0:00:16 > 0:00:18Hello and welcome to The One Show with Alex Jones.
0:00:18 > 0:00:24And my co-conspirator, Michael Ball.
0:00:24 > 0:00:29APPLAUSE Lovely.
0:00:29 > 0:00:31Tomorrow marks ten years since the world was introduced
0:00:31 > 0:00:34to a man who'd go on to set a new benchmark for
0:00:34 > 0:00:35acting in TV drama.
0:00:35 > 0:00:37And change the image of chemistry teachers for ever.
0:00:37 > 0:00:41Do we have to say his name?
0:00:41 > 0:00:49You know exactly who I am. Say my name.
0:00:49 > 0:00:50All right, all right!
0:00:50 > 0:00:55It's Bryan Cranston!
0:00:55 > 0:01:01Bryan is going to be here any moment. First, here's how Jean
0:01:01 > 0:01:12Johansson on very Scottish drink and how it's changing.
0:01:12 > 0:01:15how it's changing. Oh, Irn-Bru, those 80s and 90s advertising
0:01:15 > 0:01:18campaigns helped make it a Scottish institution.
0:01:18 > 0:01:24# Irn-Bru #. Butter brouhaha is brewing over
0:01:24 > 0:01:31these little cans of orange loveliness. AJ bar, the makers of
0:01:31 > 0:01:36Irn-Bru, is changing the 117-year-old recipe. They are
0:01:36 > 0:01:41halving the drink's sugary content, in response to a government
0:01:41 > 0:01:45crackdown on the soft drinks industry, to avoid the sugar tax
0:01:45 > 0:01:49being launched this April the company is slashing the amount of
0:01:49 > 0:01:54sugar in a can from eight teaspoons, to four. Sugar is being replaced
0:01:54 > 0:01:59with artificial sweeteners but changing the DNA of our iconic
0:01:59 > 0:02:02Irn-Bru hasn't gone down well with fans, including TV host Levine
0:02:02 > 0:02:10Kelly. -- Lorraine Kerry. Lorraine has backed angry Irn-Bru drinkers,
0:02:10 > 0:02:14like Ryan, who has started a petition against the recipe change
0:02:14 > 0:02:19that's been signed by almost 50,000 people and counting.What they are
0:02:19 > 0:02:23doing is leaving us no choice, if you want to drink the full sugar
0:02:23 > 0:02:28version. There are disregarding 117 years of history and putting up two
0:02:28 > 0:02:32fingers up to 50,000 people who tell them they don't agree with it.It's
0:02:32 > 0:02:37a message echoed odds as fervently on the streets of Glasgow.I'd
0:02:37 > 0:02:44rather they left it the way it was. Keep it the same.They have a secret
0:02:44 > 0:02:49recipe and it seems fine, so why change it?Irn-Bru gives me my
0:02:49 > 0:02:53sugar.With so much opposition to the change, I want to have exactly
0:02:53 > 0:02:57why the company is changing with its century-old recipe. I've been
0:02:57 > 0:03:00invited to their factory on the outskirts of Glasgow to meet Robin
0:03:00 > 0:03:05Barr, the company's former chairman. That's my great grandfather. He
0:03:05 > 0:03:12started our soft drinks business in 1875. The business has grown from
0:03:12 > 0:03:17these small beginnings.So why change the original recipe?We are
0:03:17 > 0:03:20effectively reacting to the vast majority of people, who do say they
0:03:20 > 0:03:25want less sugar in everything they are consuming.Why couldn't you just
0:03:25 > 0:03:29keep the original and anyone who is health-conscious can always go for
0:03:29 > 0:03:33the diet option?Well, that's true, but people do like sugar and indeed
0:03:33 > 0:03:38people want to continue to have some sugar. We're reducing the sugar, but
0:03:38 > 0:03:43we are not taking it down to zero. Cans of the lower sugar but
0:03:43 > 0:03:47artificially sweetened drink have started to roll off the production
0:03:47 > 0:03:53line, so time for a taste test. I've recruited a band of fans to see if
0:03:53 > 0:03:57they can tell the difference between the new sugar Lite version in the
0:03:57 > 0:04:02green cup, and the full fat original in the pink. All you have to do is
0:04:02 > 0:04:07take a sip out of each cup and tell us which one you think is the
0:04:07 > 0:04:14original Irn-Bru recipe. Got it? Yeah.OK, Bottoms up. Surely these
0:04:14 > 0:04:17Irn-Bru connoisseurs will spot the original sugary version in the pink
0:04:17 > 0:04:21cup, over the new artificially sweetened version in the green. But
0:04:21 > 0:04:25they are having trouble tasting the difference between old and new. Test
0:04:25 > 0:04:32done, it's time to vote. So one count of three, push forward the cup
0:04:32 > 0:04:38you think contains the original Irn-Bru. One, two, three. That's
0:04:38 > 0:04:44five green cups, three pink, and one who couldn't decide. So I can reveal
0:04:44 > 0:04:52the cup which contains the original recipe for Irn-Bru is the pink cup.
0:04:52 > 0:05:00Now!Was close but in a photo finish six of our Irn-Bru fans couldn't
0:05:00 > 0:05:06tell the difference.I'm quite shocked!The green one was a bit
0:05:06 > 0:05:11sweeter.Very slight difference. I thought that was the original, but I
0:05:11 > 0:05:15preferred the green one.I live on Irn-Bru, so I'm ashamed. I don't
0:05:15 > 0:05:20feel Glaswegian.Not everyone is going to be keen on the new lower
0:05:20 > 0:05:24sugar drink, but there's no doubt the health argument is compelling.
0:05:24 > 0:05:31So it looks like old school fans are going to have to get used to it.
0:05:31 > 0:05:36Irn-Bru, I love it.You do like it. Bryan is here.
0:05:36 > 0:05:40CHEERING AND APPLAUSE Looking very well, sir. We had a
0:05:40 > 0:05:49scary moment.We are so glad to see you!Do you know what Irn-Bru is?
0:05:49 > 0:05:53It's a Scottish drink, that's it there, a natural, lovely colour. See
0:05:53 > 0:05:59what you think.It's very natural, as you can see by the colour. It's
0:05:59 > 0:06:07not just a Scottish drink, it is the Scottish drink.It's not bad.They
0:06:07 > 0:06:15are changing the recipe.Why?We saw there, fans of this drink, Irn-Bru,
0:06:15 > 0:06:18are putting up a fight because they like the original, but in the film,
0:06:18 > 0:06:21when they tested it, people couldn't really tell the difference and they
0:06:21 > 0:06:26haven't got a problem on their hands probably, really, but have other
0:06:26 > 0:06:29brands successfully changed recipe? Been bobbing some have, some
0:06:29 > 0:06:36haven't. People don't like being told what to do. For instance,
0:06:36 > 0:06:40Nestle with their Milky Bar, they upped the milk, so there's now a
0:06:40 > 0:06:44third of the content is now milk, and sugar has gone down. Similarly
0:06:44 > 0:06:49with Kit Kat. We haven't been that bothered about those brands.
0:06:49 > 0:06:54However, back in 2015, Cadbury's creme eggs changed the shell on
0:06:54 > 0:06:57dairy milk to some other recipe and sales of their Easter lines well
0:06:57 > 0:07:02down by £10 million. But they insisted it wasn't because of a
0:07:02 > 0:07:06recipe change. We don't like change. Lucozade, quite an interesting one,
0:07:06 > 0:07:11quite similar to Irn-Bru, Lucozade in 2016 reduced their sugar content
0:07:11 > 0:07:15so it was within the range it's meant to be. 10,000 people signed a
0:07:15 > 0:07:19petition saying they did not want the change. It's been on Twitter,
0:07:19 > 0:07:23this is brilliant. People were saying, what happened to Orange
0:07:23 > 0:07:27Lucozade? It tastes like bleach, a completely different drink to what
0:07:27 > 0:07:32it used to be. Somebody else said, on Twitter, I've literally drunk
0:07:32 > 0:07:36Lucozade orange every day for as long as I remember. This change in
0:07:36 > 0:07:39recipe is a personal attack! LAUGHTER
0:07:39 > 0:07:47We don't want this change. The next big challenges Ribena.Ribena?They
0:07:47 > 0:07:50had literally hundreds of different versions of this drink, trying to
0:07:50 > 0:07:53get the sugary version right so it's down on the sugar but still has
0:07:53 > 0:07:58sugar in it. They're super tasters, who are in their factories, have got
0:07:58 > 0:08:01to a point where they can't tell the difference now, but we will be the
0:08:01 > 0:08:05judge of that because the public, in a couple of months, will be able to
0:08:05 > 0:08:15see.This is a misnomer, there is neither iron, nor a brew.That's
0:08:15 > 0:08:22brewed in Scotland.This is actually brewed? Made with girders?It's made
0:08:22 > 0:08:28with girders!I don't think this is brewed. I think it's fermented.
0:08:28 > 0:08:32LAUGHTER What brands aren't changing and
0:08:32 > 0:08:36aren't going to listen?At the moment Coca-Cola was unchanging.
0:08:36 > 0:08:44They made a bit of a faux pas, I remember.Back in 1985.With Coke
0:08:44 > 0:08:50zero?They changed it and it lasted, they just changed the recipe, 479
0:08:50 > 0:08:53days they held their ground and they gave up because so many people said
0:08:53 > 0:09:00they were drinking it Which for 79 days. They have lots of the roaster
0:09:00 > 0:09:07fanned low-calorie stuff, so they do have other choices -- they have
0:09:07 > 0:09:12low-calorie stuff.You consume less by drinking less.Lovely. You love
0:09:12 > 0:09:18the Irn-Bru, Bryan. Have you dabbled with any other UK British
0:09:18 > 0:09:23traditions, like builders tea restaurant have you done that yet?I
0:09:23 > 0:09:29don't know what builders tea is. Is it for construction workers?Strong
0:09:29 > 0:09:35tea, with a dash of milk.Fish and chips?Fish and chips, yes, there's
0:09:35 > 0:09:39a place near the hotel I stayed at when we were rehearsing the play,
0:09:39 > 0:09:46that was quite good.How long have you been here now?Since 1902!
0:09:46 > 0:09:51LAUGHTER Since late September.You are doing
0:09:51 > 0:09:57Network at the National Theatre. Yes, Network at the National
0:09:57 > 0:10:02Theatre.Have you seen any other parts of London?I've seen the
0:10:02 > 0:10:05rehearsal rooms, the stage. When I rehearse and get a show on its feet
0:10:05 > 0:10:14I really live very hermetic life. You have to, you absolutely have to.
0:10:14 > 0:10:19I go to work, I work. Now, my wife is coming over, we'll have two one
0:10:19 > 0:10:24half or three months here and we're going to see and catch up on our
0:10:24 > 0:10:29plays and museums and do all the stuff.We'll plan a route for you,
0:10:29 > 0:10:32Bryan, we'll do Wales, Scotland, beautiful Northern Ireland, we've
0:10:32 > 0:10:41got it all sorted.I wound my wife...This wife...
0:10:41 > 0:10:45LAUGHTER That's true! Which one was this?
0:10:45 > 0:10:52This is the fourth... No! She was doing a semester at Oxford and I
0:10:52 > 0:11:00went up there and I went and punted, I rented a punt on the Thames and I
0:11:00 > 0:11:04was out there with the poles and I pushed down and I didn't understand
0:11:04 > 0:11:10how this goes and all of a sudden I went, I guess I have to lift it, and
0:11:10 > 0:11:14I lifted up the pole and the muck and mire and watered started
0:11:14 > 0:11:18cascading down on me and I knew it was wrong! And yet I couldn't... I
0:11:18 > 0:11:23went, this is bad! I hear some guy drinking a pint on the bridge go,
0:11:23 > 0:11:32use it as a rod. I went what? He said, use it as all he slowed down.
0:11:32 > 0:11:44Use it as rudder. Then of course, but I was full of mud.But she still
0:11:44 > 0:11:49married you?She still married me! Bryan's new film, Last Flag Flying,
0:11:49 > 0:11:55is set in 2003. He plays Sal, a Vietnam vet, who is reunited with
0:11:55 > 0:11:59two of his friends from the war. It's a heart-warming story, but it's
0:11:59 > 0:12:05also really, really funny.What if I don't like it and we get stuck with
0:12:05 > 0:12:12a contract for a year, two years? Two years.What if we fall down?
0:12:12 > 0:12:16What if you fell into a ditch and you can't get up and nobody can see
0:12:16 > 0:12:21you? It
0:12:21 > 0:12:25you? It is adios. But with your mobile phone, if you get it out, you
0:12:25 > 0:12:34can see the numbers, help me, help me, I've fallen and I can't get up.
0:12:34 > 0:12:39Guys, 911 calls don't count against your minutes, either.If I say yes,
0:12:39 > 0:12:44will you shut the hell up so we can get our train?I'll shut up.
0:12:44 > 0:12:51APPLAUSE It's a really, really lovely film. I
0:12:51 > 0:12:55watched it last night. We saw you with Laurence Fishburne and Steve
0:12:55 > 0:13:00Carell. The three of you looked like you struck up a hugely happy report.
0:13:00 > 0:13:07We did. The movie is about male bonding and friendships and how men
0:13:07 > 0:13:10rekindle relationships, how they deal with grief and loss in their
0:13:10 > 0:13:16lives, but as you say, it's truly entertaining and funny and
0:13:16 > 0:13:21heartfelt. It's a complete movie. It's really, really a wonderful film
0:13:21 > 0:13:26and I'm very proud of it.How do I say this, Bryan? Your character is
0:13:26 > 0:13:34kind of lovably irritable vesture Markirritable?How different are
0:13:34 > 0:13:40the characters you play, are you three?If you ask my wife, I could
0:13:40 > 0:13:48be irritable as well. But no, Sal, my character, Sal, his kind of guy
0:13:48 > 0:13:54who takes the air out of room.Big energy.He wants to consume food and
0:13:54 > 0:14:00drugs and...Women.Women and everything, but he's also the first
0:14:00 > 0:14:04want to say I will help you as a friend. There's no ability in that.
0:14:04 > 0:14:09He's got heart.He's got hard, deep down over his callous soul.Steve
0:14:09 > 0:14:15Carell, it's not the kind of role you'd expect to see him do.No, he
0:14:15 > 0:14:19really anchors the whole film with this man who is dealing with his own
0:14:19 > 0:14:25loss and depression and through the end you see a spark of hope. This
0:14:25 > 0:14:30movie ends with such really glorious hope. People are crying, people are
0:14:30 > 0:14:35laughing throughout this film. It's really terrific.Sorry, go on.It's
0:14:35 > 0:14:40an interesting... It's an anti-war film, but pro-military,
0:14:40 > 0:14:44pro-soldiers, pro the guys on the ground.Right, I don't think that's
0:14:44 > 0:14:48mutually exclusive. I think every movie should be an anti-war movie.
0:14:48 > 0:14:53War should be the last resort of any conflict. This, when you remember
0:14:53 > 0:14:58the military, it's like being a member of a specific family. You are
0:14:58 > 0:15:00allowed to criticise your own family, but outsiders can't do that.
0:15:00 > 0:15:07So inside they are talking about the ridiculous missions they were on and
0:15:07 > 0:15:12was this worth it? Were we just pawns in this bigger battle that it
0:15:12 > 0:15:16was dealing with military personnel and politics? And we know, from
0:15:16 > 0:15:24history now, that Vietnam and Iraq were wrong. They weren't wars we
0:15:24 > 0:15:28should have been fighting. It's not like my father's war, World War II,
0:15:28 > 0:15:32which had a clear and present danger, and so if it starts that
0:15:32 > 0:15:36conversation among the military as well, hopefully then we can trust
0:15:36 > 0:15:43our leaders and military personnel to justify it, whatever conflict has
0:15:43 > 0:15:48to happen.
0:15:48 > 0:15:53There was a scene you found very moving to film. It made you ask
0:15:53 > 0:15:57yourself questions about how you felt about the war and every war
0:15:57 > 0:16:03that's been, I guess.There's a scene where we go to an aeroplane
0:16:03 > 0:16:09hangar to claim the body of Steve Carrell's son, his character son's
0:16:09 > 0:16:17body and we shot that on Veterans' Day. And it was solemn and
0:16:17 > 0:16:22respectful. And we honour those who serve in the military, both men and
0:16:22 > 0:16:27women of any country. It's the ultimate sacrifice that they are
0:16:27 > 0:16:33making, that they are willing to make. And we, who are storytellers,
0:16:33 > 0:16:43want to be involved in that epic story about when is it proper to
0:16:43 > 0:16:49present that kind of conflict resolution. And this deals with...
0:16:49 > 0:16:53We showed this to military families all over the place.Talking of
0:16:53 > 0:16:59which, this has been a very worrying week for our National Health Service
0:16:59 > 0:17:02with the news that long waits and cancelled operations have been
0:17:02 > 0:17:06happening, not just that, but nurses are leaving the NHS in record
0:17:06 > 0:17:11numbers.It is easy to sympathise with those who are turning their
0:17:11 > 0:17:18back on the profession. We like to accentuate the services. Three
0:17:18 > 0:17:23nurses tell us why they aren't.I am a nurse consultant and I work for
0:17:23 > 0:17:28the royal Blackburn teaching hospitals. I do some roles a senior
0:17:28 > 0:17:33doctor does. I do ward rounds. Support nurses. My mum always worked
0:17:33 > 0:17:38in hospitals, so I used to visit her in the school holidays and love the
0:17:38 > 0:17:42atmosphere of the hospital. That encouraged me to go into nursing. I
0:17:42 > 0:17:47would not consider leaving the NHS because of the reaction you get from
0:17:47 > 0:17:51the relatives and the patients, it gives you that passion every day.
0:17:51 > 0:17:57One moment that would sum up my career is ten years ago when there
0:17:57 > 0:18:02was a new clot busting treatment. We delivered it to a patient and they
0:18:02 > 0:18:07had a resolution from being completely disabled to being
0:18:07 > 0:18:12completely able-bodied in an hour. We cried, me and the consultant. It
0:18:12 > 0:18:15made us realise this is why we are here, why we have been trained to do
0:18:15 > 0:18:21what we do.My name is Ken. I am a community nurse based at Bristol
0:18:21 > 0:18:26hospital. I have been qualified as a nurse for almost 15 years. Prior to
0:18:26 > 0:18:31that I had a life-changing moment, as I used to be a dairy farmer. I
0:18:31 > 0:18:35was in my late 20s. My wife had recently qualified as a nurse. I
0:18:35 > 0:18:38thought, if I don't change now I probably never will. I have not
0:18:38 > 0:18:45looked back. I think the biggest thing for me, community nursing, is
0:18:45 > 0:18:51being able to have a sense of normality. You look after some
0:18:51 > 0:18:57children with care needs. Sadly some do die. It is being able to support
0:18:57 > 0:19:00the families through those challenging times. I have had
0:19:00 > 0:19:04occasions where I have thought, not leave my job, as in leave nursing,
0:19:04 > 0:19:08but a change of focus. We've got such a good working relationship
0:19:08 > 0:19:11with the management team that they will give you the time to have a
0:19:11 > 0:19:15conversation. It gives you that reminder that, actually I am doing
0:19:15 > 0:19:21the right job. My name is Collette. I am a senior
0:19:21 > 0:19:25charge nurse at the royal Alexander hospital in Paisley. I went into
0:19:25 > 0:19:29nursing later in life. I wept back to university in my 30s and decided
0:19:29 > 0:19:36to do nursing. I have been nursing 12 years. I love my job very much. I
0:19:36 > 0:19:39love the fact every day is different. You never know. Every day
0:19:39 > 0:19:43is a new challenge. When patients come in, they are very vulnerable.
0:19:43 > 0:19:47They can be at the lowest point and it is a privilege to gain their
0:19:47 > 0:19:53trust and to be involved in their care. A few weeks ago I had
0:19:53 > 0:20:00relatives say to me that I had made a difference to their journey and
0:20:00 > 0:20:04their mum's journey within the hospital. They said to me, you have
0:20:04 > 0:20:08actually listened to us, you have listened to my mum. I felt really
0:20:08 > 0:20:11good after it. I did. It was a nice feeling. I thought, that is what I
0:20:11 > 0:20:16set out to do in the beginning and I am still doing it now.
0:20:19 > 0:20:22Thanks to sharing your stories and thanks to everyone who is working so
0:20:22 > 0:20:26hard in the NHS, particularly at this time of year.Well said. Right
0:20:26 > 0:20:31then Bryan, you will be familiar with this from the sequence - the
0:20:31 > 0:20:34opening sequence of Breaking Bad. The periodic table, of course. We
0:20:34 > 0:20:41will get some elements up here. And hopefully you will tell us a story
0:20:41 > 0:20:47relating to that specific element. Oh, really! I mean, of course, of
0:20:47 > 0:21:00course I will!So our first one is Y - Y is for Y-fronts!
0:21:00 > 0:21:08For shaking... And when I start to wiggle, my nipples, they will
0:21:08 > 0:21:16wiggle. Oh, ah-oh, oh...Once again I have to be embarrassed for both of
0:21:16 > 0:21:25us.Yes!I mean, will you take a role if you don't have to wear them?
0:21:25 > 0:21:32I have the world's worst agent. Where he interpreted nudity cause as
0:21:32 > 0:21:37being nude, as opposed to not being... I don't know! Listen, I
0:21:37 > 0:21:40think if you have no shame whatsoever this is what you end up
0:21:40 > 0:21:48doing.Isn't it funny, tighty whiteys - Y fronts are funny. They
0:21:48 > 0:21:57are funny. They are a funny undergarment.Funny or sad.We go to
0:21:57 > 0:22:02He, normally for helium, but for you, Bryan, we have made it
0:22:02 > 0:22:06heartbreak hotel. That particular Elvis song has a special meaning to
0:22:06 > 0:22:13you, doesn't it?Oh, I know where you're going.Thank God!Oh, no, I
0:22:13 > 0:22:19don't know what you mean.Your brother. Remember?I was on a
0:22:19 > 0:22:22motorcycle travelling the country for two years, just getting odd jobs
0:22:22 > 0:22:29in places and we stopped in Florida and we would volunteer to do open
0:22:29 > 0:22:36mic night, sing songs. So I sang a lot of Elvis songs - Heart Break
0:22:36 > 0:22:43Hotel and...Don't Be Cruel.And occasionally we would actually win
0:22:43 > 0:22:48and so...You have a voice? # Don't be cruel
0:22:48 > 0:22:54# To a heart that's true # I want no other lover
0:22:54 > 0:22:58# Baby it's just you # I'm thinking of. You've got the
0:22:58 > 0:23:04look as well, man! To do thatVy! You do the whole thing!
0:23:04 > 0:23:08But not, I'm like you, I am not a singer. I don't consider myself a
0:23:08 > 0:23:19singer. You are a singer.HO is for... Holium. We are making it
0:23:19 > 0:23:25homicide. Were you wanted for murder?Quick... Move away.For a
0:23:25 > 0:23:29short period of time there was what was an all points bulletin put out
0:23:29 > 0:23:35on me and my brother looking for... We were murder suspects.What?Yes!
0:23:35 > 0:23:41One of the odd jobs when we were on our motorcycles was in a Chinese
0:23:41 > 0:23:47restaurant and the Chinese cook was this horrible man named Peter Wong.
0:23:47 > 0:23:52He was horrible to everybody. He was, he was filled with greed and he
0:23:52 > 0:23:57would go out with big wads of money, go to the dog track and someone
0:23:57 > 0:24:03clobbered him, stuck him in a trunk and...But it wasn't you? Just tell
0:24:03 > 0:24:10us that?Will it make me even more dangerous if it was me? No! No.It
0:24:10 > 0:24:16wasn't him!I mean I clobbered him but I didn't...It is fair to say
0:24:16 > 0:24:20that Bryan didn't murder that particular man, but he's no strange
0:24:20 > 0:24:25tore a bee, as this picture shows. It is extraordinary! George is
0:24:25 > 0:24:30taking a leaf out of his book and he's seeking out the beewolf, which
0:24:30 > 0:24:36is a waps, which we the would be Walter White's favourite.
0:24:36 > 0:24:39The sandy soils of central and southern England are swarming with
0:24:39 > 0:24:45life, but today I am looking for a tiny killer. It is one of the
0:24:45 > 0:24:51largest solitary wasps in Britain - the beewolf. It has earnt its name
0:24:51 > 0:24:56in the way it dispatches its prey, the honey bee. They will carry honey
0:24:56 > 0:25:01bees back to their bureaus and bury them alive in the sand to feed their
0:25:01 > 0:25:06young. It is that grizzly act I want to see today. Once considered
0:25:06 > 0:25:11extremely rare and found only in the south of England, climate change has
0:25:11 > 0:25:18allowed beewolf populations to spread as far north as Blackpool. I
0:25:18 > 0:25:27have come to RSPB in Suffolk to meet Matt #16 peace process parrot. -- to
0:25:27 > 0:25:35meet Matt Parrott.They are good mothers. They go out catch honey
0:25:35 > 0:25:42bees, paralyse them, bury them up to a metre in the ground.I have never
0:25:42 > 0:25:44seen a beewolf actually carrying a honey bee. What are the chances we
0:25:44 > 0:25:50will see it today?It is good weather. It is highly likely you
0:25:50 > 0:25:55will see them.
0:25:57 > 0:26:01will see them.I will hold you to that. Our cameraman is here to help
0:26:01 > 0:26:13to reveal all the action. These
0:26:13 > 0:26:18These are the beewolf Burrows here. There you are. It is popping out of
0:26:18 > 0:26:23its burrow there. They dig one of the most impressive nests of any UK
0:26:23 > 0:26:28species and all the work is done by the female. She's taken out quite a
0:26:28 > 0:26:34pile of sand there. All of these wasps have specialised front feet
0:26:34 > 0:26:37with sort of combs on them, with which they can dig really, really
0:26:37 > 0:26:41well. Over the course of several days,
0:26:41 > 0:26:47she'll dig a nest as deep as a metre and create up to 30 chambers along
0:26:47 > 0:26:53it, ready to lay her eggs in. But some beewolfs prefer to let others
0:26:53 > 0:27:01do the digging and will preifer to steal a fully excavated burrow from
0:27:01 > 0:27:10another. And beewolfs will stop at nothing to defend their nests.
0:27:17 > 0:27:22Now she's defended her burrow, it is time to stock it with paralysed but
0:27:22 > 0:27:32still living bees. And that's what I want to see.
0:27:32 > 0:27:40Look at this.
0:27:50 > 0:27:56A bee right here: Right in front of me. Over the next few days a single
0:27:56 > 0:28:00beewolf will hunt, paralyse and carry home up to 200 honey bees,
0:28:00 > 0:28:04which she will bury in the chamber she's dug, ready for her young to
0:28:04 > 0:28:08feed on. It is quite an extraordinary feat of strength, with
0:28:08 > 0:28:14each bee weighing as much as the beewolf itself. By keeping the bees
0:28:14 > 0:28:17alive they will stay fresher, providing a better food source for
0:28:17 > 0:28:25their young. It is amazingvy lived up to 62 and I have never -- amazing
0:28:25 > 0:28:30I have lived up to 62 and I have never seen this. This, for me, is an
0:28:30 > 0:28:34amazing day. Bee wolfs pack an extraordinary amount into their 40
0:28:34 > 0:28:39days adult life. She's found a mate. She's dug one of the most impressive
0:28:39 > 0:28:47nests of any UK insect. She's hunted, carries and buried up to 200
0:28:47 > 0:28:50honey bees and given her young the very best possible chance in life.
0:28:50 > 0:28:56They say as busy as a bee, but perhaps as busy as a beewolf would
0:28:56 > 0:28:58be more appropriate.
0:28:59 > 0:29:04Well, there you go. Thank you to Bryan.
0:29:04 > 0:29:09Last flag flying is in cinemas on Sunday.Have a lovely weekend.