:00:07. > :00:13.Tonight on The One Show. How the storm surge swelled up a street. We
:00:14. > :00:28.are there as homes collapsed into the sea.
:00:29. > :00:35.Hello and welcome to The One Show with Chris Evans. And Alex Jones.
:00:36. > :00:43.Our guest tonight is a man who not only met Nelson Mandela, but last
:00:44. > :00:52.year ran 27 marathons in Mr Mandela's honour. It is Eddie
:00:53. > :00:59.Izzard! I should add that I failed in that attempt. We will talk about
:01:00. > :01:06.it later. Salute to the great man. We would also like to show as many
:01:07. > :01:11.pictures of viewers of The One Show with the former South African
:01:12. > :01:15.president, we can. Eddie has relatives on the south coast. He
:01:16. > :01:21.called them before the show. What news? They said the weather has been
:01:22. > :01:29.fine in Bexley on Sea. He said there are things coming down but it has
:01:30. > :01:37.not hit Bexley on Sea. Maybe it has just jumped Bexley on Sea. You said
:01:38. > :01:42.you did not really know about it because you have just come in from
:01:43. > :01:52.Canada? No, I had not picked up on that. No. It sounds
:01:53. > :01:57.semi-apocalyptic. Not as bad as it could have been. Last night we were
:01:58. > :02:05.reported live from Great Yarmouth as residents prepared seed offences. He
:02:06. > :02:08.stayed with them. 15,000 in all evacuated. The real drama was
:02:09. > :02:14.happening up the coast. David Whiteley was therefore The One Show.
:02:15. > :02:15.Everything you will see unionists next film happened between last and
:02:16. > :02:28.this morning. -- in this film. Every day Jackie dreads listening to
:02:29. > :02:34.the weather forecast. And today more than ever. What is predicted to
:02:35. > :02:44.happen tonight could literally change her life. Jackie's home is
:02:45. > :02:48.perched precariously on a clifftop. The violent storm expected could see
:02:49. > :02:54.it topple over the edge into the sea. A neighbour has already moved
:02:55. > :03:02.out, his home condemned. It is only a matter of time before Jackie's
:03:03. > :03:08.home suffers the same fate. How worried are you? Very worried. We
:03:09. > :03:15.don't know what the next storm is going to bring. Do you ever go to
:03:16. > :03:22.bed thinking, if we have a bad storm tonight we may wake up in the house
:03:23. > :03:27.homeless? Yes. That is what we think. Look how close the house is
:03:28. > :03:31.to the edge. The whole resort is fighting for survival. When you get
:03:32. > :03:36.weather like this, it is no wonder people in Helmsley are worried about
:03:37. > :03:46.their future. -- Hemsby. There are no sea defences. So they are doing
:03:47. > :03:51.it themselves. The fear of losing part of the village has brought the
:03:52. > :03:55.whole community together as the storm rages outside. They have
:03:56. > :03:59.gathered for a fundraising evening. It will add to the ?20,000 they have
:04:00. > :04:06.raised to pay for their own seed offences. The whole community seems
:04:07. > :04:10.to be behind this? 100%. We're having fun and raising money. The
:04:11. > :04:16.community is dead set on enjoying and raising money at the same time.
:04:17. > :04:22.The money raised will help to build sea defences? Every penny. While we
:04:23. > :04:27.are filming in the pub, the storm surge is making its way down the
:04:28. > :04:32.North Sea. The lifeboat hut is literally tipping into the sea. The
:04:33. > :04:40.high tide has chiselled away underneath the foundations and it is
:04:41. > :04:43.tipping up. Jackie and her husband, Steve, have been at the pub for the
:04:44. > :04:49.fundraising evening. They have just returned home. Jackie is just going
:04:50. > :05:03.into the house now with her husband. It is really close. The back of the
:05:04. > :05:16.house has gone. What are we going to do now? I cant believe this has
:05:17. > :05:20.happened. What is happening? We don't know because we are not
:05:21. > :05:30.prepared for none of it. Where will you go tonight? People have offered
:05:31. > :05:36.us somewhere to stay for the night. We did not expected to go this. Time
:05:37. > :05:41.is of the essence. People have come down to help Jackie and Steve move
:05:42. > :05:45.stuff out of their house before it goes over the edge. They are
:05:46. > :05:56.grabbing anything they can. The house is not safe.
:05:57. > :06:06.You need to prioritise now. They know save the house is not safe. You
:06:07. > :06:11.can hear it rocking at the back. Everybody is out of the house. That
:06:12. > :06:16.is it. Just as we go, we see the floor lifting. And what was
:06:17. > :06:38.Jackie's neighbour's house is carried away by the sea.
:06:39. > :06:45.In daylight you can see just how destructive the waves have been. It
:06:46. > :06:49.is still so powerful this morning. The waves crashing on the beach.
:06:50. > :06:56.This is as close as we can safely get. You can see the house now down
:06:57. > :07:06.on the beach with four other houses lost last night. Jackie, this is
:07:07. > :07:11.just on real? That is the living room, that is. It was the living
:07:12. > :07:17.room. What time did it go over? We don't know. I cannot believe that is
:07:18. > :07:26.your house on the beach. This is devastating. You have lost your
:07:27. > :07:33.home. Yeah, lost everything. For now, the couple have been put up at
:07:34. > :09:16.a local holiday camp. With another surge expected
:09:17. > :09:24.I have come back from a tour on Canada. I played Moscow and
:09:25. > :09:30.Istanbul. Germany is coming up next year. The DVD is on sale. With
:09:31. > :09:40.subtitles as well. Also, I talk about stuff that is from Wikipedia,
:09:41. > :09:46.cats with Guns, the Roman empire, you press a button and get all the
:09:47. > :09:53.facts checked. It's an educational tool. There is a bleep track so the
:09:54. > :09:59.kids can watch. Good for the young ones. You are celebrating 25 years
:10:00. > :10:04.this year? Yes, I'm 25 years old. It's good now in my young life to be
:10:05. > :10:11.touring after 25 years. You think when you started you would tour in
:10:12. > :10:16.French, you would do it in German, Russian? I never thought that. It's
:10:17. > :10:21.OK to be ambitious, I never thought I could get that going. The French
:10:22. > :10:24.took 15 years. 15 years from the first one, that is in the
:10:25. > :10:29.documentary of me being terrible in French. I got the fear in my head. I
:10:30. > :10:35.couldn't think of the words I knew. I was sweating and bad. They asked
:10:36. > :10:39.people, how do you think it went? The British people who were there
:10:40. > :10:43.went - it was awful. A French woman said - he tried. It was good. Vint
:10:44. > :10:52.are you for trying, strength over adversity. You love to experiment
:10:53. > :10:57.with tours and live gigs before the 2020 assault on the Mayorship of
:10:58. > :11:07.London? I have five-and-a-half years to go. I have to do. That I want to
:11:08. > :11:16.do gigs and be torning in, Spanish, German and Arabic if I can get it
:11:17. > :11:23.go. You are protective of your private life. Is there anything you
:11:24. > :11:28.would want to get out of the way? I'm a transvestite. Are you ready
:11:29. > :11:33.for that? Yeah, pretty much. I don't think it will be a huge difference
:11:34. > :11:38.between being a performer... Celebrity... In the way that the
:11:39. > :11:43.press might say, can we look at your private life. If people in my
:11:44. > :11:46.private life don't want to be talked about in the press, I have to
:11:47. > :11:51.respect that. That is their wishes, I don't talk about them. Where do
:11:52. > :11:55.you sit on the subject of chocolate Brownies? I think they are
:11:56. > :12:01.fantastic. I don't eat them any more. All sugar is fantastic. It's
:12:02. > :12:06.drugs to me. I can't do it. If if you your body to be a sugar-free
:12:07. > :12:14.temple of health, fine, you might want to look away. If you worship at
:12:15. > :12:21.the temple of gooey snacks, you are in the right place.
:12:22. > :12:28.Hard on the outside, squidgy on the inside. Chocolate brownies started
:12:29. > :12:35.out in the USA as the accidental result of a badly made biscuit. We
:12:36. > :12:41.asked you to send us your recipes for the UK's best brownie. Here are
:12:42. > :12:45.the finalists. Gerri from Hertfordshire. I only use
:12:46. > :12:54.top-quality ingredients. That is how I know I am the -- minor the best
:12:55. > :12:57.brownies. Georgia from Sussex. I use cheaper chocolate, which works
:12:58. > :13:03.brilliantly. And Becks from Brighton. My recipe has a secret
:13:04. > :13:09.weapon. My home-made blackberry brandy will blow the judges's minds.
:13:10. > :13:17.All of our contest and will have to impress me and Angela Gray. What are
:13:18. > :13:21.the key features? I would say texture. Good overriding chocolate
:13:22. > :13:28.flavour. Slightly crunchy on the outside. Not too crunchy. Good
:13:29. > :13:36.squidgy factor. It is baking time. Former dinner lady Gerri is hoping
:13:37. > :13:41.to impress. What are the three -- what do the chocolates at? It adds
:13:42. > :13:48.to the taste and texture. The brownie itself is 4G. The chocolate
:13:49. > :13:53.stays whole. It gives you a different taste experience. Gerri's
:13:54. > :13:56.brownies are not for the faint-hearted. They are smothered in
:13:57. > :14:01.Cocoa, double cream and peanut butter. I know you used to work in
:14:02. > :14:07.school catering. Did you feed these to the kids? No. They could still
:14:08. > :14:15.eat sponge when I work in catering. But nothing like these. Next is
:14:16. > :14:21.Becks. She adds home-made blackberry brandy. Where did you get this
:14:22. > :14:28.outrageous recipe from? The depths of my desire is to combine alcohol
:14:29. > :14:33.and chocolate. It is boozy. You have got to like the blues to like this.
:14:34. > :14:38.Because some of her family have coeliac disease, the brownies are
:14:39. > :14:45.gluten-free. Does using gluten flour make a difference? Would defy you to
:14:46. > :14:47.notice the difference. Finally, it is Georgia with her budget
:14:48. > :14:55.brownies. She microwaves are chocolate, covers the lot and, she
:14:56. > :14:59.is finished. I started making them one I was a student. Stuck for cash.
:15:00. > :15:04.It made sense at the time. People enjoyed eating them. I tried more
:15:05. > :15:09.expensive chocolate. I found the cheaper chocolate is work just as
:15:10. > :15:17.well. What is the problem with using cheaper chocolate? The flavour is
:15:18. > :15:21.just as good. After 40 minutes in the open, Georgia adds edible
:15:22. > :15:25.glitter while Gerri and Becks give their brownies the finishing
:15:26. > :15:31.touches. Time for tasting and judging. First up, Gerri's triple
:15:32. > :15:36.chocolate peanut butter and cream smothered brownie that cost 78p each
:15:37. > :15:43.to make. The peanut butter brings an edge of saltiness. That said, the
:15:44. > :15:49.one thing is it removes the crunch from the top. Next, it is the
:15:50. > :15:55.gluten-free boozy brownies from Becks costing 69p each. It
:15:56. > :16:03.chocolatey and 40 and has lovely texture on top. It is almost
:16:04. > :16:09.perfection. Slightly flowery. Finally, Georgia. A pinch at 27p.
:16:10. > :16:16.Does it taste cheap? No, I don't think so. It does not do it
:16:17. > :16:22.justice, really. They are like disco brownies. I like the squidgy nests
:16:23. > :16:28.above the cookie. Eating dung, it is judgement time. I have to say, for
:16:29. > :16:31.chocoholics like myself and Angela it has been fantastic. They were
:16:32. > :16:41.superb. But there has to be a winner. The winner of the cook-off
:16:42. > :16:47.is... Gerri! The richness of flavour and texture meant that Gerri's
:16:48. > :16:53.really is Britain's best brownie. Thank you very much, congratulations
:16:54. > :16:59.to Gerri. Here she is. They look incredible. This competition has
:17:00. > :17:03.changed your life, hasn't it? It has. It really has. It made a huge
:17:04. > :17:09.difference. How has it inspired you? Well, what I'm looking to do in the
:17:10. > :17:16.new year is to try and sell my baking into small outlet's that
:17:17. > :17:24.don't have time to bake themselves. Your recipe is on our website. Have
:17:25. > :17:32.a taste. When we say award-winning brownies, we were going to present
:17:33. > :17:38.you with an award, Alex went to grab it and smash it into pieces. It's
:17:39. > :17:42.not an award you wanted to win. It must have been cheap. It is in two
:17:43. > :17:47.bits. Try and make that. Presentation. I'm sorry, Gerri.
:17:48. > :17:52.Sorry, Gerri. Hopefully, your business will take off and it will
:17:53. > :18:00.all be worth it. Round of applause for Gerri. Why did you do that? I
:18:01. > :18:03.told you I would sort it out, I did. Nelson Mandela created a lasting
:18:04. > :18:08.impression on the people that met him, symbolising many things to many
:18:09. > :18:12.of those people. The One Show has been to hear how he touched
:18:13. > :18:27.different people's lives in some so many ways. -- so many ways. I met
:18:28. > :18:33.Nelson Mandela months after he was released from prison. I met him in
:18:34. > :18:42.1998 when I was six. He came to Cardiff. I was privileged to meet
:18:43. > :18:46.Madiba when he visited our community in Brixton. We used to write to him
:18:47. > :18:50.when he was confined on Robben Island. He said publicly he wished
:18:51. > :18:55.to thank people who had been in support of their struggle. I was
:18:56. > :19:00.Chief Executive of Lambeth when Nelson Mandela came to visit in
:19:01. > :19:04.1996. I first met Nelson Mandela here at Wembley Stadium. I produced
:19:05. > :19:16.the Nelson Mandela 70th birthday tribute and his official
:19:17. > :19:20.international reception. Madiba was a tremendous inspiration because he
:19:21. > :19:27.embodied having confronted the extreme of what we were
:19:28. > :19:33.experiencing. During 1970s there were hand-to-hand fightings, stones,
:19:34. > :19:37.bricks, petrol bombs were seen on the streets of Brixton. We wanted to
:19:38. > :19:43.be respected. We had no place in the system. Apartheid is an unimaginable
:19:44. > :19:46.thing for most people. Being regarded as less than human. Not
:19:47. > :19:49.being able to be free. This reflected certain of our
:19:50. > :19:55.experiences. For us, he was the model of challenging those things.
:19:56. > :19:59.What struck me when he came out of prison was, firstly his lack of
:20:00. > :20:03.bitterness. If anything, the years in prison made him more determined
:20:04. > :20:06.that South Africa would be free. Having met him on a number of
:20:07. > :20:12.occasions, every time was a privilege to be in his company. When
:20:13. > :20:16.you spoke to him, you felt he was speaking to you, not to anybody
:20:17. > :20:20.else. Some other politicians their eyes are shifting when they are
:20:21. > :20:25.looking over your shoulder for someone more important to speak to.
:20:26. > :20:30.I presented the flowers as planned. I walked along the red carpet. I was
:20:31. > :20:36.supposed to sit in the audience with my dad. He said, sit with me on the
:20:37. > :20:39.podium. I sat on his lap. His personality shown through
:20:40. > :20:42.straightaway when he was interacting with the children, dancing,
:20:43. > :20:48.clapping, singing. He was enjoying himself. That really came through,
:20:49. > :20:53.his charisma. As Nelson Mandela came out of the car there was a cheer and
:20:54. > :20:59.eruption of sheer joy. When he spoke, you could hear a pin drop. I
:21:00. > :21:07.love each and every one of you here without exception. I think I was
:21:08. > :21:12.speechless actually. I felt I was in the presence of somebody who was
:21:13. > :21:17.utterly exceptional. He hadn't been used to talking on television, he
:21:18. > :21:24.wasn't used to microphones. Before he went into prison he was speaking
:21:25. > :21:27.off the back of lorries. He was wait politely for the crowd to be quiet.
:21:28. > :21:33.That was an eight minute standing ovation. After eight minutes he
:21:34. > :21:43.decided to speak. He started with the very historic words... Thank you
:21:44. > :21:49.that you choose to care. We were having lunch in north London. We
:21:50. > :21:53.said, we are concerned about your health? He simply said, thank you
:21:54. > :22:00.for your concern, I have 27 years to make up for. I thought, there you
:22:01. > :22:06.go. Over the last 15 years I've felt like a closeness to him and a bit of
:22:07. > :22:11.a link when I heard about him in the news. I felt like, I know him
:22:12. > :22:19.almost. If I had to describe him in one word "humanitarian" one word I
:22:20. > :22:27.would say "charismatic" The key thing for me is "integrity" His
:22:28. > :22:30.towering humanity. Great courage, great compassion. Great spirit,
:22:31. > :22:50.reconciliation. The Reverend Rose Wilkins is here
:22:51. > :22:54.for us. Nelson Mandela's legacy is about the lesson he taught us all in
:22:55. > :23:00.forgiveness, isn't it, really? Absolutely. Many years ago someone
:23:01. > :23:07.asked me what my ambitious in life was -- ambition in life was. I said
:23:08. > :23:11.my ambition was to meet Desmond Tutu and Nelson Mandela. Nelson Mandela
:23:12. > :23:15.was the hero amongst us. You know, normally we have heroes on a page in
:23:16. > :23:21.a book that you read about. He was living. He was here. For me, his
:23:22. > :23:28.legacy will actually not so much about someone preaching from a
:23:29. > :23:32.pulpit, someone living out what forgiveness meant. Someone living
:23:33. > :23:38.out what love is. That was real and tangible. He was not a power hungry
:23:39. > :23:42.person. He wasn't about that. He really simply wanted to serve, to
:23:43. > :23:47.care for the vulnerable. He wanted justice. He wanted freedom. That's
:23:48. > :23:53.just an amazing thing to hang on to. Great legacy. Forgive comes from a
:23:54. > :23:59.lack of bitterness and anger, which surprised so many people after he
:24:00. > :24:03.was incars rated unjustly for 27 years. They continued to be surprise
:24:04. > :24:08.about that? Yes. The reason people are so surprised he can be so
:24:09. > :24:13.forgiven. We know if that was our experience the rage that would be
:24:14. > :24:18.inside us, for such great injustice. Yet, we do not see that rage from
:24:19. > :24:26.him. What we see is pure love. Pure love. Just reaching out, not unlike
:24:27. > :24:30.the love of Jesus Christ. We know that Nelson Mandela has affected and
:24:31. > :24:34.inspired you. What were your impressions when you met him the
:24:35. > :24:40.first time Well, he wasn't meeting people. It was 2011, a couple of
:24:41. > :24:46.years ago, he wasn't meeting, suddenly he was. I was doing charity
:24:47. > :24:50.gigs in South Africa for his charity and he was going to be there. My
:24:51. > :24:55.mind was blown by meeting him. He had a great energy. He was saying,
:24:56. > :24:58."I met the Queen of England, she was there, the Queen of the Netherlands
:24:59. > :25:04.I met her. You must tell me about this. What is it you do? I do not
:25:05. > :25:08.know what you do." He was chatting away. Who landed on the moon...
:25:09. > :25:16.Armstrong. Neil Armstrong was walking out as I was going in. Did
:25:17. > :25:25.you give him a hifive? I didn't realise he was sitting there. The
:25:26. > :25:33.intended 27 Mandela marathons. 27 in 27 days as a tribute to his 27 years
:25:34. > :25:38.in prison. After four I had to stop. The doctor told me to stop. That was
:25:39. > :25:42.great. I'm plugged into doctors who are telling me what I should be
:25:43. > :25:47.doing. I will go back hopefully 2014 doing all 27. I will keep doing it
:25:48. > :25:58.until I do it. What an amazing effort. The Thank you to our guests
:25:59. > :26:05.this evening. His DVD is out now. Now it's the South African Cultural
:26:06. > :26:13.Talents Choir. Have a great weekend, goodbye. Goodbye.