16/01/2017 The One Show

Hello and welcome to The One Show with Michelle Ackerley.

It's promising to be a very newsworthy week -

Tomorrow, Theresa May will give a much-anticipated

speech about Brexit, and on Friday, America

will swear in its 45th president, Donald J Trump.

So by the weekend it could be that we all need a break

from the real-life drama, - which is where tonight's

They star in Sunday night's big new thriller Apple Tree Yard -

please welcome Emily Watson and Ben Chaplin!

APPLAUSE Welcome to you both. Thank you.

Before we go further I believe belated birthday celebrations are in

order. How did it go? It was pretty fun. It was huge, it was off the

hook. I thought it was your 30th. Smarten, smarm. Did you get a

favourite gift by any chance? I got some really delightful gifts from my

children which were very sweet. I got a beautiful lampshade from my

daughter and a portrait of Yoda. LAUGHTER

She's going to hang it on the wall beside Budde which is interesting.

What a gift. Very good. Any shenanigans at the party, then, you

were there? Any shenanigans? We were pretty civilised, we were just

gently trolley to. I did go on to another pub afterwards. He went on a

pub crawl afterwards. I took it on, tried to go straight through.

We are going to talk more about this new drama shortly but before that

one story that has been in the news over the last few days concerns a

girl in the States being found 18 years after she went missing as a

newborn baby. Closer to home, The One Show has

discovered a sharp rise in complaints about how

the police here handle missing person cases -

Here's Nick Wallis. He was jovial, happy-go-lucky,

always trying to cheer you up. 19-year-old was about to start the

second year of the business to stomach studies degree and one night

he left his home in Enfield to play football with his mates and never

seen by his family again. -- business studies degree. Last time

we saw him he was upset and having a row with his girlfriend on the

phone. His mum and dad waited all weekend before calling the police to

report her missing. The impression I'm getting from the police. From

the first day. The typical teenager. Is going to come back. He has gone

out and after a couple of weeks he will resurface. The officers'

attitudes that they is one of several criticisms they have about

the investigation and led them to lodge a complaint with the

Independent police complaint commission about their handling of

the case and it's one of many missing persons cases heading their

way. The One Show has obtained figures which revealed the number of

referrals to the police watchdog over the handling of missing persons

cases has quadrupled over the last five years. Referrals have risen

from 44-190 between 2011 and last year making up 5% of all cases going

to be IPCC, although missing persons are not the only type to see an

increase and some are reported automatically. Although the police

cannot fully investigate every disappearance, his parents think the

police should have been doing more. They believe their son might have

been murdered. His girlfriend, on the other hand, told them he had

previously threatened to commit suicide from London Bridge. They

wanted both claims looked into. I said to them, please can you go and

check London Bridge CCTV. Did that get checked? No. He said anyway, if

he has done it there are thousands of cameras in London and we won't be

able to do that. Whether CCTV was looked at or not two months after

disappearing local police issued a missing persons appeal. It would be

another two months before his parents received the news they had

been dreading. On the 26th of December the police knocked at the

door and said to me we have the body and we think it might be his body.

And what they were about to discover next is one of the main reasons for

their complaint. His body had been lying in a morgue for over two

months after being spotted by a passer-by here in the police

launched the official appeal. He had only been identified after a

speculative search of the National DNA database. His parents feel they

could have been spared several weeks of anxiety. It took them so long to

tell us what happened to him. The worst thing is he is sleeping in a

morgue and they are still investigating. I feel that the

police has been racist with us. Why do you think the police were acting

in a racist manner towards you? Because every time we tried to

approach them in whatever way they kind of shot is down. That is not

evidence of racism, is it? No, no, but I feel because I come from an

ethnic minority group that's the way I've been treated. Former but report

police Detective Chief Inspector Chris Kirkham has worked on many

missing persons cases. What do the police have to be mindful of when

dealing with families who have reported someone missing?

It's very difficult to manage your dealings with the family to start

with. They are very worried and one of the police are trying to do,

knowing that the vast majority of missing people turn up in 48 hours,

is to reduce their stress and try and stop worrying unduly. His body

was lying in a morgue for a number of weeks before was identified. How

unusual is that? It is not that unusual to take quite some time to

identify unidentified bodies found. Is there a problem here that for the

police they are doing a job but for the families of the bereaved their

whole life has fallen apart? There is certainly that aspect to it. It

would be nice to spend a couple of hours doing things as you would

really want to do them but police officers really can't. The resources

to be to do these sort of things are not there especially with 20% cuts

over the last six years. The Metropolitan Police would not

comment on the case while the IPCC investigation is ongoing but in an

earlier statement they refuted any suggestion of racism and said the

time taken to identify Krishna's body was beyond their control. The

coroner returned an open verdict but his parents are convinced there is

more to their son's death. They washed their hands of whatever

happened to Krishna. I still don't believe that my son is gone deep

down and we have been treated like that.

We hope Krishna's family get the answers they are looking for.

With us is Karen Robinson from charity Missing People,

who work with both families and the police.

We saw one of the officers in the film talking about blaming

complaints on budget cuts. Would you agree with that? Anyone watching

that would agree that Pradeep and Medha want answers and they deserve

those answers. In context, 20% cuts to police budgets from central

government mean that while missing numbers are rising. We're working

with the national policing lead and every police force in the country at

the charity Missing People to make sure that when someone goes missing

and they are missing their son like that family were, they know the

charity is here 24 hours a day for support from our expert family

support workers. The number of missing people reported is

staggering. It is roughly 300,000 people reported every year. And

rising. When that happens, Karen, what should happen? You say you help

the police as well, but what actually happens? If anybody

watching this needs to report somebody missing to the police they

can expect to answer a lot of questions and those questions might

feel invasive, they will ask what happened that day, in the preceding

week, what relationships are like at home, they will want to know what

the person is wearing and those questions might feel a bit daunting.

They will want to come round and searched the property. That might

seem a bit weird because the family will often say I've already searched

the property and I know they are not here. Those things are completely

normal and our role at Missing People is to make sure families

understand what is happening. Beta referred to the police not having a

couple of hours to explain that to the family but we do and we do that,

every police force should tell every family about us. It's interesting

you talk about what people should expect. Do you feel the influence of

TV on certain dramas can skew people's expectations of what they

should expect? The whole thing with 24 hours that you should leave until

you report a person missing, those kind of things have come through TV

dramas and things like that. Do you think that influences things? It

does and in our experience that can lead people to delay making a

missing person report they think they have to wit 24 hours but they

don't. If you are watching this you are the best person to decide

whether something needs to be reported to the police. For a

four-year-old two minutes is a long time to wait but if one of us

doesn't make it to where we are expected this evening the people

expecting us home will know what a normal amount of time for us to

perhaps be a little bit late. Use your judgment and have the

confidence to call the police. I work with police forces all over the

UK and they would be devastated to think that somebody waited too long.

Most people are found very quickly, thankfully. 90% of people will be

found within 24 hours so the good news is most people are found safe

and well, they are found very quickly, and when we work together

with the police, the charity and the police are doing everything we can

to find that person and support the family.

Karen, thank you for the clarity and what you can do. If you'd like more

information about the issues you can have a look at the website.

In 1970 three women attempted an epic rally race from London

to Mexico, but it ended in failure in an Argentinian ditch.

Now nearly 50 years on, two of them are coming out

of retirement to try racing again, and they took Lucy for a spin.

Built in 1969, 1500 cc engine, 95 brake horsepower, the Austin Maxi.

Puff the Magic Dragon as known to her on a 72-year-old Mrs Burrell.

Nice to meet you. This is the Magic Dragon. She was given the chance to

buy the car back and after a good rummage under the bonnet she is

ready to rally once again. In 1970 they embarked on a Sistine thousand

mile rally from London to Mexico but an accident meant they didn't make

it to the finish line and afterwards the team went their separate ways.

-- 16,000 miles. The car is back in action and they have big plans.

Emotionally what does it feel like to be back? Its emotional because I

never thought this day would come, I never thought I would be back with

Puff and Tina. I need a new knee but I have a new lease of life. Tina,

what was your role on the team? It was a matter of one would sleep, one

would navigate and one would Drive and we would take it in turns. We

used to do three days and the third day have a night's sleep if we were

lucky and go on for another three days. You know I've never been a

rally car? No! ? Come on, girl, grabbed a helmet. 40 years on and

with her beloved but the Magic Dragon back in her position they are

back on track. I must say I do love the speed. I didn't know I did. I

went to a driving school and got faster and faster and I suddenly

said you better slowdown, beginners are not supposed to do 70 mph. This

is so much fun! I don't like the corners! The Sunday would be a

sprint after the normal rally on the Friday and then I would be back at

work on Monday. My rallying life stopped abruptly when my mother

died, I had to go back to New Zealand and I fell out of the sport.

So, why now? I think because the car is available. Puff rides again. Puff

is going to run again, yes she is. She is repeating her steps from 1970

and we are going from London to Lisbon.

Tremendous, we are going to catch up with them, aren't we as soon as the

rally finishes? We are going to talk about Apple Tree Yard, this big

drama on Sunday nights. Let's do a driving related incident because you

just said something interesting during the filming with cars. Go on.

After you. We had a driving scene together and I have a terrible sense

of direction but then's is worse. The worst in the world, I think. I

was driving so it was his fault, he was opposed to tell me where we were

going to go. I thought they would have you on those trailers. This is

the BBC, we can't afford the trailers, we were just driving

around. We got back to almost the location and we were running out of

time and light. He sent me completely the wrong way. I said it

was that way authoritatively and it was completely wrong and we were

delayed getting back. It is really difficult. It was the crew, you are

trying to say? As well as driving you are supposed to be acting a

really intense scene and it's really dangerous because when you are

acting all of your safety things go out of the window.

LAUGHTER Absolute shambles, basically. Yes,

it was. Let's talk about Apple Tree Yard. Yvonne, your character, must

make a dramatic life decision. Tell us more about how that happens? I do

know how much of a rational decision it is, it is a spur of the moment

thing that happens to her. She is a woman my age who has a very nice,

proper life. She has a long marriage, they have grown up

children, she has a grandchild on the way. She is a geneticist, she

has a great career, and suddenly out of the blue she suddenly starts

having this passionate affair with a random stranger, which at the

beginning of it is sort of very beguiling and exciting because it is

Ben. Random stranger. My character name! Let's have a look at the

moment where things start to simmer. It gets hot in here. You don't look

like a civil servant. You don't look like a scientist.

Assume neither of us is looking for a parachute. Absolutely not.

It gets very steamy, it is interesting to see your reactions

watching that because the long pauses, it is quite tense. Was that

something that developed? They were very filled, those long pauses. Yes.

I don't know. It is partly direction and editing. It was one of those

things where we wanted to make it feel very real, and Ben and I have

known each other for a long time, we've made two films before this so

we had a level of comfort that meant a lot of the time we were in danger

of laughing. We were, and that is not a bad place to be. Is it true

that you asked for him to get the role? She got me the job. When you

heard this was about to uncover, what were your thoughts? It was a

very exciting script, it really was, great character, but it has a lot of

love scenes in it. Does it make it easier or harder that you know each

other? I had not been through that before. You've done a lot of

kissing. I have done. We were talking and it was exciting, but we

were saying, because we know each other, isn't it going to be worse?

She thought that all the way through. One thing we are very proud

of, we decided we would talk about it in a grown-up way and planet. Are

saved from the steam and raunchiness it is a fantastic drama on BBC One

this Sunday evening at 9pm. Thankfully last Friday's storm surge

down the east coast didn't cause as much flooding as feared,

but you can see from this just how You can bet that

there'll be more bad weather before winter is out -

and Andy Torbet has put himself in peril to show you how to escape

if the very worst happens. Finding yourself in a critical

situation is something that many of us will never experience but for one

family from North Devon this turned into a life or death situation in a

very short period of time. Vanessa and her son were on the way home. We

were driving home and found ourselves in deceptively deep

floodwater. When we entered it, it was like driving into a swimming

pool, and what came into the cab and was immediately above my ankles. I

feel stupid because I've attempted to open the door and that would have

been catastrophic. The electrics failed because my window and door

would not move. Luckily her husband had opened his window before the

electrics shorted. I passed my son out of the window but I was

terrified that if the vehicle capsized I would be pinned

underneath it and underwater. Fortunately, Vanessa was rescued but

many others have lost their lives in similar situations. It can take less

than a minute for your car to fill with water. If it ends up it will

sink quickly. What should you do? There are two schools of thought.

Some say, get the window down as soon as possible. Others say, leave

the window up. Get the door open and get out. The window option relies on

quick reactions, the other holding your breath. How do these plans

compare? We will put these theories to the test. I'm going to submerge

this car in water. This is genuinely dangerous so I have a safety team on

hand, including a diver in the car with a spare a supply. I'm going to

try the window method first so here goes. The electrics field virtually

straightaway and I cannot open the window. With the pressure from the

water outside, no matter how hard I try I cannot open the door. As the

water rises I realise at this point I'm trapped. That was more unnerving

than I expected and I'm very experienced. Slowly rise up the

ankles, up to your chest. The window did not work. The electrics blew

out. Now for the second option of submerging the car completely. It

relies on nerves and steel. After the last bit of a disappearance I

managed to get out. But I'm in a controlled situation. Apparently

there is a simple way of getting out of the car. I've got a window

hammer. There is a little punch and you press it in the corner of the

window and it shattered the glass and enables you to exit through the

window. In I go again. I'm armed with a hammer. I let the water come

up and I give it a go. After a split second I can easily climb up through

the window. That worked than absolute treat. Literally press it

in the corner of the window and it disappears. I genuinely believe this

will save your life in that situation. Now you know what to ask

the kids for. Would you have gone for winding the window down? Who

knows. I don't know less from right. I think I would have gone for

winding the window down. But that doesn't work. It is just that awful

moment. Miranda's latest film stars

an endangered species not used to being on camera,

but for her they gave And showed us something

we've never seen before. This pine marten is pregnant and for

the first time on television with exclusive access to the birth and

early life of her kids. 100 years ago they were almost extinct in

Britain and today they are barely seen. Despite breeding programmes it

has been difficult to increase their numbers because they can be

extremely aggressive. This is one of the few places to have successfully

bred pine marten is in captivity but it has taken some real ingenuity to

get things going. Staff have devised obligated enclosures that allow the

animals to see and get familiar with each other but not touch until

mating time. Pine marten is leather separate life. They are very

solitary and when they come together they fight and that's why we've got

all around us these panels of love. A real walkways of love. The

actually go through this enclosure so they can learn to get along with

each other, and that happens weeks before a meeting. During the meeting

we've got chapter is everywhere so if they have a fight we've got

keepers on hand with police and rope to a low then to escape. This means

they can be separated from each other for their own safety. A fight

could be fatal if there were no means of escape. Whisper and Yorkie

are prized breeders and they have bred six children. There are more on

the way. Peter and his team have built a pine marten friendly nest

and have rigged that with cameras which can film in complete darkness.

When they are feted in the enclosure it is essential to be quiet and

careful. They are easily scared and a female has the ability to end

their own pregnancy if something settles her. Whisper likes her new

home and after two weeks she gives birth. Staff have been filming her

24-7, from the moment of birth through the first few weeks. And

then, something extraordinary. The first ever footage of a kit being

born. There we see number two. So cute. 2016 is a record-breaking

year, as four have been born. She's curled up like a ball around these

little things. Within a week, the kits get more lively. That is the

first time mum has left the nest. It is Whisper's first chance after

leaving the nest. Look at the circling now. Just unbelievably

cute. They are boisterous. A lot of play fighting going on. Not much

room in there for her. The kits and her mother are slowly outgrowing the

box. You can see she is very. It is so charming. After seven weeks, one

of the kits pierced tentatively out of the world and then, with mum

watching, it leaves the nest. The others soon followed. This insight

could play a crucial part in ensuring the recovery of one of the

toughest but cutest native mammals. And none have been born since so it

was very special to see that. Then, we can see you playing Carrie Grant.

You said it was difficult to nail down the voice. I'm not sure I did.

He is between British and American. I did it pretty much by myself, I

did not have much help. In the end it seemed to go back, there is a

character in team America, it is not the most natural performance but

that is where it seemed to go. You've got the look. Thanks, man.

Thanks for your company. You are off to Prague to play Einstein's wife.

We will see you tomorrow.