0:00:16 > 0:00:18Hello and welcome to the One Show with Alex Jones.
0:00:18 > 0:00:20And Matt Baker.
0:00:20 > 0:00:23It's two weeks to go until the big day, so it was time to get
0:00:23 > 0:00:30the Christmas set in.
0:00:30 > 0:00:35The fear is lit. Look at this place. It is mental.
0:00:35 > 0:00:39Work has been going on all day and the man who has been up in the loft
0:00:39 > 0:00:51and put this together is just finishing up now.
0:00:51 > 0:00:57The times are hard, I am getting fifty notes.I do love an an gel
0:00:57 > 0:01:01instead. You can feel me and let me entertain you. Hopefully it won't
0:01:01 > 0:01:12take a millennium.
0:01:17 > 0:01:19Whilst Robbie finishes work, let's meet our first guest,
0:01:19 > 0:01:21whose CV shines as bright as any Christmas lights -
0:01:21 > 0:01:23everything from Cutting It to Atlantis and Broadchurch.
0:01:23 > 0:01:26And, of course, she recently played the very important roles of BBC Head
0:01:26 > 0:01:29of Output and Director of Better in W1A - it's Sarah Parish!
0:01:29 > 0:01:35APPLAUSE Give it to Robbie, he will do
0:01:35 > 0:01:39something with it. ?I'm on it, thank you darling.
0:01:39 > 0:01:47Welcome. You are always in the BBC. Hello Sarah.It is like coming home.
0:01:47 > 0:01:52He has just plonked it on top of there.I guess you used your pass to
0:01:52 > 0:01:56get in.They know who I am. Am. They are terrified of me here.It is
0:01:56 > 0:02:01right that the show is coming to an end?I think it is. Yes. Never say
0:02:01 > 0:02:05never but I have a feeling that that was the last one, John just likes to
0:02:05 > 0:02:08finish things and you know, he has done that show for a long time now,
0:02:08 > 0:02:13and I think he wans to move on. We were heartbroken because we, you foe
0:02:13 > 0:02:19we loved the characters.We have loved it as well.It is like factual
0:02:19 > 0:02:25entertainment for us.I don't know if the BBC finds it funny.Somehow
0:02:25 > 0:02:29you managed to miss the snow yesterday, but you are going on a
0:02:29 > 0:02:32trip on Sunday where there is guaranteed snow.I am going to
0:02:32 > 0:02:39Lapland.Lucky one, lucky.To see Santa. I am so excited. I am taking
0:02:39 > 0:02:44my eight-year-old daughter and my husband. She is not remotely excited
0:02:44 > 0:02:50but I feel like my head is going to blow off. We go on a husky safari.
0:02:50 > 0:02:56It has been like that here.Not in oldsed for.Here is a snow man I
0:02:56 > 0:03:01built yesterday with my children, we smoothed it out. It is that perfect
0:03:01 > 0:03:05snow that compresses.Had you have said I would have come over to your
0:03:05 > 0:03:09house, we had nothing where we were, look at that, you have a massive
0:03:09 > 0:03:18snow man.That was a perfect snow man.Yeah.We have been sent loads
0:03:18 > 0:03:23of videos so we will show you those later and there be lots more from
0:03:23 > 0:03:27Robbie, no Sarah, and from Robbie who is over there finishing the
0:03:27 > 0:03:27tree.
0:03:27 > 0:03:28tree.
0:03:28 > 0:03:31Many people will be buying Scottish smoked salmon this Christmas,
0:03:31 > 0:03:33perhaps unaware of the growing concern about the huge
0:03:33 > 0:03:35numbers of fish that are having to be destroyed
0:03:35 > 0:03:36because of parasites and disease.
0:03:36 > 0:03:39Latest figures show more than one in four fish are dying
0:03:39 > 0:03:41and the Scottish Government has ordered an inquiry
0:03:41 > 0:03:42to be held next year.
0:03:42 > 0:03:49Here's Joe.
0:03:49 > 0:03:52Scotland's famous salmon run as wild salmon make their way up stream to
0:03:52 > 0:03:58spawn. But there is also a salmon run you
0:03:58 > 0:04:02haven't heard of on a scale that is hard to imagine, the dead salmon
0:04:02 > 0:04:11run. The beautiful islands and Lochs along the west coast of Scotland are
0:04:11 > 0:04:16home to salmon fanning, it is big business, not only does it stock the
0:04:16 > 0:04:21supermarket shelves it's the number one food export with overseas sales
0:04:21 > 0:04:24eggs expected to exceed £500 million this year.
0:04:24 > 0:04:29The salmon are dying on the farms in their millions, mostly due to
0:04:29 > 0:04:33disease and sea lice, in fact figures show an average of one in
0:04:33 > 0:04:37four salmon are dying. It is getting worse.
0:04:37 > 0:04:41While the salmon in our supermarkets is perfectly safe to eat, the high
0:04:41 > 0:04:44number of salmon mortalities is affecting farms up and down the
0:04:44 > 0:04:49country. I have received a tip-off that the operation at Scottish sea
0:04:49 > 0:04:53farms limited is having problems with a disease outbreak, and I want
0:04:53 > 0:04:59to see it for myself. What we are seeing is a forklift
0:04:59 > 0:05:03tipping big industrial bins, just full of dead salmon, into this skip.
0:05:03 > 0:05:08I can see some of them are are really big, the fish, they are
0:05:08 > 0:05:16mature fish. This is the dirty side of the salmon
0:05:16 > 0:05:20farming industry, tonnes of fish that have died that will have to be
0:05:20 > 0:05:25legally disposed of. Food waste on an astonishing scale. A lorry has
0:05:25 > 0:05:29turned up to pick up that skip full of dead fish, I didn't expect a
0:05:29 > 0:05:35tanker as well. They are simply vacuuming vast quantities of dead
0:05:35 > 0:05:39fish and you can hear the weight of them rattling and banging as they
0:05:39 > 0:05:45are sucked up this big tube and into the tanker. Last year, nearly
0:05:45 > 0:05:4822-and-a-half thousand tonnes of salmon died on Scottish farms,
0:05:48 > 0:05:53double what it was just three years earlier. Some were affected by sea
0:05:53 > 0:05:58lice, that feed on the salmon weakening or killing them.
0:05:58 > 0:06:02In total we see four lorries turn up at the farm. What I am seeing here
0:06:02 > 0:06:09is shocking but it isn't illegal, nor uncommon. OK, the tanker and the
0:06:09 > 0:06:13first skipper lorry have left the farm. They are full of salmon, in
0:06:13 > 0:06:17fact I can see some horrible fluid coming out of the back of one of
0:06:17 > 0:06:21them and it smells vile. We will follow them and see where they end
0:06:21 > 0:06:28up. It seems the salmon run takes place by road not just river. And
0:06:28 > 0:06:33that is a serious concern for campaigners like Don who runs the
0:06:33 > 0:06:37global alliance against industrial aqua culture.We are farming too
0:06:37 > 0:06:43many salmon in too confined a space, the mortality problem is simply
0:06:43 > 0:06:49symptomatic of overproduction.How big a deal is this? There will
0:06:49 > 0:06:54always been mortalities inning. There would be a public outcry if a
0:06:54 > 0:06:59quarter of chickens or cows or speech were dying each year, that is
0:06:59 > 0:07:04the case with salmon farming, the scale of mortalities in Scottish
0:07:04 > 0:07:08salmon farming is huge, you are cramming a migratory species into
0:07:08 > 0:07:13the cages.Back on the road and after nearly three hours the trucks
0:07:13 > 0:07:19pulled up for the night. Early next morning they are off
0:07:19 > 0:07:27again. 6.30 and our four lorries are just leaving Fort William. The dead
0:07:27 > 0:07:33salmon run is on again. There are something very stark about
0:07:33 > 0:07:39this really ugly cargo, this dead fish winding its way through this
0:07:39 > 0:07:44beautiful majestic countryside. Nearly 300 miles south of the Loch
0:07:44 > 0:07:48where the lorries left salmon farm it reaches its final destination in
0:07:48 > 0:07:52Dumfries. This is it, the end of the dead salmon run, the lorries are
0:07:52 > 0:07:56going in there, it is a chemical processing plant. They will try to
0:07:56 > 0:08:01extract some of the oil from the fish. All these tonnes of fish
0:08:01 > 0:08:06getting dumped here, out of the food chain. We contacted Scottish sea
0:08:06 > 0:08:09farms limited from where we filmed truck loads of salmon being disposed
0:08:09 > 0:08:15of. They said they don't farm upon an intensive scale, the situation at
0:08:15 > 0:08:19the Loch was an isolated incident caused by an environmental charge,
0:08:19 > 0:08:23the problem was spotted and specialist fish veterinarians were
0:08:23 > 0:08:28consulted. They add fish health and welfare is the top prior yourty, the
0:08:28 > 0:08:32sites have been emptied of fish and they will continue to find solutions
0:08:32 > 0:08:37to the challenges in order to meet the demand for high quality salmon
0:08:37 > 0:08:40grown in a sustainable way. On tomorrow's programme, we hear
0:08:40 > 0:08:45from those behind the Scottish salmon farming industry. The
0:08:45 > 0:08:49mortalities are the highest they have been, we as farmers are aware.
0:08:49 > 0:08:54It is out of control. ?It is not out of control.However shocking
0:08:54 > 0:08:58that was, the fact is that that fish farm was disposing of those dead
0:08:58 > 0:09:02fish correctly, and tomorrow, Joe is going to be here to shed more light
0:09:02 > 0:09:13on how we have ended up in this situation.
0:09:15 > 0:09:21My husband was doing an interview, I Kent remember for what Pape
0:09:21 > 0:09:23earthquake he said what is the greatest moment of your life. You
0:09:23 > 0:09:34would say it was my wedding day or the birth of my child. -- paper. The
0:09:34 > 0:09:39greatest day of his life is the day he caught his first salmon.I can't
0:09:39 > 0:09:46lie.It was a very ferocity evening at home I can tell you that.You are
0:09:46 > 0:09:50here the talk about Bancroft, the new series, and the filming of that
0:09:50 > 0:09:56brought about happy memories.It did. We were filming in and round
0:09:56 > 0:09:59Manchester, and, they got me a little flat in the northern quarter,
0:09:59 > 0:10:03if I looked out of my balcony and turned right I could see the flat
0:10:03 > 0:10:11lived in when I first met Jim in Cutting It He had such a great time
0:10:11 > 0:10:14on that job and made great mates I still know and love now, it was
0:10:14 > 0:10:18lovely being back.So Bancroft is starting tonight. The brilliant
0:10:18 > 0:10:25thing is it is on every night for four nights, we can gorge on it.It
0:10:25 > 0:10:30is a proper binge thriller, so that is great. They stripped it across.
0:10:30 > 0:10:33It is hard though, to explain what happens without giving the game
0:10:33 > 0:10:38away, how much do you want to say Sarah? Put it back to you.It is, it
0:10:38 > 0:10:46is difficult because you don't want to give away too much. It is a story
0:10:46 > 0:10:49about a fantastic detective, Elizabeth Bancroft, very focussed
0:10:49 > 0:10:55and ambitious, ruthless, a dark character, very layered, she is a
0:10:55 > 0:11:00real control freak, and you basically see this woman fall apart
0:11:00 > 0:11:04during the series, a cold case is brought back from the deepfreeze she
0:11:04 > 0:11:08thoughted that been buried locking a, it involves her, it gathers a lot
0:11:08 > 0:11:13of heat in the station, and through the four hours you see her kind of
0:11:13 > 0:11:18just being brought down. It is great. It is a real unravelling.Let
0:11:18 > 0:11:22us look at that moment when she realises that old case is being
0:11:22 > 0:11:28re-opened.Years ago in 1990. The thing is there is something odd
0:11:28 > 0:11:40about it. It doesn't feel right.Why not?Well, it was a burglary, and it
0:11:40 > 0:11:47was vicious.Burglars can kill, if they get disturbed or something goes
0:11:47 > 0:11:54wrong.She was bitten. That is what I don't get. There was no sexual
0:11:54 > 0:12:01assault, but she was bitten. APPLAUSE
0:12:01 > 0:12:09We only have about an hour and 45 minutes before the start. ThatThat
0:12:09 > 0:12:15made me go goosebumpy. It is quite a scary piece.You say you don't get
0:12:15 > 0:12:20offered this type of role, what do you meanShe is dark. I have been
0:12:20 > 0:12:28playing a lot of, doing comedy or lighter parts.The hero ports, she,
0:12:28 > 0:12:31there is nothing redeemn't about her. It is nice to play somebody who
0:12:31 > 0:12:34is just bad. And she is bad, you know, but you kind of love her and
0:12:34 > 0:12:39you want her to succeed, in the police force but you don't want her
0:12:39 > 0:12:45to be taken down, you know she is bad.When these things go across the
0:12:45 > 0:12:51week, do you watch them?I won't watch it, no. I will bo going away,
0:12:51 > 0:12:57it is our anniversary, we are going to go away and I will ring up and
0:12:57 > 0:13:02ask what the viewing figures are. Happy anniversary.Get out to
0:13:02 > 0:13:03Lapland.
0:13:03 > 0:13:04Get out to Lapland.
0:13:04 > 0:13:06This year Mike Dilger has brought us plenty of images
0:13:06 > 0:13:09of wildlife in action - this time he's concentrating on just
0:13:09 > 0:13:10one still animal painting.
0:13:10 > 0:13:12But it's the talented artist behind the brush who's
0:13:12 > 0:13:18the true star of this film.
0:13:18 > 0:13:22Having spent a lifetime exploring Britain's diverse wildlife I love
0:13:22 > 0:13:29seeing animals celebrated in art. From the startling close ups of
0:13:29 > 0:13:33photographer Bence. To David Shepherd's portraits of African
0:13:33 > 0:13:37elephants. They have the power to change the way we see the natural
0:13:37 > 0:13:43world around us. But not only are they great to look at, they also
0:13:43 > 0:13:48have an about to shine a spotlight on some of the world's most
0:13:48 > 0:13:53endangered malls. One artist doing just that is
0:13:53 > 0:13:5729-year-old Leanne, whose work has been exhibited in the Royal Academy
0:13:57 > 0:14:02of Arts. But Leanne is a wildlife artist with a difference, one who
0:14:02 > 0:14:09paints with only the use of her mouth. Born with a rare genetic
0:14:09 > 0:14:13condition, Leanne has never been able to use her hands or legs.
0:14:13 > 0:14:18I can never really think back to a time when I didn't paint and didn't
0:14:18 > 0:14:23enjoy it. I was raised by my grandmother, she has nerve really
0:14:23 > 0:14:28seen me as disabled but anything I wanted to do she has supported anden
0:14:28 > 0:14:35kujed and let me do it basically. Leanne put a pen in her mouth when
0:14:35 > 0:14:39she was three and started drawing. I couldn't believe it when I saw what
0:14:39 > 0:14:44she was doing.My life I have been fascinated by animals and I have had
0:14:44 > 0:14:49a lot of art so the two have naturally combined.
0:14:49 > 0:14:53Over the years Leanne has painted all kind of animals, from the
0:14:53 > 0:14:57exotic, to the familiar. But the subject of her next portrait
0:14:57 > 0:15:03is one that holds a special significance for her. So much better
0:15:03 > 0:15:08when you can see the animal yours, what is the one species you would
0:15:08 > 0:15:13like to get up close to.I have always wanted to see a wolf.It is
0:15:13 > 0:15:16an animal of wild places and you probably have limited opportunity.
0:15:16 > 0:15:23It is really difficult to get into areas with a wheelchair.
0:15:23 > 0:15:30The One Show has arranged for Leanne to visit the wolf conservation site
0:15:30 > 0:15:33in Reading, allowing her to get up close with these compelling
0:15:33 > 0:15:38creatures. There's one male and two females. That's the boss at the
0:15:38 > 0:15:43back. Leanne uses a specially adapted camera, that she controls
0:15:43 > 0:15:46with her mouth and the resulting photo will form the basis of her
0:15:46 > 0:15:51portrait. You're at the perfect eye level, look at her checking you out.
0:15:51 > 0:15:58Fantastic.You've got the subjects, you've got the technology and will
0:15:58 > 0:16:02leave you to it. Look forward to seeing the photos later.You will
0:16:02 > 0:16:07find it hard to drag me away from here!Wolf packs once roamed across
0:16:07 > 0:16:11Britain but today the only ones left are in centres like this one, which
0:16:11 > 0:16:17worked to raise awareness about this enigmatic and endangered animals.
0:16:17 > 0:16:21The public can come and see what the natural behaviour of the wolf is
0:16:21 > 0:16:30like.Do you get them howling?Yes. Will it get them howling if I try?
0:16:30 > 0:16:37You can try.How could you not love an animal that makes a noise like
0:16:37 > 0:16:45that?! That is amazing. Whilst I've been channelling my
0:16:45 > 0:16:49inner wolf, Leanne has been photographing them. Did you hear the
0:16:49 > 0:16:55wolves Cowling?It was fantastic, amazing.How have the photographs
0:16:55 > 0:17:00gone?I really like this one.That's lovely, really nice light. This is
0:17:00 > 0:17:03that the panda picture you're looking for for the painting?
0:17:03 > 0:17:10Definitely. Hopefully I do justice. Over the next three weeks, Leanne
0:17:10 > 0:17:14works on her painting, first creating a sketch and then adding
0:17:14 > 0:17:20shade and colour until finally her portrait is complete. A majestic
0:17:20 > 0:17:23picture of a truly majestic animal.
0:17:27 > 0:17:30Absolutely amazing.Isn't it?
0:17:30 > 0:17:39Now, I'm happy to report he's finished with our Christmas tree,
0:17:39 > 0:17:43So let's welcome Robbie Williams to the One Show sofa! CHEERING AND
0:17:43 > 0:17:49APPLAUSE I-mate, you all right? Nice to see.
0:17:49 > 0:17:58Roumat to see you. Hello, nice to see you.Nice to see you.You know
0:17:58 > 0:18:03each other, no need to make introductions?We met once.A long
0:18:03 > 0:18:11time ago in a different century and different place. They say your body
0:18:11 > 0:18:15regenerates over years so we are different people. In the heady days
0:18:15 > 0:18:19of the 90s, a little place they chose to call the Groucho club.
0:18:19 > 0:18:23That's where we met. We had dinner there. Our friend Charlie and my
0:18:23 > 0:18:30boyfriend.Shout out to Charlie!It was great.That Robbie was back in
0:18:30 > 0:18:33the autobiography and now you have another book out called Reveal. The
0:18:33 > 0:18:39writer of this book is not you but is with us tonight? Chris?Yes,
0:18:39 > 0:18:43that's the road to Chris in the audience.You've brought your
0:18:43 > 0:18:51biographer!He's also Father Christmas!How does this
0:18:51 > 0:18:54relationship work?Chris is a really good mate of mine and we've known
0:18:54 > 0:18:59each other for a long time. Our job to take us all around the world and
0:18:59 > 0:19:04you don't get to spend a lot of time with those you love. It's just
0:19:04 > 0:19:08another excuse to spend a lot of time with Chris, to be honest. He
0:19:08 > 0:19:14follows me around and he puts on his phone. Because I've been saying he
0:19:14 > 0:19:19takes me but people don't take any more, do they? He sticks on his
0:19:19 > 0:19:22phone, press 's record on record and records absolutely everything that I
0:19:22 > 0:19:30say. So I've got to him, because... There is an unofficial book he could
0:19:30 > 0:19:36write, very, very explosive.This book covers the last decade, really.
0:19:36 > 0:19:40During the book you transition from a man with Demons to a family man.
0:19:40 > 0:19:48So tell us now held your wife, the lovely Ayda, saved your life really?
0:19:48 > 0:19:53It's kind of how it goes in a different slant. She kind of did and
0:19:53 > 0:19:59kind of didn't, to be honest. Meeting her was a big thing.Very
0:19:59 > 0:20:04transformative, because my only commandment was thou shalt not get
0:20:04 > 0:20:09married or have children. You have broken both. I broke both. She came
0:20:09 > 0:20:14into my life and how could I not? I fell in love. She makes me laugh and
0:20:14 > 0:20:20her personality just beguiled me and there we were and here we are now,
0:20:20 > 0:20:26ten years later, two children in seven years of marriage. And yes,
0:20:26 > 0:20:30she's transformed my life. I did have my Demons and I do have my
0:20:30 > 0:20:36Demons, I still do, but most of my life has been spent being sober and
0:20:36 > 0:20:43being a good boy, and I think the bits where it punctuates that being
0:20:43 > 0:20:47a naughty boy goes against that have been few and far between. But she
0:20:47 > 0:20:51did come into my life and we got married, we've had the children and
0:20:51 > 0:20:56it has transformed me. It sharpens the attention, sharpens the focus
0:20:56 > 0:21:00having children. Everything becomes about them. Life is very, very
0:21:00 > 0:21:08different. Yeah. Teddy is five years old, and it's no coincidence that I
0:21:08 > 0:21:12have toured more than I've ever toured in the last five years!
0:21:12 > 0:21:17LAUGHTER How convenient.I've just been
0:21:17 > 0:21:22working, working, working, providing for the family.Of course.When you
0:21:22 > 0:21:25think back to that commandment when you said you wouldn't have children,
0:21:25 > 0:21:31do you understand that you thought that back then?Yeah, even more now!
0:21:31 > 0:21:35LAUGHTER No, that's not true. Yeah, all the
0:21:35 > 0:21:40way through my 20s I just wanted somebody to fix me, wanted somebody
0:21:40 > 0:21:44to come into my life... I heard the songs, take my breath away... You're
0:21:44 > 0:21:48at school when you think someone is going to come and take your breath
0:21:48 > 0:21:52away. Fill in all of the blank then you're going to live happily ever
0:21:52 > 0:21:56after. I set about trying to find her, whether she was going to be,
0:21:56 > 0:22:01for a decade and I didn't. Then I was like, hang on, I'm all right. I
0:22:01 > 0:22:06get to do all of this stuff but I like doing and nobody can tell it
0:22:06 > 0:22:11that I can't watch two games of football on a Sunday, and I still
0:22:11 > 0:22:14hold the remote control. The only thing different now is I still hold
0:22:14 > 0:22:19the remote control but don't choose what's on the TV!And not long after
0:22:19 > 0:22:23meeting your wife, you've then got a chance to reunite with Take That
0:22:23 > 0:22:29after quite a long time, didn't you? You left in 1996 and this was about
0:22:29 > 0:22:352010. You say in the book the first meeting didn't go brilliantly?No,
0:22:35 > 0:22:40because I still had hangover left from mine and Gary Barlow's, the
0:22:40 > 0:22:44lovely Gary's relationship. Our first meeting was at a hotel in Los
0:22:44 > 0:22:50Angeles and I came out of Take That all guns blazing and saying this,
0:22:50 > 0:22:53that and the other about them and the manager and everything and it
0:22:53 > 0:22:59caused a bit of a stink. A lot of it was induced, let's say. Then we had
0:22:59 > 0:23:04a meeting in Los Angeles, went to the hotel.The reason that meeting
0:23:04 > 0:23:08actually happened, that first meeting...There was a huge elephant
0:23:08 > 0:23:16in a room and that wasn't Jason Orange. Which kind of be like, yeah,
0:23:16 > 0:23:22Howard, Gary Barlow's over there. Yeah, Mark... Maybe you had to go
0:23:22 > 0:23:29through that to end up where you did.Days later the lads came up to
0:23:29 > 0:23:35my house in LA and we had a meeting around the fire, and the
0:23:35 > 0:23:42conversation came about and I said everything I wanted to say to Gaz
0:23:42 > 0:23:47and he said everything he wanted to me. And then instantly we were
0:23:47 > 0:23:50literally rolling about the floor laughing in the kitchen. Something
0:23:50 > 0:23:53made us both laugh and we instantly got to the place that we've always
0:23:53 > 0:23:59wanted be. And it was for many occasions during my time in Take
0:23:59 > 0:24:02That.There is so much in the book thanks to how open you are and
0:24:02 > 0:24:07thanks to Chris. I note your taking notes tonight, you never know, we
0:24:07 > 0:24:11might be in the next book! We've been talking about the weather and
0:24:11 > 0:24:17the amount of snow. We threw out to the One Show family and here is the
0:24:17 > 0:24:21story of what's happened in the last 24 hours with all the snow.
0:24:24 > 0:24:33Welcome to a snowy East London. The snow to come to London and then to
0:24:33 > 0:24:36stick is such a rare occurrence.
0:24:40 > 0:24:48The weather forecast said that the weather, the snow is going to get
0:24:48 > 0:24:55worse as the morning progresses, so I'm quite eager to get on the road
0:24:55 > 0:24:57and get warm.
0:25:02 > 0:25:08The inclement weather played havoc with sporting fixtures right across
0:25:08 > 0:25:14Northern Ireland, but not in the garden of my niece. Game on! Good
0:25:14 > 0:25:19save! # Snow is falling, all around me
0:25:19 > 0:25:27# Children playing, having fun... It's pretty ironic the only guy on
0:25:27 > 0:25:32the team whose name is Snow is in the only place where there is no
0:25:32 > 0:25:39snow at all. So here's an example of how much
0:25:39 > 0:25:44snow is here. Nice!
0:25:47 > 0:25:51There's a bit of smoke coming out of the sky but it's melting before it
0:25:51 > 0:25:57gets to the ground, so the kids are gutted. -- a bit of snow coming out
0:25:57 > 0:26:01of the sky.I've just read and 56 miles from Liverpool and I haven't
0:26:01 > 0:26:04seen a single snowflake.
0:26:14 > 0:26:17I'm in Aberdeenshire, we got off a lot lighter than other parts of the
0:26:17 > 0:26:22UK. I know for farmers in this part of the world it has been a bit of a
0:26:22 > 0:26:25nightmare, because they are trying to get to sheep flocks and other
0:26:25 > 0:26:35livestock outside, to feed them. Come on, sheep. Look how deep it is.
0:26:35 > 0:26:44That is brilliant! Here we are from Coventry. Winning
0:26:44 > 0:26:48the city of culture, we thought that was our only Christmas present, but
0:26:48 > 0:26:58the boys are loving this snow today. Don't helped me! You horrible kids!
0:26:58 > 0:27:01The big question is, is more snow on the way will it fall when we all
0:27:01 > 0:27:03want it to, on Christmas morning?
0:27:03 > 0:27:07BBC Weather's Nick Miller is here.
0:27:07 > 0:27:12Are you sitting on the fence and is there snow on the top rail of it?I
0:27:12 > 0:27:18know what you want me to say...So say it.I have do stay true to the
0:27:18 > 0:27:21full cost of snow now doesn't mean it will be snowing on Christmas Day.
0:27:21 > 0:27:28BOOING Oh yes he did!I'm still not going
0:27:28 > 0:27:33to say it! It may seem like Christmas is close, but in the world
0:27:33 > 0:27:36of weather it is a long way away. It looks as if next week out weather
0:27:36 > 0:27:43we'll be turning milder again. Nobody wants mild!LAUGHTER
0:27:43 > 0:27:47Although it is still not set in stone, it's probable at the moment
0:27:47 > 0:27:51for much of the UK that it will be mild on Christmas Day, so green
0:27:51 > 0:27:55rather than white. I have to say again, it's still a long way off to
0:27:55 > 0:27:58absolutely keep checking the forecast. But, for example Sarah I
0:27:58 > 0:28:02think you will be in Hampshire for Christmas, I'd be very surprised
0:28:02 > 0:28:07looking at the forecast now. Robbie, you have family in Stoke, again I'd
0:28:07 > 0:28:13be surprised at this moment, but it could change. I'm not ruling it out
0:28:13 > 0:28:17completely. I don't want to take all the joy out of Christmas.For people
0:28:17 > 0:28:27with bikes, that's the only plus. Scrooge sat on Robbie, you've been
0:28:27 > 0:28:32keeping a close eye on the news recently.In LA where your family
0:28:32 > 0:28:37are, incredibly wild fires. How affected your family?Well, the fire
0:28:37 > 0:28:41was less than a mile away from our home. All the animals had to be
0:28:41 > 0:28:49evacuated. My sun has got croup so the air quality's terrible and at
0:28:49 > 0:28:55the moment he's having to stay indoors. And a little close up.It
0:28:55 > 0:28:59is very scary, isn't it?Terrifying. As long as the animals are all
0:28:59 > 0:29:04right, I'm all right.For sure. Robbie, thanks to joining us, thank
0:29:04 > 0:29:08you Sarah and Nick. Bancroft begins tonight at 9pm on ITV. The book
0:29:08 > 0:29:11Reveal is out now.
0:29:11 > 0:29:14Tomorrow actors Kristin Scott Thomas and Lily James will be here,
0:29:14 > 0:29:17but before we go we wanted to say how sorry we were to hear
0:29:17 > 0:29:20of the death of Keith Chegwin, who died at the age of 60.
0:29:20 > 0:29:24He was a big part of many people's childhoods and we all want
0:29:24 > 0:29:25to say goodbye Cheggers.
0:29:25 > 0:29:26See you at 7pm tomorrow.
0:29:26 > 0:29:28Goodbye.