01/08/2011 The One Show

Hello. We're back from our Holidays, live in The One Show studio. We do

hope that you have enjoyed watching some of the best of The One Show

over the past few weeks. We are on a bit early tonight, for one night

only, with a special extended show. Later on, Dom Littlewood will be

helping to build an amazing construction. We will be meeting

couples who have made the brave decision to raise their own

grandchildren. And our guest tonight, it is Michael Crawford!

Lovely to see you, Michael. Thanks for coming in for this extended

show. You have got Monday's off, haven't you? Yes, I did, until

Friday night, then I heard what I would be coming in for this.

you have every Monday off? Yes. What do you do? I cook beef. It is

my one day where I cook. I will do it when I get home tonight. So you

do your Sunday lunch on a Monday. What cut to you go for? I have got

a terrible name for it, but it is called four something. Four seasons.

Forelock or something, but it is very, very tender. Forerib! It is

going to be a long programme! first, over the weekend, without

realising it, thousands of people took part in a giant, secret

experiment in one of Britain's Our parks in great cities like

Manchester, Glasgow and London are the envy of the world. They lift

the spirits and refresh the mind. Here in Hyde Park, celebrities are

rubbing shoulders with picnicking families. Meanwhile, billionaires

spend a fortune to look out over the green space. So, why do we

treat this and other public spaces like a dustbin? Across the country,

more than 2 million pieces of rubbish are dropped every single

day. One study found that 37% of us think it is OK to drop litter if

there are no bins or ashtrays around. Do any of you drop litter?

Never, I hate it, it makes me really angry. How do you feel?

Upset, annoyed. Do you ever drop litter? I've always drop my chewing

gum. Do you think that is a bit wrong? It is, but everyone does it.

In the war against the litter, this man is on the front line, he's one

of about 20 contractors cleaning up the mess. What kind of things do

you see? Some people just come in, literally just walk away and leave

the whole lot. Amazing. What do you think they're thinking? They're

just too lazy to take it. Cigarette butts, that's tricky... But surely

our taxes hand responsibility over to The Royal Parks to provide that

service. I do not see it that way. Actually, individuals have

responsibility to clean up after themselves. How big a problem is

it? It is a major problem, given the tough situation faced by

government agencies at the moment. In Hyde Park alone, we spend more

than �300,000 a year. If we were not spending it on that, we could

spend it on more flowers and other activities in the parks. They're

going to be trying to show people the consequences of all of this

letter. And I am going to be helping them out. We're sectioning

off a huge area in the north-east of the park. The idea is that this

area remains unclaimed for the two days of the weekend. A perfect

summer weekend is coming, and this area will be packed - so, how will

people react to the mess? I will be back, to see how much rubbish they

leave behind them. Watch this space. Well, we will be getting the

results of that a bit later on. But first of all, give us an idea of

the purpose of this. It is an experiment to see just how much

litter would build up. Of course, we did not know what would happen.

We thought that it would just build up, and more people would be

tempted to leave their litter. That was the pessimistic view. On the

other hand, people might do the right thing, they might see the

litter and pick it up. We had no idea. It was an experiment. As an

upstanding member of the community, Matt has told people to pick

rubbish up before now. Honestly, I cannot bear it. What about you,

Michael? I'm not sure I would do that. I only used to weigh about

seven stone, so you don't tell anybody what to do. But I did make

sure my children were very diligent about litter and being tidy. And I

have created a monster in my eldest daughter, who now, the other day,

chased somebody down the street in their car because there dog had

made a mess in the street, and she just put her hand on the hooter and

said, I'm not taking my hand off this until you go back and claim it

up. I can no longer go to Fulham. We are going to have the results of

this in a minute. Were you surprised? I was, it was striking.

Today, a nurse has been appearing in court relating to the deaths at

Stepping Hill hospital. The issue only came to light after another

nurse reported concerns about blood-sugar levels. Deciding to

blow the whistle is not a straightforward decision for

medical staff. Those who do so could be ignored or ostracised. But

all of that might be about to change. This report now from Lucy

What would you do if you saw this at work? Would you have the courage

to stand up and speak out? It is very rare when there is a scandal

like this where only one person knows what is going wrong. It

raises the question, why don't more British carers blow the whistle

when they witness such activities at work? This doctor put a 25-year

career on the line to expose serious failings in Haringey.

workload was very heavy, and we felt that children were being put

at risk. Once I had gone to the health authority, the trust were

informed that there was going to be an investigation into my concerns.

Essentially after that, I was kept at a distance by my senior

management within the hospital. And then, when I went public, it was as

if I was tolerated but they didn't really want to have a discussion

with me. Her fears came true in August 2007, more than a year after

she decided to raise her concerns. Signs of physical abuse were missed

in the case of Baby Peter, who was treated at the clinic just days

before he died. It was six years ago when this nurse went undercover

for Panorama to expose appalling conditions at Royal Sussex County

There was blood splattered over the curtains. Everywhere was untidy on

the ward. There was an awful smell. Some of the patients were actually

crying out in pain. I decided that I needed to get the evidence of

what was going on, because I don't think anybody would have believed

it. I think people are afraid to report their concerns for fear of

reprisals or may be not being believed. Rather than rewarding

Margaret for exposing bad practice, she was struck off by the nursing

and midwifery Council, and then sacked. What upset me more than

anything was that the nurses and the carers who were on the film,

who abused their patients, they're still carrying on working. And yet

me, who tried to do something about it, suddenly could not work any

more. After a national outcry, she finally got her nursing

registration pack. The hospital has now produced new guidelines to

address the basic care issues. Currently, the Public Interest

disclosure Act gives limited protection to whistleblowers who

fear being sacked and passed over for promotion. But now, one group

of MPs wants to take things further third stop they want whistle-

blowing to become the norm, rather than the exception. The idea is

that if you work in a care environment and you know things are

going wrong, but you do not draw attention to it, then you could be

punished for keeping quiet. These recommendations could not have come

quick enough for this lady. She set up a campaign group after her

mother died in Stafford hospital in 2007. Poor care conditions at the

hospital are said to have caused hundreds of avoidable deaths.

There was just a total lack of basic care. People were not being

fed, they were not being given fluids. They were not being washed,

they were just basically left to their own devices. The inquiry into

Stafford hospital has heard allegations of how medical staff

who tried to warn about fatal failings were silenced by managers.

I don't know why nobody spoke out. What we do know is that the system

persecutes them, so that could be one reason why. If people have

concerns, they need to come forward and speak out. But to do that, they

need to feel safe, and that's where the Government needs to do

something. The General Medical Council supports the new proposals

and says his is committed to doing more in this area. There is a

recognition that good medical practice is accepted by doctors,

most doctors are aware of it, but it needs to be embedded more, it

needs to be something that doctors live and breathe, but there's still

some way to go to create real openness throughout the NHS. After

four years on enforced leave, this doctor is going back to work this

week. Within the Health Service, we need a culture which is supportive

and encourages us to speak out, so that we are not fearful that there

will be some kind of backlash. are joined by Dr Phil Hammond, who

has written extensively about this subject. Lots of people watching

will think it is ludicrous that whistleblowers are being treated

like this - why do you think that is? It is partly the feel of the

hospitals, they have to hit targets, they have to balance the books,

sometimes that agenda gets in the way of patients. My dream is that

whenever you go into hospital, there is a sign saying, please

speak up if you have any concern. Anybody can take it to a member of

management. Because healthcare is unique in that it damages a lot of

people as well as helping them. About one in 10 people are harmed

going into hospital. The only way be can reduce that is if everybody

is working in the same direction. So, if you're in hospital and they

try to give you the little blue pills instead of the long white

ones, you can say, excuse me, I normally have the other ones. Some

of them are getting it right. Those are the ones with the managers

going into the wards, taking an interest in the front line. In

others, they're more concerned with balancing the books, and the

political agenda, and those are the ones that need to be called to

account. There is going to be a House of Commons inquiry into this

- what do you hope will come out of Well there is going to be, but

there needs to a -- to be another part of the jigsaw, to look at the

management. In the cases that I have followed

there were senior doctors and nurses, the real people that we

need in the NHS to make it better, who have sookifiesed their careers,

hundreds of thousands has been spent keeping -- keeping them quiet.

If there is anyone out there, patients, families, that are

concern fpld -- concerned. What is the best practise? If it is really

serious go to the regulator, the care quality mission and the

Patient Association, come to my show at Edinburgh, I am teaching

people how to be whistle blors by wearing T-shirts, one that says

doesn't touch me, the other saying please don't kill me today.

Stkpw if you don't want to wear a T-shirt, we will put a link on our

website. Now we are chatting about grandparents next. You are a

grandparent Michael to five grandchildren? How old are they

now? They are from nine to 13. That must be tiring? Yes, but it is

so Mitch more an interesting age to be when they become of 13 and 14,

you have conversations, you hear their feelings, they have an

opinion about something. They read a lot which is very necessary, I

think. Well for many grandparents in the

UK that are not just grandparents, but acting as parents to their

grandkids, as we have found out, taking on that responsibility is

not always child's play. Eight-year-old Ellie and her

grandparents, Georgia and Brian. It is a typical family screen, but

Ellie will not be going home at the end of the day. Her mother had a

severe drug problem, so had to admit she could not care for Ellie.

Brian's health is not so good. It got to a stage where we went to

social services and plead for help. We were crying at time.

It was at a stage where she was still in bad tempers. Still not

come plying and the money was running away with itself.

The temptation is there to leave her. I resisted it though because I

love her so much. Brian and Georgia were granted a

resident's order. It made themelie's parents. Some are not so

lucky. Although grandparents save the state the cost of care, they

don't always get the help that foster parents do. They are

desperate for respite and guidance. With your fiscal fitness being the

way that it is, what it is like having a vibrant and lively eight-

year-old around? Quite liely. tiring at times.

Whether you know you have to take her to tennis, skating. All of

these things you don't plan for in old age.

Brian and Georgia are not alone. The charity Grandparents Plus

estimate that there are about00,000 children in Britain raised by

relatives. In many cases, the parental responsibility is met by

the grandparents. If we get the funding, when we get

it we can talk about where you can go. You may want to get your nails

done. This is one of many volunteer

support groups that are springing up, allowing grandparents and

carers to come together to offer each other advice and support.

I've been coming here for 15 years, but a lot of the time as a

therapist. I know that the ladies are coming up now, they are like

70s and taking on twins. If I didn't have Sanctuary to go to, I

would feel lost and on me own if you know what I mean with no-one to

turn to. I've been caring for my grandson

and he is two. He is 15 this year. We are all pensioners. At our age

we fell we have started all over again being a mum, basically.

Grandparents who take on the financial burden of looking after

their grandchildren say that they save the state a substantial amount

of money in fostering and care costs and they need help in return

with care costs, but is anything likely to change? If it does it

comes at a cost. There are currently 25,000 grandparents over

the age of 65 looking after their grandchildren. To pay the same to

foster parents, the bill would be over �1 billion.

A lot of grandparents are not getting practical support, legal

advice, financial support. They are expected to pick up the pieces and

get on with it. We would like to see more support available and all

grandparents raising grandchildren entitled to a financial allowance.

But grandparents are family, they are blood. Should it be the state's

responsibility? It is a false economy not to provide support for

the carers, otherwise children will end up in care. If they are not

provided with support, then that will cost the state a lot more

money. Go! For Brian and Georgia, it is an

uphill struggle at a time in their life when they plan to be

comfortable and content. The future is what is worrying me

now, not the past. It is difficult as Ellie is intell jeent. She is

going to go to university -- intelligent. She is going to go to

university, but we have nothing to finances us. I don't want to let

her down. I feel that the state should help in that situation. Not

having to go in with a begging bowl or going to a charity as we are the

forgotten few. Ellie is lucky girl to have

grandparents like that there are links on the website about that

issue too. Michael, you were telling us that

your nan had a big part in your upbringing? I think if we are lucky

enough to have great grandparents they always have impact on our

lives. There is a wisdom that comes with it I have a children's charity

that deals with some cases like that where the children are not

able to have parents for one reason or another and the grandparents as

they age they can't carry these children or lift them or help them

up the stairs. So we supply equipment for them to help them out,

but it is no answer is it? It is not a good situation.

But love, they could not wish for more love.

And speaking of grandchildren and grandparents you say that one of

the reasons you took the role of the Wizard in the The Wizard of Oz

at the Palladium is for your grandchildren? It was the main

reason. I was on holiday for the first time. I had been living in

New Zealand. The first time that we had been together was last year. We

shared a vil war for ten days. They had never seen me work or doing

anything. -- villa.

I was doing somersault noose the pool, as the grandparents do! Of

course, showing off! Saying how good I was, how clever I was. They

were all wide-eyed at this. I felt enthused. I had not really wanted

to work much again. Then suddenly the Wizard came up. I

thought that this would be the perfect thing. The part is not too

big, it is not too fiscal, but it is a wise man in the middle of all

of this fun. But you have three roles though?

do. I play an old man who is a guard. I designed this costume

which I was allowed to do with a crutch that comes below my knees.

It is funny. Nobody knows who the heck I am. That is a waste of time!

Then I come on as the guard about two seconds later after the quick

changes and then I come on as this tour guide that shows them around

the Emerald City. That is a really wonderful, uplifting number and I

start off as Professor Marvel at the beginning.

Let's have a look at you as the Wizard in the Emrarald City.

Here you are. -- Emerald City.

# That's how we laugh the day away in the merry old land of Oz. #

APPLAUSE. It's a great show. We loved it,

didn't we? Really loved it! But, of course, a massive part of your

career has been the Phantom of the Opera it came about by, I want to

say pure coincidence, but tell us the story of you and the singing

lessons? I had a wonderful singing teacher called Ian Adam who passed

away a couple of years ago. He was the first singing teacher that I

had at the age of 30 when I was going to do a musical called Billy.

I went to him for 30 years. He, one day I'm there, he is teaching me to

sing classically, rather than point numbers as I do in Wizard. So I am

singing and I'm murdering it! And downstairs, unbeknownst to me

Andrew Lloyd Webber has arrived with his then bride, Sarah

brightman for her lesson. I have finished. The sweat is pouring off

me. He closes the window, I leave and up comes Andrew, he is asking,

"Who was that singing now?" He was saying he was so sorry if it was

upsetting him, that it was Micahel Crawford. That I was coming on very

well. He said, "I think we may have found

our Phantom" That is how I got the part. I think he was going to cast

me as the stage door keeper, but then I had the good fortune for

this part that changed my life. Indeed. Your musical career went on

and on and you extended the run now? Yes, until February. We are

doing very well. It is an amazing cast.

An uplifting evening. You don't mind being upstaged by a

dog? I don't! With this it is very

different. Toto, apart from Dorothy, Danielle Hope, Toto is the star of

the show. He gets more applause than any of us. I way thinking of

growing two more legs! Well, it is definitely worth seeing. Now, in a

field in Northumbria, the angel of the north is getting a huge,

massive sister. She is an enormous culture, a naked

female figure, that is nearing completion, set to become the

largest replica of a female body in the world. To meet Britain's

biggest woman we fent -- sent in a fine example of a human form, Dom,

tell us about your new girlfriend? Hello, guys. You will not believe

our luck. It was beautiful before, now the skies are pouring down. Now,

I have met a lady or two in my time, but none like this one. This is a

sculpture on an epic scale. She cost �2.5 million to make to get an

idea of her proper portions, look at this. Behind my shoulder that is

her nostrils, shoulders and lips and cheeks. She is taller than the

Angel of the North herself. She is being called Nor th landia?

What do you think of it? If you have better ideas call us or are

write in to the website. Have you any thoughts of a name for

this, Michael? I'm sure that I knew her? No! How can you think of a

name. I thought Northumbelina! Big Bev!

Now, gardening. In our latest visit to the home of Paddy Ashdown and

his wife, Jane we have discovered that they don't just dis -- divide

the duties, they divide the garden. This cottage garden has been the

home to the Ashdown family for 40 years. Paddy and Jane have created

a haven that is personal to them. We are married 50 years, would you

believe it. We have gardened all of I have to say, you would need the

United Nations peacekeeping troops to do anything to the delineation.

I do the vegetables, she does the flowers. But there is no greater

pleasure, it is a great comfort. The garden is full of variety. The

pear tree saves on space and needs less pruning, up against the wall.

And this is another significant wall. On that side is the original

garden, and on this side, the other one. This is the post-leadership

garden, which was developed after Paddy stood down from the

leadership of the Lib Dems. This is your patch, that is herb patch,

what is all that about? I have got to have somewhere where IXL.

condescend to let her do the work. Excuse me, who does the digging?

Whenever she needs help, ago and help her, it is perfectly Co

operative. You didn't see, we have barbed-wire on top of there. Razor

wire, I can imagine! As well as the extension to the garden, Paddy

worked hard to get the stress of frontline politics out of his

system. He spent three weeks building this. To be honest, I

didn't know what to do. Everybody was surprised when I stood down,

because I stood down because I thought I had done my best work. I

wanted a real bit of hard labour to get politics out of my system. So I

built this. This has got a good deal of my blood on it, but thank

God, it is not cricket. The garden reflects their life. It has

witnessed hundreds of family parties, as well as the highs and

lows of a career in politics. British ambassador in Bosnia, when

I left, he said, I will give you a Bosnian pear. So I stuck it in the

ground, and it has gone totally mad. You have made so many mistakes with

it. You never, ever do it like that. You tie it to the front. That tie

is too tight. And also, vertical growth produces wood. You want to

bring these arms down as far as possible. And then all of these

will start producing fruit. This soil is wonderful, but it is helped

by the fact that this garden was once farmland. The topsoil is so

deep. What is all of this straight line lark? Look, you save space

this way! Get off with you, stick to politics, mate. Why not have

semi-circles? Then, what goes in between the circles? Other plants,

you see, you have not touched your creative side. This is not creative,

this is regimental. Now, sergeant- major! There are four reasons why I

am sane. My wife is one of them, my music is another. The fact that I

am busy is a third, and I have absolutely no doubt, my garden is

the fourth. And probably not in Michael, you have got houses in the

UK, Los Angeles, New Zealand, and we understand you get your garden

in skills from your grandmother. It is amazing. And she was in her 90s

there. She was 96, then, yes, and there was a swimming pool just here.

I was determined to get a photo of her on that before she left us.

was out there, she wouldn't hold back? Yes. And she was registered

blind. It gave me a lot of ideas for comedy, actually. How were the

lines, then? She followed the edge of the pool, and as long as I did

not hear any splash, I knew she was fine. Earlier, we saw Justin in the

middle of Hyde Park. It is a summer afternoon, boiling hot, and just

afternoon, boiling hot, and just look at this. And on the grass,

islands of litter had been left over from picnics. The One Show is

going to do an autopsy on this pile of rubbish. Somebody has had a

pizza, with a bit of curry. They have backed it up but just left it

here, obviously in the expectation that somebody else will clean it

away for them. We need to clean it up? This was from yesterday. This

is your rubbish? Yes, we had it all in bags. The attitude of younger

people today is appalling. We came back this morning and we were like,

wow!, they must have had a strike or something. Excuse me, you just

put some rubbish on there, I wonder why you thought it was OK to do

that? It was a pile of rubbish. The two bits I put don't really make

much of a difference. I have seen some incredible things, people

booting rubbish all round the park, and we have got 14 hours left, so

who knows what it will look like then? This is how Hyde Park looked

at 6am this morning. What a mess. If you ever wondered what would

happen if Britain's army of litter pickers stopped cleaning up after

you, well, here's a taste. Stepping in to help the staff clean-up, Keep

Britain Tidy. So, Phil, could this Britain Tidy. So, Phil, could this

be anywhere in Britain? I think you would find something very similar

in cities and towns around the country. We have a culture where a

lot of people expect somebody else to do it for them. That personal

responsibility is something we need to focus on. What would stop people

doing this? A lot of people would be put off by fines, but we feel

that education and information must be a big part of the solution.

successful has this experiment been? Clearly it has demonstrated

how quickly littered builds up, and we hope it will make people think

about the implications of what they're doing. If they simply leave

litter around the place, it costs a fortune for people to be paid to

pick it up. It is much easier to take it home and recycle it there.

It has taken more than 20 of us more than to hours to get this park

looking pristine again. And remember, this is just one tiny

corner of the park, and just two days' worth of rubbish. But the

experiment is not over yet. This truckies going off to get weighed.

Now, that's amazing, really. Let's get the result - how much rubbish

was collected? That's the big question. You saw what we were

doing. We sent that struck off, down to the rubbish centre, to be

weighed. This is how much it weighed, with the truck. You can

see the 109 bags of rubbish that we collected, and this is what it Wade,

more than half a tonne of rubbish, in just two days. And we're talking

about bits of paper here. Yes, wrapping from fast food, it weighs

nothing. It is embarrassing. It is, what it says about us. But it is

more than that, if you leave areas to degrade, to get dirty, like that,

studies have shown that it leads to more anti-social behaviour and even

higher levels of crime. So it is a serious issue for communities.

it sticks around for a long time. Michael, we have a quiz for you.

How long do you think a banana-skin would last for? Three months?

more than that, two years. That's how long it takes to degrade. What

about a cigarette butt? A year-and- a-half? Much more than that. Three

years. 500 years, it takes, for a cigarette butt. And wait for this,

chewing gum... A lifetime, 40 years... Much more than that.

Apparently, and I find this hard to believe, it will take a million

years to degrade. How does anyone I will be back, we will do a film

about that. But in the meantime, go out and look at your area. Name and

shame. Beaches, motorways, shopping centres, take a photograph, tell us

about it. On Wednesday, we will be back on litter patrol, helping to

clean up one of the messiest estates in the country. Dominic

Littlewood is still up in Northumberland, on the site of the

biggest female sculpture in the world. It has taken you to new

heights. It certainly has. I'm up on a cherry picker, and guess what,

I don't like heights. But I have come up here because it is exactly

the same height as Northumberlandia herself. I have had an interesting

day today. I took part in constructing her left breast, and I

can say that I single-handedly helped make her bra size 40 tons

bigger. How many blokes have got that on their CV? Joining me, Mark

from the Banks Group - who is writing the cheques, and why?

Northumberlandia is completely privately-funded by the Banks Group

And by the landowners here. Give us an idea of what she will look like.

She will be a beautiful female land form in the landscape. The lines on

the earthworks will be footpaths, more than 16 kilometres of

footpaths. There will be lots of wonderful terraces and waves in the

land form, and there will be reflections of the surrounding

lakes. The sculpture is a really talented local landscape artist.

When she's finished, are you likely to get complaints that she's a bit

raunchy? Any work of art creates lots of opinion, and we welcome

those views. We have had lots of positive views. Some people don't

like her, and we respect that. But most people think it will be

wonderful to attract people to the north-east. We have asked our

viewers for their suggestions, so we're going to go back to the

studio now to find out what suggestions have been sent in...

Here we go, then, the Northumber- lass. Large Marge. Big Bird. What A

Waste Of Money. We have got some more questions for you now, Michael.

We went out on the streets, and we think we came up with a perfect

combination. Here they are. they have got a question for you.

You just have to choose the question. I will go with the Line.

I am a really cowardly lion. Did you ever get really scared doing

some of those stunts for Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em? No, we were

not as silly as we looked. We did rehearse, it was all stuff I had

done as a child, really, and got into trouble for, and this where I

was getting paid for it. It was perfect, roller-skating underneath

a lorry. Also, I got a motorcycle courier, and I used to help write

the stories, I used to feed in with things I love to do. We have got

Argh! APPLAUSE. Oh, my word! Did you hurt yourself?

No, not really. No. I had good padding on underneath that. I

always wore gloves. If you see the series r again I was always wearing

gloves when I did the stunts. That was my fear that you didn't hurt

your hands, to save yourself with the grip.

We have time for one more question. Dorothy? I believe there is no

place like home, but what was it like sharing a house with John

Lennon during the height of Beatlemania? It was extraordinary!

I was making a film called How I Won The War with Richard Leicester

who did all of the Beatles films. John and I, who was then married to

Cynthia, the four of us stayed in this house. It was surreal. You

knee he was a Beatle, so you were ails asking him, "Cup of tea, John

qoductionqoduction I would annoy him greatly.

--, "Cup of tea, John qogsqogs. --?".

I would say that is coming on very well.

Remarkable. It was extraordinary.

Dorothy, your little dog will love this next film. It is time to kick

off tor a week of animal drama. Day one and Miranda went to meet

some very small spiky survivors. Things here never stop. The staff

are on hand 24/7 to deal with new admissions and emergencis. The baby

animals with bursting out all over. It is a lot of work. The centre has

pioneered revolution air techniques in treating wildlife, but they

always need a spare pair of hands, that is why I'm here. Most animals

brought in are orphaned or injured but one animal promptly gave birth,

a hedgehog. I'm allowed to look in, but we have to be quiet not to

disturb her. When th when they born, this

morning? Yes. But there is a problem. Hedgehogs

are fickle mothers and she has abandoned one, but it's in the

right place to stand a fighting chance.

I have to ask the question, when they give birth, does it hurt?

happens as they are born, the spines are covered up. So Assange

soon as they are born, they dry out and the spines come through.

If you had not found that little baby, how long would it have had

before it died? It would have had about half an hour, or an hour. It

would have been on its back legs, cold as anything.

So, it is essential to look after them? Absolutely.

In the wild this little one would not leave the nest until it is five

or six weeks' old. It takes a lot of dedication to ensure that this

little abandoned baby will survive. Go on, you have a go.

I need to get this into his mouth first.

That is frightening. When you pick up little baby mammals you expect

them to be nice and warm. He is licking that. Look at that! That is

enough for the moment. There we go.

A couple of hours' old hedgehog. Really tiny, defenceless and a

little bit cold, but a little fighter, I think. It is not only

the hedgehog ward that is threatening to overflow, the

hospital caters for every different wildlife animal in Britain. You

don't get more different than Kasper, a rare white fox, brought

in a few weeks ago close to death. I have never seen a white fox

before? I never have, I had only heard of one before, it was in the

newspapers, they shot it. Stuffed it. That is what happens if you are

a white fox. His colouring is due to a genetic twist, and probably

why he was abandoned. He is not albino. Sadly, he has lost the use

of his back legs. We took him to a centre for animals they gave him an

MRI scan. They could not find a damage to the spine, so they think

it is bruising. So every day he gets pain killers, physiotherapy

and a bath every day. He is grad ual -- so he is gradually getting

better. In the wild his mother would help

him with cleaning, so it is up to us to give him a bath.

You have had babies? Yes. Shall I hold him.

Yes, he knows you. He is a great personality.

Isn't he? He has tonnes of fight. He is just a fox! Although he is

likely to recover, being white Kasper is too white to predators,

so he will stay at the centre. I can say to the nurses that they

can get to know him. Unlike wildlife foxes who have a

life expectancy of a couple of years, he could live up to 15 years

in captivity. It is amazing, he is a wild animal

and he is behaving like a puppy. I have melted completely. We will

catch up with how he is doing later in the week. Tomorrow I meet

smaller babies and find out how a heron got more than he bargained

for. And there is more from Miranda and

the Tiggywinkles Wildlife Hospital when we find out how they help that

heron. They help him with haemorrhoid

cream! You will like that, Michael! Here, we have an extreme slow

motion camera that shoots footage at 1,000 rounds a second.

Such a boy! It is great. We would like to see if our guests can show

off with this, so, here is our very first celebrity slo-mo.

There it is in slo-mo. Look at that! What do you reckon to

that? It is looking amazing! Even the eyes, blinking in slo-mo. What

do you think of that, Michael? a coward, I look.

That tough bloke doing all of that motorbiking stuff. That is

unbelievable! There will be more celebrity slo-mo with Justin

Rowlatt tomorrow night. And with celebrity Justin Lee

Collins tomorrow knight. Tomorrow we are back at the usual

time of 7.00pm. As we said with Justin Lee Collins and, wait for it,