0:00:22 > 0:00:24Hello and welcome to The One Show with Matt Baker.
0:00:24 > 0:00:25And Michelle Ackerley.
0:00:25 > 0:00:27After a showbiz career spanning six decades,
0:00:27 > 0:00:31our guest tonight has decided to hit the road for a tell all tour,
0:00:32 > 0:00:34And with all the jobs she's done over the years,
0:00:34 > 0:00:44there's a lot to talk about.
0:00:59 > 0:01:01Please welcome, Joanna Lumley!
0:01:01 > 0:01:08CHEERING AND APPLAUSE.
0:01:08 > 0:01:15A whip through memory lane. A lot of Joannas there. If you were to go
0:01:15 > 0:01:19back to one of them, which one would you be?I wouldn't go back to being
0:01:19 > 0:01:24a model. I did love it, but I wouldn't be one again. I wouldn't
0:01:24 > 0:01:27mind being Purdey again because that was very fit and lots of fighting
0:01:27 > 0:01:33and good things like that. I would like to go about being a bit part
0:01:33 > 0:01:41nobody. That's quite nice. A girlfriend in On The Buses. And
0:01:41 > 0:01:49being a Bond girl was fabulous. They dressed me in a black twinkly think,
0:01:49 > 0:01:53saying it was the English girl's outfit. It was a bit of a blur, but
0:01:53 > 0:01:59very exciting.Joanna is going on tour. It's called, It's All About
0:01:59 > 0:02:10Me. Tonight we want to see tours with thousands of Joannas running
0:02:10 > 0:02:17about the place. The age of Purdey. Look at that. You wear it well. If
0:02:17 > 0:02:24you wore it like Lumley back in the day, show us a photo. When you went
0:02:24 > 0:02:29into this haircut, what did you ask for?It was down to their and Brown
0:02:29 > 0:02:36-ish. I was thinking very hard about the part of Purdey. I thought she
0:02:36 > 0:02:39was very businesslike, fit and able, so I'd didn't want fiddly long-hair.
0:02:39 > 0:02:48They asked me to cut it short. John Frieda was an assistant young junior
0:02:48 > 0:02:55hairdresser. It took four hours. The boy holding the Kirby grips for him
0:02:55 > 0:03:01was called Nicky Clark! They were just babies. Cropped hair, I wanted
0:03:01 > 0:03:06it to look like a boy, cut into the neck with a bit heavy fringe.Did
0:03:06 > 0:03:09you know when you looked in the mirror it was a winner?I never
0:03:09 > 0:03:14think that, but I thought, that's more like it.It's a winner to us.
0:03:14 > 0:03:19We will talk more about your tour later. Moving on...
0:03:19 > 0:03:22A few months ago we spent time with a family that had made
0:03:22 > 0:03:24the ultimate career change, when they bought a zoo
0:03:24 > 0:03:25despite having no zoo experience.
0:03:25 > 0:03:27Since then, they've encounter a number of serious setbacks,
0:03:27 > 0:03:30and Kevin has returned to see what the future holds.
0:03:33 > 0:03:38In May of this year, the tweedy family gave up their cosy life in
0:03:38 > 0:03:45Kent to buy this zoo in Wales.We have just completed on the zoo!
0:03:45 > 0:03:50Despite having no experience of running one.If they are out, July
0:03:50 > 0:03:55just chuck them back in?Three months ago they were introducing
0:03:55 > 0:04:01their first animals.This is our life, our home and our future.Now a
0:04:01 > 0:04:07lot has changed. The zoo is closed. And there are questions over whether
0:04:07 > 0:04:14amateurs should be in charge of one at all.People are being warned to
0:04:14 > 0:04:18be on the lookout for a wild cat that has escaped from a animal Park.
0:04:18 > 0:04:23In October they experienced every zoo's worst nightmare, a dangerous
0:04:23 > 0:04:31animal on the loose, Lilith the Lynx. They found themselves on the
0:04:31 > 0:04:36hunt for a wildcat.Tracking and those kinds of skills is something I
0:04:36 > 0:04:40haven't got. It was a tough time. A lot of nights spent up walking
0:04:40 > 0:04:47through woods and Bob mountains. With Lilith on the loose the council
0:04:47 > 0:04:52requested an immediate inspection of the big cat enclosures. Which meant
0:04:52 > 0:04:59moving another links.We couldn't use the main part of the enclosure.
0:04:59 > 0:05:05The keeper tasked with moving lily use a Catchpole and dog cage. Not
0:05:05 > 0:05:10considered best practice by some in the industry.The keeper was trying
0:05:10 > 0:05:13to be extra secure, and making sure she wasn't running out. Using a
0:05:13 > 0:05:17Catchpole for a few seconds well we shut the door.Unfortunately, he
0:05:17 > 0:05:21didn't release it in time.The animal became distressed and was
0:05:21 > 0:05:26sadly strangled.Tried to resuscitate her. One of the staff
0:05:26 > 0:05:30gave her mouth to mouth. I gave her a heart massage, but she died. It
0:05:30 > 0:05:37was horrible. Really horrible.Was there anything more the cat keeper
0:05:37 > 0:05:41could have done?People have argued we are inexperienced, but he has
0:05:41 > 0:05:44worked with the cat for five years. If anything he was having more
0:05:44 > 0:05:49precautions because he didn't want another cats to escape.Meanwhile,
0:05:49 > 0:05:53the escaped Lynx was spotted in a nearby caravan park. Unbeknown to
0:05:53 > 0:05:57the Tweedys, the council took action.They were concerned she
0:05:57 > 0:06:00might have hurt somebody. They called in the firearms team. The
0:06:00 > 0:06:05call came through that she had been destroyed. That was just like our
0:06:05 > 0:06:13whole world falling through, sort of thing.The county council has since
0:06:13 > 0:06:16told us awhile they would have wished for a different outcome, they
0:06:16 > 0:06:21had no option but to take decisive action to protect the public. With
0:06:21 > 0:06:25the death of both animals in the space of two weeks, the Council been
0:06:25 > 0:06:30carried out a detailed inspection of the zoo.They have been over us with
0:06:30 > 0:06:33a fine tooth comb, giving us a bigger inspection and places like
0:06:33 > 0:06:39London zoo.One week on, the results are in. They have been given 120
0:06:39 > 0:06:44improvements they need to make. There are big things like flooding
0:06:44 > 0:06:48and drainage, and the electrics, big things like that.By far the biggest
0:06:48 > 0:06:53blow is the potential removal of their star attractions.Basically,
0:06:53 > 0:06:58they are wanting to take away the category one animals. The lions,
0:06:58 > 0:07:02leopards, Lynx, the bigger monkeys and snakes and became and
0:07:02 > 0:07:06crocodiles. Some of those animals are too elderly to be moved safely,
0:07:06 > 0:07:11which means they would be destroyed, and that's not right.Campaigners
0:07:11 > 0:07:16are also calling for the zoo to be shut down, with a petition gaining
0:07:16 > 0:07:19more than 12,000 signatures. But there is nothing to stop novices
0:07:19 > 0:07:23like the Tweedys running a zoo, as long as they followed the
0:07:23 > 0:07:31government's licensing rules.There have been agencies in the UK that
0:07:31 > 0:07:35start with one person's passion and that can be a route to success. But
0:07:35 > 0:07:40a zoo isn't a hobby. It's a very intensive place.People might say
0:07:40 > 0:07:45because you are inexperienced, you are just treating it as a hobby zoo.
0:07:45 > 0:07:49This was never a hobby for us. We have always worked with animals,
0:07:49 > 0:07:52cared for animals.Clearly there have been errors and we will make
0:07:52 > 0:07:58sure it never happens again.Do you regret taking it on, is it too big a
0:07:58 > 0:08:01job for you?We knew it was going to be big, but it's bigger than we
0:08:01 > 0:08:04thought it was. But we remain completely committed to doing this
0:08:04 > 0:08:11and turning it around and turning it into the sanctuary it should be.
0:08:11 > 0:08:14With us is one of the few people who can relate
0:08:14 > 0:08:15to the Tweedys situation.
0:08:15 > 0:08:17Benjamin Mee took over Dartmoor Zoo in 2006,
0:08:17 > 0:08:20and ended up being played by Matt Damon in the movie
0:08:20 > 0:08:22We Bought A Zoo...
0:08:22 > 0:08:26Watching that film there, you can relate to the Tweedys' situation
0:08:26 > 0:08:30after what you went through. What would you put their situation down
0:08:30 > 0:08:37to? Is it inexperienced or bad luck? It's so hard to say. Watching the
0:08:37 > 0:08:45film, I did it quite emotional reliving our first days at the zoo.
0:08:45 > 0:08:49It was a very rundown project, and we had good intentions to try to
0:08:49 > 0:08:52save the animals that were there. That is key for us, that all the
0:08:52 > 0:08:55animals at our place were going to be destroyed and the place was going
0:08:55 > 0:09:01to be turned into a nursing home.At the start you had no experience
0:09:01 > 0:09:06either.We didn't. We spent a lot of time talking to the local authority
0:09:06 > 0:09:13in advance of making an offer to see if it was feasible for outsiders,
0:09:13 > 0:09:18amateurs, I was writing a book about animal intelligence, but I didn't
0:09:18 > 0:09:22have zoo experience. I spoke to the local authority a lot about going
0:09:22 > 0:09:26about this. The key thing was to employ animal managers who know
0:09:26 > 0:09:29exactly what they are doing and deferred to them in the business
0:09:29 > 0:09:34plan. If you have to renovate the place and you want an ice cream
0:09:34 > 0:09:38machine, and the curator says, we need more fence posts or enrichment
0:09:38 > 0:09:41in this direction, you have to prioritise the animals. That was
0:09:41 > 0:09:46always our intention and we have done that.Expert staff is key. It's
0:09:46 > 0:09:53up to you how involved to get you get with the experts. Looking at the
0:09:53 > 0:09:58licensing laws, should they change to protect the animals more?I don't
0:09:58 > 0:10:02think so. I think the licensing laws in this country are among the most
0:10:02 > 0:10:06stringent in the world and they are adhered to extremely well with most
0:10:06 > 0:10:11zoos in the country. Ours is a member of the British and Irish
0:10:11 > 0:10:18Association of zoos and the Querrey. -- and aquariums. You can only get
0:10:18 > 0:10:21into that organisation if you show your practices are over and above
0:10:21 > 0:10:24the line 's singer requirements, which already some of the best in
0:10:24 > 0:10:28the world. Just like the licensing requirements.Joanna come you are
0:10:28 > 0:10:33involved with the animal rights group Born Free. Are there any roles
0:10:33 > 0:10:39for zoos in the UK?Born Free was originally called zoo check, to
0:10:39 > 0:10:43check on the zoos to make sure they kept their animals properly. And
0:10:43 > 0:10:46secondly to close zoos down, stop them together. We always felt
0:10:46 > 0:10:51wildlife belongs in the wild. I think with filming, the kind of
0:10:51 > 0:10:55filming techniques we have now, we can see animals unbelievably free
0:10:55 > 0:11:00and wonderful, I wonder if there is still a place in a 21st-century for
0:11:00 > 0:11:03looking at them in enclosures, looking at specimens. You don't see
0:11:03 > 0:11:08them behaving naturally outside their natural habitat. We were
0:11:08 > 0:11:12discussing this, we both love animals, but we come from different
0:11:12 > 0:11:16sides of the fence. I believe they should be kept in the wild.
0:11:16 > 0:11:19Benjamin, you are hoping to do something quite remarkable with the
0:11:19 > 0:11:30Siberian leopard.The Amur leopard, as part of a breeding programme,
0:11:30 > 0:11:35there are 300 or so Amur leopards in captivity in Europe and 200 of them
0:11:35 > 0:11:39are breathable animals. In the wild in Siberia there are probably only
0:11:39 > 0:11:45around 50. -- are breeding animals. The wild population is extremely
0:11:45 > 0:11:52inbred. Even without poaching they would die out within 30 years
0:11:52 > 0:11:57because of the inbreeding. It's important to cross pollinate the
0:11:57 > 0:12:00European population with the wild population. Dartmoor zoo has been
0:12:00 > 0:12:05selected as one of four zoos in the country to be able to hold Amur
0:12:05 > 0:12:11leopards, aftershow, not for public spectacle, they are only for a
0:12:11 > 0:12:14serious conservation programme. And to release their offspring back into
0:12:14 > 0:12:22the wild.That is positive.It will increase the genetic diversity. The
0:12:22 > 0:12:25wild is being depleted by the captive population is stable.We
0:12:25 > 0:12:33will leave it there. And Joanna will be talking about her Born Free tour
0:12:33 > 0:12:35next year, telling audiences anything they would like to know
0:12:35 > 0:12:38about your career, Joanna.
0:12:38 > 0:12:40But before we find out more, another celebrity wants to take us
0:12:40 > 0:12:42on a trip down memory lane.
0:12:42 > 0:12:45And it's all to give thanks to the women who helped make him
0:12:45 > 0:12:48the man he is today.
0:12:48 > 0:12:52My name is Shane Patrick Roche, but most people know me as Shane Richie,
0:12:52 > 0:12:59or even Alfie Moon.I love you, Alfie Moon.You're not too bad
0:12:59 > 0:13:05yourself! But I'm not an East End boy. I was brought up here. A little
0:13:05 > 0:13:08part of north-west London. A place called Harlesden. Welcome to my
0:13:08 > 0:13:14stomping ground. Both my parents moved from Dublin to London in the
0:13:14 > 0:13:19early 60s in search of work. After I was born, we moved to a top floor
0:13:19 > 0:13:26flat here in Craven Park. This is such a strange experience. More than
0:13:26 > 0:13:2940 years ago, that's the last time I came to the house I grew up in. I
0:13:29 > 0:13:34lived here with my parents and younger brother, Dean. But this was
0:13:34 > 0:13:38no ordinary house. For a time it was a refuge for what were then called
0:13:38 > 0:13:42battered wives and their kids. My mum was the caretaker. In the middle
0:13:42 > 0:13:46of the night we would get a phone call from the local police station
0:13:46 > 0:13:49saying there was another lady turning up with her children. The
0:13:49 > 0:13:52police would stand here in the corridor. I would stand at the top
0:13:52 > 0:13:58of the stairs and watch these women, most of the time they were holding
0:13:58 > 0:14:02their faces where they had been physically abused. The children
0:14:02 > 0:14:07would be standing there crying. ...
0:14:15 > 0:14:19My mum would love me to show. All the children would meet upstairs and
0:14:19 > 0:14:23I would stand behind the curtain and my mum would say, please welcome
0:14:23 > 0:14:29onto the stage, the one and only Shane Roche. I would stand there and
0:14:29 > 0:14:34go... # And call it puppy love... My mum
0:14:34 > 0:14:41was the backbone. She made this house work. My dad ran several
0:14:41 > 0:14:50clubs. We would turn up. After a few drinks. He certainly let himself
0:14:50 > 0:14:54know he was in the house. We always knew when he was coming home.
0:14:59 > 0:15:03If things got too much, there was always the street, my playground.
0:15:03 > 0:15:09This was the stop the number 18 bus which will run right past our house.
0:15:09 > 0:15:13And it would stop here and me and my mates would come up the road, as the
0:15:13 > 0:15:16bus came on we would jump on and tried to hide from the conductor
0:15:16 > 0:15:21without paying. I used to go travelling with my mum a lot on the
0:15:21 > 0:15:26bus, we go to the West End for one reason or another. You could see
0:15:26 > 0:15:30into people'shouses, when they were watching TV, and I never forget my
0:15:30 > 0:15:38mum sing, all of these people are going to know who you are.
0:15:38 > 0:15:45# Baby, I'm your man...# And so the dream began and my first
0:15:45 > 0:15:52public performance was right here at the Gwalia working men 's club. I'd
0:15:52 > 0:15:55got the bit of pocket money from this. It was on this stage that I
0:15:55 > 0:15:59kind of kick started my career, belting out songs and telling jokes
0:15:59 > 0:16:07and just singing with the bands. It all started here. My DNA is up here
0:16:07 > 0:16:11as an 11-year-old, singing. As a teenager teachers believed my
0:16:11 > 0:16:16talents were better served elsewhere so I started moon shining in theatre
0:16:16 > 0:16:26where I was taught by Liz Arnold. And that teaching you. It was
0:16:26 > 0:16:32lovely. Smashing. I loved what you did. You were always generous.You
0:16:32 > 0:16:37always wanted to share stuff. I remember my dad was working on the
0:16:37 > 0:16:41building site and he would ask me to go and work and I have never been so
0:16:41 > 0:16:45adamant I didn't want to work on a building site. I would say, yes, I'm
0:16:45 > 0:16:49an actor, I got these big dreams of things I want to do. I know that you
0:16:49 > 0:16:56met him a couple of times and he was very angry. I remember him saying
0:16:56 > 0:17:01that people like us couldn't afford to do acting.You always went for
0:17:01 > 0:17:07your dreams.I needed somebody to hold my hand up, and that was you. I
0:17:07 > 0:17:12was now on a path that would take me from the West End to the small
0:17:12 > 0:17:17screen and the dream of that little boy on the number 18 bus came true.
0:17:17 > 0:17:26APPLAUSE Thanks for being so open. Joanna, we
0:17:26 > 0:17:33were just saying that you went back to an important school, a boarding
0:17:33 > 0:17:36school. He spent a lot of time at this boarding school, this convent
0:17:36 > 0:17:43school.This was the second one from the age of 11-17. It was called
0:17:43 > 0:17:49Saint Mary 's. It was in the hills behind Hastings. I adored it.Did
0:17:49 > 0:17:54you? And when you went back to see at what memories washed over you?I
0:17:54 > 0:17:59had very good memories. When your memories are fresh and young, you
0:17:59 > 0:18:04are like fresh plasticine, you remember the names of the first
0:18:04 > 0:18:08dogs, your first boyfriend! I just loved it, I had such affection for
0:18:08 > 0:18:16it, I remember gaslit corridors. It was so cold when the windows were
0:18:16 > 0:18:21open at night that our days with reason the washstand, and the chapel
0:18:21 > 0:18:24bells ringing and ringing, but it was a very happy school and they
0:18:24 > 0:18:32were darling nuns, and later gave me an awful lot!You have some
0:18:32 > 0:18:37fascinating stories that will be weaved into your tour. It's called
0:18:37 > 0:18:46It's All About Me. It is quite unscripted at the start.It can be
0:18:46 > 0:18:50unscripted. I thought I would start of kind of in the modelling days.
0:18:50 > 0:18:55Even people who are not alive then would know about the 60s, modelling,
0:18:55 > 0:19:01Mary Quant and all that. We have lots of pictures of that, as well.
0:19:01 > 0:19:08You said that this something you wouldn't like to revisit.You don't
0:19:08 > 0:19:16talk! You didn't grin. In those days you never smile. The ones that come
0:19:16 > 0:19:20down the catwalk now look absolutely furious. That is just the way it has
0:19:20 > 0:19:26to be as a model, thin and furious. Was it a happy time? It was great,
0:19:26 > 0:19:33fantastic. We were not paid very much, about £4 ten an hour, £5 ten
0:19:33 > 0:19:36an hour, quite a lot of money then but not a lot by today's modelling
0:19:36 > 0:19:40money. We would have our hair in rollers with a big scarf over the
0:19:40 > 0:19:44top. When you travelled on the tube like that, people would say, she's a
0:19:44 > 0:19:50model! I think that's what they said!From modelling, you broke into
0:19:50 > 0:19:56acting. Was that a difficult transition?I'd always liked acting
0:19:56 > 0:20:02at school and I felt since I was seven I was going to be an actor. I
0:20:02 > 0:20:06footed all the modelling money away. I did say to anybody thinking of
0:20:06 > 0:20:11becoming an actor, are you facing poverty in the eyes now? You will
0:20:11 > 0:20:15never make money as an actor, but it was exciting, it was what I wanted
0:20:15 > 0:20:19to do. Scrabbling my way into films and then television and then ending
0:20:19 > 0:20:24up on stage.And when you were in the convent School, was that all the
0:20:24 > 0:20:31plan?Sure. And also to wear red lipstick and drive around in an open
0:20:31 > 0:20:36top car, initially! I was doing Latin and German and Italian and
0:20:36 > 0:20:39French and all these sorts of things but what I wanted to do was to leave
0:20:39 > 0:20:45school!Talking of those hard times, the modelling and acting, there was
0:20:45 > 0:20:50a very important role, when you were in Coronation Street. And that came
0:20:50 > 0:20:56at just the perfect time.I was absolutely skint and I was brought
0:20:56 > 0:21:00up to Coronation Street to be the girlfriend of Ken Barlow. And he was
0:21:00 > 0:21:06going to ask to marry me! I could have been in Coronation Street for
0:21:06 > 0:21:1315 years! But I turned him down. I said, I can't turn him down, he is
0:21:13 > 0:21:18Ken Barlow, he is the nation's heart-throb, and his wife has just
0:21:18 > 0:21:24been killed by a hairdryer!We all know your character Patsy from
0:21:24 > 0:21:27Absolutely Fabulous. Did that change your life in terms of the acting
0:21:27 > 0:21:33roles and opportunities?It was great because I was allowed to be
0:21:33 > 0:21:39ridiculously funny and just entertaining, really. I think it is
0:21:39 > 0:21:51the one I might lurch back into if I had to revisit our rail, Patsy. --
0:21:51 > 0:21:56revisit a role.Tickets for your show, is all about me, are on sale
0:21:56 > 0:21:59right now. You've given people a lot about the plan, it is out next
0:21:59 > 0:22:07October. Even the very best of us have moments of doubt occasionally.
0:22:07 > 0:22:09Confidence seems like something Joanna has plenty of,
0:22:09 > 0:22:11but even the best of us have moments of doubt.
0:22:11 > 0:22:13For example Sir Paul McCartney admitted today
0:22:13 > 0:22:15he still has nightmares about gigs going wrong.
0:22:15 > 0:22:16A new survey has been questioning why
0:22:16 > 0:22:18people feel insecure, and Iwan's been to Salisbury
0:22:18 > 0:22:22to get some answers.
0:22:22 > 0:22:29The year is almost over. A new study has shown that out of those 365 days
0:22:29 > 0:22:34we spent 120 feeling insecure and not Coggan and four guys, it is 84.
0:22:34 > 0:22:42Why are we feeling insecure or? We're in the medieval city of
0:22:42 > 0:22:53Salisbury. I'm inviting people to tell me their worries in my the one
0:22:53 > 0:22:57show Doubt hang-out.Anything you feel insecure about? Body image,
0:22:57 > 0:23:02with pressure from society, images on social media.I've just bought my
0:23:02 > 0:23:13first house. Congratulations. It is doubtful, but it is exciting.I look
0:23:13 > 0:23:15around, I question myself, I question what my kids are doing,
0:23:15 > 0:23:20what I am teaching them, how am I setting a good example to them.When
0:23:20 > 0:23:26it comes to doing work, doing jobs, I can't really believe in myself.I
0:23:26 > 0:23:29need to make sure that I take my professional life away from the
0:23:29 > 0:23:33family because of the nature of my work. To make sure that that work
0:23:33 > 0:23:39doesn't follow me home.If your work colleagues think you're doing a good
0:23:39 > 0:23:43job, how can you change your mindset?Maybe it is just Ashley
0:23:43 > 0:23:47said I can believe in myself and have a positive attitude. I can do
0:23:47 > 0:23:57it, I am good, man! You can be a success! Think that a lot of things
0:23:57 > 0:24:02will get any quite easily. Usually money. And a lack of.There's never
0:24:02 > 0:24:07enough money to go around.Paying bills and mortgages. Everything
0:24:07 > 0:24:11going up in price, and my pension not going up in price. And just
0:24:11 > 0:24:16trying to manage everything.It is stressful. How can you keep that
0:24:16 > 0:24:20negativity out of your mind?You just realise that we're all
0:24:20 > 0:24:24different and we all have different body and shapes. We're all unique
0:24:24 > 0:24:32and brilliant.20 years ago I had a nice six-pack but now... I am not
0:24:32 > 0:24:38half the man I used to be.It is the best way for me to control my
0:24:38 > 0:24:44anxiety is to go to kick boxing.I don't want you taking out your
0:24:44 > 0:24:50anxiety on me!You are safe!No doubt talking helps with the
0:24:50 > 0:24:54confidence. It seems that even when you have your close friend Jennifer
0:24:54 > 0:25:00Saunders beside you, you lack confidence, jumping into a big vat
0:25:00 > 0:25:05of grapes to make some champagne. There have been some crazy talk that
0:25:05 > 0:25:13we had been asked to do this.There would have been a ghastly silence
0:25:13 > 0:25:21around the room!As grandmothers. And one really serious pensioner,
0:25:21 > 0:25:34plunging about in pants!That looks like great fun.They really puffing
0:25:34 > 0:25:39and panting. We did pick the grapes, though. We did help unload them. It
0:25:39 > 0:25:50is a fascinating process.Absolutely Champers it is called. We can't tell
0:25:50 > 0:25:52you when it is on. Around Christmas.
0:25:52 > 0:25:55Now we know millions of you have been enjoying all the amazing
0:25:55 > 0:25:57slow motion photography in Blue Planet 2
0:25:57 > 0:26:01so we thought we'd send One Show cameras out to capture
0:26:01 > 0:26:02something a little closer to home.
0:26:02 > 0:26:09Here's how British woodlands tidy up after themselves in the autumn.
0:26:09 > 0:26:17Autumn. Across the UK, death is the theme and nowhere is that more
0:26:17 > 0:26:23visible than in our ancient woodlands. The colourful leaves
0:26:23 > 0:26:27array last hurrah before they were there and drop. On the forest floor,
0:26:27 > 0:26:38something is growing. This is the time of the mushroom. Funghi are
0:26:38 > 0:26:45neither plant not animal. With over 3000 species in the UK, the command
0:26:45 > 0:26:52their own kingdom. They are so numerous that one gram of woodland
0:26:52 > 0:27:00soil can contain 1 million microscopic funghi. With poetic
0:27:00 > 0:27:09names such as the Amethyst deceiver, and the Devils snuffbox, they have
0:27:09 > 0:27:14captured the imagination of authors and poets for decades. Most of the
0:27:14 > 0:27:22time they go unnoticed, hidden amongst the leaf litter as strands
0:27:22 > 0:27:27finer than human hair spread along the forest floor, helping the
0:27:27 > 0:27:29decomposition and recycling of nutrients from the dead leaves and
0:27:29 > 0:27:40other organic material. Although they may look enticing, many funghi
0:27:40 > 0:27:51are poisonous. This is the quintessential mushroom out of the
0:27:51 > 0:27:55fairy tale. It's rich red cap is a warning that it contains
0:27:55 > 0:28:02psychoactive chemicals which cause hallucinations. Perhaps it is not
0:28:02 > 0:28:05surprising, then, that pixies and fairies are hope -- are thought to
0:28:05 > 0:28:10make their homes beneath them. The main use of the visible body of the
0:28:10 > 0:28:18fungus is to reproduce. The stink worn emits a chemical that smells
0:28:18 > 0:28:23like rotting flesh which attracts all sorts of lies, then spreads its
0:28:23 > 0:28:32spores further afield. This funghi protects its spores with a tough cap
0:28:32 > 0:28:40delivers fully grown, then it breaks open to give its name, the Earth
0:28:40 > 0:28:46Star. The soft inside releases a puff of spores whenever it is
0:28:46 > 0:28:50touched by raindrop or blown by wind. Each mushroom can release
0:28:50 > 0:28:53millions of spores into the environment, ready to germinate once
0:28:53 > 0:29:00conditions are correct. Once the mushroom's job is done, they
0:29:00 > 0:29:07disappear. They become part of the life cycle of the woods once more.
0:29:07 > 0:29:14The woodland continues to close down for the year. The forest floor,
0:29:14 > 0:29:18ending his last firework display of the magical, mystical mushroom, as
0:29:18 > 0:29:30we get ready for winter.That was lovely.We have been delivered a
0:29:30 > 0:29:39pile of Purdie haircuts. Which is just incredible.This was Suzanne
0:29:39 > 0:29:49when she was younger. This is Val Doonican. This one from Cheshire.
0:29:49 > 0:29:52She went to a friend 's wedding, and everyone thought it was the bee's
0:29:52 > 0:30:00knees, and it was, darling! Here is Jenny sporting a Purdie from 1975.
0:30:00 > 0:30:08And this is Annabel from Nottingham. She has kept this since 1975.These
0:30:08 > 0:30:17are three sisters, Arena, Judith and Brenda, or with PUrdey haircuts from
0:30:17 > 0:30:221973. Tomorrow...
0:30:22 > 0:30:24Al Murray and Stephen Tomkinson will be
0:30:24 > 0:30:29here, plus Pete Tong and the Heritage Orchestra will be
0:30:29 > 0:30:33performing - see you at 7pm.