04/08/2016 The One Show

Hello and welcome to The One Show with Alex Jones.

And my sidekick tonight in Matt's absence as he prepares

for the Olympics, it's Joe. Nice to have you here.

Nice to have you on this side of the sofa. It is very comfy here.

Our guest tonight is a man who's about to take on one of the most

famous lothario roles in history, and let's just say, when it

comes to the big screen, he's no stranger to female company.

I've heard all about you. I've heard all about you. I got mine last

night. I love you! Please welcome Dominic Cooper!

APPLAUSE. The very raunchy Dominic Cooper.

Snogging and everything. You look very comfortable. Do you think so?

Be honest, Dominic - what's the toughest thing

about working with so many beautiful women?

Nothing at all! When did you put that together? I've never seen it

together like that, it made me feel a bit worried about my career! I

love the music. How did you know that is my karaoke song? You

mentioned it last time? I go around telling everyone! So, hungry like

the Wolf from the Rand Iran is your karaoke song. It is quite high, you

are saying, why do you sing that? I don't know. One of those ones where

you start singing it and you realise later on. You are singing for your

life, you have to push through. It's a good test. It gets higher.

Brownite girl, which I like, Van Morrison -- brown eyed. I don't know

why I continue doing it. You are in a new play, The Libertine, is there

any singing? Not from me, which is a relief! We are going to talk about

that bit later. Last week the NSPCC launched

a 24-hour helpline for parents worried about their children

becoming radicalised. Fiona Foster has been to meet one

group of mothers who have taken themselves off to school to spot

potential early warning signs in their own children.

Shopkeeper and mum of two Sahra is shutting up early today, not because

it's half day closing but it is graduation day. It's going to be

exciting, we're going to have food, we're going to have the certificate.

It's not only about that, it is feeling part of society and being

valued. The graduates are not your usual students, for the last few

weeks Sahra and 37 other Muslim mums have been in a ground-breaking

government course intended to help stop extremism. This is Luton, home

to the UK's first mother 's School, where mums in Muslim communities are

being taught how to watch out for the early warning signs of

radicalisation in their children. We've got a responsibility. The

pilot scheme is not mandatory in any way, the mums here have signed up

because they are interested. If it is deemed a success there are plans

to roll it out elsewhere. Parents are more scared than ever. They

don't know who their children are talking to or in gauging with and

children cannot tell all of their feelings -- engaging with. The

children have a lock of understanding and the culture clash.

What have the mother 's been learning? How did you mean Kate with

their children, how to set rules for their children. -- how to

communicate. A lot of it is about parenting skills? Exactly. These

three ladies are three of Sahra's students. Given the sensitivity

around Islamic extremism they are happier speaking through an

interpreter. Why did you decide to do this course? TRANSLATION: Before

the school I had no idea how to look after my own children. Worried if

they went to Syria, how could I stop them from going because we know a

lot of people there. Just last year a family of 12 left their home in

Luton for Syria to live under the so-called Islamic State. Previously

we've met mums whose children were radicalised online. This lady's

19-year-old son left their Brighton home and died alongside fighters

before his mum could persuade him to return home. I was trying to build

up a relationship, I said to him, I love you, if you need anything, I'm

here. Keeping their children safe and happy is the main priority of

the women here. What have you learned on the course that is useful

to you? TRANSLATION: I learned how to bond with my daughter, how to ask

about her schooldays, what she's been doing at school. The

relationship between our kids and us has improved a lot. We had a barrier

of shyness between us, now we've broken it and we are content to ask

our kids. Fatima is one of the course leaders. How have the

children of your mothers reacted? At first a bit of shock, white is my

mum suddenly asking me these things, because it isn't normal in our

culture but I think they understand now, that their mum is showing an

interest in them. That is something valuable, they know she's doing

something right. The Home Office's anti-terror programme, Prevents, has

come in for criticism. This councillor is the chair of Prevent

in Luton. Critics have said it is counter-productive --

counter-productive and it is sorry mistrust in the Muslim community. As

a parent, I just keep an eye on things and I don't think that is

spying, it is responsible parenting. There are some negative connotations

from some in the community but I think especially when they see that

their own youth are joining these organisations, it is winning them

over. After ten weeks is time for the main event, the graduation

ceremony at Luton town Hall. Congratulations, well done. After

the presentation is the mums here have nothing but praise for the

course and they would like to see it expanded, and not just among Muslim

women. TRANSLATION: We want not only mothers but fathers to have a father

's school! If you share the concerns

of the mothers featured in the film, we've put details on our website

of places where you can get advice. It is all there for you. Dominic

Camille heading back to the theatre to play the Earl of Rochester, well

cast I would say! -- Dominic, you are heading back. What do you mean?

I'm worried! He likes life in the fast lane, he likes beautiful women,

we've established that this is a theme! And he also likes excess.

This must have been a really difficult role for you to take on.

Yes! I've always wanted to play, I have known the play for years and

wanted to play him because the play is wonderful and hilarious. The

opportunity came out of the blue. I've been rehearsing for a few days.

He was an extraordinary person, he got away with murder because he was

so close to the King, King Charles II. I found out from the writer

today, one thing he used to do under the King's employment, for ?1000,

this is the 1700s, so that was a lot of money and he would seduce young

women for the benefit of the King and train them in the necessary

things to be trained in because the king liked a much more experienced

lady. What a job to have! That is just one of his jobs. And he was

responsible for this young guy's death, this is in the play, he

escaped the scene. He went into hiding but instead of going into

hiding he created this elaborate image for himself and he became a

quack doctor and he got servants in his house to create potions and

medicines which were made out of such and things which were

administered to people. He pretended to be a doctor? Yes, four months, so

he wouldn't be caught, but he would only be stuck in the Tower for a few

months but the King would release him because his father helped him to

get on the phone. The dialogue is very witty, what they get up to is

extraordinary, you can't quite believe it all went on -- the

throne. A life of excess, what would be your access if you could do

anything? What is that? Go on? Can I say? What would I do, what would I

have? Top of my head, I would go pineapple. Pineapple? As much

pineapple as you could have? I like it and I like Homes Under The

Hammer. Why would think of a better one. You can't say it. Why

this is on BBC One, we can't have a chat about it. OK, me, food based, I

have a sweet tooth, I think doughnuts and copy. If diabetes

wasn't a thing -- and cough free -- coffee. You like by our picks, you

play real-life characters because the last time you came here you are

playing Saddam Hussein's son. Another pleasant man! And Ian

Fleming. Are you drawn to scripts with real characters? They are quite

intriguing in that you have a wealth of information to back up what you

are doing, there is a lot of work that is done for you, in many ways.

It depends on the level of accuracy the piece, how informative it wants

to be. Sometimes you have two very the truth a bit to make the piece of

art enjoyable. So quite a lot of responsibility. There is, you have

two eventually, I've also been taking on roles that are established

in comic books and video games and there's massive responsibility to

the fans and the people who are very well informed of the historical life

of those people, there's a point you have to say when there are going to

be with opinions on this who think I'm similar and have it right and

people who hate it. Eventually you go, well, it's me doing it and I

have to embrace it and flourish and this is my representation of the

person, who I think they are, otherwise you would be very nervous.

I'm doing an interpretation of the Earl of Rochester and I will do what

I can gain, the knowledge I have of the person, to the best of my

ability. I'm sure you will. The Libertine opens at the Theatre Royal

in Bath on the 31st of August before going to the West End.

With little more than 24 hours to go until Team GB walks into a packed

Maracana Stadium in Rio, we've been to meet those closest

My name is Megan Barker and I am Elinor Barker's little sister. We

learned to cycle on the same bike, might dad used to push us and hope

that we would cycle -- my dad. We had a private session. We fell off

quite a few times! I can remember when Eleanor came out of junior, she

was called into the senior team pursuit squad and they won and she

just slotted into the team as if she'd been there for years.

Incredible. COMMENTATOR: Katie Archibald around the outside. Elinor

Barker is right on her. We have done the same things growing up, it seems

real for me that I can do the same things she has done so it is

definitely inspiring. I was at Eleanor's house when she was called

to be told she has made the Rio squad. They left a voice mail and we

sent it to our family on the family chat and everybody was so happy for

us. I find it hard to watch her racing, I feel so nervous. I'll be

watching on TV but probably through my fingers. I'm sure she'll do well,

so I'm excited. I am the father of Muhammad Ali. By first name in that

and I wondered if I had done the right thing, too much pressure, but

he has handled it well -- I first named him that. Going into boxing,

my parents weren't keen. I thought, I've not been able to do it, I will

try and push my kids towards sport. He must have been nine years old

when he went into the gym, he was enjoying himself, skipping, doing

some exercise. And then he was in his first fight. He lost his first

three fights. A little bit this ardent, he stuck at it and he won

his next 20. Going to the senior title, everybody had written him off

but he came out to me and he said, dad, I've made it. One of the

proudest moments of my life. Being a Muslim, many of the young lads

looked up to him, he walks the streets. At his farewell party,

people will turn up and wish him well. CHEERING

As a father I will have mixed emotions, so proud of him going in

but also I'll be a nervous wreck! He will give 100%, he never feels he

can lose to anyone. My name is Helen Downey and I am the mother of Becky

Downie. She was always flipping around

supermarket aisles, she always enjoyed the physical side of

gymnastics but was not as bending as Becky. I thought it was a hobby, you

would be late to the competitions, the coach would shout at you, you

have to be on time and have to perform! It is a lot of commitment,

I have not worked since she started gymnastics. 2012 was devastating for

her, she was not expecting what she got. She has a stronger person from

that. My proudest moment was sitting in the audience at the European

Championships in 2014 and she got her first gold medal and in the

junior event, Ellie became the first girl to win the bronze medal, I

could not stop crying and I made a terrible snorting noise like a pig!

I was really embarrassed! They have both made the team and watching them

marching out will be really emotional, I will cry. I will be

privileged to go and watch both of my daughters. I love their mother!

The Opening Ceremony kicks off at midnight tomorrow. What do we know

about Rio? There is some gossip, 6000 volunteers, some photos have

been licked. Sneaking onto social media, it looks colourful and it

should do because the director did the film city of God and the

constant Gardener, he is behind that. Dame Judi Dench has a big role

to play, apparently! I do not know the connection with Brazil. They are

trying to celebrate everything good about football but they are not

shying away from the other aspects. The supermodel Gisele will be mugged

and the police will chase the robbers around the stadium. They are

not afraid of showing everything about Brazil! It looks a very big

show, when did ceremonies become such show stoppers? Los Angeles,

1984, they really threw money at that. The man on the jetpack and

Etta James was there. The first Games when they thrilled that into

the spectacle. 92, Barcelona, that was when real money was thrown at

the Opening Ceremony, ?10 million, which I thought was huge. Beijing,

they get the gold medal for extravagance, they spent $100

million, ?76 million, just on the Opening Ceremony. Crazy money! It

did look expensive. Those drummers? London did all right, we only spent

?27 million. That was unbelievable. Everybody remembers that. We might

have only spent ?27 million... But we had our very own Queen! She had a

cameo. There was so much secrecy about what would happen during our

own Opening Ceremony, it was good to see that going down well.

Inevitably, things do go wrong? They do! Do not laugh! Seoul, 1988, they

released the doves of peace, beautiful moment, billions of

viewers live on air, after this, lighting the cauldron, we will not

show this but you can guess what happened. I had crispy duck for my

lunch! It was not the best! Did that really happened? Yes, life! Why

didn't they fly away? Some of them got lazy! And we had a roasting. And

then Sochi, 2014, the most expensive ever... On the Opening Ceremony, the

fifth Olympic ring Snowflake failed to open! But they laugh at

themselves, during the closing ceremony they made a feature that

and that middle star went on its own. It ran off! They knew that

mistake! Lets hope it goes well. And for Team GB. Thank you, well...

The summer holidays are well and truly underway, and many of us

are joining the long queues at theme parks up and down the country.

But did you know that a lot of science goes into making

sure your breakfast stays inside you when you loop the loop?

There is nothing like a thrill ride to get the blood pumping. And there

is one that subjects bodies to the most intense rush of all. The loop

the loop! But there is something you might not have noticed. Loop the

loops I never a perfect circle because they were, you might out.

Here we go! -- you might pass out. In fact, they are more of a teardrop

shape and to understand why, I am meeting Doctor Hugh Hunt from

Cambridge University. To know why it is this shape, we need to understand

why we love their customers and it is not the speed, it is changes in

the speed, changes in direction and the curves and ribs. They cause

G-force and that is what we really want. G-force, or gravitational

force, is the thing that makes us feel very heavy as we suddenly speed

up. And also, the reason we feel weightless as we crest a hill. It is

those feelings that rides like this are looking to exploit for maximum

thrill. To show how many gees are generated, we have built a device.

These are pretty handy, 100 grams, it reads 100 grams. That is 1G, that

is our weight on it. As the right accelerates upwards, the weight on

the scales will appear to change. I read out of 200 grams is 2G, and so

on. Let us put this to the test. Are you ready? Yes. Here we go! As we go

from zero to 80 mph in the blink of an eye, our skills flick to more

than four times what they read on the ground, meaning we experience

more than 4G. That was unpleasant! It is that 4G that makes our blood

and internal organs briefly feel like they weigh four times as much

as normal, giving us a thrill as our stomach feels like it somewhere it

should be. It pushes the lungs dine! And everything else! It is those

sensations that make the loop the loop so exhilarating because while a

rapid change in speed creates G-force, so does the rapid change of

direction. Living in a circle involves constantly changing

direction and that creates a lot of G-forces. To get around you need a

certain speed and at that speed, you generate high Gs at the bottom, I

have a toy car and this weight on the glass slide represents the

passenger. That is centred around. Disaster! The glass broke. As a car

changes direction from the flat road to upward direction of the circular

loop, the force exerted by the weight increases six times. Enough

to break the glass. That 6G is higher than what is safer and

average person to tolerate and could make us unconscious. So, to reduce

the Gs caused by the change of direction, the designers of loop the

loops make the angle of entry less severe. If we have this teardrop

shape, what that does, it straightens it here, it is less

drastic, the curvature. So we have a smoother, more gradual change? Let

us repeat the experiment. It works! The glass did not break! Because the

entry to the circle is much smoother, the G-forces created or

reduced from 6G to only 4G, safe and us to stop us from getting injured.

Who would have thought so much physics would go into a simple

roller-coaster ride? He did not enjoy that! He goes through 4G, the

moustache never moves! So, Dominic - you're

a roller-coaster loving Absolutely hideous, why would

anybody want to do that! It is the thrill! You can get thrills some

other way, like watching scary films that are just too scary. I cannot

work out what the pleasure is! No more roller coasters!

We've revealed the magic behind roller-coasters,

now it's time for some secrets of the natural world.

George McGavin's been to find out how an insect the size of a five

pence piece defies the laws of physics.

The quintessential garden pond. An oasis of peace and tranquillity. Or

so you might think. On the surface, there is a ferocious hunter with a

technique for catching prey that until recently has defied the laws

of physics. Pond skaters are fast moving carnivorous insects that

spend their entire life hunting on the surface of the water. They do

not sink because of property called surface tension, whereby water

molecules cling to each other and form an elastic skin. But how can

the small insects move across the water surface at such high speed? Up

to one metre per second? I have come to meet the human expert in aquatic

propulsion and I am going to need one of these. Only landlubbers need

life jackets here. This is the rowing Centre for Team GB, where

Olympic hopefuls are training hard. I am meeting of the Paralympian

Rachel Morris. What is the perfect rowing stroke? Putting power into

the boat using my body, my arms, through the blades, to connect with

the water and pulled that through. It is very clear, at the end of each

is that little vortex and that is what drives you forward? It might

surprise you to know that there is a small insect on this lake which

would put human rowing action to shame. In order to see that we will

have to get back to shore. In the bow ties, we have set up an

experiment for the one go. -- bowties. I give you the pond skater,

or should I say the pond pond rower. These are superb, the legs are

unique. The front legs are for hunting and holding prey, the middle

legs are longer and that is the oars, they are very efficient at

flowing and to demonstrate, we need a sprinkling of harmless dye and a

slow motion camera. Every time they powered the middle legs, look at

that, that little vortex, spiralling, spinning from the end of

each leg. Which is what we had this morning on the water. With one

stroke of their legs, they can travel 15 times their own size.

Really fast. Pond skaters improve their efficiency by raising their

bodies clear of the water, overcoming friction or drag. Which

is one of the biggest problems for human rowers. Even the parts attach

the water, the legs, or adapted to overcome the dry, they are covered

with thousands of hairs that repel water. This means they are

effectively floating on a cushion of air which allows them to slide

across the surface. Through extraordinary allocations and

perfect technique, pond skaters has surely earned their place as a Great

British rowing champion. Send him to the Olympics! You can mention the

new series? Preacher? With special powers? I knew about the comics,

they were fantastic and brilliantly illustrated but I did not know how

to get into the room to meet Seth Rogen, who is directing the first

one, I think they're still the script! I feel very bad. It was on

the side at my friend 's house. And then I fell in love with it. It was

being created by a writer who does a lot of work on Breaking Bad, really

good bunch of people working on that and it is a great comic book from

the 1990s. I am very pleased with that, extraordinary experience. It

is one Amazon Prime three. -- it is on Amazon Prime three.

The Libertine opens at the Theatre Royal,

And thanks to Joe for keeping me company, too.

We'll be back tomorrow with Ricky Gervais.

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