05/02/2018 The One Show

Hello and welcome to

The One Show with Matt Baker.

And Angela Scanlon.

And tonight, we're joined

by two guests who've

hung up their headphones

to explore pastures new.

From producing beats to producing

books, it is super dope musician and

tech wizards will.i.am.

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And taking a break from Radio 2

to take on an epic sporting

challenge, it's DJ and presenter Zoe

Ball!

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Welcome to you both. If you don't

mind me asking, Will, it is a big

night for my family because my age

old daughter is performing on stage

with her friends and they are

singing in a big quieter night. I

was wondering if you might have any

words of wisdom more tips on

performing for an eight-year-old?

Performing for an eight-year-old?

Yeah.

Doing The Voice for kids,

eight-year-olds are much braver than

we give them credit for.

True.

The

12-year-olds get emotional.

OK.

Eight years old, go for gold.

Stay

with it.

The more you encourage

them, "You're going to do great

today and so is your whole squad of

age old".

There you go.

Squad!

On

behalf of Molly and her friends,

thank you.

Her squad! We have lots

to talk about with our wonderful

guests so let's crack on.

Because tomorrow is

Safer Internet Day -

a day designed to promote

the positive use of digital

technology by children

and young people.

Zoe, you have two children -

what have you said to them

Zoe, you have two children.

We were talking about it on the way

up, how we feel like dinosaurs.

There's a lot of positives but how

do you address the negative side,

your concerns and their reactions?

Keeping them safe, I had it more

with Woody because as Nell grows up,

we're getting the hang of it -- hang

of it. I'm a technophobe, I like a

typewriter and a notepad and vinyl.

We'll could teach me a thing or two.

It is quite hard to know you are

keeping them safe, like what is it?

A firewall? Now all my son wants to

do is Snapchat when I'm looking

terrible, making pasta and doing be

hoovering. I'm more worried about my

safety!

You are embracing it. Maggie

Lieu I am but it is worrying as a

parent, how to keep them safe. --

I

am but it is worrying as a parent,

how to keep them safe.

In a moment we're going to be

showing you a short film

which highlights a few of the best -

and the nastiest -

comments children have

read on social media,

and some of it is hard to hear.

We will get your thoughts on this in

a moment.

This piece was made

to launch "Own It" -

the BBC's new website aimed

at helping young people stay happy,

healthy and safe online.

And this will give you an idea

why it's needed...

A few of them are just pretty nasty.

"I like your hair".

Oh, thanks!

I have a new haircut now.

Your brows are literally goals.

Hashtag on fleek.

It's a really nice comment

for a girl to have so if someone

tells you you have goals eyebrows,

it is like, wow.

"I love you, you

brighten up my day".

"Your YouTube channel is rubbish

and you should delete it".

"Literally no one wants

you around or loves you".

Hmm, that's not nice.

"You have no friends

and nobody cares about you.

You're just annoying".

"Do you know what?

Nobody likes you,

nobody even needs you.

Nobody even cares about

what you think what you want

and you care about".

That one's probably

the worst one I've read.

"Do the world a favour

and kill yourself".

"Kill yourself, gay boy.

You are worthless".

They are just...

Such horrible things

to have and to receive.

"You're ugly.

Everyone hates you".

That's...

I don't know what to say to that.

It's important to, like,

focus on the good things in life.

Bad things will always be

there to push us down but we have

to get up and we have

to keep on going.

"I'll be there.

Don't worry".

That one gives you a boost,

that someone is looking out

for you and for you.

for you and caring for you.

"You're so beautiful and strong.

Keep your chin up, honey".

You should use social media to be

nice to people, to be kind,

to have a bit of a laugh,

to have banter with your friends

but never anything hurtful

like the messages in there.

Very difficult to watch for everyone

I'm sure at home as well. Will, when

technology is something you love,

that you are passionate about, that

can do a lot of good but when you

see and hear stories about people

using it for harmful reasons, what

do you think about that? What do you

think about those people?

You know

when you watch films like Wild Wild

West and you see things like bar

fights and people doing mean things

to women and behaving in an

civilised way, that is where we are

with social media and technology. We

are not civilised. We say the most

harmful things, we are inhumane. And

it's just adolescents, right? So if

you think of the stage that we are

in with the Internet, it is not 30

years old, it is not 20 years old,

especially the iPhone and social

media as we know it is not... It is

teenagers. Me being an optimist, I

know that we are going to see a

different form of this.

Yeah.

It is

a phase.

It is like the generation

that we are our guinea pigs with it

and it will, for us it is tough but

it will change for those in the

future.

Finding the boundaries.

BBC Own It is a new service

for nine-to-12-year-olds,

packed with tips, videos and quizzes

to help keep them safe online.

For more info, take a look

at bbc.co.uk/ownit.

We'll's new novel, Wizards And

Robots, is out now, aimed at the

audience we have been talking about.

Let's bring your writing partner

Brian David Johnson in to join us.

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You have put this together,

together, and you've kind of

described it as Harry Potter meets

the terminator but how do you want

to sell this? Who wants to start?

Terminator is harsh.

But good!

It is

Harry Potter meets robotics. But not

a bad robot.

That was the idea, to

make a young adult novel that is

action packed, that has a female

engineer at the centre. It's about

an epic battle between wizards and

robots but it's always about people

and very optimistic because we're

both optimists.

How did you meet

because your day job is a futurist?

First, what is that?

I don't make

predictions, there is no crystal

ball or anything like that, I worked

ten years out with organisations to

look ten years out and model the

positive and negative features and

then work with out what you need to

do today, tomorrow, five years from

now to go towards the positive and

away from the negative.

And in

music, we work years out, writing

songs, anticipating how people will

react to them. Brian and I were

working at Intel, and sat in think

tanks on how they can bring

technology to culture and while we

were having brainstorming sessions,

I went off in imagination and and

came back with, "Brian, I got a

phone call, I have this idea...

Wizard and robots can imagine

there's a robot civilisation that

has problems they can't solve and

when we can't solve problems, we

pray so if robots had to break, it

would be to us and if they had time

travel, which version of humanity

would they go to? They would go to

the version where they could

manipulate particles, which is

wizards"

manipulate particles, which is

wizards". Let's write this!

How did

that relationship work with the

writing? Set the scene for the

writing side.

What would happen is,

we got the phone call saying, "We

need to do this". I got the plane

and went down and we basically sat

in Will's living room on Halloween

and mapped the thing out so as we

went through and do the writing, we

would either hang out at his house

or we were travelling in different

cities, like Las Vegas or Seoul and

we would work together I was

reminding you today, I have a

picture where we were thinking about

the particle physics and how it

might work because the magic is

based on particle physics and I have

pictures of Will working out spells

using pistachio shells. You can just

see his hands. It was mad, from a

collaboration standpoint, it would

not have been more fun.

And it is

six years in the making, we started

the project six years ago, we had

different iterations from it -- of

it, we went to ComicCon in 2014

because we have this object that has

all of the science on spells, the

science on robotics and time travel,

and, you know, the lingua franca.

We

made up languages for the book.

Pretty deep.

So six years is pretty

decent in the grand scheme of

things.

Most people don't have

patience to see things through for a

week let alone six years!

Basically

looking ahead into the future, do

people like it?

Yes!

It's a

bestseller.

They love the third

version. We have not even past the

second version, it is amazing.

I

remember doing the voice when I was

on the phone, I was writing with

Brian.

Two jobs! And AI features

heavily in it but you have spoken

about the kind of threat of

artificial intelligence.

Know,

people have spoken on the threat of

artificial intelligence.

You don't

think it is a threat?

I have a

company that created an AI so I

would not have started the company

if I thought it was a thread.

So we

are good to go with AI?

Artificial

intelligence is a very Bay, broad...

Spell-check is a version of

artificial intelligence, your phone

making doggies with a selfie is some

form of artificial intelligence but

our AI is a conversational voice

operating system and it is used in

Germany for customer service, to

augment a customer service agent to

make their job easier.

Robots going

to kill us is the answer I want you

to give. Are we safe?

I know the

answer but you can go first.

When

you fly in an aeroplane, it is

really a robot.

OK. Maggie Lieu nine

times out of ten, the pilot is

not... Autopilot and all the

gyroscopes and things helping them

to fly, and when you get in a Uber

five years from now that is

automated, that is a robot.

My

question is do you want the robots

do not kill you?

Ideally not.

So

let's design them that way, they

don't get to decide, we do and that

is the idea of the future in the

book, giving people turn to future

is where we can have a good Russian

ship and robots are designed to help

take care of us.

More of all of

that. Wizards And Robots is out now.

Brian, I'm going to have to get your

number because that is

number because that is the first

time I have felt safe about the

future!

He's afraid of Twitter.

The

same thing happened with

electricity, " is it going to fry

us? We are happy with candles!"

We're taking you right

back to the future now.

According to Nasa, the amount of CO2

in our atmosphere is the highest

it's been in the last 400,000 years

and it's expected to get a whole

lot worse.

Which is where futuristic forests

like this one come in...

I'm walking through an old oak

forest but not everything is as it

seems because the air I'm breathing

is an exact replica of the air my

grandchildren will be breathing when

they are my age. This isn't a

forest. It is a living laboratory of

the future.

In this 50 acre woodland in

Staffordshire, scientists are

pumping waste carbon dioxide

harvested from nearby factories

through these huge steel structures

to replicate the levels predicted to

be in the atmosphere in 50-70 years'

time. We are four months into this

ground-breaking ten year study which

will allow scientists like Rob

Mackenzie to understand how

increased emissions will affect the

kind of forests we have in the UK.

Rob, like me, I'm sure you think

that woodlands and forests are the

most important habitats on the

planet.

I couldn't agree more,

George, they are fantastic. About

one in every three molecules of

carbon dioxide we release into the

atmosphere from fossil fuel burning

and from land-use change is drawn

down into forested landscapes like

this. What a fantastic free gift the

forests are giving us.

With carbon

dioxide levels rising at about 40%

since the Industrial Revolution, and

predicted to continue to rise, Rob's

experiment is designed to see if the

gift can keep on giving. By

increasing levels of carbon dioxide,

Rob has turned this forest into a

study site. To fully appreciate the

ecosystem of an oak tree, you have

to get to the canopy. So we've

brought a specialist rope access

team with us. It's at times like

this when you wish you had lost a

bit of weight! Ready to rock.

After just four months, we aren't

expecting much to have changed. But

for Rob, it is the first view of his

project from the sharp end.

I'm

absolutely astonished and bowled

over.

I am of course very keen on

insects, as I'm sure everybody knows

and thereafter an thing like 425

different species of insect who call

oak trees home. -- there are

something like. Either for food or

shelter. So I can't resist getting

out my net to see what is here. Oh,

well, OK, that is not bad. Let's

have a look. Oh, that is a nice

weevil. Masses of spiders. Lots of

spiders.

Yes.

We have about 25

species in here, just in that little

tiny sweet, flies, plant hoppers, a

rather nice sap sucking bug which

like lots of bugs, uses a very

slender beak to suck fluids out of

the tree. Everything that lives on

or in an oak tree like this creates

a stable ecosystem. Increased levels

of carbon dioxide could upset the

balance and even affect how much the

tree can absorb. It is something

computer modelling can't tell us but

Rob's experiment will come up to 50

years before it happened surreal. --

will, up to 50 years. George pushing

himself to the limit for science!

It's time to talk Sport Relief now -

because the countdown is on!

The week-long extravaganza kicks off

on the 17th of March,

so not long for you to get training,

Zoe?!

Clammy palms at the very mention of

sport!

Other clammy areas by the

time you get off...

You have been in

training for something and for those

that were not listening to the radio

this morning, enlighten us.

I've

been talked into taking part in a

challenge for Sport Relief this

year, from the 17th-23rd, which is

when it runs and it involves a

bicycle. I'm doing the BT Sport

relief cycle challenge. I've been on

a shopping bike and the BMX and the

beach cruiser. I've never been on a

bicycle with cleats and if you've

never done it, it is terrifying!

What are cleats for people who don't

know what they are?

When you see

cyclist zooming past and you like,

"What are you wearing?" It is the

attachment which puts your feet

against the pedals so it helps you

with speed.

It helps you pull up and

pushed down.

These are the things

I'm learning and it is terrifying

when you stop in traffic and you

can't get them off as I did the

other day in the middle of Ditchling

Village, having done 22 miles, got

in, could not get them off and I

fell slowly onto the ground and a

very nice postman helped me up. It

was so embarrassing and I've had a

few of those.

This is not just about

keeping your feet in the pedals

because you've got miles to do so

how far will you be going?

I can't

tell you at the moment because I

think they are afraid to tell me, it

is over days.

Over days? Oh, wow.

Do

you cycle?

I do but not over days.

I

think I get to sleep in a hotel but

maybe at the sight of a road in a

tent, who knows? I will be stopping

at some point.

Actually, make sure

you have got a bath wherever you are

staying.

Does it have to be a cold

bath?

No.

Thank God.

You had other

tips.

I've got lots, and honestly,

face creams are lots are available

at Elizabeth Arden eight hour cream

for the bottom.

Is it chaffing?

That

stuff is amazing.

I've been

recommended, Louise said Vaseline,

you are telling me something

different.

Do you have to wear the

shorts with the...?

Yes, you put

them on and you feel like you're

wearing a nappy initially and it is

strange but I am grateful the

padding! There is nothing on me,

believe me!

In all seriousness, you

are putting the effort in for a very

good cause.

I am, one of the issues

Sport Relief is supporting this year

is mental health which is something

very close to my heart because I

think a lot of people know actually

that my boyfriend struggled with

depression and he died last year,

Billy, he worked on this show and I

know you dedicated the programme to

him when he died. After he died I

was left with lots of questions and

I do believe that it is one in four

of us in the UK are living with

mental illness. Those figures are

huge. Most people you meet will have

been touched by this subject. It is

interesting listening to Brian

talking about the future you know,

mental health resources are under

huge pressure and I think a lot of

people are not necessarily getting

the right help as quickly as they

could. We are making a documentary

as well as doing the challenge. I'm

going to visit some projects that

are funded by Comic Relief that are

helping people find a way to move

forward and hopefully meet some

families who have gone through what

myself and Billy's family have gone

through and ask the questions about

what we are doing, how we are

helping and where can we turn for

help and what should loved ones be

doing if they are trying to look

after someone who is living with

mental health, and when we talk

about mental health, it's

depression, anxiety, cellphone,

bullying, we saw those children

talking earlier about online

bullying, bereavement. There's a lot

of subjects here. I'm hoping I can

go out and visit the projects and

see the work that is being done and

encourage people to get involved and

that is why I'm doing it.

There's no

doubt about it, everyone is right

behind you. APPLAUSE

Alex will be doing what she calls

the mother of all challenges and she

will tell us about that when she

comes back.

And the wonderful Greg

is trying to do five triathlons in

five days or something like that. I

saw him in cycling shorts being

stretched out on a mass ash bed, a

long massage bed! And he was giving

me some top tips -- ma

massage bed. We are encouraging

people at home to get involved and a

big thing is we want the nation to

help beat 1 billion steps per day

for the week of Sport

for the week of Sport Relief, so you

can get involved.

Brilliant, thank

you. Good luck with the rest of the

training. And everyone will be right

with you, Zoe.

Tomorrow marks 100 years

since the first women in the UK

were given the vote.

It wasn't across

the board of course.

It took another ten years

for all women to be afforded

that democratic right.

But it was a huge victory -

and a hard fought one at that.

In just a moment

journalist Anita Anand will be

here with the story of India's

trailblazing suffragette princess.

First, though, we wanted to gauge

how far our understanding of gender

inequality has come...

Where does the UK ranked in the

world for parliamentary gender

equality?

Top ten, seven?

Two.

57.

The world's a big place, isn't it?

Wow! That is shocking, it needs to

be improved.

It is just a

discrimination that has gone on

throughout the ages.

What percentage

of banknotes around the world

feature women's faces?

60.

That is

appalling. We need to get some more

money printed, that's what I'd say!

What percentage of registered GP

doctors are women?

68.

28%.

Well,

that's brilliant.

I know, you know,

a lot of women are training in that

direction...

Why don't you think it

is equal?

That is so great.

There

has was been a tendency for women to

go into the caring professions.

34%.

15%.

It should be about 40%, 40-50,

shouldn't it?

Wow. You have to be a

certain type of women to try to beat

that, a stereotype mould, that

identity thing.

I think it is

perhaps a stereotypical attitude in

certain jobs and what your

expectation should be.

What

percentage of main streets in major

cities are named after women?

cities are named after women?

55%,

10%,

10%.

I wonder where they all

are!

I think we all know the women

have not been recognised for a lot

of things they have done.

Things

that are worth a

that are worth a plaque.

I think

there are a lot of women who should

be celebrated.

Women have been

marginalised.

So many women have

done powerful things throughout

history to change things, for women,

and we should celebrate that.

Personally I have never come across

a female name, and I have lived here

my whole life.

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Over the next few days,

we're going to be meeting a whole

raft of inspirational women -

women with extraordinary stories

who've paved the way

for the rest of us.

And here with the story of someone

who was instrumental in changing

attitudes towards equality back

in the early 1900s is journalist

and author Anita Anand.

Welcome, Anita.

Thank you for being

here.

Anita, you've worked hard to bring

Sophia Duleep Singh's story

to a wider audience.

I am the accidental author, you can

call me. I never meant to write a

book. I just came across this image,

which you can see, and it just

which you can see, and it just said

Suffragette selling newspaper

outside Hampton Court, and I

wondered why I didn't know about

her, and I thought, is she Asian?

I'm Asian. It became a five-year

obsession to uncover one of the most

extraordinary lives I have come

across. A princess, a Maharaja,

goddaughter to Queen Victoria, the

Kim Kardashian of her day, fighting

with police for the vote, for women.

Why did she do that? Should put a

lot on the line, didn't she? Because

she was incredibly privileged.

She

was so privileged. All the doors of

aristocracy were open to her. She

had such high status. For the first

half of her life I think she was

pretty pointless, she just loved a

good party. But she goes on this

banned visit to India and her father

was the last Maharaja of the Punjab,

had his Kingdom seized as a small

boy by the British, and she is a

British Asian, and she goes to India

on this banned trip and for the

first time she sees racism and

poverty, and for the first time

through her sister she explains the

terrible inequality of women. She

was safe from it but her sister was

a medical student in Chicago and one

year before she qualifies to be a

doctor if they decide women are too

hysterical so they pull the course,

and her other sister is in love with

her governess, living this sort of

lesbian lifestyle, in Germany,

because she can't do it here, and

she comes back from this trip filled

with rage, this has got to change.

This voice going on in India, the

Nationalists they are seeing, give

us a voice, and she comes to

England. She sees and hears that

coming out of the mouths of the

suffragettes, give us a voice, and

she dedicates everything to the

cause.

Everybody at the moment is

looking into their own work as far

as inequality is concerned. How do

you feel about the music industry at

the moment and where that is sitting

as far as inequality is concerned?

For me, you would get some of these

music videos, and you think, you

know, my eight -year-old, I don't

know if I necessarily want her to be

watching them!

That has been going

on for ever, from speak easy is,

cotton clubs, sex, drugs and rock

and roll, and it is just a

reflection of society. To see the

music industry is the culprit,

really the music industry is a

mirror and it reflects, you know,

the ills of the world. You have good

and bad music, optimistic and

pessimistic music, music for

self-help, music for intoxication

and indulging and, you know,

behaviour we shouldn't do, so the

music industry is just a mirror on

society.

OK, well, the good news is

she is on a stamp!

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And so thrilled to be doing this.

This woman who through herself at

the Prime Minister's car, led a

riot, thought physically, wouldn't

pay the taxes, she is on a stamp,

and King George V hated her, Winston

Churchill hated her, and this is the

queen of England looking on her.

Well, we will put a stamp on that

because that is all we have time

for. Big thank you to our guests!

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That's it for tonight -

thanks to all of our guests.