:00:18. > :00:21.Hello and welcome to the One Show with Matt Baker and Alex Jones.
:00:21. > :00:26.With us tonight is an actor who had a scary beard in Braveheart and an
:00:26. > :00:36.even scarier eye in Harry Potter. But in real life he's a very nice
:00:36. > :00:41.
:00:41. > :00:45.With another beard. Nice to see you. They had just finished filming the
:00:45. > :00:53.last Harry Potter. You did say that you originate took the role for
:00:53. > :01:01.your kids. They are grown up now. Who are you doing it for now then?
:01:01. > :01:08.I have actually expired. I met my Waterloo in the last film. The kids
:01:08. > :01:18.were in the car. I got a phone call. I mentioned Mad-Eye Moody and the
:01:18. > :01:22.
:01:22. > :01:28.car went ballistic. It had to be done. One of the children was a
:01:28. > :01:36.weaselly. Everyone said that. He was ginger. He went for an audition
:01:36. > :01:42.and became Bail. Brendan will be telling us about his new film, The
:01:42. > :01:48.Guard, later. A week on from the riots, one of the solutions put
:01:49. > :01:58.forward by David Cameron was about school discipline. Could a return
:01:58. > :02:02.for methods of the past be in order? It looks picture-postcard
:02:02. > :02:08.perfect. This area in the heart of Scotland made a mint out of
:02:08. > :02:17.bringing children to tears. This is Lochghelly. It's eye-watering claim
:02:17. > :02:24.to fame was the strap. The leather strap was craft made for one number
:02:24. > :02:28.purpose -- one purpose - discipline. For more than 100 years, the crack
:02:29. > :02:33.of the Lochghelly straps supporting a small industry in the town. More
:02:33. > :02:43.than 70% of straps used across Scotland came very small shop here
:02:43. > :02:48.
:02:48. > :02:54.in the High Street. Schoolboys had nicknames for it. Such as the strap
:02:54. > :03:00.and the Lochghelly. The name behind it was John Jade Dick. His
:03:00. > :03:06.craftsmanship brought a local pride to this instrument of punishment.
:03:06. > :03:12.Doug was a mild mannered man. He took a pride in his work. It was
:03:12. > :03:21.the simple thing. It was done to suddenly stared low -- standards.
:03:21. > :03:25.He had two lengths. The heavy two tale was probably the most popular.
:03:25. > :03:31.That is what teachers liked best. They were ordering this in the
:03:31. > :03:37.dozens and hundreds. Each teacher would buy their own. It was a mad
:03:37. > :03:42.rush before term time to get all the orders out. It might sound like
:03:42. > :03:48.a cruel and unusual punishment but this was the weight order was kept
:03:48. > :03:55.in classrooms across Scotland. -- way. This man should know. In his
:03:55. > :04:01.teaching days it was a legitimate method of classroom control. I used
:04:01. > :04:08.it four Times, regretfully every time. Some would use it because
:04:08. > :04:12.there was a question wrong in a Test, others as a method of self-
:04:12. > :04:19.defence. Sometimes the whole class would be belted as a method of
:04:19. > :04:26.proving they could do something. Would you and other teachers carry
:04:26. > :04:32.them around? Yes, over your left shoulder. You would carry it here.
:04:32. > :04:37.Just like that. Under your jacket. It is not a hit and miss thing. It
:04:37. > :04:42.is not something that was done with its serious thinking beforehand. It
:04:42. > :04:49.did become a knee-jerk reaction. You did that so you will get the
:04:49. > :04:57.belt. The Ian Rankin remembers all too well the tickle of the strap.
:04:57. > :05:02.It was a control method and it did work. Fiat was a big part of it. It
:05:02. > :05:07.would quieten down the rest of the class. If you made an example of
:05:07. > :05:13.someone, the rest of the class was quiet. I can remember getting the
:05:13. > :05:22.belt for talking in class - being destructive. In secondary school,
:05:22. > :05:29.the sting can stay for the whole evening. What was typical? Two and
:05:29. > :05:35.four were average. I think I only got six once. Give me some idea of
:05:35. > :05:41.the. Could be used. If you wanted it not to her very much, you could
:05:41. > :05:47.hold a halfway down and flip it. You could hold it the full length
:05:47. > :05:55.and give it a really good go. you want a shot? Just hold your
:05:55. > :06:05.hand out like that. As far from your body as you could go. And
:06:05. > :06:10.then... It does Sting, doesn't it? That was not full strength by any
:06:10. > :06:15.means. Corporal punishment was banned in schools by 1987. It made
:06:15. > :06:23.such an impression on the young Scots but you will not find this
:06:23. > :06:28.written outside of history any time soon. We would like to hear your
:06:28. > :06:35.thoughts on this. The address is below. You were a teacher before
:06:35. > :06:39.you became an actor. Did you use corporal punishment? The year I
:06:39. > :06:44.started teaching was the final year that corporal punishment was
:06:44. > :06:49.allowed. A certain amount of bluff goes on in a classroom. You can
:06:49. > :06:53.shout at people and pretend that something awful is going to befall
:06:53. > :06:59.them. I did think boroughs growing up Borough prefer to get a slap and
:06:59. > :07:05.get it over with them have my parents contacted. It was
:07:05. > :07:11.completely obvious that you cannot trust people who went on power
:07:11. > :07:17.trips. It is wrong. It is communication between parents and
:07:17. > :07:24.teachers and children. That is how it works. That is the way you
:07:24. > :07:29.discipline people. The days of the leather is over. You had four
:07:29. > :07:35.children when you left teaching. Her I was 34 and a did not say I
:07:35. > :07:45.would turn round at 35 and regret anything. I had been acting but not
:07:45. > :07:50.
:07:50. > :08:00.as the Duke of doing it as a way of life. -- as a few. We became more
:08:00. > :08:02.
:08:02. > :08:08.professional. Let's go on to your new found -- film. He does not
:08:08. > :08:14.sweat the Small Stuff. He has a different take on the law. He is a
:08:14. > :08:20.lonely individual. He is very abrasive and very aggressive. He
:08:20. > :08:26.does not want to be bothered by it anything. He is hoping for a high
:08:26. > :08:33.noon to happen. It is such an endearing character that you play.
:08:33. > :08:38.Let's see what your FBI Palmer things. I have had enough of your
:08:38. > :08:43.wise cracks. You can consider yourself under suspension if you
:08:43. > :08:53.continue. If we were back in Atlanta, you would be giving out
:08:53. > :08:55.
:08:55. > :09:01.tickets for jaywalking. You can The whole thing was filmed in
:09:01. > :09:06.Galway. What did he make of it? It looked pretty dreary at times.
:09:06. > :09:12.did not think we could film it at that time of year. We went for it
:09:12. > :09:21.when we had a chance. It was November, December on the west
:09:21. > :09:25.coast of Ireland. We went through blue/purple lips way you could not
:09:26. > :09:35.-- where you could not get the words out. They brought me over to
:09:35. > :09:40.the Irish Sea. In December I had to come in and do my Halle Berry
:09:40. > :09:48.moment. The weather adds to the character of Beatham. There is a
:09:48. > :09:53.constant trudging and heavy clouds. -- per film. It was a bit hostile
:09:53. > :10:01.and remarkably beautiful at the same time. Don had a good time when
:10:01. > :10:07.he went over. I met him in LA. I knew we were going to hit it off.
:10:07. > :10:14.He was a great actor. I could not wait for him to get out there. His
:10:14. > :10:22.eyes were on sticks. He could not believe we were doing it. He went
:10:22. > :10:28.on the golf course every day he had off. How about the police? How have
:10:28. > :10:38.they taken it? Pretty well so far. They did screen the film for about
:10:38. > :10:43.40 cars, 40 policemen. They loved their heads off. The Macro guard
:10:43. > :10:51.will be out this Friday in cinemas. We will be meeting the fastest
:10:51. > :10:59.family in Britain as they tried to carry out the tradition set by
:10:59. > :11:05.their relative. Finding a good deal is becoming harder and harder.
:11:05. > :11:09.Yours has gone up by �74. They are out there, all these deals and Dom
:11:09. > :11:19.Littlewood went to Manchester to help two viewers in their search.
:11:19. > :11:26.If you live in Manchester, car insurance does not come cheap. The
:11:26. > :11:31.inner-city M13 postcode tops the league. Premiums are up 40%.
:11:31. > :11:41.Comprehensive cover is nearly �900. You will need to be savvy to get
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:11:43. > :11:49.your premium down. Meet at one show viewers, Juliet and Allen. Juliet
:11:49. > :11:56.was paying �684 a year to insure her Fiesta with a bank. This year
:11:56. > :12:04.she has been quoted over �1500. renewal quote was more than 100%
:12:04. > :12:10.increase on my current premiums. It was �900 a year extra. I have to be
:12:10. > :12:16.honest, your car is probably not worth it. Probably a grand if I am
:12:16. > :12:20.lucky. I go on comparison websites. That does not sound like you are
:12:21. > :12:30.shopping around enough. If you allow me some time I can get that
:12:30. > :12:35.right down for you. Go for it! million of us are navigating away
:12:35. > :12:41.through comparison sites. Not all of the insurers are on those.
:12:41. > :12:46.Beware, they do make assumptions when quoting. You can haggle and
:12:46. > :12:50.seek out deals. If you do not ask, you will never know. Alternatively
:12:50. > :12:54.there are brokers. They are independent and cover the whole
:12:54. > :12:59.market. They will have lots of discounts. Perhaps you work in the
:12:59. > :13:04.police or had a Maurice Minor, whatever the circumstance, they
:13:04. > :13:12.will have something that is suitable for you. Brokers have to
:13:12. > :13:16.earn their money, how do they get it? A few of them will charge a fee,
:13:16. > :13:25.some earn commission. I think we have found you a lower quote. Here
:13:25. > :13:32.we go. I will take that and the credit for it. Allen is worried
:13:32. > :13:39.about a 40% increase on his premium. He is paying �530 for his cover.
:13:39. > :13:45.His wife is on the policy, which helps, but so is his son, who is 27.
:13:45. > :13:52.That does not. We have taken your details and shopped around. If you
:13:53. > :14:01.insure it, with just you, without your boy, �430. If you put your
:14:01. > :14:11.wife on it it goes down to �380. That is a hell of a lot of
:14:11. > :14:16.difference to �530. It is. The can do better. His son only visits
:14:16. > :14:20.occasionally. That will cost him �25 a week. It is not just
:14:20. > :14:24.additional drivers, it is additional cars as well. If you had
:14:24. > :14:34.two vehicles in your household, you could put them both under one
:14:34. > :14:36.
:14:36. > :14:46.Time to review -- reveal how much we have saved Juliet on the quote.
:14:46. > :14:46.
:14:46. > :14:56.Have a guess. What has it gone down to? �1,000? Not likely, � 579.
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:14:59. > :15:04.Owe oh, my God! Do you know how much saving that is a year? Nearly
:15:04. > :15:08.�500. That is ridiculous! Are you happy with that? Yes.
:15:08. > :15:13.Are you going to shop around in the future? Yes.
:15:13. > :15:19.Lesson learned. Dom is here of course. So, big
:15:19. > :15:24.savings to be made, but go about them in an honest way? Yes, it is
:15:24. > :15:29.definitely the best way. Let me tell you something, the
:15:29. > :15:35.insurance companies are not idiots. If you start telling them you do
:15:35. > :15:41.5,000 meal mielings a year, you do ten, they check up on your MOT
:15:41. > :15:46.certificate. If there is an accident.
:15:46. > :15:52.Your son has fury dice hanging from the rear view mirror, they will
:15:52. > :15:55.realise it is not your dad's care. They have a claim underwriting
:15:55. > :15:59.exchange. If they find out something, that you have not told
:15:59. > :16:06.them, they will not pay out. They have the right to do so.
:16:06. > :16:10.On the junt of brokers, how-do you ensure you get a good one? Many
:16:10. > :16:15.people don't know what a broker is. Brokers, I love them.
:16:15. > :16:20.But if you give them the details, let them do the hard work. Most of
:16:20. > :16:26.the time they earn commission from the insurance companies. Some of
:16:26. > :16:30.them charge a little bit on top. It is maximum 10%. A Domy tip here
:16:30. > :16:36.about the sites, put your information in. If you get a good
:16:36. > :16:41.quote, don't take it. Sign off. The companies often ring you up and
:16:41. > :16:46.then start offering you. If you think it expensive, they will drop
:16:46. > :16:49.it down in price. Now, someone who does lots of miles,
:16:49. > :16:54.following the England cricket team around the country, have is, of
:16:54. > :17:00.course, Phil Tufnell. When he is on the road we ask him to keep an eye
:17:00. > :17:05.out for a story for us. Tonight, he is in Grimsby. Grimsby
:17:05. > :17:12.does not have the most glamorous of reputations, it is an old dock town
:17:12. > :17:15.famous for its fishing fleet, not its architecture, but I'm told
:17:15. > :17:20.somewhere around here, there is is a huge tower that looks like it
:17:20. > :17:30.could be part of an Italian renaissance. It seems unlikely to
:17:30. > :17:33.
:17:33. > :17:39.# Your love is lifting me highers # Core, blimey, it's a whopper! The
:17:39. > :17:43.Grimsby Dock Tower dates back to 1882. It is tefd was a money earner,
:17:43. > :17:51.buildings like that did not come cheap. I always thought that
:17:51. > :17:54.Grimsby was a fishing port, but it is very handily situated for trade.
:17:54. > :17:58.Grimsby nationally and internationally is well placed.
:17:58. > :18:02.There if is slap on the side of the North Sea with Europe on its
:18:02. > :18:08.doorstep. It was the industrial rev luegs
:18:08. > :18:11.that give impetus to the port. There was the need for importing
:18:11. > :18:16.timber and exporting coal and manufacturing goods.
:18:16. > :18:20.The there was a railway company that seeing the flat land, no
:18:20. > :18:24.problem for laying the railway lines it ran up to the edge of the
:18:24. > :18:28.river. With it came the wherewithal to build the dock.
:18:28. > :18:33.The dock was a state-of-the-art facility, with the tower at the
:18:33. > :18:41.heart of it. Srb sitting in the morning sun
:18:41. > :18:48.# I'll be sitting in the evening come... # The tower dominates the
:18:48. > :18:52.Grimsby skyline. It is 390 feet, it used to be the tallest brick-built
:18:52. > :18:57.structure in the entire country. About what was it for? I'm off to
:18:57. > :19:04.meet a man who knows all about it. Garry Crossland has helped to
:19:04. > :19:11.manage the -- manage the docks and has written about a book about them.
:19:11. > :19:17.Why did they need a tower such as this? Here in Grimsby there were 15
:19:17. > :19:20.hydraulic cranes and the lock gates. They needed the tower, to power a
:19:20. > :19:30.constant supply of water. Why does it look like it comes from
:19:30. > :19:31.
:19:31. > :19:35.Italy? It was based on the tower of the Palaca Publico in veena.
:19:35. > :19:39.The architect, James William Wild was influenced by his foreign
:19:40. > :19:46.travels and the dock tower is his masterpiece. It is said to be made
:19:46. > :19:49.of 1 million bricks. In the grade one listed buildings is a vastly
:19:49. > :19:54.empty space. The machinery is long gone.
:19:54. > :19:59.Wow! That is absolutely huge. What used to go on up there? Well, there
:19:59. > :20:02.was a tank that contained 33,000 gallons of water used for the
:20:02. > :20:06.hydraulics. How did the water get up there?
:20:06. > :20:11.came from a well about half a mile away. It was not in service for
:20:11. > :20:15.very long, 40 years, then it was replaced with a tower a few yards
:20:15. > :20:19.away. Then they put the mechanism out of here including the lift.
:20:19. > :20:26.How many steps to the top? About 450.
:20:26. > :20:34.Are you coming up? You must be joking I did it in 1980, never
:20:34. > :20:39.again! So, I'm on my own!? You're on your own! One, two, three, four,
:20:39. > :20:49.five... I'm not great with heights, I must confess. The best thing to
:20:49. > :20:50.
:20:50. > :20:58.do was to concentrate on the counting! 399, 400! Blimey, nearly
:20:58. > :21:03.there. This is one big, scary building. 350! -- 450. Wow, what a
:21:03. > :21:08.view that is. Well, it was scary getting up here, but the view is
:21:08. > :21:12.fantastic. What a brilliant building, a marvel of Victorian
:21:12. > :21:19.engineering. Now, I've had enough, I want to get down. It really is
:21:19. > :21:22.quite high up here! Phil! You looked a little bit out of breath
:21:22. > :21:26.there. That was scary going up that scare
:21:26. > :21:31.case. The fella did not want to go up there either.
:21:31. > :21:38.It was amazing, wobbling as you were going up.
:21:38. > :21:42.It's been there since 1700! That tower used to hold the biggest
:21:42. > :21:50.tower record but not anymore? the Battersea Power Station is now.
:21:50. > :21:53.That is now a listed building. It was obviously a power station up
:21:53. > :21:59.until 1983, 61 million bricks involved in that.
:21:59. > :22:02.That is in the UK, what about in the world? This is in Sri Lanka. It
:22:02. > :22:11.took 27 years to build, have a guess.
:22:11. > :22:16.Brendan, you have a guess. 61 million was Battersea...? Higher...
:22:16. > :22:22.93 million bricks! That's a lot of bricks! Can you imagine the order
:22:23. > :22:28.for that. That was built in the 3rd century
:22:28. > :22:34.AD. 400 feet high that is. This is the bad boy coming up. This is not
:22:34. > :22:39.a brick-built structures, this is Kingdom tower in Jeddah, this is
:22:39. > :22:45.the highest building, or it will be when it is built, that is one
:22:45. > :22:49.kilometre high. That is half a mile high! Do they have a lift, Phil?
:22:49. > :22:56.hope so! It will have the biggest observation platform.
:22:56. > :22:59.You are walking the staircase of that, fill! I'm not going up that!
:22:59. > :23:04.Super job. Thank you very much. Brendan, this is where we are going
:23:04. > :23:10.to leave you, we are going outside to the coals now, but thank you
:23:10. > :23:18.very much cor coming in. Now, in the 20s and the 30s, Sir
:23:18. > :23:22.Malcolm Campbell set nine land records.
:23:22. > :23:26.His son lost his life. Now, we have another member of the
:23:26. > :23:30.family setting a record. This is one of the longest
:23:30. > :23:34.stretches of the beach in the UK, Pendine Sands. It is the British
:23:34. > :23:39.home of the land speed record. Meet Don and Joe Wales, a father and son
:23:39. > :23:44.from a family with a long tradition of breaking land speed records.
:23:44. > :23:50.Today they are hoping to set a new one in an electric car.
:23:50. > :23:55.Why Pendine Sands? It is the bit place of the land speeding record-
:23:55. > :24:02.breaking in the country. So for us to come here it really is special.
:24:02. > :24:06.What record are you trying to set? The outright UK record. That is 137
:24:06. > :24:10.miles over the measured mile. There is also a quarter mile and the 500
:24:11. > :24:14.metre. They are records that I hold, but Joseph might take them away
:24:14. > :24:18.from me today. So, you could take a record from
:24:18. > :24:25.your dad, can you cope with that? can easily cope with it. I would
:24:25. > :24:33.love to have a couple of your records! Would you like to meet
:24:34. > :24:39.Bluebird? Here she is. She is providing 200 kilowatts in
:24:39. > :24:43.peak power and 1100 metres in talk. She is very low, very sleek and
:24:43. > :24:50.very blue! And it was not long before Joe got his first attempt to
:24:50. > :24:53.beat his dad's rorbd. -- record. And he's gone. He is now
:24:53. > :24:57.rolling. So, you need both runs, the forward
:24:58. > :25:02.and the back run together and the average of those, that is the
:25:02. > :25:08.record attempt? Absolutely. It is the average of two runs. They
:25:08. > :25:15.have tb -- to be done within an hour. There he goes, he is past us
:25:15. > :25:21.now. He's looking good. That was a quick run.
:25:21. > :25:27.The little swine has gone faster than me! But only in one direction?
:25:27. > :25:32.If we are lucky, we will get one Morecambeing back. Joe's first run
:25:32. > :25:38.out of the two has been a success, but has he got enough battery juice
:25:38. > :25:44.to make it all the way. He has either run out of juice or
:25:44. > :25:48.he is trying to conserve it. He has probably run out of juice.
:25:48. > :25:53.So, what is happening now is that because of the limited amount of
:25:53. > :25:59.juice in the batteries I'm afraid the law of physics has beaten us.
:25:59. > :26:02.Not being able to make the return run cost Joe the record, so it
:26:02. > :26:07.still rests with his dad, but something tells me this will not be
:26:07. > :26:10.the end of it. Well, Don and Joe join us here,
:26:10. > :26:15.welcome to the show. That was Saturday we saw on the film. Tell
:26:15. > :26:18.us what happened on Sunday. That did not go quite to plan either?
:26:19. > :26:24.had a beautiful day, but the sunshine acted against us. The
:26:25. > :26:28.visibility on the day was not good. Mirajs on the track. Joe just lost
:26:28. > :26:33.his way a little bit. What is it like to be in there
:26:33. > :26:38.going that speed? It is a lot of fun. The back end slides a lot. It
:26:38. > :26:44.is different from driving on the road. The steering is sluggish, you
:26:44. > :26:48.start to aquaplane a little bit, but it is a lot of fun when you are
:26:48. > :26:53.flying over potholes. As far as the future, thinking back
:26:53. > :26:58.to your grandfather, you are carrying on this family tradition,
:26:58. > :27:04.how does it feel to be in this incredible dynasty? It is a real
:27:04. > :27:07.privilege. Watching dad as a kid having him go up and down the beach
:27:07. > :27:13.at Pendine Sands. It must have been horrific for you
:27:13. > :27:18.as a dad to see what happened on Sunday? Terrible! Is it true by
:27:18. > :27:24.2013, Joe, you hope to break the record and go 500 miles per hour?
:27:24. > :27:30.That is the next step. Going for the world record, which is
:27:30. > :27:35.currently 370 miles per hour. Is that electric? Yes, powered by
:27:35. > :27:44.batteries. 300 miles an hour is a defendant possibility. The design
:27:44. > :27:48.of the car to do 500 is a possibility. We need money to raise
:27:48. > :27:52.-- to be raised to do that. Well, all the best of luck.
:27:52. > :27:56.Earlier on we were talking about corporal punishment. There are
:27:56. > :28:02.loads of e-mails on this. Hill airy had the strap but respected the
:28:02. > :28:09.teemp. Ashley Sherwood said he would have
:28:09. > :28:13.been better behaved at school had the school used corporal punishment.
:28:13. > :28:16.And Fiona, said she was given the strap and thought it nothing more
:28:16. > :28:22.than short of assault. Keep your views coming in.