01/04/2016 The One Show

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It was pretty impressive in the end. Hello!

Hello and welcome to The One Show with Radio One's very own Greg

This is the greatest of all of the theme tunes, it has been an honour

so far. It is catchy. Are your mum and dad watching? Yes, good evening!

not only have we got the story of Britain's first

We'll also have an explosive end to the show from a mother and son

They are planning to ride through fire, what could possibly go wrong

on my first show?! And tonight we're joined by another

performer who can set Here she is on the Voice last

weekend - in one of the greatest It's nice to see you. I just want to

draw a line under the code, I would like to say to everyone that no

Elmos were affected in the making of that coat! Some animal rights

campaigners were worried. I just want to say that was faux. We did

meet Elmo and he is still alive! That coat was incredible. I just

worried in the rehearsal and they were like, you have two where that.

It was pretty amazing. We are surrounded by

daredevils tonight - Paloma, you've had your fair

share of dangerous jobs - What was the most dangerous thing

you did? I did get sawn in half and in quarters. Quarters?! We put in

the blades at quarterly intervals. I am the one out because you have both

been sawn in half! It's amazing when people are like, what did it feel

like? It hurts a lot! I would get thrown out of the magic circle, I

can't talk about it, I'm sorry. We will be talking about the Voice in a

bit. It's the end of a very long week

for the people of Port Talbot. Ever since it was announced

that the Tata steelworks are to be sold the community has been living

under a cloud of uncertainty. Matt Allwright has been to see how

it's affecting those who rely More than 4000 people work here,

producing the steel used to make every hinds tin sold in the UK and

everyone p and 2p coin in your pocket. -- every 1p. Lots of

restaurants and cafes rely on the trade. Mandy has been serving up

breakfast come rain or shine for the past 27 years. And this week 's news

has been the sole topic of conversation served up with the tea

and coffee. How much have you seen things change over the past 12

months? You must heal with lots of conversations? Yes, lots, lots of

people have been laid off, contractors. There is a knock-on

effect for everyone. There is a black cloud over Port Talbot at the

moment. The ripples from the global slump in the price of steel are

having a massive impact on this Welsh town. It is not just jobs

being lost in there but as many outside. Our business relies on

people working in the steelworks, we rely on their wages to build houses

and things like that. It does not just dominate the skyline but also

the economy with 15,000 jobs throughout the community thought to

be at risk if the place shuts down. Sharon Evans runs this cafe that

delivers lunch straight to the steelworkers and serves lorry

drivers heading in and out of the site every day. You put the fuel

into the guys that go and fire up the furnaces? Yes. It's our

bread-and-butter, the people coming into this cafe, they are like

family. That is the type of cafe that it is. I'm frightened of losing

all of that. What would happen? It is gone, 60% of my customers are the

steel company and contract is. What would you do then? I don't know.

It's a working men's cafe. And there have been working men around to keep

me in business. Tata's announcement this week is a second blow to the

steelworks this year, in January they announced 750 jobs were going.

At the end of another shift many of those workers head here to the

Somerset arms, to mull over their future. Some, like Mike Smith, are

optimistic that the steelworks can ride out the current crisis. We got

orders coming in. Orders always function wait, we will get big

orders, they die off a little and then we get more orders. -- foot

charade. It does not feel like there is a substantially big difference?

It has been the same since I have been there for 30 years, always the

same. With losses running currently at ?1 million a day, everyone here

is looking to the government for help. If there was a way to sort out

the problem, what would it be? Nationalisation. If you have

thousands of men out of work they will have to be paid for somehow and

it will come out of public funds, isn't it better to pay them to

reduce something? -- produced something. The town of Port Talbot

for now can only wait and see what the future will serve up for the

steelworkers and the businesses that feed them. We will have another

report from Port Talbot on Monday. A big night for Paloma Faith tomorrow

night. Are you excited? A little bit nervous but mainly excited. It's a

big night for the Voice and your two are battling for a place in the

final. What are the preparations this week? We do so much work,

rehearsals all week, costume fittings, various levels of stuff.

That is Jordan and Heather, my gorgeous girls. Everyone will be

voting for them! We watched them earlier because we wanted to refresh

our minds, and both of them are very different but really strong

performances last week from both. Who is their biggest competition in

terms of the other teams? I think there is a few, Lydia on will's

team. On George Bush' Coady, and on Ricky's one of my early disciples,

Kevin. -- George's. He has a brilliant voice. Yes, exceptional. I

knew what I was doing. I didn't do it because I didn't think he was

good, let's not get into that, I had a plan. He is amazing. This was the

moment, this was a real moment of the series. Look at this. Ricky has

gone straightaway. The great thing is... There have been some amazing

moments in the series, that was good and when Jordan sung with Theo, that

was my proudest moment, I chose that Kate Bush song for them, and I felt

like I won when I get that. I'm sort of done now! You can't think like

that because we are only at the semifinal stage! In my heart I won.

Let's see your team in action. Here they are. They are brilliant.

You have been asked in previous years to be a coach, why did you

pick this year to go for it? I felt in previous years I was a bit

insecure, I thought people would just think, why the hell is she

doing it? Then I won Brit Award and it made me feel a bit more

confident, I felt, I kind of have a reason to be in that chair, I had

received an accolade and I was a bit nervous before. Let's go back to way

before you won the Brit Award and imagine you standing on the stage of

the Voice and they have all turned around, all of the coaches, apart

from you! Which one would you have picked? First of all I don't think

they would all turn round. But if they did... I do think I'm the type

of person that gets through on these shows. -- I don't think. I would

definitely choose George as my mentors. Why would that be? I think

he has a lot of insight and has been saying things on the show that are

really vital and important, and kind of like a really quite realistic

view of the music industry. And he has been in it for so long, and he

is still relevant after all of that time. It's just like, that's

something I want to learn and if I could be as relevant as he is for so

long I would be chuffed to bits. Yes, he has been around for a long

time. An exciting couple of weeks for you, and what happens when the

Voice finishes? I have written an album which I have to record. I

would love to record it! Oh, I have to record that! I have to go into

the studio again! I do love my job. Making music, I love that, and

unveiling a new selection of songs to the universe. Well, we look

forward to it. You can see "The Voice UK" tomorrow

at 7o'clock on BBC One. Now Paloma we know you're

a fan of a white horse. I am. Let's have a look at these

two. Are they real? They are real. One was naughty and the other was

good. A bit of insight there! Here's Cerys with a horse

of a different colour Black Beauty follows the story of

one horse's journey from and it illegal rural farm to a life of

drudgery pulling carts on the London streets. What were horses made for

if not to drag people up the hill? And the rain is choked, and often a

scolding voice cries out, go on, you lazy beast. Published in 1877 it was

an overnight success, and it has been in print ever since. Written

from the horse's perspective the novel is widely regarded as one of

the greatest children's classics of all time. It's author never intended

it for children at all, this fiery book was designed to shake Victorian

society to its very core. And so will penned her classic here in the

Norfolk village of old Catton. -- Anna Sewell. This local historian

knows a thing or two about the author's life. Why was she driven to

write this book? She had a fall in her early teens, around 14, she

injured her ankle and was always lame for the rest of her life and it

had a big bearing about her writing. Like Black Beauty Anna spent much of

her childhood in London before returning to the countryside. She

had lots of horses but there was a horse that her brother had called

Black Bess and it's often said that is where she got her idea from.

These letters from my own collection prove that she was a prolific

writer. Anna just wrote one book and that was when she was really ill,

when she was 51 she started and finished when she was 57 and died

when she was 58. Anna Sewell died of chronic hepatitis and two Beckeles

is five months after the publication of Black Beauty but in that short

time she saw the profound effect that the novel would have on

Victorian society. The first place I can well remember was a large,

pleasant meadow with a pond of Clearwater, some shady trees leaned

over it and rushes and water lilies grew at the deep end. It's a

remarkable opening because you see the world from a perspective of a

horse. It was quite shocking because this was the first time readers

could really see how animals were feeling. What effect did it have on

animal welfare? There was an awful lot of cruelty and misunderstanding

and ignorance about how to treat horses. The RSPCA was already in

existence and other Humane Society is, but it gave a focal point to

these welfare groups. The book wasn't originally intended for

children? It was written with the aim of educating grooms and people

who broke in horses. There was a school edition created for which was

given out for free. It appeals to children and it is a coming-of-age

story and there is lots of children in the book. It informed future

generations of the importance of being kind to animals and I suppose

it is still doing that today. By giving animals a human voice, Anna

Sewell forced the society of the day to face up to its treatment and

created a nation of animal lovers. From horses to horsing around -

April Fools' Day to be precise. Gyles is here - and we've given

you a very important got People have been celebrating it for

2,000 years. In honour we have found and been researching real life

fools. This is going to be a unique awards ceremony. Not like you at

all! That's why you are here! To help present, wait for it, The One

Show Fool of the Year Awards. Coming up first is a theme park.

It's banned people from screaming or shouting on a new rollercoaster

ride. They don't want you making a noise. If you scream you have to

go... A silent scream. They don't want to disturb the neighbours. It's

a rollercoaster ride in Devon and you must not make a noise. Today I

believe they've changed the policy and now you are allowed to scream

quietly with consideration for the people. How would you do that? Do a

diskraet scream. Move swiftly on now. Next up in this awards we have

the burglar who put his foot in it. He went in wearing gloves but not

noticing the pound of flour that had been spilled on the floor, walking

through it and leaving foot prints from the scene of the crime to his

own front door. The police in Weston-super-Mare did not find it

difficult to find him and arrest him. A schoolboy error! Like Hansel

and Gretal. We have all been there! I don't know. Have you, Greg. All

been caught out with the flour trick. You would be a fool to turn

to crime. Stick with The One Show! This is an inclusive programme. We

have rather a special award here. This is an animal award. This is for

the Fool of the Year, Billy The Bull. He comes from... There he is.

Ah, he is stuck. It's in Warwickshire. He is stuck in that

tree. It took three rescue crews, including the large animal rescue

unit. And a winch And a lot of vaseline. Indeed. He was traumatised

by the experience but I believe he is OK now. Our winner, The One Show

Fool of the Year... It gets better than that? It is. It's the car park

that's only accessible on foot! It's in Farnborough in Hampshire, it's in

the town centre above the local gym complex, a full scale car park with

parking bays, disabled parking days, all the signs, it's been there for

five years. There is no way to get a car up to it. It is accessible to

pedestrians, you can get there. There is a lift, stairs. But there

is no way you can get a car up there. Five years it's been there.

In due course, the council is planning as part of the plan for

there to be a linking bridge but for five years it's been a secret car

park. An empty car park. But tonight it's being honoured because we are

presenting to it The One Show Fool of the Year award. There we go. Will

you give it to them on our behalf? Take it to Ish them. Would you like

to give a speech on behalf of them? I would like to actually. I will do

it quietly. I will accept it and take the award to them on foot. I am

sure they'll be delighted. OK, brilliant, thank you.

It's hard to believe it's true. It's incredible. A special prize for

anyone who can get their car up there this weekend. You can't!

They'll be away. Very shortly we'll be seeing one

of the most exciting stunts ever But before that here's a story

of how one group of young women hit the headlines,

amongst many other Riding through plate glass, jumping

through fire n the early 1970s a group of teenager girls from

Leicester were making headlines as the UK's first all-female motorcycle

stunt team. There she goes! Looking at some of the pictures it's

absolutely terrifying. I want to find out more about how

they did it and why. The Moto Birds early days were

captured for a BBC documentary. They haven't seen each other for 40 years

and today The One Show has reunited Mary, Sue, Carole, Heidi, Teresa and

Karen to share some memories. That's me! You were 17 when you first

joined the Moto Birds, how did you get involved? I followed an advert

that said girls wanted to ride motor bikes and I thought it was a pizza

delivery or something. You had idea it was a stunt team? No idea. People

might say it's a bit sexist and it's not right. Looking back now the

dress was cringey. If you were going to get on a motorcycle today you

would be fully clothed? Absolutely. Only because it would be too cold! .

Don't open it right up like this and let the bike go up in the air. They

were given a crash course in motorcycling by the team manager

Joe. One thing you have to do before we start is sign, you don't hold us

responsible. Despite wearing no helmets,letters or safety gear the

girls were fearless and were soon touring the country.

You nearly crashed into the crowd. I had a broken arm at the time, yeah.

You really believed nothing was going to happen. We didn't think of

the consequences. The stunts became wilder. Mary even tried to cross a

river using a catapult. It was a shock when I hit the water,

I thought it was going to be the net. The Moto Birds may have stopped

performing stunts, but similar displays are still being given today

by teams like the Royal Signals White Helmets. How impressed are you

with what the ladies used to do? Incredibly. The guys today are

wearing helmets, gloves, I have seen some footage of the stuff you did,

especially the glass, that's something we would never be able to

do now. One of the most technical stunts the

girls did was multiple riders on one bike.

That's one we used to do. You were the top one, and you had to climb

up. We don't have the skirt issue! We had a lot of skirt issues. How

much training do you do once you join the team? A six-week training

course. Six weeks? These guys just jumped on a motorcycle. The Moto

Birds broke the mould for female motorcyclists in the 1970s.

Today, there are few women stunt riders in Britain. Hayley is one.

You are following in pretty remarkable foot steps. It was a male

orientated sport. Women are accepted now, I can only imagine for the Moto

Birds it was tough. You can't keep a Moto Birds away from the action for

long. 68-year-old Teresa wants to recreate a stunt she did 40 years

ago thchlt time, though, she has to wear a helmet. It goes back to Moto

Birds days. Do it as it comes. How was that? That was marvellous! I

have one last memory for them, Moto Birds T-shirts to recapture the

spirit of the 1970s. Ready! Moto Birds go!

So good. The Moto Birds are here. Hello, and also we have Hayley, as

well. Hayley, you and your son are going to be doing a stunt this

evening. We have seen it in rehearsal. It's quite something.

Explain exactly what this involves. OK. We call this the fireball

crossover. Basically, I ride through burning straw and my son aims to

ride and jump straight over the top of me. Casual! OK. All right.

Hayley, go and get ready. All the equipment, we will see you in a

second. Good luck. Thank you. OK. Sounds terrifying. Mary, thank you

so much for coming down to The One Show today. Tell me about the time

you had to tell your parents were doing this as a job. They were

horrified. We thought it was going to learn to ride a bike and be a

courier or deliver pizzas, it wasn't, it was jumping fire and

through glass. They were shocked. You jumped out of college. Was it

worth it? It was great. We had a fantastic couple of years. The

reunion, this is the big reunion. 40 years we have not seen each other.

We are all in our 60s or thereabouts. You should get back

together! Carole, it became somewhat of a familiar affair for you really.

Yes, it did. Joe also owned a cannon and I became a human cannonball and

my husband fired me. I never fell out with him the night before. The

romance was born and you were shot out of of a cannon. Wow, what a love

story. Some of you are still riding like you, Karen. Yeah. Stunt riding?

No, a motor bike on normal roads. OK. I think this could be a thing

again. What you are about to see will inspire to you get back on to

the bikes again properly. I will take the ladies off to a safe area.

Good idea. We will keep safe. This stunt is happening now. Thank you,

ladies. We are about to see this stunt with Hayley and her son. They

have rehearsed. It's quite something to see it. We are checking that

everybody is ready. Are we ready? OK. We are ready. OK? Brilliant. I

am going to go to a safe place to enjoy.

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Can we see a quick slow-mo. What a relief! There you are.

Wow, that's definitely the most exciting stunt we have had here.

It's absolutely amazing. Absolutely incredible.

That's all we have time for tonight. The Voice UK will be on tomorrow.

Thank you to the Moto Birds. And thank you to Greg. Thank you so

much. Matt will be back on Monday and

Johnny Vegas will be on the show. Have a great weekend. Bye.