18/04/2012 The One Show

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

Tonight's guest is a truly international superstar. She was

born in England... To a Welsh father. And a German mother. Grew

up in Australia. Before becoming a superstar in America. It can only

be Olivia Newton-John! CHEERING AND APPLAUSE There she is

- beautiful! We are so honoured to have you on the show. Thank you for

coming in. Which one of these should you be saluting to?

question. You live in Florida now? I do love America, so I don't want

to be disloyal. Australia is my heart home, the place where I feel

most at home. I grew up there and I love it so much. And the place you

feel most home-sick towards. Olivia, we want you to see a scene you are

responsible for most weekends in the UK - hoards of Pink Ladies.

Don't say you don't get involved. don't! Send in your photos as you

gresed as Sandy or one of the Pink Ladies from Greece and we'll show

them later on. Speaking of recipes, when you're

cooking at home you know exactly how your dinner's been prepared,

but choose to eat out and your life's in the hands of those you

hope have washed theirs. In 2005 an outbreak of E-coli in the South

Wales valleys hit the headlines. children in 12 schools infected

with E-coli... In total 157 people were taken ill. Five-year-old Mason

Jones was one of them. He had a temperature, a headache. I thought

it was something that would go away. During that week I could see he was

getting worse. He started vomiting, and hallucinating. His feet were

going cold. He was going downhill fast. Mason had contracted E-coli

from his school lunch after eating contaminated meat. He died in

hospital two weeks later. couldn't believe it. How could my

little boy go to school, eat a school meal and end up where he was.

This was William Tudor, the butcher who supplied the meat to the school.

At his factory the same vacuum packing machine had been used on

raw and cooked meat. Tudor was jailed for a year after admitting

to breaking food safety laws and will never work in the food

industry again. Sharon wants to force food outlets to display a

food hygiene rating by law. My son shouldn't be where he is and I got

angry. It is giving me hope that my son didn't die in vain. And her

campaign has gone all the way to the Welsh Government. Here in Wales

they are considering an idea that would make it compulsory for places

like this to device play a food hygiene star rating where all can

see. The scores are given by environmental health officers, who

can visit any time. They are available online but the proposed

scheme in Wales goes further. If someone gets a bad rating there is

nowhere to hide. The scores will be on the doors. What do the public

think? If you are a environmental health officer and you think major

improvement is needed it would put me off. I can't see the public

wanting to go there and I can't see restaurants wanting to put up a

sign saying we are pretty rubbish. I think it is a great idea. You can

go into a restaurant nowadays and have no idea what's going on behind

the kitchen door. White give you more confidence I think that you

are eating somewhere that's safe. Where score have been put on the

doors elsewhere in the world it has been a serious Los Angeles serious

cases of food poisoning are down by 20%. Campaigners think the same

thing would happen in Wales if it became law. Scotland already has

its own scheme, but elsewhere they are following developments in Wales

with interest. We think the UK Government should roll out a

compulsory scheme in England to make sure that consumers wherever

they live in the UK should have easy access to food hygiene ratings.

In Wales under the new plans if a food outlet gets a poor rating it

would still have to be displayed until it was rechecked. But with

restaurants if the scores a aren't up to scratch we can take our

business elsewhere. What about schools, hospitals or care homes

and nurseries? Under a compulsory scheme all of those premises would

have to display their ratings. Parents would know the rating of

their school. If they had a poor score they would be able to raise

awareness and put pressure on the school and local authority to make

urgent improvementments. If the food hygiene bill gets the go-ahead

in Wales it would make compulsory for businesss to display by late

2013. The threat of E-coli hangs over us all the time. It is always

there and it is a serious one. It killed my little boy. I want people

to realise that this will never goo away and we have to stay on top of

things. Incredibly sad that story. It does seem like a good idea,

having a certificate in the windows. That was Wales. What about other

parts of the UK? Scotland has their own system and England are going to

stick with their own system of volunteering with the local

authority. But the food standards authority are doing a survey to

find out how many of the restaurants that have volunteered

do display their ratings for all to see. If you want to report a food

establishment for being a bit, well, dodgy. Or if you think you've

suffered from food poisoning because of something you ate, get

in touch with your local environmental health officers at

your local authority. If they get lots of calls about a particular

place, they can investigate. If you have got a bit of food poisonening

or a Dicky tummy, keep hydrated, lots of water and rest. If after

three days you've still got it, see your doctor. Can you recall your

worst food experience? Easily. I was in my amy, one of the first

times maiz America. I ate crab and I was really ill. I didn't eat

shellfish until 20 years. It puts you off the food. I never wanted to

go near it. It was a warm day and it had been left out. And may on as

is one of the worst things, anything with eggs in it.

you've done a series on rogue restaurants. You must have seen

some terrible sights. I ate in some pretty grim places. We went to one

place in West London, a swanky establishment, really expensive and

you can see pictures of where they store the food. That's the roof.

And there is the shellfish. That's the courtyard. They are storing the

food in a courtyard with a leaky roof and a toilet exposed with no

door. It was so grim. And mice running around. That was in west

London. A pricey establishment that you would think you were getting

great food in. I was in a restaurant the other day and there

was a mouse by my handbag. I should have rung the authorities. Anita,

thank you. You are not staying for dinner.

She doesn't trust you. He's got a rating. We have been getting some

great tips on cooking from your book, Liv Wise. There's a pina

colada shake. And the watermelon gazpacho? That's

a favourite of people. That's really popular. And am I right in

saying you used to cook what you have in front of us for your

daughter? That's to few rice. I was able to get the pre--teens to eat

this, because it was tasty and it was a great way of getting the

protein and the veggies. How is it? It is clear and simple. The recipes

are easily explained. There's not much grease in there. Oh! I had to

do that. Sorry. To be fair, lots of people wouldn't associate you with

food would they. No. Why but want to get to the end of a cook book

new tried to write a few books. This one was easy because it was

about food, not my life. I wrote a children's book once. I - a lot of

people asked me how did you stay healthy and look reasonable for

your age? That is how it began. Your mother was big into eating

healthily wasn't she? She was. She was German, so everything was

grilled and steamed, with potatoes with skins on and pumpernickel in

my sandwich box. I'm very happy now she taught me good has been Fritz

an early age. There is some beautiful fresh food which takes a

lot of preparation. Sit difficult to keep eating that fresh food?

When I'm home I always have certain ingredients in the fridge. It is

easier with the fresh foods. You have the spinach and avocados and

tomatoes. In America now most stores have organic sections. So I

try to buy seasonly. You can always get organic broccoli. I keep them

in the Chris per. I do a kitchen roulette and whip something up

quickly. You mentioned your husband. He discovered this amazing fruit in

the am zone ian desert. It contains 30% more vitamin C than any other

fruit? That's right. Between floodwaters of the Amazon are high,

the tree grows underneath the water. It sucks up the nutrients from the

Amazon base in. There's a fish that feeds off that fruit. That is

amazing. I take all these herbs every day. That's another reason I

stay healthy. It is working for you. Olivia's book, Livwise, is out now

- and all Olivia's royalties from the book will go to The Olivia

Newton-John Cancer and Wellness Centre in Melbourne. Last year Lord

Philip Gould knew he didn't have enough time left in his fight

against cancer. He wanted to make an uplifting film. Philip was a

major figure in the political world as an architect of new Labour. But

his story is one that everyone is relate to. I was asked to shoot an

intimate portrait of a man I didn't know. I knew he was very ill but I

wasn't sure what to expect. In six weeks' time I will be dead. I will

be cremated. I will face huge fear but it is an extraordinary

experience. It is only when they say, "Philip

Gould, you are going to die, get used to it, this is going to happen,

in weeks or months." It is only when that happens that you are

aware of death. And only when that happens that suddenly life screams

at you in its intensity. Philip was a fundamental presence

at the top table of the Labour Party for a long, long time. I saw

Philip like I would see a brother. He was incredibly close to me and I

was very close to him. He felt that death wasn't a time of decline but

one of massive growth and transformation. He focused on

telling the story about cancer and death. That was his total purpose.

I saw my children born. I saw them born and I saw the incredible

massive potential of that moment. When my fair died and the air left

his body, it was as powerful as the air entering the body of my

I met him 10 days before he died. Those who knew him, he was bouncing

off the walls, so full of ideas. It was almost beyond belief that this

man could die 10 days later. We decided to shoot his portrait at

Highgate Cemetery, on his own grave. Only when you accept death, can you

free yourself from it, can you deal with it, can you move forward from

it. So, acceptance is the absolute key. This is it, this is going to

be my home for eternity. I do really feel, in my mind, I have

refrained it. I have changed it. that moment, you gain freedom and

you gain power, you gain courage. He forced us, he took us on terms

of Highgate Cemetery. He was insistent that we had to understand

that this really was the end. I think that meant there was nothing

left unsaid. That does help us. Now when I look back I don't have any

regrets. There is nothing I want to say to him. I know he knew how much

I loved him, how much my mother and sister loved him. That is massive

comfort. When life became death, it gained equality and power it never

had before. He developed a campaigning mindset against cancer.

And he won it, for quite a few years. When he reached the point

where he was losing it, he started to stutter Jie is about death. --

strategy eyes. Maybe how he could help others that were entering the

death zone, as all of us will at some point. The day before he died

he said, in the end, it is not God that judges you. You judge yourself.

That was, I suppose, his message. When I think about the meaning, the

purpose of your life. I have had more moments of happiness in the

last five months than perhaps the last few years. More moments that

were private ecstasy than really for many years. When I just feel at

An incredible film. You can see more of that film, made by Adrian,

on the website. There is also a book by Philip called When I Die,

out tomorrow. That was beautiful. You will be having a look at that,

so many things that he said were ringing true with you? Absolutely.

You did a similar thing with your album, Gaia, a release of 40 were

going through. Is that what you were hoping for? When I was going

through breast cancer 20 years ago, I thought I was going to retire and

give up singing. I went to Australia to be on my farm, after I

finished treatment. A few months later I would wake up in the middle

of the night with these songs in my head. My experience, how I felt

about the planet and the world. One of the song as was Gaia, the spirit

of Mother Earth. I was singing about how she felt about what we

were doing to her. I felt very emotionally connected. It must have

helped a lot of people. A friend of mine said, please tell Olivia, he

has been suffering from cancer, and he said it really helps them.

you. I wrote it for myself, but it's a wonderful thing to help

somebody. It is just one of the 36 albums that you have written.

can't believe that! 1971 was your debut. You must have known that you

had made it when you got to do a # When you know I really want you.

# And let me try again, I won't say Do you remember where you were?

was the South of France forced of how did it come about, what

happened? He was looking for someone to sing this song with. I

kind of auditioned with him. Peter Gormley was my manager. I was

engaged to one of The Shadows. There were friends with Cliff

Richard. I sang with him and we did the duet. He invited me to be on

his television show. He really started me off. He became a fan of

the hair band? I know! It kind of started it. Loads of hits in the

70s, but we have to talk about the Phenomeno arm that is Grease. A

lovely picture of you. Earlier on we asked for photos from people at

home. This is Andrea from Ramsbottom, looking very

convincing! Nicol and Clarissa from This is Tanya's week in Benidorm.

Not a hen night, a week! From Swansea, it would be! We had a go

at our own tribute earlier on. Unfortunately there was a mix-up

# I've got Scholes, they are multiplying.

# And I'm losing control. # The power that you are

supplying... # It's electrifying!

# And you'd better shape up, because I need a man.

# And my heart is set on you. # You're the One That I Want,

You were dressed as Sandy, with Olivia Newton-John here?!

mortified. That was a lot of fun. We did have fun. The mechanics had

more fun than we did. It was a massive success, wasn't it? Were

you prepared for that? Did you have any idea? I don't think there's any

way you could possibly know, everywhere I go people ask me about

Grease. It's an incredible, iconic movie. I feel very blessed that I

am part of that. In your mind, when you were filming it, is it a very

vivid? I remember parts of it, probably because it has been kept

alive by people always asking me about it. It was a really fun

experience. The energy that we had onset is in the movies. That's part

of the reason why it was so successful. There was so much

energy, the producer and director were always telling us to have that

energy. The costumes were fun, the 50s is a great era. It was a great

story, a love story. It appeals to all generations, children, I love

it, my mother loved it, why do you think it crosses generations?

Because the songs are so catchy? It's very catchy, and people like

the 50s. It's a romantic era. To me, it is almost cartoonish. Its larger

than life, colourful, and there are great songs. The dancing was great.

It's very infectious, it's a happy movie. We've got some footage of

the premiere. This looks scary, actually. London? Yes, this is the

British premiere. It was scary, people were jumping on to the car.

I was worried they would come through the roof. It was quite

exciting and scary at the same time. You and John are still in touch.

That's really nice. I think you've got a recent picture. We were at a

Qantas event. He's an amazing pilot. Is it right that he's got a runway

in his garden? Yes, he has a plane part in his backyard. It must be a

big garden! It's pretty big. It's not even a garden, its concrete, a

runaway. The lookout the runway and If all of that has you in the mood

for a Grease singalong at home, you'll need to know how to sing a

good, long note. Carrie Grant has some great tips. Get ready and see

Be singing were an Olympic sport, for me, the blue ribbon event, the

equivalent of Usain Bolt in the 100 metres, would have to be who can

sing the longest note. Bill weather has made just one note in his

Lovely Day last 18 seconds. It's a rare skill. How do they pull it

off? The obvious answer, you would imagine, would be lung capacity.

Let's put it to the test. Charles is 6 foot 6, Kate is 5 foot FA --

four. At see the difference between lung capacity. 650 against 600.

Let's see how that impacts the length of the note that you can

You could have gone on longer than that! OK, we treated. Kate is a

trained singer and Charles is not. -- cheated. Kate's and test

readings were half the value of Charles. So how does she hold on to

a note so much longer? The most important factor is how she breeds

in and then controls the breath. -- What would Kate do before she comes

to sing her note? Let's see. A nice low barely a breath that is much

better than the typical panicked one that you see in most singers.

You need to think of them as a tube of toothpaste being slowly squeezed

by stomach muscles. If you can imagine rolling that toothpaste

tube up from the pot and you get a controlled, gentle flow of

toothpaste out of the tube. That muscle, as it contracts in a

controlled fashion, it pushes everything up and start moving the

diaphragm back up. It's going to assist air coming out. There is a

sin -- simple trick I use one like folk singers to see how could their

breath control is. Most people lose 50% of their hair on the first part

of the note, because they are sighing while they are singing.

Like that. A singer using breath control will lose less of it and

See? Control like this allows professional singers to clock up a

22nd note. It is what we call a money note. Powerful, precise and

perfectly controlled. But whilst controlling your breath is probably

the most important skill, there are other techniques that can help

prolong the note. Students at the Leeds College of Music, under the

guidance of Kim Chandler, are practising how to cut down on

leakage from the nose. People can do this test. If it changes the

sound, we know that Sam is leaking out. You can stick a mirror

underneath and if there is condensation then we know that it

is leaking out and we don't want that. The temptation for amateur

vocalists is to take a great long full air if they want to hold a

note. Surprisingly, trained singers do not. Moore is not necessarily

better. You have to use wisely what you taking. It can be quite

uncomfortable if there is too much On the singing note, if you will

pardon the pun, on your Asian tour, how many countries did you do?

Seven countries, 12 or 14 days. I was doing a two hour show. I know

about having to hold the note. you do vocal exercises? I still do

them. Your voice is a muscle. It's important to do it. There were

times when I was not doing it, but now I do vocal lessons or of the

time. It helps a lot. Singing is a big part of your life, but the main

part is the wellness Center? excited. That is why I wrote it.

It's all going to that centre. It's all about health and well-being. It

will help people going through decants the journey. It will help

them spiritually and emotionally to get through that journey. We have

got some more photographs. We have had hundreds of them coming in. Do

you want to start? Nicky says, my friend dressed me up as a surprise.

Grease is my favourite film. You would never guess! This is Karen,

getting ready for her sister's 60th birthday. Jenny, 16th birthday.

Look at these two. That is a nice one. Me and my husband at our 40th

birthday party. Phil Potter, from Surrey. Pink hat? Can we show this

one? Amy Mitchell. I don't know how they printed these so fast. They do,