18/01/2013 The One Show

Good evening, friends. We hope you are warm enough. Welcome to the one

at some Oh. -- snow. We were outside earlier rehearsing for

something. Chris Evans is in his coat, for some reason! With us

tonight, a man who has been basking in the Caribbean heat as a TV

detective. The star of Death In Paradise, Ben Miller. Good evening.

How are you? Very well. We have been told by our executive producer

that we do not want any stories from you where you say it is so

hard making a series in the heat. That is understandable. Actors love

to my own. - they love to moan. You are wise to stop that. But it is

hard when you see the show, and it is such a beautiful place, so

exotic and extraordinary. You were there for six months. Six months,

yes. This is the second series, so I have had 12 months on that island.

We were going to ask the or snowman photos of the thought that was

predictable. We would like to give a helping hand to those who are

defying the conditions and are open this evening, petrified nobody is

going to turn up. E-mail your photo to us. The One Show is officially

open. Back in two. Dan Donnelly gets deep into the Welsh white

stuff in the heart of the red zone. We are in the heart - MACRO the

South Wales valleys, and yesterday the Met Office issued an extremely

rare red weather warning, and this is what it looks like. We are going

to head into it. Out of town, conditions were deteriorating. Many

homes suffered power cuts and for a moment it looked like we were going

to be stranded in the blizzards. The we have stopped here on the

road to Bracken. It is zero visibility and the car has got

stuck. The cameraman lost me in the blizzard before I got to the

stranded car. Trust me, gave him a push. Even in her four by four, we

got stuck. -- even in a four by four. The severe weather in the

South Wales area convinced most people to stay home, but there were

few who braved the elements, like the owner of his burger van. How

are you getting on? We have a few customers, but not too many. Is it

lighter than before? Yes. We have a big order going out at 10am.

matter the weather, people still have to take the dog for a walk.

Could do door cannot cope with the day off? No, she is a border collie.

She has to walk. What do you think of this snow? But it was not a

nightmare for everyone. Many saw it as an excuse for a day off work and

the opportunity for some fun. not wait to get out and make the

most of it sledging. My daughter is off school, so we are going to look

at the local landmark, the castle. Excellent. I am supposed to be

working but this is a better place to come. The snow is a bit thick,

but we are having a good time. Remarkably, despite the amount of

snow, many roads were just about possible. Geraint -- Jeremy Morgan

and his highway team have been working round the clock to keep the

roads open. Last time, it took everyone by surprise and we had

serious consequences. What has been different this time? We have had

good weather forecasts, advance warning of this, so we have been

able to do parent put things in place. We were grateful for that. -

Driving back to the base, and the road has been closed behind us, so

conditions are getting worse up there. At least the sheep seemed to

be coping. John Hammond is here from the BBC

Weather Centre. Good evening. evening. And back on the sofa, Dr

Ian Davies. The first, this is different, this

snow. It is the wrong kind of snow. Something weird has been going on

in the atmosphere. The Met Office have been keeping an eye on it for

the last few weeks. It is an area of science which is developing, but

we detected something in the stratosphere, a warming. What that

does, it tends to stop the normal westerly winds, which give the mild

average weather. And it allows the atmosphere to become blocked, and

allow colder winds to come off the Continent, which is exactly what

has happened. The Met Office were flagging this up a couple of weeks

ago, and we knew that it was coming down the track, and it has arrived.

The UK is a battle zone between the cold air coming from the Continent

and the normal weather systems coming off the Atlantic. Within

that battle zone, we are getting cold and moisture, which means snow.

But it is dry snow. Yes. It is the fluffy variety, because the air is

so cold it. Normally, snow in this country is wet and tacky. But it is

very cold out there. Is it Westerleigh because of the jet

stream? Yes. The jet stream this the ribbon of air. It has been

halted in its path by stratospheric warming. And it has worked its way

down through the atmosphere and it is with us now. How long it will

last is another question. It also disproves the fact that it cannot

be too cold for snow. Everybody will be asking what is going to

happen over the next few days. Look into your crystal ball. Well, it is

snowing at the moment out here but it is only light and it will get

lighter through the rest of the evening and night. The main focus

for this snow tonight is Northern Ireland, East of Scotland and

north-east England. Not as much as earlier in the day in Wales and the

West of England. Amber warnings in force from the Met Office. The main

player tonight is going to be the ice. Temperatures are already below

freezing and will not go up over the next few hours. And tomorrow

temperatures will not rise much. Just flurries tomorrow. So it is a

day to try to get back to normal. Let the kids go out sledging, but

no disruptive snow expected tomorrow, but bitterly cold.

Problems on Sunday. Something is lurking over the Continent. You can

see it coming from France. That is a snow-making device. It threatens

to bring snow to eastern parts of England. It is two days away, but

we are getting increasingly concerned that it could give some

disruptive snow later on Sunday. saw Dan Donnelly in Wales. How

excited do you get when they are red warnings in place? It is a red-

letter day. We have only had one in the last year, and that was for

rain last summer. The last time we had a red warning for snow was in

December 2010. We are all very excited at the weather Centre.

do we stay warm? Eat fatty food. If you eat fatty food you will stay

warm. We have been practising that! It is the only time you will hear

no doctor tell you to eat fatty food. Lots of crisps and sweets.

Pork scratchings? Salami is better. You are burning many more calories,

but fatty food burns for longer. The Kendal Mint cake is a big spike

of energy, but fatty food burns for longer. Before you go snowboarding,

eat her beefburger and sausages. Nothing against Kendal mint cake,

which is delicious. What sort of injuries to people coming to the

surgery with? People falling over. In the old days, when you opened

the door to get your milk of the match, at 8:30am Casualty would be

full of people with broken arms and legs because people do not take

precautions. They slip over. you give us your fantastic

sleeping-bag tip, which I had no idea was the case? If you are stuck

in the car and you need to get into your sleeping bag, most people

would put on all of their clothes and get into the sleeping bag but

that is wrong. In Antarctica, I stripped down to my thermal

underwear before getting into my sleeping bag. Because you need to

make it warm so that it can keep you warm. And it is you that warms

the sleeping bag. Did anybody know that? Tom, did you know that?

is the snow where you are, Ben? was late because there was snow on

the roads. We all got very excited. You are going to Cambridge tomorrow.

Both I was going to ask if that is We have seen how Dan Donnelly got

on in South Wales, so let's see what it is like right now in the

town of Merthyr Tydfil. How all Pretty cold. You know how it gets

in the South Wales valleys. And we are still in the red zone in

Merthyr Tydfil, meaning under that red warning from the Met Office.

The most bizarre thing I have seen is a man walking towards the high

street carrying his snowboard. He was hunting for powder. I dare say

with six or seven inches on the floor, he probably had a good time

this afternoon. Lots of people had a miserable day, trying to drive

through this snow. It has been a pretty bad day for school pupils.

Hundreds of schools were closed in Wales, but spare a thought for

those who had to find their way Ian despite snow because they had A-

levels and GCSEs, particularly pupils at one school. Two teachers

who lived near the school managed to get in and warm up and make

place for the pupils. Among those sitting exams was one person who

walked in three miles, sat his exam and then walked three miles home.

He must really like his subject! I hope the result comes out as he

wished. This is the evening after the Oprah

Winfrey interview, the Lance Armstrong confessions. We will have

a film about famous Confessions. Have you got any confessions he

would like to get off your chest? If I were going to confess, I would

say sorry. I have noticed people say, when it happened, it was a

wrong. That is not saying sorry. I have not seen the whole clip, but I

hope that Lance Armstrong actually said sorry. We have got very

skilled at avoiding any responsibility for things we do

wrong. But that was not a confession from you. I cheated. I

took Kendal Mint cake in the second Tour de France. You have a

confession. Traffic and travel up dates are important. I used to do

the traffic and travel. I used to make them up because it was so

complicated, the data that would come through. Horses on the

carriageway! Why would you risk horses on the dual-carriageway?

was something exciting for the morning. She used to make up the

traffic and travel! So naughty. I have a confession. My confession is

that my wife bought me a jacket for Christmas and I said I liked it,

but actually I do not. She will be watching this. I was told by the

producer I had to come up with one. I did not want to say that on

television. You are going to have a great night tonight! Last -- Lance

Armstrong is not the first Celebrities public confessions are

often more dramatic than a scripted soap opera. I am deeply sorry for

my irresponsible and selfish behaviour. I say to you now that at

no time did I ask anyone to lie. the world of celebrity, no one ever

says, you know what, I have got to stop lying to my fans, I am going

to tell them the truth. No, they get back into a corner.

If but seeking redemption can be complicated. So how do you make the

perfect confession? Tell me about -- about the

different platforms people can take. The advantage of it book is you can

get it down in your own words and perfect it. It is a finished

article. What about the chat show format? It gives you an opportunity

to engage with the host, hopefully find a shoulder to cry on. I think

you know in life pretty much what is a good thing to do and what is a

bad thing and I did a bad thing and there you have it. If you look like

a naughty boy reluctantly saying sorry. I would give Hugh Grant

eight out of 10 for his confession and frankly, you have got to get 10

out of 10 if you are to get out of jail. Why does a press conference

work? You engage in journalism and give people the opportunity to

engage on a human level but the disadvantage is it can go in any

direction. Tiger Woods, he did not give the opportunity for questions

and answers and it engendered that feeling. But he did say it so read

very directly. He said it three times in 13 minutes. -- he did say

sorry. This can mark the end of or the

resurfacing of somebody's career. Indeed I did have a relationship

which was not appropriate. In fact, it was wrong. It is hilarious juicy

Bill Clinton eating humble pie. What is brilliant about his

confession is that he understands the nature of real political

scandal, which nine times out of 10 is not the event, it is the cover

up. People are not always forgiven for confessions but Bill Clinton

has been. I don't know whether Hillary has but we have! Oscar

Wilde and says it is in the confession and not the priest that

we find solutions. A truthful account or calculated PR exit? One

thing is certain, you can never guarantee the end result.

I have just had a text from my wife. She says she knew and she has

already taken it back. What a great wife! She is a keeper! Not just for

that, as you know. You have been a writer, comedian,

scientist and now a TV detective in a series set on a Caribbean island.

Where does that rate on the list are brilliant gates? It is

absolutely amazing. I got sent the script and I had never even heard

of Guadeloupe. I looked it up on Google and a palm tree came up and

I thought, that is a good start. are actually going there? I know!

It is unheard of! Often in British TV you are filming in a warehouse

in Warrington. We filmed absolutely everything on that island. We are

talking of course about Death in Paradise. Give us a synopsis.

is... In TV terms, it is a pudding. It is a bit of a treat. They are

detective stories, there is a murder every week and I play a fish

out of water detective on a Caribbean island, it quiet, Croydon

detectives, who finds himself in an amazing tropical paradise, and each

week as solve a murder. The murders... There is a very high

murder rate on this island. It is a bit like murder She wrote, in the

sun. Exactly! But with more murders. What are your favourite mergers?

From the first series. A bride was shot by a harpoon. The beginning of

the show was the wedding and then, bang! She fell off the top of a

very tall building and landed on a rock with no blood at all. It is

quite fun and tongue-in-cheek, the show. It is not taking itself

seriously. But the wind whips up now and again!

Imagine you are taking a midnight swim and I decide to drown you.

What do you do? OK, let me rephrase that. You are not a trained police

officer, you are depressed woman with no apparent aptitude for self-

defence. OK! All right. Then I am drowning, struggling for air. I

guess I would struggle. Yet the victim showed no sign of restraint,

no bone fracture. Characteristic injury patterns would have been

impossible to avoid. I was saying we were in the eye of

the storm, that was Hurricane Issac Luke that had come in the day

before. We had that one small gap that we had to film that in. It

came in the next day and washed away half of the beach. It is quite

exciting when the hurricane season starts, in mid- August. We are

there from April to October. It was a very fun time of year. It is on

Sunday night. No, Tuesday at 9pm. OK! Good morning to Lincoln. You

had done it quick this morning. 5:20am. 20 seconds. 2.7 on the

Richter scale -- Lincoln had an earthquake this morning. Are you

sure? No! It has been a tricky few days on the roads and it looks like

it will continue into the weekend. Or is it? Scott Ellis is at the

highways control centre at TBC on the M5. How's it looking tonight?

The Highways Agency have the best view of all the major roads and

they say for a Friday night, there is very little traffic. It looks as

if people are heeding the advice and not venturing too far. Most

motorways will only have to lanes open -- two lanes. This is how much

snow we have had in the West Country today. Then it turns to

slash. With temperatures falling now, it is turning into ice. The

driving conditions are said to be treacherous. It is not just about

whether you can survive the journey, but what about your car? The AA

have handled 900 breakdowns every hour today so if you do venture out

and things slow down and stop because of the weather, do you

really want to be out in the cold looking for help?

Where is the worst place to be in your car this weekend?

At the moment, certainly it looks like it will continue to be the

West Country and also South Wales, where we had a heavy snowfall today.

If you go a bit further west, the Severn Bridge crossing, the first

one, is frozen solid. It is closed. They are using liquid to try to

shift the ice but they think it will be closed all night. It looks

as if it will be this area of the West Country and South Wales. If

you do go out, take a fully charged mobile phone. You can also take out

a shovel. A match in bright high- visibility vest if you do break

down but don't make the elementary mistake I made of putting on

wellingtons, because your feet will be frozen solid in minutes and you

will wish you had stayed at home. So stay warm!

Yes. Matt Baker always keeps a spade in his car. Do you?

Yeah, but what is that for? All right! Here's a true story.

Christopher Columbus is credited with discovering the pineapple on

Guadaloupe, where Ben's show, Death in Paradise is filmed.

But, as Jay's been finding out, you don't have to go as far as the

tropics to grow them. No, just Cheshire.

Gammon and pineapple and the whole way impede self. We have hardly

covered ourselves in culinary glory when it comes to conquests would be

pineapple. They don't even originate from Hawaii? In fact, the

pineapple is indigenous to South America but today I am a long way

from the heat of the tropics. This is a most unusual extremely rare

crop, the Great British pineapple, but how did this come to be so far

from home beneath the winter skies of Cheshire? The Tatton Park estate

has its very own pineapple House, dating back to the late 17th

hundreds. It is one of only two working pineries in the country and

after a multi-million-pound restoration project, it has just

produced its first major crop in more than a century. They require a

very steady heat, it is an equatorial crop. They need turning,

they need warming, they need a bit of TLC, a bit of water on their

outside of the leaves. You say they are easy to grow but you have to

turn the plants, wipe moisture from the leaves and then are you are

guaranteed to get some fruit? three years under your belt, yes.

You heard that right. Grubbing one pineapple is a three-year job. --

growing. In Jordan Britain, producing it was the horticultural

equivalent of a rowing gold -- Georgian Britain. It was the

ultimate status symbol on your dinner table. It was Georgian bling.

A Yes! Very much to say, we are who we are, we have a right, we are the

elite. But by the 20th century, improved shipping and the Canning

process had cut the need dramatically and suddenly the

obsession with growing British pineapples look like an expensive

folly, so why bother to grow them here when there are imported once

in every supermarket? What we are going to do is bring back some of

the historic varieties of pineapple, like the black Jamaican, and bring

back the taste of too -- 200 years ago. Where better to test out the

new crop than in one of the kitchens where British Cook's first

got to grips with one of these unfamiliar tropical fruits? It is a

privilege to be able to cook with something that has been grown by my

gardener. Can I try? That really is a lot sweeter than I expected. I

could quite easily eat a whole one by myself, it is a pity they are

rare. To show off the versatility of the pineapple, he has baited

with guinea-fowl and so did with potatoes. -- he has cooked it.

not always a fan of meat with fruit but this guinea-fowl with pineapple

is pretty much a revelation. It is sweet, it is rich and it gives real

depth to the bird. For dessert, a Victorian pineapple pudding. The

pineapple is added to stiffly whipped cream and gelatin to help

it is set. Pineapple cream off from a recipe by the venerable Mrs

Beeton, the great Delia Smith of the Victorian age. Actually, it is

a superb showcase for the pineapple. It is not too sweet because the

Victorians had less of a sweet tooth then we did, partly because

the cost of sugar, and that means the pineapple things through when

you bite into it. So the great British pineapple lives on, even if

they will only be growing around 100 each years. What better way to

celebrate than with a very classy and elegant pina colada?

We have one here. Hello to everybody, the staff at the Parks

restaurant in Uttoxeter who are open for business tonight!

Your village Chippy is most definitely open!

We are going to have a snowball fight in a minute.

No, and we will have a target practice.

Really? Yes. A quick picture of Ian. This

is how hard he is! Snowballs to the target! Closest to their target