:00:18. > :00:20.Hello and welcome to the One Show with Matt Baker.
:00:21. > :00:23.And with Alex and her crew on Day 4 of their Hell
:00:24. > :00:25.on High Seas Sport Relief challenge, I've found a rather sporty
:00:26. > :00:39.Tonight's guest is also pretty active, just think of the calf
:00:40. > :00:41.muscles she must have developed, with all that cycling every Sunday
:00:42. > :00:54.Very good evening, did you cycle here? I didn't, I'm terrible.
:00:55. > :00:57.Helen, you must be an expert on two wheels by now?
:00:58. > :01:05.I thought I would be but I'm really not and also the bikes we use our
:01:06. > :01:06.vintage bikes, they are heavy. I am always falling off them. Even after
:01:07. > :01:09.five years. We've got to talk about Pam Ferris's
:01:10. > :01:11.shock exit, even though you obviously knew it was coming,
:01:12. > :01:19.were you as upset as the viewers? The nation is gutted. We all are,
:01:20. > :01:23.all of the cast. So sad. Five years since I started. She was there from
:01:24. > :01:28.the beginning and I was nervous because it was my first regular TV
:01:29. > :01:32.part and she took me under her wing and explained what everyone's jobs
:01:33. > :01:37.were on set. She talked me through it. She means a lot to me. Must be
:01:38. > :01:42.the odd moment when you see it written down and you are like, this
:01:43. > :01:47.is it, she's gone. "O No they didn't" they did.
:01:48. > :01:53.We'll talk more about Call the Midwife and your new play.
:01:54. > :01:56.After we've caught up with Alex, Doon, Hal, Suzi, Angellica
:01:57. > :01:59.and the rest of the crew of on board the Dong Feng.
:02:00. > :02:01.And as the whole challenge is about raising money
:02:02. > :02:05.for Sport Relief, Helen would you help us remind how
:02:06. > :02:10.To support the Hell on High Seas challenge, you can donate ?5
:02:11. > :02:16.Or to donate ?10 text the word HELP to 70010.
:02:17. > :02:19.Text messages will cost your donation, plus your standard network
:02:20. > :02:22.message charge and all your donation will go to Sport Relief.
:02:23. > :02:26.You must be 16 or over and please ask the bill payers permission.
:02:27. > :02:29.For full terms and conditions, or to donate any amount you want,
:02:30. > :02:45.Let's pick up the story. I was on my tracker, watching and waiting for
:02:46. > :02:54.them to leave Plymouth, here is what happens next. As we prepare to set
:02:55. > :03:01.sale, the crew enjoyed their last moments of relaxation. We are doing
:03:02. > :03:05.the tango. They have totally lost the plot and we are only halfway
:03:06. > :03:11.through. It doesn't bode well for the rest of us. In half an hour we
:03:12. > :03:17.will be hanging on for dear life. I don't know why I am laughing, it's
:03:18. > :03:25.not funny. I can see two swarms, that is a good omen for our journey.
:03:26. > :03:30.-- swans. I gave, wished to Neptune. I asked for a smooth passage, a bit
:03:31. > :03:37.of wind and everyone to stay alive. -- I paid homage.
:03:38. > :03:41.# Moon River # I'm crossing you in style someday
:03:42. > :03:42.# There is also time for some
:03:43. > :03:48.reflection. It has been a long time since I have
:03:49. > :03:51.been pushed out of my comp that zone.
:03:52. > :03:57.In three days I have done so much more than I have done in years.
:03:58. > :04:03.When you have a family, a lot of things change in your life, you do
:04:04. > :04:11.not take risks. You just think, you know what, sometimes you just got
:04:12. > :04:18.to... It really hard. -- it's really hard. To realise so many people out
:04:19. > :04:27.there go through real hardship. And a bit of moaning... And, you know,
:04:28. > :04:32.thinking I would rather be in a warm bed is so insignificant. As
:04:33. > :04:40.expected, soon out of the harbour we face the rash of the English
:04:41. > :04:43.Channel. -- the wrath. Suddenly, we have turned the boat and the wind
:04:44. > :04:49.direction changed dramatically and now we are racing. It's quite
:04:50. > :04:54.exciting. The only thing is, the boat is at a massive angle, we are
:04:55. > :05:00.going at a phenomenal speed and water is smashing over the deck and
:05:01. > :05:05.it feels quite scary. We are speeding through the English Channel
:05:06. > :05:13.at 32 knots. That is world record pace, that is incredible. We are
:05:14. > :05:19.going the speed of a motor boat. The sea is high behind you and coming
:05:20. > :05:23.down. It is just fantastic. It's quite fun although downstairs, not
:05:24. > :05:26.so much because you literally have to brace yourself against
:05:27. > :05:29.everything. It is pretty impossible to put anything away once we get to
:05:30. > :05:38.bed. As the sun rises, we are still
:05:39. > :05:45.making great headway towards the soul and. This morning, the seas are
:05:46. > :05:49.quite rough. We just hear big bangs as you smack into waves.
:05:50. > :05:57.And you come up here and it is like being in a virtual reality hilarious
:05:58. > :06:01.funfair ride. But this makes it all worth it. It is beautiful. Some
:06:02. > :06:08.setting across the South coast of England. It is absolutely gorgeous.
:06:09. > :06:15.Our spirits are soon lifted by welcome visitors offering support.
:06:16. > :06:24.And I have to admit, out here, I was never expecting to see a bat boat,
:06:25. > :06:31.twin hydrofoil that can go up to speeds of 50 mph. That is so Ben
:06:32. > :06:33.Haim slate -- that is sir Ben Ainslie. You can't get a better
:06:34. > :06:42.escort. I am pleased to see a bit of a smile
:06:43. > :06:47.on their face and breaking from that willingness seasickness. It was
:06:48. > :06:53.relentless. I feel inspired by that. If you can get online there is a
:06:54. > :06:58.tracker, they have just gone past Eastbourne. Hopefully we will talk
:06:59. > :07:06.to Alex live. You know this water. You have wrote it? I did a stretch
:07:07. > :07:12.of it. -- you rode. There you are in action. How was that?
:07:13. > :07:20.I really felt you had to focus all the time, no respite, you had to
:07:21. > :07:26.keep concentrating. Four novices in the boat, John Bishop had done the
:07:27. > :07:32.cycling challenge from Paris to Calais. If you didn't concentrate
:07:33. > :07:36.you would hit your oars. And then you would have to stop, compose and
:07:37. > :07:44.go again. It was the mental fatigue. Would you rather row or yacht?
:07:45. > :07:48.Yachting looks... I like the idea that sort of challenge but just
:07:49. > :07:52.watching that footage... They are going through so much and the
:07:53. > :07:58.emotional toil must be really hard. Just seeing that water, over and
:07:59. > :08:00.slamming down... Keep doing what you are doing. Fingers crossed we can
:08:01. > :08:03.speak to them shortly. Alex and the rest of the team
:08:04. > :08:06.are doing all this to raise money for Sport Relief and your donations
:08:07. > :08:09.make a real difference to people Angellica's been to see
:08:10. > :08:13.how your money is helping families come to terms with
:08:14. > :08:23.life-changing news. One of the most difficult things any
:08:24. > :08:25.family has to cope with is a bereavement or being told that a
:08:26. > :08:31.family member doesn't have long to live. As a mother and wife myself, I
:08:32. > :08:35.just can't imagine how I would feel if I was given that news.
:08:36. > :08:46.This is Finley. He's two. This is his brother, Alfie, he is six, his
:08:47. > :08:49.mum, Sarah, and his dad, Mike. Finley was born with meningitis B
:08:50. > :08:53.and doctors said he had just two weeks to live. Someone tells you
:08:54. > :08:57.that your newborn son might not survive... And there's nothing you
:08:58. > :09:07.can do to make that better... We planned his funeral. No parent
:09:08. > :09:13.wants to do that. Especially when they are just a few days old. Finley
:09:14. > :09:18.'s brother Alfie is six and he lives under a constant shadow of losing
:09:19. > :09:23.his brother. That worries me. It would be a strain on Alfie, to have
:09:24. > :09:27.to look after his brother, sometimes. Last time Finley had a
:09:28. > :09:30.seizure, Alfie laid down next to him, to talk to him.
:09:31. > :09:38.That is incredible, for a six-year-old. Fortunately, the
:09:39. > :09:41.family had support from Eleanor. A local charity, that with the help
:09:42. > :09:42.from sports relief assists families having to deal with terminal
:09:43. > :09:50.illness. It helped Alfie understand it. They
:09:51. > :09:54.arranged Alfie to have play therapy so he could get out his feelings
:09:55. > :09:58.about it all. I don't think Finley would have got where he is today
:09:59. > :10:06.without it. Finley was told two weeks and now he is over two. They
:10:07. > :10:09.haven't let us go. Eleanor is a charity that provides hospice care
:10:10. > :10:14.for people of all ages. We care for the whole family throughout their
:10:15. > :10:18.journey. That care doesn't stop when somebody dies. The money from sports
:10:19. > :10:25.relief gave us much needed funding to support our counselling and
:10:26. > :10:28.bereavement team. The charity helps parents and children prepare and see
:10:29. > :10:33.them through the most difficult times that any family can possibly
:10:34. > :10:37.face. Like Kerry and her five-year-old son, Ethan.
:10:38. > :10:40.One year ago, they lost their husband and father, Nicky, to
:10:41. > :10:53.cancer. He was 35 years old. The way I saw it, I was so lucky to
:10:54. > :10:57.have Nicky. That if I only got him for 15 years, we were together, I
:10:58. > :11:02.had him for 15 years. Which is more than lots of people get. Charity
:11:03. > :11:06.Eleanor helped nurse Nikki at home until his death. The Eleanor hospice
:11:07. > :11:13.was just fabulous. Jackie was my counsellor. Gwyneth was even's play
:11:14. > :11:18.therapist and Mickey's nurse used to visit. Now you are on your own as a
:11:19. > :11:22.single mother, how has your life changed? It is hard work to keep my
:11:23. > :11:27.job is going and a little one. There is a lot of feeling that I should be
:11:28. > :11:33.there for him. And I am busy. And he is forced to other people. If it was
:11:34. > :11:37.Nicky, he would still have a parent with him. Do you remember your dad?
:11:38. > :11:43.Yeah, I do. He's grown up with Nicky being
:11:44. > :11:56.unwell. Lots of other kids go and have their
:11:57. > :12:02.dads go and watch them play football whereas we used visit Nicky in
:12:03. > :12:06.hospital. It has been nearly a year since Mickey's death but the charity
:12:07. > :12:09.still give support and care to Kerry and even as they grieve -- Nicky's
:12:10. > :12:22.death. Thank you very much to those
:12:23. > :12:25.families for sharing their stories. And thank you so much to everyone
:12:26. > :12:36.who has already donated to Sport This year in the past also. What you
:12:37. > :12:37.have seen would have been a result of previous donations.
:12:38. > :12:40.Yes, your donations make a huge difference, so please give
:12:41. > :12:47.Let's find out how the Hell on High Seas team are getting on, we think
:12:48. > :12:58.the satellite gods are with us. Hopefully you can hear us. Hello, I
:12:59. > :13:02.hope you are both well. It is really still here. In America or has
:13:03. > :13:08.occurred and the wind has completely dropped as we make our way towards
:13:09. > :13:14.Dover and home -- a miracle has occurred. 12 hours ago, the
:13:15. > :13:18.situation was... As you saw in the film, we left Plymouth harbour and
:13:19. > :13:24.went down wind. The boat increased in speed dramatically. We were doing
:13:25. > :13:27.29 knots at one point, which I can only describe as being in a
:13:28. > :13:33.convertible going 100 miles an hour with the roof down. Exhilarating yet
:13:34. > :13:37.terrifying at the same time. I came to the end of my watch, went
:13:38. > :13:40.downstairs below deck and I was in the bank and you could hear the
:13:41. > :13:46.water rushing past your head. -- I was in the junk. The excitement
:13:47. > :13:50.turned to terror because the boat was leaping up and crashing down on
:13:51. > :13:57.the waves. That was a horrible feeling. You can just imagine the
:13:58. > :14:02.feeling, lying in a bunk. At 3:30am I tried to get dressed at a terrible
:14:03. > :14:07.angle and got as far as the hatch and I saw Suzi Perry white as ace
:14:08. > :14:12.sheet struggling to get her kit off because she was hot and
:14:13. > :14:16.disorientated, how were you feeling. And how the couple hours I missed
:14:17. > :14:21.below deck was like up here? The first two hours was beautiful, like
:14:22. > :14:24.we were part of the water. This air was filled with water rushing
:14:25. > :14:29.through. It was lovely and we were going really fast. It was just so
:14:30. > :14:33.exciting. And then we had to go up wind and that is when things
:14:34. > :14:37.changed. It was crashing over us and it was freezing because we were
:14:38. > :14:43.going into the North wind. We were hanging on for grim life. It was so
:14:44. > :14:46.terrifying and frightening. I was counting the minutes for two hours
:14:47. > :14:52.to pass by so I could somehow get back down the hatch which is when
:14:53. > :14:55.you saw me and clatter into bed. Everyone was clattering around
:14:56. > :14:58.everywhere. Like heaven and hell in one night. Mike Armageddon, it was
:14:59. > :15:08.like the film a perfect storm. Hal took a turn for the worse last
:15:09. > :15:13.night. Yes I had the same thing, I went to bed just after you, I had
:15:14. > :15:17.seen the beginning of the turn in the weather. It is so bad down
:15:18. > :15:21.there, as soon as you get down I crawled on my hands and knees to get
:15:22. > :15:26.in my bunk. I came off my bunk when it was lifting like that. It is
:15:27. > :15:30.unbelievable. It, it was unbelievable, and the banging and
:15:31. > :15:35.the feeling it does make you feel slightly ill. So we are grateful for
:15:36. > :15:39.this tonight, a bit of calm and a bit of quietness, however, we are as
:15:40. > :15:44.I said on the way home, we are coming in, cross finger, past Tower
:15:45. > :15:52.Bridge at 6.15 tomorrow night and we will finish this epic journey, live
:15:53. > :15:59.on The One Show at round 7.10 at HMS... HMS Belfast. If you want to
:16:00. > :16:04.support us and say hello, we would love to see some friendly face,
:16:05. > :16:08.please keep donating. We appreciate every penny and you will make this
:16:09. > :16:11.so very worth it. Matt, I will speak to you tomorrow. I won't see you
:16:12. > :16:15.tomorrow but I will see you on Monday but we will see the rest of
:16:16. > :16:19.you tomorrow. Good night. We will talk to you shortly Alex, if
:16:20. > :16:24.not on the phone, I will see you very soon.
:16:25. > :16:28.The incredible team there, doing what they can for Sport Relief.
:16:29. > :16:31.Thank goodness that they found a nice calm spot, to talk to us from.
:16:32. > :16:39.To remind you, that if you would like to see the team, Alex got cut
:16:40. > :16:42.off there, HMS Belfast. Helen, just before the team set sail, the
:16:43. > :16:48.current series of Call the Midwife came to an end. Yes. Well, listen,
:16:49. > :16:54.Trixie, your character seems like she is facing a lifetime on her own.
:16:55. > :16:59.Let us look at a moment from last Sunday's episode It is not the lack
:17:00. > :17:04.of a man that bothers me. When I see Tom and Barbara together now, I
:17:05. > :17:12.don't see what I might have had, see what they have. They belong
:17:13. > :17:17.somewhere. And they are contented. I can't tell you how much I would love
:17:18. > :17:21.to feel like that. Oh, it was so emotional. I haven't seen that,
:17:22. > :17:24.that, no, I haven't really, I watched some of the series but I
:17:25. > :17:29.haven't watched it all, so it is interesting seeing that I have got
:17:30. > :17:34.to catch up. The rest of the nation has. And they were in floods of
:17:35. > :17:41.tears. What would you like to see happen to Trixie in the next series?
:17:42. > :17:48.She needs a man. She needs a bit of love I am thinking we could get
:17:49. > :17:51.Elvis written in, we are into the sixty, maybe The Beatleses along.
:17:52. > :17:54.Celebrity boyfriend. Yes. When you have done a scene like that and you
:17:55. > :17:58.are into it and crying, how long does it take you to get over it
:17:59. > :18:01.after? It depends on the scene. Sometimes because you do the shot so
:18:02. > :18:06.many times you are exhausted by the end, you are crying but there is no
:18:07. > :18:10.liquid to come out, so you are exhausted, so you need a cup of tea
:18:11. > :18:17.to sort of, think about something else, and listen to happy music. You
:18:18. > :18:21.have a bit of time off now, in the meantime, you are preparing for this
:18:22. > :18:25.new play After Miss Julie, which is on very shortly, now, tell us a bit
:18:26. > :18:31.about this, because it is a classic play but for those that don't know.
:18:32. > :18:35.It's a classic play don'ted by Patrick masher who brought us things
:18:36. > :18:42.like Closer, he is a great British playwright. It's a very good
:18:43. > :18:48.adaptation, it gets to grips with the classic text but pulls it in and
:18:49. > :18:54.gets the original text is flowery and quite poetic in a way. He cuts
:18:55. > :19:00.to the chase, and brings in a modern text to it. It's a really exciting
:19:01. > :19:04.piece for me as an actress. Your character she is quite, how do you
:19:05. > :19:10.say changeable. Was that mentally channelling for you to play? Or will
:19:11. > :19:16.it be? Yes, I an hoping so. It is great to do theatre as well after
:19:17. > :19:21.doing Midwife for so long, she is a very interesting character, she is
:19:22. > :19:26.fiery and strong and she is the lady of this big estate and the play is
:19:27. > :19:31.set on the evening of the Labour landslide in 1945, so is still a
:19:32. > :19:36.vintage piece, there is a sort of heightened electricity in the air,
:19:37. > :19:41.it is almost got a sort of Mayday madness about it, and, and this
:19:42. > :19:46.relationship between her and the head-butt her and the cook, it is a
:19:47. > :19:51.three hander in the kitchen by and large, like down town the kitchen.
:19:52. > :19:55.It is huge. ? Just three of you. Is that good having such a small cast?
:19:56. > :20:01.Yes, I like that. It It is exciting to work off each other. At the same
:20:02. > :20:07.time if you are rubbish in it it is pretty obvious 6789 There is nowhere
:20:08. > :20:12.to go. Exactly. Nowhere to hide. You are looking for somebody else to
:20:13. > :20:19.cast, as your potential... It sounds like a plea. Potential partner, in
:20:20. > :20:25.the play. Absolutely. I was going to say if you had your way who would
:20:26. > :20:30.you might pick? Like dream casting? It has to be Tom Hardy. We have got
:20:31. > :20:35.a picture of him. I think he looks more like Chris Packham there. I
:20:36. > :20:40.don't know why I do, any way, there we are. I will have a word with
:20:41. > :20:45.Chris. Listen, the tour of After Miss Julie starts with a run at
:20:46. > :20:55.Theatre Royal Bath from the 24th May. It is worth turning up to see
:20:56. > :20:59.who your lover is. Yes. Trixie in Call the Midwife follows all the
:21:00. > :21:07.latest trends from keep fit... To fashion. There you go. So she would
:21:08. > :21:10.probably have been one in first in the queue for the attentions of Mr
:21:11. > :21:14.Teasy-Weasy. A lady having a hair do at the
:21:15. > :21:20.salon, one of life's little luxuries.
:21:21. > :21:24.While it is commonplace today, it wasn't always this way. Back just
:21:25. > :21:35.after the war, women didn't have access to hair dressing boutiques,
:21:36. > :21:44.but one man helped change all that. Raymond Bessone, burst on to the
:21:45. > :21:48.nation's TV screens as resident hair stylist on Quite Contrary. With his
:21:49. > :21:55.French accent. This is my sea of waves. Dress sense and camp manner
:21:56. > :22:00.he symbolised a New World of outrageous exotic style. Soon, the
:22:01. > :22:07.tabloids christened him Mr Teasy-Weasy. A brand he used to
:22:08. > :22:11.promote his new chain of affordable high street hair salons offering
:22:12. > :22:15.easy glamour for all. According to one of today's salon superstars
:22:16. > :22:21.nothing was the same again. He decided to have a salon that was
:22:22. > :22:27.more boudoir like, you felt you were in the bedroom, the dressing room,
:22:28. > :22:31.you had banks of hairdryers where people sad sat for an hour, the idea
:22:32. > :22:39.of o it being a social meeting place, we were back to glamour
:22:40. > :22:44.again. The hair styles he pioneered meanwhile were revolutionary,
:22:45. > :22:47.including the 60s bouffant and bright Dais. You would see pink
:22:48. > :22:54.fetters in the hair and stuff like that. He certainly liked the idea of
:22:55. > :22:59.pushing those boundaries. He was a pioneer, he was a trailblazer and
:23:00. > :23:04.everybody has learned from that. Raymond's empire stretched to 38
:23:05. > :23:09.salons across the country. Each bringing a bit of continental style
:23:10. > :23:15.into the lives of ordinary British women, but there is a Teasy-Weasy
:23:16. > :23:23.twist. Unbeknown to his leans of fans Mr Teasy-Weasy wasn't what he
:23:24. > :23:26.seemed. For starters his legal name wasn't Raymond Bessone it was Peter
:23:27. > :23:31.Raymond, secondly he didn't have a French accent, he was from Brixton,
:23:32. > :23:36.and finally, despite claiming live on TV to be the personification of
:23:37. > :23:41.homosexuality that wasn't true either. He was married with kids.
:23:42. > :23:46.Today, I am meeting two of his daughters. It is clear they remember
:23:47. > :23:50.quite a different man behind closed doors.
:23:51. > :23:54.The man at home, was very much Victorian. Like he wouldn't let me
:23:55. > :24:01.wear lipstick, and he demanded loyalty. He could be a bit scary. If
:24:02. > :24:07.something had happened and it wasn't to his liking, you would really
:24:08. > :24:11.worry about it. He has this slightly camp pertoe that -- persona, what is
:24:12. > :24:19.that about? That was put on. That was put on? An act? That was part
:24:20. > :24:25.of, yes, the act. He wasn't gay. No. Well, with three girls? I know. I
:24:26. > :24:29.thought I would ask. How did that he feel about going about with their
:24:30. > :24:34.dad in character? There were occasions where one would cringe
:24:35. > :24:40.because he would make quite a big show of say going into a restaurant
:24:41. > :24:46.and he walk in and walk in very slowly and people would recognise
:24:47. > :24:50.him. And say, that is Teasy-Weasy. So in the end other ladies -- are
:24:51. > :24:59.the ladies proud or ashamed of his double life? He achieved a huge
:25:00. > :25:02.amount in his life. Although we might feel uncomfortable about some
:25:03. > :25:07.of those things you can't say he didn't make an impact.
:25:08. > :25:12.Absolutely. An impact Her Majesty recognised in
:25:13. > :25:16.1982 when she award him an OBE for his huge contribution to the hair
:25:17. > :25:22.dressing industry. Or maybe it was because the Queen
:25:23. > :25:24.was a personal fan of his most infamous creation.
:25:25. > :25:31.The blue rinse. Lovely.
:25:32. > :25:41.Shall we raise a glass? Let's. To Mr Teasy-Weasy. Teasy-Weasy.
:25:42. > :25:44.And all of a sudden it has gone everywhere!
:25:45. > :25:50.LAUGHTER. Any way, listen, here we are in The
:25:51. > :25:55.One Show salon with our very own Mr Teasy-Weasy, Michael Douglas, we are
:25:56. > :26:00.here to find out about vintage hair inventions. . Yes, first up is a
:26:01. > :26:07.hairdryer. This picture is probably from about 1920 but the hairdryer
:26:08. > :26:11.was pay tented in 1911 and invented by a chap called Alexander Godefroy.
:26:12. > :26:14.He did it by creating an oven in the salon and attaching a chair, a gas
:26:15. > :26:18.oven and then a hood came over the top. He had a hand crank that would
:26:19. > :26:23.waft their hair with hot hair. Dangerous stuff. If you look at that
:26:24. > :26:27.one there, it is not miles away from what you have here. That is true. It
:26:28. > :26:31.is more restrictive. You would have to have a tight hair style to get
:26:32. > :26:37.that in. Helen you know about this one. You said before we started. You
:26:38. > :26:46.have one. On set we did. Trixie had a sort of all in one hairdryer thing
:26:47. > :26:51.you plugged it in. They used to use a vacuum cleaner, it would blow out
:26:52. > :26:57.warm air out the back. You would attach a sock to the back. To have
:26:58. > :27:01.it at home. You can almost see it there. I have one in the salon, you
:27:02. > :27:05.plug it in and blast away. They are round today. Things haven't moved on
:27:06. > :27:13.as far as you would think. OK, let us look at your paddle. We have
:27:14. > :27:19.moved on. This looks terrifying. It is a scene From Clockwork Orange.
:27:20. > :27:28.This is a perming machine. This was invented back... Oh, hello! It is
:27:29. > :27:33.like Desmond's. It is a perming machine, they were brass rods. You
:27:34. > :27:40.wrapped the hair round them and put caustic soda on the hair. It is
:27:41. > :27:45.volatile. This guy who invented it burnt his wire's hair off tries. I
:27:46. > :27:48.could probably only do it once, I reckon, then I probably wouldn't
:27:49. > :27:54.have a wife. Talking about burning the hair off. Let us gut the iron,
:27:55. > :28:01.are these hair irons? These are kurning irons. I have used those
:28:02. > :28:05.well into the '90s. I work on movie sets a lot and you see them. They
:28:06. > :28:10.sit in an oven and heat up and they get to 200 degrees and your curl the
:28:11. > :28:14.hair with them. They are good for curling wigs, but the technology is
:28:15. > :28:19.the same, you warm them up with electricity now. They are a curling
:28:20. > :28:24.iron. These are tiny one, they are for going moustaches but they have
:28:25. > :28:27.been round since Elizabethan times, Queen Elizabeth was known to have
:28:28. > :28:32.her hair curled with irons like this. There is something I know very
:28:33. > :28:38.well there, but I wonder if Helen knows what that is To you know what
:28:39. > :28:43.is it? There is a spirit level, maybe it is o judge where your hair
:28:44. > :28:46.is even. You are absolutely right. APPLAUSE
:28:47. > :28:50.This is the flat topper. You would have made sure it was level and
:28:51. > :28:53.shaved across it. This was the reason I became a hairdresser. That
:28:54. > :28:58.is perfect. What a note to finish on. That is all we have time for
:28:59. > :29:03.tonight. A big thank you to you Helen, the tour of After Miss Julie
:29:04. > :29:06.starts on 24th May, big thank you to you Denise, have you enjoyed
:29:07. > :29:11.yourself? Yes. Tomorrow is the last day of Alex's challenge, we will
:29:12. > :29:13.welcome her back on to dry land with Stephen Mangan, bye and doe it that
:29:14. > :29:16.if you can. Good night.