:00:23. > :00:31.with Chris Evans And Alex Jones. Tonight's guest is what about if you
:00:31. > :00:36.go go back in time to recapture lost opportunities. We saw the film and
:00:36. > :00:40.it is amazing. We weren't really in the mood but it got us there.
:00:40. > :00:47.were a wreck when we left the cinema. Please welcome writer and
:00:47. > :00:52.director Richard Curtis. And it is also very funny. Thank
:00:52. > :00:57.you. You are par nighed about the fact we wouldn't mention it was
:00:57. > :01:02.funny. There were joke, I didn't realise I had made a film people
:01:02. > :01:09.would find sad by the end, I want people to be assured there are jokes
:01:09. > :01:16.in there. You say it is sad, that doesn't necessarily mean it is sad.
:01:16. > :01:20.Maybe. It makes you cry in an up Laith lifting way. We had to, we
:01:21. > :01:30.were suicidal by the time we left. We have England fan, Australian fans
:01:31. > :01:31.
:01:31. > :01:36.here. Obviously, we have the, we have the
:01:36. > :01:41.Fourth Test going on in County Durham, although we have already won
:01:41. > :01:47.the Ashes. Issues here, conflict for Richard Curtis, listen to this.
:01:47. > :01:50.conflicted. I had an Australia passport until I was 45. My mum used
:01:50. > :01:56.to annoy my dad by supporting England and my dad supported
:01:56. > :02:01.Australia. I have been torn. I am supporting Australia this time.
:02:01. > :02:06.luck with that. They are having a harder time. I think they need every
:02:06. > :02:10.man they can get. Back to the film, before we move on to more cricket.
:02:10. > :02:16.This isn't your first brush with time travel is it, because you did
:02:16. > :02:21.write an episode of Doctor Who. did. About, going back to see
:02:21. > :02:28.Vincent van Gogh. I wrote a Blackadder time travel one. It is my
:02:28. > :02:34.third time out. So Peter Capaldi, what do you think of him as the new
:02:34. > :02:40.doctor? Exciting. He will be intelligent, and Scottish. . What
:02:40. > :02:49.type of Doctor Who do you think he will be? I hope that he will be
:02:49. > :02:53.tough, circumspect and witty. . Foul mouth is what we want, but I think
:02:53. > :02:57.we should have Doctor Who and Doctor Who late, the one that comes on at
:02:57. > :03:01.12.30. Every week disaster threatens to destroy the earth but the Time
:03:01. > :03:08.Lord says the day. Of course he does. In real life some people are
:03:08. > :03:14.more than prepared for the worst. Flash floods. Mass riot, extreme
:03:14. > :03:18.weather. We have seen pretty apocalyptic scenes so if the end of
:03:18. > :03:23.the world did come, where would you want to be?
:03:23. > :03:28.Me? Well, I would want to be here on this street, in Hertfordshire, to be
:03:28. > :03:32.with a man who claims to be ready for anything.
:03:32. > :03:37.Retired soldier Michael is one of hundreds of so-called prepper, they
:03:37. > :03:41.prepare by stocking up on essentials in case natural disasters or civil
:03:41. > :03:50.unrest lead to society falling apart.
:03:50. > :03:54.And his stash of items is in a secret store cupboard We need
:03:54. > :03:59.pro-Tyne and carbohydrate, twice a day. So here I can see we have a
:03:59. > :04:03.selection of pies, corned beef, tinned ham. It doesn't look like a
:04:03. > :04:08.lot of fun, you know, but that is not what you are trying to do.
:04:08. > :04:12.reason I have 20 tins of vegetable soup, it is the basis of a good
:04:12. > :04:17.stew. A couple of tins of soup. I will go out and shoot a rabbit or
:04:17. > :04:20.pheasant. I will process the meat, put it in there, make some
:04:20. > :04:25.dumplings, Is all of this reparation, is it for you and your
:04:25. > :04:29.immediate family? Or is it for anybody else? There may come a time
:04:29. > :04:32.when the only thing I can do is batten down the hatches and look
:04:33. > :04:37.after me and mine. But given a choice, I wouldn't look the other
:04:37. > :04:42.way. Uncertain his house would be safe
:04:42. > :04:46.enough if society fell apart Michael has a trailer stocked up with enough
:04:46. > :04:51.food for three months ready to move his family to a secret hideaway in
:04:51. > :04:55.Wales at a moment's notice. In here is food, water and somewhere to
:04:55. > :04:59.sleep. Why would you not want to be in your home? The looting and
:04:59. > :05:04.rioting. If that was my local town I would be want to be as far away as
:05:04. > :05:08.possible. At the moment there is an angry mob coming in that direction,
:05:08. > :05:14.there is a hurricane coming from there, there is fooding behind us, I
:05:14. > :05:18.am not a celebrity, you need to get me out of here. OK.
:05:18. > :05:27.Michael claims he can get the trailer and the family to safety in
:05:27. > :05:31.minutes. The challenge is on. Sure enough, in no time we are off.
:05:31. > :05:39.Pretty soon we are hidden deep in local woods.
:05:39. > :05:47.He starts by erecting a shelter. I am put on fire making duty.
:05:47. > :05:53.Me? Bear Grylls. , the only real men left on television. Now we are out
:05:53. > :05:56.here, I want to find out why he became a prepper. I think it
:05:56. > :05:59.probably started with Hurricane Katrina and seeings how the
:05:59. > :06:03.Government failed those -- seeing how the Government failed those
:06:03. > :06:09.people. 1800 people were waiting for someone to rescue them and nobody
:06:09. > :06:14.came. It is final time for us to get on the with the cooking, we are
:06:14. > :06:20.having sausage and mash and something to drink. Is it true you
:06:20. > :06:25.have something you can pee in and it comes out as water. I can purify
:06:25. > :06:30.water for me and my family. If there is a water source I can purify it.
:06:30. > :06:35.The tent sup, the food is ready, it is time to eat. Mash and onion
:06:35. > :06:39.gravy. You are doing this from a stable environment, that is where
:06:39. > :06:44.people will think it is a bit weird. Yes, I live in one of the safest
:06:44. > :06:49.places in the world, but from time to time, we have natural disasters,
:06:50. > :06:53.or, accidents, catastrophe, we have bombs going off on public
:06:54. > :06:59.transplant. We have power out, they all happen in the UK. If you expect
:06:59. > :07:03.the state to reach out and support you and save you, you are
:07:03. > :07:08.delusional. People need to be more self reliant.
:07:08. > :07:12.Michael thinks whatever happens, he and his family are going to be OK.
:07:12. > :07:16.We need each other. We need the love in our hearts and
:07:16. > :07:21.the strength in our arms. And we will be fine.
:07:21. > :07:27.I must admit that before I came here today, I thought prepping was a bit
:07:27. > :07:31.odd. But whatever you make of it, you can't help but admire Michael's
:07:31. > :07:37.determination to be reliant on no-one but himself.
:07:37. > :07:40.Love, love, love, Richard, come on, it gets on to you perfectly. It is
:07:40. > :07:43.interesting. This, the difference with this new film I have done, is
:07:43. > :07:47.the other ones have been to the moment when they first kiss or they
:07:47. > :07:50.get married, and I have suddenly realised you fall in love, you
:07:50. > :07:53.escape your family, fall in love, get married then you create another
:07:53. > :07:58.family, and then you become responsible for your parents as
:07:58. > :08:03.well, so the whole thing is a kind of cycle of love and family that
:08:03. > :08:08.takes you through your whole leave. This movie is double. It is double
:08:08. > :08:13.strength. Before we talk about it in more detail we have have never seen
:08:13. > :08:17.before montage of your greatest love moments. It has never been seen
:08:17. > :08:22.before. The new film is in this montage. So, maybe you should
:08:22. > :08:28.explain the plot a bit before we go. It is up to you. Do a bit of the
:08:28. > :08:33.premise that people at home know. The plot of the film? It is about a
:08:33. > :08:38.guy who find out on his 21st birthday that all the men in his
:08:38. > :08:42.family can travel in time. So he has, his father asks what would you
:08:42. > :08:47.like to do with it, he says get a girlfriend. The rest is him
:08:47. > :08:53.travelling back in time and finding out sometimes it is helpful and
:08:53. > :08:58.sometimes it is disastrous, have youly he only travels back in time a
:08:58. > :09:08.little. -- actually he only travels back in
:09:08. > :09:21.
:09:21. > :09:29.# How long will I love you # As long as stars are above you
:09:29. > :09:39.# And longer if I can # How long will I need you?
:09:39. > :09:39.
:09:39. > :09:49.# As long as the seasons need to # Follow their plan
:09:49. > :09:50.
:09:50. > :09:58.# How long will I be with you? # As long as the sea is bound to
:09:58. > :10:08.# Wash upon the sand # How long will I want you?
:10:08. > :10:08.
:10:08. > :10:18.# As long as you want me to # And longer by far
:10:18. > :10:18.
:10:18. > :10:26.# How long will I hold you? # As long as your father told you
:10:26. > :10:36.# As long as you can # How long will I give to you?
:10:36. > :10:37.
:10:37. > :10:47.# As long as I live through you # However long you say
:10:47. > :10:47.
:10:48. > :10:57.# How long I I love you? # As long as stars are above you
:10:58. > :11:09.
:11:09. > :11:16.# And longer if I may. # We are all travelling through time
:11:16. > :11:25.together. Every day of our lives. All we can do is do our best. To
:11:25. > :11:31.relish this remarkable ride. APPLAUSE
:11:31. > :11:36.We loved the film. Bill, I said where is this going? There is a
:11:36. > :11:40.moment that arrives out of nowhere and you see it, and it lasts for 15
:11:40. > :11:47.or 20 seconds and you must have known the whole film was about this
:11:47. > :11:52.one moment. When do you imagine that moment? Is that how you start the
:11:52. > :11:58.movie with? Is this the boy on the beach? He he goes back and his dad
:11:58. > :12:01.says is this it? That moment. enough this movie did start at the
:12:01. > :12:07.end. I thought of the conclusion, that I wanted and the second thing I
:12:07. > :12:11.thought of was this walk on the beach. Then I tried to say how do
:12:11. > :12:15.you make a movie about trying to value just every single precious day
:12:15. > :12:19.of our lives? I thought I would create a thing about time travel,
:12:19. > :12:23.and you might finely decide in the end that the thing you would do with
:12:23. > :12:29.time travel is be here, today, but not be scared and try and enjoy the
:12:29. > :12:35.texture of your life, so I started with the end of the film. So the
:12:35. > :12:40.space within the moments you have? So often we look back and say why
:12:40. > :12:43.didn't I Joan they job or that person I was with? It is because you
:12:43. > :12:49.are being doubtful and thinking of the future and what it might
:12:49. > :12:56.achieve. You should just enjoy the texture, all of us who lose their
:12:56. > :13:01.parent, why do I relish it, why was it impatient, to take time loving
:13:01. > :13:05.the things. It is a lovely lesson you take from the film. It has been
:13:05. > :13:12.written about in a lot of papers, rom-com, other movies have been, but
:13:13. > :13:19.in isn't, this is deeper, it has go got a bigger, better message. It has
:13:19. > :13:22.been written that it is going to be your directorial finale, because you
:13:22. > :13:28.have directed three move I I haves you have said that is it, in our
:13:28. > :13:33.opinion, you are just getting good, don't take it the wrong way. Please
:13:33. > :13:37.don't stop. You can't stop there. This is a great film. I should quit
:13:37. > :13:42.while I am ahead. The message of the movie is to enJo I the day, and
:13:42. > :13:47.directing a movie is 1,000 days of pain, so I thought, Bill and I were
:13:47. > :13:51.saying what shall we do the next time we spend three weeks together
:13:51. > :13:54.and we thought we should go on Holiday Inn stead of filming and
:13:54. > :13:59.worrying about whether the weather is going to hold. If you are going
:13:59. > :14:03.to bow out, this is the one to do it on. Please don't. Your relationship
:14:03. > :14:09.with Bill Nighy, to go on holiday with him for three weeks you might
:14:09. > :14:15.be one of the awkward couples who need work to go on. What would we
:14:15. > :14:20.talk about? Yeah. The old days. Instead of new things. Does he ever
:14:20. > :14:30.eat? Have I seen him eating? I haven't, but I am sure I have seen
:14:30. > :14:30.
:14:30. > :14:35.him ordering. I have seen the food being cleared away so I think eating
:14:35. > :14:41.must have happened! There is one restaurant that is central to the
:14:41. > :14:45.movie, where the main characters meet for the first place. The
:14:45. > :14:51.restaurant is completely in the dark and you can eat in the dark and it
:14:51. > :14:57.actually exists. Yes, there is a restaurant in London. We went to
:14:57. > :15:03.dinner there and it was the most difficult meal. Of course, you can't
:15:03. > :15:06.see a smile. I would say something that I thought was amusing. Silence,
:15:06. > :15:13.total silence. We kept on checking we were still there. It is pitch
:15:13. > :15:16.black. In the movie you can vaguely see the glitter of a watch. The idea
:15:16. > :15:22.is the first time they meet, they can't see each other so you are
:15:22. > :15:29.meant to have fallen in love by the time you first see her. You didn't
:15:29. > :15:34.believe me it existed. I have been! Has anyone else been? You can come
:15:34. > :15:41.with me to find it! Before Cerys tells us how important music is to
:15:41. > :15:46.movies, she has been looking at the strange life of the author behind a
:15:46. > :15:50.famous novel. This small village in the Rhondda
:15:50. > :15:55.Valley is the inspiration for the most famous novel written about
:15:55. > :16:00.Wales. How Green Was My Valley was penned by first-time author it
:16:00. > :16:04.should Llewellyn. It became an instant bestseller when it was
:16:04. > :16:09.published in 1939 and has never been out of print since. It was
:16:09. > :16:15.dramatised many times, most memorably in the Oscar-winning
:16:15. > :16:18.film. Hugh Morgan is the central character and the novel follows the
:16:18. > :16:23.ups and downs of his early life growing up in a large, hard-working
:16:23. > :16:26.family in a tight-knit village that is about to be torn apart by
:16:26. > :16:29.conflicting loyalties to trade unions and families. I remember
:16:29. > :16:39.reading the book as 18 age and thinking it must have helped define
:16:39. > :16:49.Mr typical -- defines the stereotypical image of life being
:16:49. > :16:51.good despite the toils of working down the pits. This is how he
:16:51. > :16:56.described the mine for the first time.
:16:56. > :17:01.You would swear you are blind and then Terra puts sharp teeth into
:17:01. > :17:11.you. It says he was born in Saint David
:17:11. > :17:16.
:17:16. > :17:22.any time underground and although his parents were Welsh, he was born
:17:22. > :17:27.in north London and spoke with a very posh English accent. I have
:17:27. > :17:33.never written any book without being in that place because of the detail.
:17:33. > :17:39.We all know, 99.9% of research is wasted, but these .1%, is
:17:40. > :17:46.invaluable. I am fascinated to know more about Richard Llewellyn, why
:17:46. > :17:50.did he say he was born here? thing to remember is that he was a
:17:50. > :17:55.storyteller, he made things up about himself. He hardly ever answered a
:17:55. > :18:02.question about himself in an honest way. He seemed to need the romance,
:18:02. > :18:05.the entry, the secretiveness of giving wrong answers about himself.
:18:05. > :18:12.Although he did not go down the mines, the author visited the
:18:12. > :18:20.village several times and this man's grandfather acted as his
:18:20. > :18:24.guide. My grandfather explained it had been very green. I think that is
:18:24. > :18:29.how the title came about. He based it on my grandfather's family and
:18:29. > :18:36.the stories my grandfather told him. How Green Was My Valley earns
:18:36. > :18:40.Llewellyn a fortune and a contract as a Hollywood script whiter. --
:18:40. > :18:44.script writer. He started rewriting his own background and disputed
:18:44. > :18:49.meeting anyone called Joseph Griffiths. Why would he deny knowing
:18:49. > :18:53.your grandfather? He was a fantasist, he was a mixed up chap.
:18:53. > :18:57.He made up his story as he went along. He used to claim he was a
:18:57. > :19:05.Welsh nationalist. I checked that out with pied camera, he was never a
:19:05. > :19:10.member. -- with Plaid Cymru. He used to say he was a Catholic but that
:19:10. > :19:14.was not true either. Llewellyn went on to write 23 other novels but none
:19:15. > :19:20.had the romantic and nostalgic appeal of his debut. It is a great
:19:20. > :19:24.story and I admire it as a novel, but don't look for historical truth.
:19:24. > :19:27.Llewellyn died in 1983 and to this day, no one really knows why he lied
:19:27. > :19:35.about his past. What is apparent is his love for this valley which
:19:35. > :19:39.shines throughout the novel. Bright shone the sun but right to
:19:39. > :19:44.shun the valley's green for each blade of grass gave back the light
:19:44. > :19:48.and made the meadows full of greens and golds and yellows and pinks and
:19:48. > :19:52.blues were poking from the hedges, where the flowers were hard at work
:19:52. > :19:57.for the bees. No matter how Welsh Richard Llewellyn was, nor how much
:19:57. > :20:00.time he spent here, How Green Was My Valley has a lyrical and timeless
:20:00. > :20:06.appeal and the characters and stories grip from beginning to end.
:20:06. > :20:11.It is a eulogy to a life long gone from these values.
:20:11. > :20:21.How precarious was that? It was terrifying, they made me do it, I
:20:21. > :20:26.
:20:26. > :20:31.filmed in South Wales, either. Green Was My Valley was not filmed
:20:31. > :20:36.there at all? No, it was filmed in Santa Monica, the Second World War
:20:36. > :20:44.was on. If you look at the stills, there are no mountains. One big
:20:44. > :20:51.thing missing. Have you seen the film? When you see the pictures of
:20:51. > :20:59.the set, it doesn't look like it was values. It went on to win an Oscar,
:20:59. > :21:08.it beat Citizen Kane. That'll teach him a lesson for making a long,
:21:08. > :21:12.boring, serious movie! The sound of cinema season is starting through
:21:12. > :21:17.September and October, I am so excited about this. Some of the best
:21:17. > :21:25.music written was for film. You are talking about shaft, the James Bond
:21:25. > :21:35.films, in this clip we are going to see from a BBC Four programme, where
:21:35. > :21:35.
:21:35. > :21:40.Neil Brand is talking about the shower scene in Psycho. This is his
:21:40. > :21:45.own copy of the original score for psycho, it is one of the most famous
:21:45. > :21:50.pieces of music in the history of film. You can see the notes getting
:21:50. > :21:56.deeper and deeper, as if the knife is going into deeper and deeper each
:21:56. > :22:02.time. Alfred Hitchcock was not going to use music at all, he had to be
:22:02. > :22:12.persuaded and now you cannot think of it without that sound. Favourite
:22:12. > :22:13.
:22:13. > :22:23.bits of music from movies? How about third man? On these ever -- the
:22:23. > :22:24.
:22:24. > :22:29.zither. I think sway from American pie. Richard, you get involved with
:22:29. > :22:36.all of the music. Is it true that when Love Is All Around was in the
:22:36. > :22:42.charts for 17, 18 years, did Wet Wet Wet request you withdraw it? They
:22:42. > :22:48.pulled it went was about to take the record, they asked for it. Did you
:22:48. > :22:54.have to say yes? I wasn't consulted, it was painful because I am a chart
:22:54. > :22:58.obsessive. Just as we were creeping towards Bryan Adams... I think the
:22:58. > :23:02.bodyguard album sold 50 million copies, the second or third biggest
:23:02. > :23:06.of all time. Do you get is reduced by bands and record companies trying
:23:06. > :23:10.to get your songs on their movies? had a strange meeting about Notting
:23:10. > :23:15.Hill. The guy who did the bodyguard Soundtrack said, if you take every
:23:15. > :23:21.song of it and that these nine songs on it, you will sell as many copies
:23:21. > :23:31.as the bodyguard. Was he related to a member of staying... Sorry, member
:23:31. > :23:38.of the police? No.I you sure? All right. The soundtrack was excellent.
:23:38. > :23:48.There is a Italian pop song as the central piece and it is produced by
:23:48. > :23:57.
:23:57. > :24:07.the rain, have already retained the Ashes, the latest battle was in
:24:07. > :24:10.
:24:10. > :24:17.County Durham. Phil Tufnell has been It is one of the most exciting
:24:17. > :24:20.battles in the sporting calendar and steeped in history. I reckon Durham
:24:20. > :24:29.has a natural talent for cricket and we can make a cricket team out of
:24:29. > :24:39.this lot. Can they catch? Can they bat? Can they bowl? Howzat? That is
:24:39. > :24:51.
:24:51. > :24:55.scoring fours and sixes, whacking it out of the park but it all starts
:24:55. > :25:01.with a good defence. Let's see what these guys have got. Very good. A
:25:01. > :25:09.good stride. I could have been a professional cricketer but I can't
:25:09. > :25:15.bat, can't bowl or can't field, so I open for Australia. We have two more
:25:15. > :25:19.volunteers, the long arm of the law and the long arm of the Lord. Let's
:25:19. > :25:29.have a look at your technique. Forward defence. Look at that!
:25:29. > :25:31.
:25:31. > :25:36.Perfect. Cover drive. Blimey! Dave is Durham's groundsman, he lives for
:25:36. > :25:39.the 22 yards of green and his wicket could make or break the game.
:25:39. > :25:44.probably the biggest game in cricket, it doesn't become quick --
:25:44. > :25:50.come bigger than England against Australia. The weather plays a big
:25:50. > :25:54.part. We are very close to a river. Early morning, you can have such a
:25:54. > :25:59.heavy mist. We take the covers off and there is a dampness in the
:25:59. > :26:05.surface. There is a lot of influences that go into preparing a
:26:05. > :26:07.pitch and hopefully everything has gone right for this one.
:26:07. > :26:12.Coming to Durham would not be complete without a visit to the
:26:12. > :26:22.cathedral. The bishops have won the toss and decided to bat. The field
:26:22. > :26:31.
:26:31. > :26:41.flowing again. I fancy a bat. You can never be too careful. This lot
:26:41. > :27:02.
:27:02. > :27:07.canon. Well, caught by the edit, I think.
:27:07. > :27:12.We are already thinking about next debris's Winter Olympics in Russia.
:27:12. > :27:20.Alex Riley is testing out for Team GB's bobsleigh team who are training
:27:20. > :27:23.in Bath -- next February's Winter Olympics. I am with Craig Pickering.
:27:23. > :27:28.You were at the Beijing Olympics doing the hundred metres, how come
:27:28. > :27:33.you are doing bobsleigh? I wasn't really enjoying athletics because I
:27:33. > :27:37.kept getting injured and I felt like it was time for a change. Is it an
:27:37. > :27:41.easy transition to make? There are big differences but I like to think
:27:41. > :27:45.I am reasonably quick. You should be. When do you find out if you are
:27:45. > :27:50.going to make the team? The team is picked at the end of January, I
:27:50. > :27:57.should be sorted by then. Anything I need to be aware of as I am going
:27:57. > :28:07.down? Hold on tight.I will get in the front, I will drive, and here we
:28:07. > :28:35.
:28:35. > :28:41.going to have to go quicker than that to beat the Americans. I am,
:28:41. > :28:47.thanks for that tip. Run as fast as you can, that is my tip. Back to the
:28:47. > :28:52.studio. Well done! Thank you for being here,
:28:52. > :29:00.Richard Curtis. Thank you for having me, I could give up directing and
:29:00. > :29:06.take up the bobsleigh as well. Richard's new film is out on the 4th
:29:06. > :29:12.of September, About Time. What are you doing on your weekend? I am