:02:18. > :02:22.Ricky. We are talking to you about your record-braeblging show and you
:02:22. > :02:27.have a world exclusive for us? I have indeed.
:02:27. > :02:32.Now, criminals on the run in Spain must be feeling nervous after the
:02:32. > :02:38.weekend's capture of Andrew Moran. Martin Bayfield reveals how a
:02:39. > :02:48.slip-up by a drugs baron ended his Costa del Sol life.
:02:48. > :02:53.In November, 2008, this yacht was in danger of sinking off the west coast
:02:53. > :02:58.of Ireland. The Irish Navy spotted him and came to the rescue but this
:02:58. > :03:02.was no ordinary vessel. When the authorities dashboarded the yacht,
:03:02. > :03:11.they discovered an interesting cargo. Neatly wrapped in bales was
:03:11. > :03:14.1. 5 tons of cocaine. The drugs had an estimated street value of �134
:03:14. > :03:19.million, but the yacht's British crew had an explanation for the
:03:19. > :03:25.cargo. The skip her written that they had found the drugs at sea.
:03:25. > :03:30.According to the log, the crew found the drugs tied to a buoy. It said to
:03:30. > :03:34.discuss with the crew what to do, the best option to bring on
:03:34. > :03:41.dashboard and head home to Liverpool to hand over to the authorities. The
:03:41. > :03:45.captain said he wanted to do a good turn. Wrote that dumping this as sea
:03:45. > :03:50.would be irresponsible. That they have a duty to keep the drugs off
:03:50. > :03:57.the streets. The log suggest it is had nothing to do with them. Really?
:03:57. > :04:00.It added that there may abreward. What a story. The skipper's creative
:04:00. > :04:05.writing skills were impressive but in vain. The authorities had been
:04:05. > :04:09.monitoring the yacht. They were suspicious as the boat had been
:04:10. > :04:15.travelling a route along a route used by smugglers. Although the
:04:15. > :04:19.drugs were seized by the Irish Navy, they were desinned for the UK. SOCA
:04:19. > :04:24.was on the case. It was a significant seizure. One fr
:04:24. > :04:29.the biggest we have had. Gary is a SOCA officer. He led the
:04:29. > :04:31.investigation. He works under cover, so we have agreed not to show his
:04:31. > :04:36.face. You have the drugs, the crew but
:04:36. > :04:40.that could be it but you felt there was something more? There was a crew
:04:40. > :04:45.on dashboard the vessel, there is was an even more interesting
:04:45. > :04:50.character we had to investigate. Someone infrabiger behind this.
:04:50. > :04:54.SOCA officers wanted Mr Big, the mastermind behind the plot. The
:04:54. > :05:01.piece of puzzle was in this paper, found in the captain's chair in the
:05:01. > :05:06.cabin. A hand-written note with a Spanish mobile phone number
:05:06. > :05:10.telephone number was making calls to Spain to a satellite phone on
:05:11. > :05:15.dashboard, whilst it was at sea. The SOCA team had to find out who
:05:15. > :05:19.was making the calls to the yacht. They needed a name. They began by
:05:19. > :05:24.tracing the owner of the boat. We dispatched some of our own
:05:24. > :05:31.investigators to Trinidad. We dispatched them to the boat yard
:05:31. > :05:39.where the vessel was purchased. We had name given to us of David
:05:39. > :05:46.Harvey. Who was David Harvey? Was it even a real name or an alias? The
:05:46. > :05:53.clue was closer to home. In 2007, someone calling himself David Harvey
:05:53. > :05:57.placed an order for a RI B at the London Boat Show. RI Bs like the
:05:57. > :06:04.ones that Harvey ordered are small, discreet and fast, perfect for all
:06:04. > :06:08.sorts of thing, including drug smuggling. Harvey paid a deposit of
:06:08. > :06:13.�15,000 but did not go through with the purchase. Instead he returned a
:06:13. > :06:16.few months later to ask for the deposit back. It was then that the
:06:16. > :06:19.boat enthusiast made a crucial error.
:06:19. > :06:24.David Harvey asked for his money back in the form of a cheque but
:06:24. > :06:31.asked for the money to be paid back in his real name, not in the name of
:06:31. > :06:36.David Harvey but in the real name of John, Ellen Brooks.
:06:36. > :06:42.John Alan Brook was on the police radar. A former used car dealer from
:06:42. > :06:45.Blackpool, he lived in Spain with all of the trappings of wealth.
:06:45. > :06:52.Expensive cars, yachts and a luxury villa. When the officers
:06:52. > :06:57.investigated the number found on the paper found in the drug seizure,
:06:57. > :07:04.they completed the link. They were yards from the villa of one John
:07:04. > :07:09.Alan Brooks. It was Brooks, AK A David Harvey who bought the yacht
:07:09. > :07:14.and masterminded the plot. Gary and he is tame had found Mr Big. In a
:07:14. > :07:18.criminal career spanning three decades, Brooks made millions
:07:18. > :07:22.smuggling drugs around the world, but despite the millions and the
:07:22. > :07:28.flank was a small mistake that brought him down N September of last
:07:28. > :07:33.year he said goodbye to the high life as he was convicted and
:07:33. > :07:37.sentenced to 28 years. A fascinating story. Hard to believe that Martin
:07:37. > :07:43.Bayfield got in that car. That is why they had the roof down. He would
:07:43. > :07:49.not have gotten in otherwise. Ricky, it is hard to believe that The
:07:49. > :07:54.Office came to our screens 12 years ago? Yes, the 9th of July, not that
:07:54. > :07:59.I am a nerd. So, David Brent had a brief
:07:59. > :08:05.appearance on Comic Relief and the good news is he is back? I am doing
:08:05. > :08:10.a series on my internet Channel. Launching it as part of YouTube
:08:10. > :08:16.Comedy Week. The reason I'm dabbling with David Brent, everyone I speak
:08:16. > :08:21.to, their favourite episode was episode four of series one where
:08:21. > :08:27.David Brent gets out the guitar. So this was the excuse. As failed pop
:08:27. > :08:31.star myself, I have written a song for Bowie, I am a frustrated failed
:08:31. > :08:37.pop star. I am reliving it through David Brent.
:08:37. > :08:42.So, these guitar songs that are out, there David Brent is doing
:08:42. > :08:48.tutorials? Exactly but being David Brent it is a good excuse to talk
:08:48. > :08:54.about himself. Hissing songs on there, his philosophies, so he
:08:54. > :08:58.hi-jacks the guitar to do these songs and the songs with, well, they
:08:58. > :09:03.are cringe worthy. Well, we have a clip that has never
:09:03. > :09:08.been seen before. I edited today to get it on the show.
:09:08. > :09:12.So, here is David Brent with the first of his songs. This song a
:09:12. > :09:17.very, very personal it is about my chosen profession of rapping.
:09:17. > :09:19.# Half a tank should get me to Millbank
:09:19. > :09:23.# I'm feeling rough, I head to Sidcup
:09:23. > :09:27.# It is a need # It is only fleeting
:09:27. > :09:31.# Sts a pitch, then I'm up to Ipswich
:09:31. > :09:40.# Life on the road # Don't need a heavy load
:09:40. > :09:47.# Foot down to the floor #07 miles an hour but no more...
:09:47. > :09:51.That has to be an album! There must be! Secretly I have written about
:09:51. > :09:57.ten songs. So maybe we will drip feed a few. I want to doe another
:09:57. > :10:01.one, a Quality Street. It is a laugh but it is such great fun for me to
:10:01. > :10:04.revisit it. Thank you for letting us show that.
:10:04. > :10:11.David Brent has been seen on screen in over 100 countries but one place
:10:11. > :10:15.he has not appeared is in theatre. Until now, in Dudley.
:10:15. > :10:18.The Office, this is not Slough, I mean Dudley.
:10:19. > :10:26.It is here that the first ever stage show of The Office is being
:10:26. > :10:34.performed by the Dudley Little Theatre Amateur Dramatic Group.
:10:34. > :10:38.Pru is the show's mast mastermind, she is behind the adaptation. Are
:10:38. > :10:42.you frightened of putting on this show? No, I'm not frightened. I feel
:10:42. > :10:47.no fear. Over ten years ago, Tim, Dawn and
:10:47. > :10:53.David burst on to our screens to capture the nation's hearts. Claire
:10:53. > :10:59.Heatherington, who plays Dawn is a machinist at a camera bank company.
:10:59. > :11:02.She has been abting for three years. Do you want to do Dawn now? I do the
:11:02. > :11:12.hair twiddling. When you have the blonde wig on.
:11:12. > :11:13.
:11:13. > :11:17.Is that Dawn's wave? Yes. I'm going into The Office... What if
:11:17. > :11:22.you are spotted in the role and Hollywood comes calling are you
:11:22. > :11:28.going to leave Ros in the lunch? would not anybody the lunch. It
:11:28. > :11:31.would be nice to have a go at that. Would you let me have a go?
:11:31. > :11:41.course. She would be proud of you.
:11:41. > :11:42.
:11:42. > :11:47.We are, any way. We are very proud. The boss, David Brent is played by
:11:47. > :11:51.David How ings how close is he to the name sake? So, are you David
:11:51. > :11:57.Brent now? When will you become David Brent?
:11:57. > :12:02.When do you want me to? I don't know where you start and he begins?
:12:02. > :12:08.he starts, 8. 30am. In the morning, in the door. Once the door is shut,
:12:08. > :12:14.in sales, let's get on with it, so... It is uncanny.
:12:14. > :12:20.Be gentle with me Dawn. Why is that? Oofrjts I've been out drinking.
:12:20. > :12:25.What is Pru like as a director? is great, she knows what she wants
:12:25. > :12:34.and gets what she wants. Are you scared of her when she is
:12:34. > :12:40.directing? No, not Pru. Awkward! Awkward! No get an
:12:40. > :12:44.agenda... Sorry?Did you get an agenda? I did fax you on this
:12:44. > :12:49.morning. I didn't get a fax, did we?
:12:49. > :12:55.might have. Why is it not in my hand? How do you
:12:55. > :13:00.describe yourself as a director? Some would say I am a very hard nut.
:13:00. > :13:06.Others would say I'm very easy going. So I suppose it depends on
:13:06. > :13:12.whether you are doing a part well or not. What is that? I put that in
:13:12. > :13:18.there so that the jelly gets... That is the third time he has done it.
:13:18. > :13:23.Why has he done that? I told him I don't trust jelly.
:13:23. > :13:29.I am nervous. It is my baby. I think that anybody would feel that
:13:29. > :13:36.Ricky Gervais might say it is kind of his baby? Well it is his baby,
:13:36. > :13:40.but it has become my toddler, then. Do you know, I will applaud that I
:13:40. > :13:44.think that they were great. We had a word with them, they were really
:13:44. > :13:49.concerned about you seeing that. That is great.
:13:49. > :13:52.But the guy that plays David Brent is amazing. I am flattered that
:13:52. > :13:58.anyone would want to do it. That is great.
:13:58. > :14:03.I will have to see that Can you see it working as a stage
:14:03. > :14:06.play, The Office? I never did. I thought it would not work as I
:14:06. > :14:10.thought that the important ingredient was that it was a fake
:14:10. > :14:15.documentary it explained why David Brent was acting like that, he
:14:15. > :14:18.wanted to be famous, but now that people get it, they underhim, I
:14:18. > :14:23.don't see why not. It is interesting having the crew
:14:23. > :14:28.down at the front. I think it reminds people why he is acting like
:14:28. > :14:32.that. You are watching him on telly, trying to be famous. So as long as
:14:32. > :14:36.you understand that, I think it can work.
:14:36. > :14:41.And the musical with the guitar? Yes.
:14:41. > :14:47.And after The Office came The Ricky Gervais Show. It was a massive
:14:47. > :14:52.success. We could not believe it had been downloaded 470 million times.
:14:52. > :14:57.That is crazy. That is a reflection of the inthir net it is amazing. It
:14:57. > :15:01.is sort of the future. YouTube, next flex it accounts for a third of the
:15:01. > :15:05.traffic in America. That is the future of TV and entertainment.
:15:05. > :15:12.But obviously the key is keying in to what people want to hear or
:15:12. > :15:17.listen to. What is the secret? it as an experiment. I h had herd of
:15:17. > :15:22.podcasting in 2005, then it went crazy, but it is just mates talking.
:15:22. > :15:28.It is sort of like radio, you know, you do a podcast of it, you can
:15:28. > :15:32.listen to it, ironing, driving but with the podcast can do it any time.
:15:32. > :15:36.You are downloading it or streaming it. So, the sky is the limit,
:15:36. > :15:40.really. As you said it is a group of mates
:15:40. > :15:43.moussing on different subjects. did not know if anyone would listen.
:15:43. > :15:48.We didn't really care. Maybe that is the key.
:15:48. > :15:53.I did know that they would probably never have heard any of the drivel
:15:53. > :15:57.like the drivel that Karl Pilkinton came out with, in all seriousness. I
:15:57. > :16:02.mean it shocked people at first, but people say that they listen to it
:16:03. > :16:06.every night before going to sleep. Because he did it, the first in
:16:06. > :16:11.2003, do you think that the subject matter is different now, ten years
:16:11. > :16:17.on? No, because we picked on universal subjects it was always
:16:18. > :16:22.about education, me trying to teach Karl Pilkinton philosophy. The mind
:16:22. > :16:28.body problem, evolution, he still does not get it. It may not work
:16:28. > :16:36.now, he iswiser, believe it or not. But he did have an interesting take
:16:36. > :16:42.on a lot of life. Let's have a look. Underpants, tea towels and
:16:42. > :16:48.aftershave, other people buy me. is bying you tea towels? My mam. I
:16:48. > :16:54.have loads of them. I keep saying I don't need any of. This but she
:16:54. > :17:01.always brings a box full of stuff. Brillow pads, towels, underpants.
:17:01. > :17:06.The underpant size has not gone up since I was 14! What she is saying
:17:06. > :17:12.is true! My underpants have not gone up in size, they are still
:17:12. > :17:17.comfortable, that is worrying. Ic you picked up on the fact that I
:17:17. > :17:21.was wearing a jumper like yours? Yes! Let's talk about the second
:17:21. > :17:27.series of Derek. The first one we loved it is coming back. You said
:17:27. > :17:32.that was the most fun thing you have done? It is my most favourite thing
:17:32. > :17:36.I have ever done and Hannah is the rit character that I have created
:17:36. > :17:40.that I could not play myself. So I have a lot of affection for it. I am
:17:40. > :17:45.writing it now. It is going around the world. It will start in America
:17:45. > :17:50.in the summer, the rest of the world will catch up, but writing it now.
:17:50. > :17:58.It must be great to have all of that kreel over the little elements?
:17:58. > :18:03.you saying I'm a control-freak! ? Well we did find this picture of you
:18:03. > :18:10.and Simon Cowell, there are traits there, Ricky, there are traits!
:18:10. > :18:14.my God! That is scary! Are you the control king of comedy?
:18:14. > :18:20.controlling my stomach. I'm holding it in better than he is there! I
:18:20. > :18:24.must have seen the photographer! Brilliant. Now the DVD of The Ricky
:18:24. > :18:31.Gervais Show is out today. We know you are a big fan of Laurel
:18:31. > :18:37.& Hardy. My favourite of all time. Gyles traces the last UK tour to
:18:37. > :18:43.Birmingham and reveals how a local carpenter came to have a hand in the
:18:43. > :18:51.ultimate custard pie fight. In the winter of 1953, Laurel & Hardy began
:18:51. > :18:54.their last ever tour in Britain. Here came Stan Laurel and tagging on
:18:55. > :18:59.behind, Oliver Hardy. Throughout their career, the British
:18:59. > :19:03.public had a special bond with the pair. The tour brought them here to
:19:04. > :19:08.Birmingham, this very street. Little did they know then, that Britain's
:19:08. > :19:13.second city would come to play a great role in preserving their
:19:13. > :19:21.legacy. Roy Edwards was one of those lucky enough to see them in the
:19:21. > :19:27.flesh. Roy, you saw them six years before the final tour? I was 16. I
:19:27. > :19:34.queued at the theatre from 6. 30am to 8. 30pm. What did it feel like to
:19:34. > :19:39.be there? In the front row of the upper Gods, ing theme -- these
:19:39. > :19:44.people? Well, it was amazing, we had only seen them in black and white,
:19:45. > :19:48.now they were in living colour. What was the audience' action?
:19:48. > :19:54.was the first Hollywood film stars we had seen.
:19:54. > :20:00.What did you do when the curtain came down? We got outside to the
:20:00. > :20:03.stage door as quick as we could. the snow? Yes, in the snow. Stan
:20:03. > :20:06.came close to me before he got in the car. I managed to shake his
:20:06. > :20:11.hand. This is as close as we are going to
:20:11. > :20:15.get. This is the hand that shook the hand of Stan Laurel and this is the
:20:15. > :20:20.guy who saw Laurel & Hardy in colour! On that final tour, they
:20:20. > :20:25.stayed here in the beautiful Birmingham k Birmingham agenda
:20:25. > :20:31.Palace, the Barton Arms. Another fellow was an American man who was
:20:31. > :20:38.at the final show who went back stage to meet his heroes. It was
:20:38. > :20:45.later that he would create a global aappreciation society for the pair
:20:45. > :20:52.called The Sons Of The Dessert. John Allah is their founder.
:20:52. > :21:00.People think we wear a bowler hat but it is a Fez. In the film The
:21:00. > :21:06.Sons of the Desert, this is the film. What are the tents called?
:21:06. > :21:10.They were called Black and Great. Here, the connection runs deep with
:21:10. > :21:16.Laurel & Hardy. Stan enjoyed a drink. Someone he
:21:16. > :21:20.enjoyed having a drink with more than most was Charlie Hal, l who
:21:20. > :21:26.appeared in 47 of the Laurel & Hardy films.
:21:26. > :21:31.Charlie Hall was born in Birmingham in 1899, as a carpenter he decided
:21:31. > :21:37.to try his luck in Hollywood. He became a guy of Stan Laurel. They
:21:37. > :21:42.were friends all of their life. He was in a part of 47 of the Laurel
:21:42. > :21:44.& Hardy films. So a Birmingham chippie in half of
:21:44. > :21:50.the Laurel & Hardy films? That is right.
:21:50. > :21:55.In the film Battle of the Century, Laurel & Hardy threw 3,000 pies. I
:21:55. > :21:59.am proud to say that the first pie thrown in that film was thrown by a
:21:59. > :22:03.young man from Birmingham, Charlie Hall.
:22:03. > :22:13.The first pie thrown in a Laurel & Hardy film was thrown by somebody
:22:13. > :22:18.
:22:18. > :22:26.born and bred in Birmingham? ! is correct! The 53, 54 Tour of
:22:26. > :22:30.Britain was to be the last a double act. Oliver then got ill and could
:22:30. > :22:35.only appear for one last show in Plymouth. They made a final TV
:22:35. > :22:42.appearance filmed in the States for the BBC. A poignant farewell to
:22:42. > :22:47.their British fans. Goodbye British water rats and our
:22:47. > :22:52.many friends and fans. Good luck. We will never forget you. That's right,
:22:52. > :22:56.Stanley, we never shall. Today, the members of the Laurel &
:22:56. > :23:00.Hardy fan club, remember them not worn down by performing but as
:23:00. > :23:05.comedy legends. They are especially proud an happy as they know it was a
:23:05. > :23:10.Birmingham boy who made movie history like this.
:23:10. > :23:15.Very good, Gyles. Gyles is here to tell us more, but first, Ricky, it
:23:15. > :23:20.is interesting that Laurel & Hardy's comedy lives on in yours? I am
:23:21. > :23:26.obsessed by them. I was about five or six when I watched Laurel &
:23:26. > :23:30.Hardy. Ollie looked down the lens to me, I was sold it is terrible for an
:23:31. > :23:37.actor, I want to do it on everything. To look down the lens it
:23:37. > :23:43.is so compelling to watch. Is that where the signs in The
:23:43. > :23:47.Office come from? We were allowed to do it. All the time, me and Martin
:23:47. > :23:53.used to have competition, who could do the best Ollie and quotes for
:23:53. > :23:58.each other. He is obsessed as well. I absolutely love Laurel & Hardy.
:23:58. > :24:03.We saw some of Battle of the Century, a big pie fight, but it was
:24:03. > :24:09.not typical of their act? No, that was a spoof. They thought that pies
:24:09. > :24:13.were overegging it, so they steered clear of pies, other than in that
:24:13. > :24:17.feature, where they went pie berserk. The pie itself is old and
:24:17. > :24:25.interesting, the origin of the pie it comes from the European circus
:24:25. > :24:29.trad igs. It got to Hollywood in 09, a character called Been Turp inwho
:24:29. > :24:38.flirts and a young lady gives him a custard pie.
:24:38. > :24:45.Is he the one with the eye? That's the man, but it took off in 1913, a
:24:45. > :24:50.laid called Mable Normand. She was in the studio, saw a lemon pie on
:24:50. > :24:54.the table, saw Fatty Arbuckle, legend has it, the cameras were
:24:54. > :25:01.rolling and she picked it up to give it to Fatty Arbuckle.
:25:01. > :25:07.Why did you look at me when talking about Fatty Arbuckle? Because he is
:25:07. > :25:10.an iconic figure. He was also ambidexterous. He could throw two
:25:10. > :25:15.pies, simultaneous and in two different directions and hit the
:25:15. > :25:20.target. It could not be done by many! One of the loveliest things in
:25:21. > :25:25.that film is that when you said that guy was the least to see Laurel &
:25:25. > :25:31.Hardy in colour, so many people are used to seeing them in black and
:25:31. > :25:36.white. We have a pie here it is a perfect example of how they were
:25:36. > :25:42.made for black and white telly. When it was black and white, a pale
:25:42. > :25:48.pie could not be seen. So they added blackberries, blueberries, to make
:25:48. > :25:53.the pie stand out in black and white if you were a blonde or wearing
:25:53. > :25:58.light-coloured clothes you got a darker pie if you were dark-haired
:25:58. > :26:03.they Gay you the lemon meringue with lots of cream on the top, but they
:26:03. > :26:08.never threw a pie with a plate! advice.
:26:08. > :26:14.And always a nice soft crust. We get all of this from Buster Keaton, the
:26:14. > :26:18.great authority N the 1906s, he was still alive and revealed the
:26:18. > :26:23.secrets. He kept the secrets all of these years. Then it came out. How
:26:23. > :26:28.it was done, how it was made. Mack Sennet said you can throw a pie at a
:26:28. > :26:32.mother-in-law but never at a mother. Fair enough. Now we have pies over
:26:32. > :26:37.there, as you can see. Gyles is going to tell us about different
:26:37. > :26:42.custard pie moves, so let's go over... The first one is the shot
:26:42. > :26:47.put. According to Buster Keaton, this is thrown from a distance of
:26:47. > :26:54.three to five feet and then you need to make sure that the pie is the
:26:54. > :27:00.right weight to fly as it leaves. See which one you fancy, but before
:27:00. > :27:06.you throw it, we need r target. we thought, who could be better than
:27:06. > :27:13.Karl Pilkinton. Whoea! This is the shot put. Off we
:27:13. > :27:23.go, Ricky. Good luck with this. is going to end in tears. We are all
:27:23. > :27:25.
:27:25. > :27:30.going to join in! Get the rate right! Bull's eye! Next sup the
:27:30. > :27:37.ancient Roman discus throw. Spinning halfway around, then letting go,
:27:37. > :27:47.hitting the victim square in the face! OK. Ready? I have a degree in
:27:47. > :27:47.
:27:47. > :27:51.philosophy! Right, ready? Yeah, go! Oh! Nearly. Nearly. I think you will
:27:52. > :27:57.do better with the walking thrust. This was Buster Keaton's favourite.
:27:57. > :28:01.Walking up to the person, pushing the pie in their face and before you
:28:01. > :28:07.walk away, give it to the person with a little twist. This makes the
:28:08. > :28:15.pie cling to the person. This is the last one, make it count.
:28:15. > :28:24.LAUGHTER! Thank you very much indeed! Ricky,
:28:24. > :28:26.honestly, thank you, mate. Thank you very much!
:28:26. > :28:31.LAUGHTER It tastes nice, though it really
:28:31. > :28:37.does. That is unfair, do you want to get
:28:37. > :28:45.me back? ! Go on? Do you mind if I do the walking
:28:45. > :28:49.thrust? ! What? !Good lad. Excellent.