12/12/2012 The One Show


12/12/2012

Similar Content

Browse content similar to 12/12/2012. Check below for episodes and series from the same categories and more!

Transcript


LineFromTo

Hello and welcome to the One Show with Matt Baker and Alex Jones. How

:00:23.:00:28.

do you like the set? Look at it. We have gone all Christmassy. How

:00:28.:00:35.

about that. As a lot of you woke up to fog, we've added some. Now,

:00:35.:00:39.

joining us tonight are two beacons of elegance, diggity and grace for

:00:39.:00:49.
:00:49.:00:50.

women everywhere. Are you OK? stopped over last night, Alan. He

:00:50.:00:56.

was going to sleep in the spare bedroom but...

:00:56.:00:59.

LAUGHTER I don't know, one thing led to

:00:59.:01:09.
:01:09.:01:11.

another. And we shared the same bed. OK. It's Anne Reid and Miranda Hart.

:01:12.:01:20.

The fog has cleared, so we can see now. Hilarious. What is more

:01:20.:01:23.

embarrassing, getting soaked by a fountain or talking to your mum

:01:23.:01:28.

about your love life? Probably and weirdly the latter. I think so too.

:01:28.:01:33.

I'm with you. I would rather be getting soaked by a fountain than

:01:33.:01:43.
:01:43.:01:44.

talk to my mum about everything very personal! Speaking of which -

:01:44.:01:49.

there is a survey, but that over 65-year-olds are concerned about

:01:49.:01:52.

what younger members of their family if they strike up a

:01:52.:01:56.

relationship. I'll do what I want to do. I don't think my son would

:01:56.:02:05.

mind at all. I couldn't possibly be bothered, but I...

:02:05.:02:07.

LAUGHTER All that ironing shirts. It's

:02:07.:02:12.

somebody to go out with, but I don't have to cook for somebody or

:02:12.:02:17.

consult somebody every day about are we going to do this. High five

:02:17.:02:23.

me Anne Reid. Don't leave me hanging. Thank you! It was nearly

:02:23.:02:29.

an awkward moment! In one moment we'll be honouring Miranda with

:02:29.:02:34.

some impressions of her. We are. Don't panic. It's all right. But

:02:34.:02:39.

Anne, so you don't feel left out, we have a clip of you with James

:02:39.:02:47.

Bond. We've all done that! first... No, you haven't. No, I

:02:47.:02:51.

haven't. Firstly, we would like to say hello to this person. That's

:02:51.:02:57.

Jessica there. Hello there. Hello. Jessica, before we explain why

:02:57.:03:02.

you're celebrating today. Let us all know why it is such a special

:03:02.:03:07.

date today. Well, it's the 12th day of the 12th more 2012 and it's my

:03:07.:03:11.

birthday. APPLAUSE

:03:11.:03:17.

Hang on, hang on. Jessica, how old are you? I'm 12 today.

:03:17.:03:22.

APPLAUSE Have you had lots of lovely

:03:22.:03:31.

presents, Jessica? Yes. Like what? I've got a mobile phone, toiletries,

:03:31.:03:36.

make-up, clothes and some money. Good. All the girlie essentials. I

:03:36.:03:41.

think your mum has an extra present for you. Is mum around to bring it?

:03:41.:03:49.

Yes. Here he comes. It's a One Show cake. You can't see it very well,

:03:49.:03:53.

but there you are. Isn't it lovely. You can blow out the candles and

:03:53.:04:00.

make I wish if you like. APPLAUSE

:04:00.:04:06.

Many happy returns. Have a very, very happy birthday. Lovely. We

:04:06.:04:09.

would like to set ourselves a challenge to find another eleven

:04:09.:04:15.

people who happen to be 12 today on 12th of the 12th of the 12. E-mail

:04:15.:04:21.

us a picture and we'll wish you a happy birthday later on. It's my

:04:21.:04:27.

grandson's birthday. He's only four. That's double. Nearly there. Right,

:04:27.:04:33.

first, there was the mis-selling of endowment mortgages and then dodgy

:04:33.:04:39.

PPI policies and now Miranda, CPP. Now, last time you were on and I

:04:39.:04:46.

quote, you said, "I don't want to let womankind down when people

:04:46.:04:51.

start talking about ISA. I think they're talking about biscuits." So

:04:51.:04:58.

here you are. We have got you some. Enjoy nibbling while you watch the

:04:58.:05:02.

film. You may never have heard of them,

:05:02.:05:07.

but for six years card protection plan limit sold insurance against

:05:07.:05:11.

ID fraud and the loss of bank cards to more than four million of us,

:05:11.:05:17.

making hundreds of millions of pounds in the process. But now, the

:05:17.:05:23.

Financial Services Authority has fined the company �10.5 million.

:05:23.:05:29.

The FSA say many of those insurance policies were miss-sold and that

:05:29.:05:32.

card protection plan limited duped people to buy products they didn't

:05:32.:05:38.

want or need. CPP's card protection insurance would set you back around

:05:38.:05:45.

�35 a year. It promised to pay out up to �100,000 if you had money

:05:45.:05:49.

stolen from your bank or storecards, but here's the catch - many

:05:49.:05:55.

customers didn't really need it. your bank card is stolen and there

:05:55.:06:00.

is a fraud you don't have to pay the money bank. It's the bank

:06:00.:06:04.

that's responsible. There was very little chance of anybody claiming.

:06:04.:06:12.

How much money were CPP making? They made �354 million. That's a

:06:12.:06:15.

lot of money from two products that basically they shouldn't have been

:06:15.:06:20.

selling in the first place. In the six years from January 2005, CPP

:06:20.:06:24.

sold and renewed more than 23 million policies. So how did they

:06:25.:06:29.

do it? Well, most of the new policies were sold as a result of

:06:29.:06:34.

partnerships with some of the UK's biggest banks, including Barclays,

:06:34.:06:40.

RBS, Santander and HSBC. When some of the banks sent out new credit

:06:40.:06:44.

cards there was often a sticker on the front with a telephone number

:06:44.:06:50.

on it for the card to be activated. But, if you rang the number you

:06:50.:06:53.

were put through to a CPP salesman who would try to sell you an

:06:53.:06:56.

insurance policy for something you were already covered for by your

:06:56.:07:04.

bank. And, if you took out a policy, the bank got a commission. Back in

:07:04.:07:09.

2002, Gemma, from Wakefield, was called by CPP offering her

:07:09.:07:17.

insurance to cover her bank and stores can cards. -- storcards.

:07:17.:07:24.

They immediate -- storecards and they made it seem easy. In 2005,

:07:24.:07:28.

she was called again by CPP, this time trying to sell her what he

:07:28.:07:33.

called an ID protection policy, offering a fraud detection service

:07:33.:07:36.

and insurance to cover legal fees and loss of earnings. It wasn't

:07:36.:07:40.

something I needed. I didn't think it would happen to me, then he

:07:40.:07:43.

started with the thing, what happens if you were a victim and

:07:43.:07:46.

what would I do. I couldn't say anything, because I really hadn't a

:07:46.:07:51.

clue what would I do. Gemma, did you not feel you could just say no?

:07:51.:07:55.

No. He was very, very persistent. In the end I caved if just to get

:07:55.:08:02.

him off the phone. -- in just to get him off the phone. Hello.

:08:02.:08:06.

Financial Services Authority found customers like Gemma were quoted

:08:06.:08:10.

some dubious statistics. CPP staff were told to say that one in five

:08:10.:08:14.

of us will be a victim of ID crime by the end of the year and one

:08:15.:08:21.

sales agent referred to a 40% increase in identity theft. I feel

:08:21.:08:25.

like I've paid for something which I didn't want and had to pay for

:08:25.:08:32.

the exact same thing again. I feel it's a bit tough. Gemma paid CPP

:08:32.:08:35.

close to �440 for the two policies and now he wants to know if she's

:08:35.:08:39.

one of the millions of people that the FSA believes are victims of

:08:39.:08:44.

mis-selling. The Financial Services Authority said, not to put foo fine

:08:44.:08:50.

a point on it, that the sales people lied and misused statistics,

:08:50.:08:53.

they misdescribed the product and exaggerated the benefits and they

:08:53.:08:57.

told people they were much more likely to suffer from ID theft than

:08:57.:09:02.

they were. As well as being handed that hefty fine, CPP is now banned

:09:02.:09:06.

from selling any more of those insurance products. Although, they

:09:06.:09:11.

can invite customers to renew existing policies. CPP told the One

:09:11.:09:15.

Show it recognised that it had a great deal to do to rebuild its

:09:15.:09:20.

reputation and to regain the trust of the customers. It said it was

:09:20.:09:25.

deeply sorry for what happened and the mistakes that were made. Well,

:09:25.:09:29.

Jonathan is here now. Welcome to what we are calling our snofa.

:09:29.:09:37.

Lovely. I like that. Anne was just saying there that she has credit

:09:38.:09:42.

card protection. What should people do if they have ID protection or

:09:42.:09:47.

that insurance with CPP? Well, it may well be a case of belt and

:09:47.:09:51.

braces, because what CPP have done with a lot of people is effectively

:09:51.:09:54.

sold them a very expensive pair of braces when they are already

:09:54.:09:59.

wearing a belt. The fact is that they have miss-sold an awful lot of

:09:59.:10:07.

policies and if you have been miss- sold a policy you will get a -- an

:10:07.:10:11.

e-mail in January. If something happens you will get one saying you

:10:11.:10:15.

can claim and then it could be a few hundred quid or even more.

:10:15.:10:20.

You'll find out soon. If people like Anne, people are dropping

:10:20.:10:24.

things over there, think they have been miss-sold ID protection and

:10:24.:10:27.

insurance, how can they prove it? It's very difficult, but there are

:10:28.:10:31.

three things. Try to remember in the phone call. If you were put

:10:31.:10:35.

under pressure or quoted things like, ", one in five people have

:10:35.:10:42.

been the victim of ID fraud." That's a mazive exaggeration, so --

:10:42.:10:46.

massive exaggeration, so that is a clue. Crucially, if you put in a

:10:46.:10:51.

claim and it's turned down by CPP you can say to them, "I want a

:10:51.:10:57.

recording of that phone call." It may cost you between �5 or �10. You

:10:57.:11:02.

may have a case. There you are Anne. I'm not sure it's the same thing.

:11:02.:11:05.

Wait for January. It's worth checking. If people are shopping

:11:05.:11:09.

around for insurance, what should they keep their eyes open for?

:11:09.:11:12.

it's interesting this thing about being already covered. I recently

:11:12.:11:16.

wanted to take out holiday insurance. I checked on my bank

:11:16.:11:19.

statements and realised I already had holiday insurance as a bolt-on

:11:19.:11:25.

to the bank statements, so I didn't need it. Also, there are the family

:11:25.:11:30.

heirloom things and are really paying attention? Yes. Where people

:11:30.:11:36.

say, "Should I pay a grand to have my grandmother's jewellery

:11:36.:11:45.

insured?" it's probably irreplaceable any way. So why spend

:11:45.:11:49.

the money? Always shop around. I was quoted �1,000 for house

:11:49.:11:54.

insurance. Went online and got a quote for �200. The difference can

:11:54.:11:57.

be that much. You worry with the computers that you are thinking

:11:58.:12:00.

someone is telling you there is ID fraud and you will have the

:12:00.:12:08.

insurance for that. It's very easy to go along. This company, CPP, in

:12:08.:12:12.

the report, they made �354 million gross profit selling these

:12:13.:12:16.

insurance policies and as I say, a lot of people already had the belt,

:12:16.:12:20.

so didn't need the braces. Have we got time? What do you do about the

:12:20.:12:26.

people who ring you up all the time and ask if you've had an accident

:12:26.:12:36.

and I think which one? I'm fine, goodbye. Whatever you do, do not

:12:36.:12:41.

reply, because what happens is if you reply then they will sell your

:12:41.:12:45.

details on to someone often for up to �7.50 a time and you'll carry on

:12:45.:12:49.

getting the calls. If you reply they will know you're live. I get

:12:49.:12:54.

them all the time. Thank you. Good advice. Thank you very much indeed.

:12:55.:13:03.

Miranda, we know you're an expert is physical comedy. -- on is

:13:03.:13:08.

physical comedy. You have turned falling into a bit of an artform.

:13:08.:13:18.
:13:18.:13:19.

as a smooth operator. LAUGHTER

:13:19.:13:28.

I wish the ground would swallow me LAUGHTER

:13:28.:13:29.

Hello! APPLAUSE

:13:29.:13:35.

APPLAUSE We

:13:35.:13:35.

We have

:13:35.:13:36.

We have established

:13:36.:13:36.

We have established that

:13:36.:13:39.

We have established that you're a bit of an expert faller overer, if

:13:39.:13:42.

there's such a thing. What we were wondering is whether your skills

:13:43.:13:48.

can be passed on to the next generation of actors. Standing by

:13:48.:13:53.

are three students from the very same drama school that you trained

:13:53.:13:59.

at and each will attempt to recreate a Miranda fall from a past

:13:59.:14:03.

episode. First up, we have Ben. Hello. Now then, this is your

:14:03.:14:09.

Miranda fall. Look at this. doesn't mean I can't be feminine.

:14:09.:14:19.
:14:19.:14:24.

Look at that. Working it. It's all about the recovery, isn't it?

:14:24.:14:26.

APPLAUSE It's all about the recovery. This

:14:26.:14:32.

is Ben. Obviously because of health and safety he's got a helmet and he

:14:32.:14:41.

has a boiler suit. Good luck with this. Thank you. There's the first

:14:41.:14:47.

bit. All all about the recovery, isn't it? Here it comes.

:14:47.:14:54.

APPLAUSE We can have another look at that

:14:54.:15:00.

now, while you give a critique over it. Here we are. There he goes.

:15:00.:15:05.

Lovely. It's quite male model to start with. I like the squishing of

:15:05.:15:09.

the coat. Because I can see, I can tell the viewers that I can see a

:15:09.:15:18.

crash mat. I didn't have one, thank you! I'm meant to be critiquing him,

:15:18.:15:23.

not showing off. Now, back to me. More later on. Well done, Ben.

:15:23.:15:33.
:15:33.:15:34.

We had to learn to fall down in classes, with Miss Phillips. I can

:15:34.:15:42.

still do it. Not now. No, but in a Victoria Wood show, Mr Wright, the

:15:42.:15:46.

very first one I ever did, somebody pulled a chair out and I had to

:15:46.:15:51.

fall on the floor and it was the editing which made it so funny and

:15:51.:15:57.

it still makes me laugh. I have had to fall down in a play at the

:15:57.:16:02.

National Theatre. Not too long ago, I can't remember how long, maybe

:16:02.:16:07.

two years, I was in Shameless and I had to have a fight with somebody

:16:08.:16:12.

and I had to fall down on the floor and I said I did not need a stunt

:16:12.:16:21.

woman, I do my own fall it! She knocked me over and I fell down and

:16:21.:16:26.

nearly knocked myself out! I thought, I think we are too old to

:16:26.:16:33.

do this now! We might find a spare helmet, Anne! I can't believe you

:16:33.:16:38.

had classes in falling over at Rada us. That is the scoot. You have to

:16:39.:16:44.

relax. You are a natural. You must have

:16:44.:16:50.

done much falling over in the lead- up to Christmas because you on TV a

:16:50.:16:53.

lot. You're right there on Christmas Day in Call the Midwife

:16:53.:16:58.

and series three of Miranda on Boxing Day. Do you feel nervous?

:16:58.:17:02.

Very nervous actually. You have spent seven months writing it and

:17:02.:17:06.

then we perform it and we do it in front of a live audience so we get

:17:06.:17:12.

some feedback, but it is still letting go of your baby. You don't

:17:12.:17:19.

want it to be on almost. Will you watch it? Or will you play a board

:17:19.:17:24.

game or something? I am not very good at sitting watching myself. It

:17:24.:17:29.

is a privilege to be on the TV at Christmas. It is a dream come true.

:17:29.:17:35.

But it has slightly ruined Christmas telly for me! Seeing as

:17:35.:17:39.

you can't watch it, the whole episode, have a look at a little

:17:39.:17:49.
:17:49.:17:55.

That his sexual, I am not doing that. When in Rome. Hello, I am

:17:55.:18:04.

gymnastics level two. What else can we look forward to it

:18:04.:18:09.

in a new series? I think she is wonderful. That means a lot coming

:18:09.:18:17.

from you. Ask my friends, I am a huge fan. Stop it! Give us an idea

:18:17.:18:23.

of what Anne can look forward to. There is some kissing. I am not

:18:23.:18:29.

saying anything more than that. There is a couple of celebrity

:18:29.:18:35.

cameos, that is exciting. The can you give us a clue? We were trying

:18:35.:18:44.

to keep it secret but it got out. Gary Barlow. Lucky you! Said

:18:44.:18:48.

Miranda has a new gallery in her life? I had not thought of it like

:18:48.:18:58.
:18:58.:19:00.

that. And Raymond Blanc was in it. Is he working in the pub? No.

:19:00.:19:05.

It is more of a general story, it feels a bit different, there is

:19:05.:19:10.

more characters, a couple of new characters, yeah. The first two

:19:10.:19:16.

episodes set it up quite slowly. is quite monumental because it will

:19:16.:19:26.
:19:26.:19:28.

be the last sitcom to be filmed in studio 8 or TC8. Yes, it is the

:19:28.:19:31.

famous sitcom studio and I had a little weep actually when it

:19:31.:19:38.

stopped. In it is true! It was my dream to get into comedy since I

:19:38.:19:42.

could remember so I could not believe I was in that studio, all

:19:42.:19:48.

of my heroes, absolutely fabulous, Blackadder, Morecambe and Wise, all

:19:48.:19:55.

of the greats. But you were not on your own weeping. I spent a lot of

:19:55.:19:59.

time in there myself with Blue Peter and last night I was

:19:59.:20:03.

wandering around. I was there for eight years. I just wandered around

:20:04.:20:09.

last night and thought, it is gone. The Philip Schofield wants to steal

:20:09.:20:15.

the signs from studious six so if you want to come and join us... --

:20:15.:20:25.
:20:25.:20:26.

studio six. Anyway! Also, your book. This is my wife's copy actually. It

:20:26.:20:34.

is basically on our bedside table. You hit a woman in the face with a

:20:34.:20:42.

prawn, yes? Yes, but by accident. I didn't just think, she looked annoy

:20:42.:20:52.

you. Prawn admin is difficult, and it went into the next door lady's

:20:52.:21:01.

face. Like Julia Roberts! Miranda claims that she hugged a post box

:21:01.:21:07.

thinking it was your boyfriend. had had a little bit of wind. But

:21:07.:21:15.

my boyfriend had a red jumper on. Careful! It was Matt Baker!

:21:15.:21:21.

thought rapper Kanye West was a tube stop. You stood up in a job

:21:21.:21:26.

interview only to find you weren't wearing a skirt.

:21:26.:21:33.

No, wait! I was wearing something! Mile long skirt got caught under

:21:33.:21:38.

the wheels of the chair and as I stood up, my skirt went down. I was

:21:38.:21:46.

wearing tights at least. With spotty pants. We use sign it for my

:21:46.:21:54.

wife? The yes. -- will you sign it? Miranda's book is written as a sort

:21:54.:21:57.

of letter to her 18-year-old self. So we asked our friends and family

:21:57.:22:03.

here at the One Show what they'd say to themselves, aged 18. The one

:22:03.:22:10.

piece of advice I would give my 18- year-old person is that it is great

:22:10.:22:15.

to be individual, it does not matter if you are in the cool group.

:22:16.:22:20.

Life is not a race, it is a stroll. If you make a mistake, pick

:22:20.:22:27.

yourself up and don't beat yourself up. What would surprise me at 18 is

:22:27.:22:33.

the fact I have three daughters and one son, and I think I would have

:22:33.:22:43.
:22:43.:22:45.

If I met my 18-year-old self I would say to him, you will never

:22:45.:22:51.

believe this but one day you will be a grandfather, and a grandfather

:22:51.:22:55.

five times over! You will have five grandchildren and you will love

:22:55.:23:05.
:23:05.:23:07.

I would tell my 18-year-old self, don't panic, you will be all right.

:23:07.:23:17.
:23:17.:23:19.

In four years you will get an Please do not worry any more

:23:19.:23:23.

because within a decade, something will have been invented which will

:23:23.:23:28.

increase your quality of life by 80% and allow you to blend into

:23:28.:23:32.

normal society. Within ten years, hair straight and as we have been

:23:32.:23:41.

invented. -- straight in there! Will have been invented. It would

:23:41.:23:44.

have shocked me to think I would have four at children and be

:23:44.:23:52.

married for 18 years to one man! The thing that I would be most

:23:52.:23:56.

amazed by it is the fact I have travelled around the world, too

:23:56.:24:00.

weird and wonderful and wild places, where bandits have been after me,

:24:00.:24:05.

and I have seen the most fantastic plants, and I would not have

:24:05.:24:14.

believed that was possible. I would not have believed I could find a

:24:14.:24:18.

job where come Sunday evening, I would be excited about going to

:24:19.:24:24.

work. One piece of advice I would give to myself is, don't stress

:24:24.:24:29.

about mathematics at school! Don't worry about over-achieving! Spend

:24:30.:24:35.

more time outside climbing trees. The problem is that my 18-year-old

:24:35.:24:40.

self would not be listening to me. He would say, you haven't got

:24:40.:24:44.

anything to tell me, Altman. Maybe if I had had that advice I would

:24:45.:24:50.

not have made so many mistakes. And boy, there is a lot! Mike Dilger

:24:50.:25:00.
:25:00.:25:06.

looked like Harry from the McFly! Anne, what would you say? I wrote a

:25:06.:25:12.

chapter, a page of the book we were asked to do about four years ago,

:25:12.:25:17.

something Elton John was involved in for a charity, I think it was

:25:17.:25:22.

Aids, and I said you have got to believe in yourself and you have

:25:22.:25:28.

got to lose weight, advice I never took! I can't remember now. I took

:25:28.:25:36.

I said you have got to go for things and not be afraid. And she

:25:36.:25:43.

lived by that. Not at the time but I do now! But that came quite late.

:25:43.:25:49.

You're in The Last Tango in Halifax. Everyone's talking about it but for

:25:49.:25:54.

those few people who haven't tuned in... It is based on a true story?

:25:54.:26:00.

Yes. Sally Wainwright's mother, fell in love with somebody she knew

:26:01.:26:06.

at school in later life. She had this idea for this series.

:26:06.:26:13.

really is wonderful to. I love it. Derek Jacobi and died get to do

:26:13.:26:22.

some jiving. -- And I. He is the most wonderful dancer! Wonderful.

:26:23.:26:32.
:26:33.:26:33.

So I said, please can we jive and Salim wrote it in.

:26:33.:26:35.

The relationship between yours and Derek Jacobi's characters is very

:26:35.:26:45.
:26:45.:26:53.

We escaped. We did! We keep having adventures. We do! I did not have

:26:53.:26:58.

any adventures until I met you! is you that gets us into these

:26:58.:27:08.
:27:08.:27:14.

It is so tender. All sorts going on around you. It is so well written.

:27:15.:27:20.

I love that the family, it is all about family. I have known several

:27:20.:27:24.

Lancashire since she was little and I knew her father so that was nice

:27:24.:27:30.

when I got to play her mother, and Nicola Walker is wonderful. It is a

:27:30.:27:35.

really good cast. It is a joy. Thank you, who would is looking

:27:35.:27:43.

after my career, thank you very much -- whoever up there. Derek

:27:43.:27:50.

Jacobi does not asked me to call him sir! But he has not been the

:27:50.:27:55.

only man you have had a tangle with! Let's see the moment she

:27:55.:28:01.

kissed Daniel Craig. I like being with you so much.

:28:01.:28:11.
:28:11.:28:14.

I have got you! I am not used to You went in for a second one there!

:28:14.:28:22.

No, I didn't! All of the ladies at home, including myself and Miranda,

:28:22.:28:30.

of wondering what he was like to kiss. Awful! LAST de. He is

:28:30.:28:40.
:28:40.:28:42.

gorgeous! -- LAUGHTER. Did you have to do several takes? No. I did not

:28:42.:28:46.

know who he was when I heard he was going to play the part because I

:28:46.:28:50.

had not seen a friends and the North, and then I phoned a friend

:28:50.:28:55.

of mine and I said have you heard of an actor called Daniel Craig,

:28:55.:29:00.

and I heard a faint at the end of the phone and I realised her 60 he

:29:00.:29:05.

was! He was lovely to work with, very, very nice -- I realised how

:29:05.:29:11.

cautious he was! There was a quote that Angelina Jolie said that

:29:11.:29:16.

Daniel was the best kisser of any actor she had ever experienced,

:29:16.:29:24.

apart from Brad Pitt I am sure. am bored of this, can we moved on?

:29:24.:29:32.

Let's move on! As we said, it is the 12th of the 12th of the 12th

:29:32.:29:35.

and there you we spoke to Jessica. We wanted to fight another 11

:29:35.:29:45.
:29:45.:29:47.

people having their 12th birthday That's Emma Mitchell. Happy

:29:47.:29:54.

birthday. Ben jam main is 12 today. Lovely from nanny and grandad. --

:29:54.:30:03.

Benjamin is 12 today. Love from nanny and grandad. There is Sarah

:30:03.:30:08.

Maguire. This is Tristram Simpson. Lauren. Happy birthday. From caim

:30:08.:30:15.

bridgeshire. -- Cambridgeshire. There's not long to go until

:30:15.:30:18.

Christmas Eve, so children, if you haven't already, you should write a

:30:18.:30:23.

note to Santa and post it to the North Pole. If you've been good he

:30:23.:30:31.

might just write back. I never got a letter from Father Christmas, but

:30:31.:30:34.

this is the tale of some lucky children who did. All the way from

:30:34.:30:44.
:30:44.:30:46.

the North Pole. A fabulous land. The antics of Father Christmas's

:30:46.:30:51.

accident-prone assistant, the north polar bear. They were forwarded

:30:51.:30:57.

from Father Christmas by one of the great story tellers of the 20th

:30:57.:31:01.

century. JRR Tolkien. He sent the first to his three-year-old son,

:31:01.:31:09.

John, in 1920. Fresh letters kept coming year after year to Michael

:31:09.:31:14.

and Christopher and Priscilla. give you a snapshot of everything

:31:14.:31:20.

that Tolkien really became fame -- famous for later on. The children

:31:20.:31:23.

adored the letters, even when they were much older and the delightful

:31:23.:31:27.

thing about them was that over the course of 20-something years, you

:31:27.:31:32.

got a whole series of stories and characters that children got to

:31:32.:31:35.

love and they would look forward to Christmas, because they would want

:31:35.:31:41.

to know what antics they'd been up to. Tolkien was professor of Anglo

:31:41.:31:44.

Saxon in Oxford. His students couldn't believe where he held some

:31:44.:31:50.

of his lessons. This was the local not only of Tolkien, but of his

:31:50.:31:56.

good friend, CS Lewis. The creators of Middle Earth and Narnia would

:31:56.:32:04.

meet here every Tuesday for a point. -- pint. They called themselves the

:32:04.:32:09.

Inklings. They talked about feology and literature. Sometimes Tolkien

:32:09.:32:13.

would read from a new book he was writing, called the Lord of the

:32:13.:32:17.

Rings. If you had been in the pub one day in 1944 you might have seen

:32:17.:32:21.

him teaching a group of undergraduates, including one who

:32:21.:32:26.

would go on to achieve celebrity, the actor Robert Hardy. What was he

:32:26.:32:35.

like, professor Tolkien? Lovely. He was gentle and funny. He had a

:32:35.:32:39.

rugged face, rather Scandinavian I used to think. Very much a family

:32:39.:32:45.

man. Would you say he was eccentric? I wouldn't say that. He

:32:45.:32:52.

wasn't like most other dons, but the best of the Dons weren't like

:32:52.:32:57.

the run. They was gentle and he lined up beer for us all. That was

:32:57.:33:02.

part of the lesson. We weren't asked to pay. What do you do with

:33:02.:33:09.

historic letters from father Chris imagine? -- father Chris imagine?

:33:09.:33:12.

The family donated them to the library here. There are 11 million

:33:12.:33:16.

books and documents, so you can understand why the letters are not

:33:16.:33:24.

on display, but you and I have been offered a special Christmas viewing.

:33:24.:33:29.

For 23 years, the Christmases in the Tolkien household were made

:33:29.:33:33.

very special, unique in fact. There's always the slapstick

:33:33.:33:37.

element to the stories that get told. Tolkien loved fireworks and

:33:37.:33:46.

he often took the children to see displays In one letter Father

:33:46.:33:50.

Christmas said he had a bonfire to please the polar bear and celebrate

:33:50.:33:57.

the coming in of winter. Snow elves let off all the rockets together.

:33:57.:34:05.

It's quite poignant to see here in 1943 the lovely letter for

:34:05.:34:10.

Priscilla who is 14 years old. Father Christmas writes in the

:34:10.:34:14.

shaky hand, "A very happy Christmas and I suppose you'll be hanging up

:34:14.:34:18.

your stocking just once more. I hope so because I still have a few

:34:18.:34:21.

little things for you and after this I will have to say goodbye

:34:21.:34:27.

more or less. I mean, I shall not forget you." That is touching.

:34:27.:34:32.

Really touching. He must have felt a little pang as he wrote that.

:34:32.:34:37.

Four very lucky children to have had Father Christmas write to them

:34:37.:34:42.

in person. As for me, still nothing. Come on, Santa, you know, an e-mail

:34:42.:34:50.

maybe, a text, a tweet, Facebook, anything! Well, Arthur is with us

:34:50.:34:55.

now. Tonight, it's the premiere of the Hobbit. We are not there.

:34:55.:35:00.

can't believe it's on tonight. Very inconvenient. There we are. We can

:35:00.:35:04.

see some people there. It's happening. There is Martin Freeman.

:35:04.:35:11.

And Cate Blanchett there. Stop there. Tolkien spent lots of time

:35:11.:35:14.

posting the letters from Santa back to his children. Lots of people say

:35:14.:35:18.

that he wrote the Hobbit especially for his children, but it was a bit

:35:18.:35:21.

more than that? He did write it with the children in mind and they

:35:21.:35:25.

used to love it as well and he discussed Middle Earth with them,

:35:25.:35:28.

but he put a lot of time in. He wanted to get it published and

:35:28.:35:34.

spent years writing it and brought all the academic rigour that he had,

:35:34.:35:38.

because he was a very important academic to the writing of it. He

:35:38.:35:42.

was mad keen to get it published. I think he was pretty pleased when he

:35:42.:35:46.

did. The children were quite involved in the process? He used to

:35:46.:35:50.

discuss it with them. The child, Christopher, the youngest, when he

:35:50.:35:54.

was in hospital, Tolkien gave him a penny for every mistake he could

:35:54.:36:00.

see in the proof, which was rather sweet. Good way of making cash. How

:36:00.:36:05.

wrapped up in it was Taliban kin? He was completely consumed. He was

:36:05.:36:10.

a very hard worker. He was works as an academic and teaching Medieval

:36:10.:36:14.

English and discussing myths and things, but if he had an idea about

:36:15.:36:17.

the Hobbit he would write it down on anything he came across, which

:36:17.:36:23.

meant sometimes he wrote it on people's exam papers. It would be

:36:23.:36:28.

great to have now. It would be worth money now. It's not a massive

:36:28.:36:32.

book, so how on earth has Peter Jackson managed to make three,

:36:32.:36:37.

three-hour films? You better ask him. He's done well. He used the

:36:37.:36:42.

appendix right at the end as the main part of one and he may yet do

:36:42.:36:47.

more, because there's still more of Tolkien's works that are

:36:47.:36:51.

unpublished. There's the book that he wrote between the Hobbit and

:36:51.:36:55.

Lord of the Rings, so who knows. There may be hundreds of films

:36:55.:37:02.

of people out there will be hoping he does. Now, Miranda was in a sci-

:37:02.:37:10.

fi series called Hyperdrive. There you are. You do look very Hobbit-

:37:10.:37:15.

like. Obviously quite tall. Very long. If they put the shoes on your

:37:15.:37:18.

knees you could be in the Hobbit. What do you make of that? Thank

:37:19.:37:28.
:37:29.:37:32.

you! Sorry! Do come on our show, you look like a Hobbit, by the way!

:37:32.:37:41.

Look! OK. London might be crawlling with Hollywood stars waiting to

:37:41.:37:47.

watch the premiere, but what about the fans? Well, yes, we are joined

:37:47.:37:52.

by three superfans tonight. Whoever can convince Arthur that they are

:37:52.:37:56.

truly in love with the Hobbit they will win themselves a prize.

:37:57.:38:03.

Incredible. Arthur, you will give the winner this. Tell us what it is.

:38:03.:38:07.

Well, this is the entire Hobbit written down on a very large piece

:38:07.:38:15.

of paper. It's a bit bigger than an iPad. It's a good reaction from

:38:15.:38:25.
:38:25.:38:28.

them. They are very excited about that. First up we have Maddy. It's

:38:28.:38:34.

time to start Tolkien. When my twin boys were a year old I took a

:38:34.:38:39.

college course in childcare. One of the modules we had to do was make a

:38:39.:38:44.

toy. I designed and built an entire replica of the Bag End which they

:38:44.:38:49.

lived in. I built everything from the frame out of wood and all the

:38:49.:38:55.

furniture and the food. It took me 11 months. It now tours around in

:38:55.:39:01.

Australia with the Proudfoot Foundation who support children's

:39:01.:39:04.

literacy. I'm a huge Tolkien fan and I'm a superfan. It's a very

:39:04.:39:10.

good pitch. You worked so hard there. I have to hear the other two,

:39:11.:39:17.

come on. Jacob is next. So, when I was 12 I was a massive fan of the

:39:17.:39:22.

Hobbit and I fancied this girl in my class, so I thought I would

:39:22.:39:28.

learn some Elvish and ask her out and recite this poem. Don't tell us

:39:28.:39:38.
:39:38.:39:42.

you have this here? I do. (He speaks in Elvish ) Could the girl

:39:42.:39:47.

speak it as well? Unfortunately she didn't. I had to explain the poem

:39:47.:39:54.

to her after. Did she fall in love with you? Unfortunately, she said

:39:54.:40:03.

no. Do you still love her? I don't any more. It's a hard way to find

:40:03.:40:07.

out that girls are not impressed by learning it. Maddy might have more

:40:07.:40:15.

of an idea. What about Jamie now? I've been inspired by all the

:40:15.:40:22.

armour and weapons from the films, so I've made this chainmail. There

:40:22.:40:29.

are 22,000 metal rings. You made every single ring? No, I bought

:40:29.:40:39.
:40:39.:40:39.

them and connected them up with wires. I used to plier -- plyers.

:40:39.:40:45.

Does it fit you? Yeah. You have Hobbit parties, don't you? We had

:40:45.:40:51.

one last Monday. Any plans to make the trousers? Maybe. So we have

:40:51.:40:56.

Jamie who made the outfit and Jacob who learnt Elvish and Maddy who

:40:56.:41:00.

built Middle Earth in her livingroom. Well, I like Jamie's

:41:00.:41:06.

effort, but I think it will go rusty and I think Elvish Presley

:41:06.:41:13.

there in the middle, he wasn't doing it out of love for Tolkien,

:41:13.:41:23.
:41:23.:41:26.

but I'm giving it to Maddy. APPLAUSE

:41:27.:41:33.

Brilliant. Now, freezing fog has been sweeping the country today.

:41:33.:41:43.

Cue fog. Making even the smallest journey pretty miserable. During

:41:43.:41:47.

the Second World War, thousands of troops had to travel in much worse

:41:47.:41:51.

conditions over much longer distances. John Sergeant has been

:41:51.:42:00.

finding out about the Arctic convoy. Asthma! All around the shores of

:42:01.:42:05.

loch Ewe in the far north-west of Scotland lie a series of decaying

:42:05.:42:12.

concrete gunning placements. These are now the focus of a campaign to

:42:12.:42:17.

commemorate one of the most brutal missions of the Second World War.

:42:17.:42:26.

It's so quiet and peaceful, but 70 years ago this loch was busy with

:42:26.:42:33.

military activity. This was the secret base for the Arctic convoys.

:42:33.:42:37.

The allies could only get vital supplies into the northern Russian

:42:37.:42:43.

ports by sea. This loch was where the convoys assembled. Jackie

:42:43.:42:50.

brooks is leading the campaign for a dedicated Arctic convoy museum.

:42:50.:42:56.

Why did they choose this area? was just out of the flying range of

:42:56.:42:59.

the germ non-aircraft and they thought the ships would go on this

:42:59.:43:04.

route over to Russia. The merchant ships would assemble. Perhaps as

:43:04.:43:09.

many as 50 and wait here for the escorts. Then they would leave to

:43:09.:43:14.

go on what Churchill called the worst journey in the world.

:43:14.:43:22.

Continues were atrocious. With towering seas and howling winds.

:43:22.:43:25.

Freezing spray would accumulate as thick ice on the ship's rails and

:43:25.:43:33.

decks. This rare colour film, shot by one of the ship's commanders,

:43:33.:43:40.

Captain John Litchfield, shows the extreme conditions endured by the

:43:40.:43:50.
:43:50.:43:59.

men who were on the ships and the As if battling the element wasn't

:43:59.:44:05.

enough, the ships remained vulnerable to enany attack. If a

:44:05.:44:13.

vest le -- vessel was torpedoed, how many minutes? Two minutes in

:44:13.:44:17.

the water, that's as long as they could survive. The convoy ships

:44:17.:44:20.

couldn't stop. They had to keep moving, so they couldn't pick

:44:20.:44:24.

people up. Many of them perished in those waters in those circumstances.

:44:24.:44:29.

What were the casualties? There were over 3,000 men who lost their

:44:29.:44:36.

lives and over 100 ships that went down. At the mouth of the loch a

:44:36.:44:41.

memorial stands to the behave sailors who lost their lives. It's

:44:41.:44:46.

a sobering plays but for John and Donald, who were children when the

:44:46.:44:49.

convoys gathered, the memories are of an exciting time. Some people

:44:49.:44:55.

used to say that you thought you could walk across the loch to the

:44:55.:44:59.

other side just over the ships. There were so many? That was not

:44:59.:45:09.
:45:09.:45:15.

strictly true. There was probably Recently, this child's drawing of

:45:15.:45:21.

the convoys came to light. It was made by John's cousin, Simon. How

:45:21.:45:30.

all was he when he drew this? Four. It is a child's view of war.

:45:30.:45:36.

Exactly. It was like a game for him. He did not realise. It wasn't

:45:36.:45:42.

frightening, it was exciting. Absolutely. I knew about the

:45:42.:45:46.

convoys but I did not know what they were all about. And how

:45:46.:45:52.

important this area was in the war. Indeed. As well as a campaign for

:45:52.:45:57.

an Arctic convoys museum here, there are also calls for a special

:45:57.:46:02.

medal to be issued. In all for a handful of cases, the metal would

:46:02.:46:06.

be awarded posthumously. -- the medals.

:46:06.:46:12.

A wonderful pictures. As we mentioned earlier, call the

:46:13.:46:20.

midnight... Call The Midwife! is called Call The Midwife! Yes! It

:46:20.:46:26.

is on on Christmas Day. Here you are wet whipping the nativity play

:46:26.:46:36.
:46:36.:46:37.

Where is your tea-towel? And my dad could not find it. Sheikh. Angels.

:46:37.:46:47.
:46:47.:46:51.

I do not want any angels flapping their wings -- she sheep. Mess,

:46:51.:46:58.

play. None of that until you get to the neighbour. Garry Schofield! I

:46:59.:47:08.
:47:09.:47:09.

will demote you to a book! Wonderful. Did you think it would

:47:09.:47:16.

be such a hit? No. You don't think about it going on air when you are

:47:16.:47:22.

filming it. We all had a great time and the script was amazing and the

:47:22.:47:26.

book and characters what existed before, so we knew it was brilliant

:47:26.:47:31.

but you never know what is given to happen. What we could not believe

:47:31.:47:36.

is that Anne, you narrated the audiobook? That is a strange

:47:36.:47:43.

coincidence. The yes. Was there a character that you thought...?

:47:43.:47:51.

There was one called Joe and I am playing this 80-year-old man, a

:47:51.:47:56.

cockney man, doing an impersonation of his recruiting sergeant!

:47:56.:48:06.
:48:06.:48:08.

Brilliant. Can you give us a burst? No! Anne! I can't remember any!

:48:08.:48:11.

Miranda, I suppose you do not have the pressure of having to make

:48:11.:48:16.

people laugh in Call The Midwife but doing a serious role must bring

:48:16.:48:22.

its own challenges. Definitely. It was nice to do something different,

:48:22.:48:26.

from in front of the audience to do something more vulnerable and

:48:26.:48:32.

serious. It is very concentrated. It is nice not having the pressure

:48:32.:48:38.

to get a laugh. Talking of that, you have an announcement to make.

:48:38.:48:44.

You tell us. I am excited and nervous but I have decided I am

:48:44.:48:53.

going to do a stand-up tour off. Very good. When! It starts on 20th

:48:53.:48:58.

January 1920 14, so in one year. When Ken people buy tickets? From

:48:58.:49:05.

Monday morning. -- When can people buy tickets. It starts on 20th

:49:05.:49:12.

January, 2014. So please come and see me! And I have started doing

:49:12.:49:16.

cabaret. I have just done it for the first time and I loved it.

:49:16.:49:22.

Really! You are more excited about poorer than I am because you are in

:49:22.:49:32.
:49:32.:49:35.

it. Yes! -- Poirot. I could not get his name out right. I told him, I

:49:36.:49:42.

said I feel like a woman who has won a competition! Is it the last

:49:42.:49:50.

ever? You S. And I have watched them for years, over and over again.

:49:50.:49:54.

I thought, I should not be sitting here. Tremendous. We cannot wait to

:49:54.:49:59.

see that. Time for our second slapstick student to try their

:49:59.:50:09.
:50:09.:50:13.

hands at some creative falling over. Hamas. -- Hannah. You have to

:50:13.:50:19.

recreate this falling over from this clip so watch closely.

:50:19.:50:29.
:50:29.:50:44.

Is it is a tricky dismount. All the That was excellent. I have worked

:50:44.:50:48.

out a variety of ways of falling off a chair and that is my

:50:48.:50:53.

favourite, trying to stop yourself like a dog swimming. Did you have a

:50:53.:50:57.

crash mat? Yes because the restaurant has wooden floors. I

:50:57.:51:04.

thought that was excellent. She is winning so far. There is one more

:51:04.:51:13.

to go! The pressure is on! Sister Wendy is now giving Phil

:51:13.:51:18.

Tufnell another arts master class. I am not sure his strange animal

:51:18.:51:21.

impressions path through are entirely appropriate but you can

:51:21.:51:30.

judge that yourself. Normally, Sister Wendy shows me

:51:30.:51:34.

great paintings but today she is showing me something different.

:51:34.:51:39.

Stained glass became important in the 12th century when the windows

:51:39.:51:43.

were meant to relate the stories of the lives of the saint's. Check

:51:43.:51:47.

this winter in Christchurch Cathedral in Oxford depicting the

:51:47.:51:50.

story of St Martin. People would have known that because of the

:51:50.:51:55.

cloak, the sort and the beggar representing Christ. The medieval

:51:55.:51:59.

congregation would have got it straight away. Today many of us

:51:59.:52:03.

have lost the ability to read the symbols but I know somebody who

:52:03.:52:08.

still can. I am meeting Sister Wendy at St Mary's Church in if

:52:08.:52:12.

lead to explain the meanings in some more modern examples of

:52:12.:52:22.
:52:22.:52:23.

This is the Don Piper windows. People may know him from that great

:52:23.:52:29.

cascade of glowing glass, but this is his most beautiful window. It is

:52:29.:52:33.

called the Nativity window. It is all based upon the tree of life,

:52:33.:52:39.

can you see it? It does not look like a nativity scene. There is a

:52:39.:52:42.

wonderful ought legend that on Christmas night, the animals can

:52:42.:52:49.

You can understand why that is alleged and because they made such

:52:49.:52:53.

a difference to the world. Everything changed. Right up at the

:52:53.:53:03.
:53:03.:53:07.

top you have got the Cockle, saying, in Latin. And that means "Christ is

:53:07.:53:17.
:53:17.:53:20.

born". And then the goose says "when? When?". I cannot do the

:53:20.:53:30.
:53:30.:53:32.

noises. And then, the Raven says "on this night". That is very good!

:53:32.:53:42.
:53:42.:53:42.

And then the owl says "where?". And that is answered by the sheep that

:53:42.:53:52.
:53:52.:53:53.

says "Bethlehem". So they are all having a conversation. Yes, and

:53:53.:53:59.

they are announcing it to the world. They Cockle is having a good time

:53:59.:54:07.

at the top. The because he has got the big message. Christ is born.

:54:07.:54:17.
:54:17.:54:21.

Sister Wendy's next choice is the This is the death of Christ, when

:54:21.:54:24.

the tree of life came to its fullest flowering because you can

:54:25.:54:34.

They used to call the crossed the tree, but it is literally a tree,

:54:34.:54:40.

that has burst into beautiful blossom, and so it is Jesus dying

:54:40.:54:45.

for us and giving us life and also rising because this is full of joy,

:54:45.:54:49.

it is not a picture of suffering. It is almost like it is bursting

:54:49.:54:55.

into life. Yes, it is a good thing. And underneath the sheep, they

:54:55.:55:00.

represent us. And then the great river of life love and very

:55:00.:55:06.

strongly from the tree. The it feels alive. It is. That is why

:55:07.:55:13.

light is the symbol of God. It comes through and shows us clearly

:55:13.:55:21.

no meaning and the beauty of creation and redemption. It all

:55:21.:55:28.

speak so strongly of living, living a life, as I do, a life that wants

:55:28.:55:36.

to be close to Christ. It overwhelms me. Words really aren't

:55:36.:55:46.
:55:46.:55:51.

There you have it. All the animal noises from Phil Tufnell. Our final

:55:51.:55:56.

slapstick student is Alex. By overweight, Miranda, your website

:55:56.:56:03.

has just crashed -- by the way, Miranda. Are you serious? That is

:56:03.:56:10.

both bad and good! They have until 2014, no rush! Alex, here is your

:56:10.:56:20.
:56:20.:56:28.

APPLAUSE That is the ultimate fall. Any words of advice for Alex?

:56:28.:56:32.

would say this is the hardest but it is all about the flip back

:56:32.:56:42.
:56:42.:56:51.

Very good. He did the fall would panic, you need to go back and then

:56:51.:57:01.
:57:01.:57:05.

You need to lean back and then go. Miranda, it is time to crown the

:57:05.:57:10.

winner. A our falling winner is, I was going to say it misses the

:57:10.:57:20.
:57:20.:57:26.

chair but that sums wrong! Do we have 12 12-year-olds? Hannah Stool!

:57:26.:57:36.
:57:36.:57:37.

At the beginning of the programme we said, is it possible to get 12,

:57:37.:57:40.

12-year-olds on the 12th of the 12th? Hopefully we have. I think we

:57:40.:57:50.
:57:50.:58:03.

Marco Siilva! Abigail MacArthur! Caitlin Bugg! Daisy May Allen! Two

:58:03.:58:13.
:58:13.:58:15.

more? This is brilliant, we needed two and we have got twins! No!

:58:15.:58:23.

and Mauvin. This was sent in by mum and this was by grand mal. That

:58:23.:58:27.

could be cheating and that could be the same girl. Happy birthday to

:58:27.:58:31.

everybody who was 12 today and we have had lots of them in.

:58:31.:58:38.

Thanks to all our guests today. Miranda series three starts on

:58:38.:58:47.

Boxing Day. Call The Midwife is on Christmas Day. Tickets on sale from

:58:47.:58:53.

Download Subtitles

SRT

ASS