:00:16. > :00:21.Hello and welcome to The One Show with Matt Baker.
:00:22. > :00:37.For a little while longer. It is starting to feel real now. It is
:00:38. > :00:42.exciting, but later, I have arranged for someone to give you help and
:00:43. > :00:48.advice in what is to come over the next few weeks. This is Sarah-Jayne.
:00:49. > :00:55.She shared her Labour win over a quarter of a million strangers.
:00:56. > :01:00.Brave. She did this online. She is there to answer any queries you
:01:01. > :01:05.might have. I have a long list of questions. How long have we got? We
:01:06. > :01:06.have a lot of excitement here because the guests have promised to
:01:07. > :01:26.arrive in style. They are coming in pairs. We are
:01:27. > :01:31.looking for the Hairy Bikers, of course. Hang on a minute. Where are
:01:32. > :01:48.Si and David? Nice to see you. Are you well?
:01:49. > :01:55.Lovely to see you. Have we ditched the bikes? No. This is just a
:01:56. > :02:02.transgression. Is it because you are doing comfort food and you are
:02:03. > :02:08.trying to keep the calories of? I don't know. We will talk all about
:02:09. > :02:10.the series in a little bit. It has not necessarily been a happy New
:02:11. > :02:12.Year for those using the railways this week.
:02:13. > :02:15.Fares have gone up by an average 2.3% and passengers have been hit,
:02:16. > :02:28.Dom has been to see if concerns over driver only trains stack up.
:02:29. > :02:35.You probably don't travel on Southern but spare a thought for
:02:36. > :02:40.those who do. They have faced repeated strikes, staff shortages
:02:41. > :02:45.and cancellations. The bill for lost fares and compensation is ?38
:02:46. > :02:49.million and it is affecting their well-being, mental health and
:02:50. > :02:54.ability to make a living. I resigned on Friday. Every day I have had
:02:55. > :03:00.delays. I have not got home for my son. I have been crying on the train
:03:01. > :03:04.because I have had to say good night to him on the train. What is the
:03:05. > :03:12.dispute about? The company running the franchise wants to convert
:03:13. > :03:16.guards into on-board supervisors, which means responsibility for
:03:17. > :03:20.opening and closing doors moves to train drivers and if the supervisor
:03:21. > :03:26.is not available, the train can still run. The unions say it is not
:03:27. > :03:31.safe. There is a need for a guard on the train, to ensure you do not rely
:03:32. > :03:35.on one person to look after passengers on trains that are more
:03:36. > :03:40.and more overcrowded. But if you travel on other parts of the
:03:41. > :03:45.network, you will know that is exactly what happens. 30% of the
:03:46. > :03:49.network is driver only including this train travelling to London
:03:50. > :03:56.Liverpool Street. You are on a train without a guard, did you know that?
:03:57. > :04:01.Does it worry you? Yes. Because I feel they should have won in case
:04:02. > :04:07.someone is ill, somebody with children. You need someone in charge
:04:08. > :04:13.of who is coming and going. The driver? The driver, yes. It would be
:04:14. > :04:18.nice if you saw a guard walking up and down, particularly, I think, of
:04:19. > :04:25.an evening. Do you know if it has wanted a? I have no idea. Do you
:04:26. > :04:30.feel less safe if I tell you there is no God? It does not matter. The
:04:31. > :04:36.rail safety and standards board said the Southern proposals are safe.
:04:37. > :04:40.They have been used since 1982. They are used all the time in London
:04:41. > :04:45.underground and on international networks. Is it all about safety? I
:04:46. > :04:51.spoke to the board and they seem not to think so. It is and the Railway
:04:52. > :04:59.safety and standards board is paid for by the employers. They produced
:05:00. > :05:02.a report that says how you can get rid of the guard off each train
:05:03. > :05:06.which for a safety board, called independent, is pretty worrying. An
:05:07. > :05:13.independent expert says the RMT safety fears are valid. The concern
:05:14. > :05:18.now art nouveau using one person may be a 12 coach train with platforms
:05:19. > :05:22.that are crowded. The drivers said the camera provided are not
:05:23. > :05:27.necessarily good enough to spot that. The guards said there is
:05:28. > :05:35.nothing as good as a pair of eyes. If the RMT is objecting to driver
:05:36. > :05:38.only on Southern when it has accepted it elsewhere, some ask if
:05:39. > :05:47.there is a political reason for the strikes. The union will lose its
:05:48. > :05:54.ability when drivers are controlling the doors. The great newspaper The
:05:55. > :05:56.Times did spread the other week where they talked about the left
:05:57. > :06:03.trying to bring the government down and it had the shop stewards network
:06:04. > :06:08.and the RMT, left wing organisations, coordinating to bring
:06:09. > :06:14.the government down. Shock horror, we bloody well. Is it about safety
:06:15. > :06:23.or politics? Solly about safety first and last. 100%? 110%. If you
:06:24. > :06:31.spit on your own they wipe it away but if we split together we can
:06:32. > :06:35.drown them. It is politics, surely. Your president is singing a
:06:36. > :06:40.different him. It is fantasy to say our members on Southern are part of
:06:41. > :06:46.a left-wing political conspiracy to take on the government. They are
:06:47. > :06:50.ordinary working people. I tell you what our members say, ordinary
:06:51. > :06:55.working people seeking to keep a guard on the train because they
:06:56. > :07:00.believe it is not safe. The members vote me in every five years and the
:07:01. > :07:05.executive. You have the wrong president because if members say it
:07:06. > :07:09.is about safety and they vote the strikes, and your president says no,
:07:10. > :07:16.and it is about bringing the government down, your president...
:07:17. > :07:20.This is a dispute led by ordinary working people seeking to defend the
:07:21. > :07:25.role of the guard and ensure trains are safe. This is what the dispute
:07:26. > :07:33.is about first and last and will continue to be about. As you said in
:07:34. > :07:36.the film, 30% of trains are driver only and the unions seem to have
:07:37. > :07:43.signed off on them and there is a reason they are now disputing?
:07:44. > :07:49.Southern are not laying anybody. There are no pay cuts. They said
:07:50. > :07:53.they will use driver only when circumstances dictate. The drivers
:07:54. > :07:57.union stated they never supported driver only trains but agreements in
:07:58. > :08:03.place, they could not argue the point. They say trains are not safe.
:08:04. > :08:09.Today, the Office of Road and Rail said following inspection of the
:08:10. > :08:14.trains they are satisfied suitable equipment, competent procedures, it
:08:15. > :08:19.is a safe method of working. On the flip unions emphasise the warnings
:08:20. > :08:27.like equipment and procedures in place. It is all arguing still.
:08:28. > :08:31.There are more strikes planned but measures being put in place to ease
:08:32. > :08:36.the pressure? There are strikes coming up but at the moment the
:08:37. > :08:42.Confederation of passenger transport say they will lay on 200 coaches
:08:43. > :08:52.paid for by Southern. Priority will be given to key workers like nurses,
:08:53. > :08:55.police, firefighters, TV presenters! National Express will put on a
:08:56. > :09:04.service on certain lines like Brighton to London. Coaches versus
:09:05. > :09:08.rail. Exactly. Nothing more depressing when they say get off and
:09:09. > :09:15.get on the bus. Even more depressing for commuters, it may spread across
:09:16. > :09:23.the country. It is not looking good. Merseyrail said they plan to bring
:09:24. > :09:28.in driver-only operated trains. Also London Midland, South West Trains,
:09:29. > :09:31.also reporting they might. The RMT says if that happens you might be
:09:32. > :09:34.looking at more strikes. Not good news. Thanks.
:09:35. > :09:37.Now, it's the time of year when lifeboat crews across the country
:09:38. > :09:41.In just the last 48 hours, 16 lifeboats have been launched,
:09:42. > :09:44.with strong winds and rough seas to contend with.
:09:45. > :09:47.Recently, it was the 50th anniversary of one of the RNLI's
:09:48. > :09:50.most dramatic rescues, and we've been given
:09:51. > :09:57.exclusive access to the brave volunteers who were involved.
:09:58. > :10:07.50 years ago this winter, RNLI cruising Wales were called out to
:10:08. > :10:12.one of the most treacherous and daring rescues to date. A Greek
:10:13. > :10:15.freighter Nafsiporos was sailing between Liverpool and Belfast when
:10:16. > :10:23.storms hit and her engines failed. The ship and crew were stranded. It
:10:24. > :10:28.was very nasty. Things are getting drastic. The Holyhead lifeboat was
:10:29. > :10:37.the first on the scene. It was blowing an absolute hurricane. It
:10:38. > :10:41.was out to 100 mile per hour storm. I had no clue what would happen. I
:10:42. > :10:49.was the new kid on the block but I learned quick. Unbelievable. It was
:10:50. > :10:56.like climbing mountains. Up one and down the other. You could not drive
:10:57. > :11:11.through them. The second officer was on board the Greek freighter. The
:11:12. > :11:15.vessel, because of the rolling, the chain. Visibility was reduced,
:11:16. > :11:26.making it a struggle to locate the ship. The waves were pushing us. The
:11:27. > :11:36.strong winds, to the rocks. The rocks look like knives. Big knives.
:11:37. > :11:42.Time was running out. When we got to the casualty, when we got alongside,
:11:43. > :11:48.I knew straightaway what to do, it is instinctive. You had to get these
:11:49. > :11:51.guys. The lifeboat from the Nafsiporos was detached and hanging
:11:52. > :12:01.off the ship, making the rescue more dangerous. The lifeboat is quite a
:12:02. > :12:03.big thing. You went back and forth. The rowers came through the cabin.
:12:04. > :12:23.Most of the people... The Greek sailors, that is their
:12:24. > :12:27.life. We had to drag them off. The crew managed to get five of the
:12:28. > :12:33.Greek sailors aboard before having to pull away because of damage to
:12:34. > :12:37.their boat. Another Anglesey crew had arrived and were able to
:12:38. > :12:45.continue the rescue. Both lifeboats returned to Holyhead together. You
:12:46. > :12:49.don't think of the danger. You get on with the job. If you are going to
:12:50. > :12:55.go, you are going to go. It is quick. I was never frightened. Our
:12:56. > :13:02.job was to go there, get the crew off the ship and bring them ashore,
:13:03. > :13:07.which is what we did. In a mission lasting 24 hours, the volunteer
:13:08. > :13:12.lifeboat men managed to rescue 15 Greek sailors. And, thankfully,
:13:13. > :13:20.despite appalling conditions, no lives were lost. All the lifeboat
:13:21. > :13:26.men were honoured with medals at the time for their bravery and to mark
:13:27. > :13:28.the occasion 50 years later, the RNLI are resenting the surviving
:13:29. > :13:35.crew men with special commemorative awards. Although unable to travel
:13:36. > :13:37.here today, the second officer from the Greek vessel has sent a message
:13:38. > :14:02.to express his gratitude. We achieved something, to save those
:14:03. > :14:07.lives. Because of us he is a grandfather and a happy one. It is a
:14:08. > :14:15.nice thought. Not many people say that. There has never been a thank
:14:16. > :14:20.you. We take it for granted. It is a job. We do not do it to be
:14:21. > :14:26.recognised. We do it because we are members of the RNLI. I am proud of
:14:27. > :14:35.my career and would do it tomorrow if I had the chance. Thank you,
:14:36. > :14:42.thank you. Dave, we were talking about the RNLI and the fact you had
:14:43. > :14:47.a place of Roa Island. It is half a mile off Barrow in Furness. I lived
:14:48. > :14:51.there are about ten years. Just up from the lifeboat station and a lot
:14:52. > :15:02.of my mates were lifeboat men. Especially Chunky. We have a
:15:03. > :15:12.picture. That is not in his lifeboat man garb. He is going to kill us! He
:15:13. > :15:16.was great. I would go for a cup of tea and we would ask advice. We
:15:17. > :15:22.would set out for the Isle of Man but because of the prevailing wind
:15:23. > :15:28.would turn up in Whitehaven! To be fair, you ended up in Fleetwood
:15:29. > :15:34.once. That was thanks to Chunky. It is like ballooning, you're sailing.
:15:35. > :15:39.Abstract expressionist sailing. We were supposed to be in the Isle of
:15:40. > :15:43.Man because we were filming. We were supposed to take the catamaran from
:15:44. > :15:48.Roa Island and we had a crew and it started to get rough and it was
:15:49. > :15:53.awful. He popped his head up above the cockpit and said Will you get me
:15:54. > :16:01.off this flaming thing? We went, shall we go to Fleetwood, Dave? We
:16:02. > :16:06.called the lifeboat man and said what do you reckon? He said you daft
:16:07. > :16:09.beggars, get into Fleetwood. We have the crew on the Isle of Man and hat
:16:10. > :16:15.to phone them from a chip shop in Fleetwood.
:16:16. > :16:22.You have got a programme all about comfort food. It is the perfect time
:16:23. > :16:27.of year for it in January. Who doesn't like a bit of comfort food?
:16:28. > :16:31.It is all about nostalgic food, isn't it? What did you grow up on?
:16:32. > :16:36.We have pictures of you as little boys here, which are very sweet.
:16:37. > :16:40.That is you, Dave. That is me, my dad and my mum at Christmas. Very
:16:41. > :16:49.posh around yours! What were you eating? That is me on my dad's
:16:50. > :16:55.scooter. We had a sugar basin which fit a tin of salmon, butter, brown
:16:56. > :17:02.bread. If you make the tin last a second day, my dad would mash it up
:17:03. > :17:09.with a boiled egg and make spread. Look at this picture! That's me dad
:17:10. > :17:20.standing there really proud! That was in... Which one is you! I got
:17:21. > :17:26.two types of nits. One of the monkey and one off the flaming parrot!
:17:27. > :17:32.That's the first time on a motorbike. That is my dad's Phantom.
:17:33. > :17:38.I would hold the handle bars when he was up the back street, coming back
:17:39. > :17:44.from work. You like mince and mash. Anything with gravy and mash. You
:17:45. > :17:52.two have... We have dirty, guilty secrets! I don't know about everyone
:17:53. > :17:57.watching... In the series we cook beautiful food. The best we have
:17:58. > :18:01.ever cooked. We have gone back in the minds of our mind and I came up
:18:02. > :18:07.with this one, it is Marmite and marmalade. So, you see it is sweet
:18:08. > :18:14.and sour. I like both separately. But never together! It works. Some
:18:15. > :18:20.we made earlier. As pregnant woman, who knows. It may be the best thing
:18:21. > :18:27.ever! Yes! It's good! I love it! That is
:18:28. > :18:34.delicious. Then it goes a bit quirky! What do you mean? This is
:18:35. > :18:40.good student food. It is meaty sweet! What about the cheese and
:18:41. > :18:45.biscuits then? A bit of a guilty food pleasure, this. I mean I've
:18:46. > :18:52.gone a bit posh because I'm not just squeezing it into my mouth now and
:18:53. > :19:04.eating pineapple chunk, I have it on a biscuit. Now according to the
:19:05. > :19:15.Dicktry... Can you do healthy eating with comfort food? You fluctuate,
:19:16. > :19:20.you go as dieters one minute and then comfort food the next. We are
:19:21. > :19:30.normal people. One of the most comforting things I love is a roast
:19:31. > :19:36.chicken dinner. I have to cut down on the spuds. That is because you
:19:37. > :19:40.have to. One of the... One of the stuff that my mum used to do, it was
:19:41. > :19:46.flat rib broth. It is healthy. There's no fat in it.
:19:47. > :19:50.Full of goodness as well. Quickly, mean you've got chefs and people
:19:51. > :19:55.from all over the world involved as well. So who do you think does the
:19:56. > :20:05.best comfort food? Is it us? Yes. It is. And it's great because we the
:20:06. > :20:09.multi-cultural nature of our society has brought all that together.
:20:10. > :20:16.Comfort food, there is so much and so many. We hope so, because we're
:20:17. > :20:21.going to do a new series! Put in the Marmite and the
:20:22. > :20:27.marmalade. You can see it every weekday afternoon. It is pub grub
:20:28. > :20:32.tomorrow. Yes. Very nice. We are sticking now with nostalgic dishes
:20:33. > :20:37.because the latest instalment of Ricky's A to Z of British food is up
:20:38. > :20:45.next. We are up to F. We have not gone far! See what you think!
:20:46. > :20:52.I'm on a journey across the country to discover Britain's best regional
:20:53. > :20:58.food. And I'm using your suggestions to
:20:59. > :21:05.guide me. We map the A to Z of brilliant British food.
:21:06. > :21:12.You sent me loads of suggestions for F. Stuart Evans wasn't the only one
:21:13. > :21:18.to suggest to me to head north. Loads of you suggested fish and
:21:19. > :21:33.chips. I headed to Harrogate to try a fats aal. Dozens of -- dozens of
:21:34. > :21:38.you tempted me with faggots. They were popular in South Wales, during
:21:39. > :21:45.rationing after the Second World War. I have come to a food market to
:21:46. > :21:52.meet fifth generation butcher, Chris, known for his faggots: Come
:21:53. > :21:58.on in. Our faggots are made to a traditional Welsh family recipe. My
:21:59. > :22:04.grandmothers, and it is all fresh ingredients. What is in it? Onions,
:22:05. > :22:09.belly pork. My secret ingredients, fresh liver and some dry bread. Have
:22:10. > :22:12.you ever changed the faggots to make them more modern? We have changed
:22:13. > :22:18.them in the past, but we always keep on coming back to this simple
:22:19. > :22:23.recipe. It is fool-proof. Years ago it was a waste product. It was all
:22:24. > :22:28.the waste from the pig. The only waste on a pig is its squeal.
:22:29. > :22:33.Once the ingredients have been mixed, Chris rolls them into balls
:22:34. > :22:37.and pops them into the oven. While our faggots cook away, I will speak
:22:38. > :22:44.to the people of Carmarthen and see what they think about one of the key
:22:45. > :22:47.ingredients - ofal. Awfully good or bad? Awful!
:22:48. > :22:56.Awful! It is terrible! It is wonderful. You
:22:57. > :23:03.like it? Especially faggots. Faggots It is bad. I am a child of the war.
:23:04. > :23:09.You made use of any bits. Do you think we should make more use of it?
:23:10. > :23:13.The animal is dead, why waste it. After a while the faggots are there
:23:14. > :23:17.for me to taste. Oh, really good. They are moist. They are like a
:23:18. > :23:22.meatball. It is fat-free, just about. We could modernise the way
:23:23. > :23:29.they look maybe a little bit, maybe we would get people to fall in love
:23:30. > :23:34.with ofal again. Let's do it. All they need is a makeover. I am going
:23:35. > :23:38.to dress them up, using the best Carmarthen market has to offer. I
:23:39. > :23:46.have been around the market, got my ingredients, now time to jazz up my
:23:47. > :23:51.faggots. For my new-look faggots I need salad, caramelised onions, some
:23:52. > :23:58.bacon, the mixture, of course and a slice of blue cheese, before serving
:23:59. > :24:04.in a brioche bun. Now for a taste test. What will the people of
:24:05. > :24:08.Carmarthen think of my modern, boutique faggots. Would you like to
:24:09. > :24:14.try one? No, thanks. What do you mean, no! Ladies, come on? I could
:24:15. > :24:19.eat and eat it. It is really nice. I am on a diet. Tell them that!
:24:20. > :24:26.Yeah. Would you be prepared to try one for me? No. OK. This character
:24:27. > :24:34.here would. I am not feeding these to the dogs! How could you say, no!
:24:35. > :24:39.? Maybe if nobody tries them. And I have some left! Chris, we have heard
:24:40. > :24:43.what everyone else thinks. You are the man who matters. Tell me what
:24:44. > :24:47.you think of the job I have done with them?
:24:48. > :24:52.To die for! I think a lot of chefs around this
:24:53. > :25:00.area will catch on to this now. They will be copycats. It is good, isn't
:25:01. > :25:09.it? Exceptionally good. Chris, will you do me an honour of sticking
:25:10. > :25:18.these faggots on my map of A to Z of food. That is F ticked off. Where
:25:19. > :25:22.will J take me on my A to Z tour? That sticker they stuck on South
:25:23. > :25:25.Wales was not particularly attractive!
:25:26. > :25:32.LAUGHTER I mean! I am so glad you say that,
:25:33. > :25:35.Alex! I mean, I apologise to everybody watching from the area.
:25:36. > :25:43.You are fans of faggots, aren't they? You? You could do the hairy
:25:44. > :25:48.faggots! There's a certain following we've
:25:49. > :25:53.got, you know! So many programme ideas! It is incredible. Ricky is
:25:54. > :25:57.still on the hunt. You will lose it again, like last night, if you are
:25:58. > :26:05.not careful. It is your last show, isn't it? The last show tonight.
:26:06. > :26:10.As many of you will know, I am off on Fridays because I do Countryfile.
:26:11. > :26:14.This is really our last show together before... We will obviously
:26:15. > :26:22.see each other. Yes. Will you be at the birth, Matt, or not? I don't
:26:23. > :26:26.know. I will see what I'm doing. With all of this in mind we have
:26:27. > :26:29.found somebody to give you a little bit of last-minute advice. I
:26:30. > :26:34.mentioned her at the top of the programme, but this lady, two weeks
:26:35. > :26:38.ago gave birth in front of 250,000 people. You are joking! Sorry it was
:26:39. > :26:49.her labour. The labour! I have juice arrived at the
:26:50. > :27:03.maternity wing. The contractions are coming every
:27:04. > :27:06.five minutes or so. Definitely ... I am in the hospital being monitored
:27:07. > :27:11.at the moment. Can somebody else do this? I don't want to do this bit!
:27:12. > :27:18.It will all be worth it! Hi. It's SJ and baby!
:27:19. > :27:25.Sarah-Jayne joins us live now from Richmond. We have time for a couple
:27:26. > :27:31.of questions. Sarah, Jayne, massive congratulations. The baby is
:27:32. > :27:34.gorgeous. On a scale of one to ten, how much did you want to jump out of
:27:35. > :27:44.the window? Definitely a nine-and-a-half. I did
:27:45. > :27:49.it all on gas and air. It is fine! What kind of reaction did you get
:27:50. > :27:55.and how far afield were people watching you from? Well it was
:27:56. > :27:59.shared on the channel Facebook page, which is an on-line village for
:28:00. > :28:02.mums. Positive from them. As it got wider I think more and more, that we
:28:03. > :28:07.were so shocked so many people watched it. People who thought we
:28:08. > :28:12.shared the actual birth live thought it was crazy. It was just the pre
:28:13. > :28:16.early labour and the birth announcement. Very positive. What
:28:17. > :28:21.did your husband say about all of this? Was he OK with it?
:28:22. > :28:25.Yeah. He was very happy and supportive. The whole family watched
:28:26. > :28:30.from Sweden and in the UK. He was just, we didn't want to share the
:28:31. > :28:34.birth. Even he was not too keen on watching that bit of it. Yeah, he
:28:35. > :28:38.was very supportive. Listen, all the best with everything. Thank you for
:28:39. > :28:43.joining us live here. I know you want your birth to be as private as
:28:44. > :28:47.it can be, but apparently the radio times and BBC One have got together
:28:48. > :28:57.and I mean this is quite extraordinary... To be honest with
:28:58. > :29:02.you... This is birth live on BBC! And we have commissioned these now,
:29:03. > :29:13.Call The Midwife now! And planet birth, and I'm I'm a celebrity get
:29:14. > :29:17.me out of here. That is all we have time for now.
:29:18. > :29:22.Serious comfort food every weekend afternoon.
:29:23. > :29:24.Paddy Kielty's with me tomorrow, and we'll be joined
:29:25. > :29:39.we've run at almost completely 100% capacity.
:29:40. > :29:43.We've got lots of patients now competing. There's no beds.