:00:17. > :00:18.Hello and welcome to the one Show with Matt Baker
:00:19. > :00:31.We are joined by two of the stars of the biggest British comedy films.
:00:32. > :00:39.Please welcome Simon Callow and Simon Bird. CHEERING
:00:40. > :00:42.It's pretty impressive. Interestingly, Four Weddings And A
:00:43. > :00:45.Funeral held the record for highest grossing independent British comedy
:00:46. > :00:53.but it has been overtaken by The Inbetweeners Movie. Will things be
:00:54. > :00:59.OK tonight? Have you had this conversation? It's the first time
:01:00. > :01:03.it's been pointed out! This is very awkward now! Four Weddings will win
:01:04. > :01:10.tonight because we happen to have a film made about Four Weddings,
:01:11. > :01:15.presented by none other than Duckface herself, Anna Chancellor.
:01:16. > :01:18.Looking forward to that. We are feeling the joys of spring, it's
:01:19. > :01:22.been a lovely day and we know there are plenty of you out there as well.
:01:23. > :01:33.This is a little photo from the farm in Durham. They are adorable! To
:01:34. > :01:36.keep as in this mood, we thought Simon Callow, would you like to read
:01:37. > :01:41.a spring poem? I would love to! The spring is sprung,
:01:42. > :02:06.the grass is riz. APPLAUSE
:02:07. > :02:09.I think it is by Spike Milligan, he read it better than I did. And we
:02:10. > :02:15.will be using your dulcet tones later. Make sure you send us those
:02:16. > :02:19.springlike pictures and we were look at them at the end of the show.
:02:20. > :02:24.Something that had you contacting us in your droves recently was our
:02:25. > :02:30.story about monthly bin collections. The aim of monthly collections is to
:02:31. > :02:33.make us risk by -- recycle more so it might surprise you to find out
:02:34. > :02:37.that one of the most popular pieces of food packaging that we send off
:02:38. > :02:45.for recycling ends up going straight in the ground. Obviously, fresh is
:02:46. > :02:51.best but sometimes to be quick and convenient, is to come to a ready
:02:52. > :02:55.meal. You might think as it's made of plastic, the trade it comes them
:02:56. > :03:04.can always be recycled. But it can't. So it all comes down to eight
:03:05. > :03:10.colourant in trays like this. Recycling machinery uses infrared
:03:11. > :03:16.detectors to select the plastic to be recycled. This colour makes this
:03:17. > :03:22.plastic invisible so trays like this go to waste. Currently 1.3 billion
:03:23. > :03:26.black plastic food trays are needlessly sent to landfill or
:03:27. > :03:30.incineration each year, frustrating for keen recyclers like me and
:03:31. > :03:34.confusing. So how many of us actually know what can be recycled
:03:35. > :03:40.and what kind? To find out, I've joined packaging expert to put
:03:41. > :03:47.customers at this cafe in Rochester, Kent, to the test. Are you ready?
:03:48. > :03:54.Lives off, go. What do you think? First, aluminium. Yes. You all got
:03:55. > :03:59.this right, aluminium can be recycled forever. Clea bendy
:04:00. > :04:06.plastic. How about red plastic? This will be picked out for
:04:07. > :04:11.recyclability. The black plastic tray finally. Yes. You go to the
:04:12. > :04:16.bottom of the class, this causes real problems in the recycle
:04:17. > :04:20.industry. But it doesn't have to do. Scientists have come up with a new
:04:21. > :04:26.kind of black tray which could be recycled. Saving the taxpayer
:04:27. > :04:31.billions of pounds a year in disposable costs. But no one is
:04:32. > :04:36.using it. Nobody wants to go first. The guys at the recycling plant, do
:04:37. > :04:40.they make the investment, the packaging designers? Do the local
:04:41. > :04:46.authorities change what they do? It seems the stand-off is getting a way
:04:47. > :04:51.of common sense here at the One Show, we want to do something about
:04:52. > :04:54.it. We are bringing everyone together from supermarkets to
:04:55. > :04:58.Council to recycling companies. We are meeting at a recycling plant in
:04:59. > :05:03.Rochester where they have trialled a system that can pick out the new
:05:04. > :05:09.black plastic trays. First, Martin will show us how it works. For the
:05:10. > :05:12.plastic to be identified as being recyclable, an infrared beam which
:05:13. > :05:19.shows up as a greenish blob needs to shine through it. I pass through our
:05:20. > :05:23.standard black plastic tray, you can see we are losing infrared and this
:05:24. > :05:29.plastic will not be sorted or identified. What if you try a bit of
:05:30. > :05:32.your plastic? In this case, the beam passes through the plastic so it
:05:33. > :05:40.will be sorted and identify correctly. So simple. Sarah who
:05:41. > :05:45.works for the recycling company shows us how the technology works in
:05:46. > :05:49.practice. We are going to take some of these old-style trays and put
:05:50. > :05:52.them on the conveyor belt. We should seek black plastic trays come out,
:05:53. > :05:58.if they haven't been picked up in the process. We can see them. These
:05:59. > :06:03.would eventually be sent for incineration or landfill. Next, the
:06:04. > :06:06.new ones. You can see the thing that belt where the new black plastic
:06:07. > :06:12.trays will be picked out if they've got through. There they go. So we
:06:13. > :06:17.know it works. But recycling plants would have to tweak machinery and
:06:18. > :06:22.supermarkets need to start using the new black trays. Ian Ferguson is
:06:23. > :06:27.from the Co-op. Your brand is known for its planet friendliness. Why are
:06:28. > :06:30.you not already doing this? We have an ambition to make it easier to
:06:31. > :06:34.recycle all of our packaging. This would be a major step forward but we
:06:35. > :06:38.need all the other sorting facilities to adopt this technology
:06:39. > :06:43.before we start to put it into place. If you take the plunge and do
:06:44. > :06:47.it, they will have to follow. We can't do it before they tell us. The
:06:48. > :06:53.recycling plants won't make that change before the supermarkets use
:06:54. > :06:58.the new trays. What about the councils? Joanna Dixon is from
:06:59. > :07:02.Medway Council. Do you like that technology? It's fantastic, to see
:07:03. > :07:07.these developments in Medway is brilliant. When will you sign up and
:07:08. > :07:12.make that your recycling default? It will be to give us because we are
:07:13. > :07:15.locked into a contract. We need our technology to catch up and
:07:16. > :07:20.thankfully, these guys have shown the potential to do that. You need
:07:21. > :07:25.your recycler to switch to this system? We need the manufacturers to
:07:26. > :07:30.make the trays have the special content. Disappointed face! I need
:07:31. > :07:33.to her commitment! The will is here but it's a case of who goes first.
:07:34. > :07:40.The changes will cost less than a tenth of a cost of a penny per tray.
:07:41. > :07:45.STUDIO: That will come as a big surprise to a lot of people. 1.3
:07:46. > :07:50.billion is a huge figure. Quite confusing because the packaging for
:07:51. > :07:54.these trays saying it is recyclable but most local authorities can't
:07:55. > :07:59.recycle them. Yes, so the waste action resources programme is
:08:00. > :08:03.charged with turning the local authorities and giving clear
:08:04. > :08:06.guidance which is no mean feat because there are nearly 400
:08:07. > :08:12.different recycling schemes across the UK. Last week, they came out
:08:13. > :08:14.with their annual advice and they updated it and said, local
:08:15. > :08:19.authorities should regard these trays as not recyclable. I've spoken
:08:20. > :08:22.to a few people in the industry and they are a bit disappointed because
:08:23. > :08:27.they think they are on the brink of change, especially if the retailers
:08:28. > :08:31.and manufacturers take it on. Technically they can do it and now
:08:32. > :08:34.we need the manufacturers to push it forward. I suppose that might mean
:08:35. > :08:40.in a couple of years, householders are getting a different advice from
:08:41. > :08:46.their local authorities which is confusing. You brought some
:08:47. > :08:50.recycling in. I am intrigued! Which one do you want to start with? This
:08:51. > :08:57.is stuff we are sending to be recycled but actually it can't be.
:08:58. > :09:02.Yes, let's start with a pizza box. To all intents and purposes,
:09:03. > :09:07.corrugated cardboard, except... Look at that disgusting Greece. This
:09:08. > :09:15.Greece refuses to the paper fibre and when they try to pulp it, they
:09:16. > :09:19.can't separate them. You could rip off the nice clean bit possibly but
:09:20. > :09:30.overall because of the grease, it's the no. These little packets,
:09:31. > :09:38.laminated pouches, difficult to recycle because they have different
:09:39. > :09:42.plastics fused together. These used to be my bugbear, cleaning products
:09:43. > :09:46.with this trigger gun which used to be all different plastics and you
:09:47. > :09:51.can recycle them. Could possibly recycle this but who would separate
:09:52. > :09:57.them? They've taken the metal bits out, most manufacturers so these can
:09:58. > :10:02.be recycled. Soap dispensers. I hope this is all going in! These still
:10:03. > :10:07.have the metal bits inside them so they can't be. Manufacturers, do
:10:08. > :10:15.better! How good are you both with recycling? Is this a terribly boring
:10:16. > :10:21.subject? They are transfixed! I'm very passionate about it. People
:10:22. > :10:26.should do it. This is appalling. I'm appalled. Good, that the emotion I
:10:27. > :10:30.want! Thank you for raising awareness. As we mentioned, Simon
:10:31. > :10:35.Callow starred in one of the biggest British comedies of all time, Four
:10:36. > :10:42.Weddings And A Funeral. This is another of its stars reminiscing
:10:43. > :10:47.over the movie, a start we fondly remember as Duckface.
:10:48. > :10:55.The summer of 1994 changed British similar forever. -- cinema. Despite
:10:56. > :11:00.the fact its producers were convinced it would flop, much like
:11:01. > :11:05.its leading man's air. The film went on to receive Academy Awards
:11:06. > :11:13.nominations, launched the cast into stardom and would define a genre for
:11:14. > :11:16.a generation. That film was of course Four Weddings And A Funeral
:11:17. > :11:20.in which I played Henrietta, the girlfriend from hell, otherwise
:11:21. > :11:24.known as Duckface. The film is about a group of friends who meet and keep
:11:25. > :11:28.meeting, told through the eyes of the bumbling Brit Charles who
:11:29. > :11:37.becomes a obsessed with the sassy American Carrie. Quite out of your
:11:38. > :11:39.league! That's a relief. The selling point was casting big-money
:11:40. > :11:43.Hollywood actress Andie MacDowell. They spent the rest of the cast
:11:44. > :11:46.comprised of relatively unknown actors including its leading man
:11:47. > :11:54.Hugh Grant. As shown in this behind the scenes clips. This is a really
:11:55. > :12:01.good guy, handsome and talented and he is called... Hugh Grant! For me,
:12:02. > :12:04.Four Weddings was a real life changer, enabled me to have a career
:12:05. > :12:09.as a regular working actress. People say to me, isn't it awful being
:12:10. > :12:17.called Duckface and I say no, because I love ducks and I have a
:12:18. > :12:24.pet one! How is Duckface? Good form, not too mad. Charles and his friends
:12:25. > :12:27.tried to find true love. But the course of true love never did run
:12:28. > :12:32.smooth and nor did the production team choosing the film's name.
:12:33. > :12:41.Duncan Kenworthy was the producer. Suggested titles are, Loitering In
:12:42. > :12:47.Sacred Places, Skulking Around, True Love And Near Misses, Rolling In The
:12:48. > :12:52.Aisles. Richard Curtis gave me the script he had written and he openly
:12:53. > :12:57.said he had written it because he looked at his diary and realised in
:12:58. > :13:02.the previous two years, he'd been to 56 weddings of his friends. Who is
:13:03. > :13:07.it today? We didn't have enough time for what we were attempting to do.
:13:08. > :13:13.Anything we could do to cut corners and the final sequence which was
:13:14. > :13:18.never scripted... The reason for this being me is because I did it
:13:19. > :13:23.for nothing! To save money, the team used the same extras in the various
:13:24. > :13:29.weddings, even enlisting help from current Home Secretary Amber Rudd
:13:30. > :13:34.who used her social circle to provide more extras. The film was an
:13:35. > :13:37.international success, earning over ?200 million worldwide, making it at
:13:38. > :13:42.the time the highest earning British film ever made. Part of the other
:13:43. > :13:47.was shot out side the BFI on London's Southbank where I agreed to
:13:48. > :13:52.meet a film critic. It created a whole new John Reel for romcom is.
:13:53. > :13:59.Characters you don't expect to see in a film, like a deaf character.
:14:00. > :14:08.He says that's a beautiful place, hilly. Would you say he turned
:14:09. > :14:12.stereotypes around? Yes, Hugh Grant playing the shy, nervous, prim and
:14:13. > :14:15.proper character and she is the more worldly character which is the
:14:16. > :14:22.opposite of what a traditional romantic comedy would be. Before
:14:23. > :14:26.rich and I settled down to watch the film, the One Show team had a
:14:27. > :14:28.surprise message for David Bauer, while on tour with his theatre group
:14:29. > :14:38.in Italy. That's a beautiful message and
:14:39. > :14:41.something to be proud of. I think is right, it is something to be really
:14:42. > :14:49.proud of and it's so lovely to see him again. I love the opening. I
:14:50. > :14:53.love it because it established it as a film you would immediately
:14:54. > :15:02.identify with, they are always running late. I'm immensely proud of
:15:03. > :15:06.being part of Four Weddings. A film that shows a low-budget,
:15:07. > :15:07.unconventional, very British romantic comedy can be a worldwide
:15:08. > :15:18.hit. Such a good movie. And thank you
:15:19. > :15:24.Anna Chancellor for making that film. I was interested that it was
:15:25. > :15:29.such a low budget. Do you have memories of what it was like to work
:15:30. > :15:38.on a shoestring. Yes, it was shot in 36 days. Six 16 weeks. A very short
:15:39. > :15:42.amount of time for the locations for the budget was so low they could not
:15:43. > :15:48.afford separate cars to take us to these locations. So one car, one
:15:49. > :15:53.large car would go round the whole of the outer London suburbs picking
:15:54. > :15:58.up the cast. You had to pull straws to find out who would get picked up
:15:59. > :16:04.by four o'clock in the morning! By the time you got to set you were
:16:05. > :16:08.exhausted. So they could not afford to take us back and when you've
:16:09. > :16:11.finished your steam you would sit around waiting to midnight! The
:16:12. > :16:15.result of that was with all side around together having a wonderful
:16:16. > :16:26.time and drinking a lot of excellent white wine as I remember! It was a
:16:27. > :16:30.delightful film to make. And one of those extraordinary things, the
:16:31. > :16:34.chemistry of the cast, in the end, the film is wonderfully directed and
:16:35. > :16:38.superbly written but the real bonus was the chemistry of the cast. And
:16:39. > :16:42.you just never know if that is going to work. Because people are cast
:16:43. > :16:47.individually and really it is an ensemble film with one especially
:16:48. > :16:53.strong central character. But the whole thing together. And Richard
:16:54. > :16:58.Curtis has reunited the original cast of another well-known film.
:16:59. > :17:21.Andrew Lincoln was one of them and here he is with the details.
:17:22. > :17:28.Friday the 24th as you saw on the card. Let's talk about The
:17:29. > :17:32.Philanthropist. This new stage play. Let's take a look the casting. From
:17:33. > :17:37.the 3rd of April at Trafalgar Studios. A wonderful bunch. Simon
:17:38. > :17:46.Bird, what is it like having Simon Callow as the boss? You put the cast
:17:47. > :17:57.together, really. He is an ogre! A tyrant! It has been amazing so far.
:17:58. > :18:07.The rest of the cast are all brilliant. Charlotte Ritchie from
:18:08. > :18:12.call the midwife, Tom Rose and tell. Friday night dinner is the sitcom
:18:13. > :18:19.that he is in. And Matt Perry. A great voice. Lily Cole, people know
:18:20. > :18:25.her as a supermodel but also an amazing actor as well. So we are all
:18:26. > :18:30.excited about that. We have had one week of rehearsal and I think it is
:18:31. > :18:35.looking good. It is fantastic. The chemistry is working and it feels
:18:36. > :18:38.like a whole generation is there. A generation of brilliant comic actors
:18:39. > :18:45.and comedians and so on. Exactly what we wanted to do. Because this
:18:46. > :18:47.play was written in 1970 by a 23-year-old Christopher Hampton. A
:18:48. > :18:55.dazzling piece of work. And you know him. I saw the show in its first
:18:56. > :19:00.week at the Royal Court Theatre. It was a raging success. It transpired,
:19:01. > :19:06.it is the play that has transpired for the longest, it ran for five
:19:07. > :19:17.years in the West End. I'm not going to be doing it for five years! It is
:19:18. > :19:21.so fresh and sparkling. Partly perhaps because he was so young when
:19:22. > :19:30.he wrote it. But in the original production they had some superb
:19:31. > :19:33.actors. Alex Cowens, Charles Graham, but all a lot older than they should
:19:34. > :19:40.have been. This is a play about young people, young teachers and set
:19:41. > :19:49.in a university campus. But it is constantly surprising, constantly
:19:50. > :19:53.sexy, constantly... Yes, Simon Bird is the sexual centre of the play!
:19:54. > :19:58.Tell us about your character. His name to Philip and is obsessed with
:19:59. > :20:03.words. He likes to come up with anagrams in his spare time as his
:20:04. > :20:08.idea of fun. And so he takes words at face value and he doesn't really
:20:09. > :20:12.understand humour or sarcasm. Is he a bit of a nerd because your other
:20:13. > :20:18.characters have been based on that kind of outsider role. Is this a
:20:19. > :20:23.similar thing? He's definitely an outsider. The play is about how he
:20:24. > :20:29.fits into the modern world. And if you can. And also it is really
:20:30. > :20:34.funny. The thing about the character, he cannot tell a lie,
:20:35. > :20:39.that is the joke. We all inevitably cover up what we really feel and in
:20:40. > :20:41.the end when he is pressed he has got to tell the truth and that gets
:20:42. > :20:44.him of course into a lot of trouble. him of course into a lot of trouble.
:20:45. > :20:49.you're quite a perfectionist when it comes to sitcoms and movies. Are
:20:50. > :20:54.you enjoying that sense of freedom being up on stage. Obviously you
:20:55. > :21:00.have not got the chance to do another take. Or is that quite
:21:01. > :21:06.daunting? Terrifying! It is a different style. I Junot have much
:21:07. > :21:11.experience of doing theatre. One time it was a very short run a while
:21:12. > :21:15.ago. I do not know whether I will enjoy it, I hope that I do. But the
:21:16. > :21:19.rehearsal process so far has been so much fun. And we all just love the
:21:20. > :21:25.play. I had never read it before, never heard of it. So it is exciting
:21:26. > :21:30.to be working on something where we know the script is brilliant. We are
:21:31. > :21:33.the only ones who can mess it up! Good luck with the rest of
:21:34. > :21:39.rehearsals. Underneath the city where Simon and
:21:40. > :21:44.Simon are putting on their plate with the tonnes of rubble have been
:21:45. > :21:48.dug up to make way for new train tunnels. What is being done with the
:21:49. > :21:56.rubble is just as impressive as the building project.
:21:57. > :22:01.Beneath the streets of London something incredible is happening.
:22:02. > :22:06.The Crossrail project is one of the biggest engineering feats in a
:22:07. > :22:10.generation. But with 26 miles of new channels being dug beneath London,
:22:11. > :22:15.there comes a problem. What to do with 3 million tonnes of waste
:22:16. > :22:19.material. The answer is, you bring it here to Wallasea Island off the
:22:20. > :22:27.coast of ethics to create a nature reserve.
:22:28. > :22:33.Just a decade ago this was Wallasea Island. Marshland strain for three
:22:34. > :22:40.centuries to create agricultural fields. All protected by this
:22:41. > :22:46.ancient seawall. Then the area was spotted as having huge potential as
:22:47. > :22:51.a much-needed wildlife refuge. So ten years ago the RSPB came up with
:22:52. > :22:54.an ambitious plan. To turn the clock back on Wallasey and recreate the
:22:55. > :23:03.last haven for wildlife and natural sea defence. Conveniently, the 3
:23:04. > :23:07.million tonnes of rock and soil from the Crossrail excavations in London
:23:08. > :23:13.was just what Wallasea Island needed. It was transported and used
:23:14. > :23:20.to raise the land by up to three metres. Teams of dumper trucks
:23:21. > :23:28.spread the earth across the island. To sculpt a new landscape. The final
:23:29. > :23:36.step was to remove sections of the ancient seawall itself. Project
:23:37. > :23:42.manager Chris was there the day they let the sea Bacchin. In July of 2015
:23:43. > :23:45.they dug all the material away, the tide rose and water came in for the
:23:46. > :23:57.first time in a controlled way for over 300 years.
:23:58. > :24:03.What was like the moment that the sea eventually came in? They like
:24:04. > :24:09.and it to the breath of your first child! It is difficult to explain.
:24:10. > :24:19.But very emotional. And this is the result. 12,000 birds counted on just
:24:20. > :24:25.one day this winter. I'm waiting for high tide with the site manager
:24:26. > :24:32.Natalie in the hope of seeing something special. A lot of the
:24:33. > :24:36.birds will be coming in now, feeding on the mudflats. Getting all the
:24:37. > :24:45.insects. They're all coming in now, look at that! Lapwing, shelduck, a
:24:46. > :24:50.large flock of Brent Kes. The amazing thing is we have birds from
:24:51. > :24:55.almost all over the world. From Siberia, northern Canada, Northern
:24:56. > :25:05.Europe. All coming to ethics. With dusk fast approaching we then
:25:06. > :25:19.spot something really special. Harry are coming our way. There it is!
:25:20. > :25:26.-- Harrier. Grey with a black bottom as if they had been dipped into Inc.
:25:27. > :25:31.A stellar bird. All kicking off as dusk approaches. Next the female
:25:32. > :25:39.Harrier and then another raptor arrives. Short eared owl as well,
:25:40. > :25:43.really close! With the Harrier flying low and the owl above it is a
:25:44. > :25:50.very rare sighting. A couple of brilliant birds in one view.
:25:51. > :25:58.Fabulous. It doesn't get any better than that. That is a first for me.
:25:59. > :26:05.Birds of prey or awe-inspiring but they also tell is that even after a
:26:06. > :26:15.gap of 300 years, the whole marsh ecosystem is already thriving.
:26:16. > :26:20.Amazing what you can do with a load of rubble in the right place! And
:26:21. > :26:24.talking of images that have got people excited, it feels like
:26:25. > :26:31.spring. We asked people to send in their pictures and this is from
:26:32. > :26:40.one-year-old Henry. And this was sent in from Tommy in Edinburgh.
:26:41. > :26:45.This is Morgan and Iestyn feeding the lambs. And Freddie driving his
:26:46. > :26:51.little car. That is from our assistant floor manager, Greg.
:26:52. > :26:53.There we are. Fantastic but now living on.
:26:54. > :26:55.We couldn't have two Simons on the sofa without coming up
:26:56. > :27:03.So here's one we've called Simon Said!
:27:04. > :27:07.On this card are lyrics sung by famous Simons.
:27:08. > :27:09.Simon Callow, you will be dramatically performing them
:27:10. > :27:17.Simon Bird, all you have to do is name which famous
:27:18. > :27:46.You're so vain, I bet you think this song is about you.
:27:47. > :27:58.Carly Simon? Shall we find out? Very good.
:27:59. > :28:03.If you'll be my bodyguard, I can be your long lost pal.
:28:04. > :28:13.And Betty when you call me, you can call me Al.
:28:14. > :28:25.OK. I think you are trying to throw me with the accent. It is Paul
:28:26. > :28:29.Simon. Let's have a listen. It is Paul Simon! And very quickly.
:28:30. > :28:33.A scent and sound, I'm lost and I'm found.
:28:34. > :28:46.I should get it, but I don't know. # In touch with the ground...
:28:47. > :29:01.And on that note we will finish it. Well done. Thank you to Simon and
:29:02. > :29:04.Simon for joining us. And The Philanthropist starring Simon
:29:05. > :29:09.previews from the 3rd of April at Trafalgar Studios in London.
:29:10. > :29:13.Rehearsals start at ten o'clock tomorrow on the dot! And we will see
:29:14. > :29:13.you tomorrow with Harry Hill at seven
:29:14. > :29:17.The psychiatrist was a figment of his imagination.