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years ago, I was walking along this road when a stranger attacked me. My

big decision that night was not to scream and to try and escape from

him, but to befriend him, and that with Matt Baker - And Alex Jones.

Jessica will be telling her incredible story of

self-preservation very shortly, and here to watch it with us is

tonight's guest. He's gone from the nation's

favourite Pop Idol to award-winning West End star - it's the lovely

William. APPLAUSE

Love you. That's the best reception I've ever had. Thank you. It's

because you're such a friend of the show, so welcome back. I love your

jumper. Listen, novelty jumpers - did you not get the memo? You don't

know what pants I am wearing! I didn't realise it was just jumpers.

Get them off! Get them off! Joking. Looking forward the hearing about

your return to the classic musical Cabaret later on, but first,

Jessica's story, which is part of our series on people who have to

make incredibly big decisions in their life. It's one which forces

all of us to wonder what we would do in a similar situation.

Many of us wonder how we would react if we were ever attacked. In the

summer of 2011, Jessica Price, who was then 21, was setting off home

after an evening out with friends in Nottingham's city centre. What time

was it when you started saying goodbye to your friends? It was

already 3. 30am in the morning, and my friends decided to get in the

taxi, but they weren't going very far, and I didn't have any money, so

I thought I would just take a walk home. It was something I'd done

before. I took all of the main streets. There were still people

around in the centre of town. she walked further from the centre,

the roads became quieter, and soon Jessica could see only one person in

the distance behind her. Is so I thought they're so far away. I don't

care. But very quickly the man was just a few feet behind her.

About five seconds later he grabbed me around the neck. Jessica showed

me where she dragged her to. That was the most terrifying part, when

he got me behind the wall. I thought I am finished. If I don't work out a

way out of this I don't know what'll become me. At this point she made

the big decision to befriend her attacker. I wasn't going to scream

or get away from him. I was just going to try to find a connection

with him on a level he saw that he didn't need to carry on being like

that with me, and I was going to find a way to convince him to let me

go. I started to cry. He apologised know. Then he started to roll a

cigarette. I thought I should start to make him relate to me more and

make him feel comfortable and join many. Was there any point you just

felt like screaming? I was pretty sure there was nobody in near enough

distance to hear me anyway. When he calmed down, I suggested we walk

home together because we were walking in the right directionen and

just anything to get out of that area behind the wall. Her strategy

worked so well, that looking back at CCTV footage, which was later used

as evidence in court, she can be seen walking hand in hand with her

attacker. Even at one point he was trying to

kiss me. He said, "I thought you'd forgiven me." I said, "Of course. I

just have to get home". What's it like looking back at this?

It's really difficult. We look like a regular couple. She kept up the

pretence, engiving him her phone number. Convinced he might get a

date, he let her go. When I got further down the road and he wasn't

following me, I started to freak out. Then I called my mum. She was

very garbled, and I could only make out a couple of words, and the words

that stick many my mind were, "Mum, hands around my neck". I was very

concerned. It hit me how lucky I had been. She had no idea how luckily

she'd been because when she contacted the police, she discovered

there had been a similar attack nearby just four weeks earlier. That

attack had resulted in the murder of Caroline Coin, a young mother of

two. Jessica's evidence led to the breakthrough the police had been

looking for to solve that murder. Yes, sirca had been very, very

switched onto what happened to her, was able to convince this man to

light a cigarette and throw it down into a particular area and then lead

us directly to it, so we were able to get some DNA from that very

quickly. The DNA matched up with Carl Powell, who was already on the

police database, and someone the Caroline Coin murder team had an

interest in. Jessica's evidence coupled with the similarities

between the two cases led to him being found guilty of both attacks

and sentenced to life in prison. Her evidence was critical in

convicting Carl Powell of the murder. I think the message to women

across the country is very simple - have a plan. Jessica Price was

clever enough to talk her way out of a far more serious attack. In the

end, it was how I acted really that saved my life on that night.

Jessica was incredibly brave then, managed to keep her cool, didn't

she? Do you have any idea how you'd react in that circumstance? Well,

I'd like to think I would use, as Jessica did, my brain to very

quickly assess what would be the best thing to do, but it's hard to

tell if you haven't been in it. I mean, I'm sort of terrified by

seeing that, but also in awe of her actions. It's something you don't

ever think would ever happen to you, but when you see that, you think,

right, what would I do if I was in that situation? We've got Hamish

Brown here. He's a retired Scotland Yard inspector specialising in

crimes against women. Obviously, you don't know how you are going to

react there, Hamish, but have you got any worlds of advice for any

women who could just bear it in mind if it did ever occur? Certainly.

Jessica was very cool. There she did very well. I commend her. There are

some simple things you can do when you go out - stay in a group if

you're drinking together. Have a good time, by all means. If one of

your friends has had one too many, look after them. Make sure someone

takes them home. How about arranging a cab before you go out, not an

unlicensed cab. Book one up. Maybe it's those independent ones that

have looked after everybody else and they're on their way home. That's

the tricky... That's right, and making your way home, perhaps

walking with the traffic coming towards you, just be aware of what's

going on around. If you've got your music on, you can't hear people

coming up behind you, simple things to do, but act as a team. It's that

simple question of do you go on your phone or do you not go on your

phone? How have crime figures changed over the last couple of

years? Have women- or anybody really - more at risk now? I am pleased the

crime figures have gone down, but the street crime has gone up because

of the mobile phones, consumer goods, laptops, that sort of thing.

I think what's got to be said is over the last five years, women are

not more likely to be attacked in street crime, so, you know, the -

it's levelled out there, really, but be sensible about it. If you've got

a computer, then put it in an old shopping bag, not in a designer bag.

If you're using your mobile phone, don't advertise it to everyone in

the middle of the street. Maybe stand to one side. If you're in a

coffee shop, don't put it on the table and just leave it there, it

could be snatched. Don't be frightened. Just be aware. Do you

have daughters yourself? I have a son and daughter. What I would say

to them is - and if they're watching, they'll a laugh at this.

We used to have something at hole called the magic jar - for ice

creams and stuff like that. But if they need a cab, the money is at

home. I had emergency money in my shoe as a young lad, a rolled up

fiver in there. How did you not spend it? It's emergency money.

That's why. Thank you for your advice. There is more advice on our

website. Taxi drivers are always boasting about the famous people

they've had in the back of their cabs - but in Norway, you could find

the most famous person in the country, the Prime Minister, in the

driving seat. Can you believe it? Martell Maxwell has been to Glasgow

to see if our own leader should be taking notes.

The Norwegian Prime Minister recently became a taxi driver for a

day to find out the views of his public, so we took to the streets of

Glasgow to ask the people what our own Prime Minister could learn if he

did their job for one day. If the Prime Minister were to do my

job, he'd learn how to suss out people who had had a bit too much to

drink. He'd learn how to live on a normal wage. Bill, if the Prime

Minister was to do your job for one day, what would he learn about

running the country? Well, I'm retired, so personally, I think I

could think of no better job for David Cameron than this. The sooner,

the better, I think. The business rates are having a negative effect

on small businesses such as myself. Working class, living on minimum

wage, just trying to make a living, get by. If the Prime Minister was to

do your job for one day, what would he learn about running the country?

I work in social housing and health for many years. He would learn of

the impact of his welfare reform. I mean, the so-called bedroom tax, the

impact it's having on people. would learn about how hard it is to

deal with the general public, how hard it is to be on your feet all

day. We give out advice all the time, and people give us advice all

the time, and it's just - we have to listen, and if you don't listen to

people, you know, what's life all about? Thanks to the people of

Glasgow, and I'm sure some of those comments could be directed at other

party leaders as well. Will, if we did the same thing and asked the

cast of cab and what their reaction would be, what do you think they'd

say? What, to...David Cameron? David Cameron driving around?

I don't know what they'd say! My God. David Cameron could learn quite

a bit, could he, from being in... see. If he was in Cabaret, he'd

learn how to truly communicate with the audience. Cabaret is very

political, so it would make sense. Cabaret - well, it's sort of lived

for so long since the 1960s when it first came out. It's a very

political story, and what you do through Cabaret is you couch what

you're saying about society in very sort of friendly, comedic ways, but

actually - there's a song called Money - how appropriate is that?

There is. Is that why you love it so much? Because you were in it until

January. You have had this break. You have gone back to it. Yeah, it

started with the Olivier Awards because the show got nominated, got

nominated and John Phillips, who is in it, a me and the company did a

performance of it, and I just thought, this is so great. I just

want to do it again. It finished quite early as well, so... You said,

Cabaret was first performed on Broadway in 1966, then the film came

out in 1973, didn't it, with Liza Minelli? What do you think makes it

work today? Why is it relevant? Particularly because of that

political stori... Think it's that? The thing is I think a great musical

has to have a great story. There are different types of musicals. The

writers of Cabaret - it does have this amazing story that's set in the

1930s in n Germany as the Nazis were, you know, beginning to take

over Germany, so there's this - all these multifaceted layers going on

within the play. There's a love story. You know, and then also

there's me in a giant fat suit singing about money. Which is the

bet bit. What's not to love?We've got some brilliant shots of you

here. To be honest with you, you haven't got that much on, but let's

# Come here the music play # Take my hand!

# Welcome # To Cabaret

APPLAUSE There you go! Woo! I just love it.

You know, the best thing is like - literally watching that, it just

makes me so happy. There are not that many parts that you can do as

an actor that are that freeing, you know? You could just do anything

with him. How hard is it, then, not to try to replicate Joel Grey's

performance because he obviously won an Oscar for it, for the film. Is it

difficult to find your own take on the MC? It's funny, I was saying to

one of my agents the other day that actually - because you can't live up

to that kind of thing. You almost have to find your own way, because

to replicate someone like Joel Grey - it's impossible. You know, so

you've got to find your own way into it. Going back to it, then, will you

feel more kind of liberated now or... That's a worrying thing, you

know? That is a worrying thing, because he's so mental. I did say,

you know - I started bringing up bits of fruit to the director. I was

like, maybe he'd come on with some raspberries or something like that.

My director is like, you've got to cut it now. You have had a lot of

time to think about it because what have you been doing in your time

off? Sabbatical! You know, I have become obsessed with my compost -

didn't expect that, did you? Because I have been living in Cornwall. I

have a place there. I have got right into gardening. We have to ask you

as well, rumours are rife - you might be a busy boy soon - now that

Jessica Price and Danny have left The Voice, you might fill one of

their chairs. En they'd gone. Concentrate on the compost,

honestly! That's a show in itself - Compost Idol. Would you do it?

I do it? Come on, Will.They gave it to me once and they took it away!

Stick to the compost, then. Give us a million quid. I'll think about it.

That'll buy a lot of compost. Wimbledon on the 28th of August and

then Cabaret goes all around the country. As a cyclist, we do know

that you would welcome yesterday's announcement of �148 million of

funding to improve cycle routes all across England. It's also music to

the ears of the man who created the first cycle path in the UK nearly 40

years ago. Ade Adepitan went to meet him. 50 years ago, quiet country

stations and stopping trains were mostly ended and since then we have

got used to trains as fast, intercity transport. Little lines

like this one become more for tourists. Well, they were. But now

our old railway tracks are part of a transport revolution and I am off to

that meet the man who started it. This is the Bristol to Bath cycle

path and it was John Grimshaw's dream. He turned a disused railway

into a traffic free cycle path. It grew from this five section across

Britain. Now the charity Sustrans runs a huge network of paths.

far are you going? To the south of France! I hope you have got your

passport! This started in 1977 when there was not one millimetre of

cycling fruit in this area. We kindly got charity grant of �10,000,

which was just enough to buy tonnes and tonnes of stone dust and rebuild

the five miles in three months. We just backed the lorries and they

would drop the dust off in little heaps and we would rake it. It was

so well used from day one. I came to the conclusion that every town in

the country needed a place where you could learn to cycle. This path was

the catalyst for huge change in the country. Everyone of us has the

opportunity of making a change. Everybody can cycle. There is

amazing British invention in these tunnels. How great Victorian

engineers made the gradients as shallow as possible. They are great

for leisure and commuting and fruits like this can really open up the

world for people with restricted mobility. Like Mike. I broke my back

when I was 20, 41 years ago. It gives me space where I can be me, I

am free, I can be moving. I can go fast or slow down. I started

competing in sport because it gave me confidence and I felt if I was

fit, I did not have to rely on anyone. You got confidence, I get

calm. This beautiful corridor of greenery. With dark shades and light

shades and the smells that come off these plants growing beside me.

Today, 75% of us are within two miles of a Sustrans route. There are

14,000 miles of tracks. One third of the network is free of traffic and

90% of it is connected to it. How did the cycle network get so big

without anyone noticing? John is the charity's regional manager for

Bristol. This has grown into the busiest cycle path in the country.

2.5 million trips a year. If they want on this path, where would they

be? Clogging up the road network. 1995 was when Sustrans was first

awarded �42 million from the National Lottery. The more we see

cycling as a normal activity, the more people will be encouraged to

take it up and the more relaxed we will be when we do it. Let the

cyclists be free, let them run free! It may cost to buy your bike but

cycling is good for you and cheap. How much money does it save? If I

didn't cycle I would have to get them us, for pounds 50. �1000 a

year. I would have to cycle on a really busy road or get the bus to

work, which takes a very long time. Cycling is a clean and healthy form

of transport and this path shows that one man's crazy idea can really

make a difference. I love the idea of cycling

underneath those tunnels. It was beautiful. It was so scenic and a

lot of fun. What was announced yesterday, bring us up to date? Rail

fares will go up a 4.1% so the government are keen to get people on

their bikes. The government is spending �100 million of new money

to improve safety for cyclists. The money will go to eight urban areas

Also you can see the national parks as well. Is this enough to bring us

up to speed to our European neighbours? It is not all milk and

honey. In the Netherlands, they spent �20 per head on cycling

compared to �2 over here, and the eight urban areas that have been

signposted, that will be �10, but still only half the money of the

Netherlands. You have a brand-new documentary on Channel four next

week which takes you back to Nigeria. Yes, I went back to Nigeria

for only the second time. There are only three countries left in the

world where polio is endemic and I went back to find out what my life

would have been like if my parents had not brought me back to the UK --

brought me to the UK, and Nigeria is one of the richest countries in

Africa yet the only one with polio. What is the main reason?

combination of reasons, hard to reach areas, where vaccinations

can't get to, villages they cannot reach. There is a nomadic tribe who

moved back and forth across the border. There is miss trust for the

vaccine. Also vaccine fatigue, where people have to come back three times

and some people think, why do they keep coming back? You were telling

us about a revelation, after filming the documentary. Do you mind sharing

that? I spoke to my mum and asked her how come I never got vaccinated?

What happened was you get three courses of injections before the age

of five and I had two and after my second one, I contracted polio, so I

was one injection away from not having polio. It was so close. Those

are the things that life deals you. You mentioned how sport a few

confidence and you saw a great example of that in Nigeria with a

new sport, even for you? I met a group of boys who live under the

bridge. They live under a motorway bridge and they all have polio and

they have created this brand-new sport, para-soccer. The aim is to

try to score a goal with their hands. It is a fantastic sport. They

want to make it into a Paralympic sport. And with your involvement...

? I would like to speak to the head of the International Paralympic

committee and say, yet that's bought into the Paralympics, it will be

Africa's gift to the world -- get that sport. Thanks, Ade. Ade

Adepitan Journey of My Lifetime is on Channel four next Monday 19th

August at 8pm. We have got a film just for you,

because you are a keen bird-watcher. This on the big, greedy British bird

that is causing anger amongst anglers.

For centuries this has been a wildlife spectacle. Coastal cliffs

thronging with noisy sea birds and one of the largest is the native

cormorant. With their primitive looking wings, cormorants seem

clumsy on land but don't be deceived because these birds are lethal in

the water. Capable of travelling at 70 kilometres per hour to depths of

40 metres, these birds are formidable predators of fish. The

cormorant was perceived as a threat to fish stocks and these native

birds were trapped and cold extensively across Europe. But

tighter laws on culling has seen numbers recover. Today these

voracious eaters are thriving in land and anglers are not happy.

Cormorants are big fish eaters. average they eat a pound of fish a

day and numbers have exploded from 2020 years ago to 30,000 now, and

that equates to �3 million of fish every winter -- from 2000 over 20

years ago. Use it to anglers who fished in the 1980s and they have

never seen a cormorant inland, they were always a coastal bird. They eat

so many fish. I have seen fishing clubs close down, fishermen do not

come and fish and pay their subscriptions, but it is also a

concern for the ecology of our rivers. They are eating fish that

would otherwise be eaten by kingfishers and other birds, which

do not have a sustainable food supply now. It is not fully

understood what has attracted these sea birds to come in land but one

possible draw is the better conservation of our lakes and

rivers. In Somerset, birds from the newly created wetlands of these

marshes of fire with fishermen 's for the right to hunt. --. We

capture evidence that Britain's anglers are facing competition from

the cormorants. Cormorants can eat fish up to half a metre in length

because of their elastic 80 throats which expand, allowing them to

swallow fish of up to half their body weight. Some anglers are

calling for cormorants to be controlled under law, allowing an

unlimited number to face culling, but not everyone agrees. Jeff Knott

is the species policy officer of the RSVP to be. I met him in

Cambridgeshire, home to one of the largest inland cormorant colonies in

Britain. -- RSPB. Anglers claim cormorants are decimating fish.

are native to the UK. Some fishermen do have a concern but there is no

evidence for a national impact on fish stocks. Where there are

particular areas that feel they have a particular problem, if they can

present good evidence to show cormorants are having a particularly

bad effect on their fish stocks, they can apply for a licence.

debate will go on about the cormorants appetite for our fish

stocks but there will always be plenty of people who come out to see

this unusual bird. When you see them up close, they are not just black,

they can look at deep chocolate brown and they have patches of

white, and with the sunlight on them, they can look iridescent,

green and blue. If they were not rare, people would not travel

hundreds of miles to see them. at this, admitting that fish.

Extraordinary! Get that down your neck! That is like me with a curry.

What do you think? A friend of mine, who has says it is, to deter

the buzzards he hangs old shiny CDs in the woods. He doesn't shoot them,

he deters them. Before we go, you have got a little something.

bashed into your wing mirror so I have bought you a car with wing

mirrors. And on that note, we have to say good night. That is all we

have time for. Cabaret is in Wimbledon on the 28th of August.