17/12/2012 The One Show

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

Now, one thing you may now know about tonight's guess is that he is

starring in Sting, but, one thing you may not know is that he started

life training to be a priest. Well, the Vatican's loss is comedy's gain

it is Johnny Vegas! APPLAUSE It's me! I tell you what, that fact

about you train took a priest, that took me by surprise. You stopped

were you were 12? I did. I went for four terms for the first year. Up

to Christmas on the second term. If you had carried on, say, what

type of priest would you have made? I probably, now, if you are asking

me at this point in time, I would have been mad for the confessions.

Would you? You know, living through other people's lives, requiring

more detail! I don't know. I would have been a bit of a rock and

roller priest. Fire and brimstone. Any thoughts to go back? I did for

a while. Oddly. When I was about 26 or 27. It was that thing of ladies

still not taking an interest... God will have me! Well, we will talk

more about this. If Johnny were to go back, he would be part of a

growing trend of clergymen whose first career was not the church.

Declan Lawn meets those following the new Archbishop Canterbury's

example by bringing background into the priesthood. The Church of

England is facing a difficult time. If it is not empty pews, it is the

issue of women at the hem or same- sex marriages.

The new Archbishop Canterbury has his work cut out. Can his

experience in the oil industry calm the choppy waters? Could the church

do with more priests from the professional backgrounds? The new

Archbishop Canterbury is in the alone from moving to a secular to a

sacred career. More than 80% of clergy have come to it as a second

job. From all sorts of places, the law, the military, accountancy,

banking. So how do things that they have learned outside of the church,

help them inside it? Former banker Steve Bunting thinks so. He left

his �30,000 a year job running a bank for an �18,000 a year vocation,

serving a congregation in the Welsh seaside town of Mumbles. His swap

think -- his flock think that he has brought new life to the people.

You see people in a different, outside of the church, that it

gives you that whole picture, really.

While washing away sins, Reverend Steven's banking skills are on

offer to preserve the church. We are about to launch a

restoration for the church. How to market that. In some ways I was a

sales person, now I am selling Jesus, as want of a better phrase

as opposed to selling loans. Steve's boss thinks that his

banking background is a major asset. He comes as we are launching a �1

million restoration appeal so, we are obviously tapping into his

skills as a former bank manager. On a practical level, yes, what he has

learned from the past, he is putting that to good use for the

work of the church. The church needs the great variety

of people to be able to reach as many people as possible. The

difficulty is trying to get those skills out of people, I think. That

takes good leadership to be able to do that.

More and more people are opting for a second career in the church. Who

is to say whether it is the regular salary or the security a job in the

clergy offers that is attracting the recruits. The church's records

show actors, factory workers, cabbies, even a boxer have been

ordained. Two years ago, two thirds of those starting ordination

training were over the age of 40. St Michael's College in Cardiff is

one of 13 places in Britain where full-time training gets the

candidates a clerical colour. The majority of students have come from

other walks of life. In the past people in their 20s were told to

get life experience before coming to the church. Now they are those

that feel an injection of younger, newer blood is needed.

I think that if people got experience, what it tended to mean

is that the church was sayingtherapy -- saying that they

were not interested in young students. I think it is hugely

important to reverse that policy. What do younger people, who want to

be ordained, bring to the church? They believe that the church has a

future. They don't buy all of the talk about decline. That sense of

enthusiasm is not something that you always catch from reading the

new -- newspapers about where the church is.

The new Archbishop Canterbury may not have youth on his side, but the

Reverend feels that is what is needed forb the church to survive.

The church is not a business, but parts of it can be. I think that

the new Archbishop Canterbury has a wealth of experience, not only in

finances, in ethics, but also in conflict resolution, all sorts of

things that the church needs right now.

Well, one man that know what is he is doing is Reverend Nicky Gumbel.

Welcome, Nicky. Thank you very much.

Now, the church is looking to answers as to why the pews are less

full, but in your congregation there are about 4,000 every Sunday

it is incredible. What is your church doing that is different to

other churchs? I think lots of churches are full. What I see is a

huge spiritual hunger amongst the young. We run the Alpha Course

three time as year, getting about 1,000 people each time. The average

age is 27. People are asking questions, what is the meaning of

life? What is the purpose of life? What happens when I die? What about

forgiveness guidance? These are questions that people ask about.

Is that what they ask on the Alpha Course? They can ask whatever they

like. They come, they have a meal, they have a talk. Who is Jesus? Why

did he die? Then we have coffee and ask more questions. This is not

about being preached at it is low key it is unpressurised, it is a

group of friends discusing the questions of life, the big

questions of life. What techniques do you use to reach out to the

young people in the first place? Mainly it is word of mouth. People

have experience of God that changes their lives, they tell their

friends to come and see. People realise it is not about rules,

religion, but a relationship with God. That is the heart of it. I was

an atheist. I came from an atheist background. I had an encounter with

Jesus that changed my life. You were a barrister? Yes, but a

chin barrister. It's as far as way from Jesus as you can be! So a

radical life change. When you say you had an encounter

with Jesus, what do you mean by that? Well, I read the New

Testament. I met people who said that they knew Jesus. I thought,

what are they talking about, they are mad! So I read the New

Testament. I wanted to find out what it was about. In the pages of

the New Testament, it was as if Jesus came alive. I started to real

-- realise you could know this person.

Johnny, you have recently found your religion again? I went back

looking. It is something that never goes away. I had a chin upbringing,

but I have not always lived a Christian lifestyle. I have fought

against it, but I think inately, there is a goodness there. My

parents, I think are the people that got through what they got

through and managed to bring me the upbringing that they did because of

their faith, but when it jars me, sometimes there is is a reason to

get -- to want to get rid of it, but it is difficult.

Well, you are looking well? Well, that is not God, that is just me.

Well, I hope you are in good form. You are going to do some singing?

Thank you, Nicky. It is time for the favourite song on The One Show

# The weather is frightful # Christine is delightful

# She's looking for things to grow # In the snow

# In the snow. # Winter in the Pennines, summer blooms are long

gone and autumn gloryis are blown away. The trees are looking bare,

but not all in the garden is bleak. That is the season when ever greens

shine. I am looking at a grand crop of confers here. The owner of this

garden let me have a good look around. This is a fabulous garden,

full of every greens. They are all about texture, shapes and habit.

Look at that beautiful frothy pine. Contrasting so well with that spiky

formia. Then the cascading froth of that beautiful larch. This is a

garden that will look as good on Christmas Day as it would in the

height of summer and probably fairly low maintenance. The hedges,

the confer hedges get a bad press, but used well they can be very

effective. Look at that, a lovely strong design feature. I like that.

Let's talk to the owner. Were you aware of the principle of

repetition and drawing your eye along a hedge? No, I planted these

in 1973. I got to the height of the priv et

and just trimmed them and shaped them.

Well, you are doing a grand job it is a lovely feature.

Thank you. Of course, there are ever greens

that flower long into the winter, like this fabulous mahonia it is a

favourite, the brilliant yellow flowers carry a lovely scent. Here

is another scented ever green. Rosemary, and look at that! Fatsia

it is thought of as a house plant, but it is as hardy as nails with

big strong leaves, looking fantastic and they will even

survive a Pennine winter! These gardens are fabulous, but I wanted

to show you in -- a guard no-one the nearby village of Adel.

I have come to meet David, the head gardener in the pine tum here. A

collection of confers of all shapes and sizes from this fabulous

drooping brewer's spruce to dwarf and confer.

David, so many confers, that thing there, have you pruned it? Trained

it? I don't do anything to it. Really? It almost looks like an

arch? Yes, it does. I think in 30- odd years, we could.

Why do you think more people don't grow them? It is lack of awareness,

they think you have to do something special, but if you choose the

truly dwarf one, you don't have to do anything with them.

There is interest at every turn, but I have never seen anything like

this before. Look at that, trained magically. It

is hrl excellence. People says that con-- horticulture excellence,

people say that confers are boring, but you will go many miles to see

this in any other guard no-one the UK. Boring? Get away with you. The

confers can be clipped too, like this extraordinary set here and

this box, clipped to a spiral. They can take time to look this good,

but how do you get started? string at the bottom and spiral it

around like a healther skelter, I am using the string as a guide,

cutting in to the bush with a horizontal cut around. Onwards and

upwards! It is cheaper to buy a cone and d it yourself? Yes, and

much more satisfying! It may abcold winter's day, but this guarden is

still an inoperation, created with just a -- inspiration, created with

a green pallet. Look at this for a picture. That lovely confer at the

back, taking your eye right up into the sky and the whole lot framed

beautifully with the yew hedges. Magical.

Isn't she lovely, Christine? loves her ever greens! You have a

load of every greens! Hewn into the hedge! I bit of string and bob's

your uncle! Are you doing that With yours? I have lots ever greens and

no bees! We have no flowers in the back, just ever greens. They are

very forgiving, like a stupid dog. You can be gone for days, you come

back, they are still happy to see you. Not that I would leave a dog

for days on end! Thank force the tip They are. You can cut them

right down and they will grow back with a vengence, but they are not

taking vengence. They are not looking for vengence.

Talking of things in the garden, this is a nice link

Let's go to Mr Sting. You are a big part of the TV schedule? I am it is

bizarre, on telly before 9.00pm. On a roll.

It is a Christmas film. An adaptation of David wal yam's book,

Mr Sting. You play the dad? I do. It is

lovely. A lovely bit of family viewing.

I will sit down with my own family and watch it. It is a lovely piece.

There are lots of different interesting dine yamics and

relationships in the -- dynamics and relationships in the family. We

are going to have a look at it. I can't believe that the PM has de-

selected me. Not just that, he has thrown you out of the party.

Thank you! OK. So you suffereded a setback in your political ambitions.

No, it is all over for me. Because of that creature! Sorry, Mum.

peel you an orange? Stay away from my fruit.

That creature is Mr Sting who lives in your garden shed? He has been

living in the shed, but I have not told my wife. I am petrified for

her. She is in the middle of running for Parliament. She has

lost herself a little. All of her ambitions are going through the

youngest daughter. So Chloe, who be friends Mr Sting gets sidelined. I

should be there. We are more like pals, like having three kids in the

house, but rather than defending her, I am cowerering with her.

Whispering what to do about mum. You have a lovely relationship with

Chloe in the film. You had lots of fun filming with that young actress.

That scene was tough to film? them. They were fantastic. The fact

that Nel, that was her first acting role. So to come into a huge show.

It will be a massive part of the Christmas line-up. It is amazing.

She is one to watch for the future, but we had so much fun off-screen.

She made us do the Gangnam Style. She could not believe I had not

heard of it. The character you play is similar

to as you are in real life. That is different to the Johnny Vegas

character we see on stage, but why are planning to go back to stand-

up? Why? Well, we did a gig last year.

It was a favour in Newcastle for a club opening there. It was all the

cast from Ideal. There were lots of them. We did it, it was such a good

night we are doing a couple more. One in Nottingham and Leicester.

Although I am a different person in a lot of ways to what I was then, I

miss it a bit. It would be good. It is good to get out there.

So with different material? I have taken a break. It would be nice to

get back out and see if I have still got it.

Stay with us, we have a cheese game coming up How can I leave?! It is

on the theme of Mr Sting. If you said it was a meat game, I would

have been out of here. Please, let it be a cheese game.

You know I'm off cheese? Yes, but at Christmas time? Once a year. I

am living with the shame of it! have you noticed the number of

people walking with their expensive smart phones? I have.

It is like Christmas every single day on the streets for the phone

thieve who is snatch them right out of their victims' hands. Lucy has

been to see how the police are fighting back. You can talk now!

Smartphones, over a quarter of us carry them. We also have tablet

computers too. Last year in England and Wales alone, 330,000 phones

were swiepd. Crimes like this one are becoming an increasingly common

occurrence. Camden in North London is is a hot

spot for this sort of crime. I am headed out in an unmarked police

car to see the problem for myself. The officers here are increasingly

using satellite tracking in the fight against smartphone theft.

There are applications that people can download to phones and tablets

to allow us to track the devices. With a description we can start

finding the suspects. Generally, it is a great investigative tool for

A call comes through on the radio. A brand new smartphone has been

taken. It is a robbery. We are on our way

to find out what happened. Paul and Steve are there in minutes.

Anyone call the police? What happened? I was sitting there, that

table there. Clocked on it was gone. He ran off with it.

Can you come in the back of the car? Steve and Paul drive Charlotte

around the streets to see if they can spot the thief.

I which will ask questions, does he have a funny walk? A lisp?

Anything that is important on the phone? All of my details are on the

app. We have to call the bank now.

should have put a pass word, but... So that girl had her phone snatched.

You have driven around for the guy that took it. Is there anything

else she would have done to help you to find him? What would have

been useful is if this victim had a tracking application on the phone.

If so, we could have activated that and narrow the search.

And it would not be just useful in this case. Tracking apps are turned

to by forces nationwide. If you can tell the police early

that you have a tracking device active on the phone, we can track

it and follow the phone to make the arrest. That happens frequently.

Phone comes with pre-instpauld -- pre-installed application, others

with a download. Once it is activated make sure that the phone

has a pin lock tonne. Would it surprise you for me to say

I don't have a pin code on the phone? No, about 80% of people

don't have a pin lock on the phone. If you can't unlock the phone, the

thief can disable the tracking applications or access bank

accounts and details. There are other apps available to

help catch thieves. This photo taken by a stolen mobile phone,

released by the police. An app takes the picture using a camera on

the front whenen incorrect pass word is entered. This is e-mailed

on to the owner, the person in the picture may not be the one who

stole the phone, but they could have valuable information on the

crime. Is this a cure? Your phone is safe from theft? It will not

stop the phone being stolen or losing it, but prevention is better

than the cure. If you are careful with the phone, you will need to

use the applications. Put that tracking device on.

I love the fact he was driving in the car, asking if he had

noticeable features like a lisp, can he spot that from the car?!

We humans tend to put on an extra layer of clothing and build houses

but animals go into hibernation. A form of sleep where the body and

heart rates plummet. In Britain, bats, hedgehogs and the door mouse

hibernate for many months at a time. There is debate about how the

bodyis can do it, but today's cold and lack of food are the triggers.

So why don't we hibernate? The sports science department here in

Portsmouth studies how the body copes with extreme temperatures and

conditions. The professor here has a simple answer.

Well, mainly as we don't need to. We are a tropical animal. We

evolved in a warm environment. As we have migrated away from that

environment, we have used our intellect to recreate the tropical

environment. So there is no great drive to avoid the cold by a

natural process. Hibernating animals, still have

just adapted to the cold. Bats can allow their body temperature to

drop almost to that of the surrounding environment. Generally

choosing roasting areas below 10 Celsius, but we have to maintain

the deep core temperature at about 37 Celsius.

If it drops too low, hype they werea beckons.

You can see on the thermal imaging camera that bits of me are glowing

red, orange, yellow, so I am warm, but all of that is about to change.

This chamber is kept at a cold two Celsius with added wind chill. The

aim is to see how long I can take it before the core temperature

starts to get dangerously low. Immediately, my body reacts.

I can feel the goose bumps going already.

So, a very, very quick response, the body is trying to increase the

amount of air it traps next to the skin by raising the hairs, but of

course, you are not very hairy. To survive hibernation, door mice

have built up layers of fat in the autumn. The heart and breathing

rates slow down by 90%. In this state they can survive the winter

on fat reserves. For me, after ten minutes, the thermal picture is

different. Instead of reds and yellows, the fingers are starting

to go blue. And as a result of the cold my fingers are losing power.

By hibernating, animals are using - - are not using their muscles,

hedgehogs use even -- use even less energy by slowing their heart rate.

Your breathing is up, and the heart rate is up, but that is because

they are driving the shivering. In a hibernating animal, the opposite

happens. After 30 minutes, I am struggling.

The core temperature has dropped 0.231 of a degree. My body is

trying hard to stay warm and I am suffering.

I alpeopling colder than I was five or ten minutes ago.

Up until now it has been largely the skin input making you

uncomfortable. Now the deep body temperature is kicking in and

adding to that drive to shiver. Hypothermia is deadly. It kicks in

at 35 Celsius. Already I am getting tired. That is enough.

Stop the experiment. Oh! It feels like tropical heaven,

amazing! Where is the bath! The core drops less than half a degree.

Yet the hibernating animals, like hedgehogs manage to drop theirs

from 35 degrees to 10 more months on end and when they warm up in the

spring, they are quickly in peak form. For me, the best way to

recover is in a warm bath. It feels great.

Even warm we are the clothes on. That's how I do it.

Now, Johnny, we want to give you as much time as possible to win cheese

for the Christmas cheese board. Smell the cheese, name the cheese

and win the cheese. We give you two options.

So, cheese number one. Is this A, Stinking Bsihop or B Taleggio?

is Stinking Bsihop. Here we go. Is it... It smells like

you have not checked on the neighbour! Or is it Vieux Boulogne?

It is the flat lent pet! You don't want that. That is so bad! Go on,