:00:17. > :00:21.Tonight, we have John Sergeant, talking about the history of the
:00:22. > :00:25.combine harvester. And Lucy Siegle is reporting on changes in milk
:00:26. > :00:30.production over the last 25 years on TASS hang on, what is going on in no
:00:31. > :00:35.I will tell you, I am in charge tonight, and there are going to be
:00:36. > :00:37.some big changes. Can we at least have our theme tune? All right,
:00:38. > :00:56.then. Run titles. Please welcome our boss for the
:00:57. > :01:04.night, John Craven! Lovely to have you in charge! That was a big run
:01:05. > :01:10.from the gallery. It is a big year for you, celebrating 25 years on
:01:11. > :01:16.Countryfile. Yes, hard believe. Very hard. But to celebrate, they have
:01:17. > :01:20.asked you to edit an episode, so you are having a dry run with us
:01:21. > :01:26.tonight. Just pretending. Following in the footsteps of Prince Charles.
:01:27. > :01:31.Yes, he was our first guest editor, and he selected exactly what he
:01:32. > :01:34.wanted on Countryfile. A few days later, I was at a reception for
:01:35. > :01:38.David Bellamy, for his 80th birthday, and Prince Philip was
:01:39. > :01:44.there. He came up to me and he said, my son was on your programme, in
:01:45. > :01:49.quite a proud way. I guess he is hoping for the same kind of service
:01:50. > :01:54.that we gave him with you! I am not sure! But it gives me the chance to
:01:55. > :01:59.look back at some of the things over the last 25 years which I would like
:02:00. > :02:06.to bring up to date, really. Are you happy for us to move on, for now? Of
:02:07. > :02:11.course, yes. On we go, then. Recently, we asked you to vote for
:02:12. > :02:13.which key problem facing the world should receive a ?10 million
:02:14. > :02:19.investment from the Longitude Prize. You voted for antibiotic
:02:20. > :02:22.resistance, which the Prime Minister has also identified as something
:02:23. > :02:28.which worries him. Tony Livesey has been to see how some cutting-edge
:02:29. > :02:33.research is being carried out, with the help of leaf-cutting ants.
:02:34. > :02:38.Millions of lives have been saved around the world next to this man,
:02:39. > :02:43.Alexander Fleming, who discovered penicillin, right here in Britain,
:02:44. > :02:48.in 1928. While new diseases are identified every year, the last new
:02:49. > :02:56.antibiotic was discovered 24 years ago, and back here are becoming more
:02:57. > :03:01.and more resistant. Finding a way to combat that resistance is occupying
:03:02. > :03:06.scientists around the world, which is where these little creatures come
:03:07. > :03:10.in - ants. Scientists have been studying these leafcutter ants from
:03:11. > :03:15.central and South America, which produce their own antibiotics using
:03:16. > :03:19.bacteria on their bodies, and it is thought they might hold the key to
:03:20. > :03:24.antibiotic resistance. Scientists have been travelling the globe,
:03:25. > :03:28.harvesting plants, marine life and insects in their search for new
:03:29. > :03:33.antibiotics. Here at the royal society, this colony of ants,
:03:34. > :03:37.belonging to Dr Matt Hutchings from the University of East Anglia, have
:03:38. > :03:43.won a coveted race at the summer exhibition. We evolve more slowly
:03:44. > :03:48.than bacteria, so they are evolving very clever methods so that we
:03:49. > :03:53.cannot destroy them. Then we need some help, which is why we need
:03:54. > :03:57.antibiotics. These ants have exactly the same problem that we have, they
:03:58. > :04:02.also grow bacteria on their bodies, which they use to treat disease, and
:04:03. > :04:07.we hope that they may be useful in human medicine. Why has this not
:04:08. > :04:12.been done before? We only discovered about ten years ago that the white
:04:13. > :04:15.covering on these ants were these bacteria, nobody knew they were
:04:16. > :04:21.growing these bacteria until ten years ago. So, we are testing these
:04:22. > :04:26.against fungi which commonly affect humans. This is a strain which kills
:04:27. > :04:30.the fungus. You can see, it is growing around it, but it cannot
:04:31. > :04:35.grow anywhere near it. This can be used in relation to a common
:04:36. > :04:42.infection. There are also four strains which are related to another
:04:43. > :04:47.particularly nasty organism. What are the chances of this being mass
:04:48. > :04:52.produced? First of all, we have to work out what the antibiotic is and
:04:53. > :04:57.how it works, then we have to make sure it is not toxic to humans, then
:04:58. > :05:01.it will go through clinical trials, and in about 10-15 years, if all
:05:02. > :05:05.goes well, it will get to the clinic. So, while we wait for the
:05:06. > :05:13.fans to do their stuff, what happens in the meantime? An estimated 25,000
:05:14. > :05:17.people die every year in Europe from antibiotic resistant infections,
:05:18. > :05:20.5000 of them in the UK. The Prime Minister has commissioned a review
:05:21. > :05:25.into why so few new drugs have been developed in recent years.
:05:26. > :05:31.We are in danger of going back to the dark ages of medicine, to
:05:32. > :05:39.infections which were treatable no longer treatable. So, the race is
:05:40. > :05:41.on. It is mankind versus bacteria. I have come to the London School of
:05:42. > :05:45.Hygiene Tropical Medicine to find out what might happen if the
:05:46. > :05:55.bacteria win. What have we got here? We have got MRSA, and you can
:05:56. > :05:57.see on here six risks which contain different antibiotics, and you can
:05:58. > :06:04.see the growth of the bacteria all around the plate. This zone here
:06:05. > :06:09.indicates that for that antibiotic, it is working, it is killing the
:06:10. > :06:13.bacteria. However, those four antibiotics are not working, so, if
:06:14. > :06:17.you were in a hospital and you were treated with those, they would not
:06:18. > :06:26.work. The danger I guess for you guys is if none of the six work? And
:06:27. > :06:29.that is happening at this moment. There are some bacteria which are
:06:30. > :06:35.resistant to all of the antibiotics, and that is the big issue. It is
:06:36. > :06:39.frightening. How worried are you, what is your doomsday scenario? That
:06:40. > :06:44.would be, if I went home into my garden and pricked my finger on a
:06:45. > :06:48.phone, and I got blood poisoning, and normally, you would think, I
:06:49. > :06:55.could have an antibiotic, but it may not be available, and you could get
:06:56. > :06:59.septicaemia and die. The chances are remote at the moment, but we have to
:07:00. > :07:03.be prepared. We know that incidences of resistance are increasing more
:07:04. > :07:07.and more, and now is the time to take action. So, it seems antibiotic
:07:08. > :07:12.resistance is one of the main threats to our future existence. Can
:07:13. > :07:18.a seemingly unimportant leafcutter ant save mankind? It is becoming
:07:19. > :07:24.increasingly apparent to me that something has to. We are joined by
:07:25. > :07:29.Dr Mark Porter. You would like to clarify something? I would like the
:07:30. > :07:32.leafcutter to save us, but the example they were talking about was
:07:33. > :07:39.antifungal, rather than antibacterial. But they are looking
:07:40. > :07:46.into that as well. That is the one which the Prime Minister is so
:07:47. > :07:50.worried about. How will the ?10 million prize helped the issue? It
:07:51. > :07:55.is a fortune, but it is a drop in the ocean in research terms. It
:07:56. > :08:00.costs about half ?1 billion at least to bring a new antibiotic to market.
:08:01. > :08:05.But this ?10 million will be useful to give people like me, GPs, a test
:08:06. > :08:09.so that we can tell whether you have got a viral or bacterial infection.
:08:10. > :08:15.Remember, most things do not need antibiotics, and I cannot tell the
:08:16. > :08:19.difference when I am looking at you. Imagine if I had some kind of
:08:20. > :08:22.dipstick so that I could tell immediately, and it would mean that
:08:23. > :08:27.I could use the antibiotics appropriately. I would not be urging
:08:28. > :08:29.on the side of caution, and you would not be pushing me for
:08:30. > :08:38.antibiotics, in a case where it would not work anyway. Some people
:08:39. > :08:42.do push for them. I am thinking, I cannot really tell, if he is really
:08:43. > :08:47.pushy, give him a perception. That is happening in surgeries all around
:08:48. > :08:51.the country. But say a patient comes in who genuinely needs antibiotics,
:08:52. > :08:57.how would this lack of resistance affect them? Actually, most bacteria
:08:58. > :09:02.which are resistant to antibiotics, even MRSA, are not that nasty for
:09:03. > :09:06.most of us. Most of us have it in the back of our throats, without
:09:07. > :09:10.even knowing. It is a big problem for people who are ill, with
:09:11. > :09:14.compromised immune systems, who are having chemotherapy, for example.
:09:15. > :09:21.But for most of us, they are not a problem - yet. You can come in with
:09:22. > :09:25.cystitis or a wound infection, I can treat you, and if the first one does
:09:26. > :09:31.not work, I normally have a reserve. It is not a Brit problem yet, but it
:09:32. > :09:36.could be going forward. It is all about stewardship. Indeed, together,
:09:37. > :09:42.we can do it. We need to do it together. Footage from a security
:09:43. > :09:45.camera captured this moment, when a manhole cover exploded in London
:09:46. > :09:51.last week. Thankfully, nobody was hurt. That it is not the first time
:09:52. > :09:55.it has happened. So far this year, there have been 64 reported
:09:56. > :09:59.incidents of exploding manhole covers. It may sound funny, but Joe
:10:00. > :10:04.Crowley has been talking to some people who can assure us it is
:10:05. > :10:06.anything but. Some of you might be a little bit superstitious about
:10:07. > :10:16.avoiding manholes, but it is ridiculous, right? What is the worst
:10:17. > :10:20.that could happen? Well, this. There has been a series of explosions from
:10:21. > :10:25.manhole covers across the UK, causing some serious injuries. The
:10:26. > :10:32.most recent high-profile incident was just last week in Piccadilly,
:10:33. > :10:36.central London. In fact, in 2011, pavement explosions across the UK
:10:37. > :10:42.quadrupled, leading to fears that one of them could soon be proving
:10:43. > :10:45.fatal. I am off to see Bradley, who experienced a pavement explosion
:10:46. > :10:52.just metres from his family home in Surrey. What happened? Basically,
:10:53. > :10:58.the manhole cover which was their, fire had blown a corner off it, it
:10:59. > :11:03.burned the hedge and the car. The fire was immense. And you have got
:11:04. > :11:08.two young kids, it could have been much worse? It could have been, if
:11:09. > :11:13.they were walking around the drive. It just happened within seconds,
:11:14. > :11:20.with no warning. How are you feeling about it now? Scared, we do not know
:11:21. > :11:22.if it is going to happen again. So, what exactly is causing the manholes
:11:23. > :11:26.to explode? what exactly is causing the manholes
:11:27. > :11:32.It is an electrical explosion, which is brought on by moisture getting
:11:33. > :11:37.into the electrics. Water and electricity do not mix. But this is
:11:38. > :11:42.a bit like leaves on the line, isn't it? This is a wet country! Surely
:11:43. > :11:47.these boxes should be built to withstand moisture? They are,
:11:48. > :11:51.normally, but there are about 50,000 of these in London alone. The
:11:52. > :11:59.failure rates are quite low, but those which have occurred have been
:12:00. > :12:03.the cause of concern. I was wondering if energy companies did
:12:04. > :12:07.not want to take responsible that he because it might set a precedent for
:12:08. > :12:11.future problems, but are you saying they have to take responsible to,
:12:12. > :12:16.because it is their asset? Indeed, it is. They have a duty to inspect
:12:17. > :12:19.and maintain them and all of that equipment. So, if it is a question
:12:20. > :12:27.of maintenance, does some of the blame lies with the energy
:12:28. > :12:32.distribution companies? When will these instances start to come down
:12:33. > :12:37.in numbers? These are caused by a number of factors. The vast majority
:12:38. > :12:41.are faults which occur on the system, without any impact on the
:12:42. > :12:46.external area. How would you reassure members of the public? We
:12:47. > :12:49.absolutely want to reassure people, there are more inspections taking
:12:50. > :12:56.place, more money being spent on this. Can we expect to see a
:12:57. > :12:59.creasing number of pavement explosions? Already, we only have a
:13:00. > :13:03.very small number of such incidences, and we are working to
:13:04. > :13:07.bring that number down. So, the industry says it is taking action,
:13:08. > :13:11.but while the number of pavement explosions continue to rise, you
:13:12. > :13:18.could be forgiven for being a little bit superstitious around manholes.
:13:19. > :13:24.I already do not walk across trains, now I will have to add manholes to
:13:25. > :13:29.that list as well! It makes me glad I work in the countryside! You are
:13:30. > :13:38.editing an episode of Countryfile, as we said, so you are effectively
:13:39. > :13:42.mapped's boss? Just for one week. It is going to be one week on Sunday. I
:13:43. > :13:46.am still working out what the content is going to be. But I would
:13:47. > :13:50.like to look back at some of the big issues which we have done over the
:13:51. > :13:54.years, and some of the fun things, and I have got a nice little story
:13:55. > :14:01.for you. You would not believe it, he set me up I am going to the very
:14:02. > :14:08.spot where a certain British car got its name from. And it is a pretty
:14:09. > :14:14.special car. It is. You have been too soft on him, John. Anyway, it is
:14:15. > :14:21.a brilliant programme, by the way, John. And I have asked Tom Heap to
:14:22. > :14:25.look into what has happened to the organic movement over the last 25
:14:26. > :14:31.years. The very first film I did on Countryfile was about - does organic
:14:32. > :14:37.farming have a future? So I am getting him to investigate. Is that
:14:38. > :14:45.one of the biggest changes? Because it is huge now, isn't it? It's hard
:14:46. > :14:51.to imagine but only about 15 years ago there were no farmers' markets
:14:52. > :14:55.in this country. I went to America to film for Countryfile in
:14:56. > :15:00.California, where they were big, and we just missed George Clooney buying
:15:01. > :15:03.his fruit and veg in Hollywood! We made that little film and we like to
:15:04. > :15:07.think that we were partly responsible for the growth of
:15:08. > :15:11.farmers' markets. People saw that film and thought, why don't we have
:15:12. > :15:16.one? And now there are 700 around the country. It has been a real
:15:17. > :15:23.change moving Countryfile to the evil and slot. -- evening slot. A
:15:24. > :15:29.huge difference. The morning programme was extremely popular but
:15:30. > :15:32.now it is the most popular of all programmes. -- factual programmes.
:15:33. > :15:37.Because we knew you were coming on, I wanted to look back through the
:15:38. > :15:41.Countryfile archives and find some really wonderful clips to show how
:15:42. > :15:42.wonderful a bloke John is so you can imagine my surprise when I found
:15:43. > :15:58.this. It's 50 years since I'll asked road
:15:59. > :16:05.one of these bikes but they do say you never forget how to ride a bike.
:16:06. > :16:10.Let's hope they're right. When I find out which producer came up with
:16:11. > :16:15.this idea... If I'd wanted to be in the hairy bikers I would have done
:16:16. > :16:19.cooking lessons at school. There is Matt Baker sat on the cosy One Show
:16:20. > :16:25.studio with the lovely Alex Jones. Rock and roll! This calendar again!
:16:26. > :16:31.Nothing but hedgehogs and chaffinches. It needs some shots of
:16:32. > :16:37.me. Harry Styles has one - why not John Craven? One more take and then
:16:38. > :16:43.I'm off. I hope the taxi is waiting. I hate the blooming countryside. It
:16:44. > :16:49.makes me sneeze. I'm off. Smile and invoice. Laters! Of course, we have
:16:50. > :16:57.to say a very big thank you to Jon Culshaw. That was brilliant. He does
:16:58. > :17:04.me very well. There he is earlier. Sometimes, John, when people see you
:17:05. > :17:10.on TV, they wonder if you are retiring. No, it's just 25 years.
:17:11. > :17:18.Just time to do another year or so. -- just signed. People ask if I want
:17:19. > :17:24.to be on the programme as long as you and the answer is, how long will
:17:25. > :17:30.you be on the programme? You see a hill and I have to confirm that I
:17:31. > :17:35.can climb the hill. You can see Countryfile this Sunday at 6pm on
:17:36. > :17:42.BBC One and John's 25th anniversary programme will be on our screens on
:17:43. > :17:47.the 20th of July. It's a week on Sunday! I'll just keep you right. I
:17:48. > :17:53.was saying that Countryfile is on this Sunday but yours is on next
:17:54. > :17:56.Sunday. Two Countryfile boys here! The summer holidays are within
:17:57. > :18:01.touching distance and John, your fondest childhood holiday? I was
:18:02. > :18:05.about 20 before I went abroad on holiday because in my generation,
:18:06. > :18:12.you didn't go abroad. I was born in Leeds so you used to go up the
:18:13. > :18:17.Yorkshire coast of Bridlington. Or sometimes Whitby, which was a bit
:18:18. > :18:22.more upmarket. Good fish and chips! The Isle of Sheppey is a destination
:18:23. > :18:23.close to the heart of actor Linda Robson and she took Christine
:18:24. > :18:35.Walkden for a girls' weekend away. They say birds of a feather flock
:18:36. > :18:38.together but during and 1960s, hordes of Londoners came to the Isle
:18:39. > :18:44.of Sheppey, off the north coast of Kent, for their summer holidays. One
:18:45. > :18:48.such London was actress Linda Robson and I'm taking her and her sisters
:18:49. > :18:53.Tina and Debbie on a trip down memory lane. This was our yearly
:18:54. > :18:59.holiday. Our dad used to drive us down on Friday, stay with us until
:19:00. > :19:02.Sunday, go back to work and because back-up the following weekend. Mum
:19:03. > :19:11.used to get the chalet for nothing because she would open it up and do
:19:12. > :19:18.all the cleaning. Dad would paint it, occasionally. After we direct
:19:19. > :19:22.it! -- after we had wrecked it. We are arriving in style in this board
:19:23. > :19:29.as ever, just like their dad owned in 1966. -- Ford Zephyr. How did he
:19:30. > :19:36.afford a car like this? It didn't seem flash at the time. He was a
:19:37. > :19:41.roofer and decorator. It was over 1000 quid, this car. He obviously
:19:42. > :19:46.had more money than he told us! We are heading for the holiday camps
:19:47. > :19:51.and amusement arcades. We were hyperventilating to get here! Those
:19:52. > :19:58.are the amusements that we used to go to. They got a few bob of hours!
:19:59. > :20:05.First up is the very camp that the girls used to stay at. It's exactly
:20:06. > :20:11.how I remember it. We didn't have settees, just a table and chairs. It
:20:12. > :20:15.was just time when you were away from all the distractions - no
:20:16. > :20:19.telephones, just family time, all talking and having a laugh, playing
:20:20. > :20:27.cards - and just all being together, away from everything. You both have
:20:28. > :20:32.the experience of having to grow up with a sister who has been famous.
:20:33. > :20:36.How did you view that? There are lots of privileges. It's been
:20:37. > :20:41.fantastic. A whole different life, really. It's been amazing. I don't
:20:42. > :20:46.like to tell her that too much! And it was right here at this club that
:20:47. > :20:51.Linda first took to the stage. Come on, you lot! Mum and dad were
:20:52. > :20:59.sitting down there watching. One two, three, go.
:21:00. > :21:04.# I want a man to hold me tight # I want a robot man #.
:21:05. > :21:09.I don't know whether some came from. We used to sing it as our party
:21:10. > :21:18.piece when we were young. -- where the song came from. OK, we'll leave
:21:19. > :21:24.it to Connie Francis who had a hit with Robot Man in 1964 stop time to
:21:25. > :21:31.have a well earned copper. This was our little treat. Sometimes me and
:21:32. > :21:35.my dad would come along here. Dad used to ask who wanted to go for a
:21:36. > :21:40.walk to buy the newspaper and you used a volunteer. It wasn't until we
:21:41. > :21:44.caught you one day that we realised you and dad was up here having a
:21:45. > :21:48.full English while we were at the chalet having cornflakes. You
:21:49. > :22:01.shouldn't have been so lazy! You should have come for a walk. I want
:22:02. > :22:07.to know about Nanny Linder. Granny sounds quite ancient. We are quite
:22:08. > :22:10.young! Until you've had a grandchild, you don't understand.
:22:11. > :22:14.When you wake up in the morning you think about them and you can't wait
:22:15. > :22:23.to see them. You don't want to give them back, do you? I think it's
:22:24. > :22:27.geocities sisters, cheers to Nannys and cheers to the Isle of Sheppey!
:22:28. > :22:34.Yes! My mum is a nanny for that exact
:22:35. > :22:39.reason. It's a good name. We are joined on the sofa by Waffle, a
:22:40. > :22:43.five-year-old Lakeland terrier who is absolutely gorgeous. She's been
:22:44. > :22:47.making headlines due to her ability to collect balls whilst out on walks
:22:48. > :22:54.with her owner Sarah, who has joined us. To be fair, quite a few balls.
:22:55. > :22:59.We've got a remarkable picture here. When did this all start? This
:23:00. > :23:02.started right from the age of about three months. She first found a
:23:03. > :23:06.leather ball at the top of the garden hidden away and that was a
:23:07. > :23:10.special treasure. From that moment, her mission in life is to rescue
:23:11. > :23:16.lost and lonely balls, wherever they are. Where do you keep all these
:23:17. > :23:23.balls? We've got literally hundreds of them in the garage. A remarkable
:23:24. > :23:27.coincidence - this morning when we were preparing for John, we wrote
:23:28. > :23:31.down all our questions and put them in balls around the BBC and we lost
:23:32. > :23:36.them. So thankfully, Waffle has found some of the questions for us.
:23:37. > :23:43.The first one - I think she went up to the office, didn't she? She's in
:23:44. > :23:52.my dressing room! I would have cleaned, had I known! Here is the
:23:53. > :23:58.first one. Now then, John, Waffle can't resist licking balls. What is
:23:59. > :24:07.your guilty secret? Guilty secret? I like pies, actually. Any kind of
:24:08. > :24:12.pie. Preferably meat pies, fruit pies. I know they're not very good
:24:13. > :24:19.for you. Mark would have a fit if I said Aida pies a lot. So would my
:24:20. > :24:25.wife. I'm a secret pie eater! -- if I said I bet pies a lot. Have a look
:24:26. > :24:29.at this. You've sat in a few vehicles in your time. This is a
:24:30. > :24:35.lorry driver's view. Look at his left wing mirrors. Everything looks
:24:36. > :24:38.normal but get out of the cab, walk around and this is the situation on
:24:39. > :24:45.the road. Look at that for a blindspot! Unbelievable. Marty
:24:46. > :24:49.Jopson has been to Bristol to see trials of a brand-new device which
:24:50. > :24:50.it is hoped will make cycling safer and may even save lives in the
:24:51. > :25:00.future. Every year in the UK, over 3000
:25:01. > :25:06.cyclists are seriously injured and over 100 are killed. But here in
:25:07. > :25:10.Bristol, a trial has just started on a new device that could alert
:25:11. > :25:15.drivers when bikes passed with an audible warning. Cycle Eye is a
:25:16. > :25:20.small box that has been designed to be mounted on the left-hand side of
:25:21. > :25:25.a bus, tracking anything that comes along, like a bike. The inventors
:25:26. > :25:28.claim that it can distinguish between bicycles and everything else
:25:29. > :25:33.on the road, from cars to pedestrians and even lamp posts.
:25:34. > :25:39.That means it will only one the bus tried when it's absolutely
:25:40. > :25:45.necessary. -- warn. Jim is one of the brains behind it. It has a
:25:46. > :25:49.camera. How does it work? There is a camera and a radar just below it.
:25:50. > :25:53.The radar is the primary sensor, which can detect the range, speed
:25:54. > :25:57.and type of object. We use the camera to verify what the radar is
:25:58. > :26:02.seeing and we get a dependable, robust system. The radar
:26:03. > :26:07.continuously sends out radio waves. When they hit something, like a
:26:08. > :26:12.bicycle, they bounced back to the receiver, just like this ball.
:26:13. > :26:18.Depending on how fast the radio waves or tennis ball bounces back
:26:19. > :26:23.from the scientist, the device can work out where the cyclist is. --
:26:24. > :26:27.from the cyclist. It can work out which direction they are going in
:26:28. > :26:32.and how fast. Inside the box above the wing mirror is a powerful
:26:33. > :26:39.computer which processes the data in real-time. But how does it know if
:26:40. > :26:44.it is actually a cyclist? Here we have the video. This is what the
:26:45. > :26:49.radar sees. If I run this through... That's me! Yes, and
:26:50. > :26:55.that's your radar trace. It knew I was a cyclist. It's very difficult
:26:56. > :26:58.to see for the human eye but using the computer, we can look at the
:26:59. > :27:02.very small differences between them and tell what an object is. We don't
:27:03. > :27:05.want the system going off all the time because the driver would end up
:27:06. > :27:10.ignoring it so it's very important that it only picks up cyclists. I
:27:11. > :27:20.think it's time to put it to the test. Cyclist left. Will it spot a
:27:21. > :27:24.bicycle made for two? Cyclist left. It saw us! It seems to be working
:27:25. > :27:29.but let's make it a bit harder. Cyclist left. Well, I'd probably
:27:30. > :27:33.want the driver to know if I was scooting up the inside lane on one
:27:34. > :27:39.of these! In recent years, Bristol buses have had to cope with a 94%
:27:40. > :27:44.rise in people cycling to work and a two-month trial has just started
:27:45. > :27:47.here to help fine tune the device. Today is the first time driver Alex
:27:48. > :27:52.will be giving it a go. What's it like driving a bus in Bristol? It's
:27:53. > :28:02.a challenge. The same as driving any other large vehicles. You have to be
:28:03. > :28:06.ultra-mindful of the cyclists. The volume of cyclist is exceptional in
:28:07. > :28:15.Bristol. Let's see how it gets on on the road. All we need now is a few
:28:16. > :28:18.bicycles. There is a cyclist we're about to overtake but it didn't see
:28:19. > :28:26.it because we overtook the bicycle. That's fine. Here is a cyclist.
:28:27. > :28:32.Cyclist left. It got that one! Cyclist left. That was a motorbike.
:28:33. > :28:40.That is close. Not bad for a first go. This is an incredibly ingenious
:28:41. > :28:43.system and our little trip around Bristol has proved that it's part of
:28:44. > :28:51.every single bicycle that passed us on the left-hand side. It is still
:28:52. > :28:54.in development but when and if it finally ends up on the buses, it
:28:55. > :28:58.could be a life-saver. You should have seen Waffle's face
:28:59. > :29:04.when Marty got that tennis ball out. That's all we got time for. John,
:29:05. > :29:07.thank you so much. You can see Countryfile every Sunday with
:29:08. > :29:12.John's special 25th anniversary on the 20th of July at 7:30 p.m..
:29:13. > :29:16.Thanks to Waffle and Sarah. Dan and I will be joined by Nicole
:29:17. > :29:24.Scherzinger tomorrow. See you then. Goodbye.
:29:25. > :29:26.If your friend was taken away... # Not giving in... #
:29:27. > :29:29.I'm afraid there's not much we can do.
:29:30. > :29:31...how would you fight to get her back?
:29:32. > :29:34.This is wrong. I'm not going to carry on as if nothing has happened.
:29:35. > :29:40.You think anyone should be allowed to live here?
:29:41. > :29:43.We're under attack and we can't defend ourselves alone.