15/07/2014 The One Show

After a hectic career spanning over 45 years as a musician, comedian and

writer, tonight 's guests may finally be accepting he's getting

older. I will pick you up to 11. 11? ! I'm not a teenage! All right! Half

nine! Please welcome a rather spritely Jasper Carrott. It's

wonderful news that you are back. There we saw, with your real-life

daughter Lucy Davis. Why didn't she want to take on the family name of

Carrott? Lucy Carrott! I can see that! She just wanted to make it all

on our own without any influence from me. I have never pulled a

string or anything like that. I give her advice and she gives me advice,

but she has died all by herself. Very proud of her. And kept the

family name, Davis, which you changed! It's not a stage name. I

have had Jasper since I was nine. There's no reason behind it. Where

did the Carrott come from? When I was 17, I was on a golf course with

the drummer from yellow and a bloke came over and he said, this is

Jasper, and the bloke said, first time in my life, Jasper who? And I

said, Carrott! And that was it! He thought it was the funniest thing

ever and told everybody. was Jasper Carrott, nothing to do

with the business. My wife went out with me for six months and she

didn't realise it wasn't my real name. I took out to meet my mum and

she said, hello Bobby. out of control. It is the school

prom, and teenagers are intent on arriving in style. Today I in

Nottinghamshire. I'm here to investigate a new tradition that

most people over the age of 30 no little about. It's extravagant, it

is trustee up, and people arrive in the most weird and wonderful ways,

it is the high school prom. It's no huge here, basically it is a big

doom for secondary school leavers. You must be Elliott. Elliot Davis is

getting ready for the biggest night of the year. He has lined up a

luxury set of wheels, a snip at ?400. How are you travelling

tonight? We have a white Rolls-Royce. We will have a

chauffeur. In my day, 81 on bus. Nowadays everyone wants to get the

nicest car. What does it mean to you? Because we have left school

now, save them all again for the last time, that makes it special. --

Steven Paul again. How is that? It is different! I normally do that,

but it ruins your... Don't worry about ruining my! I can see where

the inspiration comes from! Now let's see where the -- how the girls

are preparing. Some of the dresses are astonishing. Some of the girls

think nothing of importing them from America. How are you doing? I am OK.

For once I don't have to cut in the air but we are going to put it up to

complement this trust. How much do you think you have spent in total?

Over 200. Is it your money? No, my mum has pay for it all. What about

your mates? Probably about three or 400. There must be pressure on

people to wear a certain dress or look a certain way? Note of people

have been looking for their dresses for ages. We started away before we

got our tickets are before Christmas. I love it!

Would do the parents make of it all? It gives them something to look

forward to. But it is quite costly. It's good we celebrate their school

life. It's nice for them to get together and say their last

goodbyes. They could do it in jeans and trainers, couldn't they? I don't

think we would get away with that! Time to head off to the prom. Scrubs

up quite well, doesn't he? Tickets cost ?35 for this from, and for

that, you get a hot meal and a disco. -- for this prom.

It's more like the Oscars than a school disco! There is a real

competition to make your arrival stand out from the crowd. That means

everything from ice cream vans to a short trip in a roller. But two

girls have topped the lot, taking to the air! That's the way to arrive at

the school prom! And is a teacher here. Wendy you start planning

something like this? We will be running next year 's tomorrow. Did

they stop calling you miss? No, they still call us miss and serve. White

is there such a rise in popularity? I think it's the movies, and coming

over from America and all the influence from there. Take a look.

Brilliant! Before tonight I was sceptical, but after seeing how

excited and happy the kids are, you can't knock it. I just wish mine was

as good as this. You can see all the teenagers

thinking, I never thought of that! Jasper, you are 16, turning up at

one of those Proms, what do you arrive in? Drone! Lets be modern! I

didn't even buy my kids food! 400 quid for a dress? You get back up

the chimneys! What would you do if any of your grandchildren said, I

want a dress for ?400? I think I know the answer! Immediately, I

would have them certified. It's an interesting point. You have done

well for yourself stop did you find it difficult not to be too much of

an dotted parent? My wife is brilliant, we have been married 42

years. She is the generous one. So we combine. If they can get round

me, fine, but if they can't, then grandma has to do it. It's a good

relationship. A good balance. We want to talk about your tour, it's

been 16 years since you were last on tour, what was it that made you

decide to get back on the road? It came about last year. My best friend

Dave, who I mentioned, he has been in ELO four years, and we had never

toured together. And we thought we had better do it before we take out.

We had a group called Belch, and it was me and him, and Tony are from

Black Sabbath. We are all big mates. So we called ourselves Belch. We did

a few stupid shows and stuff. But last year Bev and I did a few dates,

heated the music, I did the comedy, with some mates from Birmingham. We

were just amazed at the reaction. We had massive, standing ovations every

night for all the 60s music and 60s jokes! We would have had 100%

standing ovation every night if 100% of the audience could stand! So are

you saying with this tour that you are aiming at a new market and if

you are, how are you billing it? It is called stand up and work! --

rock. And there is an audience there that has not been get it for, they

want comedy but they don't want to read syndrome that goes with it

these days, and they like to hear hold music, and there are printed

editions we are working with. Is it still anecdotal? I have always said,

what's the secret of your longevity, I always talk about who I am, what I

am, where I am. Right now, I am 69 years old, I can look back and talk

about getting old, talk about being a grandparent, and I say, people

say, when you have grandchildren wonderful because you can give them

back when you have finished playing with them. They are like herpes, you

can't get rid of them! And their run round the house, arms stuck halfway

up the U bend... My back is killing me, two hours I played piggyback

with my five-year-old granddaughter and I fell off! Jasper, you reunited

with Robert Powell. Is there any chance that the The Detectives will

come back? No, it was fantastic mother did seven years of it, became

like blood brothers. He is a remarkable actor, I get down to my

level very quickly. But he has his career, I have mine, we have

remained very close. He career, I have mine, we have

underrated, I think. We need to see a clip. Let's take you back to 1993.

We should be using our heads, not chasing people. What would Inspector

We should be using our heads, not Morse do? You are right. Two pints

of test, please! Of all the things you have done and been part of,

of test, please! Of all the things you have a favourite? Stand-up

of test, please! Of all the things very hard to beat. It's very

immediate with the audience. I always say, Judge comedian by seeing

him live, that's when you see the best of them. I felt the best thing

I did was about 1980, I did a live, one-hour show from the threat

I did was about 1980, I did a live, Royal -- Theatre Royal, Drury Lane,

it was live to air. And I always remember, I had a routine,

it was live to air. And I always get into a routine, we had to get

into an advert before ten p.m., because of the money. I had this six

or seven minute routine about local radio, and there was a bloke at the

frontier would hold up a card saying whether I had six minutes, five

minutes, and I got to do is point, I looked down, and his card said two.

I had to get a seven minute routine down to two minutes,

I had to get a seven minute routine advice. Time now for some heavy

metal. Joe Crowley discovers why a mining community is digging hard

rock for the first time in years. What are they digging for? I will

give you a clue. It's incredibly hard, heavy, expensive, and you have

probably heard of it. It's tongue tungsten. This is a bit of land with

the potential to produce over 3000 tonnes of tungsten concentrate every

year. Jeff Harrison is from the owners. Is this what we are looking

for? Yes, this is the tungsten or, found the granite locally. What sort

of properties does tungsten have? A high knotting put, it is a very hard

wearing material, it is much in demand. -- high melting point. How

significant will this mind be? We will have about 10 million tonnes a

year, it will have a value of about 700,000 US dollars per truck. Mining

in Devon and Cornwall dates act to 2000 BC and it reached its peak in

the 19th century with over 2000 mines, employing large numbers of

people. But metal mining ended 16 years ago with the closure of

Europe's last working tin mine and these men were all out of a job.

Opencast mines on the let's get often attract opposition but here,

most people come to the benefits of reviving a proud local industry. How

important has mining been for the south-west? Very important. A way of

life. It is who we were. When it stopped you weren't who you were,

any more, can you understand that? Most of the miners found job

quickly. They are workers. Wanted to work. The fitter ones went abroad to

where they can make the money. Jimmy has worked in Australia. It isn't

the mine, the whole area was living off the How positivive mine. Are

you? Very positive. Optimistic. Are you excited about this? Yes I am. A

generation of south-west's mining sons emgrated in search of work,

work that has now come home. It will award local firms ?5 million in

contracts. This mine could have an effect, not just on the local

economy, but for the country as a whole. Dr Robin Shell is from the

School of Mines. This is an example of what is being mined here. We can

see gran anyway. This pale-coloured rock. We can see a series of quartz

veins. This needs to be separated out. This is what holds the

tungsten. Can the price stay high enough or will it fold within a few

years? The production price here is relatively low. It means that there

would have to be a major reduction in global price for it to affect

this project and is well placed to benefit from what are likely to be

significant price hikes in tungsten over the next two to three years or

so because of the lack of other global producers being able to join

the It's thought market. That 80% of the world's tungsten is in China.

This mine is believed to be the fourth largest tungsten resource in

the world. Planning permission is currently for the next 10 years. In

that time, the mine's revenue is forecast to be an estimated ?1

billion. It's actually incredible to think that one of the world's

biggest deposits of tungsten is just here in this hill, in Devon. It's

great news, not just for the south-west, but for the whole UK

economy. ?700,000 per lorry load, extraordinary? I don't know what you

do with tonnes of tungsten, maybe you don't nick it. What would life

be like without tungsten? Tungsten is everywhere - I've never asked

that question before. You are a keen golfer. I am indeed. Tungsten is

hard it goes into all sorts of thing. Your golf clubs wouldn't be

as good. It's heavy. That is quite good, you are the golfer, for

weighting the club. It would be a small amount of tungsten to give the

weight with plenty of face on the club - It wasn't for that golf club

he wouldn't be called Carrott, we heard that earlier. The point of a

fishing hook can't break or lose the one that would have got away. That

has tungsten in. The tip of darts. The military use it for armoured

piercing shells. You have it on the tip of darts. It gets everywhere.

Very important in daily life. When you are on the golf course and your

agent rings and tells you to get back to work. You would be close to

it then. The vibrating alert in a phone a bit of tungsten. Heavy going

backwards and forwards. There you have it. Thank you very much.

Tungsten is a Swedish word. Meaning "heavy rock." There is one back at

you. APPLAUSE

Another mine opening up. Another one close to the border. There are plans

in Wakefield to explore a new coal mine. Interesting. You are a keen

runner. We have this lovely picture of you. You are in your early '50s.

The London Marathon in 19 97. The last time I did it. I have kept

myself pretty fit. You look. It Thank you, very much. Running the

marathon. It was a good idea after four pints of Guinness. When you hit

the wall, don't hit the wall! I said I wasn't interested in hitting the

wall, I was worried about hitting the road. As the Commonwealth Games

are getting underway next year we have the story of an extraordinary

runner who went through the pain barrier. His daughter, Joan, tells

the story. My dad, Jack Holden, was perhaps England's first great

marathon runner. He was successful because, as he once said, you don't

run 100 miles a week for fun. So he entered races with the idea that he

was going to win. Self confidence. He was the first athlete to take

training seriously and indeed to run as many miles. He would be pounding

the streets of Tipton and the Black Country three hours each evening.

And, he told a tale that on one occasion, when he was running

through Bilstone, an old lady with a shawl around her stopped him and

said, "young lad, you'll kill yourself if you run all these

miles." Well, this is it. This is home, 63 years since I was back

here. It's my bedroom up there. We were a very, very happy tight knit

family. My mother was absolutely dedicated. She wouldn't go dancing.

They wouldn't go to the cinema. They didn't socialise really. She lived

for his running. And, you know, he appreciated that. He started running

at the six-mile level. Then developed into cross country. He was

heading for Auckland New Zealand for the Empire Games, which is now the

Commonwealth Games. NEWS REEL:

Amongst the 16 starters lining up to run the course are Holden, England,

coming into line, Leek South Africa. He was 42. In reality he must have

realised because of his age it would be his last chance to win.

NEWS REEL: They are away. The four New

Zealanders take the lead. The heavens opened. The rain came down.

It was running through the gutters. He was running in his hand-made

running shoes. They were always made of soft kid leather. Because it was

so wet they just fragmented. He took them off. He ran the last nine-miles

barefoot. NEWS REEL:

Holden has a firm lead of three minutes and is increasing it. His

face shows nothing of the pain he must be suffering

face shows nothing of the pain he feet. Nothing can stop him now. I

said to him, "did it feet. Nothing can stop him now. I

barefooted?" He said, "what do you think, of course it hurt."

NEWS REEL: Holden crosses the finishing line."

Probably my clearest memory was just him coming through the door and

putting his arms round us all, and then, sort of, sitting on his lap,

looking at the medal, and photographers and reporters being

there. He died a few days short of his 97th birthday. He was very

caring. Very loving. Very affectionate, a guiding force really

in my life. We loved him dearly. You can understand why, can't you? What

a regime. You are a proud son of the West Midlands, you live there. You

voiced concerns about Birmingham. What is it that worries you? We have

had all the very disturbing publicity about Trojan Horse. For

years Birmingham has been really good at race relations. We have had

little or minor racial problems. Each community often tends to be in

certain areas. They have got on. We have been proud of that. With this

Trojan Horse thing we are getting worried things might become

ghettoised which we really don't want. Birmingham doesn't have a

great reputation. Just lately we have had Benefits Street and people

scared to death to come to Birmingham. I call Birmingham a

KITTY -- Koepp It To Your self-. We will help you celebrate Birmingham

this evening. We have a came we are calling Call My Brum. -- Keep.

APPLAUSE Have you played this before? Never

played. I'm worried. The rules are simple. We will give you a Brummie

word. Three definitions for that word. All you have to do is guess

the correct definition. Easy. We invited down three fellow Brummies

to make sure the words are pronounced correctly. Mary and Sue

who are Birmingham open-top bus tour guides. John who is a lifetime

supporter of Birmingham City. APPLAUSE

Are you ready for this? OK, I will give it my best shot. Your first

word is "yampy" it means? Auto small dog. Daft or mad. Really, really

hungry. There we are. A small dog, daft or mad or really hungry. Daft.

You are saying "daft." Let us have a look, Sue.

APPLAUSE Give me a hard one! What about this

one. What about noggy? It means Your head. Nothing to do with me. Old

fashioned or outdated. So we are saying - Can we go back to the first

one. Go on. It's either your head, nothing to do with he me or outdated

I will go with "your head." You are going with Mary. Let us have a look!

It's not Mary. It's in fact John. John, there it is. There is the

proof. "Outdated." I didn't think Birmingham City fan would have

noggy. The final word is called "donnie" what are they? Your hands.

Your glasses. Daniel O'Donnell fans. You are going for hands

straightaway. Absolutely. Easy one. Let us have a look, "your hands" You

can hold your head up high in the Bullring in Birmingham. If I hadn't

got those right I would have lived in Karl sharlton. Are you doing

Birmingham in the tour? We are doing the Town Hall. What is it like

playing at home? It's like playing in your front room. It's like a

homecoming. The Town Hall has been revamped. It's delightful. The whole

area of Birmingham is coming into its own, isn't it? It is. A lot of

cities have been improving, you know, vastly over the last few

years. If you go to Manchester. I was in Hull a few weeks ago.

Terrific. It is wonderful that you are back. So many people - where

have you been? Are you feeling nerves getting back up there? No, I

don't think so. One of the reasons I stopped doing it, I stopped being

scared. I was going on stage. I wasn't feeling fear. Fear drives the

adrenaline. Don't be scared. Thank you so much for being here. You can

catch Jasper on tour on Stand Up Rock. Tomorrow Alex will be back. We

will be joined by DRUMBEATS CONTINUE

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