05/11/2015 The One Show

Hello and welcome to The One Show with Alex Jones.

And the delicious James Martin.

She's only saying that because there is now he's on the table. I made

these. We had these because we had a really interesting film about sugar.

Unfortunately, we had to ditch it because we had something very big to

share with you as a world exclusive. On the show, you will see Adele

performed for the first time in three years in front of a TV

audience. It was especially recorded for the ABC and you will see it

first here tonight. Our other guest tonight was an accomplished

musician. You probably know him better as the pointless bloke on the

television. So happy to be here. Nice to be back on the sofa here

with you. First of all, do you want a brownie? Which is the sugary one?

You are here because this is your first album. Your first music album.

I thought it would be you introduced in your favourite songs somebody

else singing. But it is you. Yes, it is me. All my life, I have been a

singer. My training, actually was music. I was a chorister when I was

very little. I was a choir boy when I was little, a proper chorister

when I was seven onwards. I sang all the way up to 22. Then I thought, I

don't want to do this professionally. I go into comedy. No

one ever asked me to sing. I always had it on my CV. People would say, I

see you are trained at singing. You played instruments first? I play a

bit of piano but I am properly trained to sing. Semiprofessional. A

trained baritone. So we will have you later after Adele. What about

that? Adele is my warm up. Plus, James is here because

Matt is live in Land's End with Team Rickshaw on the night

before their challenge begins. We'll catch up with them all

in a bit. Let's not wait a moment longer -

It's been three years in the making, and now Adele has finally returned

with new music. for the BBC, and The One Show had a

front row seat. Adele has come a long way since her

TV debut in 2007. She captivated her audience with a stunning vocal

performance that captivated the audience. Since then, she has taken

the world by storm with two multiplatinum albums and other live

performances like this one at the Brits in 2011. Just a piano and that

voice. Then there are key stacks of awards, Grammys, Globe and others.

I'm delighted to be amongst the privileged few who get to see Adele

sing live for the first time on TV in nearly three years. With moments

to go before the curtain rises, I tracked down the host. It is amazing

for her to be singing the songster night after all her vocal surgery

and everything. She broke the Internet. It was more popular than

Kim Kardashian's bottom. That is a big thing right there. This ticket

is so hot and exclusive that the audience have two handed in their

phone before they come in. I was amazed. I've got a ticket! There

were tears. I was on repeat, hello, it's me after all these years. I am

so amazed. I can't believe I'm here tonight. First, some warm up

questions from Graham. Some people thought you were going to leave it

after two albums. I was very self-critical. I thought with 21

being so successful it might be enough for everyone. I realised it

wasn't enough for me, so, sorry. I will make your ears bleed a bit

more. I wondered if I wanted to go back to it but obviously I do. I

wanted to make sure that everything was in place so I could do it

properly. I can't do anything else. This is all that I like doing. It

doesn't stop the rumour mill churning. Use this opportunity to

set the record straight. We are going to play rumour has it. Rumour

has it that you are not allowed access to your own tour account. I'm

not a drinker any more but when it first came out, I was always drunk

tweeting and nearly put my foot in it a few times. Now, someone else

has two sign it off. I write all my own tweets but somebody has to do

check it. And this was the moment that everybody was waiting for.

# I'm sorry for everything that I've done.

# I'm on the outside, at least I can see that I've changed.

# I'm sorry for breaking your heart.

# I hope it doesn't take you apart any more. APPLAUSE

Absolutely. The. How fantastic is that? I listen to it eight times on

Saturday night. And you can watch the full programme on BBC One. She

famously had some problems with her voice. Have you had any vocal

problems? Yesterday, I was doing my character on Pepa Pig and I started

croaking. Steam is the answer. Steam and cayenne pepper. That tends to

work. Nothing works better than two nights good sleep but often you

don't have time for that. Do you warm up your voice? I do weird

warm-ups. It's good. You need to find the right resonances. We are

glad that Adele has got hers back. This next film probably needs

the biggest safety warning we've Do not try and jump out

of a plane with fireworks strapped to your body, unless you are

a trained professional and it Daredevils have always attracted an

audience, partly because of the danger and bravery on show but what

could be left that can capture our imagination? Most people have

watched a fireworks display where they launch rockets into the sky.

What if we were to turn it around and launch them at the ground

instead? How might we go about that? Skydiver Dayne Kenny thinks he has

the answer and has spent two days rehearsing with the one show team.

He will become our very own human firework. What can possibly go

wrong? Quite a lot, actually. Especially when you are going to be

skydiving with these expenses. They are pyrotechnics. It is what they

use an festival stages and stuff like that. They will be attached to

my arms. I am going to have two lots on my arm. These clusters of 12 will

go on my boot like that, a cluster on each foot. They will have to go

off in a sequence so there is a continuous burn from the time I go

out until the time a -- I land. It is important that all the flares go

out before I open my canopy. They could damage the lines to the

parachute itself and I could be between the devil and the deep sea.

He will be setting off his in freefall. To give the best display

he wants to set off a second set of flares whilst the parachute is open.

His timing must be exact. To document this fact, we have enlisted

leak Regine turn our skydiving cameraman. I have filmed

pyrotechnics and skydivers before. I have to make sure I don't get in

range. A face full of sparks. It will have to be perfect timing. With

Jane and Lee attempting such a dangerous shot, timing has to be

crucial. The problem is that with weather deteriorating planes are

unable to fly preventing any more rehearsals. With the forecast

offering a brief window for the scheduled performance, they will

make their first and only jump with operational flares in front of an

expectant audience. With night falling, the crowds are gathering to

watch this one-off performance. I just hope that they haven't got

their wires crossed. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the incredible

human firework! With the first part of the dive

complete, the parachute open, he ignites the flares to perform the

finale. APPLAUSE

That was pretty good. It was incredible.

Please don't strap fireworks to your body tonight and

What the scariest thing you have ever done. I once advertised a

delicious summary drink and they made me stand 120 feet up a tree. I

had a harness and everything. I would have only felt the benefit of

the harness if I fell off. There was just a guy at the bottom of the

crane. Basically, the only way I know if I am up to this is by

falling off. But you are still here to tell the tale. Thankfully. I

James the same question. He said this. James Martin! And that was

before the days of airbrushing. That was frightening. Never again. It was

when the Spice Girls were big at the time. They opened the show. They

asked everybody. Who would be stupid enough to do it? Five chefs. One of

the Spice Girls asked me where the toilet was. Because I was dressed as

a security guard. I walked her to the toilet!

You are here because of your first album? Yes, thank you. What is its

name? A Year Of Songs and it comes out tomorrow. There are some famous

songs. I put it on a CD player thinking Matt Monroe, the first one,

and it is using it. Yes, it is. There is an nice mixture on there.

There is a classical stuff and nice and popular classic songs like

Summertime. You have got an orchestra. Yes, and a key piece

orchestra and it is glorious. The producer has a very cinematic

palette. You get wonderful shades of bright and dark. It is wonderful.

Not only does it sound pretty good, but you have nailed the crooner

look. We have done research into this. There are three key points

that you have pulled off, and first of all it is the smart outfit. You

have the wistful look in your eye. And keep it all you have the

crooner's Li Na. And you are in good company because we have also done

some research. Leaning on a staircase. Barry Manilow. The

ultimate Welsh crooner. Leaning on a tree. How high up that tree is he?

And then we have got the other Welsh icon stuck in a cupboard. I went

slightly overboard on the leaning and they have photo shopped me into

a cupboard. But it was not only me who had a go because James Martin,

you pull it off quite well. That issue on the cover of one of your

books. Is that the magazine? A magazine for what? Slow cooking. It

is genuine. Music was in your blood as well all through your childhood.

You were a scholar. I finished up as a choral scholar. Classical music is

the only training I have. I have done it all the way through and I

have kept it up. Your lovely friend Andrew has been teaching me for some

years. I keep up with music lessons to keep the technique ticking over.

Finally, Tim Rice asked me if I would think in a concept. I saw you

do it and you were fantastic. Thank you, that went on telly last

Christmas and from there somebody said, you really saying. We cannot

put down things like horse riding or sword fighting on your CD, it came

from that. We went and spoke to your housemaster at Durham college. This

is what he said. We had an inter-house music competition that

Alex was supposed to be prepared for and he announced to 500 people that

the Moroccan folk song that he would sing in Arabic was genuine. It was

not. It was a concoction of weird noises that sounded like Arabic and

they had been very briefly rehearsed. Pure unadulterated

bluffing. But well done. Can we have a blast of that funny Arabic? I was

half joking. I remember it even to this day. Some of your classmates

are musicians as well. Five musicians, one pilot and two please

men. If you had gone down the route of music earlier, what would have

happened? I would not have been sitting here. Having done comedy I

was given privileged access in a slightly unfair way. Comedy was an

excuse to do music as well because we write songs for our show. I kind

of kept it going. I don't know where I would be. I would be a middle

ranking, not doing averagely well, performing in Dusseldorf. Do not

sell yourself short, it is a good album. A Year Of Songs is out

Children in Need night is nearly here, which means it's time to begin

There will be plenty of laughter, tears and money raised

along the way, and Matt will be with them for every mile of it.

Did you get there safely? It is all good so far, but we have not started

yet. The mist has now blown in here and I am underneath the famous sign

which displays how far the team has to go. The East End, 47 miles. I

wish, 477. Let me remind you how big total up. We head off to Padstow and

then Okehampton, Taunton, Bristol, Winchester, Brighton, Chatham and

hopefully arriving in the studio on Friday. I am not standing here alone

because I am joined by Team Rickshaw. In general, how are we

feeling? Fired up. Ten hours to go, final thoughts. Really excited, I

want to get going. Area I said last night you were not feeling so well.

You were checked out and what is the verdict? A chest infection, but I

will be fine because I am always fine. Just get on with it. On the

training side of things we know you had a few rough and tumble moment,

Lucy, but, George, how many laps of Richmond Park did you squeeze in

before you got on the train today? I did 14. That is 40 miles. I went

there and all the way back home to ham. You are cycling a bit further

than that on this trip. It is not just the trip, they have to do a

speech in front of an enormous crowd. We sent Elliott of 21 big

night at Wembley. Elliott, make sure you look at the

audience and imagine they all love you. That is important. Two minutes.

We have somebody very special and his name is Elliott. Two years ago

my life was turned totally upside down. I had not been feeling very

well. After some tests they told me I had Hodgkin's lymphoma, a type of

cancer. That was a real shock. I had never been ill and now I had

something that could possibly kill me. I had chemotherapy which made me

feel ill for days. I also took pills which would make me gain a lot of

weight. I would wake up in the morning feeling really bad and in a

horrible mood. It was such a relief to find teams unite, a charity that

has pulled together teenagers with cancer and they understand what I am

going through. My cancer is in remission, but it has not completely

gone away. Please donate if you can. Your money could help people like me

and many others. Thank you. Elliott, what was it like to feel

that support at Wembley? It was absolutely amazing. I did not expect

them to support me as well as they did, it was a once-in-a-lifetime

opportunity and I was glad to get it. You just wait, team, until you

hear the support of Great Britain, they will be right behind you all

the way. Now we need the rickshaw and here it comes. Courtesy of the

Royal Navy air Station of cold rows. What an arrival. From here on it is

all about you and you will be powering it. Who is going to be the

first one up? Before we remind everybody of the route we are taking

tomorrow, 60.21 miles, the first rider up at 5am will be... Lucy, it

is you. You will have to get a good night's sleep. If you do not mind,

Alex and James, would you remind everybody from your nice one studio

have everybody can follow this very adventurous trip.

Thanks, Matt, and you can track Team Rickshaw's

progress throughout their challenge online, the link's on our website.

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After that speech somebody will I am sure. You are about to sing. Do you

get nervous? Yes, really nervous. Well, it is time. Thank you very

much, it has been lovely to see you. Looking forward to it.

If you've already donated, we've been asking you to send a

photo so we can say a proper thank you, so watch out during Xander's

Thank you for your company, James. Can I have a brownie now?

Tomorrow Matt will be live in Padstow to greet Team Rickshaw,

and here to help me cheer them in are David Walliams and British

We'll leave you with the dulcet tones of Alexander

Armstrong from his new album A Year of Songs, it's On Days Like These.

# On days like these when skies are blue and fields are green

# I look around and think about what might have been

# And then I hear sweet music float around my head

# As I recall the many things we left unsaid

# It's on days like these that I remember

# While your eyes played games with mine

# On days like these I wonder what became of you

# Maybe today you are singing songs with someone new

# I'd like to think you're walking by those willow trees

# Remembering the love we knew on days like these

# It's on days like these that I remember

# While your eyes played games with mine

# On days like these I wonder what became of you