:00:14. > :00:15.Hello and welcome to the One Show with Matt Baker.
:00:16. > :00:19.After 30 years as one of Britain's best loved comedians,
:00:20. > :00:22.tonight's guest has turned into a bit of a clock watcher, but then
:00:23. > :00:40.Ever wondered if your legs will last?
:00:41. > :01:07.Stop it, no, please, stop! Wellcome, Dawn French! Always lovely to see
:01:08. > :01:16.you. It is silly, just silly! How did that one come about? A past
:01:17. > :01:19.life, 40 years ago! Noel, 25 years ago, it was a Mickey take of an
:01:20. > :01:25.advertising and that was on at the time.
:01:26. > :01:28.Now Dawn, we call you a clock watcher because your new one woman
:01:29. > :01:33.If we're sticking with that theme you and Jennifer Saunders wrote that
:01:34. > :01:41.You are probably about right! It took us all afternoon.
:01:42. > :01:44.What have you seen recently that would be ripe for the French
:01:45. > :01:52.Needed programmes and adverts, anything could happen. I should say
:01:53. > :01:59.that The One Show is gagging for it... LAUGHTER
:02:00. > :02:06.Who would play who? I would like the jewellery... LAUGHTER
:02:07. > :02:11.I could lend you some stuff. We will be talking about the show, in about
:02:12. > :02:17.eight minutes. This is how we are going to do this.
:02:18. > :02:20.And Dawn, you may have heard the phrase "as
:02:21. > :02:24.much use as a chocolate teapot", well we've got one here and we'll be
:02:25. > :02:27.seeing Marty putting it to the test and brewing up in about 20 minutes.
:02:28. > :02:35.Are they any good? I have suddenly become very overexcited! You can
:02:36. > :02:41.even eat the spout of the teapot! And I will! Will it work with hot
:02:42. > :02:45.tea inside? 19 and a half minutes now!
:02:46. > :02:51.in March that was struggling with how they were going to implement
:02:52. > :02:54.the new government policy of free school meals for 4 to 7 years olds.
:02:55. > :02:57.Tony Livesey went to find out if their homework has paid off.
:02:58. > :03:07.When we last film, the food served to kids here had to be cooked at
:03:08. > :03:11.another school entirely and then taken across town. We do not have a
:03:12. > :03:17.kitchen in which we can cook fresh food. So the food is carried in? And
:03:18. > :03:21.kept warm? Lack of kitchen and money meant that headteacher could not see
:03:22. > :03:33.how a school could be ready for the big launch, Q, the government school
:03:34. > :03:38.dinner tsar. She has a challenge and we are here to help her with it.
:03:39. > :03:41.Five months on I am back here to find out what improvements they have
:03:42. > :03:47.made and more importantly to find out it every child in the infant
:03:48. > :03:52.school is eating for free. -- if every child. Deadline day, first day
:03:53. > :03:56.of the new term, has the headteacher passed her big test? Last time I was
:03:57. > :04:00.here, you were in despair as. We thought there was no way we could do
:04:01. > :04:03.this, we thought we could not continue with the service we were
:04:04. > :04:08.getting, because the school which cooked our meals needed to cook 130
:04:09. > :04:16.more meals, they could not help us. We felt stuck. What changed? We got
:04:17. > :04:19.the information and the knowledge that we needed to make informed
:04:20. > :04:24.decisions, we got that from the food trust. The government gave ?150
:04:25. > :04:29.million to local authorities to get school kitchens and dinner hall is
:04:30. > :04:33.up to scratch. City ?7,000 from Sutton Council, a fully working
:04:34. > :04:40.kitchen was bought by Katherine, in the form of a small but perfectly
:04:41. > :04:46.formed pod. It is not about what is on the outside, it is on the inside.
:04:47. > :04:52.Is it like the TARDIS? Do not judge a kitchen by its tiny little walls.
:04:53. > :04:57.It is impressive! It means that we are able to cook meals fresh
:04:58. > :05:02.on-site. We have our own team of caterers that are able to produce up
:05:03. > :05:11.to 250, 300 meals everyday. Michael, the caterer. How is it going? It is
:05:12. > :05:15.going very well! You want me to shut up and go away? I did not say that
:05:16. > :05:20.but I will need to get through, we have a lot to do! Time for me to get
:05:21. > :05:25.out of the way and catch up with the school dinner tsar. John Vincent,
:05:26. > :05:29.what are your first impressions? I have got to say I'm ecstatic, last
:05:30. > :05:35.time coming you were here, they were in despair, you know it was
:05:36. > :05:39.difficult. This is like a fairy tale ending. Should teachers have to
:05:40. > :05:42.worry about catering? It is the job of the headteacher to look after
:05:43. > :05:45.children when they are in the school, and looked after the
:05:46. > :05:50.well-being. For television chef Jamie Oliver, who began campaigning
:05:51. > :05:54.to improve school meals tenures ago, this day is long overdue. The job
:05:55. > :05:57.description of your everyday teacher and headteacher is getting longer
:05:58. > :06:03.and longer, but I think most teachers agree that feeding children
:06:04. > :06:06.correct on commence teaching, and learning, and retaining
:06:07. > :06:10.information. This is amazing. The government says more than 15,000
:06:11. > :06:14.schools met the deadline. A further 300 simple could not get him ready
:06:15. > :06:19.in time. -- could not get ready in time. First dishes are about to be
:06:20. > :06:23.served and the critics are queueing up. Roast turkey or vegetable wrap,
:06:24. > :06:28.and plenty of vegetables and salad, a far cry from where we were last
:06:29. > :06:35.time, pizza and sweetcorn. And what is more, there is not a chip
:06:36. > :06:44.insight! What do you think of the food? Fantastic! -- not a chip in
:06:45. > :06:50.sight. Is this better? Yes! Delicious! What do you like
:06:51. > :06:54.especially? Chicken! It has not just transformed lunch time, the denser
:06:55. > :06:59.the headteacher Catherine have been banished. The children's faces are a
:07:00. > :07:05.treat, they are seeing their food... They are spoiled for choice! And
:07:06. > :07:09.they are all talking about it. They are talking about it with each
:07:10. > :07:15.other. I'm very excited. You are getting emotional? I am welling up!
:07:16. > :07:18.Catherine can be pleased with it, the chef can tell me the roast was
:07:19. > :07:24.magnificent but the real test, what do the kids who ate the food thing?
:07:25. > :07:29.What would you give the lunch out of ten? Ten! CHEERING
:07:30. > :07:34.Lovely to see all of them tucking in and here is the kitchen team.
:07:35. > :07:48.How has it gone since then? Last week was a brand-new team, we had
:07:49. > :07:53.only been together five days, the team have settled in, working with
:07:54. > :07:58.the school. The kids faces, when you see them... You can see on their
:07:59. > :08:07.faces, when they see fresh vegetables. The salad bar... It has
:08:08. > :08:10.been an experience. It is working? Yes, the pod is working, we have
:08:11. > :08:15.found space, it is working very well. We could not believe how
:08:16. > :08:22.versatile it is, the salad bar, look at that. Children rejoicing in a
:08:23. > :08:27.salad bar? Do they really? ! What has been the big hit and what has
:08:28. > :08:33.not been so popular? They love the roast dinner and the chocolate
:08:34. > :08:39.beetroot brownie... Chocolate beetroot brownie? Fantastic! That
:08:40. > :08:41.can go with the teapot! They have loved everything, they have wanted
:08:42. > :08:47.to try it even if they have packed lunch. You said that you were
:08:48. > :08:52.traumatised as a child... I was a very fussy eater, we were forced to
:08:53. > :08:55.eat school dinner. This is so different, we do not force them to
:08:56. > :09:01.eat anything, we encourage them to try things. We have tasted pots.
:09:02. > :09:08.Every child is eating food and enjoying it, nobody is forced to eat
:09:09. > :09:11.anything. Once I was forced to eat liver, it reappeared quite
:09:12. > :09:16.quickly... ! LAUGHTER Sounds like it is going brilliant,
:09:17. > :09:19.good luck! If there is a few pupils out there with bleary eyes tomorrow
:09:20. > :09:24.morning, I think that they are allowed to stay up late to watch
:09:25. > :09:29.you! It is a big week for the young royals, congratulations to William
:09:30. > :09:33.and Kate on the day 's news, and everybody is getting behind Harry's
:09:34. > :09:37.Invictus Games, we will be bringing you the opening ceremony live on
:09:38. > :09:40.Wednesday on The One Show. Teams from 13 nations and all of the
:09:41. > :09:44.athletes are servicemen and women who have suffered injuries. What is
:09:45. > :09:50.it like for the families of those who have been wounded? I never
:09:51. > :09:55.thought that Rob would be in any immediate danger... I did not know
:09:56. > :10:01.how badly I had been injured... There was blood all over the carpet
:10:02. > :10:03.in the cabin... Don't worry, dad, safest job in the army, that is what
:10:04. > :10:12.I said. I am Rob, I served with the Royal
:10:13. > :10:17.Engineers, I was wounded in Afghanistan. I am Karen, Rob's
:10:18. > :10:22.partner. After the tour, he was due to get out, it was going to be a new
:10:23. > :10:27.start. It was all positive, wasn't it. We never thought about anything
:10:28. > :10:35.unimaginable happening... And it did. There was a loud bang, and I
:10:36. > :10:39.felt the entire vehicle jolt. It went pitch black. I fractured a
:10:40. > :10:45.vertebrae, in the thoracic spine, suspected brain injury as well. We
:10:46. > :10:48.got home, you found it difficult to get out of the car, he could not
:10:49. > :10:53.hear me when we were talking. His brain... We were not... He was not
:10:54. > :11:00.the same person, that went away in September. 18 months on, if somebody
:11:01. > :11:03.had said, 12 months ago, that we would be here now, doing these
:11:04. > :11:06.games... I would never have believed it. Since sport is back in his life,
:11:07. > :11:23.it has transformed him. I am Joan and, I am Craig's mother.
:11:24. > :11:28.I am Mike, his father. I was injured in 2013 when I was in the Royal
:11:29. > :11:32.Engineers, in Afghanistan. I am Craig. There was a bang that went
:11:33. > :11:38.off, I landed on the deck... Looked down, I had lost my left foot. My
:11:39. > :11:43.right leg was damaged as well. My groin area was... Very painful. I
:11:44. > :11:49.was laying on the floor. There was a knock on the door, two smartly
:11:50. > :11:57.dressed men in suits cut hair... Straightaway, I knew. Was so upset,
:11:58. > :12:01.I did not hear anything. He said, "you all right, news alive...
:12:02. > :12:09.Unfortunately we had to amputate his left leg". -- he is alive. He was a
:12:10. > :12:13.mass of wires... He has done very well to get used to living the way
:12:14. > :12:19.that he has got to live. I wish that it had never happened but it has. He
:12:20. > :12:25.has got on with life, it has not stopped him. I am very proud of him.
:12:26. > :12:31.My name is John strange, I was a chief Petty Officer on HMS Sheffield
:12:32. > :12:37.during the Falklands conflict, and this is my daughter, and my younger
:12:38. > :12:43.daughter. Initially, I remember a bang... By the time I came around
:12:44. > :12:49.and woke up again, the compartment was completely engulfed in flames. I
:12:50. > :12:53.was climbing up the ladder, I could see the skin falling from the back
:12:54. > :12:57.of my hands... He looked so different, he had lost weight,
:12:58. > :13:02.obviously with the burns as well, they were noticeable straightaway. I
:13:03. > :13:10.remember him saying, "I told you that I would come home to you". I
:13:11. > :13:14.gave him a big hug. It makes you very proud that he went through all
:13:15. > :13:18.of that, and life carried on as if it was normal. He went through hell,
:13:19. > :13:28.quite literally, and came out the other side. He was not changed by
:13:29. > :13:32.it. Incredibly sobering stories, and a reminder, the opening ceremony of
:13:33. > :13:38.the Invictus Games begins on Wednesday. You are already looking
:13:39. > :13:44.forward to this. Yes, Invictus is Latin for "unconquered" and that is
:13:45. > :13:52.what these guys and women are. In my opinion. Self mastery over massive
:13:53. > :13:58.adversity, huge courage, and sacrifice, on our behalf. That is
:13:59. > :14:03.the point. And the link to sport, I have nothing but praise. Good on
:14:04. > :14:09.Prince Harry, for coming up with the concept. We should talk about your
:14:10. > :14:12.one-woman show. 30 million Minutes, you have categorised your life into
:14:13. > :14:17.how many minutes it took to do certain things! How would you
:14:18. > :14:22.squished it all into 120 minutes on stage? ! I do skip a few bits which
:14:23. > :14:28.would be boring, I go to the interesting stuff. I worked out I
:14:29. > :14:33.have been alive for 30 million Minutes, 56 years, that is my age.
:14:34. > :14:38.So I thought, OK, I shall see if I can tell my life story, the good
:14:39. > :14:43.bits, the bad bits, the challenging bits, the joys and sorrows. As much
:14:44. > :14:47.as I can, encapsulating it all, and that is what we do. We have a laugh
:14:48. > :14:52.on stage but there is poignant bits as well. I do not shirk anything
:14:53. > :14:56.that might be a challenge. I take the audience to some difficult
:14:57. > :15:10.places but then it is my job to pick us all up. How therapeutic is that?
:15:11. > :15:15.Is it has been interesting. Talking about a family all things that have
:15:16. > :15:19.happened to me. Emotionally, lighter. I did not set out to do
:15:20. > :15:26.that but that definitely is happening. The whole thing is quite
:15:27. > :15:35.a new experience for you? Were used to seeing you as an author of late
:15:36. > :15:41.but the one-woman show, are I was absolutely terrified. All the way
:15:42. > :15:48.through rehearsals, I was directed by Michael grounded. That is what I
:15:49. > :15:56.wanted and he is also Cornish. I kept that lovely. But he kept saying
:15:57. > :16:05.to me, please take centre stage. Stand in the centre of the stage.
:16:06. > :16:33.Why are you bearing to I am not used to being in the centre was it
:16:34. > :16:50.wonderful when Jennifer the relationship has
:16:51. > :16:56.She does not come offering approval, I would seek approval, but she came
:16:57. > :17:03.to me with tears in her eyes, and that is enough for me. The Tories
:17:04. > :17:10.nationwide until December six. Right, not long now, before... Until
:17:11. > :17:17.the teapot? -- the tour is nationwide until December six.
:17:18. > :17:24.Smell the lid, just smell the lid of that teapot... LAUGHTER
:17:25. > :17:41.Not often somebody asks me to smell the lid... Is that OK? Before we eat
:17:42. > :17:45.the entire thing, we have a celebration of the most ridges of
:17:46. > :17:49.traditions, the cup of tea, with chocolate. The English language is
:17:50. > :17:54.full of unhelpful idioms pointing out the of unhelpful idioms pointing
:17:55. > :17:59.out favourites: Those that refer to useless inventions. As useful as an
:18:00. > :18:03.inflatable dartboard... A cat flap on a submarine... A chocolate
:18:04. > :18:09.teapot... Is building a chocolate teapot as ridiculous as it sounds?
:18:10. > :18:14.First, I need to look at why chocolate melts in the first place.
:18:15. > :18:20.One of the magical things about chocolate... At room temperature, it
:18:21. > :18:26.remains solid but at body temperature, it melts in your mouth.
:18:27. > :18:28.The secret ingredient that gives chocolate its perfect melting
:18:29. > :18:39.point, is also the substance responsible for its less desirable
:18:40. > :18:42.side-effect on the human... ! Fat! John is the Professor of liquid
:18:43. > :18:47.crystal chemistry at York University. Is making a chocolate
:18:48. > :18:53.teapot completely ridiculous? I don't think so, chocolate itself is
:18:54. > :18:57.hydrophobic, it will not dissolve in water, and it is a good thermal
:18:58. > :19:01.insulator. Heat would not get through the chocolate that quickly.
:19:02. > :19:06.The tea should not mix with the chocolate, and as the inside melts,
:19:07. > :19:12.it should provide a thermal barrier. Time to put the theory to the test.
:19:13. > :19:15.I need to make a chocolate teapot which is not useless, which can hold
:19:16. > :19:20.boiling water for at least two minutes. These four clear Perspex
:19:21. > :19:24.tubes have been filled with chocolate plugs of varying
:19:25. > :19:26.thickness. Next I'm putting recently boiled water on top of each one...
:19:27. > :19:32.Like this... And I'm going to see which one lasts
:19:33. > :19:49.for two minutes. So the half centimetre chocolate
:19:50. > :19:53.melted and the water came pouring through almost immediately. The
:19:54. > :19:56.centimetre thick chocolate, it lasted about one and a half
:19:57. > :20:00.minutes... Not bad, but not good enough for the teapot. The two
:20:01. > :20:04.centimetre chocolate, slight problem, it's developed a leak
:20:05. > :20:08.rather than melting, we cannot count that. The three centimetre
:20:09. > :20:15.chocolate, here, still holding strong. Clearly, we need to make a
:20:16. > :20:19.teapot with walls this deck. The master chocolate heir at Nestle,
:20:20. > :20:24.John Costello, has spent the last week trying to turn scientific
:20:25. > :20:35.theory into confectionery reality. -- master chocolate maker. I love my
:20:36. > :20:39.job! Fantastic! Repeated did things has provided a sphere which should
:20:40. > :20:43.hold boiling water. They chocolate balloon is one thing but for a
:20:44. > :20:46.teapot, we need a mould. It should be in one piece, instead
:20:47. > :20:50.teapot, we need a mould. It should egg, where you have two halves and
:20:51. > :20:55.you stick them together, we need structure and strength in one piece.
:20:56. > :21:03.Turn it upside down, drain out the chocolate. Only one way to test it.
:21:04. > :21:09.This is it, the moment of truth. I have got my boiling water and my tea
:21:10. > :21:13.bags, here we go... It has been one minutes... No sign of buckling, and
:21:14. > :21:29.it is completely called to the touch. -- cool. Looking pretty good!
:21:30. > :21:33.Writes... -- right Malton on the inside but the molten chocolate is
:21:34. > :21:39.clearly in selected the outside of the teapot, which is still... Which
:21:40. > :21:42.is still rock hard. -- it has gone Malton on the inside. There is
:21:43. > :21:51.definitely a hint of chocolate but it is not a bad cup of tea! -- it
:21:52. > :21:54.has gone Malton. Thanks to the incredible properties of this
:21:55. > :22:02.stuff, it is not as useless as you might think!
:22:03. > :22:10.Chocolate tea, and that is fantastic! Three centimetres thick.
:22:11. > :22:15.The spout on this does not quite work, we have got to tip it out this
:22:16. > :22:23.way... The most interesting bit is the melted bit inside here. Drink
:22:24. > :22:24.straight out of the teapot! I think that I'm going to drink in a very
:22:25. > :22:43.sophisticated manner... APPLAUSE
:22:44. > :22:46.While you are enjoying the teapot, a little quiz for you. Because the
:22:47. > :22:52.show is called 30 million Minutes, we have got three sets of minutes
:22:53. > :22:55.here, all about different periods in your life, and you have got to guess
:22:56. > :23:13.which they referred to. is a Vicar of Dibley. The amount of
:23:14. > :23:18.time that you spent on screen. That was a very long time, it was all
:23:19. > :23:31.over the news. We did make ?1 million for Comic Relief. I wish it
:23:32. > :23:35.had been longer! OK, good. That was the amount of time you have been
:23:36. > :23:42.friends with Jennifer Saunders. The other thing? That was the case. No,
:23:43. > :23:47.that was the amount of time I have spent exercising in my life! Today
:23:48. > :23:51.is the start of the abstract art season on the BBC and the one Show
:23:52. > :23:54.was involved in a spectacular event inspired by one of the founders of
:23:55. > :23:58.the movement, Mondrian. Ewan Thomas went to find out why Liverpool is
:23:59. > :24:06.hosting a block party with a difference. In 1940, a Dutch painter
:24:07. > :24:13.arrived in Liverpool to set off at his new life in America. His name
:24:14. > :24:17.was Piet Mondrian, and his abstract art would become recognisable over
:24:18. > :24:20.the world for its precise grades and geometric locks, influencing
:24:21. > :24:28.everything from architecture and fashion and hair gel to even baking.
:24:29. > :24:32.Today, he is regarded as one of the founding fathers of abstract art. A
:24:33. > :24:39.pioneering painter who did by using just coloured rectangles and it is
:24:40. > :24:46.good but just lines and squares? Why is his work so influential? A short
:24:47. > :24:49.walk from the pier, a major exhibition at Tate Liverpool is
:24:50. > :24:56.showcasing his modernist masterpieces. The curate is
:24:57. > :25:01.Francesco. What makes this so special? You can imagine they are
:25:02. > :25:06.completely revolutionary, at the beginning of the century, Cubism and
:25:07. > :25:11.Picasso fragmented a figure from different perspectives and Mondrian
:25:12. > :25:17.at the idea of using primary colours to represent new relationships and
:25:18. > :25:22.death inside one canvas. How did he produce something so different?
:25:23. > :25:26.Abstract art is about taking something and reducing it to its
:25:27. > :25:30.most simple all elements, like the roof and the side and the floor and
:25:31. > :25:35.removing anything unnecessarily. So it becomes something completely
:25:36. > :25:40.different yet the essence does still remain. What Mondrian did was take
:25:41. > :25:43.the style of painting one step further, creating art that had
:25:44. > :25:49.absolutely no basis in the real world. And one run in the exhibition
:25:50. > :25:54.shows how he planned to take this approach further. It feels like I am
:25:55. > :25:59.walking into one of his paintings. In some ways it is, this is a
:26:00. > :26:03.reconstruction of his studio in Paris in 1926, which is where he
:26:04. > :26:08.painted most of his famous paintings and for him, this is a living and
:26:09. > :26:13.working space and it is like a laboratory. Mondrian saw his
:26:14. > :26:16.painting as a first stage of his art, he wanted this relationship
:26:17. > :26:20.between colour and the lines and the shape to become like something
:26:21. > :26:24.invading the world, to become his biggest architecture. This is the
:26:25. > :26:30.only place where he could experiment, you can see the stiffer
:26:31. > :26:33.and squares and different shapes of colours that literally look as if
:26:34. > :26:39.they have just migrated from the canvas. In 1938, with Europe on the
:26:40. > :26:45.brink of war, Mondrian letter studio for London. And two years later, he
:26:46. > :26:48.came to Liverpool to set off on a journey that would take his
:26:49. > :26:52.revolution to America. Although he was only here for one night, do you
:26:53. > :26:57.think Liverpool represents a fresh start for him? Definitely, you can
:26:58. > :27:02.imagine one of the inventors of abstract art living in Europe, he
:27:03. > :27:09.took that to the new continent and this iconic moment happened in this
:27:10. > :27:13.very city. Mondrian died in 1944. 70 years later, the people of Liverpool
:27:14. > :27:24.are preparing to pay tribute to the artist on a massive scale. For
:27:25. > :27:31.weeks, village halls and community centres have been gearing up for
:27:32. > :27:39.something special. A huge public event involving hundreds of people.
:27:40. > :27:44.The idea is to create a giant living artwork inspired by the great man
:27:45. > :27:50.himself. And the designer in charge of this is Stephen Graham. So, this
:27:51. > :27:55.man-made piece of artwork with 1000 moving jigsaw pieces? I want them to
:27:56. > :27:59.move and the idea is this is completely living, this is a
:28:00. > :28:02.completely unique experience for everyone involved and the viewers
:28:03. > :28:07.because we will not have seen anything like this before. It works
:28:08. > :28:13.in our head but let us see what happens on the day! And the Mondrian
:28:14. > :28:18.exhibition will be running at the Tate Liverpool until the 5th of
:28:19. > :28:24.October and you can see how that inspired people for the big event.
:28:25. > :28:28.And the BBC Four series, abstract artists in their own words, starts
:28:29. > :28:35.tonight at 9pm. I am looking forward to that. You will try to catch this?
:28:36. > :28:38.Yes, Mondrian was great, because children love him because it is
:28:39. > :28:44.exactly what they want to do, colouring in between black lives.
:28:45. > :28:49.Neoclassicism, it was called! We have run out of time, you can see
:28:50. > :28:56.Don's one-woman show, 30 minutes from tomorrow, and the nationwide
:28:57. > :29:08.tour in December. Tomorrow, we will have Rick Stein. Good night!
:29:09. > :29:14.It's summer term! CHEERING