14/01/2013 The One Show

Hello and welcome to The One Show with Matt Baker... And Alex Jones.

What a great night for the Brits at the Golden Globes Awards? Didn't

they do well, Dame Maggie Smith, Adele.

Well tonight's guest is another great British film export. The only

way to introduce him is with one of those ploks with a really great

voice... Tonight, coming to a sofa near you, Jason Bourne's nemesis,

it's... Brian Cox! There you go, Brian, you see. I don't know what

is more scary, Jason's nemesis? Welcome to see you.

Is it a big night, the Golden Globes Awards? It is quite relaxed.

More relaxed than the Oscars, not that I've ever been to them, but I

gather it is. It is also, because there are so

many categories like the films are divided up. Whereas with the Oscars

everyone is chasing the same prize, you have Best Actor, benefit

musical, Best Drama, it is more evenly spread. It is quaint.

It is run by the Hollywood Foreign Press, the average age of which is

120. Do you think that the nominees were

fair? I think so. There is a personal choice that I would have

liked to have seen of one, but it is OK, but I was very pleased for

Hugh Jackman. He is doing such a great work. Some reviewers have

been many and unnecessarily so. I think what he does in that film is

extraordinary. It is very, very hard to do.

You are talking about Les Miserables. A brilliant film m

steel reel being it! Now, with snow covering large parts of the country

and temperatures plummeting, lots of you may be sitting there with an

extra jumper on. But imagine sleeping outside on a

make-shift protest camp? Alex Riley is planning to meet some people who

are planning a long winter under ground.

Sitting Bull, otherwise known en -- as Simon has dieded to put his life

in danger. This is the hardest way of removing

protesters from the sight, when at the tunnel. Down here is the water

container and my toilet... That's so I have comfort below me. This is

my snorkel, breathing system! It is very rudimentary, to say the least.

This is one of several tunnels. This is Sitting Bull tunnel, there

is Crazy Horse tunnel and they are in the process of doing ger own mow

tunnel. The project of this link has been

under discussion for 20 years. Last year, the protesters lost a court

battle for the road to be scrapped. Now this is one of three different

camps. People are building things, sitting on ropes, what have you.

How long have you been up there for? About an hour-and-a-half.

How long will you stay up there? Probably that much -- not that much

longer. I will have a cup of tea in a minute.

Today, it is good-natured and friendly but there have been some

arrests. This scheme, the new road is three miles long, why is it

worth getting arrested for? It is destroying the nature. It is a

terrible waste of public money. I want my daughter to grow up and

walk through this valley, not for it to be destroyed by a road that

is carrying 30,000 vehicle as day. It is obscene.

There is, however, lots of support for the project. 84% of the locals

responded to a vuarfaway and backed the idea of a new road -- survey.

It is essential to the development of the Hastings area and Bexhill.

It will increase the size of the local economy by over �1 billion.

It is ten times the cost of building the road.

Now there are obviously passionate people who oppose the project. Some

of them are prepared to dig tunnels, climb trees and get arrested. What

do you say to them? We have been through a long process of

consultation, planning permission, of public inquiry. There has been

lots of opportunity for everyone to put across their point of view.

Their antics in the courts last year, tunnelling this year it has

cost us about �5 million. With the construction under way,

history tells us it isen likely that either said will get what they

want. Even 7,000 demonstrators could not halt the Newbury by-pass

from being built and all of the added security cost the taxpayer a

whopping �24 million extra. If they do grab me. All I do need

here are 30 seconds. Then I am down the hole.

You are prepareded to stay here, locked in the dark? Yes.

I have loads of batteries! But it will be cold and difficult to live

in. How long can you survive in this? I reckon I could survive for

a month. Well, I know you mentioned it but

being out in conditions like this at the moment does not bare

thinking about. Lucy is here to talk about this a little more. We

have heard from Sitting Bull. It is a last resort, where are the

protesters today? Well, we are not allowed to say where the camp is,

but the road is being built in stages. They obviously have not got

tonne that part of the road yet. When they get near to that part of

the road, the police have said that they have trained people who will

deal with the removal or the evicting of the protesters like

Sitting Bull, and they will then apply for a high court order also

to do that. We know that it is a waiting game right now.

This is a big protest but we saw more protests of this scale in the

past? This is taking us back to the 90s. There was a stand-off with the

police today. That lasted four hours. Then the protesters in the

tree tops in that location they came down and they were evicted.

Then the three oak trees there were felled. We got used to seeing this

in the 90s, it was on a bigger scale. You may remember Hampshire,

Twyford Downs. It was extended for the M3. There was a huge protest.

That is when we saw the start of non-violent action. People became

good at doing this. Then Newbury, 1,000 people were arrested there.

That is where Swampy emerged? You remember, Swampy, Brian?

remember him very well. He was a hero. I think it is shocking. It is

beautiful that part of the countryside. We are doing enough

damage to the countryside, we should leave it alone.

But there are others who say that this is progress, we need the roads.

Swampy was the reluctant hero, coming up from the tunnel, had a

taste of fame. He was on Have I Got News For You, he was in fashion

supplements, you were a fan of him, weren't you?! I was. Then he

disappeared again. Daniel, Hooper, where are you? I think that the

point you made about how unfashionable it is to were test. I

think is a shame. It is only by protesting that you get moving.

Have you protested yourself, Brian? All the time. Every day of my life.

It is one of those things for an actor. I am a pain in the... But we

can't talk about the roads tonight without talking about the snow. The

warnings that are in place, is there anything we must be aware of?

There are three amber warnings and igt yellow warnings for the whole

of the country. The news is that the temperatures are predicted to

keep going down and the worst affected area are the north of east

England, area and the East Midlands. The Met Office are saying to please

watch out for the ice. Now, in a minute, Brian, we are talking about

your comedkpwri, but first, let's have a look at one of your most

famous film roles. Is that why you killed Marie?

killed her. The minute you climbed into the car. The minute you

entered her life she was dead. I told you to leave us alone. I

fell off the grid. There is no place I won't catch up to you. It

is how every story ends it is what you are, Jason, a killer.

One of my favourites of the Bourne series.

There is a funny story about that I was doing a play. We wrapped the

film. We never shot that scene. The showdown between Jason Bo, rne and

the guy that I played! I can't remember his name! The CIA guy.

When they did, they rang me up. I was in Edinburgh doing a play. I

was looking like this. We had to do this scene. So they flew me in on a

private jet to do the scene. That is a wig I am wearing. It was all

done in a weekend. Finally, they finished the film.

So, you have done a huge block buster but you are back on our

small screens in a comedy. Tell us about this. This is Bob Servant

Independent? It is hilarious. pleased about this. It is something,

I have always wanted to do comedy. Because I have this face, which...

What do you mean?! Apparently I welcome mean, but I am not at all

but I do look it! So this script came to me. It was a brilliant

young writer, who wrote a series of books called Delete At Your Peril.

Bob was taking on e-mail spammers. I urge you to read it, it is really

funny. We did it on the radio. Then a clever producer here at the BBC

decided to do a television series based on Bob. So the scripts came

and they were amazing. The other thing that is important for me is

that it is set in my home town. That's right. He is a small

businessman, he turned into an MP. He is telling some of his policies

here to the locals. I have an unfair parking ticket...

Joan, marketing -- parking tickets is not the thing. Whoa, let's hear

it. I came out of the dry-cleaners. There was a traffic warden at the

car. I know the one. Was he looking pleased with himself? He was.

He has given me a ticket, but I was own three hours over. That is knit-

picking, Joan, I will not have it on my watch! Hang on the line. My

campaign manager will be with you directly, we can probably throw in

a disabled parking badge! He is a brilliant character. Very good, but

it must have been great to be back at home? It is the first time ever,

really, that Dundee has been, well, there was a thing years ago in

which nobody could do the accent, Dupe City, but I am proud that

there is a comedy coming from Dundee. It is not from Edinburgh,

or Glasgow but it is from Dundee. And speaking of which, you have a

gift for us. This is for the One Show kitchen.

This is the Dundee dialect. Nobody can understand it, but, for

instance, I will give you that one. That is I have finished my meal.

It goes like this A- A- R. I ate it all! So, Brian, we worked

out you have done over 100 films. We were working out can you guess

what they are purely by the tag lines? Well, here are a few tag

lines. Let's have the first one. Still armed, still dangerous, still

got it. You can't remember the character

name in the Bourne films, so good luck with this. Is that from the

Bourne films? Is it me? It is a colour. It is not

blue it is not white it is? Red! You starred opposite Helen Mirren.

Yes. I have just done the sequel in which all I do is kiss Helen

Mirren! I come back just to kiss Helen Mirren it was the best-paid

job. We'll do one more. Then a huge clue.

This is based in Scotland. Here we go.

Ever man dies, not every man really lives. That is either Brave Heart

or Rob Roy. We will take the first one, it is

Brave Heart. Are you still up for a scrap with

the English over independence? Now we are going back 100 years to

a moment that changed cinema You killed my partner, punk. I'm

taking you in! There is nothing like an action film to get the

adrenaline pumping, but if you think this kind of picture was born

in Hollywood, think again. Movie experts reckon that the first

action film was made here in Sheffield.

It was made over 100 years ago. More than a decade, before

Hollywood became the capital of world film production. At the turn

of the 20th century, these streets were the home of a firm of

photographers called the Sheffield Photo Company. They were at the

forefront of an exciting industry, but they were also on the brink of

becoming part of film-making history.

It was 1903 when the company released the first moving picture

production. It was called A daring Daylight Burglary.

We see a burgler forcing open the windows of the house. Above us is

the roof. A young boy fetches the police. A fight starts, a policeman

is thrown to his serious injure, possibly death. I think at the time

that would have felt realistic to people and quite shocking.

Was it a hit? Yes, it was a big hit. The company sold the rights of the

film to a gentleman called Charles Urban. He dies Buted it around the

world. So, shot in Sheffield but it

conquered the world? Indeed. The people behind the international

hit were the Mottershaw family. It was his son, though, Frank, who was

the creative force behind the fiction films. In its day, a Daring

Day light Burglary was ground- breaking.

It is all action. A cop is killed and the other cops go, as it were,

not only to catch the villain but almost to avenge them. A theme

that's been running for over 100 years? Yes. You can see the story,

the line of it, how it has been expanded on in countless of films.

It is sister-in-law one of the earliest-known films to have told a

story in this way. It was not just the actions that

was ground breaking. The editing much the film took the audience on

a journey across the city in less than five minutes.

Films before this would have been made up of one or two shots. This

film goes to a number of different locations. The audience must create

the links between the different locations. It is like a very crude

form of cinema very cab leary being created.

Do you think it would work with a modern audience? Yes it is in the

that far removed from what they see each week on the big screen.

Good. Let's go to the box office. Enjoy the film. It is action-packed.

I don't really know what I was expecting, but it had more action

in it than I thought it would. think with the old cinema, you are

not sure what to make of it. Sometimes maybe not that fast-paced,

but I was impressed by it. We are very lucky today as we have

a member of the Mottershaw dynasty with us, Frank's grandson.

The move from frame-to-frame is so good. It really stands out and

establishes a method that has been used ever since.

The film near escaped the attention of most modern film fans but just

as the location is enjoyed here in Sheffield, so its impact continues

to influence on the silver screen. Now, if you will excuse me, I have

to carry on spreading the word... Brilliant stuff, as a tribute to A

Daring Daylight Robbery, it is now Stkpwhrrb 1903, of course. Joining

us on the sofa it is film critic, Antonia Quirke. If you did not

fancy watching an action film in 1903, what else was on offer?

was an exciting time in cinema, full stop. Not just in Sheffield

for that family but in Brighton, the Hollywood of the UK, you had

scientists, chemists, film-makers, entrepreneurs, money-men,

photographers, all working together and competing against each other to

bring all sorts of extraordinary stuff to the screen. One memorable

film from 1903 was a film about a stilton sandwich! All about the

little mites eating away at the cheese it was filmed through a

telescope. The audiences were crazy for it, but one of the most

beautiful, and interesting is the adaptation of Alice in Wonderland.

That really is xegsal. As you can see, it -- exceptional. Down here

in the rabbit hole it is the stuff of nightmares. This is only 37

years after the book was written. Today is the 115th anniversary of

LewisCarrol's death. There is family history. The actors are

played by the writer, and the director, Cecil and his wife is in

it. Their grandchildren. You can see they are having a terrific time.

It is a great film. If blokes fancy something with a

bit of violence, as they do, sometimes, back in 1903, what was

on offer then? There was a one- minute film about a chest chess

dispute. There is a film that I believe we

APPLAUSE What do you make of that, Brian?! And the way it is happening

out of shot. It is arty. I love the way that the men look as though

they are modelled on the great silent actor, Buster Keaton. He was

only eight years old then. The imagination is brilliant. It is a

very good pont you made about the film being made below the screen.

It is a lot of -- there are a lot of films that are overproduced.

And of course colour. A year before this, a man called

Edward Raymond Turner was making the first ever colour moving

picture in his back garden in Hounslow. We have a shot here. That

is his little girl. That is in a back guard no-one Hounslow. That is

shot in Brighton. Turner was a chemist. He made the 38 millimetre

film with his own hands. Those combined with the camera and

the projector to make the perfect colour.

Antonia, thank you very much. Brian, in the show of yous, you are

playing a man attempting to become an MP. Well, let's hear from a man

who has heard everything that politics has to offer.

I am Paddy Ashdown. I am going back to the first street that I remember,

it is off Coast guardLane. It is off Orloch.

Here I am living alongside Belfast lock. That is it going right the

way down to the city. Can you imagine the magic of that? And

these... They were just abandoned, the Second World War, army huts. I

thought they were great. We used to play in them all of the time.

Pretending we were men in machine guns, shoting over the top of them.

What an adventure! That must be the house but you know how I recognise

it, it is the tree first. There were telehouses. We lived at

that end... LAUGHTER That is the old coastguard Tower. It was pretty

well derelict. These are the steps that led us up, to what was, for me,

the steps to fairyland and imagination.

And here it is. It is looking straight out on to

the Mull of Kintyre. Surrounded by the sea on all three

sides. I also remember here a strange

loneliness, a strange separation. My father was a Colonel in the

Indian army. He had come home in 1946 but my father stayed on

foreanother two years. It seemed an age to me. I was so attached to him.

I remember having I rirb -- irrational fears, that as my dad

was not there, the sea would come up and devour us. So, it was mum

and me. She was so happy to be back in Northern Ireland.

This was her home. This was her family. This is where she came from.

It was hard. She was not very rich.we never had money. She was

living off an Indian army officer's pension. It was hard. They were

tough times. Then my dad came home. That was magic. My God, I remember

how life changed when he was here. Yes! Now this, as I recall, it was

our sitting room. This was very, very tumble down. I remember the

ceilings, bowing, if not down, showing signs of dampness. Dampness,

that is what I remember here. I remember mum desperately trying to

keep us all warm. This is the bit that I remember so

well as a boy. There were little paths in amongst the bushes. We

would pretend we had landed by a rubber boat on to the rocky

shoreland. They were all adventures but all military adventures. When

my dad came home, he would encourage us to adventure and

danger. Mum was always saying not to let him do that we had lost one

son, she was terrified at losing another.

But for the rest of my life I have always had a fear of loss in the

family. If I were a Northern Irishman, and

I am, and proud of it, then this is where I first dicovered what that

means. If they managed to beat the accent out of me at school, they

never managed to beat the Paddy out of me. That identity is a huge part

of what I have become, of what I am. In credible what you get back when

you take them back to their own home? You were saying, Brian, that

you great, great grandparents street has a claim to fame? Well,

Billy Connolly rang my one day and he said that Bobby Carlisle, Billy

Connolly and my grandparents all lived in the same street together.

Did they? I wonder what it was? were all Irish immigrants, but your

roots are very important. That is what is so nice about that.