12/11/2013 The One Show

Hello and welcome to Birmingham for day five of the big short challenge!

If you were watching last night, you would have seen Team Rickshaw leave

Bolton, they have travelled 101 miles through the night, goodness

me, and if you have been watching on the website, you will know that they

have arrived here, and to welcome them is an actor and singer who has

had quite a journey himself, all the way from Ramsay Street to the West

End, Jason Donovan! Good to see you, have a seat! Thank you! That would

be lovely. It is a bit nippy tonight, you should have worn a

coat. I feel I have made the effort! By the end of the show you will have

a scarf on. Listen, you are already in the Children in Need mood, we did

a gala performance with Gary Barlow. Yes, last night was a great night,

and they managed to raise a lot of money for Children in Need. There

was a little bit of a concert at the end. I got to sing Too Many Broken

Hearts, which I haven't... I do not pull it out of the cupboard too

often! But it was a really successful night, and lots of fun,

too, which was the main thing. If we are lucky, we might be able to get

Jason singing, do you reckon? What do you reckon?! We will try that. I

understand you are a bit of cyclist. I love cycling, I think it is a

great form of transport, it is not a long way to go. There are a lot of

dangers in it, but getting into town, I live in London, it is much

easier than a motorbike. The rickshaw is quite wide, and they

have been stuck in a few traffic jams, but you will find out all

about that. We have got this walking map that we are getting people to

wear, is it possible to find somebody called Rick Shaw to where

it? We have almost got him, this is Eric Shaw! And I shake you by the

hand? Suber to see you, I am assuming people have made the

connection before. Yes, I think when I was in primary school! Sorry to

take you back to those times. Let's just have a little luck, this is the

route they have taken since last night, from Bolton to Manchester,

all the way to Stoke on Trent, into Stafford, Wolverhampton and then

here in Birmingham. It is quite an achievement, 101 miles of it. I am

sure you will agree it is lovely when celebrities turn up to cheer

you on, but can you imagine Team Rickshaw's surprise when somebody

turned up at two o'clock in the morning in Middlewich? That is

around Eric's Middlewich, there we are...

It has to happen sooner or later, on Dave four the weather suddenly took

a turn for the worse. Team Rickshaw were behind schedule. But Daniel

stayed strong. How are you feeling? Hunky-dory! I am like a duck on

water. How is the rain? Are you all right? You about a lot swimming

lessons. Have to keep attempted to make up

some ground, it was important that his daughter Eleanor matched his

pace, so I pushed her through what would be her toughest shift so far.

Catch me, you can, yes, you can! I am trying. Think about why you are

doing this, think about all the bullies and what they would say if

they were watching you. Yeah! Dig in, let's push forward, come on.

Come on! That was the hardest one so far. You

are incredibly strong, not just physically but mentally.

I am struggling on this hill. Yesterday it was raining so badly

that my legs hurt, and I felt available bit miserable. And I might

have had a little cry. Of course, lots of our team members, with

varying disabilities, have sometimes flown of certain hills, so I have

got to play my part now and get up here. Rain or no rain! Hill or no

hill! And later, on the night shift, with Peter at the helm of the

rickshaw, the bad weather would not let up. I said earlier that I was

lovely and dry but I did not mind if it rained. As soon as I jump on, it

starts raining. After hours of cycling, time for a well-deserved

break and a bite to eat. Hot dogs for you. Lovely! Food! All he has

done is look at the food, he has got no idea who gave it to him. John

Bishop, how are you, mate? Oh, while! -- wow! I have never seen

anyone more disappointed other my wife. Unless you are on a rickshaw,

you are not taking it. Can I have a go?

I will do the rest of it! Beater lost his mother and sister in a

serious car accident in 2007. -- Peter. Riding the rickshaw with his

father Jeff has given them both a chance to reflect on how it has

affected their life. When I think of Jeff, all I can think of is the

smile, how has he been of the last couple of years? Can you tell when

he's feeling a bit down? I know he does get down at times, but he keeps

himself to insult at those times, and he stays strong around me. Does

it feel good to be pushing yourself, to be out on this challenge

together? It is just nice to rebuild our bond a little bit, spend a bit

of time, just me and him. It was him teaching me, if you keep pushing,

you will see a benefit on the other side.

You cannot comprehend the impact it has on people's lives, putting your

hand in your pocket and giving. Hole, this is telling me! That is

the hardest one I have done. Well, I will tell you, it is amazing

how all of these layers have been peeled away as we travel along, and

what we are hearing is quite extraordinary. I am joined by

Daniel's family, dad Steve, Shannon, Ashley, and as we have been saying,

we have been talking as we travel along, and Daniel's condition,

pneumococcal meningitis, it has changed the war as a family, hasn't

it? What is the main difference? Well, I mean, obviously, he is a

young man now, and he is obviously not as he should be, but he is

better than... At the start of it, in a coma for three or four days, he

never spoke for months. Bend and buckled inflection, I think they

call it, we never thought he would stand up, never mind a ride a bike.

There you are, he is incredibly strong, I have witnessed him

powering through the countryside. What is quite interesting, he is not

very good with his directions, I will say! I am sure you will agree,

this is classic Daniel, he took a turning a little while ago and made

quite an entrance, because you will see him here coming through

Selfridges! He made his way through the food hall, which is classic. Of

course, everybody cheering him on, everybody gets behind Daniel anyway,

there is mum obviously as well. He did very well to avoid the Christmas

puddings. Speaking of which, mum is on the back of the rickshaw, have

you been managing to feed the family? They have been really good,

actually, they have not been falling out or anything. Very good, well,

mum and Daniel will be pleased to hear it, come on down, let's hear it

for Daniel and Carol! Come on, Daniel, come on, lead the

way, as always, in you come. No doubt Carol and Daniel will deserve

a well earned snuggle. There we are. Come on in, we have got Uncle

Charlie as well, anti-Barbra, come on over and say hello. Come on,

Carol. Do not feel you cannot have a kiss and a couple because the

cameras are here, get in there! Isn't that wonderful?! Isn't it? It

is not just the family, we have got the staff from Alder Hey Hospital,

who have been caring for Daniel throughout, Dr Appleton, first of

all, what was the prognosis for Daniel? It was difficult to say from

the start, all children and all brains are different. He was really

sick, in a coma, but we had fate, and we believed, and with the team

we have put together, it was fantastic. So I never gave up, it

was difficult for mum and dad to say, Willy walk and talk? But I

honestly believed he would. He did so amazingly well, and to be

discharged within four months was fantastic. It is teamwork, the

nurses here from Alder Hey, the therapists who cannot be here, plus

the parents, all part of the team. It is not just a doctor but a whole

team spirit, and it is the teamwork that makes him do what he has done.

It is a remarkable job that you do. He has been telling us how grateful

he is to the team at the hospital, so this is how you can help the

rickshaw challenge and support Children in Need. If you are a

father like me, text TEAM 270705. That will cost ?5, and it will go to

Children in Need. If you want terms and conditions, go to the website.

Come on, then. Oh, Jason Donovan! What a treat!

You are friends through Strictly. All that cycling is worth it to see

you here. That makes Strictly looked like a walk in the park! We do need

lots of people to support us, and you have come up with an idea to get

people texting, apparently. I have. It was my idea, actually! Any thing

that brings money, that can help raise some extra money, it is a

great story coming out of the last few weeks, some touching stuff. You

performed Joseph Paxton in 1991, and if enough people text tonight here

in Birmingham, Jason Donovan will reprise that. -- you performed

Joseph Paxton in 1991. Phones in the air! Are there another phones in the

air? Do not just wave them, text the number! Is that enough? I think that

is going to be enough, straight towards the camera? Whatever way you

want to do it. Link # I closed my eyes.

# Drew back the curtain. # To see for certain.

# What I thought I knew. # Far, far away.

# Someone was weeping. # But the world was sleeping.

# Any dream will do. Look at this! Look at the lengths

people will go to! That was great. You have been starring in War Of The

Worlds, doing an arena tour, and you have filmed it for DVD. For those of

us were not familiar with the story, tell us. It is based on HG

Wells' 1900s Martian invasion, and I play a character called the Parson,

who is basically in fear of these Martians and think that they are

part of the evil doom of mankind. A great tour, you see Marti Pellow,

Ricky Wilson, Liam Neeson. I keep telling all the casting agents and

the producers that I have been working with Liam Neeson, you know!

And they are not that convinced, because he is only one dimensional,

he is a hologram. And there are loads of catchy songs in it, because

Matt fluctuates between Neil Diamond and War Of The Worlds in his car.

This is you performing as Pastor Nathaniel with Kerry Ellis.

# Now darkness has descended on our land.

# All our prayers cannot save us. # Like lambs to the slaughter...

Lovely! It is a far cry from Priscilla Queen of the Desert.

Though blah I like to mix it up, and I am very much an actor first and

foremost, even though my singing voice is absolutely beautiful! I

like to change my rolls around, so I am on the road with Brazil until

next year. -- Priscilla. Which one are you? The one in the centre. It

is a long way from my days in Strictly. Kylie Minogue tweeted to

say that today would be Scott and Charlene's wedding anniversary. Any

chance of a reunion? We sound Especially For You, which is a

really fun thing to do. For a lot of people there is a big emotional

connection with Neighbours and that song was part of the whole

experience and it was very special. We are in Birmingham, which is

famous for a lot of things beginning with the letter C, like custard,

curries and cars. Lucy has been looking at why the British car

industry is now back in the fast lane. This is the Jaguar Land Rover

plant in Solihull, which employs over 6000 people. Graeme Archer has

been working here since he was 16. Did you like it from the start? It

was wonderful. It was an apprenticeship, so you started doing

the things like welding and construction work, the sort of

things you would need to go into a trade. What sort of things do you do

now? Now I am a tour guide, but I am too old to talk about it! In the

last 12 months, the sector has produced more than 1.5 million

vehicles, the highest total since 2008. In the 1970s the industry was

dominated by companies like Ford, and Vauxhall. But then it fell

apart. MG Rover group went into administration in 2005, bringing to

an end mass car production by British owned manufacturers as we

knew it. What is it like when people around you are being made redundant?

It is gut-wrenching. How many times has your job been on a knife edge

like that? Probably five or six. Jaguar Land Rover was struggling

against the recession and some fearsome European competitors, but

Billington -- and Indian condom stepped in. But could Tata Motors

really succeed where others had failed? The answer is yes, five

years later and Jaguar Land Rover has become a profitable business,

exporting to 78 countries around the world. Without foreign investment,

would you have survived? Know, without Tata Motors we wouldn't be

here today. We are in the heart of the body shop now, it is this where

it all happens? Absolutely, you are in the middle of the biggest

aluminium body shop in the world and this is the future for us,

especially now we have put aluminium technology in our SUVs. It is the

future and we are very proud of it. Going back to your 16-year-old self,

what would you have thought of this? It is beyond comprehension, it is so

far removed from what we used to do. There would have been missed and

sparks in the place, now I like to call this our operating theatre. The

UK has 15 car manufacturing plants, making supercars to Nissans. The

industry is now on course to break historic manufacturing records. This

means a serious recruitment drive to get more young people into car

engineering. These three are all on the graduate training programme

here. Why did you want to work here? When you see a Range Rover going

past, contributing to a certain aspect of that Range Rover, it feels

good being part of the team to make that happen. You can look at the

products don't think I have had apart to do with that. For the first

time in many years, Britain is back in the car business. What do you

love it? That. It is wonderful it means so much.

Everybody will be resting up this weekend, including you I'm sure.

Peter is going to be starting his intensive training to become a

mechanic. I know you were glued to that film but we have something else

for you to look up. Hi, Peter, it is Jenson here. I do a lot of fitness

in my spare time, which is cycling, so I know how tough this challenge

will be, riding a rickshaw across the country. I know your father will

be riding alongside you, he is very proud of what you are achieving, so

I want to say good luck with your challenge. You are a real

inspiration, and I also heard you want to be a mechanic one day so

stay focused with that, keep working hard, and hopefully we will see you

in Formula 11 day. What do you make of that? That was awesome. We will

get that put onto a DVD for you. You can play that over and over again!

Over the last few months, the One Show has been tracking the first man

to swim the length of Britain from Land's End to John O'Groats. This

has to be the hairiest moment we have had on the show, please welcome

Sean Conway and his beard! Good to see you. Congratulations. I cannot

believe you are not in some massive thermals, you look like you are in

the Bahamas. It is quite tropical here, quite warm! Talk me through

this moment because it was all about getting there. It was very

emotional. I was so cold, then my friends and the group 's sprayed

champagne in my eyes! It has all been a bit of a whirlwind, a

blurred. It has not sunk in to be honest. It is just good to be here,

and thank you for supporting me. Team Rickshaw are going through a

similar challenge, it is very tough, especially during the long

hours of the night when we are cycling through derelict

countryside. What tips would you have? Firstly, congratulations. Try

not to be overwhelmed by the bigger picture, take metres, make miles and

days. The second one is that it is hard at times but try to look around

and enjoy yourself. If you just enjoy the scenery, we live in a

beautiful country so make the most of it. The scenery has been the best

bit about it. When we spoke to you about a month ago, you were in

Scotland so how come it has taken one month to get to John O'Groats?

Scotland threw everything at me. I lost a kayak let's see, an anchor

got caught on some rocks, the sport boats took a hammering. An -- or

until a week ago there was a risk that I wouldn't finish, but we

managed to do the last few days and got to the end. I know, the cold. I

nearly had to wear a child's wet suit, I lost so much weight. Join us

for dinner because these lot eats like you wouldn't believe! We know

that a lot of you are getting very excited about Children In Need,

doing your fundraising, and Friday at school will be massive. Yesterday

Martin and I visited a very special school.

Hello! We were on the way, cycling through your area, and we heard you

were doing this fantastic concerts to raise money for Pudsey so we came

along to listen. Is that OK? Yes. Is this something you do every year?

Yes, it is the fourth concert we have done now to raise money for

Children In Need and they get a lot of joy out of it. It must take a lot

of rehearsing? Yes, they have to learn the words by memory but it is

good fun. The children here have complex needs but they are

wonderful, they care about other children who have needs and they

want to do what they can to raise money, which they have done by the

concert we have just put on. Then they get to see Pudsey of

course. Yes, who they absolutely love, and so do we.

Do you know how much money you have raised? Over ?300. That will make a

difference! What a brilliant effort by the

pupils at this school, and of course you at home can do your bit as

well. Just drop whatever change you have got into these buckets and we

will be more than grateful, won't we? We had better get going back to

the rickshaw. We will be stopping off more on the

way as we go. Earlier we were talking about War Of The Worlds, and

tonight we are doing a war of the world 's theme. This is a Birmingham

robot, it is a belter! I am going to run over there now.

Come on, Jason. Jason, are you there? Here we go. 300 and 80 9000,

-- 389,000! By tomorrow afternoon we will be

into the Brecon Beacons and then Abergavenny by tomorrow night's

show. Come here because the lovely Bethany is riding or smack out of

Birmingham this evening. How are you feeling? Are you ready? Let's go on

our mission! Let's do this thing! We will see you tomorrow.

Jason, thank you for your company tonight. Are you all right? Yes, I

will be following them in a second. Tomorrow we have got some big guests

including Oprah Winfrey and Daniel Radcliffe. Goodbye!