0:00:00 > 0:00:02Hello and welcome to The One Show
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0:00:04 > 0:00:05..and the lovely Anita Rani,
0:00:05 > 0:00:09with another chance to see some of our favourite One Show films.
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0:00:20 > 0:00:23Today, we are high above the English Channel,
0:00:23 > 0:00:25literally standing on the White Cliffs of Dover.
0:00:25 > 0:00:27If that doesn't make you proud to be British,
0:00:27 > 0:00:30with all this glorious sunshine, then you can move to France.
0:00:30 > 0:00:33Tonight, Phil Tufnell meets an amazing artist,
0:00:33 > 0:00:35and he can't believe his eyes.
0:00:35 > 0:00:37It's funny how easily we can be tricked.
0:00:37 > 0:00:40It's all about the eyes and the brain
0:00:40 > 0:00:41getting a bit confused.
0:00:41 > 0:00:43SPLASHING
0:00:43 > 0:00:47When it comes to tricking us, some people have got it down to a fine art.
0:00:47 > 0:00:51The lifeboat crew who were literally cut off from civilisation,
0:00:51 > 0:00:53until I turn up and give them a trim, of course.
0:00:53 > 0:00:55Wow - gel as well!
0:00:55 > 0:00:58And we meet a young mother facing one of the most complicated
0:00:58 > 0:01:00surgical procedures ever attempted.
0:01:00 > 0:01:04This is as close to a medical miracle as you can get.
0:01:04 > 0:01:07But first, The One Show's gardener, Christine Walkden,
0:01:07 > 0:01:10travels down to the coast to meet a lady
0:01:10 > 0:01:13who will be forever associated with this very spot.
0:01:13 > 0:01:15MUSIC: "Dream (When You're Feeling Blue)" by Vera Lynn
0:01:15 > 0:01:21I'm calling on someone who is, quite rightly, used to receiving beautiful bouquets of roses.
0:01:21 > 0:01:24Just as well, then, that these aren't for indoors.
0:01:24 > 0:01:27# Dream
0:01:27 > 0:01:31# When you're feeling blue... #
0:01:31 > 0:01:35"Evergreen" doesn't begin to describe Dame Vera Lynn.
0:01:35 > 0:01:38She first became a star more than 70 years ago,
0:01:38 > 0:01:41and for half of that time, she's enjoyed this garden
0:01:41 > 0:01:44in Sussex.
0:01:44 > 0:01:46I always loved the country.
0:01:46 > 0:01:50I had an aunt who lived in the country and we always spent
0:01:50 > 0:01:52our school holidays with her.
0:01:52 > 0:01:54I just love it here.
0:01:54 > 0:01:57I can see the Downs in the distance.
0:01:57 > 0:02:00I've always loved being out in the air,
0:02:00 > 0:02:03and seeing everything growing.
0:02:03 > 0:02:06I don't care whether it's a cultivated plant or not.
0:02:06 > 0:02:07If things pop up anywhere,
0:02:07 > 0:02:09I just let them grow.
0:02:09 > 0:02:10Excellent!
0:02:10 > 0:02:11Live and let live?
0:02:11 > 0:02:15Yes, I've got marigolds growing out of my veranda up there,
0:02:15 > 0:02:17but they look so pretty, so I just leave them.
0:02:17 > 0:02:20# You must remember this... #
0:02:20 > 0:02:24Dame Vera is known locally as "the Queen Mother of Sussex,"
0:02:24 > 0:02:28but this splendid eight acres is a long way away from where she grew up,
0:02:28 > 0:02:31in her grandmother's terrace in East Ham.
0:02:31 > 0:02:33It was just a little back-yard garden.
0:02:33 > 0:02:35My father was a plumber,
0:02:35 > 0:02:38and my mother was a dressmaker.
0:02:38 > 0:02:42I just took a liking to gardening
0:02:42 > 0:02:45and I always wanted a rockery when I was little.
0:02:45 > 0:02:49So I collected all the largest stones I could find in the garden
0:02:49 > 0:02:51and built myself a little rockery
0:02:51 > 0:02:53right at the bottom, against the fence.
0:02:53 > 0:02:57And any little plant that I could find growing around
0:02:57 > 0:02:58would go in the rockery.
0:02:58 > 0:03:00- Splendid!- Yes.
0:03:00 > 0:03:03I believe you used to do a bit of performing in that garden.
0:03:03 > 0:03:07I used to sing my songs to the plants,
0:03:07 > 0:03:12and do an exit and an entrance and a curtsy
0:03:12 > 0:03:14to the array of plants.
0:03:14 > 0:03:16That's why they grew so well!
0:03:16 > 0:03:17THEY LAUGH
0:03:17 > 0:03:19MUSIC: "White Cliffs of Dover" by Vera Lynn
0:03:19 > 0:03:22# There'll be bluebirds over... #
0:03:22 > 0:03:25The young Vera wasn't just a good gardener.
0:03:25 > 0:03:28She was a child star who made enough money by the age of 21
0:03:28 > 0:03:31to buy her parents their first home.
0:03:31 > 0:03:34And that was before the Second World War.
0:03:34 > 0:03:35- I was seven...- Seven?!
0:03:35 > 0:03:37..when I first went onto the stage.
0:03:37 > 0:03:40My first salary was seven shillings and sixpence.
0:03:40 > 0:03:42CHRISTINE WHISTLES
0:03:42 > 0:03:44That was quite a lot of money in those days.
0:03:44 > 0:03:46That was a little while ago.
0:03:46 > 0:03:50Our "Forces' Sweetheart" is now a sprightly 94.
0:03:50 > 0:03:53This little funny tree here is the Tree of Heaven
0:03:53 > 0:03:57that Mountbatten gave me, cos he had one in his garden.
0:03:57 > 0:03:59But it's never done anything.
0:03:59 > 0:04:03It hasn't got any bigger than when I first planted it.
0:04:03 > 0:04:05Maybe just a little bit dry for it.
0:04:05 > 0:04:09- It has the competition of the oak. - That's right.
0:04:09 > 0:04:12# Tomorrow is a lovely day... #
0:04:12 > 0:04:14There's an orchard just over there,
0:04:14 > 0:04:17and that's all lovely daffodils in the spring,
0:04:17 > 0:04:20so that makes quite a different aspect to the garden
0:04:20 > 0:04:22when they're there.
0:04:22 > 0:04:24But the poor old trees suffered somewhat
0:04:24 > 0:04:27in the '80s when we had the big storm.
0:04:27 > 0:04:29How many trees did you lose in the storm?
0:04:29 > 0:04:31Oh, about 80.
0:04:31 > 0:04:34But now, you wouldn't notice them missing,
0:04:34 > 0:04:38cos they re-shooted. They all popped up somewhere - little baby ones.
0:04:38 > 0:04:39THEY LAUGH
0:04:39 > 0:04:43I've noticed you've got some very old roses in the garden.
0:04:43 > 0:04:45Yes, they must have been planted in the '20s.
0:04:45 > 0:04:48They're getting rather ancient now.
0:04:48 > 0:04:51I've brought you a little present,
0:04:51 > 0:04:53and I'll show you a technique where you can put roses back
0:04:53 > 0:04:55where roses have grown before.
0:04:55 > 0:04:56Really?!
0:04:56 > 0:04:58Ooh, you've got a secret!
0:04:58 > 0:05:00MUSIC: "I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles" by Vera Lynn
0:05:00 > 0:05:03'There was a time you couldn't plant roses where roses had been.'
0:05:03 > 0:05:07But someone came up with the clever idea of planting them in fresh soil
0:05:07 > 0:05:09in a cardboard box.
0:05:09 > 0:05:13By the time the cardboard has rotted, the new rose is strong enough to withstand infection.
0:05:13 > 0:05:15# I'm forever blowing bubbles... #
0:05:15 > 0:05:17'So there it is.
0:05:17 > 0:05:19'My own little contribution
0:05:19 > 0:05:22'to Dame Vera's vast and varied garden.'
0:05:22 > 0:05:23There we are.
0:05:23 > 0:05:24Some new roses.
0:05:24 > 0:05:26Oh, lovely!
0:05:26 > 0:05:28They're beautiful. Thank you very much.
0:05:28 > 0:05:30Great pleasure.
0:05:30 > 0:05:33'I wonder if she'll let me come back next year to see how they look.'
0:05:33 > 0:05:36MUSIC: "We'll Meet Again" by Vera Lynn
0:05:36 > 0:05:38# Some sunny day. #
0:05:39 > 0:05:42Dame Vera Lynn, there, with our Christine.
0:05:42 > 0:05:4495 and still going strong.
0:05:44 > 0:05:47That's Vera Lynn, that - not Christine.
0:05:47 > 0:05:49Oh, very good! Look where we are!
0:05:49 > 0:05:51It's just magnificent, isn't it?
0:05:51 > 0:05:54The most iconic British landmark,
0:05:54 > 0:05:56the White Cliffs of Dover. Stunning.
0:05:56 > 0:05:59Why is that massive bit there much cleaner than all the rest of it?
0:05:59 > 0:06:02It's a good question and luckily Gareth from the National Trust can answer it.
0:06:02 > 0:06:04Thank goodness you're on this boat.
0:06:04 > 0:06:06Why is that bit whiter than the rest?
0:06:06 > 0:06:09We haven't painted it, if that's the first question you have to ask.
0:06:09 > 0:06:12Recently, we've had quite a large cliff fall here
0:06:12 > 0:06:13that's collapsed into the sea.
0:06:13 > 0:06:16That's revealed the whiter chalk underneath.
0:06:16 > 0:06:19A cliff fall sounds quite dangerous. Is that quite common?
0:06:19 > 0:06:22Cliff falls are a perfectly natural erosion process that happens here.
0:06:22 > 0:06:25You can see the large pile of chalk just over there
0:06:25 > 0:06:27that's actually fallen into the sea,
0:06:27 > 0:06:30and that's now creating a natural sea defence here.
0:06:30 > 0:06:32How long is the White Cliffs of Dover?
0:06:32 > 0:06:34About 14 kilometres, of which the National Trust
0:06:34 > 0:06:36looks after seven.
0:06:36 > 0:06:37Wow, amazing.
0:06:37 > 0:06:38Good stuff.
0:06:38 > 0:06:41Now, from one massive cliff to a massive man.
0:06:41 > 0:06:44Here's Dan Snow telling us about a rather unusual recruit
0:06:44 > 0:06:48to Britain's defences during the last war.
0:06:48 > 0:06:52In World War II, the bulk of the fighting involved the Allies
0:06:52 > 0:06:54using traditionally-trained soldiers, airmen
0:06:54 > 0:06:58and sailors against their German counterparts.
0:06:58 > 0:07:02But there were times when officers needed to think unconventionally -
0:07:02 > 0:07:06to escape the narrow confines of accepted military doctrine.
0:07:06 > 0:07:10And that gave us some of the most extraordinary stories from the Second World War.
0:07:10 > 0:07:12One of them started right here
0:07:12 > 0:07:15in what's traditionally one of the hardest areas of Glasgow -
0:07:15 > 0:07:17the Gorbals.
0:07:17 > 0:07:20'It was here in 1916 that a man called Johnny Ramensky
0:07:20 > 0:07:22'began a long criminal career.
0:07:22 > 0:07:25'A career that took him inside prisons across Scotland,
0:07:25 > 0:07:29'serving more than 45 years behind bars.'
0:07:29 > 0:07:32But Johnny was more than just a villain. He became a soldier.
0:07:32 > 0:07:35He joined the elite Commandos unit.
0:07:35 > 0:07:38Remarkably, his criminal skills
0:07:38 > 0:07:41were an integral part of his military service.
0:07:41 > 0:07:43Johnny was a safe-breaker.
0:07:43 > 0:07:46'John Mitchell was a safe expert who worked for the police
0:07:46 > 0:07:48'and crossed paths with Johnny.'
0:07:48 > 0:07:53So, how did Johnny Ramensky learn his trade, his unique skill?
0:07:53 > 0:07:57I understand that he learned the tricks of his trade
0:07:57 > 0:07:59from fellow prisoners in Peterhead.
0:07:59 > 0:08:03Particularly Scotch Jimmy, who was a real old hand.
0:08:03 > 0:08:05I mean, he started way back in the 1800s.
0:08:05 > 0:08:08'Ramensky applied the same techniques John Mitchell used
0:08:08 > 0:08:11'in his demonstrations to the police.'
0:08:11 > 0:08:13The idea is to remove the key lock.
0:08:13 > 0:08:16If you can put the right charge of explosives through the keyhole
0:08:16 > 0:08:18to take this lock off neatly,
0:08:18 > 0:08:21then the handle should turn and the door should open.
0:08:22 > 0:08:25Ramensky wasn't just an expert safe-breaker,
0:08:25 > 0:08:28he was also an accomplished escape artist.
0:08:28 > 0:08:30He managed to break out five times.
0:08:30 > 0:08:35He was a thorn in the side of the authorities and a public enemy
0:08:35 > 0:08:37until Britain declared war on Germany.
0:08:37 > 0:08:40'Coinciding with the outbreak of the war,
0:08:40 > 0:08:42'Ramensky began a long campaign of letter writing
0:08:42 > 0:08:45'to his Prison Governor, pleading to be allowed to join the Army.
0:08:45 > 0:08:50'One extract reads, "I beg you to overlook my past record
0:08:50 > 0:08:52' "and give me a chance to serve my country.
0:08:52 > 0:08:55' "I am willing to make the supreme sacrifice."
0:08:55 > 0:08:58'Bob Jeffrey has written a book on Ramensky.'
0:08:58 > 0:09:01So, how did this bad lad end up fighting for King and country?
0:09:01 > 0:09:04The Chief Constable of Aberdeen and the Governor of Peterhead
0:09:04 > 0:09:06both alerted the Secret Services
0:09:06 > 0:09:09to the fact that there was this remarkable man
0:09:09 > 0:09:11who was an extremely skilful safe-breaker.
0:09:11 > 0:09:13He did serve his full sentence.
0:09:13 > 0:09:17When it ended, he was immediately met outside the gates
0:09:17 > 0:09:20by the Secret Service agents and whisked to London.
0:09:20 > 0:09:24'He was put in the Commandos, the ideal unit for him.
0:09:24 > 0:09:29'Created in 1940 with the express intention of breaching enemy lines on secret missions,
0:09:29 > 0:09:33'Ramensky's skills in explosives fitted the bill perfectly.
0:09:33 > 0:09:36'One of his achievements was to invent a new method
0:09:36 > 0:09:38'of blowing up railway lines
0:09:38 > 0:09:41'to thwart German attempts to minimise repair time.'
0:09:41 > 0:09:45The Germans had put wagons in front of the locomotives
0:09:45 > 0:09:48to blow them up and then they just repaired the track.
0:09:48 > 0:09:52But he detonated the explosives underneath the locomotives
0:09:52 > 0:09:55so that was a much better act of sabotage.
0:09:55 > 0:09:58He, more or less, invented that delayed fuse technique.
0:09:58 > 0:10:00What else did he do during the war?
0:10:00 > 0:10:03He actually went to Rome and it was quite quickly realised
0:10:03 > 0:10:05that there'd be a lot of valuable information
0:10:05 > 0:10:08in German safes and who was the guy to open these safes?
0:10:08 > 0:10:10Johnny Ramensky.
0:10:10 > 0:10:14He did actually break into the German Embassy and open safes there.
0:10:14 > 0:10:16Johnny returned from his wartime exploits
0:10:16 > 0:10:20with some extraordinary souvenirs of top-secret missions.
0:10:20 > 0:10:24These two banners, they were brought home from Rome and, in fact,
0:10:24 > 0:10:29the suggestion is that these came from the Goering's office.
0:10:29 > 0:10:32He had a lust for adventure and excitement.
0:10:32 > 0:10:37He did thieve, we cannot argue about that but he was very, very driven
0:10:37 > 0:10:40to do something for Britain in time of war.
0:10:40 > 0:10:44One of the most remarkable Scots of the 20th century.
0:10:44 > 0:10:49An unsung hero whose story really deserves to be told.
0:10:49 > 0:10:52Despite his wartime heroics, after he was demobbed
0:10:52 > 0:10:57Johnny slipped back into a life of crime and died in prison in 1972.
0:10:58 > 0:11:01His life was a fascinating one that shows how, in a battle for survival,
0:11:01 > 0:11:05desperate times call for desperate measures.
0:11:05 > 0:11:07Now, Michael, are you afraid of the dark?
0:11:07 > 0:11:10Of course I am, I'm a hairdresser, darling. You know.
0:11:10 > 0:11:13Cos these are the tunnels underneath Dover Castle
0:11:13 > 0:11:15that were built during the Napoleonic Wars
0:11:15 > 0:11:19but used during World War II as a bombproof HQ and they even had a hospital down here.
0:11:19 > 0:11:21- Really?- Mm.
0:11:21 > 0:11:22Well, I have cut hair in a hospital.
0:11:22 > 0:11:25I've also cut hair underground and also on a boat.
0:11:25 > 0:11:29Not out at sea, though, just in the harbour. You'll see what I mean.
0:11:35 > 0:11:37Well, back there is England.
0:11:37 > 0:11:40Over there is Norway and this is the narrowest part of Britain.
0:11:40 > 0:11:42This is Spurn Point.
0:11:42 > 0:11:45From the air you can see what an extraordinary shape it is.
0:11:45 > 0:11:48This spit of land extends from the east coast of England
0:11:48 > 0:11:52right out into the widest part of the Humber Estuary.
0:11:52 > 0:11:54Now, it is home to a special group of people
0:11:54 > 0:11:57that live here, miles away from anyone else.
0:11:57 > 0:12:00I might get there by teatime(!)
0:12:02 > 0:12:04'Spurn Point is the home to the seven-strong crew
0:12:04 > 0:12:07'of the RNLI Humber Lifeboat.
0:12:07 > 0:12:11'The only full-manned, full-time lifeboat crew in the British Isles.'
0:12:11 > 0:12:12INAUDIBLE
0:12:12 > 0:12:15That's obviously some kind of sailing-speak for,
0:12:15 > 0:12:16"We're nearly there."
0:12:16 > 0:12:19Because it is so remote, wives and family live here too.
0:12:19 > 0:12:23So, getting to the barber is not easy.
0:12:23 > 0:12:27- So, Dave, you're the coxswain here, meaning that you're in control, basically.- Absolutely.
0:12:27 > 0:12:30I'm guessing that the weather is not normally this good.
0:12:30 > 0:12:33This is one of the two days of nice weather we get per year.
0:12:33 > 0:12:36I can see you're a man of the world cos you've got some fancy tattoos.
0:12:36 > 0:12:38- My fishing past. - What've you got here?
0:12:38 > 0:12:39Well, that one is Top Cat,
0:12:39 > 0:12:43but what it's actually doing is covering up a few girls' names, you know, so...
0:12:43 > 0:12:46When you come here, you're given a house to live in along with the job.
0:12:46 > 0:12:51And it's always been operated the same way. Every single penny is funded by charitable donations.
0:12:51 > 0:12:55- What's the longest you've been out for?- Just before Christmas, we had a 17 hour shout
0:12:55 > 0:12:57but that was in a Force 11.
0:12:57 > 0:13:00When you're at sea, one hand's for you and one hand's for the boss.
0:13:00 > 0:13:03But when it gets to Force 11, the boss is on his own
0:13:03 > 0:13:04and it's both hands for you.
0:13:04 > 0:13:07- Most of us on the crew have been rescued in the past.- Have you?
0:13:07 > 0:13:10When I was a fisherman, I was rescued by Skegness Lifeboat.
0:13:10 > 0:13:12And they never let me forget it.
0:13:12 > 0:13:15Colin, my mechanic, has been rescued by this boat.
0:13:15 > 0:13:17You can't spend your life on the sea
0:13:17 > 0:13:19without needing some help or assistance.
0:13:19 > 0:13:22The gel. Dun-dun-dun!
0:13:22 > 0:13:25We're ready for anything the North Sea can throw at us, now.
0:13:25 > 0:13:26Take a look.
0:13:26 > 0:13:28Wow. Gel as well.
0:13:28 > 0:13:30'All I need now is a day off to go and show it off.'
0:13:35 > 0:13:37'I can see why this job is important
0:13:37 > 0:13:40'but I'm not sure every family could, or would, live here.
0:13:40 > 0:13:42'I want to meet the wives.
0:13:42 > 0:13:44'They aren't the rough, tough, brave lifeboatmen
0:13:44 > 0:13:47'but they're still stuck out here on the edge of England.'
0:13:47 > 0:13:50This is Karen. It was your husband's hair we cut earlier, was it?
0:13:50 > 0:13:52- Yeah.- Where do you go and get your hair cut?
0:13:52 > 0:13:57I normally go into Hull, which is, like, a 68 mile round trip.
0:13:57 > 0:14:00By the time you get back it probably needs cut again(!)
0:14:00 > 0:14:03It's one bell if it's not life at risk, basically.
0:14:03 > 0:14:05But if it's two it means life at risk.
0:14:05 > 0:14:08That must mean more risk to your fella', doesn't it?
0:14:08 > 0:14:09Oh, absolutely.
0:14:09 > 0:14:12I don't say I don't worry, because I do but,
0:14:12 > 0:14:15after 21 years, you do get used to it.
0:14:15 > 0:14:18Do you get the chance to, kind of, go, "Good luck!"
0:14:18 > 0:14:20He'll let me come to the door but he won't let me see him off
0:14:20 > 0:14:23any further than that cos he always says, "It's unlucky."
0:14:23 > 0:14:25So, what about when there isn't a bell? What does he get up to?
0:14:25 > 0:14:27He loves cooking but that's about...
0:14:27 > 0:14:28- Not cleaning?- No, no.
0:14:28 > 0:14:31I don't suppose he even knows where the Hoover is, any more.
0:14:31 > 0:14:33You want to sort him out, you know.
0:14:33 > 0:14:35You want to get him, you know, on it.
0:14:35 > 0:14:36Take a look.
0:14:36 > 0:14:38Oh, wow.
0:14:38 > 0:14:40That's better than a trip to Hull.
0:14:45 > 0:14:46I could live here, you know.
0:14:46 > 0:14:50I mean, not for 15 years, but I know a man who can.
0:14:50 > 0:14:52This is Colin. You're the mechanic.
0:14:52 > 0:14:56Best job on the boat, till something goes wrong then everybody looks at you.
0:14:56 > 0:14:59Once the station, with all the lifeboating side of things, is done
0:14:59 > 0:15:01then you've become a househusband, really.
0:15:01 > 0:15:04- You go and do the ironing and the washing.- Are you any good at it?
0:15:04 > 0:15:07- Well, look at my hands. - Soft as a baby's bum. Eh?
0:15:07 > 0:15:10What I find is, even if you do it, you've not done it properly, anyway.
0:15:10 > 0:15:12My responsibility is hanging washing out.
0:15:12 > 0:15:16If I hang it out one way, Steph will come up behind me and hang it out another way.
0:15:16 > 0:15:18- I get that as well.- You can't win, can you?- What's that all about?
0:15:18 > 0:15:20Take a look.
0:15:20 > 0:15:22Oh, fantastic.
0:15:22 > 0:15:25- What you doing next week? - Is that a date you're asking me on?
0:15:28 > 0:15:29I love the outfit.
0:15:29 > 0:15:34I'd also love the job as well, actually, but I don't think I could get the family to make the move.
0:15:34 > 0:15:39But, as a place, the people and the work they do here is amazing.
0:15:41 > 0:15:43If I set off now, I'll be home in about six weeks.
0:15:45 > 0:15:48Amazing those guys, aren't they, down at Spurn Point?
0:15:48 > 0:15:50They're the only full-time lifeboat operators on the coast
0:15:50 > 0:15:53and they've done some massive rescue missions out there.
0:15:53 > 0:15:54Really scary stuff.
0:15:54 > 0:15:56Well, thank goodness they exist because in years gone by,
0:15:56 > 0:16:00sailors round these parts had to rely on this.
0:16:00 > 0:16:02the South Foreland Lighthouse.
0:16:02 > 0:16:04The first to use an electric light
0:16:04 > 0:16:07and the first to receive a ship-to-shore transmission.
0:16:07 > 0:16:09BOTH: Help! Help!
0:16:09 > 0:16:11Groundbreaking stuff, eh?
0:16:11 > 0:16:13Well, it's time now for Phil Tufnell.
0:16:13 > 0:16:16And he's with an artist whose work is, well,
0:16:16 > 0:16:18confusing, to say the least.
0:16:18 > 0:16:21Sorry, you've caught me at a little bit of a bad time.
0:16:21 > 0:16:23I should be having a coffee break.
0:16:23 > 0:16:25It's funny how easily we can be tricked.
0:16:25 > 0:16:29It's all about the eyes and the brain getting a bit confused.
0:16:30 > 0:16:32'And when it comes to tricking us,
0:16:32 > 0:16:35'some people have got it down to a fine art.'
0:16:36 > 0:16:39'Joe Hill specialises in designs that turn a flat area
0:16:39 > 0:16:41'into a three-dimensional world.'
0:16:43 > 0:16:45'He's making a special design for The One Show.
0:16:45 > 0:16:48'It's taken two days of drawing, painting and measuring,
0:16:48 > 0:16:50'using a mixture of paints and chalk.'
0:16:59 > 0:17:01I want to find out more about this.
0:17:01 > 0:17:03So I'm going to ask this little fellow.
0:17:06 > 0:17:09Tell us a bit more about this picture.
0:17:09 > 0:17:12Well, it's a 3-D illusion of a big hole in the ground
0:17:12 > 0:17:16and people are going to be sitting in a barrel which is going over
0:17:16 > 0:17:18a waterfall and hopefully it will look like
0:17:18 > 0:17:21they're about to plunge down into the pool at the bottom.
0:17:21 > 0:17:24Joe Hill and his old school friend, Max Lowry,
0:17:24 > 0:17:28started creating unique 3-D street art seven years ago.
0:17:28 > 0:17:32And ended up travelling the world, showing their talent.
0:17:35 > 0:17:39They both studied A-level art at school and started developing
0:17:39 > 0:17:44this unusual style after the offer of some work promoting whiskey in Spain.
0:17:46 > 0:17:52Max died suddenly last year, but Joe's decided to keep the work going.
0:17:52 > 0:17:56- Do you mind if I have a little go? - Definitely, yes. Take that.
0:17:56 > 0:17:59- We need the eye, the vulture's eye.- Fantastic.
0:17:59 > 0:18:03It's not going to be round, it's got to be long and thin.
0:18:03 > 0:18:05Yes, why is everything sort of stretched out?
0:18:05 > 0:18:07Because it's an illusion.
0:18:07 > 0:18:10You have to stretch everything out to make it look like it's standing upright.
0:18:10 > 0:18:14- Yeah.- So you give it a single perspective and then stretch everything,
0:18:14 > 0:18:18so you get these really weird kind of alien shapes.
0:18:18 > 0:18:21So that means the illusion only works
0:18:21 > 0:18:23when it's viewed from one point.
0:18:23 > 0:18:27The technique is called trompe l'oeil, or tricking the eye,
0:18:27 > 0:18:31and can be traced back 2,500 years to ancient Greece.
0:18:31 > 0:18:35The art of 3-D painting features in many British stately homes.
0:18:35 > 0:18:39These fake arches and vases at Wimpole Hall near Peterborough
0:18:39 > 0:18:44were drawn 200 years ago to make the chapel look grander than it really is.
0:18:44 > 0:18:49- So, how's that?- That's spot on. Glittering and evil.- Fantastic.
0:18:49 > 0:18:53Now, I reckon the best bit now would be if you get the white
0:18:53 > 0:18:57- and create the ruff of furry feathers around his neck.- Yeah.
0:18:57 > 0:18:59Don't be shy, just really go for it.
0:18:59 > 0:19:02- Get into it, you've got to get into it.- That's it.
0:19:02 > 0:19:05And then, just to really highlight it,
0:19:05 > 0:19:08we are going to put in some texture.
0:19:08 > 0:19:12So underneath here, like that, you're going to do nice dark.
0:19:12 > 0:19:13Yeah, rub it in.
0:19:13 > 0:19:18And then on top, you're just going to blend this a little bit,
0:19:18 > 0:19:21just so that you've got a feathery kind of feel to it, like that.
0:19:21 > 0:19:24Fantastic. What about the councils, do they get a bit annoyed with it?
0:19:24 > 0:19:28Well yeah, it used to be a problem when we would do chalk straight onto the pavement.
0:19:28 > 0:19:31And we'd have to wash it off afterwards with mops and brooms and all stuff.
0:19:31 > 0:19:36But now we do it on canvas, we can just roll it up at the end of the day and everyone's happy.
0:19:36 > 0:19:39In a lot of Joe's pictures, he draws a position
0:19:39 > 0:19:42so that he can stand in and really bring the artwork to life.
0:19:44 > 0:19:46So how does this one work?
0:19:46 > 0:19:50OK, we painted the area of the barrel really dark
0:19:50 > 0:19:53so that people can kneel on it and hopefully,
0:19:53 > 0:19:56it will look like their legs are going straight down into the barrel
0:19:56 > 0:20:01and then they can pretend that they're falling down into this gorge.
0:20:01 > 0:20:03Well, we're pretty much done, aren't we, now?
0:20:03 > 0:20:04- Shall we have a look? - I want to have a look!
0:20:04 > 0:20:06I've been dying to go and have a look! Let's go.
0:20:08 > 0:20:13OK, now it's time for the moment of truth. Let's see if this really works.
0:20:14 > 0:20:15Wooooah!
0:20:15 > 0:20:18- One, two, three. Got it! - Wooah!
0:20:20 > 0:20:22And look, street artist extraordinaire, Joe,
0:20:22 > 0:20:23is with us in Dover.
0:20:23 > 0:20:25Great, what are you up to here, Joe?
0:20:25 > 0:20:26Well, it's a bit of a surprise,
0:20:26 > 0:20:29- but it's something to do with the white cliffs.- Nice.
0:20:29 > 0:20:31So we'll see this later, no doubt.
0:20:31 > 0:20:33And what have you been up to since we last saw you?
0:20:33 > 0:20:37Well, at the end of last year, we broke two world records
0:20:37 > 0:20:40for the largest piece and the longest piece of 3-D street art.
0:20:40 > 0:20:44It was a huge canyon dropping down into the ground in Canary Wharf.
0:20:44 > 0:20:48Wow! That's awesome. Well, you carry on, because you've got a lot to do.
0:20:48 > 0:20:50Now, this next story is incredible.
0:20:50 > 0:20:53It's about a young mum who had some surgery that's so complicated,
0:20:53 > 0:20:57there are only a few hospitals in the world that can do it.
0:20:59 > 0:21:0229-year-old Sue Buckle has everything to live for.
0:21:04 > 0:21:06I tried for Amelia for three and a half years.
0:21:06 > 0:21:10I had to lose quite a lot of weight and I had some medical help,
0:21:10 > 0:21:14hormones and different things, to conceive. But, it's amazing.
0:21:14 > 0:21:17Best thing I've ever done, definitely!
0:21:20 > 0:21:23But Sue's health deteriorated rapidly after Amelia was born.
0:21:24 > 0:21:28Sue came out of hospital and just couldn't get out of bed.
0:21:28 > 0:21:30And I just said, this isn't right.
0:21:30 > 0:21:32You go on adrenaline when you've had a child, you know,
0:21:32 > 0:21:35it keeps you going. But I knew something wasn't right
0:21:35 > 0:21:39and she came to answer the door to a health visitor and lost her breath.
0:21:39 > 0:21:42And that was when we took her into hospital, because that wasn't right.
0:21:42 > 0:21:45Sue has developed pulmonary hypertension,
0:21:45 > 0:21:48dangerously high blood pressure in her lungs.
0:21:48 > 0:21:51She's now permanently attached to an oxygen tent
0:21:51 > 0:21:53and barely able to lift her own daughter.
0:21:53 > 0:21:56I have my days where I'm unbelievably frustrated.
0:21:56 > 0:22:00I just want to shut the door and just be a mum and say,
0:22:00 > 0:22:01you know, "I'll do it on my own."
0:22:01 > 0:22:03And there's been a couple of mornings I've tried it,
0:22:03 > 0:22:05and regretted it.
0:22:05 > 0:22:08And that's made me feel even more anxious, and angry as well.
0:22:08 > 0:22:12Because I just want to do it, I want to do it on my terms.
0:22:13 > 0:22:15But the surgery that could save her
0:22:15 > 0:22:17is only performed at a handful of hospitals in the world.
0:22:18 > 0:22:22It's incredibly complex. Without it, Sue will die.
0:22:22 > 0:22:24SHE COUGHS
0:22:26 > 0:22:29The arteries in her lungs are clogged with blood clots,
0:22:29 > 0:22:32putting unbearable pressure on her heart.
0:22:32 > 0:22:36In the scan here, Mrs Buckle's lungs, in the upper lobes,
0:22:36 > 0:22:39the branches are reasonably smooth and relatively normal.
0:22:39 > 0:22:42But in the lower lobes, the branches are narrowed
0:22:42 > 0:22:44and blocked in lots of places.
0:22:44 > 0:22:48So that means the right side of the heart has to work harder to get the blood round?
0:22:48 > 0:22:50- That's exactly right. - What happens in the long-term?
0:22:50 > 0:22:53Well, as the right side of the heart,
0:22:53 > 0:22:55which is designed to pump against the low pressure
0:22:55 > 0:22:59in the lung circulation, initially tries to compensate.
0:22:59 > 0:23:05But eventually it gets bigger and more dilated and less efficient
0:23:05 > 0:23:07and eventually, people get right heart failure
0:23:07 > 0:23:09and become extremely unwell.
0:23:09 > 0:23:11And eventually, unfortunately, die.
0:23:11 > 0:23:16Sue knew her chances of surviving more than a couple of years were slim.
0:23:17 > 0:23:20The more I read, the more terrified I was at the condition,
0:23:20 > 0:23:24and the more I realised that I'd had a beautiful baby girl
0:23:24 > 0:23:25and would I see her grow up?
0:23:25 > 0:23:28I wasn't sure. And it was just devastating.
0:23:28 > 0:23:34But Sue has been offered a lifeline by Papworth Hospital near Cambridge.
0:23:34 > 0:23:37It's the only centre in the UK to perform the surgery that might cure her.
0:23:37 > 0:23:43But it's one of the most difficult heart and lung operations undertaken anywhere.
0:23:43 > 0:23:49The intricate surgery that could save her will involve putting her into a state of suspended animation.
0:23:49 > 0:23:52So her body can be completely drained of blood.
0:23:52 > 0:23:56It's her only chance of seeing Amelia grow up.
0:23:56 > 0:23:59Over 90 percent of patients, after this operation,
0:23:59 > 0:24:00are alive in five years.
0:24:00 > 0:24:04Over two thirds of patients, it can offer a complete cure.
0:24:04 > 0:24:09There's a good chance she hopefully we'll get back to a very good quality of life.
0:24:12 > 0:24:16It takes nearly an hour to open Sue's chest.
0:24:16 > 0:24:19They're going to reach her lungs through an artery in her heart.
0:24:19 > 0:24:23A machine will take over the work of her heart and lungs.
0:24:24 > 0:24:27The machine takes over the breathing and the circulation of the patient.
0:24:29 > 0:24:32So the blood comes out of the body, bypasses the heart and lungs,
0:24:32 > 0:24:36goes into this machine there and comes back oxygenated.
0:24:37 > 0:24:41In most cardiothoracic operations, that would be enough to allow for surgery.
0:24:41 > 0:24:43But not in this one.
0:24:43 > 0:24:47Mr Jenkins' operating field is a hole about an inch across.
0:24:47 > 0:24:49We need to switch the heart-lung machine off
0:24:49 > 0:24:50because if we didn't,
0:24:50 > 0:24:53you would always have a blood flow coming through.
0:24:53 > 0:24:55So it would actually impede his vision.
0:24:55 > 0:24:59The only way the team can do the operation without killing Sue
0:24:59 > 0:25:02is too slow her metabolism down to a virtual standstill.
0:25:03 > 0:25:08We need to cool the patient slowly, to about 20 degrees.
0:25:08 > 0:25:11And then that gives us the safe period of 20 or 30 minutes
0:25:11 > 0:25:13when we can drain all her blood out
0:25:13 > 0:25:15and have a very good view to do the actual operation.
0:25:15 > 0:25:18Sue's blood is very gradually chilled
0:25:18 > 0:25:21as it runs through the bypass machine,
0:25:21 > 0:25:24reducing her body temperature to half its normal level.
0:25:24 > 0:25:28She'll be entering a state of suspended animation.
0:25:28 > 0:25:31It's all designed to try and protect the brain from the periods
0:25:31 > 0:25:34where we switch the pump off completely.
0:25:34 > 0:25:38If you didn't do that, how long would it take for her to be brain damaged?
0:25:38 > 0:25:40At normal body temperature, like you or I now,
0:25:40 > 0:25:42three to four minutes,
0:25:42 > 0:25:45and already we would start to see irreversible brain damage.
0:25:45 > 0:25:50OK, so, Nick, you can stop the circulation now and drain out, please.
0:25:52 > 0:25:55This is an extraordinary moment.
0:25:55 > 0:25:58The heart-lung machine's just been switched off.
0:25:58 > 0:26:01And all the blood is draining from Susie's body,
0:26:01 > 0:26:04right in front of our eyes.
0:26:04 > 0:26:08This is as close to being dead as you can get and still be revived.
0:26:08 > 0:26:12They've now got just 20 minutes to tease out the blood clots
0:26:12 > 0:26:15before her organs start to fail.
0:26:15 > 0:26:18There is no way of knowing how easy or desperate it's going to be.
0:26:18 > 0:26:20Hers is actually quite stubborn.
0:26:20 > 0:26:24They've managed to remove the major blockages from the right side,
0:26:24 > 0:26:26but time has run out.
0:26:26 > 0:26:28So, we've just reached 20 minutes.
0:26:28 > 0:26:33Sue will now briefly go back on bypass to refresh her brain
0:26:33 > 0:26:35and body with a life saving cycle of blood,
0:26:35 > 0:26:40then Mr Jenkins will have to start all over again on her other lung.
0:26:40 > 0:26:43We only get the final proof when we come off bypass
0:26:43 > 0:26:46and see what the pressures are like and see how she is.
0:26:46 > 0:26:48Mr Jenkins is pleased with the results.
0:26:48 > 0:26:53And it's looking, for this stage, it's looking pretty good.
0:26:53 > 0:26:55I think she's going to be all right.
0:26:57 > 0:26:58Sue will now go into intensive care.
0:26:58 > 0:27:02If the recovery goes well, she could be home in a couple of weeks,
0:27:02 > 0:27:05with a new life ahead of her.
0:27:05 > 0:27:08When I was a medical student, this was the stuff of science fiction.
0:27:08 > 0:27:14From my perspective, this is as close to a medical miracle as you can get.
0:27:14 > 0:27:17That was amazing, wasn't it? I mean, how is she getting on?
0:27:17 > 0:27:19Well, we did catch up with her, and she is recovering well.
0:27:19 > 0:27:21See for yourselves.
0:27:21 > 0:27:24I just wanted to give you an update on how I'm doing.
0:27:25 > 0:27:26Coming home was incredible.
0:27:26 > 0:27:28It was just amazing to see Amelia,
0:27:28 > 0:27:32who had been here waiting for me to come home.
0:27:32 > 0:27:33Having a cuddle.
0:27:33 > 0:27:37Now I've had my operation, I'm able to dress Amelia
0:27:37 > 0:27:38and change her nappy.
0:27:38 > 0:27:41All those things that some parents would go, urgh, yeah,
0:27:41 > 0:27:42mundane things.
0:27:42 > 0:27:44But to me, every one is so special.
0:27:44 > 0:27:47And pushing her in a pushchair is just lovely.
0:27:47 > 0:27:50And not having an oxygen cylinder and being breathless,
0:27:50 > 0:27:54just being able to do it on my own, is incredible.
0:27:54 > 0:27:57I just want to say a humongous thank you to David Jenkins
0:27:57 > 0:27:59and everyone that helped look after me at Papworth.
0:27:59 > 0:28:01Before the operation,
0:28:01 > 0:28:05and being told my life expectancy wasn't particularly great,
0:28:05 > 0:28:10I viewed everything, birthdays, Christmases, Mother's Days, as a countdown.
0:28:10 > 0:28:12You know, this might be the last one.
0:28:12 > 0:28:17And now, it's incredible that I haven't got that over my shoulders.
0:28:17 > 0:28:19Well, that is fantastic news, isn't it?
0:28:19 > 0:28:22- I mean, good luck to Sue and her family.- Yeah, an incredible story.
0:28:22 > 0:28:25And look, Michael, look what Joe has left us behind. Our ride home.
0:28:25 > 0:28:29- It's a seagull!- Where are we going first?- To the North!- Yee hah!
0:28:29 > 0:28:31See you later!
0:28:31 > 0:28:33- Don't kick it.- All right.