:00:16. > :00:22.Hello and welcome to The One Show with Matt Baker. And Alex Jones.
:00:23. > :00:26.Last night we looked at how UK air pollution reached very high levels.
:00:27. > :00:30.But tonight, we are looking at pollution in a different way. We
:00:31. > :00:34.are. Because Marty's been finding out how exhaust fumes can actually
:00:35. > :00:38.be quite lucrative. But, thankfully for us, the Saharan dust levels
:00:39. > :00:39.haven't stopped our guest getting here tonight. Please welcome the
:00:40. > :01:00.spexy beast. It's Alan Carr! I'm not coming near you. You are
:01:01. > :01:07.riddled. Is that why you're wearing the mask? It's me, it's me. I
:01:08. > :01:12.thought you wanted me to bear this to cover up my teeth. I might
:01:13. > :01:18.frighten small children. Have you noticed a difference in the air
:01:19. > :01:22.because you live in London? Yes, I live in London and it is quite
:01:23. > :01:27.hazy. I thought my cataract got worse. It's surprising. It's quite
:01:28. > :01:38.foggy but it's pollution. I get out of breath anyway. There's a
:01:39. > :01:41.tightness in my chest. It's not fascinating, but listen, if you want
:01:42. > :01:47.to talk about smog, you talk about it, love. Now, one of the major
:01:48. > :01:51.causes of air pollution is car fumes. But as well as hydrocarbons,
:01:52. > :01:55.sulphur dioxide and carbon monoxide, car exhausts expel very precious
:01:56. > :02:01.metals on to Britain's streets. That's a very good knowledge. It
:02:02. > :02:05.would be no mastermind subject. Can you imagine if there was a way of
:02:06. > :02:08.processing all those metal particles and moulding them into bigger
:02:09. > :02:18.pieces. You'd make a fortune! You would. But Marty's beaten you to it.
:02:19. > :02:23.Our streets may not be paved with gold but you can find traces of an
:02:24. > :02:27.even more precious metal. And it could be worth millions of pounds a
:02:28. > :02:35.year. Every time you drive, your exhaust emit tiny particles of metal
:02:36. > :02:39.like platinum and rhodium, the platinum group metals. Now, these
:02:40. > :02:49.are some of the most precious metals on earth. Found only in a handful of
:02:50. > :02:53.places. Around 80% of all the platinum on our planet comes from
:02:54. > :02:58.South Africa. Not only is it rare, it's incredibly difficult to get
:02:59. > :03:02.out. To get a kilogram of pure platinum, you have two minor million
:03:03. > :03:08.times that. These precious metals are often used in the catalytic
:03:09. > :03:13.converters of cars where they help make save some of the more noxious
:03:14. > :03:17.gases engines produce. The process of doing this, some of the rare
:03:18. > :03:23.metals get mixed in with the dust on the road. What if you could recycle
:03:24. > :03:27.it? That's exactly what one company is trying to do. It all starts with
:03:28. > :03:32.a street sweeper who vacuums everything up. The rubbish goes to a
:03:33. > :03:37.special recycling centre, the first of its kind in the UK. Richard is
:03:38. > :03:43.technical director for the company involved. How do you start breaking
:03:44. > :03:46.that down into its component parts? We have this process, the spider,
:03:47. > :03:52.separating the different things by density, size, by metal content. A
:03:53. > :03:59.lot of it is recycled and what is left is a kind of sludge. The metals
:04:00. > :04:04.are in here. How much precious metal can you get out of these road
:04:05. > :04:11.siblings? For this facility, 50,000 tonnes of input material, and we can
:04:12. > :04:14.get 1.5 kilos of platinum. There is palladium, rhodium and other
:04:15. > :04:18.metals, 500,000 tonnes of this material across the UK. 500,000
:04:19. > :04:23.tonnes of rubbish is collected from the roads every year. The platinum
:04:24. > :04:26.alone in that could fetch you close to half ?1 million. If it with
:04:27. > :04:30.extracting this stuff or does it cost more to get out on the value of
:04:31. > :04:35.the metal? The quantity is almost the same as it is when you mind at
:04:36. > :04:40.the raw material, but we've already collected from the street so it's
:04:41. > :04:48.worth it. So how do they extract precious metals from this pilot
:04:49. > :04:53.sludge? -- pilot sludge. This chemical engineer has found a way.
:04:54. > :04:56.The first thing we need to do is to drive that and then put through a
:04:57. > :05:03.series of steps and you are left with a free-flowing powder. The
:05:04. > :05:11.first step is isolating the metals, pour in the dust onto magnetised
:05:12. > :05:16.drum. Turn on the magnet now for the any non-magnetic materials fall off
:05:17. > :05:20.the drum materially but instantly for them this separates the dust
:05:21. > :05:24.into two piles and the darker pile contains the metals we are after. We
:05:25. > :05:30.have the magnetics on the right-hand side and the non-magnetics on the
:05:31. > :05:36.left-hand side. The dust is refined further with electromagnets and some
:05:37. > :05:40.clever chemistry. The powder is poured into water, a depressor
:05:41. > :05:46.solution binds the unwanted dust to the liquid. Then what we are going
:05:47. > :05:52.to do is to out our chemical. That's going to blow the metals to float to
:05:53. > :05:58.the surface. To encourage them to the surface, air is pumped in.
:05:59. > :06:05.Drying the mixture, you have an unremarkable pilot sludge. And how
:06:06. > :06:12.much precious metal is in here? We're hoping to hit 60-100 parts to
:06:13. > :06:15.a million, from less than one parts per million starting point. At these
:06:16. > :06:19.concentrations, this is comparatively some of the best
:06:20. > :06:24.platinum mines on earth. If you sent this to be smelted, what you get
:06:25. > :06:33.back is this. This is a piece of raw platinum. This bit is worth about
:06:34. > :06:37.?1000 and gram for gram, it's more valuable than gold. It's been
:06:38. > :06:41.estimated that every year, we can collect millions of pounds worth of
:06:42. > :06:48.precious metals from the roads. It makes it all seem worthwhile. That
:06:49. > :06:53.is unbelievable. A good told us that sooner. That is fascinating for the
:06:54. > :06:59.blue come on the One Show and you learn all this stuff. Yes, that's
:07:00. > :07:04.changed my life. You're about to change somebody else's life, the
:07:05. > :07:11.cars meet twin brothers Ross and Hugo Turner. Well, hello! Hold on,
:07:12. > :07:15.Alan. One of them will be trekking across Greenland with the latest
:07:16. > :07:19.technology and equipment. The other is doing the same trek, but with
:07:20. > :07:24.equipment similar to what Ernest Shackleton used 100 years ago. You
:07:25. > :07:32.can hear that wind noise too, can't you? Its atmosphere. The thing is,
:07:33. > :07:39.Alan, the undecided who is going to be going with which kit, and that
:07:40. > :07:46.decision is down to you. I can mess with their heads! Oh, right. So, no
:07:47. > :07:57.pressure. All will be explained later on. OK, OK. Are you excited?
:07:58. > :08:04.One will be in Tweed at -28. Yes, it is important, isn't it? When do I
:08:05. > :08:18.pick? At the end. Yes, I am up for that, of course. We have had some
:08:19. > :08:21.terrible weather. The South West has suffered more wet weather today. But
:08:22. > :08:24.nothing in contrast to the relentless rain that devastated the
:08:25. > :08:29.area earlier this year. Mike Dilger went to catch up with two families
:08:30. > :08:31.to see how life on the farm is after the floods. Two months ago we went
:08:32. > :08:35.to Somerset at the height of the floods. It is to vote every 12
:08:36. > :08:39.hours, so it meant we had to start evacuating cattle. Now the water
:08:40. > :08:42.levels subsided, I come to see if things are anywhere close to getting
:08:43. > :08:49.back to normal. For James and his family. The cattle wandered out on a
:08:50. > :08:54.bootable day like today. Explain the problems you have keeping them
:08:55. > :09:00.inside. There is green around but it's deceiving. There's nothing very
:09:01. > :09:07.productive. They can eat it, but it doesn't do them any good. With these
:09:08. > :09:13.cards in buildings, if they are out to grass, it's more hygienic for
:09:14. > :09:18.them. There's a of infection. Yes, more risk of pneumonia. Today the
:09:19. > :09:21.Environment Agency begin to dredge the local river for the first time.
:09:22. > :09:25.I'm really curious to find out if this is the silver bullet that's
:09:26. > :09:30.going to stop the flooding or whether it's a question of too
:09:31. > :09:34.little too late? Ian is one of those supervising the work. Have you
:09:35. > :09:39.started now? And just started earlier? We had to wait until the
:09:40. > :09:44.flood water receded and the banks became dry and stable enough for the
:09:45. > :09:48.machinery. The government has given the Environment Agency ?20 million
:09:49. > :09:53.to sort this out. But there has been criticism of the agency for being
:09:54. > :09:55.slow to react and bring the excavators too late. We owe it to
:09:56. > :09:59.the flooded people to think carefully about what we can do to
:10:00. > :10:04.improve their prospects. And to spend public money wisely and
:10:05. > :10:07.properly to make sure they don't flood again but unfortunately, it
:10:08. > :10:12.would live on a flood plain, occasionally, it will flood. We met
:10:13. > :10:18.these sheep farmers in Fabbri. They were heavily critical of the
:10:19. > :10:24.Environment Agency. -- Fabbri. No one has visited the village from
:10:25. > :10:29.Environment Agency. -- February. Dredging a starter today. I don't
:10:30. > :10:35.have much confidence in the Environment Agency for some time,
:10:36. > :10:39.certainly at the beginning, but this is a good beginning. , fun, family
:10:40. > :10:45.home is still not dried out. So he's found alternative accommodation, a
:10:46. > :10:49.mobile home. It's a bit of a squeeze to get it through the gap but
:10:50. > :11:00.hopefully it will be right here. How are you? Look at this! Fabulous. May
:11:01. > :11:08.I be one of the first to sit down? Jack, come and sit down. What do you
:11:09. > :11:11.think? Bouncy? Not bad. James, Jenny and the kids don't expect to be back
:11:12. > :11:17.in their home until Christmas. One year since the floods. The waters
:11:18. > :11:22.may have finally receded but the flood continues to wreak havoc for
:11:23. > :11:26.the farmers down here and I think everybody in the community is hoping
:11:27. > :11:30.for a dry spring but, in the meantime, James and his family have
:11:31. > :11:38.a warm, cosy house for the next six months. Can't say that of that. By,
:11:39. > :11:46.guys. A wonderful backbone and resilience. Exactly. Now, can fill
:11:47. > :11:51.is back on chatty -- Channel four for the busy, looking lovely. You
:11:52. > :11:57.wouldn't dream about being rude about people 's clothes, unlike some
:11:58. > :12:02.people. What are you wearing? Look at you turning up in a grey
:12:03. > :12:10.something they wouldn't even have in TK Maxx. Who goes on a chat show in
:12:11. > :12:17.a grey hooded top? I've watched it and thought Ricky Gervais, you
:12:18. > :12:22.could've made an effort. That's the thing you wear if you add an ASBO.
:12:23. > :12:27.So what we see tomorrow was recorded last night. Yes, the reason our that
:12:28. > :12:32.husky is I was doing tequilas with Cameron Diaz last night. I'm not
:12:33. > :12:37.name-dropping. I have changed for so what is she like? Gorgeous. She is
:12:38. > :12:41.stunning in real life or sometimes, you get these big stars on and when
:12:42. > :12:50.you see them up close, you are like, you know what I mean? She is
:12:51. > :12:55.stunning in real life. She is a laugh. She says, we must go and have
:12:56. > :13:02.a laugh together. She's really nice. Did you get her number? June odour
:13:03. > :13:06.that last time? Lady Gaga said will he to hang-out together and I said,
:13:07. > :13:12.yes, and I said give me your number, and you don't want to end up getting
:13:13. > :13:17.tasted. Remember me? Know what I mean? You said we would go out for
:13:18. > :13:22.drinks. You don't know what to do? Is a showbiz think it will we see
:13:23. > :13:41.that on Friday? No, that in a few weeks time. We will see Enrique
:13:42. > :13:45.Iglesias. Ruth Jones. And will.i.am. Here it is you trying to
:13:46. > :13:54.impress Enrique Iglesias. Could I interview in Spanish?
:13:55. > :14:16.SPEAKS SPANISH... Kylie Minogue. You said Kylie Minogue.
:14:17. > :14:31.Have you been to Spain? Sometimes, it sounds like they got a
:14:32. > :14:37.nut allergy. You never know, do you? But he understood what you are
:14:38. > :14:41.saying. I'm bilingual. Are you enjoying being a chat show host more
:14:42. > :14:49.than a stand-up comedian? The two are very different. I like the live
:14:50. > :14:51.aspect of it, because on a chat show you how the editing. There's
:14:52. > :14:57.something very liberating about just getting out there and it's done when
:14:58. > :15:03.you come off stage. You get a standing ovation, flowers. No, no,
:15:04. > :15:08.it's just nice. Yeah, I love the storytelling side of it. You can say
:15:09. > :15:16.what you want for the business many jobs where you can go and people pay
:15:17. > :15:23.to keep talking. You are back doing stand-up because the Comedy Gala is
:15:24. > :15:29.back in May. It is at the O2. I think it is the 16th of May. Michael
:15:30. > :15:34.McIntyre, Lee Evans and do you know what is great about this year? We
:15:35. > :15:39.did it to raise money for Great Ormond Street. We are so close to
:15:40. > :15:48.getting a room for the kids. This could be amazing. It is always a
:15:49. > :15:55.brilliant night. There are all the greats. You name it. Chatty Man is
:15:56. > :15:59.on Channel 4 tomorrow night at ten o'clock. Right now it is time for
:16:00. > :16:05.another of our big decisions stories and they do not get much bigger than
:16:06. > :16:13.Keith's. My name is Keith Hall. My wife
:16:14. > :16:19.Isabel has been diagnosed with a rare form of Alzheimer's.
:16:20. > :16:25.Keith met Isabel when he was 17 years old on a blind date at a club
:16:26. > :16:30.in Newcastle. She was stunningly dressed. Her eyes stood out. I knew
:16:31. > :16:38.she was the girl for me. We used to go dancing and bowling. One time she
:16:39. > :16:42.won a lovely legs competition. Isabel and Keith married when they
:16:43. > :16:47.were both 22 and had three children, Daniel, Darren and
:16:48. > :16:52.Leanne. Isabel was the life force of the family. She was a very good
:16:53. > :16:58.mother. She was kind, considerate, very loyal to me and to the kids.
:16:59. > :17:05.When did you realise there was something wrong with Isabel? Just
:17:06. > :17:09.after our 50th birthdays in 2011. Isabel started doing strange things.
:17:10. > :17:14.She would go to put a drink on the table and missed the table. One time
:17:15. > :17:19.I gave her a coat to put on and she spun it around like a cape trying to
:17:20. > :17:28.work out how to put it on. That is when alarm bells began to ring. An
:17:29. > :17:34.MRI scan showed an early and rare form of Alzheimer's disease. Isabel
:17:35. > :17:39.was just 51. It felt like the world had dropped out. She was devastated
:17:40. > :17:44.at first asking, why my? She hadn't done anything wrong in her life. I
:17:45. > :17:48.could not answer that. Within four months she struggled to climb the
:17:49. > :17:55.stairs. She could not get in the bath and I was having to dress her.
:17:56. > :18:00.The outline is also gave Isabel strange mood swings. She was
:18:01. > :18:05.violent, kicking, punching. It got to the stage where I could not have
:18:06. > :18:12.her back home. I needed full-time care. I could not do any more for
:18:13. > :18:17.her. Keith visits is about three times a week and helps pay for her
:18:18. > :18:21.care but now he has made a life changing decision for himself. That
:18:22. > :18:27.is not my wife in that home. It is the shell of a woman I used to know.
:18:28. > :18:36.There is no treatment. It is an incurable disease. She does not know
:18:37. > :18:41.who I am. I am only 53. In theory, I could have another 25 years of
:18:42. > :18:45.someone else. If the boot was on the other foot, I would want her to do
:18:46. > :18:51.the same. You cannot sit back and live in the past. You have got to
:18:52. > :18:55.live in the future. How did you explain your decision to your
:18:56. > :19:00.children? I sat them down and told them one by one. They were quite
:19:01. > :19:05.happy with it as long as I did not neglect them. I am used to my mum
:19:06. > :19:12.being there but he has got to move on and do something with his life.
:19:13. > :19:17.How are you finding dating? To find yourself on a date is difficult. It
:19:18. > :19:24.is new territory all over again. Something I did when I was 17 or 18.
:19:25. > :19:29.I know people will say I'm having an affair but circumstances are
:19:30. > :19:32.different. My first reaction was, you are treading a dangerous path
:19:33. > :19:37.there. You should stick with your wife, this that and the other, but
:19:38. > :19:41.Keith has always stuck with Isabel. This is two or three years now for
:19:42. > :19:47.Keith. I think unless you have been in his shoes you cannot comment. The
:19:48. > :19:51.decision is a hard one to make because Isabel is still my wife but
:19:52. > :19:55.there is no point in wasting two lives when Isabel's life is
:19:56. > :20:04.virtually gone. I have still got a life to lead. And I have got to live
:20:05. > :20:08.my life to the full. A very, very tough situation for all
:20:09. > :20:12.of the family. We wish everybody all the best. If you would like more
:20:13. > :20:18.information about Alzheimer's, we have put a link on our website.
:20:19. > :20:22.Still to come, Alan here will be choosing which of the twin brother
:20:23. > :20:28.explorers will be wearing which outfits across Greenland. It is a
:20:29. > :20:33.Big Decision, Alan. I am terrified! We chose you because you are sort of
:20:34. > :20:44.qualified because you have taken up skiing. Oh, please! I went skiing
:20:45. > :20:49.for two days. It was terrifying! I cried. I went with this instructor
:20:50. > :20:53.and he hated me. He was sixth at two and gorgeous. The last thing he
:20:54. > :20:57.wanted to do was hold the hand of a sobbing homosexual who was being
:20:58. > :21:06.overtaken by children in front of women he fancied. You never cried
:21:07. > :21:12.when you are kids. -- you know that cry when you are a kid. I did that
:21:13. > :21:19.from the top of the mountain. So you are not going again? No way! It was
:21:20. > :21:27.agony. Never again. Don't listen, lads! There are many dangers skiing
:21:28. > :21:32.when Alan is there or when adventuring in subzero conditions.
:21:33. > :21:36.But thanks to one British man and his life-saving equipment, it is
:21:37. > :21:43.much safer than it used to be. Brace yourselves. Of all the forces
:21:44. > :21:54.of nature, avalanches are among the most terrifying. And this winter,
:21:55. > :22:01.Scotland has seen more than 300 avalanches recorded. Colossal
:22:02. > :22:06.volumes of snow have fallen, making it the whitest winter on the high
:22:07. > :22:11.mountains for at least 69 years. You might expect mountain rescue teams
:22:12. > :22:14.to be very busy. This year, casualties are down because the
:22:15. > :22:19.amount of snow that has fallen have kept people away. Getting caught in
:22:20. > :22:25.an avalanche is unforgettable. Surviving one, a lottery. Mountain
:22:26. > :22:32.guide Mike Prescott did both in 2004. How did it feel? Horrible.
:22:33. > :22:36.There is all sorts of advice about swimming backwards, it is rubbish.
:22:37. > :22:41.You cannot do anything. I have a bit of a memory of it coming towards me
:22:42. > :22:51.but then I was unconscious for ten minutes. Scotland helps save lives.
:22:52. > :22:56.A traffic light system updated daily warns people of the risks. And
:22:57. > :23:00.light, collapsible structures which can be carried in and out by
:23:01. > :23:06.rescuers on foot in bad weather has made it easier and quicker to get
:23:07. > :23:11.casualties off the mountain. One man is responsible for both innovations.
:23:12. > :23:16.Hamish McInnes developed the avalanche information service and
:23:17. > :23:21.invented the folding structure which now bears his name in the 1960s. It
:23:22. > :23:28.is now on its seventh, most advanced version. That is the latest
:23:29. > :23:33.composite which is used for Formula One cars. Very strong stuff. Hamish
:23:34. > :23:40.McInnes led Glencoe's Mountain rescue team for many years,
:23:41. > :23:43.attending countless falls on icy slopes. This climber lost his
:23:44. > :23:50.footing, avoiding a flying piece of ice. He slides hundreds of metres,
:23:51. > :23:57.the fall captured on his helmet camera. He survived but many
:23:58. > :24:03.climbers are hurt or even killed in slides over ice. One fall can become
:24:04. > :24:08.a life-threatening event. But a simple technique can halt a fall. A
:24:09. > :24:14.crucial piece of equipment in this technique called a self arrest is an
:24:15. > :24:19.ice axe, a basic multipurpose weapon in the winter mountain near's
:24:20. > :24:24.armoury. Hamish McInnes also revolutionised the design of the ice
:24:25. > :24:31.axe. Until the early 1960s, ice axe and had wooden handles which was a
:24:32. > :24:36.problem. Basically, they broke. Hamish's idea was simple, to make
:24:37. > :24:41.ice axe is all metal. The idea struck him after a serious incident
:24:42. > :24:45.which cost the lives of three climbers. After we took the bodies
:24:46. > :24:52.down we found the stumps of the ice axe is in the gully. The avalanche
:24:53. > :25:00.risk is low in Hamish's beloved mountains today. I am using an all
:25:01. > :25:07.metal ice axe. They are extensions of my arms and they help to climb
:25:08. > :25:14.roots which would otherwise be impossible in winter conditions like
:25:15. > :25:19.these. I am climbing solo, no ropes. A fall would plunge me over 300
:25:20. > :25:25.metres, ounce and off the rocks which litter the slope on the way
:25:26. > :25:32.down. Axes are not just good in ice, they will bite into frozen turf and
:25:33. > :25:37.jam into cracks in the rock. As you can see, I am totally dependent on
:25:38. > :25:42.the axis for the grip. The ice might fail, my arm might fail but the axis
:25:43. > :25:47.will always hold fast. For that, Hamish, I am very grateful. Thank
:25:48. > :25:57.you. That is your next challenge! I am
:25:58. > :26:03.drawing the line! Thanks to Andy and of course to Hamish McInnes. The
:26:04. > :26:06.Turner twins join us now. Ross and Hugo, lovely to have you here. You
:26:07. > :26:12.are doing this epic challenge. Remind us of what you are going to
:26:13. > :26:15.try and achieve. We will be tracking from the west coast of Greenland to
:26:16. > :26:21.the east coast, following the Arctic Circle. We will be going over the
:26:22. > :26:27.crevasse fields and we will be battling polar winds and an
:26:28. > :26:36.ex-Soviet satellite station is amazing. You have not yet decided,
:26:37. > :26:42.that is why Alan is here, who will be wearing which outfit. We will be
:26:43. > :26:47.trekking in replica kit that Shackleton war because it is his
:26:48. > :26:52.100th anniversary. You can see the old skis, the old wooden poles and
:26:53. > :27:04.the trousers which look very similar to Alan's! Shackleton Chic! And then
:27:05. > :27:09.you have got the carbon skis which are very different. The motivation
:27:10. > :27:15.for doing this? I broke my neck seven years ago so I am always
:27:16. > :27:18.supporting spinal research. They are an incredible charity trying to find
:27:19. > :27:25.a cure to reverse paralysis so we are supporting them. The moment Alan
:27:26. > :27:33.is here. Here are your pick axis. I feel sorry for him now, he has
:27:34. > :27:43.broken his neck! You are going to put the scheme goggles on. -- ski
:27:44. > :27:52.goggles. You have two picks. One says 1914 on it and the other says
:27:53. > :28:02.2014. Stick one on each twin. Mix yourselves up. And when you are
:28:03. > :28:12.ready... Be kind, Alan. Be kind? I cannot see. Am I warm? Getting
:28:13. > :28:20.warmer. What is that? It is snowing, Alan! I feel like I have
:28:21. > :28:31.got nits. That we are, round the other side. You never told me that,
:28:32. > :28:35.that was horrible! How are we feeling about this? I am really
:28:36. > :28:44.happy. What a privilege to do it in the old kit. Hugo, relieved? I do
:28:45. > :28:49.not know what to think. I worried for him. We will keep up-to-date on
:28:50. > :28:54.the website and follow all of your progress. You can see Alan on Chatty
:28:55. > :29:00.Man on Channel 4 tomorrow night at 10pm. Tomorrow Chris and I will be
:29:01. > :29:02.here with Kathleen Turner. Have a great evening. Goodbye.