:00:24. > :00:29.Hello, friends. Welcome to another fascinating, fabulous Friday 1 our
:00:29. > :00:33.One Show with Alex Jones and Chris Evans. Tonight, we meet a man who
:00:33. > :00:38.used magic to survive the Second World War, a fascinating story from
:00:38. > :00:44.Fergus. Che goes cock-a-hoop over the tastiest chicken curry in the
:00:44. > :00:52.UK. -- Jay. And Miranda and might find out what the rain has been
:00:52. > :00:55.doing to our wildlife. Very cute. And we have two guests that span
:00:55. > :01:00.the generations of entertainment. The wild-haired comedian and
:01:00. > :01:04.composer responsible for the smash hit musical Matilda. And an
:01:04. > :01:14.entertainment legend who has just landed not one but three roles and
:01:14. > :01:25.
:01:25. > :01:29.the Wizard of Oz. It is Tim Minchin First of all, Des O'Connor, on the
:01:30. > :01:36.way tonight we have curry and hair. Which is most important in your
:01:36. > :01:46.life? I thought you meant being bald. I am more than egg and chips
:01:46. > :01:47.
:01:47. > :01:52.man. I do like a curry, but not too hot. Tim, curry or hair? Curry. If
:01:52. > :01:57.you give me two options and one of them is curry, it is always curry.
:01:57. > :02:03.Coming up tonight, a growing up a theme going on. Tim will be singing
:02:03. > :02:07.about growing up later. We have someone who has grown up on TV, for
:02:07. > :02:15.56 years. And we are asking you to show how grown-up you are by
:02:15. > :02:22.sending pictures of you Ben Ansen now. We will demonstrate. This is a
:02:22. > :02:28.picture of Ben. And this is him now. I think both of them work. He is
:02:28. > :02:38.still nice. We had a go as well. Here we go. This was Chris back
:02:38. > :02:41.
:02:41. > :02:51.then. And this is Chris now. This was Alex back then. And this is
:02:51. > :02:51.
:02:51. > :02:56.Alex now. As far as the Olympics are concerned, we are off the
:02:56. > :03:03.starting blocks. The flame has been lit, and it went out again, and it
:03:04. > :03:08.is on its way over here. Let's go for our first medals. Here we are.
:03:08. > :03:14.These are some of the 4700 and Olympic and Paralympic medals. They
:03:14. > :03:22.are so important that we are not allowed to touch them. I don't know
:03:22. > :03:27.what will happen if we do. Touched one and see what happens. Can I go
:03:27. > :03:35.for gold? He touched them and nothing happened. My Finger dropped
:03:35. > :03:40.off! Where have they come from? Wales, of course. That is where all
:03:40. > :03:43.the best things come from! We had better check.
:03:43. > :03:48.The gold medals for the Games will be the largest and most valuable
:03:48. > :03:53.ever handed out, but when the middle tradition began in 1896, the
:03:53. > :03:58.winners actually got Silva, the second place got bronze and third
:03:58. > :04:02.place got precisely nothing. These days, the prices are more glitzy.
:04:02. > :04:07.In the middle of the Welsh valleys, why would you want a building that
:04:07. > :04:16.looks like a prison but is not a prison? There must be something in
:04:16. > :04:22.there that needs protecting. Olympic gold. I said, no Spandau
:04:22. > :04:25.Ballet. We will have enough of that in a couple of months. For the past
:04:25. > :04:30.six months, a specially selected team of Royal Mint designers,
:04:30. > :04:36.technicians and craftsmen have been working behind heavily locked doors,
:04:36. > :04:40.ensuring every medal produced meets highly exacting specifications.
:04:40. > :04:45.This is where it all happens. In terms of the metal going into this,
:04:45. > :04:50.what are we talking about, what is in there? This is the gold
:04:50. > :04:55.Paralympic medal, with six grams of gold actually in the alloy.
:04:55. > :05:05.then they are painted. They are not painted! They are electro pleated
:05:05. > :05:10.to give them the gold colour. Why are they not solid gold? The cost.
:05:10. > :05:18.First strike, 600 tons, and the last squeeze, 750 tonnes. Look at
:05:18. > :05:23.that. That is a Paralympic gold. It is silver, but it is a gold. It is
:05:23. > :05:26.the heaviest Olympic medal ever. Heavy metal. Talk me through the
:05:27. > :05:32.idea behind them. How do you turn the idea into something we can
:05:32. > :05:35.hold? There were two different processes. For this side, which is
:05:35. > :05:40.the wings, we modelled it on a computer. The other side is
:05:40. > :05:44.different. For this, we took a texture of the original sculpture
:05:45. > :05:49.of Naik that appeared above the stadium in Athens, and we combined
:05:49. > :05:56.it with a hand-made plaster model to produce this side. The idea is
:05:56. > :06:00.that it is the heart of the Olympic Games. Usain Bolt has just won his
:06:00. > :06:08.gold medal. They go to put it round his neck, and at that point, guess
:06:08. > :06:13.what happens? It is my worst nightmare as well. Is it? That it
:06:13. > :06:16.drops straight off the ribbon onto the floor. I double checked and
:06:16. > :06:21.double-checked a bit more on the stitching and I make sure it is not
:06:21. > :06:26.going anywhere. This is what you get for a lifetime of complete
:06:26. > :06:30.devotion and commitment. It has got care instructions. Do not use any
:06:30. > :06:40.liquid, chemicals or abrasive substances when cleaning it.
:06:40. > :06:41.
:06:41. > :06:48.the proud owner of London 2012 gold medal. But it is not just precious
:06:48. > :06:52.metal. Rio Tinto has provided the gold, silver and bronze in order to
:06:52. > :06:55.make the medals from mines in Mongolia. Rio Tinto is accused of
:06:55. > :07:00.environmental damage, ignoring workers' rights and trampling on
:07:00. > :07:05.local tribes the world over. Have you got concrete examples? The Rio
:07:05. > :07:09.Tinto mine is in an area of the Gobi desert which is very dry, and
:07:09. > :07:13.the water they are taking is likely to lead to problems down the line
:07:13. > :07:17.for local tribespeople. Rio Tinto say that being ethically
:07:17. > :07:20.responsible runs through everything that it does. These are the same
:07:20. > :07:24.old claims that have been dismissed by an independent body. The water
:07:24. > :07:29.that we use for our mining process is sourced from a completely
:07:29. > :07:33.different supplied to the water used by the local people. Wherever
:07:33. > :07:40.the metal comes from, the end product is the result of hours of
:07:40. > :07:49.care and attention. Time for some awards, One Show-style, with a nod
:07:49. > :07:59.to the ancient Greeks. Actually, my back garden. You have done very
:07:59. > :08:00.
:08:00. > :08:05.well. Thank you very much. Well done, well done.
:08:05. > :08:10.Good work. Well done, Wales. Next week, live from RNAS Culdrose in
:08:10. > :08:13.Cornwall. The show his life from their next Friday as we welcome the
:08:13. > :08:19.Olympic flame to the shores of Great Britain. -- the show is
:08:19. > :08:23.coming live from there. Other exciting news, it has been
:08:23. > :08:28.announced that Des O'Connor is going to be starring as the wizard
:08:29. > :08:36.in the Wizard of Oz. Have you been told? Yes, somebody sent me a
:08:36. > :08:41.letter. We are not revealing it to you. You are taking over on the
:08:41. > :08:48.22nd. I met the cast for the first time today and did a few lines with
:08:48. > :08:54.the Straw man and the lion. They are wonderful, and she is gorgeous.
:08:54. > :09:00.The lovely Sophie. I am looking forward to it. Eight shows a week
:09:00. > :09:09.for 100 years! Was it an accident will return to the theatre? What is
:09:10. > :09:19.this word "accidental"? You were our Tikrit 6. Dreamboats And
:09:20. > :09:20.
:09:20. > :09:23.They thought, he is not going to sing, is he? I got to sing Everly
:09:23. > :09:31.Brothers songs and a cliff Richard's song and it was so great.
:09:31. > :09:37.Since then, Bill Kenwright and his Lordship, Andrew Lloyd Webber, said,
:09:37. > :09:41.he would be all right. I am so excited. You go backstage in the
:09:41. > :09:47.Palladium, there is something about it. All of the sets and the scenery.
:09:47. > :09:54.You realise it is like a movie. Have you seen it? I had seen it
:09:54. > :09:58.twice. It is brilliant. She saw it for both of us. You are playing
:09:59. > :10:03.three parts. In dreamboat and petticoats, played a 61-year-old
:10:03. > :10:08.and a 41-year-old, and I got away with that. And I have to wear a wig
:10:08. > :10:15.in this. The blizzard wears a wig. He plays a professor, and a doorman,
:10:15. > :10:25.and then he plays the Wizard. will yours differ from Russell
:10:25. > :10:32.
:10:32. > :10:36.Grant? Have a different want. -- I Matilda the musical,
:10:36. > :10:43.congratulations. You cannot read music and you play by ear, so how
:10:43. > :10:46.can you write a musical? People confuse a lack of formal training
:10:46. > :10:52.with the lack of understanding. They have Mozart on one end and
:10:52. > :10:59.Hendrix on the other, just feeling it. There is a middle area, where
:10:59. > :11:03.most songwriters are, I think. I understand music through many hours
:11:03. > :11:08.of writing simple songs and slightly more complex songs. I know
:11:08. > :11:13.a lot about songwriting just through experience. What I have is
:11:13. > :11:17.a freedom from the history. I have never gone through Stephen Sondheim
:11:17. > :11:22.scores and tried to figure out what he does. I know nothing about
:11:22. > :11:28.classical music. I tend to start with lyrics and I go, how should
:11:29. > :11:37.this sound? I understand it, I just cannot read the dots. Added you
:11:37. > :11:41.feel the first time you saw it on stage? -- how did you feel? It is
:11:41. > :11:45.just the most satisfying thing. I have done a lot of solo performance
:11:45. > :11:48.as a comedian and musician, and it is always fraught with your own
:11:48. > :11:55.obsession with the details. But being a part of something with
:11:55. > :12:01.these incredible Co creators and directors and designers and staff,
:12:02. > :12:08.and to watch everybody nail their bets. But probably the best day,
:12:08. > :12:12.perhaps of my career in any field, was hearing the cast and the band
:12:12. > :12:16.play it at the first run-through. Not with the stage, set and
:12:16. > :12:20.choreography, no audience, just people on microphones singing with
:12:20. > :12:27.the band the stuff that I had done in my head and Done Bad demos of.
:12:27. > :12:32.Hearing it come alive, I was like a child. Des, you were a punchline
:12:32. > :12:39.for many performers very long time, weren't you? Even Carol Vorderman
:12:39. > :12:44.had ago. You have probably often wondered what you can do with a Des
:12:44. > :12:49.O'Connor record. Well, a sensible thing to do is make a static
:12:49. > :12:53.electricity generator out of one. As I turn the handle, sparks fly
:12:53. > :13:01.across the gap. Remember, you need a Des O'Connor record. No other
:13:01. > :13:06.record will do. I have never seen that before. Wait until I see her!
:13:06. > :13:09.It is something I learned to live with. I remember once at the
:13:09. > :13:13.Palladium signing autographs and a lady called me close and said,
:13:13. > :13:18.there is an envelope and in there is my address and a five pound note.
:13:18. > :13:23.Send me your new album. I said, it will not cost a fiver in the shops.
:13:23. > :13:30.She said, I am not going to go in and ask for it. I learned to live
:13:30. > :13:34.with it. You will be back at the Palladium on 22nd May. Now, to a
:13:34. > :13:39.marvellous magician. He used magicked out with his captors
:13:39. > :13:42.during the Second World War. -- he used magic to outwit his
:13:42. > :13:49.captors. I am on my way to the Magic Circle,
:13:49. > :13:57.the club for magicians, to meet its longest serving member. Fergus,
:13:57. > :14:07.nice to meet you. 93-year-old Fergus joined the Magic Circle in
:14:07. > :14:12.
:14:12. > :14:21.1936, aged 18. He was its youngest In October 1939, Fergus was called
:14:21. > :14:28.up. He had no idea what lay ahead. I did not want to be alone at the
:14:28. > :14:33.end of it. Life was awful. People just didn't know what to depths you
:14:33. > :14:38.had been in. In order to survive, he would cheat death and danger and
:14:38. > :14:44.charm his way to freedom. And throughout all, he would be reliant
:14:44. > :14:52.on his magic hands. For the first two years, he was stationed in
:14:52. > :14:58.England, performing magic for the troops. But then, on 7th December
:14:58. > :15:05.1941, Pearl Harbor was attacked. Fergus was posted to Singapore, and
:15:05. > :15:10.within days of arriving, was bombed by the Japanese. My wristband was
:15:10. > :15:14.blown out. My hand was in shreds, and there was nothing for it at the
:15:14. > :15:19.time but to cut it off. The but his magical reputation would come to
:15:19. > :15:24.his rescue. The orderly said, aren't you the magician? I said yes.
:15:24. > :15:29.He turned to the surgeon and said, you can't cut his hand off, he is a
:15:29. > :15:34.conjuror. Hours later, Fergus's hospital came under attack from
:15:34. > :15:40.Japanese soldiers. Badly injured and with no sign of movement,
:15:40. > :15:50.Fergus created the ultimate illusion. My hand was on my chest,
:15:50. > :15:54.pouring with blood. And when they saw the blood, they thought I had
:15:54. > :16:00.died, and walked on. I was the only one left alive out of the 71.
:16:00. > :16:07.all those on your ward were killed that day? All dead. Nurses, doctors,
:16:07. > :16:13.everybody. Fergus evaded death, but not capture, and soon found himself
:16:13. > :16:17.a prisoner of war working on the Burma railway nicknamed the railway
:16:17. > :16:22.of death. It was here that he again tricked his way to survival. His
:16:22. > :16:28.break time magic shows so impressed the guards that they forgot about
:16:28. > :16:33.time. Sometimes I could work it so that I had 45 minutes of rest,
:16:33. > :16:38.which was vital. His Japanese captors demanded a magic show.
:16:38. > :16:44.Fergus wanted an egg as a prop, and made the most of his access to the
:16:44. > :16:51.cookhouse. When I got there, the Jap asked me what I wanted. So I
:16:51. > :16:59.said, 50 eggs. So I shot off with this lot into our hut, and we made
:16:59. > :17:06.a 50 egg omelette. And we ate it. After his performance, he was
:17:06. > :17:13.summoned by the commandant. He said, you do trick with one leg. Where 49
:17:13. > :17:20.eggs? That was when I said, I am dead. And then out of my mouth came
:17:20. > :17:30.these words - your show was so important, I was rehearsing all day.
:17:30. > :17:34.And I remember walking back to the heart, saying to myself, you fool!
:17:34. > :17:40.Then on 2nd September 1945, the Japanese surrendered. After three-
:17:40. > :17:48.and a-half years in captivity, Fergus went home to his fiancee,
:17:48. > :17:54.Lucille. There she was, waiting. We were married 35 wonderful years.
:17:54. > :18:01.People often say to me, someone up there is looking after me. My view
:18:01. > :18:11.is, you are born, you live, you die. Everything that happened to me, it
:18:11. > :18:14.
:18:14. > :18:19.is the way the cookie crumbles. I survived it. A round of applause.
:18:19. > :18:25.Fergus, thank you for coming on. Welcome to The One Show. Lovely to
:18:25. > :18:30.be here. Incredible story, but I am a bit of a romantic. What struck me
:18:30. > :18:35.was the story between you and the lovely UCU. So she said no to five
:18:35. > :18:40.proposals while you were away? She knew you would come back. How
:18:40. > :18:45.was the first meeting between you? It was strange, because my brother
:18:45. > :18:50.and his wife and Lucille met me at Charing Cross station. And we sat
:18:50. > :18:57.in a train going home, and no one said much. You didn't want your
:18:57. > :19:01.brother and his wife there? really. I want Lucille on my own!
:19:01. > :19:05.It was an anti-climax to see her for the first time. But you made up
:19:05. > :19:11.for it. Did they know you were alive because of a secret message
:19:11. > :19:17.on this postcard that you sent home? Yes. We had been prisoners
:19:17. > :19:22.for about two and a half years, and we got this card that we could send
:19:22. > :19:27.home. They would not allow us to write anything on it in case of
:19:27. > :19:36.codes and that sort of thing, so we were just allowed to sign it. When
:19:36. > :19:42.I was a baby, they called me smiler. And when I went off to the army, my
:19:42. > :19:47.mother said, whatever happens to you, keep smiling. They had been
:19:47. > :19:51.told that I had been killed in action. But my mother said,
:19:51. > :19:58.nevertheless, I will send a card every week, just in case. We got
:19:58. > :20:05.this card, and I sent it. And when it got home nine months later, my
:20:05. > :20:09.mother said, he really is dead. That is not my son's signature. And
:20:09. > :20:14.she took herself off, and no one was to mention my name. And then
:20:14. > :20:22.suddenly, she started screeching of a place down - he is alive! She had
:20:22. > :20:25.spotted my little toad. Tell us how the code works? To start with, that
:20:25. > :20:34.is not the normal signature. It is slightly different, because there
:20:34. > :20:40.is a curve at the top of the letter F. And insured hand, that reads
:20:40. > :20:48."still". And then the little flick at the end of the liturgy means
:20:48. > :20:52."smiling". And in the crossings out, I wrote, don't worry. So learn
:20:52. > :21:00.shorthand in case there is another war! Now, we have to ask you about
:21:00. > :21:03.the Olympics. Obviously, it is round the corner. But you actually
:21:03. > :21:07.watched the 1948 Olympics here. He went to the stadium every day?
:21:07. > :21:13.Every day, I paid half a crown and went in and sat by the finishing
:21:13. > :21:19.line. No corporate boxes Comer no queuing up for tickets. Got on the
:21:19. > :21:23.bus, half a crown, and in. These are White City studios, so the
:21:23. > :21:28.Olympic Stadium was here? Yes, they told me just now that the finishing
:21:28. > :21:35.line is just the other side of this window. There is a memorial to all
:21:35. > :21:39.the people who won the medals. you ran here as a boy? I ran in the
:21:39. > :21:49.public schools mile. I did not know anything about running. I just knew
:21:49. > :21:55.I could run. And I led all the way. When we came up the finishing
:21:55. > :22:00.straight, they all passed me! think the Olympic Committee should
:22:00. > :22:07.invite Fergus to the Olympics. Before you go, have you got a
:22:07. > :22:12.little trick for us? I did bring a little trick. I have a penknife. It
:22:12. > :22:18.is a Woolworths penknife that I got when I was young. If I push it
:22:18. > :22:28.through my hand, it is quite simple. If I were, fingers when I am doing
:22:28. > :22:28.
:22:28. > :22:38.it, it changes colour. Now it is But if I were, fingers, it goes
:22:38. > :22:43.
:22:43. > :22:47.They don't make them like Fergus any more. If they did, we would all
:22:47. > :22:51.be out of a job. Thank you for coming.
:22:51. > :22:56.On Wednesday, the hairdressing world lost one of its legends.
:22:56. > :23:00.Vidal Sassoon was lost to the great salon in the sky. Here is our
:23:00. > :23:03.street barber Michael Douglas' tribute to one of his heroes.
:23:03. > :23:07.In the 1960s, Vidal Sassoon became one of the most famous hairdressers
:23:07. > :23:16.in the world, creating hair stars you can still see on the streets
:23:16. > :23:22.today. It is fair to say I would not be here without him. This is
:23:22. > :23:25.Becky. I am going to give her a 1950s inspired haircut based on the
:23:25. > :23:30.kinds of things Vidal Sassoon would have been doing at the beginning of
:23:30. > :23:34.his career. Becky, Vidal Sassoon was born in Hammersmith, around
:23:34. > :23:39.here. And he was raised in Shepherds Bush, just up the road.
:23:39. > :23:42.His mum was from the Ukraine. His dad was an immigrant from grace
:23:42. > :23:48.called Nathan. His dad left when Vidal Sassoon was about five years
:23:48. > :23:52.old, due to the stresses and strains of being a single parent,
:23:52. > :24:01.of the Dow and his brothers were put into an orphanage. Then his
:24:01. > :24:04.mother insisted that he became a hairdresser. Vidal completely
:24:04. > :24:08.revolutionised hairstyles like this so that you did not have to go to
:24:08. > :24:15.the salon once a week. You could go once every eight weeks, which
:24:15. > :24:18.people found liberating. There you have it. How is that? Brilliant.
:24:18. > :24:23.Lurgy everybody would have had back combing in their hair, and
:24:23. > :24:28.everybody's hair used to be cut with razors, which Vidal Sassoon
:24:28. > :24:33.changed forever. His creative cuts helped define the Swinging '60s.
:24:33. > :24:38.His client list included Twiggy, Mia Farrow and one of his best
:24:38. > :24:42.known clients, Mary Quant, who called Vidal Sassoon de Chanel of
:24:42. > :24:46.hair. It was here on the fashionable New Bond Street at a
:24:46. > :24:50.26-year-old Vidal Sassoon opened his first salon. It has changed
:24:50. > :24:58.hands many times, but I will give the new owner a Vidal Sassoon
:24:58. > :25:04.inspired job. So these are the original premises, the first salon.
:25:04. > :25:09.Yes, he was an artist. A hairstyle can make or break. It is part of
:25:09. > :25:13.your personality. What was great about these flat, geometric
:25:13. > :25:18.hairstyles, is that they were designed to accentuate different
:25:18. > :25:23.parts of the face. He would expose the cheekbones, bring out the eyes
:25:23. > :25:29.with these short fringes. He revolutionised hairdressing. I met
:25:29. > :25:33.Vidal Sassoon in about 2004. I was working at London fashion Week and
:25:33. > :25:39.he came back stage to say it was the best hair he had seen in any
:25:39. > :25:42.show that season. I can't tell you how happy I was. For 24 years, I
:25:42. > :25:47.have been doing people's hair. There has not been a working day go
:25:47. > :25:53.by when I do not use one of Vidal Sassoon's techniques, the way I use
:25:53. > :26:03.my scissors or even copied the styles he created. His legacy will
:26:03. > :26:05.
:26:05. > :26:15.live on probably pretty much forever. I love it. It is great.
:26:15. > :26:15.
:26:15. > :26:20.Thank you. Don't thank me, thank the man himself.
:26:20. > :26:26.We were just getting ready for something there. Now, today's show
:26:26. > :26:36.is all about growing up. We wanted your photographs of you "then and
:26:36. > :26:37.
:26:37. > :26:46.now". Here, these are worse, rich, Ray and Rob. 25 years between the
:26:46. > :26:53.two photos. Here they are now. I change my round? I want to do now
:26:53. > :27:03.and then. It will work better. This is Verity, Ellen and Alex. That is
:27:03. > :27:06.
:27:06. > :27:13.them now. But that was then. See? And here we have now and now. Tim
:27:13. > :27:19.Minchin is here. You wrote Matilda, but you are about to star in Jesus
:27:19. > :27:23.Christ Superstar. Yeah. This is the show Andrew Lloyd Webber is putting
:27:23. > :27:31.together on ITV. He is looking for Jesus, but he has already got you
:27:31. > :27:35.as Judas Iscariot. Yes, I am Judas. It is very new news to me. It is
:27:35. > :27:39.hard to explain, because people know me here as a comedian and
:27:39. > :27:43.composer, but this has been my obsession. It is the only role I
:27:43. > :27:49.have ever cared about in musical theatre. Not Jesus are any other
:27:49. > :27:56.show, but this role in this show. How come? It is just awesome. It is
:27:56. > :28:03.a rock show and I am a rock singer. And it is an incredible story, a
:28:03. > :28:09.dramatic story told in a unique way. And Judas's journey from his
:28:09. > :28:17.frustration through to his suicide and total breakdown, all the while
:28:17. > :28:21.singing be flats and Ds, the version I was obsessed with was in
:28:21. > :28:26.from deep purple singing Jesus, and the singer playing Judas, it
:28:26. > :28:30.sounded like his throat was bleeding. You are genuinely excited.
:28:30. > :28:34.But you are excited about everything you do. I have ended up
:28:34. > :28:39.with an amazing life. I get to do these things. It took me to lie was
:28:39. > :28:45.30 before I even managed to kick the first door down. I was
:28:45. > :28:50.struggling away in Australia. And now I keep getting what I want. I
:28:50. > :28:53.am lucky. You are a busy boy, because you have lots of concerts
:28:53. > :29:01.over the summer in different places. You are doing more serious stuff
:29:01. > :29:05.now. Are you moving away from comedy? No. I am doing comedy songs,
:29:05. > :29:11.it is just that because of Matilda and all these other projects, I
:29:11. > :29:15.have not written a new batch of comic material. I did this thing
:29:15. > :29:19.with Symphony Orchestra's over the last couple of years, so I am
:29:19. > :29:22.finding ways to reinvent my music. People who don't know my stuff will
:29:22. > :29:27.still get comedy out of my gigs, but people who have followed me
:29:27. > :29:33.will get new versions of things. I am playing a lot of festivals with
:29:33. > :29:41.a four piece band. Sometimes a 12 piece band. It depends on digging.
:29:41. > :29:50.But it will still be mostly Have you ever played Glastonbury?
:29:50. > :29:57.They invite the old guys. Watch it! If you do Sweet Caroline and YMCA,
:29:57. > :30:03.they love it. I would love to do that. I am available. Not until
:30:03. > :30:10.September. Tim, where can we see you over the summer? It is all
:30:10. > :30:19.festivals. A couple of national houses. We are on to Des now.
:30:19. > :30:27.we did not get to where we can see him. It is on my website. Back to
:30:27. > :30:33.Des. Your big chat show. 8:00pm, ITV. It is a family show. You have
:30:33. > :30:38.a campaign for the family chat show making a return. Somebody asked me,
:30:38. > :30:42.what do you think of the new chat show hosts? We have a remote and we
:30:42. > :30:47.can turnover, all we can stick with someone. If I have one little Winch,
:30:47. > :30:52.a lot of the young comics started their first shows with us, the
:30:52. > :30:57.first masterclass, mainstream stuff. I look at a couple of them these
:30:57. > :31:00.days and I think, the language. I curl up a bit, and I do not think
:31:00. > :31:05.they need it because they were funny without it and they would be
:31:05. > :31:12.just as funny today without it. Have we got time for his Les Dawson
:31:12. > :31:20.clip? We have not. What have we got time for? Jay Rayner. He is back
:31:20. > :31:23.with more spice than ever. I asked for your recipe for the
:31:23. > :31:33.favourite home style chicken curry. The competition was as hot as the
:31:33. > :31:34.
:31:34. > :31:39.At the end of a hard week, there is nothing as comforting as a big bowl
:31:39. > :31:43.of chicken curry, whether you like it mild or fiery. A good one can be
:31:43. > :31:49.a wake-up call for the taste buds. Currie is said to have come from
:31:49. > :31:55.the Tamil word for a spice sauce. In the UK, we have been devouring
:31:55. > :31:59.it for centuries. 40% of us eat curry every week. We sifted through
:31:59. > :32:03.your applications, looking for taste and originality, and these
:32:03. > :32:08.three finalists think that they should win the grand title of the
:32:08. > :32:14.nation's favourite. Julia from Chester. I have the best recipe -
:32:14. > :32:19.simple and easy but I am on to a winner. Mandeep from Surbiton.
:32:19. > :32:24.going to win and crush the competition. And Symon from London.
:32:25. > :32:28.Mine is the best and I am going to win. They have to impress me and
:32:28. > :32:34.Angela Gray. We have asked for an Indian style chicken curry. What
:32:34. > :32:39.are you looking for? A balance of aromatic spice, clever flavour
:32:39. > :32:44.building, forlorn but with a nice kick. And not swimming in too much
:32:44. > :32:49.oil. The chicken should be succulent. I sense deep enthusiasm
:32:49. > :32:56.in you. I cannot get through the week without my curry fix. Let the
:32:56. > :33:00.competition begin. Julia blends and aromatic marinade including chilli,
:33:00. > :33:05.coriander, ginger and garlic. It is a family favourite. Where does it
:33:05. > :33:10.come from? My mother in law is of Indian origin. Originally, it was
:33:10. > :33:16.one of her marinade recipes that she taught me many years ago. Over
:33:16. > :33:23.the years, I have adapted it and it is now my own. Have you eaten
:33:23. > :33:28.Indian food all your life? until I was 21. 21! She finishes
:33:29. > :33:33.off with spinach and a slug of cream. Next, Mandeep with her
:33:33. > :33:39.grandmother's recipe. She is using a home-made spice blend Gara
:33:39. > :33:43.Marsala, and another traditional ingredient which is all fat. What
:33:43. > :33:50.is this? It is not very good for the diet. It is clarified butter,
:33:50. > :33:55.and lashings of it. But her old school curry is getting a makeover
:33:55. > :34:00.with a coriander emotion. That sounds rather posh. It is coriander
:34:00. > :34:05.which is blitzed with olive oil. It will be drizzled on the top. I have
:34:05. > :34:09.some shallots, which are going to be fried and tossed in a
:34:09. > :34:18.combination of mango powder and black salt. It is not entirely
:34:18. > :34:22.black, is it. Black sorts, that his attention to detail. There is an
:34:22. > :34:26.aromatic kick. Symon is a self-proclaimed
:34:26. > :34:34.connoisseur, and to him, precision is everything. What are you doing?
:34:34. > :34:39.I am worrying the onions, 1.5 grams. It is incredibly precise. It has to
:34:39. > :34:44.be perfect. Are you the ultimate Curry nerd? Something along those
:34:45. > :34:48.lines. There is a long list of spices, at least nine, all blended
:34:48. > :34:53.together in a coffee grinder. If I ever said to you, why not buy curry
:34:54. > :34:59.powder from the supermarket, would you laugh in my face? Yes. As soon
:34:59. > :35:03.as it is ground, the flavour is gone. Time is up, and now for the
:35:03. > :35:10.best bit, the tasting. Shall we start with Julia's quick chicken
:35:10. > :35:14.tikka with spinach and cream? creamy. There is still fire there.
:35:15. > :35:20.I would struggle to eat a large portion. The flavour is there but
:35:20. > :35:28.under a blanket of cream. Let's move on to Mandy's inherited
:35:28. > :35:33.recipe. -- Mandeep's. You have the Spice. Full-on chicken, but lots of
:35:33. > :35:36.spice and the heat comes in waves. Garnish can sometimes be for show,
:35:36. > :35:41.but this plays a part in the flavour.
:35:41. > :35:46.Let's move on to Symon's precision curry. Beautiful sauce and a nice
:35:46. > :35:50.balance of spice. One thing which is not a favourite, the chunks of
:35:51. > :35:57.green pepper. It is a very serious bit of curry. All of that measuring
:35:57. > :36:02.paid off. This is a tough job. Three great dishes, but there can
:36:02. > :36:11.only be one winner. The winner of the One Show chicken curry
:36:11. > :36:19.challenges... Mandeep. We agreed that her curry was the clear
:36:19. > :36:23.favourite because of its depth of flavour and scrumptious garnish.
:36:23. > :36:31.Congratulations. And you have brought the curry in, which is
:36:31. > :36:41.brilliant news. Before that, Jay, you have something to give to her.
:36:41. > :36:43.
:36:43. > :36:53.All expense has been spared to give you this second to none... And Des
:36:53. > :37:00.
:37:00. > :37:07.has brought something a little more I was hoping for a Des O'Connor C D.
:37:07. > :37:17.We have got a few 1000 round the back! Is this the winning curry?
:37:17. > :37:20.
:37:20. > :37:25.Is there going to be steam coming out of my ears? Can you reach it
:37:26. > :37:32.from there, because I can't! What sets us apart from the others? All
:37:32. > :37:37.of them looked lovely. They were lovely. Tim wants to throw himself
:37:37. > :37:41.into it as well. People talk about curry having layers of flavour, but
:37:41. > :37:46.too often they are just a stew which tastes of salt and heat but
:37:46. > :37:53.not much else. This one has lots of layers, lots of character. It is
:37:53. > :37:58.not just salt and heat, but it is rich, deep and dark. And the meat
:37:58. > :38:04.melts in your mouth. Pre-it does interesting things. When you are
:38:04. > :38:14.walking to a curry house and you get the smell, what is it? What is
:38:14. > :38:14.
:38:14. > :38:21.the overwhelming smell that comes down the street? Lots of butter.
:38:21. > :38:26.What is the key to a good samosa? My mum cooking it. We are all
:38:26. > :38:33.coming round later! Yours has a modern twist because you have a
:38:33. > :38:39.coriander emotion. And shallots on the top. -- are coriander emotion.
:38:39. > :38:47.What would your grandmother had said? She would have thought it was
:38:47. > :38:54.silly but I think she would have enjoyed it as well. Tim, are you
:38:54. > :38:58.having some? I am so hungry. Some of the entries did suggest
:38:59. > :39:04.chocolate, which is not as crazy as you might think. In South American,
:39:04. > :39:09.Mexican food there is a lot of chocolate in those stews. So I can
:39:09. > :39:12.imagine chocolate working in this style of curry, except that you do
:39:12. > :39:22.not associate the cocoa plant growing in the Indian sub-continent,
:39:22. > :39:25.so it is a bit strange. And about curries, is it Indian? The Indian
:39:25. > :39:30.sub-continent is huge. There's packets buck Pakistan, Bangladesh,
:39:30. > :39:35.Sri Lanka. It is like talking about one European food. There are lots
:39:35. > :39:41.of different regions. Your family is from the Punjab, which has its
:39:41. > :39:48.own style. The Indian curry on the High Street is mostly Bengali.
:39:48. > :39:55.more question. Can you come back every week? And the curry has gone
:39:55. > :40:02.down a storm, and she has brought an extra dish, Saag Paneer. Oh, my
:40:02. > :40:10.goodness! I have tried that while you were chatting. That is nice,
:40:10. > :40:17.dark spinach. Can we go on a break so I can eat? If you want to eat
:40:17. > :40:20.any of the Curry, the recipes are on the website right now. Last week
:40:21. > :40:26.we sent Lucy Siegle out to explain why we had droughts and floods at
:40:26. > :40:34.the same time. Since then, however, because of the continuing rain, 19
:40:34. > :40:38.areas have dropped their drought status this afternoon. But what of
:40:38. > :40:48.the phrase, nice weather for ducks. What about the rest of the
:40:48. > :40:51.I am in the heart of the Fens that the Ouse Washes, one of the most
:40:51. > :40:57.important breeding habitats in the country for ground-nesting birds
:40:57. > :41:01.like lapwing, redshank and snipe. Conditions for those birds are
:41:01. > :41:07.absolutely ideal on this side, but over here, it is a very different
:41:07. > :41:11.story. The Ouse Washes are large areas of pasture land purposely
:41:11. > :41:16.flooded to prevent the river bursting its banks. Normally, this
:41:16. > :41:19.only happens in winter, but last week the Environment Agency had no
:41:19. > :41:25.choice but to open the sluice gates to prevent the flooding of
:41:25. > :41:29.thousands of people's homes. This move has had dire consequences for
:41:29. > :41:38.this internationally important wildlife reserve. This lapwing
:41:38. > :41:42.footage captured by a viewer shows one of many nests being submerged.
:41:42. > :41:48.John is the RSPB site manager for the Ouse Washes and has seen at
:41:48. > :41:53.first hand the after effects of the flooding. Just to reiterate, this
:41:53. > :41:57.lake over here really should look like that over there. Absolutely.
:41:57. > :42:02.It is a disaster for this time of year. We would expect at the moment
:42:02. > :42:10.to have 600 pairs of breeding waders, 800 pairs of ducks. Instead,
:42:10. > :42:16.we have 1.5 metres of water. This is 22 miles long. It is hard to
:42:16. > :42:21.envisage. It is about 6000 football pitches. To be honest, I am gutted.
:42:21. > :42:26.I adore birds. Is there any light at the end of this tunnel? There is
:42:26. > :42:30.a glimmer, still. End of June-July, if we can get rid of the water by
:42:30. > :42:35.then, there is the chance that lapwing and snipe might make a
:42:35. > :42:39.nesting attempt. But realistically, the chances are very slim. This
:42:39. > :42:47.might have a knock-on effect for years. The biggest irony is that
:42:47. > :42:51.this entire region is technically in drought. It is not just the east
:42:51. > :42:55.of the country that has been badly affected. Miranda has been in the
:42:55. > :42:59.south-west to see how the recent deluge has hit wildlife in this
:42:59. > :43:02.critical season. It is a time when young birds and
:43:02. > :43:06.mammals should be with their parents but sadly many are becoming
:43:06. > :43:12.separated due to the horrendous weather we have been having. Recent
:43:12. > :43:15.flooding has swamped dens, Burroughs and nests. Last week,
:43:15. > :43:24.these kingfishers were filmed struggling to feed their young in
:43:24. > :43:31.the flooded conditions. This is just one drama in a catalogue of
:43:31. > :43:37.incidents. Somerset is one of the worst-hit areas, and wildlife
:43:37. > :43:44.rescue centres have been inundated with refugees. Care manager Sarah
:43:44. > :43:50.Cowen is working round the clock. Look at them! They are just
:43:50. > :43:57.gorgeous. These cubs were saved by good-natured members of the public.
:43:57. > :44:01.What happened? He was seen in Bude in Cornwall. The road in the town
:44:01. > :44:06.was flooded and a member of the public watched the fox cub drowning
:44:06. > :44:10.and they managed to grab him. condition was he in? He was
:44:10. > :44:16.absolutely drenched, soaking wet and very distressed and cold. And
:44:16. > :44:20.quite hungry. But he has settled in. Looking good now. These are the
:44:20. > :44:24.lucky ones. Their chances of survival are excellent and they
:44:24. > :44:29.will be released once they are big enough. But other animals are not
:44:29. > :44:34.faring so well. They were flooded out of their badger set a couple of
:44:35. > :44:38.days ago. But unfortunately this little one, we are having to feed
:44:38. > :44:43.with a syringe because he is not taking food and has lost weight.
:44:43. > :44:48.This is the downside of the flooding. Unfortunately, yes.
:44:48. > :44:53.Badger cubs do not know where they are, where to go. You cannot put
:44:54. > :45:00.them back until it subsides. Can I give him something to eat? Gently
:45:00. > :45:10.poppet into the side of his mouth. It is quite a disgusting, sickly
:45:10. > :45:12.
:45:12. > :45:18.Sara and the team hoped to release these back into the wild, but when
:45:18. > :45:23.depends on when the floodwaters subside.
:45:23. > :45:26.The baby foxes were lovely. We have an update. We spoke to the Secret
:45:26. > :45:34.World Wildlife rescue Centre this morning, and the baby foxes and
:45:34. > :45:38.badgers are well on the way to recovery and release. And began to
:45:38. > :45:42.ban is over! Now, Monday sees the latest
:45:42. > :45:52.instalment of the extraordinary documentary about growing up. We
:45:52. > :45:54.
:45:54. > :46:01.have more of your photographs. This is Gavin and see them, and now.
:46:01. > :46:06.am going to go with now and then. These are them now, Denise, Lynn
:46:06. > :46:16.and run from Stoke. 59 years previously, this was how they
:46:16. > :46:24.
:46:24. > :46:32.looked. This is Sam, 40 years ago, from West Yorkshire. And now!
:46:32. > :46:36.is then, Ian, at seven years old. Look at him now. It is all about
:46:36. > :46:39.growing up. Monday sees the latest instalment of the extraordinary
:46:39. > :46:44.series that has followed the lives of 14 people from different
:46:44. > :46:48.backgrounds since 1964. In many ways, this was the first reality
:46:48. > :46:53.showed. We have seen them living in care, get married, split up, get
:46:53. > :46:58.back together, become parents, and move abroad. And nobody was voted
:46:58. > :47:01.out. Between them, they have dealt with homelessness, infidelity,
:47:02. > :47:11.bereavement and even a career in local politics. Her one of them,
:47:12. > :47:12.
:47:12. > :47:16.Symon, is here. First, let's have a sneak preview of what he is up to.
:47:16. > :47:21.Before I am old enough to get a job, I will walk around and see what I
:47:21. > :47:27.can find. I was going to be a film star. Now I am going to be an
:47:27. > :47:30.electrical engineer. There is more to reality. By 21, Symon was
:47:30. > :47:35.working in the freezer room of Wall's sausages in London. I know I
:47:35. > :47:39.can't stay here forever. I could not stay there for that long. My
:47:39. > :47:47.mind would go dead. Do you never feel you should be doing better
:47:47. > :47:52.jobs? Aren't you worth more? No. I suppose are just like hard work. I
:47:52. > :47:58.am the proof that you need to push yourself. If you want things in
:47:58. > :48:02.life, you have to push yourself to keep going. I think that programme
:48:02. > :48:05.is extraordinary, and you are part of it, Symon. It is possibly the
:48:05. > :48:11.most extraordinary series television has ever seen. How has
:48:11. > :48:16.it been? Easy. How do you feel when you look back at some of that
:48:16. > :48:21.footage? Is it's nice to have a record, or do you feel embarrassed
:48:21. > :48:26.by some of it? I used to feel bad. I used to get tensed up when the
:48:26. > :48:31.programme was coming, and 10 stop when the filming was going to be
:48:31. > :48:35.shown. But now I am too old to worry about it. And you and your
:48:35. > :48:45.wife over the years have fostered 65 children? Will they be featured
:48:45. > :48:47.
:48:48. > :48:56.in the film? We will talk about it, but we are not allowed to reveal
:48:56. > :49:00.that. You have already seen the programme. Is it any good? It is
:49:00. > :49:04.fantastic. That is not just me saying it. Everybody that has been
:49:04. > :49:10.in the programme and been part of the programme has thought it was
:49:10. > :49:16.fantastic. I heard this was going to be the last one? We need enough
:49:16. > :49:23.survivors to do the next one. you are only 56. I am just a kid.
:49:23. > :49:26.You are next to Des O'Connor. only 27! Symon, when you look back
:49:26. > :49:36.over the different documentaries every seven years, which was your
:49:36. > :49:37.
:49:37. > :49:41.favourite period? This one now. have to say that. No, actually,
:49:42. > :49:47.this one now. People always say those were the days. But actually,
:49:47. > :49:55.these are the days. Des O'Connor, you must come across that all the
:49:55. > :50:00.time. Whichever moment you are in, that is what you should be enjoying.
:50:00. > :50:04.Are you friends with some of the others in the documentary? I see
:50:04. > :50:09.them more as family. I do not see them at all, but when I do meet up
:50:09. > :50:13.with them, it is like we have known each other all our lives. It is
:50:13. > :50:18.extraordinary seen the footage from different years. The footage of you
:50:18. > :50:24.as a young man could have been filmed yesterday. You think so?
:50:24. > :50:30.Very handsome as a young man, if you don't mind me saying. 56 Up is
:50:30. > :50:34.on ITV1 on Monday night at 9pm. Now, it is inevitable that was
:50:34. > :50:44.growing up, we have warm patch that we have all warned things we later
:50:44. > :50:49.
:50:49. > :50:55.Ruth Goodman has been looking at the fashion that went from flash to
:50:55. > :51:01.trash in a blink of a knife. There was a time when sport and
:51:01. > :51:05.fashion kept a healthy distance. Sport was all about practicality,
:51:05. > :51:11.and fashion it was different. But in the 1980s, all that changed when
:51:11. > :51:15.a new type of clothing emerged - the shellsuit. Cotton to peace
:51:15. > :51:20.tracksuits had been around for ages, but in the nylon age, they really
:51:20. > :51:25.came into their own. Out of place in a modern sports store, these
:51:25. > :51:30.vintage '80s shell-suits were once the height of fashion. This is why
:51:30. > :51:35.it is called a shellsuit, this micro fibre nylon shell, quite
:51:35. > :51:40.unlike the heavy cotton track suits that were available at the time. A
:51:40. > :51:44.true shellsuit is also tapered in at the cuffs and down again at the
:51:44. > :51:47.ankle. These man-made fibres were also much easier to print on and
:51:47. > :51:50.could be produced in a range of colours and patterns. Shell-suits
:51:50. > :51:53.first caught the eye of British people when Liverpool fans were
:51:53. > :51:57.travelling to watch their team dominate European football in the
:51:57. > :52:01.'80s. This exposed them to continental fashions, and they
:52:01. > :52:08.wanted a piece of the action, which is how this garish garment made the
:52:08. > :52:17.transition from Milan to Merseyside. Sports retailers seized the
:52:17. > :52:27.opportunity and started to import container loads. A shellsuit would
:52:27. > :52:32.be �120. And I suppose that is part of its aura, that if you spend �120
:52:32. > :52:41.on a tracksuit, you look as though you are wearing �120 worth of
:52:41. > :52:46.tracksuit. It is when it is a fiver in a barrel somewhere in a market
:52:46. > :52:50.that it loses a lot of its appeal. With high street shops and market
:52:50. > :52:54.stalls stocking them, prices tumbled, and so did the shellsuit's
:52:54. > :52:58.reputation. What started as a functional garment for honed and
:52:58. > :53:02.focused athletes now came to represent the opposite. And thanks
:53:02. > :53:08.to the likes of Harry Enfield's Scousers, they came to stereotype a
:53:08. > :53:13.workshy underclass. Not only had they become laughable, but BBC's
:53:13. > :53:18.Watchdog had noticed a moor burning issue. Welcome to watchdog. In
:53:18. > :53:25.tonight's programme, startling news. Shell suits are made of flimsy
:53:25. > :53:29.polyester or nylon. Look how quickly they go if near a fire.
:53:29. > :53:33.Once Watchdog ignited a debate, the heat was on for the shellsuit. But
:53:33. > :53:39.you don't have to hold a naked flame to a shellsuit to raise the
:53:39. > :53:44.temperature of everyone around you. It has such an inflammatory
:53:44. > :53:49.reputation that you merely have to wear one. What does the shellsuit
:53:49. > :53:55.say today to shoppers on fashionable Bond Street? It is for
:53:55. > :53:59.chavs. Shopping centres. It is not the most glamourous think. Hideous.
:53:59. > :54:04.Not many people dress like that around here. They don't do you any
:54:04. > :54:08.favours. But while some are glad to see the back of the shellsuit,
:54:08. > :54:12.there still seems to be some residual affection for it. Vintage
:54:12. > :54:16.shellsuit still a roaring trade online, and there are some who
:54:16. > :54:23.think they may be about to enjoy a mainstream fashion renaissance. One
:54:23. > :54:30.young designer has taken fashion's most sneered at two peace and we
:54:30. > :54:36.launched it during London fashion Week to wide acclaim. I wanted to
:54:36. > :54:40.bring two opposites together and create something new. I hope it
:54:40. > :54:44.will be something that becomes an identifiable thing you would like
:54:44. > :54:51.to wear. The shellsuit may have gone back to its aspirational roots,
:54:51. > :54:55.but for the moment, its place is the slip-on uniform of the high
:54:55. > :55:01.street has passed. Whether it went out of vogue due to public opinion
:55:01. > :55:08.is debatable, but they don't half keep the wind out.
:55:08. > :55:15.But anything against a cool brick wall looks good. Matt Baker would
:55:15. > :55:21.call that practical and cool. is here. You have a little one
:55:21. > :55:27.growing up. Seven and a half? Fantastic little guy. I went to
:55:27. > :55:33.school and a headmistress said how sporting of you to volunteer for
:55:33. > :55:38.the fathers' race. I had to run against Linford Christie! Imagine
:55:38. > :55:43.me at 72. I let him win. I did not want to spoil it. Speaking of
:55:43. > :55:50.growing up, let's have a little song from Tim Minchin.
:55:50. > :55:53.# When I grow up. # I will be tall enough to reach
:55:53. > :55:56.the branches. # That I need to reach to climb the
:55:56. > :56:05.trees. # You get to climb when you're
:56:05. > :56:08.grown up. # And when I grow up.
:56:08. > :56:12.# I will be smart enough to answer all.
:56:12. > :56:19.# The questions that you need to know.
:56:19. > :56:23.# The answers to before you're grown up.
:56:23. > :56:31.# And when I grow up. # I will eat sweets every day.
:56:31. > :56:35.# On the way to work, and I will. # Go to bed late every night.
:56:35. > :56:37.# And I will wake up. # When the sun comes up, and I.
:56:37. > :56:45.# Will watch cartoons until my eyes go square.
:56:45. > :56:53.# And I won't care 'cause I'll be all grown up.
:56:53. > :57:01.# When I grow up. # I will be strong enough to carry
:57:01. > :57:08.all. # The heavy things you have to haul.
:57:08. > :57:11.# Around with you when you're a grown up.
:57:11. > :57:18.# And when I grow up. # I will be brave enough to fight
:57:18. > :57:24.the creatures. # That you have to fight beneath
:57:24. > :57:30.the bed. # Each night to be a grown up.
:57:30. > :57:33.# And when I grow up. # I will have treats every day.
:57:33. > :57:39.# And I'll play with things that mum pretends.
:57:39. > :57:44.# That mums don't think are fun. # And I will wake up.
:57:44. > :57:47.# When the sun comes up and I. # Will spend all day just lying in
:57:47. > :57:57.the sun. # And I won't burn 'cause I'll be
:57:57. > :58:14.
:58:14. > :58:19.all grown up. From the musical Matilda. Thank you
:58:19. > :58:28.for being here. Good luck with all your festivals, and with Matilda.
:58:28. > :58:38.And Des, we can see you on 22nd May. You can. You have seen both shows.
:58:38. > :58:39.
:58:39. > :58:43.Don't ask me. What? For a favourite! They are both great.
:58:43. > :58:50.Have a great weekend. Have a lovely weekend, and we will see you on