:00:23. > :00:27.Hello. Welcome to the One Show with Alex Jones. And Matt Baker. Today's
:00:27. > :00:32.guest spends so much time on the road that he describes himself as
:00:32. > :00:41.the travelling salesman of comedy. Shall we let him in? Go on then.
:00:41. > :00:50.It's Jimmy Carr! Do you like our tree. If only you could have found
:00:50. > :00:57.Is it? I thought woolies had closed down. But you have connections.
:00:57. > :01:05.you a busy boy. You're often called the hardest working comedian.
:01:05. > :01:09.That's a misnomer. What do we do, an hour a day at most. Being on
:01:09. > :01:17.tour, you constantly travel. Do you get time off? No, I have a job that
:01:18. > :01:22.I love. It's great. You know what you're doing up to Christmas 2013.
:01:22. > :01:27.I have put a gagging order tour on sale. I put in Christmas 2013.
:01:27. > :01:34.That's a lot. Isn't it. People can book now to see you then? Yeah, if
:01:34. > :01:38.they want. Don't feel you have to. Other comedians are available. Go
:01:38. > :01:43.and see someone else. There are lots of funny boys and girls out.
:01:43. > :01:47.There More from Jimmy later. Security systems in new cars are so
:01:47. > :01:50.sophisticated thieves often have to steal the keys to get away with the
:01:50. > :02:00.vehicle. Simon Boazman was surprised to discover where these
:02:00. > :02:03.
:02:03. > :02:07.There's nothing more heart breaking than watching your pride and joy
:02:07. > :02:14.being pinched. The way car thieves operate and what they do with your
:02:14. > :02:19.car once they have the keys is changing. Security systems in
:02:19. > :02:27.modern cars are so effective, you're now more likely to come face
:02:27. > :02:32.to face with a thief. In thap year Ken and his daughter were targeted
:02:32. > :02:36.after being followed onto private land. I parked up on the side. I
:02:36. > :02:41.walked back to give her a hand... Leaving the car unlocked? Yeah,
:02:41. > :02:48.with the keys in, and left the engine running. We pulled the gate
:02:48. > :02:52.to and we watched him. My daughter man icked -- panicked. He got in
:02:52. > :02:57.the car. My daughter was at the car as he slammed the door and said,
:02:57. > :03:01.thank you very much and drove O If my daughter had gone round the
:03:01. > :03:05.front of the car to stop him, which she could have done, he'd have run
:03:05. > :03:10.her over. Ken's Range Rover dais peered without trace. He soon had
:03:10. > :03:15.more bad news. Insurance wonts pay up because I left the keys in the
:03:15. > :03:19.car with the engine running, though it's on private ground. I never
:03:19. > :03:26.even thought people would be watching me. How much are you out
:03:27. > :03:32.of pocket? It was two years old when it got stole be, -- stolen. �
:03:32. > :03:36.34,000 to �40,000. How does it make you feel? Bit sick really. I've had
:03:36. > :03:41.my money and people can just take it away. Shelley was arriving home
:03:41. > :03:46.to her young children when she was robbed on her doorstep. Before I
:03:46. > :03:50.knew it I was standing here, he was there, had a balaclava on, hood and
:03:50. > :03:55.just said give me your keys and I won't hurt you. Needless to say I
:03:55. > :04:01.gave him my keys. Just like Ken, police believe Shelley had been
:04:01. > :04:06.followed home in her Audi. I went towards the door and he said "Don't
:04:06. > :04:10.call the police yet and I won't hurt you." Initially after, when he
:04:10. > :04:13.drove off, I became hysterical. After her terrifying ordeal.
:04:13. > :04:17.Shelley eventually reached a settlement with her insurance.
:04:17. > :04:21.Shortly after she received an unexpected phone call. I found out
:04:21. > :04:28.where my car was when the insurance company rang to say actually it's
:04:28. > :04:32.been found in South Africa. It was part of a much bigger criminal
:04:32. > :04:37.organisation. So how does a car stolen here end up in South Africa?
:04:37. > :04:42.The answer lies in ports like this, every day thousands of containers
:04:42. > :04:47.leave our shores. There's growing evidence they're being used to ship
:04:47. > :04:51.thousands of stolen cars from the UK every year. That's exactly what
:04:51. > :04:56.happened to Ken and Shelley's vehicles. Both were stolen by the
:04:56. > :05:02.same criminals before being loaded onto containers full of other
:05:02. > :05:06.expensive cars and shipped to Africa. But the investigative team
:05:06. > :05:10.were on their trail. How did you locate all these stolen cars?
:05:10. > :05:13.picked up a container randomly that's was going out of the country.
:05:13. > :05:17.From that, working with the shipping industry, and doing a good
:05:17. > :05:21.paper trail with them, we were able to identify a number of other
:05:21. > :05:24.consignments, we were able to get the containers intercepted in South
:05:25. > :05:34.Africa as soon as they arrived. What kind of value are we talking
:05:34. > :05:40.about, there's 19 cars here? Conservetively these are worth �
:05:40. > :05:45.500,000 all together. Among them is one vehicle waiting to be reunited
:05:45. > :05:50.with his owner, the Range Rover Ken bought himself as a retirement
:05:50. > :05:54.present. Good gracious me. That's mine! I reckon that's mine. What's
:05:54. > :05:59.it like seing it again? Brilliant. I never thought I'd see it again.
:05:59. > :06:03.Most of the stolen cars, including Shelley's Audi, will be sold at
:06:03. > :06:06.auction by the insurers hoping to recover some of the money they've
:06:06. > :06:12.already paid out on them. Because Ken never got a pay out, he will
:06:12. > :06:17.get to drive his home. We got it. That's one for us. My daughter says
:06:17. > :06:23.she wants to stick it where it was stolen and take a picture of it and
:06:23. > :06:29.say there we are, we got it back. Indeed. Not the only car ending up
:06:29. > :06:32.in South Africa in the next few days. Classic! I see what you've
:06:32. > :06:37.done there. You are genius. That's a good film. No-one thought that
:06:37. > :06:40.was happening in the end. Five minutes and get the car back.
:06:40. > :06:44.other service can you offer? reason they're going to South
:06:44. > :06:49.Africa is like any good scam it's seen as a high reward and low risk.
:06:49. > :06:54.Because of the way the shipping system works, good gangs can get
:06:54. > :07:01.cars in containers without putting hands on them. If you don't touch
:07:01. > :07:06.the car, getting caught is very small. In Africa it's worth a huge
:07:06. > :07:14.amount of money. It's the weird thing that people don't get
:07:14. > :07:19.arrested for stealing a car is it TOKing?, taking without owner's
:07:19. > :07:22.consent. I know this, and it's your job, come on. Take an interest in
:07:22. > :07:26.this. They've made the technology too good so people break into your
:07:26. > :07:31.house now to get the keys. They've made it worse. Yes. I'd rather
:07:31. > :07:34.leave the keys in the car and have it stolen than have someone attack
:07:34. > :07:38.me in a balaclava. Shall we talk about the weather. On a different
:07:38. > :07:48.note. It's turned freezing. Very cold today. It's not his fault.
:07:48. > :07:53.Well, this is the M74 in Lanarkshire. There's snow in Durham.
:07:53. > :07:57.The institute of advanced motoring have offered tips. There's a link
:07:57. > :08:01.on the website, go there nor further information. Some of the
:08:01. > :08:06.basics is if the police are issuing weather warnings, don't go out.
:08:06. > :08:10.Take advice from the police. Don't use country roads or housing
:08:10. > :08:15.estates, they're far less likely to be gritted. Advanced driving school
:08:15. > :08:18.have said stay at home. Their advice is don't drive? Clear your
:08:18. > :08:24.windows, make sure there's no snow on the cars before you go out and
:08:24. > :08:29.you should be OK. Before you go out, but don't go out. Clear the snow
:08:29. > :08:35.off the car and stay indoors. They always say no essential journeys.
:08:35. > :08:41.Who's just going for a spin? They're all essential. Talking of
:08:41. > :08:47.driving, you have tyre news as well. Just want to clarify the legal
:08:47. > :08:52.limit for tyre tread in the UK is 1.6mm, it comes from a film from a
:08:52. > :08:56.while back. It's acrass three quarters of the central tyre, so
:08:56. > :09:02.you have to check everywhere if you're going to check your tyre.
:09:02. > :09:07.How do you spell circumference. They recommend the 20p test. If the
:09:07. > :09:11.outer rim of a 20p is visible when you drop it into the grooves of
:09:11. > :09:16.tyre they advise it might be an idea to get new tyres. If you can
:09:16. > :09:19.see the outer rim. Because it's getting wet now, anything with less
:09:19. > :09:27.than 1.6mm on your stopping distance increases. Get your tyres
:09:27. > :09:31.checked. Or ask your dad. Ask your dad or anyone in a HGV. They'll
:09:31. > :09:36.know. All right. They know everything. Everyone's looking for
:09:36. > :09:40.ways to save money. More and more people are using internet vouchers
:09:40. > :09:44.that trigger huge discounts if enough people sign up for a
:09:44. > :09:49.particular offer. One company Group On is being investigated because of
:09:49. > :09:56.claim that's savings are exaggerated.
:09:56. > :10:01.These days from the moment we wake up, there's bargains to be had.
:10:01. > :10:08.There'scy certain David Dickinson once said "It's time to go bargain
:10:08. > :10:12.hunting". 20% off Origami lessons. That should come in handy. Half
:10:12. > :10:20.price golf equipment, bargain. There are literally thousands of
:10:20. > :10:26.discount vouchers available for a range of products and experiences.
:10:26. > :10:32.I wonder if there's one for double glazing? These days, coupons are
:10:32. > :10:37.big business. People are saving �50 billion a year with vouchers and
:10:37. > :10:41.discount codes. How do you find the bargains? Have a look online, look
:10:41. > :10:47.round the shops. Monsoon had vouchers last week. I had a dress
:10:47. > :10:51.for 25% discount. Free Pizza Express, cinema vouchers. I will go
:10:51. > :10:55.to those shop it's they give me a voucher. Someone who can show most
:10:55. > :10:59.of us how to save more than a few pennies is Debbie. Before I go
:10:59. > :11:04.shopping any time, I go and have a look on the internet just to find
:11:04. > :11:07.out what's out there. What are your top tips for saving money? You need
:11:07. > :11:11.to know the price you are paying currently for the things you buy.
:11:11. > :11:14.Because if you don't know what you're currently paying you won't
:11:14. > :11:19.recognise a bargain when you see it. What would you say would be the
:11:19. > :11:29.best bargain so far? Two mattresses, that I have ordered. I'm waiting
:11:29. > :11:34.for them to arrive on Groupon. I paid �300, �150 each. They are
:11:34. > :11:40.telling me I saved �1200 by doing that. �1200, now that is a saving.
:11:40. > :11:45.It was that kind of a bargain that this bakery was looking for when
:11:45. > :11:50.they put a 75% discount voucher online. What we were offering was
:11:50. > :11:56.75% discount from the usual price of �26 down to �6.50. We expected
:11:56. > :12:01.from the advice that we would get probably 250 orders a week and that
:12:01. > :12:05.turned into something like 4,000. They are thinking, this is exciting.
:12:05. > :12:10.This is a fantastic opportunity. 250 a week, we can deal with that.
:12:10. > :12:14.That's based on their discussions with yourselves. Yeah the issue is
:12:14. > :12:17.that I find it unlikely that the sales represent would have said
:12:17. > :12:21.maybe 250-odd. It's difficult to comment because I wasn't in the
:12:21. > :12:26.conversation. What was the impact of this on the business? Everybody
:12:26. > :12:31.here was working ten, 12, 14 hour days. We had to get lots more staff
:12:31. > :12:36.in. We're not a mass production outfit. We're not used to that kind
:12:36. > :12:39.of through put. It was crazy. understand that Groupon offers can
:12:39. > :12:45.put pressure on businesses. The key message from that and the learning
:12:45. > :12:50.for businesses out there is that preparation, we're clear on working
:12:50. > :12:54.out how many vouchers we can sell. We have two key customers, the
:12:54. > :12:56.first of which is the business, the second is the customer. Consumers
:12:56. > :13:00.as well, people who have been taking up the vouchers have been
:13:00. > :13:04.having a bad experience and now the Office of Fair Trading have said
:13:04. > :13:06.you know, some of the stuff you have put out there has been
:13:06. > :13:10.misleading. We're in full compliance with the investigation.
:13:10. > :13:15.We have the same goal. We want customers to get a great offer. We
:13:15. > :13:18.have nothing to hide. We're completely transparent. If --
:13:18. > :13:23.people have a problem, what's the come back? We have a fully
:13:23. > :13:27.functional customer service team. We have the Groupon promise F
:13:27. > :13:31.you're not happy with the offer, we'd like it talk to you. If you're
:13:31. > :13:35.not happy with, it we'll look at giving your money back. It added
:13:35. > :13:42.that it relies on business partners to make the final decision on how
:13:42. > :13:49.big the offer should be and 75% of subscribers would recommend to
:13:49. > :13:55.others. Do you like a bargain? Everyone likes a bargain. It's a
:13:55. > :13:57.bit hunter damage rer, just go into the store and pretend you're on the
:13:57. > :14:04.apprentice. There's hidden cameras everywhere, I need a discount. I
:14:04. > :14:10.was on the Groupon's guy side. It seems like an odd item, you're very
:14:10. > :14:14.much on the consumers friend, that guy was going we gave 75% off cakes.
:14:14. > :14:19.It's the quantity of the offers that's the Irish you. Too many
:14:19. > :14:26.people getting good deals, OK? That sounds bad. Too many people getting
:14:26. > :14:29.a fair deal. Would you sell tickets through those websites? For a live
:14:29. > :14:35.show? I would be weird about that. We never discount tickets. If
:14:35. > :14:41.people pay to see the show, it's the most annoying thing on a flight,
:14:41. > :14:45.if you're at a comedy show, and somebody went I paid �8 for my
:14:45. > :14:49.ticket. You'd be gutted. They all have to pay the same. That seems
:14:49. > :14:53.fair. Let's see you in your seventh DVD, Being Funny. Have we found a
:14:53. > :14:58.clip we can play? Yeah, indeed. really.
:14:58. > :15:00.This is going to be short. Enjoy it. The first few weeks of joining
:15:00. > :15:07.Weight Watchers, you're finding your feet.
:15:07. > :15:10.LAUGHTER Are there any parents in?
:15:10. > :15:17.CHEERING Has been got parents? Had you to
:15:17. > :15:21.think about that, you're an idiot. Parents have got a favourite. If
:15:21. > :15:25.your parents told you they didn't have a favourite, all that means is
:15:25. > :15:28.you weren't it. If you're an only child and your parents went out of
:15:28. > :15:33.their way to tell you they didn't have a favourite, that is bad.
:15:33. > :15:36.APPLAUSE I did a joke there about Weight
:15:36. > :15:42.Watchers on that clip. It's not easy losing weight. I've had
:15:42. > :15:50.complaints about that. A woman came up to me, a larger lay lady, big
:15:50. > :15:55.boned. She said "How do you think I feel?" I said "Skwidgey. You've
:15:55. > :15:59.lost weight as well. A lot of weight. It was just life on the
:15:59. > :16:04.road. You're eating late night, unhealthy food, being a comedian is
:16:04. > :16:07.an unhealthy thing. You're up and down the motorways, eating pasties
:16:07. > :16:12.or whatever it is that's open at that time. You're constantly
:16:12. > :16:15.touring. How well do you know the country do you think? Inside out.
:16:15. > :16:21.This is going into a game. We're putting your knowledge to the test.
:16:21. > :16:26.I've been to every town in Britain. I don't do the big rooms.. I do
:16:26. > :16:30.limb rooms. I think the smaller the town, the better the response.
:16:30. > :16:36.have snapshots of places. If we show you three, can you guess where
:16:36. > :16:46.are you? Yeah definitely. Give it a ring. It's a reception bell. I love
:16:46. > :16:49.
:16:49. > :16:58.You performed here the 29th January, 2009, 27th September, 2011. Leny
:16:58. > :17:04.Henry was born here. Dudley. It is! APPLAUSE
:17:04. > :17:14.The Town Hall in dud sli where I play. It's really nice. Totally
:17:14. > :17:18.
:17:18. > :17:22.from Birmingham. Here's the next I've got it. Inverness. Good.
:17:22. > :17:27.you're a comedian, you're on stage for two hours a night, the rest of
:17:27. > :17:33.the day I'm round the shops. Looking for deals. Looking for
:17:33. > :17:38.deals on Groupon. Let's see if we can bankrupt this baker. OK. You
:17:38. > :17:41.did very well. Two out of two. know two towns in Britain. From
:17:41. > :17:45.Inverness to Somerset now. The Heath family got in touch with us
:17:45. > :17:55.because they had a mystery that needed solving. Time for Detective
:17:55. > :17:57.
:17:57. > :18:01.In a house in Somerset there are sorry sights to behold for the
:18:01. > :18:08.Heath fallily. There are no eggs for their toasted soldiers. No
:18:08. > :18:12.butter for the sandwiches. And no cakes are being baked. But why?
:18:12. > :18:17.Because something or someone is stealing food right off the Heath's
:18:17. > :18:21.doorstep. I've come town cover exactly who or what is poaching the
:18:22. > :18:26.eggs and butter. This summer is the first time it's
:18:26. > :18:31.happened. It's become a weekly occurrence. Helen, come on, what's
:18:31. > :18:36.been going on? Well, it's just been really strange because we've had 18
:18:36. > :18:40.months of milk deliveries, then suddenly one morning we went to
:18:40. > :18:45.collect the eggs and the egg box had been eaten. Something had eaten
:18:45. > :18:50.all around and taken the eggs out and eaten some of the eggs. They'd
:18:50. > :18:56.taken a pack of butter and drag today part way down the path.
:18:56. > :19:00.any idea what might be nicking the butter? I think a badger, because a
:19:00. > :19:04.badger is down there. Your prime suspect is a badger. And you're a
:19:04. > :19:09.friend of the family, what do you think? I think it's a bear that's
:19:09. > :19:15.escaped from the zoo. A bear! That's known as a long shot, but a
:19:15. > :19:19.funny one. And Emily, what do you think? I think it's a fox or badger.
:19:19. > :19:25.I think it's something smaller. We saw a little claw mark in the
:19:25. > :19:31.butter one day. I think it's something like a stoat. Mammals
:19:31. > :19:35.seem to be the chief suspects. To solve the mystery the Heaths have
:19:35. > :19:41.left the body of evidence undisturbed. Here we are! The scene
:19:41. > :19:45.of the crime. You see where the yolk has run on the flag stone. The
:19:45. > :19:49.egg box is down there. Where did the butter end up? That was dragged
:19:49. > :19:55.down the path. Just looking round here and checking out the evidence,
:19:55. > :20:00.it's much clearer to me what is probably causing this. I think for
:20:00. > :20:04.you chaps, the plot is thickening. Definitely. Very much. Looking at
:20:04. > :20:09.the carnage left behind I can definitely rule out a mammal being
:20:09. > :20:15.the perpetrator. Firstly, the eggs haven't been removed from the scene
:20:15. > :20:19.of the crime. Where they have been broken, they've not been smashed to
:20:19. > :20:28.bits. There's just a hole in one side. That tells me the culprit
:20:28. > :20:35.hasn't got four legs, it's got two. So, what can it be? The milkman
:20:35. > :20:40.usually delivers the milk, eggs and butter around 5am. The Heaths are
:20:40. > :20:45.often about by 8am, leaving plenty of time for the culprit to commit
:20:45. > :20:50.the crime. The One Show team set up motion detecting cameras, a packet
:20:50. > :20:54.of butter and a tantalising fresh car ton of eggs, hoping the guilty
:20:54. > :21:00.party would be caught on cam ra. Luckily, those greedy well doers
:21:01. > :21:05.were. The One Show has solved your who done it. Are you ready to see?
:21:05. > :21:15.This clip will reveal all. You weren't even in the right group of
:21:15. > :21:21.
:21:21. > :21:26.That's a magpie. That's amazing! I never thought it was a bird
:21:26. > :21:30.never thought it was a bird actually. This is absolutely
:21:30. > :21:34.brilliant. They are really clever birds. They're a member of the crow
:21:34. > :21:38.family. They're really smart. They're taking advantage of a
:21:38. > :21:42.window in between when the milkman comes and when your mum and dad get
:21:42. > :21:46.up. Isn't that astonishing. eggs are smashed because of its
:21:46. > :21:53.beak. The beak is really strong on magpies. Do you remember the
:21:53. > :21:57.butter? Watch this. It comes up to the camera and makes sure the coast
:21:57. > :22:03.is clear and drag it's down the garden path. That's amaigz. I've
:22:03. > :22:08.never seen them doing this before. They will eat berries, fruit, but
:22:08. > :22:12.particularly when they're raising their chicks, they steal lots of
:22:12. > :22:16.eggs from other birds' nests and take chicks out of the nests.
:22:16. > :22:21.They're real predators. I never thought it would be birds. I just
:22:21. > :22:25.think it's weird. With this new- found knowledge, Helen's eggs and
:22:25. > :22:27.butter will be placed well out of harm's way. The magpies will have
:22:27. > :22:35.harm's way. The magpies will have to look elsewhere for their free
:22:35. > :22:40.breakfast. Mystery solved. How dare he!
:22:40. > :22:49.delightly worried, what's the item about, magpies' cholesterol level?
:22:49. > :22:59.Serious health issue here. Leave some all bran out. Poor little
:22:59. > :22:59.
:22:59. > :23:03.things. Diabetic magpies. Something must be done. As you said in the
:23:03. > :23:11.film, magpies are from a particularly clever family.
:23:11. > :23:17.crow family. We think parrots or mynahs, but this is a raifpb,
:23:17. > :23:21.they're coming in to -- raven, they're coming in to winter roost.
:23:21. > :23:25.If three people walk into the roost before it goes dark, they won't go
:23:25. > :23:30.in unless all three come out F two come out, they won't come in. They
:23:30. > :23:34.can count. They can fly as well. During your research, you have come
:23:34. > :23:41.up to another bird not related to the crow, but could be related to
:23:41. > :23:51.the Carr family. Yes, this hornbill called julio was spotted by Seann
:23:51. > :23:54.
:23:54. > :24:04.Walsh. -- Gary Gary Warlow in Whitstable. Let's hear the laugh.
:24:04. > :24:08.
:24:08. > :24:17.It's very close. That is remarkably similar and slightly humiliating.
:24:17. > :24:21.Thank you very much. It's a weird laugh. Each year Christmas cards
:24:21. > :24:28.raise an estimated �50 million for charity. When they were first
:24:28. > :24:31.invented they caused a scandal. million times, but rather than
:24:31. > :24:37.spreading seasonal goodwill, the very first commercial Christmas
:24:37. > :24:44.cards caused something of a controversy. It all began in 1843
:24:44. > :24:50.with a packed diary of one Mr Henry Coal.
:24:50. > :24:55.# Ding dong merily on high... # He was the Renaissance man in
:24:55. > :25:00.Victorian London. He was a designer, inventor and entrepreneur, a book
:25:00. > :25:04.publisher, a leading light in the great exhibition of 1851 and he
:25:04. > :25:10.still found time to found the Victoria and Albert museum. This
:25:10. > :25:15.was one busy bee. Too busy to write to all his nearest and dearest at
:25:15. > :25:19.Christmas, Henry had a brainwave. He would commission a thousand pre-
:25:19. > :25:26.printed cards that he could send to friends and relations and then sell
:25:26. > :25:31.the rest in his shop. But his inspired idea was at odds with the
:25:31. > :25:36.rising puritan tide. The card was designed by leading artist JC
:25:36. > :25:40.Whoresly. He came up with a middle class family scene, with
:25:40. > :25:46.festivities being enjoyed and good works for the poor being done. But
:25:46. > :25:52.look closely, a young child is sipping from a large gablet of wine.
:25:52. > :26:00.-- goblet of wine. Scandal. Alcohol was thought to be the demon drink
:26:00. > :26:02.by the teetotal tem prance movement who demanded complete abs napbs.
:26:02. > :26:06.Crusading against public drunkenness the movement was
:26:06. > :26:14.gaining momentum. The public promotion of alcohol on a Christmas
:26:14. > :26:18.card was too much for some to bear. There had been concern about people
:26:18. > :26:22.drinking since the 18th century, but after the passage of the beer
:26:22. > :26:28.act in 1830, when drink became much more available and there was much
:26:29. > :26:33.more public drinkenness, the movement to make tem prance tea-
:26:33. > :26:40.totallism was born, so not having any alcohol at all. The movement
:26:40. > :26:44.swept the country. There were many, many temperance societies. What
:26:44. > :26:47.would have been the reaction to seeing that image on a Christmas
:26:47. > :26:53.card? I think it would have been absolute horror. This would be like
:26:53. > :26:57.a red rag to a bull, because people would have seen illustrations
:26:57. > :27:00.promoting temperance showing a child being given drink by its
:27:01. > :27:05.mother. To have that in a Christmas card would have been appalling.
:27:05. > :27:10.as we know, there's no such thing as bad publicity. Word spread about
:27:10. > :27:18.the card and its alcoholic youngster. Sales rose. The first
:27:19. > :27:24.thousand print run sold out. And a reprint was ordered.
:27:24. > :27:28.# Hark, the herald angels sing # Glory to the newborn king #
:27:28. > :27:35.He had a Christmas hit on his hands, and the tradition of mass produced
:27:35. > :27:39.Christmas cards had begun. And how smart was this? Three years earlier,
:27:39. > :27:44.in 1840, he had also helped to invent the way these cards would be
:27:44. > :27:51.delivered. He was one of the men behind the penny post. What he was
:27:51. > :27:56.really good at was publicity. He publicised pro, deucing leaflets,
:27:56. > :28:01.pamphlets, doing dramatic sketches. He did cartoons. He even did jokes
:28:01. > :28:06.where he invaded Post Offices. Anything to bring the cause to the
:28:06. > :28:11.penny post to the public eye. Three years after the introduction, here
:28:11. > :28:18.he is promoting a Christmas card which will massively boost the
:28:18. > :28:22.sales of postage stamps. Henry created a scandal that created a
:28:22. > :28:27.global multimillion pound industry. Little can he have known 170 years
:28:27. > :28:32.after he sent the first one, the Christmas card would still be going.
:28:32. > :28:42.So as you write yours, don't be too quick to curse him, before Henry,
:28:42. > :28:48.
:28:48. > :28:52.you'd have been writing Christmas Very festive. Thanks very much
:28:52. > :28:57.Jimmy. Don't send me a card with a letter telling me how good your