18/12/2015 The One Show

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Hello and a welcome to the last One Show of the year with Alex

Even though it is a Friday! What an arrival this is! Thank you very

much. And there is a reason for all of this.

We're arriving in style tonight, because our guests

are from the brand new Russian epic War and Peace, coming

One of them you might know as Downton's sweet and fashionable

Lady Rose, who recently also starred as Cinderella.

The other played a very bad boy in Happy Valley and very good

Please welcome War and Peace's Lily James and James Norton.

Merry Christmas! What have you got planned for the show? Just kidding!

The arrival and the wintry surroundings, does it remind you of

Russia? It does. The snow is a bit colder. I shouldn't say this is fake

snow, should I? Did you have a snow machine onset? Did it make real

snow? We had real snow at the start when we were first filming, and then

it melted. In one scene we were endeavouring to sled through the

snow, but it was mad, so in a very British way we carried on, but we

had to reshoot with what felt like parmesan. Sliding through cheese! We

look forward to hearing all about it during the show.

Tonight find out what happened when our house chef took mince pies

Have Ricky's treats "stollen" their hearts?

And we'll be going behind the scenes at a school nativity.

Well, if it's audience participation we're doing tonight,

# On the first day of Christmas my true love sent to me.

Today I've come to see if the people here know the words. Do you know the

words to 12 days of Christmas? # On the eighth day of Christmas, my

true love sent to me. Four calling birds. Do you know 12 days of

Christmas? # On the ninth day of Christmas my

true love centimetre... ? Nine? On the first day of Christmas, my true

love sent to me, a partridge in a pear tree.

# Two turtledoves and a partridge in a pear tree. I will be famous now!

# Three French hens, two turtledoves and a partridge in a poetry.

# On the 12th day of Christmas, my true love sent to me...

# 12 drummers drumming # 11 pipers piping

# Ten lords leaping # Nine ladies dancing

# Eight maids milking # Seven swans swimming

# Six geese laying # Five gold rings

# Four calling birds # Three French hens

# Two turtledoves # And a partridge in a pear tree!

APPLAUSE Everybody knows five gold rings,

because it is the big one! War and Peace is widely known

as the novel that no Lily you read between takes

on Downton, didn't you? How long did it take you? It took me

a long while, but I knew I had the part for quite a long time, so I had

the time to read it. So you accepted the role before you read the book?

Yes. The book really is a masterpiece, and it is amazing that

it is easy to read. The first 50 pages aren't. You get stuck. The

first paragraph is in French, and then he introduces 20 characters in

three pages, so most people give up. But once you get over that hurdle,

we described it as a soap opera, because it is just loads of

characters. We have seen how you got hold of your copy. Here it is. This

is Happy Valley! That's ideal. Did you keep that copy? Actually, that

copy crops up in the second series, as well. Which we have just filmed.

There is a weird symbiosis. Now, while James and Lily have read

all half a million words, many have tried and failed to make

it to the end of War and Peace. So we asked our resident Russian

and friend of the show, Here's Yevgeny's War

and Peace in two minutes. It is July 1805, and old Saint

Petersburg feared the advance of Napoleon. The socially awkward

Pierre is introduced to Russian society. Two brilliant young Prince

Andre who declares, you will join the Army. Leave your pregnant wife

if you will, Pierre says, but I shall eat and drink for Russia. That

will be my duty for the motherland. And the beautiful Natasha IS up

potential husbands, knowing that men might soon become rather scarce. War

proves more terrible than Prince Andrei expected, dreams as well as

men died. I embrace it, Prince Andrei murmurs. A few years later,

Pierre marries Helen. He almost killed her lover in a duel when she

cheats on him. Then he has an existential meltdown. Andrei begs

Natasha to marry him. But her father is making them wait for a year, and

she is bound to have fallen for the womanising by then. By 1812, Pierre

is beside himself when Napoleon invaded again, and he vows to kill

him. As the Andrei, he is injured yet again on the front line, and

taken to Moscow wounded. Will love taking to Natasha? Will Pierre kill

Napoleon? I won't ruin the ending for you. But through battlefields

and ballrooms, births and deaths, a young hero will confront life's

great question of love and destiny, war and peace.

APPLAUSE He will now go down in history in so

many literature lessons! Lily, you didn't have to read it. I

wouldn't have, if I had known! Your character is dead that and all the

men fall for her. What is it about her? I think she is just so open,

ha-ha is beating and she's really genuine, hopeless romantic. She's

just a breath of fresh air, and that's really infectious. And you

start playing her at 13, and then make that transition all the way up

into adult life, so you really get to know her at every stage. You see

her grow, and you see how that open spirit is taken advantage of, and

how that longing for love leads her into allsorts of trouble and

heartache. And James, Prince Andrei is a tortured soul. It is heavy

stuff. Was not quite difficult to you to play the whole time? That

Darkside? Yes, he is really fed up. Fed up with the Russian winter!

There is a lot going on in Prince Andrei. It is a big challenge. A

year one of these method actors who goes in and out of character? Very

grumpy! The director was always telling him not to smile. That was

my most regular direction from the director, stop smiling! And let's

see James as Prince Andrei desperate to get into battle.

Your Grace, a request permission to join the action. It is 7000 men

against 40 5000. If one quarter of them come back tomorrow, I will

thank God. -- 40 5000. That is why I am asking to be one of them. Death

or glory? I won't stop you. How did those locations, Russia, Latvia,

help you? They were magical. There was one particular moment where Lily

and I were waltzing in Catherine the great's summer Palace, and this huge

ballroom. Your eyes were blinded because it was so shiny in the

candlelight and the mirrors. It was a blur like falling in love, it was

amazing. What a lovely phrase! With Whitney Houston! Are privileged to

spend six months filming in these beautiful places with an amazing

cast. It's quite a cast-

Gillian Anderson, Ade Edmonson, James you described it as a bit

like being on a trip We had a little karaoke, Lily gave

us her best Bohemian Rhapsody. St Petersburg was a lot of fun because

we were all out at the same time and staying in the same hotel, we were

all very overexcited because it is such a special place. The 3rd of

January, it starts, BBC One, nine o'clock. Thinking ahead to Downton,

the Christmas bash, your character went away, got married, so are you

going to be watching yourself on Christmas Day? Yes. I might save it

for Boxing Day, but I'm so excited about it, it is a wonderful ending.

So Roses back? Iamb back. Too late now!

Everybody will be pleased. It's been 16 degrees in some places

this week before Christmas, so quite fitting that the Vaynor

First School featured sunbathing Australian surfers

in their nativity. The characters are getting

stranger each year - here's our Michael Douglas meeting

the nativity cat of County Down. # Snow is falling

# All around us # Children playing

# Having fun. I have had to help out with the

festive weather, but these kids are the real deal. I am here to help

them get ready for their Christmas nativity.

First, let's check that everyone's here. Halep! How many sheep have we

got? How many kings? How many shepherds?

You are a donkey? I'm a camel! Have we got Joseph in the room? Stand up

and let's have a look at you. What a great outfit. Who has made it? Did

your mum make it? Shop. But I'm here to cut hair, and first

up is the director, class one's teacher Mrs Matheson. We had aliens

last year. Christmas of the aliens. Do you see a change in some kids

after they have been through the process of putting on a performance?

Children that you didn't expect to be as confident or as outgoing

actually when they are given an outlet to actually perform, they can

surprise you. And I've also got a surprise for Mrs Matheson. How's

that? I love it. Perfect, thank you. This is called the landlord's cat.

The title role is Lily, she has help from her mum. What is missing? Ears!

I have never done catty is on such a little head, but we will give it a

go. I remember I played King once and I had to wear tights, it was

quite. Tights? We have backcombed your hair, we will give it some

padding and make some twists. You ready to take look at your cat ears?

What you think of that? A like it! As the actors make their way to the

stage, the parents take their seats, I've just got time to meet Siobhan.

Argue nervous -- are you nervous about Siobhan? I am nervous. They

are both wearing traditional Ghanaian shirts. He loves embracing

his African heritage. Yes, he does. His daddy is from Ghana, so we've

borrowed some of his performing shirts. Nice, OK. Wow! Frank you

very much. It's showtime and I've got a great

seat. # Our work is never-ending, there's

so much more to do # All day long it's knock knock

knock # Knock knock knock.

One winter all of the people born in Bethlehem were told to return,

everyone of them needed a place to stay. And every parent would agree,

they are all stars of the show. Even a cat can look at the King!

APPLAUSE I'm sure you will agree some

fantastic performances all round. It was wonderful.

Now our audience tonight isn't just feeling Christmassy,

All their surnames have something to do with Christmas.

Lily and James, see if you can guess what they are in our

This couple are named after something you normally

put your feet in, but at Christmas they're stuffed with

a mince pie, a glass of sherry and has lots of little helpers,

These three are named after an animal that has

a very shiny nose, and if you ever saw it, you would even say it glows.

after something my true love sent to me on the first day of christmas.

Partridge. Partridge, very good. The Partridge family.

Christmas! You're not?! Merry Christmas to all our families, thank

you for taking part, isn't that lovely? We're going to drop in on

our neighbours at the All Souls Church next door for a spot of carol

singing. While we head over there, here's our chef Ricky doing his best

for Anglo-German relations through the medium of the mince pie.

Nothing smells like a Christmas market, that heady mix of blue vine

and sausage. We fallen for this continental import. Germany has more

than two and a half thousand festive markets, more than anywhere else in

Europe. Where better to experience one than here in Bavaria? Just

outside Munich, traditional and novelty yuletide streets. Like

gluhwein with a fiery twist. And waffles on the sticks. At

Christmas time lots of us love to dig into German delicacies like

these, but what British festive food will get a warm reception here?

Let's find out with our One Show wonderland of mince pies and

Christmas puddings. My competition is a chef selling his Bavarian

biscuits and stollen. The taste is good, we don't have it in Germany.

Nothing similar. Do you think I could sell more of this than you

could sell stollen? Never, never, stollen is traditional produce and

it's on every table in all of the land. Do you fancy a competition?

Let's do it. This is going to be tough. Martin has won prizes for his

stollen, filled with raisins, currents and marzipan. Will my

festive fair to go Bavarian taste buds? What is the name? Mince pies.

Inside alcohol? Alcohol, yes. Bavarian people prefer to drink the

alcohol and the British people eats alcohol. I might have stolen to map

of your customers, they like mince pies more value stollen. No! I think

I might have this in the bag. Do you prefer this or stollen? Stollen.

Stollen is better. I've looked up mince pies in German. I think now

I'm going to sell more. ,, and get your Hackfleischtorte. It must be

the accent. It's a nice taste, I like it. I think you can sell a lot

of it. Is it better than stollen? No. To start

I might resort to a couple of dirty tricks. Finally, some true converts.

Rather nice. Better than stollen? This is small so it's easy to beat.

You are a convert? Yes. Would you have it instead of stollen. Yes, I

think it's better. I would take mince pies. Seems mince pies might

have earned their place on the market. What will Bavarians make of

our Christmas puddings? The German one is a bit too dry, I like that

one. After a day of selling, time for the

verdict. Hello, Martin, half the people I gave my puddings and pies

to like mine as much as yours. No. Yes, definitely. In the spirit of

Christmas, we agreed to call it a draw. We might not be able to agree

on what to eat but we agree on what we drink, gluhwein. Cheers! Prost.

# Ding dong merrily on high In heav'n the bells are ringing

# Gloria Is riv'n with angel singing

APPLAUSE CHEERING

Thank you to All Souls Church for welcoming us back this year,

more carols on their way, in the interests of neighbourliness

Lily and James are handing out mince pies.

And I'm joined by some people who have been part

of the One Show family this year, Team Rickshaw.

APPLAUSE Team Rickshaw and...

And someone I met while Team Rickshaw were on the road

is Shaan Ali, who has benefitted from some of the money raised

by everyone who donated to Children in Need.

We've raised an awful lot of money, as you know. Yeah. A message for the

people at home who donated? Guys, a big, big, thank you. Without your

fundraising, without your donations, children in need wouldn't exist, all

of us wouldn't be helped and our lives are made much more better than

our children in need funded places. Just a big, big thank you. You are

fantastic. Nobody could have put it better than that. I know that you've

still been raising money since that incredible cycle ride we had, Team

Rickshaw. It was the other day, your birthday, you were telling me what

you were doing earlier, tell everybody at home. I went to Phantom

of the Opera with my family. And I also performed with the music trust,

I play the violin and we did many different songs. Katz, Swan Lake and

jingle Bells. The effort you put in was incredible. -- Cats. It really

was something. Now we didn't just bring

you here for an end of the year get together, we brought

you here because the amount of money you raised has gone up even more

since we announced it in November. I know how surprised we were on

children in need night. To everyone that has

donated and everyone who did their bit for this

year's rickshaw challenge we would like to announce

the challenge has raised an unexpected, life-changing,

overwhelming... APPLAUSE

That's it, this year's challenge. Over 4 million.

Reverend Hugh, charity brings together different

I think so. I was chatting before the show with Shaan and he told me

that charity giving is central to the Islamic faith and Christian

living. Something like children in need appeal is to humanity, I think,

that was a phenomenal total and I suspect the people who gave came

from all faiths and non-. It's at the heart of your Christmas message.

It is. We talk about charity beginning at home. We'll charity

probably begins with God, the generous good God highlighted at

Christmas. He looks and doesn't just see children in need but a world

with all kinds of needs and gives extravagantly. Not a check, but he

gives himself, Jesus. That is the heartbeat of Christian living. We

don't give so God will give to us, we give love because he first loved

us, that Christmas. Merry Christmas to you. Thank you for that message

and thank you to everybody, that's all we've got time for. Have a

wonderful, wonderful Christmas, what a year it's been for us. Can you

believe it? Thanks to Lee and James. War Peace is on the BBC on the 1st

of January. And thank you to All Souls Church for having us this

evening. Everybody on your feet for a Herald Angels sing.