04/03/2016 The One Show

Now it's time for the one show and Alex Jones and tonight's guest

presenter. So Vernon, be honest,

how do you rate my driving? Hello and welcome to

the One Show with Vernon Kay - Thank you very much, great to be

here. It's been a few months. It's great to see him.

I've been watching the show and I know you're setting sail

on your Hell on High Seas Sport Relief challenge on Monday,

This is the thing. It's quite nice here in the south but where Robbie

Savage and Alan Shearer are during their 5-a-side thing it is snowing.

You are going to be on a boat in the middle of nowhere. When he saw the

footage earlier he burst out laughing. In a nice way. I was

trying to calm your nerves. Fail! I've gone to the top and found

someone who can give you some advice. OK. The world's most

successful Olympic sailor, Sir Ben Ainslie. Good job! I have so many

questions for Ben, brilliant choice. Let's meet tonight's other guest,

who also knows about sporting glory, albeit on film, Chariots of Fire.

It's Nigel Havers! APPLAUSE

You are quite young! I was 11 at the time. I can't give you any advice on

saving. Last time I was here you had been up a mountain like this and I

thought you were mad, but now I think you are in same. You were my

beacon of hope because you were my first guest when I came back and I

thought it was lovely to be back, Nigel is here again. You need

somebody to put their arm around you, it's going to be fine, Sir Ben

Ainslie is here and we will ask him some questions later. We will be all

right. It's time to meet a family who have overcome a huge challenge

of their own. It all began the day the sun Ethan was born. Doctor Sarah

has been to meet them. -- their son was born.

11 years ago Donna and Stephen Morris took part in a TV programme

about reconstructive surgery. Their son Ethan had to undergo a long and

complicated operation at the age of just three months following a shock

discovery when he was born. I put Ethan on my belly and when I spun

him around to look at me and give him a kiss I saw his face. I didn't

have any words. I couldn't speak, and I just wanted to say everything

was all right, but in my heart it wasn't.

Plastic surgeon was Ethan's consultant back then and still

oversees his treatment today. Ethan was born without bilateral cleft

palate, he had a hole on the roof of his mouth which extended forwards

through the gum margin meaning the lip was completely detached from

either side. Every year in the UK around 1000

babies are born with some form of cleft lip, or pallet.

To have a child that is born with a disfigurement that is plain for

everyone to see is heartbreaking, absolutely heartbreaking.

Some genetic reasons for cleft palates have been opened to fight

and certain medications in early pregnancy may contribute. But as

with Ethan we often Cindy don't know why it happens.

Nowadays we would expect every single child with a cleft lip to be

picked up antenatal leak, and it's no long such a shock when the baby

is born the children who look quite different. But the family soon got

used to the way that even looked. First of all I said he was ugly but

then changed my mind. Because he's not any more. I will always look

after my baby brother. Won't I, darling? If I could have kept Ethan

as he was with his big beaming smile I would in a heartbeat. It was

lovely. But I think the society we live in is quite cruel and I don't

think he would have coped with the stigma. They knew the only way to

give Ethan a normal life was to allow the surgeon to begin his work.

You have to put a lot of trust in the surgical team and they do their

best to reassure you and they were really good at that but used or have

your darts, there is a lot of what ifs. But the operation was

successful -- have your doubts. He does not look like a freak like some

people would call him, he has a whole face instead of half a face.

Today Ethan is 11 years old and his brother Zach is 19 and they have two

younger brothers, Alfie and Finlay. But Ethan has had to undergo several

more procedures since he was a baby. He's quite proud and he wears his

scars with pride. They did an operation to remove some of the bone

from my hip up to the front of my mouth, and they didn't have enough

of the bone from the hip, so they put a bit of kale bone in it. So you

are now officially part cow? Yes! The next thing to be used is an

artificial bone from an animal and bovine bone is the closest match for

a human being. -- Cal bone. It hurts every time he has to go for

something and always in the back of my mind I have that blame that it's

my fault, even though I know it's not my fault.

When Zach was about the age Ethan is now he decided to make a video about

his little brother. The reason I made the video was as a reminder, I

suppose, for people who are not grateful for what they've got. This

is what my little brother is going through, you've just had a bad day

and you are complaining. What do you reckon? I think he's quite fond of

you. Yes. Sometimes. Sometimes when I don't annoy him. How do you annoy

him? Going in his room and waking him up. Ethan still has further

surgery to come. But he faces everything head on, nothing seems to

be a challenge any more, so it's quite nice. He's quite shy around

new people, but when you get to know him he's got such a wicked sense of

humour. He's an amazing little boy really. He makes me proud. He's

lovely. What a brave lad and lovely family

and they are with us in the audience tonight.

APPLAUSE Donna, how do you feel watching that

little film we made? It is quite emotional. It is very emotional. It

is hard. Because it is mother's day on Sunday you have a little present

to give to your mum. I love you. APPLAUSE

Thank you so much to all of you for popping in to see us, it's lovely. I

think he wants to be on the telly. If you want to get on TV you can get

on telly. You can sit in the middle! Thank you to the Morris family. Are

you enjoying it up here? You can interview Nigel with us because he's

in this new sitcom called Stop Start. Ask him if it is any good? Is

it any good? It's quite good. Not as good as that story, that's a story

with a happy ending. It's about three married couples. Tellers about

your character. IPlayer a man of roughly my own age, 60-something,

and I'm married to a much younger girl. -- I play a man of roughly my

own age. Which is quite nice. What can I say?

LAUGHTER As my character and I'm very nervous

about being married to such a pretty young girl, because I always think

every other man in the room is after her, which is probably true! Let's

have a look at you and your wife having a chat about their new

neighbour. Poor old Rob. It's an innocent mistake. What do you make

of him? Do you think he's attractive? Rob! ?

LAUGHTER I have to do this for every man he

mentions. Rob? LAUGHTER

Well, this is reassuring. LAUGHTER

APPLAUSE she's a great actress and a really

funny girl. It is written by Jack Docherty who is also in it which

means we have to get all of our lines right. No pressure! You use

the theatrical trick of talking directly to the audience. Is that a

good way to find out what the character is thinking? I love that

because you have an immediate line to what he has said and what is

going on in the scene. I did a series called Manchild and I did a

lot of talking to the camera and I love the device. It's been around

for years, and with Shakespeare, the side to the audience, it's not new.

And it sets it apart to Derrey from other sitcoms. They did it with

Miranda and it works well in this. This whole episode is called Stop

Start because we stop the action, start it, talk to the audience. The

whole show is about that. That is the device and we use it all the

time. That draws the audience to you. In theatre on the actor turns

to the audience you feel you are in the show. You get the secrets of

what we really think about each other, which is interesting. The

whole thing is derived from a Radio 4 play. Yes, it was very successful

and I used to listen to it and if you are driving the car listening to

it I would have to stop and listen to it and not get out of the car

until it was over. When they asked me to be in it I said, yes please, I

would love to. We hope it is successful the week today. A week

today, it's only a one-off but who knows. 10:35pm. It is a little late

but it's in the Graham Norton slot, which is good. Very good slot! In

real life do you think age gap relationships work?

LAUGHTER Straight in there! I think they

probably do. I've never had... My wife is the same, well, a little

younger but roughly the same age. I've known many friends of mine who

have had much younger wives. I don't know what to say!

LAUGHTER You play it well. And I had a lot of

fun doing it. I'm sure you did. Before we wrap things up, let's

mention the creator of Coronation Street died this week, Tony Warren.

You had a special relationship with him. I did, I got to know him and he

was an extraordinary character and he devised the show when he was 23

or 24, incredible. Real people, well, actors, but in domestic

situations that had never been on TV. He was the king and the starter

of soap opera. It is kitchen-sink drama on telly. It was an amazing

thing to do and he will always be remembered for this amazing show,

Corey Fuller stop it goes to show how good the show is because it has

been on for what seems like forever, one of the longest running soaps.

Nigel is hoping that will happen with stop start. I will be 110!

LAUGHTER It starts next Friday. I still owe

Audrey... I can't go down that road. I/O Gail 40 grand what can I say!

10:35pm, BBC One next Friday. It's not real, it's just acting! Let's

talk about sailing. Do we have two? Nobody laughed. The team and I are

starting the sporting relief challenge on Monday but before we

set foot on a boat we had to survive the training.

This year our Sport Relief challenge is going to be the toughest one yet.

We will be battling some of Britain's roughest seas for five

days and nights. For me what is my weak point, especially the sea, it

makes me panic and makes me nervous. The fear of the waves crashing over

you and being really disorientated. That scares the hell out of me. But

this time I'm not alone. With a team of co-sufferers on board we are

going to be cold, wet and utterly exhausted. Together. Hello. Day one

of training and I'm glad to see a familiar face. It's going to be

exciting. We will be all right. We've each other.

The challenge is fraught with potential dangers. At first a rather

surprising one. Fires can because by a electric scum or the diesel

engine. So we need to know the drill. We are going to learn how to

put fires out with all types of different extinguishers. This is not

fun. It is serious. It is fun! Let's put out some fires. Fire! Fire! I'm

on fire, I'm on Fire slightly, I'm on fire quite a lot now. Look at

that glove. Next, water. Being washed overboard is something none

of us want to think about. You are wearing a life jacket it won't save

your life. This particular jacket has extra buoyancy. That feels OK.

Every single time somebody falls into the water you should use May

Day to anyone listening. We have finished the classroom session and

it has been a lot to take in. We have in common that we are not

strong swimmers, well, very weak in Angelica's case and I'm not

particularly strong either. We are all a bit apprehensive if we're

honest but it's just that Angelica is it most. Because I've nearly

drowned in the sea it's getting over that thought of if I did go into the

water that I could still survive. Sometimes I think in life you have

to face your fears and just do it. I'll be there with my armbands!

Now to the pool. It's a bit more than picking up bricks in your

pyjamas. The idea of falling off a boat and it sailing into the

distance is one of the biggest nightmares you can have in life and

that's all we've talked about for about two hours. I'm a bit scared!

I have been lucky enough to work with Sport Relief for quite a long

while now, so all the trips I have made to Africa and the Philippines

will motivate me to get to the end of it and raise as much money as

possible. That's why we are all here.

All you can do is try to do your part to help these people out. The

wettest high-5 you ever saw. The difference is, this is a swimming

pool and the sea is a totally different beast.

Yesterday we were out of the classroom and into a boat for the

first time. A perfect stop. I feel absolutely exhausted already and we

haven't even started the challenge yet. We are going to bring out the

head sail. It is one thing somebody standing there and saying this is

where all the bits and pieces are on the boat but I think you need to get

on and get a sense of what all of this is about.

This may look like a pleasure cruise, but on Monday we will find

out what the Irish Sea has in store for us. Think of us, won't you!

Yesterday it was quite a nice day and we were in a reservoir, it was a

completely different thing, but learning the basics.

The reason I'm doing this challenge is to raise money for Sport Relief,

Nigel would you do the honours and tell people how they can donate?

To donate ?5 text, the word HELP to 70005.

Or to donate ?10, text the word HELP to 70010.

Text messages will cost your donation plus your standard network

message charge and all your donation will go to Sport Relief.

You must be 16 or over and please ask the bill payer's permission.

For full terms and conditions - or to donate any amount you want -

Alex we're going to continue your training now, with a man who knows

In fact his whole life has been about sailing. Then Ainslie is

heading towards the finish line. The crowds are about to cheer now

because Ben Ainslie wins his fourth Olympic gold. He is the greatest

Olympian sailor in the history of the games. APPLAUSE

My saviour! I have so many questions for you. She has got so many

questions. A list. So many. So Ben what do you think

of Alex's challenge? I think you are very brave. I

thought you would take this in your stride. What did you really feel

when you heard what we're up to for next five days? When I heard you

were sailing with Ian Walker, an Orson sailor, he is renowned for

pushing his boats had and his crew even harder. He's not joking!

LAUGHTER Good grief. What's the one piece of

advice that you would give me and the rest of my shipmates, in order

to get through? The best bit of advice I could give you for offshore

sailing is to get the best bunk, in the middle of the boat so it doesn't

pitch as much. It is hot bunking. There is not enough beds for all of

the crew so you have to just get in. It is not a bed but a bench. You are

right, not exactly comfortable. Maybe take a travel pillow. I don't

know if we are allowed. What happens? You just have to tough it

out. How are you with seasickness? I don't know because I have never been

on more than a fairy. Good start. -- more than a ferry. Where you are

training it was very flat. You are training in the Solent at the

moment? Yes, in Portsmouth training for the America's Cup next year. We

have been testing boats, catamarans which go about 60 miles an hour. We

will talk about that in just a moment but what is a water

temperature like at the moment? Pretty cold. Even colder in the

Irish Sea! Thank you, great! Great chat. It will be amazing, honestly,

one of the best things you have ever done. I'm giving you had time but it

will be fabulous. You will love it. We have to say congratulations, you

just announced you are expecting your first child. Thank you.

APPLAUSE All your boats are called Rita. Is

this name going to transfer? I guess it would, if we had a daughter. Yes.

I don't think so, I don't think my wife would be too impressed about

all the boats being called Rita and then a little girl, that would be

too much. A bit too much! We have a challenge. One of the key things you

will have to do on the boat is a thing called grinding. It means a

lot to many people but in this sense it is hoisting the sail. Let's take

a quick look at grinding. Oh my God! That is grinding. Come on over,

Nigel. It is basically putting the sail up. We have a sail but we have

to lower at the moment. How much of this do you do, Ben? That doesn't

normally happen! You do do a lot of this on the boat? I try not to, I

get somebody else to do it. He is the boss. Quite hard work best month

do you go as quick as you can? Yes. This is the power meter and it shows

how powerful you are. Let's give it a go. Good luck, Alex. CHEERING

It is hard! Keep going, keep going. APPLAUSE

What you think of that? Pretty good. Are you free for the America's Cup

next year? You have to be physically fit? You do, it is a tough sport.

The guys doing the grinding all around the world, in America's Cup

doing races which are a lot shorter but intense. We will sign you up for

next year and the America's Cup. I can hardly breathe now! Thank you. I

believe that you have a little present for Alex, Ben? Yes, I didn't

realise you had done such intensive training, but this is a strobe

light. I will come here. If you fall in the water... And the boat sails

off, it's like a flashing torch, so people can see you. Thank you, Ben.

That is really nice of you. Thank very much. Nigel is laughing like a

small child! I don't mean to. I wish you the best of luck! From the

comfort of my armchair with a gin and tonic I will be watching. While

I get my breath back, here is Gyles on the unlikely origins of a song

close to Cornish men and women's hearts.

This is Trelawny, a very Cornish song. Like the black-and-white flag

Trelawny is an important part of Cornish identity, Cornwall's

unofficial national anthem. But the man who write this -- wrote this

song never really got the credit, which is a shame, because he was one

of a kind. Robert Stephen Walker was a Victorian eccentric, a vicar who

also believed in ghosts and witches. He presided over the Cornish parish

which was an infamous partnership wrecking. His old vicarage is now

home to jail. He was a joke, he had lots of very good wit. He didn't

wear black like other vicars. -- home to Jill. A fisherman's jersey,

a bright yellow poncho and a pink hat he would wear. Extraordinary.

What other relics do you have? A lock of his hair. My goodness! We

can touch his DNA, as it were. We can probably recreate him from that

lock of hair. You could. I would love him in this room wearing his

yellow poncho and pink hat. He wrote the lyrics to the Trelawny around a

proverb about Cornishman imprisoned in the Tower of London. Here are

these words performed by the Butte lifeboat singers.

# If London Tower were Michael's hold

Stirring stuff, my goodness! Hawker Sent these lyrics to a local paper

anonymously. It was the Victorian equivalent of going viral, even

Charles Dickens republished it, unaware it was Hawker's work.

So it became enormously famous but he didn't. Do you think he regretted

sending them in anonymously to the paper question I think he did. I

have a letter here in which he voices it. In all this years this

song has been sung and applauded. I have lived and profited, and praised

and unknown. Although Hawker try to earn income from poetry he ended his

days in financial difficulty. Today most of his work has faded into

obscurity. His name should have been in the

paper. I think it is time we righted that wrong. I am proud to tell you

The One Show has done just that. We have sent the words to the

newspaper. That is wonderful. What you think he would make of that, to

see this with his name? He would love it. Justice has been done.

Thanks once again to The One Show. # 20,000 Cornishman will know the

reason why #. Bravo, wonderful. 20,001! Wow.

Brilliant. Thank you Gyles and happy St Pirin's

Day to everyone who will be celebrating tomorrow. Alex you are

leaving tomorrow for your challenge and you will miss mother's day. We

have a very special message from someone very special, just for you.

Take a look. Thank you Alex for the lovely flowers. I am sorry you can't

be here for mother's day. Good luck and best of luck to the crew. Hold

tight, keep safe and I hope this amazing challenge raises a lot of

money for Sport Relief. This is Alex attempting to canoe, didn't get off

to a good start and had to be rescued, hopefully it won't happen

on this sailing trip. Good luck. Good luck, Alex will stop lovely

parents. Fabulous. Everyone has said hold on tight. Hold on tight. Mum

and dad know how scared I am of the sea and very bad in water and they

are worried, but I will be all right. Then, you have been doing it

all your life. I have. You are taking on the America's Cup, Team GB

have never won. Yes, it started in 1851, a race around the Isle of

Wight. They took the cup back to America after they won it and we

named it the America's Cup. We have never seen it since. We started a

team with the goal to be the first team to bring it home. Bring it

home. We wish you all the best. Thank you both. Thank you for all of

the support, it has been lovely to have you here tonight. Nigel, Stop

Start starts on Friday. Thank you, Vernon. Good luck. We will see you

soon, Fearn Cotton will be here with Matt on Monday. Goodbye!