29/09/2011 The One Show

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

Tonight, we are feeling a little hot under the collar, and not just

because of the weather. Tonight, we are joined by a multi- talented

Hollywood star with a voice that could melt butter.

# It had to be you. # I wandered around and finally

found the somebody who. Who is joining us on the show

tonight, Harry Connick Junior! Lovely to see you. Welcome to a

very sunny Britain. The temperatures you left were 22

degrees. I bet you were not expecting this. This has caught me

totally off guard. Did you pack jumpers? I was expecting rain and

very cold weather. I feel like I am back on set in Florida. It is an

Indian summer. It is pretty nice. Harry's new film is based on the

true story of an injured dolphin called Winter. I thought you said

and -- a ninja dolphin! She is quite ninja-esque! We will talk

about that later. Also coming up, Dan Snow is here. He has got his

hands on some SAS secrets. First, we are continuing Miranda's series

of films on the work of wildlife crime fighters. She has previously

unseen footage from the case of a Birmingham man who has been caught

smuggling birds of prey. The world of wildlife crime is

potentially a very lucrative one, and earning a quick buck is often

the reason why first-time offenders get drawn in. Whether the events is

perpetrated by a rank amateur or a highly organised gang, bringing the

case to court relies on months or even years of meticulous

investigation by the National Wildlife Crime Unit. Last year, The

One Show joined the unit and a team from the UK Border Agency in a dawn

raid on a house in West Heath, Birmingham. For legal reasons, we

could not show the footage at the time. But since then, a man has

been successfully prosecuted for the illegal importation and sale of

birds of prey. Now we can finally show what happened. In his back

garden, the unit discovered a series of makeshift cages. They

were now home to seven birds of prey, illegally imported from South

Africa. An African legal. And a third was found dead in the freezer.

It was a female kestrel. And a further 12 they need to exist were

nowhere to be seen. Andy was the lead investigator on the case.

is a builder by trade. He has kept birds in the past, but nothing

major. He just suddenly hit the raider when he applied to import 20

birds of prey from South Africa, quite rare species, not the normal

ones you see in the UK. Can anybody import birds into the UK? Since the

threat of avian influenza since about 2006, you can't legally

import these birds. He exploited a loophole in the regulations which

allows birds to be imported for conservation breeding. But selling

on birds imported for such breeding programmes is strictly forbidden.

We got a tip-off that he was advertising these birds on various

forums and bird trade are websites. I went on a few and located a

number of adverts. It was clearly him. He seemed to be taking orders

in advance. This was not any conservation programme. It was

purely for profit. But for the case to stand up in court, the unit had

to prove he was selling the birds on. And he was trying to cover his

tracks. If he loaned the birds to other breeders, it was technically

not a sale. So Mark Bunn asked some purchasers to sail a piece --

signed a piece of paper stating that the birds were on loan. Yet at

the same time, he took their money. Paul Shepherd is a respected

breeder who bought birds from the cellar. A pair of goshawks, one of

only two breeding pairs known in the UK, and two American kestrels.

What are the conditions you need for birds like this to breed?

need to be happy, looked after, well-fed and left to get on with it.

They look in fantastic condition. Was that the case when you bought

them? No. They were dirty. I found them in a terrible state. I do not

think they had had a bath for a month. What was your reaction when

you got the phone call from the wildlife crime unit? Panic. I

thought I had bought the birds illegally. They were going to be

seized. Despite their illegal import and sale, the UK Border

Agency decided that the best prospect for these birds would be

to remain in Mr Shepherd's care. Not all the others fared so well.

Although the culprit pleaded guilty to a number of offences, three of

the birds he imported have never been located and he has never

revealed where they are. At his trial in November 2010, he was

sentenced to 10 months in prison, but his sentence was suspended for

two years, owing to the birth of his baby and the effect his

imprisonment would have on the family. He was a lucky man. He

could have faced a jail sentence of seven years for crimes of this

severity. The court also took into account his lack of previous

convictions. But the ease with which he turned to criminal

activity shows why the National Wildlife Crime Unit has to take

every tip-off they receive very seriously. And for the birds in

Scotland, there is a happy ending. Not only did they have a new home

where they are cared for, but it is hoped that they will be breeding

soon and will fulfil the purpose of their original import permit.

The that was the last of Miranda's films on the National Wildlife

Crime Unit. Keep up the good work. Let's talk about your new film, A

Dolphin's Tale. It is based on a true story. You play a marine

biologist who looks after the lovely Winter we saw earlier. Give

us a bit of the background? In real life, Winter was brought to this

clear water Marine aquarium in Florida and her tail had got

wrapped up in a crab net. So they brought her to the hospital, and

her pale had lost so much speculation that they had to

amputate it. It was an ethical dilemma for the guy that I play,

because on the one hand, it probably would have been easier and

cheaper to youth denies her. On the other hand, it was an opportunity

to go some place where they had never gone before, which was to

amputate the tail, see what her quality of life would be like. They

ended up developing a prosthetic tale for her, which has

consequently helped human prosthetics. So it is pretty neat.

We saw it last night in 3-D. It is a brilliant film to see in 3-D.

would like to see it in four dimensions and just have Winter

sitting there. Her let's have a Delicious. My dad is jealous. He is

usually the favourite. I am not 5th he is drinking! She is drinking,

She wants some more. All right. Now I am jealous. I am sure lots of

people would be jealous that you were so close. Winter plays herself.

That was the cool thing. As an actor, when you are portraying

something or relocation that really happened, to be able to filming

location is a great treat. But we were with Winter herself every day.

It was almost overwhelming to be around this incredible animal.

must have learnt a lot about how to deal with dolphins and the way they

react to humans. I learnt about how to deal with her, because she has

had so many interactions with people specific to her trauma that

it is different. I was not giving signals to her to spin around or

anything. I had to hold her in my arms. We had to approach the pool

very carefully. We could not make any loud noises. Once I went to get

out of the pool, and they said no, you have to ask her permission. So

I learned things are specific to Winter. She is a brilliant actress,

with all the tricks. Is there any CGI? There is some animatronics.

There were things they could not get her to do, because they were

too hard. There was one time when they got her to flip on her side,

close her eye, blow bubbles out of her blowhole and sing to the bottom

of the pool. I could not do that! You pick up on this in the film.

She was swimming without the tail and it was putting stress on her

back. How is she now? It has been six years. On a dolphin or a whale,

it is not technically a tale. But they go up and down normally. And

she started to move up side to side to keep afloat. And she started to

damage her spine. So when they put the prosthetic on her, she

naturally goes up and down like she should. So it is corrective. She is

doing great. It has been an inspirational story for amputees

and people with children with disabilities. Amazing. So she got

used to the tale straight away. And it was the building of that which

inspired the doctor to build more prosthetics? Well, their skin is

really sensitive. So they have to put a sock on it. It is a clear,

squishy gel. They had to develop the right type of gel so that when

you clamp down the pits that it, it will not hurt the skin. They are

now using that gel on people. It is called Winter's gel. A girl came up

to me at the premier who had lost her leg, and she said, I am using

Winter's gel! It is so much more comfortable on my leg. Have your

children seen the film? They have. My little daughter, Charlotte -

there they are. That is Georgia, Gill, Kate and me. I am yelling at

someone. Get that camera out of a! My little one had a line in the

movie, so she is on top of the world. Will you be a dolphin expert

now? I know everything about 'em. We will give you a call. A

Dolphin's Tale will be in cinemas from 14th October.

Now, our green-fingered girl Christine Walkden has been racking

up an impressive number of household names who have been

willing to show her around their gardens. Good job she is not here,

otherwise she would want to poke around in your garden as well.

Tonight, she comes up smelling of forces -- smelling of roses with a

forces sweetheart. I am calling on someone who quite

rightly is well accustomed to receiving beautiful bouquet of

roses. Just as well that these are not for indoors.

Evergreen does not begin to describe Dame Vera Lynn. She first

became a star more than 70 years ago, and for half of that time, she

has enjoyed this garden in Sussex. I always love the country. I had an

aunt who lived in the country and we always spelt -- spent our school

holidays with her. I love it here. I can see the downs in the distance.

I have always loved being out in the air and seeing everything

growing. I don't care whether it is a cultivated plant or not. If

things pop up anywhere, I let them grow. Excellent. Live and let live.

I have marigolds growing out of my veranda, but they look so pretty,

so I leave them. Dame Vera's the Queen Mother of Sussex, but this is

a long way from where she grew up. It was in her grandmother's Terrace

in East Ham. It was a backyard garden. My father was a plumber and

my mother was a dressmaker. I just took a liking to gardening. I

always wanted a rockery when I was little. So I collected all the

largest stones I could find in the garden and built myself a rockery

against the fence. And I put any little plant I could find lying

around in the rockery. I believe you used to do a bit of performing

in that garden? I used to sing my songs to the plants and do an exit

and an entrance and a curtsy to the plants! That is why they grew so

well. And the young hero was not just a good gardener. She was a

child star who made enough money by the age of 21-by her parents their

first home. And that was before the Second World War. I was seven when

I first went on stage. I earned my first salary of seven shillings and

sixpence. That was a lot of money in those days. That was a while ago.

Our forces sweetheart is now a sprightly 94. This tree is the tree

of heaven that Mount Batten gave me. He had won in his garden. But it

has never done anything. It has not got any bigger than when I first

planted it. It may be a bit dry for it. It has the competition of the

oak. There is an orchard over there. That has lovely daffodils in the

spring. It adds a different aspect of the garden. But the poor old

trees suffered in the '80s, when we had the big storm. How many trees

did you lose in the storm? About 80. But now, you would not notice them

missing, because they all pop up somewhere, baby ones. I have

noticed you have got some old roses in the garden. They must have been

planted in the '20s. They are getting ancient now. I have brought

you a present. I will show you a technique where you can put roses

back where they have grown before. There was a time when you couldn't

plant roses where they had been, but someone came up with a clever

idea of planting them in fresh soil in a cardboard box. When the

cardboard has rotted the new rose is strong enough to withstand

infection. There is it is, my own little contribution to the vast and

varied garden. There we are. Some new roses. Lovely. They are

beautiful. Thank you very much. Great pleasure. I wonder if she

will let me come back next year to see how they look? Beautiful garden

and voice. Dan is here. Dan, we didn't see any old footage. We

heard the music, but remind us of why she was a beauty? The guys

loved her and listening to her and it was an important part of morale

building. Here is footage of her in Burma. It was one of the most

hardest-fought campaigns and she was out there. Veterans have said

to me Churchill didn't defeat the Nazis, Vera Lynn sang them to death.

She is kind of like the Katherine Jenkins or Cheryl Cole. Those guys

have followed in her footsteps. Cheryl Cole has been out to

Afghanistan. Bob Hope in the States for going out to sing to the troops

in the Second World War. Harry you were in the film Memphis Belle.

Let's look at you. #... And wet with snow

# I'll be here in sunshine or in shadow oh, Danny boy I love you

so... # APPLAUSE

Lovely. It looks like you were having a nice time there. That was

fun. That was a fun night. That was my first movie and I was over here

in England. Very special time. Would you go out and entertain the

troops in Afghanistan? Yeah. My sister is in the army and she just

got back from a tour over there. God bless everybody who is

protecting the rest of the people in the world. I would be honoured

to do that. Dan, you have brought in a bit of light reading. Get some

of that. Have a look at that. It's a big book. It's one of the most

important finds in the next ten years. Extraordinary collection of

material about the SAS during the Second World War. It's like the

Navy Seals. All the secret missions were in there. It was kept by an

old veteran. There were pictures. It's like a scrapbook of everything

that happened in the war. Unbelievable. Can you buy this?

can. Unbelievable. It's 25 pounds weight. I won't say what it cost.

Is there any story in there that stood out? It blue me away. Rommel,

the great German commander in France. There is a picture of him

now. There were four SAS guys who were brought in to try to kill him

or bring him back to Britain and question him. I didn't know that

mission took place. This is from one guy? Half is from one guy and

now it's been published they've added other stuff. One guy did it

and no-one new it skitted. You keep reading it. Hopefully I'll finish

it by the next segment. We'll talk about dolphins then. I'm almost

done! Now, Harry recorded the soundtrack for When Harry Met Sally.

There it is. For those of you who haven't seen the film, the couple

have chance encounters over 12 years before realising that they

are indeed in love. Classic rom-com. How did you meet and fall in love?

All we needed was a couch like one in the fit many. We met in about

October 1940. The RAF came to my mother who had a large house and

said, "You've got three Air Force men coming." We had to look after

them and feed them. Yes. We went to play tennis of an evening and I

suppose really and truly talking and on the way home - That's right.

We just fell in love. Yes. What we used to do was I used to pop up and

get ready for bed and he use -- used to time it so as I came down

the stairs he came along the hall to go into his bedroom and we had a

good-night kiss. I used to world for the coop years ago. We went on

an outing. I went because somebody else couldn't go and I wasn't

looking for love. It was on the way back that it started, like. It went

on from there. He was lovely. He's still lovely. When he behaves! We

met at an ice hockey match. We work in opposing bars and I mentioned to

Nicky's manager that I liked her. picked him up at a dance. I spoke

to him first. In first year there were traffic-light parties and they

gave half a card each to people and you had to find your match and we

were each other's match. When we met I was helping a friend in a

cafe and he came in that day and it sort of went on from there then.

Now, 54 years later. We met over the bridge on the loch in sterling.

No, we didn't. We met in the bar. Sorry, I remember it well! Alex was

just explaining the concept of a traffic-light party to Harry.

Sounds good. Yeah, man. I can't go any more. No, of course. Talking

about that, you have been married for 17 years. A long time. Give us

your story. How did you meet? in LA doing a CD and that album

that you were playing was just about to come out and I saw Jill

walk past the pool. I was swimming in the pool at at hot el. I saw her

and knew her through a friend and I jumped out and introduced myself

and asked her for lunch. She said no. Straightaway. I says, -- said,

please, ten minutes. She said OK. The first thing I did was went to

the record company and said please give me a copy because I was trying

to impress her. I wanted her to know who I was. I gave her the

music and I said this is what I do. Can you remember what you ate for

the meal? What I was wearing? Eating? I remember what I was

wearing. I had a green velvet suit on. It's no wonder she said no

originally. Green velvet. Brilliant. Obviously, there was the transition

from the music to the movies. What made that? I was playing at a club

in LA and I was about 20 years old and someone from the casting

department of a film Memphis Belle saw me play. He said, "Would you be

interested in being in a movie?" I wanted to be in a movie. I

auditioned and I loved it and I've done them ever since. You are

combining the two now, because you are on to Broadway? Yeah. It's cool.

The show is a great way to be an actor, because you can sing and

dance. I have two great dancers in front of me. Not so great yet!

Never will be at this rate. I feel so sick. We won't go into that. All

will be fine. 50 years ago the world celebrated as a five foot two

cosmo naught became the first man in space. He said let's go in

Russian. He was six, two when he left. Space travel doesn't do it

for you. What Yuri wouldn't have realised is that he inspired a

seven-year-old girl in north London to reach for the stars herself. Dr

Maggie is one of the UK's leading space scientists. Space for me has

been a passion all my life. If I can't get into the space I want to

do the next best thing. She creates machines that travel into space.

She is responsible for building a variety of satellites to monitor

the Earth. We have had satellites in our lives for just over 50 years,

so technology is relatively young in technology, but it's made a

really major impact. Her passion for space started at a young age,

with a planet far, far away. Claners' planet is bleak. I think

when I was probably two or three I used to watch the Clangers and it

was my favourite TV programme. I thought I want to go out there.

desire to visit space continued. She wasn't always encouraged.

used to suffer from dyslexia, so when I told my teacher I wanted to

be an astronaut and go into space they said, "I don't know if that's

the sort of thing you do." It was at university she became inspired

by her science hero, the first man in space. Yuri was a pioneer and he

went where no-one had been before and he was launched into space just

over 50 years ago and he orbitted the Earth and he was in space for

about 108 minutes, but for mankind it was an opening. We suddenly have

our first astronaut and first person into space. His pioneering

journey in 1961 paved the way for modern space exploration. But it

didn't come without risks. What he did was so brave. There was a 50%

chance he would have been blown up on the launch pad, but even with

the odds he took the challenge. a young Maggie learning about him

made her realise that her space dreams might come true. He came

from a very humble background, a bit like me. We share a birthday.

We are born on 9th March, so it feels lying a bond was developing.

Although Maggie hasn't visited space, her work gets her as close

as possible. Her most recent project has been to build

satellites to monitor climate change. We can look at the effects

of climate change and see lakes shrinking and glaciers receding.

One day we hope to have a range of satellites giving us better

predictions of weather so for instance if there is a hurricane

brewing we will have a better understanding where it is likely to

hit and the timescale, so we can protect people. Satellites contain

highly sensitive equipment to record data when is sent to Earth

for analysis. This sets a challenge for people like Maggie who need to

build them robust enough to survive and the stress of the launch itself.

We spend ages lovingly putting this together and then we actually put

it through hell to make sure it will survive. We put it on a

vibration plate and shake it in lots of different directions and

put it into the chamber and suck out all the air and we take it

through thermal cycling. She now faces her biggest challenge yet.

She is helping to build the James Webb space telescope, the successor

to the humble. When launched in 1990, it was the largest of its

kind, but this one goes further. The structures it uses will be

three times larger than Hubble's. This one is an incredibly exciting

piece of machinery and it's huge. It is one million miles way from

Earth. This will mean that this telescope will sit four times

further from Earth than the moon. Just like Hubble it will peer deep

into space, but can new infrared technology it will be able to

capture even more detailed images and she believes she's developments

are only possible thanks to the legacy of Yuri. He would have seen

a view that no-one else has ever seen and that insurance spires me

today. I'm hoping we will get new insight into the universe that can

take us further than ever before. Thanks to Maggie and Marty. Who

inspired you? My dad. I look up to him and he's 85. Still going strong.