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Hello, welcome to The One Show with Matt Baker... And Alex Jones. All | :00:18. | :00:22. | |
across the country, Valentines couples are probably settling down | :00:22. | :00:26. | |
right now to their romantic, candlelit meals. We do not want to | :00:26. | :00:30. | |
spoil the mood, but we want you to keep watching. We are going to dim | :00:30. | :00:35. | |
the lights so you can keep us on in the corner of the room. What is Mrs | :00:35. | :00:40. | |
Baker read too? She is on her own. Yes, she has spent 14 years of | :00:40. | :00:43. | |
Valentine's Day is on her home. Without breaking tradition, she is | :00:43. | :00:49. | |
at home, waiting for me to return. She does put up with quite a lot. | :00:49. | :00:53. | |
won't be long, I am setting off in 30 minutes. If you haven't had any | :00:53. | :00:58. | |
cards, don't worry. We've got a Valentine just for you. Shall we | :00:58. | :01:08. | |
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Nice to see you. Why do you make me do this stuff? We have some good | :01:14. | :01:21. | |
news. What? A survey out today, you are the top television Ballantyne. | :01:22. | :01:28. | |
I say top, you beat Professor Brian Cox, Philip Glenister and Simon | :01:28. | :01:36. | |
Cowell. Well, at least that somebody I... Hey! There were three | :01:36. | :01:40. | |
fellows ahead of you, but we will not dwell on that. Is that a joke? | :01:40. | :01:50. | |
No, you did. Women voted. Thank you very much, women! You are not the | :01:50. | :01:54. | |
only handsome chap on tonight's show. Later we will be meeting the | :01:54. | :01:59. | |
very attractive Byron. There he is. He is very handy, as you can see. | :01:59. | :02:04. | |
dog that can use the cash machine. He is operating the cash machine?! | :02:04. | :02:10. | |
We will explain later on. And we are getting poetic worth Sam | :02:10. | :02:15. | |
Couples. Somebody could be in for a surprise question. They cannot hear | :02:15. | :02:25. | |
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Right, they are here because we asked for your Valentine Verses. | :02:25. | :02:31. | |
You have a poem that was sent in especially for Alex. Oh, really? | :02:31. | :02:38. | |
Surprise, back at you! I can take it, go on. This was sent from Scott | :02:38. | :02:43. | |
Green grass. Alex, you're such a pretty girl. The BBC has a pill. | :02:43. | :02:48. | |
Your lovely hair, cut into a Bob, it makes my heart throb, throb, | :02:48. | :02:55. | |
throb. I watch you every night, you really are the day's highlight. | :02:55. | :03:03. | |
Scott Green grass, aged 14. Kisses for you. Thank you very much. You | :03:03. | :03:07. | |
can be my Valentine. If you are in the doghouse because you didn't | :03:08. | :03:11. | |
send a card, we might be able to help. Send a brief message with | :03:11. | :03:13. | |
your name and location and we will show some of them. | :03:13. | :03:16. | |
First, one in five children are classified as living below the | :03:16. | :03:20. | |
poverty line in the UK. Although we often hear campaigners and | :03:21. | :03:24. | |
politicians argue about the definition of what it is to be poor, | :03:24. | :03:27. | |
we rarely hear from the children themselves. Hayley Cutts has been | :03:27. | :03:30. | |
looking at the subject for Newsround and has helped put that | :03:30. | :03:39. | |
Arguments may rage over where exactly the poverty line falls in | :03:39. | :03:43. | |
Britain or what defines being poor. But for the children in this film, | :03:43. | :03:51. | |
they know only too well how hard life can be without money. Ten- | :03:51. | :03:55. | |
year-old Lauren and eight-year-old Angel live in Manchester, where | :03:55. | :04:01. | |
child poverty rates are as high as 49% in some areas. So, your mother | :04:01. | :04:07. | |
doesn't have loads of money? We are half skint. Oh, all right. What is | :04:07. | :04:14. | |
it like when the gas runs out? Is it really cold? Yes. What about the | :04:14. | :04:21. | |
electric? When the electric goes, my life turns off and I cannot do | :04:21. | :04:27. | |
my homework. It annoys me. I can't see and I have to go like that. | :04:27. | :04:35. | |
It's difficult for me. For kids like Lauren and Angel it is things | :04:35. | :04:39. | |
like heating and electricity that they miss out on the most. I have | :04:39. | :04:43. | |
met some kids who occasionally have to rely on charity food parcels to | :04:43. | :04:50. | |
top up their diet. Two of those children are sisters Jade and her | :04:51. | :04:55. | |
sister who lives in Wiltshire. porridge? You like porridge. | :04:55. | :05:01. | |
Sometimes I think when we get the food parcels that we go and ask for | :05:01. | :05:04. | |
the food parcel and they would say that they haven't got one and we | :05:04. | :05:10. | |
won't be able to have any food. They used to have a comfortable | :05:10. | :05:14. | |
standard of living. But when their mum got sick, dead dad took a low | :05:14. | :05:24. | |
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webpage job so he could spend more When we are at home, nobody knows | :05:26. | :05:30. | |
we are poor. When I go out, they buy stuff and they say, why can't | :05:30. | :05:35. | |
you buy that? I say, I can't. And then they know that I am poor. Mum | :05:35. | :05:40. | |
and dad argue a lot because of money. It makes them argue and it | :05:40. | :05:44. | |
seems like they are mad or of the time. We don't like it so we go | :05:44. | :05:50. | |
upstairs and watch a film together. 12-year-old Chantelle lives in | :05:50. | :05:55. | |
Milton Keynes. Three years ago her dad, Michael, had a stroke. He can | :05:55. | :06:05. | |
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no longer work. At Christmas, my mum and dad only had a pot of beans | :06:05. | :06:11. | |
and two slices of bread. What was that like for you? It was really | :06:11. | :06:18. | |
horrible. My dad wanted me to have it, he said, no, you have it. We | :06:18. | :06:22. | |
argued about it. You wanted to look after your dad, and he wanted to | :06:22. | :06:27. | |
look after you? How do you feel in those situations? Really down and | :06:27. | :06:33. | |
upset. Before the stroke, Michael worked as a taxi controller. Now he | :06:33. | :06:40. | |
receives employment and support allowance of �94.25 a week. | :06:40. | :06:45. | |
school they have their fingernails and their hair done. They have nice | :06:45. | :06:49. | |
houses and shoes and stuff. And I don't have that. It's hard because | :06:49. | :06:54. | |
I get bullied. But I just try to get through it. What would you like | :06:54. | :06:59. | |
to do? If you had more money, what would you do? I would go on holiday. | :06:59. | :07:09. | |
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Where? Barcelona. Wow. Have you The Government says that the | :07:11. | :07:16. | |
radical welfare reform policies will lift 350,000 children out of | :07:16. | :07:19. | |
poverty. Children's charities predict that the Government | :07:19. | :07:21. | |
strategy could actually lead to even more children falling below | :07:22. | :07:25. | |
the poverty line. But these political arguments mean little to | :07:25. | :07:35. | |
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If he your mum won the lottery and bought you everything that you ever | :07:36. | :07:41. | |
wanted, what would you do? We do thank her or do something else? | :07:41. | :07:51. | |
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would give it to charity. Give it to charity? Yes. What for, though? | :07:51. | :07:55. | |
Other kids, but haven't got anything. You would give it to | :07:55. | :08:01. | |
them? Yes. Thank you to all of the children in that report for | :08:01. | :08:05. | |
speaking so openly. On we go to Sport Relief. It is back. Let's | :08:05. | :08:09. | |
Dance is back. The Jones team is back with us. Put your fingers in | :08:09. | :08:15. | |
your ears for a second. How do you find working with Alex? It is | :08:15. | :08:21. | |
challenging. I can lip-read! I love her dearly, and I am looking | :08:21. | :08:28. | |
forward to it. I'm going to stop now. That's good. This is quite | :08:28. | :08:34. | |
weird for you. You are co-hosting the show. I could be sitting on the | :08:34. | :08:41. | |
couch, watching The One Show. could push you off your chair and | :08:41. | :08:46. | |
answer all your questions. But I thought we would invite UN. Let's | :08:46. | :08:50. | |
talk about the winners from last year, Charlie Baker, that is | :08:50. | :08:54. | |
fantastic. There is one thing throwing your arms about and | :08:54. | :08:58. | |
getting the public vote, but these guys really concentrate. He was | :08:58. | :09:02. | |
kind of too good for the show. It's not really about what Let's Dance | :09:02. | :09:07. | |
is about. People are upping the ante. They did put in on the Ritz, | :09:07. | :09:13. | |
quite a classical dance and they did a fantastic dance. Some people | :09:13. | :09:18. | |
will be lowering it quite significantly. Who? Tony Blackburn | :09:18. | :09:22. | |
and David Hamilton will perform to wait track that will make you | :09:22. | :09:26. | |
question your sanity. It is going to be remarkable. Don't miss it. | :09:26. | :09:31. | |
Have you seen the rehearsals? yet. I'm just hearing what they are | :09:31. | :09:35. | |
doing and it made me run to the hills. We have some funny duos. | :09:36. | :09:41. | |
There is Fatima Whitbread and the Cuban Brothers. Unlikely. I love | :09:41. | :09:48. | |
batten me -- Fatima Whitbread. Darren Gough has been on Strictly, | :09:48. | :09:51. | |
he might have an advantage. fact that he can dance is a | :09:51. | :09:55. | |
significant advantage. You will look at this differently, from | :09:55. | :10:00. | |
going through the Strictly process. Your talent sickens me, the pair of | :10:00. | :10:08. | |
you. Are you two going to team up for a little number? No! You look | :10:08. | :10:15. | |
like a giraffe when you dance. can't deny that. She's lovely to | :10:15. | :10:20. | |
dance with. She never used to be. Before Strictly, she was awful. | :10:21. | :10:26. | |
Excuse me! You are more gangly than I am. I will stick with Matt for | :10:26. | :10:31. | |
dancing. Honestly, we are really pleased that you are back to do | :10:31. | :10:37. | |
Let's Dance with me. But has Simon Cowell broken your heart? Not at | :10:37. | :10:41. | |
all. I owe him a debt of gratitude. He has given me this extraordinary | :10:41. | :10:46. | |
platform in the States. I tend to build on that. I have no animosity | :10:46. | :10:51. | |
to him or any of the team. It was an amazing experience. I was gutted | :10:51. | :10:55. | |
that I didn't get to do the second season, but I got to do the first | :10:55. | :10:58. | |
one and I was very happy doing it. What you like to do so more poetry | :10:58. | :11:06. | |
There are some little surprises at the back. There are probably about | :11:06. | :11:12. | |
three of them. We will see how much time we have. This is from Conan | :11:12. | :11:16. | |
Macdonald for his fiancee, Sam. You mean the world to me, my lovely | :11:16. | :11:21. | |
veterinarian. Although you often chat about your latest ships | :11:21. | :11:29. | |
caesarean. It does not put me off my tea, I am not yet a vegetarian. | :11:29. | :11:37. | |
Thanks for agreeing to spend your days with a 5 foot 4 barbarian. | :11:37. | :11:41. | |
That was actually a really good. Another one? Rattle them out. | :11:41. | :11:47. | |
is from Avril, T Michael endorse it. A romantic meal for two, you say? | :11:47. | :11:52. | |
Just because it is Valentine's Day? Even that must be joking. Look at | :11:52. | :11:56. | |
the prize, a meal at home would be just as nice. You know I love you, | :11:56. | :12:01. | |
I always will. Fine, we can go out, but you can pay the bill! | :12:01. | :12:08. | |
seconds? From Glenn, for Carol Farnham in Norfolk. I love Glen, | :12:08. | :12:14. | |
he's very funny, he makes my world sunny. He makes a bit of mess, that | :12:14. | :12:22. | |
gives me stress. But you know, my dear Glenn, I love you. Now another | :12:22. | :12:26. | |
couple utterly devoted to each other. Here is Angellica Bell with | :12:26. | :12:34. | |
Kate and Byron. Byron is absolutely wonderful. Attentive, he opens and | :12:34. | :12:38. | |
closes doors, he helps me to take my coat off. He puts the laundry in | :12:38. | :12:43. | |
the laundry basket. When I am with him, my day is so much brighter. | :12:43. | :12:48. | |
sounds great, doesn't he? But she is not talking about her husband. | :12:48. | :12:54. | |
She is talking about her dog. Byron is a specially trained Labrador and | :12:54. | :13:02. | |
a massive help to Kate. She has a painful degenerative condition that | :13:02. | :13:08. | |
means she can dislocate her joints doing household tasks. Good boy. | :13:08. | :13:13. | |
Before I had Byron I was very frustrated with my life. I was | :13:13. | :13:17. | |
finding, physically, a lot of things very hard to do. I was in | :13:17. | :13:21. | |
pain a lot of the time. I had become quite isolated and I was | :13:21. | :13:26. | |
staying at home on my own an awful lot. How did that changed with | :13:26. | :13:31. | |
Byron? He has just made an absolute world of difference. He has given | :13:31. | :13:39. | |
me the confidence to go out on my own. He helps me in my day-to-day | :13:39. | :13:43. | |
life with so many different things. He is able to do things that I find | :13:43. | :13:48. | |
difficult or impossible to do. I am at less risk of injury because I am | :13:48. | :13:52. | |
not using my joints so much. My levels of fatigue have improved an | :13:52. | :13:58. | |
awful lot as well. Beautiful, good boy. While Kate and | :13:58. | :14:01. | |
Anna oar get on with their day, I am off to meet the people that | :14:01. | :14:11. | |
Since they opened in 1990, canine Partners have trained 334 dogs, | :14:11. | :14:16. | |
including Byron. I would like you to hold your hands out and he will | :14:16. | :14:26. | |
bring them back to you. That's good, well done. Bring it here. Well done. | :14:26. | :14:31. | |
That's amazing. It really gives people independents. They don't | :14:31. | :14:38. | |
need day-care to get undressed. Clever boy! The dogs start training | :14:38. | :14:43. | |
at eight weeks and they live with foster families who socialise them. | :14:43. | :14:46. | |
Then they move into the advanced training team, where they have an | :14:47. | :14:50. | |
average of 15 weeks of intensive training. There is a huge demand | :14:51. | :14:54. | |
for dogs. We are looking to train up to 60, the most we have trained | :14:54. | :15:00. | |
in one year. It's amazing to think that these dogs will help change | :15:00. | :15:06. | |
people's lives. Good boy! Just like Byron did with Kate. I would say | :15:06. | :15:11. | |
that Byron has not just changed my life, he has given me my old life | :15:11. | :15:21. | |
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back. Which is fantastic. I can't Kate and Byron have made the trip | :15:22. | :15:27. | |
to the studio, lovely to see you. We have a rose for you, but we need | :15:27. | :15:32. | |
a delivery man. I think I might know the man! Could it be Byron, by | :15:32. | :15:39. | |
any chance? What do I have to say to him? Just ask him to take it. | :15:39. | :15:47. | |
will bring it to me. Byron! Take it. What a good lad! Isn't that | :15:47. | :15:54. | |
tremendous? Beautiful lad! He is amazing. We saw earlier in the | :15:54. | :15:57. | |
programme that he was helping you to get money out of a cash point, | :15:57. | :16:02. | |
how does that work? Does he know my pen number? He would be straight | :16:02. | :16:07. | |
down to the Pet Shop with that! He would buy a lot of tennis balls. | :16:07. | :16:11. | |
is not just out and about, he is such a help around the house. | :16:11. | :16:17. | |
has brought huge peace of mind to both me and my family in that if I | :16:17. | :16:21. | |
have a fall or get into trouble at home, Byron is trained. He will go | :16:21. | :16:26. | |
and fetch me a pillow, he will fetch me a blanket. He can cover me | :16:26. | :16:30. | |
over, then he will fetch the phone so I can call for help. He will | :16:30. | :16:34. | |
just settle down and make sure everything is OK, and when help | :16:34. | :16:40. | |
arrives, he will let them in. he ever eat the money? Not so far! | :16:40. | :16:48. | |
OK, good. He could be an expensive dog. You are still training him. | :16:48. | :16:51. | |
Absolutely, they are likely to carry the training on throughout | :16:51. | :16:55. | |
the partnership. It is very good for them, stimulating, and it is | :16:55. | :16:59. | |
not work, it is all about getting treats and rewards and having fun, | :16:59. | :17:06. | |
it is just a big game. For me, that is great, because my syndrome is | :17:06. | :17:10. | |
degenerative, so I now know that as my condition gets worse and I find | :17:10. | :17:17. | |
more things difficult, I have got Byron, who can help me out. Indeed. | :17:17. | :17:25. | |
It is amazing. Thank you so much, and thank you, Byron. Back to | :17:25. | :17:29. | |
Valentine's Day, and he is amazing how being in love can change | :17:29. | :17:34. | |
somebody. That old romantic Tuffers has discovered it can change a bun | :17:34. | :17:37. | |
of the mill portrait painter into one of the greatest artists of his | :17:37. | :17:44. | |
Have you ever looked really closely at John changed and wondered who | :17:44. | :17:48. | |
painted the portraits on your bank notes? Well, one portrait on | :17:48. | :17:52. | |
Scottish notes was painted by Allan Ramsay, the Edinburgh artists, | :17:52. | :17:59. | |
nearly 300 years ago. He was born here in 1713. By the end of his | :17:59. | :18:03. | |
teens, he was training as a painter, but it was love that raised his | :18:03. | :18:07. | |
work from mediocre to back it doesn't. It made him one of | :18:07. | :18:11. | |
Scotland's finest artists. One of his early works is this rather | :18:11. | :18:16. | |
formal portrait of his first wife. What was he like when he first | :18:16. | :18:20. | |
started painting? You could say he was quite conventional at the | :18:20. | :18:24. | |
beginning, he had had conventional training, mostly in London. | :18:24. | :18:28. | |
when he painted his first wife? you look closely at the portrait, | :18:28. | :18:33. | |
you see he has got some wonderful detail, but she is in a false oval | :18:34. | :18:37. | |
frame, a convention of the time, and it gave a bit of formality to | :18:37. | :18:43. | |
it. There is a neutral background inside the frame, but within the | :18:43. | :18:47. | |
conventions of the time, nothing really spectacularly different. | :18:47. | :18:52. | |
continued painting after his wife sadly died in childbirth. He | :18:52. | :18:58. | |
supplemented his income by teaching drawing. One of his pupils was | :18:58. | :19:01. | |
Margaret Lynsey, the daughter of a senior figure in the Scottish | :19:01. | :19:06. | |
nobility. They fell in love, but her father refused to accept the | :19:06. | :19:11. | |
relationship. Why was the father so against it? Because he was only a | :19:11. | :19:15. | |
painter. Although he was a great painter later, and although he was | :19:15. | :19:20. | |
very popular with the Emma -- Edinburgh nobility, he was simply a | :19:20. | :19:23. | |
painter, something that was not good enough for his daughter, his | :19:23. | :19:33. | |
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noble daughter. And her father cut Their only option was the romantic | :19:37. | :19:42. | |
one, to a low, so they ran away here to Canongate Kirk in the heart | :19:42. | :19:46. | |
of Edinburgh and were married in 1752. They soon embarked on a | :19:46. | :19:51. | |
three-year honeymoon in Italy. This period would transform his life and | :19:51. | :19:56. | |
work. It turned in into an artist whose works still hold pride of | :19:56. | :20:00. | |
place in the Scottish National Gallery, and it is this portrait of | :20:00. | :20:06. | |
Margaret that is his most outstanding piece. Love had made in | :20:06. | :20:11. | |
defy with convention and her father, and the free-spirited approach were | :20:11. | :20:17. | |
showing in his work as well. Was it love that inspired him? Absolutely. | :20:17. | :20:21. | |
It is an unusual picture. He was paid to paint portraits, usually | :20:21. | :20:26. | |
quite formal, but in this picture you have got her taking part in an | :20:26. | :20:30. | |
everyday activity, arranging flowers in a vase. It must have | :20:30. | :20:34. | |
been something that he just thought, I love this, I love this! He wanted | :20:34. | :20:40. | |
to paint him doing that, and he has caught up. She is dressed in the | :20:40. | :20:43. | |
latest Parisian fashions, and she it -- he is proud of that. | :20:43. | :20:47. | |
always had technical ability, but thanks to his new-found confidence, | :20:47. | :20:51. | |
born of his love for Margaret, his skill was coupled with style and | :20:51. | :20:57. | |
grace. Out went the formal pose and the oval surround, and in its place | :20:57. | :21:01. | |
he discovered the ability to capture a moment. The picture has | :21:02. | :21:07. | |
an overall warmth and depth that is absent in his earlier work. I think | :21:07. | :21:11. | |
his style relaxed, he got hugely competent, he knew he was at the | :21:11. | :21:15. | |
top of his game. Someone he was happy, contented, and when you see | :21:15. | :21:20. | |
the portrait, you see why. When he was painting his wife, he at all | :21:20. | :21:25. | |
the time in the world, and he would pull off a complete masterpiece. | :21:25. | :21:29. | |
His reputation grew, and he was appointed the official painter to | :21:29. | :21:34. | |
King George the Third. So the man who was rejected by his father in | :21:34. | :21:37. | |
law for being unworthy had proved himself, and the older daughter | :21:38. | :21:45. | |
love. -- he owed it all to love. I understand you are a bit of a dab | :21:45. | :21:53. | |
hand. Not bad! Do not talk yourself down! I wanted to go to art college, | :21:53. | :21:57. | |
but I cannot afford it, so I went to a printing factory. Caricatures | :21:57. | :22:01. | |
are my speciality, drawing caricatures of my co-workers, very | :22:01. | :22:06. | |
adult caricatures! Staying with that thing, it is time to introduce | :22:07. | :22:13. | |
Alex, the lute player. Isn't that beautiful? Alex's here because | :22:13. | :22:18. | |
we're going a bit Judah now. Ruth Goodman is here to tell us how | :22:18. | :22:24. | |
couples in Tudor times tied the At the heart of modern marriage is | :22:24. | :22:32. | |
the idea of romantic love. No-one can doubt that when these two Wedd, | :22:32. | :22:36. | |
it clearly symbolised their love for each other. Judah marriage in | :22:36. | :22:41. | |
Britain was also a symbolic, not just of love, but our family power | :22:41. | :22:47. | |
and politics. -- Judah. Hundreds of years ago, Winchester Cathedral | :22:47. | :22:53. | |
hosted another Royal Wedding. Love may have been in the air, but like | :22:53. | :22:59. | |
every marriage in those times, so was business and politics. On 25th | :22:59. | :23:04. | |
July, 1554, huge crowds gathered here to watch a Royal Wedding. It | :23:04. | :23:10. | |
is one that tells us a lot about marriage at all levels of society. | :23:10. | :23:14. | |
At this quarter, while this specially written music played, | :23:14. | :23:19. | |
Queen Mary, Henry VIII's eldest daughter, married Prince Philip of | :23:19. | :23:24. | |
Spain. They had never met before. They spoke different languages. And | :23:24. | :23:30. | |
the apparently found the plane. -- he found her plane. The marriage is | :23:30. | :23:37. | |
a perfect example of power politics at the time. Philip was the heir to | :23:37. | :23:41. | |
Spain, a huge power, and England could be on good terms, they had a | :23:41. | :23:45. | |
good position in Europe. This is his approach to marriage was common | :23:45. | :23:50. | |
thrill all levels of society. -- Business approach. Arrangements | :23:50. | :23:55. | |
would be put in place before a baby was born. Orders were the property | :23:55. | :23:59. | |
of their fathers, and as such they worked sort of pawns on chess | :23:59. | :24:04. | |
boards. They were moved around. Even at the lowest strata of | :24:04. | :24:08. | |
society, it was really important for a woman to get married. She had | :24:08. | :24:11. | |
no right if she was not married. If she did not make a good match, she | :24:11. | :24:16. | |
could possibly have no rights if she was widowed. Agreements had to | :24:16. | :24:20. | |
be hammered out beforehand, and it was as important for a farmer's | :24:20. | :24:25. | |
daughter to marry well and move into another family as it was for a | :24:25. | :24:29. | |
king's daughter. Weddings, even those not in cathedrals, were | :24:29. | :24:34. | |
showing affairs, a chance to dress up and show off. Particularly if | :24:34. | :24:40. | |
the bride came with a nice big dowry. There was no such thing as a | :24:40. | :24:44. | |
wedding dress at the time, people just walk their best, but they | :24:44. | :24:49. | |
meant their best! Look at all the jewels all over it. It was | :24:49. | :24:53. | |
important to make a show. After all, a marriage was a contract between | :24:53. | :24:59. | |
the families, and you put a great deal of effort into it. And you | :24:59. | :25:03. | |
show off you're young woman, she is what you have paid that huge dowry | :25:03. | :25:09. | |
for! Give us a twirl, girl! After the ceremony, the marriage deal was | :25:09. | :25:15. | |
sealed with a feast. They really liked to make a Big Splash at their | :25:15. | :25:19. | |
wedding feasts, particularly at the top end of society. The food was | :25:19. | :25:24. | |
spectacular. He would get all sorts of weird and wonderful things like | :25:24. | :25:29. | |
poor boys, swans, Peacocks, and there would be sugar sculptures all | :25:29. | :25:34. | |
along the table. And then, remember, pound for pound at this time, it | :25:34. | :25:39. | |
cost far more than gold. So by having a grand sugar display, if | :25:39. | :25:44. | |
you were really showing off your wealth. I have got a recipe for | :25:44. | :25:48. | |
making something that was really typical, made of almonds, sugar, | :25:48. | :25:54. | |
rosewater. I am going to have a go. It is a Mazatlan delicacy, the | :25:54. | :25:58. | |
centrepiece of the table. It would be decorated with gold leaf. -- | :25:58. | :26:03. | |
marzipan. Other gifts would be exchanged. Imagine at the end of | :26:03. | :26:08. | |
the wedding day, nibbling your sugar and gold leaf, conspicuous | :26:08. | :26:12. | |
consumption at the most edible end of the spectrum. Think of it that | :26:12. | :26:19. | |
day, full of pomp and ceremony, and dignity, that should impress the | :26:19. | :26:25. | |
new relatives, I think. If you have forgotten a Valentine's | :26:26. | :26:30. | |
present, a bag of sugar, perfect! Time for Sunday has to serenade | :26:30. | :26:36. | |
their partners by reading out poetry. Yes, Steve, you are going | :26:36. | :26:40. | |
to be our love judge, so after each poem, you have got your little | :26:40. | :26:49. | |
paddle there. They would get a beautiful rose. Yes, they will. | :26:49. | :26:55. | |
they would get a tin of One Show mushy peas. I like mushy peas! | :26:56. | :27:00. | |
Shall we introduce Alex, our lute play again? Can we have our first | :27:00. | :27:07. | |
poet partnership? It is Ryan and Sara. When I say I love you, I | :27:07. | :27:11. | |
promise this is true. On 5th May, we will stand together and we will | :27:11. | :27:15. | |
both say I do. Thank you very much for making me the happiest man | :27:15. | :27:21. | |
alive. I cannot wait for the day to come when you will be my wife. | :27:21. | :27:31. | |
Beautiful! That is lovely. Mr Jones? Homs, I loved it! Our next | :27:31. | :27:38. | |
couple, please. My husband is an amazing guy, EC's me laugh, he sees | :27:38. | :27:43. | |
me cry. A gentleman with a caring heart, incredibly wise, incredibly | :27:43. | :27:48. | |
smart. He comforts make and brings me joy, he is wonderful, he's my | :27:48. | :27:57. | |
toyboy. Toyboy! She could have gone anywhere with her rhyming couplets! | :27:57. | :28:06. | |
Mega Lush! Shall we move on to Mark? It is Valentine's Day, it is | :28:06. | :28:10. | |
always like Christmas Day to me. Every day I wake with you, it is | :28:10. | :28:18. | |
like Valentine's Day, Christmas Day and my birthday all in one. | :28:18. | :28:25. | |
Romantic! This is tension, this one, it could go either way! Really | :28:25. | :28:30. | |
lush! Why are doing well with the roses. How we got plenty to go | :28:30. | :28:40. | |
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round! The next one is Justine and David. You never pushed on | :28:41. | :28:51. | |
questioned why, just allowed made time to think and ponder, will you | :28:51. | :29:01. | |
marry me and always be by my side? I will. Wonderful! We have got a | :29:01. | :29:07. | |
proposal live on BBC One! Huge congratulations! Isn't that lovely? | :29:07. | :29:16. | |
Champagne! All on our very special Valentine's programme. Super lush! | :29:16. | :29:22. | |
Thank it is the poor coming in, and Let's Dance will start on Saturday. | :29:22. | :29:26. |