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Hello and welcome to
The One Show with Alex Jones. | 0:00:15 | 0:00:17 | |
And Matt Baker. | 0:00:17 | 0:00:19 | |
Loads of guests on the show tonight. | 0:00:19 | 0:00:21 | |
Let's check they're all here. | 0:00:21 | 0:00:25 | |
Lady Wilnelia Forsyth is with us -
she'll be sharing some memories | 0:00:25 | 0:00:28 | |
of her beloved husband Sir Bruce
ahead of a huge tribute | 0:00:28 | 0:00:31 | |
to him on Sunday. | 0:00:31 | 0:00:36 | |
We've got four mums on a mission -
my team-mates Amal, Debbie, | 0:00:36 | 0:00:41 | |
Jodie and Leigh. | 0:00:41 | 0:00:46 | |
Stop You have run training. Around
Regents Park this afternoon. I have. | 0:00:46 | 0:00:53 | |
Our guest tonight is not part of
your team. Right. You are going too | 0:00:53 | 0:00:59 | |
fast now. I ain't bovvered! . I
ain't bovvered! . Slow down, I'm not | 0:00:59 | 0:01:04 | |
joking. I ain't bovvered! . Please,
you've got to. No, please. I ain't | 0:01:04 | 0:01:11 | |
bovvered! ! | 0:01:11 | 0:01:13 | |
Please welcome Catherine Tate.
APPLAUSE | 0:01:21 | 0:01:22 | |
Welcome back. Thank you. That is
your inspiration. It has. I'm | 0:01:22 | 0:01:28 | |
channelling that. Does that bear any
resemblance to Catherine Tate in | 0:01:28 | 0:01:32 | |
real-life? That's a lot better than
I can do. Thats with a stunt double. | 0:01:32 | 0:01:37 | |
Was it? NO! For goodness sake! You
didn't do that speed at the end. I | 0:01:37 | 0:01:46 | |
did. Tremendous. It's amazing the
power of my natural athleticism! You | 0:01:46 | 0:01:54 | |
are not here to talk about your
character. Sadly. Serious | 0:01:54 | 0:01:59 | |
documentary on the British bulldog
we will get to it very shortly | 0:01:59 | 0:02:02 | |
snoochl yes. We will. | 0:02:02 | 0:02:06 | |
It's a dodgy time to be opening
a restaurant with so many big | 0:02:06 | 0:02:09 | |
names including Prezzo,
Byron and Jamie's Italian all | 0:02:09 | 0:02:11 | |
closing branches on the high street. | 0:02:11 | 0:02:12 | |
Kevin's been to meet the staff
behind a venture that is planning | 0:02:12 | 0:02:15 | |
to buck the trend with a very
different way of doing business. | 0:02:15 | 0:02:20 | |
19-year-old Keenan has been out of
work for the last three months. Job | 0:02:20 | 0:02:24 | |
opportunities are scarce around
here. There's not too many of them. | 0:02:24 | 0:02:28 | |
There's not many places opening up.
Sglm he lives in Solihull where the | 0:02:28 | 0:02:34 | |
unemployment rate is more than
double the national average and is | 0:02:34 | 0:02:37 | |
considered one of the most deprived
communities in the country. Right | 0:02:37 | 0:02:41 | |
now, I just want to get a job, save
up a good bit of money. Get myself a | 0:02:41 | 0:02:46 | |
place. This could be the moment. His
future is about to go in a very | 0:02:46 | 0:02:50 | |
different direction. In just one
week's time the country's first | 0:02:50 | 0:02:55 | |
community-run traditional chippie
will open its doors. It will not | 0:02:55 | 0:02:58 | |
only give employment for the people
who live here, but all the money | 0:02:58 | 0:03:01 | |
made will be ploughed back into the
local area. Keenan is one of the | 0:03:01 | 0:03:07 | |
nine new who all live locally. Today
he is being trained up in | 0:03:07 | 0:03:12 | |
preparation for the grand opening. I
was born just down the road from | 0:03:12 | 0:03:16 | |
here. I went to the school across
the road here. Managing the team is | 0:03:16 | 0:03:20 | |
newly appointed local lad and former
industrial cleaner, Michel. Mitchel? | 0:03:20 | 0:03:29 | |
Has it changed much? An awful lot.
It was quite run down around here. | 0:03:29 | 0:03:34 | |
They've knocked all the old shops
down and they have rebuilt these | 0:03:34 | 0:03:38 | |
shops. The area has been part of a
£523 million regeneration plan. What | 0:03:38 | 0:03:47 | |
does it mean to you to be working
here? It's turned my life around, | 0:03:47 | 0:03:52 | |
brilliantly. I mean, I'm so thankful
for the opportunity. My feet haven't | 0:03:52 | 0:03:57 | |
touched the ground. I have to ask,
can I try one? Yes. They're not bad. | 0:03:57 | 0:04:02 | |
They're not bad. They're lovely. The
chip shop was the brain child of | 0:04:02 | 0:04:10 | |
Reverend Neil Roberts and is one of
social enterprises in the UK. | 0:04:10 | 0:04:16 | |
Someone has to open a fish and chip
shop. You see a national chain will | 0:04:16 | 0:04:20 | |
come in. Set it up and the profits
will go off the area. We thought, | 0:04:20 | 0:04:25 | |
why don't we run it. The great thing
is that the money goes back into the | 0:04:25 | 0:04:28 | |
community. So what does that money
get spent on? Pay the staff and pay | 0:04:28 | 0:04:32 | |
them properly. Pay our taxes. And
the profits after that are maybe | 0:04:32 | 0:04:38 | |
community events, support for
families. Opening more businesses | 0:04:38 | 0:04:42 | |
like community own brewery and look
at some housing project as well. At | 0:04:42 | 0:04:46 | |
the chip shop, the new manager the
job is extra special. He will be | 0:04:46 | 0:04:53 | |
working alongside Emma who is
returning to work after seven years. | 0:04:53 | 0:04:55 | |
It's really important. It's a bit of
a life saver. It's going to help | 0:04:55 | 0:05:02 | |
with my kids growing up. We will be
able to provide for them. Working | 0:05:02 | 0:05:06 | |
alongside your husband, how is that
going to be? I don't know. What | 0:05:06 | 0:05:10 | |
happens at home, stays at home.
Stays at home. That's the answer. | 0:05:10 | 0:05:17 | |
Storm Emma meets the Beast from the
East and causes chaos across the UK. | 0:05:17 | 0:05:21 | |
The day of the grand opening and the
stormings have arrived. Morning. | 0:05:21 | 0:05:26 | |
Freezing today, isn't it? Despite
the snow, Mitchel is optimistic. | 0:05:26 | 0:05:32 | |
Hopefully people will come. Not only
have people come, there is already a | 0:05:32 | 0:05:35 | |
queue waiting outside. I can't wait.
Feeling hungry already. After two | 0:05:35 | 0:05:40 | |
years of hard work, the doors can
finally open. | 0:05:40 | 0:05:51 | |
With all the excitement, Mitchel has
for got one crucial thing. The | 0:05:51 | 0:05:58 | |
chips. I'm getting stressed. The
chips are ready eventually and the | 0:05:58 | 0:06:06 | |
customers who have queued for over
an hour in the snow can finally have | 0:06:06 | 0:06:10 | |
their chippie tea. Would you like
salt and vinegar. Yes, please. About | 0:06:10 | 0:06:16 | |
time something like this happened
around here, liven the place up a | 0:06:16 | 0:06:20 | |
bit and get everybody on board.
There is a a lot of people | 0:06:20 | 0:06:23 | |
interested in it. It's fantastic
idea. It says a lot, doesn't it, | 0:06:23 | 0:06:28 | |
that we are queueing up in the snow
to get chips. It really has opened | 0:06:28 | 0:06:33 | |
up a lot of doors for me. It's the
start of my employment life and | 0:06:33 | 0:06:37 | |
hopefully a good career. It's given
a few of my mates hope as well. If I | 0:06:37 | 0:06:42 | |
managed to get a job in this area,
anybody can. All you need is some | 0:06:42 | 0:06:49 | |
curry sauce. Delicious. You wouldn't
be down with that, would you? Not | 0:06:49 | 0:06:54 | |
because it's curry. It's sauce.
Sauce has ingredients in it. | 0:06:54 | 0:06:59 | |
Catherine doesn't like anything with
ingredients! What? What are you | 0:06:59 | 0:07:03 | |
talking about? I like to look at
food and go that is a carrot I know | 0:07:03 | 0:07:08 | |
what is in that. A jug of sauce.
Could be anything! Things that have | 0:07:08 | 0:07:13 | |
been mixed up and broken and poured.
Not for me! That could be... An | 0:07:13 | 0:07:19 | |
apple. I know what's in that. Fair
enough. You are here Catherine to | 0:07:19 | 0:07:26 | |
talk about saving the
BIG You have been | 0:07:26 | 0:07:33 | |
BIG You have been BROTHER:
BIG BROTHER: How much did you know | 0:07:33 | 0:07:39 | |
about the health issues before you
started this? I didn't know. I am a | 0:07:39 | 0:07:43 | |
massive animal lover. I'm passionate
about animal welfare. I didn't know | 0:07:43 | 0:07:50 | |
the particular struggles and
challenges that some of the bulldogs | 0:07:50 | 0:07:53 | |
have. I didn't know. I was quite
shocked when I saw exactly what a | 0:07:53 | 0:07:57 | |
lot of them are going through. Yes.
Breathing difficulties, joint | 0:07:57 | 0:08:00 | |
difficulties we are talking about.
Yeah. I certainly didn't know. I | 0:08:00 | 0:08:04 | |
think a lot of people don't know.
Really we did the programme to just | 0:08:04 | 0:08:09 | |
raise awareness. Just about how you
can be more responsible about where | 0:08:09 | 0:08:16 | |
you get your dog. Yeah, they do, a
lot of them suffer. It's because | 0:08:16 | 0:08:23 | |
over the years because of human
intervention we have shortened the | 0:08:23 | 0:08:27 | |
muzzle. So they have that squashed
up face that we really love and | 0:08:27 | 0:08:30 | |
think is really cute. But a lot of
the dogs struggle with that. A lot | 0:08:30 | 0:08:36 | |
of the time bulldogs, it has got a
lot better in recent years, but | 0:08:36 | 0:08:41 | |
bulldogs used to say when they were
at Crufts or dog shows you could | 0:08:41 | 0:08:45 | |
hear the bulldogs before you saw
them because of the breathing | 0:08:45 | 0:08:48 | |
difficulties. That has been mainly
eliminated out now because people | 0:08:48 | 0:08:52 | |
are more aware and breeders are much
more responsible. The awareness is a | 0:08:52 | 0:08:58 | |
lot better. The awareness is a lot
better. We are just trying to say | 0:08:58 | 0:09:02 | |
there is a long way to go. Still a
long way to go. The lifespan of a | 0:09:02 | 0:09:08 | |
bulldog is about eight years whereas
average dogs it's about 12 in the | 0:09:08 | 0:09:13 | |
UK. People are spending a lot of
money trying it fix the problem? Are | 0:09:13 | 0:09:19 | |
they moving on. Is there a solution
to this in There are things in | 0:09:19 | 0:09:23 | |
place, absolutely things in place to
help. One of them is to bring in... | 0:09:23 | 0:09:30 | |
To health test the dogs. It's not
compulsory, but it's really, really | 0:09:30 | 0:09:34 | |
useful because there are breeders
out there who health test the dogs. | 0:09:34 | 0:09:37 | |
The problem they have is the gene
pool is getting gradually so much | 0:09:37 | 0:09:44 | |
smaller to eliminate the problems.
It's such a tricky thing. Looking | 0:09:44 | 0:09:49 | |
back to what the breed standard used
to be like when they were working | 0:09:49 | 0:09:53 | |
dogs. They had to be athletic. If
you think hundreds of years ago what | 0:09:53 | 0:10:00 | |
the dogs look like? That is far
removed from the bulldog we know | 0:10:00 | 0:10:03 | |
now. Definitely. Over the years we
have made them what we feel is | 0:10:03 | 0:10:11 | |
cuter. The physical attributes we
look for dogs that make them cute, | 0:10:11 | 0:10:19 | |
the bulldogs, in some dogs that can
cause them problems. It's a real eye | 0:10:19 | 0:10:22 | |
opener. You have professionals in
this documentary who are saying, | 0:10:22 | 0:10:27 | |
it's like a call to arms. A lot of
professionals saying if we are not | 0:10:27 | 0:10:32 | |
careful this breed will not be fit
for life. It's a hard thing to hear. | 0:10:32 | 0:10:39 | |
It's a tricky thing because you meet
bulldog owners and they are... I | 0:10:39 | 0:10:45 | |
mean, every animal owner is devoted
to their dog. Bulldog owners love | 0:10:45 | 0:10:49 | |
their dogs so much. Nobody is saying
they don't. Never, this is not to | 0:10:49 | 0:10:53 | |
vilify. This is not to vilify people
in anyway. A lot of the time it's | 0:10:53 | 0:11:00 | |
admirable. A lot of the dog owners
they really have an undertaking to | 0:11:00 | 0:11:04 | |
take care of these dogs. They have
medicine cabinets. It's a ritual to | 0:11:04 | 0:11:15 | |
- for Bulger dog owners it's a
ritual to get them out-and-out in | 0:11:15 | 0:11:18 | |
the morning, like a baby. | 0:11:18 | 0:11:22 | |
You can see Catherine's programme
Saving the British Bulldog on 14th | 0:11:22 | 0:11:25 | |
of March at 9pm on BBC One
and at 10.45pm if you're | 0:11:25 | 0:11:28 | |
watching in Scotland. | 0:11:28 | 0:11:29 | |
How do you celebrate the life of one
of the UK's best loved entertainers? | 0:11:29 | 0:11:32 | |
With a spectacular
all-singing, all-dancing | 0:11:32 | 0:11:34 | |
variety show, that's how. | 0:11:34 | 0:11:35 | |
Carrie was backstage the night
the stars came out to pay | 0:11:35 | 0:11:37 | |
tribute to our friend,
the great Sir Bruce Forsyth And | 0:11:37 | 0:11:40 | |
didn't they do well. | 0:11:40 | 0:11:48 | |
Tonight at the London Palladium on
the eve of what would have been his | 0:11:53 | 0:11:57 | |
90th birthday, we remember one of
our favourites -- Brucie. Mr | 0:11:57 | 0:12:02 | |
Saturday night television. Watching
the rest of the family laughing and | 0:12:02 | 0:12:06 | |
watching him. So you are enjoying
his programmes and also enjoying the | 0:12:06 | 0:12:11 | |
atmosphere that he created. The
truth of the matter is the British | 0:12:11 | 0:12:15 | |
public were his audience. When he
came out they went Our era was wild. | 0:12:15 | 0:12:20 | |
Real showbusiness and we we went
into it because we wanted to | 0:12:20 | 0:12:24 | |
perform, not to be famous. There's a
difference. That's what Bruce loved. | 0:12:24 | 0:12:28 | |
He was a good friend to he m. He was
so kind. I met him, he's a huge | 0:12:28 | 0:12:33 | |
legend of showbusiness, I'm nobody.
He took me under his wing and | 0:12:33 | 0:12:36 | |
generous with with his time,
knowledge and wisdom. He embodied | 0:12:36 | 0:12:39 | |
variety. A Jack of all trades,
master of all trades. He had a | 0:12:39 | 0:12:45 | |
remarkable ability to be very rude
to people and they didn't mind. I | 0:12:45 | 0:12:50 | |
always loved that. We had a similar
jaw line. So you know. You have the | 0:12:50 | 0:12:53 | |
chin. For all I know he was relate
toed to me. Late -- related to me. | 0:12:53 | 0:13:03 | |
He was such a good friend. I will
miss him. It's his birthday | 0:13:03 | 0:13:07 | |
tomorrow. Happy birthday Brucie. I'm
backstage where preparations are | 0:13:07 | 0:13:13 | |
under way for tonight's performance.
There are singers, actors, | 0:13:13 | 0:13:20 | |
entertainers. Everything Bruce would
have held dear. Michael are you in | 0:13:20 | 0:13:24 | |
the bathroom? Good luck. Break a
leg. That is what you say in | 0:13:24 | 0:13:28 | |
showbusiness, isn't it Michael Ball,
up you go. No warm-up. These die | 0:13:28 | 0:13:33 | |
guys, professionals! | 0:13:33 | 0:13:39 | |
guys, professionals! Guided to the
right place. It's here. Break a leg. | 0:13:39 | 0:13:43 | |
We are about to start. They are just
doing their last bit of tapping. I'm | 0:13:43 | 0:13:48 | |
off to watch from the wings. | 0:13:48 | 0:13:55 | |
STRICTLY THEME TUNE
As the night goes on the heart felt | 0:14:01 | 0:14:07 | |
tributes keep coming.
# You'll be there | 0:14:07 | 0:14:14 | |
# Between each line of pain and
glory. # | 0:14:14 | 0:14:22 | |
Good for you. Yeah.
# You make me feel so young | 0:14:22 | 0:14:24 | |
# You make me feel there are songs
to be sung | 0:14:24 | 0:14:28 | |
# As to be wrong and a wonderful
thing... # | 0:14:28 | 0:14:34 | |
How was it? What a lovely
atmosphere. What is it like out | 0:14:34 | 0:14:39 | |
there? It's great.
You look down and seeing loads of | 0:14:39 | 0:14:42 | |
familiar faces out there. Everyone
coming to do the same thing. This is | 0:14:42 | 0:14:46 | |
the stage to do it, London
Palladium, Brucie's second home. The | 0:14:46 | 0:14:50 | |
fact they are asleep takes the
pressure off a little bit. For the | 0:14:50 | 0:14:54 | |
grand finale, performing a song that
Brucie just loved, Dame Shirley | 0:14:54 | 0:15:05 | |
Bassey
# Being in love | 0:15:05 | 0:15:06 | |
#. | 0:15:06 | 0:15:15 | |
You'll be able to see the full
show on Sunday night. | 0:15:23 | 0:15:25 | |
Sir Bruce: A Celebration
is on at 9pm on BBC One. | 0:15:25 | 0:15:28 | |
We are joined by Sir Bruce's wife,
Lady Wilnelia Forsyth. | 0:15:28 | 0:15:30 | |
A warm welcome to the show. | 0:15:30 | 0:15:34 | |
Thank you. That must have been
bittersweet in a way, a lovely | 0:15:34 | 0:15:42 | |
sensation to see all those people in
that room speaking so fondly about | 0:15:42 | 0:15:46 | |
Sir Bruce. It was an incredible
night and as you can imagine very | 0:15:46 | 0:15:52 | |
emotional for us as a family, but it
is something we will treasure for | 0:15:52 | 0:15:58 | |
ever. There was so much love and
affection there. We had not only the | 0:15:58 | 0:16:04 | |
family, but our closest friends and
a lot of fans. The atmosphere was | 0:16:04 | 0:16:10 | |
incredible and I hope if people
watch the show on Sunday they get | 0:16:10 | 0:16:15 | |
that kind of atmosphere as well.
What is it like for you when you | 0:16:15 | 0:16:21 | |
hear the stories of people saying
how he touched their lives and how | 0:16:21 | 0:16:24 | |
he made them feel? I have always
been extremely proud of him. Not | 0:16:24 | 0:16:32 | |
only because of his professional
achievement, but personally he was | 0:16:32 | 0:16:40 | |
an incredible husband and father.
One example I can give you, we have | 0:16:40 | 0:16:46 | |
so many letters from so many people
and one of the letters was this lady | 0:16:46 | 0:16:51 | |
who mentioned she lost her mother at
the beginning of the year and then | 0:16:51 | 0:16:56 | |
her father had Alzheimer's. But
somehow he did not remember her, but | 0:16:56 | 0:17:01 | |
somehow he remembered Bruce. All the
time the doctors used to come into | 0:17:01 | 0:17:06 | |
his room he used to make them say,
nice to see you, to see you nice. It | 0:17:06 | 0:17:11 | |
shows you that somehow he made
people laugh, like you. So glad you | 0:17:11 | 0:17:19 | |
are here. I have an amazing memory
of Bruce and I was due to do a show | 0:17:19 | 0:17:27 | |
with him that he could not be there
in the end. I was really nervous | 0:17:27 | 0:17:32 | |
because I was doing a tribute to
Victoria Wood and Bruce sent his own | 0:17:32 | 0:17:38 | |
personal pianist to my home to
practice with me. Really? Yes he | 0:17:38 | 0:17:43 | |
did. We used to love it, it was
always a highlight. We ended up | 0:17:43 | 0:17:49 | |
going through his routine at one
point. He was showing us what he did | 0:17:49 | 0:17:56 | |
in bed before breakfast. You were
married 34 years. What are your | 0:17:56 | 0:18:01 | |
memories of when you first met Sarah
Bruce? What was your first | 0:18:01 | 0:18:06 | |
impression? I met him in 1980. I was
living in Paris and I was invited to | 0:18:06 | 0:18:12 | |
be on the Miss world competition as
a judge five years before I was Miss | 0:18:12 | 0:18:18 | |
world. We met and he was one of the
judges as well. I thought it was | 0:18:18 | 0:18:23 | |
very kind of him. He was making the
girls so relaxed and at ease, and he | 0:18:23 | 0:18:31 | |
asked one of them, what do you eat
at Christmas? It was a silly | 0:18:31 | 0:18:37 | |
question, but then I could see he
was so wonderful. After the | 0:18:37 | 0:18:42 | |
competition finished they had the
gala and we danced and we danced all | 0:18:42 | 0:18:46 | |
night and it took a bit of time for
him to ask me to dance. I had a | 0:18:46 | 0:18:51 | |
friend of mine, he thought it was my
boyfriend, and then after that he | 0:18:51 | 0:18:56 | |
asked me for a dance and I never
went back. One of the things that | 0:18:56 | 0:19:00 | |
were special that he told me when
the evening was finished coming he | 0:19:00 | 0:19:03 | |
kissed my hand and said goodbye and
said, by the way, I have got five | 0:19:03 | 0:19:07 | |
daughters. I thought, why is he
telling me that? Maybe he does not | 0:19:07 | 0:19:14 | |
want to see me again. But these
girls have been amazing in my life | 0:19:14 | 0:19:20 | |
and I want to wish them a wonderful
mother's day and to all the mothers | 0:19:20 | 0:19:25 | |
in England. They have been
incredible and they have been my | 0:19:25 | 0:19:30 | |
rock. It has been a difficult time
for all of us. But somehow we are | 0:19:30 | 0:19:38 | |
strongly together and I am so glad
to have them as part of my life. | 0:19:38 | 0:19:44 | |
Thank you so much for coming in and
we will watch on Sunday night. Thank | 0:19:44 | 0:19:50 | |
you, and can I say quickly for the
people who are donating, thank you | 0:19:50 | 0:19:55 | |
for the donations and for married
fury and you can go to the website | 0:19:55 | 0:20:02 | |
and Puerto Rico is still struggling
in many ways and I know Bruce will | 0:20:02 | 0:20:06 | |
thank you as well. Thank you for
coming in. We look forward to the | 0:20:06 | 0:20:11 | |
Sunday night celebration. | 0:20:11 | 0:20:12 | |
We look forward to the Sunday
night celebration. | 0:20:12 | 0:20:14 | |
Just four days until Alex sets off
on The Mother Of All Challenges - | 0:20:14 | 0:20:17 | |
a week of swimming, climbing,
cycling, caving and running | 0:20:17 | 0:20:20 | |
all to raise awareness for maternal
health and much needed money | 0:20:20 | 0:20:24 | |
for Sport Relief. | 0:20:24 | 0:20:27 | |
Thankfully I'm not alone -
time to meet my next | 0:20:27 | 0:20:30 | |
two "mothers in arms",
Amal And Debbie. | 0:20:30 | 0:20:38 | |
The mothers and I are facing a
difficult week of challengers, but I | 0:20:38 | 0:20:42 | |
know that together we can do it.
There is something really nice about | 0:20:42 | 0:20:47 | |
a team of people doing something as
opposed to an individual. They have | 0:20:47 | 0:20:51 | |
been training hard for the past few
weeks and today it is time for me to | 0:20:51 | 0:20:56 | |
acclimatise myself and braved the
cold waters. The challenge certainly | 0:20:56 | 0:21:00 | |
feels real now and I think anxiety
is building. Today is the first time | 0:21:00 | 0:21:06 | |
we get to take a look at Alex and
make sure she is in the right | 0:21:06 | 0:21:09 | |
condition and the right place to
take on this monumental challenge. | 0:21:09 | 0:21:13 | |
It is difficult to swim because you
are breathless before you start. You | 0:21:13 | 0:21:17 | |
know it will be called, but it is
another level. The one thing I know | 0:21:17 | 0:21:22 | |
is psychologically she is tough,
which is a great thing on a | 0:21:22 | 0:21:26 | |
challenge like this. Alex is quite a
bit behind the others. They started | 0:21:26 | 0:21:31 | |
a bit before her and they have been
absolutely tenacious. | 0:21:31 | 0:21:41 | |
absolutely tenacious. We are going
to keep it light and fun. I hope no | 0:21:41 | 0:21:44 | |
one falls off. My name is Amal, I am
31 and I live with my husband and my | 0:21:44 | 0:21:52 | |
baby boy. John and I wanted a baby,
so getting pregnant was not a | 0:21:52 | 0:21:59 | |
surprise. What was surprising was
the degree to which it affected me | 0:21:59 | 0:22:03 | |
physically and then later mentally.
I felt like a different person. I | 0:22:03 | 0:22:09 | |
really expected that to lift at some
point during the pregnancy. But it | 0:22:09 | 0:22:13 | |
did not. Amal's mood was affected by
her lack of energy in the pregnancy | 0:22:13 | 0:22:20 | |
and due to the position of the baby
she had to have an emergency forceps | 0:22:20 | 0:22:24 | |
delivery and this caused a long-term
injury. Household tasks were | 0:22:24 | 0:22:29 | |
difficult for me. I found it
difficult picking him up. I realised | 0:22:29 | 0:22:34 | |
he was not happy, what I did not
realise was I had postnatal | 0:22:34 | 0:22:39 | |
depression. I was irritable, I was
not enjoying being a mother, I was | 0:22:39 | 0:22:43 | |
just doing it. With the help of her
husband and family, Amal began to | 0:22:43 | 0:22:49 | |
feel more like herself and was able
to bond with her son. I started with | 0:22:49 | 0:22:54 | |
a personal trainer, I met with the
women's health physiotherapist and | 0:22:54 | 0:22:59 | |
together they helped guide me. I
focused on getting back to exercise | 0:22:59 | 0:23:04 | |
and I think that is when I started
turning a corner in my | 0:23:04 | 0:23:09 | |
understanding. Having lived with
that experience it inspired Amal to | 0:23:09 | 0:23:13 | |
volunteer herself for the challenge.
For me it marks that gap between a | 0:23:13 | 0:23:18 | |
relatively difficult period in my
life and a new hopeful, more able | 0:23:18 | 0:23:24 | |
era. That is brilliant. What about
you, Debbie, why did you think this | 0:23:24 | 0:23:30 | |
is for you? I am menopausal, what
can I say? You do random. But for me | 0:23:30 | 0:23:38 | |
it is almost like the end to my
recovery. My first two pregnancies | 0:23:38 | 0:23:44 | |
were fine and with baby number three
I suffered a placenta eruption. I | 0:23:44 | 0:23:49 | |
was rushed to the hospital,
emergency Caesarean, and she came | 0:23:49 | 0:23:54 | |
out and she was basically dead.
There was no heartbeat, she was not | 0:23:54 | 0:23:58 | |
breathing and she was like that for
19 minutes. But they managed to get | 0:23:58 | 0:24:03 | |
her going. I asked if there would be
quality of life? I was told there | 0:24:03 | 0:24:09 | |
would be some quality of life. She
is absolutely perfect. She is so | 0:24:09 | 0:24:17 | |
lucky. I am so lucky. After a
difficult start with Ellie, a year | 0:24:17 | 0:24:23 | |
later Debbie had her fourth daughter
and it was a few months after this | 0:24:23 | 0:24:26 | |
birth that she found herself unable
to cope. Everything seemed very dark | 0:24:26 | 0:24:32 | |
and they did not seem to be an end
to the darkness. I had a meltdown | 0:24:32 | 0:24:36 | |
and I knew I had to go see someone.
I was able to realise that where I | 0:24:36 | 0:24:43 | |
had been so super strong when Ellie
was born, you cannot carry on being | 0:24:43 | 0:24:47 | |
that strong for ever. Part of the
reason I want to do this challenge | 0:24:47 | 0:24:54 | |
is to raise awareness. So many
mothers out there are struggling. It | 0:24:54 | 0:24:58 | |
is OK to say, I am struggling. It is
going to be fun. 50 for goodness' | 0:24:58 | 0:25:08 | |
sake. | 0:25:08 | 0:25:14 | |
sake. I just want to relish the fact
I have a healthy body, a healthy | 0:25:14 | 0:25:18 | |
mind. I think together we are a
strong team. We have given birth, so | 0:25:18 | 0:25:24 | |
this is going to be a walk in the
park. | 0:25:24 | 0:25:27 | |
We are doing it!
APPLAUSE | 0:25:27 | 0:25:31 | |
She says. We will get to the team in
a second. | 0:25:31 | 0:25:39 | |
To support the mother
of all challenges and make | 0:25:39 | 0:25:41 | |
a donation to Sport Relief,
you can donate £5 by texting | 0:25:41 | 0:25:48 | |
he word MUM to 70205. | 0:25:53 | 0:25:54 | |
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the word MUM to 70210. | 0:25:55 | 0:25:57 | |
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Now, the team. Welcome back. Before
we start I have to say thank you so | 0:26:13 | 0:26:20 | |
much for sharing the story is so
honestly. It will resonate with so | 0:26:20 | 0:26:24 | |
many mothers out there which is the
point. You have already done a lot | 0:26:24 | 0:26:29 | |
in terms of that. But, yes, the
challenge still does lie ahead. | 0:26:29 | 0:26:34 | |
Let's recap. What are we doing? Open
water swimming in Loch Ness. We will | 0:26:34 | 0:26:41 | |
be cycling through the Lake
District. | 0:26:41 | 0:26:50 | |
Earlier on you said when you first
heard about it you thought it was a | 0:26:51 | 0:26:55 | |
nice day out. I did. That is what
comes from not reading the small | 0:26:55 | 0:27:01 | |
print. How are we feeling? We missed
a week of training because of the | 0:27:01 | 0:27:08 | |
snow and, Amal, you are ill. How are
you now? I am fine now, but I would | 0:27:08 | 0:27:14 | |
not have been if I trained. I am
glad I had a few days off. I was hit | 0:27:14 | 0:27:19 | |
with a cold, it was bad. You are not
taking your families with you and it | 0:27:19 | 0:27:24 | |
is tough because mother's day is
coming. Yes, because we start on | 0:27:24 | 0:27:31 | |
mother's day. Physicality aside,
that is my biggest worry. Six days | 0:27:31 | 0:27:35 | |
is a long time to be away from
little Ted and your children as | 0:27:35 | 0:27:40 | |
well. Jodie, that is something that
worries you. Yes, mother's day is a | 0:27:40 | 0:27:47 | |
nice event. I wake up and have
pancakes and coffee. They make you | 0:27:47 | 0:27:52 | |
pancakes? Yes, it is so nice. It is
a big deal for me and it is the | 0:27:52 | 0:27:58 | |
longest time I have been away from
my youngest. The oldest one is old | 0:27:58 | 0:28:06 | |
enough to have a conversation with
and they know about it, but the | 0:28:06 | 0:28:10 | |
youngest one does not. It will be
mentally really challenging. We do | 0:28:10 | 0:28:16 | |
the swim on a Sunday. Your faces say
it all. Is that what you are most | 0:28:16 | 0:28:20 | |
worried about, Leigh? Yes, it is
horrific for me. I have got out a | 0:28:20 | 0:28:29 | |
couple of times swimming in Loch
Lomond. You are brave. Stupid is | 0:28:29 | 0:28:36 | |
maybe a better word for it. Some
ladies do it for fun and swim in | 0:28:36 | 0:28:40 | |
their bathing costumes at this time
of the year. But I had the wet suit | 0:28:40 | 0:28:44 | |
on and it is still awful. I will see
you on Saturday. | 0:28:44 | 0:28:51 | |
Sir Bruce: A Celebration
is on Sunday on BBC One and you can | 0:28:51 | 0:28:54 | |
see Catherine's programme Saving
the British Bulldog | 0:28:54 | 0:28:56 | |
on BBC One next Wednesday. | 0:28:56 | 0:28:57 | |
Tomorrow we'll be joined
by Hollywood star Susan Sarandon. | 0:28:57 | 0:29:01 | |
She is our third Oscar winner | 0:29:01 | 0:29:03 |