18/07/2012 The One Show

Hello and welcome. With us tonight is a woman who has been a stand-

up... Rider, actress and even motivational speaker. We think we

have found her calling in life. A celebrity agent. Joanna, get up,

there's Michael Winner. Do you remember Joanna Lumley? She was a

Bond girl a month ago and the original Purdey in the Avengers.

I have not seen that since then. looks like you had great fun.

is how we found Joanna Lumley and eventually turned her into Patsy

because we knew a pretty woman who could be funny, usually impossible.

You pay the agent. What is the worst advice your agent has given

you? To drop a comedy and take a modelling. It was a disaster. -- at

the Comedy and take up modelling. We have a summer holiday theme

going on tonight. That is a You must have gone to great lengths

to get a good deal on a holiday? Because of my religion? Because you

are well travelled. This will be an interesting half-an-hour. I am a

travel rider, that is my best deal of all, so the word free comes up a

lot. Another change money at the airport, banks, hotels, they are

rip-offs. You take your own money and borrow in the street. These

babies are worth a lot of money. Give them teeth, why work with

cash? If you don't want to part with your teeth... Also more

children! We can help you find the best deal on your holiday. Our

travel expert challenge triplets to do the legwork for him.

excitement, anticipation, the sun, sea, it's time for your summer

holiday! But wouldn't it be good if you could get a bit more of this

for a bit less of this. We have set a challenge for triplets Stephen,

Jo and Amanda. They are all experienced travellers and they

each have �200 to change into euros. We are asking Stephen to look for

the best deal on the High Street. Joe will change her money using an

online service and a man duck will change hers when she gets abroad. -

- Amanda. Stephen goes to the Post Office. How much is it to exchange

�200 into euros? Post Offices the UK's biggest foreign-exchange

provide a serving more than 6 million currency customers a year.

240 euros for �200. That is commission-free. That is pretty

good even though it is no commission. It does not necessarily

mean it is the best deal. Some places it may offer a better rate

commission. Good luck. Every year we change an estimated �10 billion

into foreign cash for holidays. There is a huge variety of places

to exchange currency. Only 15% of us use banks now with travel agents,

department stores and even supermarkets getting in on the act.

So how was your shopping around going? I have been around a few of

the department stores, banks, Post Offices. Are you can save money if

you shop around. There was an eight euro distance between the - --

difference between the rates offered. Meanwhile, Jo is at an

internet cafe looking at an increasingly popular way to buy

currency. Order on line and get the cash delivered to your home. But

you need to beware of extra charges. This comparison website takes into

account the fact you are paying up to �5 for postage. How safe is it?

That is with a non- FSA authorised exchange bureau. If you are selling

foreign currency you don't need a licence, or regulations in the same

way a bank has. If they go out of business you could be seriously out

of pocket. Another way is to order online and collect the money from

the airport. Then you can take advantage of better rates than if

you change the cash over the counter. Amanda resisted the

convenient option of changing money at Birmingham airport and could not

find a place to exchange it at the airport in Spain, in fact, she

struggled to find anywhere open for currently -- Currency Exchange. In

the end she had to settle for a The time for me to call and find

out how she got on. The most important thing is what is the

weather like? It is really hot. We are on the beach now. Or what have

you got? I am hoping I have beaten my siblings. I have got 216 euros.

Oh dear, that means Amanda is in third place, out on the beach in

Majorca with a pitiful 216 euros for her �200. Beating her easily,

her sister got 243 euros from an online provider delivering to her

house. The win is Steven, with a bit of leg work and research, he

has got 246 euros for his �200 at the American Express office in

Birmingham city centre. Braids change every day and dairy from

place to place, of course -- rates. A what this challenge shows us how

important it is to shop around and make the most of every one of your

precious pounds. To be fair, Amanda was on the beach while she was

doing it. She got the best deal! Those results were with euros, due

expect the same results with different currencies? With the US

dollar there is a strong competitive market. That is how you

make money on holiday. Goodness me! Is that how you do it, the lap

dancers. Outrageous! Dance for a baby! * Eddie on! I'm not going on

holiday with you for it -- -- steady on. I'm not going on holiday

with you! For example, with Egyptian pounds, you will not get

nearly as good a rate in Britain as soon as you step off the plane in

Egypt. The same applies for Turkish lira, don't bother changing them

here, change them there. And Croatian money will also be much

better if you buy it there than here. Instead of taking cash is it

a good idea to take those cards that you can put credit on before

you go? I have a selection of them. They have all sorts of currencies

on. They are a bit like a 21st century version of travellers'

cheques which means if they get lost or stolen you get your money

back and you load money on to them at a set rate so you know what you

are spending. Unlike your credit and debit card, where who knows

what the rate will be until you get your statement when you get home.

Nasty shock when you get home. think you owe me a dollar! Fewer

teenagers are doing Saturday jobs these days. I look back fondly on

my time that David Evans in Swansea. What did you do? The milk round.

Lucy Siegle has been to Met -- made one girl exploring the myth of

teenagers being lazy. -- meat. The I Love sky is magical and every

year it a track millions of visitors. The biggest tourist route

onto the island is by the road bridge to the north. But for

centuries communities to the south of the island have made the short

crossing on rather than over the water. The car ferry is the last

manually operated turned table type in the UK, it makes the crossing to

the island up to 40 times a day between May and October. Since to

them as an and six the Feri has been owned and run by the local

community and among the volunteers is a special recruit... In 1997

there were nearly twice as many teenagers would Saturday jobs than

there are now. But 114 year-old bucking the trend is Isabel. How

did you get into this? My mum wanted me to get something so I

went over on the boat and I just carried on going backwards and

forwards. You were hooked? You see. What do you like about it? I get to

see people and talk to them about their lives. People from all over

the world. A what is your ambition? I want to be the skipper of the

boat. What sort of plan had you work out? When I and 16 I can start

on the boat and then when I and 18 I can get riskier's ticket and be

the skipper. Under the watchful eye of the rest of the crew were Isabel

has become an invaluable member of the team. When she first came here

we thought she would stay a couple of days, maybe a week. But every

day rain, snow... She does not warrant. Do you think she will be

the skipper one day? I think so. She remembers everything. A lot

more than I remember. She remembers how much we have charged cars,

where we have been, she is very good. In too dazzled by the boat

nearly stop running altogether. It was then that the community group

stepped into resurrected -- in 2005. On felt there was a strong

possibility that the community here would be impacted upon culturally,

socially, economically. I felt it would begin to die. With a rich

history, passionate locals and a beautiful setting the future for

this boat is bright and for one brilliant little girl that means

That trip is beautiful. Very nice. What did you do for a Saturday job?

I sold girl scout cookies but for a higher rate. To the older ladies. I

They were probably $3 more than they really were. But I did get a

badge for the scam. You wore it with pride? Yes. I obeyed the Girl

Scout law. Led talk about your new documentary. Ruby Wax's Mad

Confessions. You are continuing this plight to expel the myths of

mental illnesses. But this documentary takes a bit of a twist.

This is the last taboo, the documentary on Monday it is where

right go into businesses because no one in business will speak up and

say they have any type of mental illness because 20% of the work

force, if anybody finds that you have mental illness, you will find

yourself out of a job. If you worry managing director you will not have

a job at all. Imagine one in four people have it, so imagine the

horror of trying to keep something about secret. That is why I think

they spend 100 billion a year in absenteeism in the workplace. It

was saved a lot of cash if people could say I am not always like this

and probably cleverer than most people are so why am I being

discriminated against? You did encouraged the business people in

the documentary to speak out. Let's have a look at Berwick from Durham.

They would speak out anyway. He was Derek opening up to friends and

family for the first time about his depression. I don't know if anybody

has noticed a change in the sense - - in the last year. If you have it

is because I have found out I had depression and I have been lucky

I had never had any inkling, because he is very good at hiding

it. I would like to say, I am really proud. He says in the

documentary, that he probably would not have known that he had

depression, if it was not for somebody else speaking out and

opening up. But this is a really big thing, how much it can change

your life, speaking out. Well, how brave was he? I saw him last night,

and he was radiant, because nobody fired him, and he is now going up

to everybody. Because, if it is not you, it is somebody you know. The

company is not going to fire him, which is the good news, so, the

stigma is being broken. And also those three extraordinary MPs in

the House of Commons, have fantastic was that? And they are

not feeling anything. In a way, you are kind of doing the same thing

with the documentary, you are being incredibly open as well. It is

important, this is not a celebrity illness. People can start smoking

and thinking, should I go to the Bahamas, should I be

institutionalised? No, this is a physical disease. You would not

knock anybody with diabetes. The brain is physical, it is not in

your imagination. It is the most important organ. How can you

discriminate, in 2012, if somebody has something which is just

happening in their brain? If we can knock down those walls, there are

no more taboos, this is the last one. You have certainly gone a long

way towards that. Thank you. Ruby Wax's Mad Confessions is on Rafa.

If you need advice about mental health, there is a link on our

website. Now, Gyles has been to Coventry to tell the uplifting

story about the role of art at some of the most difficult times in our

history. In November 1940, Coventry had to suffer a notorious bombing

raid, which devastated the city centre. More than 500 people died

and at least 1,000 were injured. The historic cathedral was

virtually razed to the ground. During the Second World War, the

enemy was attacking both our industrial bases and our heritage.

But remarkably, British artists at the time were doing their bit to

remind us what we were fighting for. The director of the national

gallery encouraged the Government to establish a Rafa war artists

Advisory Committee. In the midst of war, why it is art considered

important? In contrast with film and photographs, the vision was

that art would somehow interpret it in a visual way, and show that

British culture was alive and well during wartime. One of the artists

commissioned was the leading abstract painter John Piper. The

morning after the Blitz, he was asked to go to Coventry to capture

the devastation. He chose as his subject the burnt-out remains of

the cathedral. And here is the image he created. It was begun on

the morning after the bombing. You would expect to see a scene of

carnage, after all, 500 people died. And yet, there are no bodies.

surprisingly, it is completely empty of people.. Why? I think

because this was not about morale, it was a statement of defiance and

survival. The cathedral was at the heart of Coventry's medieval centre.

So, for the residents of the city, its destruction was a cruel blow.

During the Blitz, this man was a 15-year-old stretcher bearer based

at a local hospital. You could hear the whistle and of the bombs as

they were coming down, and you could hear the explosion, naturally.

The following morning, he was sent into the city to deliver a telegram.

Once you got near the town centre, I had a job to realise where I was,

the devastation was so bad. When I saw the cathedral, for example, you

could see the devastation from the outside, and the smoke was rising

from within the ruins. It was a really horrible sight. With the

city in ruins, its population bereft, he had to decide from

whence he could best capture this terrible event. It seems a bit odd

that in the midst of the devastation, he chose to come here

to the cathedral. I think he found it quite disturbing to go and

intrude on people's personal despair and anguish. He wanted to

find a place that he could come and paint without feeling that

discomfort, but something which would mean something to the people

of the city at the same time, as well as to the people of Britain.

During the war, some 400 artists created more than 6,000 works, at a

cost to the taxpayer of around �3 million in today's money. Clarke

wanted this art to reach ordinary people, and he organised

expeditions to towns and villages across the nation. Paintings like

these have an important role to play. There was a slogan that was

used at the time, we can take it, Britain can take it. So this is

propaganda as well as art? Absolutely, it is saying, this is

happening, but we can stand up to it. Having got over the initial

shock, people set about trying to get their lives back to normal..

there was resilience? There certainly was. The day after the

Blitz, the Dean of the cathedral vowed to create a brand new

building. 50 years ago this year, the Queen attended the consecration.

The work of artists would play a huge part in the new cathedral,

including this magnificent window, designed by the same artist who had

painted the ruins of the first cathedral, John Piper. 72 years

after the devastation of Coventry, we still have John Piper's

remarkable painting, a beautiful work of art, commemorating a

terrible act of war. As promised, Gyles is with us now. It is a

stunning painting. But the legacy of war artists lives on today.

tradition continues. Indeed, every six months, up to four artists

fought each of the services is deployed to war zones. Every six

months, there will be four artists going to Afghanistan, staying for

between three and four weeks. There are rules, they cannot show the

faces of people who are casualties, but basically, they can do what

they want. Is there still a propaganda purpose? No. During the

Second World War, there was a propaganda purpose, to lift the

spirits. But now, they are there merely to represent what they see.

They will not be affected by the cuts, by the way. The feeling is

that we need artists to give their interpretation, what they see, how

it affects them. They go into the war-zone, they are not trained for

combat, they are trained for hostile environments, so they risk

their lives to bring back images of what it is like in Afghanistan.

we have got some examples of modern war art in the studio. Yes, the

artists turned up this afternoon to drop their work off, but we could

not let them leave without having a chat. How do you go about capturing

a scene like this? I was very lucky with this particular scene. We had

driven through the town in Afghanistan, we had dropped off our

advisers, and we were there for about half-an-hour, so why was able

to sketch the farmer and the lads in their vehicles. As we were

driving away, I was catching them as we went away, we were the last

vehicle. There's a lot of luck involved in finding a particular

scene. You then took them back and made a painting from the sketches?

Yes. We have now got this one, by Graham - were the locals pleased

that she wanted to paint them? loved having their photographs

taken, and they loved being sketched. These were village elders.

The life expectancy is about 45, so they are not that old. We went to a

place where the forces sat down to have a cuppa tea, and I sketched

them during that time. You even had a little studio, didn't you? I did,

near the helicopter landing zone. I had all of my pictures stuck up

around the place. What about the troops themselves? Matt has

captured this piece in ink. It is beautiful - were the troops happy

to have you around? Yes, they get quite blase about it. There is a

history of art in the officers' mess and places like that, so the

idea of having an artist in theatre, they just take it as... Anything

can happen out there, so... Thank you so much to all of you for

bringing your work in. Now it is time for the third day of Mike and

Miranda's Summer Holiday Watch. All this week, we are acting as

wildlife guides for the Putman family. And today, it was decided

that an issue be in charge of the there's a. -- that I should be in

charge of steering. Whenever we are walking along the towpath, we keep

hearing this... It is the sound of a water vole a escaping. The only

way to catch a glimpse of such a shy and elusive mammal is to plant

a stake-out. I can see loads of signs of a mammal down here. Can

you see this? There is a hole. There's holes all the way down this

bank. It is so difficult to see the mammals, the best think actually is

to look for their poo. The animal I am looking for is a vegetarian, and

it always nibbles off at 45 degrees, so that is a fabulous sign of their

presence. Hopefully, we might just see him swimming across. What is it,

a water vole? Yes! Have you done a stake out before? Never. The key to

seeing water voles is just sitting and waiting. Did you bring the

coffee? I am on a hunt for a real beauty, the damselfly. They are

distinguished from dragonflies by the way they hold themselves when

resting. This canal is a haven for one special resident, the Red Guide

damselfly. This particular species loves this floating vegetation.

That is where they come to rest. You can see a couple meeting. --

meeting. They might do that for about 15 minutes. -- mating. The

female will lay her eggs on the underside of this vegetation. The

larvae will be there for a couple of weeks. The males and females are

slightly different colours. These ones, the males are quite blue, and

the females are a bit paler, yellow-green colour. Unfortunately,

we have not had so much luck. Two hours later, and nothing has shown

up. But... I am feeling good now, the sun is out. I hope the water

vole is, too. Yes, it comes out for a dose of vitamin D, we hope!

There's one! I spotted that! prove how well they are doing on

this canal, another one shows up! Can you see how their nose sticks

out, and their bottom sticks out? And then sent it goes into the

vegetarian. Don't call it is like a little furry torpedo! That's

exactly what they are like! I have never heard them called that

before! I will tell you what, water voles on this canal are like buses,

all of a sudden, you see two! Aren't we lucky? Very lucky. More

of that tomorrow. A question for you - have you had much luck with

British holidays? I was once in Cornwall, because they all talk

about buckets and cockles. It was blizzard conditions, I thought I

was making a trip to the Arctic. Every season went past me, and I