05/09/2014 The One Show

Welcome to the final day of The One Show Music Festival. This week, we

have witnessed live pop... Classical... Contemporary... Soul...

And tonight we top it all off with the legend that is Robert Plant! We

could not be more excited, only because he is a true rock god... Not

only because his album has received rave reviews... But also because the

man plays fiddle with only one string!

Hello and welcome to The One Show. What is wrong? Let's see your boots.

Come on! They are from Mexico. Tell me they are snakeskin! No, they are

rubber boots. Tonight we have Robert Plant and also this week, the great

North run and even gnarly of the One Show Music Festival. It is a big day

for you, Robert. Your new album has been reviewed. The Guardian has

given it four stars! Yes! Four stars! But we have reviewed it here

and would like to exclusively reveal to you live on BBC One... Pretty

good, I know you are happy with the four stars. How many are we going to

give it? Put them up! I never thought I would see this in all my

life as a singer! I used to sing to about three people at the back of a

labour club in Birmingham. It looks like these people have been

strategically placed behind me! Not at all! And the reason they are in

colours of the rainbow is because you are going to be performing your

song, Rainbow, at the end of the show. We had a chat downstairs and

you said it could be your last album. Is that the case? It was just

a bad day! My companions and I come we made great music together for a

long time on and off, and we made this great collection of songs, and

then you have to start becoming a hooker and telling everybody what it

is all about, so I just thought, I can't do this any more. I don't want

to do this any more! I want to play sing-a-long stuff in the back of

Birmingham again. So I got a bit tired of it for a bit but not tired

of the music. Just of the concept of hooking it. But now you are having a

good day. Today is Friday and I want side! OK! Is it true you are driving

straight off after the show? And you have time to your first pint of

cider for round 9:45pm? Yes. If we told there was a way -- told you

there was a way you could eat all of this and not put on weight, we

suspected you might be interested. I am! There has been assigned to

victory through and we have been to a lab to look at whether a forgotten

food plentiful on British shores could be the answer.

In the UK today nearly 25% of adults are classed as a base and by 2025 it

is expected this figure will have risen to 40%. -- OBE. Wouldn't it be

great if people could eat something that will control their weight?

Scientists think they have found a wonderful substance that, if added

to our food, could help us in the battle against a bee city. It is

something that can be found on all the beaches around our coast.

Seaweed! There are many different righties of seaweed but this one,

kelp, contains high levels of a fibre called alginate which is all

ready used in trace amounts in foods as a thickener and stabiliser. But

there is another amazing property of this which has got scientists really

interested. Its ability to reduce the amount of that we absorb from

our food. Doctor Matthew Wilcox of Newcastle University is studying the

fact and absorption properties of alginate. Is it all seaweed that

have this? No, we are specifically interested in this, alginate. So it

is in the extracts of brown seaweed. Matt produces this powder of

alginate after putting the seaweed into a formula. What is it that it

does? We're showing that by adding just a small amount of alginate,

this can reduce the amount of that absorbed by the body. So it can

reduce the number of enzymes that break down the fat by up to 80%.

Glyceryl is small enough to pass through the wall of the intestinal

into the bloodstream where it is carried away to be used as energy or

stored elsewhere as that in the body. To test the remarkable power

of alginate in reducing fat absorption, Matt build these -

artificial gots. Each of them replicate hours complete with

synthetic juices. To one we add ordinary bread and to the other we

add bread mixed with the alginate. Each gut now contains the equivalent

of a standard slice of buttered bread. Now we let digester run its

course. Just like the human digestive process, it takes a few

hours to complete. -- digester and run its course. Then we look at the

fact produced in both samples. It is looking really good. One is pink and

one is not. The presence of the pink shows the detection of glycerol and

that is the breaking down of that. We have had lots of digester in fact

so I have absorbed lots of fat. Alginate bread means there is less

fat. Yes, it just passes out naturally. It stops the enzyme

breaking down the fat. If you put alginate in, say, the bread in a

bacon sandwich, it will reduce the amount of fat you absorbed from the

bacon. But doesn't that mean you then just end up with bread that

tastes of seaweed? Well, to test whether it turns the bread to taste

like seaweed, I'm going to test them out. We have got alginate bread and

ordinary bread. The thing is, will the people of Newcastle be able to

tell the difference? Which one of these did you prefer? That one.

Yellow plate? Green plate? The bacon on that plate tasted nicer but I

like the bread here! The green plate with the seaweed is a clear winner.

Previous tests show we prefer the text and firmness of the alginate

bread. -- the texture. It also has the advantage of keeping the bread

moist for longer. Because alginate is basically a tasteless powder,

Matt and his team are trying it out in all sort of things from sausages

to your guts. So very soon, you could find alginate-containing

products in a supermarket near you. All right, thank you so much, Marty.

We are joined by a dietician and nutritionist Azmina Govindji. I hope

I said your name properly! You did it well! We're not saying this is

kind of miracle cure. No. It is at its very early stages and it is

interesting research. If you think about the psychology of it, people

tend to eat more if you tell them it will absorb less fat. So we have to

be careful. I understand there are manufacturers who are interested in

it and in Japan there is a drink which contains it, which is good for

the fibre, but currently the European labelling regulations will

not allow you to say that alginate helps you lose weight or reduce fat

absorption. So we cannot say that until there is a more solid

scientific basis. And also, we need fat in our bodies. Yes. For every

cell in your body you need this and you need to be able to absorb

vitamins by absorbing fat. So we have to let the research developed

and look at this. What is out there that could help us naturally to

stave off getting too fat? There is a new product and ingredient called

glucose manner. It helps you to lose weight if you have a certain amount.

There is also an interesting plant from Brazil and it is a

sweet-tasting plant, so that is a useful sugar substitute. And there

is seaweed, which I think will come into the headlines a lot more. The

benefits are exaggerated but it is rich in iodine and some of us do

need more of that, so I think that will come onto the shelves earlier.

And relative to sugar? Yes. We should be weaning ourselves on

having too many sweet foods. Even though these are sweet tasting.

Sugar is sugar cane as well. So it is about eating everything you enjoy

in the right amounts, have a lot of righty, lots of natural colours on

your plate and enjoy what you eat. -- lots of variety. Well, over to

you. Having a bath in seaweed over there! I tell you what! I did not

think the day would end like this! Duly is in the bath with me. We were

just having a conversation about where we from Wales. -- Julia. What

is it about this stuff? Well, three or skin, you can absorb all the

goodness from it and all the minerals and so on, it is fantastic.

-- through your skin. How many times a week do you do this? Probably

three times. So you bathe in it and then you use the seaweed afterwards.

Do you use it in the garden? I use it in the compost and in my cooking,

so in cakes, biscuits, quiche, soups, cereal. I have to say, you

are looking fantastic on it! Tell everybody the name of your new

puppy. Seaweed! Here he comes. He wants a bit of the action! Burger

with your seaweed? Back off, Evans! It is the seaweed, isn't it? Nice

smell(!) Well, the great North run is the first race which will see the

line. We sent Angellica Bell off to see what puts the word great in

Great North Run. This will be the first race to see 1

million people finish it. Even the marathons of London, New York and

Boston haven't managed this feat. Not bad for a local fun run. It was

all-star to by Brendan Foster, who decided to start a run in the

north-east. -- all started by. If you go to the oven pics and the

Championships, athletics and running is about extraordinary talent. -- if

you go to the Olympics. Ordinary people doing extraordinary things,

that is what it is about for me. It is about the people, really.

Britain's biggest half marathon started and has grown over -- to

over 57,000 participants, putting it among the world's biggest races. And

this man knows the race like few others. 33 done, 34 coming up. I've

never missed one. What is it that you love so much? It has become so

much part of the fabric of the community. Every year, so many

people turn out. I hope to run another 34 at least! I will be 100

then! I will be there with you! I can see it! What does it take to put

on an event of this scale? 270,000 bottles of water will be consumed on

Sunday. 18,000 plates of pasta will be eaten the night before at the

pasta party for all those running. Then there is the sugar rush. Over a

tonne of jelly babies was handed out to runners on route in 2011. 228,000

safety pins will be needed to pin the numbers on all the runners. Then

there will be 28 miles of river needed for the finishing medals.

Thousands of volunteers will be here on the day helping out and to top it

all off, 42 double-decker buses will be transporting stuff to the

finishing line. I am keen to speak to a couple of local lads to find

out what this race really means to them. Are you tired? Yes! Why is it

so important to Newcastle? It is just a world-famous race. People

know about the city because of that run. It is a fantastic thing, a real

positive endeavour. It is the people running trying to do good for

others. You can't beat that. Jimmy, you have run it already. Sting, you

haven't. Any tips? I have a 1 word tip - it is gasoline! I can't stay

and talk. I've got to keep running. The event organisers are keeping

very tight-lipped about which position crossing the line will be

the 1,000,000th finisher, but seeing as I am running on Sunday, there is

a good chance it could be me, so I had better keep running!

Good luck to everybody. So many great causes are being supported.

Robert Plant is with us this morning. Come on, a round of

applause! Robert is here to perform, on our

final day of The One Show Music Festival - he'll kick off Rainbow.

On the red button, you can watch the rest of the set. We will try and get

him to play two or three hours, no more than that! It is what we are

used to. Your band are by the name of the Sensational Space Shifters.

You describe them as the Dad's Army of rock'n'roll, don't you? Highly

unlikely. I am talking about the road crew.

Anybody who was here earlier when we ran through the numbers, it is just

rock'n'roll, a crew, magnificent people. I mean the band and the

crew, with rea kind of communion. The band

crew, with rea kind of communion. crew are Dad's Army.

crew, with rea kind of communion. realise it was the

crew, with rea kind of communion. it was the band. Here she is!

Freshly bathed. it was the band. Here she is!

I do love your natural seaweed smell. It was not the band, it is

the crew that are Dad's Army. We got that one wrong! It is rippling

muscle and sensational sounds from another planet. Is it hard to get

them together? No, not difficult at all. You offer catering. Brockley,

all that stuff! We are great souls and we have

all that stuff! a great time together. This project

started about two years ago and it wasn't until about seven or eight

months ago that we realised we have no new songs. We were trying to get

a record deal with no new music at all. And we were playing far away

and a guy I respect who runs a record company in New York, he came

to see us playing and he said, this is amazing, but... I said, but!

There are no buts! He said, where are the songs? So, we started

writing. For him. Fancy that. We would have recorded songs we already

knew. So, we worked together. It is great fun. It is very relaxed and

everybody contributes very strongly. They pushed me forward because I

have got a name on the tin, but, you know... You don't make great music

if you don't work with great people! What is the biggest joy for you, as

having written this album full of songs that you with perform whatever

you want. The biggest joy is to get it right. It is like a weave because

it's not the kind of what people would expect. I have made a lot of

music in Nashville and I have worked a lot with modified my singing style

quite a lot to fit in with another process, so, the music, I have made

it was more reflective and when I came back to the UK recently, I just

missed these guys and the way that they, they come from great places,

from Massive Attack and from Cast, you know. It is strong, urban

British music. It is exciting to hear you talking about it. It is

good fun. Where it goes, it goes. Right now it will go around here,

hopefully. Hopefully. It is a good place to play with all these

buildings. It echoes a bit. . Well, Lully biand the ceaseless Roar is

out on Monday. Only on The One Show would you find the lead singer of

led Zeppelin sitting down to watch who inspired their names. The waters

of lake Konstanz lap the shores A century ago the peace and quiet was

broken. This German town was the birthplace of one of the world's

most terrifying weapons of mass destruction.

This was the home town of one of the most important pioneers of the

history of aviation. His name Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin. He spent his

year in the Army. He became a respected General. He was

engineering genius and his dream was to invent a new kind of flying

machine. After he retired in the 1890s the Count was able to turn his

dream into a reality. His invention would open a new

window on the world. And not being a modest sort of

fellow, the Count indulgently named it after himself.

On 2nd July, 1900, three years before the Wright broshts took

flight, the -- brothers took flight, the Count and four of his crew took

to the air. Early Zeppelins were up to 450 feet long and nearly 40 feet

wide. Their frames were covered in fabric and covered with bags of

hydroagain. They became known as "flying cigars." So was the Zeppelin

imimmediately popular with the public? There are many people who

are fascinated about these huge airships. It was a possibility to go

to the air - that was very new during this time and not everybody

can do this - only balloons and the Zeppelin was a clever marketing man.

By early 1914, Zeppelins had flown hundreds of luxurious flights to

destinations across Germany. This was the world's first airline.

Wow! This is the way to fly! What strikes you is it feels like you are

floating on air. But as the storm clouds of the First

World War gathered over Europe, the Count found a more sinister use.

This is also the possibility to use it as a weapon and that he can give

his country, his nation, a place between the other great nations. In

January 1915, Britain lacked a properly developed antiaircraft

system. The Zeppelins began to raid the country at will.

The bombing was indiscriminate. During 50 raids over three years,

557 men, women and children lost their lives.

The Zeppelin had brought death and destruction to a new arena of modern

warfare - the home front. The Count's flying cigar had a new name,

"The baby killer." Britain strengthened its air defence with

search lights, observation posts and antiaircraft guns T battle for

supremacy in the air turned against the Zeppelins. Within months, 30 of

Germany's 34 Zeppelins had been shot down.

The Zeppelin proved not to be the invincible weapon the Count had

dreamed of. After he died, in March 1917,

Britain overcame the Zeppelin threat.

And today, the Zeppelin is a peaceful pleasure cruiser once

again. Rob continue telling that story on

the air. In the golden days led Zeppelin played in Denmark. We could

not use the name Zeppelin because we would bring the name of the family

into disrepute, so we called ourselves, the Nobs!

What a week it's been. Now we end with Robert Plant here performing

his new single Rainbow, which is out on Monday, along with his album

Lullaby and the Ceaseless Roar. You can see the rest on the iPlayer.

Here is his set list. You are here Rainbow, then Little Maggie... This

is exciting. Take it away. Can we stay on stage? Well, you go and wait

in the van, OK? . You go home now! Goodbye.

# I found a lucky charm # I dressed it up with love

# I crossed the Seven Seas to you # Will it be enough?

# And I will bring the song for you # And I will carry on

# Ooh Oooh Oooh # Ooh Oooh Oooh

# I'm reachin' for the stars # In the sky above

# Oh, I will bring their beauty home # The colours of my love

# And I will be a rainbow # Now your storm is gone

# And I will bring my song to you # And I will carry on

# Ooh Oooh Oooh # Ooh Oooh Oooh

# Love is enough # Though the world be a wind

# And the woods have no voice but the voice of complaining

# My hands shall not tremble, my feet shall not falter

# The voyage shall not weary, the fish shall not alter

# Hmm, It's rainbow, oh it's rainbow # Oh, can't you see the eyes are the

# A world that's filled with love # Pocket full of hearts

# The passion and the flood # I lie beneath the rainbow

# Now your tears have gone # And I will sing my song for you

# And I will carry on # Ooh Oooh Oooh Oooh