07/07/2014 The One Show

Tonight on the One Show we give you something completely different.

We've got one of the most famous TV theme tunes ever.

We're very well equipped with large quantities of tinned meat.

And an exotic bird which, by the looks of it,

is well past its sell-by date. What can it all mean?

Welcome to the One Show with Matt Baker.

And Alex Jones. And yes, Monty Python are back

and performing live to tens of thousands of adoring fans.

Mind you, not everyone's impressed. A bunch of wrinkly old men trying to

relive their youth. Back in the 1970s it was fantastic.

We have seen it all before. Please welcome Michael Palin and

Terry Jones. Welcome. We saw Mick Jagger there. In your opinion who is

the most rock and roll, the Rolling Stones or Monte Python? It has to be

the Rolling Stones. But performing at the O2 feels like comedy rock and

roll. You do sketches about arguments and with the lights and

the crowds are you break into sound. You have all come back together to

do this. How rock and roll do you get after the show, what is the

after show party like? Nothing! Straight back to the care home! Do

you have some drinks? We have some peanuts. One glass of white wine. I

have about three. It is friendly, lots of friends, long. Eddie Isard

has come about three times. We do have celebrity guest. People like

Matt Lucas. So it is sociable. You have done five out of the ten

shows. You have proved that you can get up there and do the whole thing.

All the senior moments you have had, do you have one that stands out?

John forgot the lines. Yes. He came up with a strange line about a

hard-boiled twig. And then he dried up and looked around desperately and

nobody knew what to say. Then we all got the next bit wrong. The audience

loved that! I bet they love this bit, this is a fantastic senior

moment. We watched to see photographs of the

more experienced One Show viewers doing things that maybe they should

not be doing at their age. Send them into the usual address and we will

show them later in the show. Keep them clean! Well we know that

Pythons also appreciate the floral arts. Three months ago we launched a

competition for amateur gardeners with a special prize. The chance to

design a garden at the Hampton Court flower show. Angelica can tell us

more. Welcome to the largest annual flower show in the world. I'm here

at Hampton Court in West London, the former home of King Henry VIII.

Today an explosion of colour and imagination. You can come along and

see some wonderful gardens designed by some of the best professional

gardeners. But I'm joined by the brilliant amateur Alexandra Noble.

She went through the gruelling process to win the garden design

competition with this design, inspired by the city of Bath. This

image has been transformed into a reality.

I cannot wait to see it. All to be revealed later. Now onto the acute

shortage of nurses in many UK hospitals. Many trusts say they are

forced to recruit from abroad. What is it like for a foreign nurse

coming into the NHS and for the patients they looked after?

Good afternoon. Welcome to Leicester. It may be your typical

English weather but this is not your typical city tour and these are not

typical sightseers. I hope it will be better in the

summer. These are nurses who have just

arrived from Spain, Portugal and Ireland on a very rainy tour of

Leicester, their new home for the foreseeable future.

Why are they here? There is a national nursing shortage. This

recruitment drive is happening not just in Leicester. At least one

third of hospital trusts in England struggle to keep the wards

adequately staffed. In 2009 the NHS had to make cutbacks of 20 Berlin

pounds. That means England is short of 20,000 nurses and with jobs hard

to come by at home these 15 nurses at only too pleased to be here.

I feel very happy. It is a great opportunity. So far I like it and I

am excited to start work. To have permanent work is unbelievable.

Chief nurse Rachel is responsible for around 4000 nurses across three

hospitals in Leicester where they are spending ?6 million on hiring

300 nurses from abroad. Thank you for meeting with me.

Either minimum requirements that the nurses must have in terms of

training and experience? The nursing qualification is broadly the same as

ours. These nurses are just about to start two months of training to help

them understand British nursing practices and adapt to cultural

differences. It is my first job, I am newly graduated. I feel nervous,

it is another language. It is difficult.

I had to leave my country for another culture and another way of

working. It is an opportunity to grow as a person.

I decided to come here. I was doing research about Leicester and I think

it is really good. It is good to travel and stuff. 150 nurses from

Spain, Portugal, Greece and the Irish Republic have already joined

Leicester 's hospitals since the of the year with plans for 200 more

next year. Portuguese nurses have been working on the acute medical

ward since February. How are you getting on with Mac OK.

What brought you here? The opportunity of work. The situation

back in Portugal is not as good as here in England. And the pay is very

much better than Portugal. Three times what I was earning. What is

the most difficult thing about coming here as an overseas nurse?

The weather! I do not need to say I'm not English because they all

know. But they're quite receptive of us. And it is an icebreaker.

Culturally some of the English language colloquialisms, it is

important to help with that. One nurse did not understand pins and

needles. So there is always a British national nurse working

closely with them. How do the patients feel about the new

interns? One of the nurses looking after due is from Portugal. It is

great. He speaks very good English. He has come for job opportunities.

We get on fine. If you need anything, call me. Take care.

The Department of Health said there is an increase in nurses on the

wards and while British nurses are being trained up to fill both posts,

NHS trusts can recruit from abroad. Python fans will be delighted to

hear that there is still a chance to see the final hurrah. We still have

some tickets available. You're quite sketchy on the details! The local

corner shop! We here at the have been some extra tickets. There are

still some available for the last five shows.

Looking at the arena feeling, can it still be quite intimate? Yes. We go

out on the stage and there is a huge roar from the audience. There is a

lot of dancing and lots going on. The quieter sketches, I was

concerned that they would be overwhelmed. But the audience to

listen, they are terrific. You can invent a line and hear the reaction.

Which we do quite a lot! And the good news is that fans can see the

whole performance in the cinema. All over the world, apparently. There is

even at cinema in Yemen. That is the one my family will be going to! That

could help you out a little later on, is something that we have got

planned. We went to meet some very naughty boys.

What is it about Monty Python that makes grown men lose the plot? I

have come to their show to find out. Michael Palin is the best of them

all. You're slightly menacing!

It has to be John Cleese. Say no more!

Are you a brain surgeon? Yes, I am! You have got yourself a job! People

are really getting into the spirit. Is this a family? It is. Two of our

sons. I feel slightly sorry for you!

Imagine someone from outer space coming to this wonderful land and

seeing that! Such a compliment. We thought we would do a quickfire

round to get the inside track. Which Monte Pythons most likely to...

Quiz-mac ready? The first, which is most likely to spend his part of the

money made on the show first? John Cleese.

To need oxygen at the end of the 10th performance? John Cleese. Storm

off in a huff? John Cleese. For more trip? That is me. Mess up a costume

change? That could be me again. With the Spanish Inquisition, I only just

made it. To purchase their own merchandise? I do not think any of

us would do that. Terry, perhaps because he designed a lot of it.

Which will have the most successful next chapter? Graham. He is a real

presence on the show. And read John Cleese?s autobiography? John

Cleese! We will go back to Angellica at Hampton Court to see are one show

-- to see the the One Show Garden design in all its glory.

The challenge was to design a garden which reflected the character offer

you live in UK all for the Hampton Court Flower Show. It is only days

away and the exhibits are working really hard to make sure that the

gardens are looking spectacular. The real question is, will the the One

Show Garden be ready on time? Alexandra Noble is from Bath and her

winning design has a Roman Bath theme. I wasn't convinced that the

design was truly representative of Bath. I think a couple of Roman

columns would help. I am not convinced. It is meant to be more

abstract than that. I still have concerns but I will just have to

wait until I see it. Before any planting could start, a lot of

building work had to be done. With just three weeks before the start of

the world's largest annual flower show, work started on transforming

this patch of land into Alexandra's garden. Her mental was on hand when

she saw the plot for the first time. -- her mentors. It looks so good,

incredible. So nice. You are gobsmacked. I feel quite lost for

words. Her design will use an array of grasses and plans bursting out

from Roman style square pools and past. There is one thing the

landscapers have done she is not happy with - the paint. Is it to

paint? I was hoping for a charcoal grey. Do you remember the effort we

went to with the colour charts? Unbelievable!

Just days before the flower festival opens, the grounds of Hampton Court

Palace are buzzing with teams of gardeners. Time for me to find

Alexandra and take my first look at the One Show Garden. How is it

going? Really well. Love the pastel colours. We are putting in

continuation plans at the moment and then we have some little features to

go in last, which will provide the highlights at the end. With this

competition, I have had this one shot and it needs to be perfect.

There is still a lot of work to do but it is getting there. The walls

were terracotta at one point, that was an issue. It tells it in and the

gravel comes in and brings it together. You will be thinking about

a bath. I hope so. What a fantastic achievement for Alexander. This

novice or have her garden is seen by thousands of shoe was a truth at

Hampton Court. Any nerves? A little bit, just to see how people will

react. I do not know what to expect. I am keen to get feedback from

experts like you. You will get that. Keep up the good work, I think you

are onto a winner. Preparation time is over for Alexandra. It is time

for the One Show Garden to be revealed in all its glory.

Here it is, and what a beautiful sight. You must feel so proud? I am

so pleased with how it has turned out. It is all I envisaged, and

more. What do you love best? I love the reflections. Because we have

tainted the water Black, we have got the striking silhouette reflected in

the water. There are some sections where you can see steam. You would

not normally see that in the garden, why did you put that in? It is to

add a little bit of drama to the show garden, to draw visitors in and

heighten the feeling of excitement as we go around. Is there anything

that you wish you had not done? Not really with this garden. If I had

the chance to do another I would experiment a little bit more, adding

some seating, putting in some shade so there was more of a difference as

you go around. You were the judge, you have been mentoring her, what

has been the hardest thing? It has been quite easy. The initial bit,

from changing it from the beautiful design into the show garden, they

are a different thing, so we introduced some gravel and played

with the plant list to adjust it to suit the time of year. Has it been

difficult working with an amateur because you are used to

professionals? She is quite a knowledgeable amateur. The best that

has been taking her on a journey with the plans. That is where you

have started to get the plans, that has been, wow. Is this your new

calling? I have had the time of my life over the past two weeks.

Congratulations. The Hampton Court Flower Show is open to everyone from

tomorrow. Well done, Alexandra. It is lovely,

isn't it? Really nice flowers. And it is going to Bath, apparently. The

Pythons comedy has gone all over the world and in Germany in 1971, a TV

company asked them to make a version in German.

SPEAKS GERMAN. Impressive! Your German adventurers

have inspired our next item. We are going to show you a few extracts

from classic Python sketches, but they are not in English. The idea is

you have got to guess the sketch and then guess what language it is. I am

very excited. Ready? It is like being at school. Can we have the

first sketch, please. SPEAKS FOREIGN LANGUAGE.

Lets see if you are right. Have you got anything without spam

in it? I do not want any spam. Why can't she have egg, Bacon, spam and

sausage? It was Spam. You went for finish for

the language. -- Finnish. We respect Cornish. -- we were speaking

Cornish. Lets have the second sketch.

SPEAKS FOREIGN LANGUAGE. Not Cornish. What sketch? Quite

difficult. Could be anything. A fierce argument, does that help?

Let's see which one it was. I will wake it up. Hello, Polly, I have got

a nice cuttlefish for you when you wake up, Polly parrot. He moved.

That was you pushing the cage. Hello, Polly!

What will you go with? Mandarin. It was Taiwanese. I want to learn that

later because I can confuse John onstage. You can take the cage away

and we will have the next sketch. SPEAKS FOREIGN LANGUAGE.

APPLAUSE. I have seen it three times and I

still have no idea. There was a word that might lead you? No, can't think

of it. Let's see what sketch it was. What on earth does that mean? I did

not expect that kind of Spanish Inquisition. Nobody expects the

Spanish Inquisition! Well done. And the language? Xhosa.

Michael, you have spoken in this language. In South Africa I was

given a traditional Xhosa welcome. Cheers, guys, thank you very much.

It was almost like watching the real thing. They do it much better than

we do. Thank you to everyone who sent in a picture of the more mature

programmatic viewer getting up to things they should not be doing. It

sounds like the Royal British Legion Band and Corps of Drums have some

suitable music for us. You can go first, Michael. Grandma Sandy from

Kent Pole dance thing for her 71st birthday. -- thing. This is amazing.

This is Ruth enjoying a tray of tequila shot at her 90th birthday

party. This is Alan Jones, not my dad, from Shropshire. He is enjoying

a night out at the Rocky Horror Show. Finally, Mary from Matlock

says, should I be doing this at 56? You can find out tomorrow because

that is all we have got time for this evening. Thank you, Michael and

Terry. You can see the Pythons at the O2 from 15th July two 20th July

and the final show is being broadcast live at cinemas across the

country. If you want more of Angellica she is back on BBC One in

a couple of minutes with How Safe Is Your House?