:00:17. > :00:26.Hello and welcome to the One Show with Matt Baker. And Alex Jones.
:00:26. > :00:32.Tonight our guest's voice shaped a generation.
:00:32. > :00:42.# Are you going to Scarborough Fair?
:00:42. > :00:52.# A bridge over troubled Water. # Here's to you Mrs Robinson, Jesus
:00:52. > :00:55.
:00:56. > :01:03.loves you more than you will know. It is Art Garfunkel. It is indeed!
:01:03. > :01:10.Wow! It is lovely to have you here. The last song we heard, Mrs
:01:10. > :01:14.Robinson, that has changed the image of Mrs Robinsons around the
:01:14. > :01:19.world. Do they constantly come ought to you? We were popular
:01:19. > :01:26.before that came out, but in the late 60s, after the film the
:01:26. > :01:32.Graduate suddenly a lot of people knew us, we doubled our audience
:01:32. > :01:39.from that film. We would like to introduce you just some more Mrs
:01:39. > :01:45.Robinsons. If your name is Mrs Robinson out there, send a message,
:01:45. > :01:52.send a picture, and if you have a toyboy, even better. The Ministry
:01:52. > :01:55.of Defence are planning to cut 20,000 army personnel by 2020, as a
:01:55. > :01:58.result the role of the Territorial Army will be increased
:01:58. > :02:06.significantly. This week the defence secretary
:02:06. > :02:11.said he now wants it to be known as the army reserve.
:02:11. > :02:16.It is an ordinary week day, and three ordinary blokes are going
:02:16. > :02:26.about their ordinary jobs, but us the weekend comes everything
:02:26. > :02:28.
:02:28. > :02:33.changes. When the Territorial Army calls. Currently around 24,000 men
:02:33. > :02:38.and women combine day jobs with being in the Territorial Army, but
:02:38. > :02:42.it is proposed this number needs to increase by 6000 over six years, in
:02:43. > :02:49.order to plug the gap caused by massive cuts to the regular British
:02:49. > :02:54.Army. It is a plan some people have called hopelessly unrealistic. The
:02:54. > :02:58.cities have been aghast to recruit on such a big scale. They will want
:02:58. > :03:02.people from all walks of life, some with no military experience, and
:03:02. > :03:09.they will face challenges and sacrifices in the theatre of war,
:03:09. > :03:13.but will they be ready? And can we rely on part-time soldiers? The it
:03:13. > :03:19.is a weekend training camp for fourth Battalion the Yorkshire
:03:19. > :03:27.Regiment and before I know it, I'm out on exercise and in that the
:03:27. > :03:32.depend. This is nothing like their everyday
:03:32. > :03:39.experience, is it? Their brains must be working at a million mph.
:03:39. > :03:45.For some of them, that is exactly why they joined. The Territorial
:03:45. > :03:50.Army was formed in 1921, and since then soldiers have worked on every
:03:50. > :03:56.major operation. In Afghanistan many TA have been decorated for
:03:56. > :04:02.bravery, 19 have lost their lives. This is not playing soldiers.
:04:02. > :04:06.I first started it didn't cross my mind I would go to Afghanistan.
:04:06. > :04:11.Obviously I have come back from a tour so it does change people's
:04:11. > :04:17.minds. Obviously you hear the stories, you do the training, you
:04:17. > :04:20.train for the worst so you can expect it at any moment. Mark
:04:21. > :04:26.Griffin has also recently returned from a tour of Afghanistan. I don't
:04:26. > :04:31.think a lot of people realise that as a TA soldier you do go to the
:04:31. > :04:39.front line, not just someone who sits back in Camp Bastion, behind
:04:39. > :04:43.the lines doing a different job. Are you frightened? At times. It
:04:43. > :04:48.happens, doesn't it? Until that happens, I don't think anybody
:04:48. > :04:54.knows how they will react. Having served in the regular Army for
:04:54. > :05:00.seven years, Ian Collins knows what it is like to be a full-time and
:05:00. > :05:04.part-time soldier. The difference being a TA, you get the best of
:05:04. > :05:10.both worlds - you are home every single night seeing your friends
:05:10. > :05:15.and family. When you were in the regular army, how did you view it
:05:16. > :05:23.having the TA soldiers beside you? They had the respect of the regular
:05:23. > :05:31.men because they picked up the weapons with no hesitation. How do
:05:31. > :05:35.the regular soldiers and TA view each other? I have spoken to some
:05:35. > :05:42.of the commanders who have been out there who have honestly said to me,
:05:42. > :05:45.I was dreading getting nine TA called, and within six weeks you
:05:45. > :05:53.couldn't tell the difference between the TA soldiers and the
:05:54. > :05:58.regular soldiers. Most TA soldiers received 27 training days as a
:05:58. > :06:06.minimum every year, but it is still short of the physical and mental
:06:06. > :06:10.preparations of a full-time soldier, and many have expressed disquiet on
:06:10. > :06:16.the reliance on the TA. What would you say to those who
:06:16. > :06:19.think it is a form of madness? have proven over the last few years
:06:19. > :06:24.that the reserve can make up the strength required to deliver
:06:24. > :06:30.successful operations. They have done it in the past. It will be a
:06:30. > :06:33.challenge and the time frame is tight, but I think we can step pork
:06:33. > :06:39.and there is every opportunity as we move forward that we will be
:06:39. > :06:45.able to deliver those soldiers that are required for operations.
:06:45. > :06:50.Joe, we heard in the film that the Territorial Army feel they are all
:06:50. > :06:56.for the job but there must be some sceptics out there? A fair few, and
:06:56. > :07:01.the former head of the army Sir General Dannatt has warned it is
:07:01. > :07:05.risky, a very big change. A defence expert I spoke to race to another
:07:05. > :07:11.couple of issues. The Government say these troops will be trained to
:07:12. > :07:17.the same standards as the regular Army. Is that viable when it is
:07:17. > :07:23.30,000 reservists? Also, where does the equipment come from? It needs
:07:24. > :07:29.to be the proper equipment, and does it exist? Do we have the money
:07:29. > :07:33.to pay for it? The other problem, post-traumatic stress disorder.
:07:33. > :07:38.King's College in London has suggested reservists are more
:07:38. > :07:42.likely to suffer from that problem because they go straight back into
:07:42. > :07:46.normal life so that is a risk that has to be taken into consideration.
:07:46. > :07:51.I have gone through a lot of training myself and I know what it
:07:51. > :07:57.takes. Thank you. Tomorrow we have some important
:07:57. > :08:03.news - The One Show Children in Need rickshaw is back. It is, but
:08:03. > :08:08.this year I will not be riding it. A very special group will be, and
:08:08. > :08:12.tomorrow we can meet them. They will need plenty of grit and
:08:12. > :08:22.determination so here is the story of a man who will hopefully give
:08:22. > :08:23.
:08:23. > :08:33.them the inspiration they need. Mining is Alex, I am 40 years old.
:08:33. > :08:39.I am a married father of three boys, and I have Parkinson's disease. I
:08:39. > :08:45.decided I wanted to do something about it. I want to change people's
:08:45. > :08:49.perceptions of a neurological diseases. I want to prove to people
:08:49. > :08:56.who get diagnosed with Parkinson's disease that there is more to their
:08:56. > :09:01.life. This is about 6 million plus people worldwide. I am going to
:09:01. > :09:10.ride, climb, and run across the United States. The route itself
:09:10. > :09:18.will take me by bike from Santa Monica to Mount Whitney. I will run
:09:18. > :09:24.across Death Valley in temperatures of up to 50 degrees, then I will
:09:24. > :09:31.ride to Lake Erie. I will ride to New York City, run down Broadway,
:09:31. > :09:36.and swim to the statue of Liberty. Job done. There are times when my
:09:36. > :09:41.legs don't do what I want them to do, my body doesn't react the way
:09:41. > :09:45.it should. I suffer uncontrollable tremor has sometimes which is
:09:45. > :09:50.accentuated by fatigue. If you are talking about the worst thing that
:09:50. > :09:55.could happen, I could end up dead. I am an ordinary man challenging
:09:55. > :10:01.his disease and taking on the impossible. Hopefully I will make a
:10:01. > :10:08.difference. We are at Heathrow Terminal five the day we leave for
:10:08. > :10:16.the USA, I have to say goodbye to my wife and my baby boy. I think
:10:16. > :10:22.that will probably be the hardest thing. I love you, OK? I think
:10:22. > :10:31.about my family, and I don't want to let them down. I might make a
:10:31. > :10:38.mistake, and if I make a mistake I might not come back to my family. I
:10:38. > :10:48.am in California and tomorrow morning I start from Santa Monica,
:10:48. > :10:51.
:10:51. > :10:55.fleet 1560 mile journey across the UK. -- 3560. I am terrified. The
:10:55. > :10:59.toughest thing will be acclimatising to the heat because
:11:00. > :11:08.at least a third of the challenge will be across the desert. Climbing
:11:08. > :11:13.Mount Whitney, my will wreak is altitude sickness. 135 miles across
:11:13. > :11:21.Death Valley, and getting across Lake Erie because I am scared of
:11:21. > :11:31.water. Last night was particularly hard. I went to bed, I got a text
:11:31. > :11:31.
:11:31. > :11:37.message with a picture of my baby boy and... Yes, I found that really
:11:37. > :11:42.tough to think about me doing what I am doing, and him being eight
:11:42. > :11:46.months taking his first steps potentially any time and I don't
:11:46. > :11:56.want to miss that. But this is something I have set out to do and
:11:56. > :12:04.I will do it. This is a lot to take on. I am really not coping with the
:12:04. > :12:09.hike. My breathing is laboured. You are taking a chance on the fact the
:12:09. > :12:12.stone beneath you will not move and fro you down. I have never been so
:12:12. > :12:18.scared in my life. You have a nagging voice in the back of your
:12:18. > :12:24.head that says you can't do it and you have to ignore that voice. I
:12:24. > :12:29.will get to New York. What the story, and Alex will be
:12:29. > :12:36.joining us tomorrow to say if he has made it.
:12:36. > :12:43.You are a bit of a walker, Art. You started in Japan, you have
:12:43. > :12:48.completed America, and now you are doing Europe. I do 100 miles, then
:12:48. > :12:57.get home back to my life, and twice a year I picketer up. I have gone
:12:57. > :13:02.from Shannon Ireland to almost Istanbul. While walking, Art? What
:13:02. > :13:09.is it about it? I am a New Yorker and we live with the claustrophobic
:13:09. > :13:14.environment. We need space. I am a singer and I need to sing loud. I
:13:14. > :13:21.am a writer and I need my notebook. Talking about singing, your new
:13:21. > :13:27.album is called The Singer. It spans five decades. It is my life's
:13:27. > :13:35.body of work with and without Paul Simon. And you have to new tracks
:13:35. > :13:41.on it.. How did you go about choosing the compilation of tracks
:13:41. > :13:47.on the album? You play ball of your staff and you review the famous
:13:47. > :13:55.stuff. You can't leave out Bridge Over troubled Water or Scarborough
:13:55. > :14:01.Fair, but I scented it on my solo career and when did dicing really
:14:01. > :14:08.good? When did it really happen for me? I focused on The Singer, and my
:14:08. > :14:13.body of work. When do you think you are at your best? Which song
:14:13. > :14:17.captures your voice? If I think Scarborough Fair is the most
:14:17. > :14:24.flowing, organic. The goals came and visited me that night when I
:14:24. > :14:30.recorded it. I like the promise, I went baritone instead of 10 of. It
:14:30. > :14:35.is a love song I am proud of. and Paul Simon, it all started when
:14:35. > :14:40.you lived on the same street. blocks from each other. We were 11
:14:40. > :14:44.years old when we ran into each other. We thought each other was
:14:44. > :14:51.the turned on kid in the neighbourhood. Here you are as Tom
:14:51. > :14:55.and Jerry. Who Was Who? I was Tom, he was Jerry because he had a girl
:14:56. > :15:02.who was chasing in junior high school. We were big Everley
:15:02. > :15:06.Brothers fans. They were gods to us. Were new hit the dizzy heights of
:15:06. > :15:16.fame as Simon and Garfunkel, surprisingly it didn't last that
:15:16. > :15:21.
:15:21. > :15:25.We were popular in the second half of the 1960s.
:15:25. > :15:31.When you compare your solo stuff to Simon and Garfunkel, can you be
:15:31. > :15:36.objective? No! I like to think I am outside of it and I can look at it.
:15:36. > :15:43.I know that Simon and Garfunkel are more popular than my solo work. But
:15:43. > :15:47.I have made 12 solo albums. I hate to go on about it, but people will
:15:48. > :15:54.be wondering. Where are you at now, the pair of you? Are you going to
:15:54. > :15:59.sing anything together? Like many a love affair, there is warmth and
:15:59. > :16:09.coolness. It seems to be a five- year thing. I have not worked with
:16:09. > :16:11.
:16:11. > :16:17.him for a while. Not since 2008. It is going on five years. The Singer
:16:17. > :16:22.is the most beautiful album. very proud of it.
:16:22. > :16:27.Art's album is out now. Larry Lamb is becoming an expert on
:16:27. > :16:30.fairgrounds since he discovered, on Who Do You Think You Are, that is
:16:30. > :16:38.also -- he was related to a lion tamer.
:16:38. > :16:42.Things did not stop there. He still had more to discover.
:16:42. > :16:50.For five days every year, Nottingham is transformed into a
:16:50. > :16:55.screening party town. This is one of the most famous fares in Europe,
:16:55. > :17:04.approved by royal charter in swelled 84, and returning here for
:17:04. > :17:09.over 700 years. -- 1784. Today it is packed with attractions. I'm
:17:09. > :17:11.taking a tour with a lady from the National fairground Archive.
:17:11. > :17:21.Vanessa, tell me, why do they call it a goose fair?
:17:21. > :17:26.It was not a fair ground like it is now. This one was famous for geese.
:17:26. > :17:30.They would walk all the way? They would walk all the way.
:17:30. > :17:37.Surely they lost a lot of weight? They would fatten them up, and it
:17:37. > :17:47.was for the feast. Like you had set before Christmas, you had geese
:17:47. > :17:50.
:17:50. > :17:55.then. -- like you had turkey for Christmas.
:17:55. > :18:00.The Goose Fair has changed a bit since its poultry beginnings. By
:18:00. > :18:08.the 19th century, it was a mecca for show men, like my ancestors,
:18:08. > :18:12.who ran travelling circuses. It was one of the most famous in
:18:12. > :18:16.the country. We have got photographs of them coming in. That
:18:16. > :18:23.is your great-grandfather. The that is Jimmy.
:18:23. > :18:29.Then, the big sensation was your great-great uncle. He had long hair
:18:29. > :18:35.and flowing locks. Your family came every year. I have got this
:18:35. > :18:40.description. He carried a big club on his belt. He kisses a lion. He
:18:40. > :18:44.finishes up putting his face inside the jaws of the lion. It was a
:18:44. > :18:49.really big show. That is extraordinary. Here I am,
:18:49. > :18:55.in a place where my ancestors would come and do their thing every year.
:18:55. > :19:02.Extraordinary, really. Not ancestors, family. Family? Yes,
:19:02. > :19:08.it turns out they still come to the fair.
:19:08. > :19:12.Hello, Vanessa. A have brought somebody to meet you.
:19:12. > :19:22.Hello, nice to meet you. I understand we are related? Yes,
:19:22. > :19:27.
:19:27. > :19:36.we are. My name is jailed price. So, tell me, how much are we
:19:36. > :19:41.related? My great-grandfather was Jane's day.
:19:42. > :19:47.Both our great-grandfathers were brothers. -- James day. I have been
:19:47. > :19:53.coming here for 40 years. I'm pleased to say that she is
:19:53. > :19:57.keeping a tradition alive. She has a vintage ride. So, the helter-
:19:57. > :20:01.skelter. This was the big thrill when I was a kid. How long has this
:20:01. > :20:07.been in the family? Since it was made, in the early
:20:07. > :20:10.1960s. His is still popular? It is becoming more popular. The
:20:10. > :20:14.grandparents want to take their grandchildren are because it is
:20:14. > :20:19.what they went on when they were young.
:20:19. > :20:23.I have fond memories of the helter- skelter. Do you still have a go now
:20:23. > :20:31.and again? Now and then. I have grown children
:20:31. > :20:38.myself. Every year, Vanessa goes on. I'm sure King Edward the first
:20:38. > :20:43.would not recognise the use their he approved 700 years ago. -- the
:20:43. > :20:48.deuce fair. But I'm pleased to say that he
:20:48. > :20:53.would still see it going strong. This has been a chance to see what
:20:53. > :20:58.life was like for many of my ancestors. And I'm sure, judging by
:20:58. > :21:08.this, that they had a blast. Anybody want to buy a doe not? Here
:21:08. > :21:16.
:21:16. > :21:21.Larry is here now. You did bring candyfloss. Do you
:21:21. > :21:25.want some, Art? Scarborough is a lovely town.
:21:25. > :21:32.Have you ever been to a fairground in Britain before? This is new for
:21:32. > :21:40.me, right now. All the elements of the fairground.
:21:40. > :21:47.I think this came from America. It was made for a guy called Thurston
:21:47. > :21:55.in the 1920s. It spins like that. For some reason, they called this
:21:55. > :22:05.the Waltzer. It was supposed to relate to the dance. Then it became
:22:05. > :22:05.
:22:05. > :22:12.the raving Waltzer. Then, of course, the coconut shy. Have you any idea
:22:12. > :22:22.why they call it that? No idea. Because Yorkshire dialect, to throw,
:22:22. > :22:32.
:22:32. > :22:39.Yes! Look at that! Those used to be wooden heads of
:22:40. > :22:49.politicians. Here we go, the highest striker. This is designed
:22:50. > :22:50.
:22:50. > :23:00.to let young men show of their Ring the bell, show your
:23:00. > :23:18.
:23:18. > :23:26.girlfriend... Come on! Art, you can smash a coconut with
:23:26. > :23:30.it. Go on, hit the bat. We will lead it there. Our bird man
:23:30. > :23:33.Mike Dilger has been doing some detective work above the streets of
:23:33. > :23:40.Norwich. Tonight, with the help of one of
:23:40. > :23:46.the world's speediest birds, he makes some surprising discoveries.
:23:46. > :23:50.Peregrine falcons need high, innings this will -- in excess of
:23:50. > :23:53.roosts for their chicks. In the last couple of decades they have
:23:53. > :24:00.found a perfect location. By moving to our towns and cities,
:24:00. > :24:05.they can have food on tap, 24 hours a day. Plus, there are plenty of
:24:05. > :24:10.good nesting locations. Cathedrals, tower blocks and so on provide
:24:10. > :24:16.great roosting spots. But street lighting means they don't have to
:24:16. > :24:22.stop hunting when the sun goes down. It is this night time hunting that
:24:23. > :24:26.has been astonishing ornithologists. They are catching migrant birds
:24:26. > :24:30.that experts had no idea were up there.
:24:31. > :24:39.Migrating birds will often travel at night to avoid predators. But a
:24:39. > :24:47.luckily, they show up in artificial light, making them easier targets.
:24:47. > :24:50.It is the after dinner remains that has excited Edwards.
:24:50. > :24:55.We have been finding piles of feathers on the ground. When we
:24:55. > :24:58.start to look at them, we have some real surprises, particularly in
:24:58. > :25:03.terms of the kinds of birds the peregrine falcons are eating.
:25:03. > :25:07.In Norwich, a pair have set up home on a platform built for them on the
:25:07. > :25:12.cathedral spire. Edward is here to find out what
:25:12. > :25:17.they have been eating. While he searches for feathers on the ground,
:25:17. > :25:27.I have got privileged access to the thud of Parapet, situated 27 metres
:25:27. > :25:28.
:25:28. > :25:35.below the nest. -- the tell what I have to say, Niger, it is easier
:25:35. > :25:41.getting up here if you are a falcon. -- Nigel.
:25:41. > :25:45.They catch their prey in flight, swooping down from above. Once the
:25:45. > :25:52.victim has been dispatched, the remains are usually discarded from
:25:52. > :25:57.the nest. The wing of a departed bird!
:25:57. > :26:01.We have certainly found plenty of remains down here. That is because
:26:01. > :26:05.the nest is just above my head. It is time for us to go. The last
:26:05. > :26:09.thing we want is for the birds to be disturbed.
:26:09. > :26:14.True to form, the Norwich Peregrine's are eating some
:26:14. > :26:19.interesting birds. This is from a great spotted
:26:19. > :26:23.woodpecker, which would normally live in woodland. But they will
:26:23. > :26:26.move between trees, and that is when they are vulnerable to being
:26:26. > :26:36.taking. As for the school we found on the
:26:36. > :26:38.
:26:38. > :26:42.tower, it turned out to belong to a bird migrating. -- the skull.
:26:43. > :26:45.Edward has been investigating remains all around Britain. He has
:26:45. > :26:52.come up with some ground-breaking fines.
:26:52. > :27:01.A have got a couple here from a medium-sized bird. The clue is the
:27:01. > :27:04.colour. These birds live up in the Western Isles of Scotland. What is
:27:04. > :27:12.interesting is that these were found in the middle of Exeter city
:27:12. > :27:16.centre. They are migrating through. We did not know that until the
:27:16. > :27:22.falcons started to eat them. Astonishing. These feathers are
:27:22. > :27:27.smaller. These are the tail feathers from a
:27:27. > :27:34.bird that he would only find on the coastline. These were actually
:27:34. > :27:36.found in Derby in the Midlands. can't imagine any Derby
:27:36. > :27:41.birdwatchers having seen one of these.
:27:41. > :27:45.They're moving between the east and the west coast of the British Isles,
:27:45. > :27:49.perhaps along weather systems. It is remarkable to find these in the
:27:49. > :27:53.middle of the East Midlands. For years, experts have known where
:27:54. > :27:57.birds are breeding and where they go for winter. But this bird of
:27:57. > :28:00.prey is hoping to fill gaps in knowledge as to where they are in
:28:00. > :28:05.between. It is thanks to finding feathers
:28:05. > :28:11.like these, courtesy of our urban peregrine falcons, that we are
:28:11. > :28:16.literally rewriting the bird migration maps.
:28:16. > :28:21.What a menu. That was incredible. Allah, we asked you to send in your
:28:21. > :28:31.photos if you are a Mrs Robinson or if you know one.
:28:31. > :28:33.
:28:33. > :28:43.This is Valerie Robinson. She says that every time the song is heard,
:28:43. > :28:46.
:28:46. > :28:52.she gets it son to her. Gerry Robinson. -- Julie Robinson.
:28:52. > :28:57.Sorry, this one is upside down! That is all we have time for. Art,