13/01/2016 The One Show

Hello and welcome to the One Show with Matt Baker And Alex Jones am

tonight, we're going to be hearing from a mystery guest, who's starred

in several Hollywood movies. Shall we hear her voice. Go on? Hello.

Again, please. Hello. Pick your brains. Where have you heard that

voice before, we'll tell you later. First let's introduce tonight's sofa

guest. With very nostalgic footage, you'll enjoy this

# What I'll do when you are far away # And I am blue, what I'll do... #

Ah. It makes you warm inside. We all went "ah" together. It's Pauline

Quirke and Linda Robson. APPLAUSE.

Quirke and Linda Robson. point. There was a massive

Quirke and Linda Robson. revelation today on the One Show

office, when Al realised that those two little girls in the opening

credits there to Birds of a Feather weren't actually you. No. There was

no footage of us at that age. Our families didn't have cameras.

Myself, and Julie the director were devastated. All this time we thought

it was you two. That is the question we have been asked more than

anything. They always ask. All over the years. There was talk of our

daughters playing us. They said they didn't look enough like us. They

cast two little girls. They didn't look enough like us. They

like you. The photos at the top were ours, awe part from one. We can see

you together. Do you think they would look like you today?

you together. Do you think they them if they do, eh! Shall we find

out. They are here in the studio. It's Maxine and Stacey.

APPLAUSE. Come on over. Come on over. Sit next to who you were.

Hello, you. Squeeze in. Now, were you that day of the filming?

Four. Can you remember anything about the day? Bits of running

around in the park and ice-cream. We got to meet you, didn't we, just

before. I remember as we were going into makeup, the little girls. They

had the old fashioned clothes on. The studios. This is mad.

had the old fashioned clothes on. the most asked questions over the

years before you two and here you are. Did you ever tell anyone or is

it a secret? Everyone sort of knows. It's a bit

it a secret? Everyone sort of knows. believes us. Now they will believe

you. Thank you so much, girls, Maxine and Stacey. A

you. Thank you so much, girls, We will talk more about the new

Birds of a Feather on. Thank you. We know that Linda

and on. Thank you. We know that Linda

they were little. People fall out on. Thank you. We know that Linda

touch with friends or all kinds of reasons. If you have a friend

touch with friends or all kinds of happened. We will try and sort it

touch with friends or all kinds of UK. Very few of them get a

touch with friends or all kinds of system works. Now, one council is

running a scheme that's listening to what foster children have to say.

Here's Angellica. Meet 17-year-old Kayleigh the young mum has been in

foster care for four years and had four different foster homes. People

in care need a voice. I'm confident enough to bring that across. I'm not

afraid to say what I think and what I feel. 17-year-old art student

Darren is also keen to voice Hyslop opinions on a system he's been a

part of since he was eight. Just important for us to be involved

because we're going through it. important for us to be involved

know what's right for us and what things need to be improved. Darren

and Kayleigh are both working with the Children's Services team at

Nottinghamshire County Council hoping to change the landscape for

Nottinghamshire County Council children in care here. I thought it

was good to be part of the process to give young people a voice, which

most young people in foster care or young people overall don't think

they have a They are the voice. Ones who experience it

they have a They are the voice. Ones possibly for years. It needs to be

improved for them to be happy, for them to be

improved for them to be happy, for to go well. Alongside advising youth

workers on the realities of life in care they inspect children's

residential homes managed by the council. Today I'm joining them.

This is quite a spacious environment. I'd love to live here.

You say it's not always the same like that? No. In different houses

they might have one sofa for people to sit together or plain blank

colours they don't know what the young people would like or what

modern-day is about. Why is having space important If they had one sofa

they would be cramped together it isn't a good thing. We never had a

TV that big in the places I've been. I don't have a TV that big. The

checklist was drawn up by a group of 20 young people in care across the

West Midlands and identify the little things that can help a child

settle into a new home. On the wall over here there is a meal plan. We

can tick that off the checklist. Having a meal plan is important to

them, it's structure. They know what they are having when they come back

from school. Straightaway there are no locks on the cup boards. Yeah.

Good thing they haven't got locks on the cup boards it's like a home

still. If they are hungry they can come in and get it. It's a key point

for having a family. The number of children living in foster care in

the UK has been consistently rising over the last five years. Youth

worker here has seen an impact that small changes can make. If you have

young people coming through the system and they are coming into a

new home them changes can make a difference to their life. At the end

of the day we have to remember that people have their own ways of doing

things? Absolutely. Everybody has their way of running the household.

We have to meet the changes of the young people that walk in through

their doors. As part of their role, Darren and Kayleigh help to train

new foster parents and attend council meetings to discuss

improvements to the care system. What has been great to see today is

that Darren and Kayleigh have been given the opportunity to take

control over their own lives they can help other children who will

enter the care system. The aim is to ensure young people's experience of

the care system is positive. It's not always been the case. Councils

in Nottinghamshire are currently under investigation as part of the

national child abuse inquiry after more than 260 people came forward

alleging incidents of abuse dating from the 1950s on. It's more

important than ever before that we hear the voice of children and young

people who are looked after. It's a matter of public record now that

over years we failed to look after children in age proppiate wait. We

are not waiting for the findings of the inquiry to improve our services.

With the home inspection over, Darren and Kayleigh feed back their

results to Pav. What have you learnt from this experience? Every

residential home is different. Has different young people in there with

different needs. Also they want to be involved in doing things for the

council. Kayleigh, what do you hope for future generations of children

who will go into care? I hope that they get to know about the service

we provide, get to know about how to get involved. By doing these checks

we know what they want and what people in the homes want. There

should be no excuse we are not provided with what we are entitled

to. Bingo! Thank you. Was she playing bingo or pool at the end? No

idea. We have Kayleigh, Darren and Pav in tonight as well.

APPLAUSE. We need to have an insight like that. Linda you have friends -

I have a friend who fosters, she fostered a little girl for three

years and she was adopted them are still in touch with the little girl.

See her regularly and that. She fosters a little boy. She has had

him for a couple of years. She will adopt him as well. It's been

fantastic. They are a lovely family. They really are. We used to see a

loft her. Now she has the little boy we don't see that much of her. To

busy. 12th series of Birds of a Feather kicked off last week. Now,

unconvention Ali you started with a big East End funeral, didn't you?

Yeah. You all came up with that idea together you were telling us, Linda?

Which did suggest a wedding or a funeral would be a good start to the

series. It's unusual to have a funeral in a comedy series we think

that the writers and all of us did it justice. It was a great start to

the series. All the stand by artists, the supporting artist -

They were amazing. They were from an Look at them agency. . Real

gentlemen as well. Lovely. Martin Kemp in the episode and everyone

loves Martin Kemp, us included. With a naughty role. It must be a joy to

be back, Pauline. 12th series. You must wonder - can we come back

again? Here you are? We did the tour Forlan two years and the TV series.

I don't know... It's like we have never been apart. If you can get a

word in edge ways. The director is the 26 years agricultural same. We

started. 1989. Here we are all these years later... We don't look any

different, do we? Same hairstyles, that's about it. You don't! The

episode kicked off with a funeral. Then while you were at the funeral

you were burgled. Let's see how the characters react then to all the

furniture being stolen from the house. Sharon gentleman yeah. Are

you sure you didn't leave your bedroom window open when we went

out? Don't start all that again, if I had there wouldn't be broken glass

all over my floor, would there You do tend to leave your window open?

Only because you tell me to leave it open. Only because your room stinks!

I wouldn't say stinks. I would! I'm amazed those burglars weren't

knocked unconscious. Nothing changes, does it? This is the thing

we talked about 26 years agricultural. When it first started

it was quite risque, wasn't it? The then Controller of BBC - The switch

board at the BBC was flooded with complaints. The first night. We were

on a show the next day with our producer to kind of explain

ourselves. As the programme went on and they started taking phone calls

from the viewers, the majority of viewers loved it. It was almost like

- oh, we are OK. We were still rehearsing the third episode by the

time they commissioned the second series. Something like that. Really?

In those days you got 23 million viewers for our Christmas special.

When you think of what the viewing figures are like now. I know. It has

stood the test of time. Things have changed, the set has changed,

obviously, everybody will remember the kitchen. I used to love the

kitchen you had. You really loved it You asked the set designers to -

Design the kitchen in my house I used to live in it was are

practically identical to the set on Birds. We didn't have lights and

cameras... Or audience. It lasted for years that kitchen. Probably

standing now. This is like Matt's living room. Anyway, obviously

Lesley Joseph isn't here tonight. She is on stage. We thought that we

would find another colourful bird - I thought she was going to do the

thing in her dressing room where she says hello, couldn't she be bother?

We have someone or something else to be Dorien tonight. She is mature,

experienced and a seasoned performer. She's 90 - Practically

the same age as Lesley. The world's oldest parrot. Her name is Poncho

she lives in Shrewsbury. She has starred in Hollywood films including

Ace Ventura Pet Detective with Jim Carey there she is on his arm and 1

102 Dalmations with Close. It will get weirder? Really? She has seen

this week's episode of Birds of a Feather. A little snack to go with

it. Only because your room stinks! She likes that. Good, good. Big fan

of Garth. Loves Dorien. "It's a cracker." Good on Poncho. Thank

goodness. He loved it. Birds of a Feather continues tomorrow night at

8. 30pm on ITV. In a series of special films Nick Hewer has been

reminding us of some of the biggest flops from the world of PR. This

week he turned his attention to infamous stunt by none other than

the King of pop. It's bad. It's bad. You know it. It's bad!

In the 1980s, he was the King of pop. The bestselling album of all

time. By 1995, album sales were down and Michael Jackson had become wacko

Jacko, a tabloid laughing stock. So he was hoping Sony music could

restore his regal status. He knew just how to launch. The giant statue

of me and floated down the river Thames, he said. That is exactly

what he did. In his imagination it was to be a towering monument of his

greatness. But what he got was very different. And it was towed in on a

grey day by a Thames told. Sculptor, Derek Howarth, constructed the

statue under close supervision. Managements were very concerned

about the timescale to produce this work. We did get quite a few visits,

people were photographing it and people were coming up with the

opinion whether it was the Michael Jackson then you or otherwise. Do

you think Michael Jackson was keeping a little eye on progress?

Whether he was involved, we never knew. He was a chart-topping artists

and was used to getting what he wanted. Mark Sutherland is a music

journalist. There was a massive boom going on in the 90s and the music

industry countered its going on in the 90s and the music

thousands. Michael Jackson, I am sure,

thousands. Michael Jackson, I am Sony spend some befitting a star of

his stature on this campaign. They apparently

his stature on this campaign. They album campaign, which is something I

would never happen nowadays. Backed by Sony's millions, at the time had

come for the record dying public to get its first glimpse of Jackson's

monumental PR stunt, having been conceived by one of the world's

greatest eccentric 's. What could possibly go wrong? Adam Sweeting was

one of only a handful of journalists who turned up that day. I had to get

special permission to open the bridge. The statue was on such a

relatively small-scale, I don't think they needed to open the

bridge, they could have driven it under the bridge. That was vanity.

But that would have ruined it. The stunt was a flop. Was the dreaded

moment on the press boat when the PR boys from Sony suddenly realised

they had a flop on their hands? There was a sheepish vibe about it.

Deep down I think they thought it was quite silly. The stunt was

supposed to herald a triumphant return, but the journalist, Jackson

was out of touch and definitely wacko. Although, a super fan like

David, would disagree. If you had been on his PR team, would you have

said, hold on, Michael, isn't it a bit too much? I would have said, go

bigger. The stunt was high risk and it seemed like the one at Sony

reined in the King of Pop. When I asked them to take part in this

film, I got the feeling they would rather do a moon walk and talk to

me. Within a few years the decline in his album sales in the UK had

become a collapse. But where is the statue now? I don't believe anybody

knows. I will be fascinated, if they did. Jackson remained a major

artist, but he never attempted such a high-profile album launch. Every

good PR person knows, telling people you a great is not enough. And

history had surely prove that. Dan Snow is here. More than one statue

was used for that PR? I am the statue expert, they made nine of

them in Los Angeles, Paris. But we found one. The sculptor will be over

the moon. It is in a fast-food joint in Eindhoven in Holland. The owner

bought it at auction and people go every day and visit it. You can sell

hamburgers of the back of that thing. It is not the only statue of

Michael that caused a bit of controversy? There is the infamous

statue on the banks of the Thames, Fulham Football Club. He was great

friends with Al fired. They put a statue up on the banks of the

Thames, the fans were furious. As soon as Al fired sold the club, they

got rid of the statue. It might be a lucky statue because eight months

after they sold but statue, they were relegated. I am an Arsenal

supporter. Speaking of controversial statues, there is one in Oxford that

has divided opinions? It is about Cecil Rhodes who was the 19th

century imperialists, diamond prospector, politician and Empire

builder in southern Africa. He went to Oriel College in Oxford in the

1870s. He was possibly the richest man in the world when he died, left

a lot of money to Oriel College. They put up a statue of him just

over 100 years ago. Now people want it taken down because of the things

he represents. Some of the students say he was a rapist, and Empire

builder exploiting the people of Africa. It is a tough one. There

will be a period of six months where they will think about what to do.

That college building is listed. This is part of history? On the one

hand, he had lots of views that today we would find unacceptable,

but so did most of the people who have statues up around the UK or

anywhere. Do you take down anything that offends you nowadays. The

building is listed itself, do we want to start smashing up our

history? And the Chancellor of Oxford University has said, students

might want to consider being educated elsewhere if they didn't

have the generosity of spirit towards the history of the place. It

is controversial. I don't know which side I fall down on, I am glad I

don't have to make that decision. Thank you very much, are statue

expert. We want to say a big congratulations to British ABA

tricks, Tracey Curtis Taylor who came to see us in September. She

finally land had her plane in Australia after a three-month

journey from Hampshire. APPLAUSE

She now joins the list of great airborne adventurers. He is roofed

with the story of one of the first. Among her many achievements, Amelia

Gerhardt is known as the first woman to fly solo nonstop across the

United states. I wish I could have done it faster. 22 years earlier

woman closer to home whose exploits in aviation made history. Lillian

Bland 's's enthusiasm for riding, shooting and gambling meant she

stood out in Irish, Edwardian society. But her most remarkable

achievement, a world first, is little remembered. In 1910,

31-year-old journalist, Lillian from Northern Ireland decided to take up

flying. But aviation was in his infancy. It was only a year after

the first ever crossing of the English Channel by aeroplane and

flying was very much for men. But then Lillian saw Britain's first

ever airshow taking place in Blackpool. Lillian went across to

that with a notebook. She saw some of the famous flyers of the time.

She saw them flying. But also, she inspected the aircraft very, very

closely and made copious notes as to the technical specifications.

Lillian followed established path of the early aviators, drawing plans

and then drawing the model before upscaling it into a glider to check

it look airworthy. Only then would she had an engine. She named the

aircraft the mayfly on the grounds it may fly, or it may not. To get

some ideas of what a challenge this was, we have recruited aerospace

engineers from Queens University in Belfast who are using Lillian's

original plans to build what they hope will be an airworthy aircraft.

The capability of the students have shown the stability of the aircraft

would have been marginal. It isn't easy to design it and put it

together, so we have made some compromises. The engineers have made

some compromises, replacing the linen wings with plastic and the

bamboo structure with plywood. She had nothing to go off except the

people's planes. But we have 100 years worth of knowledge to put into

this plane. She did it on her own, found out everything by herself. If

we can get the balance issues, the right weather conditions as well, it

should fly. To put our model to the test, we have come to this Raceway.

It is not as easy as but with

It is not as easy as with

It is not as easy as design like this can still

It is not as easy as Lillian's engineering was even

It is not as easy as whiskey bottle which

in 1910, Lillian achieved liftoff, becoming the first woman to design,

build and fly her becoming the first woman to design,

after, Lillian ended her becoming the first woman to design,

dangerous, high-flying ways, her father bought her a car and she

became an island's first female car dealer.

Lovely story. I love that story, the Mayfly. Award season started this

week with the Golden globes on Sunday and the Oscar nominations are

out tomorrow. Here we are more interested in the National

Television Awards. That of course makes as rivals, unfortunately. Yes,

with Loose Women. How is your campaign going? They are doing it

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information on our website. We do know who punch show the parrot is

voting for. The One Show. The One Show. Earlier we asked for your

stories if you are trying to track down long lost friends and you want

to get back in touch. Loads have been sent in.

to get back in touch. Loads have 14 and her best friend Hannah. They

had a fallout last year but Judith would like to tell Hannah that she

really misses her and would like to be her friend again. So, have a

little chat tonight. To eat each other whatever it is you do!

Friendships are very important, so sort it out. This is Sue who wants

to find her old friend Johnny who she went to school with in Somerset.

This one was sent in from Paul who served in the Royal Engineers. It

was taken on the QE2 on the way to the Falklands. He wants to find the

man in the middle who was called Ali. This was sent in from dawn,

looking for her husband's best man. They haven't been able to track him

down. If you have recognised yourself and you want to get in

touch, e-mail us. That is it but a night. Birds of a Feather continues

tomorrow night at 8:30pm on ITV. I will be back with three of the

greatest Sport Relief bake-off bakers.