:00:37. > :00:46.Hello and welcome to your Friday Show. On tonight show, prepare to be
:00:46. > :00:49.inspired by a man who at 61 was recently described as a walking
:00:49. > :00:53.advertisement for yoga and good eating. He's certainly in better
:00:53. > :01:02.shape than anyone in the studio apart from Chris! A deal is a deal!
:01:02. > :01:07.It's the 100 million albums selling Sting!
:01:07. > :01:17.How has your Friday been? It has been great, woke up, took the dogs
:01:17. > :01:25.for a walk, went for a swim. Look at the torso on staying! And the bicep!
:01:25. > :01:33.Do you get sick of photos like that? No, I am very vain! I am too vain to
:01:33. > :01:41.let myself go! Is it hard when people put you on a pedestal? No, I
:01:41. > :01:47.like being on a pedestal! He should be your inspiration. He is, can't
:01:47. > :01:50.you tell? Sting has been working hard and in physical labour of love
:01:50. > :01:55.about the shipyards of the North-East. He's finally ready to
:01:55. > :01:58.reveal it to the world and tonight sings one of the songs live for the
:01:58. > :02:04.first time ever on TV, anywhere in the world! To make sure his voice
:02:04. > :02:10.isn't perfect 's shape, the Incredible Spice Men have brought
:02:10. > :02:15.along something to help. -- is incredible, perfect shape. We have
:02:15. > :02:19.been announcing the 12 inspirational Brits on a special short list to
:02:19. > :02:23.have their portrait was up in the National Portrait Gallery. Later we
:02:23. > :02:25.will explain how you can decide who gets chosen. Here are the final two
:02:25. > :02:47.nominees. Lulu. At the tender age of 15, she
:02:47. > :02:54.lit up Top of the Pops with this raucous little belter. The
:02:54. > :02:59.unmistakable voice and vivacious personality soon made her a star on
:02:59. > :03:06.British screens. Who can forget her film debut? Schubert acted in the
:03:06. > :03:13.film and provided the title song, which arraigned at number one on US
:03:13. > :03:18.Billboard chart for five long weeks. Across the Atlantic, she is still
:03:18. > :03:21.viewed in the glow of the 60s British invasion. Along with the
:03:21. > :03:25.likes of Dusty Springfield and Petula Clark, she helped introduce a
:03:25. > :03:33.generation of Americans to British pop and call Britannia. But despite
:03:33. > :03:36.walking off the joint first prize in the 1968 Eurovision Song contest and
:03:36. > :03:43.singing the title theme to a James Bond movie, it wasn't until 1993
:03:43. > :03:54.that Lulu got her first British number one, singing with Take That.
:03:54. > :03:58.She stepped out of the 60s into the 90s, like that. That is what was so
:03:58. > :04:06.amazing about, she was able to that transition effortlessly. She now
:04:06. > :04:10.appears as useful as ever. Whether it is footage from the old days or
:04:10. > :04:13.now, you still get a tingle up your spine because she still has the
:04:13. > :04:21.ability to get an audience in the palm of her hand. It has been a hell
:04:21. > :04:22.of a career. You just know that Lulu will be on our screens and stereos
:04:22. > :04:40.for years to come. Dame Sarah Storey, and 's most
:04:40. > :04:45.decorated Paralympic. An eating disorder, chronic teak syndrome and
:04:45. > :04:51.disability discrimination haven't stopped her from becoming one of
:04:51. > :04:56.Britain? Most decorated athletes. Sarah started her sporting career in
:04:56. > :05:00.the pool but one forced out of the water with a series of infections,
:05:00. > :05:06.she wasn't beaten, to just got on her bike. In 2012 it was all golden
:05:06. > :05:08.smiles. Once the pistol went, you knew she was going to win and win by
:05:08. > :05:20.miles. She calls the modern British
:05:20. > :05:29.Paralympic in record. She doesn't just have talent, she has that drive
:05:29. > :05:33.to never give up. Sarah has become an ambassador for disabled sport.
:05:33. > :05:37.Born without a functioning left hand, she has refused to let her
:05:37. > :05:45.disability stand in the way of her successful stop she doesn't see her
:05:45. > :05:52.disability as a barrier, she doesn't see age as a barrier. I fully expect
:05:52. > :05:55.to win many more gold medals. A staggering 11 Paralympic gold
:05:55. > :06:02.medals, 20 world championship titles, six swimming, 14 cycling and
:06:02. > :06:07.72 world records. She really is an unstoppable force.
:06:07. > :06:15.Another two strong contenders and we will have a full recap of all the
:06:15. > :06:16.nominees later on. Now let's look at these pictures here, you can tell us
:06:16. > :06:22.how come they have inspired you, these pictures here, you can tell us
:06:22. > :06:23.what they meant to you personally. Look at that, extraordinary
:06:23. > :06:27.what they meant to you personally. pictures. That's a residential
:06:27. > :06:30.street there. That's where I was born and raised, that's my first
:06:30. > :06:36.memory of seeing ships like that being built and launched. We built
:06:36. > :06:42.the greatest, most massive ships ever constructed, in my hometown.
:06:42. > :06:46.Literally at the end of the street? We watched all the men go to work,
:06:46. > :06:52.and then they closed. Now it is just: The ground. We were so proud
:06:52. > :06:59.of the ships the community built, it gave us a sense of identity, it is
:06:59. > :07:04.all gone now. So what have you done? I thought I would try and write a
:07:04. > :07:06.play about the men who worked in the yard, more of an allegory, to do
:07:06. > :07:10.them on a Andrew Embley fantastic yard, more of an allegory, to do
:07:10. > :07:18.things they did. Who has collaborating? A wonderful
:07:18. > :07:24.playwright, John Logan, and another bloke called Bryony Yorkie. It's my
:07:24. > :07:28.story, I took it to a professional script writer to get a script
:07:28. > :07:35.together, they built the script around my songs. Fans will want to
:07:35. > :07:39.know, will you be starring in it? No, I just wanted to write something
:07:39. > :07:45.for other actors, other voices like my -- than my own, I got a bit sick
:07:45. > :07:52.of myself so I thought I would write for other people. There are some
:07:52. > :07:56.recognisable faces? Jimmy Nail will be the start of it, I love his
:07:56. > :08:01.voice. He agreed to be in it, I am thrilled. Can you sum up what the
:08:01. > :08:05.plot is of the musical? It's an imaginary situation, instead of
:08:05. > :08:08.plot is of the musical? It's an allowing the yard to be closed, they
:08:08. > :08:16.occupied and start to build a ship for themselves. I took this to some
:08:16. > :08:21.producers in New York who loved the idea. We are evolving it as we
:08:21. > :08:27.speak. You are really going to kick off on Broadway? Know, somewhere
:08:27. > :08:32.else, out-of-town first. If that goes well, we will go to New York.
:08:32. > :08:36.If that goes well, I will go back to Newcastle. We started the first
:08:36. > :08:40.workshop in the live Theatre on the river with local actors, so they got
:08:40. > :08:48.a flavour of it there. So this could be the new Lee Elliott, potentially?
:08:48. > :08:55.That would be good. I think it has potential, it has a big heart. Is it
:08:55. > :08:59.true, we have got a paper in London called the Evening Standard, there
:08:59. > :09:04.is a story in there that you either did or didn't say about you seen the
:09:04. > :09:14.Queen Mum launch a ship, it had this whole back to me,
:09:14. > :09:18.come down the street in Rolls-Royces, I would stand there
:09:18. > :09:23.with my mum, waving a Union Jack, the Queen Mum looked at me, I
:09:23. > :09:27.promise she did. And I thought, I want to be in that car! I don't want
:09:28. > :09:31.to be stood here on the street. So it infected me with the idea of
:09:31. > :09:39.doing something different. Thank you, Queen Mum! It leads to the fact
:09:39. > :09:50.that you wanted a bit of what she had? Yes, fame, wealth! The first
:09:50. > :09:54.part, because the musical will take shape in 2014, but there is an album
:09:54. > :10:03.out first. I thought I would introduce people to the music first.
:10:03. > :10:09.Good idea! People like something they are familiar with. I am singing
:10:09. > :10:12.on this but I'm helped with -- by Jimmy Nail, and Brian Johnson,
:10:12. > :10:19.another Geordie. This will hopefully get people used to the music before
:10:19. > :10:20.the musical. I am fascinated about the days when people got together
:10:20. > :10:24.when the ship was finished and it the days when people got together
:10:24. > :10:29.was launched, was a relief, celebration, was their animosity? It
:10:29. > :10:33.was both, because they were wondering when the next order would
:10:33. > :10:37.come. There were difficult times, but they were immensely proud of the
:10:37. > :10:43.work they did. I just can't get over that picture! This is all about
:10:43. > :10:50.remembering your childhood. Is it all part of becoming a grandfather?
:10:50. > :10:58.Yes I am, my granddaughter is 18 months now, she has bright red hair.
:10:58. > :11:01.I had it once to! It wasn't something I anticipated, even though
:11:01. > :11:12.I have six kids, didn't think of myself as a grandparent, and I'm
:11:12. > :11:18.completely in love. Totally. Guest backroad 's album is out soon. Time
:11:18. > :11:23.now to revisit our past. Here is an around to explain why.
:11:23. > :11:31.After his failed attempt to get the South Pole in 1912, Robert Scott
:11:31. > :11:35.wrote a letter to his wife asking her to make their son interested in
:11:35. > :11:41.natural history. She did just that and Sir Peter Scott said that the
:11:41. > :11:45.world wildlife fund among many other organisations. So last year as part
:11:45. > :11:52.of the trust celebrations, programme macros viewers were invited to write
:11:52. > :11:56.inspirational letters to future generations to explore and engage
:11:56. > :12:02.with the natural world. After the One Show call, hundreds of letters
:12:02. > :12:08.poured in and we had the daunting task of reading and choosing the
:12:08. > :12:12.best 100. This ten-year-old is thinking about pollution... There
:12:12. > :12:19.were letters written to inspire world leaders, pop companies and
:12:19. > :12:23.children. Every single one of these letters can have a huge impact. To
:12:23. > :12:28.add to the celebration, the letters were taken to the South Pole to make
:12:28. > :12:36.their journeys to their recipients, just as Scott 's had done 100 years
:12:36. > :12:41.before. Kate Humble had the task of posting the Mattioli post this in
:12:41. > :12:46.Antarctica. And here is the 100th letter, our winning letter to the
:12:46. > :12:53.children of Great Britain, owing to a school in South Wales. The winning
:12:53. > :12:58.letter asked the children of Great Britain to shut down their computers
:12:58. > :13:01.and discover the wonders of nature. It was written by One Show viewer
:13:01. > :13:09.Brent Richards, a retired businessman who himself -- self was
:13:09. > :13:13.inspired by Peter Scott. To represent the children of Britain,
:13:13. > :13:18.his letter was delivered to a primary school near his home in
:13:18. > :13:22.South Wales. Dear children of Great Britain, I am writing to you because
:13:22. > :13:27.you are alone hold our future and the future of all living things in
:13:27. > :13:32.your hands. We are all beginning to learn that we can and must make a
:13:32. > :13:38.difference. So in answer to Brent 's letter, the school has taken on a
:13:38. > :13:42.project. Last year, ten hectares of this forest, a wooded area not far
:13:42. > :13:48.from the school, was failed in part to control the spread of disease.
:13:48. > :13:52.But when Woodland is chopped down, it is essential to restore the
:13:52. > :13:56.ecosystem for a large range of species. It's not just a case of
:13:56. > :14:01.replanting trees, we need to build an entire food chain and to do that,
:14:02. > :14:06.we need to start at the bottom. That is by attracting in the smallest
:14:06. > :14:13.woodland animals. Carol is from natural resources Wales. We asked
:14:13. > :14:16.the children to get used to the woodland, the habitat, the
:14:16. > :14:21.ecosystem, so we asked them to leave a legacy, which is what Brent wanted
:14:21. > :14:27.from his letter. The idea was we would leave a habitat while here.
:14:27. > :14:32.Habitat piles attract all sorts of woodland insects which in turn
:14:32. > :14:37.provide food for birds and frogs, with short of the small mammals like
:14:37. > :14:43.hedgehogs, who move in as the woodland regrows. When we were
:14:43. > :14:49.Jordan, we used to call these... Brent has taken the letter one step
:14:49. > :14:55.further and is here to teach the children the wildlife lessons that
:14:55. > :15:02.inspired him. I thought we would probably find one and that was it.
:15:02. > :15:11.What else have you learnt? That building big nest is cool. But they
:15:11. > :15:14.have built today will give will -- Akron wildlife homes for well over a
:15:14. > :15:18.decade and Brent has agreed to become a mentor for the school. If
:15:18. > :15:27.we can inspire just half a dozen children, it will be wonderful to
:15:27. > :15:37.Thanks to all the kids. Sting, you were a teacher of two years, Mr
:15:37. > :15:41.Sumner. And in your biography, you talk about a little tyke called
:15:41. > :15:49.Kevin. Kevin Anderson was a lovely lad. In fact, they were all lovely.
:15:49. > :15:52.I going to see them? May be. Tell me what happened with Kevin
:15:52. > :15:56.specifically one day. I got a phone call in the staff room saying, how
:15:56. > :16:05.Kevin's poorly and he's not coming in today. I said, who is speaking? "
:16:05. > :16:11.My mum" . Kevin, you had better come in now. Well, we wondered what he
:16:12. > :16:24.looks like now. Shall we find out? Carrie? Sting, or Mr Sumner, I am
:16:24. > :16:27.outside classroom 4B at St Paul's First School in Cramlington. Inside
:16:27. > :16:36.this room are some of your former pupils. What have you got to say?
:16:36. > :16:39.Good evening, Mr Sumner! This is Kevin Anderson. He just mentioned
:16:39. > :16:44.about you pretending to be your mum. How would you grade him? He was a
:16:44. > :16:50.perfect teacher on a perfect friend as well when I was at school. He did
:16:50. > :16:53.some kind stuff for you. He took us to the Playhouse in Newcastle. In
:16:53. > :16:58.some kind stuff for you. He took us the 70s, times were hard. I had no
:16:58. > :17:04.trainers to go, and he bought us a pair of trainers. He also bought me
:17:04. > :17:07.dinner. What a kind teacher! Martin McKenna, how would you grade him? He
:17:07. > :17:16.dinner. What a kind teacher! Martin was excellent. I have my school
:17:16. > :17:21.report. Works hard and well, but with competitive fervour rather than
:17:21. > :17:31.true academic spirit. Signed, Mr Sumner. Are you competitive? He was
:17:31. > :17:36.very observant. And Michelle Clark, we know I think the ayes have it.
:17:36. > :17:42.The ayes have it. Is Mr cool. Was he to them? -- we know Sting was Mr
:17:42. > :17:46.cool. He used to wear baggy jumpers, which was not conventional then. He
:17:46. > :17:58.used to strum tune is while talking to us. In north London, he used to
:17:58. > :18:07.wear something on his feet. Cloaks. Was that big up a? No..Was there a
:18:07. > :18:12.sign back then that he would go on to be the legend he was? Well, this
:18:12. > :18:15.being a Catholic school, everybody had to do morning prayers. Everybody
:18:15. > :18:20.had their eyes closed. And then immediately after, because we were
:18:20. > :18:30.Mr Sumner's class, we had to keep our eyes closed and do some neck
:18:30. > :18:38.exercises and yoga. Prayers and exercise. I think this is a glowing
:18:38. > :18:44.report for Sting. I recognised each one of them. That was delightful. I
:18:44. > :18:49.am so thrilled to see you all. I think about you a lot. Kevin, you
:18:49. > :18:57.have particularly crossed my mind. I wondered what you were doing. Great
:18:57. > :19:05.to see all of you. I did not realise the yoga thing went all the way back
:19:05. > :19:10.to then. Did it? I have always been vain. But I did play the guitar a
:19:10. > :19:15.lot in class while they were doing their maths. The class of Sting.
:19:15. > :19:25.Round of applause. I say bring back their maths. The class of Sting.
:19:25. > :19:29.this is your life. Now, we are about to meet Cyrus Todiwala and Tony
:19:29. > :19:33.Singh, two men on a mission to challenge the conservative palates
:19:33. > :19:36.of the British public. They have been serving up spicy versions of
:19:36. > :19:40.some of our most traditional food and bring in the country. Let's see
:19:40. > :19:43.how they got on in Somerset with this ID people. My friend put my
:19:43. > :19:49.fingers have been itching to get some spice into your side. What kind
:19:49. > :19:56.of spice? Four cinnamon sticks, four vanilla pods and a handful of
:19:57. > :20:00.close. We are adding a 50-50 blend of butter and sugar, a wee dram of
:20:00. > :20:07.brandy to give it some punch, and top up with hot spiced cider. Better
:20:07. > :20:15.than I expected. The more I drink, the better it is. The more you
:20:15. > :20:20.drink, the better everything gets! Tony and Cyrus, welcome. That clip
:20:20. > :20:23.was from the last episode, which is on Monday. What has people 's
:20:23. > :20:29.reaction been? Have they taken this on board? It has been very positive.
:20:29. > :20:36.That is one of the great things with the British public. They were happy
:20:36. > :20:38.to try anything. And if I walk into a supermarket, it is great that
:20:38. > :20:41.people ask me questions. They want a supermarket, it is great that
:20:41. > :20:48.to know what you can cook with that. It is brilliant. Tell us how
:20:48. > :20:55.we make mistakes with spices in jars. We make mistakes because we
:20:55. > :21:00.forget that they can degenerate. People don't know how to keep them.
:21:00. > :21:06.You buy a whole jar if you are cooking one to speak, and then we
:21:06. > :21:11.are afraid to cook more. Use it again. Or keep it in the fridge. Not
:21:11. > :21:19.on the windowsill. That kills everything. Some of the spices in
:21:19. > :21:29.jars don't work. What are some of the best ones? Cinnamon. Pepper,
:21:29. > :21:35.coriander. They work well. What are the biggest mistakes people make
:21:36. > :21:40.when they use spices? Fear. It all tastes good, but it is the fear of
:21:40. > :21:46.trying it out. People think spices are heat, instead of flavour. It is
:21:46. > :21:52.the easiest way to add colour and drama to your food. Britain was
:21:52. > :21:55.using spices during the days of the Romans, who brought them in.
:21:55. > :22:04.Somewhere in between, they disappeared, and now they are back.
:22:04. > :22:10.What have you brought in for Sting? He recognised this piece of bread
:22:10. > :22:19.cake. I have done something different to that. We have put
:22:19. > :22:23.caraway seeds in, and some ginger. I like ginger. We have got some
:22:23. > :22:30.fantastic pulled pork, and a spicy coleslaw. And I know Sting grows his
:22:30. > :22:33.own beetroots as well. The best beetroot in the world grows in
:22:33. > :22:43.Britain. This is a Cheltenham beetroot chutney. But he is going to
:22:43. > :22:51.sing, he can't have that. And we have some ginger tea. Can I drink
:22:51. > :22:59.that? Of course. Do you drink ginger tea normally? Yes, I do. Thank
:22:59. > :23:03.heaven they came. You can see the next episode of the Incredible Spice
:23:03. > :23:07.Men on Monday at 8:30pm on BBC Two, and a book with all their recipes
:23:07. > :23:11.will be out for Christmas. Now, it is almost time to choose whose
:23:11. > :23:14.portrait you believe deserves to go into the National Portrait Gallery.
:23:14. > :23:19.But before you vote, you can watch all of the film is about the
:23:19. > :23:25.nominees on our website. To cast your vote, you need to text the name
:23:25. > :23:30.of your favourite to 60011. You can also vote for free on our website.
:23:30. > :23:41.Here is a recap of the short list and how to vote once the lines open.
:23:41. > :23:41.So, to vote for Simon Weston, Britain's most recognisable war
:23:41. > :25:48.veteran, text Simon to 60011. All worthy of the portrait,
:25:48. > :25:52.will it be? Voting now opens and closes
:25:52. > :26:01.will it be? Voting now opens and can also vote
:26:01. > :26:13.will it be? Voting now opens and website. We will announce the
:26:13. > :26:14.will it be? Voting now opens and with A Practical Arrangement.
:26:14. > :26:17.will it be? Voting now opens and # Am I asking for the moon?
:26:17. > :26:19.will it be? Voting now opens and # Is it really so implausible?
:26:19. > :26:24.# That you and I could soon. # Is it really so implausible?
:26:24. > :26:28.# Come to some kind of arrangement? # Is it really so implausible?
:26:28. > :26:33.# I'm not asking for the moon. # Is it really so implausible?
:26:33. > :26:36.# I've always been a realist. # Is it really so implausible?
:26:36. > :26:38.# When it's really nothing more. # Is it really so implausible?
:26:38. > :26:40.# Than a simple rearrangement. # Is it really so implausible?
:26:40. > :26:45.# With one roof above our heads. # Is it really so implausible?
:26:45. > :26:48.# A warm house to return to. # Is it really so implausible?
:26:48. > :26:52.# We could start with separate beds. # Is it really so implausible?
:26:52. > :26:58.# I could sleep alone or learn to. # Is it really so implausible?
:26:58. > :27:01.# I'm not suggesting that we'd find. # Is it really so implausible?
:27:01. > :27:02.# Some earthly paradise for ever. # Is it really so implausible?
:27:02. > :27:07.# I mean, how often does that now?
:27:07. > :27:13.# The answer's probably never. now?
:27:13. > :27:13.# But we could come to an arrangement.
:27:13. > :27:17.# But we could come to an # A practical arrangement.
:27:17. > :27:26.# And you could learn to love # A practical arrangement.
:27:26. > :27:33.# Given time. # I'm not promising the moon.
:27:33. > :27:40.# I'm not promising a rainbow. # Just a practical solution.
:27:40. > :27:44.# To a solitary life. # I'd be a father to your boy.
:27:44. > :27:52.# To a solitary life. # A shoulder you could lean on.
:27:52. > :27:53.# How bad could it be. # To be my wife?
:27:53. > :28:01.# With one roof above our heads. # To be my wife?
:28:01. > :28:10.# A warm house to return to. # You wouldn't have to cook for me.
:28:10. > :28:15.# A warm house to return to. # You wouldn't have to learn to.
:28:15. > :28:20.# A warm house to return to. proposition here.
:28:20. > :28:23.# I've no intention of proposition here.
:28:23. > :28:28.# You're proposition here.
:28:28. > :28:30.# But we could come to an # A practical arrangement.
:28:30. > :28:37.# And perhaps you'd learn to love # A practical arrangement.
:28:37. > :28:41.# Given time. # It may not be the romance.
:28:41. > :28:48.# Given time. # That you had in mind.
:28:48. > :28:54.# But you could learn to love me. # That you had in mind.
:28:54. > :29:05.# Given time. Thank you, Sting. Great
:29:05. > :29:18.on the show. The album The Thank you, Sting. Great
:29:18. > :29:23.is out on September the 23rd.