17/07/2012 The One Show

Hello and welcome to The One Show with Matt Baker and Alex Jones.

Tonight's guest has been having nightmares because he is so nervous

about what he has got to do next week. Not only is he carrying the

Olympic torch, he is doing it in front of 8 million people. He is

the East End are from EastEnders, Perry Fenwick. Good to see you.

Well come back. First of all, how come you have 8 million people

watching? Because it is part of EastEnders. It is kind of life, my

life, fiction blurring at the moment. They are going to do this

live? Yes, we have shot 20 minutes of an episode and the last 10

minutes will go out live. It will go along with the torch relay.

probably won't help, we have this wonderful clip of the wonderful

Sally Gunnell. Here she goes, a little pothole in the road. She

takes a little tumble. Being the superb athlete that she is, she

regains it. It sounds terrible, but it has taken the heat off me a bit.

And the flame has gone out previously. Exactly. You are

genuinely nervous? I am like that, I really am. There is another big

story line coming up for Billy, he is going to be a great grandfather

at 53 years old. How does this make you feel? Old, I suppose. For want

of a better answer. Tonight, we want to scrutinise the EastEnders

script writers. How many great grandparents are there out there in

their 50s watching right now? Send us a picture of you with your great

grandchild and tell us how old you are. When Queen Victoria wanted a

private beach, she simply bought one. It has just reopened. It is on

the Isle of Wight. When John Bunn from West Sussex decided he needed

When the sun shines during the Great British summer, people in

their droves flocked to our beaches. But today is not one of those days.

Howling wind and rain aside, we like being beside the seaside. But

for centuries, we have had to fit our homes, livelihood, even

holidays around the floods and the erosion of our ever-changing

Take South Sea on the south coast of England. A popular summer

holiday destination. Erosion here is a big problem. In places, up to

14 metres of prime holiday coastline has been washed out to

sea in the last 10 years. As the old adage says, Time and tide waits

for no man. That is unless the man is John Bunn. This modern-day King

Canute has an empire of this, and is spending millions trying to keep

back the sea. What erosion have you had? We have lost about 15 metres

since the 80s. It was becoming accelerated, we lost quite a large

it in 2008. -- quite a lot. Our sole concern is the sea and if we

have a bridge, we have a major problem. We are putting in 14

million-plus pounds to protect the business and build what will be a

fantastic beach amenity and facility after that. The beach that

pre-tax John's holiday park from the sea is in trouble. What -- the

beach that protects. What is happening here is called Long

children. Every time they wave comes in, it washes pebbles up the

beach -- it is called Longshaw drift. But because the waves are

coming at an angle, you go up the beach at an angle. Then you are

tracked back down, but straight down. Gradually over time, you do a

zig-zag up and down the beach, gradually moving in that direction.

Now imagine that the whole beach is doing that at the same time.

Eventually, this speech will go that way. John is going to put the

old beach back where it was. But how do you go about building a

beach? Lots of machinery and rocks, that is how. What is going on?

are placing something like 360,000 cubic metres of shingle and about

100,000 tonnes of rock. What is the big chain of sausages for? This is

how we deliver the shingle to the beach. It is stony and Sandy, we

get it from bank's offshore. We get about 3,000 cubic metres of sand

into the ship. The ship comes over do here, connects to the floating

pipeline and pumps it ashore. Then we read profile that with

bulldozers and excavators to get the shape we need. That is how we

build a beach. Are you concerned this will have to be done over and

over again? That is the thing about beaches like this. You can't just

walk away from it. It needs to be maintained. We will monitor the

movement of the beach over the coming months and years and we will

be recommending how the caravan park should redistribute the

shingle. The weather is doing its best to eroding coastline today,

but in a few short weeks there will be a brand new beach here, for

everyone to enjoy and build sandcastles on.

Fascinating. The last time we met, Perry, it was quite exciting for us.

We were going to be on EastEnders. We have to point out, we didn't

realise it was going to be red button. A little bit disappointed.

You should have talked to your agent. If people want to see it on

the red button, how can they go about it? After the show tonight,

at the titles come up, a voice will announce to press your red button.

Give it a couple of seconds and it starts. What is the story? It is

part of your night. It is the whole thing, it is me and Billy, we are

becoming the same person. He it is nice to have been here as Paris.

Exactly, but I am still thinking of belief. -- Billy. Billy is dreading

the worse things that can happen to him. Trousers falling down, all of

these sorts of nightmares, which consequently I have been having as

well. -- coincidence live. It is about him trying to meet up with

other torch-bearers. He has a mad cab driver driving him around play

by on it jelly. -- Omid Djalili. is kind of a dream? You have

brought it with you for us to see. Are you sitting comfortably? Can we

get security in here. You are all right, I will see myself out. Once

I am gone, you can do it again, can't you? We are live, you idiot.

There you go. That is possibly the most surreal moment of my life,

watching myself be Billy on The One Show, being on The One Show

watching myself do that. I am going mad! That took ages. For that tiny

bit. It will be very good. As well as stellar performances from us,

Omid Djalili is in it with you. He did it in a different style, he

didn't script to the -- stick to the script. Sometimes. He is

brilliant at improvisation. He is a very funny man. We kind of Clegg,

worked really well. He said, are you OK if I say this? -- we kind of

collector. He came out with a lot of funny stuff. -- we kind of

There is a great section where you jump back into his cab. Are you an

athlete? No. I didn't think so, it it is your chest, it is like a

pigeon. Your face just says, I am a It is seven minutes of live

television. You have timed it so that the torch should take 30

seconds to get around the square. Yeah, apparently you have to run a

lot slower. If I ate jog around, it would take at me about half a

minute. -- if I jogged around. it part of a scene, having got

lines? There is a lot more staff than just me carrying the torch.

Well something go wrong? I hope not. I mean in the story line. I don't

know, I am starting to realise why they put my character to do it,

because I think most people think something will go on. I'll be happy

at 9:30pm on Monday. He is genuinely nervous. You will be

great. As Perry, you grew up very close to where the Olympic Park is.

What was life like? It was a different place. You still had the

docks. Most of the area of Stratford, for years, it was a

wasteland. Have you been back? I am a big West Ham fan. When I go

to see the team, if I get out a bit early, I drive around the old

haunts. By incredible transformation. It is quite amazing.

We will talk more about your Olympic nightmare later on! Piling

If you are having a ready meal, you might wonder why the picture on the

box does not bear a resemblance to what is on your plate. You don't

have to want any more. One Show reporter reveals the secrets of One

Show at -- of food photography. Chefs and foodies say we eat with

our eyes first. That is why the world of food photography is big

business. Glossy images of tempting treats are everywhere. The people

charged with attempting our taste buds are food photographers and

They have agreed to let me and you want some of the club and sometimes

quite bizarre secrets of food photography. Everyone will

recognise this as a modern digital camera. They might not recognise

this, tell me about your kit. like the old-fashioned view finders.

It is made for digital. Does it produce enormous photos? They are

quite big, this is 60 million pixels. That doesn't come cheap,

the camera set-up costs north of �60,000. Preparing the food for the

camera borders on artistry. have to understand how food behaves,

what it does under light and with certain chemicals. I try to be as

natural as possible, a double as possible. It has to look really

appetising and if it doesn't, forget it. Remaining appetising

under studio conditions means a few tricks. Glycerin, often used as a

preservative or sweetener, is sprayed on salad leaves to make

them look more fresh. Smashed glass doubles as eyes that one of The

Mall. Cold golden syrup holds sauce or gravy in a lovely shape. For

today's shoot, fillet steak, which has to be the right shape. When I

bought this, it was thick one end and thin the other. I have put it

in some clingfilm and skewered the answer it is really tight for --

the end and so it is really tight. It is vital that the state retains

its firmness and doesn't look dry. There are cunning ways of ending --

adding that just growled colour, brushing with yeast extract and sh

searing the outside with a blowtorch -- just grilled colour.

am going to shoot the tomatoes and the fillet of beef. You are

building it layer by layer? Yes, because we can't get everything in

perspective at the same time. finished photograph is combined of

three shots, combined digitally on the computer. The style is stark

and minimal, which is in vogue and quite different from some of

Darren's more traditional work. Now for pudding. You might be tempted

to try to eat the subject, but beware. All is not what it seems.

This is fake ice-cream, made from margarine and icing sugar. The

brilliant thing about it is that it doesn't mould. You appear to be

washing ice-cream. Yes. Trish takes the fruity bits from the real ice-

cream and puts them in with her fate ice-cream mix, along with a

little food colouring. The result is absolutely convincing. With the

ice-cream ready, time for the cherry pie. By now, it won't

surprise you that even that is not quite what it seems. We are going

to deconstruct the pie, then reconstruct it on set. Because at

the moment, the pie is filled with tissue paper. I was going to say it

doesn't look a lot like cherries underneath. The crust is

transferred with surgical precision on to the filling. We can put the

chair is exactly where we want them and make the sauce come out where

we want. I have never met a man with more

eye for detail. Cotton wool soaked in boiling water

is placed behind PI to create the right pattern of rising stint --

behind the pipe. We have been about seven-and-a-half hours trying to

achieve two photographs. It might seem like a long time, but

comparing this shock waves are finished photograph, you can

clearly see that every painstaking second is worth it -- comparing

this shot with our finished product. I thought I took a lot of care in

my photography and it turns out I We made up some of the Earl's

Croome we saw in that photograph, and we have real ice-cream as well,

and we will be asking you to taste one of them. There is the spoon,

you don't have to eat off the plate. That one. I'm not sure after eating

that. One of them is margarine and sugar. No, that is ice-cream.

Drive that one. Oh, no, that they scream. I think I'm going mad

enough at the moment! That fooled everyone. The fun you have on a

Tuesday night, I'm not normally here. This whole scenario, this

suggests it is all right to lie when it comes to advertising food.

We checked with the advertising authority, and they said you can do

what you like, as long as you aren't trying to deceive anybody.

For example, if you use margarine and it doesn't melt under the

lights, that is fine as long as it is not being used to deceive. Most

of the time There is no point because it is harder to come up

with something that looks like it. We have three burgers as well.

all bought at the same time, and put them against her photographic

versions. They all said the same thing - we don't use anything other

than the real ingredients and then photographed them to the best of

their advantage. They do not mislead. They do things like poke

the ingredients to the front. McDonald's went one stage further

and put that thing on mind showing how they do this with the burgers,

using a blowtorch to melt the cheese, and they even inject tomato

ketchup to get it into exactly the right place. They just happen to

place it more carefully. Purposefully being brutally honest

about the whole scenario. Yes, they know that the consumer is rather

savvy. The question is are they trying to deceive us? You would

have to be pretty dumb if you thought they weren't going to do

that. The bottom-line is don't forget, they want your money.

have done a lot of adverts in the past, and you have to use all sorts

of stuff like this, but that is clotted cream. Yes, I did an advert

years ago and I had to drink that. What is Libya in the Old Vic?

don't like that. I think it is non- alcoholic lager. You never see me

with a pint, I just have a bottle with lemonade in it. That is the

image gone! Knowing that you are financially securing times of

trouble provides some comfort for family members being diagnosed with

a terminal illness. As far as insurance policies are concerned,

you have got to make sure you have the right kind, as Wendy Robbins

found out. Nearly a year ago, this couple got some terrible news.

Doctors told Michael he had motor neuron disease, a progressive and

terminal condition that damages the nervous system. What kind of

symptoms did you start getting? was his speech. Roundabout last

summer, his speech was very slurred. If you like, he sounded drunk, but

he wasn't. It is affecting the muscles in his mouth. He can't chew,

he has difficulty swallowing, he can joke very easily. His muscles

are dying. The cruellest thing is there is no cure. Mike and Debbie

do have life insurance which will pay out �240,000 should Michael Di,

enough to clear the mortgage on their home in Essex. The policy

also covers terminal illness, meaning that if one of them was

told by the doctor that if they had less than 12 months to live, the

life cover would be paid out early. One less thing for them to worry

about, right? Wrong. The trouble is doctors can't give a confident

prediction about his life expectancy. Because they can't be

sure he has less than 12 months to live, the policy will not be paid

early. I don't understand why the insurance company can't give a

little. I want my husband to live as long as possible. Why have they

put me in a position where I have got to prove he will be dead in 12

months? Michael is moving full-time at the moment to pay the mortgage,

does he have to work that hard? he does. If they paid out, it would

make life easier and he would have the choice not to go to work. It is

not a good situation to be in at the moment. The policy is with

Scottish Provident. The terms and conditions to say the terminal

illness benefit will only apply if the policyholder is diagnosed with

less than 12 months to live. The Motor neurone disease Association

says this is a problem when you have an unpredictable illness.

Motor neurone disease is a terminal illness. It may be 12 months, 14

months, six months, but it is terminal, and families will be

going through a very tough time and need as much help and support as

possible. A bit of latitude in terms of understanding the meaning

of terminal illness helps. In this case Scottish Provident have not

broken any rules by turning down the claim. The family would have to

have chosen a different kind of policy to be covered. If someone

wanted a guarantee they would get a payout when they became on well,

what kind of policy should they be taking out? It is going to be a

critical illness policy. They have a series of core benefits.

Alternatively, if you want something which will pay out an

income when you can't work any more because you are sick, you might

want an income benefit. Those contracts will be more expensive,

but at least you have peace of mind you will get something for it.

Scottish Covenant told us they appreciate this is a very difficult

time for the family and that they will assess the claim again, should

the medical opinion about Michael's life-expectancy change. My greatest

worry is Michael. He shouldn't feel obligated to go to work every day.

He is dying, he has got limited time. It is time we should be

spending together. We wish Michael and Debbie all the best. Perry, you

are an East End boy, which is not famed for its very wildlife, but we

have a quiz for you. Can you work out what these tracks are from? Are

they the ghostly poor Prince of Little Willy? Or a do they signal

the return of Wellard from the other side? This week we are on the

Ashby Canal in Leicestershire, showing this family the best of

canal Wildlife on their holiday. Right below the towpath we settled

the camera to find out what was moving around on the edge of the

canal in the dark. Now is the time to see if there are any visitors.

The sand trap was a complete success. Can you see the

footprints? These happened while you were asleep on the narrow vote.

Would you like to change your mind about what animal it might have

been? Yes, I think a fox. No, I am going to stick with a badger.

the toes. Five toes. That tells me that your mum was right. A fox was

a very good guess, but normally you would see four toes. Would you like

to see what we caught on the cameras last night? Yes. This is

the animal - you were right, it is badgers. So have you seen them

before? I haven't, no. How many badgers live down the hole?

Generally a family is between six and 10, but that is one of the

biggest badger setts I have ever seen. How many did you count?

think there are probably at least a dozen, maybe more, and they have

the most amazing sense of smell. Their sense of smell is 800 times

better than yours. I think it can probably smell the camera. Then

suddenly, watch this... It starts to lick the camera. Very impressive

neighbours, just a metre or two from the towpath. One of the most

dramatic features of the can now is this tunnel. It may not seem the

most obvious place for wildlife watching, but who is up for a

spider hunt? I am. This is 230 metres long, extremely dark, and

the perfect home for a cava spider. -- cave spider. They are big,

aren't they? It looks like one of them came out of one of the pom-pom

things. These are the spiders' Sacks. We want to find a big fat

female. That one! She is good. Pete is trying to catch one with little

success, but luckily we have brought along the super spider

sucker. This one has a swollen abdomen, and she will be building

herself MX- -- an egg sack and she may lay more than 100 eggs. The

spiders will spend their whole lives in total darkness. The next

time you are travelling through these tunnels, you will be looking

out for them, won't you? Make sure they don't land on your head.

Tomorrow I will be planning a stake out for an elusive swimmer.

Talking of happy families, earlier on we mentioned that Perry's

character to Billy will be becoming a grandfather. We asked you for

photographs. This is Christine Phillips' parents with their great