:00:17. > :00:25.Hello, welcome to The One Show Alex Jones... And Matt Baker. If I
:00:25. > :00:30.was stranded on a desert island, I know what rugged, outdoorsy,
:00:30. > :00:40.handsome man I would like with me. Luckily, he is the SiteMeter night.
:00:40. > :00:42.It's Ray Mears! -- sat next to me. A-level results are out today. In
:00:42. > :00:48.It's Ray Mears! -- sat next to me. your autobiography, you said that
:00:48. > :00:53.you sleepwalked through? Of you seem not a happy time for you? If he went
:00:53. > :00:58.back and had to take one, what would you take? I don't think I would want
:00:58. > :01:02.to, it is my idea of hell. They are so stressful. They are probably
:01:02. > :01:07.harder than going to university. I don't think I would want to do
:01:07. > :01:11.another one. Fair enough. Because Ray is here, we are looking for
:01:11. > :01:16.extremes. We want the oldest and youngest to pass their A-levels
:01:16. > :01:20.today. Whatever your grades, send the photograph to the usual address.
:01:20. > :01:24.Ray is famous for spending up to 250 days a year sleeping outside. That
:01:24. > :01:29.will save you a few quid on hotel days a year sleeping outside. That
:01:29. > :01:35.bills. Tony Livsey has been to meet some other people that have opted to
:01:35. > :01:40.live in unusual places to save cash. How would you like to live in an old
:01:40. > :01:45.fire station like this, in Northumberland? Yours for just £180
:01:45. > :01:50.per month, including bills. What about this former police station in
:01:50. > :01:56.north Wales? Also available for just £180 per month, all in. It all
:01:56. > :01:58.sounds too good to be true, but I promised these prices are the real
:01:58. > :02:03.deal, but only if you are prepared to become what is known as a
:02:03. > :02:07.property guardian. You have to pay a licence to live there, but the cost
:02:07. > :02:13.is much lower than if you were officially renting it. NHS worker
:02:13. > :02:18.and artist Paula pays £180 per month to have her home in a former primary
:02:18. > :02:24.school in Salford. You just pay the licence fee, no bills, no council
:02:24. > :02:29.tax. My disposable income is quite big. Is this party Central?Know,
:02:29. > :02:37.one of the rules is we are not allowed parties. No pets, no
:02:37. > :02:44.parties. There is a banner outside, saying happy 30th birthday? We are
:02:44. > :02:48.allowed gatherings, but no parties. No dancing? Can they inspect for
:02:48. > :02:52.that? The landlord has a property they cannot do much with, so they
:02:52. > :02:55.handed to an agency which charges they cannot do much with, so they
:02:55. > :02:59.people to live in is, cheaply. Normally, you are not the only
:02:59. > :03:04.Guardian. Here, there are six people. Life is pretty communal, but
:03:04. > :03:10.you get a lot of space. The shower and kitchen are shared. Some places
:03:10. > :03:14.on holiday have frightened me, but this is not great. There are no
:03:14. > :03:19.Baathists. If you want a shower, you are in there. This arrangement
:03:19. > :03:25.allows the landlord, in this case Salford Council, to keep the empty
:03:25. > :03:30.property secure at a fraction of the cost of boarding it up or employing
:03:30. > :03:35.security. £180 per month? Crucially, it also keeps away
:03:35. > :03:38.squatters. Talk to me about the kind of people that live in a place like
:03:38. > :03:44.this. What kind of people do you allow to stay? They must be
:03:44. > :03:52.employed, no children. Is it lowering the bar of what is
:03:53. > :03:54.acceptable? The buildings need to be wind and water tight. Where there
:03:54. > :04:00.are maintenance issues, we address wind and water tight. Where there
:04:00. > :04:04.it. What is it say about modern day UK that professional people are
:04:04. > :04:08.living in buildings like this, that have seen better days? They are
:04:08. > :04:13.trying to do something themselves. You must remember, the monthly
:04:13. > :04:16.licence fee is significantly lower, sometimes four or five times lower,
:04:16. > :04:24.than you would pay for a similar space. It is one of the perils of
:04:24. > :04:28.communal living, brown sauce, without a crust. Living in the old
:04:28. > :04:34.school office block is 28-year-old teaching assistant Jessica. Allen
:04:34. > :04:43.people ask where I live, I say, I live in a primary school. People go,
:04:43. > :04:47.what? If you want to go and have a cup of tea in the kitchen, and a
:04:48. > :04:51.chat, it's lovely. I work as a teaching assistant, which doesn't
:04:51. > :04:56.pay enough to afford a flat on my own. People would say you are an
:04:57. > :05:00.unofficial security woman? There are so many pluses. It cancels
:05:00. > :05:03.unofficial security woman? There are other out. I do feel safe. There are
:05:03. > :05:08.unofficial security woman? There are attempted break-ins, but you always
:05:08. > :05:17.have someone around. Being a property Guardian does not come
:05:17. > :05:17.without catches. When you move into somewhere like this, you are asked
:05:17. > :05:21.without catches. When you move into to sign this. It is not a normal
:05:21. > :05:25.tenancy agreement, it is a licence to live here. It means you do not
:05:25. > :05:26.have the rights normally afforded to tenants. You don't have exclusive
:05:26. > :05:31.use of any of the building, tenants. You don't have exclusive
:05:31. > :05:36.including your own bedroom. And we could be asked to move out with as
:05:36. > :05:38.short notice as two weeks. It is always at the back of your mind,
:05:38. > :05:42.short notice as two weeks. It is something you need to deal with when
:05:42. > :05:48.it comes along. Fortunately, if you are a good Guardian, they will
:05:48. > :05:51.relocate you. This way of cheap living is becoming increasingly
:05:51. > :05:55.popular, especially in big cities. Critics worry it is making a
:05:55. > :06:01.2-tiered system of tenancy rights, those that can afford to have them
:06:01. > :06:06.and those that cannot. It is a form of unpaid labour, you are providing
:06:06. > :06:10.a service for the property owner and the property Guardian company, but
:06:10. > :06:18.you are paying for the privilege of doing so. That is not a tenancy. It
:06:18. > :06:24.is obvious why it is not everybody's cup of tea. I don't think I would
:06:24. > :06:27.like to hang my hat in a primary school cloakroom or go to sleep
:06:27. > :06:29.potentially under siege from thieves or vandals. But they are adults,
:06:29. > :06:32.they made their own choice, they or vandals. But they are adults,
:06:32. > :06:39.enjoying it and saving a lot of money. So isn't it surprising what
:06:39. > :06:46.can become home sweet home? What a great scheme. You can be so
:06:46. > :06:51.creative, as well. It is like having this studio as your bedroom. Imagine
:06:51. > :06:58.having a fire station as your home. Coming down the pole? It is like
:06:58. > :07:00.glamorous squatting. What is the most unusual place you have stayed
:07:00. > :07:07.in? A few rough hotels, one where most unusual place you have stayed
:07:07. > :07:09.high pitched a tent on the bed. It was so filthy that it was
:07:09. > :07:14.high pitched a tent on the bed. It There was no alternative. It was in
:07:14. > :07:21.a developing world town, it was really grim, in the tropics. House
:07:21. > :07:24.prices have been on the rise and figures out today suggest one of the
:07:24. > :07:25.prices have been on the rise and reasons is the government
:07:25. > :07:29.prices have been on the rise and involvement in this Help To Buy
:07:29. > :07:33.scheme? The Government are really pleased with this. If you are buying
:07:33. > :07:34.a new build home, you would put down 5% deposit, the government would
:07:34. > :07:37.give you 20% of the value, you would 5% deposit, the government would
:07:37. > :07:41.pay it back when you sold the house. 5% deposit, the government would
:07:41. > :07:45.It is interest-free for the first five years. They are going to roll
:07:45. > :07:48.this out in January to existing homes as well. They are pleased with
:07:48. > :07:54.it because they have had 10,000 sign-ups in the last four months. I
:07:54. > :08:03.guess you have to put context in it, 900 house sales a year, so it is a
:08:04. > :08:09.drop in the ocean. But a good start. House prices have risen, but it is
:08:09. > :08:15.nothing compared to past years? That have been some whopping price
:08:15. > :08:24.increases in the past. 1972, house prices were up by 22.6% in 1992, 22
:08:24. > :08:26.two and a half percent. We have got to remember that we
:08:26. > :08:29.two and a half percent. We have got to know that for every peak there is
:08:29. > :08:36.a trough. House prices have fallen to know that for every peak there is
:08:36. > :08:42.by 14%, between 2008 and 2012. So we still have a long way to go. There
:08:42. > :08:49.is a nice place on the market, nice estate, plenty of land? It is.
:08:49. > :08:53.Cotton's house, familiar to BBC viewers... No, it was
:08:53. > :08:56.Cotton's house, familiar to BBC Monarch of the Glen. Kilwillie
:08:56. > :09:01.Castle. Balavil House is its real name. How many bedrooms?20, all of
:09:01. > :09:08.them ensuite. Eight miles name. How many bedrooms?20, all of
:09:08. > :09:14.two miles wide. Eight houses with it, you get a flock of sheep, a herd
:09:14. > :09:21.of cows. The dining table can sit 30 people. Underfloor heating?Central
:09:21. > :09:28.heating throughout. How much do you reckon? £30 million. He could be in
:09:28. > :09:34.for this. With Help To Buy from the government, £7 million. Amazing.You
:09:34. > :09:42.would prefer to sleep in a tree house. The garden looks really good.
:09:42. > :09:49.Good news in Chester? There is a baby-boomer. Yes, well done,
:09:49. > :09:52.Chester. A little bit more out of the ordinary is that it involves one
:09:52. > :10:00.of the world's most Endangered Species Act.
:10:00. > :10:06.This is Zuri, an endangered black rhino about to give birth. To
:10:06. > :10:10.capture this amazing moment on camera is extremely rare. This
:10:10. > :10:17.footage was taken at Chester zoo earlier this year. Within a couple
:10:17. > :10:23.of hours, the baby is up and walking. In a few weeks, he is up
:10:23. > :10:29.and about. Just hiding behind his mother, a little baby. He is an
:10:29. > :10:34.eastern black rhino. They are critically endangered in the wild.
:10:34. > :10:38.At Chester, there is a new facility, ground-breaking techniques
:10:38. > :10:44.to help improve the birth rate of captive rhinos. For over a decade,
:10:44. > :10:50.Chester zoo had no baby rhino is born. In the last ten months, they
:10:50. > :10:55.have had three new arrivals. The first thing you notice is this
:10:55. > :11:07.incredible top lip. It is almost like a little elephant's trunk. She
:11:07. > :11:12.uses it to gently mug me of this food. They can pick exactly which
:11:12. > :11:14.morsel they want to eat. Breeding captive black rhinos is incredibly
:11:14. > :11:23.difficult. Females come into season captive black rhinos is incredibly
:11:23. > :11:30.once a month. It can be for as little as several days. They can now
:11:30. > :11:35.assess when they are likely to breed, and there is a crucial
:11:35. > :11:41.ingredient. It is all down to this, rhino dung. Around six years ago,
:11:41. > :11:46.Sue Walker discovered that rhino hormone levels can be gauged by
:11:46. > :11:53.analysing rhino dung. This allowed her to calculate when females were
:11:53. > :11:55.coming into season. We are not going to collect blood from them all
:11:55. > :12:06.coming into season. We are not going the time. What we can do is look at
:12:06. > :12:11.hormones in the poop. We are trying to track her cycles. We are looking
:12:11. > :12:15.for these nice waves. We can actually start making predictions.
:12:15. > :12:19.If we know how long the cycle is for her, and it is usually about a
:12:20. > :12:25.month, we can predict it softly when she is going to be in season. --
:12:25. > :12:31.exactly. When the wave comes down, she can be introduced to the mail.
:12:31. > :12:36.To ensure a good genetic mix, the rhinos are exchanged between zoos
:12:36. > :12:38.around the world. It useful to know when they can breed, but if they do
:12:38. > :12:45.around the world. It useful to know is down to the animals. Starting to
:12:45. > :12:55.feel a bit braver. She is mostly dominant. He feels a bit henpecked.
:12:55. > :13:02.It's really important, because he has a great love line? There is none
:13:02. > :13:09.of his bloodline in Britain or Europe, he came from Japan.
:13:09. > :13:12.Hopefully this will be a success story, adding to the grand total of
:13:12. > :13:14.five black rhinos born here story, adding to the grand total of
:13:14. > :13:18.last four years. Chester is also story, adding to the grand total of
:13:18. > :13:23.helping other zoos across Europe to achieve similar success. In the
:13:23. > :13:28.short term, the hope is that this innovative project at Chester zoo
:13:28. > :13:34.will ensure that the captive black rhino population in York will be
:13:34. > :13:41.maintained, as genetically diverse as possible. In the long term, would
:13:41. > :13:45.it not be a wonderful thought to have the great, great grandchildren
:13:45. > :13:51.released onto the African plains, where they definitely belong?
:13:51. > :13:57.What an incredible story. It makes you wonder where that is going to
:13:57. > :14:04.lead. In honour of Ray Mears, we have a baby meerkat to meet him.
:14:04. > :14:11.Have a little tickle. This is Lila, and she was abandoned by her mother
:14:11. > :14:18.at Chester. It has experienced its very own baby-boomer. How many
:14:18. > :14:22.compared to last year? 16, about twice as many as last year. With
:14:22. > :14:28.Lila being abandoned, is it hard twice as many as last year. With
:14:28. > :14:35.reintroduce her? It can be. They can be quite vicious. It is a
:14:35. > :14:41.matriarchal society. It did work. We monitored closely and it doesn't
:14:41. > :14:48.always work. But she is back in her original group. An incredible noise
:14:48. > :14:51.that she makes. The film is really important, the black rhino is so
:14:51. > :14:54.threatened. Hundreds of them were killed last year. Within ten years,
:14:54. > :14:56.we could lose the black rhino killed last year. Within ten years,
:14:56. > :14:58.altogether. So the thought killed last year. Within ten years,
:14:58. > :15:03.might be able to crack the breeding could really help. They are such
:15:03. > :15:10.wonderful animals. It is like watching a dinosaur. Recently we saw
:15:10. > :15:17.you getting up close and personal with a different creature. Have a
:15:17. > :15:24.look at this. I push you and close the gate? Throw it down in front of
:15:24. > :15:32.him. Just in front of his nose. the gate? Throw it down in front of
:15:32. > :15:40.That's it. Wow, look at the size of that. He starts to twitch.We know
:15:40. > :15:45.what you're up to. You can see of something like that got you, what
:15:45. > :15:49.chance would you have? Non-, if he takes you into the water it is all
:15:49. > :15:54.over, isn't it? We've been well and truly. You would be a goner if you
:15:54. > :15:59.dragged into the water but you think you could take it on dry land? If he
:15:59. > :16:02.gets hold of you, it is all over. That is the only cage with a large
:16:02. > :16:05.crocodile who was prepared to open That is the only cage with a large
:16:05. > :16:08.the gate, there were other big crocodiles where he would not open
:16:08. > :16:10.the gates and a few days later we had a researcher walking across the
:16:10. > :16:16.the gates and a few days later we gangway across the top and as she
:16:16. > :16:26.went across, he was six foot out of the water, bang. Oh, I jumped!It
:16:26. > :16:32.was something else, the power of those animals is unbelievable. Was
:16:32. > :16:36.she all right? Eric the crocodile. We know a lot about you as a
:16:36. > :16:40.survival expert, we don't know anything about you in terms of your
:16:40. > :16:42.personal life but September come you are releasing a candid
:16:42. > :16:45.personal life but September come you and you write about lots of stuff,
:16:45. > :16:50.your career and about lots of sad times in your life as well. You are
:16:50. > :16:54.not afraid to wear your heart on your sleeve, you write in a
:16:54. > :16:59.matter-of-fact style, don't you? I guess so, yes. I am 50 next year so
:16:59. > :17:06.it is a good time to do a biography. You have often been telling people
:17:06. > :17:09.about standing there but you have never felt like you were the centre
:17:09. > :17:11.of attention, so why is now the right time for you? 50 is a
:17:11. > :17:13.of attention, so why is now the time, the hard drive is getting a
:17:13. > :17:18.bit slow so you need to unload stuff to make more space. It is about
:17:18. > :17:22.right up, a good time. I don't really want to be the story. Is it
:17:22. > :17:25.hard to write about things like losing your dad and losing your
:17:25. > :17:30.first wife and sharing that with people, when you have been such a
:17:30. > :17:33.private man until now? It was immensely stressful, knowing what to
:17:33. > :17:41.leave out and so on. It was a very difficult thing to do and I would
:17:41. > :17:44.not want to do it again. Was quite cathartic for you? Not really. When
:17:44. > :17:48.you look over your life, I live in the present, so for me to look
:17:48. > :17:53.back, it is almost like it is somebody else's life, it is a very
:17:53. > :17:56.strange thing. It is interesting, you were open, you had a lot of
:17:56. > :17:59.anger and you did not want to take that into the woods and the outdoors
:17:59. > :18:04.because that was so beautiful so you went to the gym and got a lot of
:18:05. > :18:07.your tension out. That really hot. You have to do something. In
:18:07. > :18:10.your tension out. That really hot. survival skills we try to develop
:18:10. > :18:15.coping mechanisms and when you are dealing with such a trauma and a
:18:15. > :18:18.radical change in your life, you need to do something. Doing nothing
:18:18. > :18:25.isn't really a successful strategy. You need to find something to get
:18:25. > :18:28.you passed it and that really helps. The book starts in your childhood.
:18:28. > :18:30.We have some pictures that prove that you were a daredevil right from
:18:31. > :18:38.the off. This is a beautiful picture of you and your dad, is it? Where
:18:38. > :18:43.were you here? Biggin Hill, Biggin Hill air show, that is a Spitfire.
:18:44. > :18:48.You get more daring, he would wear shorts and socks like that? ! I was
:18:48. > :18:53.about three. The stabilisers were not on for a week, that is for sure.
:18:53. > :18:55.There have been lots of extraordinary events in your life
:18:55. > :19:02.but your involvement in attempts to track down Raoul Moat and help with
:19:02. > :19:06.the police force in Northumberland. That was entertaining. How did that
:19:06. > :19:09.come about? One of the skills I have is tracking. People think when you
:19:09. > :19:15.are on television you are just a TV presenter but that is not my main
:19:15. > :19:18.work. My main work is teaching the skills I showcase in television. I
:19:18. > :19:23.had the skill, there was the need and I was asked to help, so I did.
:19:24. > :19:28.How scared did you feel? Being part of that operation, where he was
:19:28. > :19:33.literally metres away in the end, wasn't he? It was a scary situation
:19:33. > :19:36.but I was not scared of him. I was more scared of messing up. At that
:19:36. > :19:43.moment, the whole thing was a tragedy, Alex. Everybody, for him,
:19:43. > :19:45.his victims, the community, but at the time it happened you become the
:19:45. > :19:47.point of the spear and what you the time it happened you become the
:19:48. > :19:52.concerned about is not making a mistake because everybody is
:19:52. > :19:55.depending upon you at that moment. You compile all of these stories
:19:55. > :20:00.because you are out on stage and going on tour across the country, on
:20:00. > :20:02.stage in An Evening With Ray Mears and it starts next month, when his
:20:02. > :20:06.stage in An Evening With Ray Mears autobiography is out as well, a
:20:06. > :20:11.great read. You may be wondering why this thing is hanging behind as on
:20:11. > :20:16.The One Show. That, would you believe it, is a hanging basket.
:20:16. > :20:23.Christine Walkden has been out celebrating Britain's best hanging
:20:23. > :20:27.baskets. Is it better than that one? Britain is basking in the best
:20:27. > :20:31.summer for years and the nation's flowers are enjoying it as much as
:20:31. > :20:35.the rest of us. Some of the best blooms are hanging up at head height
:20:35. > :20:41.so that everybody in the street can enjoy them. Hanging baskets took off
:20:41. > :20:45.in the mid-1800s, when new lightweight steel meant they could
:20:45. > :20:47.be made cheaply enough for widespread use, originally hanging
:20:47. > :20:50.be made cheaply enough for inside the home. These days,
:20:50. > :20:57.rustproof versions are more often found outside and they are a great
:20:57. > :21:01.way to create an instrument -- an instant, adaptable garden. I am in
:21:01. > :21:06.Oxfordshire on the trail of spectacular examples. Just look at
:21:06. > :21:12.these. Isn't this fantastic? With Ulysses, Petunias, Lobelia,
:21:12. > :21:16.traditional hanging basket plants. The person who listed here does not
:21:16. > :21:21.have a lot of garden but look at the colour. No garden? You don't need
:21:21. > :21:26.it. This is how to pull it off. I have to try to grab a word of this
:21:26. > :21:29.-- I have to grab a word with the owner of this vertical garden. These
:21:29. > :21:36.are beautiful baskets. You haven't got much garden but look at the
:21:36. > :21:42.colour. It proves you can do a lot with a little. You can clean it in a
:21:42. > :21:46.day, then what do you do all day? You gravitated towards making a
:21:46. > :21:51.vertical garden. How long does it take you to water this? About an
:21:51. > :21:57.hour and a half every evening, I water by hand and Deadhead each day.
:21:57. > :22:01.It doesn't matter how many times you go round, you find another one. We
:22:01. > :22:02.have lots of people who take pictures. As long as they don't
:22:02. > :22:06.pinch them, I don't mind. It shows pictures. As long as they don't
:22:06. > :22:09.that without a garden you can pictures. As long as they don't
:22:09. > :22:13.produce a marvellous display. For that real riot of colour, feed
:22:13. > :22:17.often, Deadhead regularly and make sure you choose the right number of
:22:17. > :22:24.plants. To get the most out of a traditional basket use small,
:22:24. > :22:29.colourful flowers and you will want at least one planned for East -- fit
:22:29. > :22:32.each inch of your basket's diameter. Look at these fantastic baskets,
:22:32. > :22:35.really inviting you in. I will have a drink and see how
:22:35. > :22:40.really inviting you in. I will have them. So what is it about pubs and
:22:40. > :22:46.hanging baskets? They go together. They do. It makes the beer garden
:22:46. > :22:49.feel more inviting. It is like an oasis in the middle of the town. Are
:22:49. > :22:57.you a natural Gardener? No, I am oasis in the middle of the town. Are
:22:57. > :23:01.pies and points man, I am afraid. We have a watering system that is on a
:23:01. > :23:05.timer, morning and night. It is a central pipe with tubes that has
:23:05. > :23:08.pipes which drip into the basket. central pipe with tubes that has
:23:08. > :23:14.You are doing a splendid job. Hanging baskets don't have to be
:23:14. > :23:18.just about flowers. They can be herbs, they can be cracked eye,
:23:18. > :23:22.fruit, tomatoes, you name it, you can put them in. The key thing is to
:23:22. > :23:27.keep them well watered. Now, these can put them in. The key thing is to
:23:27. > :23:35.are nice. Very imaginatively displayed. Just a simple colour
:23:35. > :23:41.scheme, but I love the fact they are dangling off rollers. Naidu has
:23:41. > :23:48.clearances for a living and over the years I have picked up these rollers
:23:48. > :23:54.-- I do has clearances for a living. I like the feature, the
:23:54. > :23:57.character of them. It is a great way to display a hanging basket other
:23:57. > :24:02.than on the side of the doorway. I have been doing it for the last four
:24:02. > :24:05.years since I joined the gardening competition. Who are you up against?
:24:05. > :24:11.My mum. Seriously?There is a lot of competition. Who are you up against?
:24:11. > :24:12.banter going on between me and my mum. I have the confidence of
:24:12. > :24:19.winning this year. We had better go mum. I have the confidence of
:24:19. > :24:20.and look and see who the competition really is. Luckily enough, his mum
:24:20. > :24:26.and look and see who the competition is just around the corner. Hi, I
:24:26. > :24:32.believe David will reckons he has won the competition. No way, it is
:24:33. > :24:37.mine. What about that then? It is good, but mine is better. We need an
:24:38. > :24:44.independent judge, there could be a family scrap. There could well be.
:24:44. > :24:47.Summer containers come in all sorts of shapes and sizes and when they
:24:47. > :24:51.are a poor wall having height and variety, they don't half light up
:24:51. > :24:54.the street. Thank you, Christine, always full of
:24:54. > :24:59.colour. In Plymouth are very different type of display has been
:24:59. > :25:02.lighting up the area. There is something truly relaxing about being
:25:02. > :25:05.by the seaside. I don't know if it is the fresh air or the atmosphere
:25:05. > :25:10.but right now I am far from relaxed, probably to do with the fact I am
:25:10. > :25:17.surrounded by over a tonne under half of explosives. These explosives
:25:17. > :25:22.are not the demolition. Over 15,000 fireworks. Six teams of pyrotechnic
:25:22. > :25:25.experts and 100,000 bands of the public are brought together for two
:25:25. > :25:29.nights for the annual British firework Championships which are
:25:30. > :25:32.held in Plymouth every August. This year's competition is even more
:25:32. > :25:36.explosive because the previous six winners have been invited back to
:25:36. > :25:43.see who can be crowned the ultimate champion of champions. This is the
:25:43. > :25:47.number-1 competition in the UK, the best place for fireworks to be
:25:47. > :25:50.judged. Eight months of planning and hard work has gone into the
:25:50. > :25:52.judged. Eight months of planning and We want to be the champions in
:25:52. > :25:57.judged. Eight months of planning and United Kingdom. The panel of six
:25:57. > :26:03.judges will not be easily impressed. We want to see something we haven't
:26:03. > :26:07.seen before, creating the wow. How do the teams plan to blow their
:26:07. > :26:11.rivals away? We try to pull something out of the bag that the
:26:11. > :26:15.audience are not expecting. Our secret weapon is the union to back
:26:15. > :26:23.which is 12 metres by five metres. -- the union Jack. It will cost 30
:26:23. > :26:29.back -- it will cost 30,000 or £40,000. Trust me, this is a sure
:26:29. > :26:33.you have never seen before. It is not your average bonfire night. What
:26:33. > :26:40.makes this different from a rocket I can buy in the supermarket? It is
:26:40. > :26:44.fired like a cannonball. There will be over a kilo of powder in that
:26:44. > :26:49.firework. You will not be there with a match? Not -- absolutely not.
:26:49. > :26:55.Inside there is a head which creates a spark when an electric current is
:26:55. > :26:58.passed over it and that connects to our firing system. To is that
:26:58. > :27:01.everything off tonight, it is the press of this button? Press
:27:01. > :27:09.everything off tonight, it is the button and the computer runs itself.
:27:09. > :27:12.I am on the computer screen, this is a graphic? Yellow bobbin hopefully
:27:12. > :27:14.I am on the computer screen, this is it should run as it should on there.
:27:14. > :27:18.There is always a danger this could it should run as it should on there.
:27:18. > :27:24.go wrong. They could light each other by accident, trying to control
:27:24. > :27:27.and predictability. The worst thing would be to switch the panel on and
:27:27. > :27:30.there would be no power to fire the show. The time for talking is over.
:27:31. > :28:55.Let's see some fireworks. Mesmerised through that, weren't
:28:55. > :28:59.you? Mesmerising, good for the spirit. Great if you are celebrating
:28:59. > :29:02.a level results. Thank you for everybody who has e-mailed in.
:29:02. > :29:09.Congratulations to Danny Campbell from Denbigh high school, got two As
:29:09. > :29:14.in A-level maths, aged 15. Congratulations. Rate, thank you for
:29:14. > :29:17.your company, An Evening With Ray Mears starts in Shrewsbury Town
:29:17. > :29:22.sucked the 26 and it tours around the country and your autobiography,
:29:22. > :29:27.My Outdoor Life, is out next month. I will be here tomorrow with Chris
:29:27. > :29:29.and Gary Lineker and a special Commonwealth Games exclusive. See
:29:29. > :29:30.you then. Goodbye.