14/09/2012 The One Show

CHEERING Nice applauding! Hello. Welcome to

your Friday One Show with Alex Jones. And Chris Evans. On Monday,

The One Show launched Strictly 2012. Surprise, surprise, by Friday,

we've got the hot favourite and the rank outsider sitting here on our

sofa. It is East End boy, Sid Owen. APPLAUSE Yes. And West End girl,

Denise Van Outen! APPLAUSE Nice to see you both. Denise, you are the

hot favourite. You are 5-2. Apparently. No pressure! A lot of

Apparently. No pressure! A lot of pressure. Let's look at the odds.

Denise 5-2 on. So you have to put �5 on to win �2. No sign of Sid

there. Where are you?! Keep going! Colin is 50-1 and there's Sid!

Colin is 50-1 and there's Sid! CHEERING Come on! A rank outsider,

50-1. I tell you what, I was one of the favourites before they saw my

cha-cha-cha. Then I dropped down the table! That is when you went up

in my estimation. Why are you the hot favourite? But let's add Sid...

He is more interesting than me?! To be 50-1, what do they know about

your feet that we don't? I don't know. I did say I had never danced

before. That's all right. It is all about the journey. That's a good

bet, 50-1. I would have a pound on it. You are good. Don't say that!

He really is. He can move! Thanks. Have a look at what Craig said.

know. I might flick him off! He flicked you off! I know. Could

have been worse! LAUGHTER You got away lightly. That is what the

bookies are saying. It is often down the popularity. Out of all the

contestants, who are you at home supporting? Tonight, we would like

to know that. Write their names down on a piece of paper, strike a

Strictly pose, take a photo and send them in. I don't know what a

Strictly pose is. Or a Saturday Night Fever pose. Make it up!

will get you into the competitive spirit with a Generation Game. What

you have to do is something like this. Have a look at them over

there. MUSIC Mmm. We don't understand it either! LAUGHTER

Those guys are brilliant. I don't know what the challenge is. They

are doing a routine similar to that. A few poses. We will try and run

over so it doesn't happen! Jay is back and you have a fruity Foodie

Friday for us. Indeed. I have been to meet some OAPs - that is Older

Apple Pickers! And money does grow on trees.

Today, I'm taking a road trip to Herefordshire to meet an

enterprising group of people who have found a way of earn some extra

cash in their retirement. My destination is an orchard in the

middle of the countryside. At least I won't go hungry! Barry and Sheila

have both retired and spend the winter months travelling the

Continent. It was on one of their trips abroad that they heard about

an unusual job opportunity. We were in Portugal. We met a couple of

people on the beach at 4.00pm having a few drinks. As you do!

said, "What do you do during the summer?" Oh, we pick apples. That

was eight years ago. You are not the youngest people out there.

Is it a way of keeping young? a way of keeping fit! The money is

useful, too. Sheila and Barry are part of a group of senior apple

pickers. I have been retired. an adventure. It is enough money to

take us back to Spain, a bit of spending money. That helps a lot.

Hard, physical work, but good for your muscles and your body,

generally. They don't mind the hard work, but the question is will I be

able to keep up? Today, we are picking the nation's favourite

cooking apples, Bramleys. Right. Got me kit. Ready to do some apple

picking and these are destined for the supermarket, so I'm not allowed

to bruise them. Can I take that one there? Too small. Sorry. Argh!

Here's one. A fine apple. That's one for me basket. How many apples

do Barry and Sheila pick in a day? Six boxes... We are not talking one

of these? No, one of those large crates. How many would be in one of

those? You are looking at 3,000 apples. 18,000 apples in a day?

Between you and Sheila? Yes. They are not paid per apple, they are

paid per hour at �6.84. In a good season from August to October, they

could earn more than �2,000. This year, though, with all the rain and

fewer apples, the 19 pickers won't earn as much. My grandmother used

to employ people that used to come from Wales and they used to live in

bunks in buildings. This is sort of the modern version. They come in

their own camper vans. You have a lot of students coming in in the

summer holidays, you have Eastern Europeans coming over to help. Is a

senior crowd like this, do they need motivation? No, not at all.

They are all here because they like the lifestyle and they like what we

do. Many have been back year on year. Motivation is not a problem.

It's nearly time to call it a day. While Barry's picked thousands of

apples, my haul is more modest. This apple picking does take it out

of you. I am exhausted. Before I go to bed, there is one last thing.

That's to enjoy the fruits of our labours, Bramley apple pie with a

bit of crumble on the side, cooked in Sheila's van, all washed down

with some Herefordshire cider. How many more years do you want to do

it for? We say when we leave here, we don't say we are coming back

till next year. "Shall we go?" Why not! That is a fine piece of apple

pie. Not a bad way to earn a few extra quid. Cheers. Please tell us

you went to the pub afterwards? got on the train and it was a four-

hour journey back. Sheila's pay looked lovely? It was gorgeous.

They were terrific. They baked for us and it was a great day out.

Apart from the British train service! LAUGHTER Freaky weather,

freaky apples? The apple harvest goes up-and-down according to the

seasons. We have not had a great year. The British apple harvest is

down 20%. There's always apples to take up the slack. Do buy British.

We need to encourage the British apple business because there are

other people buying... Well said! APPLAUSE Jay for Prime Minister!

APPLAUSE Or something! Vote for me! We have loads of varieties?

staggering number. There are 2,300 varieties. You are meant to go

gosh! Argh! Don't overdo it! LAUGHTER We only have 100 on sale

and 50 of those in supermarkets. The biggest seller is the Gala,

which is exceptionally popular. 27% of the UK apple sales. These are

special? This is the St Edmund's Russett. You are on Strictly!

used Golden Delicious and Granny Smiths in that. This apple is meant

to taste like pear. How does it taste? That is a bit tarty! I think

the pear is more sweet. That would be a dry wine if it was a wine.

is sherbety! There are an amazing variety. Buy them and you will make

a fortune. I wouldn't advise it. You have a competition, not about

apples? We are on the hunt for the UK's best home-made casserole. Tell

us what makes your casserole so special. Whatever it is, if you are

a champion casserole maker, we want to hear from you. You say... How do

they enter? I was going by the script! LAUGHTER All the details

are on our website along with... I'm carrying on... With the terms

and conditions. E-mail us at [email protected]. The closing

date is 9.00pm on Wednesday night, that is the 19th September. You

need to send us details of your recipe and a picture of you and

your casserole. The winners get to come on the show. Good luck. That

is next Wednesday. They haven't got long. You could enter that, Sid?

could do. I love cooking. Special ingredients for me - it sounds

tacky - but I swear by ketchup... Yes. No. Ketchup as opposed to

tomato puree. And loads of veg! What type of casserole would you

make? A ketchup one! LAUGHTER to stay away from red meat so more

chicken. Very nice. You have an A ga thing going on -- Aga thing

going on? Yes. I use mine mostly for drying my clothes on. I had one

in my old house and when I sold that place it was like losing a

partner. Maybe you could find a new Aga on Strictly? You never know.

Let's talk about another competition. The sheepdog

spectacular, One Man and His Dog, is back and it is live for the

first time. Here is Alex Riley with a preview. No way! Come on!

In 1976, the nation was rocked by something truly surprising. A

television series that explored the extraordinary possibilities when

man and his best friend unite. One Man and His Dog was a gruelling

competition of shepherding skills between the finest shepherds and

dogs across Four Nations. Having thought to have run its course, it

provoked outrage when it was almost axed in 1999. Yes, according to

many of you, the BBC has gone barking mad. For the second week

running, we have been inundated with letters, e-mails, faxes and

telephone calls... They are in! was brought back almost immediately

and it has been on our screens ever since. This year, it comes from

South Wales. For the first time ever it is being broadcast live.

What could possibly go wrong?! the gate! Oh dear. What's gone

wrong now? Another moment of drama. Gus, you have been commentating on

One Man and His Dog for 20 years now. This is the first time it's

ever been done live. What will be the most difficult part? It is

fraught with things. With animals and with children for that matter

you could have problems. There are ten cameras, two cranes, there's

all sorts of additional equipment that there is all the way around

here. You find a camera tucked behind a tree. All in all, we are

looking at something like 90 people involved. But none of this will be

Malcolm you are Head of Sheep for the BBC? That is my title. It is

your job to make sure all the sheep are in the right place -. How does

it work? Five come out like a lot. What are the basics? Four commands.

Come-by, which is clockwise to the left. To me, which is anti-

clockwise. Lie down, back to the sheep and walk-by. Right - there's

nothing else for it, but I will have to have a go at this for real.

So, I need five really good performers. You - have you got any

TV experience? I like it! Everybody run down that end. Give yourself a

round of applause. Come-by!

Malcolm, what am I doing wrong? Walk-on. Am I having any control

over what Bob is doing at all? None at all. Shall I take over?

Brilliant! It's on the way back - it's live!

One Man and His Dog, presented by Matt Baker is on Saturday and

Sunday, BBC Two, at 5.00pm. will win this year? Obviously me!

Don't laugh! From what you have seen this far...

Denise is very good. She's a great dancer.

Louis has a great chance. When we rehearsed everyone seemed to get

it... Apart from me. You have suffered a little criticism this

week because people have said you have done this before and you would

like to say something about that. am not the first person to go on

Strictly who's had some history of dance training. I went to a theatre

school when I was a kid. You are not in court! I am very serious

about this. The only show I have ever danced in was Chicago.

I did one dance number. I was not cast in a dancing role. I played

Roxy, she is sat on a chair. It is Velma who does all the dancing.

Like West Life? Yes. People said Rachel has done it before, Jason

had been in a musical before. People came out on your side.

have Kimberley Walsh as well in the show. She's had some history of

dancing. Denise is innocent! There's a really good line-up, as

you said, loads of people with a lot of talent. The potential top

three you cannot even name it, can you? Let's see your first dance

That's the preview show. That is happening tomorrow night. That has

already been filmed. At the end we saw Darcey Bussell, the new judge.

She is only dancing understand and that is her dance. Do you think

she'll be more scary than the other three? You have met her on

Wednesday... She is lovely. She knows her stuff. I don't think

she's got a bad bone in her body. She has lots of good bones by the

look of it! Seems really sweet. you looking at the samba, the salsa

and the quicker ones, or classic ballroom ones? The ones where you

have to walk! What do you fancy? like a bit of speed. I bet you'll

be brilliant at the waltz. I have not danced with a partner before,

so I don't know. What are your partners? You are not allowed to

say at the moment, are you? Let's just.... This is the wrong card.

you know because you filmed it on Wednesday. Shall we play guess who?

This has got the names of professional dancers - we are off

in seven minutes! Do you want us to tell you. We will play guess who.

Sid, we start with you. Obviously female, because it would be weird

otherwise. Good start. Is she Russian? I can't say!

There are only two Russians. We are out of time. The card wasn't right.

We have to move on. I know! And there was a theft we

wanted to talk about in the make-up room. The launch show is on BBC One

tomorrow night. It was filmed on Wednesday. It is on tomorrow,

6.30pm. Just on for an hour. We will find out who they paired up

with. We caught up with some of the pros on Wednesday, to find out who

they found out who was on their Strictly list-wish. I would like to

be paired up with number one, maybe two, maybe three.

I would not mind dancing with any I would not mind dancing with any

of them. I know that Denise lives quite near me. I would not have to

travel far. Bonus! She is so little, so cute. Together we will look like

little smur ofs! The person I would -- Smurfs. The

person I would love to dance with this season would have to be

Johnnie Ball. I love an underdog. You never know, he might be full of

surprises. I just hope that I get on with them as much as I did with

Alex last year because she was an absolute star and I'm going to miss

D Like I miss him. Do you? It is weird not being involved. Lucy says

she is supporting Fern Britton. Thank you. We have Ellie and Phoebe.

These girls said they would cheer Denise. Thank you girls. Me again -

Sid to win. Coming up, Denise and Sid will be attempting the paso

doble - if they have time! Before that, on yesterday's show we

found out there are 283 oil platforms in British waters which

are home to 22,000 men and women. Unbelievable!

Next, find out what happened when we flew big Dan Snow to spend a

Tern Alpha in the North Sea. 100 metres wide, it is home to a

workforce of up to 150 people. We have been granted rather access to

film on the - rare access to film on the platform. The nearest

neighbours are around nine miles over there. The only way to get

here is by helicopter. It is about a 45-minute flight from

the Shetlands. There are three flights a day. There's no such

thing as 9-5 here. It costs so much to fly the workforce in and out,

they have to work two weeks on and two weeks off. It is a 24/7, 365

days a year operation. If the platform is forced to shut down,

closing down oil output, it could result in �30,000 being lost every

hour. What are some of the biggest

challenges of running this platform? Logistics. Getting spares

to us. If we have a breakdown now we cannot nip to the shops and buy

something. The same with people, if we need specialist services, we

have to get them to Aberdeen and the north shore. Oil is pumped to

other platforms and into the Brent underwater pipeline. A 93 mile

network which carries 100,000 barrels of oil every day, from 20

different North Sea fields. A support army provides all the

services you would expect in any small town - everything from medics

to cleaners A chap lin has even been known to visit. So far from

home comforts, one job is more important than almost all of them.

Oh, 4am! I am off. Three floors down there the helideck to help the

chefs preparing for the day for the kitchen which is always on the boil.

Keeping the crew well fed is only part of the challenge. Everything

they eat and drink has to be transported from shore. What's the

longest you have gone without a resupply vessel being able to come

and dock here? Maybe six days. you have to think creatively?

have 21 days. If a storm brews up, you have to adapt, use up

everything you have. Here they do everything from scratch. Filleting

fish, buturery and baking. weekends we give them a special

night. We try and do a theme night on a Saturday and on a Sunday night

we go for a stake night. After breakfast, a meeting for key crew

sets out the plan for the day ahead. OK, there's nothing else, have a

great day out there. Thank you. Excess gas is burned off. The

extracted oil becomes part of the Brent blend, a very clean oil with

little contamination. Oil production still requires hands-on

dirty work. On modern day rigs the real power is here, in the control

room at the base of the platform. This is a typical well head. The

green line indicates the gas injection. That is gas underground.

Oil comes up the red one. If there is a problem you can turn it off

and it will stop a leak? Yes. There's nothing going on this

platform that you don't know about? I would like to think so.

12 hours after their shift started and the place is still buzzing. As

one group of workers clocks off, another goes on. The men and women

grafting away out here on remote rigs like this are a breed apart.

These guys are just a small part of an industry we have been looking at

this week. Oil powers our cars, heats our homes and helps create so

many of the every day objects we rely on. It is an industry capable

of making millions in a matter of minutes but has cost lives too. The

fact is, love it or hate it, without oil the world would be a

very different place. Thank you Dan. If you are watching hello to

everyone on that rig. 22,000. Trying to get Denise and Sid ready

they will have to learn a routine. Right, OK! Very good. I must point

out that is not Sid and Denise. That was bodybuilders Jaqueline

Hooton and Rachael Hayes. We are joined by a champion, turned judge,

Jon Clark and another former champion, your wife, Rachel.

Welcome to The One Show. I feel incredibly out of shape. You told

me I had back fat earlier! You have been described as a

natural bodybuilder. There is a different between what you do and

what they do. Explain to us the difference. We have gone through

the ranks of the national body building Sir it is. It means we are

drug tested and make sure we don't take stimulants and things like

that. We have come up through the ranks, through the qualifiers of

the British finals and the world, to come out top of that, you become

a pro. You say it takes 40 minutes to an hour a day? Four or five

times a week. It is the intensity. You compete together at the same

competitions, but obviously there is a difference between the ladies

and the men. How are the ladies marked? There are two categories,

aren't there? For the ladys there is a figure category. There is a

physique category. That is on muscle size and definition. The

figure is fen Ministry of Defence and softer. We have lady like and