16/12/2016 The One Show

What about this for an entrance? Isn't it just, well, do the last

programme of 2016 with Matt Baker dot-macro and Alex Jones. How

magical is this? This is such a treat, so Christmassy, it's

beautiful. We are being brought in in absolute style. This isn't the

last we'll see of reindeers tonight, later we'll be in the Cairngorms

finding out how their friends cope with the wintry conditions. Absolute

timing. Thank you very much, James. Are you ready? Let me help you down.

Because the studio is of course loaded. Hello everyone. Very

well-behaved. They are having a singsong. Dave at the helm, of

course. Now someone amongst this lot are our guests tonight, where are

they? The stars of Last Tango in Halifax, Anne Reid and Sir Derek

Jacobi. I could hear you from outside, going, it's real sherry!

Tonight will be full of Christmas Eve traditions and undoubtedly this

is the time we fill our house with Turkey to tins of.

We've got mince pies, mistletoe. Lovely. Listen per of course there

is always room for more ideas, as Tommy has discovered, many are more

than happy to put your own spin on things. You're singing differently

to what Dave's playing. There are loads of things we do at

Christmas time and we don't realise where half the traditions come from.

Advent calendars were invented by a German housewife. Dad! To stop her

kids constantly asking when Christmas is. Christmas trees were

meant to have snakes in them, it goes back to a play about Adam and

Eve. Tindall is more common nowadays. You are as likely to see a

snake in a Christmas tree as a partridge in a pear tree. The 12

days of Christmas song was based on a recipe. I'll need a partridge,

Kabul turtledoves, six geese and 12 drummers drumming. Is there a

certain way of doing something in your house nobody else does? There's

no Turkey, there is a rib of beef. Christmas Eve we do a big Norwegian

dinner. It's dried cod, reconstituted dot-macro I would have

done cauliflower cheese. One thing must happen every single year,

imagine a map of Britain, my dad has six brothers, six sisters, he has to

be on the telephone to all of them. Have my dinner, me and my daughter

go for a run. You don't join with the run? I washed the pots. You have

to have Christmas cake with white cheese, preferably Wensleydale.

Leaves the mince pie out for Santa, the only one I'm allowed to have. I

wait till they've gone to bed and I pinch it. Have you had your

Christmas kiss yet? No. Look above you right now dot-macro Merry

Christmas, guys! Denied we'd love to hear about some

of the Christmas traditions you have adopted in your household. --

tonight we'd like to hear. We have a selection of festive

nipples, Anne and Derek. I wouldn't go for the sausages, to be honest.

Anne, we hear you're sometimes more a fan of a stir-fry at Christmas

time. Oh gosh. No, what happens, my son brought his then girlfriend ran

for Christmas lunch about ten years ago. To my new apartment. I just

moved down from Manchester. I put the usual stuff in the oven, opened

a bottle of champagne, exchanged presents, had a few drinks, laughs,

about an hour and a half later I went into the kitchen to check on

the cooking and the oven wasn't even switched on. LAUGHTER

I had no idea how that happened. So we had a stir-fry Christmas. And

I've never been allowed to do it since. No. But I'm very happy not to

do it. In my house, sit on a chair dot-macro the plan worked, Anne. Are

you a dab hand in the kitchen, Derek? I can't boil water. I'm like

you, Derek. You've never had to, have you? Two. The next day a guest

from my dinner party came for coffee, they were hungry, they found

some potato. They said, nice jacket potato. I didn't know how to turn

the oven on. And I'd given this wonderful dinner party the night

before. Friends had done it, left, and were the last guests to arrive,

they said a terribly sorry we're late. But they had done the cooking.

It's wonderful just seeing City of you interact, because it's like

watching Last Tango in Halifax, the Perotti. I hope not, I'm much nicer

than that! And he's a good deal brighter than Alan. It's been two

years since the Last Tango. It has, have we aged? Not even a day. What

we're going to do is bring viewers up to speed, if they haven't seen

the first lot. Brace yourselves. The show starts when Allen meets his

childhood sweetheart Celia online and they rekindled their romance

after 60 years. Their daughters Gillian and Caroline don't get on

and things really kick off when one of them has a one night stand with

the other one's ex-husband. Then Alan has a heart attack. In series

to Margaret Allen and Celia get married in secret and find out they

are going to be grandparents. Lovely news. Alan's daughter Gillian admits

she's killed her husband. In the last theory is a line falls in love

with a woman but Celia refuses to attend the wedding. Caroline's new

wife died in a car crash. It wasn't a quiet retirement you were hoping

for, was it? I'd forgotten all that. Listen, we're going to look at a

clip from the Christmas special, this is Celia trying to convince

Alan to take up a new hobby. We haven't seen this. Janice has

stepped in direct but we've got no want to play Doctor Bradman. I don't

know anyone dot-macro I said you'd do it. Me? You'd be perfect. I can't

act. Surely they've got old folk. Apparently not. It's such fun, Alan,

everyone is so pleasant, I'm sure you'd enjoy it. I can't start

learning lines at my age. A bit of amateur dramatics for you. Good fun.

You seem to have a ball together. I did it once before on an episode of

Frasier, I had to be a bad Shakespearean actor, it was like

falling off a log. He got an Emmy for it. When you're on the phone,

going, I can't learn lines at my age. I enjoyed saying that. Is it

true you have a ritual when filming, you go for dinner every night you

have a gin and tonic, you have a glass of wine. How do you know this?

It's absolutely true. We stay in the same hotel. We get our make-up off.

We change our clothes, we meet in the bar. The G and T, the Vino

Griego. Then into the restaurant for dinner. The gossip. We never run out

of things to talk about, it happens every night. It's wonderful. It's

strange isn't it, ten years ago if anyone had said you're going to be

this close to Sir Derek Jacobi and playing his wife and everything I

would have thought they were bonkers. But we just get on like a

house on fire. It's lovely. We do. You must have been delighted, we

talk about the gap of two years between the last one and this, it

must have been wonderful to hear it was coming around again. We hope,

this is the first two episodes of series 4-macro. It's all vague at

the moment but we are praying, I'm certainly dot-macro we certainly

want to do some more. It's up to them to find things to do with us.

They found plenty. These two old things, what do you do with them?

They might be moving to Huddersfield? No, Sarah, Caroline,

has got a new school. No, we don't. I wouldn't give any more spoilers.

You can see the Last Tango in Halifax. Go anywhere in the world

and you would be hard pushed to find someone who doesn't know the story

of Rudolph the reindeer. I've started laughing already. All of the

songs. Gretchen or the song. You have to tell everybody what you

thought the words were. Rudolph the red nosed reindeer had a very shiny

nose, you would even say it dot-macro no, you would even say

hello. All these years. It's sad, isn't it? You would even say hello!

It glows! Well apparently Derek. If those were the lyrics this film

wouldn't make any sense at all. Here we go.

I've come to the Cairngorm Mountains in Scotland, home to a very hardy

herd of reindeer. It's so cold here it's classed as sub Arctic.

Temperatures have been recorded as low as 27 degrees. Reindeer have a

range of extraordinary adaptations to help them deal with extreme cold.

I want to take a closer look at these and in the process show that

Rudolph may not be the only red nosed reindeer. I enlisted the help

of my willing assistant, Grunter. How do you cope walking through

thick snow? When tracking in any mountain environment, you have to

wear special footwear. Grunter has hooves with sharp edges to dig into

the ice. They splay out as they touch the ground. It stops her

sinking into soft snow. Even the way Grunter walks is perfectly adapted

to life on snow. Her hind feet fit seamlessly into footprints of her

forefeet, halving the amount of effort spent compacting snow. Next

up, how to survive the fierce icy gales. Rice now I've got five layers

on, this protective outer layer to keep me wind and waterproof. Under

that, a layer of down. Then three fleece layers under that, all to

keep me warm. What about Grunter? She's wearing two. A long protective

guards lay on the outside, then under that, much more dense,

fluffier, acting like the down feathers of a bird, it'll insulated

against the extreme cold she lives in. Reindeer are so well insulated

from the cold they don't even melt the snow when they lie down. How

about the mystery of the red nose? Take a look through the lens of this

thermal imaging camera. Blue shows no heat loss, you can see how well

Grunter's for is insulating her, keeping once locked inside. Now take

a look at this. Grunter's nose appears red, this is where most of

her heat is escaping. There's a really good reason for that. To warn

its core, a reindeer draws heat away from its extremities, except it

snows. Warm blood is pumped towards the nose, preventing it from

freezing, and to help warm air before it passes into the lungs. So,

there you have it, there is more to the Rudolph story than first meets

the eye. Santer, if you're watching, and you want assistance this year,

Grunter the red nose reindeer is more than happy to help out.

How beautiful was that. Don't say hello, it makes no sense! Our

reindeer are still outside, they are spending the night with us. Now

we're going to talk about this new album. The pair of you are singing

together. It's called you are the best thing that ever has happened to

me. How did this come about? Whose idea was it? Well, we, I don't know

who was the very first person who actually thought of it, but Derek

can I tell about your accident? You had a terrible accident two years

ago, fell down some stairs on holiday, was hoisted back to London

on a stretcher, it was touch and go whether you would ever walk again.

He was in hospital for a very long time and I went to visit him. He was

feeling a bit low one day, I said, we won't be able to jive any more.

Because we jive in Last Tango. I'd heard him sing at the wedding and

everything. I said, we could sing, do you fancy doing a CD? Like a

flash he said, yes, I'd like that. A record company got involved. United

agents. And Jason Carr, who has done all the arrangements. Wonderful

arrangements. It kind of happened. You didn't need any dot-macro I did.

It's lovely. He got in the studio, said I can't sing, then turned into

Matt Munro. It's full of traditional musical songs, it's very good. Let's

have a listen. # I may be wrong

# But I think you're wonderful # Thank you darling

# I may be wrong but I think you're swell

# The we learned our lesson but we wish we were in love again

# But I like it # How about you? #

So Sir Derek a bit of a dream come true? A nightmare! I loved do itting

it. Have never sung professionally, like that, and with Annie and Jason,

they made my life so much easier, I kept saying you can do it, which

helps a lot. That is a glimpse into our future right there. There you

go. Ten years. Ten years? Next year. Any way listen, with your love of

good music we think you are going to love this next little Christmas

scene. Some of you may have seen it. This is the most enthusiastic

Nativity singer ever and her angelic voice has made her an overnight

internet situation. # He came from the glory

# Yes! # Oh yes!

# Came from glory! # Glorious kingdom! Well, let us

have a round of applause. That was filmed 20 years ago. However, The

One Show team has managed to track that little angel down, to

Nottingham University's law school, and Ellie is here tonight.

APPLAUSE El Ellie you have provided me with

hours of entertainment. I thought you were four, didn't realise you

were a grown woman. No, I say I am that girl from the Nativity and they

go, bigger than I expected. Do you remember anything about that? I do.

I remember my mum telling me to sing as loudly as I could, so... You did.

So I did. Do you remember the tin foil wings? I remember hitting

several people with the wings, but they were quite a spectacle. How

delighted are you this has resurfaced? Erdots dots I think it

is great how happy it makes people and how many people across the world

have seen it, in Australia, and America, so, you know, it is

fantastic, it spread so much joy. At the expense of my... Think you

should embrace it. You can still see how loud you are! It is still rooted

there within, it is lovely. Deep down inside. Listen, thank you for

being with us. We are going to go over the a Carol service, so if you

fancy a bit of a sing, don't be shy. We will see. Maybe. We will stand

you at the back. We have to give a special shout out to this school,

because they have beener their Nativity and they did a One Show

section, Callum is Matt and Lauren is me there. Thank you. Very good.

Thank you to the people that are sending in pictures this evening, we

have one from the Hayes, the household like to make sure people

take part in the festivities, including the horse. And this is

Maddison, whose Christmas tradition is this giant, massive advent

calendar full of chocolates and gifts, there is effort and

ridiculous. Brilliant. Over to The Pub Landlord Al Murray who has take

an break to delve into the story behind one of the most magical

Christmas tradition. This is more sinister than you might imagine.

When it comes to this time of year, I am as much of a sucker for festive

cheer as the next guy. Until recently I had no idea how much my

life was intertwined with one of the best-loved Christmas traditions and

it is thanks to a forebearer of mine, William make piece Thackeray.

That is right. You may not know it to look at me and who would, but, my

ancestor was in fact one of Britain's most celebrated Victorian

novelists, best known for his masterpiece Vanity Fair. But he

discovered a children's tale that would become beloved by the British

public. DJ Taylor is an expert on Thackeray's life.

Back in November 1833 Thackeray was then 22, became the proprietor of a

literary magazine called the National Standard on page two of

this one is a history of cracker took. What is that? That is a

translation of a German fairy tale which was originally called The

Nutcracker and the mouse king. Thackeray discovered the original

story on which the ballet was subsequently based an was the first

person to translate it into English. Thackeray selected a small section

of the storely to translate but it was far from the sweet tale we know

today. In fact it would probably keep most children up at night.

Instead of the lovely white and red cheeks, which he had before there

was a great deformed head, on a little withered body. The blue eyes

had changed into a pair of great green goggles and the mouth had

stretched from ear to ear. The bizarre tale follows a young

girl whose favourite toy, a nutcracker comes to life and whisks

her away to a magical kingdom after battling the evil mouse king.

Over half a century later, the story was picked up again, this time by

the Russian Composter Thai cover skip who turned this obscure fairy

tale into a ballet that would become a global phenomenon. So what I want

to know is how did this chilling tale that the young Thackeray loved

end up a steadfast family favourite? Judith is a ballet critic and can

fill me in on the next twist of the tale. He was commissioned to write a

score round The Nutcracker and he and his choreographers used that

tale to create a simplified version of the story that could be told

through music and dance. Was a big success? No, given the hundreds of

thousands of companies that now perform it. It was so complicated it

was disjointed so people thought it was rather a Trevorian work. How did

it re-emerge? In 1934 in bulletin, a new production was put together, and

that developed into the Christmas fixture we know now. It is an

interesting transformation. Ballet companies realised this was box

office gold, if they could present this as the Christmas family

entertainment. The Nutcracker's final transformation has entranced

British audiences ever since. Tonight, I am about to witness it

for myself. The roll ballet has allowed me

special access to watch the brins pal ballerina rehearse the sugar

plum fairy. -- principal.

What began as a fairy tale has become a Christmas classic, with a

truly international pedigree. The final version may be a far cry

from its literary beginnings but even Thackeray couldn't deny its

charm. Beautiful. Thank you so much to the

Royal Ballet and The Nutcracker son at the Royal Opera House until 12th

January. That would be a nice day out. Thanks to Al as well. Shall we

say thank you for more of your wonderful pictures you are sending

in? Amy says she has steak for dinner. Rachel and her husband do a

Star Wars theme every year. This family go to the beach first thing

Christmas morning with a bottle of champagne. What a lovely thought.

That is a nice idea. Shall we go somewhere now? Coats on. We are off

next door to the church because they are having their Carol service. They

are. Anne and Derek have legged it because they wanted some really good

seats at the front. So we are trailing behind rather. It's the

last show of 2016. We would like to introduce you to little elves who

work on The One Show. Here they are. The One Show team. Christmas party

tonight, everyone is getting in the mood. They are the brilliant people

on the show together. Thank you. Full of lots of highlights and all

sorts this year. I think my favourite has to be, the Rickshaw

Challenge, which is... Of course. For those of you that didn't see it,

myself and six fabulous wried rider who have benefitted from children in

the past set off from Jedburgh and cycled all it will way here, 474

miles. And the total, well it keeps growing because we are still

counting the cheques. Nice jacket. The cheques keep on coming and so

far, the total as it stands, is ?4159,000 Absolutely incredible. It

is already over last year's total which we never nought would happen.

So a very big thank you to everybody who has shown their support and

donated. You are so generous. We will pop in to All Souls, so if you

turn round and have a look, we will go and join them.

# Gloria... # That sounded absolutely lovely and

thank you to everybody here at All Souls for having us back again, it

is really nice to be back for the last show of the year. Hello

everyone. Don't mind us, we are doing The One Show. We have Reverend

Hugh who is holding the service, it has been a strange, odd year, lots

of things happening that people didn't expect, so what are you

saying to people? What is your message to bring people together at

this time of year? I think you are right, it has been a difficult year,

and sometimes difficult is pulls us apart, sometimes it draws us

together. It is difficult if you are homeless there is a home less man

nearer who who chalked the message don't look down on me, do something.

I think sometimes we talk to God like this, but Christmas gives a lie

to this, at Christmas God didn't look down, he came down, Jesus came

to the crib, went to the cross to rescue us, we can't have him as a

saviour and back after it has been tough. There is a right Christmas

spirit question get caught up in, whether we are from any faith or

none, a spirit that values fellow human being, that comes on top of

the history of Christmas that tells the world he made still matters to

God and should do to us. Thank you. That is. Almost it for tonight and

for 2016. We hope you have enjoyed watching the show as much as we have

enjoyed making it. Yes, so thank you so much to our guests. There they

are. And to everybody here as well. Many thanks to everyone here. We do

hope you all have a very Merry Christmas. We will be back on the

2nd January. There is time for another Carol so all arise if you

would and join in, Merry Christmas. # We wish you a merry Chris

# We wish you a Merry Christmas # We wish you a Merry Christmas

# And a happy New Year # Good tidings we bring

# To you and your king # We wish you a Merry Christmas and

a happy New Year # Now bring us a fig you pudding

# Now bring us a figgy pudding # And a glass of good cheer

# Good tidings we bring # To you and your king

# We wish you a Merry Christmas # And a happy mass

# And a happy New Year!