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Hello and welcome to

The One Show with Alex Jones...

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and Amol Rajan.

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As always, tonight's show promises

to be a true rollercoaster ride.

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If you're a horse, literally.

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We'll explain that later.

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So who better to have on the sofa

than two quiz show veterans who must

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know a little about a lot by now,

plus the man who wrote a book

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called, 'The History of the World'.

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You'd assume he knows a few things!

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Please welcome Liza Tarbuck,

Victoria Coren Mitchell

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and Andrew Marr!

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CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Welcome all. This is how we're going

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to start. On Onl Connect you

introduce the contestants with a

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quirky fact. We will do it with you

three. If you start Victoria.

You

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never want to be that quirky on Only

Connect. I once won a rosette for

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Best Sponge Cake at the Clacton Arts

Festival. That would be my thing.

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It's really bizarre.

It's not what

you would expect, it's not bizarre.

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What about you, Liza?

I once built a

two roomed pygmy hut out of bamboo.

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That is more bizarre.

Why?

Why

wouldn't you, come on? To do

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prehistoric living in my own back

garden. I'm interested in that.

We

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would like to see a picture?

I could

redo it.

Great. Andrew.

Well, it is

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alleged that the Queen mistook me

for Vladimir Putin or vice versa

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when he was over here on a state

visit. They were in that open coach

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going up Bird Cage Walk, they were

chatting through an interpreter and

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someone at the Palace said, what

were you talking about? She said, "I

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can't quite remember, I was trying

to remind myself this is the Russian

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President and not that chappie from

the BBC.".

Let's check this out. I

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can see it.

There's a bit. No!

I've

got slightly less blood stained

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record!

Yeah. Never worked for the

KGB as far as we know.

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Later on we'll be getting all arty,

as not only will we get a look

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at Andrew's latest masterpieces,

but our resident artist, Adebanji,

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has been out to capture

the perfect Autumn scene before

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all the leaves are gone.

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He'll be revealing

his painting later.

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We'd like your help too,

at the moment our Autumn gallery

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is empty and we need you to fill it.

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From beautiful Autumn landscapes,

to the kids playing in mountains

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of leaves, send us your best Autumn

photos, drawings and paintings

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and the stories behind them

to [email protected].

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This has been a week of high stakes

for Britain's bookies

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as they anxiously awaited news

of a Government crackdown on key

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parts of their business.

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That report came out yesterday

and it left open a major loophole

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in the law that lets children see

gambling ads at all

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hours of the day.

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Here's Clare McDonnell with more.

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Oi!

All Almost half of right.

Premier League teams are now

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sponsored by a bookies. Stoke City

is even owned by one. Whilst adverts

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promoting sports betting aren't

shown before the 9.00pm watershed,

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there's one exception - live sport.

Sglp which means on match days young

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people are being bombarded by

gambling ads.

This is 5 Live.

As a

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journalist with a football mad

family I'm concerned about the

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influence gambling firms might be

having on our children, and it's not

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just me.

It does bother me. Yeah. In

an ideal world we wouldn't be

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sponsored by Bet 365.

I don't think

children growing up associate Bet

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365 with gambling you but with Stoke

City Football Club.

888 has fallen

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short of the law, they were fined

almost £8 million for failing to

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protect vulnerable customers. Do

young football fans and their

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parents realise how many ads they

are exposed to and what impact that

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might be having on them? This is all

about live sport. So these families

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have agreed to take part in a One

Show test. They will watch today's

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big match. Our researchers will be

counting up the ads during the

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commercial breaks. Marketing expert

Robin Carey will conduct a simple

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post-match test to find out what

effect those ads are having on the

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kids.

Betting companies like to be

associated with heroic activities.

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If you see a hero associated with a

betting company, it's more likely

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you will be influenced to bet.

We

live in a society with betting shops

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on every high street. How is this

any different from what is around us

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already?

Because we have a room of

children who would not be allowed to

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bet in a betting shop, who are being

influenced by key messages, making

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young minds exposed to these from an

early age. So when they are able and

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old enough to bet they will know the

brands. This is about long-term

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brand development.

It's not just the

ads during the commercial breaks.

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From players' shirt to pitch-side

hoardings and stadiums the betting

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brands are everywhere.

It's a good

one tonight, the top six all

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feature.

We analysed this week's

edition of Match of the Day, which

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of course has no commercial ad

breaks and found that even then,

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during the 84 minute broadcast, a

gambling logo appeared on screen 271

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times. So what does the gambling

industry have to say for itself?

It

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may have been the case a few years

ago that all of this may have led to

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an increase in child gambling and

children's interest in gambling.

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Gambling has been normalised in our

society for some time. We have had

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casinos and betting shops legalised

since the 60s the National Lottery

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changed the whole game. It's hard to

think children wouldn't be exposed

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the key is to see when they see

gambling they don't have access.

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It's full-time the guys are happy

with the result, did they notice the

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number of ads shown through the

breaks. There were during that

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football match nine betting adverts.

Nine different betting companies in

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those adverts. It means one in six

of every advert you watched was for

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a betting company. Time for Robin's

test.

I would like you to put in one

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word how did it make you feel when

you saw those betting ads?

Right,

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guys. Let us see what you wrote

down. Hold them up, turn them round

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what did you have. Intrigued.

Forced. And attracted. Intrigued.

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Why did you put that?

Because I

didn't really know what betting was.

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It made me like think about what it

actually means and how you use it.

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It seems like they really want you

to start betting.

It attracted me to

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see how much money you could win.

Australia and Belgium have announced

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plans to ban ads during live sport.

A review of the gambling sector has

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been published but there is no ban

on adverts. The Government says new

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advertising guidelines will be drawn

up and betting firms will fund a £7

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billion responsible ad campaign.

When the fun stops, stop.

Is that

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enough to reassure worried parents

like me?

Far too many. Obviously, at

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this age, the kids don't realise,

but two years down-the-line they are

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going to pick up on and they will be

betting themselves.

Linking gambling

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with sports. I look at sports for

young people as something to enjoy.

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Lucy is here with more. We asked the

Government why they didn't ban ads

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around live sports, what did they

say?

Yes. Hot off the press from the

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press. They said the number of

gambling adverts has been in decline

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since 2013 seen by children. Any

sponsorship deals involving gambling

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firms musting "socially responsible"

and never target the children. There

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are organisations such as the

Advertising Standards Authority who

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can take action against companies,

betting firms, that don't comply

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with the rules. That was their

message.

Most people are worried

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about children. Seeing these adverts

online. What are they doing

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specifically then to protect them?

There is something to be worried

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about here. If you think that

450,000 children are gambling in

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England and Wales each week,

according to statistics from the

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Gambling Commission, 6% of

11-15-year-olds have gambled online

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using their parents account and 3%

used their own money. We have are

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seeing the shift on to online and

smartphones which children have.

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Organisations including the

Advertising Standards Authority have

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written to betting firms to remind

them that gambling ads likely to

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appeal to kids online must have

checks. Debit and credit cards have

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to be used to see them, infect.

Announced yesterday £7 million pot

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funded by the gambling industry to

pay for responsible gambling

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adverts.

Right.

Will it be enough,

we don't know?

I covered it for the

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news yesterday, one of the big areas

this report looked at was fixed odd

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betting terminals, the slot machines

in high street bookies. You are a

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former poker champion a game of

skill. Where do you stand on the

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idea - one of Britain's most famous

gamblers, where do you stand on the

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addictive stuff?

They have caused

terrible, terrible unhappiness and

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damage and social break down and one

thing I don't want to leave without

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saying. There is talk of reducing

the maximum bet.

The threshold.

They

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reduce it between £2 and £50. If

it's £50 it's a stitch-up. Reducing

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it to £50 changes absolutely nothing

at all. It's £2 or £5, it's a start.

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Problem is, there is a terrible

sickness going on. The internet is

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the problem, like with everything.

The internet has ruined everything.

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The high street, grocery shops,

bookshops, Post Offices, human

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conversation. It's all ruined.

You

can order clothes straight to your

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door within 24-hours.

You look

terrible - not you. Betting shops

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are the same. I like betting shops.

I think the relationship between

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sports and gambling is an old and

traditional one. You stick something

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on a horse, that's OK. Betting shops

cannot compete with the internet.

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They cannot. They are all under

threat and going under. They are

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keeping themselves afloat with fix

odds betting terminals. They are

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terrible. You go into the shop,

people are standing there thumbing

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the money in. There is no joy. It's

thelet way the betting shops can

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compete with the internet. It will

be regulation of the internet.

They

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are in areas which have lots of

poverty and employment. Are you a

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gambler by heart?

My grandparents

were into horseracing. I spent my

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entire pocket money on a single

outside house. Parcel Post, romped

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in at 20-1, made a lot of money. My

dad said, "never again" I never

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have. I have been scared of

gambling. I've an addictive

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personality. I could be drawn into

gambling easily. I agree with

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Victoria, I think those machines are

really, are really dangerous. It's

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an addiction along with heroin or

alcohol or whatever. It's a serious

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addiction. These people are really

need help. They don't need the

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machines in high streets all around

the country.

That is why the

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government is doing this. You had a

happy gamble experience, you wonned

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and then you stopped.

I stopped when

I was a boy.

Quit while you are

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ahead.

Thank you, Lucy.

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Racehorses are taken out by riders

to build up their strength and get

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them fit enough for racing.

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But this traditional method could be

about to change. With this system.

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£20 million construction. The

designers believe it will

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revuationise the way young

racehorses are trained. It is an

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incredible piece of engineering.

It's like a human roller-coaster

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ride. My concern is for the horses'

safety with them being so young.

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Mrit As the muscles and bones of

young racehorses are still

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developing if injured in training

they may never fully recover.

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Cutting short any future racing

career. Dr Robert Curtice has worked

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in bio medical engineering for three

decades and helped to develop this

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system. Why was this machine built

in the first place?

Rather than

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weight a horse with rider and

saddle. If you gently work a horse,

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it gives it time for growth, muscles

to mature, the bones to mature. At

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the end you end up with a stronger,

fitter animal.

These are young

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horses going in there. How can you

ensure they are always going to be

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kept safety?

There are huge safety

features. You have the emergency

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stop. You have reharness release.

This is all open. They are attached

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by these clips.

Yes.

OK.

There's

also a handler here who can give

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them encouragement, check for any

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Over a circuit of three quarters of

the mile horses can taken from a

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walk to a trot to canter. This

former cavalry officer has taken the

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reins of operating the system. From

his cabin, he goes around with the

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horses and can control the speed

they go and monitor each and every

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one. They look very relaxed at the

moment, but what would happen if one

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was unhappy or distressed or even

sell over?

If we saw something is

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wrong with one of them, we stopped

the train at, we take out the horse,

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the horse goes back to the yard and

we continue.

The system isn't

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designed to see how fast a horse can

run. It's down to the horses to

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determine the maximum speed.

A

maximum of 25 miles an hour... So we

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never go faster than 35 miles an

hour. White matter if successful,

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what could the system mean for the

men and women who'd train young

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horses the traditional way?

Just

down the road in Lambourn Jamie

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Osborne has seen this new technology

in action. Do you think this system

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will take away jobs for your staff?

No, I don't. I think generally there

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is a short of riders within the

industry anyhow, so anything that

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can enable us to exercise horses

without a rider is of benefit.

What

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does the racehorse world make of it?

I think generally horsey people are

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slow to adopt something new and it

probably appears slightly unnatural

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to seek a horse in one of those pods

cantering around the

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track but I think it is a safe way

of exercising horses.

As the

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well-being of young horses is really

important, I prefer a more natural

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way of training, however the

racehorse world has a different

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approach, so maybe this could be a

safer way to start young racing

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horses, to build up their strength

before starting their life on the

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racetrack. I have seen everything

now!

I wanted to see the loop the

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loop bit.

And taken photo of

themselves.

There are only two

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quizzes on telly when people go get!

If they get the answer, University

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Challenge and Only Connect.

University Challenge is question and

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answer, Only Connect slightly

different. In 13 series, is that

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anyone who hasn't seen it? In case

there are some people, give us a

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little summary.

The heart of it is

what's the connection between

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apparently random things. We live in

a post-truth age, is any answer

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correct any more? I feel, shows will

get longer and longer. It's old

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news. Only Connect is fresh and

up-to-the-minute, you find the

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connections between things and the

teams have to convince me they are

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right stop or I watch a lot and I

had no idea what's going on. I try

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very hard to make sense of it.

You

described it, in this new book is

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having a nervous disorder and

wearing orthopaedic shoes.

The show

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does that.

What does it mean?

We

don't aim to be the most grammar

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show on television but we have our

own kind of cool. I think the

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experience for most of our viewers,

and it will be repeated in our quiz

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book because it mimics the

difficulty level of the series, you

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watch the first episodes and you

join in, play along and think, what

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does connect the Queen and a

hatstand? The middle of the series

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gets a bit more difficult and you

get one right, at the end you are

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watching the contestants in awe,

like watching a horse on a

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roller-coaster. When I watch it on

television, I can't get it right

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either, and I was there when we

recorded it.

Who are these people?

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What sort of person makes a good

contestant on Only Connect?

A clever

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one, presumably!

It's not so much

about being clever as having the

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right sort of mind, balancing and

intellectual curiosity about the

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world. You have to notice things. We

once had famously a really brilliant

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team of people. They knew absolutely

everything. And we had a group of

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four things, what connects Malik,

pain... I can remember, they were

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thinking, and they philosophers,

great playwrights...? They had no

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idea, they were simply the members

of One Direction. The perfect sort

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of person is interested in

everything.

You called weedy,

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awkward, unconventional.

These

compliments from the! No higher

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compliment I can pay. It's different

from the sort of television where

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everyone is, they have a fate tan,

hair and nails. I have those things,

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but our teams, they come along and

their priorities are different.

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They've chosen a nice jumper, if

it's not clean, that's not what's

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important! They're clever,

brilliant, interesting, have

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eclectic taste and they are the

future of the planet.

Lets see if

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they have chosen a nice jumper for

tonight because lots of them are in

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our audience. Where are you? I

thought it was you lot.

I thought

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they were suspicious.

Do you think

that is fair, we'd eat,

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unconventional?

When I have it at

home, I freeze it at the wall and

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give myself a little longer but it

is enjoyable.

I'd like to say, some

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of our quizzers are in the audience

but I hope they would agree, a key

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thing about our show is the teams

are absolutely in on the joke. I am

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not the sort of quiz show host who

comes in, sees them for the first

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time, asks them a question and then

sneers at them. We are all on the

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same side. It's a bit like I'm sorry

I haven't a clue. They used to be

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very rude about the teams but they

know I love and admire them.

I don't

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believe you. I'd seen evidence,

apart from what you said in the last

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five minutes, you are quite a brutal

quiz show host. Typically brutal to

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the people you know pretty well.

Here's an example chosen completely

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at random.

Comedian, writer and one

half of Mitchell and Webb, David

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Mitchell is known for living a

sexless existence... He was happier

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when he was single.

What did it do

for your marriage, public surely

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shaming your husband like that?

Doesn't he look handsome... No one

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wants to hear that! They love it,

they love the brutality. If David

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didn't like that kind of thing he

would have married someone else. He

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is brilliant. On that episode he

came on a charity special and to

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this day he said he didn't get an

answer about spoonerisms. You can

0:21:560:22:02

everything in the world but your

mind doesn't go to the right place.

0:22:020:22:08

He still wakes up in the night

shouting with horror. It might be

0:22:080:22:12

for other reasons...

We're going to

play some Only Connect throughout

0:22:120:22:16

the course of the evening. The idea

is its relatively simple and that

0:22:160:22:19

through each round at least one of

you should get the answer. Does that

0:22:190:22:23

make sense?

We will see.

It will

become clear.

What connects these

0:22:230:22:29

people... It's a game, you have to

say next each time you want the next

0:22:290:22:32

clue.

0:22:320:22:42

Here is the first one. This is Jimmy

Tarbuck. What comes to mind?

0:22:450:22:48

Anything?

Where is he?

On that

screen over there. Do you want the

0:22:480:22:50

next clue?

Had to make a connection.

That is Sir Roger Moore.

They both

0:22:500:22:53

have a restaurant on the Keynes

Road.

Good guess, anything else? Got

0:22:530:22:56

a hurry you.

No idea at all.

I'm

terrible at this show!

Next clue,

0:22:560:23:01

Des O'Connor. Jimmy Tarbuck, Sir

Roger Moore, has O'Connor. What

0:23:010:23:10

connects these men?

Generation game?

I would like to deconstruct this, so

0:23:100:23:18

many things can these people.

Give

us the answer.

Hosted quiz shows?

0:23:180:23:24

They were all compared that the

Saturday night Palladium.

If I was

0:23:240:23:30

on the show and said they all hosted

quiz shows.

Technically you would be

0:23:300:23:36

right.

And they are all men!

There's

a surprise!

You will like the next

0:23:360:23:42

round.

0:23:420:23:44

Being part of a family

means having to cope

0:23:450:23:47

with whatever life throws at you,

and the Bertie family -

0:23:470:23:50

and their son Alex -

have certainly had to do that.

0:23:500:23:52

Here's how they've spent the past

few years getting to know each

0:23:520:23:55

other all over again.

0:23:550:23:56

My name's Alex, 21, I do graphic

design I like video games, pugs and

0:23:560:24:02

I sleep with my socks on. I live in

Dorset with my dad Paul, my mum

0:24:020:24:06

Michelle and sister Hollie. As a

teenager I was really uncomfortable

0:24:060:24:10

with my body. I was bullied pretty

badly at school and it made me

0:24:100:24:14

really unhappy. They picked on me

because I was different. I haven't

0:24:140:24:17

always been called Alex. As a child,

I had a different name. I was born

0:24:170:24:24

female. And when I hit puberty, I

was developing breasts and my period

0:24:240:24:30

started and it wasn't a good time. I

realised I was meant to be a boy. At

0:24:300:24:35

first I didn't know there was a name

for what I was experiencing, so I

0:24:350:24:40

reached out to professionals. They

explained that I might be a boy

0:24:400:24:44

trapped in a girl's body. To be

honest, from then on it completely

0:24:440:24:49

clicked, that was

0:24:490:25:00

exactly how I felt.

When Alex was

probably about 13, we started to

0:25:020:25:04

notice that he stayed in his room

for long periods of time, wouldn't

0:25:040:25:07

eat and we couldn't work out why he

was so unhappy.

Alex's bullying at

0:25:070:25:10

school was down to him looking like

a boy. He wanted to dress like a boy

0:25:100:25:13

and do the things boys want to do.

He had very, very long blonde hair.

0:25:130:25:16

He wanted to get it cut, so

begrudgingly we said yeah, yeah,

0:25:160:25:20

have it cut.

After the cut, I felt

amazing. It was the first time I

0:25:200:25:25

looked in the mirror and saw myself.

People saw me as the girl with the

0:25:250:25:30

boy haircut but I was happy being a

boy. I started blogging on YouTube.

0:25:300:25:36

I'll be honest, I was very much not

happy about it, he was leaving

0:25:360:25:39

himself open and exposed to

everything cascading from this.

You

0:25:390:25:44

know, it does hurt seeing beauty and

everyone else by yourself.

Some of

0:25:440:25:49

those videos break my heart. I've

seen a few, I sit and cry.

I find it

0:25:490:25:54

really difficult to be myself with

my family pretty much.

Stupid child!

0:25:540:26:02

He looks so unhappy, doesn't he?

You

hear the break in his voice all the

0:26:020:26:07

time in the early years.

You can

almost see in his face how he's

0:26:070:26:12

suffering inside.

Living with the

pain.

The questioning of my gender

0:26:120:26:18

phase took a long time for me to get

comfortable, thinking of myself in

0:26:180:26:22

that way and looking to the future

and seeing myself as a man. But when

0:26:220:26:26

I finally accepted that, I decided

to come out to my parents. I just

0:26:260:26:31

remember being terrified. I have

felt like that as long as I

0:26:310:26:35

remember. I came out last week. My

mum's reaction was really

0:26:350:26:39

surprising. She was so lovely and

she actually said she kind of in a

0:26:390:26:43

way already knew. My dad, however,

we didn't really speak about it for

0:26:430:26:48

a very long time. At this point I'd

actually decided on a new name for

0:26:480:26:52

myself. I want to be Alex Bertie, I

want to be their son. I'm

0:26:520:27:00

transgender, I don't need help, I

need to understand and -- and for

0:27:000:27:04

who I am.

Oooh! That was the start

of the lot of change.

They saw me at

0:27:040:27:12

my lowest and started to appreciate

how vital having hormones and

0:27:120:27:15

getting surgery was for me. For a

very long time my parents did not

0:27:150:27:19

use the right name, they did not use

the right pronouns, it was a very

0:27:190:27:24

slow process.

That was the biggest

process for me, I've always said she

0:27:240:27:28

and used the birth name. The 13 or

14 years. I've said one name, and

0:27:280:27:33

then all of a sudden, I found it a

bit difficult. It was more of a

0:27:330:27:37

habit than anything else.

In the beginning I was very angry. I

0:27:370:27:42

was full of resentment, but over

time I did gain an understanding of

0:27:420:27:45

yeah, this must be really difficult,

they've know me as this their whole

0:27:450:27:49

lives. My parents actually got

married about eight months ago.

I

0:27:490:27:53

just popped the question one day, I

thought it was about time.

0:27:530:27:58

Amazingly, my dad asked me if I

wanted to be his best man, which was

0:27:580:28:01

crazy.

He was here the person I

wanted to be my best man.

They wore

0:28:010:28:07

a suit and tails which was cool. I

walked in and saw the more standing

0:28:070:28:11

there and thought, oh my god!

Yeah,

very proud.

0:28:110:28:16

My parents are absolutely wonderful

now. I couldn't ask for better

0:28:160:28:19

family. I finally feel like the man

I was supposed to be. I finally feel

0:28:190:28:23

like me.

0:28:230:28:25

And Alex is here, along with mum

Michelle and sister Hollie.

0:28:250:28:28

Let's give them a massive welcome.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

0:28:280:28:34

Are you OK, Michelle?

Yes.

Watching

that, listening to the lovely things

0:28:370:28:44

Alex said.

Did you ever think you

would be talking so publicly, in

0:28:440:28:50

front of millions of people, about

your experience?

Definitely not, I'm

0:28:500:28:55

a complete introvert, social

outcast, whatever you call it. This

0:28:550:28:58

isn't me and it's only since

figuring out my gender I've been

0:28:580:29:01

comfortable. I'm just so proud of

who I am and everything I've done.

I

0:29:010:29:06

have to say, you don't come across

as particularly shy. You come across

0:29:060:29:10

as someone very composed, tattooed

on your arms, slightly surprising to

0:29:100:29:16

hear you describe yourself as an

introvert.

Definitely not.

You have

0:29:160:29:21

been through a lot. It was mentioned

in the film Michelle, how you and

0:29:210:29:24

your husband had very different

reactions initially. How do you as a

0:29:240:29:29

married couple, who were married

then, but how do you have a couple,

0:29:290:29:34

parents, reconcile that and find a

way of dealing with it?

0:29:340:29:39

We spent a lot of time talking to

each other, talking to Alex, talking

0:29:390:29:43

to Hollie. Everybody has their own

opinions on different things and

0:29:430:29:47

different visions for the future for

their children. Luckily, Paul and I

0:29:470:29:52

have a firm belief that we want our

children to do well for themselves,

0:29:520:29:57

be happy within themselves, work

hard, be compassionate and caring to

0:29:570:30:01

other people, have respect for

themselves and other people. That is

0:30:010:30:08

the more ales we have. If you don't

understand those boundaries we are

0:30:080:30:13

flexible on things.

You can find a

way.

Alex hasn't done anything

0:30:130:30:19

wrong. He is being himself. Paul and

I spoke about how we would handle

0:30:190:30:24

different situations, for example,

changing name, operations, you know,

0:30:240:30:27

how we are going to deal with that.

We decided that we need to support

0:30:270:30:32

Alex in that.

It's clear you are a

strong and remarkable family,

0:30:320:30:35

talking to you. You are 15 Hollie,

how did you find the change from

0:30:350:30:39

having a sister to a brother?

I was

so happy that he was so proud of

0:30:390:30:47

himself at certain times. It was

very confusing at first because I

0:30:470:30:52

was very young at the time.

I got angry when people used to

0:30:520:30:55

comment on things about Alex to

myself. But overall I'm really proud

0:30:550:30:59

of him.

I'm sure he's proud of you,

too.

You carried on doing the

0:30:590:31:04

videos.

You have written a book, it's out

0:31:040:31:07

tomorrow. A brilliant title

Transmission: My Quest to a Beard.

0:31:070:31:13

How do you hope that the book is

going to help others maybe in the

0:31:130:31:18

same situation?

I hope they read it

and gain something from it. It's so

0:31:180:31:26

hard to find information out there

and I hope it's genuine and

0:31:260:31:29

everything they need. I hope it

helps parents and families. Teachers

0:31:290:31:35

can get something from it. Yeah.

It's an insight - we're a normal,

0:31:350:31:41

every day working family. It's an

insight to one person and their

0:31:410:31:49

family's journey. It's a very long

Some people say journey.

Children

0:31:490:31:53

can't understand this stuff when

they are at the age Alex was at when

0:31:530:31:58

he confronted these issues. What

would you say to parents who are

0:31:580:32:01

going through the same things. What

is your advice?

My advice is to

0:32:010:32:06

listen and talk. It isn't about

sitting down and having the

0:32:060:32:10

conversation, it's about the

arguments, the door slammingened and

0:32:100:32:13

the walking off, the fights and

listen and understanding why they

0:32:130:32:17

are feeling that way. They won't

turn around and say - I'm trans,

0:32:170:32:21

getter. It they will be confused.

They may come out at Lees been. Or

0:32:210:32:28

not sure about what clothes to wear.

I don't want to wear those clothes.

0:32:280:32:32

Have you to pinpoint the little bits

and just chip away at it together.

0:32:320:32:37

You have been an on amazing journey.

Congratulations on the book. Let's

0:32:370:32:43

have a round of applause.

APPLAUSE

0:32:430:32:47

Thank you so much for coming in.

We

would like to thank everybody who

0:32:470:32:54

has given us support, our family,

friends and our colleagues.

0:32:540:32:57

Everybody. We are all touched.

I'm

sure they are all watching tonight.

0:32:570:33:01

Two of our guests are married to the

same man.

Maybe he you were ahead of

0:33:080:33:13

your time trying to invent the

musical.

You are probably right,

0:33:130:33:16

wife. It was fun for a night. People

gathering together, waving their

0:33:160:33:22

arms in the air. Having a joyful

night out.

What's wrong with that? I

0:33:220:33:28

hope London will be full of theatres

and they'll all have musicals in

0:33:280:33:32

them.

It's a joyful dream.

Or a

living nightmare!

0:33:320:33:39

Go

APPLAUSE

0:33:400:33:43

How much research did you do before

playing Anne Hathaway?

It's a cent I

0:33:490:33:59

find interesting. As a woman in the

15th century you didn't stop. In

0:33:590:34:03

many ways I can take care of things

like action. You can't take care of

0:34:030:34:07

the words because they were already

written for you. Within all of that

0:34:070:34:11

I can make sure I'm busy doing

things that would need to be done

0:34:110:34:15

running a household of a minimum

seven. Basically, you have no help,

0:34:150:34:19

do you? Or she doesn't. No, poor

cow!

Her brain must be a wreck. Like

0:34:190:34:25

in your book. There is a bit of

everything.

Yeah. Your new book, I

0:34:250:34:31

An Distracted by Everything. Have

you got a copy of the book.

In a

0:34:310:34:35

second. It's on the floor, they tell

us. I can see it. I will have to go

0:34:350:34:39

and get this.

0:34:390:34:42

I'm coming back this way so as not

to crawl over the furniture.

Thank

0:34:450:34:49

you.

This is an annual for

grown-ups.

Yes, it is.

It has all

0:34:490:34:53

sorts of things in it. It's harded

to know where to begin to describe

0:34:530:34:58

it.

When I was younger I was a fan

of the annual once you did the

0:34:580:35:05

puzzles and learnt something new or

did a bit of crafting you could put

0:35:050:35:08

the book away and come back to it

and everything looked different or

0:35:080:35:11

you couldn't remember. I kind of

wanted a book that when you opened

0:35:110:35:15

it, you kept having to do that with

it. So you never finish it. It's

0:35:150:35:20

about using your mind. There's not

computer links or anything like that

0:35:200:35:24

in it.

It's completely bonkers

though.

In a good way?

A page that

0:35:240:35:31

caught my attention. I used to be a

Trekkie, I with us.

0:35:310:35:36

With aed Star Trek - then you have

this dress up. You have naked

0:35:360:35:45

picture of William -

It's a Dress Up

Doll.

It would be Kofi Annanual.

0:35:450:35:53

What is this madness?

You can create

his outfit.

Oh.

That has been done

0:35:530:36:09

by a woman I've known for five. As a

Monty Python person, possibly as a

0:36:090:36:15

Only Connect person, I find it quite

hard to fit into somebody's idea of

0:36:150:36:19

what I should be. As a consequence

I've written that book to display

0:36:190:36:25

the things I'm interested in and

hopefully hook you into it as well.

0:36:250:36:28

It says what you love and you

encourage the reader -

It's funny.

0:36:280:36:35

Nice to have an activity book as an

adult.

Move on.

I saw it a second

0:36:350:36:43

ago. How can I describe it, it's

Bary Merry. A recipe -

Delicious

0:36:430:36:54

looking recipe, I'm sure you will

agree.

Hang on a minute.

Here's one

0:36:540:37:00

we made earlier.

That is thanks to

my sister who Dame came up with the

0:37:000:37:11

idea. She is a cracking cook my

sister. She wanted to make a cake

0:37:110:37:15

without baking it that somebody said

- we will be round in 20 minutes. I

0:37:150:37:20

will do that.

Wind back a second.

Where do you get the ideas for this

0:37:200:37:25

stuff? When is it going through your

mind?

Welcome to my world.

Your

0:37:250:37:31

brain is a mad That sounds negative

place.

. My brain is fantastic and

0:37:310:37:36

gorgeous.

The cakes you come up

with.

I blame my sister for that

0:37:360:37:41

one.

Victoria Andalcio rue what

distracts your mind mostly. In

0:37:410:37:48

Liza's shoes, you are writing this

book, what would be in it, Andrew?

0:37:480:37:51

Is

I'm boring, like the rest of the

country, I'm distracted by my phone

0:37:510:37:56

the whole time, little peeps and

news flashes and this a and that. We

0:37:560:38:00

lost a Cabinet Minister tonight, for

instance. Apparently. The first

0:38:000:38:03

victim of that scandal going on. I

won't go further in case I'm wrong!

0:38:030:38:13

I'm reading a book, I think all of

us are being distracted too much. I

0:38:130:38:18

agree with Victoria that the

internet has destroyed almost

0:38:180:38:23

everything about our civilise -

You

are addicted to your phone.

I am.

0:38:230:38:30

The intro to you is you on your

phone.

Absolutely.

I'm in paces

0:38:300:38:36

after that amazing young man who

came on. What an incredible person.

0:38:360:38:40

You were crying.

It was trivial and

pointless, I can't tell you. What

0:38:400:38:44

will distract me is why I've never

thought to turn a swiss roll into a

0:38:440:38:52

dog.

I'm thrilled to realise how

easy it is to stick chocolate on to

0:38:520:38:57

things. It thrilled me that.

We will

all be trying it.

You will be a foot

0:38:570:39:02

fool not. To

I would like to turn a

dog into a swiss roll. Would that be

0:39:020:39:10

unethical?

It would.

Where do I

look. I'm an old woman.

It's

0:39:100:39:16

Andrew's round. There is a picture

of... You.

Do you recognise him?

0:39:160:39:25

That's definitely me. Go Very

handsome. Sir Elton John.

Is there a

0:39:250:39:32

piano connection, are a pianist?

I'm

not.

Do you spend £100,000 on

0:39:320:39:38

flowers.

I don't.

Do you know

Bernie.

I know where you you are

0:39:380:39:45

going.

Yellow Brick I had the road.

Yellow Brick Road when it first came

0:39:450:39:51

out.

The next one, Bono. Andrew can

you tell the connection?

The G20,

0:39:510:39:59

it's the African campaign where I

interviewed both Elton John and Bono

0:39:590:40:04

about their involvement in Africa.

You show off. That's a fantastic

0:40:040:40:08

answer, but it's wrong!

It's a

better answer.

It's a true answer.

0:40:080:40:14

This is the last one. Amol.

We have

all edited the Independent.

That's

0:40:140:40:21

it.

You actually got it. I was

standing oen the shoulders of giant.

0:40:210:40:29

You were so competing in the Fleet

Street days you would dismantel a

0:40:290:40:33

phone -

No, this is fake news.

Come

on? Is

False news. It's Donald Trump

0:40:330:40:39

false news. This is for younger are

people watching. In the days before

0:40:390:40:44

mobile phones existed we had things

called telephone boxes. When you

0:40:440:40:47

were a young reporter going out to

cover a crime or a murder or

0:40:470:40:50

whatever, one of the things you had

to do is to ensure you got the

0:40:500:40:53

information back to your newspaper

office before your rivals did. So at

0:40:530:40:59

journalism training school we were

given screw drivers and told how to

0:40:590:41:05

remove the voice box so you could

use them. We could vandalise all the

0:41:050:41:09

public phones. Go into the pub and

play the publican to put an Out of

0:41:090:41:17

Order sign on his phone.

We

shouldn't be promoting this.

I never

0:41:170:41:21

did it myself. Shortly afterwards

the mobile phone arrived. So it was

0:41:210:41:27

completely pointless.

0:41:270:41:28

From gambling to another

habit that sees plenty

0:41:350:41:36

of money going up in smoke.

0:41:360:41:38

Despite health experts

being divided on its safety,

0:41:380:41:40

vaping is big business,

something Matt Allwright found

0:41:400:41:42

out at Europe's biggest

vaping expo in Birmingham.

0:41:420:41:46

No

vaping expo in Birmingham.

0:41:460:41:46

No vaping

vaping expo in Birmingham.

0:41:460:41:46

No vaping here,

vaping expo in Birmingham.

0:41:460:41:46

No vaping here, nothing

vaping expo in Birmingham.

0:41:460:41:46

No vaping here, nothing but

vaping expo in Birmingham.

0:41:460:41:46

No vaping here, nothing but raining

vaping expo in Birmingham.

0:41:460:41:47

No vaping here, nothing but raining

here. I'm at the NEC in Birmingham

0:41:470:41:50

for vaping expo 2017. In here,

vaping is very much allowed and very

0:41:500:41:54

much on the up. It's why I've come

to check how this industry intends

0:41:540:42:00

to make more money from these. I've

not been in in a smoking environment

0:42:000:42:07

indoors since about 2006, I'd say.

This is very different to your

0:42:070:42:11

old-style pub because I'm being hit

by different smells coming in.

0:42:110:42:17

Butter scotch. Candy floss. It's all

around us.

Wipe out, lush. All

0:42:170:42:26

associated with Cornwall.

Last year

it was about ice-creams and

0:42:260:42:30

doughnuts. It goes in patterns and

waves.

The world's first rain

0:42:300:42:38

jukebox. 20 different flavours, you

can rye try them by pressing a

0:42:380:42:42

button. Nice. A whole new industry

is taking off, it's still in its

0:42:420:42:50

infancy and what you are seeing here

is a raining goldrush.

These are nic

0:42:500:42:57

salts. Short for nicotine salts.

They are nicotine 2.0. This is

0:42:570:43:05

really targeted for the cigarette

smoker to help him get off the

0:43:050:43:09

cigarettes.

Others are concerned

that all these colours, flavours and

0:43:090:43:13

branding will draw non-spoke smokers

into the scene, leading to nicotine

0:43:130:43:21

addiction. You won't hear that here.

There is a community around vaping.

0:43:210:43:24

Some people who just started feel a

little bit, you know, outside. They

0:43:240:43:30

are welcoming. The community is open

to everybody. We have a common

0:43:300:43:34

interest, we quit smoking, now we

rain.

It started out as a way to

0:43:340:43:38

stop smoking is it as complex as

this?

No, if you are in a smoking

0:43:380:43:48

area o outside somewhere else and

they are vaping. Talk to them you

0:43:480:43:52

ask them about their gries device

what liquids they are using. People

0:43:520:43:57

feel they can socialise with other

rainers.

It seems like people are

0:43:570:44:01

going to great lengths to

differentiate themselves from one

0:44:010:44:06

brand, favour from another. This

local entrepreneur hopes to hit the

0:44:060:44:10

big time, I'm a little confused.

Explain to me the link between

0:44:100:44:15

Dinnerladies, the name of your

company, and vaping, I don't get it?

0:44:150:44:21

We went down the nostalgic route. If

you think about the dinner lady you

0:44:210:44:25

instantly - it puts a smile on your

face. We wanted something

0:44:250:44:30

interactive, fun, vibrant, dynamic.

Even the way we do our boooths, you

0:44:300:44:35

don't stand behind a counter, it's

engage with us.

Why did you get

0:44:350:44:39

involved in this industry in the

first place?

In any new industry

0:44:390:44:42

there will be opportunities. It was

fragmented. It still is. At the same

0:44:420:44:47

time, raining is a phenomenon and

you know it's there to compete with

0:44:470:44:52

big tobacco.

You can't help noticing

there are lots of small producers

0:44:520:44:57

and manufacturers out there trying

to make a name for themselves. What

0:44:570:45:00

will happen next?

Sadly, I feel a

time will come when this vape cult

0:45:000:45:07

following is going to slowly come to

a halt and it's just going to open

0:45:070:45:12

up to the mass-market. Brands like

Dinner Lady are aiming and gearing

0:45:120:45:16

for that particular market.

0:45:160:45:17

Nice.

You've been vaping too much!

It sounds like I've been vaping, I

0:45:200:45:30

haven't.

Are you all right? I will

have some water. Andrew, a former

0:45:300:45:36

smoker, what do you think?

40 years

ago since I've had a cigarette. I'm

0:45:360:45:41

a very old man! Vaping, as I

understand it, vaping is an

0:45:410:45:47

alternative to cigarettes which

doesn't have the same health

0:45:470:45:51

disaster cigarettes does, so if it

attracts people away from smoking it

0:45:510:45:54

is an entirely good thing. For

myself, I won't be entirely infused

0:45:540:45:59

until I have a mutton pie flavoured

vape.

We are sitting in an

0:45:590:46:03

exhibition of your paintings.

Fantastic looking works. Is it fair

0:46:030:46:09

to say, you had a stroke, lots of

people know about, did your style of

0:46:090:46:14

painting change fundamentally after

the stroke?

Completely. Before the

0:46:140:46:18

stroke I would go out and do

traditional landscapes outside with

0:46:180:46:24

an easel.

Beautiful work.

I would

trudge up the hill with the easel

0:46:240:46:28

and paint. Because I am

semi-paralysed on the left-hand

0:46:280:46:31

side, I can't do that any more. If

the wind comes and blows the campus

0:46:310:46:36

over, I'm scuppered. I have to paint

inside. I'm not interested in doing

0:46:360:46:40

nudes all roses go -- so it led me

to doing abstract, of stuff in a

0:46:400:46:47

completely different way.

You have a

lovely book out, A Short Book About

0:46:470:46:53

Painting. You almost called it hard

not to paint. It's all about

0:46:530:46:58

embracing the failures as an artist.

Absolutely. If you go into an art

0:46:580:47:02

gallery and you see all these

paintings people have produced, you

0:47:020:47:05

have a sense they were always going

to be like that and that is not what

0:47:050:47:08

painting feels like. For most

painters, you start off, you make

0:47:080:47:12

mistakes, you try to correct the

mistake. The mistake is more hideous

0:47:120:47:16

and on and on it goes until things

fall into place finally. It is

0:47:160:47:21

mistake after mistake after mistake.

I haven't read a book about that

0:47:210:47:24

title I would like to write book

which honestly shows how a painting

0:47:240:47:31

is created. I've got lots of

examples in the book of paintings

0:47:310:47:33

that went wrong and how... And then

came good. What does it mean for a

0:47:330:47:39

painting to go wrong and then come

good? That's what it was about.

You

0:47:390:47:43

wanted to be an artist, Liza?

I knew

where I wanted to go but might

0:47:430:47:48

sister chose to do it so I did

drama. She went to Chelsea and I

0:47:480:47:52

went to RADA.

Do you still paint?

Yes, I paint and draw. I did a lot

0:47:520:47:59

of illustrations in my book.

Those?

The three illustrations. The big

0:47:590:48:07

ones! Blimey, leave it to the pros.

Are you offended you have Liza's

0:48:070:48:13

book and Andropov MacBook but not

the Only Connect book? Is it for an

0:48:130:48:19

away the best? -- and Andrew's book.

You talk about why a painter

0:48:190:48:23

shouldn't be afraid of a blank

canvas and should embrace it and

0:48:230:48:26

that is what other painters have

done through the ages, what do you

0:48:260:48:29

mean?

If you go to a studio, a great

big blank canvas, what is the first

0:48:290:48:35

thing you are going to do? What is

the first mark you are going to

0:48:350:48:40

make? Remember, it's probably going

to be a mistake. What's the first

0:48:400:48:43

colour? I think a lot of people are

frightened of the blank piece of

0:48:430:48:47

paper, the blank canvas. Once you

get going, you're in the mode, you

0:48:470:48:50

move forward and is less

frightening. When you first come

0:48:500:48:53

in... When I wake up in the morning

I have an idea for a picture and I

0:48:530:49:01

try to make it. I have no clear in

my head about what I want to do but

0:49:010:49:05

that first moment of taking up a

piece of charcoal or a pencil

0:49:050:49:07

awesome colour and putting it on the

campus is scary.

Do you listen to

0:49:070:49:10

music when you paint? Reed very

really. Often I would listen to it

0:49:100:49:14

but I wasn't hearing it.

It was a

waste of music!

LAUGHTER

0:49:140:49:20

I'm interested. You said you changed

your style completely after the

0:49:200:49:24

stroke, was it totally practical

about trudging up the hill? Or the

0:49:240:49:28

visions of your mind have changed?

No. Well spotted, I was telling a

0:49:280:49:33

lie. I have always wanted to paint

this way. Beforehand, like Liza, I

0:49:330:49:37

haven't been to art college, I

thought I would be good enough,

0:49:370:49:40

people will laugh at me, they won't

sell, they'll be disgraceful.

0:49:400:49:44

Therefore I won't do it. But after

the stroke you realise life is

0:49:440:49:48

short, you could go at any minute,

what a waste not to paint in the way

0:49:480:49:52

you've always wanted to.

Exactly do

you have exhibited and and

0:49:520:49:56

successfully selling patenting is

which you didn't think he would do

0:49:560:50:02

as the editor of the Independent.

We

had a lovely show in Liverpool in

0:50:020:50:05

the summer and one in Bermondsey.

This one was for the Bermondsey

0:50:050:50:09

Shope, a bit sticky.

This one

definitely sticky.

I didn't like it

0:50:090:50:14

when it went up and I thought I'd

repaint it.

Remarkable.

0:50:140:50:19

Let's play a final

round of Only Connect,

0:50:190:50:21

Victoria this one you should be able

to get, as the first name

0:50:210:50:24

is, you've guessed it.

0:50:240:50:27

Victoria Coren Mitchell. The next

clue... Emily Bronte.

They are all

0:50:270:50:33

editors of the independent.

Not

quite! The next one. That is Agatha

0:50:330:50:38

Christie. Next one. JK Rowling.

Quick. Let's see how clever you are.

0:50:380:50:48

They'll got lost in North Carolina

with a beaker of Jim.

Nearly. All

0:50:480:50:54

public fiction under a pseudonym.

I

haven't done that.

You sort of did,

0:50:540:51:01

a short story.

Oh yes, I have!

LAUGHTER

0:51:010:51:04

I told you I was bad at this game!

Just 17.

Yes, I sold them a short

0:51:040:51:12

story.

What was your pseudonym?

I

can't tell you because I still

0:51:120:51:17

sometimes use it.

I haven't, but I

might get one.

I will give you a

0:51:170:51:23

clue, it was an anagram of my

opponent name.

Victoria Coren

0:51:230:51:34

yes, not the Mitchell bit, I wasn't

married at 14.

0:51:340:51:38

It's almost time to see

the Autumn gallery you've

0:51:380:51:40

all created during the show,

and reveal One Show artist

0:51:400:51:43

Adebanji Alade's contribution.

0:51:430:51:44

He found inspiration amongst

the trees of Wiltshire to create

0:51:440:51:46

a painting of his favourite season.

0:51:460:51:51

Orton is the time of the year you

live for as an artist, the vibrant

0:51:510:51:57

golden and okra tones of the leaves

reflect the cycle of nature. I love

0:51:570:52:03

nothing more than painting outside

at this time of the year. So the One

0:52:030:52:09

Show has set me a challenge, to

capture the beauty of autumn on

0:52:090:52:17

campus. I've come to Wiltshire, one

of the best places in the country to

0:52:170:52:22

witness this seasonal spectacle. The

first thing that really catches my

0:52:220:52:27

attention is the tree in front. I

don't see trees is just ordinary

0:52:270:52:33

structures in the woods, I just see

them as these kind of weird

0:52:330:52:36

monsters. They don't talk, they

don't say anything, but they have

0:52:360:52:42

some immense presence. Almost like a

creature just crawls over and then

0:52:420:52:47

you have the branches, so everything

seems to come together. Just little

0:52:470:52:52

by little, the musicians call it

that, the Harmony, the melody, the

0:52:520:53:02

branches, everything connected,

everything will make sense when the

0:53:020:53:05

colour comes in but this is what I

call the bare bones. My work is

0:53:050:53:09

quite impressionistic and I like to

include people and movement into my

0:53:090:53:14

compositions, and right on cue a

winning couple walking through my

0:53:140:53:18

frame. Keep going, keep going, keep

going, keep going, keep going. Stop!

0:53:180:53:27

It's that little space in between

there... He has a front leg there.

0:53:270:53:34

That's it. Brilliant, brilliant,

fantastic. That will do, that will

0:53:340:53:39

do, that just gives me a nice good

feel.

0:53:390:53:43

This picture is starting to take

shape, but I still want to add more

0:53:430:53:48

life to this composition. These

grandparents and their granddaughter

0:53:480:53:51

are just what I'm looking for. First

of all I've got her coat in there.

0:53:510:53:57

So his feet go up and they plot in

right there. He was pointing, she

0:53:570:54:03

was pointing. That's his head and

then the hand's pointed out. That

0:54:030:54:08

is, for me, I'm quite happy with the

way that is in the picture. You guys

0:54:080:54:13

have done tremendously well. Come

over, come over, let's talk about

0:54:130:54:17

this. Why have you come here today?

We live fairly local and when we

0:54:170:54:23

babysit, to see the countryside in

the autumn colours, it's a bonus, a

0:54:230:54:27

good day out.

Brilliant, I'm happy

you've decided to do it today

0:54:270:54:32

because it helps my painting so

much.

0:54:320:54:35

Basically when I see people passing

by, I think of the composition and I

0:54:350:54:39

also think of variety, are you with

me question out when I saw the baby

0:54:390:54:43

am thinking, yes, this is about the

cycle of life, just as the trees

0:54:430:54:47

have come through the times, I think

she can add something to it.

0:54:470:54:52

Now I've placed people into the

scene and I'm ready to turn this

0:54:520:54:55

sketch into a beautiful painting, by

adding in a autumn sky, the

0:54:550:55:01

reflections on the lake and the

carpet of fallen leaves, my painting

0:55:010:55:04

is beginning to take shape.

0:55:040:55:08

I've really, really got to the most

interesting part of the day, because

0:55:140:55:19

this part is where I can just play

Tic Tac with my autumn colours, like

0:55:190:55:26

the one I'm just placing on it now,

which has a little bit of yellowish

0:55:260:55:30

brown in it. Some of them have gone

into Orange, some of them have gone

0:55:300:55:39

into perfect red. Every colour in

autumn you can get here, this is

0:55:390:55:45

autumn at its very best. They're all

the kind of colours you get in

0:55:450:55:50

autumn, they just fly through.

But just as I feel I'm making

0:55:500:55:54

progress, along comes the autumn

rain.

0:55:540:56:01

I've had to come under the shelter

to protect the painting, so every

0:56:010:56:05

other thing I'm going to do has to

be done in my studio. But at the

0:56:050:56:11

moment, I'm quite pleased that I've

caught the autumn colours.

0:56:110:56:15

Fantastic.

0:56:150:56:17

And Adebanji is here

with the finished painting -

0:56:170:56:19

you've been hard at work

since filming, how

0:56:190:56:21

long did it take you?

0:56:210:56:23

Are you pleased with the result?

I

am.

Andrew, would you make of it?

0:56:230:56:29

Excellent. There is an exhibition of

French impressionist in London at

0:56:290:56:33

the moment and it is a bit like

Pizarro. I want to ask, is it a real

0:56:330:56:37

disappointment to go to the studio,

do you like to finish it in front of

0:56:370:56:40

what you are painting?

I'd have

loved to have finish it there and

0:56:400:56:44

then but the rains came and I had to

adjust, that's life.

I love your

0:56:440:56:49

duck!

LAUGHTER

Thank you.

0:56:490:56:52

Earlier we asked you to fill our

Autumn gallery with photos,

0:56:520:56:57

And the response has been

overwhelming. We put some of them in

0:56:570:57:01

the gallery, fantastic. We can look

at some in detail now. Liza and

0:57:010:57:04

Victoria have some. This is George,

enjoying the leaves, a fantastic

0:57:040:57:13

picture.

Sarah took up painting

after 30 years, well done! Inspired

0:57:130:57:17

by the fading light on an early

autumn evening. Amazing.

Gorgeous.

0:57:170:57:25

That one. Kim in Scotland sent us

this photo of the stag.

Lock had.

0:57:250:57:34

This is from Ted, taken... Bettis

Park this morning, of the local

0:57:340:57:44

community clearing up the pathway of

all the leaves.

Thank you so much.

0:57:440:57:48

Thanks to Liza, Victoria and Andrew.

0:57:480:57:52

All their books are out this week,

and Only Connect returns to BBC Two

0:57:520:57:55

next Friday at 8.30pm.

0:57:550:58:00

I wish I could paint. It would be so

great!

You can, you can.

How do you

0:58:000:58:06

start? Come and see me and I will

show you.

For someone who has never

0:58:060:58:11

done it before.

Start with acrylics,

the easy as pain to use, you,

0:58:110:58:16

mistakes, you can make paint on top

of paint on top of paint. Start with

0:58:160:58:20

acrylic. Go and get some drawing

lessons. There are lots of places

0:58:200:58:24

you can get basic drawing lessons,

learn how to draw. It's quite

0:58:240:58:28

difficult but really exciting when

you get into it. What you haven't

0:58:280:58:32

seen me draw, embarrassing! Everyone

says it but it's never true.

I

0:58:320:58:39

believe everyone has it. You did it

as a child on it in there and it

0:58:390:58:43

only takes something to bring it

out. Get there, get a pad and a

0:58:430:58:47

pencil and do it!

CHEERING

Yes, yes.

0:58:470:58:52

Tomorrow the amazing voice

of Sam Smith will be

0:58:520:58:54

here - see you at 7pm.

0:58:540:58:55

Bye-bye.

Bye-bye!

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