14/06/2011 The One Show

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

Tonight we are joined by an actor who has been driving his wife up

the war for 11 years. I'm going to put a marriage proposal together

that will make this one. From nausea, no doubt. I know a thing or

two about asking a woman to marry me, remember? You were so drunk

that you mutter that something and then passed out. As I recall, is

said yes. I was drunk, too. Who's the daddy? It is Robert Lindsay!

am not like that at all, you know. That is nothing like me at all.

series, you must be like a family. I have had two sons born during the

making of My Family. There they all are, bless them. We are still in

touch. Speaking of your real children, it is Father's Day. What

are your plans? I did not even know that. Expect some presence. I will

not know, will I? I will be woken up at six in the morning, which is

so exciting on a Sunday, isn't it? I used sporting a beard in a new

series? This was grown so I could be anonymous, but now I have come

on TV, so I will not be any more. We will be talking to Robert about

the new and final series of My Family later. If you have always

dreamt of a town without parking restrictions and no traffic wardens,

dream no more. Just follow the lead that -- yellow line to Aberystwyth

to discover a parking paradise where the only one handing out

tickets is our very own Matt Allwright.

Parking, it is the pet hate of drivers everywhere, and the ones

inevitably face our wrath are traffic wardens. Most of us

probably wish they would disappear. Jeremy Clarkson, your dream has

finally come true. In, of all places, Aberystwyth, there are no

traffic wardens any more. They have Look at that, shambolic. You would

fail your test for that, you know. It is mayhem. Anarchy! The local

council did not want to talk to me about the matter, but I managed to

collar some opposition councillors to up the figure out what is going

on. Councils across the country are taking on responsibility for street

parking from the police. Ceredigion council has simply resisted doing

this. The police finally lost patience and said, stuff it, we are

making the traffic wardens redundant. The council have

belatedly agreed to take on the powers, but it takes 10 months to

get the scheme together, so here we are, in this situation. I have not

seen any fist-fights, is this a beautiful new dawn for motoring?

There are a couple of streets in Aberystwyth where people will shut

down the town by parking illegally. So the councillors reckon that life

in the town is tough without wardens, but I'm struggling to

believe that the people who love here would have them back. -- Live.

You could get your deliveries in. As we are speaking, we see a blue

MG pulling into a space of there. That is usually reserved for Blue

badge holders. I do not know if you have noticed, but it is no parking.

I have noticed, but you can get away with it. You know there are no

traffic wardens. How is that working? It seems to be worse since

they have gone. People park anywhere. Gareth, this is your car.

You would get a ticket normally for that. Yeah, but there is nobody

about. I have only been five minutes. Seven minutes because I am

talking to you. You are keeping heat here longer, really. How have

things been four years since there has been no traffic enforcement?

has been more difficult for me to park. People are parking here

without blue badges because they know... They Think nobody will

catch them, but I will be phoning the police if I catch them. I have

come to chat with the chief inspector to see how the police are

handling things. You are in charge of Parkin, looking after that, but

now you are not. -- parking. gave the council two years' notice

that we were intending to do this. It is happening in every other

authority, it is a national trend. It has left a vacuum because you

have stepped away. It sounds like the Council have not stepped up.

there are problems, the police will still issue tickets on foot patrol.

We are where we are, unfortunately. Just because there are no traffic

once does not mean you will not get nicked. You still can get a fixed

penalty for violating a traffic regulation. That is what I said,

but in police! Yes! Who is to blame for the hiatus in traffic

enforcement? It does not look like anything is going to change soon. I

can safely say that traffic wardens are going to become more popular

here than anywhere else in the I am going to get in on the act

That is extraordinary, isn't it? The local council says it hoped

that community support officers would have handled parking duties

but this had not been possible. police remain responsible for the

enforcement of road traffic regulations until new wardens can

be hired. I have to say, I have never met anybody with more parking

fines than Alex. It is unbelievable. No, I have the record. I've

wallpapered a loo with my tickets. I am serious, I did. They look

really cool, actually. That is an idea for you. They see me coming,

it is like a magnet! Whether it is parked illegally or not. What are

your thoughts on average there? is kind of heaven, knowing that

there are no wardens. Where I live, there is a car park, I park there,

but I end up getting a ticket because I never puts the right

amount of time on it. If I park on the double yellow lines, I never

get anything. The law is an ass, really, isn't it? Anyway, when we

send Phil Tufnell out to investigate the stories behind

artistic treasures, he has a habit of turning up in random places.

came as no surprise when we discovered his latest film was in a

shopping centre. Who would have thought that Redditch near

Birmingham would be the home of one of our most prized modern art

treasures? This masterpiece is not in a gallery or a museum, it is

right were the people, not the art world, spend their leisure time. It

is in a huge shopping centre at 150 shops and 10 million visitors every

year. Back in the early 1980s, this centre was as one of many trying to

get noticed. The council and the developers really wanted something

to make their stand out, and they Inside an atrium are 12 mosaic

panels, each measuring 21 ft by 10 feet. They cost �125,000 in 1982.

Today they are worth millions. The mosaic panels were created by

artist Eduardo Paolozzi. Despite the Italian name, he was a Scot and

a founding father of pop art. Pop Art's biggest names are American,

Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein, but the young Paolozzi was there

first. The world-class sculpture and collage pioneer, his mosaics

are also at Tottenham Court Road Tube station. David Britton is an

authority. R Hart was invented by a group of British artists at the

very beginning of the 1950s. -- part art. Paolozzi was a key figure

among these people. I think he is underrated, but his reputation is

beginning to grow again, because people are starting to say that he

was not just a pop innovator but was ahead of his time in terms of

the understanding of computer imagery, machine imagery, digital

culture. Until his death in 2005, Paolozzi continued his work as a

sculptor and artist, drawing inspiration from popular culture.

Is his trademark Paolozzi? This is absolutely typical of his work. He

was an amazing and prolific collector of magazines. He used to

use these images as source material for these murals. You can see it in

things like the Robarts, the cutaway faces and bids and pieces.

You can see his concern with contemporary issues. This is a

project that he really liked, in the middle of everyday life. Adrian

is a British Italian, just like Paolozzi. His family originally

came from Italy's Mosaic Capitol, where Paolozzi's mosaic was

manufactured. The panels were transported in small sections from

Italy. Adrian and his late father then installed them here. Until we

pulled the paper off to expose the artist's work, we do not see it. We

see it at that moment, and that is the moment that the whole thing is

revealed. Was the artist here to see it? No. We were the first ones.

We are the first ones to see it. What They Think of his work? I like

it. It is in areas where ordinary people can see it, unlike art

galleries, where you have to make a physical effort to go there. You

can just go shopping or get on a Tube station and see his work of

art. It is amazing. In 1983, the town turned out to film the Queen

when she came to Redditch to commemorate the completion of the

sender and its mosaic. Today Redditch may not know much about

Paolozzi's art, but it knows what it likes. It is different, not a

boring advertising poster. It makes it more cheerful, doesn't it?

are wonderful, it is part of the heritage of Redditch. A Did you

know that they were done by an important artist? I did not know

that. I did not know much about who did them. I have noticed them, but

actually I have not really looked at them that well. Do you like

modern art? And not always sure I understand what it is telling me. -

- I am not always sure. But this is nice. Even if you do not like the

art, you can do a bit of shopping. You cannot say that about every art

That shopping centre is going to be rammed with art lovers at the

weekend. Robert, you were saying you have a bit of a thing for

public art. I think it is important that you cheer up an area. Where I

come from in the Midlands, because the recession has hit quite badly,

a lot of the shops are boarded up. They are putting old photographs of

the town, how it was 100 years ago. It kind of gives it some essence of

aliveness about it. I think public art, the problem is with this chap

is that it is going to be worth a fortune. Someone is going to make

it bit by bit. Do not give them ideas, Robert! Let's talk about My

Family, going into the 11th and final series on Friday on BBC One.

It must be hard to see a long- running series coming to an end. Is

it fair to say you are quite upset when you found out. No, I must

redress that, because we knew, it was a mutual decision between us

and the BBC. The cast all realise that the programme had come to an

end because the kids had grown up. Chris had left a few series ago,

and we realised that the real humour of any domestic comedy is

kids, as Outnumbered has proved. Kids are the real fun. My own son,

last month, we went into a shop, and he asked me in a crowded shop

what mental pause was. You try and explain that! Those are the kind of

humour that we had in My Family, and we realised we were losing that

as the kids were flying the nest. Fortunately, my co-star, Zoe

Wanamaker, is adorable. We are very, very close. The chemistry on screen

is brilliant, people love the bickering. You should see the out-

takes. We have never allowed the show to see the Blue verse, which

is a mistake, because some of the out-takes are adorable. Thursday

night, when we used to record it, was just a party, it really was. So

we -- as Owen and I are quite good with the expletives, which the

audience loved! It is rather gladiatorial, actually. They want

to see you go wrong. What did the audience see going wrong? I cannot

repeat it because we are free watershed! It sometimes became a

post-watershed show, let's put it that way. What can viewers look

forward to one screen? My favourite one in his next series is when Ben

decides to take up Botox. He is losing a lot of patience, and his

first experiment is on his wife. Ben is a dentist, or people who

have not seen it. I presume some dentists would do it. Hypodermics

are not funny, you know. I do not know if you have noticed that. If

you produce a needle in a comedy show, they sort of stop laughing.

Whoever devises a show about a dentist and a dental surgery is

You played a Ben and he is quite grumpy, isn't he? Yes, and I used

to bring him home a bit. I am not grumpy by nature but they would

disagree with that. But he did have the character does start to seep

into your real persona. It is inevitable. But Zoe and Di and the

BBC all agreed, nobody knew it was going to be the end of the show,

but deep down we thought enough was enough. What I will say is, we talk

about the cast and Zoe and the kids, but as we all know the show is

about make-up, wardrobe, designers, editors. It is all about a lot of

people. So you say goodbye to a lot of people and that is sad. We all

keeping touch, the cast, but there's a whole lot of friends who

have to move on and that is always sad. It is always sad when a show

finishes. To Gloucestershire and the poor people of Stone. It is a

village just off the M5 when they were Cup to find a One Show film

crew and bail out on their doorstep. -- they woke up. They were set a

simple challenge but would they rise to the occasion?

Stone is a village in Gloucestershire. The Blood Donor

van used to come here but it stopped visiting 10 years ago. But

today, it is coming back in the hope that they will get blood out

of Stone. The wagon at roles in and the Women's Institute is out in

force. But will any donors show up? The big problem is it is a very

small community and I understand the average intake is 4% of the

population. We have got a lovely community spirit. Everybody wants

to help. I will be very upset if it is a disappointing turnout.

would be fantastic if we could get up to 25 today. Blood transfusions

are used to treat everything from cancer to life-threatening injuries.

Hospitals need instant access to fresh supplies around the clock. At

this processing plant in Bristol, blood is ready and waiting to save

lives. This is the largest manufacturing site in the whole

world and we try to break it up into its various components. They

are all used in different forms of treatment, so, for example,

platelets are used in leukaemia treatment but red blood cells is

more for accidents and trauma. It is all fresh and it is normally

from the day before. We have to do this because of the shelf-life. It

has a short shelf-life. This is the end process and where the blood is

manufactured. It is now issued out to the hospitals. It is amazing. We

have hundreds if not thousands of units waiting to go out. Do people

taking for granted that the supply is on tap? I think some do. We need

230,000 new donors every year just to keep the supply going. You are

our first customer! You are particularly welcome! The people of

Stone bigging giving blood, and one don't knows just how important it

is. You have bought in some pictures of your son here and he is

obviously very premature. He is tiny? He was born just under 30

weeks, so he was 10 weeks early. He was struggling so much to breathe.

It was quite frightening. He did deteriorate and that is when they

decided to give him a blood transfusion. The difference it made

in him was amazing. When they are born at this stage it can be life-

and-death? It can. And here he is, on a happier note. He is on holiday

campaign in Devon and he is now 20. It doesn't get much better than

that. It doesn't and we are very proud am pleased that whoever

donated blood then saved my son's life. Although there are only 500

people in Stone it is a healthy turnout so far. That is at least a

tenth in there. But even more. But one first-time donor is very

nervous. Sharon has been dreading the needles but we have been

assuring how it will be nothing. It will feel like nothing. A bit of

rain it up. It is like something catching hold of you. You are doing

really well. Thank you. After just nine minutes of donating, Sharon

had beaten her fear. That is brilliant. Well done, you! You have

done the hard work. You have. it make you feel funny? No, not at

all. Not as bad as you thought? Nowhere near as bad. Closing time,

and Stone's generosity has exceeded expectations.

The results are in. I have got to say that when we came this morning,

we were wondering whether anybody would turn up, and a vacuum has

given as a village 34 units, which is far more than we expected. --

and you have given. It is proof that you can get blood out of Stone.

And Dr Mark Porter joins us now on World Blood Donor Day with Hannah

Gregory. It is incredible. You needed 32 pts after you

haemorrhaged at 32 weeks into your pregnancy. Yes. It is four times

the amount of blood that Hannah has in a body. It was 2:30am on a

Saturday and I woke up suddenly and realised my waters had broken and I

was bleeding very happily. Luckily, my husband was there and he was

amazing. He phoned for an ambulance and I was taken straight to the

Princess Royal and the staff were amazing. They had to knock me out

straight away and a general anaesthetic. They got the baby out

and he was fine and healthy. No problem. But then they discovered I

had a very rare problem with my placenta which meant that I carried

on bleeding profusely. I lost my entire blood volume time and time

again so as fast as they were putting it in, it was coming out.

So, 32 points to the point where I had to be resuscitated twice or

stop -- 32 pts. Doctors said, she is only just going to make it. I

was in intensive care and critical for 36 hours and then I was woken

up by my husband on Sunday afternoon and shown a picture of my

son. It was amazing because I did not think he would survive. How was

it for you when you did come round? I could not believe my son was fine.

I could not believe they told me I had had that amount of blood but

intimate. There is a shortage of blood donors. How much does the NHS

need on a daily basis? We need around 10,000 donors a day. Only

one in 25 of us donate regularly. Can anybody donate? Nearly anybody.

If you are over 17 and above a certain weight. Others who cannot.

There has been controversy about gay men who have been sexually

active and have been banned. Those restrictions are going to be

reduced somewhat. So most can give blood or stop if in doubt, go and

ask. And some communities have low rates of donation than others,

don't they? Yes. For some communities it is particularly low.

Black African, Caribbean and Asian, they only have 3% of donors. So we

would like to see more from those communities, and we need more young

donors. Thank you very much, Mark. You said you felt terribly guilty

after seeing that film? I don't like needles or blood, but I do

like tea and biscuits. It is a cold drink now. Preparing for your

driving test is not just about perfecting your turns. It also

means checking your eyesight. Sangita Myska has been checking the

requirements. New regulations could make it easier for people with poor

eyesight to pass their test. Anybody who has taken a driving

test will run for the first part - being asked to read a number plate.

But now some are saying it is not sufficient to check your eyesight

is good enough. So you might be pleased gym that the Government is

bringing in new changes. You might be less pleased to hear they are

making it easier. Safety groups have been shocked. If it is such a

bad idea, why are the Government thinking about it? They say it will

bring us in line with the rest of Europe but critics say it is the

wrong decision and they are missing the chance to make our roads a

safer place. In the current test, you are asked it to read a number

plate from 20 metres away. The Government wants to reduce this

distance to 17.5 metres. So will that make much difference? Can you

read the number played nearer to us? -- the number plate. I haven't

got my glasses on. We asked a fair selection of people, and to their

credit, they got it right. And the one that is further away? Mark can

read a number plate at 17.5 metres but he struggles at 20. But rather

than being overjoyed at getting behind the wheel, he wants to seek

tougher tests brought in. In the current format, it is not very

standardised. If you take it on one day, I seem to go to a different

result than on another day. There is a proposal on the table that

would make the test a bit easier. What do you think of that? I am

sure it would make it easier for me to pass but you are not going to

get the fine detail of the result that will tell you whether or not

you should be driving. Campaigners say this change would be a mistake

but also a missed opportunity to weed out the dangerous drivers.

Fiona was killed by an elderly driver with poor eyes side. We were

told the driver was tested and he was well below the legal

requirement for driving. He had cataracts. The driver who killed

Fiona was convicted of causing death by dangerous driving.

life was worth three points on his licence. It is not just grieving

families calling for tougher tests. Francesco believes that the number

plate test should be scrapped in favour of a more regular side have.

She is from the Advisory Committee on the Safety of Blood, Tissues and

Organs. She says you need a more strict test on your peripheral

vision, what you can see out of the corner of your eye. The reason they

have decided to make a test where it is easier to see is because they

think it will bring it in line with the rest of Europe, but in Europe

they do not use the number plate test. They actually use a line on

the eye test chart in the consulting room. Why is getting

somebody to read a line of letters any better to read in an optician's

room rather than a line of letters on a number plate? They also check

the patient's pro-reform vision. There are other tests that can be

done. -- patient's pro-reform vision. They can use standard lines

on the chart. To find out why it is so important to be aware of what is

happening off your eye line, I have come to this Nottingham driving

simulator to see how we get on with a pair of glasses that have a

vision defect. If you are driving in a straight line and something

comes from the left or the right hand side, a bicycle, a child, you

are not going to see it and that could definitely caused an accident.

The great worry is that there's lots of eye conditions, especially

club hammer, which can cause vision to diminished without the patient

being aware of it. -- club Kyle Bartley. Oh! That was a person,

wasn't it? It was a pedestrian, yes. Despite these concerns, the

Government said it wants to balance the number of people being allowed

to drive with safety. Go easy. As Robert found out

earlier on, surprise, it is Father's Day on Sunday. So if you

want to shout out about what your dad has done for you, do send us an