:00:07. > :00:12.Onto like's The One Show, we are counting down to the Commonwealth
:00:13. > :00:18.Games. But can you guess where we are? I have some clues. The cats
:00:19. > :00:20.have no tales, the flycast three legs and our guest is wearing this
:00:21. > :00:41.T-shirt. Say what you see. Since launching The One Show, the
:00:42. > :00:45.Queens's baton has visited 66 Nations and territories around the
:00:46. > :00:50.world. It has gone to the Seychelles. It has gone to South
:00:51. > :00:56.Africa. Tonight, it is on the Isle of Man, and so are we!
:00:57. > :01:02.CHEERING AND APPLAUSE Wonderful people. Let me try this.
:01:03. > :01:10.Fasty My, Mon Jevegi. Why are you speaking Welsh? It is Manx, hello,
:01:11. > :01:18.little people. We say thank you to Bond, our house band. A round of
:01:19. > :01:21.applause for Bond. This is a very special One Show, because it starts
:01:22. > :01:26.our countdown to the Commonwealth Games. We will be following the
:01:27. > :01:31.Queen's baton all the way to Glasgow for the Games themselves. I think we
:01:32. > :01:38.wandered very well. It was a good wonder. We meandered. Locals who
:01:39. > :01:45.know what they are doing, first, PC Roger Lewis, the local bobby is
:01:46. > :01:51.here. He has been on the beat for 12 years. What is coming up on the
:01:52. > :01:56.show? In World War I, the Isle of Man was an internment camp and
:01:57. > :02:00.fitness was invented by up prisoner. This has swept the world. Joe
:02:01. > :02:07.Crowley has visited to explain what the crazies. Thank you, Rob. Jeff
:02:08. > :02:15.North is in charge of the Manx Electric can way. Cyclists from the
:02:16. > :02:20.Isle of Man have won Olympic gold medals, Tour de France stages, not
:02:21. > :02:25.bad for a population of less than 85,000. Victoria Pendleton came here
:02:26. > :02:30.to find out why we are so good at cycling. All coming up on the show.
:02:31. > :02:38.Now, a Manx radio access show presenter, Chris Williams. We are
:02:39. > :02:42.famous for the TT at -- the TT motorcycle race, first held in 1907.
:02:43. > :02:47.Your guest this evening has completed a lap of the course with a
:02:48. > :02:51.camera strapped to him. That is true, a comedian who can start off
:02:52. > :02:56.on one topic and talk about something else. We are talking about
:02:57. > :03:04.Ross Noble. Here he is. Hello. Hello. Hello, how are you? It is
:03:05. > :03:09.nice to have you. There is nothing I like more than watching shivering
:03:10. > :03:13.classical musicians. A violinist just huddled around for warmth, as
:03:14. > :03:19.they are dressed in inappropriate weather. It is freezing! Have they
:03:20. > :03:24.booked some smirks? They have blue faces, look at them! We have put
:03:25. > :03:31.them into the coldest position. We are hearing it is not possible. Get
:03:32. > :03:33.them a small stove, burn your instruments. You have had a
:03:34. > :03:40.fantastic day on the Isle because we sent you onto the TT
:03:41. > :03:43.course on a motorbike. A nightmare! We have got some footage, talk
:03:44. > :03:49.course on a motorbike. A nightmare! through what we are seeing and tell
:03:50. > :03:56.us which one you are. I went round with a man whose job, there is the
:03:57. > :04:01.man who trains the newcomers who wants to do the races. He knew -- he
:04:02. > :04:08.knows every bit of inch of every bit of tarmac. That was not a wheelie,
:04:09. > :04:12.that there was an otter at the side of the road. I love that, the fact
:04:13. > :04:18.there are races flying around and just out of the bushes of cheeky
:04:19. > :04:23.otter... It was lovely. Marvellous day. As if that was not enough, we
:04:24. > :04:31.have one of your heroes, Steve Colley is here. The trials rider.
:04:32. > :04:36.What does he do? This is a trials bike, I do some trials riding. They
:04:37. > :04:42.have no seat on them. People ask, where is your seat? They are used
:04:43. > :04:47.for going over crazy obstacles. He is going to do something later which
:04:48. > :04:52.is really hot, not just riding over a car but riding over a moving car.
:04:53. > :04:56.And shutting the door on the way and going over the roof and hopefully
:04:57. > :05:03.not into the gathering strong here. And his wife is driving. Is that his
:05:04. > :05:11.wife? I wondered who she was! Calm down! He was looking at the car. Of
:05:12. > :05:17.course he was. Have you got your special thing in the corner? I have,
:05:18. > :05:21.let's see if this works. That is incredible. We love to start a
:05:22. > :05:24.countdown with 68 days to go, perfect. Starting on the countdown
:05:25. > :05:31.down to the Commonwealth Games, we sent Iwan Thomas to see of Glasgow
:05:32. > :05:38.have plans, they contract? -- are they on track?
:05:39. > :05:41.I have been here for The One Show for a couple of times over the last
:05:42. > :05:46.couple of years and the atmosphere is building. In 68 days' time, the
:05:47. > :05:52.Games come to the city and what an event it promises to be. Being an ex
:05:53. > :05:55.400 metre runner I am dedicated to one lap, so as long as my tired
:05:56. > :05:58.400 metre runner I am dedicated to will allow it, I will run
:05:59. > :06:00.400 metre runner I am dedicated to city to get a sneak
:06:01. > :06:02.400 metre runner I am dedicated to events. Some of the
:06:03. > :06:05.400 metre runner I am dedicated to athletes from 71 countries will
:06:06. > :06:10.compete for the coveted Commonwealth medals. Since securing the event in
:06:11. > :06:16.2007, the city has been preparing for their arrival. Hampden Park, the
:06:17. > :06:21.iconic Scottish national football stadium. And this is where it
:06:22. > :06:26.happens for the track and field athletes. Can you imagine? 44,000
:06:27. > :06:31.spectators in here, the noise, the buzz, the atmosphere! We will see
:06:32. > :06:38.the likes of Mo Farah and perhaps even Usain Bolt going for gold right
:06:39. > :06:43.here in this stadium. Surface has been raised by nearly two metres and
:06:44. > :06:48.stands on 6000 steel stilts, transforming it into a world-class
:06:49. > :06:54.track and field arena. It is the Commonwealth 400 metre final, on
:06:55. > :06:57.your marks! Today, -- it is a day you will never forget. Competing
:06:58. > :07:02.alongside those stars of track and field will be those who like their
:07:03. > :07:07.competition a little bit, well, wetter. ?14 million has been spent
:07:08. > :07:14.here to make this a truly world-class facility.
:07:15. > :07:19.The great thing about these games are that just about all the venues
:07:20. > :07:24.are no more than a hop, skip and jump away. The state-of-the-art
:07:25. > :07:30.velodrome, named after thunder thighs himself, respect, Sir Chris
:07:31. > :07:37.Hoy. Come on, how hard can this sport be? ! The velodrome is part of
:07:38. > :07:41.the Emirates arena, where the public have been using the facilities
:07:42. > :07:47.alongside the competing athletes. A first for any major sports event. In
:07:48. > :07:51.terms of legacy, it is slightly different for Glasgow, isn't it?
:07:52. > :07:55.There are over 225,000 local people using this facility already. It is
:07:56. > :08:00.important to note we built these facilities for the people of
:08:01. > :08:04.Glasgow, so after the games we take them back and the people of Glasgow
:08:05. > :08:07.continue to use them. We want many visitors to come here because we are
:08:08. > :08:13.going to be having huge party in July and August this year. Before
:08:14. > :08:17.that party can begin, there is the small matter of getting the Queen's
:08:18. > :08:22.Baton Relay through the last legs of the journey that has taken 288 days
:08:23. > :08:29.across 53 countries and covered an astonishing 190,000 kilometres.
:08:30. > :08:32.Proudly, today, I am helping it. The excitement is definitely
:08:33. > :08:38.building and there is some breaking ticket news. A lot of the press
:08:39. > :08:42.today. Great news, 45,000 tickets are available from Wednesday. You
:08:43. > :08:45.can go online and get those. They were available last week but there
:08:46. > :08:49.was a glitch on the computer, because the demand has been so
:08:50. > :08:53.great. 2.3 million people applied straightaway, so luckily 100,000
:08:54. > :08:59.were made available, the computer crashed but good news, from
:09:00. > :09:03.Wednesday lap -- next week you can hopefully get tickets. During the
:09:04. > :09:08.Olympics, the coverage was tremendous, you could see it in all
:09:09. > :09:12.sorts of ways. Is it the same? The same situation, there is a big
:09:13. > :09:17.demand for the sports, we have athletes here tonight. That is
:09:18. > :09:21.Bernice, doing lawn bowls. The BBC will cover it. There will be live
:09:22. > :09:27.streaming, so from Tuesday next week they will allow -- announce what
:09:28. > :09:30.platforms you can watch that on. Glasgow has got big screens, so get
:09:31. > :09:34.down to the city and the atmosphere will be great, loads of big screens.
:09:35. > :09:40.The Commonwealth Games are something special, brilliant. Bond have
:09:41. > :09:47.started up again, which means the Queen's baton is on the way. Here we
:09:48. > :09:54.go! It is being carried by Mark and Anna Christian, sibling hopefuls for
:09:55. > :09:58.the Isle of Man. There has been a bat on at every Commonwealth Games
:09:59. > :10:02.since Cardiff, 1958, when Roger Bannister was one of the first
:10:03. > :10:07.bearers. This one carries a message from the Queen, which will be read
:10:08. > :10:21.at the opening ceremony in 68 days' time. Let's welcome Mark and Anna.
:10:22. > :10:26.Take a seat. The Queen's messages in there. You have done this before,
:10:27. > :10:30.you were in the last Commonwealth Games. Tell us how you did? It went
:10:31. > :10:36.really well, I came away with a medal. I was 19, it was a really big
:10:37. > :10:42.experience. I was over the moon to come away with a bronze medal. Anna,
:10:43. > :10:47.brother and sister. What else is going on in your life other than
:10:48. > :10:52.cycling? I am taking my A levels, I will get them out of the way and
:10:53. > :10:59.focus on the cycling. A big day today? I finished school! A big
:11:00. > :11:05.day! Are you nervous about the Games? Yes! I am really nervous. I
:11:06. > :11:10.am nervous for him as well, it is a good experience. You said you are
:11:11. > :11:14.not as nervous about the Games as you want as bout coming on The One
:11:15. > :11:18.Show. Now you know how we feel every day. Good luck to you both. A very
:11:19. > :11:24.special person came to this cycling club to tell us all wide the Manx
:11:25. > :11:29.are so good and fast on two wheels. Here's Victoria Pendleton. While!
:11:30. > :11:34.When you think of the Isle of Man the first thing that springs to mind
:11:35. > :11:39.on two wheels on motorcycles and the Manx TT. With their roaring engines
:11:40. > :11:43.and incredible speeds. But the other two wheeled mode of transport is all
:11:44. > :11:53./dash-macro also hugely popular, with this island producing many
:11:54. > :11:57.medals and titles. How does this place produce so many cycling
:11:58. > :12:05.legends? Legends such as the Manx missile, Mark Cavendish. Marie
:12:06. > :12:12.Morgan, not to mention this clan, Tom, Peter senior and now Peter --
:12:13. > :12:19.Peter Kennaugh junior. Why does the Isle of Man have such a reach
:12:20. > :12:22.cycling heritage? Maybe it is just island mentality. People want to
:12:23. > :12:27.prove themselves. It is a hard place to ride your bike, so if you want to
:12:28. > :12:30.be a cyclist you will have to enjoy it when it is hard, not when it is
:12:31. > :12:35.just easy. The competitive nature that comes with that, you have a
:12:36. > :12:39.couple of guys in the same age group and you want to beat them and I am
:12:40. > :12:45.thinking I want to be where Mark Cavendish is. I can see first hand
:12:46. > :12:48.it is possible to turn professional. Every successful Manx cyclists
:12:49. > :12:51.started here at the National sports Centre in Douglas. Hundreds of
:12:52. > :12:57.cyclists come here every week, the reason being it is the best place to
:12:58. > :13:07.go raising. -- racing. It is as competitive as you can get. What is
:13:08. > :13:13.good about coming down here for racing? We can train for when we are
:13:14. > :13:21.older and it is a bit of fun. We can meet with our friends. If you have
:13:22. > :13:25.to put the success of cycling -- cyclists from the Isle of Man down
:13:26. > :13:29.to one key thing, what would it be? There is a community thing about
:13:30. > :13:33.cycling on the Isle of Man. The Isle of Man is like a rock machine, you
:13:34. > :13:40.pile of rocks in and every now and again you get a gem that comes out
:13:41. > :13:45.of the bottom. More champions. You have probably seen on the island,
:13:46. > :13:49.the facilities we have got, everything is on your doorstep. The
:13:50. > :13:52.support that local sports people get from the business community is is
:13:53. > :14:01.second to none. Another one. Is there something in
:14:02. > :14:06.the Manx mentality that makes you champions? I think we are all a bit
:14:07. > :14:10.mad. Children have so many idols to picture when the racing. It is
:14:11. > :14:14.really inspiring for everybody. Does it feel like you are following in
:14:15. > :14:20.the footsteps of Mark and Peter Kennaugh? Yes, I do, because they
:14:21. > :14:27.started here so I might become like them. Do you think you have what it
:14:28. > :14:30.takes? Yes, I do. The level of competitiveness and dead easy as I
:14:31. > :14:34.have seen here today is unlike anything I've ever seen a junior
:14:35. > :14:37.level. I am sure it will not be long before one of these guys becomes the
:14:38. > :14:42.next cycling champion from the Isle of Man.
:14:43. > :14:42.next cycling champion from the Isle Thank you so
:14:43. > :14:46.next cycling champion from the Isle Thank much, Victoria. We have all
:14:47. > :14:57.the youth cyclists with us here tonight.
:14:58. > :15:03.CHEERING AND APPLAUSE They are about 30 miles away.
:15:04. > :15:07.We mention the film, here he is, the gold winning Manx man from London
:15:08. > :15:13.2012, Peter Kennaugh is with us this evening! Hello, Peter. Welcome to
:15:14. > :15:20.the programme. How are you doing tonight? Very good. You can't see
:15:21. > :15:26.this enough, can you? The world record, the gold metal -- the gold
:15:27. > :15:37.medal is Great Britain's! Look at the time! Three point 51.69, a new
:15:38. > :15:42.world record! You can't get sick of seeing that clip, can you? It is
:15:43. > :15:45.incredible. That was Team GB. The Commonwealth Games, it is not like
:15:46. > :15:48.that. You get to race against some of those guys. It will be great.
:15:49. > :15:54.that. You get to race against some Whose scalp are you looking forward
:15:55. > :16:00.to taking most? A few of the Welsh guys, Geriant Thomas. I'd like to
:16:01. > :16:06.until that point! The Welsh are losers! We can have a chat after the
:16:07. > :16:12.show! Any advice for our guys here? You have cycled together for a long
:16:13. > :16:20.time, haven't you? Well over ten years. Why is he better value? He
:16:21. > :16:32.has bad days. He gives me a hard time. Thanks for being here this
:16:33. > :16:37.evening. Ross loves it when people dressed the same. When you are
:16:38. > :16:48.wearing the same outfit! dressed the same. When you are
:16:49. > :16:48.ironing another shirt! Not like anybody is going to see us or
:16:49. > :16:55.anything! anybody is going to see us or
:16:56. > :17:03.another shirt, is that anybody is going to see us or
:17:04. > :17:12.late? And you have got a brand-new tour, called Tangentleman. Yes, I am
:17:13. > :17:20.a gentleman who goes on Tangents. Unfortunately, it sounds a bit
:17:21. > :17:27.weird. Like I am going to have a spray tan! Do not turn up and expect
:17:28. > :17:32.some kind of tanned figure. No, in fact, that is what I will do, I will
:17:33. > :17:37.get fully tanned, like David Kinson, and I'm going to give away free
:17:38. > :17:45.antiques! It is me talking nonsense for a couple of hours. Title first,
:17:46. > :17:48.or content? Very much title first, there is no topic or theme, just
:17:49. > :17:56.whatever is in my head. See what happens, it is more fun. You talk to
:17:57. > :18:00.people in the orgies. Like last time I was here, you have got people
:18:01. > :18:08.waving at the bridge. -- in the audience. What about the TV show?
:18:09. > :18:12.That is called Freewheeling. What is it about? You know how you normally
:18:13. > :18:20.make television where you plan it and you work out what is going to
:18:21. > :18:24.happen? No! That is a good point, well made. Basically, people tweet
:18:25. > :18:30.me, I have got my bike, and people treat me and say, this thing here, I
:18:31. > :18:36.ended up with this, it was a dog that I got off an old man in an
:18:37. > :18:41.antiques shop. And I went, what should I do with this?! The next
:18:42. > :18:46.thing I know, somebody had a spray booth, and I made it luminous. So,
:18:47. > :18:52.it is a show on the go? Yes, basically making it up as I go
:18:53. > :18:58.along. You all so ended up in Paul Daniels' shared? It was all above
:18:59. > :19:03.board! Paul Daniels treated me and said, I have got an illusion which I
:19:04. > :19:07.need to lift down from the top of my shed, can you help me? The next
:19:08. > :19:14.thing I know, I am in his shed, and he lifted it down, and I went, is
:19:15. > :19:20.there any chance you could do it? Yes, hang on. Debbie! And the lovely
:19:21. > :19:26.Debbie came down and they performed the illusion. What I love about
:19:27. > :19:29.this, there must be some decision-making process in where you
:19:30. > :19:35.are going to start, what is the best place to start. When Paul Daniels
:19:36. > :19:42.comes up in your Twitter feed, you'd go for it! But when you decide where
:19:43. > :19:46.to land at the beginning of the day? No, it all happens at breakfast.
:19:47. > :19:55.Literally, I go through the tweets... From home? No, we stay out
:19:56. > :19:59.on the road. I flick through, and somebody will go, I have got a three
:20:00. > :20:07.kilograms bag of custard powder. That is a show. I do not know if you
:20:08. > :20:17.have done anything with Pilates. Did you know it was invented down the
:20:18. > :20:21.road? Was it?! Apparently. Across Britain, gyms are offering classes
:20:22. > :20:28.in an exercise discipline which was unheard of just a few years ago.
:20:29. > :20:31.Pilates, with its accent on stretching and strength, is an
:20:32. > :20:36.American import, but its roots go back to the Isle of Man during the
:20:37. > :20:40.First World War. The founder of the system was a German visionary Joseph
:20:41. > :20:44.Pilates, who believed he could change the world of exercise with
:20:45. > :20:48.his system. He came to Britain in 1912 to earn a living as a self
:20:49. > :20:52.defence expert and circus performer. When war began two years
:20:53. > :20:56.later, he was one of thousands of Germans trapped in Britain. Huge
:20:57. > :21:01.rallies and protests against these Germans put pressure on the
:21:02. > :21:07.government. Professor Lloyd is from Kingston University. Suddenly, there
:21:08. > :21:12.is this fear that we have are melodies -- that we have enemies
:21:13. > :21:18.within. It was very much stoked by the press, and the government
:21:19. > :21:23.decided to go down the route of mass internment. As well as prisoners of
:21:24. > :21:26.war, eventually, all German males of military age living in Britain were
:21:27. > :21:35.rounded up and put into camps until the end of by far the largest was on
:21:36. > :21:41.the Isle of Man, housing 23,000 potentially fed up and restless
:21:42. > :21:47.inmates. Physical exercise was very important. Both keeping
:21:48. > :21:52.stimulation, and because of its relationship to mental state of
:21:53. > :21:55.mind. Pilates had already come up with the foundations of his new
:21:56. > :21:59.exercise system, based on precision movement, control and breathing
:22:00. > :22:05.correctly. The camp quite literally gave him a captive audience to
:22:06. > :22:07.perfect it. His Manx experience was fundamental to Pilates' subsequent
:22:08. > :22:12.development of the system which bears his name. The core concepts
:22:13. > :22:18.remain unchanged - exercising the whole body with precision, control
:22:19. > :22:21.and focus. It is believed even the sophisticated modern Pilates
:22:22. > :22:28.machines, using springs to create resistance, may have their roots in
:22:29. > :22:31.the beds at the Isle of Man camp. He had utility beds, those
:22:32. > :22:36.old-fashioned hospital beds, so you can imagine, it was very like a bed
:22:37. > :22:40.spring. He realised that you could use the resistance both backwards
:22:41. > :22:45.and forwards, the spring was mimicking what a muscle could do.
:22:46. > :22:51.So, you could use that to come up and come down, to help people who
:22:52. > :22:56.may well be bed ridden to exercise and get strength again. So, you are
:22:57. > :23:01.able to move away from your centre and come back to your centre,
:23:02. > :23:05.without even standing up. Joseph Pilates died in the 1960s, well
:23:06. > :23:09.before his exercise system spread worldwide. It was actually
:23:10. > :23:14.popularised by students who trained under him, people like Mary Bowen.
:23:15. > :23:19.The fact that he was incarcerated in a prisoner of war camp for four or
:23:20. > :23:24.five years, he would have had to get on with something? He was probably
:23:25. > :23:29.the most singularly focused man on one subject of anybody I have ever
:23:30. > :23:37.known. He organised everybody to exercise. I never heard anything
:23:38. > :23:42.about him suffering, I think he made use of his time. Pilates is now
:23:43. > :23:46.everywhere. Even here in Britain, the country which imprisoned its
:23:47. > :23:50.founder, Pilates is carried out in sports centres, gyms and village
:23:51. > :23:56.halls right across the nation. Joseph Pilates took years to perfect
:23:57. > :24:00.a system he first developed on the Isle of Man. It took much longer for
:24:01. > :24:04.it to spread worldwide, but it is true that his years in the
:24:05. > :24:11.internment camp played a vital role in it seven lotion.
:24:12. > :24:14.Here we are live on the Isle of Man, in the sunshine! -- in its
:24:15. > :24:18.evolution. Counting down to the Commonwealth Games, the Queen's
:24:19. > :24:22.baton has travelled this far this evening so far. There is one more
:24:23. > :24:26.journey to make before the night is over. It needs to be taken to the
:24:27. > :24:30.royal hall, just over the way there. There is going to be a huge gala
:24:31. > :24:38.dinner. But who is going to take it in? We are going to play the Wheel
:24:39. > :24:55.of Man to find out. So, we have here a Ross, and Adam. If Ross wins, Adam
:24:56. > :25:01.will take in the baton. Let's play Wheel of Man, are we ready? It is a
:25:02. > :25:08.high-quality wheel, if I let go of it, it blows away in the wind! First
:25:09. > :25:12.question, which famous siblings were born Alney Island man, Iwan? The Bee
:25:13. > :25:20.Gees, unless or The Chuckle Brothers? It is definitely not
:25:21. > :25:29.unless. The Bee Gees. That is the correct answer. The second question,
:25:30. > :25:35.this one is for Ross. It is the picture round. Manx cats have no
:25:36. > :25:51.tail, which of these is a real Manx cat? You are local, what do you
:25:52. > :25:59.reckon? The last one. You are going for Morris. Morris is the wrong
:26:00. > :26:05.answer! Spin the Wheel of Man! Could not be more exciting. I cannot
:26:06. > :26:13.believe that! It is another question for you. Here we go with your
:26:14. > :26:28.question. If you stand on the top of the Isle of Man's Snaefell mountain,
:26:29. > :26:30.what can you see? Every bend in the TT course? Every room
:26:31. > :26:37.what can you see? Every bend in the house? All of the UK? We will go for
:26:38. > :26:44.all of the UK. All of the UK is the right answer. We are out of time.
:26:45. > :26:48.Just answer this question, the tie-breaker. The Commonwealth Games
:26:49. > :26:55.was first known as the British Empire Games, but when did it
:26:56. > :27:10.start, Iwan? The exact year? No, just come up with a guess I will go
:27:11. > :27:14.lower, around 1928. And wheel is the winner. That was the worst game I
:27:15. > :27:18.have ever done! We have just about got time now for one of Ross's trial
:27:19. > :28:46.bike heroes. It is over Good luck with your tour in
:28:47. > :28:51.September, Tangentleman. And thanks to the Isle of Man for having us!
:28:52. > :28:57.The one Show will be back with the baton as it those into Wales. You
:28:58. > :29:03.will be there for that. I will, but