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

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have got a full crew on board tonight. The Cornish sea shanty

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singers Fisherman's Friends are with us! They will be performing

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later in the show and they will be joined by a brand new member.

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Attention on deck for Captain Stephen Fry. Are you in good voice

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this evening? That is the question. I am never in good voice. I have

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fun golf's ear for music. Sadly. I wish. Do be honest, I am not keen

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either. Can we just do some mining? You have had a busy day today. You

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had some dental work done. Yes, crown. The coronation. Are you

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feeling OK? I forget with Twitter that everybody knows what I have

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been doing. You probably know that I have been to the lavatory several

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times as well! Many secrets come out. We will be talking to Stephen

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later about a big return to a role he has not played in several years.

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Gyles Brandreth returns to one of his favourite roles, Detective

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Inspector, on the trail of a father and son team behind the best

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forgeries that the art world has ever seen.

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In the autumn of 1989, an elderly man in Bolton claimed to have found

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this priceless Anglo-Saxon artefact in apart in Preston. Inside it

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contained a tiny piece of Christ's cross. But it was a fake. Forged by

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his son Sean. This would be the start of the 17 year conspiracy

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that became the biggest art and antiquities crime case in Britain.

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A couple in their eighties have admitted defrauding art galleries

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and antique dealers. More than 100 forged works. If real, the works

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would be worth some �4 million. This was their greatest trick. The

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Amarna Princess. The fake Egyptian statue so convincing that it was

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authenticated by the British Museum. For nearly two decades, their son

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created the forgeries in their garden shed, while their father

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George, and the most prestigious art galleries into buying them. --

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trip to the most prestigious art galleries. It changed the way that

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the art world goes about spotting fakes and con-artists. What stunned

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the experts was the range and variety of the cons, a particularly

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because Sean had no formal training whatever. It is amazing that

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somebody could do this in a garage. It is nothing short of genius.

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is their last forgery, an ancient Assyrian relief. It ultimately led

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to the undoing when Auctioneers finally noticed the staggering

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quantity of items attached to the name George Greenhalgh. They came

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in here with the big dossier of all the things which had been offered

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to the auction house by George Greenhalgh. This was not that all

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the picture that I had of this fairly homespun sort of chap up in

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Bolton, who had inherited things from his grandfather. When John

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took a closer look, he spotted a spelling error in the relief and

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this mistake in a harness. The relief was a fake and the family

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were rumbled. Sean was sentenced to four years in prison while his

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father George received a suspended sentence on medical grounds. Over

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100 forgeries were seized by police from museums across the country and

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they are now stored as evidence here at the top secret fine art

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lock-up. How did they get away with it for so long? They were going to

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different departments. The Syrian department, the Roman department.

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They turned up one week with a stone, the next with silver, and

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the two department did not talk to each other. Creating the pieces was

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only half the battle. To authenticate an item you need proof

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of its history, provenance. This was one of the items that they used

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as provenance. This looks old. is. The are faking the catalogue as

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well? They catalogue is genuine. It is dated back to 1892. It is a sale

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at Silverton Park in Devon. They purchased this in 1999 for a few

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pounds. There are descriptions of numerous items within it. It might

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say one Egyptian statue, one stone relief. What they did his they

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created an item based on that description. Then they take it to

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an expert and say it has been in the family since 1892, purchased by

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the great grandfather, and this is the catalogue to prove it and this

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is the item. Since this case, police are keen to encourage art

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experts that the ultimate provenance is forensic testing.

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identified the Assyrian relief. That is T which makes it look

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coloured like that. -- a cup of tea. It is thought that there could be

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numerous of fakes -- numerous fakes made by this family still out there.

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Police and experts have now learned to share their concerns about

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potential forgeries. Thanks to this case, lessons have been learned

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that have changed the nature of fraud detection. Bolton's amazing

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fake factory is finally closed for business.

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Thank you. Sean could have been such a good artist in his own right.

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Extraordinary. It seems amazing that with such talent in so many

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directions in painting and sculpture that he put it to

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criminal use and not original use. And it all came up of that garden

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shed. That is real art over there. The BAFTA mask. It is probably the

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best-known British award. After the Oscar, which was designed by Cedric

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Gibbons, as you probably know, the great art director. Supposedly it

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looked like his uncle Oscar. That is the theory. And you are

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returning to the role of host. on Sunday at the Royal Opera House.

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It is six years since you have done it and we were reading that you

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said you were so nervous before every performance. How are you

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feeling with three nights to go? am stuttering a little. You just

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don't want the thing to be Eddie or cheesy. Right! Nothing like a

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sandwich that you can buy in a shop, egg, cheese, hammy. You want it to

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glide. People think of award ceremonies as ego massaging,

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putting people on the back, but they are run important part of a

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business that brings in billions to this country and around the world.

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We are celebrating 50 years of James Bond, which is an amazing

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thing. The longest film franchise that there has ever been. We are

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celebrating the end of the most successful film franchise that has

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ever been, which is British, Harry Potter. And an incredible variety

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of films that keeps thousands of people in work. I know it does look

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like a love fest, but I think of it is done well it can be enjoyable

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television and people enjoy movies. I can give you this information

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because it is in the public domain, because this year was the first

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year that over �1 billion was taken in cinema receipts. For all the

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internet and all the illegal downloading, people still love

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going to the cinema. What a year for due to be doing it. It is a

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great year and we have a fantastic collection of stars, from across

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the Atlantic and home-grown. You stand on stage, and your eye has

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got to arrest someone. We can see what you will be seeing. -- rest

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some place. That is an artist's impression! Meryl Streep, Martin

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Scorsese. That is quite something. John Hurt is getting a special

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award. And quite rightly, too. He has spent decades being one of our

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finest actors. He goes under the radar because people forget how

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marvellous he is. If I had only done two films, one with an alien

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bursting out of my chest and another as the Elephant man, that

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would be a proud career on its own. Another great star is Miss Piggy

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and she will be on the red carpet with you. I know how. She has

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battered her eyelashes at me. I think you can see love in her eyes.

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It is marvellous to have the Muppets back. I don't know if you

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have seen the film. It is a wonderful idea behind that film. I

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will not spoil it but it is well worth seeing it. It is directed by

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a British man, who created flight of the Concordes and helped and --

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other people, too. An unknown British talent, probably because he

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works behind the scenes, but a brilliant talent. What will your

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tack it be? Jonathan Ross has hosted and Ricky Gervais did the

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Golden Globes. -- your tactic. Will there be controversy? Will it be

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polite? Would it be controversial to do it naked? Some people might

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find that controversial. Completely acceptable! I think it is

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reasonable. There is Elek turned so that is above nipple height. --

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Elek luck turned. Well, you may get some awards later but we will not

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give anything away. The winner of Best Sound could go to a concrete

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wall in Kent. Marty Jopson learnt sounds off about the amazing sound

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mirrors of Denge. In Kent stand these concrete structures, looking

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more like abstract sculpture. At one time they were the top secret

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front line of Britain's defence. In World War One, all our military had

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to anticipate an enemy attack worthies. -- was this. Then the

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sound Trumpet extended the range of human hearing on the battlefield.

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The listener could hear the sound of guns from far away and using

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some clever calculations they could work out exactly how far away and

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what direction. Vital information when you need to strike your enemy

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before they strike you. Between the First and Second World Wars, the

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distant aircraft that fly increased and British shores were no longer

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so. Could someone develop the equivalent of the sound trumpet to

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detect incoming aircraft? These are the sound mirrors of Denge and they

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are enormous. The largest one is 200 ft long. As the name suggests,

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they do not reflect light, but sound. Instructed by Major William

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Tucker between 1928 and 1930, the secret is in their curved shape. It

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concentrates and amplifies the sand, reflecting it on to a series of

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microphones. -- the sound. The listener can tell if an aircraft is

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coming and crucially what direction it is coming from. Let me show you

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how it works. This is a mirror and I can use it to focus, just like

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the sound era focuses sound, but this time I will focus the heat of

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There we go. Look at that. That is what happens if you focus the heat

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of the Sun. Of course this is exactly what the sound mirrors are

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doing. How effective were they? Each one had a range of 20 miles.

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How much notice did that give you? That gave the guys about a three-

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minute warning. We are going to but is nearer to the test. Our invader

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over -- we are going to put the mirror to the test. Our invader is

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over the channel and we are going to detect them using our ears, but

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I am going to use the sound wall. That will focus the sand on to the

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microphone. Hopefully I will be able to detect the aeroplane first.

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And it is not long before the mirror comes up trumps. I can hear

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it. It fades in and out but I can hear it. That is really clear. With

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the Mirror picking up the sound, though in his left waiting. -- he

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is left waiting. Only now does he hear it. That worked a treat. I

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could hear the oncoming aeroplane two-and-a-half minutes before him.

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That is all thanks to this amazing By the mid30s, new technology and

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everyincreasing aircraft speeds meant that Major William Tucker's

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sound mirrors became less effective. Radar spelled the end of the

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usefulness of sound mirrors, but after 80 years, they stand as a

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monument to Major William Tucker and British ingenuity.

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Brilliant technology, but it begs the question, how good is Owen's

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hearing! Stephen, to ensure you don't feel out of place for the

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awards, we have entered your own categories in the Stephen Awards.

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Fingers crossed, you will win some of these.

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Alex Jones, the first category? first category is... Most

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Persistent Attempt To Remake a Film. The winner is... It's Stephen Fry!

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Of course, it is Fry, now, here we are. This alludes to the re-make of

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Dam Busters. Yes, it is. It is a loaning time

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ago, but that was with Peter Jackson, who I am currently making

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the Hobbit with. There is so much more that we know

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now that we could not show in the 1954 film, we would not take

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anything away from it, but Peter is passionate about it. So am I. Thank

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you for that. Congratulations for the first award.

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Let's move on to the second category.

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This could get repetitive, by the way. It is Best Celebrity Airplane

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Pilot. The winner is... Have you guessed it? Yes, it's Stephen Fry!

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Congratulations. On the topic of by-planes? I have not kept in the

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hours to get a pilot licence. We know that Ewan McGregor's

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brother is a fine pilot, but I have had two planes in my time, a Tiger

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Moth and an Eagle. They are tail draggers with the tails at the back,

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rather than in the front. Which is rather sexy, I think.

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Indeed. Well, let's go on to the third and the final award. OK, the

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final award is Best Spotter of New Musical Talent. Now, I have no idea

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who the winner could be. Feel the tension. Here we go. It is...

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Stephen Fry! Congratulations, sir! Thank you! Thank you! This is for

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the review you gave Leeds singer Jon Gomm. It was a short critic?

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was it is three letters, wow! I saw this guy playing a guitar in the

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way I had never seen it before. He is an all-round genius. I thought

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that people should share the talent. He using the guitar in a really

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interesting way? It is wonderful to watch. Over 2 million people have

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watched it now. I am proud and happy. One the advantages much

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Twitter, to promote talent if you see it.

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Well, congratulations. Thank you.

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They will go on my award's shelf, or wing! They are a bit flimsy.

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No, and they do look a little bit like Michael Caine.

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Thank you! Well, there are many stars hoping for success as Stephen

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has had. You can see on BBC One on Sunday at 9.00pm. Now, Welsh

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composer Paul Mealor had great success at the last Christmas with

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the Military Wives Choir, but he has set himself a difficult project.

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He needs a voice with the almost impossible low E. Britain's low E

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cupboard is pretty bare. So we have sent Alex Riley to Aberdeen to see

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if he can help. # One... One! # When it comes to

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singing I think that I like to take it to the limit. One of Britain's

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most successful composers is looking out for singing that pushes

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the boundaries of what is humanly attainable! Better-known for

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composing the choral music for last year's Royal Wedding and the

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Military Wives Choir smash hit Christmas number one, composer Paul

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Mealor is now on a global hunt for a singer, capable of hitting a note

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so low, that it is thought never to have been sung before.

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At the top of the vocal range is the soprano who sings from C down

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to middle C. Somewhere in the middle is the alto,

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who takes us down to the E below middle C.

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And the bass has the lowest vocal range of all. Going down as low as

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two OK saves below middle C. Low, but still some way off what

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Paul has in mind. Paul, what is this incredibly low note that you

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want somebody to be able to sing? Well, it is the very low E, down

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here... That is low. Is it physically possible for somebody to

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actually sing that note? I think it is beyond the capabilities of the

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majority, but I think there are many out there, after a party and a

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couple of pints can get down there, Barry White style.

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I'm sure with a bit of training I could hit the elusive low E myself.

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Sing that one. No, an octave lower. Not quite!

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With the deepest bass singers in the country auditioning with little

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success, perhaps it is time to go out on the streets, to find out if

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there is undiscovered vocal talent out there. How low can people go.

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That was quite low. LAUGHTER Low! They were low, but

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nowhere near low enough. The search continues.

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No luck in Aberdeen. Stephen, could you be Paul's save your?

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I think there is something there, I really do! To be honest, you were

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better a time 20 years ago. Here we Oh, hello!

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Hey Jude. The terrors of the modern world.

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Now, it is time for some singing sea shanty style. Whilst we

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procedure for song from the Fisher. Carrie Grant has been to the other

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end of the British Isles to meet one of the last remaining voices of

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the her her. I'm as near to John O'Groats in the top of mainland

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Britain as I have ever been. This is Fraserburgh. It is in North East

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Scotland. It is one of the last fishing ports left in Britain. It

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is also one of the ports visited by an amazing group of women, known as

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the her her. At their peak there were over 6,000 of them. They were

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experts at gutting and curing fish. While they worked, they loved to

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sing. # In Stornoway and shields... #

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From the 1800s up to 1940, the Herring Lassies followed the North

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Sea fishing boats down Britain's east coastment while the men

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trawled and landed the fish, the women processed them.

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Historian Rosemary Sanderson is the author of a book on Herring Lassies.

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How many fish would a Herring Lassies gut within a minute? About

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60! Time was money it was peace work, they had to be fast it looks

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yet it is all done. What do you know about the songs? They had a

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chanting lyrics, that went well with fiscal labour.

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The her her were usually unmarried, they followed the fleet, staying in

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seaside boarding houses, carrying a trunk with all of their possessions.

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If they were lucky, they would persuade the fishermen to take it

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by boat. Fraserburgh fisherman, William

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White's mum was a her her. What was life like for the Herring Lassies?

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I could hear mum saying it was very, very hard. Stood in oil skins with

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the fingers wrapped in twine, but it was a very, very hard day.

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But they kept singing. Bunty Davidson is one of the few

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remaining her her. It is a forgotten time, a forgotten

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skill. You just gut the herring and take

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it out over there. This is disgusting, they did this

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all day? All day. From 6.00am to 1.00pm in the afternoon.

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The songs kept the spirit up, for heaven's sake.

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Your time as a Herring Lassies, do you look back at that fondly?

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It was awfy dirty. Well, I learn the how to get fish

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Bunty. Now I want to know more about the music. I have come to

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meet Irene Watt. IRA yeen collects and preserves the

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songs of the her her. That is beautiful. These songs seem to have

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a Cornish feel to them? Yes, they That song is four, four, time.

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You pick up the herring, you slit it and throw it. So it is

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# Fiddle Dee with the herring today. # So it works with the herring work.

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Can you teach me? Absolutely. OK, we don't need the harp. Let's

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do outside. Let's try the whole thing.

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With actions? Why not?! # Fiddle Dee with a herring's eyes

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# Herrings eyes, and all sorts of things

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# Sing fiddle Dee oops lie there! # We rock it.

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John, do you think that Carrie has potential? I think so.

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Does that make you homesick? little bit. We like to see the sea.

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We own left it three hours ago! this is all about the sea and fish

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shanty songs. Obviously these are taken to the boats and to the sea.

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Why did you do this? The shanties were designed to help the Saylors

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with their work. # Heavow way... # They would all

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sing together and do the work together. It made it more efficient.

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You guys, by the way, I'm glad I wore a stripe. You are going on

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tour, starting in Cambridge? Yes, Cambridge, St Albans, York, Burnley

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and Liverpool. Do you have plenty of shanties to

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fill? Yes, 60 or 70-odd. You are doing indoor as well as

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docks? Yeah, all indoor this week. Well, we are in good voice. Give us

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an idea of what we are singing? are singing A Drop of Nelson's

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Blood. When Nelson was shot at Trafalgar, they put his body,

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ironically into a barrel of French brandy to preserve it. When they

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took the body out, the marines that escorted the body, took a drop of

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the brandy. Known as Nelson's blood. We are putting the words on the

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screen. Take it away. # Oh, a drop of Nelson's blood

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wouldn't do us any harm. # Oh, a drop of Nelson's blood

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wouldn't do us any harm. # Oh, a drop of Nelson's blood

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wouldn't do us any harm. # And we'll all hang on behind.

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# So we'll roll the old chariot along.

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# An' we'll roll the golden chariot along.

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# So we'll roll the old chariot along.

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# An' we'll all hang on behind! This is a good look with the

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Fisherman's Friends and of course, Stephen Fry, good luck for hosting

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the BAFTAs. Tomorrow, Keeley Hawes is here. We will see you at 7.00pm.

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Shall we give it another go? Let's # Oh, a plate of Irish stew

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