08/01/2013 The One Show

Hello and welcome to the One Show with Matt Baker. And she must have

enjoyed it, because she's back for more, it's Sarah Millican.

APPLAUSE Now, here we are in that tricky

second week of January, when millions of us are apparently on

the verge of ditching our resolutions. Don't be so weak. Step

away from the chocolate and put down the wine and give them to me.

Trust me, it's for the best. If you're struggling them coming to

the rescue a woman positively oozing motivation, the Queen of

fitness, Davina McCall. Nice to see. Hi. I feel quite guilty sitting

beside you, because I've got a confession to make. Go on. I asked

my boyfriend to buy me a fitness DVD, just a general one and he came

back with one of yours and it was called something like Buff your Abs

and I thought I'll have to lose a couple of stone before I can find

them. I had to take it back and I got one - what I wanted was Fat

Lass Has A Go. I feel like I have to build up to yours. No, you don't.

That's the thing. You don't at all. Even if you haven't exercised at

all. I work out with my life, which is really sad - loser. I did the

intense last week with a girlfriend of mine who hadn't worked out for

eight years and she smoked 25 a day and she has given them up and they

thought she need today get fit and she did it, but followed Jackie, so

Jackie does the easy one. You follow Jackie and then you do as

much as you can and then you build up to it. Everybody can do it.

We'll talk more about that. Everybody can do it. It will get

intense. Really intense. I can get intense Matt, can you? I can,

because we have the second part of our incredible Scottish killer

whale trilogy. I loved it. You'll love it, honestly. But first, a

vote that could affect millions. In the next few minutes we should find

out whether MPs have voted to ban the Government's plan to cap

benefits. Whether you think the cap is fair or not, how much do you

know about ha people are really entitled to? Lucy has been finding

out. What's the maximum a lone parent can receive in jobseeker's

allowance per week? I'll go for 71, but I'm probably wrong. 132. 48,

you think? I've no idea. You've gone for the highest straightaway.

132. I would have thought 98. is the maximum housing benefit here

in High Wycombe? I wouldn't know. The middle ground. Both the middle

ground. I would guess that one. Finally, how much do people think

the proposed benefits cap is for couples and single parents? 165.

190ment lovely. -- 190. Lovely. don't have fi idea. I'm not too --

any idea. I'm not too sure. Well, virtually nobody seemed to get

these right, because the answer to the jobseeker's allowance question,

71, people went to the extremes either the lowest or highest. House

-- housing benefit is up to 178. Only three said that. Everybody

went for the middle and the benefits cap is �500. They go

nowhere near that. That is it. First, Sarah, you have quite a

connection, because you used to work within the system? I used to

work within the job centre a long time ago. You see all walks of life.

The system is for all of us, should we need it. How did that compare to

other jobs? Stressful. It was quite emotional, because I got quite

involved. It's understandable, people are down on their luck or

whatever. I think it's true that people don't know what they're

entitled to. Nobody knows the figures that you're talking about.

That was our experience. Parliament, what has been the main

arguments today? A lot of arguing all day and the principal point is

that the Government wants to cap the increase of benefits by 1%, so

last year benefits went up by 5.2% along with inflation and they want

to cap that at 1% from next year. Now, the argument is, well there

are two. One, that it's unfair for benefits to rise with inflation,

when the public sector pay is frozen and in private sector rates

are rising slower than the cost of living. Second, that we need to

raise money and if we put this cap at 1% on the increase of benefits

we could raise �3 billion. That's by the end of 2016. I should point

out that this only affects people of working age. 16 to 64, so

pensions aren't affected and we should hear soon. This is a big

year for changes? Yeah, it is. From April we are looking at a benefit

limit for households, so that households with a couple or lone

parent can't exceed �26,000. For single people that will be �18,000.

That's the first thing. The other thing is that council tenants, if

their properties are assessed as being too big for their needs,

their benefit will be reduced. Also from April, the roll out of the

universal credit. Where we have seen different payments, all paid

independently, this will be put together as one and paid monthly.

Do you think it's all getting more complicated or are they

simplifying? They are trying to cut red tape. The unversal credit

sounds like it will be more -- universal credit sounds like it

will be more simple, but it's how you get there. How that's assessed

and there are lots of exemptions and lots of people, as I'm sure

Sarah would say, everybody has a different case, so it's difficult.

On the point of that, we are expecting the results around 7.15pm.

Any minute. Davina, you are sitting quietly, but in a moment Sarah will

be laying down her own special work-out challenge for you and

trust me, you cannot get over this. I'm looking forward to it. It's

unbelievable. Be afraid, be very afraid. That's the right amount of

afraid. The idea of sweating lots whilst wearing unflattering

clothing goes back many years as Michael Douglas has been finding

out for us. I'll have you know that I'm actually an athlete. Well, I am.

I've never actually done a triathlon yet, but you can push

yourself too hard, you know? See what I mean. This is military

fitness. It's taking over the nation's parks. It seems like we

always need some gimmick to get fit. You know, some fad. There was one

bloke who started it all and this is him. In the 1920s, the rippling

physique of Charles at lass took America by storm. Realising that

people would pay to have muscles like his, he created the first

body-building programme and sold thousands of copies. The keep fit

industry was born. It spread to Britain, where the ladies were the

first to embrace it. In 1930, the Women's League of Health and Beauty,

promoted exercises and boy, did it catch on. With 170,000 members

around the world by 1939. Fitness fads continued to boom. As long as

we had the time and the money. Howard Macmillan in 1957 makes a

speech about never having it so good. Very low unemployment rate

and there's a rise in the average wages of people and so that's when

you can see an increase in these activities. What would you say is

the period for fad fitness? Definitely the 1930s. This came

over from the United States. Jane Fonda propagated it. It was the key.

Get ready to work out. In the 1980s, Jane Fonda sold millions of copies

of her video. People bought VHS players just to watch the workout.

Britain, of course and the audience was quite receptive and we are

talking about Margaret Thatcher's Britain, so it was all about

individual responsibility. # Let's get physical... # The best

things about the 1980s was that if you were a bit lazy you could do it

now whilst watching telly. This morning, let's get down to the bot

many of things. -- bottom of things. Every week day morning, people like

Mad Lizzie and the Green Goddess brought fitness into our homes,

although most of us were eating breakfast and watching from the

sofa. It had mass appeal for women. They could head out to a class or

do it at home, but the boys had to keep up. And so, another fad took

off. Muzzle gyms. Starting as sweaty basements full of

testosterone, they went mainstream when the big chains recruited men

and women by the,000. What is the psychology behind these? Why do so

many people guy into them? They are different and unique. Physical

exercise, exercise that helps health benefits involves discomfort

and some of the fads help distract people from the discomfort that

they exercise when they're exercising. Over half of the people

who start a programme will actually drop out within the first six

months. Over half? Over half, yeah. The fads are good at niche waiting

people at peaking their interest, which is fantastic, but now the

next question is how do we help people maintain and stick to the

programme? So, what about about my friends in the park? Just other

passing fad? We literally take the exercises that I use in the

military and transfer them to the park and put you through the same

routine, so we are not going to be here and gone tomorrow. This

fitness lark is quite simple. The more you do, the fitter you get,

but doing more is hard work. There isn't a fitness fad out there that

can make it any easier. I love him. My only worry was his

shorts weren't short enough! I'll pass the message on. He's probably

watching. My sister had Jane Fonda, but it was on audio tape. A lot

harder to follow. You have to listen a lot harder. Was there one

fitness fad that you got hooked on when you work out? I worked out to

DVDs, so I used to use Sindy Crawford's which is really

depressing, because she is so hot. There she is. That's what she

looked like, but with less clothes on, which is really depressing and

she works out with Radu, her trainer and after a year I can't

listen to him saying, "Breathe in and breathe out." That's why I

bring new ones out. I think everyone must be bored of the same

old jokes. This is nine and you are now doing intense? Yeah. It's very

now, because it's been scientifically prove on that high

intensity training is to work out hard for a short burst of time so

for about three to four minutes and then you have a rest, where you

literally do nothing except for let your heart rate go down and walk

around, because the blood will pool in your ankles, but totally rest

for two minutes and then you start out again for another. It's ideal

for people who don't have a lot of time? Absolutely perfect. It's a

ten-minute warm-up and then you have to do the cool-down. I worked

the warm-up, for ten minutes and then I was knackered. Were you? I

nearly spilt my cereal. Isn't the first step watching it? No, doing

it. My own workout is as vigorous. It's a bit more filling. OK. Props

man, Dave, bring on the weights. What I want you to do is first of

all, we have a Swiss Roll. Oh, my God. One in either hand. They are

heavy. I want you to do some. really haven't done any training,

have you? I don't even know about it. I'll do a lat. You keep going

while we chat. I've got a battenburg. That's heavier. I've

had more experience with cake, I think! If you find - That lightens

them a little bit. Have a nibble. If you find a DVD too much you can

do the app. There is a free app. It's free! 20 minutes. Is this your

first session since Chris ma? basically, I like -- Christmas No,

basically, I put on four pounds in two weeks. How does that happen?

You were enjoying yourself. Four pounds, so I started back at the

gym Lee days ago. I've had a session with Jackie and one with

Mark. Come on, stop chatting. We'll Can you exercise using the cakes?

Let me think about that. You could do it with swirly arms. That is

effective. We were watching that film earlier, and you were saying

you should have thought of a name. Maybe swirly arms was it. I feel

like smashing these. Into my face? Please do! Let me put them down.

shall we bring out the beast? my God. It is a wedding cake! At

Oak, the triceps. These are awful. I worked out with Mark the other

day, and I could not hug, pick up a cup of tea or write anything for

two days, it was that bad. But thanks to him, I can now bootless.

So Sarah's routine works as well. You can have a nibble of this now.

You know what time it is? Killer whale time! Last night, we saw Mike

Dilger scouring the seas, trying to track them down off the coast of

Scotland. Tonight, he strikes gold. When the news was received that

killer whales had been received close to our sure, we just had to

check it out. We have the west coast of Scotland over there, sky

over their attitude School of common dolphins joining us on our

journey, looking for these killer whales. We trawled the area with

little success. It is such a hard animal to find. But eventually, our

network of local contacts gave us the breakthrough we needed and it

was all hands on deck. Right ahead. Look at that! Oh, my word. You will

never believe this. We have just spotted killer whales at the front

of the boat. I think I can C3. There is a huge dorsal fin. It is

absolutely huge! There are two enormous fines. They must be two

males. That is sensational. In fact, there were four individuals. Whoa,

look at that. To think that this pot of killer whales belongs to the

West Coast community, it is thought there are nine members in the

family and it is the only known family of killer whales resident

around the UK coast. Killer whales in Britain are the subject of a

lengthy scientific study. Of the three groups that visit our shores,

the West Coast community is the only one that stays here all year

round. But with just nine individuals and a home range

stretching between the Outer Hebrides and Galway in the west of

Ireland, to find them at all in this vast ocean area is simply

astounding. The most amazing views. It's look at the size of those

dorsal fins. We are only seeing a tiny proportion of the animal. But

underneath, those males will be between seven and eight metres long

and will weigh up to 5.5 metric tons. Sometimes called the walls of

the sea, these powerful hunters need a lot of food to keep them

going. In the waters around Scotland, they could be feeding on

a multitude of species. Working as a pack, their diet includes

everything from porpoises to seal pups, squid and fish. It doesn't

get any better than that. There are two males, a female and a juvenile,

all flanking. They are such social animals. They are a top hunter, but

they live together, Corporate. -- co-operate. It felt like they were

putting on a show just for us. Beautiful. But unbeknownst to us,

below the surface, they were busy living up to their name. They are

about 15 metres off the front of the boat. Our skipper had spotted

something floating in the water. They are coming for it. I have just

seen one of the most remarkable things in my life. They spotted a

piece of meat in the water. We think it is the remains of a

harbour porpoise. Right in front of my eyes, a killer whale came up and

grab it. Astonishing. Did I think I would see killer whales? Maybe not.

Did I think I would see them eating? Maybe 1% of a chance.

Amazing. Take me home. Can't get any better than that. That is just

astonishing. You said it doesn't get any better,

but there is another one tomorrow. It gets even more exciting. Find

out what they were doing. Do you get eaten in the third one? I don't

disappear off the back of the boat like in Jaws. In the first film,

you were over the moon when you saw them, and then everything became so

calm. It was a lovely memory. We filmed that last July. It still

gives me goose bumps. It was so beautiful. They are so graceful.

am lucky to do loads of films on The One Show. Can people go and do

that? Absolutely. You can get a private chartered a boat, and they

have loads of people out spotting. You are armed with killer facts. In

some ways, it is sad. The west coast committee consists of nine

animals, five females and four males. They have not had a calf for

20 years. It is thought that killer whales are one of the few animals

that go through female menopause, and they might be past breeding

potential. So unfortunately, in our lifetime, the West Coast community

of Wales could die out. Maybe they just don't want to have kids. Maybe

they just want a career. I have a question. Yesterday, there were too

many sausages in the pan. Sorry to harp on about it was but did you

eat them all? That was for two men? There was a cameraman and a

director as well. They love their sausages. Davina was asking earlier

where she could go to see Wales. have a lovely map here. I was up in

the Outer Hebrides. You can see minke whales, killer whales, sperm

whales or humpbacks. The minke whale is one of our smallest.

Probably about 10 metres. If you move down to the Irish Sea, around

the Isle of Man, you can see minke whales, killer whales, humpback,

and the second largest animal in the history of the world, the fin

whale. And in Pembrokeshire, fin whales, transient killer whales,

those that move around a lot, and humpbacks. Osh book your trip now.

Now, you have heard of big bank bonuses. We have heard of multi-

billion-pound hedge funds. But it is not just hedge funds getting

bigger, it is Hedges themselves. I didn't write about. -- that. It is

not every day that you can spot a world record from behind the wheel

on an otherwise busy A-road. On the A93 in Perthshire, Scotland,

this massive beachhead looms over you, completely dominating the view.

It is enormous. Let's have a look. Hedges don't come any bigger. Local

land owner Sam now owns this hedge. It has been in his family for

centuries. So the head is looking spectacular with its autumn foliage.

How big is it? Be TVs 530 metres long and more than 30 metres high.

Since 1966, it has officially been recognised by the Guinness Book of

Records as the largest hedge in the world. Is that by accident or

design? It was planted in 1745 by my ancestors. There are two

versions as to how it came to be what it is now. One is more

romantic, which is that after her husband died in 1746 during the

Jacobite uprising, she allowed the trees to globe grocer to the

heavens to be near her love bomb. The more likely explanation is that

the hedge grow out of control as its Jacobite custodians laid low

after the uprising. A hedge looks like a hedge because it has been

maintained, meaning trimming, and lots of it. That is Charlie's job,

and he has done it for 40 years. This must be an epic operation. How

often do you trimmed the hedge? Every ten years. How long does it

take? She about six weeks. What about the high bits? Hydraulic

platforms, nowadays. Earlier, guys used to climate. Steeplejacks would

come and climb. But now we have hydraulic equipment. The in all

weather? Yes. At 100 ft, the tree will swing against the cradle,

which gives you frightening moments. Want a hand? So certainly. She at

50 feet, halfway up, you really get a sense of how tall the head is. It

is mature now, so will not get any higher, but it is bushy. That is

controlled, surprisingly, with a pair of ordinary garden shears.

Clean, fresh cut. Helps stop fungal infection. Where do you cut?

will see the older stumps. Take them as far back as you can

possibly do it. And these are beech trees. What is their lifespan?

to 300 years. So these are nearly passed it. They are a bit long in

the tooth. Do you then replace them? At no. Sir once they have

died, the hedge is gone. Using these to cut all of this hedge is a

bit like using nail scissors to cut your lawn. I could be some time.

Davina, do you do gardening? I have a greenhouse and I want to.

could do fitness with the hedge clippers. But I can't get any

bigger. My boyfriend is looking forward to sitting in his

greenhouse. Thank you to everybody tonight. It has been lovely with

Sarah for the last two days. Thank you to Davina. Gabby Logan will be