:00:10. > :00:14.Hello and welcome to the One Show, best of Britain. With legendary
:00:14. > :00:20.street barber, Michael Douglas. wildlife adventurer Miranda
:00:20. > :00:30.Krestovnikoff. This is another chance to see some of our favourite
:00:30. > :00:35.films. Now Michael, I brought you to one
:00:35. > :00:40.of my very favourite places. This is 800 acres of wildlife
:00:40. > :00:45.conservation in Gloucestershire. We're at Slimbridge part of the
:00:45. > :00:50.Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust, home to 200 species of bird. Making all the
:00:50. > :00:55.noise. That will be the flamingos. They normally find flamingos in
:00:55. > :00:59.places like the Caribbean and South America. These are found in Africa.
:00:59. > :01:02.In parts of the wild their habitats are under threat. Slimbridge is
:01:02. > :01:06.really important in their conservation and breeding. They
:01:06. > :01:09.look good, but smell pretty bad. The smell is unbelievable here.
:01:09. > :01:14.They do look pretty, that lovely colour comes naturally in the wild
:01:14. > :01:19.from the food that they eat. Here they have to supplement their diet
:01:19. > :01:23.to keep the pink feathers pink. These things are nests r, they?
:01:23. > :01:28.That's right. You can see an egg on one of the front ones there. In the
:01:28. > :01:32.wild the ground would be too hot for them to lay the eggs on. They
:01:32. > :01:38.build up the nests so it's in a cooler environment. Here they often
:01:38. > :01:44.take the aeing way, incubate it and give it back just in time to hatch.
:01:44. > :01:51.They don't know it's gone though, do they? No, they replace it with a
:01:51. > :01:54.wooden egg. Here are some more animals, not pirching, but prickly.
:01:54. > :01:59.The hedgehog, one of the most iconic characters in our
:01:59. > :02:04.countryside. But this prickly creature snufling about at the
:02:05. > :02:08.bottom of gardens is now on red alert. Numbers are plummeting so
:02:08. > :02:14.fast that without our help, hedgehogs in Britain may well be
:02:14. > :02:16.gone forever. I'm at a wildlife sanctuary in Somerset. I've come to
:02:16. > :02:17.see some of the sick and injured >
:02:17. > :02:18.> hedgehogs that are brought here
:02:18. > :02:19.> >
:02:19. > :02:20.> >
:02:20. > :02:21.This is BBC News, the headlines at This is BBC News, the headlines at
:02:21. > :02:21.This is BBC News, the headlines at every year. Pauline, who runs the
:02:21. > :02:21.This is BBC News, the headlines at 7.00. Guilty of contempt,
:02:21. > :02:22.sanctuary, has
:02:22. > :02:22.This is BBC News, the headlines at 7.00. Guilty of contempt, two
:02:22. > :02:22.sanctuary, has taken
:02:22. > :02:22.sanctuary, has taken in
:02:22. > :02:23.7.00. Guilty of contempt, two tabloids,
:02:23. > :02:23.7.00. Guilty of contempt, two tabloids, the
:02:23. > :02:23.sanctuary, has taken in two
:02:23. > :02:23.sanctuary, has taken in two new
:02:23. > :02:24.7.00. Guilty of contempt, two tabloids, the Sun and
:02:24. > :02:24.7.00. Guilty of contempt, two tabloids, the Sun and Mirror,
:02:24. > :02:24.sanctuary, has taken in two new baby
:02:24. > :02:24.tabloids, the Sun and Mirror, are
:02:24. > :02:24.baby hedgehogs.
:02:24. > :02:24.baby hedgehogs. These
:02:24. > :02:25.tabloids, the Sun and Mirror, are fined
:02:25. > :02:25.baby hedgehogs. These are
:02:25. > :02:25.tabloids, the Sun and Mirror, are fined for
:02:25. > :02:25.baby hedgehogs. These are only
:02:25. > :02:25.baby hedgehogs. These are only about
:02:25. > :02:25.tabloids, the Sun and Mirror, are fined for their
:02:25. > :02:25.about five
:02:25. > :02:25.tabloids, the Sun and Mirror, are fined for their coverage of
:02:25. > :02:26.about five or
:02:26. > :02:26.about five or six
:02:26. > :02:27.about five or six weeks
:02:27. > :02:27.tabloids, the Sun and Mirror, about five or six weeks old.
:02:27. > :02:27.are fined for their coverage of the murder
:02:27. > :02:28.They're really,
:02:28. > :02:28.are fined for their coverage of the murder of
:02:28. > :02:28.are fined for their coverage of the murder of Joanna Yeates.
:02:28. > :02:28.They're really, really
:02:28. > :02:29.They're really, really tiny.
:02:29. > :02:29.are fined for their coverage of the murder of Joanna Yeates.
:02:29. > :02:29.They're really, really tiny. They're
:02:29. > :02:29.are fined for their coverage of the murder of Joanna Yeates.
:02:29. > :02:29.They're beautiful.
:02:29. > :02:30.murder of Joanna Yeates. two
:02:30. > :02:30.murder of Joanna Yeates. two newspapers
:02:30. > :02:30.They're beautiful. Can
:02:30. > :02:31.They're beautiful. Can I
:02:31. > :02:31.murder of Joanna Yeates. two newspapers completely
:02:31. > :02:31.They're beautiful. Can I hold
:02:31. > :02:31.They're beautiful. Can I hold one?
:02:31. > :02:31.murder of Joanna Yeates. two newspapers completely lost
:02:31. > :02:31.murder of Joanna Yeates. two newspapers completely lost the
:02:32. > :02:32.two newspapers completely lost the plot,
:02:32. > :02:32.two newspapers completely lost the plot, they
:02:32. > :02:32.They're beautiful. Can I hold one? They're
:02:32. > :02:33.two newspapers completely lost the plot, they engaged
:02:33. > :02:33.They're doing
:02:33. > :02:33.two newspapers completely lost the plot, they engaged in a
:02:33. > :02:33.two newspapers completely lost the plot, they engaged in a feeding
:02:33. > :02:34.They're doing so
:02:34. > :02:34.They're doing so well,
:02:34. > :02:34.plot, they engaged in a feeding frenzy
:02:34. > :02:34.They're doing so well, aren't
:02:34. > :02:34.They're doing so well, aren't they?
:02:34. > :02:34.plot, they engaged in a feeding frenzy over the
:02:34. > :02:35.They're doing so well, aren't they? That's
:02:35. > :02:35.That's great.
:02:35. > :02:35.plot, they engaged in a feeding frenzy over the new
:02:35. > :02:35.plot, they engaged in a feeding frenzy over the new year
:02:35. > :02:39.plot, they engaged in a feeding frenzy over the new year
:02:39. > :02:42.frenzy over the new year period. Christopher Jefferies, the former
:02:42. > :02:47.landlord of Joanna Yeates, is awarded substantial damages and
:02:47. > :02:51.a public apology from eight newspapers. The first funerals
:02:51. > :02:54.are held for the victims of last week's gun and bomb attacks in
:02:54. > :02:57.Norway in which 77 people were killed. Time is running out
:02:57. > :03:05.Capitol Hill, President Obama appeals to both parties to work
:03:05. > :03:15.together to prevent a US debt default. Also coming up in the next
:03:15. > :03:26.
:03:26. > :03:30.hour, new GGG
:03:30. > :03:34.That's great. In fact, during the last 50 years, we've ripped out
:03:34. > :03:40.enough hedge rows in the UK to fit twice round the circumference of
:03:40. > :03:44.the planet. The effect on wildlife has been devastating, but
:03:44. > :03:51.thankfully hedge rows are now being protected. Shall we pop these back
:03:51. > :03:51.in? It's in a ball! Look at that. dock today. The Daily Mirror and The
:03:52. > :03:52.dock today. The Daily Mirror and The Pauline's aim is to release as many
:03:52. > :03:52.dock today. The Daily Mirror and The Sun were both
:03:52. > :03:52.hedgehogs as
:03:52. > :03:52.hedgehogs as possible
:03:52. > :03:53.hedgehogs as possible back
:03:53. > :03:54.hedgehogs as possible back to where dock today. The Daily Mirror and The
:03:54. > :03:54.dock today. The Daily Mirror and The Sun were both fined for contempt of
:03:54. > :03:55.Sun were both fined for contempt of Sun were both fined for contempt of
:03:55. > :03:55.Sun were both fined for contempt of court for their coverage of the
:03:55. > :03:55.still too
:03:55. > :03:55.still too young,
:03:55. > :03:55.court for their coverage of the arrest
:03:56. > :03:56.still too young, she's
:03:56. > :03:56.court for their coverage of the arrest of
:03:56. > :03:56.still too young, she's got
:03:56. > :03:56.court for their coverage of the arrest of Christopher Jefferies
:03:56. > :03:56.still too young, she's got three
:03:56. > :03:56.still too young, she's got three other
:03:56. > :03:56.court for their coverage of the arrest of Christopher Jefferies in
:03:56. > :03:56.other that's
:03:57. > :03:57.arrest of Christopher Jefferies in December
:03:57. > :03:57.other that's are
:03:57. > :03:57.other that's are ready
:03:57. > :03:57.arrest of Christopher Jefferies in December last
:03:57. > :03:57.other that's are ready to
:03:57. > :03:57.other that's are ready to go.
:03:58. > :03:58.arrest of Christopher Jefferies in December last year.
:03:58. > :03:58.arrest of Christopher Jefferies in December last
:03:58. > :03:59.arrest of Christopher Jefferies in December last year.
:03:59. > :04:00.arrest of Christopher Jefferies in December last year. Mr
:04:00. > :04:00.That's great. In fact, during December last year. Mr Jefferies was
:04:00. > :04:03.They're They're huge. Great big
:04:03. > :04:03.arrested during the hunt for the They're huge. Great big balls there.
:04:03. > :04:03.arrested during the hunt for the killer of
:04:03. > :04:03.A few
:04:03. > :04:03.A few months
:04:04. > :04:04.arrested during the hunt for the killer of the
:04:04. > :04:04.A few months ago
:04:04. > :04:05.arrested during the hunt for the killer of the Bristol
:04:05. > :04:05.A few months ago these
:04:05. > :04:06.A few months ago these hedgehogs
:04:06. > :04:06.A few months ago these hedgehogs were
:04:06. > :04:06.arrested during the hunt for the killer of the Bristol landscape
:04:06. > :04:07.were suffering
:04:07. > :04:07.killer of the Bristol landscape architect
:04:07. > :04:07.killer of the Bristol landscape architect oath.
:04:07. > :04:07.were suffering from
:04:07. > :04:07.killer of the Bristol landscape architect oath. But
:04:07. > :04:08.were suffering from injuries
:04:08. > :04:08.were suffering from injuries from
:04:08. > :04:08.killer of the Bristol landscape architect oath. But later
:04:08. > :04:08.were suffering from injuries from dog
:04:08. > :04:09.dog bites
:04:09. > :04:09.dog bites to
:04:09. > :04:10.architect oath. But later exonerated.
:04:10. > :04:10.architect oath. But later exonerated. Today
:04:10. > :04:10.dog bites to slug
:04:10. > :04:10.dog bites to slug pellet
:04:10. > :04:10.architect oath. But later exonerated. Today he
:04:10. > :04:11.dog bites to slug pellet poisoning.
:04:11. > :04:13.architect oath. But later exonerated. Today he accepted
:04:13. > :04:14.exonerated. Today he accepted substantial
:04:14. > :04:14.exonerated. Today he accepted substantial damages.
:04:14. > :04:15.exonerated. Today he accepted substantial damages. Today,
:04:15. > :04:17.A substantial damages. Today, it was
:04:17. > :04:21.said he was the victim of a hunt.
:04:21. > :04:24.He was the innocent man taken apart by the tabloids,
:04:24. > :04:24.Jefferies was vilified by The Sun and
:04:24. > :04:25.These and the Daily
:04:25. > :04:25.These hedgehogs are and the Daily Mirror,
:04:25. > :04:26.These hedgehogs are going to and the Daily Mirror, that was
:04:26. > :04:28.released released here?
:04:28. > :04:29.and the Daily Mirror, that was the damning judgment from the Lord Chief
:04:29. > :04:29.released here? To Justice
:04:29. > :04:30.gardens Justice today.
:04:30. > :04:30.gardens of barring Justice today. He
:04:30. > :04:30.gardens of barring ton Justice today. He said
:04:30. > :04:30.gardens of barring ton court in Christopher
:04:30. > :04:31.Justice today. He said if Christopher Jefferies had
:04:31. > :04:31.Justice today. He said if Christopher Jefferies had faced
:04:31. > :04:32.Christopher Jefferies had faced trial,
:04:32. > :04:32.Christopher Jefferies had faced trial, these
:04:32. > :04:33.Christopher Jefferies had faced trial, these articles would
:04:33. > :04:34.Somerset. trial, these articles would have
:04:34. > :04:35.created substantial risks to course
:04:35. > :04:36.For For the past couple
:04:36. > :04:37.course of For the past couple of
:04:37. > :04:38.course of justice. The articles were For the past couple of years
:04:38. > :04:39.published as Christopher Jefferies Barrington
:04:39. > :04:39.was under Barrington has rescued
:04:39. > :04:40.was under arrest, and
:04:40. > :04:41.was under arrest, suspected and given them
:04:41. > :04:42.was under arrest, suspected of and given them free range of their
:04:42. > :04:43.was under arrest, suspected of was under arrest, suspected of
:04:43. > :04:44.was under arrest, suspected of murding Joanna Yeates. While he was
:04:44. > :04:44.kitchen gardens. murding Joanna Yeates. While he was
:04:44. > :04:45.murding Joanna Yeates. While he was murding Joanna Yeates. While he was
:04:45. > :04:46.murding Joanna Yeates. While he was There we go little ones, you are
:04:46. > :04:47.murding Joanna Yeates. While he was in custody, his past was dissected,
:04:47. > :04:48.in custody, his past was dissected, in custody, his past was dissected,
:04:48. > :04:50.his behaviour questioned. The Daily his behaviour questioned. The Daily
:04:50. > :04:56.and given them free range of Mirror linked him to an earlier
:04:56. > :04:57.murder and paedophile offences. So great was the concern over these
:04:57. > :04:57.articles that it was the They're not just
:04:57. > :04:58.government's They're not just here
:04:58. > :04:59.government's chief They're not just here to
:04:59. > :04:59.government's chief law officer who themselves,
:04:59. > :05:00.prosecuted themselves, come
:05:00. > :05:00.prosecuted the papers. themselves, come the night
:05:00. > :05:01.prosecuted the papers. got
:05:01. > :05:03.prosecuted the papers. When Mr prosecuted the papers. When Mr
:05:03. > :05:07.got to earn their Jefferies was arrested, these two
:05:07. > :05:11.newspapers completely lost the plot, they just went on a sort of
:05:11. > :05:17.extraordinary frolic of villification of Mr Jefferies,
:05:17. > :05:20.way that was frankly outrageous. Joanna Yeates' disappearance
:05:20. > :05:24.dominated the headlines for over Christmas and new year.
:05:24. > :05:29.neighbour of hers, Vincent Tabak, has admitted killing her, and he is
:05:29. > :05:36.due to face court in the autumn. Today, at the High Court, the Sun
:05:36. > :05:41.was fined �18,000, the Daily Mirror �50,000, and for both the financial
:05:41. > :05:42.penalties did not end there. In separate hearing, they were
:05:42. > :05:42.It's separate hearing, they were among
:05:42. > :05:42.It's a eight
:05:42. > :05:43.It's a real eight newspapers
:05:43. > :05:43.It's a real safe haven eight newspapers who agreed to
:05:43. > :05:43.It's a real safe haven for them eight newspapers who agreed to pay
:05:43. > :05:44.eight newspapers who agreed to pay out
:05:44. > :05:44.eight newspapers who agreed to pay out substantial
:05:44. > :05:44.here N
:05:44. > :05:44.here N our
:05:44. > :05:44.here N our urban
:05:44. > :05:44.eight newspapers who agreed to pay out substantial libel
:05:44. > :05:45.here N our urban gardens
:05:45. > :05:45.eight newspapers who agreed to pay out substantial libel damages
:05:45. > :05:45.here N our urban gardens they're
:05:45. > :05:45.out substantial libel damages to Christopher
:05:45. > :05:45.here N our urban gardens they're not
:05:45. > :05:46.not doing
:05:46. > :05:46.out substantial libel damages to Christopher Jefferies,
:05:46. > :05:46.not doing too
:05:46. > :05:46.out substantial libel damages to Christopher Jefferies, the
:05:46. > :05:47.not doing too well.
:05:47. > :05:47.out substantial libel damages to Christopher Jefferies, the actual
:05:47. > :05:47.not doing too well. We
:05:47. > :05:47.Christopher Jefferies, the actual amount
:05:47. > :05:48.Christopher Jefferies, the actual amount remains
:05:48. > :05:48.not doing too well. We have
:05:48. > :05:48.not doing too well. We have manicured
:05:48. > :05:48.Christopher Jefferies, the actual amount remains private,
:05:48. > :05:49.manicured gardens
:05:49. > :05:49.manicured gardens with
:05:49. > :05:49.amount remains private, all the papers
:05:49. > :05:49.manicured gardens with not
:05:49. > :05:49.manicured gardens with not enough
:05:49. > :05:49.amount remains private, all the papers apologised
:05:49. > :05:49.manicured gardens with not enough rough
:05:50. > :05:50.amount remains private, all the papers apologised to Mr
:05:50. > :05:50.rough bits
:05:50. > :05:50.amount remains private, all the papers apologised to Mr
:05:50. > :05:50.rough bits that
:05:50. > :05:50.amount remains private, all the papers apologised to Mr Jefferies
:05:50. > :05:50.rough bits that the
:05:51. > :05:51.papers apologised to Mr Jefferies who
:05:51. > :05:51.rough bits that the hedgehogs
:05:51. > :05:51.rough bits that the hedgehogs like
:05:51. > :05:52.rough bits that the hedgehogs like to
:05:52. > :05:52.papers apologised to Mr Jefferies who wasn't
:05:52. > :05:52.to thrive
:05:52. > :05:52.to thrive N
:05:52. > :05:52.papers apologised to Mr Jefferies who wasn't in
:05:52. > :05:52.to thrive N That's
:05:52. > :05:53.papers apologised to Mr Jefferies who wasn't in court.
:05:53. > :05:53.to thrive N That's key.
:05:53. > :05:53.papers apologised to Mr Jefferies who wasn't in court. His
:05:53. > :05:53.to thrive N That's key. Here
:05:53. > :05:53.who wasn't in court. His lawyer spoke
:05:53. > :05:54.to thrive N That's key. Here there's
:05:54. > :05:54.there's a
:05:54. > :05:54.there's a bit
:05:54. > :05:54.who wasn't in court. His lawyer spoke for
:05:54. > :05:55.who wasn't in court. His lawyer spoke for him.
:05:55. > :05:55.there's a bit of
:05:55. > :05:55.there's a bit of wilderness.
:05:55. > :05:55.who wasn't in court. His lawyer spoke for him.
:05:55. > :05:56.there's a bit of wilderness. There's
:05:56. > :05:56.spoke for him. Christopher Jefferies
:05:56. > :05:56.spoke for him. Christopher Jefferies is
:05:56. > :05:56.There's the
:05:56. > :05:56.There's the orchards,
:05:56. > :05:57.spoke for him. Christopher Jefferies is the
:05:57. > :05:57.There's the orchards, the
:05:57. > :05:57.There's the orchards, the rough
:05:57. > :05:57.spoke for him. Christopher Jefferies is the latest
:05:57. > :05:57.There's the orchards, the rough areas.
:05:57. > :05:57.spoke for him. Christopher Jefferies is the latest victim of
:05:58. > :05:58.areas. Nice
:05:58. > :05:58.areas. Nice build
:05:58. > :05:58.Jefferies is the latest victim of the
:05:58. > :05:58.areas. Nice build thagz
:05:58. > :05:58.Jefferies is the latest victim of the regular
:05:58. > :05:58.areas. Nice build thagz they
:05:58. > :05:59.areas. Nice build thagz they can
:05:59. > :05:59.areas. Nice build thagz they can perhaps
:05:59. > :05:59.perhaps go
:05:59. > :05:59.Jefferies is the latest victim of the regular witch-hunts
:05:59. > :05:59.perhaps go to
:05:59. > :06:00.perhaps go to in
:06:00. > :06:00.Jefferies is the latest victim of the regular witch-hunts and
:06:00. > :06:00.perhaps go to in the
:06:00. > :06:00.perhaps go to in the winter
:06:00. > :06:01.the regular witch-hunts and character
:06:01. > :06:01.the regular witch-hunts and character assassinations
:06:01. > :06:01.perhaps go to in the winter to
:06:01. > :06:01.perhaps go to in the winter to hibernate.
:06:01. > :06:02.the regular witch-hunts and character assassinations conducted
:06:02. > :06:02.character assassinations conducted by
:06:02. > :06:02.hibernate. It's
:06:02. > :06:02.character assassinations conducted by the
:06:02. > :06:02.hibernate. It's really
:06:02. > :06:02.character assassinations conducted by the worst
:06:03. > :06:03.hibernate. It's really a
:06:03. > :06:03.hibernate. It's really a perfect
:06:03. > :06:03.character assassinations conducted by the worst elements
:06:03. > :06:03.hibernate. It's really a perfect plate
:06:03. > :06:04.character assassinations conducted by the worst elements of
:06:04. > :06:04.plate for
:06:04. > :06:04.character assassinations conducted by the worst elements of the
:06:04. > :06:04.plate for them.
:06:04. > :06:04.character assassinations conducted by the worst elements of the British
:06:04. > :06:04.plate for them. This
:06:04. > :06:04.plate for them. This is
:06:04. > :06:05.by the worst elements of the British tabloid
:06:05. > :06:05.plate for them. This is hedgehog
:06:05. > :06:05.plate for them. This is hedgehog heaven.
:06:05. > :06:05.heaven. I
:06:06. > :06:06.heaven. I think
:06:06. > :06:06.by the worst elements of the British tabloid media,
:06:06. > :06:06.heaven. I think it
:06:06. > :06:06.heaven. I think it is,
:06:06. > :06:06.heaven. I think it is, yeah!
:06:06. > :06:06.by the worst elements of the British tabloid media, many of
:06:06. > :06:07.by the worst elements of the British tabloid media, many of the stories
:06:07. > :06:07.tabloid media, many of the stories published
:06:07. > :06:08.tabloid media, many of the stories published in
:06:08. > :06:08.tabloid media, many of the stories published in these
:06:08. > :06:10.here published in these newspapers
:06:10. > :06:11.designed to monster the heaven. I think it is, yeah! I
:06:11. > :06:12.designed to monster the individual. hedgehogs
:06:12. > :06:13.hedgehogs because they're The
:06:13. > :06:18.flamboyant, The coverage
:06:18. > :06:28.quiet, nocturnal and discreet. It's great that hedgehog friendly
:06:28. > :06:28.
:06:28. > :06:32.they're not lost to Britain forever. Great news for the hedgehogs then!
:06:32. > :06:37.Absolutely. I didn't realise that's why they're called hedgehogs.
:06:37. > :06:41.are the hoggers of the hedge. A bit of steering going on. We're hogging
:06:41. > :06:44.the hedge. Why have you brought me out on the boat? I thought we would
:06:44. > :06:48.take a bit of Time Out and do tranquil little paddle across the
:06:48. > :06:54.river and get close to wildlife. It's very relaxing. Can I go
:06:54. > :06:58.fishing in here? You could, you'd probably get told off. All the
:06:58. > :07:02.wildlife here is protected. We're here to look, but not to disturb.
:07:02. > :07:04.Speaking of looking, if you look very, very carefully and listen
:07:04. > :07:10.carefully, you might see a particular favourite of mine, which
:07:10. > :07:13.is the water vole. Very cute, furry little mammal, but one of the
:07:13. > :07:18.fastest declining mammals in the UK. Favourite food for the American
:07:18. > :07:23.mink that were released from fur farms. But they are doing well here.
:07:23. > :07:27.They've managed this area to make it very attractive for water voles.
:07:27. > :07:32.Will I have seen a water vole before? Did you have wind in the
:07:32. > :07:38.willows read to you as a child? did. The water rat was in fact a
:07:38. > :07:46.water role. Ratty was Voley? Yes, indeed. Can't believe I've been
:07:46. > :07:50.lied to for all these years. "He felt the boat sway lightly
:07:50. > :07:57.under him. It's the only thing said the water rat solemnly. Believe me,
:07:57. > :08:03.my young friend, there is nothing, absolutely nothing, so much worth
:08:03. > :08:08.doing as simply messing about in boats. "I love this book. It's full
:08:08. > :08:16.of wonderful characters, ratty, Mole, Badger and Mr Toad and some
:08:16. > :08:19.of the most evocative lines in all of children's literature. It is the
:08:19. > :08:22.wind in the willows. Kenneth Grahame was inspired by his
:08:22. > :08:30.childhood around the banks of the River Thames in the village of
:08:30. > :08:33.Cookham. The book started out as bedtime
:08:34. > :08:41.stories told by Grahame to his son in this very house. Today is serves
:08:41. > :08:46.as a school. I've come here to find out more from an expert.
:08:46. > :08:49.Cookham is at the heart of wind in the willows. It is. It was a place
:08:49. > :08:54.very important to Kenneth Grahame, who came here as a very young child,
:08:54. > :08:58.age five. He seems to have immersed himself in nature and ran wild in
:08:58. > :09:02.the gardens and countryside and absolutely comes to love Cookham
:09:02. > :09:06.and the area and the river. river bank is near here. Is the
:09:06. > :09:10.Wild Wood near as well? There's quarry wood here near mar low. I
:09:10. > :09:16.think that definitely was an inspiration to Grahame. The wild
:09:16. > :09:21.wood is a scary place for him. The river bank is a place of
:09:21. > :09:27.tranquillity. In the Wild Wood there are weezels. And stoats and
:09:27. > :09:31.it's fearsome. It's a place where he doesn't feel at all secure. "The
:09:31. > :09:37.Wild Wood lay before him, low and threatening. Trees crouched nearer
:09:37. > :09:43.and nicher. They thought he saw a face, a little evil, wedge shaped
:09:43. > :09:47.face. When he turned and confronted it, the thing had vanished."
:09:47. > :09:52.Grahame's locations and characters were made all the more real by his
:09:52. > :09:57.collaboration with illustrator EH Shepherd, giving the now famous
:09:57. > :10:03.likenesses of Mole, Ratty and the rest and the river bank's grandest
:10:03. > :10:10.address Toad Hall. When Shepherd wanted a model for his illustration
:10:10. > :10:17.of Toad Hall Grahame directed him to the banks of the river.
:10:17. > :10:22.And waiting for him here was Maple Durham house a small trip up river.
:10:22. > :10:26.Like Toad Hall, this 17th century mansion is a red brick house with a
:10:26. > :10:33.white portico. Even today you can find the spot where once real life
:10:33. > :10:38.friends would arrive here by boat. "Rounding a bend in the river, they
:10:38. > :10:43.came inside of a handsome dignified old house of mellowed red brick w,
:10:43. > :10:47.well kept lawns reaching down to the water's edge. There's Toad Hall
:10:47. > :10:52.set the rat, one of the nicest houses in these parts, though we
:10:52. > :10:58.never admit as much to Toad." Of course, if this is Toad Hall,
:10:58. > :11:01.there's someone missing. Mr Toad is my favourite character. He is the
:11:01. > :11:06.one everybody remembers, Lord of the manor, larger than life,
:11:06. > :11:11.lovable, but impossible, always getting into scrapes, a creature
:11:11. > :11:15.completely obsessed with his motor car.
:11:15. > :11:20."The old passion seized on Toad and completely mattered him body and
:11:20. > :11:25.soul. He increased his pace, and as the car devoured the street, he was
:11:25. > :11:28.only conscious that he was Toad once more."
:11:28. > :11:33.In Cookham today cars are common place. It was in Kenneth Grahame's
:11:33. > :11:42.time that the first car came to the village. It was owned by a great-
:11:42. > :11:47.uncle of local man David Ric ra do. -- Ricardo. So your forebearer
:11:47. > :11:52.could be the original Mr Toad? That's true, because local folk
:11:52. > :11:57.lower say that he definitely was. He had a very bright yellow Rolls
:11:57. > :12:01.Royce. A bright yellow Rolls Royce? Yes. I believe it was the only car
:12:01. > :12:05.in the village. Could this be the vehicle we're talking about? Yeah,
:12:06. > :12:11.I think that's a good idea of what the actual car was like. It caused
:12:11. > :12:15.great excitement in the village. The point is that the Colonel was a
:12:15. > :12:19.great character known to Kenneth Grahame. Yes. He was an extrovert
:12:19. > :12:22.character, a bit over the top, but at the end of the day, they really
:12:22. > :12:32.rather loved him. I think what we're saying is that we've found
:12:32. > :12:33.
:12:33. > :12:37.the original Mr Toad. I hope so, yes. Poop, poop.
:12:37. > :12:41.Amazing to think those characters were actually inspired by real
:12:41. > :12:46.people. Yes, amazing. This place itself is really inspiring. It's
:12:46. > :12:50.beautiful. I think so, yeah. It was set up Sir Peter Scott in the 40s,
:12:50. > :12:54.with the aim to inspire people about wildlife. It worked for me. I
:12:54. > :12:57.was here as a student. There are centres like this all over the
:12:57. > :13:01.country. You could take your kids. My kids would love messing about in
:13:01. > :13:08.a boat around all these birds. Where is the closest one to London?
:13:08. > :13:14.There's one in London in Barnes. How do I get there? You could hop
:13:14. > :13:20.on a double-decker bus. Really? Typical, isn't it, you wait and
:13:20. > :13:24.wait, then four come along at once. It wasn't always that way. In the
:13:24. > :13:31.early Twentieth Century you'd be more likely to see a bus pulled by
:13:31. > :13:35.a horse. But operators were looking for something new to boost profits
:13:35. > :13:39.N1910 it arrived the B-Type double- decker. The B-Type looked like a
:13:39. > :13:43.horse-drawn bus. It was the same sort of design, but with the engine
:13:44. > :13:50.plonked down the front. And unlike a tram, it could go anywhere across
:13:50. > :13:54.the town and country at a speed of up to 16mph. 900 B-Types were
:13:54. > :14:01.modified and used during the first world waur to transport troops and
:14:01. > :14:04.as make-shift ambulances. (First World War)
:14:04. > :14:08.The driver's lot was not much changed from the days of horse
:14:08. > :14:12.buses. He was open to everything the weather could throw at him. The
:14:12. > :14:16.best he had was a canvas cover, which he could pull round his neck
:14:16. > :14:19.if the weather was really bad. of course, the people on the open
:14:20. > :14:23.deck above, they're also open to the elements. Yes more than half
:14:23. > :14:27.the capacity of the bus had to travel up top on hard wooden seats,
:14:27. > :14:30.out in the rain and snow and the hail. Again, some of the companies
:14:30. > :14:35.would give them a little protection, by means of canvas that they could
:14:35. > :14:40.draw up around themselves. To win the battle with the trolleybus and
:14:40. > :14:43.electric trams, they had to up their game. The 1930s demanded
:14:43. > :14:53.luxury, and soon the double-decker became a vehicle of glamour for the
:14:53. > :14:56.
:14:56. > :15:00.This is called are tea type one, and is the first of nearly 7000
:15:00. > :15:04.similar buses that dominated the streets after the Second World War.
:15:04. > :15:08.What were the changes that excited people, in terms of design? There
:15:08. > :15:12.was a lot of attention paid to passenger comfort. It had larger
:15:12. > :15:17.windows, comfortable seats, and the driver was not forgotten either. He
:15:17. > :15:21.had better visibility. We used to remember jumping on the bus and
:15:21. > :15:26.swinging. The British love to their open platform buses but the
:15:26. > :15:30.conductors would not have been happy. The new purpose-built works
:15:30. > :15:34.was working to full capacity, and mass-production line techniques
:15:34. > :15:38.delivered the buses that the country required. A job to be done
:15:38. > :15:44.and a man to do it. The double- decker survived the Second World
:15:44. > :15:49.War, just. But in peacetime there was demand for a new, one size fits
:15:49. > :15:54.all, bus. Enter the Routemaster, the icon of modern bus design.
:15:54. > :15:58.Lighter, more efficient, practical. On the outside, much the same, but
:15:58. > :16:02.in some of the Engineering, radically different. They are very
:16:02. > :16:06.easy to drive. Once you have got into the whip and the length of the
:16:06. > :16:11.bus and you knew it in your mind, you could drive it anywhere.
:16:11. > :16:15.could lean them over at an incredible angle. The skidpan was
:16:15. > :16:19.probably the best example, where they take you round on a bus and
:16:19. > :16:23.then the instructor puts the bus into a skid, so it is actually
:16:23. > :16:28.going round in circles. relationship with double-decker
:16:28. > :16:37.buses was soon firmly established. People did not just like them, they
:16:37. > :16:43.loved them. For John and Jill McLennan, who did their courting on
:16:43. > :16:50.the top deck, it was ding-dong. double-decker buses, it was a great
:16:50. > :16:55.way to meet people. Where would use it? This is our seat. Why was it
:16:55. > :16:58.important to sit in the back? Because you could look down and see
:16:58. > :17:03.the conduct are coming up. When he wasn't coming, you could have a
:17:03. > :17:07.cuddle. The double-decker is not quite what it was. You will be
:17:07. > :17:15.lucky to find a conductor. The law has gone away with the platform at
:17:15. > :17:18.the back. Yet enthusiasts remain keen as ever. Hold tight, please.
:17:18. > :17:22.Of the double-decker has survived. The British love double-deckers so
:17:22. > :17:27.they are being built in increasingly large numbers. They
:17:27. > :17:30.will go on forever? It is a British passion. We enjoy riding on the top
:17:31. > :17:35.and the view that you get from the top deck, so I think the double-
:17:35. > :17:45.decker will last forever. You might not think this is a sensible way to
:17:45. > :18:03.
:18:03. > :18:08.end this story, but if you were me, Never mind those boys with toys,
:18:08. > :18:13.look at the girls. These are up Flo and Ha Ha. Aren't they beautiful.
:18:13. > :18:18.They are hungry. That is feeding time. I have never been this close
:18:18. > :18:21.to wildlife. These are North American otters and they are on
:18:21. > :18:27.show because they are quite showy. British otters, you would not see
:18:27. > :18:33.them for dust, because they are shy and retiring. The British, shy and
:18:33. > :18:36.retiring! It is rare to see otters. Numbers declined massively after
:18:36. > :18:40.the Second World War. They are susceptible to pollution and we
:18:40. > :18:46.used lots of pesticides on our farm land. Now that we have cleaned-up
:18:46. > :18:52.act, they are more of a common sight. Have you ever heard Dan Snow
:18:52. > :18:56.and talking about war? He goes on and on about battles.
:18:56. > :19:00.These days, the Cumbrian port of Whitehaven is a sleepy coastal town.
:19:00. > :19:06.Hard to believe that at one time it was second only to London as the
:19:06. > :19:11.busiest port in Britain. It is also the place where, 230 years ago, the
:19:11. > :19:17.United States of America launched a surprise attack on Britain. On the
:19:17. > :19:21.morning of April 23rd, 1778, there were 200 ships safely moored in
:19:21. > :19:26.this harbour. But heading straight for them was a square rigger from
:19:27. > :19:30.the US Navy, the Ranger. The American War of Independence was
:19:30. > :19:35.ranging, and the ship's captain, John Paul Jones, had been sent to
:19:35. > :19:39.Britain on a special mission. He was to show the British that the
:19:39. > :19:44.Americans were a force to be reckoned with. The plan was to burn
:19:44. > :19:47.every ship in Whitehaven Harbour and strike fear into the hearts of
:19:47. > :19:52.the British people. Carrying a couple of lanterns to set fire to
:19:52. > :19:59.the ships, Jones and 30 of his men climbed into longboats and wrote
:19:59. > :20:03.two miles to shore. This is a good speed, guys. As soon as they came
:20:03. > :20:06.ashore, the sailors are ready to set fire to the ships, while Jones
:20:06. > :20:11.led a small group that way, to where the cannons were. He wanted
:20:11. > :20:14.to spike them and put them out of action. But setting fire to the
:20:14. > :20:19.ships did not go so well. The lanterns went out on some of the
:20:19. > :20:23.CRU even went and got drunk. They seem like quite a mutinous bunch.
:20:23. > :20:27.The people he recruited thought they were going to go and catch a
:20:27. > :20:31.lots of ships and get lots of loot. They were not expecting to invade
:20:31. > :20:33.the country. So half the crew seemed to be in the pub and the
:20:33. > :20:39.other half were having trouble setting fire to the ship. That
:20:39. > :20:44.about sums it up, except for one factor. One of the crew had also
:20:44. > :20:48.nipped into the town, while nobody was looking, and alerted the folk
:20:48. > :20:53.of Whitehaven. So Jones decided, prudently, to make a retreat.
:20:53. > :20:57.Basically, they ran for it. So far it was not exactly the success
:20:57. > :21:03.Jones had been hoping for. But he was not the kind of guy to give up
:21:04. > :21:07.easily. It was time for Plan B. Later that same morning, he sailed
:21:07. > :21:12.round the coast to Dumfriesshire. He knew the area because he had
:21:12. > :21:16.actually been born and raised here. He anchored the Ranger out there
:21:16. > :21:24.and he and about a dozen men rode in and landed on this beach, which
:21:24. > :21:28.people still called John Paul Jones day. His stately home was owned by
:21:28. > :21:34.one of the most important men in the area and his plans to capture
:21:34. > :21:40.him and hold him to ransom. The stately home has long since gone.
:21:40. > :21:46.But living just a stone's throw away, Sir David Dunbar, the great
:21:46. > :21:50.great great great grandson of the Earl. This is the man himself.
:21:50. > :21:54.the plan to kidnap the earl was about to fall apart, too. The earl
:21:54. > :22:00.was away when John Paul Jones and his troops arrived in the garden.
:22:00. > :22:03.He was taking the waters in Buxton. His wife was there and she came to
:22:03. > :22:09.an arrangement with Jones using the family silver. The deal was struck
:22:09. > :22:14.when she would hand over the family silver in exchange for the pirates
:22:14. > :22:17.going away and taking nothing else. They cut their losses and ran. The
:22:17. > :22:21.raid seemed a complete disaster. But when the papers got hold of the
:22:21. > :22:25.story, they gave it a tabloid spin that left the British public
:22:25. > :22:29.terrifying of an American invasion. Jones had achieved what he had set
:22:29. > :22:35.out to do after all. But the stolen silver troubled him and a few years
:22:35. > :22:39.later he gave it back. This teapot is the one that has been returned
:22:39. > :22:44.and has been in the family ever since. How funny growing up with
:22:44. > :22:48.such an heirloom. Do you remember it being out in common usage?
:22:48. > :22:52.it used to sit on the sideboard in my grandfather's house and it was
:22:52. > :22:56.used for tea every afternoon. It makes a very good cup of tea, too.
:22:56. > :23:01.Over here, Jones and his adventures are largely forgotten, but in
:23:01. > :23:05.America it is a different story. There, he is revered as an all-
:23:06. > :23:09.American hero. What are these? I have to introduce
:23:09. > :23:15.you to another of my firm favourites. These are Hawaiian
:23:15. > :23:19.geese, and they are part of a flagship successful breeding
:23:19. > :23:23.programme here at Slimbridge. In the 1950s there were only 30 of
:23:23. > :23:27.these left in the wild and Slimbridge got involved in breeding
:23:27. > :23:33.projects. Since then, they have released hundreds into the wild.
:23:33. > :23:38.They are so tame. They do not look like they are from Hawaii. What is
:23:38. > :23:44.a Hawaiian geese supposed to look like? More flamboyant. Are you
:23:44. > :23:48.saying they look boring? A bit boring. Places like this are great
:23:48. > :23:54.to come and feed the birds. Kids can do it, too. What are we feeding
:23:54. > :23:57.them? Just a bit of corn. What a coincidence.
:23:57. > :24:01.Tourists arriving at a beauty spot in Wiltshire is hardly a strange
:24:01. > :24:07.phenomenon, but they had come to Britain to see an unusual summer
:24:07. > :24:11.spectacle - the crop circle. Personally, I believe they are
:24:11. > :24:19.created by people with too much time on their hands, but others
:24:19. > :24:25.have a rather more supernatural explanation. There is no doubt in
:24:25. > :24:31.my mind that we are being sent a message. Hit his mother earth
:24:31. > :24:35.speaking to us. It is not us, it can only be extra-terrestrial.
:24:35. > :24:41.year, nearly 140 crop circles were reported around the globe, and of
:24:41. > :24:45.them, 70 were right here in Wiltshire. And the only way to
:24:45. > :24:54.really appreciate these wonderful creations is to take to the skies.
:24:54. > :24:59.Hello. Good to see you. Joining me, an old friend, Ian Simmons, an
:24:59. > :25:04.expert in all things paranormal. You are not very comfortable in the
:25:04. > :25:09.air, are you? It is not my favourite place. I have dragged to
:25:09. > :25:14.appear to look at crop circles. What are the various explanations
:25:14. > :25:19.for them? There are a bunch of ideas put forward. Initially people
:25:19. > :25:24.said it was a Iain's writing in the fields in strange languages. And
:25:24. > :25:30.then people suggest that it might be earth energies, the earth crying
:25:30. > :25:34.out and sending messages by bending the crops. Fabulous! This is very
:25:34. > :25:40.complicated. What is the story of the history of these things?
:25:40. > :25:45.earliest go back to 1688. Were they crop circles? They are
:25:45. > :25:50.misinterpreted. The pictures of things cutting down and flattening
:25:50. > :25:55.crops have been drawn in a circle. We have no photographs before the
:25:55. > :26:00.1980s. What do you think? evidence is pretty much in favour
:26:00. > :26:04.of people making the things. sceptic inside me feels an
:26:04. > :26:08.experiment coming on. With something as simple as a bit of
:26:08. > :26:12.string, a few Poles, a really long tape measure and a basic
:26:12. > :26:18.understanding of geometry, it is remarkably simple to draw out lines
:26:18. > :26:25.and angles incredibly accurately. Let me show you. We are going to
:26:25. > :26:33.start with our circle, a basic circle. I can create a smaller
:26:33. > :26:39.circle in the middle, say. But also, if I change the anchor 0.2 up here,
:26:39. > :26:43.like this, well, you can create a circle of here. In fact, with a
:26:43. > :26:48.combination of different sized circles and places, the different
:26:48. > :26:54.shapes you can make are limitless. So, easy enough on a board, but how
:26:54. > :27:00.do you do it on 20 acres in the middle of the night? You never see
:27:00. > :27:04.a crop circle that is half finished. I cannot fathom myself doing it.
:27:04. > :27:09.don't think a person or a group of people can do it under those
:27:09. > :27:14.conditions. But John knows exactly how. His circles are with the
:27:14. > :27:18.permission of the farmer because otherwise it is a criminal offence.
:27:18. > :27:22.We are an art collective and I started making circles 20 years ago.
:27:22. > :27:28.We kept getting phone-calls from commercial clients saying, could
:27:28. > :27:35.you make a logo in a field for us? It happened almost by accident.
:27:35. > :27:42.do you flatten the corner? We would use this, which we call a Stomper.
:27:42. > :27:47.This is used to flatten the crop. If you look at a lot of crop
:27:47. > :27:55.circles, you see a lot of lines and rings that tart four ft wide. That
:27:55. > :27:59.is because it is the basic unit of a circle maker, at four feet. We
:27:59. > :28:04.used scale diagrams that we take into the field. On here is all the
:28:04. > :28:10.information you need to make the circle. It has all of the Centre
:28:10. > :28:13.points and everything. So, are all crop circles made by humans?
:28:13. > :28:18.depends who you talk to. But I love the fact that people do believe
:28:18. > :28:21.they are not made by people. As a scientist looking for an
:28:21. > :28:26.explanation, I feel it is perfectly possible for them to have been made
:28:26. > :28:30.by human beings. Yet others remain to be convinced. What we can say
:28:30. > :28:34.with all certainty is that as long as the tour's keep coming, the
:28:34. > :28:41.circles will keep appearing. We have gone full circle as well.