18/02/2016 The One Show

Hello and welcome to The One Show with Matt Baker. And look who is

back, Alex Jones! She has not left. There were rumours circulating, but

I am back. We have not had a row. I have been in Bangladesh for Sport

Relief, doing some thrills that you will see in two weeks' time. We have

seen you on the trailers, so it is no surprise that you were involved.

But lovely to have you back. We asked a night's guest to describe

himself in three words, and this is what he said. # I'm a survivor! And

he is. He survived jumping headfirst out of this plane. And jumping feet

first into this volcano. He has shown us how to survive in some of

the harshest deserts, mountains, jungles and swamps on the planet,

but can he is a five the wilds of The One Show studio? Only one way to

find out. Let's welcome Bear Grylls! How are you? Have a seat. I have

been stuck in the bush. You can't buy that sort of BBC make-up. Look

at this warrior paint. It smells like a garden centre. I was in the

bushes backstage. This is lovely. On a less jungle and more domestic

level, we were wondering what you struggle with. Gosh. Well, it is

half term. I got back from the jungles of Panama a couple of days

ago and went straight into half term, which has been fun. But I

struggle with shopping. It is a bit like kryptonite. Shopping for

clothes. I feel the energy drain from my body. But half term is fun.

We live on a barge on the River Thames, so this morning, we went up

the river in our little boat, went to the London eye. Nice to be home.

We are going to talk more about half term. You look better than me. We

will talk all about your series and your brush with Obama later. And we

will be meeting some real-life survivors with incredible stories.

They are in our audience, and I have not got mud on their faces yet, but

who knows what might happen. So you mentioned half term, and we want

people's half term pictures. Then them to the usual address, and we

will show some at the end of the show. On the family theme, how much

do you think it costs to turn the average newborn baby into the

average 21-year-old? Apparently, even more than you would think. Here

is Joe. There is no escaping it- children

are expensive. I know, and I only have one. A yearly survey says the

cost of rising a child to the age of 21 is now on average ?231,840. That

is more than the average cost of a semidetached house in Britain. It is

half term round here, so I have come to wildlife paradise Park in

Broxbourne to see if parents here know how much they will have to

spend on raising their children. We are looking at the cost of raising

these two to the age of 21. Any idea how much the average spending is on

childcare? If I worked full time, it would be ridiculous. ?10,000? Things

like baby-sitting, nursery. 10,000. 12,000. ?60,000. The average is

?70,000. Whoa! ?70,000. You're kidding! You are so expensive. So,

now they know the cost of childcare, and they work out how much they

would have to shell out over 21 years? Education, childcare, food,

holidays, pocket money. What do we think the overall figure is?

200,000. ?231,842. For one child. And you have three? Still happy with

that decision? No wonder we can't have all the delights in life, with

two children. But you wouldn't be without them. We could have afforded

that four-bedroom detached house. With no one to put in it. I would

rather have that money upfront! If they had known the hefty price tag,

would it have made them think twice? Did you think about costs, was that

in your mind when planning a family? Not in the planning, no. You have

children for the love and the experience they give you in life are

not to look at the cost of things. We do want a big family, but you

have to be able to provide for them. I would not say the second child

cost as much as the first. You don't notice the money when it is going.

It takes 21 years. You have defined it somewhere. We will work a bit

harder. Gosh, an

harder. You can't put a price on that. Well,

I have three boys. I am in a lot of trouble. You get yourself into all

sorts of situations, but how did you end up with Obama been part of your

walk in the wilderness series? That was a heck of a scoop. It was. It

was a phone call I never thought I would get. He rang you? The White

House rang and said he was a fan of the show, could we take him on an

adventure to Alaska? It was a privilege. I was super nervous,

stood their meeting him on the river bank. But instantly, he is very

disarming, very bank. But instantly, he is very

family centred guy. And bank. But instantly, he is very

like that is going to be like a dad saying, whoever you meet,

everyone puts their trousers on one leg

everyone puts their trousers on one get both in at once. It is weird

everyone puts their trousers on one him relaxed. He said it was one of

the best days of his presidency. him relaxed. He said it was one of

said, I am not being grilled on this or that, I

look very tranquil, the pair of you, pacing across the landscape. But I

50 Secret Service. Wherever you look, there

50 Secret Service. Wherever you disconcerting, but we

50 Secret Service. Wherever you he wanted it like that. At the end,,

50 Secret Service. Wherever you there are some nice bits of camera

where he is saying, you have no idea what the bubble is actually like for

me. You can't just go and get a coffee. It is a reminder that even

when you are the President of the United

when you are the President of the and all of that. But he was amazing

and it was such a privilege, a day I will never forget. Hopefully, we

gave him a good time. You will never forget. Hopefully, we

cooked him dinner. Let's have a look.

cooked him dinner. Let's have a real. I found it on the river bank.

I heard a little sizzle. A piece real. I found it on the river bank.

salmon, that will work just fine. It would have been nice if we have a

cracker to go with it. Shall we try a bit of this? Let's try that. Bear

is a mediocre book, but the fact that we ate something recognisable

was encouraging. The fact that he told me that this was a leftover

fish from a bear, I don't know if that was necessary. He could have

left that out. It is very insightful, and you can watch the

whole thing this Sunday on eight o'clock on the Discovery Channel. I

just hope that Obama, if he is watching this, understands what we

have gone through to be looking like this. He would approve. If you are

in the wilderness, knowing what you can and can't eat could make all the

difference when it comes to the length of your presidency and even

your survival. But eating the right foods can be just as important at

home, as Gloria Hunniford recently found out.

With a career in front of the camera, how you look and feel really

matters, so I have always tried to keep myself in shape. But it was a

shock when a routine test two years ago found my blood sugar levels to

be abnormally high. My doctor told me I needed to change my lifestyle.

I was classed as prediabetic, and looking back now, I can see where I

went wrong - wide-eyed. I grew up in Northern Ireland. We didn't have

much money, but we always had an abundance of food. We were never

allowed to go to school in the morning without a cooked breakfast.

Then we would have lunch, another of mum's home-cooked meal is back.

There would be snacks after school and mum would cook dinner every

evening. Nearly always, meat, fish and two veg. Always potatoes. Then

you have supper before going to bed, sandwiches or a bit of the cake. So

you had a lot of food in one day. I carried those eating habits into

later life and like a lot of people, I have a cupboard stocked full of

treats, although these days, it is strictly off limits for me. It is

estimated that nearly 6 million people in the UK could, like me, be

prediabetic, but there is no need to be too down about it, as even at

this stage, changing what we eat most stock is developing type two

diabetes. I went to see a specialist for advice. It is not just sugar

that affects diabetics, but carbohydrates, because those cards

will be ultimately broken down into simple sugars. And that is what

stresses the pancreas, the cells that make insulin. I have never

considered myself to be vastly overweight, but one of the biggest

risk factors of type two diabetes is that excess weight around the

middle, and I have certainly had a bit of that. The diet the doctor is

recommending for me definitely goes against the grain. No bread? No

bread. For an Irish woman to have to give up potatoes is not good! I

know. Of course, cutting out cards is not recommended for everyone, so

do seek medical advice before any radical diet change. Robin symbol

has found out that he was prediabetic in 2013. I went to the

doctor and he gave me a blood test and when I came back, he gave me the

bad news that I was prediabetic and needed to lose weight and get fit. I

came back a month later and discovered that it was a bit too

late and I was already diabetic. That diagnosis bird robin on to make

some big changes to his diet and lifestyle. Over 18 months, he lost

50 kilos. How well are you doing now that you have lost all the wet? I am

still considered diabetic, but most of the time, my control is good

enough that my body behaves very normally. I just have to keep up

with the exercise and the careful diet, and I should stay that way.

New research indicates that diet may even help some type two diabetics

reversed their diagnosis. Natasha Marsden is from Diabetes UK. There

is a piece of research led by Newcastle university to look at the

effects of a very low-calorie diet, and the results are promising

ensuring that this diet can put type two diabetes in remission, so watch

this space. Although my risk of developing type two diabetes has now

got, it is still higher than average, so I have decided the

changes I have making my diet are permanent. To this day, when I look

at the counter and I see all that gorgeous cake that my mum would have

made, I to admit, I do yearn for a big slice of that. If it was for

vanity reasons and just losing weight, I would be weak as water.

But when it is for medical reasons, you can train your mind to do

anything. Thank you to Gloria. You can see

more of that story as part of Food: Truth or Scare, great title! It

starts on Monday morning at 9.15 on BBC One.

So, Mission Survive, this celebrity version, starts early next month. So

you are taking seven celebrities for 12 days. Let's go straight to some

footage. Here they are, eating. What are they eating and what is going

on? We were in southern Africa. These are my worms. They had to live

off the land. And these guys were really in at the deep end, zero

experience of the outdoors. I was alongside them all the way, but they

have to do it themselves. Going back to those worms, they are highly

nutritious value. You said they were equal to a breast of chicken. More

protein than chicken. But like a lot of things in the wild, it always

looks pretty grim, but you need to get over your fear and prejudice

about certain foods. You need energy and you have to eat. It was for a

purpose. They need the energy, they have got to move. They are crossing

ravines and rivers. It was an incredible series for us. Definitely

a harder one than last year. Why? Well, it was a very diverse

environment. We were in the jungle last time. This time, brutally hot

and we had torrential rain and high mountains, big distances. Really in

at the deep end, but I love Mission Survive, because you really see what

people are made of. You can look at them on day one, and we have

everyone from Neil Morrissey to Michelle Collins to Stuart Pearce,

all these different types. And you never know who the hero will be. It

is not always the person who looks like it. It is often the quieter

person who can dig deep, find the positivity and resourcefulness under

pressure. So I love that, because you see that slowly emerge.

Costa Rica last year, this time South Africa. This is what they got

up to. This is a country, if you do not respect it, it will kill you.

There will not be easy to rain. We are in the mountains. It is scary

but being an actress, you have to be a survivor. You will get tired. You

will get hungry. It will be hard, with me being a vegetarian. You will

feel beaten up. I know my body can handle this. I am worried about the

psychological aspects. Use your brain. Without it, you are screwed.

It will be hard being a vegetarian, I'll say! It is hard. People

surprise themselves often when they are up against it. Please tell me

Chelsee Healey is amazing, because I love her. On the outside she does

not look like she would survive a day but I think she is tough

underneath. I have learned on these shows to not judge a book by its

cover. Last season, Vogue won it and she was incredible. You would not

have called that. You do not know until the pressure goes on. We like

grapes, you do not know what we are made of until we are squeezed. It

was psychological, definitely, because... I will not spoil it. The

pressure ramps up as the episodes go on. I am especially proud of the

three finalists at the end, incredible personalities. The

winner, boy, did they it. Do they have mud on their faces, as well?

The wild is a great leveller. Follow that. Mission Survive starts on

Thursday, 3rd of March, 9pm, ITV. We know you love motorbikes. I do. We

have a picture of you on your Triumph. I got lost and had to take

a short cut across the fields. And there happen to be a cameraman! Andy

Kershaw has been to Dorset to follow in the tracks of a motorcycling

trailblazer. The name of TE Lawrence, better

known as Lawrence Of Arabia, will live for ever, partly due to a

cinematic masterpiece. The movie opens with a tragic motorcycle

crash. I am riding on the roads where Lawrence was killed in 1935.

And where a memorial stands to this man who made his name through his

exploits in the Middle East in World War I. The memorial scarcely depicts

the man. His accident only enhanced the mythology and legend of Lawrence

Of Arabia. It also immortalised the motorcycle he rode that day, the

Brough Superior SS100. This was not just any old motorcycle, it was

built by an eccentric inventor, George Brough, the most expensive in

the world and each sold with a certificate saying it had been timed

at 100 mph. Each one was custom-built to the owner's

specifications, ensuring bike and rider were perfectly matched. TE

Lawrence bought a series of them, each one affectionately referred to

as George. He kept them at his home in Dorset. What attracted him to

these bikes? His love of speed was vitally important to Lawrence. I

think it was a way of vitally important to Lawrence. I

able to find his lifeline through speed, because it was a way of

feeling alive. It was life affirming, going fast on a Brough?

feeling alive. It was life think so. This is the only known

photograph of Lawrence think so. This is the only known

he was riding that think so. This is the only known

was the seventh he owned, which is why he called it George the seventh.

was the seventh he owned, which is It was ultimately his undoing. The

bike survived, it is now owned It was ultimately his undoing. The

private collector and is rarely seen, but I have been

private collector and is rarely permission to get up close and

personal. Oh, boy, there it is. GW, 2275. Lawrence Of Arabia's last

Brough Superior. Barry is an expert on these bikes. Each was handbuilt?

This was tailor-made for TE Lawrence, it would have been ?170.

This was tailor-made for TE It would have bought you then a very

nice house. After he died, the nation went into mourning for the

man they considered a hero. His death also coincided with the

decline of the Brough Superior. Ten years later it stopped being

produced, it was the end of the legend. Or so we thought, but there

is a twist in the story. In 2008, two fans started to manufacture new

worms, based on the original models, but constructed from new components.

Eric Patterson is a long-standing Brough rider. Eric, this is

beautiful, recently built but a replica of which? The SS 100. The

same era as when TE Lawrence had his? It was a copy of what it would

have been like. I have broken records four times. The best we have

had out of it is 127. I will not break records today. What is the

breaking like? It is a rigid frame. There are no

shock absorbers. It is astonishingly uncomfortable. Oh, it is wonderful.

For me, Brough motorcycles embody the same qualities Lawrence had.

Charismatic, daring, just a little bit reckless, and British to the

core. Thanks. These days, when Bear is in

the wild, he has a film crew and support team in case he gets into a

spot of bother. With us for people who had to rely on their own wit to

survive tricky situations. To set up the story, you were in Pakistan, and

you are an experienced climber and you were with experienced climbers

including Chris Bonington. You lost concentration and sailing which led

to difficulties. Pick up the story. We have just got to the summit. This

peak called the Ogre. 24,000 feet. I was sliding down the rope. I wanted

to get equipment we had left on the way up and I was going to the left.

Unfortunately, in the evening, I was rushing because it was getting dark

and we have to get back to the cave where the others were. In rushing, I

had not noticed the snow had turned to ice. And I went off 20 feet into

a canyon. Breaking your legs in the process. Not so good, is specially

one of them. Luckily, I was able to get onto a ledge and take the

tension from the rope. Chris abseiled down. He took over, fixed

at the abseiled to a snow patch, we cut out a notch and slept. We did

not sleep, we faced each other, trying to keep warm, he gently

massaging my legs. They were broken near the ankle. You could pull

yourself along? I could crawl and abseiled with my back against the

rock. You were not rescued, you had to make the way Dan yourself. What

was the key to survival? The other lads. Teamwork? Teamwork.

Personally, I took it not one day at a time, but one object at a time, to

get from this ledge to that piece of rock, get that over with. Small

victories, I suppose. Pete and Emma, you travel the world. How long ago

was this incident, out in Colombia? A couple of weeks ago, and you were

trying to avoid pirates. And kidnappers. We were on a boat, it

was 3am, it crashed and it was dark. Water was coming in. I thought the

door had fallen off. The floor started to break and come up.

Somebody scrambled for the Mayday radio. People shouting about life

vests. Every point, you think, we will be fine, but you are thinking

of your next step will stop when we got to the main deck, we could see

the massive crash, the left side hitting, it had gone down, it was

underwater. All your life chances are ripped away. You are in looking

for things that flow, fresh water. The lifeboat was lost. The waves

were crashing and pulling people around, pulling the boat around. You

do not realise how powerful water is. After it 11 hours, you were

saved. You went walking. A bit closer to home. On a snow read a.

And you do not know what happened. The last thing I know I stepped over

a stream and half an hour after, I woke up in snow 100 feet from where

I was before. My scalp was peeled back. I thought, I am in a spot of

bother. I got my rucksack and managed to get a phone and phoned

mountain rescue. They came and headed out to rescue me. I also left

a route card with someone, and they raise the alarm. That is important.

Preparation was key? While I was waiting I got my survival gear out.

In my rucksack, spare coat, hat and gloves, made myself a warm drink,

had something to eat, and sat and waited. My wife phoned to ask how

long it was. It was Valentine's day. I said, I am waiting for mountain

rescue. Doug, you carried on climbing, you are still walking, and

you are still travelling the world. Everybody is carrying on with their

lives. They have Scouting spirit. You survived because you were

prepared. Doug, one of the country's greatest mountaineers. And you have

great Scouting spirit. And with the sad news today

of the deaths of three men who had been walking in the Creag Meagaidh

mountain range when the weather and two climbers still

missing on Ben Nevis, our thoughts go out

to their families and to those volunteers

involved in the search Earlier we asked what you had been

getting up to over half term. This is John and the family at HMS

Victory having a fantastic day out. Grace, a big fan of view, Bear, she

has been doing climbing. Nice to see you! This is made, aged eight, who

spotted a jellyfish in Kent. That is all we have time for. Mission

Survive starts on Thursday, 3rd of March, on ITV. You will be back

tomorrow with Nick Grimshaw on this side of the safer and James Martin

over there. And we will be joined by Jack Garratt. Thank