08/03/2016 The One Show

Hello and welcome to the One Show with a lovely Matt Baker. And

because Alex is somewhere out at sea approaching Falmouth, tonight I am

joined by my very first TV co-presenter, I can't believe it, it

is Konnie Huq! CHEERING. This is an absolute joy to

me. And thank you per showing me the ropes, it reminds me of a day way

back in the last millennium, I think it was 1999 and a freshfaced young

lad was given his very first Blue Peter badge. On it goes. I have

still got that shirt. What about the badge? You haven't changed a bit.

You certainly have. I have got a little bit wider but you are the

same. Tonight's guest hasn't been on the One Show the quite a few years

and we thought we had done something wrong but now we know the truth. How

does it feel to be chopped? You are a little bit late, Mr chop, you have

had your chips. That is precisely why I didn't let you go to the One

Show. But that has all changed because it

is time to welcome back the lovely Rebecca Front!

APPLAUSE. We love it when we get a name check

on other programmes, that was the The Thick Of It and you have just

been reunited with Peter Capaldi. This wary Malcolm Tucker. He didn't

swear on Doctor Who. I had a feeling he wouldn't, in real life, Peter

doesn't particularly swear, it was just the character. So he could take

everything out in his character. Yes, it must be incredibly healthy

to get it all out of your system and then you can get chilled and

relaxed. Does that pork chop follow you everywhere you go? I am really

glad it doesn't, because I am a vegetarian and it would be quite

offensive. It would be offensive if it was to turn up. It would be

embarrassing! Oh, dear. Listen, this week, it is all about our Hell on

High Seas challenge. It might pop up again later... The Hell on High Seas

challenge, have you been watching this, Rebecca? My goodness, yes,

sort of like that... Terrifying, rather them than me. I felt awful

when we said goodbye to them, knowing they had the whole night to

go through, for hours on, four hours of. And you can't sleep. We are

about to catch up with Ore, Hal, Alex and Angelica and Doon. Can you

remind us how to donate? To donate ?5, text

the word HELP to 70005. To donate ?10, text

the word HELP to 70010. Text messages will cost

your donation plus your standard network message

charge and all your donation

will go to Sport Relief. You must be 16 or over and please

ask the bill payer's permission. For full terms and conditions -

or to donate any amount you want To be generous! Shall we see how

they are getting on? Alex, it is over to you.

Our first hours at sea heading south. The calm before the storm and

an escort of dolphins. With an on-board musical accompaniment.

SHE SINGS. At the moment, Doon is trying to

attract the dolphins. They were there a minute ago and now they have

gone. They heard something they thought was attractive and I think

we have scared them off. SHE SINGS..

They are all around us, it is absolutely phenomenally exciting.

And while the rest of the crew enjoy the wildlife, I am given an

important job, or perhaps it is just an excuse to get me out of the way.

So all of them then there have sent me up here, up the read more or the

hoist as it is known, to look for wind. This is an actual thing, who

knew? You get a great view of the ocean, because you are so so high,

and you can look for ripples on the surface to determine which direction

the wind is coming from. The skipper has more reliable ways to judge the

weather and he is concerned about an oncoming storm and how we can

outpace it. Bear with us, this could get technical. We have a complex

weather situation, what we call a second very low pressure, springing

up and because it is not informed yet, there are a lot of question

marks as to where exactly it will be centred, which will mean Gale force

winds at the Irish Sea, right where we are. Our challenge is to out run

it and get out of the Irish Sea, round Land's End, into the English

Channel, and then we need to wait for another 24 hours to see how the

weather unfolds. As we pick up speed towards Land's End, the weather

suddenly takes a downturn, almost capsizing us. It might be a taste of

things to come. The crew seem to be suddenly shouting and telling them

all to get up on deck and then the sale was in the water. -- the sail.

When the boat went 180 degrees, I literally thought we would go. It

did a big 180 degrees shift and went from four knots to 30 knots. It

completely overpower issue. It was a real heart in mouth moment.

I feel seasick just watching that. A few days' training, really, but I

don't think anything can prepare you for that, to be fair. You know Doon,

don't you, quite well? I think Doon, of all the people I know, is the

best person to be doing that. She is a really strong swimmer, I hope she

won't need to be, but she has won the channel, in fact and she is kind

of quite intrepid -- she has swum the Channel. There she is looking

gung ho. She has that kind of spirit, she will be great. So this

is something that doesn't appeal to you at all? I can barely swim, I can

just about hold my own in the shallow end of a swimming pool but I

couldn't do that. And I get seasick. On a cross-channel ferry, I am a

nightmare, so that just looks like it would be awful. We understand

there has been quite a bit of seasickness already. Nearly all of

them! Before Alex said sale, she went out to Bangladesh to make some

films to give you an idea of where the money you donate will go -- set

sail. This is a country close to your heart. My homeland where my

parents are from and I have lots of family there and it is an incredibly

densely populated country, and extremely poor, so I know only too

well how important it is for your money to go there and the projects

your donation fund, both here in the UK and abroad, really will change so

many lives. Dhaka, Bangladesh. One of the most

crowded cities on the planet. Living here isn't easy. And living here

with a disability, well, that's a whole different story. I am coming

to the outskirts to meet a boy who lives here with his parents. Shuman

has a muscle wasting disease which means he cannot walk or move his

hands properly. How old are you? 12. 12? Shuman's condition and the

amount of personal care he needs have put his family under terrible

strain. Thank you so much for letting us

into your home this morning. Can you tell me a bit about your son and

when you first noticed his disability?

TRANSLATION: We noticed from the age of two that Shuman was ill, but he

could walk. But after the age of five, when he got typhoid, it made

him weaker and within a few years, he couldn't walk at all.

TRANSLATION: Being a mother, I feel sorry I can't do more. It makes me

cry. He is my beloved son and I sometimes ask him for forgiveness

because I just can't help him more. For the next six years, Shuman's

childhood pretty much came to a halt, with his father at work and

his mother unable to physically carry him to school.

Let me just to show you the room where Shuman spent six long years.

It is just in this room here, no interaction whatsoever, no friends,

no schoolwork to distract him, just four very, very bare walls to

Sderot. The loneliness must have been utterly overwhelming -- to

stare at. TRANSLATION: We are so sad thinking

what will happen when we die, as we won't be there, so who will take

care of him? I am so old, I cannot work now and I don't have enough

money to take Shuman abroad for better treatment, so I am asking for

help. We are so poor. We live in a slump, we don't have a house. I fear

what future is waiting for Shuman. Seeing Sadik like this, really

upset, it is so hard. It is hard anyway but they just don't have the

facilities to help in anyway and these poor people are left feeling

like they haven't done well as for him when they have given them all

they can, really. Now Shuman has got his childhood

back. Six months ago, a Sport Relief funded project heard about him and

offered much-needed physiotherapy and then something which would

really transform his life. A wheelchair.

Well here comes Dad with the wheelchair.

It is so simple, having a wheelchair means that his parents can take him

around without having to physically carry him.

TRANSLATION: After having the wheelchair, Shuman is smiling and is

starting to go out in the afternoon and play with his friends. The

project is also providing board games to help develop strength in

his hands. It has opened his world. It has brought friends here to play

with him, so instead of lying in a dark, dingy room in there, he is

outside, making friends, he is interacting, his world has grown. It

has completely changed things for him.

What is the best thing would you think, about having this wheelchair?

It is school. Going to school. And how does the wheelchair make you

feel? Very happy. Shuman now intends an inclusive school, thanks to the

help of Sport Relief. Which has also helped provide a wheelchair ramp to

give better access for him and other children like him. It is fantastic

news that Shuman is now in school, but the reality is, life is really

tough for families with a disabled child, wherever you are in the

world. But here, it is virtually impossible. You can help children

like Shuman and his friends here. To donate ?5, text the world HELP TO

70005. OR TO DONATE ?10, to 70010. In a country of such poverty, it is

so difficult to transform any way of life, so your money is so important.

And thank you to anyone who has donated so far. We are going to try

and go live to the Dong Feng. Alex, I don't know if you can hear me

clearly but we have wonderful news, we have been told that our wonderful

One Show viewers have already raised, after just one day, don't

forget, a staggering 350 4,000, 820 -- 354,000 pounds for Sport Relief.

I love you all so much! Team, ?354,810 already raised by the One

Show viewers! Thank you, we are so grateful. And listening to Shuman's

story in Bangladesh took me right back and reminded me exactly why we

are doing all this. It has been a very dramatic 24 hours, you saw the

weather deteriorated last night, but the night did bring its own

troubles, things we weren't expecting. Rebecca, you mentioned

seasickness and Hal unfortunately suffered badly, didn't you? I did,

and I'm not someone who normally suffers from it. It is like we are

on a roller-coaster that never stops, it is constantly going and

you feel totally debilitated. I was on my ship and just ended up staring

at the Ocean, holding a string of... Just looking at the sea, you have to

get your bearings. I was shocked, helicopter came right to wave at us

and at that point in the morning, I thought I want to jump in and be

rescued by them and go with them. It is really that things are trying to

stay with it. It has got better there and we have gone through it

but we will be facing yet again. I think we all felt like jumping in

and letting the helicopter rescuers. Ore, talk us through the four hour

on, for our off shifts through the night, which has been a real

struggle. It gets really hard, we have seen in the day when the boat

gets to a 45 degrees angle, it is extreme enough and we can handle it

appear but down there, trying to get your sleep, even the most simple of

tasks become impossible. The bunks then there are like the bunk beds in

a goal's house, they are tiny and you are clattering about trying to

put your clothes on and we have a lot of kit to keep a safe and keep

you warm and adjust is debilitating, but credit to you guys, you do all

of that for nine months a year, I don't know how you do it. They are

motoring on and that is what we are going to do. And one of the scary

thing is that does happen in the night is when the boat keels over

very suddenly. We experienced this on board last night, Doon was

absolutely petrified. Can you explain to the audience, give them a

taste of how that feels? You are sitting at the side, clipped

on and suddenly the boat keels to an angle and you brace your feet. It is

pretty rough. You look down at big waves. Suddenly three of the

normally incredibly calm crew started shouting and seemed worried

about something. Something was stuck in the rudder and they think it

might have been a large tuna fish or something. I thought the boat would

go over. I thought, I am tied on, where is my nice? I had visions of

cutting myself free under the boat. At night, there are crashes and you

do not sleep because you are afraid of going so fast. It is an extremely

dangerous challenge. I wanted to come to you, Suzi. We are running

out of time. The weather is awful. Tell us what the crew have been

saying. 15 nots but we expect a force ten gale. So anywhere between

35, 14 nots. Changing cells when we have to, busy night ahead, really

uncomfortable. -- knots. We will not be able to make it to North Shields

because the weather has been unpredictable. We will finish in

London on Friday night, fingers crossed. We have a long night ahead

that thank you to you for your support and we will speak again

tomorrow. Goodbye. APPLAUSE.

There we are. That is just one night. From somewhere approaching

Falmouth, to Sunday night and Rebecca, you are in a new drama,

Doctor Thorne. I feel like a lightweight! Doctor Thorne. It is in

three parts. Everybody hoped it would be a new Downton and be

because it is by Julian Fellowes but because it is from the Anthony

Trollope novel, it cannot go on for ever. It is finite because it is

based on a not particularly long novel and three parts is all we can

do. Your character is Lady Arabella Gresham and her family have fallen

on hard times. She wants her son to marry into money. Is she a hero or

villain, greedy or thinking of the family? She's not greedy, she is not

a hero. She is thinking of the family and is a difficult situation,

because her husband has gambled away money. He seems not to have

registered what he has done, the magnitude. She is in a situation...

She is a proper aristocrat and I think he is not. She has status in

mind and money in mind and the estate is about to disappear. The

only hope of saving that is for her son to marry money, which is a

horrible situation. I would like to think I would never expect my kids

to marry someone they do not love. They are breathing sighs of relief!

Ishii and enjoyable character to play -- is she? She is manipulative.

I played a character in a similar situation in War and Peace. She is

an operator. Like a natural politician in War and Peace. She

knows how to work the room and get the best from people but Lady

Arabella does not. She tries to be manipulative, but she is not good at

it and she thinks she can work her way around Doctor Thorne, but she is

rubbish at it. Julian Fellowes is very good. We are all hooked. As we

armour about to see, Lady Arabella goes head-to-head with Tom

Hollander's Doctor Thorne. I am very fond of Beatrix, I'd like

their friendship. I -- and suppose it should lead to renewed

familiarity between Frank and Mary? If you should put a stop to their

intimacy, tell Frank, not me, and cease your persecution of merit.

Persecution! Issue persecuted when I have received her as my own

daughter? You forget yourself. Good day, Doctor Thorne. APPLAUSE.

I like that term, a good way to end an argument. Good day and then just

walk off. I will try that next argument. The locations looks

stunning. Many people convinced there is some CGI. I saw something

on Twitter with people saying it was Astroturf. But not so, they are

National Trust properties. What makes it look unfamiliar is the sun

was shining. We have to comment on the sound, which is good. There have

been dramas which have had the rough end of the stick as far as sound is

concerned, but I was impressed. There were only a few parts we had

to re-record, because the dresses are authentic and they are rustling.

A few times, we would turn and swish. Good data you! And and

petticoats revolve! -- good day to you. Doctor Thorne continues on

Sunday at 9pm on ITV. Compelling viewing. It has been said that swing

like this was the music that saw Britain through the Blitz. Everybody

is toe-tapping in the studio. 75 years ago to today, in the midst of

bombing, the music temporarily came to a tragic end. Here is Cerys

Matthews. This record is by a British pop star

you have probably never heard of. It is Ken "Snakehips" Johnson, a band

leader in the 30s and 40s. He would probably be a household name today

had it not been for a moment of deadly misfortune.

Born in British Guiana, he was sent to Britain to be schools but became

intoxicated with jazz and won the nickname Snakehips with his wild

dancing and at the age of 26 he fronted the West Indian Orchestra,

Britain's only all swing band. I am heading the London's West End with a

jazz writer. It must have been exciting to see them because there

was a hunger for the American sound. And they were voted number one band

by the leading music magazine at the time and the fact he was a great

dancer in did him to audiences. They were on the radio a lot. He said

famously, I will make London swing, or die trying. By the start of the

Second World War Snakehips had a residency at the cafe de Paris, one

of the few clubs to stay open in the Blitz. 75 years later, it is still

going. If you wanted to forget the war you would want to come here. It

was considered to be the safest club in London because it is 20 feet

underground, and you would think you would not be in harm's way with arms

dropping. It would seem impregnable. Dance, jive, party as the bombs came

down. Do these Snakehips. But on the 8th of March, 1941, against

expectations, the reality of war broke through. The band was on the

stage. They were going into a number called "Oh, Johnny, Oh, Johnny". Why

incredible chance two bombs came crashing through the building into

the cellar. You can see from the pictures how the Cafe de Paris was

ripped apart. Absolutely gutted. This one with the guy picking up the

skeleton of the double bass that looks like it was cut in half. And

this one when you see them picking up debris on the floor. It is the

scene of a slaughterhouse. Around 30 died and 18 were injured. Snakehips

was killed instantly, but poignantly, his body was not marked

and he looked immaculate, he still had a flower in his buttonhole. He

was a star and he died looking like a star. It is disturbing. In a place

where people innocently enjoyed themselves, dancing, that it should

happen here. Nobody thought it would be the Cafe de Paris. I am getting

goose bumps being in the venue. I have heard about the tragedy from my

mother-in-law, who was here that very night. You are joking! She had

to take a train back to loot and left early, thankfully. -- Luton.

And this bomb dropped, killing a huge star, it was a huge shock. That

is right, it left a void. As a tribute we have invited the jazz

salon house band to play the song "Oh, Johnny, Oh, Johnny", the song

that Snakehips did not finish that night. And with magic, he is back

for a last dance. It looks like his legs are articulated. It is like a

surge of energy going through him. He moves so well, you cannot keep

your eyes from his legs. How does he move like that? It is a graceful

style, very charismatic. 75 years later, it is great to see Snakehips

back where he belongs. The Blitz did not break Britain's spirit, but who

knows what height Snakehips might have reached had he survived.

APPLAUSE. What a mover. What is crazy, the

bomb went down the ventilation shaft, and what would be the odds,

because they are so deep underground, it is supposedly

bombproof? If you are cooking your Sunday dinner at the weekend, tune

into Cerys Matthews' show on BBC six music. I enjoyed Kevin's care.

Rebecca, we are moving on to motherhood and you have developed a

repertoire of on-screen mothers. The embarrassing mum in Grandma's House.

To Boris' Machiavellian mother in War and Peace. We have put them on

the screen. Good and bad. We want to know what kind of Mum are you. We

have had a word with your children, Lee and Tilly. We have been digging

deep and the first question was, how tidy is your Mum? Oh, dear. Clothes

on the floor? I do not leave clothes on the floor, but I am not tidy in

the kitchen. Give us a number out of ten. Five, maybe. Well, interesting

because Ollie said eight and Tilly said two and the average was five.

That is because Ollie is messy and Tilly is tidy. How embarrassing out

of ten? Eight. Nine. What is your overused phrase? Probably something

like, I do things like, that is just not appropriate! Things like that.

You mean, it is not on! You're guilty pleasure. I cannot believe

you watch the Kardashians! That is all for tonight. Tonight, now, it is

time to give you the chop. I am sorry! Doctor Thorne continues on

Sunday at 9pm. Tomorrow, we will be joined by Zoe Ball and Alexei Sayle.

Good night.