:00:27. > :00:37.Welcome to the One Show. We're hoping to join up with Matt later
:00:37. > :00:38.
:00:38. > :00:43.on. We're racing desperately racing for York. We have got traffic
:00:43. > :00:49.trouble. We know we have that ahead of us. We don't know whroo we'll
:00:49. > :00:54.make the deadline of the show. One way or another we'll talk to him
:00:54. > :01:00.later. First, let's meet tonight's guest. His dad was a football
:01:00. > :01:07.manager and desperately wanted his son to follow in his sporty
:01:07. > :01:13.footsteps. Something tells me it wasn't likely to happen. Alan Carr!
:01:13. > :01:23.Thank you. On your chat show you welcome guests and get out the
:01:23. > :01:25.
:01:25. > :01:34.drinks cabinet. What were you drinking last night? Was it creme
:01:34. > :01:44.de menthe. No, it was a chow-ice drink melt with vodka. When I came
:01:44. > :01:53.
:01:53. > :01:59.on your show I had sherry and Look at it! Do you recognise it.
:01:59. > :02:09.We're respectful here. We have had to replace all the alcohol. With a
:02:09. > :02:10.
:02:10. > :02:18.nice cup of tea and biscuits. Is it proper tea? Is - is it proper
:02:18. > :02:23.tea? It is warm. Sip your tea. You have a pink wafer too. It's been a
:02:23. > :02:30.very difficult time for Matt on his Children In Need challenge. Last
:02:30. > :02:35.Friday we saw him arrive in the Scottish borders. It was made much
:02:35. > :02:44.easier for your boy by so many of you turning out. Thank you so much
:02:44. > :02:50.for all of those who have donated already. For all of you who have
:02:50. > :02:57.sent cheques. Over the week you have sent in all of these. That is
:02:57. > :03:07.staggering, but we still need more. The address for cheques, is later
:03:07. > :03:13.
:03:13. > :03:23.Before we find out whether Matt has made it to York, here is how he got
:03:23. > :03:25.
:03:25. > :03:29.on. He left Hock at 6am on Saturday, cheered on by the locals. As he
:03:29. > :03:39.crossed the border into England all was going well and he was in good
:03:39. > :03:41.
:03:41. > :03:47.spirits. Really on down to London! On arrival in Wrexham hundreds
:03:47. > :03:51.turned out to support him, after what it been a great day. But as he
:03:52. > :03:57.left on Sunday morning, the reality of the day ahead began to sink in.
:03:57. > :04:02.We have talked about this day in preparation, always knew it would
:04:02. > :04:08.be tough. Misty rain, Pudsey in the back. Uphill... A wonderful
:04:08. > :04:14.cocktail for 6.00 in the morning. He made a good start as he greeted
:04:14. > :04:21.supporters along the way and picked up more passengers, including a
:04:21. > :04:29.little bear... A mini Pudsey on board. Can you come all the way to
:04:30. > :04:39.London? No! County Durham, home sweet home... His family were there
:04:40. > :04:40.
:04:40. > :04:47.to greet him. Tremendous achievement. We're produced of him.
:04:47. > :04:53.Emotional about it, the way people are supporting him. I've got me dad
:04:53. > :05:00.in the back. Leaving his family behind, Matt's attention turned to
:05:00. > :05:05.the biggest challenge - a series of hills that peak after a massive 511
:05:05. > :05:12.metre climb. There were problems from the start. It's slipping.
:05:12. > :05:17.crew member helped by pushing the rickshaw down to try and get some
:05:17. > :05:27.grip. Just ten minutes into the epic climb it was clear it's going
:05:27. > :05:37.
:05:37. > :05:42.to be tough. Come on Matt! But the crowds helped to drive him on... A
:05:42. > :05:47.couple of miles in one of Matt's old childhood friends popped along
:05:47. > :05:55.too, which gave him a chance to reflect on difficulties he faced.
:05:55. > :06:04.One minute I was happy and the next I was hanging over the bars in
:06:04. > :06:10.proved tougher than anyone thought. I'm having treatment and so is the
:06:10. > :06:20.rickshaw. As darkness fell, Matt continued his climb. I'm about 200
:06:20. > :06:25.turns away from the highest point in the whole route... After three
:06:25. > :06:32.exhausting hours, he finally made it to the top after cheers from the
:06:32. > :06:40.waiting crowd. The money we've raised. Well done! Cheers, how long
:06:40. > :06:46.have you been waiting for me? an hour at least. It's been
:06:46. > :06:56.brilliant. But it wasn't over. Matt still had another grueling 12 miles
:06:56. > :07:01.
:07:01. > :07:08.until the finishing line. So 162 miles down and another 322 to go.
:07:08. > :07:13.Incredible. That hill, I thought it was going to break him. I nearly
:07:13. > :07:20.cried putting the voice over on the film. We have heard he's about to
:07:20. > :07:27.finish for the day. I can hear you, I don't know if you can hear me.
:07:27. > :07:35.I'm rolling down the cobbles, with Pudsey and a cameraman on board.
:07:35. > :07:42.You're doing so well. How are you coping? I know I said on Friday I
:07:42. > :07:49.could not believe I'm here. I really can't this time.
:07:49. > :07:58.Unbelievable scenes in York! Bumping over the cobbles. We have
:07:58. > :08:05.70.3 miles. And about an hour or so away I really didn't think we would
:08:05. > :08:11.make it. It has been a complete and utter nightmare. I'm here, and I'm
:08:11. > :08:16.shattered. I'm still smiling. I have to keep looking at the funny
:08:16. > :08:24.side. This challenge is utterly ridiculous. Everywhere I go people
:08:24. > :08:28.are lining the streets. It's just incredible. This challenge has
:08:28. > :08:34.changed today. The last three days was trying to battle against the
:08:34. > :08:40.landscape and get up the hills and keep the pedals turning. Today it
:08:40. > :08:45.turned into getting the miles underneath. I need to stop talking,
:08:45. > :08:50.I'm shattered. Look for yourself and see what happened this morning.
:08:50. > :09:00.Okay. He's doing an incredible job. We'll see what short of - sort of
:09:00. > :09:01.
:09:01. > :09:08.day he has had later on. He is suffering badly from saddle sores.
:09:08. > :09:18.Alan... What are you implying? You're a keen cyclist. I am. I'm
:09:18. > :09:20.
:09:20. > :09:27.often saddle sore. What is needed. Chub-rub. You put it here and you
:09:27. > :09:35.lubricate the saddle. You do it here. I had to cut the top of me
:09:35. > :09:43.waders off. They were rubbing. All down here. Chub rub. Then I started
:09:43. > :09:48.having to sit side saddle. Remember the district nurse. It's true. Put
:09:48. > :09:58.chub rub in your basket. I'm not being rude to Matt. I thought he
:09:58. > :10:05.would go faster. I'm not being ungrateful. I could mince quicker.
:10:05. > :10:13.We'll give you a chance for advice later on. A great job. Get a bit
:10:13. > :10:20.faster. An emergency by law had to be used to close all the cockle
:10:20. > :10:26.beds in a river bed in Lancashire. The closure could have a disastrous
:10:26. > :10:35.effect for traditional fishermen who have been relying on the income
:10:35. > :10:44.from cock little. There was a time if you brought a buck ket and spade
:10:44. > :10:52.to the keech you were coming only to made - make sand castles. But
:10:52. > :11:01.here it's to make money. The cockle bed has been the scene of danger,
:11:01. > :11:10.drama and disagreement. That's because it's estimated there are �8
:11:10. > :11:19.million worth of cockles here. It has attracted hundreds of amateur
:11:19. > :11:28.cocklers. Inexperienced sailors, and trech douse tides meant that
:11:28. > :11:33.the RNLI lifeboats have been called out 26 times. Each time the all-
:11:33. > :11:39.weather boat, it's �4,000 it's a lot of money. You must look at
:11:39. > :11:45.these people and think it - you must be mad for risking your lives.
:11:45. > :11:53.We're not prejudiced who we pick up. We get called me go. If it was me,
:11:53. > :12:03.I would not go out there. Last week the beds were completely closed.
:12:03. > :12:08.They think it's the best way to deter novice fishermen. It's not
:12:08. > :12:17.the experienced fishermen we worry about. We need to close the beds
:12:17. > :12:23.until we get a better handling it. Why weren't you out there stopping
:12:23. > :12:33.the dangerous cocklers? We're out there but not enough. I have only
:12:33. > :12:37.
:12:37. > :12:41.ten people for the whole of north of England. If you have a
:12:41. > :12:49.regulatory authority with hundreds of miles of coast to police, and
:12:49. > :12:55.only a handful of staff. Closing the beds, has to be a good idea?
:12:55. > :13:02.What about the people who harvest these for a living? Cockle beds
:13:02. > :13:09.move with the tides. People have to follow them. These two fishermen
:13:09. > :13:12.have been cockling for 22 years. have worked for years hoping for
:13:12. > :13:17.something like this to appear for us. We have travelled all around
:13:17. > :13:24.the country, looking, and spending and time and money. Now it's here
:13:24. > :13:28.it will be taken away from us. does the closure mean for you? This
:13:29. > :13:33.is your livelihood. Lot of people have to go back to be unemployed. I
:13:33. > :13:40.haven't been unemployed for a long time. People are breaking the law?
:13:40. > :13:44.Is it their fault. I blame it down to the fisheries for not being able
:13:44. > :13:48.to fisheries. It's not the fisheries' fault. It's that people
:13:48. > :13:58.are prepared to break the law. happened in Scotland and it's
:13:58. > :14:06.worked. It has proven the fact. Ever since the Morecambe Bay
:14:06. > :14:16.disaster in 2004 when 23 Chinese cocklers were killed, fishermen
:14:16. > :14:18.
:14:18. > :14:23.have been calling for licensing. want to see by laws so they can
:14:23. > :14:27.enforce at the point of access on the beach as opposed to several
:14:27. > :14:32.miles out. If you are going on to the beach with a boat and you
:14:32. > :14:37.haven't a permit you should not be there. We want to see those people
:14:37. > :14:43.prevented. We want to see the legitimate fishermen is doing the
:14:43. > :14:49.right thing and they don't lose their livelihood. The fisheries
:14:49. > :14:54.have caught people risking their lives and breaking the ban. More
:14:54. > :14:59.action is needed to bring the industry into the 21st century.
:14:59. > :15:08.They have had plenty of time since the Chinese died to put this
:15:08. > :15:15.together. It hasn't been done. Simon we do have a dream guest. In
:15:15. > :15:25.Alan's life. Not only a keen cyclist but a keen cockle picker.
:15:25. > :15:28.
:15:28. > :15:31.Comedy wasn't working out? I used to go with me granddad. We have a
:15:31. > :15:36.picture! That is me granddad Wilf. And we would often go cockle
:15:36. > :15:41.picking. Help yourself. There's plenty there. When Alan went cockle
:15:41. > :15:51.picking, people can do that, they can get a certain amount for
:15:51. > :15:54.
:15:54. > :15:58.themselves, it wasn't illegal. Watchdog are going to come in!.
:15:58. > :16:06.can take a small amount for personal use, as long as you're not
:16:06. > :16:14.selling them on. I didn't sell them on. In the film we refer to five
:16:14. > :16:19.kilograms. That's for the north west. If you use half a bucket in
:16:20. > :16:26.the future, it's incredibly dangerous. You only get the cockles
:16:26. > :16:30.at low tide. Some can be a couple of miles from shore, if you are
:16:30. > :16:38.going out without the right equipment and life jakets, it can
:16:38. > :16:44.be incredibly dangerous. The tide can catch you unawares. You need to
:16:44. > :16:49.know the local timetables and all the things that can affect you.
:16:49. > :16:53.People are going out with inflatable boats, it might get you
:16:53. > :17:01.there, and fill it with cockles and it may not come back. And some
:17:01. > :17:07.people do it in the dark. There was once a time whether only an accent
:17:07. > :17:13.spoken on the BBC was a bit posh. Luckily for you and me and Alan
:17:13. > :17:23.they relaxed the rules. What happened to the Queen's English?
:17:23. > :17:23.
:17:23. > :17:30.Gyles Brandreth went to find out. I'm proud to have inspected you
:17:30. > :17:37.today... The Queen's English. There's nothing quite like it.
:17:37. > :17:45.Literally because even the Queen doesn't speak the Queen's English
:17:45. > :17:52.any more. Of course she does still sound thoroughly regal.
:17:52. > :17:59.government's legislative programmes will be based on the principles...
:17:59. > :18:07.Her Majesty's cut glass accent has mellowed over the years. Modern
:18:07. > :18:11.communication, and immigration and social attitudes mean accents are
:18:11. > :18:17.changing faster. I'm originally from Wrexham in North Wales. I
:18:17. > :18:25.don't think I have an accent. brought up in London so I have a
:18:25. > :18:34.London accent. Every now and again, the African accent comes in.
:18:34. > :18:40.don't talk Cockney. My first language is afrikaans. South
:18:40. > :18:46.African. Accents is not just where you come from. We use our voice to
:18:46. > :18:54.send out signals. We change the accent constantly. Most of us have
:18:54. > :19:01.a telephone voice. Some will sift the accent down the scale. If I'm
:19:01. > :19:07.in a taxi cab, I have shift down. Linguists call it accommodation.
:19:07. > :19:11.Speaking to people in the way they appreciate. Only 2% of the
:19:11. > :19:18.population now speak with Received Pronunciation. What used to be
:19:18. > :19:24.called BBC English. Now people actively choose not to reflect
:19:24. > :19:32.their educational background in their accent. That's why you hear
:19:32. > :19:36.Tony Blair and David Cameron trying to suppress their accent.
:19:36. > :19:45.British Library has collected recordings of regional accents for
:19:45. > :19:48.more than a century. It documents the sound of the United Kingdom.
:19:48. > :19:55.Some regional voices appear to be quite popular at the moment,
:19:55. > :20:02.particularly among younger speakers. There's evidence soft Celtic voices,
:20:02. > :20:07.not very broud, quite noticeable Scottish, and Irish and Welsh
:20:07. > :20:14.voices. Is there a psychology of accents. If I was opening a call
:20:14. > :20:23.centre, would I choose a particular accent? A lot of research is done
:20:23. > :20:27.on call centres, depending on what type of call centre, a financial
:20:27. > :20:34.one, people prefer a northern accent. It's perceived to be more
:20:34. > :20:39.warm and friendly. If you want somebody with financial matters,
:20:39. > :20:45.you want somebody who can relate to you, rather than being aloof.
:20:45. > :20:55.That's sometimes what RP is considered. I've asked the voice
:20:55. > :20:57.
:20:57. > :21:07.coach to the stars asked me to knock the RP off my accent. I think
:21:07. > :21:09.
:21:09. > :21:19.the more generalised use of the language is the esturar English.
:21:19. > :21:25.
:21:25. > :21:30.You put glottles in. You say wa, tr. And you make it move up and use the
:21:30. > :21:36.resonator. The upper resonator. the moment I'm being down here.
:21:36. > :21:46.You're being commanding and off putting and driving people away...
:21:46. > :21:51.It's the brand new Gyles Brandreth here, signing off in pure estuar
:21:51. > :21:59.for The One Show innit. We thought we would do role play. I'll be a
:21:59. > :22:05.customer and ring you, and you do your posh tell telephone voice.
:22:05. > :22:14.This conversation is being recorded and may be used for training
:22:14. > :22:19.purposes! It's ringing. Hello Alan Carr speaking. How can I help.
:22:19. > :22:25.wonder if you could help me. afraid I can't understand what
:22:25. > :22:32.you're saying, Welsh? Where are you from the valleys. I lost my credit
:22:32. > :22:42.card and I don't know what to do and what would your advice be.
:22:42. > :22:51.
:22:51. > :22:57.do you last have it. I got into my ual yet. I'm in the zone. I used to
:22:57. > :23:05.answer Barclaycard, people thought is it a hoax! If you ring up, you
:23:05. > :23:10.have a familiar voice. Do people know it's Alan Carr. You can't
:23:10. > :23:18.complain. Hello I would like to complain. They say Oh Alan. When
:23:18. > :23:28.the car ran over me foot I had to laugh. You want to complain! It's
:23:28. > :23:29.
:23:29. > :23:35.funny when I go to America, people think where is that accent from.
:23:35. > :23:45.Northampton. They must think there's a town where people sound
:23:45. > :23:46.
:23:46. > :23:52.like they live under a pylon. let's look at your DVD. You have to
:23:52. > :23:58.stand two steps behind. When people start acting suspicious, they make
:23:58. > :24:07.you act suspicious. She was like this at the cash point. And she
:24:07. > :24:17.said to me, you're looking... You trying to steal from there. As if
:24:17. > :24:23.I'm going to steal from her. She was �62.12 overdrawn... And the pin
:24:23. > :24:30.number 1, 2, 3, 4 she's not the sharpest knife in the draw is she...
:24:30. > :24:35.That was a sell-out crowd. 13,000 people in Manchester. How does it
:24:35. > :24:42.feel to be back doing live stand up. I apologise for the people on the
:24:42. > :24:50.opening night in Brighton. I was terrified. I came in, hello my name
:24:50. > :24:58.is Alan Carr. I was going you have to relax Alan, they are here to see
:24:58. > :25:06.you. One lady went into labour. Brighton. I saw some people walking
:25:06. > :25:16.out. I thought people do anything to get out of the show. She went
:25:16. > :25:17.
:25:17. > :25:22.home and had a little girbl called lily. And chatty man. Seventh
:25:22. > :25:31.series so successful. Is it dangerous getting the drinks out at
:25:32. > :25:36.the beginning. I get letherd so quickly. The aftershock. It was
:25:36. > :25:43.like Tesco value bleach. They were throwing to over their shoulder and
:25:43. > :25:53.I didn't know. I introduced the Saturdays as the Sunday's. It's
:25:53. > :25:57.
:25:57. > :26:07.there about. Maria Carey brought her own �1,000 bottle of champagne.
:26:07. > :26:07.
:26:07. > :26:15.By the time I have the third guest. I'm gagging for a kebab or a fight.
:26:15. > :26:19.I'm off me face! Let's see how Matt got on earlier today. I'm feeling
:26:19. > :26:25.all right this morning. We have something in the region of just
:26:25. > :26:31.over 70 miles to try and do today to get to the point where we'll be
:26:31. > :26:37.doing The One Show. Yesterday was a hard, hard day. My bum is red raw.
:26:37. > :26:45.And the guys riding with us, are saying you have to ride through it.
:26:45. > :26:55.I think my eyes might be watering for the first three miles. York,
:26:55. > :26:57.
:26:57. > :27:05.here we come! Work for 20 metres. That's good. Don't think of the
:27:05. > :27:11.lactic acid. Now into day four and now have quite a lot of sympathy
:27:11. > :27:16.with my children when they used to have nappy rash. And 13 hours in
:27:16. > :27:26.the saddle yesterday didn't help, especially w in damp conditions. We
:27:26. > :27:27.
:27:27. > :27:37.have done 40 miles. 30 to go... Well we can go back to York and
:27:37. > :27:38.
:27:38. > :27:46.Matt's very sore back side. Are you recovering? Yeah I'm getting the
:27:46. > :27:51.layers on. I'm freezing. But the reception is so warm. There are so
:27:51. > :27:57.many people. It feels bizarre to be talking to people saying hello
:27:57. > :28:05.you're here to support me. People from Children In Need support.
:28:05. > :28:11.Cakes to keep me strength up. And we'll spop pop down here and say
:28:11. > :28:19.hello. We have Pudseys here. And York is the home of the Vikings.
:28:19. > :28:27.Can you do a posh telephone voice. I can idea Sir! Talking of things
:28:27. > :28:33.lovely and posh, how about this... Sit yourself in the back of the
:28:33. > :28:40.Rick 145. - rickshaw. Will you do me a favour and pour me a nice cup
:28:40. > :28:47.of tea and I'll take you back to Betty's. I have all the respect in