:00:25. > :00:30.Hello and welcome. With us tonight is a woman who has been a stand-
:00:30. > :00:36.up... Rider, actress and even motivational speaker. We think we
:00:36. > :00:40.have found her calling in life. A celebrity agent. Joanna, get up,
:00:40. > :00:46.there's Michael Winner. Do you remember Joanna Lumley? She was a
:00:46. > :00:56.Bond girl a month ago and the original Purdey in the Avengers.
:00:56. > :01:15.
:01:15. > :01:19.I have not seen that since then. looks like you had great fun.
:01:19. > :01:24.is how we found Joanna Lumley and eventually turned her into Patsy
:01:24. > :01:28.because we knew a pretty woman who could be funny, usually impossible.
:01:28. > :01:36.You pay the agent. What is the worst advice your agent has given
:01:36. > :01:45.you? To drop a comedy and take a modelling. It was a disaster. -- at
:01:45. > :01:55.the Comedy and take up modelling. We have a summer holiday theme
:01:55. > :01:55.
:01:55. > :02:01.going on tonight. That is a You must have gone to great lengths
:02:01. > :02:06.to get a good deal on a holiday? Because of my religion? Because you
:02:06. > :02:11.are well travelled. This will be an interesting half-an-hour. I am a
:02:11. > :02:17.travel rider, that is my best deal of all, so the word free comes up a
:02:17. > :02:21.lot. Another change money at the airport, banks, hotels, they are
:02:21. > :02:25.rip-offs. You take your own money and borrow in the street. These
:02:25. > :02:30.babies are worth a lot of money. Give them teeth, why work with
:02:30. > :02:36.cash? If you don't want to part with your teeth... Also more
:02:36. > :02:44.children! We can help you find the best deal on your holiday. Our
:02:44. > :02:49.travel expert challenge triplets to do the legwork for him.
:02:49. > :02:55.excitement, anticipation, the sun, sea, it's time for your summer
:02:55. > :03:04.holiday! But wouldn't it be good if you could get a bit more of this
:03:04. > :03:07.for a bit less of this. We have set a challenge for triplets Stephen,
:03:07. > :03:13.Jo and Amanda. They are all experienced travellers and they
:03:13. > :03:18.each have �200 to change into euros. We are asking Stephen to look for
:03:18. > :03:24.the best deal on the High Street. Joe will change her money using an
:03:24. > :03:30.online service and a man duck will change hers when she gets abroad. -
:03:30. > :03:34.- Amanda. Stephen goes to the Post Office. How much is it to exchange
:03:34. > :03:40.�200 into euros? Post Offices the UK's biggest foreign-exchange
:03:40. > :03:46.provide a serving more than 6 million currency customers a year.
:03:47. > :03:50.240 euros for �200. That is commission-free. That is pretty
:03:50. > :03:55.good even though it is no commission. It does not necessarily
:03:55. > :04:00.mean it is the best deal. Some places it may offer a better rate
:04:00. > :04:05.commission. Good luck. Every year we change an estimated �10 billion
:04:05. > :04:10.into foreign cash for holidays. There is a huge variety of places
:04:10. > :04:15.to exchange currency. Only 15% of us use banks now with travel agents,
:04:15. > :04:20.department stores and even supermarkets getting in on the act.
:04:20. > :04:24.So how was your shopping around going? I have been around a few of
:04:24. > :04:30.the department stores, banks, Post Offices. Are you can save money if
:04:30. > :04:36.you shop around. There was an eight euro distance between the - --
:04:36. > :04:39.difference between the rates offered. Meanwhile, Jo is at an
:04:39. > :04:43.internet cafe looking at an increasingly popular way to buy
:04:43. > :04:47.currency. Order on line and get the cash delivered to your home. But
:04:47. > :04:55.you need to beware of extra charges. This comparison website takes into
:04:55. > :05:03.account the fact you are paying up to �5 for postage. How safe is it?
:05:03. > :05:07.That is with a non- FSA authorised exchange bureau. If you are selling
:05:07. > :05:11.foreign currency you don't need a licence, or regulations in the same
:05:11. > :05:15.way a bank has. If they go out of business you could be seriously out
:05:15. > :05:19.of pocket. Another way is to order online and collect the money from
:05:19. > :05:25.the airport. Then you can take advantage of better rates than if
:05:25. > :05:29.you change the cash over the counter. Amanda resisted the
:05:29. > :05:34.convenient option of changing money at Birmingham airport and could not
:05:34. > :05:38.find a place to exchange it at the airport in Spain, in fact, she
:05:38. > :05:48.struggled to find anywhere open for currently -- Currency Exchange. In
:05:48. > :05:49.
:05:49. > :05:53.the end she had to settle for a The time for me to call and find
:05:53. > :05:58.out how she got on. The most important thing is what is the
:05:58. > :06:05.weather like? It is really hot. We are on the beach now. Or what have
:06:05. > :06:10.you got? I am hoping I have beaten my siblings. I have got 216 euros.
:06:10. > :06:16.Oh dear, that means Amanda is in third place, out on the beach in
:06:16. > :06:22.Majorca with a pitiful 216 euros for her �200. Beating her easily,
:06:22. > :06:28.her sister got 243 euros from an online provider delivering to her
:06:28. > :06:33.house. The win is Steven, with a bit of leg work and research, he
:06:33. > :06:38.has got 246 euros for his �200 at the American Express office in
:06:38. > :06:43.Birmingham city centre. Braids change every day and dairy from
:06:43. > :06:47.place to place, of course -- rates. A what this challenge shows us how
:06:47. > :06:57.important it is to shop around and make the most of every one of your
:06:57. > :07:02.precious pounds. To be fair, Amanda was on the beach while she was
:07:02. > :07:07.doing it. She got the best deal! Those results were with euros, due
:07:07. > :07:12.expect the same results with different currencies? With the US
:07:12. > :07:21.dollar there is a strong competitive market. That is how you
:07:21. > :07:27.make money on holiday. Goodness me! Is that how you do it, the lap
:07:27. > :07:34.dancers. Outrageous! Dance for a baby! * Eddie on! I'm not going on
:07:34. > :07:39.holiday with you for it -- -- steady on. I'm not going on holiday
:07:39. > :07:43.with you! For example, with Egyptian pounds, you will not get
:07:43. > :07:46.nearly as good a rate in Britain as soon as you step off the plane in
:07:46. > :07:52.Egypt. The same applies for Turkish lira, don't bother changing them
:07:52. > :07:57.here, change them there. And Croatian money will also be much
:07:58. > :08:01.better if you buy it there than here. Instead of taking cash is it
:08:01. > :08:09.a good idea to take those cards that you can put credit on before
:08:09. > :08:13.you go? I have a selection of them. They have all sorts of currencies
:08:13. > :08:16.on. They are a bit like a 21st century version of travellers'
:08:16. > :08:21.cheques which means if they get lost or stolen you get your money
:08:21. > :08:24.back and you load money on to them at a set rate so you know what you
:08:24. > :08:28.are spending. Unlike your credit and debit card, where who knows
:08:28. > :08:34.what the rate will be until you get your statement when you get home.
:08:34. > :08:42.Nasty shock when you get home. think you owe me a dollar! Fewer
:08:43. > :08:47.teenagers are doing Saturday jobs these days. I look back fondly on
:08:47. > :08:54.my time that David Evans in Swansea. What did you do? The milk round.
:08:54. > :09:01.Lucy Siegle has been to Met -- made one girl exploring the myth of
:09:01. > :09:04.teenagers being lazy. -- meat. The I Love sky is magical and every
:09:04. > :09:09.year it a track millions of visitors. The biggest tourist route
:09:09. > :09:12.onto the island is by the road bridge to the north. But for
:09:12. > :09:21.centuries communities to the south of the island have made the short
:09:21. > :09:28.crossing on rather than over the water. The car ferry is the last
:09:28. > :09:32.manually operated turned table type in the UK, it makes the crossing to
:09:32. > :09:38.the island up to 40 times a day between May and October. Since to
:09:38. > :09:45.them as an and six the Feri has been owned and run by the local
:09:45. > :09:48.community and among the volunteers is a special recruit... In 1997
:09:48. > :09:52.there were nearly twice as many teenagers would Saturday jobs than
:09:52. > :10:00.there are now. But 114 year-old bucking the trend is Isabel. How
:10:00. > :10:03.did you get into this? My mum wanted me to get something so I
:10:03. > :10:09.went over on the boat and I just carried on going backwards and
:10:09. > :10:14.forwards. You were hooked? You see. What do you like about it? I get to
:10:14. > :10:19.see people and talk to them about their lives. People from all over
:10:19. > :10:28.the world. A what is your ambition? I want to be the skipper of the
:10:28. > :10:35.boat. What sort of plan had you work out? When I and 16 I can start
:10:35. > :10:41.on the boat and then when I and 18 I can get riskier's ticket and be
:10:41. > :10:50.the skipper. Under the watchful eye of the rest of the crew were Isabel
:10:50. > :10:55.has become an invaluable member of the team. When she first came here
:10:55. > :11:03.we thought she would stay a couple of days, maybe a week. But every
:11:03. > :11:07.day rain, snow... She does not warrant. Do you think she will be
:11:07. > :11:14.the skipper one day? I think so. She remembers everything. A lot
:11:14. > :11:18.more than I remember. She remembers how much we have charged cars,
:11:18. > :11:24.where we have been, she is very good. In too dazzled by the boat
:11:24. > :11:28.nearly stop running altogether. It was then that the community group
:11:28. > :11:35.stepped into resurrected -- in 2005. On felt there was a strong
:11:35. > :11:42.possibility that the community here would be impacted upon culturally,
:11:42. > :11:46.socially, economically. I felt it would begin to die. With a rich
:11:46. > :11:50.history, passionate locals and a beautiful setting the future for
:11:50. > :12:00.this boat is bright and for one brilliant little girl that means
:12:00. > :12:03.
:12:03. > :12:09.That trip is beautiful. Very nice. What did you do for a Saturday job?
:12:09. > :12:19.I sold girl scout cookies but for a higher rate. To the older ladies. I
:12:19. > :12:24.
:12:24. > :12:30.They were probably $3 more than they really were. But I did get a
:12:30. > :12:36.badge for the scam. You wore it with pride? Yes. I obeyed the Girl
:12:36. > :12:40.Scout law. Led talk about your new documentary. Ruby Wax's Mad
:12:40. > :12:46.Confessions. You are continuing this plight to expel the myths of
:12:46. > :12:51.mental illnesses. But this documentary takes a bit of a twist.
:12:51. > :12:55.This is the last taboo, the documentary on Monday it is where
:12:55. > :13:02.right go into businesses because no one in business will speak up and
:13:02. > :13:05.say they have any type of mental illness because 20% of the work
:13:05. > :13:09.force, if anybody finds that you have mental illness, you will find
:13:09. > :13:14.yourself out of a job. If you worry managing director you will not have
:13:14. > :13:18.a job at all. Imagine one in four people have it, so imagine the
:13:18. > :13:23.horror of trying to keep something about secret. That is why I think
:13:23. > :13:27.they spend 100 billion a year in absenteeism in the workplace. It
:13:27. > :13:31.was saved a lot of cash if people could say I am not always like this
:13:31. > :13:34.and probably cleverer than most people are so why am I being
:13:34. > :13:39.discriminated against? You did encouraged the business people in
:13:39. > :13:45.the documentary to speak out. Let's have a look at Berwick from Durham.
:13:45. > :13:49.They would speak out anyway. He was Derek opening up to friends and
:13:49. > :13:56.family for the first time about his depression. I don't know if anybody
:13:56. > :14:01.has noticed a change in the sense - - in the last year. If you have it
:14:01. > :14:11.is because I have found out I had depression and I have been lucky
:14:11. > :14:11.
:14:11. > :14:16.I had never had any inkling, because he is very good at hiding
:14:16. > :14:19.it. I would like to say, I am really proud. He says in the
:14:19. > :14:23.documentary, that he probably would not have known that he had
:14:23. > :14:28.depression, if it was not for somebody else speaking out and
:14:28. > :14:34.opening up. But this is a really big thing, how much it can change
:14:34. > :14:39.your life, speaking out. Well, how brave was he? I saw him last night,
:14:39. > :14:46.and he was radiant, because nobody fired him, and he is now going up
:14:46. > :14:50.to everybody. Because, if it is not you, it is somebody you know. The
:14:50. > :14:55.company is not going to fire him, which is the good news, so, the
:14:55. > :14:59.stigma is being broken. And also those three extraordinary MPs in
:14:59. > :15:06.the House of Commons, have fantastic was that? And they are
:15:06. > :15:10.not feeling anything. In a way, you are kind of doing the same thing
:15:10. > :15:17.with the documentary, you are being incredibly open as well. It is
:15:17. > :15:22.important, this is not a celebrity illness. People can start smoking
:15:22. > :15:27.and thinking, should I go to the Bahamas, should I be
:15:27. > :15:33.institutionalised? No, this is a physical disease. You would not
:15:33. > :15:37.knock anybody with diabetes. The brain is physical, it is not in
:15:37. > :15:42.your imagination. It is the most important organ. How can you
:15:42. > :15:47.discriminate, in 2012, if somebody has something which is just
:15:47. > :15:51.happening in their brain? If we can knock down those walls, there are
:15:51. > :15:59.no more taboos, this is the last one. You have certainly gone a long
:15:59. > :16:02.way towards that. Thank you. Ruby Wax's Mad Confessions is on Rafa.
:16:02. > :16:11.If you need advice about mental health, there is a link on our
:16:11. > :16:15.website. Now, Gyles has been to Coventry to tell the uplifting
:16:15. > :16:22.story about the role of art at some of the most difficult times in our
:16:22. > :16:26.history. In November 1940, Coventry had to suffer a notorious bombing
:16:26. > :16:31.raid, which devastated the city centre. More than 500 people died
:16:31. > :16:36.and at least 1,000 were injured. The historic cathedral was
:16:36. > :16:40.virtually razed to the ground. During the Second World War, the
:16:40. > :16:47.enemy was attacking both our industrial bases and our heritage.
:16:47. > :16:52.But remarkably, British artists at the time were doing their bit to
:16:52. > :17:01.remind us what we were fighting for. The director of the national
:17:01. > :17:05.gallery encouraged the Government to establish a Rafa war artists
:17:05. > :17:11.Advisory Committee. In the midst of war, why it is art considered
:17:11. > :17:17.important? In contrast with film and photographs, the vision was
:17:17. > :17:23.that art would somehow interpret it in a visual way, and show that
:17:23. > :17:26.British culture was alive and well during wartime. One of the artists
:17:26. > :17:29.commissioned was the leading abstract painter John Piper. The
:17:29. > :17:34.morning after the Blitz, he was asked to go to Coventry to capture
:17:34. > :17:40.the devastation. He chose as his subject the burnt-out remains of
:17:40. > :17:44.the cathedral. And here is the image he created. It was begun on
:17:44. > :17:51.the morning after the bombing. You would expect to see a scene of
:17:51. > :17:57.carnage, after all, 500 people died. And yet, there are no bodies.
:17:57. > :18:01.surprisingly, it is completely empty of people.. Why? I think
:18:01. > :18:09.because this was not about morale, it was a statement of defiance and
:18:09. > :18:14.survival. The cathedral was at the heart of Coventry's medieval centre.
:18:14. > :18:18.So, for the residents of the city, its destruction was a cruel blow.
:18:18. > :18:23.During the Blitz, this man was a 15-year-old stretcher bearer based
:18:23. > :18:27.at a local hospital. You could hear the whistle and of the bombs as
:18:27. > :18:32.they were coming down, and you could hear the explosion, naturally.
:18:32. > :18:37.The following morning, he was sent into the city to deliver a telegram.
:18:37. > :18:41.Once you got near the town centre, I had a job to realise where I was,
:18:41. > :18:45.the devastation was so bad. When I saw the cathedral, for example, you
:18:45. > :18:51.could see the devastation from the outside, and the smoke was rising
:18:51. > :18:56.from within the ruins. It was a really horrible sight. With the
:18:56. > :18:59.city in ruins, its population bereft, he had to decide from
:18:59. > :19:02.whence he could best capture this terrible event. It seems a bit odd
:19:03. > :19:08.that in the midst of the devastation, he chose to come here
:19:08. > :19:12.to the cathedral. I think he found it quite disturbing to go and
:19:12. > :19:17.intrude on people's personal despair and anguish. He wanted to
:19:17. > :19:20.find a place that he could come and paint without feeling that
:19:20. > :19:24.discomfort, but something which would mean something to the people
:19:24. > :19:30.of the city at the same time, as well as to the people of Britain.
:19:30. > :19:36.During the war, some 400 artists created more than 6,000 works, at a
:19:36. > :19:40.cost to the taxpayer of around �3 million in today's money. Clarke
:19:40. > :19:44.wanted this art to reach ordinary people, and he organised
:19:44. > :19:48.expeditions to towns and villages across the nation. Paintings like
:19:48. > :19:53.these have an important role to play. There was a slogan that was
:19:53. > :19:58.used at the time, we can take it, Britain can take it. So this is
:19:58. > :20:03.propaganda as well as art? Absolutely, it is saying, this is
:20:03. > :20:09.happening, but we can stand up to it. Having got over the initial
:20:10. > :20:14.shock, people set about trying to get their lives back to normal..
:20:14. > :20:17.there was resilience? There certainly was. The day after the
:20:17. > :20:23.Blitz, the Dean of the cathedral vowed to create a brand new
:20:23. > :20:29.building. 50 years ago this year, the Queen attended the consecration.
:20:29. > :20:34.The work of artists would play a huge part in the new cathedral,
:20:34. > :20:39.including this magnificent window, designed by the same artist who had
:20:39. > :20:44.painted the ruins of the first cathedral, John Piper. 72 years
:20:44. > :20:48.after the devastation of Coventry, we still have John Piper's
:20:48. > :20:57.remarkable painting, a beautiful work of art, commemorating a
:20:57. > :21:02.terrible act of war. As promised, Gyles is with us now. It is a
:21:02. > :21:07.stunning painting. But the legacy of war artists lives on today.
:21:07. > :21:14.tradition continues. Indeed, every six months, up to four artists
:21:14. > :21:20.fought each of the services is deployed to war zones. Every six
:21:20. > :21:24.months, there will be four artists going to Afghanistan, staying for
:21:24. > :21:27.between three and four weeks. There are rules, they cannot show the
:21:28. > :21:35.faces of people who are casualties, but basically, they can do what
:21:35. > :21:38.they want. Is there still a propaganda purpose? No. During the
:21:38. > :21:43.Second World War, there was a propaganda purpose, to lift the
:21:43. > :21:47.spirits. But now, they are there merely to represent what they see.
:21:47. > :21:54.They will not be affected by the cuts, by the way. The feeling is
:21:54. > :21:59.that we need artists to give their interpretation, what they see, how
:21:59. > :22:04.it affects them. They go into the war-zone, they are not trained for
:22:04. > :22:09.combat, they are trained for hostile environments, so they risk
:22:09. > :22:17.their lives to bring back images of what it is like in Afghanistan.
:22:17. > :22:20.we have got some examples of modern war art in the studio. Yes, the
:22:20. > :22:25.artists turned up this afternoon to drop their work off, but we could
:22:25. > :22:33.not let them leave without having a chat. How do you go about capturing
:22:33. > :22:38.a scene like this? I was very lucky with this particular scene. We had
:22:38. > :22:42.driven through the town in Afghanistan, we had dropped off our
:22:43. > :22:46.advisers, and we were there for about half-an-hour, so why was able
:22:46. > :22:51.to sketch the farmer and the lads in their vehicles. As we were
:22:51. > :22:54.driving away, I was catching them as we went away, we were the last
:22:54. > :22:59.vehicle. There's a lot of luck involved in finding a particular
:22:59. > :23:06.scene. You then took them back and made a painting from the sketches?
:23:06. > :23:11.Yes. We have now got this one, by Graham - were the locals pleased
:23:11. > :23:17.that she wanted to paint them? loved having their photographs
:23:17. > :23:26.taken, and they loved being sketched. These were village elders.
:23:26. > :23:30.The life expectancy is about 45, so they are not that old. We went to a
:23:30. > :23:38.place where the forces sat down to have a cuppa tea, and I sketched
:23:38. > :23:44.them during that time. You even had a little studio, didn't you? I did,
:23:44. > :23:49.near the helicopter landing zone. I had all of my pictures stuck up
:23:49. > :23:53.around the place. What about the troops themselves? Matt has
:23:53. > :23:59.captured this piece in ink. It is beautiful - were the troops happy
:23:59. > :24:04.to have you around? Yes, they get quite blase about it. There is a
:24:04. > :24:09.history of art in the officers' mess and places like that, so the
:24:09. > :24:14.idea of having an artist in theatre, they just take it as... Anything
:24:14. > :24:22.can happen out there, so... Thank you so much to all of you for
:24:22. > :24:27.bringing your work in. Now it is time for the third day of Mike and
:24:27. > :24:34.Miranda's Summer Holiday Watch. All this week, we are acting as
:24:34. > :24:43.wildlife guides for the Putman family. And today, it was decided
:24:43. > :24:48.that an issue be in charge of the there's a. -- that I should be in
:24:48. > :24:53.charge of steering. Whenever we are walking along the towpath, we keep
:24:53. > :24:57.hearing this... It is the sound of a water vole a escaping. The only
:24:58. > :25:07.way to catch a glimpse of such a shy and elusive mammal is to plant
:25:08. > :25:09.
:25:09. > :25:16.a stake-out. I can see loads of signs of a mammal down here. Can
:25:16. > :25:21.you see this? There is a hole. There's holes all the way down this
:25:21. > :25:31.bank. It is so difficult to see the mammals, the best think actually is
:25:31. > :25:33.
:25:33. > :25:39.to look for their poo. The animal I am looking for is a vegetarian, and
:25:39. > :25:46.it always nibbles off at 45 degrees, so that is a fabulous sign of their
:25:46. > :25:56.presence. Hopefully, we might just see him swimming across. What is it,
:25:56. > :26:01.
:26:01. > :26:04.a water vole? Yes! Have you done a stake out before? Never. The key to
:26:04. > :26:14.seeing water voles is just sitting and waiting. Did you bring the
:26:14. > :26:16.
:26:16. > :26:19.coffee? I am on a hunt for a real beauty, the damselfly. They are
:26:19. > :26:24.distinguished from dragonflies by the way they hold themselves when
:26:24. > :26:31.resting. This canal is a haven for one special resident, the Red Guide
:26:31. > :26:39.damselfly. This particular species loves this floating vegetation.
:26:39. > :26:49.That is where they come to rest. You can see a couple meeting. --
:26:49. > :26:49.
:26:49. > :26:55.meeting. They might do that for about 15 minutes. -- mating. The
:26:55. > :27:00.female will lay her eggs on the underside of this vegetation. The
:27:00. > :27:04.larvae will be there for a couple of weeks. The males and females are
:27:04. > :27:11.slightly different colours. These ones, the males are quite blue, and
:27:11. > :27:17.the females are a bit paler, yellow-green colour. Unfortunately,
:27:17. > :27:26.we have not had so much luck. Two hours later, and nothing has shown
:27:26. > :27:34.up. But... I am feeling good now, the sun is out. I hope the water
:27:34. > :27:41.vole is, too. Yes, it comes out for a dose of vitamin D, we hope!
:27:41. > :27:47.There's one! I spotted that! prove how well they are doing on
:27:47. > :27:54.this canal, another one shows up! Can you see how their nose sticks
:27:54. > :28:00.out, and their bottom sticks out? And then sent it goes into the
:28:00. > :28:03.vegetarian. Don't call it is like a little furry torpedo! That's
:28:03. > :28:09.exactly what they are like! I have never heard them called that
:28:09. > :28:19.before! I will tell you what, water voles on this canal are like buses,
:28:19. > :28:21.
:28:21. > :28:27.all of a sudden, you see two! Aren't we lucky? Very lucky. More
:28:27. > :28:34.of that tomorrow. A question for you - have you had much luck with
:28:34. > :28:39.British holidays? I was once in Cornwall, because they all talk
:28:39. > :28:46.about buckets and cockles. It was blizzard conditions, I thought I
:28:46. > :28:54.was making a trip to the Arctic. Every season went past me, and I