0:00:16 > 0:00:19Hello and welcome to the One Show with Alex Jones.
0:00:19 > 0:00:21And back in the studio after two weeks away,
0:00:21 > 0:00:25it's Matt Baker!
0:00:25 > 0:00:34How were your holidays?Lovely, I was carb loading in warmer climes
0:00:34 > 0:00:37for the rickshaw challenge. Thanks for asking.
0:00:37 > 0:00:40Now they say people often end up looking like their animals.
0:00:40 > 0:00:41That could be a problem for tonight's guest.
0:00:41 > 0:00:43He's got ten chickens, nine barn owls,
0:00:43 > 0:00:46eight sheep, six pigs, five dogs, three goats.
0:00:46 > 0:00:48And various ducks that come and go at they please.
0:00:48 > 0:00:50But hopefully no partridge in a pear tree.
0:00:50 > 0:00:52He may not look like his animals,
0:00:52 > 0:00:56but do his animals look like him?
0:01:02 > 0:01:10Oh, they do! It is, of course, Paul O'Grady!Thanks for having me on!We
0:01:10 > 0:01:15are pleased to have you with us.I will tell you what animal I did look
0:01:15 > 0:01:22like in Africa, a baby African vulture, there was a resemblance, I
0:01:22 > 0:01:28have to say! Somebody took a photo, is that a relation?! Slightly
0:01:28 > 0:01:34similar.I thought it would be a dog, but a vulture will do! You
0:01:34 > 0:01:43recently got married, to Andre.He is 98, a billionaire. We have got
0:01:43 > 0:01:47this lovely sweeping oak staircase in our mansion, I polished it this
0:01:47 > 0:01:54morning, so hopefully I will find him when he gets in!Is EAP fan of
0:01:54 > 0:01:59animals?He has got no choice!We know there are a lot of animal
0:01:59 > 0:02:03owners who watch our show, and we want to hear from you tonight. If
0:02:03 > 0:02:14you have a collection of pets, a posse of pussycats or a mixture...
0:02:14 > 0:02:21As many animals as you can manage in one photo.
0:02:21 > 0:02:23But please remember, don't put your pet predator
0:02:23 > 0:02:25next to potential prey, because it'll end in tears.
0:02:25 > 0:02:28And we'll speaking to Paul more about life with his animals later.
0:02:28 > 0:02:30But first, in the run-up to Remembrance Sunday, we always hear
0:02:30 > 0:02:33poignant stories about the brave men and women who have
0:02:33 > 0:02:34served their country.
0:02:34 > 0:02:36This year marks a special milestone, as it represents 100 years
0:02:36 > 0:02:39since women were first allowed to join the Armed Forces.
0:02:39 > 0:02:41One of those who joined up during the Second World War
0:02:41 > 0:02:43is Sheila Campbell, whose son just so happens
0:02:43 > 0:02:53to be broadcaster Nicky.
0:02:53 > 0:02:57Mum is an extraordinary woman, everyone loves her. My mum Sheila
0:02:57 > 0:03:02and I are close, but there is one area of her life I know little about
0:03:02 > 0:03:07- her experiences during the Second World War. I have not spoken to her
0:03:07 > 0:03:10about her feelings, her motivations, what she thought about what was
0:03:10 > 0:03:16going on in the world. In 1941, she was studying at St Andrews
0:03:16 > 0:03:19university, but halfway through her degree, she dropped out and signed
0:03:19 > 0:03:26up to the women's auxiliary Air Force.Here he comes. Goodbye she
0:03:26 > 0:03:31was selected to become a radar operator, helping to track enemy
0:03:31 > 0:03:38bombers. We were checking for planes coming
0:03:38 > 0:03:45into our area, the friendly once had a certain little blip, so we knew it
0:03:45 > 0:03:55was friendly. The ones that did not have and were -- did not have that
0:03:55 > 0:04:00were questionable, possibly enemy. It was tense. We played cards in
0:04:00 > 0:04:05between. When you were off duty, you went to dancers, you went out
0:04:05 > 0:04:11drinking.I can't imagine what it must have been like for Mum
0:04:11 > 0:04:14embracing this new-found fun while adjusting to the gravity of the
0:04:14 > 0:04:17role, a job which also asked to identify targets for British bombers
0:04:17 > 0:04:24as they took the fight to Germany. One was aware of what one was doing,
0:04:24 > 0:04:28bombing just a little bit out of the troops, praying that you got
0:04:28 > 0:04:31measurements right and that the troops were not going to be hit by
0:04:31 > 0:04:38you. The fact that people were involved and lived in some of the
0:04:38 > 0:04:41places we were bombing just never ended our heads, we didn't think
0:04:41 > 0:04:49about it.Didn't you?No. Or at least if anybody did, it was never
0:04:49 > 0:04:53discussed. I think it would have been difficult to carry on, in a
0:04:53 > 0:04:58way, to do the job.Mum was stationed on a mobile operations
0:04:58 > 0:05:02room, and as the Allies battled their way through France, she and
0:05:02 > 0:05:05her female colleagues expected to get their chance to serve just
0:05:05 > 0:05:09behind the British advance.And then the annoying thing was, of course,
0:05:09 > 0:05:15they sent all the men and none of the women, and we were very angry.
0:05:15 > 0:05:21Were you?Yes, oh yes! All the young men that I had trained, that had
0:05:21 > 0:05:26been in so recently, they went, took our trailers and did the work, and
0:05:26 > 0:05:32we were left behind.And you wanted to get at there?Yes, we wanted to
0:05:32 > 0:05:37carry on doing what we were doing. 182,000 WAAF personnel played an
0:05:37 > 0:05:42important part in the Everett three is of World War II. Historically,
0:05:42 > 0:05:49their roles were often overshadowed by their male counterparts. -- in
0:05:49 > 0:05:54the air victories. We are going to meet Bessie. It is a privilege to be
0:05:54 > 0:05:59with you. Mum is hoping that she can answer a long-held question.Did you
0:05:59 > 0:06:05ever get a medal of any kind? Just for having served?One, I didn't get
0:06:05 > 0:06:13the two.I didn't get any!You are entitled to it, why didn't you get
0:06:13 > 0:06:18one?Nobody ever sent me one!More than 70 years on, I have brought Mum
0:06:18 > 0:06:27and the family to meet Group Captain gas wells at the RAF Museum. At long
0:06:27 > 0:06:32last, she is getting recognition for her service.On behalf of the Royal
0:06:32 > 0:06:35Air Force, it is a pleasure and a privilege as well to be able to
0:06:35 > 0:06:43present you with these long overdue 1939-45 medal. The work that you and
0:06:43 > 0:06:46your contemporaries did throughout the war is very much part of our
0:06:46 > 0:06:49heritage, and it guides what we do today, so you really are an
0:06:49 > 0:06:54inspiration to us all, thank you very much indeed.Oh, my goodness,
0:06:54 > 0:07:00at last! How lovely!I feel that she kind of represents so many women and
0:07:00 > 0:07:05what they did, so it has been such a proud day for the family, fantastic
0:07:05 > 0:07:11day for Mum, and that is going to go right on her mantelpiece.I feel
0:07:11 > 0:07:17sort of rounded off so to speak, Waterwise.Completion!Completion of
0:07:17 > 0:07:25the war, yes, the war is over! APPLAUSE
0:07:25 > 0:07:31What a wonderful moment to share, you can hear more from them in the
0:07:31 > 0:07:36Women At War series, which continues on BBC One tomorrow morning.
0:07:36 > 0:07:39If you're a woman or man who served in the forces
0:07:39 > 0:07:41in the Second World War, you too can apply for a medal.
0:07:41 > 0:07:43The details are on our website.
0:07:43 > 0:07:46Your dad served in the RAF during the Second World War, didn't he?
0:07:46 > 0:07:50Yes, he had a few medals, they were in a draw in the bureau, but he
0:07:50 > 0:07:54never spoke about the war, I mean, I know very little about my father in
0:07:54 > 0:07:59the war, expect when they were at Normandy, when they landed on the
0:07:59 > 0:08:03beach, he couldn't swim, and he said he was on tip toes with his rifle
0:08:03 > 0:08:08above him, and the Channel was up to there. What freaked him out was
0:08:08 > 0:08:14drowned soldiers floating past him. Oh, gosh.They never got to the
0:08:14 > 0:08:18shore, that really frightened him. But that was it, and might mum is
0:08:18 > 0:08:24the same, two little babies, my brother and sister, lived very close
0:08:24 > 0:08:28to the shipbuilder's, Camel lights, so she was on the front line. She
0:08:28 > 0:08:34got flea bites down the air age shelter, so she would be giving out,
0:08:34 > 0:08:39and when there had been an air raid, she would go down to the
0:08:39 > 0:08:44shipbuilder's to fill it up with coal from the sidings. She was 19,
0:08:44 > 0:08:51soaked up, and my dad was 20, he was Irish, he didn't have to sign up,
0:08:51 > 0:08:57but he didn't approve of fascism, so off we went, so young, so resilient.
0:08:57 > 0:09:01And you owe your name to a military register. What happened there?Our
0:09:01 > 0:09:14family name was Grady, but they made a mistake and put O in front of it.
0:09:14 > 0:09:18Paul Grady doesn't sound quite right, does it?I am 98% Irish and
0:09:18 > 0:09:2811% Prussian!Prussian?! I did my recently, and I am Lithuanian.I am
0:09:28 > 0:09:33Lithuanian too, that is Prussian, we could be related! You never know!
0:09:33 > 0:09:37And you went back to your childhood home in Birkenhead, and you
0:09:37 > 0:09:43discovered something amazing just behind the wall?It was after my mum
0:09:43 > 0:09:47died, we were giving the house up and all that, and there was a piece
0:09:47 > 0:09:52of wallpaper, I thought, I will pull that, and it has all come off the
0:09:52 > 0:09:56wall, and when we used to decorate, you would draw something on the
0:09:56 > 0:10:02wall, and it all went back to the 1930s, my dad's RAF, and there was a
0:10:02 > 0:10:08thing called, what, no potatoes, drawings of Mickey Mouse I had done
0:10:08 > 0:10:13as a kid, my brother and sister had done, the whole family. They didn't
0:10:13 > 0:10:18have a camera, it was before mobile phones, and I had to leave it. I was
0:10:18 > 0:10:23tempted to get a skip, you know, take the whole wall with me. But it
0:10:23 > 0:10:28was fascinating to see, upsetting as well, because I was leaving a piece
0:10:28 > 0:10:34of valuable family history.So when did the city boy become the country
0:10:34 > 0:10:40boy? What happened?I had spent a lot of my childhood with my father's
0:10:40 > 0:10:45family in County Roscommon, really rural, no electricity or running
0:10:45 > 0:10:50water, we used to go down to the spring, no toilet facilities, no
0:10:50 > 0:10:54bathroom, so it was very rural, cutting the turf and all that kind
0:10:54 > 0:10:58of stuff. And I loved it, because you didn't have to wear shoes, you
0:10:58 > 0:11:03could get out of the bedroom at six o'clock, jump on the roof, ride the
0:11:03 > 0:11:08donkey, nobody flinched!Tell me about it!A lovely life for kids,
0:11:08 > 0:11:12and by the age of seven, I could milk a cow, I knew all sorts of
0:11:12 > 0:11:16things. It left me with a love for the countryside, and I always
0:11:16 > 0:11:21thought, if I get a few bob, I will buy a place with some land so I can
0:11:21 > 0:11:27get a cow, that was my ambition, not a home in Barbados. Somewhere in the
0:11:27 > 0:11:32countryside, so I did.And it is all reflected in your new book, which is
0:11:32 > 0:11:37lovely. Matt is a farmer.You know your stuff.What would he learn from
0:11:37 > 0:11:43your book?Probably never to go back to the country again! I mean, for
0:11:43 > 0:11:47me, I couldn't teach Matt anything, here is an expert, but for somebody
0:11:47 > 0:11:52considering the move to the country, getting livestock, it is not cut and
0:11:52 > 0:11:59dried. It is a sinkhole for money, you have vet bills, you have to get
0:11:59 > 0:12:03up to feed sheep when it is snowing, I have learned to deliver a lamb,
0:12:03 > 0:12:07deliver piglets, I can tend to a broken wing, all that kind of stuff,
0:12:07 > 0:12:11then I learnt about all the various wild plants in the woods, and I knew
0:12:11 > 0:12:16none of this before I moved to the country, how to grow my open.There
0:12:16 > 0:12:23is a lot about herbs.There is, I am a great believer in the medicinal
0:12:23 > 0:12:32qualities, this daisy like plant, but a couple of leaves in a piece of
0:12:32 > 0:12:35bread, it is so bitter, it can cause ulcers, but it gets rid of a
0:12:35 > 0:12:37headache like that, completely. There is all sorts of stuff.When
0:12:37 > 0:12:42you recognise the pace of nature, you live your life differently.You
0:12:42 > 0:12:46also recognise the seasonings more so than in the city, when it is
0:12:46 > 0:12:50spring, winter, and you respect the land, because it is your land, so
0:12:50 > 0:12:54you are not going to polluted in any way. Gradually, I went from being in
0:12:54 > 0:13:03a club in bean -- Dean Streets to really appreciating the fresh air
0:13:03 > 0:13:08and the lambs around me, and I like village life. They were terrified in
0:13:08 > 0:13:15our village when they heard that Lily Savage was moving in, they
0:13:15 > 0:13:20thought it would be wild orgies every night!How did you introduce
0:13:20 > 0:13:29yourself?In the post office, hello! Put on your telephone voice!Yes, my
0:13:29 > 0:13:33posh voice, but then I got involved in the village school and all that
0:13:33 > 0:13:37kind of thing, going in the local pub, so gradually you integrate
0:13:37 > 0:13:42yourself. I will always be an outsider, even though high of almost
0:13:42 > 0:13:47been there two decades, but I don't mind, you know, because it is my
0:13:47 > 0:13:52home, not a second home, it is where I live, and it is always a full
0:13:52 > 0:13:56house, it is great, you can have guests down, kids love it, the wood,
0:13:56 > 0:14:02the animals. So I really enjoy living in the countryside.Also lots
0:14:02 > 0:14:07of things in the book, recipes from family members, a good residue for
0:14:07 > 0:14:11egg mayonnaise sandwiches. Disgusting! They are cheap and
0:14:11 > 0:14:19cheerful. I would have to wear a gasket -- a gas mask. I have never
0:14:19 > 0:14:23eaten chicken or anything like that. You put a recipe in that you could
0:14:23 > 0:14:29not read.I thought I would have to put in easy to feed the kids! Give
0:14:29 > 0:14:36them egg mayonnaise!Paul O'Grady's Country Life is out now.
0:14:36 > 0:14:39The clock is ticking - only three days to go
0:14:39 > 0:14:41until Team Rickshaw and myself ride from this very studio
0:14:41 > 0:14:43to start our 500-mile journey to Glasgow,
0:14:43 > 0:14:46hopefully raising lots of money for BBC Children in Need as we go.
0:14:46 > 0:14:52Don't ask me!You are more than welcome to join us!Get yourself in
0:14:52 > 0:14:57the West End of a night, charge the tourists 300 quid. You will make a
0:14:57 > 0:15:04fortune! I will become a tout for you! You want to get on that! It is
0:15:04 > 0:15:10at rubble of view, it is a healthy journey, you know. -- it is
0:15:10 > 0:15:16admirable of you. Are you doing it? No, I am holding the fort!
0:15:16 > 0:15:19All of our six riders will need to have bags of stamina
0:15:19 > 0:15:21and determination on their Ride to the Clyde,
0:15:21 > 0:15:27and we just know Shona is made of the right stuff.
0:15:30 > 0:15:40Welcome to Loch Ness. My name is Shona. This is one of my favourite
0:15:40 > 0:15:47places. I haven't seen this year, but I know he's out there somewhere.
0:15:47 > 0:16:00I live up the road in Inverness with my mum, my dad, my two sisters, and
0:16:00 > 0:16:09my guinea pigs. Our family is the best.Probably first noticed it when
0:16:09 > 0:16:18she was 13. We miss took it 14 age clumsiness, but it didn't go away.
0:16:23 > 0:16:30It is degenerative.We got the diagnosis a month or two before her
0:16:30 > 0:16:3516th birthday. We waited a few weeks before we told Shona, because we
0:16:35 > 0:16:43needed to come to terms with it.It is a build-up of cholesterol in the
0:16:43 > 0:16:49cells, which become cancerous.We both went through a grieving
0:16:49 > 0:16:54process, grieving for her lost future. And then she would walk into
0:16:54 > 0:16:57a room, and there she was as you had always known her. But yet, we knew
0:16:57 > 0:17:05what the future likely head for her. Before I got diagnosed, I was able
0:17:05 > 0:17:11to do my laces without even thinking about it. My handwriting has gotten
0:17:11 > 0:17:19a lot slower. Sometimes I trip over the stairs, I end up falling flat on
0:17:19 > 0:17:30my face. I've had to totally rethink my future plans. I know now that I
0:17:30 > 0:17:41won't ever be able to drive. I don't think I'll get to go to uni.
0:17:47 > 0:17:50Shona is undergoing a blind medical trial at Birmingham Children's
0:17:50 > 0:17:53Hospital. There isn't a cure at the moment, but the best that we could
0:17:53 > 0:18:03hope for is with a drug that slows down the deterioration. They have
0:18:03 > 0:18:06been incredible with support for ourselves as parents, and Shona as
0:18:06 > 0:18:12an individual.My role is a clinical nurse specialist. Children In Need
0:18:12 > 0:18:16have been funding this position for around 15 years. I meet with them
0:18:16 > 0:18:20won a futile deer, and provide emotional support. We keep in
0:18:20 > 0:18:24contact, I have been to meet with her schoolteachers, and her local
0:18:24 > 0:18:28health getting, to make sure Shona is receiving the right support.For
0:18:28 > 0:18:32us, it has been important to speak to somebody who understands the
0:18:32 > 0:18:41condition. Shona was very excited to be nominated for the rickshaw
0:18:41 > 0:18:44challenge. She took it in her stride and started training, really, at
0:18:44 > 0:18:53that point.I've been going for practice on Wednesday afternoon.She
0:18:53 > 0:18:57has come on leaps and bounds since she started. She has mastered the
0:18:57 > 0:19:00art of cycling in a straight line, doing the corners correctly, stating
0:19:00 > 0:19:08on the road.I can still do things that other people can't.I think it
0:19:08 > 0:19:13will be a real adventure for her, something she will remember. For
0:19:13 > 0:19:16her, it is important to give something back for the help and
0:19:16 > 0:19:20support she has had.Shona is constantly surprising us, achieving
0:19:20 > 0:19:28more than we realised she could. Yeah, I have got a disability, but
0:19:28 > 0:19:36that's not the end of everything. Please give what you can. Thank you.
0:19:40 > 0:19:44Isn't she something. She said to me on selection day, "I really want to
0:19:44 > 0:19:49do this while I still can." In the next week, we will have the most fun
0:19:49 > 0:19:53we possibly can, and we need your support.
0:19:53 > 0:19:56And if you want to support Shona, Team Rickshaw and Children in Need,
0:19:56 > 0:19:58you can donate by sending a simple text message.
0:19:58 > 0:20:02Paul has the numbers you need.
0:20:02 > 0:20:06I have. I would like to wish you all the best. And what an admirable
0:20:06 > 0:20:10young lady she is.
0:20:10 > 0:20:14You can donate £5 by texting the word "TEAM" to 70405.
0:20:14 > 0:20:19To donate £10, just text the word "TEAM" to 70410.
0:20:19 > 0:20:27And to donate £20, text the word "TEAM" to 70420.
0:20:27 > 0:20:30Those texts will cost your donation plus your standard network message
0:20:30 > 0:20:34charge, and all of your donation will go to BBC Children in Need.
0:20:34 > 0:20:37You must be 16 or over and please ask for the bill payer's permission.
0:20:37 > 0:20:41For full terms and conditions, please go to bbc.co.uk/pudsey,
0:20:41 > 0:20:43where you can also donate online if you want to give
0:20:43 > 0:20:47a different amount.
0:20:47 > 0:20:50There's also the website to go to if you want to sign up
0:20:50 > 0:20:51for our virtual rickshaw.
0:20:51 > 0:20:54You can use your own pedal power to help raise
0:20:54 > 0:20:56money for Team Rickshaw and Children in Need.
0:20:56 > 0:21:00Please donate if you can.
0:21:00 > 0:21:05Remember, we start on Thursday.It has come around quickly.
0:21:05 > 0:21:08Now, we couldn't have one of Britain's biggest dog lovers
0:21:08 > 0:21:14on the show without a film featuring our four-legged friends.
0:21:14 > 0:21:16These are little legs!
0:21:16 > 0:21:18Angellica has been to meet one of the biggest strings
0:21:18 > 0:21:23of sausages in the UK. Sausage dogs, that is.
0:21:25 > 0:21:29Sometimes when you are walking the dog, it is nice to join up with
0:21:29 > 0:21:35like-minded Powles. Maybe even a small group, or a bigger group. If
0:21:35 > 0:21:38you are really obsessed, you could gather if you hundreds of your best
0:21:38 > 0:21:46friends here at Caldicot Castle. The woman who has created a network of
0:21:46 > 0:21:50sausage dog Dot owners is Charlotte Baldwin. By day, she works for the
0:21:50 > 0:21:58blood transfusion service. But on evenings and weekends, she is a
0:21:58 > 0:22:03full-time mum to Barney and Rosie. This way!These dogs really do have
0:22:03 > 0:22:10minds of their own. What is it about doubters that you
0:22:10 > 0:22:13love?It is so funny to watch. They are stubborn and determined, they
0:22:13 > 0:22:19are funny, they have got human like faces, the way they look at you. We
0:22:19 > 0:22:24are slaves to the Datsun 's.He is a bit of a diva dog. He has more
0:22:24 > 0:22:33wardrobe changes today than ten won. You love them, and he loves you.
0:22:33 > 0:22:38What's not to love!Because Datsun 's don't like walking with larger
0:22:38 > 0:22:42dogs, Charlotte wanted to get like-minded sausage dog owners to go
0:22:42 > 0:22:46on walks together with her two. She advertised on social media and was
0:22:46 > 0:22:51overwhelmed by the response.I thought there would be 40-50 people
0:22:51 > 0:22:57but joined from south Wales. Within 18 months, I had 4000 members, with
0:22:57 > 0:23:01support coming from Japan, America, Ireland, everywhere. It is amazing
0:23:01 > 0:23:07what has happened.These Datsuns fans go on walks, but today they are
0:23:07 > 0:23:12raising funds. Sausage dogs are susceptible to back problems, bred
0:23:12 > 0:23:17to hunt badgers, their bodies look longer mainly because of their
0:23:17 > 0:23:21little limbs.We raise money for strollers and wheelchairs for that
0:23:21 > 0:23:28simpler Orr that suffer. One in four can suffer this. We Hebert to help
0:23:28 > 0:23:36them to recovery.The effects of IV DDE lead to pressure on the spine,
0:23:36 > 0:23:40causing extreme pain, and sometimes paralysis. Charlotte loaned out the
0:23:40 > 0:23:43strollers and wheelchairs so they can get out and about during their
0:23:43 > 0:23:46recovery. Tell me about your wonderful dog.
0:23:46 > 0:23:51Two years ago, she suffered a first episode. We came home and she
0:23:51 > 0:23:58wouldn't move. Two days later, she had an MRI and spinal surgery. It
0:23:58 > 0:24:02was a nightmare, a horrible nightmare.What is it for you to see
0:24:02 > 0:24:07other dogs owners with strollers?We are a hell of a community, emotional
0:24:07 > 0:24:12support has been brilliant from this group, and I love them all.
0:24:12 > 0:24:16There are hundreds of Datsuns here today. Entering competitions like
0:24:16 > 0:24:22fancy dress and cutest puppies. And I am getting so old over by all the
0:24:22 > 0:24:27lovely sausages, I agreed to judge my first dog the event ever, wagging
0:24:27 > 0:24:32the tail. The more wagging, the happier they are.We want them to be
0:24:32 > 0:24:37happy and wagging their tails, that is what we are looking for.Come on!
0:24:37 > 0:24:44Come on, Bradley!Are you going to wag your tail? No! I don't do it on
0:24:44 > 0:24:49camera! It's such a hard choice, but it's
0:24:49 > 0:24:56got to be Chocolate, who takes the biscuit. And as my hard work is
0:24:56 > 0:25:00done, it's time for the main event. Wright, Charlotte. Everyone is in
0:25:00 > 0:25:07position, are you ready? Let's get going! On your marks, get set, go!
0:25:15 > 0:25:22It's nice to meet people that have the same interests, and just sausage
0:25:22 > 0:25:29dog mad!It's lovely to have the experience, and it is such a good
0:25:29 > 0:25:34cause. What does it mean to you, looking
0:25:34 > 0:25:38around today, seeing all the people that have come to support you?It is
0:25:38 > 0:25:40overwhelming. I am trying to keep my emotions in
0:25:40 > 0:25:46check. People keep thanking me and saying I am a fairy godmother. But
0:25:46 > 0:25:51without their support, I couldn't do what I am doing.
0:25:51 > 0:25:59They are adorable dogs, lovely. My wife is desperate for one of them.
0:25:59 > 0:26:04Paul, you must meet a lot of dogs with health issues.I do. It is
0:26:04 > 0:26:07because of backstreet breeding and puppy farms. There are a lot of
0:26:07 > 0:26:17French bulldogs that have breathing difficulties, and pugs. Eraso many
0:26:17 > 0:26:23of them at the moment. It is a dog that becomes fashionable. Or the
0:26:23 > 0:26:26various reasons, it ends up in the home.
0:26:26 > 0:26:29Well, Life Of Dogs is currently in the middle
0:26:29 > 0:26:31of its sixth series, and here's a teaser from Thursday's episode,
0:26:31 > 0:26:34when you meet some pooches with a weighty problem.
0:26:34 > 0:26:36I remember those two.
0:26:40 > 0:26:43My, God, Almighty! Look at the size of these two. If they jumped up,
0:26:43 > 0:26:51they will push me over. This is shocking. Look, I know...A very
0:26:51 > 0:26:57affectionate girl indeed.What were they feeding them on?The dogs had
0:26:57 > 0:27:02trained the owners as to when they wanted food. They would walk into
0:27:02 > 0:27:05the front room, cry at them until they fed them. Very manipulative,
0:27:05 > 0:27:08these two. They know what they want and they know how to get it.
0:27:08 > 0:27:14They are beauties.Very chubby. The number of dogs that would have
0:27:14 > 0:27:20wiped your chops.I feel like I have been filming an alien film, because
0:27:20 > 0:27:26I am hanging. Other bits and pieces, which we won't discuss at this hour,
0:27:26 > 0:27:30you know... People avoid me! They see me coming down the street! Those
0:27:30 > 0:27:34two dogs were huge, but really lovely natured dogs. One of them was
0:27:34 > 0:27:39heavier than me. He sat on my knee and the bench cracked. Seriously
0:27:39 > 0:27:46huge, like a cow. A year ago, you featured a gorgeous
0:27:46 > 0:27:50puppy who was sickly, called Bernard.I remember Bernard. He had
0:27:50 > 0:27:55a bad heart.That's right, exactly. We have a Suprise Suprise moment for
0:27:55 > 0:28:06you.Is he here?Helen, come in. Look at Bernard.
0:28:06 > 0:28:16How is he doing? Bernard! Come up here. Let me see her. Bernard, do
0:28:16 > 0:28:28you remember me?Beric is. Isn't he lovely.He is very well.Is he still
0:28:28 > 0:28:37on the Viagra?LAUGHTER Not anymore.He is not happy about
0:28:37 > 0:28:43that.Doing incredibly well, it is like watching an episode.Isn't he
0:28:43 > 0:28:50lovely.From your life with dogs to your lives with dogs, thank you for
0:28:50 > 0:28:58the photos. Paul, can you read that one out quickly.I love this one.
0:29:04 > 0:29:08These are Catherine's rescued guinea pigs, she takes them out to rescue
0:29:08 > 0:29:13homes. Thank you for the picture. Tonnes of them! Here are Lucy's ten
0:29:13 > 0:29:20rabbits, that one is George, that one is Steve.
0:29:20 > 0:29:23Thank you to Paul for joining us.
0:29:23 > 0:29:24Thank you for having me.
0:29:24 > 0:29:26Paul O'Grady's Country Life is out now.
0:29:26 > 0:29:28We're back tomorrow when actress Anna Maxwell Martin
0:29:28 > 0:29:30will be talking about her hilarious new sitcom, Motherland.
0:29:30 > 0:29:31See you at seven.
0:29:31 > 0:29:33Good night.