:00:21. > :00:27.Hello and welcome to do One Show with Chris Evans. And Louise
:00:27. > :00:31.Minchin! She is here because Alex is in Blackpool ahead of the
:00:31. > :00:38.Strictly final, even though she did not make it into the final. We will
:00:38. > :00:42.be talking to her throughout the show. Are you there? Hello. It is
:00:42. > :00:46.all happening in a very cold Blackpool. Tess Daly and Bruce
:00:46. > :00:51.Forsyth are rehearsing through here. Over here we have the finalists,
:00:51. > :00:57.the most important people. Jason, Harry and Chelsee. How are you
:00:57. > :01:02.feeling? Ready for it. A excited. motion excited. Love it. Later on
:01:02. > :01:07.we will be finding out about all of the dancers, the costumes, the
:01:07. > :01:11.sequins and whether they have any tricks up their sleeves. And we
:01:11. > :01:19.also have a surprise for you. All will be revealed later on this
:01:20. > :01:24.Berkeley Strictly Ballroom. Wave goodbye. -- sparkling Strictly
:01:24. > :01:29.Ballroom. Christmas would not be Christmas without seeing Sue
:01:29. > :01:34.Johnston in a comedy drama. There she is. It is not the Royle Family
:01:34. > :01:39.but we will be finding out what it is later. In an important week for
:01:39. > :01:42.science we are joined by Professor Brian Cox. And his �1 million
:01:42. > :01:51.diamond. Here has a real one with him and we will tell you why when
:01:51. > :02:01.he comes to talk to us later. But first, comedy's Big Bang, and Lee
:02:01. > :02:03.
:02:03. > :02:12.Evans! -- it is my Lee Evans! you. Thank you for having me.
:02:12. > :02:17.is that? It is my dad. He looks very well. You are excited about
:02:17. > :02:23.meeting Professor Brian Cox, why is that? Because we watch him on the
:02:23. > :02:29.to be in our house, and you guys, too. Who do you prefer? Even I
:02:29. > :02:34.prefer Brian, that's fine! I won't say. I like Brian. I like a
:02:34. > :02:40.documentary but my wife prefers this show. We have got to both ways.
:02:40. > :02:44.Absolutely. Are you a Big Science fan? I do like a documentary, if I
:02:44. > :02:52.am honest. He made me get that mobile phone application because I
:02:52. > :02:57.got interested in the stars again. It is the best one ever. I don't
:02:57. > :03:03.like things like that but that one is right. You can see all the earth,
:03:03. > :03:07.the planets. Have you tried it? came to our house and did it and I
:03:07. > :03:10.thought he was making it up but it was true. It gets you interested in
:03:10. > :03:13.the stars again because when you were at school, you are interested
:03:13. > :03:18.and then when you grow up you have to pay the rent and you lose
:03:18. > :03:23.interest. But Brian got us interested again. We forget to look
:03:23. > :03:27.up. Well done for getting us interested again! What are my stars
:03:27. > :03:33.this week? That is a different kettle of fish. Are you willing to
:03:33. > :03:37.get involved in experiments later? Yes, but do they involve me? Yes.
:03:37. > :03:45.You will get a lab coat and everything. Dry ice, mince pies, it
:03:45. > :03:52.is all going on. That sounds like... A show? We have one here. There is
:03:52. > :03:56.another start tonight. Please meet Lucy Chapman. She is the one in the
:03:56. > :03:59.middle. She will be the very last Brownie in the Acton and grid
:03:59. > :04:06.Waldringfield Brownie pack when her friends Caitlin and Olivia 1010 and
:04:06. > :04:16.have to leave. Will she be reading the Brownie Promise by herself and
:04:16. > :04:19.
:04:19. > :04:24.having a one built jamboree? -- girl. Do you remember the Brownies?
:04:24. > :04:30.The laughter, great days? For 18 year-old those days could be coming
:04:30. > :04:37.to a sudden end. -- for an eight year-old. A written the Brownie
:04:37. > :04:41.movement started in 1914, -- originally. They were initially
:04:41. > :04:46.called Rosebuds but they were renamed Brownies after a story was
:04:46. > :04:50.written. I am fulfilling a lifelong ambition today by joining their
:04:50. > :04:55.meeting. I am in Sudbury to meet eight year-old Lucy Chapman and the
:04:55. > :05:02.other two members of a Brownie pack. Tell me what fun things you have
:05:02. > :05:06.done. Campaign. And cookery, arts and crafts, going on outings. --
:05:06. > :05:10.campaign. What is the best thing about being a Brownie? Being
:05:10. > :05:15.adventurous. Although this Brownie pack has been going for 40 years,
:05:15. > :05:19.it has a problem. With Caitlin and Olivia turning 10, they can no
:05:19. > :05:24.longer be Brownies any more and this group is facing doom. What can
:05:24. > :05:30.possibly happen? Unfortunately we cannot run it with just one child.
:05:30. > :05:34.We will have to close the unit. It will be really sad. Do you feel
:05:34. > :05:40.proud to be Brownies? The us because there are no boys allowed.
:05:41. > :05:47.It may come to an end. How do you feel about that? Upset. How do you
:05:47. > :05:51.feel? So sad. With these high stakes, something must be done and
:05:51. > :05:55.Lucy has a masterplan to recruit children from local schools. We
:05:55. > :06:02.have to make a presentation and we will do it together. I will be your
:06:02. > :06:06.helpful assessment but you will do the speaking. -- helpful assistant.
:06:06. > :06:16.Hopefully people will come in and become a Brownie. Hopefully it will
:06:16. > :06:20.
:06:20. > :06:30.not close down. How do you feel If you don't join the Brownies then
:06:30. > :06:38.
:06:38. > :06:46.At Brownies you have a lot of fun. You can get your badges, like
:06:46. > :06:56.swimming. And we do cookery, like apple crumbles and Christmas
:06:56. > :06:57.
:06:57. > :07:05.pudding. Are you allowed to cook Brownies? That is a good question!
:07:05. > :07:10.We can put them so long as it is not the person! -- make them.
:07:10. > :07:16.many of you would like to join? What do you think of that? Very
:07:16. > :07:20.good. Lucy, you did so incredibly well that it is my honour and
:07:20. > :07:28.pleasure to reward you with another batch. It is a completely unique
:07:28. > :07:35.one. Only you will have it. It is the Brownie skills One Show badge.
:07:35. > :07:41.Can I put it on you? Shall we give you a round of applause?
:07:41. > :07:48.Lucy, they give you a big round of applause. What kind of person are
:07:48. > :07:58.you looking for to join the Brownies? Somebody that likes doing
:07:58. > :08:02.arts and crafts. And who likes cookery and being adventurous and
:08:02. > :08:08.going out with their friends. think somebody might be joining you
:08:08. > :08:16.in a moment. He looks very keen! Have you advertised anywhere?
:08:16. > :08:25.have advertised in a newspaper and we have advertised because I went
:08:25. > :08:30.to this school and I told them about Brownies in front of 14
:08:30. > :08:36.people. No pressure, but this is a big advert. The 5 million people
:08:36. > :08:46.watching. Usually something like that! What is good about being in
:08:46. > :08:46.
:08:46. > :08:52.the Brownies? You make friends. then they leave you?! You make
:08:52. > :08:56.friends and you can go on Brownie camp, and do cookery and arts and
:08:56. > :09:06.crafts. It is fun. Caitlin and Olivia, are you going to be Brownie
:09:06. > :09:06.
:09:06. > :09:12.Guides? Why is that? Sudbury. where is that? And you have
:09:12. > :09:19.rehearsed something, Lee? Yes, I have been rehearsing the Brownie
:09:19. > :09:25.Promise. Go on. Lucy, you can judge him. Can the events make it into
:09:25. > :09:30.the Brownies tonight live on The One Show? -- Lee Evans. I promise
:09:30. > :09:33.that I will do my best, to love my God, to serve my Queen and my
:09:33. > :09:43.country, to help other people and keep the Brownie Guide law. What do
:09:43. > :09:43.
:09:43. > :09:48.you think? That was good. How good? 10 out of 10. There is more. The
:09:48. > :09:58.real test, what is the Brownie Guide law? This is a big test for
:09:58. > :10:07.me now. Here we go. A Brownie Guide things of others before herself and
:10:07. > :10:17.does a good turn every day. -- thinks of others. Admits apple
:10:17. > :10:18.
:10:18. > :10:25.crumble! I present this bad to you for being so kind. Thank you. We
:10:25. > :10:34.used date for the rest of the show? You don't have to. -- will you
:10:34. > :10:39.stay? Thank you! And Alex is in Blackpool. You are dancing tomorrow,
:10:39. > :10:43.aren't you? Yes, we all are and you are holding us up because we are
:10:43. > :10:50.supposed to be rehearsing at the moment. Chris, you sad really
:10:50. > :11:00.different from here! -- you sound really different. We have got lots
:11:00. > :11:00.
:11:00. > :11:05.of people here. We use that to go out? It was the -- are you sad to
:11:05. > :11:10.go out? And another lights have gone out! The lights have gone out
:11:11. > :11:13.all over Britain. They will never come on again! There are six stars
:11:14. > :11:18.out there tomorrow and I am so glad because they are fantastic and I
:11:18. > :11:26.could never have kept up with them. They are brilliant. I don't know,
:11:26. > :11:32.with that out of it! I just threw it on. I found this knocking around
:11:32. > :11:41.in my suitcase. You have even got Lady Gaga's gloves. I am on the
:11:41. > :11:47.edge! We got knocked out last week. We nearly made it. A together. It
:11:47. > :11:53.was embarrassing. You and I were both dreading doing the dance at
:11:53. > :11:57.the end. Give us a taste of what they might see tomorrow night.
:11:57. > :12:02.would say that we will be having a complete blast. We will be happy
:12:02. > :12:06.that we do not have to survive this week. We will look proudly on at
:12:06. > :12:15.our friends that we have grown to know really well. We are supportive
:12:15. > :12:18.of all three of them. It will be quite sad. Who will win? Well, the
:12:18. > :12:24.three of them are really good. This show has proved that the best
:12:24. > :12:31.dancers get to the final. You were great, Holly Valance was great, and
:12:31. > :12:37.I was amazing! Don't hide your talent! I have allowed them to get
:12:37. > :12:45.through! The public kept me in for 10 weeks. Thanks to them. But I was
:12:45. > :12:52.rubbish. You weren't. What was your highlight? They hit thrusting. I
:12:52. > :12:57.have been told that I cannot do it but I will try. I think Harry,
:12:57. > :13:03.Chelsee or Jason will win! Later I will be talking to the finalists
:13:03. > :13:10.but we have to do some rehearsing now. Goodbye. Thank you, live from
:13:10. > :13:20.Blackpool. More from Alex later. Man macro, your dad played in lots
:13:20. > :13:26.of seaside towns. -- Lee. Yes, I grew up in Blackpool. It was
:13:26. > :13:32.fantastic from the neck up. I spent many times knocking off school on
:13:32. > :13:42.the seafront, and going up the Pleasure Beach. Fantastic. Your dad
:13:42. > :13:42.
:13:42. > :13:49.Bob was your inspiration, wasn't he? Yes. Amazing how we drives the
:13:49. > :13:54.car like that! That was the exhaust pump! That is me watching. That was
:13:54. > :14:00.your dad, wasn't it? Yes. director is worried that it is
:14:00. > :14:05.somebody else! Strictly is in 3D tomorrow and you are well ahead of
:14:06. > :14:12.that game. We have just shot a video in 3D. I am going to do four
:14:12. > :14:17.dimensions next. I always wanted to be the first to do stuff. We shot a
:14:17. > :14:21.stand-up DVD and I decided to try to do it in 3D. I think it lends
:14:21. > :14:26.itself to the live performance and it was great. We showed it in
:14:26. > :14:30.cinemas across the country. Is it more tricky? Yes, I had to shoot it
:14:30. > :14:34.three times, once without an audience to get some close-up shots,
:14:34. > :14:44.then with an audience, then some more the next day in two and three
:14:44. > :14:45.
:14:45. > :14:50.dimensions. This is all we can I like the goal-kick. Before they
:14:50. > :14:54.kick the ball, they do a little skip. Some goalkeepers measure
:14:54. > :15:04.every step, like that, and just before they kick the ball they have
:15:04. > :15:06.
:15:06. > :15:12.an attack of physical Tourette's I don't like watching myself like
:15:12. > :15:17.that. I don't like it. How does that routine start? How do you come
:15:17. > :15:21.to write it? I sit in a darkened room and I spent six months writing
:15:21. > :15:29.it, writing about four hours of material. I go to see my mate in
:15:29. > :15:32.Brighton and he goes, don't do that. And we get it down to two hours.
:15:32. > :15:39.What is so special about him? Simon macro I have been writing with him
:15:39. > :15:44.for 25 years and he is my best friend. And he knows what is funny?
:15:44. > :15:49.Yes. I spend longer with him than I probably do with my wife, actually.
:15:49. > :15:56.I have promised my wife that after this tour I will spend more time at
:15:56. > :16:02.home. You have said that before. After one week, I am out. The stage
:16:02. > :16:09.show is your own work and there is a twist in the tail.
:16:09. > :16:12.# From the kitchen chair I can look out and see the empty swing and our
:16:12. > :16:17.favourite tree # I was never around when you fell
:16:17. > :16:22.down and grazed your knee # Why can't I be there to ride at -
:16:22. > :16:25.- to see you ride your bike # To pick you up and hold you
:16:25. > :16:33.tight? # Kiss it better and tell you it's
:16:33. > :16:39.going to be all right. # Always finish with a song. Have a
:16:39. > :16:45.good opening and always finish with a song. We think that was a cross
:16:45. > :16:55.between Elton John, editor of Billy Bragg in there, and a bit of
:16:55. > :16:56.
:16:56. > :17:00.Gilbert and Sullivan. How his that, he really good mix. I change
:17:00. > :17:05.material a lot Wenham on. You're putting bits in and taking them out
:17:05. > :17:10.all the time, out of boredom, because you are trying to get two
:17:10. > :17:16.good hours. We do everything, we designed a set, the music. I have a
:17:16. > :17:20.studio - a microphone with a couple of instruments in it. I put it on a
:17:20. > :17:28.recorder and I mix it and bring it to the gig. Are you a fan of
:17:28. > :17:33.Christmas? No, I don't like it at all. I don't like Christmas
:17:33. > :17:43.crackers either. They are a nightmare and you always end up
:17:43. > :17:48.
:17:48. > :17:53.with the cardboard bit. Let's see what happens. By one. -- I won.
:17:53. > :17:57.Where is the joke? That's where John Sergeant comes in.
:17:57. > :18:03.Inspired by the twisted paper of a bonbon sweet and the crackling of
:18:03. > :18:09.an open fire, it was a London-born sweet maker named Thomas Jay Smith
:18:09. > :18:12.who first invented the Christmas cracker back in 1847. Today,
:18:12. > :18:16.Christmas without crackers would not be Christmas. They have become
:18:16. > :18:22.so much part of the whole business that it seems odd even to ask why
:18:22. > :18:27.we like them so much, why do we need them? Crackers supply the all-
:18:27. > :18:35.important daft paper hat, which is part of it. And then there are the
:18:35. > :18:40.jokes. Did I say jokes? Well, hardly! So, away from the Christmas
:18:40. > :18:48.table, how funny are the jokes? What award goes to designers of
:18:48. > :18:56.door knockers? I don't know. Nobel Prize. Why don't docks tell
:18:56. > :19:02.jokes when flying? They would quack up. The why did the germ cross the
:19:02. > :19:08.microscope? To get to the other side. One man who knows what makes
:19:08. > :19:18.us laugh is a comedian who runs courses in stand-up comedy. In each
:19:18. > :19:18.
:19:18. > :20:04.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 46 seconds
:20:04. > :20:14.Why Cinderella not very good at football? Because their coach was a
:20:14. > :20:14.
:20:15. > :20:20.pumpkin. What is a crocodile's favourite card game? So snap!
:20:20. > :20:25.is responsible for these dreadful jokes? In South Wales, this is the
:20:25. > :20:28.largest Christmas cracker producer in the UK. These boxes contain 25
:20:28. > :20:33.million crackers, waiting to be shipped out across the country. I
:20:33. > :20:39.have come to point and accusing finger at those responsible for the
:20:39. > :20:49.traditionally terrible jokes. 2011 is already Christmas past here, and
:20:49. > :20:49.
:20:49. > :20:52.they are concentrating on Christmas What goes on here? This is the hub
:20:52. > :20:57.of the Christmas industry, where the creatives are getting ready for
:20:57. > :21:01.Christmas. Where do you get the jokes? Children send them in, we
:21:02. > :21:08.hear them on the radio, out of books, competitions. They are
:21:08. > :21:12.always lots of jokes. Do you recycle them year after year?
:21:12. > :21:17.we change them. We see which new ones have come in, which ones are
:21:17. > :21:22.getting tired, so that you get some new ones. You have to be careful
:21:22. > :21:29.what you say. Yes, we cannot put in anything that will offend anybody,
:21:29. > :21:36.whether it be mother in-law, Essex, blonde, whether it is too topical.
:21:36. > :21:41.Leave it all out. Nothing much left. You can see why they are not funny.
:21:41. > :21:46.It is a Christmas cracker joke. It is meant to make you groan. They
:21:46. > :21:51.are designed to make people groan. Yes, and everybody around the table
:21:51. > :21:56.gets it. So remember, it is the crackers that make Christmas, and
:21:56. > :22:06.if the jokes were better they would not be half as much fun. Drum roll,
:22:06. > :22:08.
:22:08. > :22:17.please. What do you get if you eat Christmas decorations? Tinselitis.
:22:17. > :22:22.That is pretty good, I think. Tinselitis, it's a cracker! Earlier
:22:22. > :22:31.in the week we asked you to send in your favour cracker jokes. Lee, you
:22:31. > :22:37.have some. The Brownies are back. For somebody who hates Christmas
:22:37. > :22:47.cracker jokes, can you sell these? I have some jokes here that viewers
:22:47. > :22:49.
:22:49. > :22:58.had cent. Are you ready? This first one, this is the best one. This one
:22:58. > :23:08.comes from Dave. Why does Santa have three gardens? So he can ho ho
:23:08. > :23:12.
:23:12. > :23:21.ho. Thumbs down. This one comes from Anne Marie. Why does Father
:23:21. > :23:31.Christmas go down the chimney? are not supposed to guess! You just
:23:31. > :23:32.
:23:32. > :23:40.say you do not know. Because it so its him. This one is from Bradley
:23:40. > :23:49.Williams, the best of all. What is a snowman's favourite cereal. For
:23:49. > :23:56.roasties. -- frosty is. You have been brilliant. Go and get a mince
:23:56. > :24:05.pie and we will see you later. did a great job but they were not
:24:05. > :24:10.having it. You have got a book out. A book! Yes, I do. I have been
:24:10. > :24:13.doing book signing. I have just come from doing book signings.
:24:13. > :24:20.Apparently there were so many that you had to keep them entertained
:24:20. > :24:23.because there were queues. I had mulled wine and sweets and cake. We
:24:23. > :24:30.took it along the queue. You should have seen it, they were out of
:24:30. > :24:34.their box by the time they got to me. You came on our radio show and
:24:34. > :24:44.talked about the book for an hour. What should I have asked that I did
:24:44. > :24:47.not ask you then? I have never brought out a book before. I
:24:47. > :24:52.suppose the answer is, really, I thought it was brilliant to do a
:24:52. > :24:56.book. And it got to number one in the charts. I have never done a
:24:56. > :25:00.book before. I am an idiot. I cannot believe I wrote this book. I
:25:00. > :25:04.loved doing it, loved the process, so I was really proud when it went
:25:04. > :25:11.on the shelf. That was the best thing. When I saw it on the shelf,
:25:11. > :25:16.it was unbelievable. What did you find out about yourself? When I was
:25:16. > :25:22.a child... I found out that the gibbering idiot you see before you
:25:22. > :25:32.does not exist when he has sat alone concentrating. In a public
:25:32. > :25:32.
:25:32. > :25:38.place, I get very nervous but on my own I am fine. Doing stand-up was a
:25:38. > :25:44.necessity for you, wasn't it, not just a bit of fun? Have not found a
:25:44. > :25:50.job yet. Your first ever gig was to pay the bills. Yes, me and my wife
:25:50. > :25:55.had nothing. I entered a local talent contest and lo and behold, I
:25:55. > :26:00.won. I won the money. The first one, but not with the act you intended.
:26:00. > :26:04.Was going to be a musician because I can play a few instruments but it
:26:04. > :26:09.went wrong. I ended up doing this with the guitar and people were
:26:09. > :26:16.cheering. And it got some laughs. As soon as I stepped on stage, I
:26:16. > :26:21.was a gibbering idiot, what you see now. How much it was the money?
:26:21. > :26:30.Enough for therapy. You have sold - - signed so many books that your
:26:30. > :26:40.hand must be a king. We have a present for you. I loved doing it.
:26:40. > :26:41.
:26:41. > :26:51.If we have a prison. Sign this one. -- a present. Look what we have
:26:51. > :26:53.
:26:53. > :26:59.made for you. Fantastic. Happy Christmas. Thank you. That is
:26:59. > :27:03.amazing. Tuffers is our art buff who gets stuck in. He has tried to
:27:03. > :27:09.get a painting into the Royal Academy and has even painted in 3D.
:27:09. > :27:15.I am wearing a hat! Now he is turning to sculpture. For that, he
:27:15. > :27:19.is stepping into the deep freeze. Sculpture is usually one of the
:27:19. > :27:23.hardest wearing forms of art, but today I am going to try my hand at
:27:23. > :27:27.a wonderful form of sculpture with a short shelf-life, ice sculpture.
:27:27. > :27:31.It is thought it may have begun in northern China hundreds of years
:27:32. > :27:36.ago when the farmers and fishermen first carved ice lanterns to
:27:36. > :27:40.protect their lights from the wind. Following from the tradition of
:27:40. > :27:44.having lavished centrepieces at banquets, top chefs started to
:27:45. > :27:51.create ice sculptures to feature at the buffet is and to present ice
:27:51. > :27:55.cream. In Britain, one of the first to carve an artistic career out of
:27:55. > :28:00.the tradition was Duncan Hamilton. This is where we make the ice. You
:28:00. > :28:05.lift that will stop it takes a four days to make a big block of ice. It
:28:05. > :28:15.is crystal clear. Not like the ice at home. That is full of bubbles
:28:15. > :28:21.but this is specialised ice. Let's get her out. Right. Look at that.
:28:21. > :28:27.That is so clear. There she is. What are we actually going to make?
:28:27. > :28:33.I thought we would make a snowflake. Lovely. We need to cut a slice off,
:28:33. > :28:37.and I had better do that. Duncan was working in a London restaurant
:28:37. > :28:42.in the 1970s when the head chef asked if anyone could make an ice
:28:42. > :28:46.sculpture. He volunteered to give it a go, as he had once seen a
:28:46. > :28:50.demonstration at catering college. He became hooked and he abandoned
:28:50. > :28:55.professional cooking to do it full- time. What reaction did you get
:28:55. > :29:00.when you first started. People were amazed to see an ice sculpture
:29:00. > :29:04.because they were not aware that such things existed. Nowadays, the
:29:05. > :29:10.ice -- the art of ice and snow has got to is more widespread. The
:29:10. > :29:18.largest to date was called romantic feelings and it was 35 metres tall
:29:18. > :29:27.and 200 metres long. This table is heated. It is for ironing ice.
:29:27. > :29:32.makes it flat. Yes. What do ice sculptors get used for? All sorts
:29:33. > :29:39.of special occasions. I made 400 miniature swans for a super wedding
:29:39. > :29:45.party. For James Bond, we made his gun, and the London skyline, which
:29:45. > :29:51.I made in Covent Garden, an open- air, public thing. Now I want to
:29:51. > :30:01.cut out a circle, so it is easier to sculpt. It is like tracing it
:30:01. > :30:06.
:30:06. > :30:11.out. Just follow the lines. Looking How does it make you feel working
:30:11. > :30:15.on pieces that you know will melt? We know it will, so that is the
:30:15. > :30:25.deal. It is like a performance, really, just for one day. That is
:30:25. > :30:35.the last bit done. Key going. Look at that. Now we have this to put
:30:35. > :30:42.
:30:42. > :30:49.Oh, no! I have broken it off. worry, it is ice. Have you got any
:30:49. > :30:59.glue? Yes. That is handy, it sticks itself back together. Fantastic. I
:30:59. > :31:02.
:31:02. > :31:08.What do you think of my handiwork? I think it is really good. This
:31:08. > :31:14.will last about 12 hours. The room temperature melts the ice and makes
:31:15. > :31:18.it more beautiful. It will become more abstract. What is so amazing
:31:18. > :31:24.about the finished ice sculpture is that like a siren, it caused you to
:31:24. > :31:32.appreciate, love and admire it, before it vanished in front of your
:31:32. > :31:39.eyes. Look at this. Did he just about ice and Higgs boson, quantum
:31:39. > :31:49.physics, generally baffle us with brainpower, Brian Cox.
:31:49. > :31:51.
:31:51. > :31:54.Where shall we start? Ice? It is very pretty. You might think it is
:31:54. > :32:00.very common and that we understand it but there are 15 known types of
:32:00. > :32:04.ice. That is just known types, there are maybe more than that.
:32:05. > :32:08.Even water, we don't really understand it. It is one of the
:32:08. > :32:12.most complex liquids, if not one of the most complex things in the
:32:12. > :32:17.universe. Vital for life because it is complex and the molecules stick
:32:17. > :32:26.together. You would think that we understand everything about it, but
:32:26. > :32:34.we understand the universe better. No way! How does it become 15
:32:34. > :32:38.different varieties? Water is two hydrogens and an oxygen, and that
:32:38. > :32:41.bombs together in lots of different ways. In water they are stuck
:32:41. > :32:45.together and that provides a scaffolding for biological
:32:45. > :32:50.processes. We think that it has unique properties, vital for us to
:32:50. > :32:54.exist and interesting when you freeze it. Gorgeous. You are back
:32:55. > :33:00.on television on BBC Two at 9 o'clock. You have brought your co-
:33:00. > :33:04.star. Here she is. Yes, the show is about the structure of matter. We
:33:04. > :33:09.start with this, which does not look like much, maybe, but actually
:33:09. > :33:15.it is one of the most valuable diamonds in London. It is 296
:33:15. > :33:19.carats, and worth well over �1 million. That one?! It was
:33:19. > :33:25.discovered 100 years ago and it is 3 billion years old, almost as old
:33:25. > :33:32.as the earth. Would you like to touch that, Lee? Can I? Amazing.
:33:32. > :33:40.That is how it came out of the ground. It is also very heavy.
:33:40. > :33:45.Surprisingly heavy! We are not allowed to do fake things on the
:33:45. > :33:52.BBC and that one is real. It is over �1 million. There are lots of
:33:52. > :33:57.security guys going crazy. It is not my fault! How can one of the
:33:57. > :34:00.hardest substance is known, which can cut through everything, which
:34:00. > :34:07.lasted for 3 billion years under the ground, how can it be like
:34:07. > :34:15.that? But light can shine through it? It is transparent. It is so
:34:15. > :34:25.hard and solid. The and the answer? It is to do with the structure of
:34:25. > :34:25.
:34:25. > :34:31.atoms, which is what the lecture is about. 99.99 percent empty space is
:34:31. > :34:41.what the world is made of. There are 139s on the end of that! You
:34:41. > :34:41.
:34:41. > :34:51.are ready space as well. -- 13 at No. 9s. And you have set James May
:34:51. > :35:01.on fire? Grab that hydrogen in the soap bubbles. How is that? Don't
:35:01. > :35:01.
:35:01. > :35:11.look at what I am doing. What I am going to do is encourage a chemical
:35:11. > :35:15.
:35:15. > :35:19.reaction to happen from over here. Are you all right?! Please don't
:35:20. > :35:23.try that at home. In the newspaper this week you said it was one of
:35:23. > :35:29.the most important weeks in scientific discovery. Is that true?
:35:29. > :35:33.Yes, we caught a glimpse of the Higgs particle, which we have been
:35:33. > :35:37.looking for since 1964 when it was first proposed. We think it is
:35:37. > :35:43.responsible for the origin of mass in the universe. Why is my hands
:35:43. > :35:47.solid, the little particles that build it up, how did they get solid,
:35:48. > :35:52.how did they get mass? The universe is full of this kind of treacle and
:35:52. > :35:56.we are interacting with it. That is why we have structure and why we
:35:56. > :35:59.exist so it is one of the most profoundly important things in the
:35:59. > :36:05.universe for us. We may have caught the first glimpse of it after 50
:36:05. > :36:09.years of searching. Do you think we have? That is not very scientific.
:36:09. > :36:14.We may have. It is all about statistics. Tossing a coin and
:36:14. > :36:20.seeing if it comes up heads. you going to stay for the
:36:20. > :36:30.experiments? Are you up for that, Lee? Yes. Are have got the diamond
:36:30. > :36:31.
:36:31. > :36:35.and every time I move my hand, the security guards are watching!
:36:35. > :36:38.we also are searching for the best mince pie in the country.
:36:38. > :36:44.Is there anything that says Christmas more than a mince pie?
:36:44. > :36:49.Rich, buttery pastry enclosing a sticky mince meat inside. We have
:36:49. > :36:53.sifted through applications looking for skill and originality. Now it
:36:53. > :36:57.is down to three finalists who reckon there mince pies will make
:36:57. > :37:01.mincemeat of the competition. Veronica from Northampton, Eileen
:37:01. > :37:06.from North Yorkshire and Andrea from Surrey. They need to impress
:37:06. > :37:12.me and my fellow judge, Angela grave. What makes for a killer
:37:12. > :37:19.mince pie? -- Angela grey. I have for me it is the perfect marriage
:37:19. > :37:24.between the outer crust and a third delicious insight. Both are
:37:24. > :37:30.important. Is it ever OK to buy your mince meat from the shop? Yes,
:37:30. > :37:36.you can Dr it and add your own touches. Let's get down to it.
:37:36. > :37:41.Veronica is following her family's traditional recipe. Originally my
:37:42. > :37:47.mother used to make mincemeat and my grandmother. Up until fairly
:37:47. > :37:56.recently my auntie made mincemeat. She is now 96. As she stopped? What
:37:56. > :38:04.a slacker! Her mince meat contains ground almonds, orange rind, and
:38:04. > :38:07.suet and carrots. Second finalist Eileen's mince pies include shop
:38:07. > :38:15.bought mincemeat, p cans, and an unusable in Greenock. Dark
:38:15. > :38:19.chocolate. -- unusual ingredient. I thought there were laws against
:38:19. > :38:23.that sort of thing! Is that allowed? You will have to try
:38:23. > :38:26.yourself. She makes batches of hundreds. At Christmas time we were
:38:26. > :38:35.inundated with Christmas cards and instead I decided to make mince
:38:35. > :38:40.pies. Last year I made 1800. 1800! Did you stop making them in March?
:38:40. > :38:47.Andrea likes to give her mince pies are continental twist. What is
:38:47. > :38:51.this? Frangipani. In it is named after an Italian but it is a
:38:52. > :38:56.French-based of almonds. What is that doing in a mince pie? I am not
:38:56. > :39:00.overly keen on pastry tops because they tend to be stodgy, too crumbly,
:39:01. > :39:04.too sweet. I thought I would try something different. She has some
:39:04. > :39:11.surprise ingredients in her mince meat, too. Crystallised ginger,
:39:11. > :39:16.fresh cranberries and black pepper. The black pepper, were you feeling
:39:16. > :39:26.mischievous in the kitchen? Yes. look forward to this. There is a
:39:26. > :39:27.
:39:27. > :39:32.temptation to stick my finger in but I will be good. Right, time is
:39:32. > :39:40.up on The One Show mince pie challenge. Will the pies survive
:39:40. > :39:48.the tasting? We have a spread of mince pies before us. Veronica's
:39:48. > :39:53.traditional mince pie. Let's try this. Very nice. Crispy, flaky
:39:53. > :39:57.pastry. I am concerned that there is a lot of pastry. There is a big
:39:57. > :40:02.hole in the middle of mind so the ratio of pastry to filling is not
:40:02. > :40:09.really equal. Veronica's mince pies are the ones with carried in.
:40:09. > :40:12.don't know if that is what is crunchy but it is really nice.
:40:12. > :40:22.we have these interesting little ones. To me they look like P can
:40:22. > :40:23.
:40:23. > :40:27.tart. I like the chocolate, it is bitter. The traditionalists will be
:40:27. > :40:33.sniffing at this. The ingredients would be a no-no, but I think it is
:40:33. > :40:40.quite lovely. Over here we have the frangipane mince pies. The pastry
:40:40. > :40:45.is so good. Very buttery. I love the frangipane. It is lovely and
:40:45. > :40:50.soft underneath and toasty on the top. It breaks it up beautifully.
:40:50. > :40:54.Quite a challenge to choose between them. It is. You really are all
:40:54. > :41:04.winners because you've got to this point but there has to be a winner
:41:04. > :41:18.
:41:18. > :41:28.and the winner of The One Show And here she is. Well done.
:41:28. > :41:29.
:41:29. > :41:37.Fantastic. Would you like a fabulous mince pie? What is it that
:41:37. > :41:47.is so special for you? frangipane, really. Frangipani,
:41:47. > :41:52.frangipane? Which is it? We have a wonderful expert. OK, frangipane,
:41:52. > :41:58.frangipani. I contacted Heston Blumenthal by text message and it
:41:58. > :42:01.is frangipani in Italy and frangipane in France. I went on
:42:01. > :42:05.Twitter and other media are available, all coming up with
:42:05. > :42:14.different definitions. The Oxford English dictionary says frangipane,
:42:14. > :42:24.with the letter E. What do you call it? I will go with what you say
:42:24. > :42:27.
:42:27. > :42:32.because you won! Van de Paris! -- frangipane! I have eaten lot of
:42:32. > :42:38.mince pies but this is delicious. Look at the entropy. Falling apart?
:42:38. > :42:44.Very good. This is nothing compared to what
:42:44. > :42:49.mince pies used to be made of. Ivan Day is a food historian.
:42:49. > :42:55.Good evening. You were in Prague yesterday setting up a food museum.
:42:55. > :43:02.Mince pies through the ages. Are you ready to test them, Lee? We are
:43:02. > :43:08.starting off with Shakespeare's mince pie. Alas, I knew him well!
:43:08. > :43:15.This is what it would have looked like. I used the same ingredients.
:43:15. > :43:25.Pickled herring mince pie. I bet you can't wait. Try that. Pickled
:43:25. > :43:26.
:43:26. > :43:32.herring from the 17th century. We are going to move through the ages.
:43:32. > :43:40.Now Charles II. I knew him as well. Oranges, but they also had mince
:43:40. > :43:47.pies with tripe own. Charles's lady on the side used to sell them at
:43:47. > :43:53.the theatre. That is right. Ivan Day made these this morning himself,
:43:53. > :44:00.fresh back from Prague. What does it taste like? You should have won.
:44:00. > :44:08.I do like tripe. That is gorgeous. The pastry is lovely and the
:44:08. > :44:16.dusting of icing sugar, very good. Where next? Queen Victoria. This is
:44:16. > :44:26.1841. It is roast beef, ginger, rum, old port and brandy. Rum and brandy
:44:26. > :44:32.
:44:32. > :44:39.in this one? He is still eating the I am liking that one. It is like a
:44:39. > :44:47.mince pie shot. What do you think? That one is the best. Shakespeare,
:44:47. > :44:52.Charles the second, or Queen Victoria? Queen Victoria. I liked
:44:52. > :44:56.the tripe. The news this Christmas is about Heston Blumenthal's Ben
:44:56. > :45:05.Spies. But you say he draws inspiration from these. -- mince
:45:05. > :45:10.pies. He was named after the service station. For me, he
:45:10. > :45:15.basically takes ideas from the past as well as the future. He has a bit
:45:15. > :45:25.of you and editor of Brian Cox. Thank you for being here. -- a bit
:45:25. > :45:26.
:45:26. > :45:33.Scientists think they have found the Higgs boson. But who is going
:45:33. > :45:37.to win Strictly? Live to Blackpool. You cannot ask me that, because
:45:37. > :45:42.that is a difficult question but I am here with the finalists, Jason,
:45:42. > :45:49.Chelsee and Harry. Before I speak to you about your big day tomorrow
:45:49. > :45:53.- not jealous - let's have a look at what the locals had for you. --
:45:53. > :46:00.what advice they had for you. I am going to meet some locals who have
:46:00. > :46:10.been dancing longer than Len Goodman. Who would you like to see
:46:10. > :46:12.
:46:12. > :46:18.lift the trophy tomorrow? Chelsee! Why would you like to see her win?
:46:18. > :46:23.Fabulous HIPs, lovely movement, her arms are excellent. What tips would
:46:23. > :46:27.you have for her? Remembering the wardrobe malfunction early in the
:46:27. > :46:33.series, some good supportive tape would prevent the worry of anything
:46:33. > :46:38.going wrong. To keep things balanced, it is only
:46:38. > :46:43.right I get some tips for Jason. Who better to ask than the youngest
:46:43. > :46:49.swingers in town? Jason is really energetic and he just goes for it.
:46:49. > :46:53.He always looks like he is having fun and enjoying it. He tends to
:46:53. > :47:02.forget his moves, so he needs to practise them and go for it when he
:47:02. > :47:06.dances. Go for it, Jason! Last but not least, tips for Harry. I am
:47:06. > :47:12.meeting his biggest fans, who happen to be some of the most
:47:12. > :47:18.elegant ladies in Blackpool. Good luck, Harry. He is in the final and
:47:18. > :47:22.nerves will play a big part. How can he control them? He has to get
:47:22. > :47:32.into the zone. If he makes a mistake, he has to keep smiling
:47:32. > :47:36.through it. What does he have to do to win tomorrow? Take off his top!
:47:36. > :47:45.Three contenders, 1 Crown and a heap of useful advice. Blackpool
:47:45. > :47:54.has spoken. It is all down to you. It really is down to you three now.
:47:54. > :47:59.We have one minute left, so tell us what is on the menu tomorrow.
:47:59. > :48:06.the show dance, the tango, it is going to be really exciting. Not
:48:06. > :48:14.the quickstep. I have a couple of tricks, some lists and a relief on
:48:14. > :48:24.routine. Quickstep, showed dance, Argentine tango and American smooth.
:48:24. > :48:27.
:48:27. > :48:35.Good luck to everyone. It will be an exciting night on BBC One. Sue
:48:35. > :48:39.Johnston has joined us. Hello. bit of Strictly for you? I am
:48:39. > :48:44.tempted because they had such a great time, but I don't know
:48:44. > :48:50.whether I would be very good. think that is open to a
:48:50. > :48:57.conversation. Brian, would you go onto the dancefloor? No. Straight
:48:57. > :49:01.forward. Dancing, or you do not like Strictly? I am useless at
:49:01. > :49:07.dancing and it would be a massive embarrassment. No Royle Family
:49:07. > :49:16.Christmas Special this year. What is the story? The they did not
:49:16. > :49:20.write it in time. The BBC ordered it in -- they ordered it. Ralph
:49:20. > :49:24.little has written something and someone else from the royal family
:49:24. > :49:30.directed it and they had to edit it pretty sharp. I think they over
:49:30. > :49:37.estimated the time that they had. So no Royle Family this Christmas.
:49:37. > :49:44.It is postponed. You cannot have a Christmas special when it is not
:49:44. > :49:49.Christmas. You could have an Easter special. You are on BBC One on
:49:49. > :49:55.Christmas Eve. It is called Lapland about a Northern family from
:49:55. > :49:59.Liverpool. It is a little family who have lost my husband, grandma
:49:59. > :50:05.and grandpa. He has died, so they changed Christmas to try to get
:50:05. > :50:11.away from it. The family, her son, daughter and their respective
:50:11. > :50:21.partners and the Grand children go to Lapland. Special, magical. Let's
:50:21. > :50:31.
:50:31. > :50:37.have a look at you with your Jack. Jack, what's the matter,
:50:38. > :50:47.what's happened? I've messed up. It was my last chance to see Santa.
:50:48. > :50:51.
:50:51. > :51:01.I'm not going to see him now. come with me. Come on. I thought
:51:01. > :51:01.
:51:01. > :51:08.you did not like husky rides. not, but I love them now.
:51:08. > :51:17.Very nice, very beautiful. Where was it filmed? Norway, on the
:51:17. > :51:23.Arctic Circle. Did you go? Yes, you just saw me. There is the David
:51:23. > :51:30.Attenborough thing! Yes, we went. An hour and a half further north
:51:30. > :51:34.from Oslo. We were in an army camp, so we got up at half past five and
:51:34. > :51:42.staggered into make-up in the cold and the dark, and the army would be
:51:42. > :51:46.there. They would be lined up, doing their routines. Did you see
:51:46. > :51:52.the Northern Lights? Yes, they feature at the end of the film.
:51:52. > :51:59.Were you driving the huskies? Did you have a stunt double? May be in
:51:59. > :52:08.one other thing. But not that. I was on the huskies. It is a special
:52:08. > :52:15.night tonight because it is our staff Christmas party. He is the DJ.
:52:15. > :52:23.You know him as a DJ already, don't you? When did he DJ for you? He did
:52:23. > :52:27.it for my son when he was six, and he is now 32. I hired him for �25,
:52:27. > :52:32.him and two friends. They came and entertained them brilliantly and I
:52:32. > :52:38.have the photos to prove it. So can you tell them that I can do this DJ
:52:38. > :52:42.thing I am doing later. He can do it, but make sure they signed their
:52:42. > :52:47.cheques, because we did not. I will be starting with Nellie the
:52:47. > :52:57.Elephant. Now, some Christmas nostalgia with memories of
:52:57. > :53:01.
:53:01. > :53:06.At that time, we lived in Cookstown. The windows in the houses were very
:53:06. > :53:11.small sash windows. This was the first year we had a Christmas tree,
:53:11. > :53:16.so my mother had this paper and his glitter and my father had the small
:53:16. > :53:22.tree. It was on the windowsill. Even how small it was, it was still
:53:22. > :53:26.too big for the window so we had to trim the branches. My mother had a
:53:26. > :53:28.National dried milk tin, and she covered it with Christmas paper and
:53:28. > :53:35.my father filled the inside with sand and the tree was placed in
:53:35. > :53:38.there. Then he decided he would like to make a star. My father was
:53:39. > :53:45.very particular about measuring and he drew out the star, all of these
:53:45. > :53:50.points. And then my mother had fairy lights port, and he measured
:53:50. > :53:54.the diameter of the fairy light, so that he could cut the whole. I was
:53:54. > :53:59.sitting at the kitchen table watching him. I was fascinated with
:54:00. > :54:05.the whole thing and how you could do this. And then he cut two layers
:54:05. > :54:11.of cornflake packet and glued them together. And this was all very
:54:11. > :54:15.carefully painted. The points were painted with glue. And then the box
:54:15. > :54:19.of glitter. It reminded me of soap flakes that you could get at that
:54:19. > :54:25.time. This was carefully sprinkled over and we had to wait for it to
:54:25. > :54:30.set. It seemed like ages but eventually the glue was set and my
:54:30. > :54:34.father dusted off the surplus Glitter. In the meantime, my mother
:54:34. > :54:41.had some matchboxes and she wrapped them with the Christmas paper and
:54:41. > :54:44.tied them with coloured wall. These were hung on the branches. And then
:54:44. > :54:48.some cotton wool was put on the branches for snow. And the
:54:48. > :54:52.remainder of the Glitter was sprinkled over the tree. And then
:54:52. > :54:57.we decided which coloured light would be the best to show off the
:54:57. > :55:01.glitter. We tried several colours but decided that red was the better.
:55:01. > :55:05.The red ball was put into the star and my father wired them round and
:55:05. > :55:10.connected them. And then the big switch on. By the time we had made
:55:10. > :55:14.it, it had got dark. We switched off the light in the living room
:55:14. > :55:18.and I remember going out onto the street and looking in and it was
:55:18. > :55:22.just beautiful. I just think how privileged and proud I was of him
:55:22. > :55:29.that day because he made a Christmas special by making that
:55:29. > :55:33.star. When I close my eyes, I can just see the tree and go to that
:55:33. > :55:39.house. It was a very special Christmas, the best Christmas of my
:55:39. > :55:43.childhood. Christmas gone by. That was Anne
:55:43. > :55:50.McGuigan's story. Those images were cut from household magazines from
:55:50. > :56:00.the 1950s. We cannot have Brian Cox on the show without an experiment.
:56:00. > :56:05.Lee, Sue, are you up for this? is liquid nitrogen, minus 200
:56:05. > :56:09.degrees. The Large Hadron Collider is 27 kilometres in circumference,
:56:09. > :56:12.underneath Switzerland and a bit of France. It is 70 degrees colder
:56:12. > :56:18.than that. I want to show you what happens when you do things with
:56:18. > :56:21.this. This is the temperature of some of Jupiter's moons. There are
:56:21. > :56:26.places in the solar system where it is this temperature on the surface.
:56:26. > :56:36.I will show you what it does to living things. Imagine building 27
:56:36. > :56:37.
:56:37. > :56:42.kilometres of machine colder than this. That is a rose. Look at that.
:56:42. > :56:46.We need to do another one. reason I have got these on is
:56:46. > :56:50.because there is an egg there. I dropped a fresh egg in there and
:56:50. > :56:54.we're calling it down to see what it does to it. The most amazing
:56:54. > :56:57.thing about the technology of the machine, we talk about the
:56:57. > :57:07.discoveries, but the fact that you have to use things like this to
:57:07. > :57:10.
:57:10. > :57:19.make it work. Three, two, one. Amazing! Do not do this at home, do
:57:19. > :57:28.not put your hand in liquid nitrogen. Give that a whack. There
:57:28. > :57:35.are many places in the solar system where it is that cold. It has
:57:35. > :57:43.frozen the outside completely. It did not freeze the inside. You are
:57:43. > :57:46.back on TV at 9pm on BBC Two. And you have a book out. Yes, an