0:00:20 > 0:00:25Hello and welcome to The One Show with Alex Jones.And Matt Baker. Do
0:00:25 > 0:00:29were joined a Hollywood superstar who for almost 50 years has been
0:00:29 > 0:00:36showing us she is not a woman to be messed with.
0:00:39 > 0:00:48messed with.Let's have a little talk. What do you think? Darling!
0:00:48 > 0:00:55Where do you get off behaving like that with women?
0:00:55 > 0:01:01that with women? Do you have a problem with this?Please welcome
0:01:01 > 0:01:08Susan Sarandon!
0:01:08 > 0:01:14Susan Sarandon! Wow. You have starred in over 80 movies.That was
0:01:14 > 0:01:21a lot of hair acting.All sorts was going on.I learned that from Cher.
0:01:21 > 0:01:26She figures out her hair first and goes for the character after. You
0:01:26 > 0:01:32think I'm kidding.I can believe that of Cher. She has a lot of hair
0:01:32 > 0:01:36in a lots of films.But is it right that all this acting was never
0:01:36 > 0:01:39really on the cards for you and you ended up acting because you turned
0:01:39 > 0:01:45up at a boyfriend's audition? Husband. I married him in my senior
0:01:45 > 0:01:49year of college. Chris Sarandon went on to do dog day afternoon and get
0:01:49 > 0:01:52an academy award nomination. He still acts. He needed someone to
0:01:52 > 0:01:58read a scene, and I did. It was for an agent, not a part. And she said,
0:01:58 > 0:02:04why don't you come back too, and I came back. Then I kept working,
0:02:04 > 0:02:08which seemed hilarious, because I had never studied acting. It just
0:02:08 > 0:02:11shows you don't have to know anything. You just have to figure
0:02:11 > 0:02:14out how to survive, but the acting part is not complicated.What were
0:02:14 > 0:02:21you focusing on?Just getting out of New Jersey. I wanted to go to
0:02:21 > 0:02:25college. I was very interested in literature and theatre. But the
0:02:25 > 0:02:32school that I went to was more about an academic approach. And I was
0:02:32 > 0:02:37working my way through, so I had tonnes of jobs. I was cutting hair,
0:02:37 > 0:02:42ironing, cumin apartments. There are still people who owe me money.I
0:02:42 > 0:02:46loved you before, but I found out today that you came to the UK in
0:02:46 > 0:02:512006 to discover whether or not you had Welsh roots in Tondu, near
0:02:51 > 0:02:58Bridgend. I was like, what? That is a match made in heaven.So how Welsh
0:02:58 > 0:03:03are you? Well, it's on my dad's side and I am Welsh, thank God, because
0:03:03 > 0:03:06they spent all that money to bring me in and all my siblings came with
0:03:06 > 0:03:11me, which is eight siblings. I am the eldest of nine. They don't want
0:03:11 > 0:03:14to tell you too much because they are hoping you will cry and be
0:03:14 > 0:03:21emotional. So they said, do you know who Dylan Thomas is? I said, oh, my
0:03:21 > 0:03:30God, yes, I do! And they said, no. Your great-uncle drank with him, or
0:03:30 > 0:03:37something.That's all right, that's a connection.And I had already
0:03:37 > 0:03:42spent some Christmases in Swansea, actually. And then Catherine
0:03:42 > 0:03:47Zeta-Jones was in Feud, and she is Welsh. And I had a boyfriend who
0:03:47 > 0:03:56went to high school with her.We are basically related.
0:03:56 > 0:03:58basically related.Well, for your latest project, you talked about
0:03:58 > 0:04:02your love of literature and now it is very much documentaries. You have
0:04:02 > 0:04:07looked into the secret life of this remarkable lady. It is the 1940s
0:04:07 > 0:04:11actress Hedy Lamarr. We will be finding out more about her and her
0:04:11 > 0:04:17story in a little while.She's so beautiful. They said she was the
0:04:17 > 0:04:21most beautiful woman in the world. Snow-white was apparently based on
0:04:21 > 0:04:26her. Now, the Home Secretary, Amber Rudd, says she wants to change the
0:04:26 > 0:04:29way we as a country think about domestic abuse. The statistics are
0:04:29 > 0:04:34striking. Nearly 2 million people a year are subjected to violence and
0:04:34 > 0:04:37intimidation in their homes. 100 calls are made every hour to the
0:04:37 > 0:04:41police and two women are killed every week in England and Wales.The
0:04:41 > 0:04:48Home Secretary is with us tonight and we will be asking her what the
0:04:48 > 0:04:50government will be doing to reduce those numbers. First, Anita has been
0:04:50 > 0:04:56to see a radical new project in action.
0:04:56 > 0:05:01OK, guys, we are going to be looking at emotional abuse.Everyone in this
0:05:01 > 0:05:05room has their own tale to tell about domestic violence and abuse.
0:05:05 > 0:05:12Don't want to put up with it no more. You go through it all,
0:05:12 > 0:05:16violence, anxiety, depression. People can only take so much. Treats
0:05:16 > 0:05:23on the way you want to be treated. None of them are the victims.When
0:05:23 > 0:05:28you were swearing and calling her bad names, you thought that was OK?
0:05:28 > 0:05:32This session is part of a pilot project being run by Northumbria
0:05:32 > 0:05:36Police. It's been designed to identify abusers or those at risk of
0:05:36 > 0:05:40abuse in who it is believed will respond positively to therapy. The
0:05:40 > 0:05:44scheme has been championed by police and crime commission Dame Vera
0:05:44 > 0:05:49Baird. What is the purpose of this initiative?People go into prison
0:05:49 > 0:05:52and come out again and carry on behaving the way they did. These
0:05:52 > 0:05:58courses can bring change.At what point do you identify the
0:05:58 > 0:06:03perpetrator and say, you are going to have this course?We have to find
0:06:03 > 0:06:06the perpetrator. It comes from a number of sources. Once it is clear
0:06:06 > 0:06:10that somebody has made a valid referral, the police will say, you
0:06:10 > 0:06:16have been picked out as a domestic abuse perpetrator. Will you go on
0:06:16 > 0:06:22this course? Does it mean that because you have witnessed domestic
0:06:22 > 0:06:26abuse of a child, you will go on to do that?If you have seen it, you
0:06:26 > 0:06:33think it is normal.But it is still a choice you make.From May, tougher
0:06:33 > 0:06:35sentencing guidelines will mean people convicted of domestic abuse
0:06:35 > 0:06:39in England and Wales are more likely to go to prison. These participants
0:06:39 > 0:06:43are working hard to ensure that doesn't happen to them.For those
0:06:43 > 0:06:47guys who were here a few weeks ago, we looked at the effect that abuse
0:06:47 > 0:06:53has on our partners. It's massive.I have just stepped out of the session
0:06:53 > 0:06:59and it's really powerful stuff.When I first came here, I wasn't thinking
0:06:59 > 0:07:07I should be here. But after this session, I think I should.They are
0:07:07 > 0:07:12being made to think about their actions and the consequences, and
0:07:12 > 0:07:17join the dots together.But who is responsible for your behaviour?But
0:07:17 > 0:07:21can sessions like this really work? I have arranged to meet a man who
0:07:21 > 0:07:24says they can. He has a history of violence against his wife, the most
0:07:24 > 0:07:31recent of which led him to become involved in the project.I got very
0:07:31 > 0:07:34abusive and I got the point of physically pushing her against the
0:07:34 > 0:07:43wall. She you need help. -- she said, you need help.What did the
0:07:43 > 0:07:47course teach you?They teach you these things called time-outs. It is
0:07:47 > 0:07:55a controlling mechanism. You can do role-playing, which shows you the
0:07:55 > 0:07:59way it escalates.Do you think it has taught you to control your rage?
0:07:59 > 0:08:07Yes.So you can stop yourself before it escalates?That is what the
0:08:07 > 0:08:13intention is.And you couldn't do that before?Never had the skill.
0:08:13 > 0:08:18Are you a reformed man?Yes. I do have the occasional argument with my
0:08:18 > 0:08:25wife, but it doesn't escalate. That is the difference.The Home Office
0:08:25 > 0:08:28is the perpetrator project has proved so successful that it has
0:08:28 > 0:08:33invested £1 million to roll it out to neighbouring forces. But what do
0:08:33 > 0:08:37the victims themselves think about this kind of approach? Melanie spent
0:08:37 > 0:08:40ten years in a physically and psychologically abusive
0:08:40 > 0:08:47relationship. We asked her to listen to some of the session.
0:08:49 > 0:08:50to some of the session.Who identified using abusive behaviour
0:08:50 > 0:08:55in their assessment?Threatening behaviour, yeah.I don't know
0:08:55 > 0:09:01whether it is an attitude of, I've got my backside on the seat, I am
0:09:01 > 0:09:09here. I don't know if this is going to be a positive outcome.Are you
0:09:09 > 0:09:17respected or feared?I think it is brave for
0:09:21 > 0:09:25brave for perpetrators to come themselves. But I don't think this
0:09:25 > 0:09:27programme has convinced me any different of my thought that it
0:09:27 > 0:09:33won't work. It is a waste of money, waste of resources. The money should
0:09:33 > 0:09:39be focused on victims and their children.Dame Vera Bird is keen to
0:09:39 > 0:09:45reassure victims like Melanie.It's not an either/or, that is critical.
0:09:45 > 0:09:50We continue to spend money on victims, and that is where the
0:09:50 > 0:09:54fundamental money must go. But we will just be mopping up the mess
0:09:54 > 0:09:59made by these perpetrators, supporting people in that way, if we
0:09:59 > 0:10:03don't also tackle it.For the men attending the session, there is
0:10:03 > 0:10:11still a long road ahead.What is at the top of the list?Respect.So
0:10:11 > 0:10:16that be mindful of listening is really important in a relationship.
0:10:16 > 0:10:19The Home Secretary Amber Rudd joins us now. So today you have launched
0:10:19 > 0:10:26this Domestic Abuse Bill. It is a 12 week consultation period where you
0:10:26 > 0:10:30will be listing to the general public. You heard what Melanie, a
0:10:30 > 0:10:35victim, said about her view on the counselling perpetrators. What is
0:10:35 > 0:10:41your reaction to what she said?Our focus is always going to be on the
0:10:41 > 0:10:44victims. This consultation shows that. We are introducing measures
0:10:44 > 0:10:49and consulting on them to make sure that victims get more support at
0:10:49 > 0:10:53every stage. We are also identifying additional victims and encourage
0:10:53 > 0:10:59them to come forward. But what we saw here was a new programme to stop
0:10:59 > 0:11:03domestic abuse. With perpetrators, you see a lot of repeat activity.
0:11:03 > 0:11:07What we have seen from this initiative, which was launched in
0:11:07 > 0:11:132015, is a 60% reduction in the amount of people repeat offending.
0:11:13 > 0:11:17It is a big change. We have also announced that we will be rolling it
0:11:17 > 0:11:23out to five other police forces with an additional 7 million. So it is a
0:11:23 > 0:11:28big approach in terms of reducing the amount of domestic abuse as well
0:11:28 > 0:11:31as supporting victims.Having watched that film, Susan, do you
0:11:31 > 0:11:37think Melanie is right?I can understand Melanie after living for
0:11:37 > 0:11:40ten years in an abusive situation, why she would be reluctant to trust
0:11:40 > 0:11:45that there can be change. But I think to break up families and not
0:11:45 > 0:11:51give a shot to someone to learn to reprogram themselves... It does come
0:11:51 > 0:11:55from either a problem with anger management or growing up in an
0:11:55 > 0:12:02atmosphere where this seems normal. Also, in the United States, there
0:12:02 > 0:12:08are programmes in high school or younger for girls to identify that
0:12:08 > 0:12:12this is abusive behaviour, because it starts really young. So young
0:12:12 > 0:12:15girls can see that this isn't normal for them to be shoved around either.
0:12:15 > 0:12:22Very often, "He cares about me so much that he is jealous and
0:12:22 > 0:12:26violent", whatever, that association is not healthy, so to make that
0:12:26 > 0:12:31clear early on is also effective.So it if you were part of this
0:12:31 > 0:12:33consultation, what would you be saying to our Home Secretary that
0:12:33 > 0:12:37could work in helping to reduce violence?It is totally on the right
0:12:37 > 0:12:45track. It's not an either/or situation, as she says. You have to
0:12:45 > 0:12:51give families a shot, give these guys a shot to keep families
0:12:51 > 0:12:55together and to not let it go on forever. But I can understand that
0:12:55 > 0:12:59if you have been living this way for a long time, it's hard to believe
0:12:59 > 0:13:02that something would change.I agree with this point about learned
0:13:02 > 0:13:05behaviour. We saw that from some of the comments from the men. They
0:13:05 > 0:13:09might have seen it in their families. So if we can stop that
0:13:09 > 0:13:13cycle, then the children are less likely to think it is normal
0:13:13 > 0:13:18behaviour. They need to learn it in school as well.And it's not just
0:13:18 > 0:13:22about changing the law, it might be about the public be more forthcoming
0:13:22 > 0:13:26and reporting abuse if they see or hear it.Exactly, is about women
0:13:26 > 0:13:30having the confidence to come out and talk about it, taking away the
0:13:30 > 0:13:34shame, acknowledging that so much of it takes place, and for them to be
0:13:34 > 0:13:38confident that when they do report it, action will be taken. We have
0:13:38 > 0:13:42introduced new training for police so that when it is reported, they
0:13:42 > 0:13:45are sensitive about knowing how to approach it. I was at a police
0:13:45 > 0:13:48station the other day and the police described to me how they had been
0:13:48 > 0:13:56called into a house for something else entirely and they're one of
0:13:56 > 0:13:58them spotted a post it on the fridge which said, asked the master before
0:13:58 > 0:14:00opening. And he started asking questions, and all this coercive and
0:14:00 > 0:14:04controlling behaviour came out and action was taken. So it is being
0:14:04 > 0:14:08aware and looking for the signs.You are here on The One Show because you
0:14:08 > 0:14:14want the public to get involved. So how can they help?Talk to your
0:14:14 > 0:14:18friends. Unfortunately, everybody will know somebody or themselves,
0:14:18 > 0:14:21who is having some sort of experience of that. They should not
0:14:21 > 0:14:26put up with it. Find out what other people are doing and make sure that
0:14:26 > 0:14:31if they need help, they get it.If you have been affected by domestic
0:14:31 > 0:14:35abuse or you want to get involved with the consultation and give your
0:14:35 > 0:14:40opinions, there is more information on our website.Before you go, we
0:14:40 > 0:14:44can't have you here and not ask about the current poison situation
0:14:44 > 0:14:47with Sergei Skripal and his daughter. And their policeman was
0:14:47 > 0:14:53also involved. We are hearing the 21 people are being treated.What is
0:14:53 > 0:14:56the current situation? This was a dreadful event and it has been
0:14:56 > 0:15:00unravelling over four days. I have spoken to the head of
0:15:00 > 0:15:06counterterrorism police, who gave me the update. You're right, 21 people
0:15:06 > 0:15:12have sought medical advice. Out of that, two of them, the targets, are
0:15:12 > 0:15:17still seriously ill. I am pleased to say the policeman is now stable. But
0:15:17 > 0:15:21this is a live criminal investigation. It is a very serious
0:15:21 > 0:15:26matter, and attempted murder, and we will give the police space to do
0:15:26 > 0:15:28their investigation so that they can reach conclusions which we can
0:15:28 > 0:15:34follow up.
0:15:34 > 0:15:41Susan's latest project is one she has produced, Bombshell: The Hedy
0:15:41 > 0:15:46Lamarr Story. It is about the 1940s film star.Yes, she was known as the
0:15:46 > 0:15:47world's most beautiful woman but there
0:15:47 > 0:15:53world's most beautiful woman but there was more to her than that.
0:15:57 > 0:16:01It was her hobby. She had a complete table said up in her house. Howard
0:16:01 > 0:16:10Hughes gave her a set of equipment. Howard Hughes wanted to build the
0:16:10 > 0:16:15fastest planes in the world so he could send them -- sell them to the
0:16:15 > 0:16:20airports.
0:16:41 > 0:16:45What a brilliant story to have on International women's's day. You
0:16:45 > 0:16:49produced the documentary, Susan, and Alexander directed it. How did you
0:16:49 > 0:16:54come together to work on this project?We have a mutual friend in
0:16:54 > 0:17:02her brother. Who also produced. And has been a friend of mine. We were
0:17:02 > 0:17:06forming a documentary film company. And Alex was interested in this.
0:17:06 > 0:17:11There was a book. I met with the guy who had of the book, that led to the
0:17:11 > 0:17:19next thing. Luckily all my children have left home.
0:17:19 > 0:17:21have left home. And we moved a couple of extra tables in and
0:17:21 > 0:17:26started to use my apartment.When you do all of this there is an
0:17:26 > 0:17:29enormous amount of research that goes into this, Alex. Was there a
0:17:29 > 0:17:35key moment when you thought, this is on, let's do this?There was a
0:17:35 > 0:17:40moment when I thought, we have a problem. At the beginning we didn't
0:17:40 > 0:17:45have her voice. I wanted to do this story but I was reluctant to plunge
0:17:45 > 0:17:51ahead without Heddy's on voice. She had died having become a recluse and
0:17:51 > 0:17:55not really wanting to tell the world her story. Everything that was
0:17:55 > 0:17:59presented to me at the beginning of the books about her life was
0:17:59 > 0:18:06somewhat questionable. Scientists were also saying to me, we want this
0:18:06 > 0:18:14to be true at how likely is it really?Yeah. Then some tapes came
0:18:14 > 0:18:23into play.Yeah, the miracle of my life.Your children will not like
0:18:23 > 0:18:31that!And my two boys! The third miracle of my life was that moment
0:18:31 > 0:18:35with the tapes. We had been working on the film six months when we
0:18:35 > 0:18:40finally found them. We found them just by systematically calling every
0:18:40 > 0:18:46person alive that could possibly have them. We finally got down to a
0:18:46 > 0:18:52reporter for Forbes magazine, and he had talked to her in 1990. And I
0:18:52 > 0:18:56contacted him he called me back and said, "I have been waiting 25 years
0:18:56 > 0:19:05for you to call me." Chill start my arms.Then you could go forward
0:19:05 > 0:19:09because you had the proof. She changed the shape of aeroplane
0:19:09 > 0:19:13wings. It was communication systems that was the big thing. She formed
0:19:13 > 0:19:18the basis for what we still used today?Your cellphone, everything.
0:19:18 > 0:19:26But the Navy just ignored her. Her mum was in Europe. She escaped, she
0:19:26 > 0:19:31was Jewish, her mum was still in Europe. She was trying to get her
0:19:31 > 0:19:37mother over. She had an emotional reason to find out how to get people
0:19:37 > 0:19:43safely over. She came over with this jamming, finding alternating
0:19:43 > 0:19:49signals, currents what do you call them? It was no longer possible to
0:19:49 > 0:19:58jam. But they didn't use it. She ended up dying without any money,
0:19:58 > 0:20:05and six husbands later. Our whole life is quite dramatic.This was
0:20:05 > 0:20:13before she became an actress.She ran off and started at 16 and went
0:20:13 > 0:20:19to a film studio and then did a controversial film called ecstasy.
0:20:19 > 0:20:26Then she married at 19 and arms dealer who was working with Hitler.
0:20:26 > 0:20:30Then realised eventually that maybe she wasn't in the safest place. And
0:20:30 > 0:20:37hired a maid that look like her. Then knocked her out in her bed and
0:20:37 > 0:20:44pedalled way to freedom. It just gets better and better. By this time
0:20:44 > 0:20:51she was kind of known because of this risk a film. She was almost
0:20:51 > 0:20:57signed to something in England by Louis Payne Meara. She managed to
0:20:57 > 0:21:00get on the same boat he was going on to America. Summer by the end of
0:21:00 > 0:21:03that journey she had convinced him she was worth more money. And then
0:21:03 > 0:21:09she was in Hollywood. She had a lot of really wonderful roles. And she
0:21:09 > 0:21:13was gorgeous. She learned English. She changed her name. I don't want
0:21:13 > 0:21:21to give the whole thing away there must be a film on this. There have
0:21:21 > 0:21:25been people trying to make it into a film. I think it is more of a TV
0:21:25 > 0:21:28series because there is so much going on. Then you have the whole
0:21:28 > 0:21:35thing of ages in Hollywood, which I can relate to.Is it right that her
0:21:35 > 0:21:42daughter's godmother was Bette Davis? De Bruyne that is right. --
0:21:42 > 0:21:49That is right.That is another connection with you. You played
0:21:49 > 0:21:54Bette Davis in Feud. Is that something that still happens in
0:21:54 > 0:21:59Hollywood?
0:21:59 > 0:22:02Hollywood?Maybe in music. Maybe these rock and roll girls. You hear
0:22:02 > 0:22:11about some of them writing bad lyrics about each other. But I think
0:22:11 > 0:22:15long ago, it's not true. The power has shifted. Aligning yourself with
0:22:15 > 0:22:18men and seeing them as your competition, therefore enemy, is no
0:22:18 > 0:22:23longer really relevant. My experience has been that everybody
0:22:23 > 0:22:28realises and helps each other. Maybe you are disappointed somebody else
0:22:28 > 0:22:32got a part you wish you had had, but being envious is not the same as
0:22:32 > 0:22:37trying to take somebody out.Do you still feel competitive in the music
0:22:37 > 0:22:44-- movie industry?I'm competitive with myself. By the time you've been
0:22:44 > 0:22:47in the business for more than 50 years, things either come to you or
0:22:47 > 0:22:56you don't. I found dead man walking, the book, and I developed that. I
0:22:56 > 0:22:59going to get ahead of Meryl Streep if there is something coming up?
0:22:59 > 0:23:05Probably not. I have more than enough challenges with the way my
0:23:05 > 0:23:10life is going, so I'm cool with it. But I think there is enough work for
0:23:10 > 0:23:16everybody, and there are so many more women now developing projects.
0:23:16 > 0:23:18They are female centric. All different kinds of women. That is
0:23:18 > 0:23:26what we need. We need more diverse, more female centric stories.What a
0:23:26 > 0:23:30brilliant day to have you both on the sofa. Thank you very much. We
0:23:30 > 0:23:34will say goodbye now as you have to go to the BFI to see a screening of
0:23:34 > 0:23:40your project.Thank you for your company.Thank you.
0:23:40 > 0:23:50APPLAUSE. It opens tomorrow in cinemas.Whilst Hedy Lamarr laid the
0:23:50 > 0:23:54foundations for GPS, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, we focus on an inventor
0:23:54 > 0:24:01who solved a British problem.It is all to do with tea, of course.
0:24:01 > 0:24:05I'm Dr John C. Taylor. You may not know my name but he will definitely
0:24:05 > 0:24:09have used one of my inventions. The switch that turns of a kettle when
0:24:09 > 0:24:16it boils. With the rise in the number of electric kettles in the
0:24:16 > 0:24:191960s, I saw an opportunity to invent a control that did just that.
0:24:19 > 0:24:27And this is it. The buyer metallic snap action blade. Heat up the
0:24:27 > 0:24:32medal.
0:24:32 > 0:24:40medal. Jump into the air. Once the blade cools down, it cools -- jumps
0:24:40 > 0:24:46into the air. Mr! So the click their provides the motion and the force
0:24:46 > 0:24:52that switches of the cattle. And over 5 billion of these blades have
0:24:52 > 0:24:58been sold worldwide. I have lived and worked for most of my life here
0:24:58 > 0:25:02in the Isle of Man. And I would like to tell you a few things that have
0:25:02 > 0:25:08helped to make me the inventor that I am today. My father was Eric
0:25:08 > 0:25:15Taylor. He was also an inventor. So I take after him. He invented all
0:25:15 > 0:25:20the flying suits for the bomber crews during the war. And the
0:25:20 > 0:25:23electrically heated suits kept them alive in the cold of flying at
0:25:23 > 0:25:2930,000 feet. Inspired by my father, I began my inventing career at the
0:25:29 > 0:25:36tender age of nine. But at 13, when my parents sent me to college on the
0:25:36 > 0:25:41Isle of Man, they had the task of reinventing me. I took the entrance
0:25:41 > 0:25:48exam here. The principal, Mr Wilson, reported to my parents when we had
0:25:48 > 0:25:56the interview that I was practically illiterate. He said, "But you have
0:25:56 > 0:25:59done a good paper in maths and you did a good science paper, I'm sure
0:25:59 > 0:26:06we can find something good in you. For" it turned out I had dyslexia. I
0:26:06 > 0:26:09used it to my advantage when I realised I could think differently
0:26:09 > 0:26:14to others. With my gift for maths and physics I was granted a place at
0:26:14 > 0:26:19Corpus Christi College in Cambridge to study natural sciences. Setting
0:26:19 > 0:26:23me up for my inventing career. After Cambridge I joined my father's
0:26:23 > 0:26:27company, where I had the freedom to invent. It has not all been about
0:26:27 > 0:26:35kettles. I have over 200 inventions. My most unique one is the Corpus
0:26:35 > 0:26:43Christi clerk, unveiled in 2008 by Professor Stephen Hawking. However,
0:26:43 > 0:26:50the invention I perhaps most proud of is the place I call home. I would
0:26:50 > 0:26:56like you -- to welcome you to my house. I thought it would be fun to
0:26:56 > 0:26:59do something completely different, which nobody had ever done before,
0:26:59 > 0:27:05and that is to have an atrium in the middle of the house which is
0:27:05 > 0:27:11elliptical. I wanted the floor to look like a dearly with a curved
0:27:11 > 0:27:21top. Yes, the centrepiece is my bio metallic plate. There is a wonderful
0:27:21 > 0:27:26echo here.
0:27:29 > 0:27:33echo here. OK, time to get on with my life lecturer at University
0:27:33 > 0:27:38College, Isle of Man. I hope I have invented a useful speech.
0:27:38 > 0:27:42A scientific education teaches you that if you find new information,
0:27:42 > 0:27:46you change your theory and you start again. But I think that is the wrong
0:27:46 > 0:27:51way to do it in practicalities. If the first thing you thought of was
0:27:51 > 0:27:56an invention, then if you can change it around, which stops it working,
0:27:56 > 0:28:01you've got a really good invention. You have to turn it to an advantage
0:28:01 > 0:28:11and make it into a success. My motto is, think the unthinkable.
0:28:12 > 0:28:16is, think the unthinkable. My mother was a Latin teacher. It is very
0:28:16 > 0:28:23important to have fun. Life goes by very, very quickly. And here I am,
0:28:23 > 0:28:2881, still having fun. Thank you all very much.
0:28:28 > 0:28:32That is 30 seconds before we can put the kettle on. Your nominations have
0:28:32 > 0:28:38been pouring in all week for our NHS patients award, which we launched on
0:28:38 > 0:28:42Monday with the help of the Patients' Association.There is
0:28:42 > 0:28:46still time to nominate anybody working in the NHS who you want to
0:28:46 > 0:28:50thank for going the extra mile when you needed them.Yes, head to our
0:28:50 > 0:28:55website for all of the details of how to nominate.Thanks to all our
0:28:55 > 0:28:57guests for joining us. I'm back tomorrow with Michael Ball and
0:28:57 > 0:29:00wreckage of days. Have a lovely night.