05/05/2014 The One Show

Hello and welcome to your bank holiday One Show. Tonight's guest

presents a programme called Vertigo Roadtrip giving advice and support

to people who are scared when faced with tall, unstable structures.

However, we cannot help wondering if she is the right person for the job.

Please welcome Mel Giedroyc. Hello. Can I just say, everybody thought

that was my fault. I promise you, I didn't touch it. My finger was just

holding the knitting needle which was made of icing, which is probably

the most unstable thing. At least France's went on to win. She was

amazing. What are you out with real heights? This is lovely, by the way.

Nice and clean, nice and low. It is that weird thing, going up health

Alan, the tall hill, mountain in the Lakes, fine, but going up the

stepladder, it isn't. Since I have kids I am a lot more wary. As a

young lad I would be anything but now I think I'm on, let's carry on.

Flammable materials and things? I am across it all. More about Mel's new

show later and we will be meeting super vet Noel Fitzpatrick. Official

figures from Madrid show that the number of British people registered

as living in Spain fell by 90,000 last year. Joe has been to Almeria

to find out why. For years it has been the dream of many a Brit to fly

south, leave it all behind and start a new life here in sunny Spain. But

now it seems there is a new trend, escape from the continent. Thousands

of British people returning to the UK. In 2003 and estimated 33,000

Brits moved to Spain that things have changed. In 2012 only 6000 came

to live here, and thousands of others left with a fluctuating pound

playing a major part. What was it like eight, ten years ago, everybody

was coming here? Yes, that it was good. All of a sudden the currency

changed and people didn't allow for the change in money. When I came

here people had to Japan's weak, they can live really well. But it

has gone. They cannot afford to stay here. They all start running home.

Today the golf course was empty. The rub: That was three quarters full.

-- one year ago. Sandra moved here in 2008. She is not going anywhere.

Is it affordable to live here? I know it must have gone up in price.

Prices have gone up, but not all that much. Are you one of the lucky

ones, did other people get caught out? I think people fall for the

dream, they see a fantastic filler, and think that is what they want

because they can get it cheaper than it a lot, too done in the UK. But

then I have got to run it. They don't think about the running costs.

A lot of the problem was when people went to the banks and took out

mortgages, and they were being encouraged to buy another one to

rent out to cover the mortgage. Spain suffered a deeper recession

than the UK. In 2007 and average two-bedroom apartment in Alicante

would cost you 181,000 euros. Today it has fallen by 31%. It is putting

thousands of British expats into negative equity. We bought our place

five years ago. Just over 300,000 euros. We have now got it on the

market, not to go home but if someone else, it is 190,000. It

seems like a mighty fine place, you must be Bruce. Bruce has an extra

problem which means he might never get back any of the money he paid

for his house. Eight years ago he and his wife sold their

three-bedroom house in Saint Ives in Cambridgeshire and poured everything

they had into buying this 300,000 euros property in south-east Spain.

I thought the wife deserved a mansion and that is what we want

for. Now it is practically worthless for soppy cannot sell it because

despite it being granted full planning permission by the local

town hall the regional government of Andalusia says it should never have

been built on what it says is rusted land. But legal battles it isn't

allowed mains electricity or water and runs the risk of being

bulldozed. Howard set are you? I am nearly in tears thinking about it.

It is not a nice thing to have to go back eight years, start again, we

left for a better life. I cannot wait to drink tap water, tell a

light switch on. I'm fed up with torches, solar lights. He is looking

up and moving leaving fronts and neighbours behind.

Just imagine turning the key, finally saying goodbye to everything

you have worked for, your life savings, years of hard work, just

leaving it behind. Abandoning it. We meet a couple who have just moved

over to start a new life, and they are delighted with a new home. It

must surprise you slightly you are in the minority in that more people

are now coming back to the UK and coming out here. We hear that but

nobody we know wants to move back. We have never met anybody who wants

to go back. You cannot go through what I would cost nine at night in a

T-shirt. Bruce and his wife back in the UK

and we are told they are feeling much happier about the future.

Mel's new programme Vertigo Roadtrip explores the world of phobias and

looks at how people 's fears can be overcome. What are our viewers

afraid of? Let's just hope it is not Mike Dilger. Be afraid, be very

afraid. We face frightening situations like this, our bodies go

nuts and we experience fear. This irrational fear is simple. It helps

us stay alive. I am hero irrational fear is simple. It helps

world of adventures to find out what irrational fear is simple. It helps

Wasps and bees. When I see when irrational fear is simple. It helps

will run, anything. You know when you hear the buzz. Why don't you

like them, I thought clowns would be fine? I don't like snakes. I hate

creepy crawlies. It is when the head moves and the tongue flicks out, the

thought of that coming towards me. I just react on instinct. I am feeling

itchy now even talking about it. With the help of a cognitive wave

your therapist we have asked to people to face the phobias. This is

American red legged tarantula. Who is in charge? The spider. I know if

she moved and new would have to pull back. Are you worried about being

bitten? That's tied the, yes. They will buy it as a last resort. By

facing your fear is upsides. -- it subsides. I don't think so. Denise

is terrified of snakes. It is easy for me to say, there is nothing to

be scared of. Look how far you have come already. Looking at the snake,

in the same room. Move a bit closer. Yes. It is quite nice. It is really

nice. Any chance of hanging it on you? There you go. Really, really

well done. Thank you so much. You have made my day.

Well done to her for doing that. It is the tongue. Clowns, I was

petrified of plants as a young lad. Father Christmas. Wasn't keen. Darth

Vader, the guy inside, but not the voice, Green Cross code man, in the

70s. Showing my age. I was a bit scared of him as the Green Cross

code man. He helped Jordan cross the road. He is a good guy. On a very

serious note your tackles fear of heights. Just set the scene. A

disparate group, all ages, five of them with different types of fear.

Jodie, 19, studying to be a nurse in Manchester. She cannot go up flights

of stairs that have gaps in them. That is a big issue. Louise, 61,

can't go over a bridge. There was an unfortunate incident in childhood

where she was left on a bridge. Glenn, amazing, he is my favourite.

Such a great bloke. Two sons, doesn't want to pass on the fear.

Lee, who stated in. Quite alpha male, amazing guy, terrified of

diving boards. And Pauline. Let's go back to Louise. This is how serious

it is. I can just see the edge and I have

got to walk along to get your bridge. A typical rate of breathing

is 15 inhalations per minute but in her panic she is snatching a breath

every two seconds, worrying the team medic. She is going into the realms

of hyperventilating. Her breathing increases more we will have to step

in. She is really shaking, Orlova. -- all over. I am not sure how she

will get anywhere near it. One of the techniques you employ is

exposure therapy. Tell us what was going on. It sounds a bit mean but

it does work. You are afraid of something, in a nutshell you are

exposed to it in ever increasing amounts. They were really brave.

Louise, bridges. We thought let's not do a bridge in London let's take

her to a really deep ravine in Austria or Switzerland. I cannot

remember which country it was. It was Austria. She was amazing. I

didn't think she would make it out of the minibus, let alone cross the

bridge. And the doctor, amazing psychologist, worked with her. We

have just seen a shot of the world 's tallest building. Stop it, it's

horrid. How is it for you. Horrible. I had to totally style lift out. I

was stood there as a bit of a cheerleader, get them going. How you

feeling? The Burj Khalifa, the building in Dubai, it shakes really

badly for top they say at the bottom it is great, you will not feel a

thing. 150 floors up, literally it is going like that. Not good. We can

see who manages to face their fears are not on Wednesday when Vertigo

Roadtrip will be on at 9pm on BBC One. Early on we heard from our

viewers about their fears. I have got a little game. We know how much

you love again. You will have to come up with the correct terms for

what people are afraid of. Matt has got a little tray. Chiroptophobia,

is that the fear of cheese, scissors, rabbits or rats. I have

another option, knees. I'm thinking chiropractors so I'm thinking

bones. I'm thinking knees. You are wrong, that was bats actually. I

don't like bats! I'm scared of them, even Batman. The next one is

turophobia. Is it a rabbit, some cheese, a mobile, a beard.

Scissors. Is the pen involved? No? Take that away. I'm going to have to

push you. It is a phobia of cheese. That has nothing to do with cheese.

The last one, genuphobia. Knees! That is the end of the game. Well

done. Have I got a prize? You can keep the knee! Anyway, Angela

Lansbury has recently joined Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, and Penelope

Keith in becoming a dame. The 88-year-old actress who

Keith in becoming a dame. as amateur sleuth Jessica Fletcher

Keith in becoming a dame. Murder, She Wrote talked to Gyles

about what the honour means to Murder, She Wrote talked to Gyles

to safety. The 14-year-old Angela Lansbury took

to safety. The 14-year-old Angela and fortune. She would be a

Hollywood starlet on the and fortune. She would be a

of an eight decade career as a leading actress on stage and screen.

Angela Lansbury is perhaps best known as amateur sleuth Jessica

Fletcher in Murder, She Wrote which ran in more than 40 countries around

the world. After so much success, you might assume Angela would think

herself more American than British but she has never forgotten her

London routes and the family that once walked the streets. I am really

as English as you can possibly be. I was born in Hamilton Terrace in

Regents Park. Angela 's grandfather, George, was a key figure in 20th

century politics and became the leader of the Labour Party between

1932 and 1935. He was a memorable figure in my young life. I remember

going to the House of Commons, sitting on the terrace and having

teeth and Dundee cake. George Lansbury became a much loved figure

for the working class of east London. He was a fierce campaigner

for women's rights, world peace and social justice. He was an absolute

saint, he really was. He was a man of such conviction and belief in the

things he held dear. He actually resigned from the House of Commons

on behalf of women's suffrage and there are vast areas of the East End

that are named after him. His whole thrust was frivolity and he cared

about people. Angela 's father died at just 48 years of age. That was a

tremendous loss for me because I was very fond of my dad, as most little

girls are. I was just nine. My mother was left sort of bereft,

losing my father. She decided that if she had the opportunity she felt

it would be a wonderful given if she could take her children to America.

You left at the time of the Blitz. Just before. In fact Liverpool was

bombed as we literally steamed out to sea. How does this aspiring

teenage actress end up in Hollywood making Gaslight? Through a friend.

They said do you know an English girl, because we need an English

girl to play a maiden Gaslight. Her performance earned her a Best

supporting actress Oscar nomination, it was the beginning of a career

still going strong. She recently won a Tony award for her performance in

Noel Coward's Blithe Spirit. It was most exciting! It is this production

that has brought her back home, where she is currently wowing

audiences. Recently she was also made a dame by her Majesty the

Queen. What is it like coming back here and being honoured by the

Queen? It is so extraordinary, it is very... It really moves me. And

rightfully. It is an amazing achievement. One of the obligations

of being a dame is that you have to come here on a regular basis. I'm

glad you pointed it out, I will take it to heart and use it. What a

dame! She is beautiful, isn't she? Yes, and lovely to hear from Angela

as well. You can catch her in Blithe Spirit at the Gielgud Theatre in

London until June seventh. Time now to meet supervet Noel Fitzpatrick, a

man who operates on animals at the very cutting edge of medical

science. What we are looking for is anything bigger than that speck of

white. At the moment I cannot see any evidence of spread in the lungs,

which is good. That at least is a bit of a smile. My recommendation is

to take that leg off now. Noel is here, a very emotional time for the

family. How is he doing now? Luck he is doing great. Some dogs manage

fantastically well on three legs and Scooby is one of them. Joseph is not

so lucky, is he? No, he was abandoned in Manchester and he had

his foot chopped off. When he was abandoned he was only nine weeks of

age and he could not walk very well. He was hunched up with pain in his

back and legs, he was not going to manage on three legs which is why

we've made him of bionic leg. He has some ground-breaking technology.

Tell us about this. We have developed this and it can allow skin

to grow onto metal. This becomes a permanent part of his skeleton. I

started this journey along time ago and the Holy Grail was to find a

honeycomb mesh onto which the skin could stick. If you look at

Joseph's foot, you can see he has a perfect seal between the skin and

the metal so he can feel the ground. I started this journey because I saw

my uncle Paul who only had a stump, and he had constant chafing. Today

people put on prosthetic limbs and they have suction cups, but with

this you can get the metal to bond to the skin. In theory you could

roll this out to humans as well? Absolutely. I went fishing with

Paul, and for the first time I saw his stump. It was knocked over the

side of the boat so I spent a long time chasing it down the stream!

This is the first time it has been seen on television and this could

change life as we know it. Luck it is the first time it has been seen

on television and it is the future of medicine, the future of how

humans and animals can cooperate together. Our foundation is going to

have a festival next year about this, and Supervet is all about that

hope for animals and humans. Thanks to Joseph! If you have been out in

the sun today, there's a good chance you might have slapped on some

suncream. Tonight Michael Mosley investigates how sunscreens work and

discovers that a brand new one may soon be available that has a natural

origin. You can see some of the invisible

damage sunlight causes using a special ultraviolet camera. It is

important we try to prevent damage and protects skin. These days I tend

to avoid too much direct sunlight and I also use a high protection

factor suntan cream. Although they let visible light through,

sunscreens are an effective barrier further damaging UV light, but how

do they work? Professor Young is a world leader in understanding how

sunlight affects skin. They work in two ways. We have a collection of

the active ingredients, and they work either by absorbing the UV as a

filter, or by scattering it, which is like having tiny mirrors on the

skin. These synthetic compounds created barrier, is -- working like

pigments in paint. These respond to invisible ultraviolet light, which

is why, with our camera, they looked like black paint. Their

effectiveness at stopping burning is measured by the sun protection

factor. This is factor 50, what does that mean? That is its ability to

prevent sunburn. It will reduce the ultraviolet light by a factor of

50, you get the 50th of the dose if you use it properly. Most of us

don't apply nearly enough. This would be enough for a day and a half

if you used it properly, three times a day on your whole body. I would

expect that to last two weeks. In that case you would get virtually no

protection from it. Now a team of researchers are testing a new

sunscreen, but this one has a natural origin. I was working on the

Great Barrier Reef and I could feel my skin burning. At the time it was

a low tide and I could see the corals emerging. It struck me, if I

am burning, why are they not burning? They produce MAAs. We found

that these MAAs pass through the food chain. How effective is it? At

least as effective as commercial sunscreens on the market at the

moment. Just like that synthetic UV filters in commercial sunscreens,

you can see these compounds also absorb UV light, but what are the

advantages of using something like this rather than a normal sunscreen?

The problem with synthetic compounds is that most of them will be toxic,

whereas these are beneficial to the environment. When would you expect

to see a commercial product available? Hopefully by Christmas.

Certainly by the New Year. The important thing is to slap the

sunscreen on generously, and if you really want to preserve your skin,

keep out of the midday sun. Yet another One Show fact for the day, a

whole bottle of sunscreen for a day and a half. Very expensive! Thanks

to all our guests. You can see Mel's programme Vertigo Roadtrip this

Wednesday at 9pm on BBC One, and Noel's Supervet is also on Wednesday

evening at 8pm on Channel Four. Thank you. We'll be back tomorrow

for some magic moments with Penn and Teller. Bye!

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