14/03/2014 The One Show

Tonight's guests have only been in EastEnders since Christmas and

already their life in Walford has been an emotional roller-coaster.

They've bought the Queen Vic... Their son has come out as gay...

They've stopped their daughter's wedding - on the wedding day... And

now they've got to cope with something even more dramatic...

Their Bulldog's pregnant! Hello friends and welcome to your

Friday One Show. Fearne Cotton's here. And Chris Evans is here. And

yes we're joined by the latest, greatest couple on the Square. It's

the Carters - Danny Dyer and Kellie Bright. Kellie, how is lady Di?

Apparently she is pregnant. Why isn't she here? We thought we'd

leave her, she is heavily pregnant and it has been a emotional. Her

official other name is Hot Lips. Danny, make sure you are on your

best behaviour. Backstage we have someone who will keep you in line.

Someone we know you won't want to get on the wrong side of. There she

is, reading your book. But if the book comes down you're in trouble.

We'll reveal who it is later. Let's have a little look. See if you can

recognise her just from behind the book. You should be worried. It is

the final rugby weekend. We're looking for the most committed

English, Welsh, Scottish and Irish Road the fans out there this

evening. Send us your photos of you in your most over the top

patriotically outfit. Alex flew out to Gatwick this

morning on her way to Utah where she is about to attempt the biggest

Sport Relief challenge of all time. Climbing to the top of this massive

rock. That's Moonlight Buttress - 1,200 feet, or on the Walford

scale... 39 Queen Vics. Very high. We could not let Alex go this

morning without digging her a surprise sendoff and it all started

with a phone call on Radio 2 this morning. Good morning, Alex. Good

morning Christopher. We have a surprise for you, are you ready? OK.

Five, four, three, two, one... Look round now, Alex.

# just call my name, Al be there in a hurry.

# you don't have to worry. # ain't no Mountain high enough.

Thank you so much. It is potentially the best sendoff I could have ever

dream dog. Absolutely amazing. Can I take you all with me.

She sounds so relaxed. Alex of course, raising loads of money for

vital life changing Sport Relief projects. Matthew recently visited

such a knockout examples. I used to go to school in this

thing. I have made a lot of mistakes in my life. It has had an effect and

it is something I do regret. This area of east London has one of the

highest levels of knife and gun violence in the UK. It is a very

tough place to grow up where violence can play a part of everyday

life. The organisation Fight For Peace is trying to change that. They

are trying to instil confidence and boxing by providing martial arts

training. This man spends his life getting trouble with the law until a

short spell in prison made him reassess the direction his life was

taking. Everybody I was with was involved in the same things. I did

not see it. When did the change come? I thought this was just a

boxing gym, somewhere you could train for free. Once I got involved,

I can see the opportunities here. Many people are sceptical. They

think people will come here and learn how to fight and then go out

there and use it. But you become more patient and understanding. A

lot of people come here with alcohol and drug problems, and after being

part of the Academy, they are better with their issues. It also helps

young people who have been affected by crime, like Bart, who at the age

of 13 suffered an horrific attack. People used to call me names. Would

be racist to me. I wanted to stand up and scream and tell them to

stop. I came home from school and my family were locked outside and I was

beaten up badly. I could not get in. Healy are today, do you feel you

have control of your life? It took me a lot to get out of the situation

I was in before. Coming here and training every day, it clears your

mind and your soul as well. My life has changed. We are changing young

people 's lives. They are working with others and changing their own

lives. We are creating life champions. It teaches young people

about themselves and about life. As well as getting fit, they are shown

how to interact with others. It looks very intense, this training?

Give it a go yourself. Four times. Push, push, push! My life has

changed. More positive with myself. I do things I didn't do before. This

is a dream that came into my life. I can see why this works, because

everything you know is stripped away. It feels good very good.

Thanks. You are not just shaking my hand, you are pulling me up off the

ground. Fantastic. We have some of the guys

here this evening. Can you tell us how everybody can donate?

If I were you I would donate. Don't hide behind me! Seriously.

If you have got the Radio Times, you will find an envelope. It makes it

easy to give any amount you want. Write a cheque, pop on a stamp and

post it. Now, Albert Square hasn't been the

same since the new family moved in. Here's a quick Carter compilation.

You never assault the customers. He assaulted me. Fancy woman writing

you love letter is again? What about Johnny's feelings? I think I am

going to cry. Everything all right? Just family stuff. I don't take

orders, big man. You do now. Mick loves that pink dressing gown

doesn't he? It's still freaks me out, I am on EastEnders. That is

what I am thinking. I love this pink dressing gown. It is great. I could

not wait to put it on. Was that an improvisation, was it in the script?

I cannot claim it, they did tell me early doors it would feature. Are

they laying some kind of story bomb? She tells me to take it off.

It was only set up for one scene. Why did Albert Square need the

Carters? Do you want to answer that? It does not need the Carters,

but it needed livening up. Yes, it needed livening up, let's be honest.

Did it need the Carters? Danny, and so the question. It needed livening

up, it was going through a mad stage. It needed some fresh blood.

You are like a proper couple! It was a bit of a risk, but I think it has

worked. It is based on the real family of the Executive Producer. We

are based on his mum and dad. It started from there. Danny, described

Kellie's character, Linda? Be careful. No, it is a character, I

can say what I want. It is not a personal thing. Aggressive. Stroppy.

Old school, but lovable. She is lovable, very loyal. Just to

clarify, that is Linda, not Kellie. Can you describe Mick's character?

For me, Mick is a cross between Mike Reed and the best bits of Danny

Dyer. I like that. That is Mick personified. He came in one day and

went, I am a bit worried. Joanne, which is his wife, said she fancied

Mick! She said Mick is the best bits of me so outcomes the pink dressing

out at home. The family sticks together almost in real life, in the

downtime, is there any feuding going on? You spend most of your time with

them, so it is natural you become closer to them. Sometimes you don't

see anyone for ages, we don't have a lot to do with the butchers. Not

that we don't like them! We love them. We see more people, because

they come into the pub. You have got your on-screen kids with us. Look

how gorgeous they are. Do you mother them when you are on sat?

Completely, they are Mike of the children. Very grown-up children.

You are going out tonight? We are going out for a bit of dinner. We

thought we would treat them. Are you sending them home early? We spoke

about her earlier, one member of the Carter family in particular. Lovely,

there she is. She has earned her place among so many wonderful

EastEnders dogs. This is Geoff. He is three years

old. He is my second bulldog, and he is tremendous. He is a source of

constant entertainment. Geoff! Come here! Geoff is an inquisitive dog,

and I am inquisitive about him. So today, we set off on a void of

discovery to find out why Geoff looks like he does, why he acts like

he does, why he became the autumn at British icon. I am told that

hundreds of years ago, albeit in was a popular sport alongside London's

embankment. I am here to find out more. Where do Bulldogs come from?

They are first mentioned in literature in 1500. They were

possibly brought by the Romans. There was a breed of big boned dogs.

Like a mastiff? Absolutely. These early dogs were the ideal butcher's

mate, controlling cattle on their way to market and later being used

in bull-baiting. A highly enriched all would make meet tender. In those

days, we had no meat hygiene laws, so the fact that people could see a

bull killed knew it had a reasonable chance of being fresh. It is a lot

clearer than a sell by date. The skill of the bulldog was the ability

to be able to pin the bull by its nose. They have this recruiting

jaw. But it could still breed. I have heard that the bull would

sometimes toss the bulldog 30 feet in the air and the owners would be

trying to catch it. That is right. Breeders used to breed the dog for a

massive head, but now they breed a moderate dog, because it can lead to

health problems. Unfortunately, the features we associate with the

bulldog are linked with poor health. The face faults can lead to

dermatitis and their large head usually rules out a natural birth.

Next stop, a West End boozer, home to a Victorian painting with the

Picts the bulldog in a whole new light. Dog breeders were looking for

other opportunities to show their animals off, so they took them to

local pubs like this to indulge in a bit of competition. Pride of place,

the Bulldogs. The Victorians loved the bulldog ma and it was seen as

the ideal family pet. The breed has consistently been used to beef up

our national image. When does the Bill dog start to become a national

icon? -- bulldog? It would have happened around the time of the

Napoleonic wars. In other conflicts, the dog is used again as a symbol of

national pride. If we think of Churchill, he was perfect to be

categorised as a bulldog, with his Roundhead and big shoulders. In

bulldog owners' Manuels, it always says they will never start a fight,

but there will always finish one. Unfortunately, they have an

association with blood sports throughout history. It is a bad PR

job. People think it is inherently aggressive and dangerous, when

actually, they are big softies. And there are plenty more of these big

softies at able dog show we have been invited to, an ideal

opportunity to meet other Bulldogs and their owners. What do you think

defines this breed? Their character, their stoic nurse and extreme

courage. I like their facial expressions. They are noisy. They

are just quirky. They interact with you. Death can't compete for Best in

show, but he has been invited to strut his stuff. We are going to do

this. Come on, Geoff! Good boy! He has had a rough time at the hands of

man at his most cruel, but he has come through it all the become the

proud, beautiful, noble dog he is today. Geoff, we may not have won a

rose at today in the dog show, but the lucky thing is, I know I am

going home with a mate. Come on, Geoff!

OK, Danny this evening has been on his best behaviour. Much better than

in rehearsal. And it is a good dog, because watching him all evening has

been the one lady we knew could keep him in check if you got out of hand.

Ever since you were knee-high to a grasshopper, Danny, she has known

you. Please welcome the lady who you said changed your life, your school

drama teacher, Jane Flynn! I can't believe it! What a lovely

surprise. I have come over all funny. Jane, in rehearsal, we were

talking about Danny being talented at school. Very talented. Where did

you find her? At school! He was very special. He was committed to his

acting? So committed. He was mischievous, a real pain in school.

But in drama lessons, he was fab. When was the last time you saw each

other? In school. He left to go and do prime suspect when he was about

16. Good teacher, Danny? She believed in me when there were not

many who did. She was a real support. You have completely done

me. You can have a glass of fizz afterwards. St Patrick 's Day is on

Monday, but cities all over the UK are kicking things off early with

parades this weekend. And with the rugby, celebrations could go on

until next thing Patrick 's Day. To ease us into the weekend, how about

an intro with our hairy biker, Si King? Had I not been awake, I would

have missed it, a wind that roars and world until the roof pattered

with quickly off the sycamore. I was introduced to Seamus Heaney by

my big sister at the age of 16. She said to me, here, kid, he was

some poetry that will help you through the adolescence. And it

did, you know. So I'm hearing County Derry today to find out where Seamus

Heaney got his inspiration for some of his great literary works. To do

that, I need a bike. To get to the heart of Heaney, my first stop is

his birthplace, near the village of Castle Dawson. In 1939, Seamus was

born into a Catholic family, the eldest of nine, and raised on this

farm. Eugene is a local tour guide who knew you need himself. How are

you? The helmeted pump in the yard heated its iron. You get the sense

of happiness and contentment here. His formative years were spent here.

This was the source of his artistic imagination. He returned to it

continuously throughout his life and writing. But at the age of 13,

Heaney's world was shattered by personal tragedy. The bumper knocked

him clear. It was the death of his brother in an accident, on a road

just outside the farm. That was the first major tragedy in his life.

Next stop, one of Seamus's childhood friend, the local blacksmith,

Barney. His forge was immortalised in one of Heaney's classics. Good to

meet you, sir. This is it. All I know is the door into the dock.

Outside, old axles and iron hoops. Inside, the hammered and will's

short on the pitch ring. Did Seamus, and down this street? As a school

lad, he went to school. This is the famous anvil? That is right. His

description was terrific. Right down to the unicorn in the centre of the

floor. That is it. My life is complete. By the late 1960s, Heaney

was a university lecturer in Belfast and a critically acclaimed poet.

But as the troubles engulfed Northern Ireland, his poems turned

to the political. My final destination is the scene of one of

his most powerful, the Strand. I dab you clean with Moss, fine as the

drizzle out of a low cloud. I lift you under the arms and lay

you flat. This poem is dedicated to Seamus Heaney's second cousin.

Paramilitaries stopped his car and he was murdered in 1975. He wrote

this poem to commemorate Callum, who was associated in his mind with this

area. The poem kind of gives me a mission to grieve. There is must did

there, and the sheer desperation of grief that you would do anything to

bring the person back. The Nobel prize-winning writer would later

court controversy as a proud Irish nationalist. He once wrote, my

passport is green. No glass vase was ever raised toast the Queen. At

Heaney's legacy is that his work is taught in schools from both

communities in Northern Ireland. It has been a privilege to read the

poetry of Seamus Heaney in the land where it was written, and to talk to

people that knew him and the emotion of his poetry and the sheer truth of

it is a legacy to be proud of. Thank you, Seamus. Thank you for not being

afraid to speak the truth. Earlier, we asked for photos of you

in your most patriotic gear ahead of the Six Nations final tomorrow. We

are going to show one from each of the home nations . Sorry, Scotland,

you are in fourth place. Alistair and Fiona sent this picture. Next,

Wales' representatives. In second place, England fans. And tomorrow's

favourites, Ireland, represented by Keith, who is rocking his leprechaun

outfit. Thanks for watching. All that remains for us to do is say

thank you to our guest is, Danny and Kellie! And of course, a massive

good luck to Alex on her Sport Relief challenge. Let's kick sent

Patrick 's day off now. Playing is out, it is the stars of the West End

musical, The Commitments! musical, The Commitments!

sail. sail.

# We were sailing away with a cargo of bricks from the grand City Hall

in New York. in New York.

# We called her the Irish roller. # We called her the Irish roller.

work. work.

# The ship lost its way in the fog. # The ship lost its way in the fog.

two. two.

And the poor old dog was drowned on the last of the Irish roller.