14/11/2012 The One Show

Hello and welcome to the One Show. Matt is still on the road, so my

co-driver for the night is Jake Humphrey. Lovely to have you back.

We have got a room full of guests to tempt you with. Joining us on

the silver will be Tom, Danny, Harry and Dougie, better known as

McFly! -- sofa. Yes, AS... E la excited about that! And the man to

rival any Victorian engineer as well, Guy Martin will be here.

let's star the show by getting our first act on, the man who was

single-handedly selling out the nation's arenas, you are excited

about this as well, aren't you? How are you? Hello, darling!

Squeeze past. Have nice to see you. What is this big walk thing? It is

because you are special. You have been watching us before you go on

stage. I have been asking who these girls are waiting for, McFly!

Something has fallen down! A camera tripod. That is what happens when

you're not already sitting. I was reading that Prince Michael of Kent

finds comedians tiresome. You have not done anything to offend royalty,

have you? Prince Michael of Kent? Why are you starting with such a

negative?! Is he here? He is a minor royal, I focus on the big

ones, the ones airline for the throne. Now he really dislikes

comedians. I do not really know Prince Michael of Kent, did he sit

in on the out personally? No! morning, I do not know what you

know about Team Rickshaw's big challenge. I know all about it,

because I have been watching it before my show at 8 o'clock. I have

been excited to read out the thing. This morning, I left them at about

9:30am this morning, and they were en route from Bath to Salisbury, so

here is Matt with the latest. was a very generous spot. Not just

the money we collected, but the amount of people who came out to

supporters. And now you can answer them back after last night's

present! Ring your bell. Mine is broken, unfortunately. Oh, they go,

a little tingle! How would you sum up a day six? Well, I think that it

has been a bit of a wild one, because... Why do you say that?

Well, you know, it has been pretty hard for some of the people, also

Shannon had to go home as well, because she was feeling a bit

unwell. We have lost a reserve. And also, Shannon was quite a good

friend to a lot of people. So she has gone home today. It has been a

bit of a slog as well, we are really looking forward to get into

Salsbury. If you cannot get out onto the route, all you have to do

his text, and you can do that... Donations will cost you �5 plus

your standard network charge, but the whole �5 goes straight to

Children in Need. Ask permission before you donate. For terms and

conditions, go to the website. Head down, we have got to get to

Salsbury! Yes, please to donate, and Matt will tell us the latest

total later. Why does indeed take advantage of the rickshaw and sit

in it? I think that is not really the challenge, we have got to make

them work for the donations. Please make sure that you get down to

Salsbury to see him later this evening, Market Square. Let's turn

the spotlight on do you, would you ever do a physical challenge for

charity? He must have been asked. would love to. There is Comic

Relief next year, and I thought about doing a challenge, but I just

don't want to hurt myself. They will have to ring you with

something very painful, watch this space. It is a challenge to get out

of bed before noon, but if you want to sponsor me to do that, I am

happy to do that. Talking of yourself, if you see Team Rickshaw

on the road, please send in your photos to the normal address. We

will have a look at them later in the show. Yes. If putting the burn-

out causes a dispute in your household, spare a thought for the

people they are emptying them. only do they have to pick up your

bin bags, some of them have to sit through your recycling and, as Tony

Livesey discovers, they are also getting some stick from the public.

Early in the morning, while most of us are still tucked up in our beds,

binmen around the country get on with the job of clearing our

rubbish. But more and more are facing danger and are even

suffering violence and abuse from angry residents. Some attacks are

from motorists, fed up even if it is just for a second for being

stuck behind wagons as they collect rubbish. I reckon this job is tough

enough without having to contend with that, so for one day I am

going to become a bin man. I always dreamt of smelling of teabags and

My crew on the rounds here in Stratford-on-Avon are PJ the driver

and loaders Mario and Steve. Out on the road, they are constantly on

the lookout for impatient drivers who put them at greater risk by

trying to pass the bin lorry. No sooner said than done, just look at

his idiot. That is a perfect example of what we are talking

about, he just came through, half off the road, wrong side of the

road. How are you supposed to guess Traffic all around, you have got to

be careful. Inconsiderate drivers have always been an occupational

hazard for been men, but dealing with violent and abusive members of

the public is something that is sadly increasingly common. So now

the majority of new bin lorries are fitted with cameras to record

incidents of abuse like this, where a man, upset at waiting behind a

lorry, spent five minutes threatening the crew. In the last

year, there have been 117 recorded incidents of verbal and physical

abuse both on the road and that recycling centres, but it is

believed many more have gone unreported. Mario knows what it is

like to be on the receiving end. He was attacked when he refused to

take away rubbish that had been placed in the wrong recycling bin.

The man was charged with GBH, but Mario decided not to press charges.

He started having a poker at me. He found out I was from Poland, so he

told me to go back to my country. So he was racially abusing you.

got head-butted as well. He head- butted you?! Why do people get so

wound up? It is every two weeks, and people are upset, because they

have got so much rubbish, yeah. guy who head-butted you, have you

seen him again? I see him every week now. As he ever said sorry?

The apologise to the policeman. has never said it to you? That is

Most of us have no problem putting the right rubbish in the right been,

but some people suffer from what you might call recycling rage.

guy tipped it all on the grass because I refuse to take it. I let

him get on with it. So he has got to pick it up. Does it depress you

on a daily basis, falling out with people or do you shrug it off?

have to shrug it off, I have done it for a number of years, you just

have to carry on, get on with your day's work, and that is it. On my

rounds, I have come across Jean, who was outraged that bin men get

attacked. If you have got a job to do, you have got to do it. Do you

still give them a Christmas tip? Yes. I'm only asking because I want

to share! I have never seen you before. If only others appreciated

binmen as much as Jean. So bad is the abuse that some are facing, the

ESA have started gathering evidence of increasing attacks across the

country to pass on to the police. We have had a night attacks, verbal

abuse, physical abuse, and recently an event where a car driver jumped

out of his car with an iron bar to attack one team. The average person

watching this will be astonished to hear all this. Why is it happening?

I think it is happening because people are getting frustrated.

Recycling is part of our lives now, for everybody, and there are very

many ways we have to do our recycling as a household, different

coloured bins, sacks, all sorts of different ways, and therefore if

people sometimes put the wrong waste into the wrong bin, the

operative will not clear it, that causes friction, and that comes out

in abuse. Thanks a lot, cheers, goodbye. So there they are, my

brothers in arms. I am no showbiz been man, I have done a poor ship,

my arms have gone, my knees, it is a really tough job. -- a full shift.

Next time you see them, do not give them any grief. Give them a cup of

tea. Absolutely, respect them,

interesting that he did one shift and that was enough! Do you tip

your bin man? You are putting me under a lot of pressure, do I do

charity work? Do I do physical challenges? I think you are

avoiding the answer! Of course I do, when they come at Christmas. They

ring on the bell. I sometimes stop the physical challenge to tip a

beer man. When I'm running away from royalty! Alex has never heard

of it. I will tip the bin man happily... They used to come round,

the biggest one at Christmas, merry Christmas! I would get my purse!

bet you have got a very long drive. They do an incredible job,

I think most people realise that. Certainly in the morning, when you

go down the road and get stuck behind the rubbish dump, the

instinct is to be annoyed, but they are doing a tough job. To get angry

with them is outrageous. I had a bit of road rage the other day,

somebody shouted at me, they got out of the car, but by coincidence

I knew this person. He got out screaming and swearing, and then he

was... He ran a comedy club. I hope he has learned his lesson! He never

mentioned the incident. You have been doing 71 tour dates. I have

been on the road for a long time. You must know everything about

British hotels by now. I have stayed in a lot of hotels, no doubt

about it, good hotels, not so good hotels. I could do with more...

Yeah, my life is in hotels. Every day it is not home, it is not

homely. Some of them are very confusing. In the shower now they

do not tell you what is hot and cold, why have they token does

away? It used to be quite helpful. It is a series of dials, and you do

not know which where you are going. And then one of them operates the

hand-held shower that starts going mad all over the place. It is still

boiling hot, this is my life. had no idea how stressful it was.

Those little kettles, you want a cup of tea, you have to take the

kettle into the bathroom, which is already depressing, to take the

cattle into the bathroom, it takes half an hour to wedge it and to the

tap, then you fill it with water, and you get it out you have to

empty the water! Never use hotel kettles. You do not even know if it

is on, you have to stand next to it waiting for the sound. Surely you

have reached room-service level. The problem with room service is

that it stops at a certain time, which is when I want it after my

show. All day you get, hello, in Room dining, but after 11, we have

got cheese! Shall I do you a sandwich? We will see what we have

got! In Room dining finishers at 11! But you get the joy of

performing on stage, and you have produced a DVD. I spent all summer

at the Olympic Games, and you spotted the things I did not save.

Everybody spotted their own things, because there was so much that was

fun and entertaining and wonderful, it was a wonderful time, but we all

felt it, didn't we, that he wanted to hold on to the feeling? We were

all worried that we would turn back to our old cynical cells that shout

at been men, and you can see it has happened. When somebody hit Bradley

Wiggins with their car, I thought, this is well and truly the end of

the Olympic spirit. Let's have a Little children, it's amazing how

absorbent with information they are. They have to learn everything in

the world. But they learn useless information. Adverts. We know that

adverts are rubbish, propaganda, nonsense. They think it is factual

information. My seven-year-old said, have you been accidentally sold

PPI? You could be entitled to a refund of �300,000. Can I have it?

A whole arena of people laughing every evening. You've basically

done a Rihanna and you have sold out the O2 Arena... How do you

know? Don't believe what you read! I'm talking about selling out the

O2 arena. You've cracked the UK, do you now: Break America? Is that the

next one? I have no plans to go to America. I assumed they would ask

me to come over if they were interested. It's available online

and stuff, but nobody has called. thought that is what you do, get

successful and go to America? love it, am I going to go over and

uncrack my cracked... Am I going to here that I cracked over here, you

cracked it and left us? McFly are here, on the show. I've seen them

on the dressing room. I was this close to also wearing that jacket,

shirt and tie combination. Michael's DVD is out now. This

year it is the 50th anniversary of everybody's favourite rag-and-bone

men stepped to one so -- Steptoe and Son. Sue Corbett reveals what

it was like to grow up with the father that everybody knew as

HAROLD! My father, Harry H Corbett, was a

very shy man, he would never leave the house without sunglasses and a

hat to disguise himself. That was pointless, really. He was Harold

from Steptoe and Son, the most- watched show on British television.

Come on, it's Christmas morning! Jingle Bells! Stop stinking in that

pit, we've got work to do! Steptoe and Son was well under way by the

time I was born. He used to read the script to us, it is how my

brother and I learned how to read, quite often. His voice, when

storytelling, it was entirely different from on Steptoe. I would

say the outside world has changed. The permissive age has gone further

along the line and we have adapted with it. Our relationship stays the

same. His first and real strength was as a classical actor. In fact,

he was called by the critics an actor of genius, which isn't bad.

He was down in Bristol, doing Macbeth, when the first script came

through the letterbox. He read it and he said, delicious, delightful,

cannot wait to work on it. It was hard to know how huge it was. But

it was everywhere. We were on holiday in Greece, up in the

mountains. We walked in, and on the television, there is Steptoe. All

of the locals, its deck tell! I think he was dubbed in the

programme and they were disappointed he could not speak

gritted them. We have been here since MP3. They were looking for

somewhere out of London where we could run free. Mum got out of the

car, took one look at the view and, quite rightly, fell in love. We

were quite rural. We had three donkeys. Dad was working on the

show and he was chatting to the animal handler, he said he had a

donkey that needed rehoming. He said, yes, we will have it. He rang

my mum and said, donkey? Great. He rang five minutes later and said it

had a friend. Then he rang and said, there's another. Yes, three will do.

We had donkeys. Why the H? And Equity rules, only one person can

have the name, and there was already a Harry Corbett. He had to

change his name. He changed his name to Harry H Corbett. He just

took it out of the air. There was always taught that they didn't get

on, they didn't like each other. But they got on fine. I think it

was because they were such consummate actors that it looked

like they really hated each other. I cannot spend another Christmas

stuck in this rat hole with you. If I have to do another one, I will go

stark raving bonkers. After Steptoe and Son, it was so huge that there

could be no return to classical acting because he was typecast. He

was accepting and realistic about it. He did different things. From

about the age of eight, I was with him in panto. That was great for me,

I wanted to join the business and he knew that. He took every

opportunity to teach me things. One of them was don't be late, and he

did this by deliberately making the late for a school rehearsal, so I

could feel the icy panic of not being on time. It has never left me.

I was 13 when he died. He did not see me or my family grow up. I

often wondered what he would have made of May. Being an actor, I

probably would have been a better actor had he been around, he would

have been on hand to give criticism and notes. But I think he would

have been more interested in if I was a decent person. Because he was

a decent person, a good man. And I That was a lovely film, wasn't it?

A fantastic actor. What kind of sitcoms and television shows did

you watch as a child that inspired you? Funny ones? Cheers. You said

that he watched a lot of box sets to fill the time. Friends, Fawlty

Towers. Classic British comedy. There is something that we love

about you, we particularly notice something when you onstage. Take a

look at this. Something terrible... Every day! We have nothing to say

at this moment! Then you watch it back at any speed. Bouncing around

in the country... It's a good one, isn't it? Haircut, that is what I

want. He was sitting there and saying, what am I doing? What is

wrong with me? Don't have your hair cut, we love it, it has a mind of

its own. People tuning in will be wondering where to donate. And if

you want to pledge money... We were thinking about your hair and we

thought we had a bit of time to fill. We are going to play again...

You are going to cut my hair? All right, now he is excited. Here

is the plan. Let's show you how excited I am. This excited! Very

excited. You have 30 seconds to try to guess... Which one? Which angle?

Your face, it is their hair. Can you name them? What are you talking

about? Victoria Wood! Over there. Are they comedians? Dame Edna. Oh,

God... Harry Hill? What about number two. That is a man. One of

them has a tickling stick. Dodd! Which one? The one that is

Ken Dodd. No. Two! No. Pre-! That I did say, this game... That was in

black and white, I'm not going to get that one. It's harder than it

looks. We've got you a prize. Really? 2.5 is OK. We got you a

special Michael McIntyre bobble- head. What?! That is amazing.

your dressing room need something like this? This is something I will

cherish, my children are going to love this will start there is only

one on the planet and that is yours. That's amazing, you had dismayed?

think it wobbles in time with your head. -- you had this made. Made in

China, very expensive. Treasure it, please. Team Rickshaw how well and

truly broken the back of their epic 411 mile journey all the way from

Llandudno to London. They are just arriving in Salisbury, 320 miles in

just six days. Let's see how they got on today.

Day five of the Team Rickshaw challenge saw the strain taking its

toll on Ciaran, as he approached the end of his leg, towards Bath.

The atmosphere, the big crowd, the Christmas lights, it became too

much. It takes a lot out of him, his condition, cerebral palsy. It

is something that I have to monitor. A lot of people are looking after

him and I don't want him to come to any harm. He really wanted to be

their last night. He was more upset than anything. They got a good bond,

the group of cyclists. They get on well. He will bounce back, I am

sure. How was he this morning, after a night's sleep? Still a bit

quiet. He had a nice sleep and he was singing in the bath this

morning. I'll tell you what, it is It has just gone 6:30am on basics.

Psychologically, it is quite a stodgy day. Fatigue is setting in,

legs are tired. We have put James in the saddle. We are looking at

doing a good 10 or 15 miles. So, how did you come to be on this

challenge? I got on to it through my young carers group. As a young

carer, you have quite a full-on wife? I help with my brother,

Keepin entertain during the days. He has autism? Yes. My sister has

arthritis and she finds it very hard to get up and the morning. I

do physio and I help my mum, because she suffers from short-term

memory loss. At times, does it get a bit too much? Yes, it does.

Mainly because I can't get many friends to come around. Most of

them don't really understand. It's quite hard. That is where the

project fans in? Yes, that is where Crossroads comes in. I can go there,

and there are people that understand. I want to promote young

carers. The group has helped me out so much. I think it will be a very

good achievement. No doubt about that.

No matter what the hour, support for Team Rickshaw was in abundance.

First dressing-gown of the day! love that people stand in their

pyjamas and dressing gowns. But as we approached one of the toughest

hills of the journey... I just had to get off. James, however, endured

a painful ride to the top. OK, mate. In the zone? Really good. This hill

is absolutely massive. Come on, James! Yes! Just put the brakes on

a second. Look what you have achieved. Wow. That is high. There

was yet another incline to cope with four Lauren. How lovely is

this? And the Flying Scotswoman. can see, I can see how fast your

legs are going! Lauren didn't get on a bicycle until seven weeks ago.

She hadn't ridden one at all, had you? You would never believe this,

but she still owns a wheelchair. Which I was in last night, for a

breather. I thought I would be in it more. With everything, my

posture, my confidence, it is helping with everything. You should

be very proud. Come on, Scotland! Donate now! The more you donate,

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the bigger might smile debts. -- There is somebody here to see you.

Now then, look who is here! This is her mum... Have a hug with your

Wow! You did not expect that, did you? Are you all right? Yeah? You

have a hug with your sister, and I will talk to your mum, because...

She has done so well, so, so well, I am so proud of her. Hull,

goodness, and even with their back going, and her legs, she has done

so well. What has it been like, watching from home? Oh! It has been

quite emotional, actually, to see her perseverance, she really wanted

to do this, she did not want to give up, I am so proud of her.

around here, just some of what it means to be an Sikh bills is to go

through what she has gone through for Children in Need. -- and see

your sister. I am really proud of her, she is really determined.

at this reaction that she is getting! This is incredible,

because we were absolutely Gunning it to get here,, going like the

clappers to get here tonight. It is so alien, the life you have is very

different. Very much so. The scenes that I have seen on the television

are absolutely beautiful, so it is nice for her to get away from the

concrete jungle that we are living to North Wales, absolutely

beautiful. I am sure she wants a cuddle with their little sister.

There we are, you have a lovely couple there, and the rest of Team

Rickshaw are all here to greet you. They have all done so well, they

have all done so brilliantly, I am so proud of each one of you, well

done! This in, we are going to be back with you shortly for a total,

I am going to ring Children in Need, we would get that text, and we will

let you know what the current toe Well done to all of them, you can

see how much it means to them. Michael, you said you were excited

about this moment, so this is now your moment, a chance to remind

people how you can support them. You can do it with the bobblehead

if you like. Can't he do it? days an old camera, Michael! Here

we go. To show your support, text the TEAM to 70705. �5, all of the

money, will go to Children in Need, but you must ask the bill payers

permission before you text. Full terms and conditions, visit the

website! Wonderful! How can the bobblehead be as funny as you? You

can also donate any amount you like by sending a cheque to the rickshaw

challenge. Please make the cheque payable to BBC Children in Need.

Yes, please donate, they deserve a really good total by Friday. All

right, time to welcome our next guest. I'm equally excited as I was

when I saw you, after two went on to Strictly, please welcome, girls,

Hello! Hello! Sit down, nice to see you. It is all right, come and sit

down. Harry, how are you? Are we all follow up? Hello, friends!

You're all look lovely, by the way, I love the outfits. Alex is just

sorting out pictures. The rickshaw is the start of the show this week,

and I was thinking, if he were to take part in the rickshaw challenge,

you would have to do the paddling, Tom. Are you OK with that? Yes.

has got the legs for it. He took on a challenge to get Bath, all of you.

And failed miserably! Harry is the only one who succeeded. Look at the

picture of Harry. Why are you showing that one on the left?

went on a cricket tour to India in 2006. I remember swimming, I

remember not looking at your body and thinking, that is amazing!

had a bit of time off at that specific time, and we just did

different things. We just kind of decided to get in shape, I don't

know why. Those days are over. really got into exercise and

staying healthy, I really enjoy it. Was it the transition from boy band

two-man band? No, I don't know what it was. I don't know. These guys

tried to do it, you kind of got into it for a bit. You look great,

you don't need it. I know that you have released an autobiography, and

I cannot quite work out how four people do that, line-by-line?

like transcribed conversations, we just talked for hours. When we were

on tour, this guy came in and sat with us, and we talk dizzier off

for about three months, talked about our career from start to

finish. Did your memories differ? One of us did not have a memory!

That one, right there! He would say stuff like, do you remember last

week? Mate, that his four years ago and it was not you. It was quite

hard to achieve that, but I think it worked out. It is transcribed as

a four of us are speaking, it is a pretty honest account. Would it

have been difficult if there were four of your writing the

autobiography? I keep looking at the wide shot of all of us, it

looks awful with me! Look at the state of that boy band! I can see

who writes the songs! That is much better! The I am in this boy band,

look at the state of them! Obviously, when I was doing the

cricket tour... Day has gone again! Put me back in the band! You did

not get the note about the dress code. You never asked me any

questions about your body! We did! He deserves to be in the band. If

you were in the band, Michael, you would know that they have released

a second greatest hits album, I do not understand how that works. Have

you got so many hits that you have to have two? Pretty much! Well,

after three albums, we didn't really feel it was justified, but

we have had five albums now, and after the book, we felt it was

good... Yeah, forget the first one! It is better, they are greater than

the greatest hits, these are the greatest Greatest hits. There is a

new one as well. I used to listen to them one I was doing my sit-ups.

Let's listen to the new song, yes, # love is easy, it is the easiest

thing to do. # If This Is Love, love completes

# Is simple equation, no complications, leave me confused.

# If this is love, it's the easiest Who wrote that one? Michael.

wrote it, I wrote all the music for the band, and we are really proud

of it, it is our best work. You are looking remarkably comfortable as a

member of McFly, this is working well. I am leaving the band!

Come back! You are nonsense! We are seeing the band break up right here.

Thank you very much for dropping in, Memory Lane, the new Best of McFly,

is out on 26th November. Comeback, Michael! Right, in a moment, we

will be meeting Guy Martin, if we can drag him away from the McFly

fans, because they quite like him, and we will be talking about what

he wants to save from our industrial past. Luckily, the

cooling towers of High Marnham are not on his list. Come back,

In its heyday, High Marnham power station in Nottinghamshire produced

945 megawatts of electricity, enough to power one million homes,

but in 2004 it closed. Today, all that remains are his five cavernous

cooling towers. It is incredible to be inside one of these giants. It

feels as if the Kurds are closing in on me. It is a really effective

cooling tower. Coal-fired power stations produced massive amounts

of waste hot-water which needs to be rapidly cooled. The classic

shape of a cooling tower means you can remove the heat using nothing

but fresh-air. Hot water is sprayed out of this central fountain. The

whole tower is raised up on his legs so that air can be drawn in

from below. When the air and the hot water mix, heat is transferred

to the air, which then arises, taking water vapour with it, and

that is the fluffy white clouds we see emerging from the top as we

drive past. Their shape is the key to how they work. The curvature of

the shell constricts the hot air rising upwards and makes it flow

faster. Standing side-by-side for decades, these towers are now

surplus to requirements, so they are all going to be destroyed. But

bringing them down is a challenge, because their design makes them

inherently stable. You would think it would be enough to blow away

their legs and let gravity bring them down, but their curvature

could brace against the four, preventing them from collapsing. In

some respects, the curvature makes them like this leg. If I apply

pressure vertically, the force is spread even -- equally over the

service and it does not break, but if I disrupt the curve, then it

In order to break the shell of the tower, the demolition team has

painstakingly drilled 1,400 holes into the curvature of the structure.

Into each, they have inserted 20 grams of a nitro glycerine based

explosive. When detonated, two- thirds of the legs will be

destroyed first. This will make the chimney fall slightly to one side

and started on its downward trajectory. Then, 25 milliseconds

later, the second set of charges will go off, 15 metres above,

shattering the concrete in the section of the tower, weakening the

structure and making it plummet to the ground. Demolition expert John

Turner explains that the delay between the two sets of explosives

is crucial. It is all to do with tilting at forward to get it off

its axis, gravity taking over. The Shell will start coming down, and

then it destroys itself. It should be quite spectacular. Another day

at the office! With the demolition just moments away, a crowd of

onlookers has gathered to see the last stand of these majestic towers.

The theory is sound. Let's just hope it works in progress -- in

That was unbelievable! They just sort of crumbled, it was like

ripping up paper! Once you break the curved structure, it is

weakened, and the weight of it just tumbles down. Let's look at that

again. In slow motion, you see the two sets of charges detonate. The

legs are blown out first, then 25 milliseconds later the explosives

higher up go off. It is not a massive bang, but it is enough to

make the tower lose its rigidity They took years to build these

impressive towers, and in their own way they were beautiful, but there

is no sentiment when it comes to Say, Maggie Aderin-Pocock knows her

stuff, doesn't she? It happened exactly as she said it would.

man watching was Guy Martin, lovely to see you, thank you for being

here. You race bikes, you write books, present television

programmes, but you have a proper job, for people who do not see this,

you are out of bed at 5 o'clock every day. I was not letting the

side down today. Mostly, when I am not mucking about with films, I

work from Monday to Saturday, sixth until seven, it keeps me out our

mischief. The What were you fixing Order the ones that cough at the

ferry, they go on Monday, they go to Belgium and pick up a load of

ice lollies and then come back onto the ferry. They come to me for a

service. I love Michael's face as you talk about this. It's like

you're speaking a foreign language! This is a proper job, what people

do. When you're not doing your proper job, you have been filming a

new series for Channel 4 called How Britain Worked. Well, I originally

did a job for the BBC a couple of year ago. They could say I was

genuinely into how stuff is made. I've got a right interest for that

kind of thing. They wanted to base that on the industrial revolution.

I suppose I stand out a bit, because I am right in to getting my

hands dirty. Back in the industrial revolution, that is every man and

their dog. That is what everybody did. I wouldn't have stood out then.

And we were the best in the world? We were the trendsetters, we were

the boys. Are we now? I don't know. Let's see a clip from this Sunday's

programme. It's not just a museum piece, not just a showpiece. OK,

it's not used for that Hennimore, but it takes young kids out to show

them what trawling was about. You learn life skills. Dealing with

other folk, in confined spaces, and you learn sailing. What is going on,

what that trawler is used for now, I think it's even better. That was

a lovely ship, very impressive. That was right rough, that was.

More rough is taking your fiancee down a coalmine for a date?

that last weekend? Explain yourself! Well, the original way,

back in the industrial revolution, to go coal-mining, it was to take

your wife down there. You would pick the coal from the coalface,

and your wife would put it in a wicker basket and take it back to

the top. Did she appreciate that? She took the hamper. I think I

ended up dumped. -- she took offence. Is everything OK now?

think so. We live in a world now, where it is all about the short-

lived celebrity culture. But celebrating things that have been

around for decades, it's a great thing to focus on? We are still the

best in the world at long distance running, heptathlon, plenty of

other things. Away from doing the books and television programmes,

you race bikes as well. He is also starting a band with me. You'd only

just left McFly! We are hooking up, we are doing some indie music. I am

doing the drums, he's going to fix the drums. That is all I can do,

I'm not much of a musician. Stick to the bikes, I know that you

enjoyed that. How Britain Worked is on on Sunday, 8 o'clock. And

there's a book to come as well? Time for my tale of two little

piggies who gave comedians of their day hours of material. Three of

them went to market and then decided they would rather stay at

home. It was a hunt for two scabies that

captured the attention of the world. We understand he is still cornered,

in a rather big garden. For days, it was the centre of a media storm.

Where were the fugitives hold up? The forces of law and order were

mobilised. They were here last night. The last one I saw ran

straight down the bottom and up the hill. A noisy crowd of onlookers

and journalists gathered for a sighting of the escapees who have

become a celebrity cause across the nation. This was a big story, so

let me begin. Once upon a time, where this housing estate is, they

used to be an abattoir. On 18th January, 1988, some pigs were being

unloaded from a lorry when they spotted a hole in the fence. They

made their bid for freedom. It was a case of pigs on the run. So, how

would they have the nous to escape certain death? Well, that is

because they were a special breed, called Tamworths. They were going

to the abattoir. They kind of get a sense of where they are going. They

know something different is happening. They saw the opportunity

and they took it. A Tamworth will see a chink of light, to them, that

is a gateway. The breakout from the abattoir was reported to the police.

They tipped off Hot Shot journalist Wendy Best from the Western Daily

Press. This is where it happened? The abattoir was over there, it has

now been built on. There was three of them. They ran across the field.

This field? We are on historic turf! One got caught and the other

two jumped into the river. They can swim? Apparently so. They can't fly,

but they can swim. It happened here? This is the original story?

Where did it appear? Western Daily Press. Page three? Three little

piggies went to market, two went on their own. They saved their bacon,

with a swim in the Avon, the farmer is looking glum. The story was a

very British one, food transformed into fugitives, was picked up by

all of the media. They were hailed but Chan Sundance, the Tamworth two,

and their pursuers were led a merry dance. This was the last glimpse of

one of the missing pigs, before it returned for another night of

freedom. The hunt actually went global. What does this say about

the British? It says that they are absolutely mad about animals. That

they are willing to go to any length to write about them, film

them, talk about them and show the world how they care. It was your

story, just you and two pigs. Eventually, the world. What do you

make of that? It was bizarre, we were wrapped up in what was

happening with them. I've never known the story go the way that

wounded. It was a really surreal experience. Then, a breakthrough.

One of them was caught by a national newspaper. Her partner was

still on the loose. But Sundance's days of freedom were numbered. He

was flushed out by a couple of dogs, straight into the path of a rescuer

with a tranquilliser gun, who took aim and fired. Success! The runaway

pig had been captured. Their outdoor life was over. Book deals

and TV programmes followed. Public opinion meant a future as bacon

sandwiches was out of the question. They would spend the rest of their

days in luxury, in an animal sanctuary. They have a very nice

home, a thatched cottage. They've got a lot more ground and open

space than most would have. curious thing is, if those two

little pigs had ended up in a bacon butty, they would have been long

ago forgotten. But, as the Tamworth two, they have joined the ranks of

# Because I'm free, nothing is It all worked out for them. They

live happily ever after. They lifted an animal sanctuary, and

there is a plaque in Enron until today. You should go! I will...

Today marks the anniversary of the official singles chart, first

published in 1952. The first number one was Al Martino's Here In My

Heart. What was the first single you bought? It was Al Martino's,

here are my heart. We have got our No-expense-spared! You have to have

the music underneath it. At number three, it is sound of the

underground bike Girls Aloud. was their first number one in 1992.

They are the best selling girl group of the 21st century and their

performance at Children In Need on Friday, I'm sure you know about

that already. What was your connection to Girls Aloud? What was

Well, they were good. Do you want one of those to tell the story?

Danny got one of their members. I'm not going to say who. We used to

live in the same complex... Of don't say Kimberley! He got her

number from the driver that worked in the same complex. He sent her a

text and said, how are you doing, I got your number off whoever, my

mates are... She replied saying, first of all I'm really annoyed

that you've got my number. Secondly, no, I've got a boyfriend. Points

for trying! She missed out, didn't Yes, it is Grandad by Clive Dunn.

Sadly, he died last week. Bassong was number one for three weeks in

1971. You have a connection to this song? My grandad actually got the

same number from... They actually went on a date. They went down a

coalmine. My dad produced that We have a bit of a surprise.

part of the anniversary of the singles chart, we had seven number-

one awards from the Official Charts Company to mark your seven number-

one singles. Well done, McFly! congratulations. That is really

cool. A fantastic achievement, congratulations. They would make

good doorstops, no doubt. haven't had an award for a long

time. Let's go back to Matt, in Loads of people here have done

incredible things for Children In Need. One group, led by Steve Clyde,

give us an idea what you have been up to? I caught 100 people to do

the dance from Michael Jackson's Thriller video. I came out in the

freezing cold and did it as part of a world record. Everybody went home

with sponsorship forms and we raise a lot of money. You have, well over

�1,300. How was it? Thrilling! that was bad. So, it is all about

the total. I've got some money that I collected on the way in. Look at

all of this cash. You have a lot of counting to do. There is more. I

will sort you out, later on. Have you got the form, with the total?

This is the current total for Team Absolutely massive! Almost

�700,000! We are just that good! tomorrow we head from here, all the

way down to Andover. I'm glad to see that you have your helmet on.

You know why? We start tomorrow? I'm sorry! Ciaran, you are going to

be there. As are you, Lauren. Where is Dr Karen? We had a lot of

concern about Ciaran. Everything is all right for him to start

tomorrow? Absolutely, he had a day off today. He's had a rest, he's

been drinking lemonade and he's got his sparkle back. It's easy to

forget, when you have cerebral palsy, it is not just peddling that

is hard. Beating your dinner is hard, lots of the simple things

that we find simple as hard. So, he was a bit tired. He's had the day

off and his back on tomorrow. are looking forward to that. We've

got two days to go. Can we do this? Yes! Less than 100 miles from here

to London. That's it for now, we Well done! Amazing. Thank you,

everybody has donated. Good luck to Ciaran and the rest of them

tomorrow. Thank you to Michael Macintyre. His DVD is out soon.