0:00:19 > 0:00:21Hello and welcome to The One Show with Matt Baker.
0:00:21 > 0:00:26And Angellica Bell.
0:00:26 > 0:00:33And hello to the Wilsons, enjoying a snow game on their sledge. These are
0:00:33 > 0:00:38Winter Olympians in the making. Hitting the slope. Off they go, a
0:00:38 > 0:00:39huge pile of them.
0:00:39 > 0:00:42It's a welcome to the world hello to Sienna Waring -
0:00:42 > 0:00:46born on the A66 in County Durham this morning.
0:00:46 > 0:00:55APPLAUSE Welcome. A great place to be born.
0:00:58 > 0:01:02A to Ozzie Burrows.
0:01:02 > 0:01:07An ingenious way to get the snow off his car. I used a brush this
0:01:07 > 0:01:08morning.
0:01:08 > 0:01:11It's a round of applause hello to the takeaway delivery guy
0:01:11 > 0:01:13in Lincoln who had to learn how to do the skeleton.
0:01:13 > 0:01:18APPLAUSE
0:01:19 > 0:01:20That is a curry in a hurry!
0:01:20 > 0:01:24And finally hello to the newly married Mr and Mrs Robinson
0:01:24 > 0:01:27from Stranraer, who should be sunning themselves in the Maldives
0:01:27 > 0:01:31but are stuck in Glasgow airport.
0:01:31 > 0:01:36But Glasgow airport is pretty cool, as well.They are together. Having a
0:01:36 > 0:01:37memorable time.
0:01:37 > 0:01:40Because yes it's still white out there, and can you believe it,
0:01:40 > 0:01:42it's the first day of spring today.
0:01:42 > 0:01:46The Beast from the East has made its presence known.
0:01:46 > 0:01:50We have been seeing traffic jams and road closures up and down the
0:01:50 > 0:01:55country from the A43 in Hampshire to the M80 between Glasgow and
0:01:55 > 0:01:59Stirling.
0:01:59 > 0:02:07Mass disruption on the rails and at airports.
0:02:08 > 0:02:12Storm Emma is on her way and there's expected to be going on 2ft of snow
0:02:12 > 0:02:13in the South West tonight.
0:02:13 > 0:02:15Our favourite weatherman Ben Rich is here.
0:02:15 > 0:02:18Who knew you could be on the One sofa three times in a week.
0:02:18 > 0:02:21He'll be telling us what the next few days will be like.
0:02:21 > 0:02:24And the president of the AA - Edmund King is here,
0:02:24 > 0:02:26letting us know how much travel misery Storm Emma could be
0:02:26 > 0:02:27bringing to the roads.
0:02:27 > 0:02:30To take us away from the cold we're joined by Simon Schama,
0:02:30 > 0:02:33Mary Beard and David Olusoga - the faces of the BBC's
0:02:33 > 0:02:35breathtaking new series, Civilisations, which promises
0:02:35 > 0:02:40an epic journey through thousands of years of beautiful art.
0:02:40 > 0:02:43The latest area to issue a severe red alert snow warning
0:02:43 > 0:02:45is the South West and South Wales.
0:02:45 > 0:02:49Happy St David's Day, everyone.
0:02:49 > 0:02:52Jon Kay is in Tiverton in Devon, which is bracing itself for the full
0:02:52 > 0:02:54force of Storm Emma.
0:02:54 > 0:03:00Jon, has Emma arrived yet?
0:03:00 > 0:03:06Storm Emma has arrived and it was above this patch Emma met the Beast
0:03:06 > 0:03:09from the East. They had a horrible and messy meeting in the skies above
0:03:09 > 0:03:18this red warning zone. There is no red to be seen, you cannot see
0:03:18 > 0:03:22anything, it is quite everywhere. This is Tiverton high street.
0:03:22 > 0:03:27Somebody making their way home. A tractor is trying to clear things.
0:03:27 > 0:03:32Very few people out to night, people have been told to get home, shut the
0:03:32 > 0:03:39door and tried to settle down and see this out. This red zone is a big
0:03:39 > 0:03:43area from south Wales and covers Cardiff and cuts through the Bristol
0:03:43 > 0:03:47Channel through Somerset down to Devon. Some communities here are
0:03:47 > 0:03:52used to being cut off for a couple of days in winter but this red zone
0:03:52 > 0:03:57is unusual because it covers urban areas, and people who are not used
0:03:57 > 0:04:01this will have to deal with it and it will snow pretty much all night
0:04:01 > 0:04:05and we will see more over the next couple of. Thank you.
0:04:05 > 0:04:07Keep safe in the South West tonight.
0:04:07 > 0:04:10The red alert in Scotland may have been lifted this morning,
0:04:10 > 0:04:14but it has still been a difficult day on the roads.
0:04:14 > 0:04:18Food shops in the centre of one of Europe's biggest cities closed
0:04:18 > 0:04:25because of the snow.Most of the shops seem to be a meltdown, closing
0:04:25 > 0:04:31early, shutting their doors, nothing on the shelves.The empty shelves in
0:04:31 > 0:04:36Glasgow are partly the result of some of Scotland's biggest roads,
0:04:36 > 0:04:41including the M80, seizing up. Hundreds of drivers spent the night
0:04:41 > 0:04:46in their vehicles and others abandon them.Horrendous. A couple of
0:04:46 > 0:04:52people, bless them, they deserve a medal, giving people a drink.Mark
0:04:52 > 0:04:56from the RAC is doing his best to get motorists back up and running.I
0:04:56 > 0:05:03would say there has been a risk to life. A lot of the major roads. I
0:05:03 > 0:05:10have never seen the M80 that quiet. Normally, it would be heaving with
0:05:10 > 0:05:17traffic.With up to 30 centimetres of snow minor roads are also quiet.
0:05:17 > 0:05:27And of course, drivers are stuck. Got a rope on just now. If he drives
0:05:27 > 0:05:32gently and I drive gently, it gives us basically a four-wheel drive and
0:05:32 > 0:05:39hopefully gets us there.Thank you very much, much appreciated.Wright,
0:05:39 > 0:05:45the next one. In these conditions, getting to any emergency is not
0:05:45 > 0:05:49easy. Pat O'Mara is the head of the ambulance control centre in Glasgow.
0:05:49 > 0:05:56We have seen more accidents -- have you seen more accidents?Demand
0:05:56 > 0:06:02levels have been the same. But it has been harder to get to patients.
0:06:02 > 0:06:08Obviously it is treacherous for your staff, as well. Do you have measures
0:06:08 > 0:06:12to protect them?We have staff put up in hotels. They have not seen
0:06:12 > 0:06:17their families for a couple of days. We make sure we rotate people and
0:06:17 > 0:06:23keep an eye on fatigue levels.This evening the M80 was due to open but
0:06:23 > 0:06:28an Amber alert is in place until tomorrow morning. What is the
0:06:28 > 0:06:36situation with the red warnings?The red warning in central Scotland
0:06:36 > 0:06:41expired earlier this morning simply because the snow eased off but there
0:06:41 > 0:06:48is still a lot of snow lying around. We have a new red warning for parts
0:06:48 > 0:06:53of the south-west of England and South East of Wales. Talking about
0:06:53 > 0:06:58parts of Devon, into Somerset, far south-east Wales. Those areas could
0:06:58 > 0:07:05see easily 20 centimetres, but perhaps 40, 50, you mentioned two
0:07:05 > 0:07:10feet of snow. I expect we will not be farther away from that in
0:07:10 > 0:07:18Dartmoor, Exmoor. And blizzards. As you saw, there are amber warnings,
0:07:18 > 0:07:22the second tier, across south-west England more generally, south Wales,
0:07:22 > 0:07:27Northern Ireland and the north-east of England and East of Scotland.
0:07:27 > 0:07:31Edmund, you are president of the AA and we have seen the chaos the snow
0:07:31 > 0:07:38has caused.What the roads like now? They are still pretty busy and
0:07:38 > 0:07:45dangerous. Our patrols have been out today and more like snow patrols,
0:07:45 > 0:07:51chasing cars stuck in snow and in ice and you can see from the map, it
0:07:51 > 0:07:58is across the country. North-east, Northwest, Scotland, Lincoln. A lot
0:07:58 > 0:08:04of closed roads in Lincolnshire. And in the deep South and south-west. We
0:08:04 > 0:08:10have experienced three times as many calls for breakdowns. Something like
0:08:10 > 0:08:1530,000 calls today alone. We have had to mobilise all patrols and get
0:08:15 > 0:08:20extra patrols out, even getting staff to call centres using 4x4
0:08:20 > 0:08:26vehicles.Some people need to get out, so what tips would you give
0:08:26 > 0:08:32them?Be prepared before you go out. If you looked at Scotland last
0:08:32 > 0:08:37night, the M80, if you did not have half a tank of fuel, you would have
0:08:37 > 0:08:41been in trouble. Make sure you have at least half a tank of fuel also if
0:08:41 > 0:08:46you stop you can keep the engine and heater on. Put carpet or cardboard
0:08:46 > 0:08:53in the boot of the car. If you are stuck in snow, take the cardboard
0:08:53 > 0:08:58out, if it is a rear wheel drive car, put it under the rear wheel and
0:08:58 > 0:09:04drive over it, it gives you traction. Be prepared and then drive
0:09:04 > 0:09:09very smoothly, pull away in second gear, do not accelerate quickly, do
0:09:09 > 0:09:14not put on the brakes quickly. Keep to the main roads, they are better
0:09:14 > 0:09:18gritted, although Ben Rich would know this, in some of the
0:09:18 > 0:09:25temperatures we have seen, Grit is not all that effective. Do not be
0:09:25 > 0:09:28complacent, even with a 4x4 you can skid off the road.And it can wash
0:09:28 > 0:09:34off. When rain falls it washes the Grit.Edmund, thank you for making
0:09:34 > 0:09:35the journey to see us.
0:09:35 > 0:09:38Lincolnshire is one of the places that has been hardest to get around
0:09:38 > 0:09:41today with no major roads open first thing this morning.
0:09:41 > 0:09:43Peter Levy is there now.
0:09:43 > 0:09:53Are things getting moving? Not really. All of the major roads have
0:09:53 > 0:09:59been blocked at some point today. 100 schools plus closed. A bad day.
0:09:59 > 0:10:03Barnaby between Grimsby and Scunthorpe, it is the coldest I have
0:10:03 > 0:10:09ever been. I have Simon bachelor with me who is a farmer. When did
0:10:09 > 0:10:16you get up this morning? 5am I was on the road. He has been helping
0:10:16 > 0:10:21people get out of the snow with the snowplough.I have been trying to
0:10:21 > 0:10:25keep the road opened and help people who are stuck as we try to keep
0:10:25 > 0:10:31lorries flowing so they can get access to the farm.Nobody asked you
0:10:31 > 0:10:36to do this!We have to get people into work at our farm and you come
0:10:36 > 0:10:39across people stranded. You cannot leave them, you have to help the
0:10:39 > 0:10:46community.You are one of the good Samaritans that has come out today.
0:10:46 > 0:10:52There have been a lot of people out helping.It has been extraordinary.
0:10:52 > 0:10:57Yes, everybody pulling together. It is gone 7pm, go home and get some
0:10:57 > 0:11:08food. Thank you. If I can tell you about a lady called
0:11:08 > 0:11:12about a lady called cat -- Cat, a nurse, who walked three hours in the
0:11:12 > 0:11:17snow to get to work at Lincoln County Hospital. And then she came
0:11:17 > 0:11:21across a colleague called Lucy in the snow and injured. They got to
0:11:21 > 0:11:25work at the hospital and did their shift and they staying at the
0:11:25 > 0:11:32hospital tonight. I reckon you should invite her down to see the
0:11:32 > 0:11:36One Show one night because it is extraordinary what she has done
0:11:36 > 0:11:41today. The coldest I have been I have to say, in Lincolnshire.
0:11:41 > 0:11:46Back to you. I think that is a wonderful invitation. We should give
0:11:46 > 0:11:53a round of applause.
0:11:53 > 0:11:56a round of applause. Everybody, the farmers, like the fourth emergency
0:11:56 > 0:11:59service is situation is like this.
0:11:59 > 0:12:01Tonight sees the launch of Civilisations -
0:12:01 > 0:12:03the BBC's new epic art series.
0:12:03 > 0:12:05Filmed across six continents, 31 countries and three
0:12:05 > 0:12:06years in the making, it's the Blue Planet
0:12:06 > 0:12:14of the art world.
0:12:14 > 0:12:22The record of human history brims over with the rage to destroy. But
0:12:22 > 0:12:28it is also imprinted with the opposite instinct. To make things
0:12:28 > 0:12:32that go beyond the demands of food and shelter. Things that makers see
0:12:32 > 0:12:38the world and place in it in a different light. We are the art
0:12:38 > 0:12:47making animal. And this is what we have made.
0:12:47 > 0:12:52Well, it is a big old series. Fantastic. We are looking forward to
0:12:52 > 0:12:59it. We have Simon and David and Mary here. Heavyweights. But this is the
0:12:59 > 0:13:06first time you have worked together. David, who is doing what? I am doing
0:13:06 > 0:13:10the age of discovery. 16th, 17th, 18th century. Mary is doing the
0:13:10 > 0:13:16ancient world and Simon is doing everything else.No pressure.
0:13:16 > 0:13:23Insufferable greed. I do not stop with the ancient world.I get up to
0:13:23 > 0:13:292014. We all do. You are in one of the programmes. You are not,
0:13:29 > 0:13:34actually!
0:13:34 > 0:13:37actually!Excited for minute. It is interesting. We have watched it
0:13:37 > 0:13:45today.All of it?Not all nine programmes. Because we would not
0:13:45 > 0:13:49want to watch it now we want to watch it with everyone.My students
0:13:49 > 0:13:55say that. I say, did you read it? They say, I looked at it. Am I as
0:13:55 > 0:14:02bad as one of your students? As good as! Each episode is your personal
0:14:02 > 0:14:06journey, you researched it. When you filmed it, did it live up to
0:14:06 > 0:14:13expectations and the work you put into the episode?More than that. It
0:14:13 > 0:14:17was always more difficult to film did you thought. It is easy to sit
0:14:17 > 0:14:23in London and say we will go there. Planet in the office. It works fine
0:14:23 > 0:14:31but it never does when you get there. I had looked at the
0:14:31 > 0:14:37terracotta Warriors and I saw them at the British Museum. This is what
0:14:37 > 0:14:44makes you so lucky on telly. Not just look at them from the side, but
0:14:44 > 0:14:51get down, wander about amongst them. I thought, wow, if my mum knew I was
0:14:51 > 0:14:57doing this, she would be so proud. With paintings, you have to go
0:14:57 > 0:15:04either at 6am, or at night, when nobody else's there. A small price
0:15:04 > 0:15:11to pay but it is just you and Rembrandt. Sometimes that is scary.
0:15:11 > 0:15:16I was there with the painters staring at me with that fishy eye,
0:15:16 > 0:15:21saying, I have seen people like you before. You feel embarrassed but you
0:15:21 > 0:15:27do it nonetheless.A precious sense of immediacy. And incredible
0:15:27 > 0:15:32emotion. The cave paintings.
0:15:33 > 0:15:36emotion. The cave paintings. The way they use ink to put their mark on
0:15:36 > 0:15:40it, you kind of hit on it, the point of art is for it outlived the person
0:15:40 > 0:15:46that has created it.That is the breakthrough. The group have very
0:15:46 > 0:15:51cleverly sort of kept me from seeing it. Everything was set up and
0:15:51 > 0:15:55normally we would have just a quick look. But no, you take a risk
0:15:55 > 0:15:59because I might be even more soppy and incoherent and if that I usually
0:15:59 > 0:16:05am!He is quite soppy about it sometimes, sometimes he gets soppy!
0:16:05 > 0:16:09You enjoy him getting soppy.How impact poll has this series being,
0:16:09 > 0:16:14you will have done so many programmes of the past?It is easy
0:16:14 > 0:16:18to write something and know what your going to say but then you stand
0:16:18 > 0:16:23in front an amazing piece of art, and you are low because you there
0:16:23 > 0:16:29early, and you have a different relationship. The thing you wrote
0:16:29 > 0:16:30isn't enough because what you're trying to express is what you feel
0:16:30 > 0:16:38in that moment.The men are terribly soppy about this. They go gooey and
0:16:38 > 0:16:45cry in front of works of art.I'm not ashamed!I do not.You were
0:16:45 > 0:16:49struck by the cave. One thing that struck me is how art can be so
0:16:49 > 0:16:53similar in the world, yet be so far apart. I'm talking about the
0:16:53 > 0:16:59mosque...That's a good point, in the second cave we went to, very
0:16:59 > 0:17:03deep, and it was weird, I felt weirdly at home in the caves. The
0:17:03 > 0:17:09temperature is always about kind of 15 or 14 or something, never colder.
0:17:09 > 0:17:13Half an hour walk into where the paintings are and then you come
0:17:13 > 0:17:17across these horses. Of course, no ice age artist is out there with a
0:17:17 > 0:17:23little sketch pad, so they are actually looking hard and then going
0:17:23 > 0:17:27back and translating what they've got in their memory. It is not just
0:17:27 > 0:17:32the kind of cartoon of a horse, they use the lines of the rock for bones
0:17:32 > 0:17:38and the anatomy of a horse. This is an amazing thing. Because it started
0:17:38 > 0:17:43all those tens of thousands of years ago, it is very, a very emotional
0:17:43 > 0:17:47moment.The starting point. It is all there for you. A magical,
0:17:47 > 0:17:49magical series.
0:17:49 > 0:17:53Civilisations starts tonight 9pm on BBC Two.
0:17:53 > 0:17:55Now, what lengths would you go to, to help and protect,
0:17:55 > 0:17:58and give an opportunity to someone you didn't know on the other
0:17:58 > 0:17:59side of the world?
0:17:59 > 0:18:07Here's the story of how one student imprisoned
0:18:08 > 0:18:14Prison found himself in Glasgow.
0:18:14 > 0:18:23My name is Hernando. In 1973, I was at 24-year-old student in Chile.My
0:18:23 > 0:18:28name is Marilyn Thompson and in 1973I was a third-year student at
0:18:28 > 0:18:40Essex University. This is the story...Of how she saved me.
0:18:41 > 0:18:44In September 1973, the democratic government of Chile was overthrown
0:18:44 > 0:18:50by Commander in Chief of the Chilean army, General Pinochet, in a violent
0:18:50 > 0:18:56coup. In the days that followed, 4500 people were killed or
0:18:56 > 0:19:01disappeared. 200,000 were imprisoned or tortured. One of those was
0:19:01 > 0:19:0924-year-old Hernando.The Secret Service came very late at night,
0:19:09 > 0:19:15after the coup. They broke down the door. They blindfolded and took me
0:19:15 > 0:19:21to an interrogation centre. I was brutally tortured. It was a very
0:19:21 > 0:19:26difficult life, if I can call it a life, because at some point I was
0:19:26 > 0:19:33kind of losing my mind. It surprised me that I can talk the
0:19:33 > 0:19:38way I'm talking now, because I couldn't say this in the first 20
0:19:38 > 0:19:42years. The Pinochet regime was fast to
0:19:42 > 0:19:45stamp out any dissent. Military police targeted those with socialist
0:19:45 > 0:19:52views, many of whom were academics and students. Hernando's crime was
0:19:52 > 0:19:56distributing leaflets opposing the dictatorship. Marilyn would soon
0:19:56 > 0:20:01come to his aid.I was studying Latin American studies and I had
0:20:01 > 0:20:07Latin American friends. I was really horrified by what was happening in
0:20:07 > 0:20:11the country. There was news reels and films that were coming out which
0:20:11 > 0:20:15showed how horrific it was. It was just general repression, a reign of
0:20:15 > 0:20:19terror. The coup sparked international
0:20:19 > 0:20:27outrage and in the UK people took to the streets in their thousands.
0:20:27 > 0:20:31Academics formed a network to provide asylum to Chilean students.
0:20:31 > 0:20:35Working with the world University service, they offered places at
0:20:35 > 0:20:40British universities.We developed quite strong relations, helping them
0:20:40 > 0:20:45to settle down in the country. The issue of language was a very big
0:20:45 > 0:20:49one, because the majority didn't speak any English at all.
0:20:49 > 0:20:54Hernando was on a list of political prisoners as his family had reported
0:20:54 > 0:20:58him missing. The world University service awarded him a grant to
0:20:58 > 0:21:04continue his studies at Glasgow University. After ten months in
0:21:04 > 0:21:07prison, the Chilean authorities expelled Hernando from the country.
0:21:07 > 0:21:11On the 6th of June 1974, he was flown to the UK.
0:21:11 > 0:21:18Because of my previous experience, torture in prison, I didn't know
0:21:18 > 0:21:22what to expect because your mind is not accustomed to freedom.
0:21:22 > 0:21:30Marilyn was one of the first people he met.
0:21:30 > 0:21:34Reminds me, what was it like when you first got here to the UK?The
0:21:34 > 0:21:40very first day, I went to your office and as soon as I opened the
0:21:40 > 0:21:45door, I saw you smile. You spoke to me in Spanish, which made a big
0:21:45 > 0:21:50difference. After graduating, Hernando pursued a
0:21:50 > 0:21:53career in electrical engineering. He met his wife Vicky the year he
0:21:53 > 0:21:58arrived in Glasgow and they have four children.
0:21:58 > 0:22:02900 Chileans were given a home in the UK after the Pinochet coup.
0:22:02 > 0:22:06Marilyn supported 50 of them to settle into their new lives, and
0:22:06 > 0:22:13today she is meeting up with some of them for the first time in 35 years.
0:22:13 > 0:22:19Bradford University offered me a place.After finishing my studies,
0:22:19 > 0:22:25it gave me knowledge to get together with some other people and we opened
0:22:25 > 0:22:29the first Chilean restaurant in Britain. That was in Birmingham.
0:22:29 > 0:22:35We were really grateful, there were so many amazing people embracing us
0:22:35 > 0:22:39and protecting us and helping us, unconditionally.
0:22:39 > 0:22:43Like Hernando, they have all built a new life in the UK thanks to this
0:22:43 > 0:22:48support and action of a determined group of British academics.
0:22:48 > 0:22:51That is incredibly heart-warming. Incredible story.
0:22:51 > 0:22:56Thanks to Hernando and to Marilyn, who is with us today.
0:22:56 > 0:23:03Very welcome, looking forward to having a chat shortly.
0:23:03 > 0:23:0826 new designs celebrate a to Z of Great Britain. Each have an alphabet
0:23:08 > 0:23:13as well as an iconic image. So, we are going to put you to the test as
0:23:13 > 0:23:16major historians. We are going to ask you what U think the icon
0:23:16 > 0:23:33relates to.David, Q, any idea? Queen?It is queueing. Let's go in
0:23:33 > 0:23:45with N, what you think?NHS.It.And E?Eggs and bacon.Simon, you are
0:23:45 > 0:23:49too good at this! APPLAUSE There are 26. It is so beautiful,
0:23:49 > 0:23:53have a look, you will enjoy it. You can have it, go on. Just for now.
0:23:53 > 0:23:54LAUGHTER
0:23:54 > 0:23:57This week we've seen Emma Massingdale take her two
0:23:57 > 0:23:59beautiful Eriskay ponies back to the Hebridean land
0:23:59 > 0:24:00where they originate from.
0:24:00 > 0:24:07And tonight, she's wrapping up warm in Harris Tweed...
0:24:10 > 0:24:14So far, I've travelled nearly 100 miles of my journey from the
0:24:14 > 0:24:18southern island, heading to the most northerly tip of the Outer Hebrides.
0:24:18 > 0:24:22The weather has been pretty awful for the last few days, so arriving
0:24:22 > 0:24:27on the Isle of Harris, my first up is to pick up some warm weather
0:24:27 > 0:24:32clothing. Hello.Hello.Harris Tweed is renowned and sold all over the
0:24:32 > 0:24:36world and everything is made on the island. Marion was born here and
0:24:36 > 0:24:40works in the shop during her holidays and she is also a student
0:24:40 > 0:24:44at the University of Glasgow. But getting used to big city compared to
0:24:44 > 0:24:48life on the island was a bit of a culture shock.It was so different
0:24:48 > 0:24:52from being here, it was so busy and everything. I've been there three
0:24:52 > 0:24:55years now, so the busy city life for my term time and then I come back
0:24:55 > 0:24:58here and it's a bit quieter and I enjoy it because it's two really
0:24:58 > 0:25:03contrasting places. All Harris Tweed is woven by hand in
0:25:03 > 0:25:07the homes of the islanders.It is very popular. And it gives people
0:25:07 > 0:25:13jobs. It's also put Harris on the map so we're very proud of that, I
0:25:13 > 0:25:17must say. And sporting our new gear we get on
0:25:17 > 0:25:23our way. Tourism here generates over £50 million every year and supports
0:25:23 > 0:25:261000 full-time jobs. During the summer months, fishermen Lewis
0:25:26 > 0:25:30Mackenzie takes to rest out on boat trips to spot wildlife. We are
0:25:30 > 0:25:35heading to an area where he regular sees sea eagles any Els withdrew to
0:25:35 > 0:25:42try and bolster numbers.Perfect. So, let's just see what happens.And
0:25:42 > 0:25:48we don't have to wait long.Here it comes, here it comes.Oh, wow!Here
0:25:48 > 0:25:58he is. He might come round again. He is embarrassed.Unfortunately,
0:25:58 > 0:26:02doesn't return, but it's not long before another regular summer
0:26:02 > 0:26:05visitor appears that has affectionately been named Barry by
0:26:05 > 0:26:14Lewis.Barry... Barry is a great skewer who likes a
0:26:14 > 0:26:20free meal. He's been coming back here for the last five years.I have
0:26:20 > 0:26:24this routine every day where he follows the boat for a bit of fish
0:26:24 > 0:26:27and he gets annoyed if I don't have anything, so he did well to get
0:26:27 > 0:26:32something today.After a quick bit of fishing and crab catching we head
0:26:32 > 0:26:38back to shore, with my supper. So good! I loved going out on the boat
0:26:38 > 0:26:43with Lewis today. Not just getting to see all the amazing marine life
0:26:43 > 0:26:46that surrounds this coastline but also getting to see his relationship
0:26:46 > 0:26:50with the animals. It is apparent that to live here the
0:26:50 > 0:26:54locals have had to be resourceful. Donald is a crofter and the
0:26:54 > 0:26:57generations his family have been digging pit on their land. What
0:26:57 > 0:27:04exactly is Pete?It is carbon, basically. I like to think of it as
0:27:04 > 0:27:08similar to coal but without the heat and pressure applied. As you can see
0:27:08 > 0:27:13all around us, there are no trees, so there is no option of burning
0:27:13 > 0:27:16wood and there hasn't been for probably a few thousand years. So
0:27:16 > 0:27:22this stuff has been vital for the survival of people here in the
0:27:22 > 0:27:24Western Isles for umpteen generations.
0:27:24 > 0:27:28As a crofter, Donald is allowed to cut peat but only enough for his own
0:27:28 > 0:27:32use. He has been working the land for around 12 years, but like most
0:27:32 > 0:27:37islanders, to survive financially he has had to diversify.The main thing
0:27:37 > 0:27:40about crofting is you have do have another source of income. Most
0:27:40 > 0:27:47people do, my mother with their teacher and a crofter, my father was
0:27:47 > 0:27:49a fisherman and a crofter, I work part-time for the local council
0:27:49 > 0:27:51myself. There are lots of similarities, traditional ways of
0:27:51 > 0:27:56working that there is a modern twist as well.After nearly three weeks of
0:27:56 > 0:28:00horse boarding, we are on the final leg through the Outer Hebrides. I
0:28:00 > 0:28:06can see the Lighthouse! Just a few metres left to go. And after 186
0:28:06 > 0:28:17miles, I reach journey's end. Hello, boys. We've made it. I've absolutely
0:28:17 > 0:28:24loved exploring the islands here, from down south to hear at Lewis.
0:28:24 > 0:28:27Every single pocket and every corner you go around is completely
0:28:27 > 0:28:32different. There is so much to see and experience. You could literally
0:28:32 > 0:28:36spend months here and still has more to see.
0:28:36 > 0:28:43It's been amazing. I hope she got home all right! Don't
0:28:43 > 0:28:44you?
0:28:44 > 0:28:47From one Emma to Storm Emma - weatherman Ben Rich,
0:28:47 > 0:28:49what are we expecting overnight?
0:28:49 > 0:28:53How are things looking for the next 12 hours or so?In some parts of the
0:28:53 > 0:28:57country things do not look great at all because where we have that Met
0:28:57 > 0:29:01Office red warning in the south-west of England, we will see huge amounts
0:29:01 > 0:29:05of snow, blizzard conditions, very strong winds also affecting the
0:29:05 > 0:29:10south-east of Wales. You can see the worst of the weather there, some
0:29:10 > 0:29:12snow also spreading into parts of the Midlands overnight. It will move
0:29:12 > 0:29:17into some parts of Northern Ireland, and all the while the snow showers
0:29:17 > 0:29:20continue across northern and eastern parts of Scotland and North East
0:29:20 > 0:29:25England on what will be another cold and frosty nights. Into tomorrow,
0:29:25 > 0:29:29more snow across the south-west corner, perhaps other southern areas
0:29:29 > 0:29:33as well, and those snow showers continuing in the north-east. So
0:29:33 > 0:29:37some pretty nasty weather still to come for you two over the next 24
0:29:37 > 0:29:43hours or so. After that, it does very, very slowly improved.We will
0:29:43 > 0:29:47waive goodbye to that! We want to finish with a nice snowman, here he
0:29:47 > 0:29:49is. Nick Franks from Scotland.
0:29:49 > 0:29:51Thanks to Ben, Edmund, Mary, David and Simon.
0:29:51 > 0:29:57Civilisations starts tonight at 9pm on BBC Two.
0:29:57 > 0:30:00The show will be back tomorrow, good night.