:00:17. > :00:18.Hello and welcome to The One Show, with Matt Baker...
:00:19. > :00:22.Anyone who is feeling their age today should stop what they're
:00:23. > :00:31.That's because Angela Rippon and Dr Chris van Tulleken will be
:00:32. > :00:39.And linked to that, we have a task for you at home.
:00:40. > :00:44.Get someone to film you on a phone - make sure you hold your phone
:00:45. > :00:53.Get the copy table out of the way like we've done, shoes off. Matt has
:00:54. > :01:01.got his Christmas socks on, he wasn't expecting this! I have got
:01:02. > :01:04.Christmas socks on, all right... We want to get as many people in
:01:05. > :01:12.Britain doing this, filming themselves. Cross your legs and then
:01:13. > :01:16.sit down without putting your hands on the floor. Now you have to get
:01:17. > :01:18.back up but without touching anything. Don't use your hands or
:01:19. > :01:26.anything for support. APPLAUSE
:01:27. > :01:30.Yes, do it, do what you can. Basically there is a points system
:01:31. > :01:34.for what limbs you put down. Don't worry if you can't do it, just film
:01:35. > :01:38.yourself and send them in. It's all to do with how well you are ageing
:01:39. > :01:42.and possibly how long you might live.
:01:43. > :01:45.Angela and Chris will tell you why later.
:01:46. > :01:48.Our guest tonight is a singer who looks like she may have already
:01:49. > :02:13.And she also has the best hair on the planet!
:02:14. > :02:22.# "True Colour" - Cyndi Lauper. # "True Colours" - Cyndi Lauper.
:02:23. > :02:47.The coffee table is back in and Cyndi Lauper is here! That was so
:02:48. > :02:52.beautiful. Thank you. Yeah, it's a great rendition, a little classical
:02:53. > :02:55.music. We had an orchestra, why not? Talking of orchestras and musicals,
:02:56. > :03:09.to add to the long list of achievements you've got, and Olivier
:03:10. > :03:17.award with Kinky Boots! Matt got one for best actor, we got best new
:03:18. > :03:22.musical and the costumes of course. On the way in you met a hero of
:03:23. > :03:33.yours, we believe? My friend George, yes. We're going to go on tour in
:03:34. > :03:40.the states. It's going to be fun. We were expecting you to say Dame Judi
:03:41. > :03:48.Dench. I know, oh my God! I'm a big fan of hers, of course. Let me say
:03:49. > :03:56.now that deep inside I was singing there ain't nothing like a dame,
:03:57. > :03:58.with a capital D! I watched the sitcom that came over that we
:03:59. > :04:15.watched on BBC. As Time Goes By. That's right.
:04:16. > :04:22.England always embraced me and this was the first place that I broke out
:04:23. > :04:26.of, England. In fact, a lot of people in the state thought I was
:04:27. > :04:31.English. I said what was it, the accent? I don't know! A lot of
:04:32. > :04:35.people will be talking about this new album that you've got because
:04:36. > :04:41.its country music, it's all very exciting. It's kind of classic
:04:42. > :04:46.country music. Around the time that Elvis kicked the doors down. We will
:04:47. > :04:52.talk about all of that in a little while.
:04:53. > :04:56.But first, in North Yorkshire small businesses are complaining about a
:04:57. > :04:58.new government initiative. So we've sent Dom along to see
:04:59. > :05:09.if he can help matters. Skipton, a charming market town in
:05:10. > :05:15.North Yorkshire. But I'm here to sort out a bit of business. It's a
:05:16. > :05:19.cute looking place but behind-the-scenes, some of the
:05:20. > :05:29.locals, let's say, can't quite agree on financials. So I'm here to fix a
:05:30. > :05:34.sit down. It's a cash on the table... I have every intention of
:05:35. > :05:39.keeping hold of my money. Keep your -- speak your mind kind of job. This
:05:40. > :05:41.money will go into my business and not their pockets. Have you ever
:05:42. > :05:50.heard of a business improvement district? Bid, for short. It's where
:05:51. > :05:55.local shops and companies club together and all agreed to pay a 1%
:05:56. > :06:00.levy on top of their business rates. The money goes into a pot and can
:06:01. > :06:04.pay for local business improvements. Anything from extra marketing,
:06:05. > :06:08.events for tourists, even better street lighting. It's a government
:06:09. > :06:15.initiative that has been picked up in more than 200 areas, might I say
:06:16. > :06:19.with a lot of success. But here in Yorkshire, things have turned a
:06:20. > :06:32.little sour. Car stereo business owner Peter Preston is refusing to
:06:33. > :06:39.pay ?60 a year into the Bid offers. -- the coffers. We're forced to pay
:06:40. > :06:48.it, we don't get any say. I think it's just another form of tax. They
:06:49. > :06:54.have appointed a new Bid manager to the Bid company, who will be on
:06:55. > :06:57.?32,000 a year. I don't get that wage, my staff don't get that wage,
:06:58. > :07:01.and yet they want me to pay this money to pay for their wages. They
:07:02. > :07:05.say they are encouraging tourism to commit a Skipton but we don't see
:07:06. > :07:09.much of it. Some businesses will benefit and others won't. We don't
:07:10. > :07:14.get put on the map, we don't get Christmas lights. When you click on
:07:15. > :07:20.certain areas of the website, there's actually nothing behind it.
:07:21. > :07:24.What do you do when firms can't agree on business? You organise a
:07:25. > :07:31.sit down. I've got everyone together for a chinwag and they've brought
:07:32. > :07:35.their money. More than 90 businesses here have been taken to court for
:07:36. > :07:42.not paying their Bid money. Including Peter. Can we settle this
:07:43. > :07:50.amicably? Facing them, Geraldine Thomson, board member of the Skipton
:07:51. > :07:57.Business Improvement District. It's a way of getting resources together
:07:58. > :08:01.so that we can do something for the good of the town and keep the town
:08:02. > :08:07.vibrant. You don't want tumble we roll in down the high street and the
:08:08. > :08:15.Bid money helps us do that. Geraldine is going to pitch my the
:08:16. > :08:21.Bids are such a good idea. -- why they are. But will she succeed? It
:08:22. > :08:25.is about how businesses come together to make sure that we are
:08:26. > :08:31.popular and successful. Skipton is a popular town. You can tell this is
:08:32. > :08:35.from the heart, but is it going to be enough to pull it off? It's not
:08:36. > :08:44.by accident that visitor numbers remain good. Our Bid gives us the
:08:45. > :08:47.ability to maintain that profile. Geraldine has also agreed to look
:08:48. > :08:52.again at the panel's grievances. Like not appearing on the town map.
:08:53. > :08:58.Further meetings are promised, but it's a tough crowd. Excellent
:08:59. > :09:03.presentation, Geraldine. Very good. I fully agree it's a great place to
:09:04. > :09:07.live and work. Businesses do pull together to maintain the visitors
:09:08. > :09:12.that do come to Skipton. This is a very tough decision. I will be
:09:13. > :09:16.fighting not to pay it in future. I'm not going to change my mind, I
:09:17. > :09:23.will keep hold of my cash. No, sorry. You must be disappointed. I
:09:24. > :09:28.am. I can't help but sense that this is something from your heart, it's
:09:29. > :09:32.not just a job, is it? It's from the heart, it's why I joined. I can't
:09:33. > :09:36.understand anyone who doesn't see it is about the bigger picture.
:09:37. > :09:41.Geraldine may be down but she is not out. She says most businesses in the
:09:42. > :09:44.town back the scheme and she is determined to win the doubters
:09:45. > :09:50.round. STUDIO
:09:51. > :10:00.And good luck. So, Cindy, we're talking about this Detour, this new
:10:01. > :10:04.album you've written. Why country and why now at this point of your
:10:05. > :10:11.career? I think at this point in my career I can do whatever I want now.
:10:12. > :10:15.How many times I going to worry, my career will be over! I thought it
:10:16. > :10:23.was over and then I did what I wanted. But I wanted to work with
:10:24. > :10:27.Seymour Stein, who was the co-founder of the record company and
:10:28. > :10:33.in the states that meant the Ramon 's, he signed everyone, even Madonna
:10:34. > :10:37.was over there. -- the Ramones. I always wanted to be on that record
:10:38. > :10:42.label and work with this fellow and when we finally got together, he had
:10:43. > :10:53.this idea of doing these classic country records. These songs that
:10:54. > :10:57.are very closely linked to R, because in that time, country music
:10:58. > :11:01.and rhythm and blues were linked. They were stories, they were about
:11:02. > :11:09.people and they were very soulful. For me, I thought, he sang to me a
:11:10. > :11:14.lot too and I thought it was charming because nobody sings to me,
:11:15. > :11:18.I sing the people! He knew all the words to everything. He knew when it
:11:19. > :11:24.was a hit. He sent me this material and I started to realise I heard it
:11:25. > :11:31.before and, when I was a kid, when I was really little, when I had a pony
:11:32. > :11:35.stick and all the cowboy movies were on on Saturday mornings, which
:11:36. > :11:43.consisted of a lot of sugar candy, cap guns, because you were in... You
:11:44. > :11:49.know, and... Of course I was Dale Evans because she was very
:11:50. > :11:54.glamorous! But I think that, you know, as I go forward, I always wind
:11:55. > :12:00.up realising I am just circling back again because it's the roots of
:12:01. > :12:09.things that I have sung, I was in a rockabilly band, so it was a joy to
:12:10. > :12:16.do it. Blue Angel, right? Yes. We have a lovely picture of you in that
:12:17. > :12:24.band. Wow! I played the old Grey Whistle test here with Blue Angel.
:12:25. > :12:30.It was an amusing time -- an amazing time because there was so much
:12:31. > :12:34.coming from here to America, to come here was like the holy Grail, oh my
:12:35. > :12:44.gosh. Let's have a listen to the title track from the new album.
:12:45. > :12:46.# My poor old head is a reelin' around
:12:47. > :12:53.# As I go deep into the funnel of love
:12:54. > :12:58.You did mention at the start that you are touring in the UK. We will
:12:59. > :13:03.want to know when it's going to happen and what you're going to be
:13:04. > :13:08.singing when you're on tour. Is it all to do with Detours or is it old
:13:09. > :13:14.stuff as well? Tell as there are some of the classics! Of course. But
:13:15. > :13:19.the old songs are so short, you know what I mean? Not just the classics
:13:20. > :13:30.but old songs that I haven't done in forever. So I'm excited. I've been
:13:31. > :13:39.waiting and waiting to play Glastonbury! And what date, at
:13:40. > :13:47.Glastonbury? I'm here the 21st, the 22nd, 23rd, you know... I will play
:13:48. > :13:50.around. I'm very excited. The last time I played here and I toured was
:13:51. > :13:54.the blues record and it was wonderful, really wonderful. Listen,
:13:55. > :13:57.I love England. They've always accepted me and the music. I broke
:13:58. > :14:03.out of here first. I told you that. Cyndi's new album, Detour,
:14:04. > :14:05.is released on May 6th and her UK tour starts on 22nd
:14:06. > :14:14.June in Birmingham. Now, Cyndi might be looking
:14:15. > :14:24.remarkably youthful, but do you know what the secret to a young life is?
:14:25. > :14:25.Angela Rippon's new series promises a definitive guide to staying
:14:26. > :14:33.younger and healthier for longer. New studies have proved that
:14:34. > :14:41.exercise is another major way to stay young. As you age, your body
:14:42. > :14:45.naturally becomes more frail. Exercise counteracts this by
:14:46. > :14:50.building up muscle. But recent research into which exercise is best
:14:51. > :14:55.at making us stronger as we age has come up with some surprising
:14:56. > :15:02.results. To find out more, I've travelled to the centre of Germany.
:15:03. > :15:10.Scientists here at this university want to discover which of two
:15:11. > :15:23.physical activities is more effective at keeping frailty at bay.
:15:24. > :15:30.What they came up with was a programme that involves comparing
:15:31. > :15:34.the kind of things that you do in a gym... With something which is right
:15:35. > :15:49.up my street. And that's dancing. Wow! . Chris Van Tulleken, who
:15:50. > :15:56.presents the programme, is with us now, along with calendula. --
:15:57. > :16:01.Angela. What was the answer, danced against Jim? It is dance because, as
:16:02. > :16:06.you will know, if you just working in a gym, you are exercising one
:16:07. > :16:10.sort of muscles at a time. If you are weightlifting and upper body, on
:16:11. > :16:13.a rowing machine it is your lower body. Dancing means you are
:16:14. > :16:17.exercising every bit of your body and it is giving you balance,
:16:18. > :16:23.flexibility, it is a great core exercise and it is very a Rubik. In
:16:24. > :16:28.addition, it gives you the petition -- opportunity to use your mind, so
:16:29. > :16:34.it keeps that active, and it gets endorphins going. Dance is the
:16:35. > :16:44.complete mind and body exercise. It beats... Are you one of those -- I
:16:45. > :16:48.am one of those people who hate dancing. Dancing with you was one of
:16:49. > :16:55.the least worst experiences I have had. My feet are still recovering.
:16:56. > :17:00.Earlier on, there was this experiment that we do. We determine
:17:01. > :17:05.how long somebody may live. This has been piloted on 50 to 80 year rolls.
:17:06. > :17:12.Explain it, because it is basically... Sit-to-rise, which
:17:13. > :17:18.means crossing your legs and then sitting down with -- without using
:17:19. > :17:21.any part of your body and standing up afterwards. The doctor on the
:17:22. > :17:30.team will explain why muscle strength is important. Am I OK for
:17:31. > :17:37.my tour? You are fine for your tour, darling, don't worry. Come and see
:17:38. > :17:42.her tour before she dies! The whole point is that it demonstrates how
:17:43. > :17:46.much flexibility and balance you have got but also the strength in
:17:47. > :17:50.your muscles. What we demonstrate on the programme is that, the older you
:17:51. > :17:55.get, unless you keep doing something with exercise, your muscles will
:17:56. > :18:00.atrophy and shrink. Muscles are important because? Mainly because
:18:01. > :18:05.you fall over, and that is really bad for you. It is easy to go for a
:18:06. > :18:11.gentle walk every day, and that is important, but being strong is
:18:12. > :18:15.massively important. You worry gymnast. You should be able to do
:18:16. > :18:23.it! Actually, the British championships are on this weekend we
:18:24. > :18:28.will show you some videos later. As well as this, it is very scientific.
:18:29. > :18:32.Scientists know more now about ageing than ever before, and you
:18:33. > :18:38.don't hold back. You go through a test yourself which proves how old
:18:39. > :18:43.your biological age is as opposed to reality. I did this with a professor
:18:44. > :18:48.at Kings. He is a friend of mine and he let you down because it turns out
:18:49. > :18:51.that I am five years older biologically than I am
:18:52. > :18:56.chronologically. He tested my DNA and he found out I am highly
:18:57. > :19:02.methylated, which means I am dying quicker than I should be. Angela, I
:19:03. > :19:10.started the programme with you five or six times older than me. Not
:19:11. > :19:13.quite, darling, I am 71! By the end of the programme, we were almost the
:19:14. > :19:21.same age, because you are much biologically younger. So now he
:19:22. > :19:26.can't be my toy boy. But you can reverse it. You can do things
:19:27. > :19:29.differently. I think the great thing about the programme is that we deal
:19:30. > :19:32.with a lot of things that we have always thought were pretty obvious
:19:33. > :19:37.to do with diet and exercise and lifestyle but there is a lot of
:19:38. > :19:40.science in it, fun science but a lot of science which demonstrate an
:19:41. > :19:45.proves what we always thought was right and it goes to show that it
:19:46. > :19:51.really is right. And we hammer out the specifics. You can't just eat a
:19:52. > :20:00.handful of walnuts everyday. You have to make a of changes. What,
:20:01. > :20:09.food, don't go for the cookies? I think being happy is very important.
:20:10. > :20:17.Oh, come on! Do you love sugar? Oh, yes... But it isn't good for you.
:20:18. > :20:25.That is a bad answer. Do you have a bit of sugar? A bit, of course, but
:20:26. > :20:27.we both differ. Towards the end of the second programme, you talk about
:20:28. > :20:32.the elixir of life and the importance of young blood. In
:20:33. > :20:38.California, they are taking blood from young people and injected it
:20:39. > :20:45.into older people. That is like the Huntsman! That is no good! 9pm
:20:46. > :20:48.tonight, BBC One. While you are waiting for all of those things to
:20:49. > :20:54.come out of the pharmaceutical industry, what is better is to take
:20:55. > :21:00.control of your lifestyle yourself. Don't take a child and bleed them
:21:01. > :21:04.drive. My method is to take responsibility of how you live your
:21:05. > :21:09.life and there is so much you can do yourself. We will all enjoy watching
:21:10. > :21:15.the programme. You want to die young but as late as possible. Later, we
:21:16. > :21:21.will be hearing a performance of some of Cyndi's latest bits from AMC
:21:22. > :21:25.gospel choir. Before that, Carrie has met another choir who went from
:21:26. > :21:33.1950s Northern Ireland to sharing a stage with the king. Few people have
:21:34. > :21:37.heard of James MacCafferty and his choir, The Little Gaelic Singers, a
:21:38. > :21:47.group of children from Londonderry in Northern Ireland but, in 1956,
:21:48. > :21:50.they took America by storm. During their four American tours, they
:21:51. > :21:55.appeared on prestigious TV shows like the Ed Sullivan show, and they
:21:56. > :22:00.even share a stage with Elvis Presley. I never forget it until the
:22:01. > :22:10.day I die. The children were screaming outside, did you see
:22:11. > :22:13.Elvis? Touch her! This year is the 60th anniversary of their exploit so
:22:14. > :22:19.I've come to their hometown to find out more. On the face of it, 1950s
:22:20. > :22:25.Derry was not the most obvious place to spawn international superstars.
:22:26. > :22:28.These days, it is a vibrant, culturally thriving city with a
:22:29. > :22:31.reputation for musical excellence, as witnessed when it was city of
:22:32. > :22:40.culture. Back then, it was a different story. What was Derry like
:22:41. > :22:43.in the 50s? In the 50s, it was really at a very low ebb. The
:22:44. > :22:48.problem was unemployment. It was that about 20%. Morale was low, the
:22:49. > :22:53.economy was bad and the outlook wasn't good. James MacCafferty, a
:22:54. > :22:58.leading musician, was approached by an American promoter came to market
:22:59. > :23:03.a choir of Irish children to a US audience. James didn't see any
:23:04. > :23:09.perfect -- personal profit but he was thrilled to be able to promote
:23:10. > :23:13.his city. Describe him to me. He was immersed in music. He was a genius.
:23:14. > :23:18.He knew what he wanted and the people around him knew what he
:23:19. > :23:24.wanted so there was a wonderful harmony about what James MacCafferty
:23:25. > :23:29.produced. I am going to meet James MacCafferty's eldest daughter. She
:23:30. > :23:37.was one of the The Little Gaelic Singers and she went on that first
:23:38. > :23:43.tour of America in 1956, aged ten. What do you remember about America?
:23:44. > :23:49.I felt very special, being appreciated by so many crammed
:23:50. > :23:56.audiences on coast-to-coast tours. Who is in this? Bing Crosby. So
:23:57. > :24:05.jealous! Rosemary Clooney. And your dad. Always smiling. What was it
:24:06. > :24:11.like meeting Elvis? I will never forget it. He was so beautiful, and
:24:12. > :24:22.always telling us that he wore a green jacket in our honour. Wow! She
:24:23. > :24:27.is marking the anniversary of the first little Gaelic tour with a
:24:28. > :24:31.special performance. I am outside the millennium Forum theatre and I
:24:32. > :24:35.can't wait to hear what she and her students have installed but I am
:24:36. > :24:38.also keen to meet some of the original members of The Little
:24:39. > :24:44.Gaelic Singers. What was it like for you guys going from Derry all the
:24:45. > :24:48.way to America? Size of the buildings! Be told this building we
:24:49. > :24:52.have seen was the Guildhall, and you can imagine what that was like
:24:53. > :25:00.compared to the skyscrapers. And the neon lights, it was like Christmas
:25:01. > :25:04.all the time. Fantastic! From 1956 to 1962, The Little Gaelic Singers
:25:05. > :25:08.went on four coast-to-coast American tours, selling out venues and
:25:09. > :25:13.meeting the biggest stars. I can't help but think that, beyond the
:25:14. > :25:26.glamour, there is a deeper story, that of James MacCafferty's desire
:25:27. > :25:32.to leave behind a musical legacy. Without a doubt, James MacCafferty
:25:33. > :25:33.left the ground work for the talent we have in this city today. He
:25:34. > :25:56.brought a professional touch. Thank you, Carrie. Just time to show
:25:57. > :26:03.some of the videos you have sent in you attempting to do the sit-to-rise
:26:04. > :26:09.test. Let's have a look. Matt did it brilliantly earlier. First, Julia.
:26:10. > :26:14.She sent in a video of her daughter, Jamie, successfully standing. As we
:26:15. > :26:20.got this? Oh, good. No signs of boldness. This is an important
:26:21. > :26:26.point. It depends how old you are when you are doing the test. Of
:26:27. > :26:34.course. But if you can't do it under the age of 50, you are in bad shape.
:26:35. > :26:39.It is great. Under the age of 50? By then, your muscles will attribute if
:26:40. > :26:52.you can't. This is Nigel from south Wales. He is 21. He wishes he was!
:26:53. > :27:00.He wobbled. This is Sally, sent in by Glynn. Go on, Sally! Come on,
:27:01. > :27:06.Sally, you can do it! There is a rock, here it comes, this is it! She
:27:07. > :27:14.is exhausting herself. Get your shoes off. With her knees! That is
:27:15. > :27:22.two points, because she used her knees. This is Jack and his dog
:27:23. > :27:32.doing it flawlessly in Essex. The dog does it better! Go on, dog! That
:27:33. > :27:43.is a point off. There, he has got it! That is all for this evening.
:27:44. > :27:48.Cyndi's album, Detour, is reached on maybe six and she is on tour in
:27:49. > :27:51.June. Jeremy Vine and I will be here tomorrow and we can't end the show
:27:52. > :27:57.without hearing some Cyndi Lauper classics. Here to play us out is the
:27:58. > :28:00.amazing ACM gospel choir with a Cyndi lately -- Cyndi medley.
:28:01. > :28:02.# I see your true colours shining through
:28:03. > :28:05.# I see your true colours And that's why I love you
:28:06. > :28:10.# So don't be afraid to let them show
:28:11. > :28:38.# If you're lost you can look and you will find me
:28:39. > :28:43.# If you fall I will catch you, I'll be waiting
:28:44. > :28:50.# If you're lost you can look and you will find me
:28:51. > :28:57.# If you fall, I will catch you, I'll be waiting