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Hello, this week we are in search of the family of an unknown soldier | :00:00. | :00:00. | |
who fell in the battlefields of France. | :00:07. | :00:08. | |
Plus, I've been spending the winter with a couple of Dales farmers. | :00:09. | :00:23. | |
Welcome to Inside Out, I'm Paul Hudson. | :00:24. | :00:25. | |
This week, we are trying to identify a soldier who lost his life | :00:26. | :00:28. | |
Will experts be able to find his family more than 100 years on? | :00:29. | :00:35. | |
Also tonight, I meet two sheep farmers trying to contend | :00:36. | :00:37. | |
with winter weather and the cold wind that Brexit might bring. | :00:38. | :00:42. | |
They are going to lose the environmental benefits that have | :00:43. | :00:45. | |
been created over the last 40 years through subsidies, | :00:46. | :00:47. | |
and they are going to lose the cheap food policy, | :00:48. | :00:49. | |
because people will go out of business. | :00:50. | :00:52. | |
the Royal Shakespeare Company moves to Hull. | :00:53. | :01:03. | |
Almost a million British families lost loved ones on the battlefields | :01:04. | :01:05. | |
For some, what was even worse was that they never | :01:06. | :01:10. | |
knew what happened, just that their father, son | :01:11. | :01:12. | |
But for one in Yorkshire family, their wait may be coming to an end. | :01:13. | :01:20. | |
Fred Holmes is about to give a sample of his DNA, | :01:21. | :01:23. | |
a test that could explain what happened to his great-uncle, | :01:24. | :01:27. | |
John, a soldier killed in 1916 and one of the many whose bodies | :01:28. | :01:31. | |
I still feel very emotional about it. | :01:32. | :01:37. | |
Because, you know, it was a very big thing, you know, | :01:38. | :01:41. | |
all these people climbing over the trenches and going off | :01:42. | :01:43. | |
To think, you know, a member of my family had succumbed | :01:44. | :02:00. | |
in that particular battle, it was very, very | :02:01. | :02:02. | |
And what would it mean to the family to find him? | :02:03. | :02:09. | |
I know in my heart, if I wanted to go and be close to him, | :02:10. | :02:14. | |
I could go to Thiepval and I could see his name on the, um, | :02:15. | :02:18. | |
But, um, it would be nice to see a gravestone in a war cemetery. | :02:19. | :02:29. | |
For similar reasons, Francis Storry is taking the same test. | :02:30. | :02:34. | |
Along with his wife, Susan, he wants to know about a relative | :02:35. | :02:37. | |
called Henry Parker, another great-uncle who never | :02:38. | :02:40. | |
When they were in the trenches and this and that, you know, | :02:41. | :02:48. | |
"Come on, out, lads, come on, get 'em." | :02:49. | :02:54. | |
And all the bullets and that were coming over, it must | :02:55. | :02:56. | |
Been thinking about it the other night, you know, | :02:57. | :03:03. | |
I know what I think of it now, it's absolutely good | :03:04. | :03:08. | |
Francis and Fred's great-uncles both served with the Yorkshire Regiment, | :03:09. | :03:20. | |
who recruited soldiers from Yorkshire and the North East. | :03:21. | :03:24. | |
In 1916, though, they were to lose their lives in one of the most | :03:25. | :03:28. | |
I think if you ask anybody to name a battle from the First World War, | :03:29. | :03:36. | |
they would all say the Battle of the Somme. | :03:37. | :03:38. | |
The bloodiest battle in the history of the British Army. | :03:39. | :03:41. | |
And here we have medals awarded to some of the men who fought | :03:42. | :03:44. | |
there and in previous campaigns, all here in our medal room | :03:45. | :03:47. | |
at the Green Howards Museum in Richmond, standing as testament | :03:48. | :03:49. | |
And four particular medals here, awarded during the Somme campaign, | :03:50. | :03:54. | |
four Victoria Crosses for individual acts of bravery. | :03:55. | :03:58. | |
So, what would conditions have been like for these men? | :03:59. | :04:00. | |
Pretty much as you imagine, you've seen it so many times. | :04:01. | :04:03. | |
They're living in trenches, if food comes up and can get up, | :04:04. | :04:06. | |
that's great, water is short, you are being sniped and shelled, | :04:07. | :04:09. | |
and you know you've got to go over the top at some point in the future. | :04:10. | :04:20. | |
Many of those who died are remembered here | :04:21. | :04:22. | |
in the war cemeteries of northern France. | :04:23. | :04:26. | |
But for 500,000 soldiers, including John and Henry, | :04:27. | :04:30. | |
there is no recognised grave, as their bodies were never found. | :04:31. | :04:36. | |
For one family, though, there is a glimmer of hope. | :04:37. | :04:39. | |
100 years on, there is news that one long lost soldier | :04:40. | :04:42. | |
Well, last year, in a field in France, human remains | :04:43. | :04:48. | |
were discovered of a First World War soldier, and on him was a very, | :04:49. | :04:52. | |
very distinctive cap badge, which means that we know | :04:53. | :04:55. | |
which battalion of this regiment he served with. | :04:56. | :04:58. | |
So, how unusual is it to find human remains with a cap badge like this? | :04:59. | :05:02. | |
To get that starting point, that clue that helps us narrow it down, | :05:03. | :05:07. | |
the possibilities of who this individual might be, | :05:08. | :05:09. | |
So, how is it that a find in a field in France has brought | :05:10. | :05:18. | |
hope to these families, 100 years on? | :05:19. | :05:21. | |
Well, it is all down to a team of war detectives, based at this | :05:22. | :05:24. | |
They work for the Ministry of Defence, and bit by bit, | :05:25. | :05:29. | |
they are piecing together the story of this unknown soldier. | :05:30. | :05:38. | |
After 100 years, identifying the soldier will not be easy. | :05:39. | :05:42. | |
For the war detectives, though, the metal regimental badge | :05:43. | :05:44. | |
It is from the 5th Battalion, the Yorkshire Regiment, | :05:45. | :05:52. | |
the T is for territorial, because the 5th Battalion | :05:53. | :05:55. | |
So, how much of a head start does something like this give you? | :05:56. | :06:00. | |
If you did not have that insignia, you would not be able | :06:01. | :06:03. | |
You have to determine what the regiment is before you can | :06:04. | :06:07. | |
There were so many thousands of soldiers killed out there, | :06:08. | :06:13. | |
there would be no way you could identify them | :06:14. | :06:15. | |
without identifying an insignia like this. | :06:16. | :06:19. | |
As enquiries continue, it emerges the mystery soldier | :06:20. | :06:23. | |
could be related to one of 12 different families. | :06:24. | :06:29. | |
All of these documents say that the 5th Battalion | :06:30. | :06:34. | |
were tasked with an attack, setting off from the trench | :06:35. | :06:39. | |
where they came from, up to an attack on the enemy trench | :06:40. | :06:44. | |
line here, which you can see, which is the wiggly line. | :06:45. | :06:49. | |
I'd like to say it's very exciting, it's very exciting when you get | :06:50. | :06:52. | |
the information and you find information in the diaries, | :06:53. | :06:54. | |
and you can actually trace the movements. | :06:55. | :06:56. | |
It is also very harrowing, it is very emotive, | :06:57. | :06:59. | |
because as you take the case forward, if you can take it forward | :07:00. | :07:03. | |
to identification and then to burial, you become acutely aware | :07:04. | :07:07. | |
of what these young men had to deal with, and the enormity | :07:08. | :07:11. | |
And here is where the science begins. | :07:12. | :07:22. | |
have been brought to a government laboratory in Middlesex. | :07:23. | :07:27. | |
But what are the odds of the family's DNA | :07:28. | :07:30. | |
We are given a ratio, so, say, one in a million aspect, | :07:31. | :07:38. | |
and then we put that information together with all the other | :07:39. | :07:40. | |
information, such as the artefacts, details from the anthropology, | :07:41. | :07:44. | |
and that all then links together to produce, hopefully, | :07:45. | :07:47. | |
As a scientist, I guess you look at things in black and white, | :07:48. | :07:56. | |
but in a case like this, do you get emotionally involved? | :07:57. | :07:59. | |
You come across the aspect where you might be able to help | :08:00. | :08:03. | |
identify someone who has died 100 years ago, yeah, you cannot take | :08:04. | :08:07. | |
So, with emotions running high, an extraordinary investigation | :08:08. | :08:14. | |
But will any family receive the news that brings | :08:15. | :08:19. | |
In Yarm, there's disappointment for Fred. | :08:20. | :08:27. | |
In Driffield, though, there is dramatic news | :08:28. | :08:36. | |
The remains found are confirmed as those of his great-uncle, | :08:37. | :08:57. | |
Private Henry Parker, who was 23 years old. | :08:58. | :09:01. | |
Oh, we are going to have to give him a sendoff, aren't we? | :09:02. | :09:16. | |
After everything he's gone through, that's what he needs, | :09:17. | :09:19. | |
To find his remains, and it's come to this... | :09:20. | :09:32. | |
Private Henry Parker will be buried in France with full | :09:33. | :09:46. | |
A mystery solved through his regimental badge, the long lost | :09:47. | :09:52. | |
soldier at last reunited with his family. | :09:53. | :10:03. | |
And if you've got any comments about tonight's programme, | :10:04. | :10:05. | |
or if you've got a story you think we might like to cover, | :10:06. | :10:09. | |
you can get in touch on Facebook or on Twitter. | :10:10. | :10:12. | |
The Royal Shakespeare Company come marching into Hull. | :10:13. | :10:21. | |
Now, hill farming has never been an easy life, | :10:22. | :10:25. | |
and many farmers struggle to make it pay. | :10:26. | :10:28. | |
There is now uncertainty following Brexit about EU farming subsidies. | :10:29. | :10:33. | |
Well, I've been to meet two farmers from this area who are preparing | :10:34. | :10:36. | |
for an uncertain future, and coping with | :10:37. | :10:38. | |
But if you had to eke out a living from this terrain, | :10:39. | :10:53. | |
you might take a less romantic view of its charms. | :10:54. | :10:59. | |
Starting in the dark, so that we can get all the cattle | :11:00. | :11:05. | |
It's very pleasant when it's cold and crisp. | :11:06. | :11:12. | |
It's a little bit wearing when it's wet. | :11:13. | :11:15. | |
Tenant farmer Garry Schofield's day starts at 6am. | :11:16. | :11:21. | |
To add to his income as a sheep farmer, he also | :11:22. | :11:24. | |
The hours are long and the work is hard, but the economics | :11:25. | :11:29. | |
of the business have never been tougher. | :11:30. | :11:32. | |
The importance of efficiency has increased dramatically. | :11:33. | :11:38. | |
Farming, I would say, has become much more of a similar | :11:39. | :11:41. | |
business to what you would see in the middle of Leeds. | :11:42. | :11:45. | |
It is very much now dependent on the food policy that needs to be | :11:46. | :11:48. | |
developed by our Government for post-Brexit times. | :11:49. | :11:51. | |
Because if they do go down the road of cutting subsidies | :11:52. | :11:55. | |
to farmers across the country, which then drives farmers | :11:56. | :11:58. | |
to food production on mass scale to fill the gap, | :11:59. | :12:02. | |
then they are going to lose the environmental benefits that have | :12:03. | :12:05. | |
been created over the last 40 years through subsidies, | :12:06. | :12:08. | |
and they are going to lose the cheap food policy, | :12:09. | :12:10. | |
because people will go out of business if they haven't got | :12:11. | :12:13. | |
Some farmers get less for their livestock | :12:14. | :12:18. | |
And until there's a government policy on how post EU | :12:19. | :12:23. | |
agriculture will work, Garry is unsure whether he'll be | :12:24. | :12:25. | |
That's a little heifer there, which is quite small, | :12:26. | :12:31. | |
gets bullied out of the feed by the others. | :12:32. | :12:34. | |
This is a ram, he broke his leg in the summer, so he has been no use | :12:35. | :12:38. | |
this year for serving the sheep, so he is getting fattened | :12:39. | :12:40. | |
20 miles to the south in Malham, Garry's friend Neil Hesseltine | :12:41. | :12:52. | |
I took over from my parents, who farmed the farm prior to me, | :12:53. | :13:03. | |
things are very different now, things are not necessarily | :13:04. | :13:05. | |
about the production of food quite so much. | :13:06. | :13:08. | |
We would still like that to be the case. | :13:09. | :13:10. | |
But we are still extremely reliant on payments, | :13:11. | :13:14. | |
environmental payments and subsidies and these sorts of things, | :13:15. | :13:16. | |
so that is almost as big a part of the farming world | :13:17. | :13:19. | |
But, you know, I love to be a farmer and although it | :13:20. | :13:24. | |
doesn't look great today, this is a great place to be. | :13:25. | :13:33. | |
Back in Buckden and Garry's finished on the farm | :13:34. | :13:35. | |
and he's up on the moorside, checking on his sheep. | :13:36. | :13:38. | |
We came here in 1995, when the National Trust bought | :13:39. | :13:42. | |
the farm, so that's 20 years, isn't it? | :13:43. | :13:44. | |
So, how has the job changed in the time that you've done it? | :13:45. | :13:47. | |
There has been quite a few changes in comparatively | :13:48. | :13:49. | |
All to do, probably, with the environmental side | :13:50. | :13:55. | |
of the payments and the way that agriculture has been led | :13:56. | :13:57. | |
We've had the climate change over the last 20 years, | :13:58. | :14:02. | |
How do you cope with the extremes of weather? | :14:03. | :14:07. | |
If you think back, last year was stormy and wet, relentless rain. | :14:08. | :14:09. | |
2010, the coldest December since 1890 and, what, | :14:10. | :14:13. | |
It must be the extremes that are difficult to cope with. | :14:14. | :14:19. | |
In 2010, when that cold weather came in, early December, normally, | :14:20. | :14:23. | |
we would not have been feeding sheep at that time of year. | :14:24. | :14:25. | |
It kicked off the feeding time of the year a month early, | :14:26. | :14:28. | |
and we had to continue feeding the sheep. | :14:29. | :14:31. | |
Right the way through the winter, right the way into the spring. | :14:32. | :14:34. | |
So, it was a knock-on effect, it was very, very expensive. | :14:35. | :14:37. | |
And then last year, obviously, we had very, very little snow | :14:38. | :14:39. | |
and an awful lot of rain, and that was more of a mental | :14:40. | :14:42. | |
attitude, as in, do I have to get up and go out and feed | :14:43. | :14:46. | |
Six weeks, you know, of blowing terrible wet weather, | :14:47. | :14:49. | |
on both me and the sheep, it took its toll. | :14:50. | :14:57. | |
Down in the valley at Heber Farm in Buckden, Garry and his wife Gill | :14:58. | :15:01. | |
have had to look at ways of making the land pay. | :15:02. | :15:03. | |
They hope this field will be open as a campsite this year. | :15:04. | :15:10. | |
This was one thing that was open to us, which was reasonably simple, | :15:11. | :15:14. | |
and hopefully is going to be quite effective and enable us | :15:15. | :15:16. | |
to secure our business for the years to come. | :15:17. | :15:21. | |
We had a campsite here for the Tour de France, | :15:22. | :15:23. | |
And I think that's what inspired us and gave us the idea. | :15:24. | :15:29. | |
The need for an alternative was huge. | :15:30. | :15:32. | |
We have two children, we have one we are trying | :15:33. | :15:34. | |
It was an absolute necessity, because we were looking at such | :15:35. | :15:40. | |
a dramatic shortfall in payment, it was quite frightening. | :15:41. | :15:45. | |
Farmers are not alone in facing post-Brexit uncertainty. | :15:46. | :15:48. | |
But without the subsidies the EU provide to make | :15:49. | :15:51. | |
food production viable, there are genuine | :15:52. | :15:52. | |
Dales farming isn't just a business, it's a way of life. | :15:53. | :16:01. | |
The bunk barn was something that my mum and dad converted, | :16:02. | :16:06. | |
Some things never change, they saw that farming | :16:07. | :16:09. | |
was getting tough at the time, and diversifying from sort of woman | :16:10. | :16:16. | |
was getting tough at the time, and diversifying from sort of | :16:17. | :16:19. | |
you know, a cattle shed into visitor accommodation was something they did | :16:20. | :16:22. | |
Neil's wife Leigh is preparing the barn for the next set of guests. | :16:23. | :16:29. | |
It's more proof that farming alone can no longer sustain the family. | :16:30. | :16:32. | |
It has allowed me to stay on the farm and take a wage from it | :16:33. | :16:36. | |
and run this business, because there is not always a lot | :16:37. | :16:38. | |
It fluctuates, it is an industry that fluctuates, | :16:39. | :16:42. | |
and incomes can drop, so it just gives us something | :16:43. | :16:43. | |
else to spread the risk of our income, really. | :16:44. | :16:48. | |
Without money from tourists, Leigh would have to go back to work | :16:49. | :16:51. | |
in historic building conservation, taking her away from the farm. | :16:52. | :16:55. | |
It would be a case of driving to a town or city, to take | :16:56. | :16:58. | |
Most of my work was in local authorities, within their planning | :16:59. | :17:04. | |
departments, so I would have to look into that and move away | :17:05. | :17:07. | |
So, this allows me, I suppose, to be able to stay at home and be | :17:08. | :17:15. | |
involved with the business, which is a really nice thing. | :17:16. | :17:20. | |
And it allows Leigh to spend more time with her daughter, | :17:21. | :17:25. | |
who would represent a fifth generation at the family farm. | :17:26. | :17:30. | |
Is there pressure to keep on the family tradition of farming? | :17:31. | :17:33. | |
My parents never put any pressure on me to become a farmer. | :17:34. | :17:36. | |
It's what I felt I was interested in and it's what I wanted to do. | :17:37. | :17:40. | |
But there is certainly a feeling, an aspect looking back | :17:41. | :17:43. | |
and you're thinking, I'm actually doing what my | :17:44. | :17:45. | |
forefathers have done that for me, and carrying on that tradition, | :17:46. | :17:47. | |
But whether farming will remain economically | :17:48. | :17:51. | |
viable for his children, a fifth generation, | :17:52. | :17:53. | |
It was always slightly uncertain anyway, but the Brexit vote has | :17:54. | :17:59. | |
thrown all that into chaos, you know, and I'm not even sure | :18:00. | :18:02. | |
if the Government knows where we are going next, | :18:03. | :18:04. | |
But you know, we've just got to farm through those uncertainties and hope | :18:05. | :18:09. | |
It's a couple of months since I was up here last, | :18:10. | :18:19. | |
We have been very lucky with the weather. | :18:20. | :18:23. | |
I've come back to see what progress Garry and Gillian have | :18:24. | :18:26. | |
They're already up against it with budget and time, | :18:27. | :18:29. | |
We've been waiting for the Electric Board to come and put | :18:30. | :18:35. | |
We've been waiting since the middle of September and we've just found | :18:36. | :18:40. | |
out this morning that there is some paperwork gone amiss. | :18:41. | :18:44. | |
So, we have probably another six weeks to wait before they can come | :18:45. | :18:47. | |
So, it's just another of those things that have | :18:48. | :18:52. | |
By Easter, this site needs to be ready for 22 tent pitches | :18:53. | :18:56. | |
and there'll be three wooden camping pods. | :18:57. | :18:59. | |
Money has been spent, money needs to come back in, | :19:00. | :19:02. | |
it will be open for Easter, there's no choice. | :19:03. | :19:06. | |
I was very anxious to hear that the electricity was going to be | :19:07. | :19:09. | |
On top of running a farm full-time and Gillian working as a nurse, | :19:10. | :19:14. | |
they're having to ponder pricing, promotion and how to operate | :19:15. | :19:16. | |
Both Garry and Neil have had to look long and hard at the books. | :19:17. | :19:23. | |
And they've had to get better at being small businessmen | :19:24. | :19:26. | |
Imagination is going to be key if hill farming | :19:27. | :19:30. | |
Now, you should all know by now that Hull is the UK City of Culture, | :19:31. | :19:42. | |
and nothing is more cultured than the Royal Shakespeare Company. | :19:43. | :19:46. | |
And they have moved actors, technicians and some really | :19:47. | :19:49. | |
interesting props northwards for a brand-new production. | :19:50. | :19:52. | |
Anne-Marie Tasker has been taking a look. | :19:53. | :19:57. | |
It is a play that boasts star names... | :19:58. | :20:03. | |
The Hypocrite, starring Caroline Quentin and Mark Addy, | :20:04. | :20:14. | |
had its world premiere in Hull this weekend. | :20:15. | :20:18. | |
Why is there a Frenchwoman in the bedroom? | :20:19. | :20:25. | |
But the journey getting it from page to stage has been a long one. | :20:26. | :20:29. | |
And a pause there, please, for lighting. | :20:30. | :20:35. | |
One of the first jobs was to find the Royal Shakespeare Company | :20:36. | :20:38. | |
A draughty, disused church on a housing estate. | :20:39. | :20:44. | |
I suspect that we probably don't need all the pews. No. | :20:45. | :20:48. | |
Unless one of the members of the company is getting | :20:49. | :20:50. | |
And by January, the pews have been replaced by cast and crew, | :20:51. | :20:56. | |
including the leading lady, Caroline Quentin. | :20:57. | :20:59. | |
For people that don't know, it is all about the beginning | :21:00. | :21:10. | |
of the Civil War, which happened in Hull, the Beverley Gate is the | :21:11. | :21:13. | |
The play is frantic, funny, and there is a lot of us in it. | :21:14. | :21:22. | |
For those of us that come from a time when it was too | :21:23. | :21:25. | |
expensive to have a lot of people on stage, who were normally involved | :21:26. | :21:28. | |
with five-handers and things, it is really exciting to be able | :21:29. | :21:30. | |
And this play is Hull through and through. | :21:31. | :21:37. | |
Written by a playwright from Hull, it is being rehearsed and premiered | :21:38. | :21:39. | |
here and is based on a key moment in Hull's past. | :21:40. | :21:45. | |
So, this is a very historic spot for Hull, isn't it? | :21:46. | :21:47. | |
So, in 1642, Hull was a walled town, a very secure fortress town. | :21:48. | :21:56. | |
And Sir John Hotham stood on the Beverley Gate low wall | :21:57. | :21:59. | |
and spoke directly to the King and refused him entry. | :22:00. | :22:04. | |
At that moment, he became treacherous and a traitor | :22:05. | :22:06. | |
The writer, Richard Bean, started researching his lead | :22:07. | :22:13. | |
You would think that would be enough for anybody, wouldn't you? | :22:14. | :22:30. | |
But rather than a historical drama, he has turned the events or 1642 | :22:31. | :22:38. | |
into a comedy. Villa I thought I would be doing all the politics. | :22:39. | :22:48. | |
Villa but what you hear, it is like reading a Feydeau farce, a French | :22:49. | :22:54. | |
farce. That final thing of the town is chaste, I'm not going to say | :22:55. | :22:59. | |
Benny Hill, but... I wasn't going to say that! But you were thinking it | :23:00. | :23:04. | |
Richard Bean had found his central character, and he's been plagued | :23:05. | :23:08. | |
with another Yorkshireman, TV and film star Mark Addy. -- being | :23:09. | :23:14. | |
played. I've spent the last two days running around inside a cardboard | :23:15. | :23:21. | |
box, which represents a commode, for reasons that are too complicated to | :23:22. | :23:26. | |
go into. But yes, farce is ultimately a physical form. I am | :23:27. | :23:35. | |
tricked, I'm done! I do sometimes think, am I too old for this? But we | :23:36. | :23:40. | |
are getting there and it will be... I think it is one of those, it is a | :23:41. | :23:48. | |
gift of a show. While the actors rehearse, work has started on the | :23:49. | :23:51. | |
week-long project of building the set. The largest Hull Truck Theatre | :23:52. | :23:58. | |
has ever made. To accommodate the biggest professional cast the | :23:59. | :24:02. | |
theatre has ever had, they are building more dressing rooms, even | :24:03. | :24:07. | |
converting offices. Before we have really struggled, but it was our | :24:08. | :24:14. | |
meeting rooms, changing rooms, like Windows, changing it purely into | :24:15. | :24:18. | |
dressing rooms. But now, people have been here all the time. It is now | :24:19. | :24:26. | |
two days until opening night, and everyone is heading through to the | :24:27. | :24:29. | |
stage for a technical rehearsal. It is the last chance for everyone to | :24:30. | :24:33. | |
practise and practice the trickiest bits of the play until they are | :24:34. | :24:40. | |
perfect. War is inevitable now. On your conscience! They are working 12 | :24:41. | :24:47. | |
hour days, going over every detail with a fine toothed comb. And as | :24:48. | :24:52. | |
with any farce, the physical jokes and timing have to be perfect. A new | :24:53. | :25:00. | |
play is always difficult, it is the best kind of theatre to do but | :25:01. | :25:03. | |
you're dealing with a developing script and it has never been done, | :25:04. | :25:06. | |
there is no production history. On top of that, you have songs, there | :25:07. | :25:11. | |
are physical comic routines, of which require some death-defying | :25:12. | :25:18. | |
bravery from the actors. With Hull being the City of Culture, to be | :25:19. | :25:25. | |
involved in the big opening show, for that year, it is terrific. She | :25:26. | :25:34. | |
swallowed a key, I was sucking it out! | :25:35. | :25:38. | |
Richard Bean is probably our best comedy writer at the moment. | :25:39. | :25:42. | |
Especially in terms of farce. He can write a farce like nobody else. | :25:43. | :25:47. | |
The more careful next time, you stupid Mayor! I read four of five | :25:48. | :25:56. | |
pages in bed and I said, I have got to do this play. I could not bear | :25:57. | :26:00. | |
the thought of somebody else laying Lady Sarah before I did. I am really | :26:01. | :26:07. | |
glad I am doing it first. -- playing. The play is filled with | :26:08. | :26:12. | |
tricks and illusions. From a sword through the neck, to mark Addy being | :26:13. | :26:17. | |
beheaded on stage. The man in charge of pulling it off work on the Harry | :26:18. | :26:21. | |
Potter play in the West End of London and says this show is proving | :26:22. | :26:26. | |
just as tough. You have people watching from three different sites, | :26:27. | :26:29. | |
so sometimes you can do things with magic and you do not want people to | :26:30. | :26:33. | |
be able to see from the sides, but with this, you have to think about | :26:34. | :26:37. | |
those things because people are up close. A lot closer than in a | :26:38. | :26:41. | |
conventional theatre. At one point there is a sword that gets put | :26:42. | :26:45. | |
through the ghost's neck. And this is a big solid thing. Yes, that was | :26:46. | :26:51. | |
the challenge. It is a solid sword through a neck but we are doing it. | :26:52. | :27:06. | |
Tell us how. I can't, it's magic! It has finally arrived, opening weekend | :27:07. | :27:09. | |
for the fastest selling show in Hull Truck Theatre's history. There does | :27:10. | :27:20. | |
come a point where there is a character missing from the play, and | :27:21. | :27:28. | |
that is the audience. Liver-mac it is very nerve wracking, I think it | :27:29. | :27:31. | |
kind of gets worse the older you get. You do not know the lines as | :27:32. | :27:37. | |
well. So it is nerve wracking. It is nerve wracking. But I am really | :27:38. | :27:42. | |
looking forward to the people of Hull seeing this play. At the play | :27:43. | :27:50. | |
about Hull getting its world premiere in Hull, went down a storm. | :27:51. | :27:55. | |
I'm getting a sense of the audience that they cannot load the story, | :27:56. | :28:02. | |
this is our story, and I am slightly ashamed that I kind it into a sex | :28:03. | :28:10. | |
farce! I am more interested in them following the story, but I love it. | :28:11. | :28:24. | |
Big stars, except, a big cast and a big response from the audience. It | :28:25. | :28:31. | |
went way better than I expected. The best thing I have ever seen. Coming | :28:32. | :28:34. | |
together to create the biggest theatrical moment in Hull's year as | :28:35. | :28:38. | |
City of Culture. That's all from us here at the top | :28:39. | :28:47. | |
of this very bleak hill! Make sure you join us next week. | :28:48. | :28:54. | |
We will find out what research in Bradford could do to help asthma and | :28:55. | :28:59. | |
how we could help other countries prevent air pollution. | :29:00. | :29:02. |