0:00:17 > 0:00:19Hello and welcome to The One Show with Matt Baker.
0:00:19 > 0:00:20And Angellica Bell.
0:00:20 > 0:00:22It's day two of the Mother of All Challenges.
0:00:22 > 0:00:25Yesterday, we saw Alex and her team of mums
0:00:25 > 0:00:28bravely take to the freezing
0:00:28 > 0:00:31cold water of Loch Ness for an open water swim to raise money
0:00:31 > 0:00:33for Sport Relief and awareness of maternal health.
0:00:33 > 0:00:39And well, it's all been uphill since then.
0:00:39 > 0:00:43They are in the Lake District now. Join us later to find out what
0:00:43 > 0:00:48happened when the final verse set out to climb Helvellyn as part of
0:00:48 > 0:00:52our Mother of all Challenges. It's not pretty.
0:00:52 > 0:00:54Thanks, Alex.
0:00:54 > 0:00:57And with cycling through the Lake District still to look forward to,
0:00:57 > 0:01:00tonight we'll also be meeting the man who designed this
0:01:00 > 0:01:04bike, the Raleigh Chopper.
0:01:04 > 0:01:09This is not the man who designed it. He is an expert who will be teaching
0:01:09 > 0:01:18us how to knee a how to knee a Chopper later.
0:01:18 > 0:01:21As for our guest, well, she's another Alex who doesn't like to shy
0:01:21 > 0:01:22away from a challenge.
0:01:22 > 0:01:24From taking on the X Factor judges to owning that
0:01:24 > 0:01:26Strictly dancefloor via the West End stage,
0:01:26 > 0:01:28she's even found time to write a new album -
0:01:28 > 0:01:35It's Alexandra Burke!
0:01:35 > 0:01:41Thanks for having me.Are you up for a wheelie later's eye am so up for
0:01:41 > 0:01:47it.My heels will be coming off, but I am up for the challenge. I think
0:01:47 > 0:01:52are going to fall down and it will be hilarious.First,
0:01:52 > 0:01:57congratulations. You got engaged! Thank you! I definitely didn't
0:01:57 > 0:02:03expect it and I am still in shock now. But it was an amazing moment
0:02:03 > 0:02:07for Josh and I, so I am very happy. This was how you announced the news
0:02:07 > 0:02:15to the world.Very dramatic.This is a story I have not told anyone. My
0:02:15 > 0:02:20family didn't know, so I had to tell them personally face-to-face before
0:02:20 > 0:02:24I told everyone else. But I wanted to keep that moment with the family
0:02:24 > 0:02:30and his family and celebrate with everyone in a peaceful way and then
0:02:30 > 0:02:34announce it, because I think people had guessed. My hand was hiding all
0:02:34 > 0:02:41the time.You were also hiding the man. Tell us about him.Such a great
0:02:41 > 0:02:46guy. I met him on The Bodyguard. Believe it or not, he wouldn't talk
0:02:46 > 0:02:51to me for months. He's a very shy person. It took months to get to
0:02:51 > 0:02:55know him and he is such a great person. I am very pleased that God
0:02:55 > 0:03:00introduced me to someone so beautiful.So it's like a musical in
0:03:00 > 0:03:03real life. You are going to be talking about your album later and
0:03:03 > 0:03:09your return to the West End stage. Now, going to the theatre, gig or
0:03:09 > 0:03:13concert should be a great night out for everyone, so why is it that one
0:03:13 > 0:03:16section of society often have to pay more to book their tickets?Steve
0:03:16 > 0:03:21Brown has been to shine a spotlight on the problem.
0:03:21 > 0:03:25It's midweek in the West End of London and the bright lights and
0:03:25 > 0:03:28billboards are drawing in audiences to the hit shows. These days, there
0:03:28 > 0:03:33is nothing to stop wheelchair users seeing shows like these like anybody
0:03:33 > 0:03:38else. I know I love it. But there is one small problem, and that is the
0:03:38 > 0:03:43way you buy your tickets. Last November, Fiona Jordan from Teesside
0:03:43 > 0:03:47decided to get tickets for her and her husband Donovan to see Peter Kay
0:03:47 > 0:03:52at Newcastle's Metro radio Arena.As you get older, you dip your biscuit
0:03:52 > 0:03:58in it, you don't know when it's going to fall.And you panic. I
0:03:58 > 0:04:03can't book online because I need a wheelchair space. And Jonathan needs
0:04:03 > 0:04:07a carer ticket to come with me.And those are not available online.
0:04:07 > 0:04:11Normally, Fiona books at the box office in person, but she says the
0:04:11 > 0:04:16Peter Kay tickets were released on Sunday, when it was closed, she
0:04:16 > 0:04:19dialled the arena's accessibility line.After an hour, the telephone
0:04:19 > 0:04:24line went dead, so I had to queue again for an hour, and again.
0:04:24 > 0:04:29Frustrating and expensive. That is because the Arena's accessibility
0:04:29 > 0:04:33line was a business rate number, which meant calls to cost up to 7p a
0:04:33 > 0:04:38minute. That was on top of the company's access charge, which for
0:04:38 > 0:04:44Fiona was 11p a minute.My phone bill was about £20. It then went up
0:04:44 > 0:04:49to £48 after the next few days. After four days, Fiona managed to
0:04:49 > 0:04:52get tickets, but then Peter Kay cancelled his entire UK tour for
0:04:52 > 0:04:57family reasons.I was hoping that when the concert was cancelled, the
0:04:57 > 0:05:01call charges would also be refunded along with the ticket charges, but
0:05:01 > 0:05:05that is not happening. I find it unfair that I had to pay these core
0:05:05 > 0:05:09charges.According to research by the fair telecoms campaign, more
0:05:09 > 0:05:13than 15 venues and ticket agents across the country used business
0:05:13 > 0:05:16rate lines to sell accessible tickets, and many more don't offer
0:05:16 > 0:05:23online booking. So how can things be improved? Here at London's
0:05:23 > 0:05:27roundhouse, they are making sure people with disabilities are not
0:05:27 > 0:05:31disadvantaged. The venue has been working with a charity called
0:05:31 > 0:05:34attitude is everything. Their chief executive tells me about the
0:05:34 > 0:05:38challenges that some disabled people face.It could be that people can't
0:05:38 > 0:05:44get through on the booking lines and they are spending a lot of money.
0:05:44 > 0:05:51They want to book online but that is not on offer.So what do you want?
0:05:51 > 0:05:55We want the venues, ticket sellers and artists to get together and
0:05:55 > 0:06:00understand that there needs to be flexibility of choice online, in
0:06:00 > 0:06:04person and phoning up. If people still prefer to phone up, then there
0:06:04 > 0:06:08must not be these business rate phone lines.So how does it work at
0:06:08 > 0:06:14the Roundhouse? Claire Griffin chose me their online ticketing system.
0:06:14 > 0:06:19You can see these little icons for the wheelchair. Then you can click
0:06:19 > 0:06:23on that. You are selecting one ticket, but it gives you two so you
0:06:23 > 0:06:27can bring somebody with you.So the process I go through would be no
0:06:27 > 0:06:31different from anybody else. Looks simple enough, so why aren't all
0:06:31 > 0:06:37venues providing this option? It's a question I want to put it ( from the
0:06:37 > 0:06:41Society of ticket agents and retailers.We are seeing an increase
0:06:41 > 0:06:46in online booking. And we leave the phone lines as well as over the
0:06:46 > 0:06:50venue can retain that conversation with the customer. Collectively, the
0:06:50 > 0:06:57industry is focused on how to make improvements. It is coming soon.So
0:06:57 > 0:07:01what about the venue where Fiona tried to buy her Peter Kay tickets?
0:07:01 > 0:07:04We contacted the Metro radio Arena and their ticketing partner event
0:07:04 > 0:07:10they told us that she had a man to see the comedian meant all methods
0:07:10 > 0:07:13of buying tickets were busy even though their access line was
0:07:13 > 0:07:17stuffed. They have since introduced a cheaper number as well as an
0:07:17 > 0:07:21e-mail address to book access tickets, and in the future they aim
0:07:21 > 0:07:23to provide online booking for disabled customers and their
0:07:23 > 0:07:29companions. Speaking to people today, I realised that there is no
0:07:29 > 0:07:32real reason why you should have to phone business rate lines to be
0:07:32 > 0:07:35booking accessible tickets. You could even do it online. Surely it's
0:07:35 > 0:07:42just about choice. So the Roundhouse are leading by
0:07:42 > 0:07:46example. Let's hope there is progress from other venues soon.
0:07:46 > 0:07:51Alexandra, you have appeared in the West End before, but you are going
0:07:51 > 0:07:56back?Yes, I am going to be doing Chess! I can't wait. I do miss The
0:07:56 > 0:08:00Bodyguard and I missed Sister act as well, because I did those
0:08:00 > 0:08:05back-to-back. It was tough, but I can't wait to start Chess, with
0:08:05 > 0:08:11Michael Ball. I am playing his wife. I saw him the other day and went,
0:08:11 > 0:08:17hey, future husband. Then I said, we do have a child together? He said
0:08:17 > 0:08:20yeah, and I said, I want the right baby to come on board to look like
0:08:20 > 0:08:24it is actually our child, and he couldn't stop laughing. I look
0:08:24 > 0:08:27forward to doing something different. There is no acting in
0:08:27 > 0:08:32this, it's just a score, a beautiful score to sing. And it's so different
0:08:32 > 0:08:37for me. Any West End show that people expect me to do, they don't
0:08:37 > 0:08:41expect me to do this. I didn't. Said to be asked to do an iconic show,
0:08:41 > 0:08:47I'm like, let's give it a go.You are all about music at the moment.
0:08:47 > 0:08:52You have an album out called The Truth Is. And it has taken quite a
0:08:52 > 0:08:59while to come to fruition. Why?I started writing this album in 2013,
0:08:59 > 0:09:03and then some of the songs got scrapped because they are not how I
0:09:03 > 0:09:08am feeling now. I called it The Truth Is because it has been nearly
0:09:08 > 0:09:12ten years since I won the X Factor and it was amazing, but so much has
0:09:12 > 0:09:15changed in my life and along that journey of writing, I felt like I
0:09:15 > 0:09:20was getting caught into that trap. Somebody asks you how you are and
0:09:20 > 0:09:24you go, I'm fine, everything's great, and that is not reality. I
0:09:24 > 0:09:28don't want to show those who have supported me the side to me but is
0:09:28 > 0:09:34no longer there are trying to keep up. I wanted to keep it real and be
0:09:34 > 0:09:37honest about what I'm going through in terms of my family and my life.
0:09:37 > 0:09:41So much has changed but hopefully, it will inspire people so that if
0:09:41 > 0:09:47they are ever going through something, be open. Talk about it.
0:09:47 > 0:09:52You just want to be honest.I want to talk about what I have been
0:09:52 > 0:09:56through in the last few years and hopefully inspire others to do the
0:09:56 > 0:10:00same and not shy away from your reality.Has this been your way of
0:10:00 > 0:10:05coping with what has happened to you?It has now that I am releasing
0:10:05 > 0:10:09it. At the moment, the way I'm coping with everything is through
0:10:09 > 0:10:13work. I throw myself into work and some people say that is not healthy,
0:10:13 > 0:10:21but that is my coping mechanism. But being on stage, seeing my fans and
0:10:21 > 0:10:26going on tour, that is what makes me happy. I want to perform. My mum
0:10:26 > 0:10:30always told me to keep going, so I am trying my best.You mentioned
0:10:30 > 0:10:35your mum and the title track from The Truth Is is a tribute to your
0:10:35 > 0:10:40mother.Yes, it's a song that I wrote whilst she was unwell. And it
0:10:40 > 0:10:45was tough to do that, but thankfully I have great people around me to get
0:10:45 > 0:10:50those feelings out, pen to paper, and be as honest as possible.
0:10:50 > 0:10:54Everyone goes through heartbreak. Everyone goes through things that
0:10:54 > 0:11:00change your life, maybe not for the better. But I am hoping I can find
0:11:00 > 0:11:06my night at the end of the tunnel. For now, I'm doing what she asked of
0:11:06 > 0:11:10me, keep going.How did you get it? I am still going through it, if I'm
0:11:10 > 0:11:18honest. But I'm trying to do it in her honour and for my family.What
0:11:18 > 0:11:24do your family make of that song? Only my brother has heard it,
0:11:24 > 0:11:31because I play him everything. But now some of my family have heard it.
0:11:31 > 0:11:34They wanted to hear it with the rest of the world when it was released,
0:11:34 > 0:11:40which is nice. It's a very deep album. I don't want it to sound
0:11:40 > 0:11:44depressing. There are heartbreak songs, but there are happy songs as
0:11:44 > 0:11:47well and it's a mixture of everything I'm going through and
0:11:47 > 0:11:53putting it out there for the world to hear, which is causing anxiety.
0:11:53 > 0:11:59It's a different sound.I am happy to put out an album. It has been so
0:11:59 > 0:12:04long. I am in a good place to go for it.Come Friday, it's out there. And
0:12:04 > 0:12:11Chess previews from the 26th of April and it will be on the London
0:12:11 > 0:12:16Coliseum. Of luck.Now, it's not just Alexandra's mum who is an
0:12:16 > 0:12:20inspiration. All our mums taking part in the Mother of all Challenges
0:12:20 > 0:12:23for Sport Relief have overcome some massive hurdles in their lives.
0:12:23 > 0:12:27Every day, they are taking on a different challenge and each day, it
0:12:27 > 0:12:32is getting harder. Here is how they got on with Dave two in the Lake
0:12:32 > 0:12:35District, scaling the heights of Helvellyn.
0:12:35 > 0:12:40The mums I am doing this challenge with have all been through their own
0:12:40 > 0:12:42personal difficulties, pre-and post-childbirth, and felt in need of
0:12:42 > 0:12:47support.I realised I wasn't happy to stop but I didn't realise I had
0:12:47 > 0:12:53postnatal depression.I just didn't have that connection you feel you
0:12:53 > 0:12:59should have as a mother.I was devastated. I couldn't stop crying.
0:12:59 > 0:13:06So many mums are struggling.On the second day of the Mother of all
0:13:06 > 0:13:09Challenges, we are very much a supportive unit, and we need to be
0:13:09 > 0:13:14because quite literally, we have a mountain to climb. Helvellyn is 950
0:13:14 > 0:13:20metres above sea level. The good news is that the mountains are
0:13:20 > 0:13:28shrouded in cloud.They will be climbing over 650 metres, so it's
0:13:28 > 0:13:34very steep. You have to appreciate where we are and the dangers. The
0:13:34 > 0:13:38environment makes a difference. In the summer, Helvellyn is a wonderful
0:13:38 > 0:13:45climb. In winter, it makes it much more difficult.And as we feared,
0:13:45 > 0:13:51the weather begins to take a turn for the worse. Debbie, who is 51 and
0:13:51 > 0:13:56our oldest mum, is already finding the steepness an issue.They did say
0:13:56 > 0:14:04the first mile was hard, but it is. They weren't joking.What is your
0:14:04 > 0:14:10motivation?There are so many motivations.Give it your best shot.
0:14:10 > 0:14:16I am proud of you, mum.Don't want to let myself down or my group.
0:14:16 > 0:14:23Fingers crossed.I can't even crossed my fingers! As we go higher,
0:14:23 > 0:14:33conditions underfoot become tricky. Whoa!And our visibility is minimal.
0:14:33 > 0:14:38We are just concentrating on looking down, making sure your feet are on
0:14:38 > 0:14:42the right path. The back of my thighs are burning.How soon did you
0:14:42 > 0:14:46girls go back to exercising after giving birth?I went out running
0:14:46 > 0:14:55really soon after my C-section, which is highly advised. It only
0:14:55 > 0:15:01served to shock me more and show me that I was still understandably
0:15:01 > 0:15:05miles from the person I was before I got pregnant. My body just didn't
0:15:05 > 0:15:13work like it used to.It doesn't cooperate.
0:15:13 > 0:15:18The blue thirds started and it got colder and colder. Three quarters of
0:15:18 > 0:15:24the way up, we went silent, the talk finished. The weather gets so bad,
0:15:24 > 0:15:31we were forced to change route. There is a steep drop of on both
0:15:31 > 0:15:38sides. Unfortunately, we are going up, we will make the summit, appear
0:15:38 > 0:15:44behind us.It is a huge blow. There is no time for slacking because we
0:15:44 > 0:15:50still have a long way to go.You have got snow, you are disappearing
0:15:50 > 0:15:55into holes, it is not what I expected. I thought we would get
0:15:55 > 0:16:01rocks and things.Climbing, you put one foot in front of the other and
0:16:01 > 0:16:08whatever you are going and do not trip.OK, sweetheart? As we near the
0:16:08 > 0:16:14top, Debbie starts to struggle, but this is a team effort.Go at your
0:16:14 > 0:16:21pace, do not rush.Take your time. After four hours of climbing, Debbie
0:16:21 > 0:16:31finally leads us to the summit.Here we go! Yes!Good effort.Thank you.
0:16:31 > 0:16:37You are at the summit.
0:16:38 > 0:16:40You are at the summit. Almost 2500 feet above sea-level. They have done
0:16:40 > 0:16:51incredible.One, two, three... Tomorrow is another day.
0:16:51 > 0:16:59CHEERING AND APPLAUSE. Get in. Well done, Debbie. Berlin to getting them
0:16:59 > 0:17:06up there. That was fantastic. Lovely to see their families there.If you
0:17:06 > 0:17:12have been inspired, Alex has the numbers you need to make a donation.
0:17:12 > 0:17:17We have made it to the summit after are second challenge, so if there is
0:17:17 > 0:17:22anyone out there who would like to support The Mother Of All
0:17:22 > 0:17:36Challenges, you can donate £5.
0:17:36 > 0:17:40Challenges, you can donate £5. You can donate £5, £10 or £20.Thank
0:17:40 > 0:17:47you. Beautiful views up there. LAUGHTER.
0:17:48 > 0:17:52LAUGHTER.Text will cost your tradition and your standard message
0:17:52 > 0:17:57charge and all the donations will go to Sport Relief. Please ask the
0:17:57 > 0:18:04permission of the bill player.You can also go to the website to
0:18:04 > 0:18:10donate. All of this is to raise money for a vital Sport Relief
0:18:10 > 0:18:15projects, web are challenge focusing on maternal health. One of our mums,
0:18:15 > 0:18:19Leigh has been to Carlisle to see how your donations can offer help
0:18:19 > 0:18:26and support to mothers struggling to cope. Everyone knows how physically
0:18:26 > 0:18:31tough giving birth is, but a lot less said about the fake -- the
0:18:31 > 0:18:35effect can have mentally. Experiencing mental health issues
0:18:35 > 0:18:39and doubting your own instincts is difficult for a mother, that added
0:18:39 > 0:18:43to the fact that you have a baby to look after, it can be devastating.
0:18:43 > 0:18:47The majority of women experience these problems downplay the
0:18:47 > 0:18:54severity, which is why just attending a place like Happy Mums
0:18:54 > 0:18:58can help.We offer a peer support, being surrounded by other women who
0:18:58 > 0:19:04are going through something similar, but is really powerful in given new
0:19:04 > 0:19:08hope. Maybe for the first time realising that you will get better
0:19:08 > 0:19:14and it is possible to recover.What support do you get?We could not
0:19:14 > 0:19:18have run the number of groups or have the creche if we did not get
0:19:18 > 0:19:23funding from Sport Relief. More women can access our services.
0:19:23 > 0:19:28Having a baby should be a joyous moment for any mum but for the
0:19:28 > 0:19:3170,000 women who experience postnatal depression every year, it
0:19:31 > 0:19:37can be a time of anxiety. Something Mary experienced after giving birth
0:19:37 > 0:19:45to her daughter.The first step down was the sleep deprivation, it could
0:19:45 > 0:19:50have been that I would just pop back up, but I did not. It was like
0:19:50 > 0:19:58Jekyll and Hyde. You become this angry monster. And my daughter was
0:19:58 > 0:20:05there and she needs care and love and patience. My good friend asked
0:20:05 > 0:20:10if I had heard of Happy Mums Foundation, because I needed
0:20:10 > 0:20:15support. Going to the group, one person in particular help me, she
0:20:15 > 0:20:21had a similar experience. And the way she spoke about it, I felt so
0:20:21 > 0:20:30relieved. We only met once.Amy and her husband Ross were ecstatic when
0:20:30 > 0:20:34they fell pregnant with their son William but after a traumatic birth,
0:20:34 > 0:20:38coming home was not how she imagined.I was trying to
0:20:38 > 0:20:41breast-feed but did not realise he was not getting anything from me and
0:20:41 > 0:20:46I could not figure out why he was hungry and there was a commentary
0:20:46 > 0:20:51going on in my head telling me I was a failure, I could not even feed my
0:20:51 > 0:20:55own baby. I started to hear stronger voices and hallucinations that they
0:20:55 > 0:20:59were telling me that I had to restore order. I used to take
0:20:59 > 0:21:03everything out of the cupboards and line it up on the kitchen floor, all
0:21:03 > 0:21:09the crockery, cups, glasses, plates, knives and forks. I remember phoning
0:21:09 > 0:21:14my friend and saying, I don't think I am very well. I just could not
0:21:14 > 0:21:21cope any more.Amy was diagnosed with postpartum psychosis, a serious
0:21:21 > 0:21:27illness which can make some women feel suicidal. A B received urgent
0:21:27 > 0:21:31medical care and was persuaded to attend Happy Mums Foundation by her
0:21:31 > 0:21:34health visitor.She was really quite insistent that I should give it a
0:21:34 > 0:21:39go. I reluctantly went to the first support group and the work they have
0:21:39 > 0:21:47done with me is fantastic. I cannot put it into words. Amazing.
0:21:47 > 0:21:51Incredible. Inspirational.It was the best medication I could have
0:21:51 > 0:21:55had. As mums, it is our instinct to help others but sometimes it is so
0:21:55 > 0:22:01difficult to ask for help for ourselves. £20 could experience for
0:22:01 > 0:22:08four mothers to attend a support session. Please donate what you can.
0:22:08 > 0:22:13Well, that is just one of the many good reasons that you can donate if
0:22:13 > 0:22:16possible. Tomorrow they will be cycling through the lake District
0:22:16 > 0:22:21but not on one of these. This was the 1 million as Raleigh Chopper to
0:22:21 > 0:22:26come off the production line since its launch 50 years ago.It is
0:22:26 > 0:22:32beautiful! Gold as well. Michael has been to meet the man who designed
0:22:32 > 0:22:42it.
0:22:42 > 0:22:46it.Marble run designer Tom Caron has had a lifelong passion for
0:22:46 > 0:22:51inventing. 50 years ago he played a part in the creation of another
0:22:51 > 0:22:55British design classic. A child's bike so revolutionary that if
0:22:55 > 0:22:59anything it is just as cold today as it was back then. The Raleigh
0:22:59 > 0:23:07Chopper. -- cool.
0:23:10 > 0:23:15I was desperate to own one, my neighbour had a red one and I was so
0:23:15 > 0:23:18jealous because the Chopper was the perfect bike to perform a trick that
0:23:18 > 0:23:27if you were a kid of the 70s was a vital to. In the 1960s as more and
0:23:27 > 0:23:32more families were able to afford cars, adult bicycle sales at rally
0:23:32 > 0:23:36were plummeting, so the company said its sights on the lucrative
0:23:36 > 0:23:40children's market and looked to the Californian coastline for
0:23:40 > 0:23:45inspiration. Movies like easy Rider, the dragsters and 70s Formula 1
0:23:45 > 0:23:49cars, not to mention the glorious sunshine of West Coast America all
0:23:49 > 0:23:56influenced the design of the Chopper. It featured a log sprung
0:23:56 > 0:24:02back seat, pretend disc brakes, high rise handlebars and chunky
0:24:02 > 0:24:08mismatched tyres. Even had a gear stick like one of those big American
0:24:08 > 0:24:11muscle cars, all of the flamboyant parts were designed to appeal to
0:24:11 > 0:24:16kids like me who dreams one day of owning a motorbike and cruising down
0:24:16 > 0:24:20the Californian highway. Who was credited with this design has been a
0:24:20 > 0:24:28contentious issue for more than 50 years. Alan Oakley, design director
0:24:28 > 0:24:33at Raleigh was originally set to be its creator. On a fact-finding
0:24:33 > 0:24:39mission to the US, he found inspiration in a bike called the
0:24:39 > 0:24:45stingray, but although the Chopper was influenced by this bike, Raleigh
0:24:45 > 0:24:50acknowledges the part of Tom Curran in its design. It took me a while
0:24:50 > 0:24:54before I realise that they launched without me and they gave us no
0:24:54 > 0:24:58credit, but also the lady that was in marketing at the time, and she
0:24:58 > 0:25:04phoned me one day and said, we concocted the story of Allan.Then
0:25:04 > 0:25:09she said, I warn you, he has repeated it so often, he probably
0:25:09 > 0:25:13believes it to be true.The 1968 sketches would eventually become the
0:25:13 > 0:25:21Chopper we all know and love.I was very keen on the big wheel at the
0:25:21 > 0:25:29back, nice straight tubes, this seat, which was like that. And the
0:25:29 > 0:25:41handlebars and the disc brake. That is what made the Chopper.Tom's
0:25:41 > 0:25:46original designs are now in the archives of the Victoria and Albert
0:25:46 > 0:25:50Museum. Raleigh went of to sell a million Chopper is in the 1970s but
0:25:50 > 0:25:58production stopped in 1979. Affordable tees, the infatuation
0:25:58 > 0:26:04lives on. Father and son have been collecting the bikes for 17 years
0:26:04 > 0:26:08and today they have more than 50 and they regularly use their customised
0:26:08 > 0:26:14models for the daily commute.I think every little bit on the bike
0:26:14 > 0:26:18was so different from what ever else had been out there in the past. It
0:26:18 > 0:26:23was a way forward, it was space age. When you ride one of these around
0:26:23 > 0:26:29town, do people stop but?All the time, when you are riding along, all
0:26:29 > 0:26:35you can hear is people talking about it. If we have time, we talked to
0:26:35 > 0:26:39everyone and anyone, because you never know what stories people will
0:26:39 > 0:26:46tell you.What is the holy Grail?We have a ten speed model here. That is
0:26:46 > 0:26:52about £2000 and it came from a swamp in India.Why are people so
0:26:52 > 0:27:00fanatical about it?It put you back 40 years ago, in the days when life
0:27:00 > 0:27:06was just a wheelie.For a big kids like me, even in 50 years' time, the
0:27:06 > 0:27:12Chopper will always be what Tom Curran intended, super fun to write.
0:27:12 > 0:27:22Lovely. Jake and make are here all with some Chopper fans.Look at the
0:27:22 > 0:27:28patio. It looks amazing. You may have heard Michael saying that the
0:27:28 > 0:27:36ultimate dream was to wheelie one of these. Aaron here set the world
0:27:36 > 0:27:40record for the longest wheelie, it was on a mountain bike, in one hour.
0:27:40 > 0:27:51How far did you manage to do it in one hour? 8.17 miles. Eight miles!
0:27:51 > 0:27:57That sounds crazy. What is the secret to a good long wheelie?This
0:27:57 > 0:28:04secret is loads of practice. Keep calm, as you pedal, keep your hands
0:28:04 > 0:28:10straight. If you keep the bike parallel with your shoulders, it
0:28:10 > 0:28:15will stop been to one side and keep a smooth pedal on. If it feels like
0:28:15 > 0:28:26you will drop over the back...Can you show us? There we are.
0:28:26 > 0:28:28you show us? There we are. Wheelie good.Wheelie awesome. This is how
0:28:28 > 0:28:34you do it.
0:28:34 > 0:28:41you do it.It is almost time for us to go but thank you to Alexandra
0:28:41 > 0:28:46Burke, her album is out on Friday.I am touring and the details are on my
0:28:46 > 0:28:51website.Tomorrow we will be talking to Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber.Let's
0:28:51 > 0:28:57go.
0:28:57 > 0:29:05go.Wait for a! I was going to! LAUGHTER.
0:29:05 > 0:29:11CHEERING AND APPLAUSE.
0:29:11 > 0:29:18CHEERING AND APPLAUSE. Well done! Alex, looking forward to see how you
0:29:18 > 0:29:28get on.Here we go.He was practising. Watch out!