02/12/2011 The One Show

Welcome to your one hour One Show with the very steady on his feet,

Chris Evans. And down to the last six. Yes, she's still in there,

folks. Super Strictly Alex Jones. Why have we got our skates on? Well,

later we will be talking to our latest national champions on ice,

fresh from their big win at the Figure Skating Championships last

weekend. 11-year-old Lucy Burton, a skating prodigy, who cannot find a

partner, everyone. She is a little Jane Torvill. Could you be her

Christopher Dean? If so, e-mail us and send us a picture of you

looking cool on ice. And, on the day they launched their bid for the

Christmas number one, it is the fantastic Military Wives Choir with

Before all that, it is time to switch our like some. We have a

very special secret Santa. Here is it going to be a? It is Bruno

Tonioli. Bruno is here to help Alex at with her nerves. John Bishop

should be here but he has not arrived yet, has he? I am a good

substitute. Have you turned anything on recently? Oh yes, all

the time Foster are we ready? we have a countdown? Gorgeous! Very

pretty. First up we're heading to the home town of John Bishop. Paris,

Venice and Liverpool. John Bishop a's birthplace is it in the premier

league of world heritage, according to UNESCO. Several parts of the

waterfront have inherited World Heritage Sites, including the

Pierhead. Some fear its World Heritage status could soon become a

thing of the past. Why? The future could be this. Liverpool waters, a

five and a half -- �5.5 billion development of homes, offices and

shops planned for the City Centre docks. At its heart the Shanghai

Tang, a skyscraper that will be the tallest in the UK outside London. -

- Tower. UNESCO had just visited the site. Prior to the visit

expressed extreme concern about the impact of the new development. They

are not alone. It is the scale and mass of the development which is a

great concern. We should look to Amsterdam and build humane scale

developments around the waterways. I knew someone who is standing in

the wake of progress? -- are used someone who is standing in the way?

It needs to be done skilfully. It has to be clever. The best thing

the people of Liverpool can have is a world heritage site. Why would

you put that are at risk? Liverpool was granted equal billing with the

Taj Mahal and the pyramids, because of its contribution to trade,

Innovation and Technology in the 18th and 19th centuries. The

weather might be questionable today but Liverpool has brushed up nicely.

Three years ago it was European Capital of Culture. It has a fancy

new museum. Even where you catch the ferry across the Mersey has had

a makeover. Could the world heritage tag turn the city into a

cultural theme park? It is a fate that Liverpool City Council, with

poverty and lack of jobs still major issues, are keen to avoid.

north Liverpool, it is an area which is in need of regeneration.

For many years this dockside has been unused and am working. As the

combination of residential and retail shops takes place, it will

increase significantly the number of jobs in the area. According to

Paul, while the proposals might be new, the controversy surrounding

them is not. Even in the original live the building, it was deeply

controversial. It created a lot of discussion in the local media. It

is not surprising that something on the scale of the redevelopment

proposals in the docks is creating some controversy. We are confident

we can work with the developer and UNESCO and make sure we can find a

common way forward to help the regeneration of the city and the

World Heritage Site. Potentially great news for the 1600 students.

The Faculty of construction and engineering at Liverpool College.

It can soon be Britain's biggest building site. In a class behind me,

there are all trainee electrician has. In order for them to be

qualified, every single one needs to find an employer. These students

the first people in their families to have worked for a considerable

number of years. Anything that brings prospers finances to the

city and enables people to work can only be a good thing. Is the loss

of the World Heritage status a price worth paying for jobs?

would rather have a job. Are you worried about getting a job? Proper

worried. It worries me. Nowadays, it is hard to get a job. I would

prefer a job than status. Is it more important to preserve the past

or develop the future? Can Heritage and innovation exist side-by-side?

Unesco's say they will let the people of Liverpool know the answer

next summer. -- UNESCO. We're still waiting for John Bishop. He is in

the building. He is in make-up. should be here with us. It is the

quarter-finals of Strictly. She has made it, everyone. You have done

brilliant. Miss American Smooth. Is she of their request to mark you

are a naughty boy! -- is she your favourite? I take every show as if

I have never seen them perform. There are moments in which things

go amazingly well then something happens and you can turn the whole

thing around. We really have to call it as we see it. I love you

and I love them all. Let's have a reminder of last week. Here is

Jason and Kristina Rihanoff at Wembley. This is your favourite

moment. Look at him and go completely wrong. Disaster! Bless

him. That was going fantastically well. He could have got 10 from all

the judges. He lost the side flick. It did not turn out the way it

should have been. We get that things can go wrong in live shows.

We have experience with that. Thank you for helping as abs. What some

of the villas and can set -- contestants -- what the viewers and

contestants could not believe was that when he went wrong, he's still

got a nine. He'd just lost his footing. Up till that moment, it

was one of the best. It could have been 10 or across. He forgot the

bar but he caught up with it. have another highlight. Another

highlight. Someone who is fantastic consistently in the series, Harry

Judd. The Quickstep. He puts sway interns, which is the most

difficult thing to do. -- in terms. That is so hard to do. For somebody

who has never done this before off, he is getting better and better. He

is a natural. Before it was tight. Now he is relaxed. Chris Evans, you

are not going to get me into trouble. You do not need my help!

can see your eyes. You tease me. I have stopped myself. Clip number

three. I have stopped myself. is superb the stab someone we still

do mess is Russell. -- is superb. Looked at the joy of it all!

Typical, a typical, great fun. He is going for it. Slavia kick at

I do believe that John Bishop is here. John Bishop, everybody pulls

up what time do you call this? everybody. I got stuck in London.

You got stuck where we are. I had been a mile away since Wednesday.

Bruno, have you got your mark paddles? We had them somewhere. At

the end of his DVD, there is some dancing going on. Do you want to do

Strictly? I family never it. A have a look at this. -- love it. Play it

all. Come back. Come back. Look at that! The timing is not bad. A bit

more conviction. I have been well stitched up. It is our new DVD.

Normally you have to watch an hour and a half of DVD before you get to

that bit. Is that a covert audition or plead to be in Strictly next

year? You will be great. tension, every week, as you're

getting judged. You will love it. You can answer back to the judges.

I cannot answer back! You are a professional comedian! You and me

on this count, it sounds like the Aren't they getting on well?

think it will be great. How many for that dance? I think I will give

him... Just because he makes me laugh, seven. They will be up with

us all evening, hope for. -- With a going to take it was dubbed

I made him laugh. -- we are going to take it. Race has the tear up

the big girl born in Wrexham he became the -- race has the tale of

a girl born in Wrexham who became the first Mr Byers. This Lancashire

last wanted to be more than begun next door. She went from factory

girl to Beauty Queen - Britain's first Miss World. This is very

exciting. I would never have had the opportunity to do this before.

It may seem rather shallow today but beating the Americans on the

glamour stakes felt like a win worth having. 10 million viewers

Rosemary was going places. From a machinist at one of Britain's

biggest shoemakers to a celebrity. People were thinking, how can

somebody who works in the factory get through to the Miss World

contest? Did you watch? Yes. I was convinced she would make the last

three and when she won it, it was brilliant. For young Rosemary,

opportunities were thin on the ground. She was brought up by her

grandma in North Wales. Once remarried, her mother brought her

back to this Lancaster semi- detached house. Most girls who did

not get to go to grammar school did not get any qualifications and they

got factory jobs. Her Elizabeth Taylor features were her ticket out

of the factory and into Marks & Spencer as a shop assistant. Soon,

she was wearing the next big thing, the bikini, in a beauty contest. In

fact, she took the plunge and entered several. She became a

serial contestant, winning Miss Lancaster, Miss Morecambe, Miss

Wales and Miss UK all in one year. Next stop, the world! By now,

beauty was big business. As Miss World, she would earn 20 grand in a

year. As a shoemaker, just two pounds a week. Another local girl

recalls her bringing back the title to Lancaster. Suddenly, I could see

this extraordinary girl, and it was Rosemarie Frankland. But she looked

like Elizabeth Taylor. You had never seen anything so exotic in

your life. She opened her mouth and said, all right, I will see you. We

thought, oh, my God. She is like us. But she left Lancaster and headed

for Los Angeles. With the comic who crowned her, Bob Hope. Nearly three

times her age, but with a Hollywood home, Rosemary was smitten. I would

like to be an entertainer. I have had a taste of showbusiness and I

would love to be an entertainer. Instead, she got bit parts in the

odd movie. Her last Hollywood hope was as Bob Hope's personal

assistant before their ten-year affair faded. And Britain's love

affair with Miss World fizzled out, too. In 1970, people rained down a

new brand of flower power on its old time host, Bob Hope.

Proceedings have been temporarily suspended. In the 1970s, feminism

suddenly arrived, blowing in from America. And Miss World, inside

that kind of modernism, it was just insane. Newspapers stopped writing

about it and the whole thing was crumbling. And the great regret of

my life is that I wasn't there myself, chucking stuff at Bob Hope!

Eventually, the BBC took Miss World off the air. Even for the showgirl

Queen, the competition had lost its shine. She said they were just so

some feller could get a quick thrill. They should, she said,

shove it in the archives and forget about it. You wake up and realise

you are no longer Miss World, how would you feel? It will be a weight

off my mind because I no longer have to live up to something. I can

just the ordinary Rosemarie Frankland once again. But Los

Angeles was not the best place to be playing anyone. In 2000, she

died alone in a two bed apartment of a suspected overdose. The girl

who had had the world at her feet So, a sad end to war was a sorry

tale. A big news story at the time. Years, when she won and when she

died. Only five people from the UK have become his world. The first

one, a sad end to her tale. The second was in 1964, the beautiful

Ann Sydney. A very lovely lady. Here Shias, walking across the

podium. She was a very fine ice skater, incidentally. Where is she

now? In Los Angeles, 6-7, very happy. In those days, she dated

Bruce Forsyth. I asked him about her and he did not say a great deal.

When you asked, did you ask him what we are all thinking you asked

him? Yes, and he said, nice to have seen her, to have seen her, nice.

The next one was in 1965, Lesley Langley. Here she is. She is now 68

and rumoured to be working as a dental receptionist in Weymouth. I

hope she will get in touch because I have a difficult tooth. If she is

watching, we tried to get in touch. Please contact the show. Next, 1974,

Helen Morgan. We have pictures of her moving about the stage. She was

so surprised and excited. She had been Miss Wales, and she became a

Miss World. But I am afraid her reign only lasted for four days. It

was revealed that she had a baby, an 18 month old baby. Although she

was still eligible, because it is Miss World and she was not married,

not being married was also a problem in 1974. With the child.

She was from Barry. She was from Barry end she went back to bury it.

Barry, if you are watching, contact the show. Were the happy end to her

show. I love the way you said, she was a single mum, she was from Bury.

1983, you would have loved this, Sarah Jane-Hutt. There she is. Do

you think she is lovely? I think she's lovely, but she was not sure.

Don't tell me she is a bloke! lot of the people taking part did

not think she was lovely and there was a lot of bad feeling and some

contestants refused to go to the coronation ball to accept the prize

alongside her. They did not think she was pretty. They hijacked the

dinner! That is our famous five, but we have a miss Hammersmith.

That is a very attractive look. that you, Gyles Brandreth? There

are some great shows across the UK this Christmas but there happens to

be a musical production of The Importance Of Being Earnest, Oscar

Wilde's classic play. Leads in of the lad from the comprehensive side

of the fence - Oscar Wilde's classic play. -- lets involve the

lad. I realise I am too old for Hammett and too young for King Lear,

but just about right for Lady Bracknell. I have been given this

role and I am the grandmother of the present Queen, Queen Mary, that

is the look I have got. Thank you, Gyles Brandreth. In a moment, we

are going out to chat to our champion figure skaters. Everybody

has arrived now. At last! We have been finding out about our love

affair with ice skating. The last time that the Thames froze

over was 1814, and it is now 10:15am and it does not look like

it will be frozen by a quarter past six, does it? Thankfully, there is

another way to ice skate down the Thames. This is the Tower of

London's seasonal ice rink, my starting-point on a mission to

skate the winter ice rinks up river to historic Hampton Court Palace.

By the time I get there, I hope to have mastered one of the moves from

Torvill and Dean's gold medal- winning performance, with a little

help from these two. Hello. That was a nice move. I am nervous about

getting out there because I have never been ice skating before. I

have always thought I would be really good. How hard is this dance

on a scale of 1 to 10? 12. It is more slippery than I thought.

are going to do this. No more than that. And hopefully the other way

round with an arm movement. This ice skating historian is joining me

on a boat up the River Thames. When the river was frozen, what would

happen on it? Well, you had typically the great frost fairs.

There was bear-baiting, archery, wrestling, even horse-racing. We

are coming to Blackfriars Bridge. In the last Frost Fair of 1814, as

a publicity stunt, an elephant was walked from one side to the other.

People were really skating in the 17th century? James the second even

gave public skating displays. Looking at conditions today, I

would say we were some way off a mini ice age. According to the Met

Office, nine out of the last 10 years have been the warmest on

record. So it is just as well that the world now benefits from the

great advances that have been made in high-tech ice rink technology.

Most portable ice rink systems are effectively paddling pools, and

underneath the water there are pipes filled with an anti-freeze

solution. Once the mixture circulates, it is turned down to

miners 15 degrees, and after 12 hours, hey presto, we have ice. Now,

I wonder if I can get some help with my moves. Excuse me. I have

got a move that I need to do from the Torvill and Dean Classic and it

involves a flourish with an arm, like that, at the same time

pivoting around the outside leg. so one of these? That is exactly

the right move. I would probably give it a little bit more of a

flourish with my arm. I think I am starting to get the hang of it.

Nearly. Hand. Do you think I will have it by the time I get to

Hampton Court? You should do, if you keep your focus and keep

practising and remember what I taught you. You should have it.

Well, here we are at Hampton Court, the final rink in my skate down the

Thames and it is time to deliver the goods and to see if I have

truly got the Torvill and Dean Wow! Who would have thought that?

He is very good, isn't he? You didn't think it was me, did you?

Just a bit of fun! There you are. Get out and enjoy the ice rinks in

your area. Let's have a quick look around. There is a lovely one in

the Eden Project in Cornwall. Every year they have a different theme

and this year it is a palatial theme. Where could we go and skate?

You could go to Glasgow, because I was told that. I like the idea that

the council think that none of us have skated for 11 months of the

year, so we will put an ice rink in the middle of the city. Surely

there will not be an accident. is good fun for the kids. It is a

winter Wonderland. But if you have an accident, don't forget to call

this number! There is a lovely one in North Wales called Nadolig

Betws-y-Coed, and the village is very pretty. It is in Snowdonia

National Park. It has a rink in the centre of the village, plus a

lantern parade and real reindeer. Can you prove that the lanterns are

real? 11-year-old Lucy Burton is here. This is John Bishop. How are

you. You look freezing. Quite cold. How long have you been skating?

Three years. You take it seriously. Why? When I started, I did it as a

hobby but as I did more, I decided I had a passion for it, so I

decided to take it more seriously. I started going to London for

lessons. You are very good. We have footage here. Did you find that it

came naturally? Yes. This is so impressive. You cannot do this on

this silly ice rink here. For the people who produced it, it is very

good! Thank you for giving it to us this evening. You are looking for

your own Christopher Dean. Have you auditioned anybody? No. You are

willing to put in the practice with a new partner. All of the

controversy around the One Show and now we are blind dating for 11-

year-old girls! She might need you. Congratulations after last weekend.

You have been skating together for six years now. Proudest moments?

The British Championships this weekend. Going to the Olympic Games

in Vancouver was fantastic. What about the Winter Olympics in 2018?

It made us all the more hungry. The European Championships are in

England at the beginning of January next year. We'd be like Torvill and

Dean? I would like to be. Are you a cup of -- a couple of the ice?

are very lucky to be able to spend as much time together as we do. Yes,

we act together. We are talking about winter Wonderland around the

country. Any tips? Try and relax. Keep your feet together and bend

your knees. We you perform a little routine with the military wives

singing behind to? -- will you These days, vegetables tend to be

all the same - same shape, same colour, same taste. They are mass

produced, making harvesting and packaging easier. There was a time

when vegetables had more variety. A cauliflower like this would not

have seemed so at odds. The vegetable kingdom used to be

diverse. Then, in 1973, the EC decided it was time to regulate. In

order to guarantee the quality of seats, European authorities

introduced a list. If they were not on the list, it was illegal to sell

them. Only the most commercially viable went on the list. Less

commercially viable were never registered because they did not

think it was worth it. Illegal and unloved, many obscure varieties

would have vanished had it not have been for the Heritage seed Library.

They are being kept from extinction by amateur growers who plant them

and return the seats they produced to the library. We are not allowed

to sell them, so we keep them and give them away to people who

support us. They are participating in a conservation effort. What

would have happened if you had not done it? A lot of varieties would

have disappeared. How far back it is that one? It goes back to the

13th century. Can I hold a 13th century been? Is this just a museum

piece or does it have a value to us today? You must conserve as much as

you can. Genes might be valuable in the future. If our current crop

suffered a blight, the solution might lie with this? It might.

Selling the vegetables they produce is not illegal. You can get them

from farmers' markets and some supermarkets. We grow a wide range

of different crops - including various different heritage

varieties. A lot of London chefs are asking for them. I see someone

has dumped a whole bunch of your crops. This is rainbow Chard and

Swiss Chard. It was used in the olden days instead of spinach. This

beetroot has beautiful, concentric circles of pink and white. If you

put that on your plate, you would know about it. This is a golden

beetroot - another heritage variety. This has beautiful flesh. I think

people are looking for these heritage varieties. The earlier

this year, Europe agreed to relax the law on seed selling. Good news

for this chef at the Dog and Pheasant. We had root vegetables

with Parma ham. Delight cooking with these heritage vegetables?

Absolutely. My lunch looks good on the plate but will it taste good?

They taste amazing. It is a delight that people are working really hard

to keep these historic vegetables alive. The least I can do to

celebrate that is eat them. It was about time we had hysterics

vegetables on the show. -- historic. A guy had four acres at Kew Gardens

that he sold it for there. It was freezing outside and we have come

back in. You have some lovely soup for us. We have our own favourite

suits. I like carrot and coriander. It just used to be carried when I

was a kid but now they but coriander in. -- carrot. Are we

having shots? Could the show gets any more bizarre? Happy Friday to

you. I am a big fan of soup will stop it is a strange thing to be a

fan of. Let's go again. We are in for some night. How is your ox

tail? It is lumpy. The difference between soup, a stew, consomme or

brass? Consomme is a clear liquid. It uses a quite to remove mustiness.

DUP think I'm stupid? It is a classic dish. -- do you think?

have been a vegetarian for 20 years? 25 years. I was almost a

chef. I was running a hamburger shop, which is a complicated thing

to do. It was in Guernsey. The shop was called Chicken George. I walked

into the wrong room to collect the meet at the wrong time. I worked as

a butcher's boy in a butcher's shop. Maybe it takes different

personalities. Did it not put you off? I thought, a no, that was it!

Healthy eating came into it. It is your silver anniversary. It is. If

I was younger I would kill my dog. Do not say that. He does not mean

it. Sometimes when people say things on the show they do not mean,

it does not make any difference. Could you retract that now? There

will be loads of people going to Battersea Dogs Home for a barbecue

right now! Many of you at home will be put in at your Christmas lights

and decorations. Some folk always take things a little too far. Lucy

Siegle is live with one such gentlemen in Bradford. This is

brilliant. Hello, Chris. I am on the outskirts of Bradford. I wanted

to check this out. Isn't that beautiful?! Absolutely amazing.

Last Friday night I was in the company of a fire-engine obsessive,

this Friday I am with a Christmas lights obsessive. I lost my dad

five years ago through can serve. I raise money for the hospice.

have really developed a passion for these bolts, haven't you? Each year

it gets bigger and better. It will be visible from space! I hope so.

Please can you pick a favourite thing? I know that is like asking

you to pick a favourite child. on! It would have to be the polar

bear. There are two. There are two of everything. People come from far

and wide to see your lights. As far as Scotland. Some people see it by

mistake. If you are on an aeroplane from Leeds-Bradford airport, you

can see it. You would have to be it on the left-hand side of the plane.

You are a twisted genius when it comes to Christmas lights. A lot of

people have it inflicted on him. This is inflicted on his neighbours.

How did they feel? Does it ever get too much? No, not at all. As soon

as you see the lights, we love it. That is a dangerous thing to say!

love them. Isabel, do you love the lights? Why? It is nearly Christmas.

Good lights? We get involved at every year. It is very cold but we

are keeping warm with the Christmas spirit. We're up tripping the light

fantastic. What you want to wish everybody? Happy Christmas! Are you

a fan of Christmas lights like that? I think it is brilliant.

about the rules in your household? When does it go up? Ask my wife.

She makes the whole house like Santa's grotto. Are you doing it

this weekend? She started on Friday. She put the few vines up the stairs.

I do not know what they are! Gardens! Well done! -- garlands!

She waited three of birth date to be finished. -- for your birthday.

Is this a question that is decent and worth asking? Did you get

married and have children just so you had something to talk about in

your comedy act? No, I was not a comedian. I do not think I would

have a comic actor if I was not married with children. A lot of it

was about your relationship with your wife. I'll tell you what it is.

I did not go into comedy thinking I would be a comedian. I fell into it.

I have to go on stage and talk like I am talking to my mates. When I

started comedy, I was split up. Talking about the last show, the

sunshine top, I have three teenage boys. Anyone with three teenagers

has a lot to moan about. I moan about my life and make people laugh.

Not knowing what wages up coming in, I cannot guarantee you are going to

get the presence you are used to getting at Christmas. They went,

why, Dad? I said because I have left my job. What are you going to

do? I said I am going to be a comedian. They went, you are not

funny! That is it. They are allowed to set up because they are your

pockets. Your first DVD sold 750,000 copies. How do you feel

about the second one? It is not a case you look at numbers, I feel

very lucky to be doing the job. There are up 10,000 people. To be

on your own in front of 10,000 people, says something at the end

and they all laugh, it is the brilliant feeling. You finished

your tour in the summer. You have a new one next year. It is called

roller-coaster. I was sitting round and I needed a name. One of my sons

came up with the name. The other said, My Dad Going To Work. That is

next year. It is at the Renos starting next September. It will be

based on what goes on between now and then. Let's hope lots goes on.

You have a Christmas special. Do you come there's been a height of

summer? We filmed it in Salford in July. -- film bears. I was wearing

a Christmas jumper. All these people were in vests and sandals.

They were saying, this is ridiculous. We have an exclusive

club. You get a present and she will wrap it up and it is as if it

is going on the back of a yak for three weeks. A bloke crapping

something up basically means putting it in a different bag. --

wrapping. That is on Boxing Day, Are you staying for the rest of the

show? I do not know what is going on. It is like having a chat with

my nan. I hope you love this. We have some extraordinary ladies here

tonight, who are 20 out of 100 reasons why they could well be this

year's Christmas number one. They are the Military Wives Choir,

brought together for the BBC Two series The Choir with Gareth Malone.

Their story has touched the nation. While their husbands and partners

are fighting in Afghanistan, they hold of the thing together back

home. This is the world exclusive # Wherever you are, my love will

keep you safe # My heart will build a bridge of

light across both time and space # Wherever you are, aha it's still

beat as one # I hold you in my dreams each

night until your task is done # Our hopes and dreams, my heart

and Yours forever # Light up the darkness

# Made the stars shine in all around you

# May your courage never cease # Wherever I am, I love you day-by-

# I will keep you safe along the dark way

# Wherever I am # I will pray each day it feels

safe return # Light up the darkness, my world

with stars # Our hopes and dreams, my heart

and Yours forever Shining far up # Light up the darkness

# Made the stars shine all around The world premier of your video.

Was that OK? Gareth, tell us the story. Who are these women and

where did you get them? These women are all from Devon, they are placed

in Devon while their husbands are in Afghanistan. I went and worked

with them and created this wonderful choir. What was the

point? To give them a voice, to get them heard, to make people

understand what they go through and how they support the troops. It has

become more than that because it is now about raising money for

wonderful military charities. song will be out when? You can

order it now and it is out on... If you order it now, it will count

towards the Christmas number one sales. It is not about beating the

X Factor, is it? No, it is not about beating anyone. It is about

the charities who do so much fantastic work with military

families all over the country. This is a really important thing. It is

not the competition, it is about doing something really supportive

for these women and for thousands like them all over the country.

Where did the lyrics come from? of the words have come from women's

letters, and men's letters, from Afghanistan. They donated their

letters and a wonderful composer has created this beautiful piece.

It has got their heart in it. When they sing it, I think you can hear

how much feeling and emotion there is. And for how long the feeling

has been pent up. I arrived, and they were reluctant to sing with

emotion, stiff upper lip, British singing. And now it is like some

gushing American outpouring. Incredibly emotional video. We

noticed you were one of the soloists. Did you have to audition?

Yes. Do you have a musical background? Did you know each other

before? Have you just made friends through the video with Gareth?

me, I have not been in the area that long so why did not know many

people. Doing this was a great way to make friends and get myself out

there and get more confidence. it comforting to share your

experience with the other girls? Absolutely. Everybody supports each

other. All of the girls know what the other girls are going through.

So it makes it easier for us to be able to cope with the situation.

But what the choir has done is just incredible. We never expected any

of this. And all that we want to do now is to raise as much funds as we

can for these two wonderful charities, the Royal British Legion

and the other charity, whose support not just the soldiers, but

support the soldiers' families, extended families. They need funds,

and without us raising the funds, they can struggle at times. So the

thing is, we need to get out there, sell as many... It is not about

getting to number one, it is about selling as many copies as possible

to raise as much funds as we can for these wonderful charities.

very much deserve it. Hello to the other 80 girls who are at home. We

are thinking about you. Earlier this year, we featured the story

about a brave nine-year-old boy called Ethan who was born without

an here. Here is a reminder of what happened and how his story gave

hope to another young man. When he was born, we realise there

was a problem. He had all of his fingers and toes but we noticed

instantly that he did not have an easier. Nine-year-old Ethan was

born with a syndrome which meant he did not have one of his ears.

you remember why you want to have one? I Want To Be Like You, with

ears. Ethan had pioneering plastic surgery using cartilage taken from

his ribs. It was an anxious wait for the family. Are you OK? Scared

and nervous. He is perfect to me, and to me he does not need it doing.

But I understand how he feels and what he needs, and that is what I

have to think. Seeing your child have an operation is not going to

be very nice. I am not looking To make the new ear for Ethan, the

Royal Free plastic surgeon had to raise the skin to create a pocket.

Meanwhile, the plastic surgeon made the first incision, to take out the

rib which was used to make the New The surgeons carved the rib

cartilage into the appropriate shape, but with no spare cartilage,

there was no room for error. When it was almost finished, the

surgeons had to stretch a thin layer of skin over the framework.

The cartilage has been inserted and everything has been stitched in, so

we will now put the suction on. Eight months later, even had a

second operation to release it from his head. It is fantastic now,

absolutely amazing. It is looking beautiful. Ethan is a lot more

confident. He has joined the choir at school, he is taking part in

sport a lot more. He seems to be socialising and speaking a bit more.

It was one of the things I was always hoping for. That is the

first time I have heard him say When the film was first broadcast,

it resonated with the Bolton family. Like Ethan, 13-year-old Byron was

born with the same syndrome. Wow! Did you see that? Look at that.

Magic! We watched the One Show and it was like, wow! Did you see that?

The look on his face, and his smile. I said, one day, you will have that.

They are keen to meet Ethan so that they can find out more. I don't

like people staring at me. I want it done to make a difference.

said, he looks like I want to be, normal. Byron's family had

travelled to Sheffield to meet Ethan. That is the first time they

will see him. That looks fantastic. Byron, it feels brilliant. That is

amazing! It is so soft. It is just like a normal here. I am quite

amazed. I really want to have one. Before, had no confidence. After

all mine operations, I have been more confident, meeting new people

and talking to them and saying hello.

Byron is waiting for the all-clear before he can be eligible for an

operation like Ethan's. That is almost all for tonight. Thank you

to John for joining us. There is DVD is out now. And thank you,

Bruno. Set the military wives on the road to a possible number one

and do not miss them on Strictly next week. Let's hope you are there

to join them. Now, our national figure skating champions will show

us how it is done. Abbe good # Wherever you are, my heart will

keep you safe # Wherever you are, our hearts will

beat as one # I hold you in my dreams each

night until your task is done # Light up the darkness