10/09/2012 The One Show

Hello and welcome to the One Show with Alex Jones. And Matt Baker, as

we officially unveil this year's Strictly line-up in all their

The dance fans are in, and we can start right now, because one of our

guests this evening will be wanting to add this glitterball to her

trophy cabinet. We still want it! Here she is arriving, just moments

ago, straight from this evening's 2012 reception. There she is!

arriving on a bike. I think those are Team GB trainers. Please

welcome cycling gold-medallist and soon to be star of Strictly,

Victoria Pendleton! Well, Victoria, thank you so much for joining us

tight, you have had a very busy day, being part of the celebrations.

What was it like to be involved? was absolutely incredible. There

was mixed emotions, because with the Paralympics ending last night,

everything is over, but it was so nice to be with the team, celebrate

it, and so many people came out. Were you surprised? It was

absolutely incredible. After Beijing, it was wonderful, because

the team had done so well, but it was 10 times better today, so thank

you to everyone who came out. can see some footage here. You felt

the home crowd support throughout, but to have that connection, to

offer it back. Lots of people did not have an opportunity to see us

in the venues, they applied for tickets, but today they came out in

force, and it was incredible energy, very emotional, I was like, don't

get me started, it doesn't take much! And you for coming in, we

will let you go shortly. Lucy was in the crowd today and was asking

which highlights of the summer of Have you got a good view up there,

Chloe? Yeah, I can see everything! Who are you most looking forward to

seeing? Mo Farah. I love Mo Farah! Did you feel like you ran with him?

Most definitely, I was running around my living room, go on, Mo!

We were almost on top of the television, cheering him on. It was

amazing. Who will you be excited to see today? From the Paralympics,

Jonnie Peacock. Only four years ago, 15, he had not taken up athletics.

He went like a bullet, didn't he? Yes. My 100 metres personal best is

50 metres. Who are you waiting to see today? Tom Daley! Victoria

Pendleton, definitely. She is an inspiration. And I will not lie,

she is fit, yeah! This is the best Olympic Games ever. It has made us

also British, everyone with the flag, the Union Jack. I have been

crying for six weeks, and today won't be any different.

majority of Britain is failing that, the sense of ownership, even from

the spectators. It was some summer. It was fantastic, I feel so proud

to be part of the best British team that has ever performed at the

Olympics, and not only that, I feel proud to be British, being the host

nation, and proud of all the people in London who made such a wonderful

experience, the volunteers, the military, the gamesmakers. I cannot

ask for more. And to you, the athletes, for making it such a

success. Our bid was easy! Can you pick out some of your fondest

moments? Yeah, I mean, obviously winning a gold medal, that is

pretty good, that would be the best part of the Olympics for me, the

huge relief, having my family there. I cannot watch myself, I'd get

emotional! I cannot watch that without feeling a sense of relief

and emotion because it meant so much to me. And this does to

everyone who dedicate their life to something like that. It is going to

be difficult for you to have a life without cycling, isn't it? Have you

thought about it? You are restricted with your sporting

career, what are you going to do? Well, I am just going to try

everything that comes my way, keep my options open, say yes to as many

things as I can, but cost for so long it has been no, I am training,

this is what I'm dedicating my life too. Send your answers on a

postcard to... The only job you had done before cycling was working in

a bar, now you have to start from scratch. A proper pub, pulling real

ale with the locals. To be honest, it was the first time in my life

that I felt like I had a social life, even though I was working

behind the bar. I really enjoyed it, maybe I will go back to that.

you have got the big wedding to plan. Yes! I have fixed a date,

next summer, so I'm looking forward to planning. Are you cycling to the

church? We will not be leaving on a tandem, lots of people have said

that. It will not work with the dress! You could be putting the

brakes on days of gold and glory and less you can stay on the right

Sexless, cold and stiff. Hold on a minute! It is not nice to put

yourself down, is it, Craig? It is What a wonderful reunion! Thanks

for that, yeah! Anyway, Craig, Victoria, Victoria, Craig. Nice to

meet you, my darling. We were just saying what a fantastic summer it

has been, to not forget -- do not tell me you're going to put them

down. I can only be honest and truthful, as a sports person, I am

sure you had all criticism, so I am going to be throwing it more their

way, because you may not get emotional, although I have seen you

cry. You are quite sensitive, and you? When something means that much

to you, you cannot help it, you put so much into it, the emotion, the

time, the sacrifice. You could not do it otherwise. I guess it might

help you, returning back to normal life, as weird as the Strictly

planet is, that transition from all of that input into Cycling into

committing to another competition. I hope so. I hope so. What is it

about Strictly that appealed? I am sure you have had loads of others.

It was just the idea of doing something completely different. I

would love to be able to dance, I really would, and I find watching

people dance, all kinds of dance, absolutely captivating, like I just

think, wow, if only I could move like that! It is something that

definitely appeals, there is no expectation for me to be any good

at it, but I'm going to give it 100% and see how far it takes me

and just enjoy it. I would give you a couple of weeks on that one!

outfits. The make-up. Totally different to what I am used to.

Friday, we revealed Nicky Byrne from West live as the first name on

the Strictly line-up. It is now time to see who else he will be up

against on the dancefloor. To keep the names a secret for as long as

possible, the producers gave each contestant a code name, so Jones...

It was Bridget Jones. Baker. So these are the code names for the

Nickname steady his cuddly entertainment reporter Richard

Arnold. Bird is Tracy Beaker, Dani Harmer! Robin needs a Batman,

former England cricket captain Michael Vaughan. Putting the Great

in Britain, it is Fern Britton. Right, there you go. We would like

to get your initial thoughts and predictions, who is going to burn

up the dance floor? Who will leave you stone-cold? If you have only

just found out yourself, haven't you? Literally one hour ago.

have got this Craig-o-meter here, you have got the faces, who is hot

and who is not? Well, do you want me to name and shame this early?

Richard Arnold, darling, I think he is going to be absolutely dreadful!

Straight down there below. And then of course it is only because of his

campus, and the fact that he is an ITV presenter! Where next? Dani

Harmer, who is absolutely gorgeous. She is attractive, young, gorgeous,

I'm going to place her somewhere up there. She may get the kids' vote.

Absolutely. Michael Vaughan, who we all know as a cricketer. Generally,

they do quite well. They do. Mark Ramprakash, Darren Gough. Then I

had Victoria, where would you like to place there? As she is sat next

to me, I'm going to put her somewhere up here! What about

Nicky? Am going to put Nicky here, because there is not a lot of room.

I think he will probably do a little bit better, he probably

belongs in there somewhere. I used surprised there are no

Paralympians? Yes, I am, actually, they have done it in America. Maybe

next year, it is something to look forward to. But I do have one other,

Fern Britton for she did the Christmas special. She did, and she

was very good, so I believe she has been in training, I'm going to

place her at there. That is interesting, isn't it? A few more

to go through our programme. know we want to get back to the

2012 reception, we will be glued on Saturday to find out who we were

paired with, any thoughts? Do you know what? They are also lovely, I

hate to say it, all the dancers have been so wonderful, I would be

happy to dance with any of them. Who do you think? Maybe James,

maybe Artem. It could be anyone, who knows? We will find out on

Saturday. Now it is time to come to terms with a disturbing fact. When

it comes to clothes sizes, we are all a little bit bigger than we

thought. That is the way it is, Craig! Anita Rani has been

investigating how the industry Clothes shopping, some of us love

it, some of us find it a bit of an ordeal. There is one thing that

unites us all, the difficulty of finding clothes that fit. To

illustrate the problem, we and listing Pete, an amateur rower from

Reading in need of a new pair of jeans. Before we send in to the

shops, we need to find his waist size. You look the part, you have

got the measuring tape, but you know what you are doing? Definitely,

45 years of experience. Is he qualified to do this? Let's Sea, he

looks like he is in shape. Got it. There we go. 34. Spot on. There we

go. With a 34 inch waist, Pete tries on a size 34 genes from high

street favourites Zara, Burton and Next. These are regimes are huge,

look at the extra space in Nice. The Burton ones are also a bit too

big, and this pair from Next have inches to spare. In fact, in the

shops we tried, the best ones were a size 32. How was your day

shopping? Well, the sizes were all over the place, really. Some bits,

some were massively oversized. You do not know what you're getting

until you try them on. To find out more, we have been testing the

sizes at some of the high Street's biggest retailers. We took a sample

of 50 pairs of jeans, each designed to fit a 34 inch waist, but how did

they measure up? We have measured then the way the industry do,

taking the waste at length and multiplying by two. The smallest

pair were from Top man, 32 inches, and at the other end of the scale

these ones are 38 inches. That is an amazing difference are the six

inches. Remember, these are labelled as a size 34. So what is

going on? Some experts believe that one factor here could be something

called the Vanity sizing, where shops deliberately make their

clothes slightly bigger than it says on the label to flatter the

customer. In this climate, stores will try anything. They are not

really sitting down and agreeing that they are going to confuse

women around the sizing. Vanity sizing is one aspect. Come to our

store, you thought you were a size 12, actually you are sighs ATA, it

is a clever device they do to appeal to consumers. Excising did

not matter to us, it would not work for them. -- it sizing. Two powers

that be too perfectly, one is a size 10, one size 14. Which would

you go for? 10. Definitely, it probably works. People are getting

bigger generally, they are just So what has the industry itself got

to say about this? Well, Zara, Burton and Next tolds that the

jeans Pete tried on were designed to sit lower on the hip, rather

than on the waist, that is why the measurements came in higher. All

denied it was anything to do with appealing to the vanity of

consumers. Ed Gribin advises retailers on how

to size clothes. He works with some of the biggest names on the High

Street. I don't think that vanity sizing

exists, although consumers perceive it as so. Everyone wants to flatter

their customers, but behind the scenes brands understand who their

customer is and they -- and they building something to fit their

customer. The population is getting bigger, so when building the

clothing specks, we are building them larger as an industry than we

did ten or 20 years ago. So perhaps it is time to take less

notice of the label and simply buy the best fit.

So, all lies and deceit? 32 after that, but but maybe no.

38? Now, it is not realised but lots of clothing started off as oil.

We are taking a look at the importance of oil in our lives. Dan

Snow joins us live from the middle of the North Sea, would you

believe? Well, I have never felt so far away. I'm 200 miles north of

John O'Groats on the Tern Oil Platform.

This flare is to burn off dangerous gases. The kit there that drill

noose the bed of the ocean. All this week me and the other One Show

reporters have been scouring the British Isles, and beyond in

helicopters looking in supertankers, looking for oil. Now I'm starting

in the highlands of Scotland to search for the beginnings of

Britain's black gold. This is Cromarty Firth in the

highlands of Scotland. Oil drilling rigs are towed in here for repairs

and maintenance before being sent back to the icy waters of the North

Sea. They are massive structures. Over

90 metres high and 80m wide. Testament of the genius of the

British engineers that built them. All in the pursuit of the most

precious of commodities, oil. Captain Grey is the harbour master

here at Cromarty Firth. This is a medium-sized rig.

It is amazing that is a floating object?! It is, it is secured by

eight anchors. You can tow them around? Yes,

anywhere. All over the world. relationship with oil is a new

phenomena, beginning in 1959 with the discovery of gas in the nilds

and oil in Norway. Where there is gas, there is often oil. The

possibility of finding oil and gas in the UK waters was also very real.

The prospect of immense wealth, tantalisingly below the seabed

meant that the race was now on to be the first to strike oil. In 1969,

despite seven multi-million pound digs scouring the North Sea, they

still had not found enough oil to make money. In that same year, BP's

rig became the first to uncover a pocket of oil in the sea. Large

enough to make drilling for it viable.

The oil rush was on. The Americans got the first strike. It was up to

the British to match it. BP in 1970, they owned Sea Quest, they sent it

out on a mission. Robin was working on the structure on the day that

the British crew found oil. With their competitors biting at their

heels they workeded in secret. BP had invested a lot of money up

to that point. We had had a few dry holes, so you want to keep it

secure and quiet. There was a code system. Sent on a ticker tape, and

sent to the London companies. What was it like when you were on

top of a big oil well? Everybody got pretty excited.

Finally they were off, the Brits were in the game. They found a

reservoir of top-quality crude. Within the next year, nearly 41% of

the oil and gas needed by the UK was coming from the North Sea. By

the 1970s, the oil boom arrived, but getting the oil assure --

ashore demanded a technological revolution. BP took out a loan, a

whopping �2 billion in today's money. In five years they had four

oil platforms and a pipeline 1 miles long. This country had been

through an industrial revolution, but not at this speed. The

financial benefits would be huge, but the next two decades would also

mean a human cost, the biggest was at Piper Alpha. Piper Alpha was one

of the world's most successful oil platforms.

But a procedure then led to an explosion on board the rig it was

July the 6th, 1988. The reporter, Jane Frankie witnessed the fire.

I got a call to say that Piper Alpha was burning from sea level to

the top of the Derrick. That is when we knew how serious it was.

In the end, it became clear that 106 -- 165 people on the platform

died. Two of the rescue workers were caught in the enormous

explosion that took place under the platform. All together, 167 men

died. The Cullen Inquiry, set up to

investigate the disaster, called for reforms. It introduced safety

regimes for -- regimes for the industry.

The Piper Alpha disaster is a stain on the history of oil production

and many other lives have been lost over the years as time and again

technology and engineering has been pushed to breaking point.

But the tragedies failed to halt the growth of an industry that

today employs 400,000 people and is worth around �8 billion a year to

the Exchecker. I am joined by a very important man. John White,

what is your job? My role is likened to that of a ship's captain.

I am responsible for the safe operation of the platform. You are

a modest man. You are in charge. This is the helipad. Why is this

important? We carry people to and fro the platform.

They cannot come by boat? No, all by the helicopter.

That is tricky, the weather today, we have laid on a sunset here, but

it is a tricky thing? The weather can change quickly. When it does it

plays havoc with the logistics. Where are the people coming from?

All over. People that are living locally in Aberdeen, but from Spain,

France, Germany and Italy. That is a commute! What are they

here to do? What is their job? take oil from the reservoir beneath

the platform and get it to market. So, since I have been here, today,

how many barrels have you produced? About 20,000 barrels.

So, 20,000 barrels at $100 a barrel, before the costs and tax, by the

time you go to bed, it will have produced $2 million.

Wow! Goodness me. That looks lovely there.

Well, Dan, thank you very much. It is not just Dan who has headed to

the sea, but tomorrow Lucy Siegle is reporting from a UK tanker.

Now, let's unveil the next four Strictly contestants. The code

names are Round, Princess, Sushi Here they are in all their refinery.

Thinking of a number for the dance school, it is Johnnie Ball.

He is Round. Prince yes, sir, it is Kimberley Walsh. No-one knows why

his nickname is Sushi it is Syd Owen. Living the life, it is Lisa

Riley. Sushi? I don't know. OK? Well, I have Johnnie Ball down

here. Zoe has probably been giving him lessons, but I still don't

think it will do any good! Not because he is 74.

At the top here is Kimberley Walsh. Do you think she will win? I think

so. She has danced before. She is foxy. She is hofplt

I think she will do well. Syd Owen I have him down the bottom.

In fact, I may just flick him off! He has gone already! And Lisa Riley

is just above and of course, Richard.

I think she may be our possible comedy moment.

Maybe. And maybe a sort of Anne which had

comb thing! -- Widdecombe. Now, you are going to be joined by

Darcey Bussell? I think she will make a fantastic judge.

D'you think she will be tougher than you? I hope she does not try

to outdo me. This is the thing. It is competitive out there. But I

think she will be good. What is great about her, she has had a life

of dance. That is essential if you are judging people. So I am really,

really pleased. Speaking of judging, you were

judged earlier in the year, you won Maestro? I was indeed, and I was

very, very emotional. I don't take criticism. If you get emotional,

you are not going to win at the end of the day. You were good at taking

criticism. But you did not call Matt sexless

or cold?! No, it was not that! It was just the dancing.

I will break here. So, you had Wembley and Blackpool, what can we

expect? We are doing Hollywood. We are doing Wembley again this time

for Children in Need. That will be brilliant. We are trying to make it

bigger, better and brighter. Hopefully I will not be flying

again, but I have no idea what is in store.

Will the final be in Blackpool? it will not.

Let's get on with the rest of it let's see the final four.

We have Manor, Captain, Wild and Legal. Here we go.

Queen of her manor, it is Jerry Hall.

Captain of our Olympic gymnast, it is Silver Medallist, Lewis Smith.

Flaunting his wild side for the dancefloor, it is actor Colin

Salmon. Legally blonde, it is Denise Van Outen.

She will be brilliant. What do you think? Well, the final

line-up. I have Jerry Hall who I have placed here. Being on a

catwalk is one thing, but dancing is different.

Lewis, I thought he would be fabulous. He is a gymnast. You did

very, very well. You danced brilliantly. I am hoping he will

follow in your footsteps. He has rhythm, a great body! Colin, I

think he is unknown. He is an actor who has been in Bond movies, I am

hoping the tango will be good from him. Now, Denise Van Outen, there