:00:23. > :00:29.Hello and welcome to a Wednesday One Show with Matt Baker And Alex
:00:29. > :00:32.Jones. Tonight we have a show of winners. Our women did well at the
:00:33. > :00:36.Olympics. We found a Cornish crew who think they can beat them on
:00:36. > :00:40.their local waters. It's a challenge. We're catching up with a
:00:40. > :00:45.teacher from Oldham who finally meets her pupils for the first time
:00:45. > :00:48.in India. It's a lovely story. There's three women who have won
:00:48. > :00:53.countless victories for victims of Rip Off Britain, ange la, Gloria
:00:53. > :00:59.and Julia are here tonight. APPLAUSE
:00:59. > :01:04.And, we have the man who since winning best comedian at the
:01:04. > :01:10.Edinburgh Fringe in 1991 has gone from king of the lads to an older
:01:10. > :01:15.dad. It's Frank Skinner. APPLAUSE
:01:15. > :01:18.Good to see you. Thank you. Thank you for coming in. We have to start,
:01:18. > :01:23.I mean obviously there's going to be lots of people in Liverpool
:01:23. > :01:27.today on your love of football, who amongst real anger are going to
:01:27. > :01:30.feel like they have won a battle today with the news of the
:01:30. > :01:34.Hillsborough case. There won't be anyone punching the air. It's
:01:34. > :01:37.incredible that those people have stuck with that campaign and
:01:37. > :01:43.finally got an apology from the Prime Minister and complete
:01:43. > :01:47.vindication for the Liverpool fans, because even as a massive football
:01:47. > :01:51.lover, it's steadily been filtered into our mind that it was a lot of
:01:51. > :01:55.drinken people without tickets and it was just rubbish. That was
:01:55. > :01:58.invented. Anyone who is part of their campaign and who has
:01:58. > :02:03.supported their campaign, it's quite emotional, should be proud.
:02:03. > :02:11.It's a first class example of people power. I did a benefit gig
:02:11. > :02:13.up in Anfield for it. I met some of the families and stuff. It's a
:02:13. > :02:17.triumph that's come from love. They were determined that they were
:02:17. > :02:22.going to get what was right for those people. Brilliant. It's been
:02:22. > :02:28.a long time coming. More from franc later on, of course. First, none of
:02:28. > :02:32.us know how exactly how we'd react in an emergency situation. When the
:02:32. > :02:36.moment came for Peter Dodd from Cheshire, he did himself proud.
:02:36. > :02:42.Chef Ainsley Harriott webt to meet him and helped his local community
:02:42. > :02:46.to serve up a special thank you. It's not often that you meet a hero,
:02:46. > :02:50.someone that goes the extra mile. Today, I'm going to do just that.
:02:50. > :02:56.Hopefully with a little help from my friends, I'm going to create a
:02:56. > :03:00.feast for him that he'll remember for the rest of his life. Peter
:03:00. > :03:06.Dodd runs the Post Office in Glazebrook Cheshire. Last October
:03:06. > :03:11.he was serving his friend 81-year- old Margaret Bloor who two men came
:03:11. > :03:17.in carrying machetes. What happened next was the stuff of nightmares.
:03:17. > :03:22.Two raiders grabbed Margaret round the throat. They through the card
:03:22. > :03:26.rack. It was just a blur, just all happened so quick. I managed to get
:03:26. > :03:29.them out of the shop, hit the alarms and get onto the police.
:03:29. > :03:37.Well I was terrified because I didn't know what was going to
:03:37. > :03:43.happen to me. Then Peter had come to save me. I don't think I'd have
:03:43. > :03:48.been here today if he hadn't have done what he did. The robbers
:03:48. > :03:53.eventually fled with nearly �3,000 in cash. Peter had part of his
:03:53. > :03:57.finger hacked off in the struggle. I'm just an ordinary guy doing what
:03:57. > :04:02.needed to be done at the time to save Margaret. What Peter doesn't
:04:02. > :04:07.know is that The One Show has set me a really ambitious task - we
:04:07. > :04:15.want to thank Peter for his act of Brave New Worldery. By doing that
:04:15. > :04:19.it means a big -- act of bravery. By doing that it means a banquet.
:04:19. > :04:24.At 6pm the local community will turn up. The weather and time, hmm,
:04:24. > :04:29.they're already against me. I need the support of local suppliers to
:04:29. > :04:33.come up with the ingredients. First BBC Radio Manchester. It's 7.30am.
:04:33. > :04:38.We've made sure Peter isn't listening. He's busy in the shop. I
:04:38. > :04:42.appeal for Cheshire grub on the breakfast show. Please phone in, if
:04:42. > :04:46.you have local cider, chutney, cheese, fish, meat, anything at all,
:04:46. > :04:52.let me know. Whatever you give me I'll do my best to use all the
:04:52. > :04:57.produce. Have you not got a menu? I've got nothing mate. I've got 50
:04:57. > :05:01.people coming. Cheshire I love you, help me! By 8am suppliers are
:05:01. > :05:07.ringing, so moved by Peter's story they're ready to hand over their
:05:07. > :05:13.produce. That would be brilliant, get some of your pop corn. Sausages
:05:13. > :05:17.or burgers. You saying you'd give me �100 worth of meat is fantastic.
:05:17. > :05:23.You're coming up with a wonderful brass band, that's brilliant. Time
:05:23. > :05:26.to gather up all the produce that's been pledged. First is franc's
:05:26. > :05:34.butcher shop. This is a lovely free range loin of pork. Please look
:05:34. > :05:38.after it. There you go. That is superb. Even the local GP chips in
:05:38. > :05:42.with cabbages and herbs from the surgery. I caught the news as I was
:05:42. > :05:48.coming in and it was Peter's name. You know him? Yeah. He's a lovely
:05:48. > :05:53.chap. If anybody deserves it Peter does. Thanks, doc. And to add to
:05:53. > :05:58.the loin of pork I got from franc, another butcher has offered me more
:05:58. > :06:05.meat. What have we got? We've got three selections of burgers, pork
:06:05. > :06:10.and am, minty lamb, peppered steak, sausages you name it. Give me a hug.
:06:10. > :06:14.It's for the barbeque. Thank you. The people of Cheshire have been so
:06:14. > :06:21.generous. I think I have enough meat to feed the crowd. At the
:06:21. > :06:26.local farm shop they've pulled out all the stops to provide our veg.
:06:26. > :06:31.These are magnificent. We have lettuce, asparagus. Is that good
:06:31. > :06:36.enough for you? Superb. Thank you. Peter has no idea what's going on.
:06:36. > :06:39.He thinks I'm here toint view him about his bravery and that he'll be
:06:39. > :06:45.meeting me alone. Little does he know the whole community will be
:06:45. > :06:51.here to surprise him. I've got enough food, but the forecast,
:06:51. > :06:55.torrential rain, threatens to ruin the party. Back at the Black Swan,
:06:55. > :07:00.Stewart the landlord has worse news. We lost the gas and the water in
:07:00. > :07:04.the building works that's happening at the moment, this morning. Thanks.
:07:04. > :07:07.I'm going back to the kitchen. I have no choice but to soldier on
:07:07. > :07:12.and hope the pub's utilities get fixed in time. In the kitchen it's
:07:12. > :07:16.time to tell the boys what I'm planning to do with these wonderful
:07:16. > :07:22.ingredients. Fantastic menu. We're starting with that roast loin of
:07:22. > :07:28.pork, sausages, burgers, chicken wings, salad. For dessert it's
:07:28. > :07:33.meringue with cream cheese, strawberries and blewries --
:07:33. > :07:37.blueberries. I've got to get on. Poor Ainslie. He's got his work cut
:07:37. > :07:43.out. On the theme of surprises, we mentioned that you've recently
:07:43. > :07:46.become a dad. Was Buzz planned? Yeah, he was planned. We were doing
:07:46. > :07:53.that thing, not that I want to expose my private life, we were
:07:53. > :07:56.doing that thing "It's Wednesday, we need to have sex" that kind of
:07:56. > :08:01.thing. It's great. Since he's been born, we don't have that
:08:01. > :08:09.conversation. It's a great name. I love the name Buzz. Do you, I took
:08:10. > :08:14.a bit of stick. It's quite a se leb name. You think? Whra would a
:08:14. > :08:19.younger Franc have made of the name? I was a child of the space
:08:19. > :08:23.race. Because the second man on the moon was Buzz Aldrin that's where
:08:23. > :08:30.it came from. My girlfriend suggested it. I couldn't believe my
:08:30. > :08:32.luck. I think she was basing it on Buzz Lightyear.
:08:32. > :08:38.LAUGHTER No! She isn't.
:08:38. > :08:42.I'm in a position I need to say her age, but then I'll be in more
:08:42. > :08:48.trouble. She's much older - no, not much, but a lot. She suggested it.
:08:48. > :08:52.We kind of referred to that thing which was in her belly as Buzz. We
:08:52. > :09:01.called him that so much, it seemed odd to call him anything else.
:09:01. > :09:07.that theme of Buzz Aldrin, this is for him. We have an -- we have
:09:07. > :09:13.bought him a -- an acre of the moon. Brilliant. Do you have building
:09:13. > :09:18.rights? I don't think so. That's so lovely. It will go lovely in all
:09:18. > :09:23.the photos of me. As well as having a brand new baby, you've written
:09:23. > :09:28.the second series of your Radio 4 comedy Don't Start, which does
:09:28. > :09:32.start tonight. Against my express command it does start tonight.
:09:32. > :09:36.based on two characters called Neil and Kim. They bicker over lots of
:09:36. > :09:40.things. It's a couple. Every episode is one big argument. It's a
:09:40. > :09:44.show I've been researching for about 35 years. Did you use your
:09:44. > :09:47.own stuff? Yes some of them are direct lifts. There's a thing
:09:47. > :09:51.tonight where she brings up the fact that when they were in
:09:51. > :09:55.Brighton, in their early days, he accused of her trying to poison him.
:09:55. > :10:00.And exactly, that's what happened with me and my girlfriend Kath. I
:10:00. > :10:07.got ill and we were new. You know, whenever you go out with someone
:10:07. > :10:11.the first three weeks you wonder if they might be a poisoner. I brought
:10:11. > :10:17.it up. I said, "Can I ask you a serious question, I feel we know
:10:17. > :10:26.each other now. Are you trying to poison me?" She took against me for
:10:26. > :10:30.about it. We had blood tests and lie detector... I meant it at the
:10:30. > :10:34.time. She still brings it up. She has a fantastic memory for
:10:34. > :10:39.arguments. She can, we can have an argument and I think I've got away
:10:39. > :10:43.with it and it's over. What she's done is she book marks it and three
:10:43. > :10:49.days later she'll' say, "By the way on the subject of that..." Wand
:10:49. > :10:53.we're off again. It's cleverly written Azazi the topic progresses
:10:53. > :10:57.other arguments sprout off it. Occasionally we have greatest hits
:10:57. > :11:03.arguments where we bring up all our favourites into one spectacular,
:11:03. > :11:06.it's like a gig you know. You want to do new stuff but you want a few
:11:06. > :11:10.old favourites as well. Have you to file arguments. It's what we girls
:11:10. > :11:18.do. If you have arguments you want franc to give a verdict on, e. Maim
:11:18. > :11:22.us now. We'll have both sides of the argument. This year it's the
:11:22. > :11:26.25th an verse since your first stand-up gig. I thought you were
:11:26. > :11:33.going to say since my first argument! Yes on December 9, I will
:11:33. > :11:40.have been a comedian for 25 years, which is brilliant. Does it feel
:11:40. > :11:42.like 25 years? Some Giggs have felt like 25 years in themselves. It
:11:43. > :11:47.feels brilliant. I tried proper work and I never took to it. I'll
:11:47. > :11:54.be honest with you. It's the best job ever. What did you try for
:11:54. > :11:59.proper work? I did, oh, I worked in factories. I had a job smashing up
:11:59. > :12:02.furniture with a sledgehammer. That wasn't a bad job that. When an end
:12:02. > :12:11.of line furniture thing they didn't want it to go to market, I what
:12:11. > :12:15.alone in a room and I smashed it up and put it in a furnace. That
:12:15. > :12:18.sounds brilliant. These days young comedians cite you as their
:12:18. > :12:27.inspiration. What advice do you give to the new guys on the block?
:12:27. > :12:31.Don't be too funny. I always, I mean I do think it's basically
:12:31. > :12:36.about - I asked an American comedian when I started out and his
:12:37. > :12:41.advice was "never leave your wallet in the dressingroom". I've got it
:12:42. > :12:47.with me now. There's very trustworthy people here. Even so, I
:12:47. > :12:51.think it's a good thing. I just think it's about working at it and
:12:51. > :12:55.getting hours on stage. Some people think they can just turn up and be
:12:55. > :12:59.as funny as with their mates but it takes a while to get there. It's
:12:59. > :13:03.hard, when you have all that experience, to say to people this
:13:03. > :13:07.is how you do it. I don't really do that. But one woman said to me,
:13:07. > :13:11."You know you've been an inspiration to me. I remember
:13:11. > :13:20.watching you absolutely die at the royal command performance. Whenever
:13:20. > :13:24.I die I always think of that. "I found that very moving. That's
:13:24. > :13:27.absolutely true. Now, after our female rowing team did so well at
:13:27. > :13:32.the Olympics, you'd have forgiven them for taking the rest of the
:13:32. > :13:37.year off. But when a group of Cornish rowers threw down the
:13:37. > :13:39.gauntlet for a race, they couldn't say no. Lucy Siegle is there to see
:13:39. > :13:42.say no. Lucy Siegle is there to see what they've let themselves in for.
:13:42. > :13:47.These are the boats that our Olympic Coxless pair rowers are
:13:47. > :13:51.used to. Today, however, they have to deal with this, a bigger boat
:13:51. > :13:55.and longer oars. With a clutch of Olympic medals you would think that
:13:55. > :13:58.British rowers have little left to prove. But here in squall, a
:13:58. > :14:08.challenge has been set that's irresistible to their competitive
:14:08. > :14:20.
:14:21. > :14:27.It is the professional's versus the fixed CTC rowers. This local boat
:14:27. > :14:33.is made of Elmet and packed full of history. Andy is the curator of
:14:33. > :14:39.boats at the National Maritime Museum here in Cornwall. Originally,
:14:39. > :14:42.Giggs were working boats, they were used to take pilots out to the
:14:42. > :14:47.ships coming at the Channel. A lot of them competed amongst themselves
:14:47. > :14:50.in races, because the idea of getting out to the ship first for
:14:50. > :14:56.business meant that you got the business first and you made the
:14:56. > :15:01.money. From that, the sport evolved naturally, so the fastest boat got
:15:01. > :15:06.the work first. As engines and steam came along, the popularity
:15:06. > :15:12.tended to dwindle, because it tended to be slower, the Rolling
:15:12. > :15:16.boat, so they were left behind by technology. Around 100 clubs around
:15:16. > :15:22.the globe keeps the competitive heritage alive, and the best are
:15:23. > :15:28.all in Cornwall. Milly Edwards are the Roseland Club is a local racing
:15:28. > :15:33.legend and an authority on the sport. What qualities do you need?
:15:33. > :15:38.Well, apart from being fit and strong, really a typical row would
:15:38. > :15:41.be tall with good believers, but if you look at the shape of the boat,
:15:41. > :15:47.smaller people can go in the smaller bit. So it is about
:15:47. > :15:54.teamwork. It is all about teamwork, you will find out in a minute.
:15:54. > :16:01.he reckons anyone can do it. Hold it like Karen is. Is it hard on the
:16:01. > :16:09.muscles? Yes! So a few pointers and here I go.
:16:09. > :16:19.Focus on the blade. That is good. It has got to be quick, but get
:16:19. > :16:34.
:16:34. > :16:40.It will be some time before I am taking them on, but the local
:16:40. > :16:44.team's confidence is running high. We won the championships at the
:16:44. > :16:50.weekend, and we are bringing that through tomorrow night to take them
:16:50. > :16:56.on. So I have had a go, it is quite difficult, are the Olympians going
:16:56. > :17:03.to be able to cope? It is completely different, they slide,
:17:03. > :17:09.whereas we go back. They are used to two paddles, so they need to get
:17:09. > :17:19.used to just having one. Karen is used to it, they are the best crew
:17:19. > :17:22.
:17:22. > :17:26.Well, the day's action is well under way, and this is a man is no
:17:26. > :17:32.stranger to racing and the track, Iwan Thomas. Have you been catching
:17:32. > :17:35.any crowds today? Not yet, there is plenty of time for that, but it has
:17:35. > :17:43.been a great day here, another great day, and look at all these
:17:43. > :17:48.people who have turned out to support our rowers. Amazing. Now, I
:17:48. > :17:53.am a woman of the people, and tonight, because of that, I am on
:17:54. > :17:57.the side of the amateurs. I love the public, but I have to be
:17:57. > :18:03.backing the Olympians today, they have had a great summer. This was
:18:03. > :18:13.going to be really tough of the girls, no carbon-fibre inside, a
:18:13. > :18:13.
:18:13. > :18:18.big heavy boats, let's see how they The Falmouth crew, straight in
:18:18. > :18:22.there, amazing technique, they are used to the waters. Look at the
:18:22. > :18:29.lead they have got. I cannot make excuses for the Olympians, these
:18:29. > :18:35.guys are amazing! He is clear water, amazing. What a win, they go,
:18:35. > :18:41.celebrating. That is the salute. Worthy winners. I knew they would
:18:41. > :18:45.win. They are all here with us now, so let's find out what happened.
:18:45. > :18:49.are come to start with our Olympians, Helen, were you
:18:49. > :18:53.embarrassed? That was quite hard. We are definitely not embarrassed,
:18:53. > :19:01.because these guys are amazing, and it is very different to what we do
:19:01. > :19:07.every day. Bideford. But not quite well enough, could you go even
:19:07. > :19:14.faster? We might have been able to in a race boat, but we gave them a
:19:14. > :19:19.fair chance. I am so proud. I am proud of the locals as well, but I
:19:19. > :19:25.know what it is like our season, you're not in training, was down to
:19:25. > :19:29.too much partying? Controversial! have been on a bread and water diet
:19:29. > :19:33.since the Olympics, I cannot speak for my crew mates, but I have just
:19:33. > :19:39.been contemplating life. We have been partying for six weeks, we are
:19:39. > :19:42.in no shape at all! We are going to switch things up. There is an
:19:42. > :19:47.important race to come, the Andy Ince wants to basque in their
:19:47. > :19:51.individual glory, their last race of the year, so each of them is
:19:51. > :20:01.going to captain a boat, and they will get to choose from this motley
:20:01. > :20:03.
:20:03. > :20:10.crew. Look at all the talent, who Boat! No takers, no takers, I will
:20:10. > :20:14.try to get into a team anyway. Bath good luck! It has got to be
:20:14. > :20:24.the end Indians, surely. That was brilliant comedy, looking in the
:20:24. > :20:25.
:20:25. > :20:31.other direction. It is like when it La dog off. -- when you tell a dog
:20:31. > :20:37.off. I have had a go at that on Countryfile, it is hard. If you do
:20:37. > :20:42.not teed up with the rhythm, it smacks you back in the stomach.
:20:42. > :20:47.This is how we treat our heroes! You have at the open-top bus, now
:20:47. > :20:51.come and get beaten up in Cornwall. Speaking of heroes, the feel-good
:20:51. > :20:57.factor from the Paralympic Games is still very much in the air, but the
:20:57. > :21:02.role played by one of the sponsors, Atos, continues to cause
:21:02. > :21:07.controversy. Atos runs tests for the government on whether people
:21:07. > :21:13.qualify for benefits. Many are not happy with the results, as Declan
:21:13. > :21:17.Law has found out. We spend �13 billion per year on
:21:17. > :21:22.benefits for people who are unable to work because of disability or
:21:22. > :21:25.health issues. Now the government is replacing the old benefit with a
:21:25. > :21:31.new allowance. They say the aim is to find out if some recipients can
:21:31. > :21:35.actually do some sort of work and come off benefits. French company
:21:35. > :21:39.Atos have been paid �100 million per year to test everyone who
:21:39. > :21:44.claimed for benefits to see whether they deserved to continue receiving
:21:44. > :21:47.it. The test is called the work capability assessment. Since its
:21:47. > :21:51.introduction, there has been growing anger against the
:21:51. > :21:57.assessment, with many sick and disabled people saying it is
:21:57. > :22:01.pushing them to the brink. I first met 59-year-old Chris earlier this
:22:01. > :22:08.summer, when filming for Panorama. It was immediately obvious that he
:22:08. > :22:14.was not a well man. Can we stop for a minute? He worked for nearly 40
:22:14. > :22:18.years, first in the steel industry, and then as a lorry driver. In 2009,
:22:18. > :22:23.he became seriously ill with emphysema, to the point where his
:22:23. > :22:29.wife was told to prepare for the worst. He pulled through, but his
:22:29. > :22:34.health is seriously affected. cannot walk far, 50 metres before I
:22:34. > :22:38.have to stop. I have to lean against something, catch my breath.
:22:38. > :22:43.Chris had his first work capability assessment in 2009. He was declared
:22:43. > :22:47.unfit for work and began claiming employment support allowance. But
:22:47. > :22:51.following a second assessment, he was declared fit for work and his
:22:51. > :22:56.benefit was stopped. He appealed the decision and went to a tribunal.
:22:56. > :22:59.He won his case and his benefits were reinstated. However, just
:22:59. > :23:09.seven months after that successful appeal, he was called back for yet
:23:09. > :23:14.
:23:14. > :23:19.another assessment. We secretly Good to see you again. How are you?
:23:19. > :23:24.This morning, the results of that assessment have arrived. We cannot
:23:24. > :23:28.pay your employment and support an ounce from the 30th August 2012.
:23:28. > :23:32.says here because, after attending a medical assessment, it has been
:23:32. > :23:38.decided that you do not have any limited capability for work, which
:23:38. > :23:42.means you are fit for work. Yes. What is your reaction to that?
:23:42. > :23:45.I am shocked. It is just unbelievable, especially when he
:23:45. > :23:51.has had doctors' notes and consultant's notes to prove that he
:23:51. > :23:56.is definitely not fit for work. When I won my tribunal, I thought
:23:56. > :24:00.that would have been hit. Apparently it is not. You have to
:24:00. > :24:05.go for these medical assessments every year. But Chris's case is not
:24:05. > :24:10.unique. Each year there are in the region of 180,000 appeals, nearly
:24:10. > :24:15.40% of which are successful. Some think this number will only
:24:15. > :24:21.continue to rise. How big an issue is this for you at the moment?
:24:21. > :24:25.is a huge issue, our number one issue. Your number one issue?
:24:25. > :24:29.a cost to the public purse, it distress and hardship for the
:24:29. > :24:36.clients, and for an overstretched Citizens Advice Bureau, it is more
:24:36. > :24:39.work. And now Atos as won a further �400 million contract to carry out
:24:39. > :24:45.assessments for a new benefit set to replace disability living
:24:45. > :24:48.allowance from 2013. This has outraged disability groups, who
:24:48. > :24:53.have been demonstrating during the Paralympic Games. Ironically, one
:24:53. > :24:58.of the main sponsors of the Games was Atos. People are really angry
:24:58. > :25:01.and afraid about the new DNA assessments that will happen
:25:01. > :25:05.through Atos, because we have seen what has happened already with the
:25:05. > :25:11.incapacity benefit, which has now become the Employment Support
:25:11. > :25:14.Allowance. It has been quite horrific. Those of us were not been
:25:15. > :25:18.assessed already are not looking forward to it happening now, we are
:25:18. > :25:22.afraid, we are angry, and to be honest we are disgusted that it is
:25:22. > :25:26.happening at all. People who are on Disability living Allowance and now
:25:26. > :25:30.facing an anxious wait to see how the new assessments will play out
:25:30. > :25:38.for them. For Chris, it is back to the Citizens Advice, back to the
:25:38. > :25:42.appeals process, and back to a whole lot more distress.
:25:42. > :25:47.Well, Ade Adepitan is here, good job on the Paralympics. Did you
:25:47. > :25:51.enjoy it? It was amazing, I am feeling a little bit down now,
:25:51. > :25:56.because I have come back from the high, I wish it could go on forever,
:25:56. > :26:01.it was awesome. So much talking, slightly croaky and the boys!
:26:01. > :26:06.parties to celebrate as well. is as close as I will ever get to
:26:06. > :26:15.being Clare Balding. She is coming in next week! I am not going to say
:26:15. > :26:18.anything to that. First-half, tell us what Atos and the government
:26:19. > :26:22.have been saying today. Atos is keen to stress that while it
:26:23. > :26:32.carries out the tests, it is the Department of Work and Pensions
:26:33. > :26:33.
:26:33. > :26:37.which makes the decisions. The DWP, when asked, they said reassessments
:26:37. > :26:41.were important to prevent claimants being written off. The tests have
:26:41. > :26:44.been improved in the last two years. For all of those who were not sure
:26:44. > :26:50.about these benefits, what difference do they make to the
:26:50. > :26:54.lives of people? Disability living allowance is for people with
:26:54. > :27:00.impairments or disability, to cover their care component and mobility
:27:00. > :27:04.costs as well. It is not about whether they are in work or not. It
:27:04. > :27:08.helps for travel costs, you know, because not everyone can get on a
:27:08. > :27:13.bus for a train, and it helps for the care component, for people with
:27:13. > :27:16.specific care needs. Is it right to say that some of the athletes who
:27:16. > :27:21.competed in the Paralympics might not have got there without the
:27:21. > :27:25.living allowance? It is difficult, because speaking from my point of
:27:25. > :27:29.view, when I was trying to get into the team, playing for my local team,
:27:29. > :27:34.it was quite far away, and the national team was far away, I could
:27:34. > :27:38.not get on to a bus or train with my equipment, so to have a car was
:27:39. > :27:42.absolutely essential. So yes, I am sure there are athletes who would
:27:42. > :27:48.say it would have drastically affected their ability to get into
:27:48. > :27:51.the Paralympics. The Paralympians have been branded a superhuman,
:27:51. > :27:55.there will be people who are concerned with disabilities, people
:27:55. > :27:59.might think they are capable of doing things that they are actually
:27:59. > :28:03.not. People think that because we call an superhumans, they can fly
:28:03. > :28:08.and stuff like that. They will have got the wrong idea, the reason we
:28:08. > :28:13.called them that is because there archives will have got serious
:28:13. > :28:18.impairments who are doing amazing things. But they are very specific
:28:18. > :28:24.things, they are things on the basketball court or on track and
:28:24. > :28:30.field. But they still need help with travel expenses, and also with
:28:30. > :28:35.care needs, because it is the fact that living as a disabled person
:28:35. > :28:40.can cost more. Thank you very much. The British Gas and oil industry
:28:40. > :28:44.has recently said it is looking for 120,000 new workers to realise its
:28:44. > :28:48.full potential. A lot of that potential is buried under places
:28:48. > :28:58.like the North Sea, and Marty Jopson has been to look at the
:28:58. > :28:59.
:28:59. > :29:04.latest tools used to find and This is crude oil. You'd think it
:29:05. > :29:09.would be thick and gloopy. But it's often thin and runy. It's a
:29:09. > :29:16.precious commodity made from the most basic of sea plants and
:29:16. > :29:20.creatures, plankton. Plankton absorbs carbon dioxide, dies and
:29:20. > :29:24.begins breaking down. Some are buried under layers of saidiment
:29:24. > :29:29.where they are locked in a partially decomposed state. Over
:29:29. > :29:34.millions of years the heat and pressure caused by layers of
:29:34. > :29:38.saidiment above them forces liquids and gases out of the remains to be
:29:38. > :29:42.trapped in the pours in the rock. It may have taken thousands of
:29:43. > :29:47.millions of years in the making, but it's a finite resource and all
:29:47. > :29:52.over the world, the race is on to find new areas of oil. I'm joining
:29:53. > :29:57.a crew of a seismic exploration ship off the coast of Norway.
:29:57. > :30:01.Before they can drill for oil they have to pin point exactly where it
:30:01. > :30:06.is. That's what they're doing right now. They use special guns to fire
:30:06. > :30:09.high pressure air bubbles into the water deep into the sea. They
:30:09. > :30:15.generate low frequency sound waves which bounce back as echoes. Just
:30:15. > :30:19.like taking a massive ultra-sound of the rock structure. The only
:30:19. > :30:23.evidence on board of what's happening below is a slight shudder
:30:23. > :30:29.and bubbles breaking the water's surface. From this data, they make
:30:29. > :30:34.images, which are then sold to speculating oil companies. Geophys
:30:34. > :30:37.sift Matt shows me one snapshot that turned out to be very
:30:37. > :30:42.lucrative. This is a vertical seismic image under the North Sea.
:30:42. > :30:48.What are you looking for? These cross cutting reflections. So this
:30:48. > :30:53.is oil here? This is is. How much? About two billion barrels.
:30:53. > :30:57.billion barrels of oil - wow! That's a lot. What's that worth?
:30:57. > :31:01.$200 billion. How much has it cost to get out of the ground? There are
:31:01. > :31:07.different costs. In the North Sea the water is relatively shallow. So
:31:07. > :31:11.it may be just �50 million. If you go into deep water, you may be
:31:11. > :31:18.looking at �100 million or more. this industry, production costs are
:31:18. > :31:22.high. But the profits are huge. But finding the oil is only half the
:31:22. > :31:28.battle. The next problem is getting it out. Crude oil spbtd sitting
:31:28. > :31:34.under ground in great big lakes. It's far more complex than that.
:31:34. > :31:38.Imagine that this is our oil down deep under ground. The oil is held
:31:38. > :31:42.there because there's an impermeable layer of rock it can't
:31:42. > :31:52.get through or in my case, it's a pop bottle. This is what happens
:31:52. > :31:55.
:31:55. > :32:03.when you drill through the There you go. The oil comes
:32:03. > :32:10.flooding out. Oh, but then it stops, unless you pump more pressure down,
:32:10. > :32:16.like this. I will attach my bike pump. Then if I pump more pressure
:32:16. > :32:20.in, I get more oil out. What the engineers do is rather than using a
:32:20. > :32:25.bicycle bump they push water and gas into the rocks to push more of
:32:25. > :32:31.the oil out. But even using these traditional methods of drilling,
:32:31. > :32:36.you'll only get about 35% of the oil. The Government reckons
:32:36. > :32:40.extracting just 1% more would be worth around �13 billion. That is
:32:40. > :32:44.the challenge facing the country's oil scientists. One idea they've
:32:44. > :32:53.come up with involves removing salt from sea water and flushing it into
:32:53. > :32:58.the rock. Low sn olenity water running is better at getting the
:32:58. > :33:06.crude out because it breaks the rock's ability to hold onto it.
:33:06. > :33:10.There will be the first world implementation of the flood. About
:33:10. > :33:15.another 42 million barrels out of the oil field. The industry hope
:33:15. > :33:19.it's will recover enough oil to meet our demands until 2050. The
:33:19. > :33:24.Government's more cautious estimate is 2030. One thing is for sure, oil
:33:24. > :33:30.is a finite resource. When it does run out, we'll have to rely on
:33:30. > :33:35.alternatives to fuel our world. Well, Rip Off Britain is back on
:33:35. > :33:37.BBC One to help consumers avoid making costly mistakes and as
:33:37. > :33:43.always, Angela Rippon, Gloria Hunniford and Julia Somerville are
:33:43. > :33:49.willing to ask the tough questions on your behalf. We wanted answers
:33:49. > :33:52.to the problems you've raised. I don't think I have to tell you of
:33:52. > :33:57.all people that the reputation of bankers in this country is now in
:33:57. > :34:01.taters. When you go to a party and someone asks what you do, would you
:34:01. > :34:04.be embarrassed to admit you're a banker? I think it's regretful that
:34:04. > :34:08.you would think twice about admitting that you were a banker. I
:34:08. > :34:12.would like to think I'm a banker trying to make a difference and
:34:12. > :34:16.trying to change across the industry and restore that faith and
:34:16. > :34:20.trustment Well, ange la, you're not pulling any punches there. We can't
:34:20. > :34:25.in our programme. I don't think anyone in the country would agree
:34:25. > :34:29.that the bankers have got to be held to account. Not just bankers.
:34:29. > :34:34.Doing the programme, we're out every day for four weeks, we've
:34:34. > :34:37.done 20 programmes that go out 9.15am on BBC One, so there are
:34:38. > :34:43.about 100 stories, everything from banks who have lost people's money,
:34:43. > :34:46.prom lems with insurance, dodgy car dealers - you name it we've covered
:34:46. > :34:50.those stories where people have been ripped off or fobbed off by
:34:50. > :34:54.companies that really decide actually, no, we're not going to be
:34:54. > :34:58.nice to you and we're not going to give your money back. So the
:34:58. > :35:02.reality is, the force is with you. What are the biggest rip offs
:35:02. > :35:07.you've seen in the new series? There's a lot of before in terms of
:35:07. > :35:13.energy. It's one of the biggest issues. You can't say well I won't
:35:13. > :35:19.have any electric or gas this week. And we're going heavy on small
:35:19. > :35:25.print. We all make mistakes. I wrote this down, for PayPal there
:35:25. > :35:30.are 36,000 words in the terms and conditions alone. 36,000?! It's
:35:30. > :35:37.longer than hamlet for the record. You go to the end and you click.
:35:37. > :35:45.It's just under 20,000 for I choose and Facebook is 11,000. Who will
:35:45. > :35:49.read all the terms and kbz. -- conditions. One small thing a
:35:49. > :35:53.couple on holiday, they've saved up for months on the holiday to
:35:53. > :35:57.Florida. They ended up that they were insured on their policy for
:35:57. > :36:00.the journey out, and for their holiday, not for the journey back.
:36:00. > :36:04.When they were diverted to New York and the snowstorm or something like
:36:04. > :36:07.that, they had to pay all the expenses. Have you to read the
:36:07. > :36:17.small print. I actually can't read small print any more. You can't
:36:17. > :36:24.read! If anyone tunes in now, will they think we're the Corrs? You can
:36:24. > :36:29.do the singing darling. Which are you then? I'm the bloke! Are you
:36:29. > :36:33.good at explaining Frank? I'm not bad. I went out with an American
:36:33. > :36:37.and she was so brilliant at complaining. I learned from her. We
:36:37. > :36:43.were in a restaurants. She complained about someone's food on
:36:43. > :36:48.another table. She heard the woman saying, this meat's tough. Her
:36:48. > :36:53.boyfriend said tell them. No, no it's too embarrassing,. She stopped
:36:53. > :36:58.the waitress, "Excuse me this lady's got tough meat." She should
:36:58. > :37:03.join us on Rip Off Britain. We complain on behalf of other people.
:37:03. > :37:07.We check into a hotel. I didn't even bother to take my coat off
:37:07. > :37:10.because I knew we'd be in three rooms before we settled.
:37:10. > :37:14.Americans are very good at complaining. Are you surprised with
:37:14. > :37:19.some of the things that people fall for? Well, in a way, yes. I mean,
:37:19. > :37:22.if you're well I was going to say stupid enough, perhaps I shouldn't,
:37:22. > :37:26.if you're gullible enough to pack all your jewellery into an envelope
:37:26. > :37:30.and send it through the post to someone who says they may give you
:37:30. > :37:34.money for it, I think that is perhaps a little bit on the stupid
:37:34. > :37:38.side. But on the other hand, there's no doubt about the fact
:37:38. > :37:42.that people are becoming incredibly cunning. We've had stories of
:37:42. > :37:47.people being rung up pretending to be your bank, telling you that
:37:47. > :37:51.somebody's using your credit card, persuading the person to part with
:37:51. > :37:54.the credit card, persuading them to part with their PIN number, sending
:37:54. > :37:57.a courier round, telling the person to ring the number on the back of
:37:57. > :38:01.the card, keeping the line open without the person knowing and
:38:01. > :38:05.making the person think it's all completely right. There really are
:38:05. > :38:10.people out there... We had one of them the other day. My wife was on
:38:10. > :38:13.the line and I heard her say, look I don't know who you are, I'm not
:38:13. > :38:18.giving you my details right now?. That's the value of consume
:38:18. > :38:24.prorgraems. What we do through the scam plz -- consumer programmes,
:38:24. > :38:28.what we do is it gives people at home because our viewers identify
:38:28. > :38:32.with the people on the programme. It's warning people of the rip offs
:38:32. > :38:36.out there. More than, that we entertain, it's telly, but we
:38:36. > :38:40.empower people. We inform them about how they can actually stand
:38:40. > :38:45.up for their rights and either not get into those difficulties in the
:38:45. > :38:48.first place or know how they can get out of it. Why the programme is
:38:48. > :38:52.so successful is that they are genuine stories from viewers. It's
:38:52. > :38:57.real people, real stories, real results. That's why it works. We
:38:57. > :39:02.don't rip it from a newspaper report or something. 23,000 e-mails
:39:02. > :39:05.after the last series. I can't even tell you how many... 20,000 from
:39:05. > :39:08.Nigeria! LAUGHTER
:39:08. > :39:13.Any company or any individual with half a brain is not going to mess
:39:13. > :39:18.with you three. The new series of Rip Off Britain continues tomorrow
:39:18. > :39:21.at 9.15am on BBC One. Now, Frank, loads and loads of arguments
:39:21. > :39:26.obviously coming from our viewers. Speaking of arguments, we think
:39:26. > :39:30.we've found somebody who knows how to argue incredibly well. It's Anne
:39:30. > :39:33.Robinson. She's joining us live from the watchdog studio. What's
:39:33. > :39:37.the biggest argument you can remember getting into over
:39:37. > :39:43.something very small? I can't remember any argument with anybody.
:39:44. > :39:48.Honestly! I think misguidedly people think I'm going to be a bit
:39:48. > :39:51.difficult or shout at them or be unpleasant. So I genuinely never
:39:51. > :39:55.get into arguments. Whoever said you know you have to have that
:39:55. > :39:59.expression of don't mess with me, that's absolutely right. Hopefully
:39:59. > :40:02.you'll be winning plenty of arguments on behalf of the watchdog
:40:02. > :40:07.viewers. We hear that you need the help of the One Show viewers
:40:07. > :40:13.tonight. Yes indeed I do. Listen out, it's calling all BMW owners,
:40:13. > :40:17.this is a tale you shouldn't miss because thieves can get into your
:40:17. > :40:21.car, it's like a walk in the park. It's now so easy to get hold of a
:40:21. > :40:24.piece of equipment from the internet that bypasses the BMW's
:40:24. > :40:28.security system and your car can be driven off within seconds, no need
:40:28. > :40:33.for your key. It's happening up and down the country. BMW have known
:40:33. > :40:36.about it for nearly a year, but we can't find a single owner who's
:40:36. > :40:40.been warned. It sounds extraordinary this case. Has there
:40:40. > :40:44.been many of these thefts? There's been enough thefts for police in
:40:44. > :40:48.the Midlands and also in London to be now alerting owners to take
:40:48. > :40:51.extra precautions. But to get the exact figure we want viewers
:40:51. > :40:56.watching The One Show now to help. If any of you have a BMW that's
:40:56. > :41:01.been stolen in the last year, please send us an e-mail before we
:41:01. > :41:09.go on air, in about 20 minutes. The address is on the screen now.
:41:09. > :41:16.Thanks guys. Thank you. There are you, do as Ann asks. Now then...
:41:16. > :41:22.you had an argument with Ann, she'd say "That's it, I'm leaving.
:41:22. > :41:26.Goodbye." Frank has a new sitcom starting tonight all about arguing
:41:26. > :41:31.couples. He's going to settle long running arguments once and for all.
:41:31. > :41:35.We have a couple in the studio. Yes. Matt is going to intervues you to
:41:35. > :41:40.them. This is Antony and Tia. We said hello earlier today. You're
:41:40. > :41:46.kind to come along tonight. This is all about mess. Start with you. Why
:41:46. > :41:50.is Antony so bad? He just keeps his trainers all over the flat and
:41:50. > :41:54.every time when I get up or go somewhere I'm always tripping over
:41:54. > :42:02.them and he's got a place for them under the stairs, but no he doesn't
:42:02. > :42:06.use it. When I open it I get a whoof of smelly feet. It's the
:42:06. > :42:10.trainer thing. Do you feel like she stitches you up slightly by
:42:10. > :42:15.creating a space under the stairs? I don't think it's true actually.
:42:15. > :42:19.My shoes don't smell that bad. Yeah I think it is a bit of a stitch up.
:42:19. > :42:25.I like to have them displayed. When people come round... Look at the
:42:25. > :42:30.trainers? I'm a collector you see. Right. I have quite a few pairs.
:42:30. > :42:35.That would make sense why people would want to lock at your shoes.
:42:35. > :42:39.Why not. This is going on and on. When he picks his toenails, his
:42:39. > :42:43.clippings they make a horrible noise and go everywhere. It's
:42:43. > :42:47.interesting Frank because toenails are included in the second series.
:42:47. > :42:53.Yes, they have caused many an argument. Once you clip a toenail
:42:53. > :42:58.there's no telling where it can ends un. I sometimes hand out
:42:58. > :43:01.goggles. People are having their tea. I'm sorry. They're talking
:43:01. > :43:08.about sweaty trainers. These trainers are incubating under the
:43:08. > :43:13.stairs. It's not good. They need some air. Whose side are you on?
:43:13. > :43:17.Who wins? I think that this man is a collector and he has to have
:43:17. > :43:20.somewhere to keep his collection. I don't imagine for a second that he
:43:20. > :43:25.discovered trainers after their relationship, so she knew what she
:43:25. > :43:31.was letting herself in for. Fair enough. A sporting victory. Loads
:43:31. > :43:35.of them have come in. Saffron says "We were playing aye spy on the
:43:35. > :43:40.beach, can you win with a word tide because I say you kpbtd because you
:43:40. > :43:44.can't actually see the tide but my husband said you can." You can see
:43:44. > :43:53.the tide can't you. That's what the frothy stuff is that hits the beach.
:43:53. > :43:59.I would have thought soment Frank says so, that's it. Can I put
:43:59. > :44:04.my judging stuff on. The full works. Now people will tune in and think
:44:04. > :44:11.Peter string fellow is on. If you cut a sandwich in half, how many
:44:11. > :44:17.sandwiches do you have. Men say one, I say two. Party sandwiches small
:44:17. > :44:23.triangles, surely each is a separate sandwich? No every small
:44:23. > :44:27.piece of bread that leaves is a sandwich in itself. If you cut a
:44:27. > :44:32.piece of bread into eight, that's eight sandwiches. This evening
:44:32. > :44:42.we've been seeing how our Olympic heroes cope being take be out of
:44:42. > :44:44.
:44:44. > :44:47.their comfort zone. How are they Lucy is doing all right, they all
:44:47. > :44:52.spent a bit of time out of the water, but I am proud of her, she
:44:52. > :45:02.is really pushing hard and doing all right. I am going to have to
:45:02. > :45:06.encourage her. Come on, sweetheart, push, push! Come on, Lucy! That is
:45:06. > :45:16.a couple always pick up. I would quite like to say this throughout
:45:16. > :45:24.
:45:24. > :45:28.there, you look brilliant. I fit in Oh, Classic! Time to continue the
:45:28. > :45:33.story from last night of a retired British teacher who travelled to
:45:33. > :45:36.India to meet the children she has been teaching from her home near
:45:36. > :45:40.Oldham through the wonders of the internet.
:45:40. > :45:47.Jackie Barrow is a teacher whose pupils' lives so far away that they
:45:47. > :45:51.have never even met. -- whose pupils live. That is about to
:45:51. > :45:56.change. After a ten-hour flight, she has finally landed in India for
:45:56. > :46:02.the first time, on her way to the city of Pune, a four hour train
:46:02. > :46:06.journey from Mumbai. You have got this fantastic scenery in the
:46:06. > :46:15.distance. We have come pass some rural parts with paddy fields, it
:46:15. > :46:21.looks like something out of a When I am at home, obviously it is
:46:21. > :46:26.there has to imagine outside the little room that they Skype me from.
:46:26. > :46:36.I certainly have not seen where the children live, so it is being able
:46:36. > :46:37.
:46:37. > :46:42.to put it into that wider context, It is monsoon season here in Pune,
:46:42. > :46:52.a booming city of 4 million people, renowned for its colleges and
:46:52. > :46:53.
:46:53. > :46:56.universities and a beacon for the After a good night's sleep and
:46:56. > :47:02.breakfast Indian-style, Jackie has had the perfect start to an
:47:02. > :47:06.exciting day ahead. We are actually on our way to meet the children, so
:47:07. > :47:10.we are driving through the streets of Pune. When I first got involved
:47:10. > :47:16.in the project, if I had said what would have been the most exciting
:47:16. > :47:22.thing to do ever, it would have been to come out and meet the
:47:22. > :47:24.children that High Speed 2 over Skype. With over 400 million
:47:24. > :47:28.children living in India, the education system is coming under
:47:28. > :47:33.increasing strain. 7 million children do not attend school at
:47:33. > :47:38.all. But a helping hand comes from schools like this one, where
:47:38. > :47:41.Jackie's group come to get online. We are going to meet face to face,
:47:41. > :47:51.which is really strange! I do not quite know what they are going to
:47:51. > :48:04.
:48:04. > :48:08.make of it, and I am feeling very Just that first walking in, I was
:48:08. > :48:13.not too sure how they were going to react, but that only lasted for a
:48:13. > :48:23.very short time, I felt at ease with them and able to enjoy it.
:48:23. > :48:33.Let's check I know everybody's name. What is your name? Thank you! You
:48:33. > :48:40.
:48:40. > :48:46.Let's swim! What was this one? Chickens! I have presence for you.
:48:46. > :48:50.-- presents. That was really fantastic, I enjoyed it so much. I
:48:50. > :48:56.did not remember, I don't think, how much I enjoyed interacting with
:48:56. > :49:05.children. Can you help me to tell the story? One day, he went out in
:49:05. > :49:09.It was just great to be in the same room with them and be able to pick
:49:10. > :49:15.up on things that they had said very easily, which is hard to do on
:49:16. > :49:21.Skype. I really enjoyed it. leader single-handedly runs the
:49:21. > :49:26.Granny Club project for the whole of India, and the two have become
:49:26. > :49:32.close personal friends. The way they alter Muttley responded, it
:49:32. > :49:38.was the sense of being able to do this and not being scolded. --
:49:38. > :49:44.ultimately. Pretending I am a good kicking somebody! The other thing
:49:44. > :49:49.that I noticed was that they were trying very hard not to imitate the
:49:49. > :49:54.words but also the accent. It will make a huge difference when I speak
:49:54. > :49:58.to them next time on Skype that I have actually met them. I will feel
:49:58. > :50:03.much more able to interpret how much they are understanding and how
:50:03. > :50:11.they are reacting to something. first session in India has been a
:50:11. > :50:17.But the next part of Jackie's trip will be much more challenging. She
:50:17. > :50:21.is going to visit some of the children's homes. To take a 12-
:50:21. > :50:27.year-old girl out of school, from a child's point of view, it is so
:50:27. > :50:32.wrong that she should have no access to education.
:50:32. > :50:38.The final part of Jackie's journey will be on tomorrow's show.
:50:38. > :50:42.have been out to Kenya, you have taught there. Yes, we made a film,
:50:42. > :50:46.and I taught English in a school for a day, and in fact I just came
:50:46. > :50:50.back on Monday, we have made another trip, so I went back to the
:50:50. > :50:55.school again. Did you see a difference? Yes, and the lovely
:50:55. > :50:59.thing... Their I am! The thing I discovered was that these children
:50:59. > :51:03.are like sponges, they cannot wait to have that information, the
:51:03. > :51:06.English language, because they know that being able to speak good
:51:06. > :51:11.English and getting a good education, it is their way out of
:51:11. > :51:16.living in the slum, it is their way out to fulfil their ambitions.
:51:16. > :51:19.a great idea. So rewarding, I cannot tell you. Earlier we saw
:51:19. > :51:24.Ainsley Harriott trying to create a thank you feast for a very brave
:51:24. > :51:26.man from Cheshire. Even though he is having some trouble with his
:51:26. > :51:30.kitchen, Ainsley and the locals are determined to make it a meal to
:51:30. > :51:34.remember. Peter Dodd is a hero who stepped in
:51:34. > :51:43.to protect an elderly customer who was being threatened by thieves,
:51:43. > :51:47.wielding machetes during a raid on his post office. Put your card in...
:51:47. > :51:51.He has been busy in the post office all day and does not have a clue
:51:51. > :51:56.what is going on in the pub up the road. To thank him for his bravery,
:51:56. > :51:59.we are organising a big feast, and outdoor extravaganza with all his
:51:59. > :52:03.friends invited. I have not been able to do it without the support
:52:03. > :52:07.from the Cheshire community, they have come up with the most
:52:07. > :52:15.fantastic ingredients, thank you! It has been seat-of-the-pants stuff
:52:15. > :52:22.so far. We lost the gas and water, because of the building works.
:52:22. > :52:26.Luckily, we get reconnected. My appeal on the radio for supplies of
:52:26. > :52:35.food has worked better than I expected. Supplies just keep on
:52:35. > :52:42.arriving. What have we got here? range of Japanese. Beautiful!
:52:42. > :52:46.You're an absolute diamond. I will tell you what I have got here, a
:52:46. > :52:52.beautiful piece of pork, thermometer in mayor now, cooking
:52:52. > :52:56.fantastic. When he sees this, look at that! With the help of my
:52:56. > :52:59.adopted kitchen staff, the feast is coming together brilliantly, the
:52:59. > :53:04.asparagus and tomatoes have been turned into wonderful salads, and
:53:04. > :53:07.the meat has been prepared to perfection. All right, a bit of a
:53:07. > :53:13.hurry now, getting everything done. Less than an hour to go, they still
:53:13. > :53:18.an awful lot of work to do in the marquee. BASSA there is still. We
:53:18. > :53:21.have managed to keep the party a secret so far, but it has been
:53:21. > :53:29.welcome news to Margaret, who has rarely left home since the post
:53:29. > :53:34.office raid. I have not been out, I am just terrified. I heard about
:53:34. > :53:44.his party, and I thought, well, I would like to be there, because he
:53:44. > :53:48.is the person that saved me, As our brass band arrives, I am
:53:48. > :53:52.told our guest of honour is on the way. He thinks we are just having a
:53:52. > :53:57.quiet meal together to talk about his bravery in the post office.
:53:57. > :54:03.Little does he know! Nice to meet you. How are you doing? I have been
:54:03. > :54:13.waiting all day for this. Boy, is the end for a surprise! Peter, all
:54:13. > :54:16.
:54:16. > :54:26.of this is for you. Come on, let's I give you your hero, Peter Dodd,
:54:26. > :54:36.He says to me, I am just a postmaster, he is more than that,
:54:36. > :54:44.
:54:44. > :54:48.Margaret, you might not have been I think he is a very important role
:54:48. > :54:53.model within the village, with him being the postmaster, he knows
:54:53. > :54:57.everybody and everybody knows him, and what he did was fantastic.
:54:57. > :55:01.is an amazing man, a good example of what is good about our community,
:55:01. > :55:09.one of these people that is always doing things for other people, they
:55:09. > :55:13.tend to not expect people to do things for them. There we are, a
:55:13. > :55:18.nice bit of crackling. And so on were the feast, and due to his
:55:18. > :55:22.unselfish nature, Peter insists everyone else is served first. Are
:55:22. > :55:32.you going to have a bit of this? At last, time to give him his well-
:55:32. > :55:34.
:55:34. > :55:41.earned feet. Oh, lovely! It was a special moment. I have never been
:55:41. > :55:49.so gobsmacked in my life! They said she will not talk to anybody or go
:55:49. > :55:54.out, but she is having a good time. It has been one of those days that
:55:54. > :55:59.has been full of drama, a bit of panic, but all of us together, we
:55:59. > :56:05.might just have pulled it off. Brilliant. Isn't that lovely? What
:56:05. > :56:11.a lovely man. Time to go back to the racing in St Mawes now, how is
:56:11. > :56:16.the race going? I am trying not to laugh, because to begin with Lizzie
:56:16. > :56:21.was all smiles, but now all I can see his teeth. She is doing quite
:56:21. > :56:26.well, in about six, only five votes behind her. I think she has done
:56:26. > :56:30.very well. If I'm honest, the oar has come out of the water a few
:56:30. > :56:35.times, but she is not disgracing herself. My only worry is that if
:56:35. > :56:40.she does not hurry up, we will run out of light and petrol, and I have
:56:40. > :56:47.his say, it has been emotional, and I have got my jacket on specially.
:56:47. > :56:53.The winner has finished, she has done so well. How far has she got
:56:53. > :56:56.to go? She is in sixth position, six out of 11 boats, she has done
:56:56. > :57:01.very well indeed. She will be moaning all night that their arms
:57:01. > :57:05.or saw, but she has done the One Show proud. Brilliant, yes, and
:57:05. > :57:09.hopefully she will finish while we are on air. We will let you know.
:57:09. > :57:16.What is your biggest sporting achievement? This will not take
:57:17. > :57:22.long. I learned to swim the earlier in the year, and for me that was an
:57:22. > :57:27.enormous achievement. I did it for Sport Relief. That is me, looking
:57:27. > :57:32.good! Yes, and I swam a length and got a proper certificate and
:57:32. > :57:38.everything. I have been frightened of water and my whole life. Are you
:57:38. > :57:43.a regular swimmer now? I have not taken my son yet. He has got to
:57:43. > :57:47.have jams or something like that. You are only just out of arm bands
:57:47. > :57:52.yourself. You can still see the lines. I'm going to take him, I did
:57:52. > :57:57.not want to be a dad who could not swim. At least you will stay in the
:57:57. > :58:00.shallow end for a while. It is brilliant, just floating about. I
:58:01. > :58:05.have no experience of weightlessness, it is great,
:58:05. > :58:10.because I was not involved in the space race. There was a
:58:10. > :58:15.misunderstanding. You have got a special coming up as well. Yes, we
:58:15. > :58:18.are anxious for everyone to know about this special week-long series
:58:18. > :58:23.later in the air about holidays, and we have not made it yet, and we
:58:23. > :58:28.are hoping that anybody who has horror stories about their holidays,
:58:28. > :58:34.travel agents, airlines, hotels full of cockroaches, whatever it is.
:58:34. > :58:38.Let us know. Everybody has got one. Can I just so quickly that in this
:58:38. > :58:41.year alone we have managed to pay back half a million pounds to
:58:41. > :58:45.people? Ordinary they would not have got that back, fighting
:58:45. > :58:49.insurance companies. I think that is pretty good. Thank you for
:58:49. > :58:53.coming along, all the very best with the series, tonight on Radio 4