Browse content similar to 06/12/2012. Check below for episodes and series from the same categories and more!
Line | From | To | |
---|---|---|---|
Hello, welcome to The One Show with Alex Jones... And Matt Baker. | :00:22. | :00:27. | |
Tonight, we are joined by a world famous ballerina who flew back to | :00:27. | :00:30. | |
the UK in spectacular style and made a perfect landing for the | :00:30. | :00:40. | |
:00:40. | :01:06. | ||
Wow. Nitzan massive coincidence, she arrived exactly the same style | :01:06. | :01:15. | |
tonight, it is Darcey Bussell! My word, what an extreme -- experience. | :01:15. | :01:20. | |
If he had told me I was going to come from the top of the roof with | :01:20. | :01:24. | |
pyrotechnics, I might have said no. How did it feel when you were | :01:24. | :01:28. | |
flying over the stadium? The most amazing feeling, I had been up | :01:28. | :01:32. | |
there for an hour, watching the show. To fly in over the athletes | :01:32. | :01:35. | |
and the audience, you could see all of them and all of their faces. | :01:35. | :01:39. | |
They don't know where you're coming from. There was a flame in front of | :01:39. | :01:43. | |
me already. It was amazing to come in. I've never entered a | :01:44. | :01:48. | |
performance like that before. much time to rehearse? Those | :01:48. | :01:55. | |
pyrotechnics, we hadn't done anything with the lighting. We done | :01:56. | :02:00. | |
nothing in the dark. There's no reference to what the frontiers, | :02:00. | :02:08. | |
it's very disorientating. Well, it was perfect. We were lucky! Very | :02:08. | :02:15. | |
gorgeous boys, luckily. I know them The health regulator has just | :02:15. | :02:18. | |
announced that A&E waiting times are getting longer, with a third of | :02:18. | :02:22. | |
people waiting more than four hours. But does everybody really need to | :02:22. | :02:27. | |
be there? Would they go if they've realised how much every visit costs | :02:27. | :02:36. | |
One in 10 NHS units asking the Government for cash handouts. Many | :02:36. | :02:39. | |
more are struggling to make the required �20 billion of efficiency | :02:40. | :02:47. | |
savings by 2015. Stopping unnecessary visits to accident and | :02:47. | :02:51. | |
emergency would go some way to cutting the NHS bill. Of 12 million | :02:51. | :02:56. | |
visits last year, it is estimated 6 million needed no treatment. It has | :02:56. | :03:00. | |
been suggested that if patients were presented with an itemised | :03:00. | :03:04. | |
bill at the end of treatment, they would be less inclined to trouble | :03:04. | :03:07. | |
the local accident and emergency with a relatively minor ailments. | :03:07. | :03:12. | |
But what is the true cost of a visit to the emergency department? | :03:12. | :03:16. | |
As soon as a patient walks through the doors, it costs the hospital | :03:16. | :03:21. | |
�56. This covers the cost of initial assessment only, not | :03:21. | :03:25. | |
treatment. Sir people using the accident and emergency departments, | :03:25. | :03:29. | |
which are quite expensive, for their care for things that could be | :03:29. | :03:35. | |
treated in a minor injuries unit, a walk-in centre, or if they went to | :03:35. | :03:39. | |
a general practitioner. Some health care trusts are considering handing | :03:39. | :03:42. | |
out itemised bills to make patients aware of how much the treatment has | :03:42. | :03:49. | |
cost. In Newcastle, like A&Es throughout the country, not | :03:49. | :03:59. | |
emergencies are costing them a fortune. Good morning, Sarah. Today, | :03:59. | :04:03. | |
Dion and Sarah are in charge. Is it shaping up to be a busy day? | :04:03. | :04:13. | |
certainly is. Her have you got time Sarah's first patient, Derek | :04:13. | :04:18. | |
Hodgson, arrived by ambulance with an injured ankle. The first item on | :04:18. | :04:23. | |
his hypothetical bill is a �250 ambulance journey. The X-ray is | :04:23. | :04:28. | |
done by a radiographer. His plaster cast is from a fracture nurse. With | :04:28. | :04:33. | |
pain relief on top, this comes to �366. Add a further trip to the | :04:33. | :04:39. | |
fracture clinic and the total cost spirals to �452. There is no doubt | :04:39. | :04:43. | |
that Derek's treatment was an emergency. But doctors argue that | :04:43. | :04:46. | |
some of the more minor injuries can be treated less expensively | :04:46. | :04:52. | |
elsewhere. Many patients presenting with minor illness or injury think | :04:52. | :04:55. | |
that it's the best place to come. But there are many other better | :04:55. | :05:00. | |
services available, closer to home and actually cheaper as well. We | :05:00. | :05:05. | |
have a 24-7 service to provide, and expensive infrastructure to | :05:05. | :05:09. | |
underpin that. General practice is lean and efficient and does not | :05:09. | :05:15. | |
have to bear the cost of running a 24 hour service. Alex has come in | :05:15. | :05:22. | |
with a ear injury. He is referred to a specialist. It is syringed and | :05:22. | :05:28. | |
dressed and he's given antibiotics, taking his hypothetical bill to | :05:28. | :05:32. | |
�174. How would you feel if you were presented, in black-and-white, | :05:32. | :05:36. | |
with an itemised bill? I think people would probably think | :05:36. | :05:46. | |
:05:46. | :05:47. | ||
differently about just coming in You can feel it really goes in | :05:47. | :05:51. | |
waves. It suddenly got very busy. It's quite a charged atmosphere and | :05:51. | :05:54. | |
the staff are just focused on getting people through the system. | :05:54. | :06:00. | |
The cost of treatment is the last thing that is on their minds. In | :06:00. | :06:04. | |
the children's unit, Dr Dion has been busy. What kind of cases have | :06:04. | :06:09. | |
you seen? We have had a mixture of illness and injury. People falling | :06:09. | :06:13. | |
over and hurting themselves, some snotty children. Were they | :06:13. | :06:17. | |
emergencies? Some of them are, some of them a little bit less so. Quite | :06:17. | :06:20. | |
a lot of the time, parents just want reassurance and that is why | :06:20. | :06:24. | |
they come and get their children checked. Sometimes you think there | :06:24. | :06:28. | |
are other places they could have gone. It some patients understood | :06:28. | :06:33. | |
the costs involved, maybe they would go elsewhere. Sarah's patient | :06:33. | :06:36. | |
John has come in with back pain. Despite the fact that he has only | :06:36. | :06:42. | |
been treated with painkillers, the cost of this short visit his �84. | :06:42. | :06:49. | |
He is shocked at the prize. Would it put you off if you were given an | :06:49. | :06:53. | |
itemised bill of everything you had today? Probably, yes. To allay | :06:53. | :06:56. | |
certain degree. I was very reluctant to come in the first | :06:56. | :07:00. | |
place. To be given a bill of what it is going to cost, yes, I would | :07:00. | :07:05. | |
probably think twice. If we are going to sustain the NHS for the | :07:05. | :07:09. | |
future, without taxpayers having to put more and more money in, we need | :07:09. | :07:13. | |
to make sure we get the best value for every pound that we spend. If | :07:13. | :07:17. | |
the public understand how we spend at, they can help us do that. | :07:17. | :07:21. | |
shocking. You just don't think of the way that the costs add up. It's | :07:21. | :07:26. | |
amazing. Are you the type to rushed to hospital if something goes | :07:26. | :07:32. | |
wrong? No, I bear the pain. I think just getting used to pain, from a | :07:32. | :07:36. | |
career like I have had. We are quite lucky, there's always a | :07:36. | :07:44. | |
physio Wayne house. -- in house. You had knock knees, when you were | :07:44. | :07:48. | |
younger? My mother sent me to a ballet class because I had these | :07:48. | :07:57. | |
really bad knock knees. What a lovely picture. My tree-trunk legs! | :07:57. | :08:05. | |
What does the Bali world think of it? They are big fans, they always | :08:05. | :08:09. | |
want to be in the audience. Most of the guys I have danced with have | :08:09. | :08:14. | |
come to watch. Even my director was going to come. One of my directors. | :08:14. | :08:19. | |
It's brilliant, they love it. gone incredibly well for you. It | :08:19. | :08:25. | |
has. I guess it takes a little bit of settling in time? There are a | :08:25. | :08:30. | |
lot of nerves behind doing a live show. But I'm passionate about | :08:30. | :08:34. | |
dance and it's really easy, I read the love watching the professional | :08:34. | :08:37. | |
dancers. It's nice to have someone on the panel that knows what they | :08:37. | :08:43. | |
are talking about! The boys won't be happy! They are great, they have | :08:43. | :08:49. | |
supported me all the way. They hold my hand. We you go back next year? | :08:49. | :08:54. | |
I hope to. It will be fun. Quarter- finals on Saturday. We are getting | :08:54. | :08:57. | |
towards the end. I know it's very difficult, because it is very close. | :08:57. | :09:02. | |
He would do you think will be in the final? The standard is so high. | :09:02. | :09:05. | |
It would be amazing if we could get the whole group to be in the final, | :09:05. | :09:09. | |
it would be brilliant. But it is difficult. I think the people that | :09:10. | :09:14. | |
have had the biggest journeys, somebody like Dani, who was really | :09:14. | :09:19. | |
shy. Her technique has improved. She is a dark horse, coming through | :09:19. | :09:24. | |
the final straight. Nicki Durbin has been incredibly surprising. But | :09:24. | :09:32. | |
Lisa Riley, I think she could be in the final. Louis, he had the | :09:32. | :09:39. | |
potential, being a gymnast. Obviously Kimberley. She is a big | :09:39. | :09:45. | |
favourite of my girls. They tell me, do not vote her off! It gets quite | :09:45. | :09:49. | |
like that, does it? They get so disappointed with me. Kimberley is | :09:49. | :09:55. | |
gorgeous. Are your children in your mind when you put up the school? -- | :09:55. | :09:59. | |
score? I can't have the destruction, I would be going like that. They | :09:59. | :10:03. | |
wouldn't speak to me when I get home. You've been pretty busy | :10:04. | :10:10. | |
filming the Christmas version, on Christmas Day. Can you give me any | :10:10. | :10:20. | |
:10:20. | :10:21. | ||
hints? Sheila Hancock's dance was amazing. She was just beautiful. | :10:21. | :10:24. | |
There was Fabrice Muamba, who was amazing. Just what he has been | :10:24. | :10:34. | |
through. It was brilliant. He was having a great time. There are | :10:34. | :10:38. | |
going to be a lot of surprises. The standard, again, was very good. | :10:38. | :10:43. | |
They only had a week. Bringing it back to your dancing, we have been | :10:43. | :10:47. | |
mesmerised, looking through your broker. It makes me want to be you! | :10:47. | :10:52. | |
That is all I can tell you. -- Through your book. These are some | :10:52. | :10:56. | |
personal favourites. A lot of different ones. That is Cinderella. | :10:56. | :11:02. | |
I wanted to give a variety of pictures, not just the pretty ones | :11:02. | :11:07. | |
from the show, backstage, in the rehearsal studio is. It takes you | :11:07. | :11:13. | |
right in. Nasty ones of my feet being strapped up. It's just really | :11:13. | :11:17. | |
important to give a good selection, variety. It was something I always | :11:17. | :11:21. | |
wanted to do when I retired. will talk more about it, we are | :11:21. | :11:26. | |
going to be testing your knowledge on it. Oh, no! Don't worry, it's a | :11:26. | :11:32. | |
very easy quiz. The Strictly quarter-finals are on Saturday. | :11:32. | :11:37. | |
For this next film, we need to take you beneath the waves. So, switched | :11:37. | :11:43. | |
to red lighting and dive, dive, dive. Through The One Show | :11:43. | :11:48. | |
periscope is... Dan Snow! Why are we doing this? It's very important. | :11:49. | :11:52. | |
We have to imagine what it is like being a submarine at the bottom of | :11:52. | :11:56. | |
the ocean. The water is pouring in and all you have is a bottle of rum. | :11:56. | :12:03. | |
What do you do? Here is what. During the Second World War, at the | :12:03. | :12:07. | |
Royal Navy Submarine Service suffered huge casualties. 74 were | :12:07. | :12:14. | |
lost and more than 3000 men were killed. Once a submarine hit a mine, | :12:14. | :12:18. | |
it was almost impossible for the crew to escape. One man defied the | :12:18. | :12:26. | |
odds. In December 1941, HMS Perseus was patrolling the waters of the | :12:26. | :12:31. | |
Mediterranean. It hit an enemy mine and, within minutes, it plunged to | :12:31. | :12:38. | |
the seabed. All of the 61 on board were killed, apart from John capes | :12:38. | :12:44. | |
and three of the crew. Historian Tim Clayton has brought me to the | :12:44. | :12:47. | |
Royal Navy Submarine Museum in Gosport, which has a similar | :12:47. | :12:53. | |
submarine to the one lying 170 foot down on the seabed. So, where were | :12:53. | :12:58. | |
Capes and the survivors? They were here, in the very back end of the | :12:58. | :13:04. | |
submarine. Everything for word of that oval door was flooded and the | :13:04. | :13:10. | |
engine room was smashed to pieces. It's full of dead bodies. There is | :13:10. | :13:13. | |
water are beginning to seep in. The first thing he asked to do is to | :13:13. | :13:23. | |
He took charge. Following the procedures he learned from his Navy | :13:23. | :13:29. | |
training and manuals like this committee gave each man a life | :13:29. | :13:32. | |
jacket and flooded the compartment to equalise pressure. It must have | :13:32. | :13:36. | |
been terrifying? Everything is pitch black. He's doing it all by | :13:36. | :13:40. | |
the light of a torch. Really eerie and strange. The water is dirty, | :13:40. | :13:46. | |
smoky, oily. The next thing they need to do is pull down this piece | :13:46. | :13:53. | |
of canvas. It forms a kind of tunnel, preventing the air escaping | :13:53. | :14:01. | |
when he opens the hatch. Each one of them asked to be pushed out and | :14:01. | :14:09. | |
into the sea. He had given each man a set of rum to steady themselves | :14:09. | :14:13. | |
before they left the submarine. But the trip the service was | :14:13. | :14:18. | |
potentially lethal. To understand why, I have come to the submarine | :14:18. | :14:22. | |
escape training tank. And practising a vital technique called | :14:22. | :14:27. | |
blowing out. The reason is demonstrated by this four litre bag | :14:27. | :14:31. | |
which shows what happens to your lungs when it goes from down there, | :14:31. | :14:38. | |
to appear. Capes and the others were 170 foot down. Nobody had | :14:38. | :14:45. | |
escaped from such a depth before. Our die the blows one breath into | :14:45. | :14:50. | |
it, simulating their last breath. He releases it back to the surface. | :14:50. | :14:54. | |
As it travels at the, the water pressure decreases, causing the | :14:54. | :15:04. | |
:15:04. | :15:05. | ||
volume of air inside the bag to This is what happens to your lungs | :15:05. | :15:09. | |
if you don't blow out continuously, as the air inside them expands as | :15:09. | :15:13. | |
you get near the surface. He and the other survivors had to do that, | :15:13. | :15:18. | |
or they were dead man. But when he arrived at the surface, he was | :15:18. | :15:22. | |
alone. The other men did not make it. Cold and exhausted, in the | :15:22. | :15:26. | |
darkness, he could just make out the cliffs. Determined to survive, | :15:26. | :15:32. | |
he had to swim three miles. He was discovered, collapsed, by local | :15:32. | :15:35. | |
fishermen, and sheltered on the island for 18 months before | :15:35. | :15:40. | |
returning home. But his story was so remarkable that many doubted it | :15:40. | :15:45. | |
was true. His daughter knows how hard that was for him. He was | :15:45. | :15:49. | |
disappointed that there were disbelievers, but I think he knew | :15:50. | :15:57. | |
he told the truth. He died in 1986, with some people still doubting his | :15:57. | :16:02. | |
story. However, 11 years later, a Greek diver discovered the wreck of | :16:02. | :16:06. | |
the submarine. There was the escape hatch and the abandoned bottle of | :16:06. | :16:12. | |
rum, just as he had described. was phenomenal. It was wonderful | :16:12. | :16:16. | |
that my father's story had been proved, and my family were very | :16:16. | :16:24. | |
proud. Today, submariners benefit from the latest technology. It | :16:25. | :16:32. | |
makes what he achieved seem even more remarkable. With only a basic | :16:32. | :16:37. | |
survival suit and a bit of rum, he defied the odds. As he later said, | :16:37. | :16:44. | |
if there is one moral of the story, it is never say die. | :16:44. | :16:48. | |
What an incredible story. Unbelievable. Apart from the | :16:48. | :16:51. | |
dressing gown, you were wearing the latest equipment, but things were | :16:51. | :16:57. | |
different in World War II. Yes. This is a very rare object that has | :16:57. | :17:03. | |
been lent to us. This is the Escape apparatus. It is so primitive. | :17:03. | :17:07. | |
Oxygen bottle, mouthpiece. They could breathe on the way up. When | :17:07. | :17:12. | |
you got to the surface, it acted as a life preserver. And encouraging | :17:12. | :17:17. | |
you to breathe out. Yes, all the way. Otherwise you get out of the | :17:17. | :17:23. | |
submarine, having done the hard part and.... You said over 3000 | :17:23. | :17:27. | |
submariners died during the war. Were there any other tales of | :17:27. | :17:31. | |
escape? You had bad odds of surviving in a submarine that | :17:31. | :17:34. | |
crashed. There were about four occasions on which people managed | :17:34. | :17:40. | |
to escape. Probably less than 30 people. One incredible example, the | :17:40. | :17:46. | |
record for an escape of this nature, Bill Morrison was in a mini sub | :17:46. | :17:54. | |
that crashed and sank in a Scottish loch. It went down to 210 feet. | :17:54. | :17:57. | |
They managed to get the hatch open and two of them got wedged into the | :17:57. | :18:01. | |
hatch. He had to get back into the submarine and get the other man out. | :18:01. | :18:05. | |
He got to the surface, but he passed out on the way. But he did | :18:05. | :18:09. | |
survive. Even with modern technology, it does not mean | :18:09. | :18:15. | |
submarines are safe. It still takes a certain personality to go into a | :18:15. | :18:19. | |
submarine. I don't know if I would fancy it. Nowadays, the world's | :18:19. | :18:24. | |
navies have come together to try to meet this threat. The submarine | :18:24. | :18:26. | |
parachute Assistance Group, they throw people out of the back of | :18:26. | :18:30. | |
aircraft, they can land anywhere in the ocean and pick up survivors in | :18:30. | :18:35. | |
the water. What happens if the submarine sinks and someone is | :18:35. | :18:39. | |
stuck inside? They send down a mini sob, basically. This and it down to | :18:39. | :18:43. | |
about 600 metres, this can go, and it latches onto the outside of the | :18:44. | :18:51. | |
submarine. He seems more relaxed than I would be! That is some | :18:51. | :18:56. | |
technology! Thank you. Looking lovely in your dressing gown. As we | :18:56. | :18:59. | |
get caught up in the Christmas spirit, putting up the decorations, | :18:59. | :19:04. | |
it is easy to forget people who do not have a home. When a 42-year-old | :19:04. | :19:07. | |
homeless man died in a small town in Devon, the community came | :19:07. | :19:12. | |
together. Joe Crowley was there earlier today. | :19:12. | :19:17. | |
Totnes is preparing for a funeral. 42-year-old Michael Gething died of | :19:17. | :19:25. | |
suspected hypothermia. He had been homeless since he was 18. Local | :19:25. | :19:28. | |
people here have been contributing towards the cost of the funeral, | :19:28. | :19:31. | |
and the hope is that they will turn out and helped to carry the coffin | :19:31. | :19:36. | |
up the High Street and on to the cemetery. Like any funeral, it will | :19:36. | :19:40. | |
be a sombre moment, but the idea is to make people really think about | :19:40. | :19:45. | |
homelessness in their town and on their doorstep. Michael regularly | :19:45. | :19:49. | |
showed up at the local homeless drop-in centre. Georgie and her | :19:49. | :19:53. | |
husband saw him frequently, serving in food and offering support. I | :19:53. | :19:57. | |
know that Michael came here quite a lot. What did you make of him? | :19:57. | :20:01. | |
could be difficult to other people outside but in here he behaved | :20:01. | :20:07. | |
himself. He was always welcome. he offered accommodation? He was. | :20:07. | :20:11. | |
At the last minute, he changed his mind and said he wanted to stay in | :20:11. | :20:16. | |
Totnes. Many people will not understand that. They are part of a | :20:16. | :20:20. | |
street community. When they get given a flat, accommodation, they | :20:20. | :20:23. | |
are sat there staring at the wall. They are very lonely. The average | :20:23. | :20:29. | |
age of death for someone living on the street is just 47 years old. | :20:29. | :20:32. | |
Graham Walker is sleeping out as a tribute to Michael, partly to raise | :20:32. | :20:37. | |
money for the funeral. He now lives in a house, but spent over 20 years | :20:37. | :20:41. | |
sleeping rough. What is your sense of the guilt of the place, as | :20:41. | :20:46. | |
people come past, that a member of the community could die in an alley | :20:46. | :20:51. | |
way? People have been hugging me and crying. People who did not even | :20:51. | :20:55. | |
know Michael. I feel lucky I got through that spell of being on the | :20:55. | :20:58. | |
streets by necessity and I got through to the other end. Michael | :20:58. | :21:02. | |
did not. The welfare reforms and cuts to housing benefit may have a | :21:02. | :21:08. | |
further impact on homelessness. So what does the local council have to | :21:08. | :21:12. | |
say on the matter? We belong to it -- to an initiative across Devon | :21:12. | :21:17. | |
and Cornwall which takes them into accommodation, so they are not | :21:17. | :21:20. | |
vulnerable to cold weather and the climate we have had in the past few | :21:20. | :21:26. | |
months. In this case, was the death preventable? Everything is | :21:26. | :21:30. | |
preventable. But if he declines accommodation, the local authority | :21:30. | :21:35. | |
made an offer to him, it is limited what we can do after that. | :21:35. | :21:38. | |
11:30am today, over 100 people gathered at the foot of the High | :21:38. | :21:45. | |
Street for Michael's funeral. following, although written for | :21:45. | :21:52. | |
another Michael, I now have to -- I dedicated to Michael of Totnes. | :21:52. | :21:55. | |
is heartening to see this many people here. Some of the people | :21:55. | :22:00. | |
will have no Michael. Many would not. I think what this kind of | :22:00. | :22:03. | |
turnout shows is a collective sorrow that, in this day and age, a | :22:03. | :22:13. | |
:22:13. | :22:15. | ||
man can die in this way on these streets. You sound that up so well. | :22:15. | :22:20. | |
You have had time to reflect. How do you sum up what happened today? | :22:20. | :22:23. | |
Many people there were very emotional. I don't think I have | :22:23. | :22:27. | |
seen anything quite like it. It would have been easy for him to | :22:27. | :22:30. | |
have died and four people to have moved on and for him to be | :22:30. | :22:34. | |
forgotten quickly. But people had compassion and warmth, and came out | :22:34. | :22:37. | |
to pay their respects, even if they did not know him, and express | :22:37. | :22:42. | |
sorrow that that could happen there. And they hope it raises awareness. | :22:42. | :22:46. | |
They hope to have a night shelter, somewhere where people can go on a | :22:46. | :22:49. | |
cold night. And this is a problem that is getting worse. More and | :22:49. | :22:55. | |
more people are sleeping rough and are homeless throughout the UK. It | :22:55. | :22:58. | |
makes you think a lot about homeless people where you live and | :22:58. | :23:02. | |
your relationship with them, and think, we all have to take | :23:02. | :23:04. | |
responsibility. This was the people of Totnes taking responsibility. | :23:04. | :23:10. | |
Sadly, for Michael, it is too late, but we all have to step up. It is | :23:10. | :23:14. | |
something to think about. It makes you think when you go out of the | :23:14. | :23:19. | |
door and feel the bite of the cold. Next week, our decorations will be | :23:19. | :23:24. | |
going up. If you have not already done so, it is time to deck the | :23:24. | :23:27. | |
halls with boughs of holly. But if you happen to have a huge medieval | :23:27. | :23:31. | |
hall, it requires a bit more than a bit of tinsel and a couple of | :23:31. | :23:40. | |
baubles, as Christine Walkden found out. Cotehele, a magical Tudor | :23:40. | :23:44. | |
house hidden in remote woods, -- above the River Thame are, near | :23:44. | :23:52. | |
Dartmoor. Outside, winter peace. Just the rustle of wildlife | :23:52. | :23:57. | |
searching for food. But looks can be deceptive. Inside, there is | :23:57. | :24:01. | |
frenzied activity. The and something is growing across the | :24:01. | :24:08. | |
ceiling. This is the Cotehele Christmas garland in the making. 60 | :24:08. | :24:14. | |
ft long and 25,000 dried flowers, all grown on the estate. It is a | :24:14. | :24:19. | |
tradition that began half a century ago and has kept on growing. | :24:19. | :24:23. | |
began in the 1950s, and someone had the bright idea of decorating the | :24:23. | :24:28. | |
hall. It has snowballed from there. It is about 10 days' work, standing | :24:28. | :24:33. | |
on the scaffolding tower. 10 days and a large team of willing workers, | :24:33. | :24:38. | |
staff, volunteers and even visitors. They roll up their sleeves for the | :24:38. | :24:43. | |
task. But this Christmas decoration began life a long time ago, in the | :24:43. | :24:47. | |
spring. Cotehele was owned by the same | :24:47. | :24:52. | |
family for 600 years before being given to the National Trust in 1947. | :24:52. | :24:56. | |
It is one of the least altered medieval homes in the country. And | :24:56. | :25:03. | |
what besetting. There is 1300 acres here. Much of it is woodland, so | :25:03. | :25:09. | |
plenty of spectacular trees, including the main ingredient of | :25:09. | :25:12. | |
the Christmas garland. Traditionally, it would have been | :25:12. | :25:17. | |
holly and furs and conifers from the estate, but this is used widely | :25:17. | :25:26. | |
across the valley. There is an abundance of it. Bunches are | :25:26. | :25:32. | |
attached to a rope with ties which are generally used for potato sacks. | :25:32. | :25:38. | |
And then the whole 60 foot snake his hook -- hoisted into place, | :25:38. | :25:43. | |
ready for its flowery dressing. The flowers come in a glorious range of | :25:43. | :25:50. | |
colour, straw flowers, hairs tales and pink porkers, all traditional | :25:50. | :25:55. | |
cottage garden plants. All of them raised from seed and grown on the | :25:55. | :25:59. | |
estate, in a garden kept specifically for cut flowers. In | :25:59. | :26:04. | |
the summer, it is a mass of collars and spectacular smells. But it is | :26:04. | :26:09. | |
looking very bare at this time of the year. What surprises me is that | :26:09. | :26:14. | |
this is not a big plot. How on earth do you go about producing so | :26:14. | :26:20. | |
many flowers? I do not want to give away too many trade secrets. Just a | :26:20. | :26:25. | |
few. Some of the plants will flower early. They flower like mad, we | :26:25. | :26:29. | |
feed them, pick the flowers, and then we put them out. In the | :26:29. | :26:36. | |
meantime, we have the next row of plants ready to go in. The more | :26:36. | :26:39. | |
flour we cut off, the more they will produce flowers. Every couple | :26:39. | :26:42. | |
of days we come in. You were looking for the flower in full | :26:42. | :26:47. | |
bloom before it goes over, because you needed to halt its petals. | :26:48. | :26:53. | |
the scale is also in the drying. The trickiest to hang the small | :26:53. | :26:56. | |
bunches upside down in dark conditions. The more light they get, | :26:56. | :27:00. | |
the more colour they lose. After a few weeks, they will be dry enough | :27:01. | :27:08. | |
to be packed away, until the work begins stressing the garland. -- | :27:09. | :27:17. | |
dressing the garland. Months of toil, culminating in a truly | :27:17. | :27:20. | |
magnificent sight, marking the end of the growing season here at | :27:20. | :27:24. | |
Cotehele, and the start of Christmas cheer. I will drink to | :27:24. | :27:29. | |
that! Thank you, Christine. You must have | :27:29. | :27:33. | |
had loads of flowers thrown at you throughout your career. In honour | :27:33. | :27:37. | |
of your lovely book, with the photos of you on stage, we have a | :27:37. | :27:47. | |
:27:47. | :27:47. | ||
great game. It is time for Deja Tutu. We have asked members of the | :27:47. | :27:50. | |
public to recreate posers from ballets you have appeared in. You | :27:50. | :27:59. | |
have to guess the ballet. Here we go. No. 1, Tina and Rory. Does that | :27:59. | :28:08. | |
ring any bells? You are one of them. That looks like Swan Lake. You are | :28:08. | :28:18. | |
:28:18. | :28:18. | ||
completely right, it is Swan Lake. No. 2, Craigan Samuel. -- Craig and | :28:18. | :28:26. | |
Samuel. That is from Sleeping Beauty. What is it called? The | :28:26. | :28:34. | |
wakening. There it is. Lovely. Last, we have this rather strange couple. | :28:34. | :28:44. | |
:28:44. | :28:44. | ||
I don't know what they are about. That is very impressive. That is | :28:44. | :28:52. | |
from the last act of man on. that is our final act as well. | :28:52. | :29:01. |