02/02/2018 The One Show

Hello and welcome to

The One Show with Alex Jones.

And you're probably

used to watching him

during your morning coffee.

But it's Friday night,

dry January is over,

so have a beer and

welcome Dan Walker!

Good evening, thank you very much.

Lovely to have you.

And to keep us company, the host

of 'Eurovision: You Decide'.

And we've decided

she should definitely

be throwing herself into the mix.

# Yes I swear, it's the truth

# And I owe it all to you

# I've had the time of my life

# And I've never felt this way

before

# Yes, I swear, it's the truth

# And I owe it all to you...

Certainly worth more

than nul points.

It's Mel Giedroyc!

So nice to be here, lads.

Lovely to

have you on a Friday.

It is

gorgeous.

Mel, that clip was from

Comic Relief, of course.

But we thought, if you and Sue

entered Eurovision, you would

probably win.

Stop it, we are about

three times too old to enter.

The

Hungarian 's would love you.

Katrina

and the waves?

97? She was that old!

She was amazing, and still looking

great.

Cammy talk about the

jumpsuit, that is magnificent. --

can we talk.

I'm slightly annoyed

about that, that jumpsuit went

missing. I was very keen to buy this

from the BBC because you have to do

that, you're not given lots of free

stuff. I thought, I'm having that

jumpsuit, great for our party, no

one agrees, clearly, total silence!

I went to get the jumpsuit but it

had gone, who would take it?

We

thought maybe the said person would

be watching.

We haven't got it here.

I thought you were going to bring it

out!

But if the person out there who

bought it or starlet is watching,

get in touch and we can reunite Mel

with the jumpsuit -- stole it.

It

was great, with lightning and

clouds.

We will keep a close eye on

it.

To keep up the musical mood tonight,

we'll also be remembering

one of the greatest

singer/songwriters of all time.

Two years since David Bowie's death,

we'll be chatting to the man

bringing this true musical

icon back to life.

All that tonight. But also...

A study out this week revealed that

4 in 5 women experience

changes in concentration

and memory while pregnant.

LAUGHTER

Oh!

And beyond!

So is the so-called 'baby brain'

a myth or a reality?

It is a reality.

We asked Carrie to find out.

So what is the baby brain

phenomenon? One way to find out is

to ask the people who suffer from

it. Where was I going? Oh yeah,

that's right. If I asked you what is

baby brain, what would you say?

It

is pretty much what I've got right

now, you are kind of blank and

sometimes you forget what words

you're saying.

Before I was very

regimented and structured and I

would leave the house and have

everything but now I forget my phone

and I'm forgetting my keys, it

stresses me out and makes everyday

harder.

One time I accidentally

clutched a night with my cooked

chicken.

I would put the milk in the

oven rather than in the fridge cover

things like that.

There does appear

to be a bit of a phenomenon going on

speaking anecdotally but if we want

real proof we have got to speak to

an expert, a professor at the

University of Manchester Thunder

some answers. -- has some answers

for.

We know is to Jim Fx part of

the

which is associated -- we know these

hormonal levels could affect women,

and the hormones don't make the

whole picture, but things like sleep

and anxiety levels, and well-being,

these will influence it, and if

women and their partners are worried

about this, what they can do is just

try and reduce their anxiety through

pregnancy and try to maintain a

state of well-being, however they

want to do that, but we can't change

our hormonal levels, although we can

change our environment.

That is food

for thought but if I told mothers

they were not getting enough sleep,

what would they have to say? Has

baby brain affected you?

It depends

on your character before you were

pregnant, I'm

pregnant, I'm a perfectionist but

when the baby came it was all over

the place, and other mothers say it

is easy, you can code, and then you

find yourself, why am I not coping

because that mother was able to do

it? You put yourself down.

The

report has flagged up sleep

deprivation which is not going to

just affect women but also men.

It

is repeatedly being broken up, it

was like torture, you have not had

any consistent sleep.

And anxiety

also plays a big part.

You wake up

and then you don't wake up, you

don't know if you are going to have

a good sleep, you are constantly on

a state of alert and that is going

to mess with your hormones, is that

the anxiety of parenthood that

changes your hormones or your

hormones affected it?

Is the myth

debunked? Not entirely, but there is

surely no cure for this... What's

the word? STUDIO:

Thank you, Carrie.

It is not a myth, baby brain is a

thing?

I have had this for the last

15 years, it is constant fudge,

total everyday.

I don't want to get

myself into any bother, but...

Hang

on. I'm moving away.

I have a wife.

It is tougher for you.

I have

witnessed it first hand but some

people might say it is a self

fulfilling prophecy.

I'm not even

looking at him now, Alex.

Don't

punch me in the head.

So,

Eurovision: You Decide... It is a

thing.

I know it's a thing.

Much

worse with a lack of sleep. Anyway,

Eurovision: You Decide, you were

doing that. There are six nominees,

is this a good list?

It is.

Familiar

faces there.

There are actually.

I've got a very good feeling about

this, but I say this every year.

LAUGHTER

Yes, you do.

I'm the internal

optimist about Eurovision but

surely, it's been 21 years --

eternal optimist will stop, on.

I feel good about this year because

there are some really good quite

trendy... Is that a word these days?

Yes, that is still out there.

But

there are some really good very

upbeat very positive cool songs.

Cool and trendy. Your co-host can

provide that from 2015, the winner

from that year.

He is really good.

Mans Zelmerlow.

We are glad you said

that because we couldn't read that

on the bit of paper.

It is not a

type of bread. He's amazing. He's

amazing, that was him when he was

victorious in 2015, doing heroes. He

has got that Scandinavian

laid-back... He is a great presenter

and a great singer and I think it

will be great. Brighton Dome, where

we are doing it, it will go berserk

when he steps on stage.

That is a

big coup to have the winner.

I think

in Mans Zelmerlow, we need a round

of applause for teeth of the year.

Oh my gosh.

APPLAUSE

You can do your make up in those

teeth.

Do you? When the little BT 's

are on. -- when the little BTs.

He's

a lovely guy, actually.

Also excited

that you are back in the West End.

Oh! Slightly nervous when you say

that.

I got hot, as well.

I feel a

bit... It is really exciting, I've

been asked to do a Stephen Sondheim

musical. I'm gripping furniture as

we speak, but of course he is the

dawn of musical theatre.

It is not

just singing for your character,

they also do jujitsu.

Yes, I have to

do jujitsu and speak in an American

accent. Company is the name of the

musical and he wrote this in 1970

and is iconic, it is about love and

life and marriage in New York. So

exciting for the possibilities.

We

know you can sing, are you most

excited about the singing or

jujitsu?

The singing.

We need to

work on that a bit.

Do you do any

martial arts?

No. Maybe a bit of

judo.

That is all the same. Karate,

the same.

I have got to

the same.

I have got to pretend --

throw my pretend husband around, but

also some Shakespeare before that,

at the Kingston Rose Theatre in

April and May. I'm sorry to talk

about only myself or

From the dulcet tones

of Eurovision to a much

less pleasant sound.

A noisy train station isn't much

of a treat for anyone's ears -

but Richard Mainwaring's

on track to make our commute

a little more melodious.

when it comes to railway station

announcement the UK is not exactly

at the cutting edge. Other countries

have exploited the creative

potential of this musical

interruption. In Hungary you have a

nice tune and the same in France.

But in the UK it is often something

more boring. Birmingham new Street

Station is the biggest outside

London and the busiest and it has

recently undergone a face-lift, so

is it time for a musical change as

well? Doctor Kelly is a music

psychologist. What is attractive in

a jingle to commuters waiting in a

station?

Things that are quite

upbeat and that give you extra

energy, things in a major key,

simple melodies. Maybe also music

that is not so simple that it gets a

bit boring after a while.

That in

mind, it is time to give it a go,

I'm going to create a brand-new

jingle for new Street station, the

team have just one request, it needs

to be around three seconds long, but

I wanted to feel like something

Birmingham can be proud of, that

reminds them of where they are.

Birmingham is famous in many things,

ten hours, the mini, chocolate, but

it is also the birthplace of heavy

metal --

bands like Black Sabbath and Judas

Priest all have links to the city

and surrounding areas so what better

homage than a metal inspired melody

for the station? I meeting the lead

guitarist from Black Sabbath for

inspiration. -- I meeting. What is

it about Birmingham that inspired

heavy metal?

My factory was in a

factory doing sheet metalwork and

welding, and so all day you would

hear clunk clunk bang, wallop, and I

could put a rift to that.

What about

the landscape of Birmingham? That

affected you?

Big-time, there were

areas which were like

areas which were like a bomb site,

after the Second World War.

I've

been working on this jingle for

Birmingham new Street station and

I'm scared about playing this to

you.

It is better than the bing bong.

That is a good start. ROCK MUSIC

several versions later and it is

time for the big reveal, 3:30pm and

my jingle is about to go live to

thousands at the station.

ROCK MUSIC

for your safety and

comfort this station operates a no

smoking policy.

ROCK MUSIC sounds

good to me but what about the people

using the station? What did you

think?

Not a fan.

LAUGHTER

It's only got my attention.

I'm a

big heavy metal fan so I liked it.

The person I need to impress is the

station manager. Is it a keeper?

Honestly, I'm not sure.

Will you

keep it for a week?

I'm afraid not,

no.

Tomorrow?

OK.

Not quite the

permanent fixture I was hoping for,

sadly, but who knows, it might

inspire other stations to mix up

their melodies.

Epic fail.

CHUCKLES

But from a trainman to a starman now

- and the late, great David Bowie.

I was always quite a shy kid.

I

didn't come alive on stage. I was

even more shy. But I found that I

did not get so shy if I adopted a

character.

This is in fact not

a recording of the man himself,

but the vocal talents of

Jon Culshaw - who joins us now.

Round of applause for Jon!

APPLAUSE

Uncanny, Jon.

It is amazing to listen to. I

listened to it on the train. After

ten minutes I had forgotten it was

you. It's different for you. It is

in the comedy side of things. This

is a serious, dramatic performance.

It was a lovely experience to just

really get close. It into your

scrutinising mode of a wonderful

person like David Bowie. Such an

uplifting experience. Genius is an

inadequate word. Brilliant in the

blink of an eye that he was capable

of. To have a closer study.

And he

was funny.

Hugely funny. An

effortless wit.

They laughed at

himself, as well. Brilliant.

You did

the voice before this opportunity

came along. He must've had pressured

to really listen and find those

differences that would make it that

tiny bit more special for something

like this. -- you must have had

pressure.

To get that spoken,

relaxed, conversational version is

way over here.

Did you strip it

back?

I listened to a lot of

interviews, lots of recordings. I

really absorbed it. One useful thing

was to listen to his interviews.

Just as you are drifting off to

sleep.

Really?

Bit of osmosis.

A

little bit.

You are sitting next to

a super fan. Have either of you seen

Darkest Hour?

Not yet.

Gary Oldman

portrayed Winston Churchill.

Afterwards he said he was terrified

of doing it because it was Winston

Churchill. His wife persuaded him to

do it. Did you feel the same way?

Yellow

it was daunting. But a daunting you

want to run towards, rather than

back away from. David Morley, who

wrote the script, who is a massive

David Bowie fan and expert, it felt

very natural to do the words he had

written. And Dirk Maggs, the

director.

He is amazing.

He makes

movies on radio.

Yeah.

They provided

a nice space in which to do it.

You

liked it, and you Agaba.

I was

crying.

crying. -- Mel liked it, and you are

a bar.

Black Star brought out his

dominance.

Brilliant album.

It is

called The Last Take. It is on the

BBC World Service and the iPlayer.

We always get you to do impressions.

Is that even your voice you are

using to light?

Yes. We are going to

give you the night off of doing

impressions.

Mel, we have been doing

some digging. We have found moments

where you have been doing some

impressions. Jon, we want you to

identify what Mel is playing.

Hang

on.

What do you think?

That is

either Janet Street Porter or a

Dalek.

Not bad! It is a Dalek.

My

biggest enemy for years.

He's good.

Next one...

Oh, God.

I've absolutely no memory of that.

With a pair of pants on the head.

What the heck!

It is neither Dustin

Hoffman or an unknown of duck.

I

have no idea, genuinely.

It is, in

fact, Marlon Brando. Is he in your

repertoire?

I'm studying that at the

moment. I am doing a project at the

moment.

Do you use cotton wool?

I

don't think so. It might help

initially to get you started.

CHUCKLES

Lets do the last one.

Oh, dear will

even if it does mean bumping into

the bald ginger one, how's Adam?

Again, no idea.

This is niche.

This is tougher. But it is somebody

from one of our beloved soap opera

is.

Is it Sonia?

It rhymes with

Sonia. It is run

Jon, I'm sorry, that must be awful

for you to watch that.

They were

very amusing caricatures. Very

charming.

It's good fun.

To announce our next film,

we've asked Meghan Markle

to do the honours.

Meghan.

Well, that was a bit amateur.

Let me do it, Meghan.

Tony's in Invergordon now meeting

two men whose appetites

are as big as their muscles.

This is a shopping trip with a

difference. You would think a

trolley full of food like this would

feed a family of four for a month,

but for two brothers from

Invergordon in a shop like this

would be lucky to last a week. I

need a hand to take all of this out

of the car. Cheers, lads. Luke and

Tom are currently training to

compete for the title of this year's

Britain's Strongest Man. They

consume up to 10,000 calories a day.

To help them with their final

preparations I am going to cook them

something very special. I am going

to make you a nice risotto with pork

tenderloin. Loads of protein, good

fats. Beans, as well. And some nuts.

Luke has been Scotland boss like a

Strongest Man for the last five

years. He is six foot two and weighs

in at nearly 24 stone.

I started

training when I was 16. It was

basically in the gym. I carried on

through that with my working life,

as well. It is something I have a

passion gold -- I have a passion

for.

He became Scotland's strong

list man on his first attempt. But

close behind is his not so little

brother, Tom.

That smells like your

feet.

He is taller at six foot eight

and heavier.

Getting work out there,

Tom. I can see muscles bulging.

CHUCKLES

As well as struggling to lift tyres

and trucks, he has faced another

battle.

When I was younger I was

diagnosed with autism. That made a

big impact on my childhood. I just

did not want to do anything.

How did

you get into weightlifting?

When I

was 17 I went down to watch Luke

compete at a Strongest Man

competition. That was when I thought

this was amazing, this is lifting

cars.

To help you with trading at

his home Luke has replicated some of

the challenges they will face,

including these Atlas stones. Thomas

particularly good at lifting them.

I

am lucky because I am so tall. I

don't have to go tiptoes. I don't

have to grasp of them as wide like

short people master.

But with these

big men come pick bills. £300 a week

goes on food. And one of their

biggest supporters is Luke's wife.

What is it like being a professional

strongman's wife?

It isn't your

usual relationship. I don't know who

he loves more commonly or the gym.

They eat a lot of food.

They do. --

who he loves more, may or the gym.

To get much help?

Not towards food.

We do when it comes to gym equipment

and sponsorship of clothes, because

they don't really fit into anything.

They are big lads.

Yes, pretty big,

they get lots of looks when they

walk on the streets.

For these

mountainous men I have prepared a

mountainous meal. You are looking at

feeding about ten people here. The

amount of cheese, butter. The stock

is rich. This is just one of the six

meals they will be eating today.

It's baked pork loin, risotto,

guacamole, and compared to my

portion you can see these boys have

a big appetite. Have a taste, gents.

Nice?

Lovely. Proper, proper nice.

Well, I think these beef cakes have

certainly enjoyed my risotto dish.

The two brothers will be going for

's Strongest Man.

Tom has all of the

capabilities of being one of the

true great. I truly believe he will

become one of the best guys in the

world. That is testament to Tom and

Scotland.

With a boost from my meal

and their training this could be the

year that these highland

heavyweights become Britain's

strongest men.

Big lads.

Thanks to Tony and Luke and Tom.

They've now competed

in the UK's Strongest Man.

Despite all that risotto,

they quite didn't come

out on top this time -

but better luck in

the next one, boys.

It's all about taking part.

Yes, and in honour of Luke

and Tom - and Eurovision -

it's time for what we're calling

the Eurovision Strong Contest.

So this box here

is incredibly heavy.

We shouldn't be able to lift it,

but Luke and Tom have been giving us

some special tips and now we can

lift it pretty easily.

Shall we have a go?

It is all about here, isn't it? I'm

ready.

Its time. Are you ready?

OK.

CHEERING

Yes! Look at that. That was all

right, wasn't it?

I can even, just about,

do it with one hand.

I wonder how strong Jon and Mel are

feeling.

Guys, come on over.

Make way. Give them a round of

applause.

APPLAUSE

Welcome to the red carpet. A bit of

a safety briefing. There we are.

Anchor with your thighs, Jon.

We

will counter you down. Ready?

He is

going with one hand.

Lift!

going with one hand.

Lift! Three,

two, one, left!

We have had hernia

operations.

We need to use the power

of the force!

CHUCKLES

Have a look inside. There is a

reason why you cannot lift it. It is

filled with bricks.

How did you do

it?

We have a secret weapon. Mr

Walker has been working out.

Who put that in there? Unnecessary.

Pre-watershed.

It is a bit of magic. Our executive

producer today is a member of the

Magic Circle.

The Magic Circle! Oh!

Don't give it away.

We can't.

Oh,

OK.

But it was a file on your part.

That is what happens when you are in

the Magic Circle. -- that was a fail

on your part.

That's your lot for tonight -

thanks to my super strong

co-host Dan Walker!

Thanks to Mel.

'Eurovision: You Decide'

is on BBC Two at 7.30 on Wednesday.

You can hear Jon as David Bowie

on the iPlayer radio.

On Monday, Matt and Angela will be

joined by Will.i.am and Zoe Ball.

Have a great weekend!

See you later!