09/06/2011 The One Show

Welcome to The One Show with Matt Baker and Alex Jones. We want you

to guess who is on a sofa. Here are a few clues. She is the feisty

felines on first-name terms with the world's greatest tennis players.

She is the perfect host of Britain's longest-running sports

quiz. It is of course, Sue Barker. That was 1982. It was from that one,

that one team said I was Alan Minter, the boxer. The other one

said I was Ray Clemence, the Liverpool goalkeeper. I was not

happy. As the nation's official head of sport, have you seen this

story about a prime was called in Cambridgeshire, banning parents

from sports day? -- a primary school in Cambridgeshire. I am

amazed. I remember when I was going up, sport was obviously a big part

of my life, I laughed having my parents there. It was a big part in

my family because I was the youngest of three and they came to

everything. I think it is a real shame. I'm sure the parents are

gutted, but it is a real shame for the kids. We were saying, you must

have been amazing at the egg-and- spoon race! A little bit

competitive, yes! It seems a real shame that parents are not allowed

to celebrate their parents sporting success. We are asking parents to

send in pictures of their kids holding aloft their sports trophies.

Send in pictures of your award winning kids to the usual address.

Tomorrow, it is Prince Philip's 90th birthday. To mark the occasion,

we have asked his biographer to give us an insight into the private

life of the Queen's consort. would have such a prestigious title

as a biographer to his Royal Highness? It is The One Show's

Gyles Brandreth, of course. As royalty and the Queen's consort,

the Duke of Edinburgh can't answer back to criticism. We think we know

him well. I am not sure we know him at all. So, in the glorious setting

of Windsor Castle, a favourite place of his, I thought I would see

if I could offer some facts about Prince Philip's 90 years that you

might find surprising. For a start, did you know that he's twice as

Royal as the Queen? She is 50% royalty, he is 100% the real thing.

Both his parents were Royal. Born Prince Philip of Greece, he can

claim kinship with European queens, kings, emperors, kaisers, the lot.

They don't get more royal than the Duke of Edinburgh. Not that he is

actually Greek. The family descended from a Dennis prince who

was crowned King of Greece in 1863 -- a Danish prince. There is a

birthday exhibition at Windsor Castle. Prince Philip's father,

Prince Andrew, and his mother, Princess Alice, met at Windsor. She

was just 17, they fell in love. Princess Alice had been born here,

in the tapestry room, with her grandmother Queen Victoria, on

tenterhooks behind the door. Here is the baby Prince Philip. Not born

at Windsor, but on the Greek island of Corfu. There was tragedy ahead.

When Philip was still a small boy, not yet 10, his mother suffered a

complete breakdown. In fact, Alice went on to lead an unusual life,

founding a charitable religious order, often dressing as a nun. His

father, Andrew, left home. He moved to Monte Carlo and found himself a

mistress. The young Philip had a In happiness and stability came in

the form of Princess Lilliput, whom he courted at Windsor. They had

known each other for years, they were cousins, both great-great

grandchildren of Queen Victoria. Not everyone saw him as a

conquering hero. There were some within the royal establishment who

had their reservations about the engagement, courtiers who felt

Prince Philip wasn't one of us. He hadn't been to Eton, he wasn't a

Guards officer, he wasn't a hunting man. And Philip could be excused

for being more apprehensive than the average fiancee. He was

marrying the future Queen. Among the sacrifices, he had to give up

his naval career, where he had already seen distinguished service.

He was mentioned in despatches during the war. That's life, he

once told me, you have to make compromises. In fact, he already

had. He joined to the role maybe because it was part of a family

tradition. -- joined the Royal Navy. He might have preferred to serve in

the air force. Flying has been a long-time passion for him. He

clocked up 6,000 hours as a pilot. There was the business of the

family name. His own children were not allowed to be given his surname,

they had to be members of the House of Windsor. That really hurts, and

yet, he still got on with the job. Whenever I have gone to meet him in

his study, I have always been surprised by the range of his

interests. In his library, he has 11,000 books. He reads poetry,

psychology, very few novels, he prefers facts to fiction. You might

have thought that Charles was the artist in the family. Prince Philip

was there first. He even designed beautiful stained glass windows for

the Private Chapel at Windsor. The newspapers will tell you the Duke

is cantankerous and scratchy. Well, he can be. What the papers won't

tell you is that he is also thoughtful and compassionate.

Towards the end of Charles and Diana's marriage, Prince Philip was

the mediator. He started a correspondence with her, pointing

out the faults on both sides. Always supportive to a vulnerable

woman. Behind the bluster he is a family man. The Queen wears the

crown, he wears the trousers. A lifetime of handshakes, walkabouts,

speeches, supporting the Queen, frankly, I don't think anyone could

have done it better. Wonderful. What a lovely moment at

the end. Beautiful. It is a fascinating relationship between

them. I have been lucky enough to know Prince Philip for more than 30

years. I got involved in the charity, I am sporting the tie as a

proud vice-president. It was the first charity he took on in 1947,

when he became engaged to Princess Elizabeth. When I first met him

more than 30 years ago, I found he was cedis -- different from the

cantankerous, foot in mouth person we read about in the papers. I

thought he was intriguing, funny, endearing, he wasn't particularly

rough or aggressive. He does question you. I said how his father

had floated down to the south of France. He said, why did you say he

floated down? I said, I am trying to give the impression that he

enjoined eight -- enjoyed a glass of wine and a well-turned ankle. I

thought the phrase can fade at Beverley. Prince Philip said, my

father did not float down, he went by train. He is very good with

children, does that hark back to his childhood? He is wonderful with

children. He finds some adults difficult. I was told a lovely

story up of power the Blairs went I can tell you that he really liked

Leo Blair, aged two or three. Prince Philip got down on his

haunches and taught you Blair the national anthem, all the verses.

Only three people know the whole national anthem in this country,

the Queen, the Duke of Edinburgh and Leo Blair. Speaking of the

children, you played Cupid? I did. I was working for a TV network and

I went to... Prince Edward was doing a charity event, he

challenged me to real tennis at the Queen's Club. To promote his

charity, they wanted me to put on these T-shirts and baseball caps

promoting other television networks that were going to take his charity

thing. I said, I can't do that and we have got to promote it. I said,

hold on, the PR girl, she will do it. It was Sophie. I said, would

you have your picture taken? She went, no, I don't want to. I

persuaded her, and within 10 minutes, they are laughing and

joking. I phoned up a week later, a couple of dinners at the Palace and

the rest is history. They were lovely, they asked me to do their

engagement interview for the BBC. I was chuffed. Prince Edward will be

the next Duke of Edinburgh, when the Duke of Edinburgh pops his

clogs. Beautifully put. It will happen to us all, even you! Sunday,

it will! Prince Philip is famous for off the cuff the remarks --

some day, it will. During the recession in 1981, he apparently

said, everybody was saying we must have more leisure, now they are

complaining they are unemployed. When he was speaking to a student

who had been tracking in Papua New Guinea, he said, you manage not to

get eaten? That is a nice one? favourite is this. On Sunday he is

celebrating his birthday at St George's Chapel. He will be

surrounded by his family, including his wife, the Queen. My favourite

remark is this. If ever you see a man opening the car door for his

wife, it is either a new car, or a new wife. If you want to learn more

about the man, don't miss The Duke At 90, at 9pm tonight on BBC One.

You are in it. I will be there. you aware that one of the Duke's

favourite programmes is A Question Of Sport. He actually knows who you

are! I imagine, I went to present some of his Duke of Edinburgh

Awards. He came over and said, you are not one of those commentators

that always talks too much, are you? I said, I hope not. Apparently,

he loves the mystery guest round. But as host, you don't get to play

it. Tonight is the night. Can you Who do you think it was?

recognise the walk, and using the ball to rabbit on the shorts was a

giveaway, and the lack of talent. - - to rub it. It has to be my

wonderful tough for us. -- Phil Tufnell. Let's have a look. It is,

of course. Stick to cricket! are taking Question Of Sport on the

road, on tour. We are. We did it last year to celebrate the 40 years

and it was so popular that we decided to do it again. There is a

four year waiting list to watch it in the studio. People have grown up

with it. I was on in the 70s, 80s and 90s and took over as the host.

I have been the host for 15 years. You are filling big then used.

are, going all around the country - - filling big venues. It is

different to the television show because we get a Q&A, and the

audience is more involved. It went down so well last year, everyone

asked us if we would do it again. We are off on tour again. Good.

Penny Smith was here last night. She said her perfect bald man was

Matt Dawson. What do you think? What kind of bloke is Matt? He is

lovely. We don't have a tour bus, but we have eight mini van. -- a

mini van. We play games on route from one venue to another and Matt

is always starting them off. It is brilliant. We're not very

rock'n'roll. We stop at a pub for lunch and do civilised things.

That's good. Fans of the show will know that you have a 62nd round.

They have to get as many questions correct as they can in 60 seconds.

We are going to challenge you to a You can't complain, you said, ask

me anything. You're 60 seconds start now. Who was the first ever

host of the show? David Vine. holds the record for the most

appearances as captain on the programme? Ally McCoist. Here is

Ally McCoist, but who are the other two we've blurred out in this

picture? One is very small. Willie Carson. And a very good swimmer. We

will move on. Sharron Davies. two of the guests who appeared on

your first show as host in 1997? idea. A good tennis player.

Henman? Which of these boxers has not appeared on A Question Of Sport

as a studio guest? George Foreman, Evander Holyfield, Lennox Lewis or

Which athlete performed Hit Me Baby One More Time as Britney Spears as

part of the mystery guest segment? Iwan Thomas. Yes! You got four.

That's good. You have killed me. Phil Tufnell and Dawson will have a

go, that I don't know anything A perfect British holiday must be

going down a river on a canal. As Akido explained there is mutiny

in -- as David Akinsanya explains there is mutiny on the British

Waterways. All is not well in this rural idyll.

One group of travellers near Bath, fear that their unconventional way

of life is under threat, but these travellers are not gypsies, worried

about being evicted from a static caravan site. For boat dwellers

like me, not only is our boat a mode of transport, it is also our

home. Until recently, I paid for a mooring that entitled me to stay

all year round, but they are in short supply, costing up to �9,000

a year. So many prefer the cheaper option of moving from place-to-

place. I chose to live on the canal, as I

fell in love with the canal. I chose to work part-time, doing a

job, looking after deaf and blind people. I had time to do my job,

and be with the canal, but hundreds of others want to be with the canal.

That can mean overcrowding. So British Waterways say that

continuous cruisers like Paul have to keep on the move. Paul chose to

fight as they was confined to a 12- mile stretch of water.

Did you know there were rules? I was sticking to them. I was

moving from parish to parish, more or less every 14 days. The rules --

the rulings where that I was not navigating the distance enough.

So, in order to be a continuous cruiser, that means paying a boat

licence of �700. Paul and people like him have to

travel further, running on the spot or 12 miles is not allowed. What

would you say to people who look at us boaters on the river, we don't

pay Council Tax, a lot of people think we don't do it as we don't

want to pay for bills? We have seen in a survey that we pay for lots of

other extras. Water, sewage disposal and rubbish disposal.

British Waterways pays in respect of Council Tax. So part of the boat

licence fee goes towards Council Tax effectively.

British Waterways say that the canals are too popular and busy to

allow the boat owners to hog their favourite areas.

The canals have become a great deal more popular. That is a good thing,

but what it means is that there is more competition for space on the

land and the water. That's causing people to question

what the movement patterns are of some might or might not be

continuous cruising. So we have had to test to see if the rules that we

have got are enforced or not. With the boaters seeing you taking

the case, do you think that many will be scared and worried about

their own security on the canals? What we have to do in popular areas

is to deal with the bit inbetween where people don't want a permanent

mooring and find a middle way. Until a solution a found, lives are

in limbo. Ryan, a blacksmith cannot move too far are in the school term

time because of his daughter's education.

In term time, we are in a ten-mile radius, out of term we can go into

Bath. Ryan is worried that this rule make

it is impossible for them to stay where they live, work and play.

How far will it have to be? In six months? It could be impossible.

It would not be viable to work. The price of petrol, the time you have

driven that far. I don't know how my daughter would get to school.

Some may argue that these families are getting a good deal. State

cruising, but paying less in cruising fees than land Land Rovers

do in Council Tax, but nobody wants people like them or Paul to be

driven from the water. If I want to keep my home, I have

to cruise a substantial part of the network. Which, unfortunately,

means I can't work. I am very sad, I'm very angry and I have every

right to be. I was on the can as myself before.

Good luck to them. Sue, you like the canals and

boating? I love it. I live not far from Stratford-upon-

Avon. We have seen all of the canal boats, we would really love to do

it my husband and I. You have come from the tennis at

Queen's, who are the front runners? The top seed is Rafael Nadal. I had

to leave when we came off air on BBC Two. He looked lick he was

cruising, but I have heard that it is more even. Andy Murray looked

fantastic today. He said that his ankle was the best it has been. He

has had a bad ankle injury and Andy Roddick is back. A former runner-up

at Wimbledon. He is looking lean rand mean.

It is a slightly different feel, Queen's to Wimbledon.

They all want to win Queen's. Rafael Nadal has come straight off

the French Open. He came straight on to the practise courts, 24 hours

after winning that amazing final against Justine Fedder. Physically

he was exhausted. It was the toughest French Open he said he had

had, but by the time Wimbledon starts he will be ready.

A new type of tennis is emerging. We had a go early in the -- earlier

in the studio, this is how we got APPLAUSE.

Here to explain all is James Keatley. What is this new style of

tennis? It is freestyle it is tennis without limits. You can play

tennis, anyone can play. You can play in the back garden, even over

the sofa. How can people get involved? We are

launching a website in a couple of weeks, it shows the scheme.

Children can log on, it shows where you can play.

We are working with the Tennis Foundation, launching it across the

schools. That is fantastic news. You have to

reach the kids. Sometimes it is too expensive to buy the rackets. What

you are doing is helping to buy them and make it fun.

It is breaking down the barriers. Absolutely.

Your game was worthy of Boris Becker.

Now, you have seen a side of Phil Tufnell you probably didn't want to

see, Sue, but time to witness the artistic side now as he takes us on

a mini adventure. I have come to rural Wiltshire to

find out about a magical type of house.

One that would fit a chair like this, a doll's house.

Doll's houses began to appear in the 16 and 17th centuries,

originally called baby houses. They were display cabinets for the

miniatures that were the rage. These houses were used to instruct

the ladies in the art of home- making as they arranged their ideal

rooms, but they soon became a play thing of children.

Doll's houses can mean big money. One of the most valuable is worth

more than �200,000. It is a replica of Spencer House in London. Today,

doll's houses are hugely popular toys with massed-produced furnish

tower, but there is still an army of skilled miniaturists, they make

tiny pieces of furniture. All to the scale of one inch to the

foot. The appeal is so strong that some

doll's house fans derive pleasure from making the Furnishings

themselves. One such lady is Pat Cut forth.

Pat, this is a fabulous doll's house, how did you combi it? I made

it. I made it out of a cupboard. I always would say as a child, when I

got married my husband would make one for me. That became clear it

would not happen. It is not his skill. So I learned how to do the

little things. How to cut with the tiny saws, how to electrify it. I

did all of the decorating. Over the years Pat has passed on

her passion to many others such as Lauren Child, the writer and

illustrator, best known for her children's characters, Charlie and

Lola and Clarice Bean. I must have been about seven years

old. I came to Pat's house. She was the mother of my school friend. I

saw her doll's house. I wanted one just like it. I started making

things in her workshop and building... Dangerously on real

saws. Real saws.

At age seven! What is it about the dal's -- doll's houses that you

really love? They are such imaginative toys. You are telling a

story as well as designing a set. I think that translates perfectly

into being a writer and illustrator. I think that is no accident that

happened. Lauren was so taken by the doll's

houses she featured them in her book the Princess and the Pea.

thought about it for ages, what we should do. I don't know if it was

you, Pat, but we moved to an idea of photographing tiny, tiny room

set as fairytales are so peculiar. It seemed the perfect way of

getting the surrealness of the story.

How much work did it involve? thought it would be easy, but it

turned into a two-year project. Everything was made from scratch.

If it were not made from me, I would borrow or buy it or

commission someone to make. That is amazing! I commissioned

that a couple that make some of the best doll's house food in the

world! That is amazing. We have the poached egg on toast there and is

that porcelain? Yes. Anybody who knows about doll's

houses will love all of the layers. I got a lot of letters from

children who had taken things like shoe boxes and made their own

version. That was really charming. That is exactly what I would have

done. So, there was something very nice about that. I rooted it right

back to my own childhood. A world you make yourself, where

the limits are imagination and patience. Truly, a miniature

masterpiece! Well, Sue, if you were concern bad Phil taking the milk

out of you, you have a good comeback with the doll's house

there. Absolutely, I was amazed when you

introduced him as the Art Critic! Well, earlier on we asked for

pictures of your children holding their sports trophies.

We have a couple of champions here. Ella with her cheer-leading trophy.

That is enormous and Edward not to be outdone with his football medals.

What a talented couple. This is Riley Davis, he is four

years old from Holyrood, Northern Ireland.

And this is Greg, they are off to Sports Day tomorrow.