08/03/2012 The One Show

Hello and welcome to the One Show with Lieutenant Minchin. And Major

It's Private Benjamin herself, Goldie Hawn. Can you believe it?!

Well come! How lovely to see you! That was so cute! How about that?

This is your last night in Britain. This is my last night, I leave

tomorrow for Los Angeles. I do one more show, talk about the book and

all the good things, then I go home and get to see all my kids and

everybody. New line a big fundraiser last night. It was so

much fun, we did really well. We are in schools here. Lovely photo

with your daughter. Anyway, that was awesome, really, really fun. We

were at Annabel's, it looks like you have gone back in time. We just

had a great time. I'm allowed to ask what time you got to bed?

4:30am. Impressive! It was hugely successful, everybody had so much

fun, and that is the thing with a fundraiser. I like to call them

fund raiser, we want to have a good time. And we did, so I am happy

about that. You have had a long and hugely successful career in

Hollywood, and these days she has moved in a completely different

direction, which we will hear more about in a little while. No matter

how many miles you rack up after passing a test, the first time you

hit a motorway, the nerves can turn to jelly. Learner drivers are

currently banned from motorways, but perhaps not for much longer.

Alison Craig knows all but the trials and tribulations of teaching

Motorway driving can bring out the worst in some people. There are

motorists who preferred to put speed over safety, and the reason

this is so topical and so close to my heart is I have got a 17-year-

old who is learning to drive right now. Just because it says 30, it is

not a minimum. It is a maximum. I Quite a strong braking technique!

Lily is one of thousands of people taking driving lessons at the

moment. He is learning to drive on a variety of different roads, but

like all learner drivers, he is not allowed near the motorway. But this

could be about to change with proposals being considered to let

learner drivers like him on to the motorways before they have even

passed their test. The Road Safety Minister says he has been looking

at the whole driving test regime and wants to see learners getting

motorway experience in order to give them more confidence and

greater skills. Just a tip, much lower, there is a lot going on.

am going under 20 mph. It doesn't matter! Mike Speed Demon likes the

idea. If you incorporate motorway driving into lessons, once you pass,

you will be more confident. Motoring journalist Quentin Wilson

agrees. Teaching kids to drive on the motorway is something we have

got to do. It is ridiculous we give them a piece of paper, sent them on

to a motorway without any tuition a tour. We have got to teach them on

real life motorways, and that means doing it at the right time and

being intelligent about it, not in rush-hour, not at peak times, and

putting in all sorts of safety mechanisms. If you feel you need

extra tuition to drive on motorways after you have passed your test,

you can pay to do a special course which usually costs over �100.

Grant is 17, and under the tuition of his instructor, he has just

passed his test. Things happen very quickly at 70 mph. You have got

very little time to react. We do try to train people to look ahead,

we try to train people to plan, but if they have never actually

experienced how quickly things can change a 70 mph, it is going to

come as quite a surprise to them. Grant has never driven on the

motorway before but is taking us Obviously, a lot quicker, and

sometimes other drivers do not show as much consideration as you would

like, but all in all I think I did pretty well. The grant took it all

in his stride, but he has passed his test. What learners under

instruction be so calm at high Where better to canvass the opinion

of the other 35 million licence holders in the UK and a trekkers

cafe? If you get lorries, 44 tonnes behind them, they will panic and

anything could happen. You have got to learn somewhere at the end of

the day, but if it gives them a bit more practice and makes them less

of a problem when they have passed their test, better for it, I think.

Many of the truck as we spoke to were positive about the measures,

but the Road haulage Association are concerned. They say they would

support learners being formally trained to drive on motorways but

I'm not in favour of it happening ahead of the test. As their mother,

I just want my son to be the best and safest driver he possibly can

be, but the idea of L-plates and that busy road brings me out in a

cold sweat. The road safety minister is consulting on the

proposals later this year. Well, Justin Rowlatt is here, good

to see you. Initially, we heard you were not available for tonight, but

when you heard that Goldie was on... It is true! You rush down the

motorway to get here, brilliant. Isn't that sweet? It is true!

Motorways, though, statistically, are one of the safest roads. It is

a surprise to know that, they are saved up. He would have thought

would all these cars and trucks hurtling at 80 mph, you would have

thought the motorways would be more dangerous, but as a proportion of

the accidents that happen, fewer accidents happen. 20% of road

traffic is on motorways with only 6% of accidents. 42% on rural roads,

60% of accidents. Rural roads are the danger spot. You were saying

that rural roads are your favourites. Yes, I like them, that

is when you get into the car... a sense of the driving experience.

It really feels like you are driving. My dad used to take me in

the car, I would say, let's go down that road, it looks fun. From an

accident point of view... Good memories! Emergency services can

get you on time. On a motorway, faster road, the ambulance get

there quicker, and you have got other people to alert the emergency

services. On a rural road, if you have an accident, you could be on

your own for hours. In America, possibly days before somebody finds

it. Actually, this is one of the reasons why rural roads are more

dangerous. When you were learning to drive, did you go on the

freeway? I leant on rural roads, I was 14! That sounds amazing here,

but that is allowed in America, isn't it? We are, my cousin was

older than me, and she said, come on, let's go out in Nashville and

drive my car, I went yes! We went out into a rural area, I learnt at

14. Another reason why rural roads are dangerous. Exactly, Little

Goldie is on that road! Where did you learn? I learned in Maryland

and in school. In school? In school, yes. It is completely separate here.

I am sorry to interrupt you and everything! We are going down

memory lane. Brilliant! Earlier we mentioned that Goldie had moved

into the world of education, and particularly ways of making

children happier. We went to Carlisle which one survey has named

as the happiest place in the country, and we ask youngsters

This afternoon we are looking at things that make us happy, I will

start with this table here. Snow makes me happy because I like

building snowmen and having snowball fights. My skateboard

makes me happy, and this is my skateboard. Friends and family may

as happiest. This is my box of happy memories. This belonged to my

great grandmother, Konnie. Photos of my dad. We think flowers are

pretty because they smell nice. they are very colourful. It is my

medals, because I am really proud of myself for getting them. He is

table likes food, like all-you-can- eat buffet is! I like teddies, and

in particular I really liked nothing teddies. And I always sleep

with one at night. I am happiest when I'm playing my guitar, playing

Green Day. We all know what makes Completely wonderful. That is great.

Kids of Norman Street Primary School looking very happy, but on

the whole children did not come out well on the UNICEF survey.

really, they came in number one in the least happy children. They had

the least sense of well-being. I know that the US came in at No. Two.

So has brothers and sisters are not doing too well, which is one of the

reasons why I thought, let's pick out a programme for kids to give

them a reason to be happy and create more optimism for them, give

them tools. We have brought it over here now, so we are working

together. It was a vision of yours, and you have got experts in the

field. Exactly, it was a vision, knowing that there are ways to help

children in this way, but I did not write the programme. There were

psychologists and neuroscientists, practitioners of all kinds,

teachers wrote the programme. We researched it, and the programme

came out amazingly. So it is already in six primary schools in

England, including one in Hackney that we have got pictures of.

Explain what is at the heart of it. How do you make children happy?

Well, you do not make them happy, but you give them tools to change

their state of mind. So we teach them about the brain, and how their

brains work, which gives their context for their emotions, right?

They understand what is going on, what is stress, they start

recognising that. We give them brain breaks three times a day, and

they get to focus and breathe or think of a flower or anything they

wanted to honour our own in the classroom. And then they do mindful

of their senses, then act of kindness, savouring happiness, of

all of this is wrapped around your school day. In other words, it is

not an add-on. It is how you approach your lessons. If you are

going to do something on China, you might be mined for tasting on an

egg roll. -- mine for. You can do jelly beans at Easter, you talk

about that. Or you have adjectives, that is the way it is meant to be,

and it has changed these children's schooldays incredibly. It sits

alongside the national curriculum, the teachers go and learn about it.

Exactly. When a child is upset, frenzied, I'm the, fearful,

something happens, they learn that they are acting up, but they can

learn to quieted down and that the prefrontal cortex allows them to

learn and listen and remember. So it is pretty exciting. Can you give

us a couple of tips? I have been trying some of them. I love that!

The one thing at home that I find difficult, trying to encourage my

daughters to concentrate. Yes, exactly. What you do for that?

do our lot of things for brokers. A lot of the things in the classroom

are all around focusing. So focusing on food, but you're also

asking the child to think about what they are eating, and now they

are focusing on that. So you have longer and longer periods of

activities, where you are actually focusing. So it is really working

that muscle. Excuse me, today the kids are not doing that because

they have got instant... Not just the television, we have all of this

technology, so it is stealing a lot of this intimacy. And the concept

of the brain tightening up. It is like squeezing sand in your hand,

you want to hold it but it all comes out. You do not think as well,

so it teaches children how to manage themselves, becomes self-

aware. It is all in his book, 10 Mindful Minutes. It is, it shows

you, but the book is for parents, care givers. It is not necessarily

right now for you to say, I am going to do this with my kids,

because you have to do it, manage your emotions, get yourself ready.

I have got my little box at home, fillet with objects, close your

eyes. I love it, isn't it fun, though? How about the smelling one?

Close your eyes and smell things! Getting to grips with your senses.

It makes them focused. We could not have you here without talking about

some of your fantastic movies. We wanted to show a clip of one of our

Oh! What is this muck? Andrew, when I tell you to pack staples, must I

specify that you pack good caviar and not this cheap stuff? Yes.

should be round, hard, and adequate size. It should burst in your mouth

at precisely the right moment. Brilliant. Fantastic. Of course,

you have been happily unmarried to your partner, Kurt Russell? Yes.

Is that how the relationship goes? No. No. Not xablgtly, but he is a

lot of fun. -- not exactly, but that was a lot of fun. That was the

second movie we did. The first was Swing Shift.

Are you a fan of Caviar? I love it! Sadly.

There is an element of truth in that? Yes.

Well, Goldie Hawn's book, Tendulkar, is out now. Now, erradrum, a word

that has been taken from the Oxford English Dictionary. Apparently

nobody using it anymore. Now, the First World War conjures up fields

of mud and trenches, but then a new threat arose from the decide. The

zeppelin. Airfields were created to protect London from bombing raids,

like this one here in Essex. This is the aerodream, the most

complete surviving First World War aerodream in the world, but these

days it is home to a lot more than just planes. Since the end of the

war, all of this has been used soley for farm storage. It is a

unique patch of land, undisturbed and left to its own devices for,

well, almost a century. Russell Savoury is the owner of the

aero drrbgs rome. He has been working towards a future for this

site. It is less been planes and engines, more about wildlife and a

love of photography. What do you love about this place?

It is the atmosphere. Something that I picked up when I came here

in the first five minutes. It is unexplainable, but there is an

atmosphere. It is a lovely, lovely feeling.

You are a keen photographer? Yes, a couple of hours in the morning and

in the evening. That is dedicated! I love it.

Let's have a look at the buildings. In keeping with the military theme,

Russell has developed a novel way of getting a close-up view of the

wildlife. A camouflaged car! But this is not

the First World War technology, this is state-of-the-art

electrically powered stealth! Well, it is certainly a promising start,

a gorgeous little wheatear. Can we move on? We will do.

On to the next spot. Russell's camouflaged car acts as a mobile

hide. These hares would normally run a mile, but being almost silent,

we can get a much closer view of the action.

Oh! Not bad. Not bad, but to get really great wildlife shots, it

takes a lot of patience and dedication. Russell has put in many

hours watching and waiting here. Over the months, he's been able to

create his own amazing portfolio. Since the end of the First World

War, this plot of land has been almost abandoned and it is this

that make it is so special. The longer the land is neglected,

the more animals find sanctuary in the quiet oasis and thrive. This is

a the -- the amazing thing, there are so many animals fitting in this

habitat. You can't guarantee it, but the

more you are here, the more you can see. For me, seeing a Great Spotted

Wood perk in such close quarters is the icing on the cake.

Well, I think that I have cracking photos. Russell, thank you for an

amazing day. It is my pleasure entirely.

That looked incredible, but Goldie, that is your worst nightmare?

would love to drive in that! Well, I was thinking maybe not? It is not

that, it is about the fact it is a lovely motorhome. No-one can see in.

There is absolute privacy. Yes, from the frofr's point of view.

Well, sometimes we do feel hunted, we celebrities.

So, you need to have a car like that yourself? It would be awesome.

Now, you have had before the image of the ditsy blonde, but is that

something that you chose? Or is it something that you fought against?

Oh, look, she is so cute! Oh, my God it looks like my grandson.

Is it? Do I choose the parts? I don't think, I think God chose me.

I had no designs on what I might do, I think it was just my destiny.

Woody Allen said that those who play the silly blondes are the

cleverest, that they get it absolutely right? Yes. I never

thought I was not smart, but I do have a lot of fun. What about now?

We don't see many comedies of women in lead roles? Not as many as we

should. Bridesmaids was amazing. It was hilarious. Christopher Rigg

wrote that. Sometimes it takes that, it take as woman to go out there

and write something that is that hilarious, but there are far and

few between. Do you think that there will be more off the back of

that? No. It didn't happen with any of the films that I did, that were

very, very successful. They thought that they may do a similar thing,

but it does not quite work that way. We were going to do a sequel of The

First Wives Club... Which was brilliant.

But they waited three years to do it, it was too late.

We could not go on without showing another clip of Private Benjamin,

here we go. This is Judy Benjamin in Private Benjamin.

Look out! Yes! APPLAUSE! How many times did you go around the assault

course for that?! That was one of my favourites, it really was.

Fiscal comedy is the best. It is so much fun to be involved. Then you

don't have to say one thing. It is a beautiful thing to be able to do.

You produced it as well? I did. We just decided to band together. Like,

"Hey, let's make a movie." And, "Yes, and let's produce it too." I

don't watch my movies, so to see that there, I have not seen that in

about 25 years or something. It is really funny. You know, I'm doing

something now that I care very much about for children. The Hawn

Foundation and this programme is the biggest and most important part

of my life. I would never say anything against my career, but it

is good to have other passions. And speaking of passion, we have

been asking -- you may have heard of the competitions that are out to

write essays and send them in, but we are asking you to send yours

into to the One Show. Now, Goldie has worked with the likes of Warren

Beatty and Gibraltar, but never Michael Douglas.

With you we get to work with him all the time.

Today I'm in Leicester for one of the most colourful times of the

year it is Holi. This is Ranji, she is having a

haircut. Just a little one. Tell me what is happening here

People go abound with lots of colours, they spread the colour s,

it is a celebration of spring. Are you getting covered in colour?

I hope not. You try to duck, but you do get caught out.

Are you ready? I don't know. Stop worrying, you will be OK.

looks good. It's a pleasure.

So, this is Ritti. Are you OK? I am good.

We are going to chop your hair? All of it Oh, no! What is Holi? It is a

celebration that is celebrated all around the world.

It is celebrated by the Sikhs as well.

Really? Yeah it is celebrated around the world. You have no fears

about meeting people. You just throw colour on anyone and everyone.

So it can be like, "Yeah, high." And throw colour on them and get

talking to them. Are you ready? Yeah. Are you sure?

Yeah. I love it! I love these colours.

So, this is Ketan, he wants a haircut. How many people celebrate

this There are over 1 billion Hindus, so I hope that the majority

of them are celebrating. 1 billion people having a party, and I'm

going to be one of them. How long has this gone on for? There is some

ancient artwork that has gone back thousands of years.

That long?! What is this from? That r That is from last year. It got

very messy. Take a look. I like it. I like it.

It is good. Do you have a girlfriend? Stpiefplt

no, I don't, but I will now, though. -- Behind me is this temple, I'm

going to go in and take a look... What do you have for me? It is just

dates. So, whether the fire is on, I throw in the date? Yes.

There you go. It landed in the fire. Happy holidays! Happy Holi! We can

cut that short? No, you can't cut my hair.

I can't talk you into it No. What do I do? I just go like that?

you do! Well, I have had a great day learn being something that I

never knew existed. Look, my white Great. That looks fun to me. You

have seen this festival in real life? I have. Absolutely. I was in

it. I was so scared. Were you? I had no idea. People are

really, first of all, they are drinking. Secondly it is a big

festival. They are so happy. This is the time of spring, boys get to

touch girls, it is feisty. Not necessarily with me, but they were

throwing vats of water on me it was getting in my eyes. Water was in my

mouth. I was worried in India, thinking is this water purified ?!

I was dumped in this big thing. I was shaking.

So you would not necessarily recommended it? Well, I did not get

the pink out of my hair for two months. Thank you very much very

much. Thank you very much for the e-mails