15/08/2012 The One Show

Hello, welcome to The One Show with Alex Jones... And Matt Baker.

Tonight, we are celebrating the huge success of our female Olympic

athletes. We are joined by the women's hockey team and taekwondo

Now, your final fight, that gold medal match, it was so tense. Let's

just take you back to those moments. Keep an eye on the fighters, keep

an eye on the clock. You little beauty! The teenage pickings

superstar from north Wales is the Now, we were noticing when we were

watching that, the referee, although they are supposed to be

impartial, the referee celebrates, Was she actually celebrating, or is

that what they do? At the end, you have to put your arms up and say,

red or blue. Because I was bouncing around, she gave me a bit of time

to celebrate. Have you been back to Flint in North Wales? I went

yesterday. There were a lot of cameras and a lot of people coming

around for photographs. It was a bit crazy. Did you think that would

happen if you ended up with the gold medal? I didn't think I would

have the support that I did. It's just overwhelming, how much people

have been behind me. When it comes to the end of a party, it's nice to

have a sing-song with your friends. It's even nicer when you have

80,000 people singing along to a # Every day, I look at the world

from my window. Welcome to Ray Davies! Yes, good to

see you. What a gig! What was the atmosphere like? I've done big gigs

before, but this was different. It was a national event. It was

customary for everybody to sing along, but this was special. And

they didn't know all of the words! I guess what all of their gigs you

had before, not many of them you have arrived in a taxi? My one

regret is that I didn't tip the driver! How nerve-racking was that?

It was the loneliest ride I have ever had. My microphone came out, I

had one of these little microphones. It came out, as we were going up

the ramp for stocks you must have been relieved to get onto the stage

and start? Yes, it was good to hear my voice, for once! I saw the

transformation of the stadium. You mustn't have had any rehearsal, you

must have just walked out? It was limited. They were chopping and

changing, making things up as they went along. A big event, a great

undertaking by all concerned. I made it as difficult as possible

for them, but they still Paul de off! Jade is the youngest UK gold

medallist. What about Team GB's oldest? Lucy Siegle went to

Warwickshire to find out about her childhood hero and discover how

this gold medallist is something of a bionic man.

I have been horse-riding since I was a kid. I absolutely love it.

I'm so excited by the performance of the British equestrian team and

all of the Olympic medals they have won. Ever since I remember, I have

been a fan of one particular member of the team, Nick Skelton. In fact,

I used to have a poster of him on Nick Skelton has been riding since

he was 18 months old. He has had quite a few bumps that would send

the rest of us to our beds. He's had operations on both knees. He

had his hip replaced, he had his shoulder repaired. In 2000, he

broke his neck and was told he would never ride again. Despite all

of those injuries, he got back on his course. With a career spanning

40 years, he has jumped higher than anyone in the country. And he has

participated in six Olympic Games. He finally won gold with the

British showjumping team, something the sport had been waiting 60 years

Nick is a legend. Imagine how excited I am to be in his home town,

to meet some of the people and see some of the places that makes the

man. To live in the same area as Nick and to think he has won a gold

medal is a big boost. It makes you think that you can actually do it

and there is a good purpose. It's not just a hobby. It's become a

sport. I would love to be a professional showjumper, but there

are lots of challengers. I work at a fast food restaurant to support

my horse and I work most days of the week. It would be my dream to

be a top showjumper, be on the television and see everybody

shouting my name, do one! Nick's appetite for success also rubbed

off on his family. Son Harry, a professional jockey, has invited me

to meet the horse that won gold. It's a bit of a dream come true. We

are in the presence of a true superstar. This horse it is one in

a lifetime. I'm sure it's the best horse I have seen my life. Maybe we

will not see another like it. dad has a gold medal. That's

amazing. How proud are you? We went all round the world, myself and my

brother, watching him at shows. To see your dad lift a gold medal in

your home country, it is the proudest moment we have had in our

lives. Talking of good moments, Nick, my childhood pin-up, plays me

a surprise visit. Hello! The champion! Congratulations. We are

so proud of you. So, what has kept you in pursuit of that other big

medal? Just the will to win, really. I knew how good he was. I thought,

I had better keep going. Now you have won gold, do you want another

one from Rio? Definitely, I want to get the individual one. That is the

one I want to get. I want to keep going, I guess. You are a legend.

I'm going to put your poster back up. A new one? The same one, its

Absolute legend. She had a great day. Nick Skelton isn't the only

Olympian to be hiding a catalogue of injuries. Beth Tweddle, we will

start with her. You can look at her in action. She had keyhole surgery

just a few weeks before the Olympics. She slept with an ice

machine in the Olympic village. Because of all of the injuries she

has had, she has changed her routines on for, so that she

tumbles forwards. We will move on to Gemma Gibbons. She fought for

her silver medal in judo with a broken thumb. She told us today

that it will take a few months before she is back on the mat. But

the pain isn't anything she cannot handle. She didn't even know that

she had at injury. You might have heard this story. This is the worst

one! The USA team, in the 4x400 relays. This is Manteo Mitchell, he

ran his section with a broken leg! He got to 200 metres and he heard a

snap. He cried out, but there were so many people at the stadium that

he would not hear that. He's at the top. He's still going. He got it

round. As soon as he passes the baton on, that is when the pain

hits. What a hero. In the studio, we have Kate, the captain of the

hockey team. In your eye opener, you sustained a terrible injury.

Tell us what happened. I fractured my jaw. The Japanese striker was

crossing the ball into the circle. I went to get the ball. I put my

head down and tried to get it with my stick. I think I touched the

ball, but she got my head. You have to leave the Olympic village, was

it three days? I went to hospital the same day, had surgery the next

day. I was in for three nights. I was well looked after at the Royal

London. And then you got back on the pitch, rock-hard! Ray, the

Kinks were a raucous band. Did you get any injuries? I'd broken my

knee on stage. It was done by a professional. I broke my finger.

What happened with your niqab? threw some beer in the air and

tighter did the splits. I am slipped and my kneecap went. I did

an encore. I think what it is, was that the sprinter in the final?

was one of the heats. I think your adrenalin keeps you going. The pain

hits you afterwards. Jade, no injuries for you, even though you

get kicked and punched in the head? Yes, a lot of my friends have had a

lot of knee injuries. But nothing like that has happened to me.

hear so many of these incredible back stories and people that have

helped them out. Your grandad was really great? He's amazing. He used

to do a 12 hour shift at work. He would drive me straight to

Manchester, four times a week. must have been hard. When you found

out that you were selected, you could only tell your mother and you

couldn't even tell your grandad? Everybody kept asking, I was saying

that I didn't know. I had to keep it a secret until it went to the

media. He used to take Q2 Manchester, to the Gurumu Club? We

have got some guys supporting you. She's been an incredible

inspiration? Yes, she has inspired me to train hard towards my goals.

It just shows me that maybe I could be part of the Olympics in 20...

2016! That's the thing, how somebody from your area can show

you what is possible and to beat the best fighters in the world.

definitely. Someone from Great Britain to perform like that, to

get our first gold medal, it is a really big thing for us. It's

definitely important for development. We hope to see you in

Now to a bit of cycling. The next film takes the Velodrome to the

next level. It's the wall of death. Roll-up, roll-up, experienced a

thriller menace. C the human flies, breaking down the forces of gravity.

-- experienced a thrill a minute. When somebody asks you what you do

for a living, how about this? This is a family affair. Jake,

Nathan and junior our brothers. They are the 4th generation of the

Messhams to thrill fairground crowds. What speed are you

travelling at? 15 or 20 mph. looks faster, there is a small

object flying around. It looks really fast. If you go faster, that

is when you start passing out from the G-force. I've had a few

blackouts myself. You ease off the throttle. You don't even notice.

Most fathers would encourage their sons to take up a nice, safe job.

Why did you feel so strongly about the wall of death? Because it is

part of our family history. I'm very fortunate, it's something they

can do. It all began with James's great-uncle, Jake, who trained on

one of the original walls introduced from the States in 1929.

Was he a motorcycle ride anyway? don't think so, I think he was just

a showman. He was there, the Americans were riding at and he

thought it was something we could do. Motorbikes were very popular

back then? Very big in those days. The tradition continued with Jake's

son and grandson, both called Tommy Messham. He decided to train with

his cousin before getting his own wall. This one was built a mere 40

years ago, but some of the bikes are heirlooms. More than 80 years

old, they have been handed down from generation to generation,

along with the skills to ride them. I didn't start riding until late in

life. My boys started when they were very young. They got to a

stage where they are very, very good. So, this is how they start

training. Riding a bicycle around the track. Learning the tricks of

the trade. Just a little bit too old for this! What you do, you get

from that angle, to that angle. That's what it was. We used to

practise, pedalling. You are going From riding push bikes, the boys

graduated to motorbikes at the age of 11, after five years of

intensive training. They joined the show with their dad at 60 in.

look after each other. They know exactly what they are doing with

each other and because they are brothers, it is sort of like, even

if they make a mistake, they could cover it up and the show would go

on. As you can see from all the marks on the wall, there are times

when it goes at a bit wrong. If you don't get it spot on, you can crash

into each other, you will have an accident. Unfortunately I am always

the one that gets hurt! I have cracked my jaw. A what did you do?

I carried on. It was a full house. They were clapping. I got straight

back on the bike. That is what you have to do. This is a thrilling act

that the family are intent on preserving. How important is it to

keep it in the family? For it is most important. I would never, ever

sell it. Out of all of them, I think Jake will keep this going and

hopefully, if he has children, he will keep this going. It was

absolutely amazing! Crazy! It was awesome! Awesome! We have all got

used to seeing extreme and dangerous things, but this family

business has a unique sound, smell and spectacle about it, and their

name, the Wall of Death. Long may it Live!

I can see Laura Trott going around there in 2016.

You were saying you used to have a go at speedway. Yes, Haringey,

north London. I would not get on a bike myself. I am a coward. OK! It

was interesting theme the Messham brothers. I know about the Wall of

Death, I used to see it at the fairground and my younger brother

is in a band and we sent him on the Wall of Death. It was in a movie

years ago, a French film called "400 blows". The Wall of Death was

a key factor, by Trouffeau. Talking about the connection you had with

your brother as well. Without keeping on about it, it was hit and

miss with us on stage. That is part of the adrenalin. He is the one

smoking a cigarette. It was the adrenalin, like a lot of athletes.

You pump you suck up to get through a performance. It is a physical

event. This is you performing your first number one. # You got me so I

can't sleep at night. # You really got me.

APPLAUSE. Brilliant! It has been a bit of a

busy time for you because you do the closing ceremony but you have

two compilations out, and you were telling us the difference between

the two. 1 is for diehard fans. is a collector's item with all of

the out-takes on the BBC shows, radio shows, and the other is the

best of, and The Very Best Of The Kinks And Ray Davies. I cannot

remember all of the tracks myself but there is a lot! It even has the

London songs? Divided into that? Yes. I grew up in north London so I

am affected by my environment. I stayed in New York for a long time

and wrote a lot of American songs, it is the way I work. You say you

can see a song. What do you mean? was trained as an artist, as a

painter, in sculpture. I see a soul, I have an image. The song I played

earlier, Waterloo Sunset, I had an image of the song before I wrote it.

What was the image? I said to people in the sound room, I want my

voice to sound like a leaf floating in the breeze and they said, this

guy is going mad! It is a way of describing music and art, they go

together. We haven't stopped humming it since the closing

ceremony, it is a lovely song. is really nice of you. Both of the

collections, The Very Best Of The Kinks And Ray Davies and The Kinks

At The BBC are out now. He athletes like a hockey team have

their health monitored constantly but for a newborn babies, it can be

difficult to tell if anything is wrong until later in life.

Angellica Bell has been finding out about a new test that can be used

days after birth. This is the maternity unit at

London's and Royal Free Hospital, where 65 babies are welcome to

every week. It is at the forefront of the new medical innovation. This

takes me back to a day I will never forget. Boxing Day last year, I

gave birth to my first baby son and like any new mother, I was anxious

to know there were no serious problems, like counting his fingers

and toes, but there are some problems that cannot be counted.

Congenital heart disease. Every year, more than 5,000 babies are

born with this and for many it can be easily corrected, but the

earlier it is spotted the better, and in some cases it doesn't come

to light until monstrous that even years later. But now -- until mums

or years later. But now a new development could dramatically

detect the charges of detecting heart problems in newborns, it is

called the pulse oximetry test. Congratulations on the birth of

your son. He was born on Saturdays. Any ideas of a name? Alike Isaac

but I also like Mackay it. And what about his Test? Anything that can

confirm he is doing well is fine by me it. The pulse oximetry test is

often used on adults but here, it is part of the examination for

every newborn. It involves placing a sense on hand and foot of the

baby. We will measure the baby's oxygen levels in the hand and foot

and if that two levels are similar, that is quite reassuring. If they

are quite different, that sometimes indicates a problem we can look

into. Congenital heart defects are relatively common. A good antenatal

programme probably picks up about half of babies with heart disease

on scanning and we know that if we one this test, we will pick up

another half. It doesn't pick up everything but it does leave us in

a better position than if we do not use it and occasionally, we can

pick up a baby with a serious heart problem that you wouldn't have

noticed until the baby suddenly became seriously ill. It sounds

like a positive thing, so why is it not in the whole of the country?

bit of cost for the machines, but mainly, as you can see, it does

take a little while. Every simple but it can take five minutes for

the baby to settle and to get a believable reading and five minutes

3,000 times a year, that is a bit of extra staff resources to do that.

That simple test can tell parents straight away if their child has

congenital heart disease. Well it does not offer a cure, it does mean

in some cases HR can be treated straight away and knowing about it

could help parents prepare for the future. When Alex's daughter was

born five years ago, nothing abnormal was detected but Alex knew

something was wrong. She would wake in the night with funny breathing

and a fast heart rate and she would be very scared because she did not

know what was happening. When she was two, Georgina was finally

diagnosed with a rare heart condition. I felt as if I was

failing as a mother because I did not know how to settle her and did

not know what was going on. She is doing very well now but she

struggles to keep up with her tears. She cannot walk long distances or

go to the park -- kick up with her peers. Georgina will need to have a

valve repaired, and the longer we can wait for her have to have that,

the better, because it means she can grow before she will need the

operation. If the pulse oximetry test had been available, do you

think things would have been different? Absolutely. Having a

sick child and not knowing what was wrong was quite difficult. I felt

as though I was almost going mad, not been able to tell what was

wrong with my child or meet her needs. The NHS is currently

reviewing the evidence to see whether the pulse oximetry test

should be made available in all maternity units, but at the Royal

Free Hospital, what has been the out come up with this baby? Oxygen

levels absolutely fine. The difference between the two is very

small, 1%. Everything is fine. you happy? Definitely. I am so

proud of him. Gorgeous little boy. For all the expectant mums watching

who are wondering where else pulse oximetry tests are carried out, we

contacted the UK National Screening Committee. They said it is

available at every hospital if a baby is already suspected to have a

congenital heart disease but they are still looking at whether there

is enough evidence to make it available for all babies as a

matter of course. At the moment it is a new routine

in a handful of hospitals, so check with your local maternity ward.

We are joined by the Team GB's hockey team. Helen is a big Kinks

fans. Sarah, Crista and Alex you all scored in your 3-1 win over New

Zealand. You had your sights set on gold. Was it difficult to get your

mind set to go for the bronze medal? We had been training

extremely hard the past three years and to use in the semi-final was

heartbreaking, but the way we felt after that game, we did not want to

feel that after the bronze-medal match, so we turned ourselves

around. We are very strong. To win the bronze medal was fantastic, it

was the most perfect day. The support we have had was phenomenal.

It wasn't gold but we got a bronze and we are absolutely thrilled.

Shall we remind ourselves of that CHEERING AND APPLAUSE Great Britain

have won the bronze medal! APPLAUSE.

A new sort Kate Middleton in the clip. She is a big fan. -- we saw

Kate Middleton. She trained with you. Was she any good? Yes, she

managed to hit that target, which is a good start. We would welcome

her to any hockey club. She has been such a fantastic ambassador

for us. Watching her in the crowd screaming for us, just like the

British public, was amazing. It is so great she is behind us. Alex,

you are training to be a PE teacher. And Olympic medallist as your

teacher! Absolutely. As long as I can remember, I have always wanted

to teach. This still feels like a complete dream. My teacher had such

an impact on me playing sport and if I can have that impact on one

person, it would make me so proud. We just want as many people to get

involved in our game. Gulls are boys, get on to the hockey! --

girls or boys. You are incredibly inspiring. Well done. A thank you

for coming in for Stumpf before -- it. Thank you for the women's