0:00:18 > 0:00:21Hello and welcome to The One Show with Matt Baker.
0:00:21 > 0:00:22And Angela Scanlon.
0:00:22 > 0:00:24And tonight, we're joined by two guests who've
0:00:24 > 0:00:30hung up their headphones to explore pastures new.
0:00:30 > 0:00:33From producing beats to producing books, it is super dope musician and
0:00:33 > 0:00:35tech wizards will.i.am.
0:00:35 > 0:00:37APPLAUSE
0:00:37 > 0:00:40And taking a break from Radio 2 to take on an epic sporting
0:00:40 > 0:00:42challenge, it's DJ and presenter Zoe Ball!
0:00:42 > 0:00:48APPLAUSE
0:00:48 > 0:00:53Welcome to you both. If you don't mind me asking, Will, it is a big
0:00:53 > 0:00:56night for my family because my age old daughter is performing on stage
0:00:56 > 0:00:59with her friends and they are singing in a big quieter night. I
0:00:59 > 0:01:03was wondering if you might have any words of wisdom more tips on
0:01:03 > 0:01:07performing for an eight-year-old? Performing for an eight-year-old?
0:01:07 > 0:01:15Yeah.Doing The Voice for kids, eight-year-olds are much braver than
0:01:15 > 0:01:23we give them credit for.True.The 12-year-olds get emotional.OK.
0:01:23 > 0:01:28Eight years old, go for gold.Stay with it.The more you encourage
0:01:28 > 0:01:33them, "You're going to do great today and so is your whole squad of
0:01:33 > 0:01:39age old".There you go.Squad!On behalf of Molly and her friends,
0:01:39 > 0:01:45thank you.Her squad! We have lots to talk about with our wonderful
0:01:45 > 0:01:49guests so let's crack on.
0:01:49 > 0:01:51Because tomorrow is Safer Internet Day -
0:01:51 > 0:01:55a day designed to promote the positive use of digital
0:01:55 > 0:01:55technology by children and young people.
0:01:55 > 0:01:58Zoe, you have two children - what have you said to them
0:01:58 > 0:01:59Zoe, you have two children.
0:01:59 > 0:02:02We were talking about it on the way up, how we feel like dinosaurs.
0:02:02 > 0:02:04There's a lot of positives but how do you address the negative side,
0:02:04 > 0:02:09your concerns and their reactions? Keeping them safe, I had it more
0:02:09 > 0:02:13with Woody because as Nell grows up, we're getting the hang of it -- hang
0:02:13 > 0:02:18of it. I'm a technophobe, I like a typewriter and a notepad and vinyl.
0:02:18 > 0:02:21We'll could teach me a thing or two. It is quite hard to know you are
0:02:21 > 0:02:28keeping them safe, like what is it? A firewall? Now all my son wants to
0:02:28 > 0:02:34do is Snapchat when I'm looking terrible, making pasta and doing be
0:02:34 > 0:02:40hoovering. I'm more worried about my safety!You are embracing it. Maggie
0:02:40 > 0:02:45Lieu I am but it is worrying as a parent, how to keep them safe. --I
0:02:45 > 0:02:50am but it is worrying as a parent, how to keep them safe.
0:02:50 > 0:02:53In a moment we're going to be showing you a short film
0:02:53 > 0:02:56which highlights a few of the best - and the nastiest -
0:02:56 > 0:02:57comments children have read on social media,
0:02:57 > 0:02:59and some of it is hard to hear.
0:02:59 > 0:03:02We will get your thoughts on this in a moment.
0:03:02 > 0:03:04This piece was made to launch "Own It" -
0:03:04 > 0:03:06the BBC's new website aimed
0:03:06 > 0:03:08at helping young people stay happy, healthy and safe online.
0:03:08 > 0:03:11And this will give you an idea why it's needed...
0:03:12 > 0:03:15A few of them are just pretty nasty.
0:03:31 > 0:03:33"I like your hair".
0:03:33 > 0:03:34Oh, thanks!
0:03:34 > 0:03:38I have a new haircut now.
0:03:38 > 0:03:39Your brows are literally goals.
0:03:39 > 0:03:44Hashtag on fleek.
0:03:44 > 0:03:48It's a really nice comment for a girl to have so if someone
0:03:48 > 0:03:51tells you you have goals eyebrows, it is like, wow.
0:03:51 > 0:03:54"I love you, you brighten up my day".
0:03:54 > 0:03:58"Your YouTube channel is rubbish and you should delete it".
0:03:58 > 0:04:02"Literally no one wants you around or loves you".
0:04:02 > 0:04:06Hmm, that's not nice.
0:04:06 > 0:04:08"You have no friends and nobody cares about you.
0:04:08 > 0:04:09You're just annoying".
0:04:09 > 0:04:10"Do you know what?
0:04:10 > 0:04:12Nobody likes you, nobody even needs you.
0:04:12 > 0:04:14Nobody even cares about what you think what you want
0:04:14 > 0:04:17and you care about".
0:04:17 > 0:04:21That one's probably the worst one I've read.
0:04:21 > 0:04:27"Do the world a favour and kill yourself".
0:04:27 > 0:04:29"Kill yourself, gay boy.
0:04:29 > 0:04:31You are worthless".
0:04:31 > 0:04:39They are just...
0:04:40 > 0:04:42Such horrible things to have and to receive.
0:04:42 > 0:04:44"You're ugly. Everyone hates you".
0:04:44 > 0:04:46That's...
0:04:46 > 0:04:48I don't know what to say to that.
0:04:48 > 0:04:53It's important to, like, focus on the good things in life.
0:04:53 > 0:04:56Bad things will always be there to push us down but we have
0:04:56 > 0:05:00to get up and we have to keep on going.
0:05:00 > 0:05:02"I'll be there. Don't worry".
0:05:02 > 0:05:05That one gives you a boost, that someone is looking out
0:05:05 > 0:05:08for you and for you.
0:05:08 > 0:05:10for you and caring for you.
0:05:10 > 0:05:13"You're so beautiful and strong. Keep your chin up, honey".
0:05:13 > 0:05:18You should use social media to be nice to people, to be kind,
0:05:18 > 0:05:21to have a bit of a laugh, to have banter with your friends
0:05:21 > 0:05:29but never anything hurtful like the messages in there.
0:05:31 > 0:05:36Very difficult to watch for everyone I'm sure at home as well. Will, when
0:05:36 > 0:05:39technology is something you love, that you are passionate about, that
0:05:39 > 0:05:43can do a lot of good but when you see and hear stories about people
0:05:43 > 0:05:47using it for harmful reasons, what do you think about that? What do you
0:05:47 > 0:05:55think about those people?You know when you watch films like Wild Wild
0:05:55 > 0:05:58West and you see things like bar fights and people doing mean things
0:05:58 > 0:06:03to women and behaving in an civilised way, that is where we are
0:06:03 > 0:06:09with social media and technology. We are not civilised. We say the most
0:06:09 > 0:06:19harmful things, we are inhumane. And it's just adolescents, right? So if
0:06:19 > 0:06:24you think of the stage that we are in with the Internet, it is not 30
0:06:24 > 0:06:29years old, it is not 20 years old, especially the iPhone and social
0:06:29 > 0:06:40media as we know it is not... It is teenagers. Me being an optimist, I
0:06:40 > 0:06:46know that we are going to see a different form of this.Yeah.It is
0:06:46 > 0:06:50a phase.It is like the generation that we are our guinea pigs with it
0:06:50 > 0:06:54and it will, for us it is tough but it will change for those in the
0:06:54 > 0:06:57future.Finding the boundaries.
0:06:57 > 0:06:59BBC Own It is a new service for nine-to-12-year-olds,
0:06:59 > 0:07:02packed with tips, videos and quizzes to help keep them safe online.
0:07:02 > 0:07:10For more info, take a look at bbc.co.uk/ownit.
0:07:10 > 0:07:17We'll's new novel, Wizards And Robots, is out now, aimed at the
0:07:17 > 0:07:19audience we have been talking about.
0:07:19 > 0:07:22Let's bring your writing partner Brian David Johnson in to join us.
0:07:22 > 0:07:28APPLAUSE You have put this together,
0:07:28 > 0:07:31together, and you've kind of described it as Harry Potter meets
0:07:31 > 0:07:36the terminator but how do you want to sell this? Who wants to start?
0:07:36 > 0:07:44Terminator is harsh.But good!It is Harry Potter meets robotics. But not
0:07:44 > 0:07:51a bad robot.That was the idea, to make a young adult novel that is
0:07:51 > 0:07:55action packed, that has a female engineer at the centre. It's about
0:07:55 > 0:07:58an epic battle between wizards and robots but it's always about people
0:07:58 > 0:08:04and very optimistic because we're both optimists.How did you meet
0:08:04 > 0:08:09because your day job is a futurist? First, what is that?I don't make
0:08:09 > 0:08:12predictions, there is no crystal ball or anything like that, I worked
0:08:12 > 0:08:16ten years out with organisations to look ten years out and model the
0:08:16 > 0:08:20positive and negative features and then work with out what you need to
0:08:20 > 0:08:24do today, tomorrow, five years from now to go towards the positive and
0:08:24 > 0:08:28away from the negative.And in music, we work years out, writing
0:08:28 > 0:08:32songs, anticipating how people will react to them. Brian and I were
0:08:32 > 0:08:38working at Intel, and sat in think tanks on how they can bring
0:08:38 > 0:08:46technology to culture and while we were having brainstorming sessions,
0:08:46 > 0:08:51I went off in imagination and and came back with, "Brian, I got a
0:08:51 > 0:08:57phone call, I have this idea... Wizard and robots can imagine
0:08:57 > 0:09:02there's a robot civilisation that has problems they can't solve and
0:09:02 > 0:09:07when we can't solve problems, we pray so if robots had to break, it
0:09:07 > 0:09:11would be to us and if they had time travel, which version of humanity
0:09:11 > 0:09:14would they go to? They would go to the version where they could
0:09:14 > 0:09:17manipulate particles, which is wizards"
0:09:17 > 0:09:22manipulate particles, which is wizards". Let's write this!How did
0:09:22 > 0:09:26that relationship work with the writing? Set the scene for the
0:09:26 > 0:09:31writing side.What would happen is, we got the phone call saying, "We
0:09:31 > 0:09:35need to do this". I got the plane and went down and we basically sat
0:09:35 > 0:09:39in Will's living room on Halloween and mapped the thing out so as we
0:09:39 > 0:09:43went through and do the writing, we would either hang out at his house
0:09:43 > 0:09:46or we were travelling in different cities, like Las Vegas or Seoul and
0:09:46 > 0:09:52we would work together I was reminding you today, I have a
0:09:52 > 0:09:54picture where we were thinking about the particle physics and how it
0:09:54 > 0:09:58might work because the magic is based on particle physics and I have
0:09:58 > 0:10:02pictures of Will working out spells using pistachio shells. You can just
0:10:02 > 0:10:06see his hands. It was mad, from a collaboration standpoint, it would
0:10:06 > 0:10:10not have been more fun.And it is six years in the making, we started
0:10:10 > 0:10:17the project six years ago, we had different iterations from it -- of
0:10:17 > 0:10:22it, we went to ComicCon in 2014 because we have this object that has
0:10:22 > 0:10:26all of the science on spells, the science on robotics and time travel,
0:10:26 > 0:10:34and, you know, the lingua franca.We made up languages for the book.
0:10:34 > 0:10:38Pretty deep.So six years is pretty decent in the grand scheme of
0:10:38 > 0:10:42things.Most people don't have patience to see things through for a
0:10:42 > 0:10:47week let alone six years!Basically looking ahead into the future, do
0:10:47 > 0:10:54people like it?Yes!It's a bestseller.They love the third
0:10:54 > 0:10:58version. We have not even past the second version, it is amazing.I
0:10:58 > 0:11:02remember doing the voice when I was on the phone, I was writing with
0:11:02 > 0:11:10Brian.Two jobs! And AI features heavily in it but you have spoken
0:11:10 > 0:11:15about the kind of threat of artificial intelligence.Know,
0:11:15 > 0:11:18people have spoken on the threat of artificial intelligence.You don't
0:11:18 > 0:11:23think it is a threat?I have a company that created an AI so I
0:11:23 > 0:11:27would not have started the company if I thought it was a thread.So we
0:11:27 > 0:11:37are good to go with AI?Artificial intelligence is a very Bay, broad...
0:11:37 > 0:11:40Spell-check is a version of artificial intelligence, your phone
0:11:40 > 0:11:44making doggies with a selfie is some form of artificial intelligence but
0:11:44 > 0:11:50our AI is a conversational voice operating system and it is used in
0:11:50 > 0:11:55Germany for customer service, to augment a customer service agent to
0:11:55 > 0:11:59make their job easier.Robots going to kill us is the answer I want you
0:11:59 > 0:12:05to give. Are we safe?I know the answer but you can go first.When
0:12:05 > 0:12:11you fly in an aeroplane, it is really a robot.OK. Maggie Lieu nine
0:12:11 > 0:12:14times out of ten, the pilot is not... Autopilot and all the
0:12:14 > 0:12:18gyroscopes and things helping them to fly, and when you get in a Uber
0:12:18 > 0:12:24five years from now that is automated, that is a robot.My
0:12:24 > 0:12:31question is do you want the robots do not kill you?Ideally not.So
0:12:31 > 0:12:34let's design them that way, they don't get to decide, we do and that
0:12:34 > 0:12:36is the idea of the future in the book, giving people turn to future
0:12:36 > 0:12:41is where we can have a good Russian ship and robots are designed to help
0:12:41 > 0:12:46take care of us.More of all of that. Wizards And Robots is out now.
0:12:46 > 0:12:53Brian, I'm going to have to get your number because that is
0:12:54 > 0:12:56number because that is the first time I have felt safe about the
0:12:56 > 0:12:58future!He's afraid of Twitter.The same thing happened with
0:12:58 > 0:13:03electricity, " is it going to fry us? We are happy with candles!"
0:13:03 > 0:13:05We're taking you right back to the future now.
0:13:05 > 0:13:09According to Nasa, the amount of CO2 in our atmosphere is the highest
0:13:09 > 0:13:13it's been in the last 400,000 years and it's expected to get a whole
0:13:13 > 0:13:14lot worse.
0:13:14 > 0:13:20Which is where futuristic forests like this one come in...
0:13:20 > 0:13:24I'm walking through an old oak forest but not everything is as it
0:13:24 > 0:13:30seems because the air I'm breathing is an exact replica of the air my
0:13:30 > 0:13:36grandchildren will be breathing when they are my age. This isn't a
0:13:36 > 0:13:45forest. It is a living laboratory of the future.
0:13:45 > 0:13:50In this 50 acre woodland in Staffordshire, scientists are
0:13:50 > 0:13:52pumping waste carbon dioxide harvested from nearby factories
0:13:52 > 0:13:57through these huge steel structures to replicate the levels predicted to
0:13:57 > 0:14:04be in the atmosphere in 50-70 years' time. We are four months into this
0:14:04 > 0:14:08ground-breaking ten year study which will allow scientists like Rob
0:14:08 > 0:14:11Mackenzie to understand how increased emissions will affect the
0:14:11 > 0:14:17kind of forests we have in the UK. Rob, like me, I'm sure you think
0:14:17 > 0:14:20that woodlands and forests are the most important habitats on the
0:14:20 > 0:14:26planet.I couldn't agree more, George, they are fantastic. About
0:14:26 > 0:14:29one in every three molecules of carbon dioxide we release into the
0:14:29 > 0:14:34atmosphere from fossil fuel burning and from land-use change is drawn
0:14:34 > 0:14:38down into forested landscapes like this. What a fantastic free gift the
0:14:38 > 0:14:47forests are giving us.With carbon dioxide levels rising at about 40%
0:14:47 > 0:14:51since the Industrial Revolution, and predicted to continue to rise, Rob's
0:14:51 > 0:14:57experiment is designed to see if the gift can keep on giving. By
0:14:57 > 0:15:01increasing levels of carbon dioxide, Rob has turned this forest into a
0:15:01 > 0:15:07study site. To fully appreciate the ecosystem of an oak tree, you have
0:15:07 > 0:15:12to get to the canopy. So we've brought a specialist rope access
0:15:12 > 0:15:16team with us. It's at times like this when you wish you had lost a
0:15:16 > 0:15:23bit of weight! Ready to rock.
0:15:31 > 0:15:39After just four months, we aren't expecting much to have changed. But
0:15:39 > 0:15:44for Rob, it is the first view of his project from the sharp end.I'm
0:15:44 > 0:15:50absolutely astonished and bowled over.I am of course very keen on
0:15:50 > 0:15:55insects, as I'm sure everybody knows and thereafter an thing like 425
0:15:55 > 0:16:00different species of insect who call oak trees home. -- there are
0:16:00 > 0:16:04something like. Either for food or shelter. So I can't resist getting
0:16:04 > 0:16:12out my net to see what is here. Oh, well, OK, that is not bad. Let's
0:16:12 > 0:16:21have a look. Oh, that is a nice weevil. Masses of spiders. Lots of
0:16:21 > 0:16:28spiders.Yes.We have about 25 species in here, just in that little
0:16:28 > 0:16:35tiny sweet, flies, plant hoppers, a rather nice sap sucking bug which
0:16:35 > 0:16:41like lots of bugs, uses a very slender beak to suck fluids out of
0:16:41 > 0:16:45the tree. Everything that lives on or in an oak tree like this creates
0:16:45 > 0:16:51a stable ecosystem. Increased levels of carbon dioxide could upset the
0:16:51 > 0:16:55balance and even affect how much the tree can absorb. It is something
0:16:55 > 0:17:01computer modelling can't tell us but Rob's experiment will come up to 50
0:17:01 > 0:17:06years before it happened surreal. -- will, up to 50 years. George pushing
0:17:06 > 0:17:09himself to the limit for science!
0:17:09 > 0:17:12It's time to talk Sport Relief now - because the countdown is on!
0:17:12 > 0:17:14The week-long extravaganza kicks off on the 17th of March,
0:17:14 > 0:17:17so not long for you to get training, Zoe?!
0:17:17 > 0:17:22Clammy palms at the very mention of sport!Other clammy areas by the
0:17:22 > 0:17:26time you get off...You have been in training for something and for those
0:17:26 > 0:17:30that were not listening to the radio this morning, enlighten us.I've
0:17:30 > 0:17:34been talked into taking part in a challenge for Sport Relief this
0:17:34 > 0:17:39year, from the 17th-23rd, which is when it runs and it involves a
0:17:39 > 0:17:44bicycle. I'm doing the BT Sport relief cycle challenge. I've been on
0:17:44 > 0:17:49a shopping bike and the BMX and the beach cruiser. I've never been on a
0:17:49 > 0:17:53bicycle with cleats and if you've never done it, it is terrifying!
0:17:53 > 0:17:58What are cleats for people who don't know what they are?When you see
0:17:58 > 0:18:03cyclist zooming past and you like, "What are you wearing?" It is the
0:18:03 > 0:18:06attachment which puts your feet against the pedals so it helps you
0:18:06 > 0:18:10with speed.It helps you pull up and pushed down.These are the things
0:18:10 > 0:18:13I'm learning and it is terrifying when you stop in traffic and you
0:18:13 > 0:18:17can't get them off as I did the other day in the middle of Ditchling
0:18:17 > 0:18:23Village, having done 22 miles, got in, could not get them off and I
0:18:23 > 0:18:26fell slowly onto the ground and a very nice postman helped me up. It
0:18:26 > 0:18:31was so embarrassing and I've had a few of those.This is not just about
0:18:31 > 0:18:33keeping your feet in the pedals because you've got miles to do so
0:18:33 > 0:18:38how far will you be going?I can't tell you at the moment because I
0:18:38 > 0:18:45think they are afraid to tell me, it is over days.Over days? Oh, wow.Do
0:18:45 > 0:18:54you cycle?I do but not over days.I think I get to sleep in a hotel but
0:18:54 > 0:18:58maybe at the sight of a road in a tent, who knows? I will be stopping
0:18:58 > 0:19:03at some point.Actually, make sure you have got a bath wherever you are
0:19:03 > 0:19:10staying.Does it have to be a cold bath?No.Thank God.You had other
0:19:10 > 0:19:17tips.I've got lots, and honestly, face creams are lots are available
0:19:17 > 0:19:25at Elizabeth Arden eight hour cream for the bottom.Is it chaffing?That
0:19:25 > 0:19:29stuff is amazing.I've been recommended, Louise said Vaseline,
0:19:29 > 0:19:33you are telling me something different.Do you have to wear the
0:19:33 > 0:19:38shorts with the...?Yes, you put them on and you feel like you're
0:19:38 > 0:19:41wearing a nappy initially and it is strange but I am grateful the
0:19:41 > 0:19:49padding! There is nothing on me, believe me!In all seriousness, you
0:19:49 > 0:19:54are putting the effort in for a very good cause.I am, one of the issues
0:19:54 > 0:19:57Sport Relief is supporting this year is mental health which is something
0:19:57 > 0:20:02very close to my heart because I think a lot of people know actually
0:20:02 > 0:20:05that my boyfriend struggled with depression and he died last year,
0:20:05 > 0:20:09Billy, he worked on this show and I know you dedicated the programme to
0:20:09 > 0:20:13him when he died. After he died I was left with lots of questions and
0:20:13 > 0:20:20I do believe that it is one in four of us in the UK are living with
0:20:20 > 0:20:23mental illness. Those figures are huge. Most people you meet will have
0:20:23 > 0:20:28been touched by this subject. It is interesting listening to Brian
0:20:28 > 0:20:33talking about the future you know, mental health resources are under
0:20:33 > 0:20:36huge pressure and I think a lot of people are not necessarily getting
0:20:36 > 0:20:40the right help as quickly as they could. We are making a documentary
0:20:40 > 0:20:43as well as doing the challenge. I'm going to visit some projects that
0:20:43 > 0:20:50are funded by Comic Relief that are helping people find a way to move
0:20:50 > 0:20:53forward and hopefully meet some families who have gone through what
0:20:53 > 0:20:57myself and Billy's family have gone through and ask the questions about
0:20:57 > 0:21:01what we are doing, how we are helping and where can we turn for
0:21:01 > 0:21:04help and what should loved ones be doing if they are trying to look
0:21:04 > 0:21:10after someone who is living with mental health, and when we talk
0:21:10 > 0:21:13about mental health, it's depression, anxiety, cellphone,
0:21:13 > 0:21:16bullying, we saw those children talking earlier about online
0:21:16 > 0:21:20bullying, bereavement. There's a lot of subjects here. I'm hoping I can
0:21:20 > 0:21:24go out and visit the projects and see the work that is being done and
0:21:24 > 0:21:27encourage people to get involved and that is why I'm doing it.There's no
0:21:27 > 0:21:32doubt about it, everyone is right behind you. APPLAUSE
0:21:39 > 0:21:43Alex will be doing what she calls the mother of all challenges and she
0:21:43 > 0:21:50will tell us about that when she comes back.And the wonderful Greg
0:21:50 > 0:21:54is trying to do five triathlons in five days or something like that. I
0:21:54 > 0:21:58saw him in cycling shorts being stretched out on a mass ash bed, a
0:21:58 > 0:22:04long massage bed! And he was giving me some top tips -- ma
0:22:10 > 0:22:15massage bed. We are encouraging people at home to get involved and a
0:22:15 > 0:22:20big thing is we want the nation to help beat 1 billion steps per day
0:22:20 > 0:22:27for the week of Sport
0:22:29 > 0:22:32for the week of Sport Relief, so you can get involved.Brilliant, thank
0:22:32 > 0:22:37you. Good luck with the rest of the training. And everyone will be right
0:22:37 > 0:22:40with you, Zoe.
0:22:40 > 0:22:43Tomorrow marks 100 years since the first women in the UK
0:22:43 > 0:22:44were given the vote.
0:22:44 > 0:22:45It wasn't across the board of course.
0:22:45 > 0:22:48It took another ten years for all women to be afforded
0:22:48 > 0:22:49that democratic right.
0:22:49 > 0:22:52But it was a huge victory - and a hard fought one at that.
0:22:52 > 0:22:55In just a moment journalist Anita Anand will be
0:22:55 > 0:22:57here with the story of India's trailblazing suffragette princess.
0:22:57 > 0:23:00First, though, we wanted to gauge how far our understanding of gender
0:23:00 > 0:23:03inequality has come...
0:23:07 > 0:23:11Where does the UK ranked in the world for parliamentary gender
0:23:11 > 0:23:26equality?Top ten, seven?Two.57. The world's a big place, isn't it?
0:23:26 > 0:23:30Wow! That is shocking, it needs to be improved.It is just a
0:23:30 > 0:23:34discrimination that has gone on throughout the ages.What percentage
0:23:34 > 0:23:44of banknotes around the world feature women's faces?60.That is
0:23:44 > 0:23:49appalling. We need to get some more money printed, that's what I'd say!
0:23:49 > 0:23:58What percentage of registered GP doctors are women?68.28%.Well,
0:23:58 > 0:24:05that's brilliant.I know, you know, a lot of women are training in that
0:24:05 > 0:24:13direction...Why don't you think it is equal?That is so great.There
0:24:13 > 0:24:23has was been a tendency for women to go into the caring professions.34%.
0:24:23 > 0:24:3115%.It should be about 40%, 40-50, shouldn't it?Wow. You have to be a
0:24:31 > 0:24:36certain type of women to try to beat that, a stereotype mould, that
0:24:36 > 0:24:41identity thing.I think it is perhaps a stereotypical attitude in
0:24:41 > 0:24:44certain jobs and what your expectation should be.What
0:24:44 > 0:24:52percentage of main streets in major cities are named after women?
0:24:52 > 0:24:54cities are named after women?55%, 10%,10%.I wonder where they all
0:24:54 > 0:25:00are!I think we all know the women have not been recognised for a lot
0:25:00 > 0:25:09of things they have done.Things that are worth a
0:25:09 > 0:25:13that are worth a plaque.I think there are a lot of women who should
0:25:13 > 0:25:17be celebrated.Women have been marginalised.So many women have
0:25:17 > 0:25:20done powerful things throughout history to change things, for women,
0:25:20 > 0:25:23and we should celebrate that. Personally I have never come across
0:25:23 > 0:25:30a female name, and I have lived here my whole life.
0:25:32 > 0:25:35STUDIO:Over the next few days, we're going to be meeting a whole
0:25:35 > 0:25:38raft of inspirational women - women with extraordinary stories
0:25:38 > 0:25:40who've paved the way for the rest of us.
0:25:40 > 0:25:43And here with the story of someone who was instrumental in changing
0:25:43 > 0:25:45attitudes towards equality back in the early 1900s is journalist
0:25:45 > 0:25:46and author Anita Anand.
0:25:46 > 0:25:47Welcome, Anita.Thank you for being here.
0:25:47 > 0:25:50Anita, you've worked hard to bring Sophia Duleep Singh's story
0:25:50 > 0:25:55to a wider audience.
0:25:55 > 0:25:59I am the accidental author, you can call me. I never meant to write a
0:25:59 > 0:26:12book. I just came across this image, which you can see, and it just
0:26:12 > 0:26:15which you can see, and it just said Suffragette selling newspaper
0:26:15 > 0:26:17outside Hampton Court, and I wondered why I didn't know about
0:26:17 > 0:26:27her, and I thought, is she Asian? I'm Asian. It became a five-year
0:26:27 > 0:26:30obsession to uncover one of the most extraordinary lives I have come
0:26:30 > 0:26:37across. A princess, a Maharaja, goddaughter to Queen Victoria, the
0:26:37 > 0:26:43Kim Kardashian of her day, fighting with police for the vote, for women.
0:26:43 > 0:26:49Why did she do that? Should put a lot on the line, didn't she? Because
0:26:49 > 0:26:53she was incredibly privileged.She was so privileged. All the doors of
0:26:53 > 0:26:57aristocracy were open to her. She had such high status. For the first
0:26:57 > 0:27:00half of her life I think she was pretty pointless, she just loved a
0:27:00 > 0:27:07good party. But she goes on this banned visit to India and her father
0:27:07 > 0:27:14was the last Maharaja of the Punjab, had his Kingdom seized as a small
0:27:14 > 0:27:19boy by the British, and she is a British Asian, and she goes to India
0:27:19 > 0:27:22on this banned trip and for the first time she sees racism and
0:27:22 > 0:27:25poverty, and for the first time through her sister she explains the
0:27:25 > 0:27:29terrible inequality of women. She was safe from it but her sister was
0:27:29 > 0:27:33a medical student in Chicago and one year before she qualifies to be a
0:27:33 > 0:27:36doctor if they decide women are too hysterical so they pull the course,
0:27:36 > 0:27:41and her other sister is in love with her governess, living this sort of
0:27:41 > 0:27:52lesbian lifestyle, in Germany,
0:27:54 > 0:27:57because she can't do it here, and she comes back from this trip filled
0:27:57 > 0:27:59with rage, this has got to change. This voice going on in India, the
0:27:59 > 0:28:02Nationalists they are seeing, give us a voice, and she comes to
0:28:02 > 0:28:04England. She sees and hears that coming out of the mouths of the
0:28:04 > 0:28:06suffragettes, give us a voice, and she dedicates everything to the
0:28:06 > 0:28:09cause.Everybody at the moment is looking into their own work as far
0:28:09 > 0:28:12as inequality is concerned. How do you feel about the music industry at
0:28:12 > 0:28:15the moment and where that is sitting as far as inequality is concerned?
0:28:15 > 0:28:18For me, you would get some of these music videos, and you think, you
0:28:18 > 0:28:23know, my eight -year-old, I don't know if I necessarily want her to be
0:28:23 > 0:28:33watching them!That has been going on for ever, from speak easy is,
0:28:33 > 0:28:37cotton clubs, sex, drugs and rock and roll, and it is just a
0:28:37 > 0:28:41reflection of society. To see the music industry is the culprit,
0:28:41 > 0:28:46really the music industry is a mirror and it reflects, you know,
0:28:46 > 0:28:51the ills of the world. You have good and bad music, optimistic and
0:28:51 > 0:28:55pessimistic music, music for self-help, music for intoxication
0:28:55 > 0:29:01and indulging and, you know, behaviour we shouldn't do, so the
0:29:01 > 0:29:07music industry is just a mirror on society.OK, well, the good news is
0:29:07 > 0:29:13she is on a stamp! LAUGHTER
0:29:13 > 0:29:18And so thrilled to be doing this. This woman who through herself at
0:29:18 > 0:29:20the Prime Minister's car, led a riot, thought physically, wouldn't
0:29:20 > 0:29:26pay the taxes, she is on a stamp, and King George V hated her, Winston
0:29:26 > 0:29:29Churchill hated her, and this is the queen of England looking on her.
0:29:29 > 0:29:33Well, we will put a stamp on that because that is all we have time
0:29:33 > 0:29:38for. Big thank you to our guests! APPLAUSE
0:29:38 > 0:29:42That's it for tonight - thanks to all of our guests.