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Hello and welcome to The One Show with Matt Baker. And Alex Jones.

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Tonight's guest is a man of many faces. He can forget him as Brian

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Potter in Phoenix Nights? Reality TV star, Geraldine. And later in

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the show we will be finding out why he presented himself in front of

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royalty dressed as a fireplace. loves dressing up! It is Peter Kay!

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Come on in. How lovely to see you. Yes! That's because of your

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rickshaw, that. I wouldn't do that to a lady. I'll take it off when we

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do the BT. What's on the menu tonight? We've got some lovely

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stuff. A lovely thing about winter fuel. Winter fuel! As usual, can

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you burn me a disc of the stories to keep. Personalised Christmas

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cards? Have you got a one about a lonely bird? The S. The eve got

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about three up. The it's lovely. It's a bit common, I have to say.

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The few people have said it's a bit tacky. This is your last day of

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work before Christmas. Don't say that. There are people out there

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grafting. This is my last booking. Have you got a tree at home? Yes,

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all I've got to get now are my bits. Everyone says that. What is your

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colour scheme? We did it ourselves. Susan's brother thought we'd had it

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done professionally but we did it ourselves last Thursday. Gold and

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red. We ran out of decorations around the back. So if you are on

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the front street you can't see. put it in a corner. The didn't get

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enough balls, they ran out at the garden centre. We are going to be

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having a chat with Peter about The Book That's More Than Just A Book.

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It's a coaster. There are schools closed in Scotland today because of

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the Haibin spag bol, which in some parts reached over 100 mph. That is

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50 miles inland. There is more snow on its way. This time, it's

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expected to fall as far south as Birmingham. It's not the end of the

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world but you can see it. But that the rising costs of heating bills,

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Anita Rani has been to find out about a new scheme that can help

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those over 60 who are struggling to stay warm. 5.4 million people are

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currently living in fuel poverty in Britain. This is where the person

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spends more than 10 % of their annual income on heating bills.

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don't know whether it's because I'm old, getting older. Not being able

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to have the heating on as much as possible. But I do dread the winter.

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It was those fears that the winter fuel allowance was designed to

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reduce when it was introduced 14 years ago. The Grand was �400 for

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over 80s and �250 for over 60s. That's now gone down to �300 and

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�200. But help is at hand in the form of a new charity which enables

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those who cannot afford not to have their winter fuel allowance to give

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them money to those over 60 who do. And the man in charge of the

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campaign is the CEO of the Community Foundation network. How

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will the money be spent? Some of it will be spent directly helping

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people pay their fuel bills. Some of it will help people by fires or

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insulate their home. Others will be spent on lunch clubs, so people can

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get older people and give them a warm, hot meal. There must be a

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percentage of the money that gets you stuck on your own costs. What

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is that? Every �1 that is donated will be given to benefit in an

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older person. All of the costs of the campaign will be given out of

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any gift Aid we are able to claim back on the donations be received.

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And a variety of celebrities in their 60s are willing to give up

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their allowance. It is wrong when there is a winter we are facing a

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head, the economy collapsing like this, that people who hang on to

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this money and can afford not to. In its great that we, who don't

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need to have this very nice gift from the government, we can give it

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to those people for whom their winter fuel allowance isn't enough

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to pay for their heating bill. think the problem with any old

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scheme would be, how do y'know that the right person is getting the

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money? As long as it is administrator at Corretja, I am

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more than happy to give mind. Donate the money to this charity,

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which is a good cause, or give it Deborah be to someone who you know

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needed more than you do. There will be people who will feel pressurised

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into donating. There might be somebody over 80 who really could

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do with that money but they feel there is someone always worse off

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than me, especially that generation because that's how they think.

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shouldn't feel pressured. People should only give if they can afford

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it. One lady has already donated her allowance is Sylvia.

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thought that people can't have warmth in their own home when they

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are of an age when they need as much warmth as possible is horrible.

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I wouldn't be happy thinking about that. And I've brought her to meet

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someone who might benefit from her generosity. Nice to meet you. What

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is it like in the depths of winter? I'm more or less in here without

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any heat on. I can't afford to have it on all day. But I've got my

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blankets and Aizue also got a good cardigan on. But there is time to

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have the air in the room getting colder and colder. Can you afford

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to have it on a bit longer? I shall have to. As long as I've got plenty

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to eat, I would just have to cook somewhere else. The appeal is still

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only in its infancy and really needs to pick up momentum before it

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can have its desired effect. But with it, at least there is hope

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that the money and warmth can get to the people who needed. Whether

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people want to donate their own allowance or they feel they need

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more money, how can they get involved? There are lots of

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charities that help the elderly at this time of the Year. Age UK,

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friends of the elderly, independent age. But if you feel there is

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someone in your community or a relative you are concerned about,

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go and help them yourself. If you want to do major winter fuel

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allowance to this particular campaign, you can go to their

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website. It is the Community Foundation's website. If you are

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somebody who feels could do with a bit of extra cash for the

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unfortunately, because it's just in its infancy his campaign, they

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haven't got the manpower to deal with phone-calls but you can write

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to them. There will be some people who are just too proud to ask for

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help. Yes. Some people feel that people shouldn't be pressurised

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into donating their money if they don't want to. Everyone has paid

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their taxes and everyone is entitled, but it shouldn't be

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confused with the cold payment, the cold weather payment. People who

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are on benefits are entitled to it. If there is a forecast of seven

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days on the trot of Zero degrees or below, then you get an extra

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payment of �25 straight into your account. Your dad when you're young

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Havant interesting insulating tape. Did you not do that when you were a

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kid? In the mid-70s, you kind of put this stuff around your door

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frames. Mum used to make those snake draft excluders. Yes. We used

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to put clingfilm around the windows and my dad would blow it with a

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hairdryer. He said he couldn't afford double glazing. It didn't

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work but that is what they used to do. We didn't all have central

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heating. It is true. If you've no hot water for your shower you are

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up in arms, on you? If something breaks down with your boiler.

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Anyway. When it comes to Christmas cards there is nothing quite like

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the personal touch. And this week, Chief Secretary to the Treasury,

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Danny Alexander, poked fun at himself after being called a ginger

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rodent by Harriet Harman. Here is his festive offering. Showing a red

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squirrel in the snow. As Lucy has been finding out, many of you also

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like to put your own stamp on your Christmas cards. This year, many of

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us would use the Christmas period to remind our nearest and dearest

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what we actually look like. I wonder who this is from. How

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lovely! Time was, it seemed, when only royalty, government and

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celebrities would dream of sending personalised Christmas cards. I'm

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in Havant, on the south coast of Hampshire, to meet some families

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who like to give their Christmas cards that extra-special personal

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touch. Serran and Simon have brought baby Hugo and little

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jazzman to this photography studio. -- Jasmine. Are you an

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exhibitionist, do you like having your picture taken? Not at all.

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There are things on the website we can download your own pictures but

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we wanted something more professional. Because it's going to

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a wider audience. What is the baby going to wait? Evidently, baby Hugo

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isn't ready for his close-up! It's quite easy, I'm expecting Bing

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Crosby to come and sit there. Now it is Andrew and Catherine, with

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Emily, William and Megan. But clearly some members of the family

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would rather not be photographed. Brilliant. We'll have you on that

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site. You will have to smile. might be too much to bear for

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William! I just want to know what his mates will make of it. Was it

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good fun for everybody? Yes! William, are you going to send it

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to everyone you know? No Paul Stout who do you think will like this the

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most? Grandma! It's about having families coming together and

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enjoying themselves. Next up, it's Tony and Barry, with their Paul

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Rees. I can't wait to see what you are going to come up with. Get

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changed. I know it's going to be spectacular. You look so cute! I

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don't know what to say. Barry, what are you? A Christmas turkey.

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already it's a real Christmas scene has descended into total chaos.

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This is going to get quite messy. When Sir Henry Cole invented the

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Christmas card in 1843, was this what he had in mind? Almost

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certainly not. But it is a lot of Did you get it? Lovely.

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successful day for the appeals court. That is our Christmas card!

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Look at that on my cheek. Is it lipstick? I will keep that. On to

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your book, The Book That's More Than Just A Book. Why is it more

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than just a book? I don't know, it just sounded like a funny title.

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Have you got it? It is hiding in the office. The tour has ended.

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now the book, it has loads of pictures in it. It's not a pop-up

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book. I used to love a pop-up book. You could put one inside the cover.

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Pictures. Let's have a look. There is you with your nan. What are you

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doing there? I'm showing her how to work sky. It's a nightmare because

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we've gone digital now when deuce only got used to pounds, shillings

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and pence. She can pause it. You can go to the toilet or go for a

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cup of tea. You are not controlling Britain. And then the next one, you

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go from comedian to taxi driver. don't drink. I drink Bailey's, it's

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more of a desert than a drink, but I do end up dropping everyone else

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off when they have a night out. Peter, can you get another one in?

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I've got nine in and two in the boot! It's all legitimate. Now to

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your exercise regime. What is going on here? I did a rosemary Connolly.

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I got it from the charity shop. You are doing it and then she says, now

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we've warmed up... Now we've warmed up, Rosemary? Reject! I was

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sweating like Jeremy Clarkson. Sorry! I can say that... You can

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say that, that's fine. What is next? You've done the book, is it

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the movie, more than just a movie? No, I just enjoy Christmas more

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than Christmas Christmas. I'm going to enjoy Christmas, get my bits and

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I don't know what I'm doing next. Speak of not doing anything, you

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say the art of through a sickie is on the decline. Let's have a look.

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No-one does that any more. Did you used to do that? You can't phone in

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sick here. I was a farmer's son, you can't do that. The animals are

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relaying on you. I like ed when Kelly on X Factor threw a sickie.

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"I can't come in. I think it's one of those 24 hour things." Next

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thing you are on duvet with a bowl of chicken soup and a duvet.

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also think there is too much choice in the world. This is you where a -

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- with a mass of cables. I can't sleep at night. It is like a

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spaceship landing. Everything is on charge in our house. Is that your

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kitsch stkphn No, that's just retrend -- kitchen? No, that's just

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pretend, Alex. I'm CGI. I'm at home now. This is green screen. Like

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Gladiator. And you've just finished your biggest comedy tour. That's

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all done. Hats off as a sign of respect. A massive tour. I loved it.

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It was nice. It were good. Will there being another one? I don't

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think so. No! I've done it now. that it for you now? I love stand-

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up. I really enjoy it, but I want to do other things now. I don't

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know what but you should always do what frightens you. Flying a kite

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in this weather probably. Sit hard for you to think of the next thing?

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No, I've got some ideas but I just want some time off now, with my

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family. I loved the tour. I didn't come away from it feeling I didn't

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want to do stand-up again. I will move on and do other things. I

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honestly do note know what to do next, so if you have any ideas,

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ring in. Clean ones obviously, and sensible ones. The book is out in

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the shops now. One of Phil Tufnell's jobs here on

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The One Show is to scour the countryside and find lands marks

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where you think, "What on earth is that?" We are used to seeing large

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metal pylons scattered across our fields. We don't give them a second

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glance. But apparently there's one here that's a little bit different.

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Wow! That's an on electricity pylon. But what's this huge structure

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doing in the back of beyond? We are deep in Lincolnshire, not far from

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Louth. There might be a clue in the fact that someone called Flight

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Sergeant Martin Clayton came to meet me. This is not a pylon. It is

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an old radar power. It is double the height of a pylon. It used to

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be part of a set of far, part of a chain for our radar defence system.

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It was a link all down the South Coast, up the East Coast, to locate

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German aircraft as they came across from the North Sea. It was an early

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warning radar system. Stenigot tower continued throughout the Cold

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War but as technology improved the tower was recommissioned. This one

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lived on to fight another day, in a slightly more unusual way. It is

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now the main training site for what the RAF call the Aerial Erectors'

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School. What are these gis up to up there? They are undertaking one of

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the training exercises which is going to check their aptitude for

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heights. Why do we need aerial erectors? They are responsible for

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all the communications towers that the British forces use all over the

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world. So if they don't pass this test it is probably best to get

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another job? There are other things out there to get involved in, yes.

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RAF trainees have to work at height, like in Afghanistan and Iraq.

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Before battle they are sent here to see if they've got what it takes.

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What is it like up there, scary? is fun. That first time you get

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across, it must take some courage to make that leap. The first time I

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thought, what am I doing here? But you crack on with it. As it is used

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to test whether people have a head for heights the team here have

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asked to test my head. I should have seen that coming. Particularly

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as I really don't like heights. Not too bad. Nice and windy. The RAF

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want to show me why the tower is so effective. They want me to have a

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go at one of the official exercises. This one involves climbing out

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without any support across what looks like thin air! Thanks, lads.

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I'm going. I'm going. Take your left hand up and grab hold. Same

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with the other hand. Excellent. The bit where you let go

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and you've just got it between your legs, that is quite scary. That's

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pretty scarey, because you've got nothing to hold on to. We are going

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to the big platform up there now? Let's go and do it. Good effort.

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You've got to be fit just to clamber up here. Look at that view.

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I got a bit wobbly halfway. Just don't look down. I never thought I

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would never make it this far, but it is a shame to stop so close to

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the top. Last push. Apparently I need to see what the RAF puts its

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trainees through. You made it. feet up in the air, top of the

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world. There is no doubt at all, this

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really does test your head for heights. That's quite scary. How

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did you turn round? You've have got to admire the work these guys do.

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Even though I made it to the top I am not cut out for this work. Good

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lad. I wouldn't go up in this wind. Is that a television transistor

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mast? Yes. There's one of them in Bolton. My mate work there had and

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when people would go up there if there was something they didn't

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like they would go and tell him, "What's this filth on Channel 4?"

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He would say, "Channel 4 don't tell me, I'm just working the aerial."

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Are you a fan of the ladder? isn't, Matt? Exactly. I love The

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One Show. Questions like that, "Are awe fan of a ladder?" I like a

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ladder. I've got a chair that's a stepladder. You flip it over. A

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friend of mine got it for my birthday. This week you've been

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rubbing shoulders with royalty. met them all bar the Queen this

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week. I met Anne on Monday. And on Tuesday they were all there. Look

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at that. Prince Charles, Kate Middleton in the background. I met

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Charles. I said, "How are you, alright?" What's wrong with that?

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They were having a go for saying, "Hiya, are you alright?" But there

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is protocol, Peter. Look, I paid for his house, can I say what I

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want! LAUGHTER He's a good laugh. They watch this show. Highia, you

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alright? As far as the performance was concerned, the royal variety,

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there were a couple of glitches. couple! I did it on Monday. It will

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shine up a treat. You won't tell when it is edited. This is before

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it all went wrong. Let's have a look.

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CHEERING And that was the last time I smiled

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on Monday. What happened? Why did it go so badly wrong? I don't know

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if I can contractually elaborate. But we'll see on Wednesday. There

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is me dressed as a fireplace. I said, "Is it warm in here or sit

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me?" That was introducing Leona Lewis. She was singing Hurt. They

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just had a few things that went wrong and everyone was sat in their

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seats for five hours. Other than, that it was fantastic. Guess who

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they sent on the keep it all going? Me. I can't apologise enough.

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were asking about a film about a lonely bird. You have not got one,

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have you? What are if odds of that? If you are lonesome tonight spare a

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thought for Elvis, who has been searching for love. A bird, bird. I

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thought you meant a woman! LAUGHTER He's been searching for love for

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eight years. Mike Dilger went to Stornoway. The magnificent snowy

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owl is usually at home within the frozen Arctic Circle but on very

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rare occasions they've even been known to fly south as far as the

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Scottish islands. Even more surprisingly, since 2003 one

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particular bird has decided to make the Outer Hebrides his home. In

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that time he's become a bit of a celebrity. He live as solitary life

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and has even been spotted sideling up to a white plastic bag. Maybe

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for company. He might be more than a thousand miles from home. So,

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could this be the loneliest bird in Britain? The locals have named him

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Elvis and I've come all the way here to the isle of Lewes is to try

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and find out if he is still lonesome tonight. My chances of

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spotting him are as remote as these islands, so my first stop is

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Stornoway to see if the locals can point me in the right direction. We

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are looking for the famous Elvis, the snowy owl. Have you seen him?

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No. Any idea where you can track him down? He's gone on holiday.

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Have you seen him? I haven't I'm afraid. A few people know about him

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but tracking him down isn't going to be straightforward. In fact he

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is so rare we put out a wanted poster for him a couple of months

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ago. And I'm armed with the latest internal from bird watchers about

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his movements. He was seen in Stornoway just south of where we

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are right now. He's been more recently seen on the north coast.

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So potentially that's one place we really should try. And this is

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where I'm heading now. I want to give myself the best possible

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chance of tracking Elvis down, so I'm joining forces with Martin

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Scott of the RSPB, who put the word out on level radio. We are looking

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for a snowy owl. If you have seen it, give us ring. Whilst we wait to

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see if there are any calls from the public, we head to a rocky headland.

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Martin, I'm thinking, one small need until a very large haystack.

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There are lots of white things about there amongst the rocks.

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open moorland habitat with the grass is ideal for snowy owls, as

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they normally inhabit the tundra close to the Arctic. The up there

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they live on a diet of lemmings but it seems Elvis is just as happy

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with the rabbits here. We haven't seen Elvis yet but we've seen a

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buzzard flying around this Cairn. And we've spotted this which an owl

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has coughed up. Martin has a couple of huge pellets.. Pull of rabbit

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bones and fur, which is classic snowy owl food. I suppose we have

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to keep looking and not give up. After a couple of hours of chasing

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rocks we move on the another of Elvis's so-called favourite haunts.

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It is even more barren. Then, our luck changed. Frankly, we had given

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up, but can you see that little white blob over there? It is a

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loneliest bird in the world. We've located Elvis and he is right on

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the north coast of Lewis. It begs the question, why is he here?

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drifted down from Greenland and Arctic Canada and ended up on the

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Hebrides. He's found a habitat to his liking but can't find a mate.

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The chances of a female wandering down here are quite slim, but you

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never know. We'll keep our fingerss crossed for him. In the end we

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spent almost an hour with Elvis and he seemed totally unfazed by our

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