier, because of technology, but in

others, it is harder, because Hillary and Tenzing Norgay, they

just had a rope and axis, but we were in a queue, there were 50

people ahead, and you thought, if the oxygen going to run out? This is

your footage. You took a camera. was done from a smartphone, a poll,

I'd used a satellite modem. There is nowhere to charge or batteries! I

had loads of kit, solar panels, batteries, keeping everything warm.

That is why it has never been done before, because most climbers want

to carry as little as possible, and I had an extra ten kilos of kit.

Lots of people are taking a lot of stuff, some of the shots of the

queues, it is quite something. is a pretty big queue, that might

have been from last year. It was not quite as bad as that, but we had 140

people on the day that I was there. Thank you for all of the photos you

have been sending in. This is Rachel from Rugby, after she climbed a