12/06/2014 The One Show

with Matt Baker and Alex Jones. Our guest tonight has been on most of

the rungs of the social ladder. She has enjoyed high society, blessed

with beauty and wealth. But after falling on hard times she ended up

living in a crowded shed with a saucepan for a hat. After that, the

chance to get back on her feet, even if it was just working in a dodgy

pub in the back streets of Manchester. It is Maureen Lipman. We

saw you there as the landlady in Corrie. What is it like looking back

on that eclectic career? It is like watching your own obituary. You

looked stunning in those pictures. Not many people can carry off a

saucepan. I have a skill for it. It was the right saucepan for the right

face. That was from my late husband's play. Not that I could see

it because I have my glasses in my hand. But I recognised the saucepan.

And the happiest time? The best time was at the old Vic, 1970, Laurence

Olivier's company, playing tiny parts, understudying and learning.

The whole thing was the kind of training you can't get any more. You

are back on the West End stage very shortly. We will talk about that

later. Have a look at this, our World Cup wall chart. It is finally

complete. Just in time for tonight's opening game, Brazil

against Croatia. Or should we should -- should be say, Luiza and

Zdravko, because they are representing the countries on our

wall chart. For one third of the nation the tournament is a switch

off and many will be getting their television kicks elsewhere. You

might be thinking of signing up to an entertainment streaming service,

but how good are they? Here is Dan Donnelly.

Watching a movie is not as straightforward as it used to be.

Nowadays, streaming or downloading films and TV shows straight to our

laptops, tablets or phones is fast becoming the way to go. In fact, the

amount we are spending on digital services went up by 40% last year,

up to ?621 million. And online services have been so successful

they are now even commissioning their own exclusive content. But

what do the different services offer for your money? We are putting five

of them to the test. Netflix, Amazon prime instant video, Blinkbox, Now

TV, and iTunes. And here at a cinema near Cardiff, the staff are the

perfect volunteers to try them out. I usually love to watch the White

Queen, game of thrones and historical dramas. I want something

that tells me what to do, press whatever button and I have a film to

watch. We have given them access to all five services for one month,

plenty of time to get to know them. And we have given them

plenty of time to get to know them. And we have given a set of

challenges. Challenge number one. Find one of 25 all-time classic

films. Branwen is using Tesco's pay-as-you-go service, blank box,

with rentals starting at 99p. She is looking for Schindler 's list. Yes,

I can access it here. It is ?6 99. You can buy it for that. But it is

not available to rent and costs more than a month's subscription to

services like Netflix and Now TV. I might check Amazon. Here we are.

Schindler 's list. Rent from ?3.49, and you get it on HD as well. Second

challenge, tracked down a classic dish TV comedy. Peter has been

having a look through iTunes. It may have made its name in music but also

offers a huge number of films and TV shows to watch on a pay-as-you-go

basis. Today, he is seeing if it has the first series of Blackadder.

ITunes is OK. I find it a bit clunky. Sometimes if you conduct a

search, you get soundtracks, spin offs. It does clutter up the page a

bit. He did find Blackadder for ?1.49 per episode, 40p cheaper than

blank box. They have now reached the halfway point, and the volunteers

are beginning to settle on their favourite services, but will the

next challenge change their mind? Watch one of the new movie releases.

Chris has found only a handful of the films he wanted on Netflix. On

Amazon prime instant video, which costs ?5.99 per month, he finds some

of his choices cost extra, and the layout is unclear. I am going to

start shopping, start reading. This is not what I expected. I was hoping

I would get into where the films would be. Challenge number four.

Pick a hit American TV drama boxed set. Alex is searching for the

political drama the West Wing, but he cannot find it on Now TV, which

for ?4.99 per month only offers access to sky services. On blank

box, cost is an issue. Series one is ?18.99. That goes on to the other

series. If I was to get into this, I would have to be prepared to pay

quite a lot for it. So it has been one month and we are back at the

cinema to find out which service scored highest with the testers.

Which one would you go for? Amazon. Definitely Blinkbox. Blinkbox.

Blinkbox. Blinkbox. While the pay-as-you-go pricing could quickly

add up, the volunteers found the service easy to and were impressed

by its range of new and classic films.

Boyd Hilton is here now. Is this the future of TV? Partly. It gives a new

way of watching TV, a way to find stuff, but I still think people

watching TV live, this kind of show, events like the royal wedding,

watched by 24 million, Strictly Come Dancing, those shows, that is still

the way most people like to watch, and I do not think that will change.

We are not out of a job! It is the anticipation of waiting for the next

week. There are contrasts. Netflix puts all its episodes in one. They

say that is the future. But people like watching serial drama week by

week, six or 7 million people watching things on the BBC. We used

to be depressed if we got 6 million. But that is

to be depressed if we got 6 million. But that many more than are watching

on Netflix. You cannot tweet about something if you have watched all 13

episodes and you do not know who has watched them. Communal viewing is

best. watched them. Communal viewing is

And is the single player making a comeback? Sky is doing single plays.

They are the only people touching the arts. What about laptops? This

is a streaming stick, which you plug into your TV and it turns into a

smart TV. You still pay for the services individually but it makes

it easy. Anyone can have a TV and watch all of those shows however you

want. Do you still pay the subscriptions? Yes. If you click

Netflix on your phone this will stream it to your TV but you still

have to pay. Thank you. Does it depress you, Maureen? I have three

remotes and I don't remotely understand what they do. Don't worry

about it. New figures show that one in five people diagnosed with cancer

waited over three months before visiting a doctor about their

symptoms. But one businessman has come up with an enterprising way of

encouraging others like him to get themselves checked out early.

If you take your car to the garage, you expect a full and thorough

checkup, but you do not expect the mechanic to tell you to get a

checkup as well. I am about to meet a man who tells people to do just

that. Errol has run a Garrard in Hoxton for over 25 years, and since

2010 he has been urging his customers to get checked out the

cancer, and for good reason. Talk me through where the journey started.

My wife was complaining about my snoring. I said, make an appointment

with the doctor and I will go. I sat in reception. While I was sitting

there, something prodded me to get up and pick up a leaflet. The

leaflet asked a question - have you spoken to your GP about prostate

cancer? I asked how long the test would take and she said ten minutes

and they could do it now. It saved his life, as a further test revealed

he had advanced prostate cancer. He said, your prostate is covered in

cancer, you could be dead in six months. How did your wife respond?

She let me cry and then she turned months. How did your wife respond?

She let me cry and then around and said, you have never quit anything

in your life, so what are you going to do now? That was when I made the

decision to turn this negative into a positive. Having survived a major

operation in three months of radiation, he finally got the all

clear in 2012. He now encourages customers to get tested for the

disease. What do you say to your customers? When was the last time

your job prostate check? You brought in your car for me to check because

there is a problem. Do you know what is going on on your inside? And then

I say, I am offering a 20% discount if you get yourself checked and you

show me proof that you have done that. I talk to men of all ages,

women, because they get the message across. I preach this every day. 26

people that have come into this place of business have been

diagnosed with prostate cancer. Of those 26 two have unfortunately lost

their lives. It is silent killer. One day, I went past and he

mentioned prostate to me. I did not think anything of it. I decided to

pop to my doctor. He told me that my thing had slightly swollen up. Your

prostate. Yes. He had a look and gave me something to sort it out. Do

you think it saved your life? Definitely. If it was not for Errol,

I would never have known. What impact did Errol being ill have

on you? It frightened me, because I have known him for so long, to see

him going down so quickly. And to see him in the hospital shocked me

into doing it. Have you told other people to have tests? Loads of them,

everyone who comes in. I think it is brilliant what you guys are doing.

Brilliant. If you get your husband to get his

prostate checked, you will get a 20% discount. That is a good deal. Thank

you. What a brilliant man. He has

effectively saved 24 people. The world needs more people like Errol.

There is a link to Prostate Cancer UK on our website. We were just

saying that you lost your husband to cancer ten years ago. It is not one

of the ones that you can get a test for because it presents itself in

very different ways. But this guy is doing something. This is real

empathy. It is funny that you have to go through it in order to

empathise in the way that he has. Nobel prize -- Nobel Peace Prize,

Errol. Mind you, if a woman goes in and he says, have you had your

prostate tested, slightly less effective! Let's talk about your new

play. If you must. You are back in the West End, starring in Daytona.

Tell us about the play and the character. I will just tell you that

I did not think this play would come in. We played it at a theatre for

six weeks, we toured with it for seven weeks. We got great notices,

and then it suddenly went, there is no theatre. I thought of putting it

on in my living room, but the dog and the rabbit and everything, it is

a bit tricky. Suddenly, this gap at the Haymarket came up. I can't tell

you what it means to me. My kids always say to me, are you sad that

Oklahoma has finished. I always say, it has gone on. But with this

one... Why? I couldn't get it out of my mind. I would brush my teeth and

think about the character brushing her teeth. It is really in my soul.

I found the play because Oliver Cotton, the actor who wrote it, I

was directing him in something else. He said, I have this play. I read it

and I showed it to someone at the Park Theatre. He said, I will do it

if you are in it. I never thought of myself in it because it is a sort of

tug of love between two brothers and one woman. It is difficult to tell

you what it is about, but without giving too much away, because it is

a thriller as well as a love story, my husband and I are practising for

a ballroom dancing in New York. And I go out to get my dress, and the

brother comes back, he has been on the run, he has been missing for 30

years, and he was very close to me. So he has not only done something

very dangerous and suspicious, but he just opens up our lives in a way

we have managed to close it and compress it. It does not sound

funny, but it is. It is Harry Shearer. Mr Burns, from The

Simpsons. It was John Bob, who is wonderful, but he is with the Royal

Shakespeare Company now. But we have the author, Oliver Cotton, playing

the part he wrote. He is all right! When you ask me, that is all I have

got to say about it, except to say I have never been in anything which

has given me more joy. And that includes Oklahoma. I found this

fascinating, I know the area where you are from, your name could have

been very different. I was going to call myself Beverley Westwood at one

time. Outside Hull there is a strip of land called Beverley Westwood. I

was going to change my name to Beverley Westwood. I could not find

anything I really liked. And in case you're wondering, what

Beverley Westwood looks like, here it is there you go! Does that take

you back? Can you believe how I got myself together is that I did not

try at all. Did I look like Amy Wine house? Are you glad you didn't go

for Beverley now? I am really glad you showed me that clip. Next time I

will be more hung out. A nice little surprise for you. And you can see

Maureen in Daytona at London's Theatre Royal. Coming up later, can

Maureen Bend It Like Beckham and get the ball into our net? We will see.

First of all, Tony Livesey has been to meet a man with a very tough job.

He has been trying to bring some closure to families whose relatives

went missing more than 30 years ago. It is hard to believe what happened.

The thought that you might be walking over the exact spot where

his remains are, it is very difficult. Kieron and Shane's

brother went missing in 1978. Over 30 years later, he has still not

been found. He is one of the so-called disappeared. 16 men and

women who were accused of being informants and then murdered and

buried at secret locations by republican paramilitaries during the

Troubles. This is an ex-police officer who now has the task of

trying to find the bodies of those still missing. Today he is meeting

with some of the families to update them on some of the developments.

How would you go about finding people? We totally rely on

information we receive. Are there any advances in the searchers?

Sadly, we have not got anything of substance that we could hang our hat

on in terms of the search. This is Ann. Her brother was

teaching when he was taken by the INLA. When they tried to find her

brother, they were threatened. In a room in Belfast. And INLA man

pointed to me and said, if you go to Paris, you are dead, and all your

family are under threat. So from 1985, we had to be silent. We could

not ask about him. For 14 years that threat was there with us. I used to

look underneath my car in the mornings, just in case when I put my

two children in the car. We need to find our brother. We need to bring

him back. Do you speak to Seamus? Everyday I talk to him. I say I am

still working for you. And I will work for him. I will keep this

campaign going as long as I can. Philomena's brother was just 16 when

he disappeared in 1972. The first thought in my head was did they

torture him? Did they let him die before they put him down a hole. I

torture myself thinking about these things. Why were these people

disappeared? Some of these people were accused of being informants, in

cahoots with the security forces. Some of them, we do not know. People

with information about the disappeared can come forward to the

commission for the victims remains without fear of persecution. Seven

people are still missing. Last year -- last month, Gerry Adams was

arrested in connection with one of the disappeared, Jean McConville. He

was released without charge. The fear is that now such a high-profile

arrest may put people off from coming forward with information.

Ciaran's brother Brendan was 22 years old when he disappeared in

1978. His body is believed to be buried in a bog across the border at

in the Republic. It is an hour and a half's drive from Belfast. What kind

of area is it? It is a fairly remote bogland. It is a vast area.

Meeting us here today is Jeff and also Brendan's other brother Shane.

He is pretty certain Brendan's body is buried here but after three

diggs, still nothing. What are you thinking now when you stand here?

The fact that he was brought here. I am sure he was alive and he knew

what was going to happen. It is hard to believe what happened to him.

Sometimes you want to come down and dig yourself. You are relying on

people's memories in all these cases and as you can see, that would have

changed enormously over time. Over 30 years on, there are still seven

bodies buried in places like this. The pain for the families is only

imaginable. If you have any information whatsoever about the

disappeared, please call this number.

Thanks, Tony. Now, all week, people have been having a go at bending it

like Beckham. Somebody not far from me did pretty well. Let's have a

look. Yes! I was over the moon! Maureen

had a goal earlier. We will show you the effort in slow motion towards

the end of the programme. This is more like Bend it Sepp Blatter.

Actually, this afternoon, Jeremy Vine turned up. Here he goes. He is

in his suit. Credit where credit is due. Does he do it? No! He got

Graham Norton. However tricky that challenges, we gave Mike Dilger an

even bigger one. We said, go and find us a golden pheasant.

In a Church in Suffolk is a stained-glass window. It depicts

Saint Francis, the patron saint of animals with birds found in the

surrounding area. In amongst the British wildlife is a decidedly

exotic bird at the bottom of the pain here, which has been living in

the woods close to this church for well over 100 years. It is the

golden pheasant. Native to China, golden pheasants were introduced to

the UK for shooting in the 1700s. In the 1800s, an Indian prince brought

them to his Norfolk estate. These birds could be the ancestors of 1's

alive today. Pretty much all we know about golden pheasants is from

captivity and that is not a lot. In the wild there has been one study.

From Paul's records, he knows the population is seriously dwindling.

In China, it has lost 70% of its habitat, the bamboo forest. The

population is declining. Here in the UK there are probably we will have

to work for it. These are extremely shy birds. Three weeks ago Paul left

motion triggered cameras in the hope of learning more about these elusive

birds. Our whole variety of birds are captured but not the one we are

after which just goes to show how difficult it will be to track one

down. Golden pheasants are most active at dawn. We decided to

convene at first light the next morning. 6am, we are up early. It is

hard to see in this night but after 30 minutes of searching we get our

first lead. I just heard it, the first golden pheasant call. The

deeper we going to the forest, the more difficult it becomes to see.

With the birds roost in 25 feet up, we have to rely purely on our

hearing to locate them. They are chirping away like no one's. -- no

one's business. It wants other pheasants in the area to know it is

here and more importantly other females. As the sun comes up, I get

to see how truly stunning this bird is. It has beautiful red feathers.

Copper is all around the back of the neck. An orange crested mohawk. And

the tail. This shy bird spends a lot of time in the safety of the trees

but it's food of bugs and grubs is found on the forest floor. It is

coming down. Here it comes, climbing its way down. On the ground. Lovely,

look at that! The bird seems comfortable enough in our presence

to come down onto the ground but it soon heads off to forage. It doesn't

get better than that. It has been here 100 years. Let's hope it is

here for another hundred years. He is an animal magnet, wherever he

goes he sees what he is looking for! Brazil will be kicking off the World

Cup in Sao Paulo at nine o'clock tonight. A few Brazilian fans have

been warming up by having a lovely go at our challenge. Lots of folk

have been turning up. Look who is here, Simon Mayo has turned up! I

should never have agreed to this. I have not kicked a ball in 40 years.

Simon will have a go. That was a very good at that! I

thought it would go on the roof! Earlier on... We have got one!

Earlier on, Maureen rose to the challenge and this is how she got

on. Absolutely a member sex Mac a good

effort. The beautiful game. -- absolutely true menders.

You can see Maureen in Daytona at London's Haymarket from June the

26th. It is World Cup fever! When we are back we have a live Glastonbury

special. If you have got a story about your tent, get in touch and we

will see one a week