:00:25. > :00:28.After a hectic career spanning over 45 years as a musician, comedian and
:00:29. > :00:36.writer, tonight 's guests may finally be accepting he's getting
:00:37. > :00:45.older. I will pick you up to 11. 11? ! I'm not a teenage! All right! Half
:00:46. > :00:51.nine! Please welcome a rather spritely Jasper Carrott. It's
:00:52. > :00:55.wonderful news that you are back. There we saw, with your real-life
:00:56. > :01:03.daughter Lucy Davis. Why didn't she want to take on the family name of
:01:04. > :01:09.Carrott? Lucy Carrott! I can see that! She just wanted to make it all
:01:10. > :01:14.on our own without any influence from me. I have never pulled a
:01:15. > :01:17.string or anything like that. I give her advice and she gives me advice,
:01:18. > :01:23.but she has died all by herself. Very proud of her. And kept the
:01:24. > :01:30.family name, Davis, which you changed! It's not a stage name. I
:01:31. > :01:36.have had Jasper since I was nine. There's no reason behind it. Where
:01:37. > :01:42.did the Carrott come from? When I was 17, I was on a golf course with
:01:43. > :01:47.the drummer from yellow and a bloke came over and he said, this is
:01:48. > :01:56.Jasper, and the bloke said, first time in my life, Jasper who? And I
:01:57. > :01:57.said, Carrott! And that was it! He thought it was the funniest thing
:01:58. > :02:03.ever and told everybody. was Jasper Carrott, nothing to do
:02:04. > :02:07.with the business. My wife went out with me for six months and she
:02:08. > :02:11.didn't realise it wasn't my real name. I took out to meet my mum and
:02:12. > :02:52.she said, hello Bobby. out of control. It is the school
:02:53. > :02:58.prom, and teenagers are intent on arriving in style. Today I in
:02:59. > :03:04.Nottinghamshire. I'm here to investigate a new tradition that
:03:05. > :03:09.most people over the age of 30 no little about. It's extravagant, it
:03:10. > :03:15.is trustee up, and people arrive in the most weird and wonderful ways,
:03:16. > :03:20.it is the high school prom. It's no huge here, basically it is a big
:03:21. > :03:24.doom for secondary school leavers. You must be Elliott. Elliot Davis is
:03:25. > :03:31.getting ready for the biggest night of the year. He has lined up a
:03:32. > :03:35.luxury set of wheels, a snip at ?400. How are you travelling
:03:36. > :03:41.tonight? We have a white Rolls-Royce. We will have a
:03:42. > :03:47.chauffeur. In my day, 81 on bus. Nowadays everyone wants to get the
:03:48. > :03:53.nicest car. What does it mean to you? Because we have left school
:03:54. > :04:02.now, save them all again for the last time, that makes it special. --
:04:03. > :04:09.Steven Paul again. How is that? It is different! I normally do that,
:04:10. > :04:14.but it ruins your... Don't worry about ruining my! I can see where
:04:15. > :04:20.the inspiration comes from! Now let's see where the -- how the girls
:04:21. > :04:25.are preparing. Some of the dresses are astonishing. Some of the girls
:04:26. > :04:35.think nothing of importing them from America. How are you doing? I am OK.
:04:36. > :04:38.For once I don't have to cut in the air but we are going to put it up to
:04:39. > :04:47.complement this trust. How much do you think you have spent in total?
:04:48. > :04:54.Over 200. Is it your money? No, my mum has pay for it all. What about
:04:55. > :05:00.your mates? Probably about three or 400. There must be pressure on
:05:01. > :05:05.people to wear a certain dress or look a certain way? Note of people
:05:06. > :05:08.have been looking for their dresses for ages. We started away before we
:05:09. > :05:21.got our tickets are before Christmas. I love it!
:05:22. > :05:29.Would do the parents make of it all? It gives them something to look
:05:30. > :05:36.forward to. But it is quite costly. It's good we celebrate their school
:05:37. > :05:40.life. It's nice for them to get together and say their last
:05:41. > :05:45.goodbyes. They could do it in jeans and trainers, couldn't they? I don't
:05:46. > :05:51.think we would get away with that! Time to head off to the prom. Scrubs
:05:52. > :05:56.up quite well, doesn't he? Tickets cost ?35 for this from, and for
:05:57. > :06:09.that, you get a hot meal and a disco. -- for this prom.
:06:10. > :06:14.It's more like the Oscars than a school disco! There is a real
:06:15. > :06:19.competition to make your arrival stand out from the crowd. That means
:06:20. > :06:24.everything from ice cream vans to a short trip in a roller. But two
:06:25. > :06:37.girls have topped the lot, taking to the air! That's the way to arrive at
:06:38. > :06:42.the school prom! And is a teacher here. Wendy you start planning
:06:43. > :06:49.something like this? We will be running next year 's tomorrow. Did
:06:50. > :06:57.they stop calling you miss? No, they still call us miss and serve. White
:06:58. > :07:01.is there such a rise in popularity? I think it's the movies, and coming
:07:02. > :07:11.over from America and all the influence from there. Take a look.
:07:12. > :07:14.Brilliant! Before tonight I was sceptical, but after seeing how
:07:15. > :07:21.excited and happy the kids are, you can't knock it. I just wish mine was
:07:22. > :07:26.as good as this. You can see all the teenagers
:07:27. > :07:31.thinking, I never thought of that! Jasper, you are 16, turning up at
:07:32. > :07:43.one of those Proms, what do you arrive in? Drone! Lets be modern! I
:07:44. > :07:48.didn't even buy my kids food! 400 quid for a dress? You get back up
:07:49. > :07:53.the chimneys! What would you do if any of your grandchildren said, I
:07:54. > :08:01.want a dress for ?400? I think I know the answer! Immediately, I
:08:02. > :08:04.would have them certified. It's an interesting point. You have done
:08:05. > :08:09.well for yourself stop did you find it difficult not to be too much of
:08:10. > :08:13.an dotted parent? My wife is brilliant, we have been married 42
:08:14. > :08:20.years. She is the generous one. So we combine. If they can get round
:08:21. > :08:27.me, fine, but if they can't, then grandma has to do it. It's a good
:08:28. > :08:32.relationship. A good balance. We want to talk about your tour, it's
:08:33. > :08:36.been 16 years since you were last on tour, what was it that made you
:08:37. > :08:45.decide to get back on the road? It came about last year. My best friend
:08:46. > :08:51.Dave, who I mentioned, he has been in ELO four years, and we had never
:08:52. > :09:02.toured together. And we thought we had better do it before we take out.
:09:03. > :09:07.We had a group called Belch, and it was me and him, and Tony are from
:09:08. > :09:19.Black Sabbath. We are all big mates. So we called ourselves Belch. We did
:09:20. > :09:25.a few stupid shows and stuff. But last year Bev and I did a few dates,
:09:26. > :09:30.heated the music, I did the comedy, with some mates from Birmingham. We
:09:31. > :09:35.were just amazed at the reaction. We had massive, standing ovations every
:09:36. > :09:43.night for all the 60s music and 60s jokes! We would have had 100%
:09:44. > :09:50.standing ovation every night if 100% of the audience could stand! So are
:09:51. > :09:55.you saying with this tour that you are aiming at a new market and if
:09:56. > :10:02.you are, how are you billing it? It is called stand up and work! --
:10:03. > :10:06.rock. And there is an audience there that has not been get it for, they
:10:07. > :10:10.want comedy but they don't want to read syndrome that goes with it
:10:11. > :10:15.these days, and they like to hear hold music, and there are printed
:10:16. > :10:25.editions we are working with. Is it still anecdotal? I have always said,
:10:26. > :10:31.what's the secret of your longevity, I always talk about who I am, what I
:10:32. > :10:34.am, where I am. Right now, I am 69 years old, I can look back and talk
:10:35. > :10:44.about getting old, talk about being a grandparent, and I say, people
:10:45. > :10:46.say, when you have grandchildren wonderful because you can give them
:10:47. > :10:54.back when you have finished playing with them. They are like herpes, you
:10:55. > :11:02.can't get rid of them! And their run round the house, arms stuck halfway
:11:03. > :11:07.up the U bend... My back is killing me, two hours I played piggyback
:11:08. > :11:20.with my five-year-old granddaughter and I fell off! Jasper, you reunited
:11:21. > :11:25.with Robert Powell. Is there any chance that the The Detectives will
:11:26. > :11:30.come back? No, it was fantastic mother did seven years of it, became
:11:31. > :11:37.like blood brothers. He is a remarkable actor, I get down to my
:11:38. > :11:38.level very quickly. But he has his career, I have mine, we have
:11:39. > :11:47.remained very close. He career, I have mine, we have
:11:48. > :11:54.underrated, I think. We need to see a clip. Let's take you back to 1993.
:11:55. > :11:59.We should be using our heads, not chasing people. What would Inspector
:12:00. > :12:06.We should be using our heads, not Morse do? You are right. Two pints
:12:07. > :12:10.of test, please! Of all the things you have done and been part of,
:12:11. > :12:12.of test, please! Of all the things you have a favourite? Stand-up
:12:13. > :12:15.of test, please! Of all the things very hard to beat. It's very
:12:16. > :12:19.immediate with the audience. I always say, Judge comedian by seeing
:12:20. > :12:31.him live, that's when you see the best of them. I felt the best thing
:12:32. > :12:37.I did was about 1980, I did a live, one-hour show from the threat
:12:38. > :12:40.I did was about 1980, I did a live, Royal -- Theatre Royal, Drury Lane,
:12:41. > :12:46.it was live to air. And I always remember, I had a routine,
:12:47. > :12:48.it was live to air. And I always get into a routine, we had to get
:12:49. > :12:51.into an advert before ten p.m., because of the money. I had this six
:12:52. > :12:56.or seven minute routine about local radio, and there was a bloke at the
:12:57. > :13:01.frontier would hold up a card saying whether I had six minutes, five
:13:02. > :13:07.minutes, and I got to do is point, I looked down, and his card said two.
:13:08. > :13:34.I had to get a seven minute routine down to two minutes,
:13:35. > :13:41.I had to get a seven minute routine advice. Time now for some heavy
:13:42. > :13:42.metal. Joe Crowley discovers why a mining community is digging hard
:13:43. > :13:53.rock for the first time in years. What are they digging for? I will
:13:54. > :13:59.give you a clue. It's incredibly hard, heavy, expensive, and you have
:14:00. > :14:10.probably heard of it. It's tongue tungsten. This is a bit of land with
:14:11. > :14:14.the potential to produce over 3000 tonnes of tungsten concentrate every
:14:15. > :14:21.year. Jeff Harrison is from the owners. Is this what we are looking
:14:22. > :14:27.for? Yes, this is the tungsten or, found the granite locally. What sort
:14:28. > :14:32.of properties does tungsten have? A high knotting put, it is a very hard
:14:33. > :14:40.wearing material, it is much in demand. -- high melting point. How
:14:41. > :14:47.significant will this mind be? We will have about 10 million tonnes a
:14:48. > :14:54.year, it will have a value of about 700,000 US dollars per truck. Mining
:14:55. > :14:59.in Devon and Cornwall dates act to 2000 BC and it reached its peak in
:15:00. > :15:03.the 19th century with over 2000 mines, employing large numbers of
:15:04. > :15:08.people. But metal mining ended 16 years ago with the closure of
:15:09. > :15:14.Europe's last working tin mine and these men were all out of a job.
:15:15. > :15:17.Opencast mines on the let's get often attract opposition but here,
:15:18. > :15:22.most people come to the benefits of reviving a proud local industry. How
:15:23. > :15:30.important has mining been for the south-west? Very important. A way of
:15:31. > :15:35.life. It is who we were. When it stopped you weren't who you were,
:15:36. > :15:40.any more, can you understand that? Most of the miners found job
:15:41. > :15:46.quickly. They are workers. Wanted to work. The fitter ones went abroad to
:15:47. > :15:56.where they can make the money. Jimmy has worked in Australia. It isn't
:15:57. > :16:02.the mine, the whole area was living off the How positivive mine. Are
:16:03. > :16:10.you? Very positive. Optimistic. Are you excited about this? Yes I am. A
:16:11. > :16:14.generation of south-west's mining sons emgrated in search of work,
:16:15. > :16:23.work that has now come home. It will award local firms ?5 million in
:16:24. > :16:25.contracts. This mine could have an effect, not just on the local
:16:26. > :16:34.economy, but for the country as a whole. Dr Robin Shell is from the
:16:35. > :16:39.School of Mines. This is an example of what is being mined here. We can
:16:40. > :16:47.see gran anyway. This pale-coloured rock. We can see a series of quartz
:16:48. > :16:52.veins. This needs to be separated out. This is what holds the
:16:53. > :16:56.tungsten. Can the price stay high enough or will it fold within a few
:16:57. > :17:01.years? The production price here is relatively low. It means that there
:17:02. > :17:05.would have to be a major reduction in global price for it to affect
:17:06. > :17:08.this project and is well placed to benefit from what are likely to be
:17:09. > :17:14.significant price hikes in tungsten over the next two to three years or
:17:15. > :17:17.so because of the lack of other global producers being able to join
:17:18. > :17:22.the It's thought market. That 80% of the world's tungsten is in China.
:17:23. > :17:25.This mine is believed to be the fourth largest tungsten resource in
:17:26. > :17:30.the world. Planning permission is currently for the next 10 years. In
:17:31. > :17:35.that time, the mine's revenue is forecast to be an estimated ?1
:17:36. > :17:39.billion. It's actually incredible to think that one of the world's
:17:40. > :17:44.biggest deposits of tungsten is just here in this hill, in Devon. It's
:17:45. > :17:56.great news, not just for the south-west, but for the whole UK
:17:57. > :18:00.economy. ?700,000 per lorry load, extraordinary? I don't know what you
:18:01. > :18:06.do with tonnes of tungsten, maybe you don't nick it. What would life
:18:07. > :18:10.be like without tungsten? Tungsten is everywhere - I've never asked
:18:11. > :18:14.that question before. You are a keen golfer. I am indeed. Tungsten is
:18:15. > :18:19.hard it goes into all sorts of thing. Your golf clubs wouldn't be
:18:20. > :18:25.as good. It's heavy. That is quite good, you are the golfer, for
:18:26. > :18:29.weighting the club. It would be a small amount of tungsten to give the
:18:30. > :18:36.weight with plenty of face on the club - It wasn't for that golf club
:18:37. > :18:39.he wouldn't be called Carrott, we heard that earlier. The point of a
:18:40. > :18:44.fishing hook can't break or lose the one that would have got away. That
:18:45. > :18:49.has tungsten in. The tip of darts. The military use it for armoured
:18:50. > :18:54.piercing shells. You have it on the tip of darts. It gets everywhere.
:18:55. > :18:57.Very important in daily life. When you are on the golf course and your
:18:58. > :19:02.agent rings and tells you to get back to work. You would be close to
:19:03. > :19:07.it then. The vibrating alert in a phone a bit of tungsten. Heavy going
:19:08. > :19:16.backwards and forwards. There you have it. Thank you very much.
:19:17. > :19:22.Tungsten is a Swedish word. Meaning "heavy rock." There is one back at
:19:23. > :19:26.you. APPLAUSE
:19:27. > :19:33.Another mine opening up. Another one close to the border. There are plans
:19:34. > :19:38.in Wakefield to explore a new coal mine. Interesting. You are a keen
:19:39. > :19:44.runner. We have this lovely picture of you. You are in your early '50s.
:19:45. > :19:48.The London Marathon in 19 97. The last time I did it. I have kept
:19:49. > :19:54.myself pretty fit. You look. It Thank you, very much. Running the
:19:55. > :20:08.marathon. It was a good idea after four pints of Guinness. When you hit
:20:09. > :20:13.the wall, don't hit the wall! I said I wasn't interested in hitting the
:20:14. > :20:19.wall, I was worried about hitting the road. As the Commonwealth Games
:20:20. > :20:22.are getting underway next year we have the story of an extraordinary
:20:23. > :20:28.runner who went through the pain barrier. His daughter, Joan, tells
:20:29. > :20:33.the story. My dad, Jack Holden, was perhaps England's first great
:20:34. > :20:39.marathon runner. He was successful because, as he once said, you don't
:20:40. > :20:50.run 100 miles a week for fun. So he entered races with the idea that he
:20:51. > :20:55.was going to win. Self confidence. He was the first athlete to take
:20:56. > :21:01.training seriously and indeed to run as many miles. He would be pounding
:21:02. > :21:06.the streets of Tipton and the Black Country three hours each evening.
:21:07. > :21:12.And, he told a tale that on one occasion, when he was running
:21:13. > :21:17.through Bilstone, an old lady with a shawl around her stopped him and
:21:18. > :21:26.said, "young lad, you'll kill yourself if you run all these
:21:27. > :21:30.miles." Well, this is it. This is home, 63 years since I was back
:21:31. > :21:36.here. It's my bedroom up there. We were a very, very happy tight knit
:21:37. > :21:41.family. My mother was absolutely dedicated. She wouldn't go dancing.
:21:42. > :21:48.They wouldn't go to the cinema. They didn't socialise really. She lived
:21:49. > :21:57.for his running. And, you know, he appreciated that. He started running
:21:58. > :22:06.at the six-mile level. Then developed into cross country. He was
:22:07. > :22:09.heading for Auckland New Zealand for the Empire Games, which is now the
:22:10. > :22:13.Commonwealth Games. NEWS REEL:
:22:14. > :22:19.Amongst the 16 starters lining up to run the course are Holden, England,
:22:20. > :22:23.coming into line, Leek South Africa. He was 42. In reality he must have
:22:24. > :22:27.realised because of his age it would be his last chance to win.
:22:28. > :22:32.NEWS REEL: They are away. The four New
:22:33. > :22:37.Zealanders take the lead. The heavens opened. The rain came down.
:22:38. > :22:45.It was running through the gutters. He was running in his hand-made
:22:46. > :22:49.running shoes. They were always made of soft kid leather. Because it was
:22:50. > :22:53.so wet they just fragmented. He took them off. He ran the last nine-miles
:22:54. > :22:56.barefoot. NEWS REEL:
:22:57. > :23:01.Holden has a firm lead of three minutes and is increasing it. His
:23:02. > :23:06.face shows nothing of the pain he must be suffering
:23:07. > :23:08.face shows nothing of the pain he feet. Nothing can stop him now. I
:23:09. > :23:13.said to him, "did it feet. Nothing can stop him now. I
:23:14. > :23:21.barefooted?" He said, "what do you think, of course it hurt."
:23:22. > :23:31.NEWS REEL: Holden crosses the finishing line."
:23:32. > :23:36.Probably my clearest memory was just him coming through the door and
:23:37. > :23:43.putting his arms round us all, and then, sort of, sitting on his lap,
:23:44. > :23:50.looking at the medal, and photographers and reporters being
:23:51. > :23:54.there. He died a few days short of his 97th birthday. He was very
:23:55. > :24:03.caring. Very loving. Very affectionate, a guiding force really
:24:04. > :24:10.in my life. We loved him dearly. You can understand why, can't you? What
:24:11. > :24:13.a regime. You are a proud son of the West Midlands, you live there. You
:24:14. > :24:20.voiced concerns about Birmingham. What is it that worries you? We have
:24:21. > :24:24.had all the very disturbing publicity about Trojan Horse. For
:24:25. > :24:31.years Birmingham has been really good at race relations. We have had
:24:32. > :24:37.little or minor racial problems. Each community often tends to be in
:24:38. > :24:42.certain areas. They have got on. We have been proud of that. With this
:24:43. > :24:45.Trojan Horse thing we are getting worried things might become
:24:46. > :24:51.ghettoised which we really don't want. Birmingham doesn't have a
:24:52. > :25:03.great reputation. Just lately we have had Benefits Street and people
:25:04. > :25:15.scared to death to come to Birmingham. I call Birmingham a
:25:16. > :25:20.KITTY -- Koepp It To Your self-. We will help you celebrate Birmingham
:25:21. > :25:31.this evening. We have a came we are calling Call My Brum. -- Keep.
:25:32. > :25:36.APPLAUSE Have you played this before? Never
:25:37. > :25:40.played. I'm worried. The rules are simple. We will give you a Brummie
:25:41. > :25:47.word. Three definitions for that word. All you have to do is guess
:25:48. > :25:50.the correct definition. Easy. We invited down three fellow Brummies
:25:51. > :25:56.to make sure the words are pronounced correctly. Mary and Sue
:25:57. > :26:02.who are Birmingham open-top bus tour guides. John who is a lifetime
:26:03. > :26:05.supporter of Birmingham City. APPLAUSE
:26:06. > :26:13.Are you ready for this? OK, I will give it my best shot. Your first
:26:14. > :26:19.word is "yampy" it means? Auto small dog. Daft or mad. Really, really
:26:20. > :26:27.hungry. There we are. A small dog, daft or mad or really hungry. Daft.
:26:28. > :26:31.You are saying "daft." Let us have a look, Sue.
:26:32. > :26:39.APPLAUSE Give me a hard one! What about this
:26:40. > :26:47.one. What about noggy? It means Your head. Nothing to do with me. Old
:26:48. > :26:53.fashioned or outdated. So we are saying - Can we go back to the first
:26:54. > :27:00.one. Go on. It's either your head, nothing to do with he me or outdated
:27:01. > :27:08.I will go with "your head." You are going with Mary. Let us have a look!
:27:09. > :27:14.It's not Mary. It's in fact John. John, there it is. There is the
:27:15. > :27:21.proof. "Outdated." I didn't think Birmingham City fan would have
:27:22. > :27:28.noggy. The final word is called "donnie" what are they? Your hands.
:27:29. > :27:32.Your glasses. Daniel O'Donnell fans. You are going for hands
:27:33. > :27:41.straightaway. Absolutely. Easy one. Let us have a look, "your hands" You
:27:42. > :27:48.can hold your head up high in the Bullring in Birmingham. If I hadn't
:27:49. > :27:54.got those right I would have lived in Karl sharlton. Are you doing
:27:55. > :28:03.Birmingham in the tour? We are doing the Town Hall. What is it like
:28:04. > :28:07.playing at home? It's like playing in your front room. It's like a
:28:08. > :28:12.homecoming. The Town Hall has been revamped. It's delightful. The whole
:28:13. > :28:17.area of Birmingham is coming into its own, isn't it? It is. A lot of
:28:18. > :28:22.cities have been improving, you know, vastly over the last few
:28:23. > :28:27.years. If you go to Manchester. I was in Hull a few weeks ago.
:28:28. > :28:31.Terrific. It is wonderful that you are back. So many people - where
:28:32. > :28:36.have you been? Are you feeling nerves getting back up there? No, I
:28:37. > :28:40.don't think so. One of the reasons I stopped doing it, I stopped being
:28:41. > :28:44.scared. I was going on stage. I wasn't feeling fear. Fear drives the
:28:45. > :28:56.adrenaline. Don't be scared. Thank you so much for being here. You can
:28:57. > :29:05.catch Jasper on tour on Stand Up Rock. Tomorrow Alex will be back. We
:29:06. > :29:15.will be joined by DRUMBEATS CONTINUE
:29:16. > :29:26.WITH SWELLING, DRAMATIC MUSIC