01/11/2012 The One Show

Hello and welcome to the One Show with Alex Jones. And Matt Baker.

Tonight, the man who fell from the edge of space has landed in the UK.

Before that we have some exclusive footage of that very jump. And

she's one fifth of the most successful British girl band of the

21st century, and is currently spinning around the Strictly

dancefloor with a little more control. Please welcome Kimberley

Walsh. Did you see that jumper? was unbelievable. I watched it on

Yoo Won Chul. I am excited to meet him. I would not say aye can get

anything close to that but climbing Kilimanjaro was the most dangerous

thing I have ever done. Well in Felix's honour we want to see the

Great British public's balloon photos. You might have been up in a

balloon or you might just have blown one up. Send them in to the

usual address - [email protected] - and we'll

have a look at them at the end of the show. Now many people have bank

accounts that are running close to empty and high fuel prices aren't

helping. In an attempt to save you money, the One Show's Dan Donnelly

mobilised an army of volunteers to locate a better deal.

In the past five years the price of unleaded fuel has gone up 42%. The

Office of Fair Trading are carrying out an investigation to find out

what is going on. Even though it some garages have dropped their

prices by a couple of pence, there's no doubt that filling up

your car remains an expensive business. Prices are sky-high at

the moment. It is getting harder to run a car. The prices are

extortionate. You have got to cut back on everything because you have

to travel. I want to find out just how much money you can save by

comparing prices at the pumps. Time for our crack team of researchers

to blitz the forecourts of one city - Cardiff. I will be collecting the

results as they telephone in with the prices for a litre of petrol. I

have got a map of Cardiff on the table and as I get the telephone

calls I will be putting those prices on the map. It is not long

before the information comes in. Hello? 137.9.

139.9. We start to build up the picture of prices across Cardiff.

And the differences from one garage to the next are huge. The cheapest

was ASDA at 135.7. And the most expensive at 145.9. For a family

car that could cost you a whole �10 extra. But that is not the only

surprise. Our sample shows the amount you pay can vary hugely even

between garages with the same name. Texaco, for example. 136.9 down

here but just up the road, 9p more expensive. So what is going on?

High petrol prices have got me on my bike. I'm joined by a fuel price

experts. Is it usual for prices to vary so much even in a small area?

Absolutely. Certainly up to 10p. And that is down to what they buy

it for, what their operating costs are and of course competition.

So this was the cheapest petrol station in the survey. Is it

normally the supermarkets that are of she because my yes because you

have got competition between different supermarkets. So they

tend to have the lowest prices. They can also buy it in bulk a lot

cheaper than an independent. Some critics have accused the

supermarkets of selling their petrol at a loss to attract

shoppers. The major stores deny it apart from Sainsbury's has said it

was commercially sensitive and there would not discuss it. Our

snapshot revealed that many regular garages matched or came close to

some supermarket petrol prices. And with competition fierce, it is hard

to make a profit. A lot of the amount goes to the government in

its duties. That only leaves a few pence per litre for the people at

the end of the chain to make their margins. What about the price

differences between some garages with the same names? Texaco sides

may be operated by different companies. You can see the brand

but there are different names above the shops. This one is operated by

a group. Whereas others there could be just one or two sites.

Office of Fair Trading's investigation into dual pricing

will report back early next year. They're looking into whether we pay

a fair price that the fuel pump and how the industry functions. In the

meantime the best advice is to compare prices. They are websites

to help you to find the best deal and it can help save you some cash.

We're joined by Tom Lyon from uswitch. Tom, Dan mentioned

websites that can help in the hunt for cheaper fuel, what are they?

Well there are a few websites out there. Www.petrolprices.com. Also

www.whatgas.com. And arval.co.uk. It is pretty easy to do. You could

save up to 7p per litre up within a two-mile radius from here. Where

are these garages?! But it is not just kill. EDF have announced that

from December their prices are to rise by 10.8%. They actually the

5th of the Big Six energy suppliers to announce an increase. Only one

has said they will freeze prices until the end of the year. But they

are all going up. So it can people save money and what is the best way

to do it? Absolutely. This is a good time to do it, bills are

higher than they have ever been in the past and it is becoming

unaffordable for many people. You can save up to �300 by spending

five minutes checking that you're not paying more than you need to

look and getting on the cheapest tariff in the market. Make sure it

that you Euros an accredited website. You'll get all the Tara

Mills ranked according to how much you would pay and you can just use

the cheapest one. It is also worth looking in to getting a fixed rate.

That means that you can avoid future price rises for up to three

winters in the future. So that is worth considering. And Kimberley,

if you have already shopped around? Just last week I totally fell for

one of those people who stand in a shopping centre asking you to

switch to an online provider. I was trying to save a few pennies!

Usually I say, I do not have the time. But then I said, I'm sure it

should not be that much but then I actually did switch. And now I feel

good! You should be out there rehearsing! It was just local,

nothing exciting! There's are grants and offers that people can

make use of? If you're quick. You probably could go to your supplier

up and get insulation for example for free. And if Europe elderly or

on certain benefits you might be able to go to your supplier and

they will pay you cash to come and insulate your home to save you

money. The reason for this is that if they do not hit those targets,

they could be fined 10% of the group turnover. It is better value

for them to pay certain people a few hundred pounds in cash now than

to face those kind of fines which could be very large. Absolutely. In

just over a week's time we're going to be live on the road supporting

the six teenagers who are taking part in this year's Rickshaw

Challenge for Children In Need. Six kids, Lauren, James, Jack, Darren,

Ciaran and Jamila - Team Rickshaw as we're calling them - have all

benefitted from Children In Need. Now they want to give something

back. You can support them by donating �5 using your phone.

Kimberley could you tell us how to do it please? To show your support,

text TEAM to 70705. Messages will cost �5 plus your standard network

charge and �5 will go to Children In Need. And if want to donate by

cheque you can send them to The Rickshaw Challenge, BBC Children in

Need, PO Box 1000, London. W12 7WJ. And please make them payable to BBC

Children in Need. You must ask the bill payer's permission before you

text, and for full terms and conditions visit bbc.co.uk/pudsey.

Please do it now. Yesterday Team Rickshaw were on the

show. Now it's time to get to know them one by one. First up it's

Lauren. And we'll leave the number on the screen so you can donate.

I'm Lauren. I'm an artist. Part- time pool shark! And am currently

in training Ford Team Rickshaw. It was pretty nerve-racking. I'm just

trying to get it, not get it over and done with, but get it over and

done with that! Just to prove to everyone that I can actually do it.

This picture is called Alone. It was an emotion that I was feeling

because I had no friends, nobody to talk to. Everyone kind of distance

themselves after my accident. got run over seven years ago just

outside her house. It was a very traumatic time. With my job I have

seen accidents before a. That is fine because you can detach

yourself. But nothing prepares you when it is someone that you love.

One of the doctors had said to us that we should be grateful for

anything about breathing. The brain damage was so severe that she was

unaware of her disabilities. It was almost like a blank canvas.

Everything that made her herself had gone. Her favourite music,

colours, everything she was interested in had been wiped away.

She just gradually made progress. Comparing her then to now is

amazing. We're going to put you on the big screen! It has been a

roller-coaster. But now she's starting to find her way, her

interests and hobbies. She's getting out and meeting kids with

similar challenges in life. It has been great. That has turned her

life around. I have known her for four years. We work with young

people, supporting young people with a wide range of disabilities.

I come here every Tuesday. I just get great banter with everyone. I

just feel that the people understand me. I wanted to do the

Rickshaw Challenge to give something back. She has got so much

enthusiasm. Even the whole team if they were lagging behind, she would

be the one saying, come on, let's go. She's had to learn is

everything all over again. You do not appreciate how much hard work

it is for her just to be able to sit upright, just to talk, to think

and remember. She does get tired quickly. I have no doubt that she

will do it. But it will be difficult. We did not know if she

would walk again. And now she's going to be cycling or through

Wales to London. It is fantastic. I'm so excited about taking part in

his amazing Challenge. I cannot wait to raise all this money for

such a good cause. Thank you and APPLAUSE What a member of Team

Rickshaw. She is so confident. She really doesn't want to stop.

And she said also night she had already cycled five miles but over

the course of the challenge, how many miles will she be expected to

cycle? We are going to kind of suck it and

see as we go. The whole team is doing 50 mile as day. It is

incredible. When one gets tired we'll swap. And if the terrain, if

it is a struggle for Lauren, another challenger will get on and

she will do the downhill bits. They've got a good coach. I will be

alongside them. They are doing their bit for Children In Need, but

Girls Aloud are together to do something new. Indeed. Like that!

Do you know what? We've always tried get involved with Children In

Need, but to be doing the official song this year, it feels really

special. It is a cracker as well. Shall we look at the single?

# All I want is something new # Something I can hold on to

# I don't want to talk # I just wanta dance

# Baby, let it drop # Catch me if you can #

. CHEERING You are going to be performing that on Children In Need

night. How are all the rehearsals going to fit in with your Strictly

training? Let's find out by bringing on Pasha! CHEERING He

never stops dancing! You know you can just walk! I tried to walk. It

doesn't work. What an entras. are you guys? Let's talk Strictly.

It is it is going really well. We are having a really good time.

Pasha? If official version, yes we are having a good time. No, it is

very good. She's a hard worker and the amount of hours we practise,

it's insane. We are putting in a lot of time. How do your thurs lie?

It is getting close. This is a funny day, because we don't don't

have any more rehearsal days. I said, "I wish we had one more day"

and he said, "Well we don't!" we have to think tomorrow we'll be in

the studio, on the stage, and take it up again. And you hear the band

and you think, "What are they playing? That's different!" Shall

we remind ourselves of your performance last Saturday? It was

APPLAUSE Very dramatic. That was paso doble.

Your red hair was excellent. And the dancing It was a nice change.

And the salsa this week? Completely different. Can we say we've read on

the website there is something quite exciting happening with wire?

There may be. Obviously you can't rehearse that in the studio. We've

got quite an exciting opening to our dance hopefully, but we haven't

practised it let. You are doing an Ann Widdecombe? I'm sure it is

going to be exciting. Have you had any tips from the other girls? You

must have. They are really good when I get a bit like, it's too

scary, they are like, come on, you can do it. It is good to have, that

as they know me so well, so I trust their judgment. They are just like,

go for it. And Pasha, you've got a very good dance partner here.

You've opted for going for the more technical side of things as opposed

to smiling and waving your arms around a little bit. There is

nothing wrong with that. That's the way you are going with Kimberley.

She can take it. I see it this way, she can do it so why wouldn't I

push her more every week? Don't tell her that. So I can make her

progress and get better and better and better. It's going to be boring

if she just comes out there and smiles like you said and wavers her

hands. She can do much better than that. When we had Craig on at the

beginning he said he thought you might win. That's tremendous

pressure. Yes! Taking yourself out of the equation, who else would you

like to see in the final? Denise in the final. We are really good

friends and obviously she's doing amazingly well. I would love to see

them there as well. Lieu Weiss be good in the final as well. And Lisa

I think. And Lisa. Amazing. There's so many good people this year.

tough choice. Thank you ever so much for coming. Are you training

tonight? We trained before we came. And maybe try that entrance at some

point? Yes! Good luck with the sals Sam. Thank you for having us.

No-one really knows the key to great art, but it could be a

typewriter key. Gyles Brandreth gets down and QWERTY with an artist

Well, much as I would like to take credit for this, it is the work of

typewriter artist Keira Rathbone. In this brave new digital world of

computers, smartphones and the internet, Keira use as distinctly

old-fashioned gadget to create her art - the humble typewriter.

Keira, what made you think of creating art with a typewriter?

When I was back at uni doing my art degree he the typewriter, my first

one, in front of me in my bedroom and with nothing to write, nothing

to say, but an overwhelming desire to press the keys. So I started

pressing the same character. I liked the way it looked, not a word,

just a line of the same mark. And I started to manipulate the paper to

see whether I could draw. Was there a you Rica moment when you thought,

"Yes! This is it!" There was a lightbulb moment. I thought yeah, I

could really push this. Keira has been commissioned by publishers and

magazines to produce images of the rich and famous, ranging from

Nicole Kidman to Barack Obama and David Miliband. So the letters and

the numbers don't represent letters and numbers, they are just as it

were blobs on the page? Yes, I try to get away from words and language

as much as I can. So I think of an H to create a blocky effect. Each

character has its own use for me. The practise of using a machine to

print letters has been around since the early 1800s the typewriter as

we know it today was inventsed by Christopher Scholes in 1868. Keira

isn't the first person to use a typewriter as an artistic tool. The

oldest known example of typewriter art was in 1898 by Flora Stacey.

When computers were created in the 1960s they couldn't create graphics.

Keira uses a classic ink ribbon and paper improvement The last time I

counted I got them all out on the fire escape and there was 30 but

I've acquired more since then. create an piece of work how long

does it take you? It could be five seconds, or Mo, -- or many, many

hours. Hammersmith Bridge was on three separate pieces of paper.

Keira often sketchs in her local park. Today the light looks

flattering so I wonder, could you do a portrait of me now? I will get

the red ink out shall any Cheeky! How do you choose what letters?

Underscores to begin. You're an underscore type. I'm not sure

that's a very good start, I'm an underscore type. She's good. She's

very, very good. This is amazing. She's got my eye, on a typewriter,

in seconds! Good grief, girl! I have to sit out here for a good few

hours for Keira to finish, so for now the eyes have it. If you are

curious about the final result... Here it is. I like the look of him.

It is incredible. I find it amazing she doesn't do it the pencil first.

I liked the one of Nicole Kidman. Earlier we told you we would be

talking to the amazing Felix Baumgartner about his record-

breaking jump from the edge of space. This is just phenomenal.

Please, please put your hands together for Felix and previous

record holder Joe Kittinger! CHEERING

You are back! Felix, a big congratulations on gg first man to

break the sound barrier in just a as spacesuit. Thank you. We saw you

in April. We didn't know if we could see you again. There's

documentary on on Sunday, and it shows the minute you went into the

spin and the world held their Is he, what's he doing? He's

spinning isn't he? Felix has just gone supersonic and

Wow! APPLAUSE Felix, you did stop spinning but did you expect it to

start? We always knew I was going to spin, as it's a matter of fact.

It's a vacuum up there, so you can't use your diving skills and

you can't practise how to fly at supersonic speed. You either go for

it or you don't. I always knew I would be able to stop that spin.

Did you fear for your life? because we've been practising a lot.

In the last couple of years we had a lot of safety developed. The only

fear I had was not flying at supersonic speed. You just didn't

want to slow down. That seems extraordinary. You cannot slow down

if you want to break the speed of sound. And you were in Mission

Control. How did you feel when you saw Felix go into that spin and

there was nothing you could do? Absolutely nothing I could do. It

was all in Felix's hands. I had some concern, of course, because

that's a very dangerous situation to be in. But I had confidence that

Felix would figure a way to get out of it. And he did. He did a

fantastic job of body control and getting out of that deadly spin.

Talking of body control, in the documentary you talk about the

forces and everything that are going to be on your body. What did

it feel like inside of that spacesuit when you were breaking

the speed of sound? A big problem is you don't feel the breaking of

the speed of sound. I had been told there was a shock wave going

through my suit. I never saw it or felt it. When I landed I was told

by a lot of people they heard the supersonic boom on the ground and

there was a new speed of sound. had instruments to show he reached

Mach1.24. Records demonstrate how fast he went. Wow! Have you been

having weird dreams since? You do wake up in the middle of the night?

I lost my colour eyesight. Sometimes I just see black and

white. Felix, just before you went to jump, can you explain how you

felt just before you let go? When you stand there on top of the world

it is a very unique and breathtaking moment, because you

realise that you are the only person who has the privilege to

stand there and the view is overwhelming but at the same time

you realise that everything around you is hostile. Plus I had to hurry

up as I only had 10 minutes of oxygen left, so he to go off.

People have been sending in their balloon pictures. They can't

compete with your experience. comes close. This is the 2nd

Uxbridge Scout Group. And that is Hannah in Gloucester. Cute. Look at

little Olivia with her six-year-old balloon. Isn't that a beauty?