:00:20. > :00:25.Hello and welcome to The One Show with Matt Baker. And with Alex away
:00:26. > :00:31.sailing on her Sport Relief challenge, it is welcome board to
:00:32. > :00:36.Fearne Cotton! Lovely to see you. It has been a year, so it is about
:00:37. > :00:42.time. Tonight, we will bring you the latest on the Hell on High Seas team
:00:43. > :00:45.in a moment. They are setting sail from Belfast first thing this
:00:46. > :00:54.morning am looking bright and cheerful. But are they now? Very
:00:55. > :00:58.choppy seas. Now, one thing is for certain - they are going to be very
:00:59. > :01:02.cold and wet, so they are wearing appropriate wet weather gear. Which
:01:03. > :01:07.is something our guest tonight knows all about. After all, she's the
:01:08. > :01:11.greatest mac detective since Columbo. Yes, the mac is back, and
:01:12. > :01:22.it is worn by Vera's when the Blethyn! -- Brenda Blethyn! We have
:01:23. > :01:26.it on good authority that while you are away filming for Vera, you have
:01:27. > :01:32.come up with a brilliant way of keeping your partner at home
:01:33. > :01:38.entertain, in the shape of Jack. Yes, Jack keeps Michael company.
:01:39. > :01:46.Look at his little face! Isn't he adorable? A Cockapoo. How old is he?
:01:47. > :01:49.Seven and a half months. We know your phone is full not only of
:01:50. > :01:53.photos, but also footage of Jack, because you showed us this when you
:01:54. > :02:05.were in make-up earlier and we had to share it. It is the cutest thing.
:02:06. > :02:12.I am in love! Here's having his real moment on TV. -- he is having a real
:02:13. > :02:19.moment. If we can't get in touch with Alex, we would go back to Jack.
:02:20. > :02:23.Of course, Alex and the team, Doon, Ore, Hal, Suzi and Angellica, are
:02:24. > :02:27.now 12 hours into their Hell on High Seas challenge. They are travelling
:02:28. > :02:30.around the UK on a 65 foot yacht, taking on whatever the weather
:02:31. > :02:34.throws at them. After a final two days learning the ropes in Belfast,
:02:35. > :02:43.the training was over and it was time to wave goodbye to dry land.
:02:44. > :02:49.Belfast, where this challenge begins. The boat is ready, but are
:02:50. > :02:59.we? Lesson one. Boat familiarisation. First injury!
:03:00. > :03:07.Simple tasks on board are nearly impossible. That is the toilet? All
:03:08. > :03:13.dignity has gone out. Sleeping conditions are cramped. And most
:03:14. > :03:18.things have to be done in the dark. It is so claustrophobic that I can
:03:19. > :03:26.imagine if you are feeling a bit of colour it is the worst place to be.
:03:27. > :03:31.For me, being quite OCD, I am worried that everyone will have
:03:32. > :03:35.those little things that get them off colour a bit. It will be
:03:36. > :03:39.interesting to see how we get on. To find out exactly what this is going
:03:40. > :03:45.to be like, the following day, we go out for a practice sale.
:03:46. > :03:56.And then suddenly, the boat went like that. We are all getting used
:03:57. > :04:00.to walking and hanging on at that level. It is extraordinary, and you
:04:01. > :04:05.feel tentative to start with. And then before you know it, you are
:04:06. > :04:09.just wandering around, doing stuff. It is mentally tiring. The sales are
:04:10. > :04:15.incredibly heavy, and you are having to keep going. It is about mind over
:04:16. > :04:19.matter and just digging deep. Everybody is already apprehensive
:04:20. > :04:27.about this risky challenge. And there are some very scary news. This
:04:28. > :04:32.line is telling us that the waves will be around ten metres. So if
:04:33. > :04:39.anything goes wrong, we will get caught in a bad situation. That is
:04:40. > :04:44.why we have decided to rule out the north and go to the south. Following
:04:45. > :04:50.a late briefing on Sunday, Gonzalo believes we could outrun the
:04:51. > :04:55.approaching weather front. We want to pass that point just before the
:04:56. > :05:01.storm comes. And we have a good safety margin. 7am. We leave Belfast
:05:02. > :05:08.on a race to reach Land's End before the boat breaking weather. This is
:05:09. > :05:12.it. My body is aching from the work we did on the boat yesterday, and it
:05:13. > :05:18.is all becoming a reality now. I am incredibly nervous, and a bit
:05:19. > :05:22.worried. If everybody gets behind this, we will raise a lot of money.
:05:23. > :05:31.That is important, so cross your fingers for us. Time to go. The
:05:32. > :05:36.sleeping conditions are horrific. That has haunted you. That and the
:05:37. > :05:42.toilets. I can't deal with that. Let's give you an idea of where they
:05:43. > :05:47.are so far. We have this map and we will just zoom in and tell you, for
:05:48. > :05:54.all you GPS nerds, latitude is 53 degrees, 44.67 minutes more. Longer
:05:55. > :06:02.to decide degrees, 12.90 minutes west. Currently travelling at seven
:06:03. > :06:06.knots. That is the competitive bit. We are hoping that we will be able
:06:07. > :06:13.to talk to Alex live on the yacht a bit later in the show. Just what she
:06:14. > :06:18.needs. Brenda, Alex and the crew are doing all that this for Sport
:06:19. > :06:21.Relief. How can people at home help? To support the Hell on High Seas
:06:22. > :06:57.challenge, you can donate ?5. And here is one of the reasons why
:06:58. > :07:00.we are asking for your donations. In Bangladesh, a huge number of
:07:01. > :07:05.children are out on the streets with no roof over their heads and little
:07:06. > :07:08.chance of a decent education. Your money can help change that, and a
:07:09. > :07:16.few weeks ago, Alex went to see it in action.
:07:17. > :07:24.Dhaka, Bangladesh, a riot of colour, chaos and car horns. It is
:07:25. > :07:27.absolutely manic here. There are people everywhere, beeping their
:07:28. > :07:36.horns. And there is no system. Everybody just goes for it. Nearly
:07:37. > :07:42.16 million call back home. Among them, a staggering one Million St
:07:43. > :07:46.children. They live and work anywhere they can. Many have fled
:07:47. > :07:57.poverty or physical abuse, and have been orphaned or abandoned. Hello! I
:07:58. > :08:02.am Alex. Shohag and Bilal have agreed to show me their world. Where
:08:03. > :08:10.do you live here? Where do you sleep? TRANSLATION: I sleep
:08:11. > :08:17.sometimes in the field, or the bazaar area next to the town hall.
:08:18. > :08:20.And sometimes industry. -- in the street. How long have you been
:08:21. > :08:27.living near the town hall? TRANSLATION: Three years. Three
:08:28. > :08:31.years? Bilal tells me that his parents tragically died in a road
:08:32. > :08:35.accident, and Shohag that he fled here because his parents beat him.
:08:36. > :08:41.With no one to look after them, they can only survive on the streets by
:08:42. > :08:44.collecting rubbish to sell. TRANSLATION: We wake up early in the
:08:45. > :08:50.morning to pick bottles and rubbish from the street, and then go to the
:08:51. > :08:54.shops and sell it. Litter picking is dangerous work. Danger lurks in the
:08:55. > :09:02.form of sharp objects and human waste. This is absolutely shocking.
:09:03. > :09:06.It's like the dirtiest place in the world, all these flies. And these
:09:07. > :09:13.poor children are having to make a living by climbing on top of all
:09:14. > :09:17.this. It is just horrible. It is strange, because within ten minutes
:09:18. > :09:20.of doing this, you find yourself trying to look for useful bits of
:09:21. > :09:26.rubbish for them, like an empty packet of tablets or a bottle of
:09:27. > :09:31.water, empty packet of crisps, polystyrene cartons. All of these
:09:32. > :09:42.are gold to them. The rubbish, once collected, has to be weighed and
:09:43. > :09:45.sold. But it's not for much. 30 taka? I am bartering with something
:09:46. > :09:53.I don't understand, but they are saying 20? 30? 27 taka, the
:09:54. > :10:01.equivalent of 27p. That is all he has to survive on until this time
:10:02. > :10:06.tomorrow. Like many street children, Shohag and Bilal have aspirations
:10:07. > :10:10.for a better life, which is why they attend this drop-in centre, funded
:10:11. > :10:14.by Sport Relief. It provides a safe place for three Hundred St children
:10:15. > :10:21.every day, where they can have a wash, get a meal and an education.
:10:22. > :10:25.Let me give you a little tour of this lovely centre. In here, the
:10:26. > :10:29.children have an opportunity to have some education, and it is packed.
:10:30. > :10:34.They really want to learn. This is the washroom, so they can at least
:10:35. > :10:37.clean themselves once a day. And then the counselling room, where
:10:38. > :10:44.they can off-load and talk about their loneliness and feeling
:10:45. > :10:47.vulnerable. It is here, though, that the children get what they probably
:10:48. > :11:00.need the most, sleep in a safe, quiet place. I will remember this
:11:01. > :11:07.site for a really long time. Absolutely shattered. They are only
:11:08. > :11:10.ten. Can you imagine, if you're -- if your tenure of the sleeping here
:11:11. > :11:15.like they are now and that is the only rest they have here all day --
:11:16. > :11:21.your tenure. And if it wasn't for the shelter, they wouldn't have
:11:22. > :11:25.anything. Sadly, in its current capacity, the centre has to close at
:11:26. > :11:31.5pm, so Shohag and his friends have to go back out onto the streets.
:11:32. > :11:36.Without the help of Sport Relief, centres like this struggle to remain
:11:37. > :11:41.open at all. Just ?5 can buy much-needed textbooks to help with
:11:42. > :11:46.the children's education. ?10 can provide a nutritional meal for up to
:11:47. > :11:52.50 children. With your help, we can try to give these children a better
:11:53. > :11:56.life. The hardest thing for us to do tonight will be leaving them. But I
:11:57. > :12:11.am just going to sit here for a little bit longer.
:12:12. > :12:16.You can absolutely understand why Alex is out there, doing what she is
:12:17. > :12:23.doing and pushing herself to the limit. In comparison, goodness me.
:12:24. > :12:27.And that ?10 bid is 50 children. Thank goodness for that centre, so
:12:28. > :12:36.they can rest and have that bit of safety. If you can donate, please
:12:37. > :12:39.do. It is a world away, but we are now going to talk about
:12:40. > :12:43.Northumberland and your series, Vera, which has come to the end of
:12:44. > :12:51.its sixth series. We start series seven in June. It is wonderful. And
:12:52. > :12:55.it has sold to so many countries. 130 different countries, we were
:12:56. > :12:59.reading. This week, I had a letter. One day, I had a letter from
:13:00. > :13:04.Australia, Canada, from America, from Belgium and I think from
:13:05. > :13:15.Sweden, all in one post. Goodness me! And we have a Swede in the house
:13:16. > :13:19.tonight! You could have delivered that letter yourself! What do you
:13:20. > :13:24.put that popularity down to? I just think she is kind of so ordinary.
:13:25. > :13:28.She is down to earth. She is not a threat to anybody. She doesn't rely
:13:29. > :13:31.on lipstick, and she doesn't look like she has just walked off the
:13:32. > :13:36.catwalk. Although some might think she has. She is very on trend with
:13:37. > :13:43.that mac. If you haven't seen Vera, here is a moment that sums her up to
:13:44. > :13:49.a T. Can I ask you, where were you on Saturday? Afternoon? Here.
:13:50. > :13:57.Evening, we had a fundraising benefit. Why? J! I am having none of
:13:58. > :14:08.that. Get out of the way. I am not going anyway. Put down the knife.
:14:09. > :14:11.Make you feel better, will it, after a long spell inside? That is where
:14:12. > :14:19.you will be going if you so much as touch him with that nice. -- with
:14:20. > :14:27.that night. You do not mess with Vera. What we didn't see in that
:14:28. > :14:30.clip is the cinematic, beautiful scenery in every episode. And the
:14:31. > :14:36.Northumberland tourist board love you, because interest goes up 44%
:14:37. > :14:41.when Vera is on TV. That is terrific, isn't it? Do you get
:14:42. > :14:44.tourists coming to watch you filming? Yes, and the local people
:14:45. > :14:54.sometimes bring out the chairs and the wine. They say, join us! I say,
:14:55. > :15:00.I can't, I have to drive that Land Rover! The generosity and the
:15:01. > :15:06.welcome we get is wonderful. You spend a lot of your year there, five
:15:07. > :15:09.months. Do you end up staying in the same place? Have you got a second
:15:10. > :15:16.home up there? For the first three years, I was in a hotel. But then
:15:17. > :15:23.all I wanted to do was boil an egg. So the last two years, I have had an
:15:24. > :15:27.apartment. That works out better. So then you are going to go back and do
:15:28. > :15:32.series seven? At the end of May, I go back. Take the dog this time.
:15:33. > :15:34.Well, I got him for Michael, although he might begin to see the
:15:35. > :15:44.back of him. Although this has been sold in 130
:15:45. > :15:52.countries, it is not watch your most recognise for? I made a television
:15:53. > :15:57.series, it must be 30 years ago, called Chance In A Million, with
:15:58. > :16:04.Simon Callow. Look at that sultry look! The cheekbones. I am
:16:05. > :16:11.recognised all over the place. I was in a cave in Australia, and someone
:16:12. > :16:17.said, weren't you in Chance In 1 Million? And also in the jungle in
:16:18. > :16:24.Borneo? Chance In A Million! Since you were last on The One Show you
:16:25. > :16:28.have had a birthday. Yes I turned 70. What did you do? I went to
:16:29. > :16:39.aspire and took myself away from everyone. -- I went to a spa. So,
:16:40. > :16:46.what is next for you? It seems like you have done so much. Everything.
:16:47. > :16:50.Series seven starts at the end of May, as I say. Before that, I'm
:16:51. > :16:58.doing an excerpt for a film with a director friend of mine. And a
:16:59. > :17:02.celebration of Ed now Brian's work in Dublin next month, in the theatre
:17:03. > :17:10.there for one night. I am looking forward to it. -- Edna O'Brien. I am
:17:11. > :17:15.looking forward to revisiting it. So a lot of workers going into one
:17:16. > :17:18.night. Yes, I'm looking forward to it. You have worked with so many
:17:19. > :17:22.amazing people, is there anyone still on your list that you would
:17:23. > :17:27.just love to work with? There's lots of people. Lots of people I work
:17:28. > :17:35.with become friends. I was with Kevin Whately today at an event for
:17:36. > :17:42.the Princes trust. It was so nice to see him. Timothy Spall, I like
:17:43. > :17:47.working with. I've never had much ambition, to tell you the truth.
:17:48. > :17:52.I've been quite fortunate. When you set out on this road, if you don't
:17:53. > :17:57.have that path planned, it almost goes better for you. We're going to
:17:58. > :18:03.take you way back to what you think, tellers of we're right, is your
:18:04. > :18:09.first TV appearance. You said we would stick together. Would you like
:18:10. > :18:13.to be a special operator, to? You must be joking. Picture me being
:18:14. > :18:21.special. It is as much as I can do to keep ordinary. It was my first
:18:22. > :18:26.drama, yes. I think it was The Imitation Game, by Ian McEwan. We
:18:27. > :18:36.were saying, you haven't changed a bit. We're going to chat to your
:18:37. > :18:38.little bit later on, Brenda. Series six of Vera is out on DVD and
:18:39. > :18:40.download now. The Six Nations returns this
:18:41. > :18:43.weekend, but it's not the only big Doctors are urging the Government
:18:44. > :18:47.to make it a non-contact sport So, is a ban on tackling
:18:48. > :18:50.really necessary? Well, not according to a school
:18:51. > :19:05.in Somerset, who think they've come Rugby has never been for the
:19:06. > :19:10.faint-hearted. With such a physical game, injuries are inevitable. Right
:19:11. > :19:14.now, within the sport, there is one particular injury that is causing
:19:15. > :19:21.everybody a major headache - concussion. More than 70 doctors and
:19:22. > :19:25.academics are calling for a ban on tackling in schools across the UK
:19:26. > :19:32.because they are seeing too many injuries, and not just broken bones.
:19:33. > :19:36.Concussion occurs when the head is jolted so hard that the brain
:19:37. > :19:40.strikes the inside of the skull. Short term after effects can include
:19:41. > :19:47.blurred vision and loss of memory. But there is evidence that repeated
:19:48. > :19:50.episodes of concussion could cause long-term problems, possibly even
:19:51. > :19:57.triggering dementia. Tackling concussion is now a priority for the
:19:58. > :20:01.rugby authorities. Just take a look across the pond. In American
:20:02. > :20:06.football, the NFL is set to pay out one million dollars in pay-outs to
:20:07. > :20:11.players who have suffered concussion. Will Smith has just made
:20:12. > :20:18.a film about it. Repetitive head trauma chokes the brain and turns
:20:19. > :20:21.you into someone else. Back here, and in schoolboy rugby, one teacher
:20:22. > :20:31.has decided to tackle concussion head-on. Former first-class
:20:32. > :20:37.cricketer Evan Jones thinks he is seeing too many head injuries. There
:20:38. > :20:42.were 20 injuries in our school this year. That sounds a lot. Our nurses
:20:43. > :20:50.brought it to our attention, and I thought, enough is enough, let's do
:20:51. > :20:54.something. Stephan has imported a radical approach from New Zealand.
:20:55. > :21:01.He thinks he can reduce injuries by devoting kids into teams by weight
:21:02. > :21:07.rather than by age. If you have a big fellow bashing into a smaller
:21:08. > :21:10.fellow, it is like a car crash if the headers in the wrong place.
:21:11. > :21:17.Stephan says that kicking into touch has meant that proposing a ban has
:21:18. > :21:25.met with resistance. We have gone to a school in Wales to see if it will
:21:26. > :21:30.work. Can he persuade them to buy into the ban? Instead of being
:21:31. > :21:36.sorted by age group, the boys are being sorted by weight. This is them
:21:37. > :21:41.in their usual groups, but it is all change when sorted by weight. And
:21:42. > :21:50.evenly matched bunch of players are now ready to play. Let's make it our
:21:51. > :21:56.three nations event. These players have experienced numerous
:21:57. > :22:04.concussions. The longer I play, the more dinks and knocks you get. It
:22:05. > :22:10.was very much a case of sucking it up and getting on with it, the match
:22:11. > :22:15.side of the game where you had to get back into it not to let your
:22:16. > :22:23.team-mates down. John's concussions have had a lasting effect. My
:22:24. > :22:26.cognitive abilities, communicating, there have been aspects of
:22:27. > :22:33.depression there, issues with headaches a loss of memory. Among
:22:34. > :22:40.those teaming up to investigate the effects of concussion are lead
:22:41. > :22:43.leaders Saracens and medical charity -- and a medical charity.
:22:44. > :22:46.Researchers are also looking for markers in the blood that might in
:22:47. > :22:53.ticket -- indicate a brain injury. It is early days, but a clinical
:22:54. > :22:57.researcher hopes that in time they can develop a quick and easy test
:22:58. > :23:02.for concussion. We need more information about the subject and
:23:03. > :23:06.additional clinical tools that we can use to diagnose a concussion in
:23:07. > :23:12.a much more robust manner than we do at the moment. The veterans may be
:23:13. > :23:18.all for it, but back at the school, the ban has still got our way to go
:23:19. > :23:22.to get converts. If you are playing in your age group, I think it is
:23:23. > :23:29.more of a challenge. Sometimes, it can be more fun, because you do have
:23:30. > :23:35.the bigger boys to tackle. I want to play it as we normally play, because
:23:36. > :23:42.it develop skill as well. You can play against boys bigger than you.
:23:43. > :23:47.This is something that has got a lot of people talking. We contacted the
:23:48. > :23:54.Department of Education. They said: Team sports are important to help
:23:55. > :23:59.children develop positive traits such as leadership and how to bounce
:24:00. > :24:03.back from defeat. We are aware of the risk and we want to provide a
:24:04. > :24:06.safe environment for pupils. There is expert advice available for
:24:07. > :24:10.schools to make sure that sporting activities are safe and to reduce
:24:11. > :24:13.the risk of injuries and accidents. So it sounds like they are going to
:24:14. > :24:15.carry on as it is. It seems that way.
:24:16. > :24:19.And if you are a parent or player looking for advice on how to spot
:24:20. > :24:22.the symptoms of concussion - or advice on how to treat it -
:24:23. > :24:33.Brenda, is this something that concerns you? I don't have any
:24:34. > :24:40.children who play rough sports. I have got a couple of nephews, great
:24:41. > :24:44.nephews, who play football. I think there is too much concerned with
:24:45. > :24:48.health and safety, really. I had a window cleaner at the other day who
:24:49. > :24:54.wouldn't do the upstairs. A window cleaner that wouldn't go up a
:24:55. > :25:05.ladder? Its health and safety! I don't know the statistics. -- it is
:25:06. > :25:08.health and safety. But perhaps protective clothing would be right.
:25:09. > :25:12.At ladder this window cleaner! Nearly time to catch up
:25:13. > :25:14.with Alex on the yacht. Before we do, here's just a reminder
:25:15. > :25:17.of how you can donate to Sport Relief and support
:25:18. > :25:20.the Hell On High Seas challenge. To donate ?5, text
:25:21. > :25:24.the word HELP to 70005. To donate ?10 text
:25:25. > :25:33.the word HELP to 70010. It is so much better with a female
:25:34. > :25:41.voice. With Brenda's boys. -- voice. For full terms and conditions -
:25:42. > :25:44.or to donate whatever you want - Now, let's see how the team
:25:45. > :25:55.are coping after the first day. We managed to grab a few words with
:25:56. > :26:00.Alex, obviously in very rough conditions.
:26:01. > :26:03.I love your hair, Brenda. The boat is at a 45 degrees angle, so moving
:26:04. > :26:13.around is very difficult and very dangerous. At the minute, that is
:26:14. > :26:17.why I am at this angle now. As you can see, the weather really turned,
:26:18. > :26:24.and three hours ago, the wind really picked up, and now the boat is on
:26:25. > :26:28.its keel, at a 45 degrees angle. Here is our skipper, our boss for
:26:29. > :26:34.the week, Ian. You predicted the weather front was coming in, so tell
:26:35. > :26:38.us a bit about what is going on. We have 20 knots of wind. The air
:26:39. > :26:42.temperature is about six Celsius, so it will be a chilly night. It has
:26:43. > :26:49.just gone dark, so we're prepared for a bit more wind. The wind will
:26:50. > :26:52.head to the west, we think. You said tomorrow was going to be the day
:26:53. > :26:57.when we would need to be really careful. Tomorrow, it will gradually
:26:58. > :27:10.build through the day, but it should be champion sailing. It should be
:27:11. > :27:14.fast downwind. Cheers, Ian. There you are. It is absolutely rough here
:27:15. > :27:18.at the minute, absolute chaos, but I will hopefully see you again
:27:19. > :27:26.tomorrow, when things are a bit calmer, fingers crossed!
:27:27. > :27:30.APPLAUSE Keep your fingers in those clubs,
:27:31. > :27:34.because it is going to be absolutely freezing tonight. I just had a
:27:35. > :27:42.reminder. There she is on the map, just south of the Isle of Man. It is
:27:43. > :27:45.four hours on an four hours for every crewmember. They have to sleep
:27:46. > :27:50.on the boat, go to the toilet on the boat, and they are on it till
:27:51. > :27:56.Friday. Believable. You can follow Alex's progress live on a website.
:27:57. > :27:59.Just follow the link on there and you'll get
:28:00. > :28:02.all the latest news, photos and more.
:28:03. > :28:09.Talking of awful weather conditions, I am sure you have filmed in awful
:28:10. > :28:13.conditions filming Vera. You can have every season in one day in
:28:14. > :28:18.Northumberland. Do you have to cancel filming if it gets so bad? If
:28:19. > :28:25.it's really bad, yes, we do. We have to go to the pub or somewhere! We're
:28:26. > :28:34.talking about physical challenges. You have done, is it three
:28:35. > :28:38.marathons? Yes, three London Marathons for children with
:28:39. > :28:45.leukaemia. I hated the training, and I would pretend I wasn't in when the
:28:46. > :28:50.trainer turned up. But he would call through the letterbox, I know you're
:28:51. > :28:55.in their! Brenda, thank you for being on the shore. Vera is on DVD
:28:56. > :29:01.now. Thank you to you as well, Fearne.
:29:02. > :29:03.Tomorrow Konnie Huq will be here with Rebecca Front.