:00:17. > :00:18.Hello and welcome to The One Show with Alex Jones.
:00:19. > :00:22.And yes I am still on cloud nine after after Wales' stunning
:00:23. > :00:28.victory over the Belgians in the football on Friday.
:00:29. > :00:38.Of course you are. Where were you. Set the scene. So I was in a pub in
:00:39. > :00:43.west London and what was lovely is everyone in the pub, I was the only
:00:44. > :00:48.Welsh person there, but everybody supported the team. I cried. My
:00:49. > :00:56.first tears in a football match. It is not the final yet. I know but it
:00:57. > :01:01.might be. And we are going to go live to Iwan who is jumping around
:01:02. > :01:08.making a lot of noise meeting fans in Cardiff. Apparently there was a
:01:09. > :01:13.surge in people looking for their Welsh roots online. So go on. Did
:01:14. > :01:19.you find anything? No, well not online. But there is this thought
:01:20. > :01:23.that a lot of Welsh miners went up north to take their expertise from
:01:24. > :01:28.the valleys up to the north-east. I have known this for a while. The
:01:29. > :01:37.chances are I'm probably more Welsh than you are Alex Jones! Tell you
:01:38. > :01:48.what, we love the T-shirt. Now how Welsh our guest, it is Professor
:01:49. > :01:57.Brian Cox. Good evening. Any Welsh connections? The only connection is
:01:58. > :02:03.I used to go on holiday there, I was from Oldham and everyone used to go
:02:04. > :02:07.to Llandudno or Colwyn Bay. I used to go every year. Very happy
:02:08. > :02:13.memories. You're in. Are you supporting us on Wednesday? Yes. Of
:02:14. > :02:16.course. You're in. If you are now claiming a newly found Welsh
:02:17. > :02:22.connection, we want to hear from you. The most random and spurious
:02:23. > :02:28.the better. Send us a photograph with your claim to be Welsh and we
:02:29. > :02:36.will see the best. Now, also Carol Vorderman is here who doesn't need a
:02:37. > :02:39.connection. She grew up in Wales. On the big day, Carol had a very
:02:40. > :02:48.exciting day. This what is she was up to on Friday. I'm in a Hercules
:02:49. > :02:53.tank waiting for the RAF's new planes to come and refuel. They're
:02:54. > :03:00.awesome. That is the most extraordinary shot. I can't wait to
:03:01. > :03:07.hear that. Now in 2009 an inquiry was set up to examine the UK's
:03:08. > :03:11.involvement in the Iraq war. Seven years later the Chilcot report will
:03:12. > :03:16.be published on Wednesday. Those who fought in the conflict are eager to
:03:17. > :03:23.learn the truth about what they were finding for. Kevin Duala has been to
:03:24. > :03:30.meet do of them. The Iraq war. Eight years. 179 British lives lost. It
:03:31. > :03:38.continues to divide opinion. Not least from those who fought there.
:03:39. > :03:41.There were a lot of terrible consequences, I'm still conflicted
:03:42. > :03:46.about whether going to war was right or wrong. There was a moral reason
:03:47. > :03:53.for going into Iraq and I think that was justified. This week seven years
:03:54. > :03:56.later the Chilcot Inquiry will publish its findings on how
:03:57. > :04:03.decisions were made and what lessons might be learned. Adnan and Iain
:04:04. > :04:10.were among the first British soldiers to set foot on Iraqi soil
:04:11. > :04:16.in the conflict. Having grown up in a Muslim community, Adnan was not a
:04:17. > :04:22.tipable recruit. -- tipable recruit. I walked down to the mosque and you
:04:23. > :04:27.do that five times a day. His family came to Britain from Pakistan. How
:04:28. > :04:33.did it feel when you heard you were going to war? I was trained and I
:04:34. > :04:36.was willing to go. It was very exciting. Before you left to go to
:04:37. > :04:41.war, did you get support from your family and friends? I got support
:04:42. > :04:48.from my family. I don't speak to a lot of people I went too school with
:04:49. > :04:52.from the Muslim community. There was a lot of white people who didn't
:04:53. > :04:57.speak to me at school who then started speaking to me. Iain was a
:04:58. > :05:03.part-time soldier in the Territorial Army in Fife when he was called up
:05:04. > :05:10.for Iraq. Post through letterbox, there was a envelope, opened it and
:05:11. > :05:17.at the top in bold letters, notice of compulsory call out. . What were
:05:18. > :05:23.the reasons you were told we were going to war. They focussed on the
:05:24. > :05:28.weapons of mass destruction. And this dossier that was produced had
:05:29. > :05:33.this 45 minutes capability, which in the hands of somebody as mad as
:05:34. > :05:38.Saddam Hussein, this was a real threat. Did you trust in the
:05:39. > :05:44.intelligence that you were given? I did. I was a soldier, I believed in
:05:45. > :05:48.my army and my officers and people were telling me the truth. There was
:05:49. > :05:55.a chain of command, I'm not the Prime Minister. For both, memories
:05:56. > :05:59.are vivid. Were told there were troops had been attacked as we were
:06:00. > :06:05.about to drive down the road. That is when fear kicks in. There is
:06:06. > :06:11.helicopters and tanks and land rovers. You think, yeah, I'm just in
:06:12. > :06:16.a film. Then we lost a couple of guys. That was what made it real for
:06:17. > :06:24.me. Some people were not going to come back. After the fighting
:06:25. > :06:30.started, President Bush declared mission accomplished. Major combat
:06:31. > :06:34.operations in Iraq have ended. He later said this was a mistake.
:06:35. > :06:39.Saddam Hussein was captured later that year, the conflict rumbled on
:06:40. > :06:42.until 2011 and within months of Saddam Hussein's capture it was
:06:43. > :06:46.announced there were no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. We thought
:06:47. > :06:51.he had weapons of mass destruction, turns out he didn't, but he had the
:06:52. > :06:58.capacity... What did you think of that? Cheated. Absolutely cheated.
:06:59. > :07:03.That is not what they told us. Despite his anger, Iain still
:07:04. > :07:08.believes in the war. The reasons for getting rid of Saddam Hussein, the
:07:09. > :07:12.moral reason was right. I think it was the right thing to do. If you're
:07:13. > :07:18.going to send people too that situation, you owe it to them to
:07:19. > :07:26.tell them the truth. With Iraq today divide, Adnan is less sure. Would
:07:27. > :07:31.you go back? I am not sure. It is disappointing to hear that we send
:07:32. > :07:35.one of the most professional armies in the world thousands of miles
:07:36. > :07:42.away, based on this bit of information here. And then for it to
:07:43. > :07:45.be different. Both men are keen to hear the findings of Chilcot report.
:07:46. > :07:49.I would like to hear a real accounting of war. Something I was
:07:50. > :07:55.part of and somewhere I you know lost people that I knew. I think the
:07:56. > :08:01.Iraqi people definitely need an answer. Why did we visit their
:08:02. > :08:06.country and do this? I hope we get some truth as to who knew what at
:08:07. > :08:10.what point about weapons of mass destruction. Did they make a
:08:11. > :08:19.conscious decision not to tell us the truth? There is not long to wait
:08:20. > :08:25.and Adnan and Iain will be here on Wednesday to discuss that report Reg
:08:26. > :08:32.Keys will be us with, who you may remember he lost his son in Iraq.
:08:33. > :08:36.You have a fascinating series Brian, starting about the forces of nature
:08:37. > :08:49.and it seems it started with a humble snowflake. Yes there a book
:08:50. > :08:54.written in 1610 by Johannes Kepler. He wrote the first theory of grav
:08:55. > :09:02.tichlt he was walking across a bridge and he was going to a party.
:09:03. > :09:10.You will see him thanked on the credits at the end of the programme.
:09:11. > :09:15.If it wasn't for him. He noticed a snowflake landed and he thought,
:09:16. > :09:19.they're interesting, they all the same, but they're all different. He
:09:20. > :09:25.started thinking and thought it must be something to do with the building
:09:26. > :09:30.blocks of snowflakes, he knew this was water. It is this wonderful
:09:31. > :09:37.modern mind thinking of it. At the end of the book, he gets carried
:09:38. > :09:43.away and talks about hex gones and beehives. Then he said, I have gone
:09:44. > :09:47.too far and read the whole universe into a snowflake. But it is a
:09:48. > :09:51.beautiful book. The idea that looking very closely at something
:09:52. > :09:57.beautiful but every day and thinking and thinking... That is how you do
:09:58. > :10:02.science. Is the premise of Serries the build -- Serries the building
:10:03. > :10:08.Brox. Yes if you look at the world, which is a complex but beautiful
:10:09. > :10:11.place f you look carefully you can glimpse the structure of nature, the
:10:12. > :10:16.laws of nature and they're quite simple and beautiful. But they
:10:17. > :10:22.produce a confusing world with stars and planets and people. The idea is
:10:23. > :10:25.that process of just thinking like a child-like, but not childish at all.
:10:26. > :10:31.These simple questions can lead to deep answers. It is split into four
:10:32. > :10:36.episodes. They focus on different topics, the first is shape. But also
:10:37. > :10:44.you experience this as well in Spain. To support David and the
:10:45. > :10:51.kids, the rest of the town all push inwards with equal force in all
:10:52. > :11:01.directions. Buttressing the tower from all sides. This results in the
:11:02. > :11:07.emergence of a shape. A circle. No other shape gives the tower such
:11:08. > :11:13.strength. That is Catalonia. You have done that. Yes I did that in a
:11:14. > :11:21.festival in Spain. How high did you go? I was in the middle. You can't
:11:22. > :11:26.half feel the force. With the entire villagers, as they press, how strong
:11:27. > :11:32.it becomes. Are even's feet all over you. Of course. It is amazing, the
:11:33. > :11:39.lightest person needs to be at the top. They sends a six-year-old girl
:11:40. > :11:45.right to the top. That is eleven people high. The idea to answer a
:11:46. > :11:54.question why are planets spherical and it is to do with the way gravity
:11:55. > :12:02.works. And how it operates. So the height of mountains depends on the
:12:03. > :12:04.mass of the planets. Mars has the highest mountains, one that big on
:12:05. > :12:17.earth was squash into the surface. You said child like but not
:12:18. > :12:22.childish. It must have been how you got this content across but not
:12:23. > :12:27.dumbing it down. Usually I say, "The universe began... " And wave my
:12:28. > :12:32.hands. But there are answers. We talk about tides. There's an answers
:12:33. > :12:35.to why tides work. The big question with tides is: Why are there two a
:12:36. > :12:39.day? The moon's here and the earth is here and it pulls the water. Then
:12:40. > :12:44.there's one here, but there's one on the other side, so why is that? That
:12:45. > :12:48.is quite complicated. Do we have time in 30 seconds. I can tell you
:12:49. > :12:52.what it is. The moon pulls the earth towards it. But then you think, why
:12:53. > :12:59.doesn't the earth just hit the moon then? The earth is moving around,
:13:00. > :13:03.its orbiting around the common centre of mass of the earth-moon
:13:04. > :13:07.system. There's two forces, one trying to throw the water off, like
:13:08. > :13:12.hanging onto a round about and getting thrown off and then the
:13:13. > :13:16.gravitational pull of the moon. On this side the gravitational pull
:13:17. > :13:21.wins. On that side the spinning off wins and throws the water off and
:13:22. > :13:25.the earth rotates underneath so you get two high tides every day. It's a
:13:26. > :13:31.bit slower in the programme, but... Due get that? I'm right up on tides.
:13:32. > :13:37.It's a complicated but beautiful thing. Thank you. All the answers
:13:38. > :13:42.and the questions are raised and can you watch it, Forces of Nature is on
:13:43. > :13:48.tonight at 9pm, hopefully on BBC One. It depends how long the tennis
:13:49. > :13:52.goes on for. It's been an unbelievable 72 hours for Welsh
:13:53. > :13:56.football fans. We're with some of them now in Cardiff city centre.
:13:57. > :14:00.I certainly am. # I'm with people who went out on Friday and also some
:14:01. > :14:03.super fans going back for the semifinal on Wednesday. Earlier
:14:04. > :14:07.today I took to the streets of Cardiff to gauge the situation and
:14:08. > :14:13.gauge the atmosphere and I also went back to a school of certain global
:14:14. > :14:18.superstar. Euro 2016. It's been packed full of
:14:19. > :14:25.spectacular highs and bitter lows. For one country, it's been history
:14:26. > :14:30.in the making. Wales have smashed the bookies' predictions and shaken
:14:31. > :14:35.the football world. Who'd have thought it, the 80-1 outsiders
:14:36. > :14:38.turned up at outsiders. Now they're proper contenders. Britain are
:14:39. > :14:42.proud, but none more so than the people of Wales. They have passion
:14:43. > :14:46.in their hearts and fire in their boots. If they concentrate and put
:14:47. > :14:50.their mind to it, which they are, they will win. It's unbelievable to
:14:51. > :14:53.think Wales are going to be there. Just thought good enough to qualify.
:14:54. > :14:58.Now to get this far and we can do it. We can beat Portugal. Ladies,
:14:59. > :15:01.let me ask you about the football, how excited are you? To be quite
:15:02. > :15:07.honest with you, I never watched football in my life. But since Wales
:15:08. > :15:10.are doing so good, can't believe it. English, Scottish, everybody
:15:11. > :15:15.supporting Wales. I know. It's good. Really good. The English never
:15:16. > :15:19.support us, do they All of Britain ( seem to be supporting you. Even
:15:20. > :15:27.English fans. They're searching out their Welsh roots. You're making me
:15:28. > :15:32.feel emotional. How proud are you being Welsh? I'm mother's Welsh.
:15:33. > :15:37.Every day I kiss my mother on the head for being Welsh. I'm watching
:15:38. > :15:41.on TV. Don't tell my wife, I'll be in the pub drinking. I've come back
:15:42. > :15:47.to where it started for one of the star players. Whitchurch high school
:15:48. > :15:50.is where Gareth Bale spent his early years playing football. He never
:15:51. > :15:55.wanted to miss a game. Can you see that passion coming through. It's
:15:56. > :16:00.unbelievable to see our team, small Wales do so well in a big
:16:01. > :16:04.tournament. Gwyn was Gareth's sports teacher. He had dedication. He
:16:05. > :16:10.doesn't forget where he comes fr. Somebody's got to win it, why not a
:16:11. > :16:14.red shirt on Sunday. 100%. If we can beat the second best team in the
:16:15. > :16:17.world, we can beat anyone, can't we? What's the atmosphere been like in
:16:18. > :16:25.the pub for the matches so mar? Electrifying. Goose bumps every
:16:26. > :16:30.time. Any idea roughly how many pints you'll serve on Wednesday?
:16:31. > :16:34.Over 8,000. 8,000? ! I wish them all the luck in the world. They deserve
:16:35. > :16:39.it. We're going to do it, yes. We are overflowing with passion. That's
:16:40. > :16:43.what it is. That's what's brought everyone together. I'm happy to be
:16:44. > :16:48.on the One Show and there's only one Wales. Bless. I'm in Cardiff city
:16:49. > :16:51.centre. Normally the home of rugby. But things have changed. This nation
:16:52. > :16:56.has gone football mad. Rightly so. It's the best performance at a major
:16:57. > :17:04.championships to reach a quarter final in 1958. The bobbingies have
:17:05. > :17:08.slashed the odds from 88-1 to 8-1. You've had a disaster here. You've
:17:09. > :17:16.been to Lille, but not quite what you expected. No, we programmed the
:17:17. > :17:21.sat nav to Lyon. We travelled all the way there, then it was Lille in
:17:22. > :17:25.Belgium! You are going out tomorrow? Yes, flying tomorrow. We haven't got
:17:26. > :17:33.tickets, yet. If anyone feels generous enough to help us out, feel
:17:34. > :17:36.free. Someone is generous, you went to every game. You thought you
:17:37. > :17:41.couldn't get more time back off work. But you're going back? I got a
:17:42. > :17:45.ticket for Wednesday. A chat with my boss and fair play, he's going to
:17:46. > :17:52.let me go back. You're a lucky man indeed. Angela, Nick, what's the
:17:53. > :17:58.atmosphere like? Great atmosphere. Great experience. Belgians were
:17:59. > :18:02.fantastic and gracious in defeat. We swapped flags at end. You've even
:18:03. > :18:08.been there. Yes. What was it like? Brilliant. You're not going but you
:18:09. > :18:14.have a message for the team? Good luck, boys, bring it home. Barry,
:18:15. > :18:18.you're there thick and thin through bad times and good times now.
:18:19. > :18:21.There's been a lot of bad times. Now these are the good times. They
:18:22. > :18:25.certainly are. You rallied the boys. You're brilliant. A fantastic band.
:18:26. > :18:29.I've got to go because I'm buzzing. I've got a flight to catch. I'm
:18:30. > :18:45.going. See you lot out there. Take it away.
:18:46. > :18:55.Hang on a minute. What do you mean that he's going to France? How did
:18:56. > :18:59.this happen? Is this the point you mention the Bale bun on your head.
:19:00. > :19:02.Carol is here. Earlier on we asked you to tell us your Welsh
:19:03. > :19:09.connections to send in your photos and you haven't let us down. This is
:19:10. > :19:16.from Chris. He once played for Bangor university 1974. Tenuous.
:19:17. > :19:21.Damian, even more tenuous, he's Welsh because he loves daffodils and
:19:22. > :19:30.Welsh cakes. Not sure. Richard travelled to Wales from Edinburgh to
:19:31. > :19:36.buy his new car. OK. Eileen send the photo of her dog Cerys. She has a
:19:37. > :19:40.Welsh name. You're in Eileen. Last week Carol here hitched a lift from
:19:41. > :19:45.Gloucestershire all the way to Scotland to help the RAF test drive
:19:46. > :19:51.their latest bit of hardware, the F35 fighter.
:19:52. > :19:57.It's here, the long awaited F35 is now sitting in a hangar at RAF
:19:58. > :20:02.fairford. This is the world's most advanced fighter jet. And the One
:20:03. > :20:07.Show has privileged access. If this looks like something from a sci-fi
:20:08. > :20:12.movie to you, actually, it is. Because of its shape and the
:20:13. > :20:18.materials its made from and all the electronics, it's invisible to the
:20:19. > :20:22.enemy. It has a very low radar signature, as it's called. It is
:20:23. > :20:28.just a spectacular piece of technology. But to appreciate just
:20:29. > :20:35.how great this aircraft is, you need to see it in the sky.
:20:36. > :20:41.I'm on the back of a Hercules tanker waiting for the RAF's brand new F35s
:20:42. > :20:47.to come and refuel. Today the aircraft will overfly
:20:48. > :20:52.their future homes. Firstly the new aircraft carriers, then to RAF
:20:53. > :20:58.Mareham in Norfolk, where they will be based. This aircraft cost ?100
:20:59. > :21:10.million and the MoD has, so far, bought eight of them. This is
:21:11. > :21:16.incredible to see, to refuel the pilot has to get the aircraft into a
:21:17. > :21:21.tiny basket. Because of the airflow, he can go left a bit, right a bit,
:21:22. > :21:26.down a bit, but not up. It's phenomenal. It's great fun to fly,
:21:27. > :21:29.great fun to operate. It was a great day today. Good to see you guys out
:21:30. > :21:34.on the ramp and go out there and take the plane to the places we went
:21:35. > :21:38.to today. I can't believe, because I'm a tiny baby pilot, is the
:21:39. > :21:41.accuracy when you refuel. The basket is maybe a foot, foot-and-a-half
:21:42. > :21:47.across, you've got to be relatively accurate. Probably about six foot
:21:48. > :21:52.worth of movement. Six foot! About that, yeah. I'm lucky to get on the
:21:53. > :21:57.centre line of a runway, I am. The F35 can travel at more tan
:21:58. > :22:01.one-and-a-half times the speed of sound. It can reach 50,000 feet.
:22:02. > :22:07.It's packed with amazing technology, much of which is classified. You can
:22:08. > :22:14.put the helmet on, flying this incredible machine, and you can see
:22:15. > :22:18.through the floor, it's a bit wild. It's certainly different than the
:22:19. > :22:24.Harriers. I'm not sure how much I can say about that, sorry. Stealth,
:22:25. > :22:28.tell me about the radar signature. It's low observer aircraft. It's
:22:29. > :22:31.supposed to be significantly small irthan anything we've seen in the
:22:32. > :22:40.past. I think that's about all I can say about that. For anybody who's
:22:41. > :22:43.see a harrier hover before, it's a fantastic site. But the harrier
:22:44. > :22:47.moves a lot in the hover. There's been a lot of improvements in this
:22:48. > :22:54.aircraft and the hover is absolutely solid. It's phenomenal to watch. The
:22:55. > :22:59.vertical landing is a nice part to add and it's something we will
:23:00. > :23:04.utilise operationally to get on board ships, if we need to. Possibly
:23:05. > :23:08.on the Queen Elizabeth, as well. These aircraft will be operational
:23:09. > :23:16.by 2018. They'll be flown by both Royal Navy and RAF pilots reforming
:23:17. > :23:24.617 squadron, famous as the Dambusters during the war.
:23:25. > :23:32.Goodness me! We quote, "best day ever". Best day at work of all time,
:23:33. > :23:35.sitting on the herbingries and just -- Hercules, and at peace, actually.
:23:36. > :23:40.Extraordinary. They are extraordinary aircraft. We're not
:23:41. > :23:44.taking delivery of those. They're only here for two weeks. Then
:23:45. > :23:48.they're going to perform at this weekend. Then at Farnborough. Then
:23:49. > :23:54.they have to go back to the States because they don't become
:23:55. > :23:58.operational until 2018. Really super privileged access. Massive preview.
:23:59. > :24:03.They haven't been without problems. No, they haven't. Like anything,
:24:04. > :24:08.even in space flight as you know, everything is delayed and delayed.
:24:09. > :24:14.But they have had issues, budgetary is one of them. There were issues
:24:15. > :24:19.with the ejection seat and then two years ago, all those aviation air
:24:20. > :24:24.show geeks were waiting for it to arrive in 2014, and it didn't. There
:24:25. > :24:31.was a problem with an engine in America, so they were grounded. This
:24:32. > :24:38.is phenomenal. We have to talk about your solo trip around the world.
:24:39. > :24:43.Yes! It's been put back. And you were... In the CCF when I was
:24:44. > :24:48.younger. I flew in a Hercules like that. Yeah, fantastic. Loved it.
:24:49. > :24:54.What's happening? You've postponed your trip? I have to have a fairy
:24:55. > :25:01.tank. You're going around the world. Yes, around the world solo, which
:25:02. > :25:07.means by yourself. I need a fairy tank in order to be able to have
:25:08. > :25:12.safety elements, if somewhere is fogged in I can get to alternate
:25:13. > :25:16.airports. There's been issues with the administration. I've missed the
:25:17. > :25:19.weather window to get up to the Arctic Circle. We saw a glimpse of
:25:20. > :25:24.where you're going there. Which areas are you most concerned about,
:25:25. > :25:30.when we say solo, you're not using any autopilot? No, everybody has
:25:31. > :25:34.some element of autopiloting because they're very long flights so there's
:25:35. > :25:36.quite a lot of avionics in her. But you're by yourself. You're still on
:25:37. > :25:50.it all the time. There's so How do you stop yourself goes into a
:25:51. > :25:54.daze, then? I was being taught about that at RAF Henlow only last week.
:25:55. > :25:58.There are all sort of phenomenon that you have to be guarded against.
:25:59. > :26:04.My training is vertical at the moment. No pun intended. Yeah, it's
:26:05. > :26:08.very exciting. But the thing I'm really frightened of is overflowing
:26:09. > :26:14.water for any length of time and I have a lot of that to do. You have
:26:15. > :26:21.two engines though? Yes. What's the aircraft? A diamond DA 42. Oh, one
:26:22. > :26:25.of those (! ) You just keep everything crossed then. You're
:26:26. > :26:31.going over shark-infested waters... Tharvingz Matt. -- thanks Matt! In
:26:32. > :26:34.all seriousness, you went in a jet for this particular series that
:26:35. > :26:38.we're going to see tonight. The typhoon, the euro fighter, which I
:26:39. > :26:43.think you're going to fly next year. Over the summer hopefully. This is
:26:44. > :26:49.beautiful. This is the other frontline RAF aircraft Built in
:26:50. > :26:54.Britain. It's a vertical take-off. You were trying to experience two
:26:55. > :26:59.sun rises in a matter of... Yeah, the idea is because now on this
:27:00. > :27:03.ground we're travelling 650mph around the earth's axis. That's very
:27:04. > :27:08.fast. Deep question in physics why don't we feel it. How can we
:27:09. > :27:12.illustrate that on television? How fast do you have to fly to beat the
:27:13. > :27:17.rotation of the earth and make the sun come up again. In a reasonable
:27:18. > :27:23.amount of time, about 1. 5 times the speed of sound. Don't give all the
:27:24. > :27:27.content away! Carol, thank you so much for coming along and doing what
:27:28. > :27:32.you did there. If you would like to see the F35 Lightning II for
:27:33. > :27:36.yourself, you can at the Farnborough international air show. And the air
:27:37. > :27:43.tattoo. This weekend there were two great losses, one in the world of
:27:44. > :27:52.gymnastics, a-- with the passing of Mitch Fenner. He was a real friend
:27:53. > :27:55.of mine and inspiration. The world of comedy lost writer and
:27:56. > :28:00.entertainer Caroline Aherne. You had the pleasure of being a guest on Mrs
:28:01. > :28:05.Merton. Mrs Of being a guest, yes. How was it? Caroline was fantastic.
:28:06. > :28:10.We had a lock-in in her dressing room afterwards. Really? Trying to
:28:11. > :28:16.avoid a priest or something like that. That was the excuse for the
:28:17. > :28:20.lock-in. She was one of the most kind-hearted women I've ever met, to
:28:21. > :28:26.be perfectly honest. She's proper Manchester girl. She was just quite
:28:27. > :28:31.an extraordinary soul. She observed everything so beautifully. What I
:28:32. > :28:37.particularly loved about her comedy, she was never actually cruel to
:28:38. > :28:42.anybody. She was lovely. I was working in radio in Leeds, many
:28:43. > :28:47.moons before she was Mrs Merton. You used to get phone calls from a
:28:48. > :28:51.little old lady and it was Caroline testing out Mrs Merton. "That was a
:28:52. > :28:58.bit strange." I'd be playing the records. "Oh, well, it's very
:28:59. > :29:02.nice... " I can't do it. She's say something strange and you think oh.
:29:03. > :29:06.We're out of time here. That's all we have time for. Thank you to both
:29:07. > :29:12.of you. Brian's new series starts tonight on BBC One. Tomorrow we're
:29:13. > :29:17.back with Baz Lurhman and James Bay. See you then. Bye-bye.