:00:17. > :00:19.Hello and welcome to The One Show with Alex Jones...
:00:20. > :00:25.and my date for this evening, Richard Osman!
:00:26. > :00:28.Now tonight we'll be talking all about the return
:00:29. > :00:31.of a Saturday night TV classic - Blind Date.
:00:32. > :00:34.So let's choose our guests tonight Blind Date style.
:00:35. > :00:37.Behind this wall are three potential guests, but we can only choose two
:00:38. > :00:51.The reason they don't allow me on Blind Date is that I could literally
:00:52. > :00:54.see over the partition. Guest number one, if you were in the
:00:55. > :00:59.Olympics, what would be your best event? Kick boxing. I recognise that
:01:00. > :01:06.voice. I think it might be Brian Blessed. I think. OK, I'll go, same
:01:07. > :01:10.question to guest number two. Trampolining. That is Hillary
:01:11. > :01:17.Clinton, I'm certain of it. Good guests. I think we're done.
:01:18. > :01:21.Definitely. We will have to lose three, sorry, three, you're out.
:01:22. > :01:40.What if it's Ed Sheeran. It is Ed Sheeran! It's Dave. Handsome Dave.
:01:41. > :01:51.So who have we chose snn It's exciting isn't. It The new host of
:01:52. > :01:55.Blind Date, Paul O Grady and Jo Brand!
:01:56. > :02:06.An amazing fact about Dave there, he used to work on the old Blind Date.
:02:07. > :02:11.Do you know what his job was? What? He used to pull back the door. We've
:02:12. > :02:16.got three young offenders. They're grateful for the work. You two have
:02:17. > :02:21.been friends for ages and ages. Yes. Can you remember the first time you
:02:22. > :02:30.met? I think I looked after him in the hospital. That was in the 19th
:02:31. > :02:34.century. That was 1847. If you say something like that, people believe
:02:35. > :02:38.you. I have no idea when it was. We have a picture of you two working
:02:39. > :02:47.together. 1980s it was. Here we are. That's me in the middle. That's me
:02:48. > :02:51.in the orange. Paul, Jo and Nick Knowles.
:02:52. > :02:54.More Blind Date in a moment, plus we'll be talking to Jo
:02:55. > :02:56.about the culmination of the great big walk that she helped start
:02:57. > :02:59.in Batley, West Yorkshire, live on our show nearly
:03:00. > :03:02.It's just one of this weekend's big community events that Brendan Cox,
:03:03. > :03:06.the husband of the late MP Jo Cox, has set up to commemorate her tragic
:03:07. > :03:10.That same desire to create something positive out of violence and tragedy
:03:11. > :03:12.has led to a truly stunning work of art.
:03:13. > :03:20.It just feels like it was yesterday. Time doesn't heal it. There's
:03:21. > :03:29.nothing you can do that will make it OK. My name's Alison Cope. Just over
:03:30. > :03:34.three-and-a-half years ago, my life changed forever. This is my son
:03:35. > :03:42.Joshua. He was a really happy, vibrant, confident young man. On the
:03:43. > :03:45.20th September, 2013, Joshua was attacked outside a nightclub in
:03:46. > :03:52.Selly Oak. He had seven heart attacks. Multiple blood
:03:53. > :03:57.transfusions. On the morning of the 21 September, at 5. 58am, my son
:03:58. > :04:09.gave up on life. He'd been stabbed to death. I chose to speak out about
:04:10. > :04:13.the epidemic that killed my son. I was contacted regarding an idea,
:04:14. > :04:22.that idea was to make a powerful piece of art. I'm Clive Knowles, the
:04:23. > :04:26.chairman of the British Ironworks centre in Oswestry, Shropshire.
:04:27. > :04:31.Two-and-a-half years ago, I went to see some knife amnesty banks. We
:04:32. > :04:35.realised we could take those knives off the streets and make a monument
:04:36. > :04:50.to symbolise Britain's intolerance to violence. It's called Knife
:04:51. > :04:54.Angel. When I see it, I just feel sad, really, really sad that it's
:04:55. > :05:02.these weapon that's are killing young people every single day. It's
:05:03. > :05:09.been an immense challenge. 100,000 knives, 27 feet tall, involving all
:05:10. > :05:16.43 UK police constabularies and it's by far the most difficult piece of
:05:17. > :05:23.work that we've done to date. I'm Alfie Bradley, I designed and
:05:24. > :05:26.built the Knife Angel. I've designed the angel standing straight, looking
:05:27. > :05:33.down with his hands out asking - why? I had to blunt the sharp edges
:05:34. > :05:39.off them one by one. It took about two years to create. Didn't really
:05:40. > :05:43.think about how many weapons we needed. For the wings I just used
:05:44. > :05:49.the blades. So the blades I'm using them as feathers fanning out around
:05:50. > :05:52.the angel. Every single day you hear about stabbings on the streets. A
:05:53. > :05:57.couple of years ago, my friend was stabbed on the way out of a club.
:05:58. > :06:09.When stabbings happen so close to you, you realise the impact of knife
:06:10. > :06:12.crime. We did reach out to a lot of families. One mother wanted to
:06:13. > :06:16.inscribe a message. Since then we've had lots and lots of families and
:06:17. > :06:24.mums especially stepping forward and wanting to do the same. Miss you,
:06:25. > :06:34.bro. Love and miss you. You only live once. It's very hard to put
:06:35. > :06:39.into words the loss. Seeing all the blades with their inscriptions just,
:06:40. > :06:44.it hurts, because this is a person that's died. Seeing Joshua's name on
:06:45. > :06:52.there, makes me feel proud and really sad at the same time. The
:06:53. > :06:57.rangel is complete. -- The rangel is complete. We've removed the roof off
:06:58. > :07:01.the building. We'll be lifting it 60 feet out of the studio for the world
:07:02. > :07:07.to see. The wind is picking up. The rain's
:07:08. > :07:16.starting to lash down again. It is a nervewracking time.
:07:17. > :07:25.It's just amazing. The face sums up everything. It will be going into
:07:26. > :07:29.the Shropshire Sculpture Park and then we hope it gets installed on
:07:30. > :07:38.the fourth plinth, Trafalgar Square where we've always wanted it to be.
:07:39. > :07:44.It's beautiful, tragic, stunning and amazing all in one. I'm very, very
:07:45. > :07:49.proud to be here. Designer of the Knife Angel, Alfie
:07:50. > :07:53.Bradley is with us now. Welcome. It's incredible and probably one of
:07:54. > :07:58.the most emotional films that we've shown. How did you feel when you saw
:07:59. > :08:03.the angel rise out of the building, because it looked incredible coming
:08:04. > :08:09.over the top. It was two-and-a-half year wait really for this moment. It
:08:10. > :08:14.was just terrifying. Just anything could have happened. It weighs
:08:15. > :08:20.five-and-a-half tons. I've never done anything to that size. It was
:08:21. > :08:24.very nervewracking, but very relieved to see the reaction of the
:08:25. > :08:28.families that were there, to see it finally out and finally get the
:08:29. > :08:32.message out there so people can realise about knife crime. It's in
:08:33. > :08:38.Oswestry now. What would you like to happen next? We're trying to get it
:08:39. > :08:41.on the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square, that's where the most,
:08:42. > :08:45.that's where the message will go out. Hopefully at some point go on
:08:46. > :08:49.tour around the UK, tour major cities. That's the best plan for it.
:08:50. > :08:53.It will impact as many people as possible. What's next then? You've
:08:54. > :08:59.finished that. Have you got another project in the pipeline? I've got
:09:00. > :09:05.many, many big projects. Just all a question of funding really. I might
:09:06. > :09:10.be working with the British Ironworks centre in Oswestry on a
:09:11. > :09:15.gun theme, maybe. You've got ideas. Yeah. I've got loads of very big
:09:16. > :09:18.ideas. Because you also made, this is a slight change in direction, you
:09:19. > :09:29.made a gorilla out of spoons, is that correct? We can see that maybe?
:09:30. > :09:35.That was a challenge by Uri Geller. That's made out of 40,000 spoons.
:09:36. > :09:41.Donated by school children. The gorilla is going on tour around the
:09:42. > :09:45.UK and children's hospitals. Hopefully it will inspire the poorly
:09:46. > :09:46.children to fight and get better. Thank you very much. It's fantastic.
:09:47. > :09:52.CHEERING AND APPLAUSE Now, this weekend a familiar friend
:09:53. > :09:54.returns to our screens after 14 years away,
:09:55. > :10:05.and as you'll see, it's What animal would I be getting if I
:10:06. > :10:09.picked you? The animal you would get from me, would definitely be the
:10:10. > :10:14.king of the jungle. Since I'm half Brazilian, you would get the lion.
:10:15. > :10:20.Lions also rip your head off. LAUGHTER
:10:21. > :10:27.Can I ask the same to number two. I'm a big old teddybear, I just hope
:10:28. > :10:43.you're not a dog. SHOCKED GASPS You can't say that
:10:44. > :10:47.about the girl! Oh, dear. I can imagine! It's been away for 14
:10:48. > :10:52.years. In that time dating has changed a lot, the youngsters tell
:10:53. > :10:57.me, I wouldn't know. Nor me. Why is now the best time to bring it back?
:10:58. > :11:01.I don't know really. I think all the contestants on the show, I'm asking
:11:02. > :11:04.about these dating sites, none of them have had any luck on it. Most
:11:05. > :11:08.of them have been disillusioned by it. I said, why not go into a pub
:11:09. > :11:14.and meet somebody the old fashioned way, have a dance, you know, go to
:11:15. > :11:23.the chip shop. Go to the chip shop! Go to the chip shop! When you wait
:11:24. > :11:28.for the night bus. I wish I'd thought of that. I don't know why
:11:29. > :11:35.they don't like the modern ways, I've done jolly well on tinneder.
:11:36. > :11:43.Tell us more Jo! My husband might be watching. He's swiping left or
:11:44. > :11:47.right. They were saying, I'm always getting ghosted, they swipe me left.
:11:48. > :11:52.The only app I've got is Angry Birds. They very much stuck to the
:11:53. > :11:59.feel of the original. It's exactly as it was. So the contestants used
:12:00. > :12:02.to be the selection of old contestants, young ones and couples
:12:03. > :12:08.are older as well. Have you got a good mix? We've got the mix. We've
:12:09. > :12:12.got what is currently known as cougars. Ladies looking for a
:12:13. > :12:17.younger gentlemen and they were a hoot. Why weren't you on that? I'm
:12:18. > :12:26.in the a cougar, I'm more of a dead donkey. More of a leopardess. We
:12:27. > :12:30.have gay guys, lesbians, 70-year-olds, people with their
:12:31. > :12:34.dogs. You name it. Cilla used to say, "Shall I get my hat out? Have
:12:35. > :12:38.you thought, this is it? There have been a couple, I thought, I don't
:12:39. > :12:42.know about marriage, but they've got on quite well on the date. That guy
:12:43. > :12:48.with the tattoo looked to be in there I thought. I don't think he
:12:49. > :12:54.did actually. There was a pity there wasn't a female Olympic boxer on the
:12:55. > :12:57.other side this afternoon screen. We have had lady mechanics and
:12:58. > :13:01.engineers you wouldn't want to mess with. Some of the old girls as well.
:13:02. > :13:05.When they get you in that vice like grip on your wrist. Like this. No
:13:06. > :13:13.wonder we won the war! You can't get away.
:13:14. > :13:21.Cilla Black used to make this look easy and it is not? No, you are
:13:22. > :13:23.thinking of snap answers and entertaining the audience and you
:13:24. > :13:29.must have your wits about you and you are on your feet, like her
:13:30. > :13:34.dresser, for five and a half hours! You must sometimes say, go for
:13:35. > :13:41.number three? It has been on my lips. I cannot help it. It is not in
:13:42. > :13:45.the rule book, I cannot help you. I would love to say, go for number
:13:46. > :13:54.three but I cannot. However much I was tempted. You are very close
:13:55. > :14:00.friends with Cilla, taking over this job must have been a double-edged
:14:01. > :14:07.sword? At first I said no, it is so synonymous with Cilla Black. If
:14:08. > :14:15.anybody was going to do it... I'm not sure. I told them, don't invite
:14:16. > :14:24.me, I cannot stand him! Three-day affairs! They go on forever. Stags
:14:25. > :14:30.go on for about one month! Amsterdam? I wish I could talk about
:14:31. > :14:37.it! And the hen nights. Did you ask the family of Cilla? I spoke to
:14:38. > :14:43.Robert and he said to do it and the press were ringing me up saying, you
:14:44. > :14:50.must do it and I was really busy, I still am doing the dogs. This is it.
:14:51. > :14:55.I thought, do I need it? And I thought, go on. It was very odd
:14:56. > :15:01.because I kept expecting Cilla to appear at the top of the stairs! But
:15:02. > :15:07.I constantly refer to her whenever there is any mess up. Why have you
:15:08. > :15:16.done this to me, Cilla? It was weird. Hearing the music, I felt
:15:17. > :15:22.funny. What am I doing here? I am doing Blind Date! I used to iron my
:15:23. > :15:30.jeans watching this! We have a picture. The first time you met
:15:31. > :15:35.Cilla Black on Parkinson? You were firm friends after that? We got on
:15:36. > :15:42.like a house on fire! We went on holiday are not. She was such a good
:15:43. > :15:46.laugh, we were in a restaurant once, in New York, and two Americans were
:15:47. > :15:54.listening and they said, where are you from? Merseyside. What do you
:15:55. > :15:58.do? I said, we are family of undertakers! My sister has just won
:15:59. > :16:06.the best embalmer of the year and my brother is a marvellous news walking
:16:07. > :16:10.in front of the cough and! And she went along. We would have all of
:16:11. > :16:16.these imaginary jobs. Telling strangers what we did. You have done
:16:17. > :16:22.a fantastic job with Blind Date and if it was not Cilla it would have to
:16:23. > :16:25.be you. But there is a trend of bringing back old shows, programmes
:16:26. > :16:33.that were popular back in the day. Why do you think that is? Because
:16:34. > :16:39.nobody has got any imagination! I disagree but I am sure you are
:16:40. > :16:44.right! They were good shows and people who read you -- too young to
:16:45. > :16:48.see them, with my standard mature real, I think, I have done that by
:16:49. > :16:55.25 years, I will do this to the next generation! And it works. And you
:16:56. > :17:00.are about to do for a what Paul O'Grady has done for dogs? You are
:17:01. > :17:09.not doing kittens? Just lightly toasted! I could never take into a
:17:10. > :17:20.pet shop! It was her version of subway! Kitten rescue, I am doing. I
:17:21. > :17:27.wear very tight leotard. I grew up the side of buildings and rescue
:17:28. > :17:37.kittens! Not like a cat burglar, more like a hippo burglar! Blind
:17:38. > :17:42.Date begins on Saturday evening at seven o'clock on Channel 5. And Jo
:17:43. > :17:57.Brand's programme is starting very soon. Kitten rescue. Our Graham left
:17:58. > :18:00.so to prepare for the new series we thought we would inject some romance
:18:01. > :18:06.into the lives of people, even if only with a stack of soppy lines. In
:18:07. > :18:11.all the world there is no hard for me like yours, in all the world
:18:12. > :18:19.there is no love for you, like mine. Nothing. I have come to Birmingham
:18:20. > :18:24.to see if old-fashioned romance has survived these swipe left and right
:18:25. > :18:34.digital times. And I have got some lines. Do you say romantic things?
:18:35. > :18:41.No? Doshi? No? Let us create some romance with classic lines. In pain
:18:42. > :18:49.and sickness it will still be here. Is that nice? It sounds wrong coming
:18:50. > :18:55.from him! In the perfect day, let us hang out every day for the rest of
:18:56. > :19:03.our life! Why are you laughing? This is what is wrong with men! Just live
:19:04. > :19:10.in the moment, this is so special! I feel like that! I will hold laptop.
:19:11. > :19:21.I will give you the next big thing, me! He is romantic! What did he say
:19:22. > :19:31.that was romantic? And he still makes giggle? He is the first! You
:19:32. > :19:36.are copying him! After 30 years you are still with me, how is that
:19:37. > :19:46.possible? And what do you say back to him? Thank you very much! The
:19:47. > :19:56.best is yet to come! I would take out as soon as I could. I will take
:19:57. > :20:02.that. I love you, you complete me. He is quite like Tom Cruise! That
:20:03. > :20:08.works! My love for you is a circus -- circle, it has no beginning or
:20:09. > :20:20.end. He says romantic things all the time. Like? How about Birmingham?
:20:21. > :20:30.What romantic city! I would love to hear the worst chat up line? Fancy
:20:31. > :20:37.landowners? What about you, Jo? I am going, now! That is nice! A couple
:20:38. > :20:42.of weeks ago you were launching the Great Big Walk. That was a Bank
:20:43. > :20:54.holiday, it started in badly. Remind us what this is. This is a fusion of
:20:55. > :21:01.other projects that include the big lunch and I knew I would forget the
:21:02. > :21:07.third one... My mind. The Great Big Walk, the big lunch and a great
:21:08. > :21:16.get-together. What this was, five teams of people walking from Batley
:21:17. > :21:24.and going... To five corners of the UK. Cornwall, London, Wales,
:21:25. > :21:30.Scotland and Northern Ireland and arriving, ready for the big lunch.
:21:31. > :21:32.You would be quite hungry! They have been visiting community groups. You
:21:33. > :21:38.have best light. Some of the highlights have included
:21:39. > :21:40.Team Wales visiting Disco Soup, where people get together to dance
:21:41. > :21:48.and make soup. Can you shed any light on this? I
:21:49. > :21:57.think they just want to have a laugh and you would. Making soup and
:21:58. > :21:59.dancing. I would like to dance in some soup. They are getting together
:22:00. > :22:11.to make soup and dance. Is this a big thing? I did not know
:22:12. > :22:16.about this but Matt Baker said he would always like to race horse. I
:22:17. > :22:23.would like to see Matt Baker fighting a horse! This is brilliant,
:22:24. > :22:24.there you are. The horse goes and the man follows. That is your
:22:25. > :22:26.answer. And Hugh Fearnley-Whitingstall made
:22:27. > :22:35.tea and cakes for Team Cornwall. Very quickly, they did suggest woman
:22:36. > :22:45.versus horse but nobody was stupid enough! Hugh Fearnley-Whitingstall
:22:46. > :22:53.welcome to people? River cottage, he gave them lovely food. He is a nice
:22:54. > :23:01.bloke. This is because you walked for Sport Relief, 150 miles, are you
:23:02. > :23:10.still... Dare I ask? It was actually 130 but thankfully nobody saw me
:23:11. > :23:18.hitchhiking. These people have gone much further than I did. I think
:23:19. > :23:27.they have done... 2500. Have they? About 600 each. We can see the route
:23:28. > :23:32.of Team London. Have a look at that. Starting in Batley. Why are they
:23:33. > :23:38.going to Ipswich in the middle? That is a massive diversion! There are
:23:39. > :23:42.some nice cafes in Ipswich! They fancied a cup of tea.
:23:43. > :23:45.We've asked them to take a bit of a detour before they reach
:23:46. > :23:48.the finish line and walk an extra few miles to our studio.
:23:49. > :24:13.Welcome. You have done 300 miles between you? Each? How have you find
:24:14. > :24:19.it? Incredible, the most amazing way to see the UK and such an incredible
:24:20. > :24:23.opportunity to highlight the incredible things that ordinary
:24:24. > :24:28.people are doing in communities across the UK. You signed
:24:29. > :24:34.Australian? I am. You have seen bits of Britain you have not seen, how
:24:35. > :24:39.was Ipswich? Lovely, the only rest day was in Ipswich. We have some
:24:40. > :24:45.time on the marina and had a look around. Did you know each other
:24:46. > :24:51.before? You have spent a lot of time together recently. How has that
:24:52. > :24:56.been? It was really great. I mean, we're doing Blind Date! Look at the
:24:57. > :25:03.body language! Mohammed, you did this during Ramadan? That must have
:25:04. > :25:10.been an incredible physical achievement? Yes, this was a great
:25:11. > :25:15.experience in my life, I have done lots of half marathons but the main
:25:16. > :25:22.thing is why I am doing this, the opportunity to meet some amazing
:25:23. > :25:25.people and doing extraordinary work, bringing communities together and
:25:26. > :25:29.this is the main vision of the Great Big Walk and the big lunch and there
:25:30. > :25:38.were unsung heroes in communities. All of these people. Jo, will you
:25:39. > :25:42.join them over the weekend? I will probably be wandering around looking
:25:43. > :25:48.for a big lunch! What is important about this is they set off from
:25:49. > :25:52.Batley three weeks ago and this is the anniversary of the death of Jo
:25:53. > :25:59.Cox and that is a very big part of it but also, bringing in community
:26:00. > :26:04.activities as well and I think the whole thing fuses together very well
:26:05. > :26:08.because Jo Cox was a huge supporter of communities working together and
:26:09. > :26:12.there are some projects that have been going for a long time and they
:26:13. > :26:18.have joined in some the whole thing will be fantastic. A big round of
:26:19. > :26:22.applause to Mohammed and Courtney! APPLAUSE
:26:23. > :26:24.Thanks to Paul and Jo, Blind Date returns to our screens
:26:25. > :26:28.on Saturday evening at 7 on Channel 5, and there's more about all this
:26:29. > :26:30.weekend's community events on our website.
:26:31. > :26:32.In the studio next week we have Kevin Spacey, Rita Ora,
:26:33. > :26:40.Sounds good! APPLAUSE