:00:29. > :00:49.Tonight, we have a world exclusive from
:00:50. > :00:52.global superstar Adele, recorded live at the BBC, when she sang
:00:53. > :00:55.in front of a TV audience for the first time in nearly three years.
:00:56. > :00:58.That's not all, we have a whole evening packed with the
:00:59. > :01:01.We're recreating one of Norman Wisdom's most dangerous
:01:02. > :01:04.We're talking about the biggest TV talent show on telly with
:01:05. > :01:06.Strictly Come Dancing's Anton and Katie. Joining us in the studio.
:01:07. > :01:08.Please welcome the superstar singer who brought
:01:09. > :01:11.soul to rock and roll and the world class comedian who has, hopefully,
:01:12. > :01:13.brought some broadcastable one liners with him tonight,
:01:14. > :01:24.You wouldn't want to be a Rangers fan in here tonight. Listen. Have
:01:25. > :01:33.you met before you started singing together over there the pair of you?
:01:34. > :01:41.We go back a long way. Do you? We have the drinks in. Yes. These are
:01:42. > :01:47.rum and Coke. You are a fan. Oh. We know you are generous when it comes
:01:48. > :01:53.to getting a round in. Really? Apparently so. That is not
:01:54. > :01:59.reputation you have. I certainly haven't. How did yours happen. I was
:02:00. > :02:04.late for a gig. The train was delayed. I was two-and-a-half hours
:02:05. > :02:08.late for a show and 1,300 people waited because there is nothing else
:02:09. > :02:11.to do in Blackburn, presumably. I bought them all of a drink.
:02:12. > :02:18.APPLAUSE. Yours. Only two fans turned for me!
:02:19. > :02:22.No. I was in Las Vegas. It was the last show. There were so many Celtic
:02:23. > :02:30.supporters in the audience with their green and white shirts on. I I
:02:31. > :02:35.said, meet you over the road at ramies he played for Rangers. I
:02:36. > :02:42.think there was 60, 70. Cost me $5,000. Well worth it. Did it?
:02:43. > :02:46.Ramsay's. Dave has been handing the drinks out. We don't know who is
:02:47. > :02:48.paying for it. You can fight it out between the pair of you. We'll be
:02:49. > :03:00.fine. That's number four. Send us a picture of you with Jimmy
:03:01. > :03:03.or Rod and we'll see if they can tell whose fans are
:03:04. > :03:06.whose at the end of the show. Just a few of weeks ago we showed
:03:07. > :03:13.how farmers are using drones to Now, the police are getting in
:03:14. > :03:16.on the act. But with police spending under
:03:17. > :03:30.review, is it the kind of thing they Could this be the future of
:03:31. > :03:35.policing? An offender on-the-run. Chased on foot, but also from the
:03:36. > :03:42.air by a police drone. Can they really make a difference? Drones. A
:03:43. > :03:47.clever tool for fighting crime or simply a new toy for the police?
:03:48. > :03:53.I've been invited to Warwickshire Police headquarters as the force
:03:54. > :04:03.here is the latest to trial drones. They have spent ?5,000 on equipment
:04:04. > :04:08.alone. How useful are they? The Chief Inspector is heading the drone
:04:09. > :04:16.patrol. About public safety It's and support prosecutions. They have
:04:17. > :04:22.spent ?19,000 using drones. It has led to no arrests. Not money wisely
:04:23. > :04:27.spent? I would question arrests for a measure of success of these
:04:28. > :04:33.devices. We would say they have a part to play in catching criminals
:04:34. > :04:36.and a wider value in dealing with finding missing people, evidential
:04:37. > :04:41.purposes, all of which we currently use a helicopter for, which is a
:04:42. > :04:45.very, very expensive resource. With police helicopters costing roughly
:04:46. > :04:49.?800 an hour to fly. He has a point. Earlier this year it was announced
:04:50. > :04:52.that the police air service is to cut ten air bases. It's no surprise
:04:53. > :04:58.forces are looking for cheaper options. They are trialing drones in
:04:59. > :05:02.Dorset, dovn and Cornwall Police, Cumbria and the Met. Can they
:05:03. > :05:08.replace police helicopters? I'm not sure. You can't ply fly them at
:05:09. > :05:11.night, in the rain or if there are strong winds. The police's history
:05:12. > :05:16.of drone use has been patchy. Merseyside Police got a ticking off
:05:17. > :05:20.from the Civil Aviation Authority back in 2010 for flying one without
:05:21. > :05:28.the proper permission. The following year they crashed it into the
:05:29. > :05:32.Mersey. It it brought their venture with drones to a sorry end. I have
:05:33. > :05:39.broken into someone's house with microbar. I'm still quite fast. How
:05:40. > :05:43.fast is that drone? This shed is the house I've just burgled. Now, it's
:05:44. > :05:48.time for me to do a runner. This isn't real. In the new year this
:05:49. > :05:55.force could use the drones to track criminals. Their cameras sending
:05:56. > :06:01.back real time images of search areas up to a kilometer for the
:06:02. > :06:08.operator. If it rains harder, the drone will be forced to land. I will
:06:09. > :06:12.hide from the police. The drone is above me. Images from the drone help
:06:13. > :06:18.the officers on the ground track me down. The police dog looks like she
:06:19. > :06:25.means business. How did I do? I've been nicked. I may be fast, but I've
:06:26. > :06:30.been rumbled by the drone. Rain stopped play for the drone today
:06:31. > :06:35.much we head back indoors. At the controls were PC Mark Billingham and
:06:36. > :06:39.Police Community Support officers, Andy Stephenson. Do you think there
:06:40. > :06:42.will be a big use for the drones in the police force? In your scenario
:06:43. > :06:45.we found you. We could identify quickly that you had a weapon in
:06:46. > :06:49.your hands. That information could be passed on to officers in real
:06:50. > :06:53.time on the ground. The other aspect of missing person searches and
:06:54. > :06:57.things like that. That will just be another feather in the cap, if you
:06:58. > :07:00.like. The Warwickshire drones will be chasing real crooks in the new
:07:01. > :07:04.year. They certainly gave me a run for my money, but I don't like to be
:07:05. > :07:09.beaten. Not as young or fit as I used to be. I had a couple more
:07:10. > :07:14.miles left in my legs. I reckon I could get away. We had you in our
:07:15. > :07:22.sights. You had no chance. You might have wanted to wear a green jacket.
:07:23. > :07:26.Red was vibrant. Gave it away. It's not just the police trialling
:07:27. > :07:32.drones. Thinking of other emergency services, fire are grade? Fire and
:07:33. > :07:37.Rescue in man chest, have 24/7 op call. Will not replace the Fire
:07:38. > :07:42.Service. If they turn up to a call, shout out, it's bad, four or five
:07:43. > :07:48.fire engines called, they can send a drone up in the air, it can assess
:07:49. > :07:52.the situation. It can see where someone is lying, the heart of the
:07:53. > :07:56.fire. Safe for the fire brigade to go up there. It sends thermal images
:07:57. > :08:00.back as well. They can make decisions based on what they see
:08:01. > :08:06.from the drone. It's going down well there. The Ambulance Service is
:08:07. > :08:10.doing something similar. This is in Belgium. A drone that can take a
:08:11. > :08:14.defibrulator to a scene. Imagine you are in London and you had a cardiac
:08:15. > :08:18.arrest with traffic it could take ages to get there. The drone can
:08:19. > :08:22.find its way by using the signal from the mobile phone that made the
:08:23. > :08:28.emergency call. It can do 100 kilometers an hour. 12 kilometers in
:08:29. > :08:31.one minute. It sends images back. It isn't replacing the paramedics. The
:08:32. > :08:35.paramedics can look at the live footage and tell the person - It
:08:36. > :08:38.talks to them? Through the drone. It says, this is what you need to do.
:08:39. > :08:44.Place the pads here on the body. I think that happens in Casino Royale.
:08:45. > :08:49.He has that in the car. The James Bond movie. They've nicked it. This
:08:50. > :08:53.is James Bond with the rescue service. This is a rope bridge. A
:08:54. > :08:59.drone in Zurich, two researchers have made this. They use drones to
:09:00. > :09:03.actually build a bridge. It will be strong enough to support the weight
:09:04. > :09:10.of a grown man to walk across. It uses 120 meters of rope. That binds
:09:11. > :09:13.it altogether. The drone has a motor sized spool to adjust the tension.
:09:14. > :09:17.That could be used if you are in the Peak District. Someone has broken
:09:18. > :09:24.the leg. It would take two hours to walk around. You can build a bridge.
:09:25. > :09:31.Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant. He didn't come up with it, you know
:09:32. > :09:36.that? I know that. Great explanation. I still think bricks
:09:37. > :09:46.and concrete have a while to play. They have to dry. I wouldn't drive a
:09:47. > :09:51.car across it. My son is too young for that. As it walked away he
:09:52. > :09:58.landed on my head. This drone landed on my head quite soft. You know, it
:09:59. > :10:09.being loos like real hair! They have done a lovely job. He dyes it. I
:10:10. > :10:18.don't. Be proud of your hair. They are using these drones to deliver
:10:19. > :10:24.shopping now as well. The fourth emergency service. Where I go to my
:10:25. > :10:29.clic and collect. It's a rough area. This can deliver the shopping to you
:10:30. > :10:35.within half an hour's journey. Tell Rod's butler about it. You order
:10:36. > :10:39.your food. It can turn up, do a half another journey. Two bags of
:10:40. > :10:45.shopping. Hang on. Does she come with it? She has a nice birthday
:10:46. > :10:49.cake. There is shoplifters. If you saw that going down the street you
:10:50. > :10:54.would say, that is my shopping done. I'll have what they are having. You
:10:55. > :10:58.can talk to that contraption. If someone tries to nick it. It will
:10:59. > :11:03.talk to them. If you nick it, we're phoning the police. It's monitored
:11:04. > :11:07.by a control centre. We are seeing the future here. This is the future.
:11:08. > :11:11.It's striking, it really is. We want to talk to you about your model
:11:12. > :11:17.trains? Me. At this point. Why do you want to talk to me about my
:11:18. > :11:24.model trains. It's embarrassing. We got you a drone. That is why you
:11:25. > :11:28.landed on my head. It fits into that same category. You playing with
:11:29. > :11:33.trains. When you go on tour. You take your trains with you, is that
:11:34. > :11:39.right? No. Hold on. I don't take my train set. It's a scale model
:11:40. > :11:43.railroad. Oh, sorry. It's posh. When I go on tour, if I'm in a hotel
:11:44. > :11:46.room, they will give me a spare hotel room. What happens is I have
:11:47. > :11:51.tool kits, paints, you know, everything I need to build a project
:11:52. > :11:57.if I want to - stop laughing. That's how most people travel, Rod. That is
:11:58. > :12:03.how most people in this day and age will bring a spare room for their
:12:04. > :12:08.model train. You are such a rock What else could star. I have been?
:12:09. > :12:12.Look at this face. Let's change the subject. How big is your train set
:12:13. > :12:17.at home No, don't talk about my train set. I heard it's the size of
:12:18. > :12:20.a tennis court. It is. How do I get it up? How do you get it up! Shut
:12:21. > :12:28.up, shut up. You are at an age... This time last year we used our
:12:29. > :12:40.drone to film the firework display. Look at this footage. I bet you
:12:41. > :12:47.didn't get that back! On that theme of being in a firework.
:12:48. > :12:59.For Bonfire Night this year we've gone one better.
:13:00. > :13:01.This man will be strapping fireworks to himself and leaping out
:13:02. > :13:08.Tomorrow, I will be heading down to Land's End to prepare
:13:09. > :13:13.for the Rickshaw Challenge which is setting off at dawn on Friday.
:13:14. > :13:15.We've met five of the rickshaw riders already.
:13:16. > :13:18.The last one is an incredibly brave and strong young woman who
:13:19. > :13:32.A message of good luck. I want to wish all the people the luck in the
:13:33. > :13:39.world on the Rickshaw Challenge. We're all thinking of you. You're
:13:40. > :13:43.doing great. My name is Erin. I will take part in the Rickshaw Challenge
:13:44. > :13:51.for children in need. This is where I live with my mum, dad, brother,
:13:52. > :13:55.Max and dog, Bonnie. It was my 18th birthday yesterday. I had all the
:13:56. > :14:03.family around and a wee party in the house. I got loads of presents and
:14:04. > :14:08.cards and a Pudsey cake. When I was younger I was really active. I loved
:14:09. > :14:14.gymnastics. I was really sporty. When I was eight I got diagnosed
:14:15. > :14:18.with arthritis. It's all over my body. Every morning my dad would
:14:19. > :14:23.have to carry me out of my bed into a warm bath so I could start moving
:14:24. > :14:30.again because I couldn't even open my hands or I couldn't straighten my
:14:31. > :14:35.legs. My body was in shock with a lot of the pain. My body shakes
:14:36. > :14:43.uncontrollably. I'm on strong pain kills. Horse tranquillisers. People
:14:44. > :14:47.say it's an old person's disease and young kids don't get it. If they
:14:48. > :14:51.could live a day in Erin's life it would open people's eyes. She went
:14:52. > :14:57.through gruelling treatments. Hair falling out. Sickness. She's had
:14:58. > :15:03.years of not being able to attend school. It changed the whole
:15:04. > :15:07.family's life. It was quite quick. From being very mobile to having to
:15:08. > :15:16.be lifted out of her bed. Constant pain. Up all night. Crying with pain
:15:17. > :15:20.and stuff like that. We went from having someone who was bouncy. It
:15:21. > :15:31.was quite a dramatic impact on the family.
:15:32. > :15:38.Arthritis Care is a UK charity working with people of all ages. In
:15:39. > :15:42.Scotland we have got a couple of projects and one has been funded by
:15:43. > :15:48.children in need for a 10-18 -year-olds. It is hugely important
:15:49. > :15:52.to young people because they do not get many chances to meet other young
:15:53. > :15:59.people with arthritis and people who understand. The support that you get
:16:00. > :16:03.here is amazing. They are another family I have got. I can phoned them
:16:04. > :16:08.or text them whatever time in the night. I can meet up for copy or
:16:09. > :16:14.dinner if I feel like I just need to talk. I do not know what she would
:16:15. > :16:18.do without them because they are another lifeline. They teach a lot
:16:19. > :16:25.of emotional and life skills to help cope and it has been a really
:16:26. > :16:30.positive thing. I am so excited about taking part in the Rickshaw
:16:31. > :16:34.Challenge, I cannot wait. It is massively important for me to give
:16:35. > :16:40.something back. I do not know where I would be without them because they
:16:41. > :16:43.gave me my life back. Erin is very good at challenging herself and
:16:44. > :16:51.succeeding at things. It is made for her, it is perfect. I am looking to
:16:52. > :16:57.working together and cheering each other on. My big thing will be the
:16:58. > :17:03.pain of arthritis and knowing my limits and saying, that is enough, I
:17:04. > :17:10.will get back on the rickshaw later. I push myself and push myself. I am
:17:11. > :17:18.so proud of her. She will push herself, I can see her being bossy
:17:19. > :17:24.boots and telling people of to save her pedalling. I am taking part in
:17:25. > :17:30.the Rickshaw Challenge, but we need your help, so please donate. There
:17:31. > :17:33.you have the team which is now complete.
:17:34. > :17:41.Hope you feel better very soon, Erin.
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:18:31. > :18:36.We have been getting into the stunt recreation business and Gyles has
:18:37. > :18:42.already staged this classic stand from Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em,
:18:43. > :18:46.roller skating under a moving lorry. This week we are throwing a willing
:18:47. > :18:51.stuntman called Theo down some stairs all in the name of comedy.
:18:52. > :19:02.British film and television has a long-standing history with false and
:19:03. > :19:06.the one man who embodied this like no other was Norman Wisdom. There
:19:07. > :19:11.was one sequence the producers felt was too dangerous for the star to
:19:12. > :19:18.perform. The film was called A Stitch In Time and was released in
:19:19. > :19:21.1963. The sequence sees his character covered in bandages
:19:22. > :19:27.hurtling down a set of stairs in a wheelchair through a wall and onto a
:19:28. > :19:32.moving ambulance. It was in this movie filmed at Pinewood Studios
:19:33. > :19:36.that stuntman Tex Fuller was tasked with performing the now notorious
:19:37. > :19:41.sequence. But the experienced stuntman would not appear in the
:19:42. > :19:46.film. Norman's son, Nicholas, remembers his father's account of
:19:47. > :19:51.what happened that day. The most amazing story of the stitch in time,
:19:52. > :19:58.Bob Asher, the director, called him over and said you are not going to
:19:59. > :20:02.be happy, I have hired a stuntman. My father was flabbergasted because
:20:03. > :20:07.he could not believe he would do that. He said, I have hired a
:20:08. > :20:11.stuntman, this is far too dangerous. The stuntman came down
:20:12. > :20:16.the stairs and went through the wall and landed on the ambulance and went
:20:17. > :20:21.straight over the edge and injured himself so much he had to go to
:20:22. > :20:27.hospital. The mood in the camp was not good as you can imagine. Bob
:20:28. > :20:34.Asher came over to Norman and said, did you see that? What do you think?
:20:35. > :20:40.Norman said it would be a shame to waste all this set that you have got
:20:41. > :20:46.now, I will do it. Bob Asher was in a terrible position. He got
:20:47. > :20:51.everybody on set. Time was money. If anything happens to him, the film
:20:52. > :20:57.would not be completed. So he then said he could do it. Here we are all
:20:58. > :21:03.these years later remembering the sequence, what is the enduring
:21:04. > :21:09.appeal? It is just good clean comedy. He gives his audience what
:21:10. > :21:15.they wanted to see. I can remember watching A Stitch In Time at the
:21:16. > :21:19.cinema. At the end of the film everybody applauded. That was a
:21:20. > :21:29.fantastic feeling for me to hear that. Like many stunts, the seeming
:21:30. > :21:33.ease with which they are accomplished belies reality. It took
:21:34. > :21:38.a particular skill and some clever engineering to get that we'll show
:21:39. > :21:44.to write down those stairs. With that in mind we brought in our very
:21:45. > :21:52.own on show stunt team to try to recreate the famous steer sequence.
:21:53. > :21:59.The stunt coordinator is tasked with working out the logistics before the
:22:00. > :22:03.stuntman can attempt it. The stairs in the original sequence were
:22:04. > :22:06.purpose-built for the stands at Pinewood Studios. If you look
:22:07. > :22:11.closely you can see the shallow depth and gentle gradient of the
:22:12. > :22:16.steps, giving the wheelchair are much easier dissent than our team
:22:17. > :22:21.will have with the steps they have to work with. Jamie has discovered
:22:22. > :22:28.another problem, the wheelchair. As we have seen in the movie, the way
:22:29. > :22:32.the wheelchair was designed they ended up putting the front wheels on
:22:33. > :22:36.the back of the wheelchair and we are going to do the same thing. We
:22:37. > :22:42.are completely turning the wheelchair back on itself, reinforce
:22:43. > :22:46.the frame and change the seat position. If we did not do that, the
:22:47. > :22:51.performer would go down the stairs and tip up. With the initial tests
:22:52. > :23:00.done, they have sent the wheelchair to be rebuilt to the design used in
:23:01. > :23:07.A Stitch In Time. For as the steps are real and they are made of stone.
:23:08. > :23:19.Part two is coming up very soon. Jimmy, you are back on tour. I am
:23:20. > :23:23.always on tour. This is The Best Of Ultimate Gold Greatest Hits Tour. I
:23:24. > :23:27.did not want to confuse anyone with the name. But you are doing
:23:28. > :23:34.something quite brave, you are telling jokes you have already told
:23:35. > :23:42.before. Brave is maybe not the right word. According to the Independent
:23:43. > :23:48.it is either a genius or Acorn. Where do you stand? You go and see
:23:49. > :23:51.rock and roll groups and they knocked out the hits. Where would
:23:52. > :24:00.they be if you did not do Maggie May? There would be an uproar. But
:24:01. > :24:05.with the greatest hits it kind of can signal the beginning of the
:24:06. > :24:11.end. Oh, my God, she is retiring me. I thought it would be nice.
:24:12. > :24:14.You'd do corporate gigs occasionally and you do a greatest hits there and
:24:15. > :24:20.you knock out the old stuff that always works and you have a great
:24:21. > :24:25.show. Then you think, why don't I do that for people who come and see me
:24:26. > :24:30.every year. I have done about ten DVDs and 20 hours of jokes. I cannot
:24:31. > :24:36.remember it all. I am sure the audience will be fine. Let's look
:24:37. > :24:44.back. Do not play my stuff on your show, Ofcom will get involved. We
:24:45. > :24:47.have picked carefully, it is fine. If somebody recommend a book and
:24:48. > :24:52.they say, it is a page turner I think, I know how books work.
:24:53. > :24:57.British people are one inch taller than we were 20 years ago and that
:24:58. > :25:01.is because 20 years ago we were all children. I had this cab driver
:25:02. > :25:07.driving a black cab whistling and smiling and he said, I love my job,
:25:08. > :25:18.I am my own boss and nobody tells me what to do. I said, left here.
:25:19. > :25:22.Absolutely brilliant. I have cut down on carbohydrates since I told
:25:23. > :25:29.that joke. You have had to look back over the DVDs and what is the main
:25:30. > :25:34.difference? For a long time I looked as if my face had been shoved in a
:25:35. > :25:40.lift, it was slightly fatter. You get better as a performer. Do you
:25:41. > :25:47.look back at the early 70s? Oh, do not tell me about the early 70s. How
:25:48. > :25:52.you interpret the song and I know when you look back at the early
:25:53. > :25:57.stuff I think, I threw away that one-liner because I was so nervous
:25:58. > :26:04.on stage. I have got no training. You get better at what you do. And
:26:05. > :26:10.it is nice to go back and revisit. You have written books and all
:26:11. > :26:16.sorts. You are very thorough. It is a bit pseudo on occasion. I think I
:26:17. > :26:20.have got more rude. On the early stuff there is plenty you can play
:26:21. > :26:31.on the show, but now not so much. It is brutal. I do not swear that much.
:26:32. > :26:38.Rod is terrible. I do not know what I am doing here. Normally you have a
:26:39. > :26:43.deadpan expression, so when you are delivering all of these jokes, are
:26:44. > :26:50.you laughing inside? I did not laugh early on in my career because my
:26:51. > :26:58.love is so ridiculous. I laugh when I breathe in, so it is a strange
:26:59. > :27:03.goose noise. If I try and suppress it, it sounds like somebody has
:27:04. > :27:09.smuggled an owl into the room. It does. It is infectious.
:27:10. > :27:14.You say you were nervous when you first started and you have honed
:27:15. > :27:20.your skills, but your mum was a big believer. She said, you are good at
:27:21. > :27:24.this, go for this. She was an incredibly funny woman and that is
:27:25. > :27:28.why I wanted to get into it. She was so charismatic and she was a funny
:27:29. > :27:35.woman and everybody gravitated towards her. I thought, I will do
:27:36. > :27:39.that. It is a nice thing. Everybody asks what is your favourite joke,
:27:40. > :27:43.but when you are looking back through the archives, which joke
:27:44. > :27:48.were you more surprised by that you did not realise was funny at the
:27:49. > :27:52.time? I don't know, I am thinking of my all-time favourite joke that
:27:53. > :27:56.might work on this show. I asked a Welsh friend of mine how many
:27:57. > :28:02.partners he had in his life and he started to count and he fell asleep.
:28:03. > :28:12.That is just about all right, isn't it? I like the one about the stag
:28:13. > :28:19.and the meat, the stag meat. Venison is dear, isn't it? I wrote a 2 word
:28:20. > :28:24.joke which was to war shortage, so I could pack more jokes into the show.
:28:25. > :28:30.If you are a dwarf and you are offended, grow up. The Best Of
:28:31. > :28:39.Ultimate Gold Greatest Hits Tour starred in Peterborough on the 17th.
:28:40. > :28:44.Jimmy is great at playing the fool and Rod produces musical gold, so
:28:45. > :28:54.guess which mineral our Jim Hunter has been collecting in his latest
:28:55. > :28:59.film? This is a crowbar. Today I am heading towards one of
:29:00. > :29:04.the so-called Slate Islands on the West Coast of Scotland in search of
:29:05. > :29:09.a special crystal. For centuries this island was a world centre for
:29:10. > :29:14.slate quarrying and it is within those old quarries that I am
:29:15. > :29:21.searching for a semi-specialist stone called pyrite, also known as
:29:22. > :29:26.fool's gold. Despite measuring less than a mile long and wide, in its
:29:27. > :29:31.heyday, Easdale had seven working quarries. Everywhere you look on the
:29:32. > :29:36.island there is plenty of evidence of its industrial past, but what
:29:37. > :29:42.happened to all the quarries? Donald has lived on the island most of his
:29:43. > :29:45.life. Back in the day there were over 500 people living and working
:29:46. > :29:52.in the quarries when they were in full production. It was the peak of
:29:53. > :29:58.the industry, but in 1881 a massive storm hit the island and the tidal
:29:59. > :30:03.wave devastated the quarries and the industry almost overnight. What did
:30:04. > :30:08.the Quarry men do when they left? All the tools were in the bottom
:30:09. > :30:13.covered with water and there were no tools and no pay and the island went
:30:14. > :30:17.downhill at that point. Today Easdale has a population of around
:30:18. > :30:23.60 people and is one of the smallest, inhabited islands in the
:30:24. > :30:26.inner Hebrides. There are no roads, street lights or cars and the
:30:27. > :30:31.official mode of transport is the humble wheelbarrow,
:30:32. > :30:40.I am Rae off to the old slate quarry. What is special about the
:30:41. > :30:46.slate is that as well as the pitch black colour it has a rippling
:30:47. > :30:50.effect on its surface which distinguishes it from other British
:30:51. > :30:55.smoother slates. The reason why I'm here is because of the real beauty
:30:56. > :31:03.that lies within. Revealed by the simplest of taps. Beautiful. Once
:31:04. > :31:09.opened, you can see these gorgeous crystals of pyre rite glistening in
:31:10. > :31:12.the sun light. They naturally grow into these perfect cubic shapes. You
:31:13. > :31:16.can see when it's glisenning in the sun light, like this, that a lot of
:31:17. > :31:21.people were fooled into thinking it's gold. What I'm after are cube
:31:22. > :31:27.that is are around half a centimetre in size which can be found in larger
:31:28. > :31:35.pieces of slate. The best place to find them is in the undisturbed
:31:36. > :31:39.water-logged quarries. Here we go! , luckily the water is very clear. I
:31:40. > :31:46.can swim down the sloping quarry face to see if there are any big
:31:47. > :31:52.pieces of slate that could contain a nice amount of pirite. I found this
:31:53. > :31:57.piece of slate here. It's absolutely speckled with pirite. I hopefully I
:31:58. > :32:00.will be able to split it open and find nice crystals inside. Once I
:32:01. > :32:05.get the slate back Attapatu my workshop I can really start to
:32:06. > :32:09.create my piece of jewellery. I'm using a soft hammer, not a steel
:32:10. > :32:16.hammer, but a rubber hammer. That absorbs a bit of the impact so it's
:32:17. > :32:22.less likely to damage the crystals. Then, it's a case of cutting the
:32:23. > :32:27.slate down and choosing which cube to use. I had the idea of designing
:32:28. > :32:32.a complicating piece of jowl are you and set it with other gem stones.
:32:33. > :32:37.Now I've seen its raw beauty and I've changed my mind. You can see
:32:38. > :32:40.the cubic shape of the pirite embedded in the slate. It's
:32:41. > :32:44.naturally growing out of there. I'm going to leave leave it as it is
:32:45. > :32:57.with a simple silver setting and keep it as a pendant. He does lovely
:32:58. > :33:01.pendants as well. And lovely cufflinks all sorts. Rod, a new
:33:02. > :33:05.album, Another Country. We have the first track here, it's called
:33:06. > :33:07.Please. Let's hear it before we chat about it.
:33:08. > :33:21.# Stay with me tonight # Lay your head down next to mine
:33:22. > :33:25.# Stay with me tonight # Let's leave our troubles behind
:33:26. > :33:33.# Please! # What a note, Rod!
:33:34. > :33:38.APPLAUSE. A beautiful song. Try singing along
:33:39. > :33:43.to that at home. There is going to be terrible noises coming out of
:33:44. > :33:50.cars. Trying to hit the high note. That was a high one. You two are -
:33:51. > :33:57.You shouldn't have given us... It's family television. Behave. Speaking
:33:58. > :34:01.of which you are now singing in your own words age appropriate songs?
:34:02. > :34:07.That one Please is, yeah. It's, for want of a better word, the wife is
:34:08. > :34:16.watching. It's a pulling song. It's not Tonight's The Night,
:34:17. > :34:21.it's not Stay with Me, it's not Do, You Think, I'm Sexy. How many
:34:22. > :34:26.pulling songs did you write I had my moments. Write what you know. Have
:34:27. > :34:29.you taken up the mantle again, you have done a whole am bum. What is
:34:30. > :34:35.the difference. Did you have the moment when you thought - I can do
:34:36. > :34:39.it get. I put the autobiography together, Rod, unusual title. I
:34:40. > :34:44.thought, I had so many things to write about. It dawned on me I had
:34:45. > :34:48.tonnes of stuff to write about. That was the catalyst. That was the
:34:49. > :34:54.opening of the floodgates. I've continued. The song that you have
:34:55. > :35:00.written for your son. That is the most wonderful. Batman, Superman.
:35:01. > :35:05.He's watching. Let me tell him. I'm bringing this home for you my old
:35:06. > :35:08.mate. Talking about setting the scene and creating the image. It
:35:09. > :35:12.hits it perfectly. How was that process writing that song and
:35:13. > :35:16.putting that feeling down in words? Every night I'm the last one to say
:35:17. > :35:21.good night to him. He says - dad, read me a story much I go, what
:35:22. > :35:27.about? He says, make it up. What about? Bat Macman Superman or
:35:28. > :35:33.Spider-Man. So the song was written. He plays it when I'm away from home.
:35:34. > :35:40.When I'm on tur or something. When I come home he never plays it. It's
:35:41. > :35:46.weird. Bless him. Aidan. I never get to put my song to bed much I was
:35:47. > :35:54.listening to it and I got sad on the way Did you? Home. I'm going to cry.
:35:55. > :35:59.Have you got any kids? No. Plenty of time. You go through the writing
:36:00. > :36:05.process. You have to write loads of jokes they are one liners. You have
:36:06. > :36:10.to write 1,000 to get 250 good ones, is that true? The audience decide.
:36:11. > :36:14.There is a quote by an American comedian called Lenny Bruce he said,
:36:15. > :36:18.the audience is a genius. . Side what is and isn't funny. You tell
:36:19. > :36:27.and audience they will tell you what they like. Instantly. I bet Rod gets
:36:28. > :36:31.it. You will say this is the single. The audience will tell you what they
:36:32. > :36:35.are core keen on. As far as your venues, the size of them is
:36:36. > :36:41.concerned, they differ greatly. You do intimate. They are all stadiums?
:36:42. > :36:48.Next June, they are. Yeah. All my boys will be there. That feeling for
:36:49. > :36:54.you, do you prefer it. Is it getting loads of people in one place at one
:36:55. > :36:57.time or do you prefer the feeling. It's an outdoor show and the weather
:36:58. > :37:02.is great it has a carnival atmosphere. Everyone has a few
:37:03. > :37:05.tipples. They enjoy the show. When it's raining the British are great.
:37:06. > :37:13.They don't care. They are used to it. It's... I prefer both. I love
:37:14. > :37:17.the outdoor shows. I love the intimacy of, let's say - That venue
:37:18. > :37:22.in Las Vegas is incredible. People spend their lives in front of
:37:23. > :37:26.screens, computers and TVs. They like going out to stuff. To feel
:37:27. > :37:32.part of a crowd and sing-a-long. It's a will havely experience. You
:37:33. > :37:36.like to hear the ad libs. You don't like the big stages because of that?
:37:37. > :37:40.It's different with comedy. I want people at the back of the theatre to
:37:41. > :37:46.be able to shout out and be part of the show. The audience are a big
:37:47. > :37:50.part of it. I will write jokes, 70% 80%. On a good night it's the
:37:51. > :37:58.audience heckling and being rude to me. How do you go about writing a
:37:59. > :38:06.joke? Backwards. How do you mean The punch line and go back. How about my
:38:07. > :38:10.socks? Stripy jocks. They are absolutely useless and don't go with
:38:11. > :38:15.anything else I'm wearing. I just noticed. A sock joke. I'll work on
:38:16. > :38:18.it. We will get there. We will give you time. Thank you for the photos
:38:19. > :38:20.coming in with either of these two. We will do something with them. Is
:38:21. > :38:25.there anything we can show? Yes. Rod's tour starts in Norwich
:38:26. > :38:29.on the 4th June. Time now to return to that lethal
:38:30. > :38:32.looking stone staircase This is the moment that Gyles
:38:33. > :38:54.recreated the famous scene from Can our stunt team recreate the
:38:55. > :38:59.legendary Norman Wisdom stunt on a set of stone steps without breaking
:39:00. > :39:02.any bones? A special effects team has redesigned the wheelchair and
:39:03. > :39:08.run tests on it is durability ready for Theo and Jamie to plan the
:39:09. > :39:14.safest way to perform the stunt. I put a huge amount of trust in Jamie.
:39:15. > :39:19.He has more experience than I do. Once he feels that he has looked at
:39:20. > :39:23.every aspect safety wise, he's confident with that, that puts a
:39:24. > :39:29.huge amount of confidence in me to just do my job. Biggest issue we'll
:39:30. > :39:32.have is the chair flipping. Maybe catching the edge of the railing.
:39:33. > :39:36.Maybe the wheel getting caught and flipping me out of the chair.
:39:37. > :39:41.Throwing you down. You don't have brakes on there. If things start to
:39:42. > :39:47.go wrong, it's probably going to be a lot harder to sort things out.
:39:48. > :39:50.Then you are committed. I think it's very much getting the alignment
:39:51. > :39:55.right. Making sure the wheels are on track and then doing the best job.
:39:56. > :40:01.With the serious issue of not being able to control the wheelchair's
:40:02. > :40:07.speed, Jamie has deviced a safety system using rope -- devise. The
:40:08. > :40:12.rope will be attached to a 4x4. It will run through a series of Pulis
:40:13. > :40:16.before being fastened to the back of the wheelchair. The wheelchair speed
:40:17. > :40:19.can then be kept constant. With each rehearsal Theo is gaining confidence
:40:20. > :40:26.to attempt the stone steps without the rope system. Jamie has his
:40:27. > :40:30.concerns. I think what you're going to get now, looking at what you're
:40:31. > :40:39.doing now, you go from the top you will just be... I think it will be
:40:40. > :40:43.out of control. The teamsome now concerned that the wheelchair is
:40:44. > :40:48.taking a lot of punishment on the hard stone. There's no more time for
:40:49. > :40:51.rehearsals. Can Theo make it down from the top in one piece and
:40:52. > :41:02.without the rope? There's a lot of fuss about nothing
:41:03. > :41:07.going on here. I think it's about time that a true professional, like
:41:08. > :41:10.myself, showed these boys how to entertain an audience. This goes
:41:11. > :42:16.around here. That goes there. I'm telling you, Norman Wisdom
:42:17. > :42:21.earned that knighthood. Oh, anyone got a cushion!
:42:22. > :42:36.APPLAUSE. It worked! Very good. Have you two
:42:37. > :42:40.taken out insurance on Gyles, are you trying to kill him?
:42:41. > :42:43.In a moment we'll be meeting two of the stars of the biggest show
:42:44. > :42:46.Yes, Strictly Come Dancing's Anton and Katie are standing by
:42:47. > :42:49.and they're about to hear what two Strictly Superfans really think
:42:50. > :42:52.First, Mike is giving his own judgement
:42:53. > :42:58.Please welcome to the dancefloor, the Rufus Grasshopper.
:42:59. > :43:04.Across the UK the mating season brings out some pretty nifty dance
:43:05. > :43:09.moves. It isn't just the larger animals who strut their stuff in
:43:10. > :43:13.search of love. Deep in the undergrowth, here on the Devon
:43:14. > :43:21.coast, there is a tiny creature with a dance to rival any animal in the
:43:22. > :43:27.country. The grasshopper. There are over 10,000 species worldwide. Their
:43:28. > :43:33.preference for warmer cloy mates mean only 11 call the UK their home
:43:34. > :43:37.thechl are some of the most easily identified of all British insects
:43:38. > :43:41.thech have strong back legs, able to jump over 20 times their own body
:43:42. > :43:47.length. If you're not actually able to see them, you will certainly be
:43:48. > :43:52.able to hear them. Each species has its own unique sound. They make
:43:53. > :43:58.their sounds by rubbing their legs against their wings. Today I'm on
:43:59. > :44:03.the search for the Rufus Grasshopper. Their song is the key
:44:04. > :44:08.to finding them. There is no-one better at recognising this serenade
:44:09. > :44:12.than insect expert, John Walters. John, top tips for looking for this
:44:13. > :44:18.rare specialised grasshopper? It looks similar to the grasshoppers
:44:19. > :44:24.you would find in your garden. This has some amazing antennae, which you
:44:25. > :44:29.will see in a minute. It likes warm south facing grasslands with sun
:44:30. > :44:34.pockets in. With their distinctive call all around we split up to try
:44:35. > :44:38.and find some. Most grasshoppers pursue their mates purely with song.
:44:39. > :44:44.The Rufus Grasshopper has an extraordinary dance routine that I'm
:44:45. > :44:50.hoping to see. We soon hit the jackpot. Rod sets up his specialist
:44:51. > :44:55.micro camera. There is a female with a male waiting in the wings. We
:44:56. > :44:59.sneak in for a front row seat hoping to watch the romance build. They
:45:00. > :45:04.love living on these steep south-facing banks like this because
:45:05. > :45:07.it's a bit tricky to keep in position, almost sliding down here.
:45:08. > :45:13.These are sun traps, particularly this time of year. Here we go. He's
:45:14. > :45:18.going for it. He spotted the female. Trying to get head on so she can see
:45:19. > :45:23.the pouts. He is trying to get her attention. There we go. There we go.
:45:24. > :45:30.He has spotted her. Now will he do the display? Wonderful. Straight
:45:31. > :45:33.head on there. Now starting the lug clockwork motion. I love the way he
:45:34. > :45:40.ticks his head from side to side. It's gorgeous. Here we go, waggle of
:45:41. > :45:45.the pouts. There we go. He flicks them down. A little bit of a song.
:45:46. > :46:18.Chirping there. He is working his magic. What a dance.
:46:19. > :46:25.Despite his best effort it seems the mail's dance moves do not quite
:46:26. > :46:29.sweet this female off her feet. I have watched these hundreds of times
:46:30. > :46:34.and I have never ever seen the mail successfully caught the female. She
:46:35. > :46:39.is sitting there and letting him do a super display today. Look at that.
:46:40. > :46:41.Despite his best moves they were unlucky.
:46:42. > :46:43.Despite his best moves, unlucky grasshopper, I'm going to have to
:46:44. > :46:55.Talking of Strictly, we're joined by Anton and Katie now.
:46:56. > :46:58.It's been up and down for you two, but let's have a look
:46:59. > :47:06.at the dance that saw you top the leaderboard, the Waltz.
:47:07. > :47:30.CHEERING Oh, happy days.
:47:31. > :47:36.That was a good night. What is the planned for this weekend? More of
:47:37. > :47:47.the same. The quick step this weekend. How is that going? Not bad,
:47:48. > :47:54.I think he is quite good at it. You know you have to do a thing called a
:47:55. > :47:58.director's take and, look like you are interested, so we filmed it and
:47:59. > :48:04.sent it off to the director of the show. And we did it today for the
:48:05. > :48:07.first time and it went well. Normally it is an nightmare. It
:48:08. > :48:17.looked good, with all the steps in the right order. Go for it. It is OK
:48:18. > :48:25.for you. Because this has not happened a lot to you. Apart from
:48:26. > :48:31.when you were with Ann Widdecombe, what dads are you looking forward to
:48:32. > :48:35.doing with Katie? The quick step. I am looking forward to the quick step
:48:36. > :48:39.this week and there is a dance I have never had the opportunity to do
:48:40. > :48:50.on a Strictly Come Dancing, and that is the showdowns. Don't patronise
:48:51. > :49:01.me. I have never had the chance because I have never made the final.
:49:02. > :49:04.I have so much... So much to give. It is actually 15 minutes long and
:49:05. > :49:09.it will be a lovely surprise for Katie. Tonight you are going
:49:10. > :49:13.to be judged by members of the public.
:49:14. > :49:21.Please welcome Strictly Superfans, Carol and Derek Lea from Wigan.
:49:22. > :49:26.They know what they are talking about.
:49:27. > :49:34.You have been watching with interest as you do every year. Come over
:49:35. > :49:41.here, so we can see you. Top tips for Katie and Anton for this
:49:42. > :49:48.weekend. Katie and Anton, with Len being a purist, make sure that you
:49:49. > :49:53.can identify the dance that you are doing straightaway, not too much
:49:54. > :50:03.faffing about. OK, good. That is technical. Katie, I think you should
:50:04. > :50:07.loosen up, and you must feel the music and let it flow all through
:50:08. > :50:17.your body. You have got to feel the music. Right. This is 44 years of
:50:18. > :50:21.experience and we have got a wonderful picture of you both when
:50:22. > :50:28.you first met and you go dancing every week? I was 15 and he was 17
:50:29. > :50:37.and we met on the dance floor. And the first dance was a waltz. When
:50:38. > :51:06.Anton was born. We would love to see a cha-cha. You are good at that.
:51:07. > :51:15.That was beautiful. Derek and Carol Lea from Wigan.
:51:16. > :51:18.Now, Anita will be dancing the Jive this weekend on Strictly.
:51:19. > :51:27.First, here she is meeting a soldier who fully deserves the George Cross
:51:28. > :51:39.He's called Chris Finney and just wait until you hear his story.
:51:40. > :51:49.The 21st of March we went into Iraq. We were with the squad and within
:51:50. > :51:56.our troop of four vehicles, we were going very slowly between a small
:51:57. > :51:59.village and a river and it was a relatively straightforward task.
:52:00. > :52:10.What nobody realised was that flying overhead were two US tank buster
:52:11. > :52:14.aircrafts. The US crew had spotted that Chris and his convoy could not
:52:15. > :52:24.make up their minds as to who they were, where they friend or foe?
:52:25. > :52:33.Despite the pilot's concerns, the decision was taken to open fire. The
:52:34. > :52:38.ban was huge. There was an explosion and spots and flames all around and
:52:39. > :52:43.I did not know what was happening. Clearly our vehicle was destroyed or
:52:44. > :52:49.going to be. I heard Alan shouting, he was my gunner on the same vehicle
:52:50. > :52:53.is me. Alan had been shot in the leg and was trapped in the gun turret.
:52:54. > :52:58.Now engulfed in flames Chris made a snap decision to return to the
:52:59. > :53:05.vehicle. I grabbed Alan by his shirt and I dragged him around the front
:53:06. > :53:10.of the vehicle and I tapped him in so the vehicles would go over the
:53:11. > :53:14.top of us. The troops set up red smoke to signal they were allied
:53:15. > :53:18.force, but it was not enough and the tank busters return for another
:53:19. > :53:24.attack. Alan would have died if he had been left. This time Chris was
:53:25. > :53:29.hit as he shielded his comrades. I was losing a fair bit of blood and I
:53:30. > :53:34.lay down with Alan and I put my arm around him. I thought he was dead at
:53:35. > :53:39.the time. Despite his injuries Chris again thought of someone other than
:53:40. > :53:44.himself. The symmetry tank behind him was also on fire. I could still
:53:45. > :53:50.hear the gunner from that vehicle. He was clearly in trouble. Chris
:53:51. > :53:55.attempted a second rescue but the flames were too much. We went to
:53:56. > :54:03.have a look and you could not go in there. You wanted to give a shot to
:54:04. > :54:09.try and help, but unfortunately I could not. To help allied forces
:54:10. > :54:14.recognise one another each vehicle displays an agreed colour, but the
:54:15. > :54:21.Americans had mistaken the panels on Chris's convoy as rocket used by the
:54:22. > :54:25.enemy. Alan no longer wants to relive the event, but for the first
:54:26. > :54:29.time in six years Chris is being reunited with Paul Scott whose
:54:30. > :54:37.convoy was alongside Chris's when he saved Alan's life. Neither will
:54:38. > :54:47.forget that day. How are you doing? All right? Not bad. What was the
:54:48. > :54:51.first you knew something was up? I heard the attack and I assumed they
:54:52. > :54:57.were helping us out. Everyone was in shock trying to understand what had
:54:58. > :55:06.happened. The moment the US pilot realised their mistake is also on
:55:07. > :55:16.tape. British soldier Matty Hull lost his life. They overstepped the
:55:17. > :55:21.mark, it was just a day at the office. At 19 Chris Finney became
:55:22. > :55:27.the youngest ever military recipient of the George Cross. Instituted by
:55:28. > :55:30.King George VI at the height of the Blitz, it recognises civilian
:55:31. > :55:39.bravery and was awarded to Chris for an act of courage performed in the
:55:40. > :55:44.absence of the enemy. It is such a young age to do such a remarkable
:55:45. > :55:50.thing. It was pretty amazing. What did the Queen say to you? She said
:55:51. > :55:58.it had been a long time since she had given one before. If it were not
:55:59. > :56:04.for Chris's bravery that they more lives would have been lost. 75 years
:56:05. > :56:07.after the creation of the George Cross King George himself would say
:56:08. > :56:09.that Chris had done his country proud.
:56:10. > :56:12.There will be a Royal British Legion Festival of Rememberance this
:56:13. > :56:22.Rod, you are performing at the Royal Albert Hall, it must be a big
:56:23. > :56:32.honour. Of course it is. I have written a song. From all the stories
:56:33. > :56:36.my brothers and sisters Toby about my mum and dad and what London was
:56:37. > :56:43.like during the war, I have written a song about that. It is on the
:56:44. > :56:52.album. Yes. And that moment when the poppies fall. Do not tell me, I am
:56:53. > :56:58.going to cry. How can you do that without crying? There are plenty of
:56:59. > :57:05.rehearsals, so I get used to it. Are we finished? I have missed the
:57:06. > :57:10.football. We asked everybody to send in photos if they had met you.
:57:11. > :57:18.We have had hundreds. We are going to guess. Here is a picture of
:57:19. > :57:31.somebody, a lovely lady called Lillian. Who is it? It could be
:57:32. > :57:41.Anton? We are going Rod. Who could this be? Gemma has met somebody.
:57:42. > :57:56.With that bloody, old tweed jacket, it has to be you. The last one. This
:57:57. > :58:06.is Michael. It is on a train, so it is not him. Are you saying it is
:58:07. > :58:12.you? I have got to show this one that has come in. Dave's wide Pat
:58:13. > :58:18.has sent this one end. Why are you looking at me? There is my old mate
:58:19. > :58:26.at the end. And there is a little Rod Stewart. Where did you get that
:58:27. > :58:31.from? You can take that home. Can I really?
:58:32. > :58:33.Thanks to Rod Jimmy, Katie and Anton.
:58:34. > :58:35.Tickets for Jimmy and Rod's tours are on sale now,
:58:36. > :58:39.Rod's album Another Country is out now and of course Strictly will be
:58:40. > :58:51.If any thing that Rod or Jimmy have let slip tonight, we apologise.
:58:52. > :58:53.Tomorrow I'll be here with James Martin and Alexander Armstrong.
:58:54. > :58:57.I'm off to Lands End to start the Rickshaw Challenge so I'll see you
:58:58. > :59:10.Hello, I'm Sophie Long with your 90-second update.
:59:11. > :59:13.Flights to the UK from Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt