:00:17. > :00:19.Hello, and welcome to a new week on The One Show, with Alex Jones.
:00:20. > :00:23.We hope you had a fantastic weekend in the sun,
:00:24. > :00:26.and long may it continue, as the country keeps its chin
:00:27. > :00:29.up in the face of news which is testing us all.
:00:30. > :00:32.Later, our friend Steve Backshall will be here with news
:00:33. > :00:40.But first, we're joined by Panorama reporter Richard Bilton,
:00:41. > :00:42.whose investigation into the Grenfell Tower fire goes
:00:43. > :00:51.Welcome, Richard, thanks for calling in.
:00:52. > :00:54.Richard, so many questions have been thrown up by this terrible fire.
:00:55. > :00:57.What is Panorama going to tell us tonight?
:00:58. > :01:03.Well, I mean, the programme is what you would expect from Panorama. On
:01:04. > :01:08.one level we've tried to be among the community as they have dealt
:01:09. > :01:11.with this horror. I've been on the street as I've seen people
:01:12. > :01:13.spontaneously come out and effectively fend for themselves as
:01:14. > :01:19.they weren't given much support, from where I was standing, anyway.
:01:20. > :01:22.That was very emotional to watch. Also with Panorama, you expect us to
:01:23. > :01:25.do some digging to try and find out some facts, some investigation.
:01:26. > :01:30.There is plenty of that in there. One thing we have found out from a
:01:31. > :01:34.series of sources, both in the Fire Service and residents, is that fire
:01:35. > :01:39.was put out on the night. The first buyer that the Fire Service were
:01:40. > :01:43.called to in a flat at 1am, fridge fire, inside but flat the
:01:44. > :01:46.firefighters did their job and put that fire out completely. They told
:01:47. > :01:50.the residents they had put that fire out inside the flat, which is the
:01:51. > :01:53.way it is opposed to work in a tower block, you are supposed to contain
:01:54. > :01:56.it within flats. They did their job. I'm told that that crew were leaving
:01:57. > :02:00.the building, having presumably thought they would and their job,
:02:01. > :02:04.when crews outside of the building said, look, there's fire outside and
:02:05. > :02:08.by now it is breading upwards and across the building. But initially
:02:09. > :02:12.the fire that was reported in a kitchen on the fourth floor was put
:02:13. > :02:16.out. Which obviously leads to the investigation about the cladding.
:02:17. > :02:20.And what was going on on the outside of the building. What can you tell
:02:21. > :02:24.us about that, Richard, what have you been discovering? Those images
:02:25. > :02:28.are horrendous. We have lived with them for nearly a week. The cladding
:02:29. > :02:33.seems to be everything, you know. The way a tower block is designed to
:02:34. > :02:38.work is it is cellular. There is a fire in a flat, it stays there, it
:02:39. > :02:41.is protected, the fire teams arrive, people are coming out, they do their
:02:42. > :02:46.job. It might get to the next flat but it doesn't get to the 12 or 14
:02:47. > :02:49.floor, which is why they say, stay in your flat, because coming out
:02:50. > :02:54.would create a stampede, why there is not a central alarm. That is how
:02:55. > :02:58.it is supposed to work, that is the model. The model goes out of the
:02:59. > :03:00.window when you have got cladding on the outside, it might not be the
:03:01. > :03:06.cladding, it might be the way it is applied. That is for the
:03:07. > :03:09.investigation. If it is applied with a gap, that is like a flu in a
:03:10. > :03:13.chimney, designed to spread heat. That model goes out the window. I'm
:03:14. > :03:18.told the firefighters that night faced things they had never seen
:03:19. > :03:21.before. They broke their own safety protocols to save lives. On that
:03:22. > :03:25.note, new features and letters in the programme and a very strong
:03:26. > :03:28.warning. Yes, we have got letters from the parliamentary fire safety
:03:29. > :03:34.committee. These letters were written over a period of time. What
:03:35. > :03:36.they demonstrate quite clearly is the Government was given plenty of
:03:37. > :03:39.warnings that fire safety in tower blocks was not good enough, that
:03:40. > :03:43.people were vulnerable. Within that, experts are warning that there is a
:03:44. > :03:48.chance of a disaster. So they are told, you know, these are a dozen
:03:49. > :03:52.letters. So they knew? Yes, these are quite clear. In 2014, the
:03:53. > :03:58.Government was warned they could not call so afford to wait for another
:03:59. > :04:01.tragedy. Just two months ago, the Government received a letter and
:04:02. > :04:04.said, it is now time to listen. Over this period, four said that
:04:05. > :04:08.ministers received these letters and the regulations were not tightened.
:04:09. > :04:11.As far as we know from the Government today, there is still no
:04:12. > :04:15.schedule for the tightening. By experts in this field who we have
:04:16. > :04:19.spoken to say this was entirely predictable -- fire safety experts.
:04:20. > :04:27.I would say it is wicked that these people have lost their lives.
:04:28. > :04:35.Totally and utterly unnecessarily. I will admit, I broke down and cried.
:04:36. > :04:43.I knew that there would be a huge number of fatalities. What I also
:04:44. > :04:48.knew is that I had warned about this. It was foreseeable. And these
:04:49. > :04:56.deaths are totally and utterly unnecessary. It sends shivers right
:04:57. > :04:57.through you just hearing that. Stay with us, Richard, we are going to
:04:58. > :05:00.play another film. Large numbers of people
:05:01. > :05:03.are still gathering at the scene to express their sympathy and anger
:05:04. > :05:05.at what happened. Over the weekend, Kevin met two
:05:06. > :05:17.of them who seemed to sum In the shadow of the tower, the wall
:05:18. > :05:21.where hundreds of people have been drawn, not just from the local
:05:22. > :05:23.community, but from every part of the country. To see the photos of
:05:24. > :05:29.those who are missing, and share their feelings in writing. Carol and
:05:30. > :05:33.her daughter Rachel haven't travelled as far as some. They've
:05:34. > :05:35.come from Battersea, a few miles away, to add their own message. What
:05:36. > :05:50.compelled you to come today? Obviously the tone of events. It's
:05:51. > :05:55.had an impact on me for several days. I just needed to just come and
:05:56. > :05:59.be here and stand with the people, I didn't know anyone from the tower,
:06:00. > :06:04.but the point is that Grenfell Tower could have been somewhere where I'm
:06:05. > :06:07.from, and I'm coming from a multicultural community. Do you
:06:08. > :06:11.think that's why so many people are coming, because they are putting
:06:12. > :06:14.themselves in their shoes? Well, you can identify with it. What has
:06:15. > :06:19.happened has happened toward Mary people, but it shouldn't have
:06:20. > :06:25.happened to them. -- has happened to ordinary people. Rachel, you hear
:06:26. > :06:30.for your mum? I would have come without my mum, for my own reasons.
:06:31. > :06:37.Yes, my heart broke when I watched it. When I was watching the news in
:06:38. > :06:42.the week, I remember just looking at it and the tears, I just couldn't
:06:43. > :06:46.stop crying. And it still is that thing, being here helps me to come
:06:47. > :06:49.to terms with what I've witnessed. And I wasn't even physically here
:06:50. > :06:55.when it happened, but I feel that being here as just a human being,
:06:56. > :07:02.I'm standing and identify with these people. I know, I know. And you know
:07:03. > :07:07.what's really important byes might have any times you see the pictures
:07:08. > :07:10.in the TV and in the paper, it doesn't prepare you for standing in
:07:11. > :07:14.front of the building. No, that's right. The atmosphere here is very,,
:07:15. > :07:16.despite when you look at the building. I feel like we are looking
:07:17. > :07:35.at open waves. -- open graves. I'm a mum, I'm a grandmother. So
:07:36. > :07:38.every person here, there's probably somebody's aren't, sister, brother,
:07:39. > :07:44.grandfather, grandmother, mother, father... We can all relate. We can
:07:45. > :07:48.relate to it, that's what draws you. This is a human tragedy, it's not
:07:49. > :07:52.about colour, race, or any of those things. You identify with them.
:07:53. > :07:56.Whether they spoke English or not is neither here nor there. It is from
:07:57. > :07:58.one human being to another human being, if you've got compassion in
:07:59. > :08:06.the heart, how can you not be touched by this? Thoughts on salt --
:08:07. > :08:10.thought I'm sure we all echo. Richard, as well as investigating
:08:11. > :08:13.the cause, you must have witnesses some moving examples of people
:08:14. > :08:19.supporting each other. Luka is one of those people in
:08:20. > :08:25.Richard's programme. Luka, you lived in the tower. Were you asleep when
:08:26. > :08:31.the fire started? I was asleep, yes. It was around 1am. When the small
:08:32. > :08:36.kitchen alarm went off. Luckily, a friend of mine who was with me at
:08:37. > :08:41.the time, he was awake. He got in a bit of a panic and he ran into my
:08:42. > :08:49.room. Obviously I was just about awake from the alarm, but also from
:08:50. > :08:56.his as well, he is also a big thing in my life from now on. And what
:08:57. > :09:00.happened, we ran out to find out what's going on, what's the problem.
:09:01. > :09:06.What floor where you want Brazil on the 11th floor. And the first ten
:09:07. > :09:11.minutes -- what floor where you want? I was on the 11th floor. The
:09:12. > :09:15.first ten minutes we can find out where the smoke was coming from. We
:09:16. > :09:20.checked the kitchen appliances. It was like, you know, electric burning
:09:21. > :09:24.in the apartment. A friend of mine went to the front door of the
:09:25. > :09:30.apartment. At the time, we already opened the window, just to get some
:09:31. > :09:37.fresh air. And when he opened the front door of the apartment, a huge
:09:38. > :09:42.amount of the black smoke got into the apartment. Somehow I managed to
:09:43. > :09:46.put some wet towels to try and stop that smoke from getting inside the
:09:47. > :09:51.apartment. We opened the windows as much as we could, even a little bit,
:09:52. > :09:59.because they are very limited to be opened. So I had to break up the
:10:00. > :10:03.small metal pieces. And it was a shock. I mean, like, it was really,
:10:04. > :10:07.really something you don't expect in the middle of the night. I was
:10:08. > :10:12.asleep. And then I realised something's wrong. When I saw the
:10:13. > :10:15.people from my window down on the ground, they'd been trying to give
:10:16. > :10:22.us some signals to get out. They'd been telling us, the building is on
:10:23. > :10:27.fire. You have to get out, try, try to get out. It was a lot of smoke,
:10:28. > :10:33.you know. Already we'd been in shock. So frightened. And we didn't
:10:34. > :10:45.know what to do, really, to wait by the window to be rescued or not? You
:10:46. > :10:49.got out, and in due, Luka? We tried to get out. OK, let's try to get
:10:50. > :10:54.out. We knew that there is a toxic black smoke, pitch black in the
:10:55. > :11:01.hallway. We tried to get, to run out to that hallway and fight the fire
:11:02. > :11:05.escape. We decided to do it -- find the fire is good. We put some wet
:11:06. > :11:10.towels on our mouth and tried to escape from the building -- find the
:11:11. > :11:16.fire escape. We managed to get down to the middle of the hallway, which
:11:17. > :11:21.is not big, but it was pitch black. So much smoke that you couldn't
:11:22. > :11:24.breathe properly. We got there, disorientated, completely. The
:11:25. > :11:30.friend of mine got in a panic and said, we're not going to make it,
:11:31. > :11:33.and he ran back to the apartment. When I realised that I don't know
:11:34. > :11:39.where I am, and the only way to find the fire escape was from touching
:11:40. > :11:48.the wall, trying to find the door. I managed to find some door, but I try
:11:49. > :11:51.to open. It was kind of... It was a rubbish chute, wasn't it? No, the
:11:52. > :11:58.first time I try to open the door it was a cupboard where we had the
:11:59. > :12:04.heating, the heating metres and that kind of stuff. Anyway, I managed to
:12:05. > :12:08.try and find a way to get out. Then I opened the door. But instead of
:12:09. > :12:13.the fire stairs I ended up in the rubbish compartment. At least I
:12:14. > :12:17.realised where I am, because they are proper fire doors. And I could
:12:18. > :12:23.see a little bit where I am. The smoke wasn't so bad. You saved
:12:24. > :12:27.somebody's life, how did that happen? When I realised the friend
:12:28. > :12:31.of mine got back, I couldn't leave him in the apartment. I ran back to
:12:32. > :12:36.the apartment to try and convince him to try one more time. It wasn't
:12:37. > :12:40.easy, because he was really in shock, in panic, myself too. And
:12:41. > :12:44.then I said, listen, we have to try a second time. And he said, like,
:12:45. > :12:49.but I don't even know where is the stairway. He is a new guide, you
:12:50. > :12:54.know, he's not very familiar. Anyway, I grabbed his hand -- he is
:12:55. > :12:58.a new guy. I managed to find the second time, luckily, thank God, I
:12:59. > :13:05.managed to find the fire escape. I don't know, at that time, now I know
:13:06. > :13:08.it was the floor below my one. At that time I thought it was two
:13:09. > :13:13.floors. On the way back, Sunday was banging on the door. We opened the
:13:14. > :13:17.door, it was a lady, and Asian lady. I know her because we are all
:13:18. > :13:21.neighbours, we know each other. She was in shock, she couldn't even
:13:22. > :13:28.talk. I put her on my shoulder and I carried her down to the fire escape,
:13:29. > :13:31.down to the exit. And Richard, you have brought the moment a long way
:13:32. > :13:46.you are reunited in a very safe place. Here we go. Hello! How are
:13:47. > :13:50.you? Are you the one? Yes, I am. Old, my God. I just remember a big
:13:51. > :13:52.man lifted me up. I just opened the door and he nicked me up, oh, my
:13:53. > :14:46.God! -- he lifted me up. 2017 marks the centenary of the most
:14:47. > :14:53.excellent order of the British Empire. 100 years ago, few people
:14:54. > :14:56.were eligible for honours. In June 1917, King George V, the Queen's
:14:57. > :15:05.Club father established the order of the British Empire. There were to be
:15:06. > :15:14.six grades of the order, night and Dame of the grand Cross, night and
:15:15. > :15:19.Dame, officer, and member. The final grade, the British Empire medal. The
:15:20. > :15:24.aim was to recognise and reward ordinary people who did
:15:25. > :15:28.extraordinary things. What better way to celebrate the centenary of
:15:29. > :15:31.the order than to meet some of the remarkable recipients who are
:15:32. > :15:38.celebrating centenary is a variant. Starting with Major Jeff Bird who
:15:39. > :15:45.turned 100 this March. Hello, come in, come in! In 1999 he was honoured
:15:46. > :15:52.for his incredible fundraising work and became a member of this order or
:15:53. > :15:55.OBE. What did you get your OBE for? Work for the mentally handicapped.
:15:56. > :16:03.I've got this mentally handicapped grandson, Christopher. They raised
:16:04. > :16:09.money for a Hydra report and a daycare centre and overnight
:16:10. > :16:17.facilities. Had your family react? A letter came and said this is
:16:18. > :16:20.confidential. I won't tell my daughter because she said dad can't
:16:21. > :16:25.keep a secret. When the papers come out on New Year's Day I said, what
:16:26. > :16:31.do you think of this? She leapt out of bed, I must get an outfit! She
:16:32. > :16:38.bought a big hat. From now on, dad can keep a secret, don't forget it!
:16:39. > :16:41.Between 1917 in 1919, King George awarded 15,000 of the newly minted
:16:42. > :16:48.medals to men and women mainly for services during the war. I've come
:16:49. > :16:55.to the National archives to meet William Spencer, an expert on this
:16:56. > :17:02.system. What have we got here then? It is the London Gazette in 1970
:17:03. > :17:06.announcing the creation of the OBE. Then we have names of individuals
:17:07. > :17:13.and what their role was. We get a young lady called Ella Trout who saw
:17:14. > :17:22.her steamer had been torpedoed and she rescued a drowning sailor.
:17:23. > :17:27.Doctor Bill Frankland is 105 and is probably the oldest man in the UK to
:17:28. > :17:32.have received an MBE aged 103. He was awarded the honour for services
:17:33. > :17:35.to allergy research, including starting the pollen count after an
:17:36. > :17:40.encounter with a lady who had severe asthma only in the summertime. And
:17:41. > :17:47.she said I know it is due to my roses. I said, Madam, roses don't
:17:48. > :17:50.put pollen in the air at all. In future, you will learn what is in
:17:51. > :17:55.the air because I'm going to measure it, it is going to be measured 24
:17:56. > :17:59.hours a day. And we will try to get it to the public and that is how the
:18:00. > :18:03.pollen count came out. He even endangered his own life in the name
:18:04. > :18:07.of research after experimenting with an insect from South America and
:18:08. > :18:17.encouraging it to bite him. He reacted so badly his face swelled up
:18:18. > :18:22.and he became no pulse. I became... It was impending doom. You thought
:18:23. > :18:26.you were going to die. A sister gave me a adrenaline very quickly and
:18:27. > :18:33.within 90 seconds I decided I was going to live. I used to working? If
:18:34. > :18:41.I didn't work, what would I do? What a gentleman! Are you joking?
:18:42. > :18:46.105? Speaking to about someone with a lot of energy, Steve Backshall. I
:18:47. > :18:52.was surprised this afternoon because they tell me that you've gone from
:18:53. > :18:57.being in a cage with sharks to hedgehogs. What's wrong with that?
:18:58. > :19:01.Your this action man, chasing dangerous animals and you're saying,
:19:02. > :19:06.you know what, I'm going to do some hedgehogs. There are a full on
:19:07. > :19:10.prickly predator, munching caterpillars and things like that.
:19:11. > :19:14.And they are endangered, which is the focus of the programmes. They
:19:15. > :19:18.used to be a common sight in our gardens and I'm sure people my sort
:19:19. > :19:22.of age will remember going out and seeing them in the hedgerows but
:19:23. > :19:25.they've decreased phenomenally over the last 30 years mostly due to the
:19:26. > :19:32.way we keep our gardens and there are things we can do to them back.
:19:33. > :19:34.And they are a charismatic and enigmatic little mammal that
:19:35. > :19:38.everyone loves for good reason because they are nature's gardeners,
:19:39. > :19:43.they eat the things gardeners don't want in their gardens. What can we
:19:44. > :19:47.do? What can we do to help the hedgehogs? The number one thing is
:19:48. > :19:51.essentially a wildlife friendly garden is going to work for
:19:52. > :19:57.hedgehogs but the number one thing you can do is not to use slug
:19:58. > :20:00.pellets because there is a cumin late in the slugs and snails and the
:20:01. > :20:06.hedgehogs eat them and get poisoned. If you leave some areas of your
:20:07. > :20:10.garden not to clean and tended, it is a perfect opportunity for
:20:11. > :20:13.hedgehogs to make a nest, and hibernate in the autumn and winter.
:20:14. > :20:17.Free passage between your gardens, if you have a hedge or fence with a
:20:18. > :20:21.little gap that hedgehogs can get through, that is really useful. And
:20:22. > :20:25.making sure if you have a bonfire in the autumn, don't write it
:20:26. > :20:33.straightaway, go through it, make sure there isn't a hedgehog inside.
:20:34. > :20:41.You need lots of people and people go to extreme lengths. You also meet
:20:42. > :20:51.Derek. A special little hog. What happened was he was attacked by
:20:52. > :20:56.crows. And the stress caused all of his spiikes to fall out. It is this
:20:57. > :21:04.reaction. They will probably never grow back. He is adorable, this
:21:05. > :21:09.velvety smooth hedgehog. And totally spineless. What did you find out
:21:10. > :21:13.about hedgehogs you didn't know before? I imagine you are pretty
:21:14. > :21:18.clued up on that before you made this programme. They are an animal
:21:19. > :21:21.I've been working with Furlong time and in association with various
:21:22. > :21:25.wildlife groups that rescue hedgehogs and returned them to the
:21:26. > :21:29.wild in vast numbers. I didn't recognise the extent of the problem
:21:30. > :21:33.and how the numbers have diminished. I live in the countryside so I still
:21:34. > :21:39.see them every now and again. We went looking for them in Regents
:21:40. > :21:42.Park and we found two and found out they are the only breeding
:21:43. > :21:46.population in Greater London. That is really sad. Thank you, Steve, we
:21:47. > :21:50.look forward to it. With the GCSE and A-level
:21:51. > :21:52.examinations in full swing, many students will be
:21:53. > :21:53.feeling the pressure. Trish is in Manchester to find out
:21:54. > :22:04.how students can manage the load. It's that time of year again when
:22:05. > :22:08.exams are up on us and for many teenagers and their families that
:22:09. > :22:11.means stress. Sometimes it can be very stressful because you have
:22:12. > :22:17.pressure off your school and parents. I don't really know how to
:22:18. > :22:24.cope with it properly. If I forgot the test, I'd be very worried what
:22:25. > :22:30.college I'd go to. I'm here in Manchester to meet some you tend to
:22:31. > :22:35.have been busy with their GCSEs. They've agreed to test out through
:22:36. > :22:41.alternative methods of reducing exam stress. One group is trying out
:22:42. > :22:46.mindfulness. Focus on your thumbs. Another, pet therapy. And the third
:22:47. > :22:57.group will practice yoga. Open your hips out to the side. All these
:22:58. > :23:01.methods are being currently used by other schools across the UK. What
:23:02. > :23:04.impact would have on pupils to help us find out, a psychologist is
:23:05. > :23:07.observing from the sidelines. He has asked the pupils to fill out a
:23:08. > :23:11.stress level questionnaire which they will then repeat later. Whether
:23:12. > :23:16.these techniques are successful or not depends on whether or not they
:23:17. > :23:19.can help students build a sense of control and secondly whether they
:23:20. > :23:24.help students build a sense of confidence. If they can to those two
:23:25. > :23:28.things, my hunch is they will work. While the sessions get under way, I
:23:29. > :23:31.catch up with the assistant head teacher. Sue, the children are
:23:32. > :23:37.telling us they are more stressed. Why is that? The current year
:23:38. > :23:41.temporary party FirstGroup to have the new specifications, a big
:23:42. > :23:46.decrease in coursework which means the exam at the final end of the
:23:47. > :23:50.course is worth more than it has done in previous years. Childline
:23:51. > :23:55.reported the number of children calling its counselling service
:23:56. > :23:59.about exam stress has risen by 11% in the last two years, with many
:24:00. > :24:05.saying they struggle with excessive workloads and feeling unprepared.
:24:06. > :24:10.Close your eyes and follow the sight of my voice. How are the pupils
:24:11. > :24:14.getting on? And McBride is leading the mindfulness session. We spend so
:24:15. > :24:18.much time stuck in the past or worrying about what is going to
:24:19. > :24:25.happen but actually one of the main features of my course is to stay
:24:26. > :24:31.present. And to do just that she has asked them to focus on slowly eating
:24:32. > :24:34.a chocolate. And really noticed the smell. When you slow it down it
:24:35. > :24:46.becomes a different experience altogether. It taught me how I can
:24:47. > :24:51.stop me being in my head. It helped me focus on my body. The pet therapy
:24:52. > :24:59.session is being run by M Allen Taylor. Just seeing the dog,
:25:00. > :25:03.stroking the door, speaking to the handlers, it makes you feel better.
:25:04. > :25:09.The dogs are lovely and nice and they love being petted. Is this
:25:10. > :25:14.helping your exam stress? Yeah. You completely forget about it. It is
:25:15. > :25:18.the love and affection you get it is nice. If you stick a pet lover in
:25:19. > :25:24.front of a dog, they feel great. Temporarily, though. Is it going to
:25:25. > :25:29.help pupils in an exam? Maybe not. Former psychology teacher is running
:25:30. > :25:35.the yoga class specifically for teenagers. Stretch from your
:25:36. > :25:39.fingertips to your toes. It can help relieve tension from the muscles by
:25:40. > :25:43.stretching and relaxing your muscles. And also if you're
:25:44. > :25:47.balancing on one leg and keeping control, it can help you to have
:25:48. > :25:51.that balance and control feeling in your life and also help you
:25:52. > :25:55.concentrate more as well. It is nice to be in your own head and not have
:25:56. > :25:59.anyone speak to you and let your thoughts leave and be with yourself.
:26:00. > :26:04.I didn't think I'd stood before but it helped and I was relaxed after.
:26:05. > :26:08.With the final question is complete, which technique had the most calming
:26:09. > :26:14.effect on the pupils who today? All three techniques led to people
:26:15. > :26:20.reporting people feeling happier and more confident about your GCSEs so
:26:21. > :26:28.that is a good thing. Yoga and pet therapy came out neck and neck. Top.
:26:29. > :26:32.Does David think these therapies could reduce exam stress long-term?
:26:33. > :26:36.What we need to make sure is that they are tackling the reasons or
:26:37. > :26:39.causes of why people feel stressed in the first place so they're not
:26:40. > :26:43.just giving people a temporary break but they also continue to help
:26:44. > :26:50.people benefit in the future. Are the pupils going to continue doing
:26:51. > :26:56.pet therapy or yoga? Yoga is the most easy to introduce as the daily
:26:57. > :26:58.routine. As far as a school dog, I'll leave that to Pauline and the
:26:59. > :27:05.student council to negotiate with the head teacher.
:27:06. > :27:11.Our heart goes out to you, if you're in the middle of GCSEs. Steve, as
:27:12. > :27:15.far as stress relief from work or exams, petting and animal, and you
:27:16. > :27:22.are a black belt in martial arts, what would you go for? Laying into a
:27:23. > :27:25.punch bag, there's nothing better than going absolutely crazy for ten
:27:26. > :27:31.minutes and then just lying on the ground and panting. Well, you two
:27:32. > :27:40.won't need any relaxation techniques because you are off on a little
:27:41. > :27:46.holiday, the pair of you together. You are going to Alaska! For all of
:27:47. > :27:52.those that remember Big Blue Live. For me, it is about bears initially
:27:53. > :27:55.because I'm going to this place called Kodiak, an island off Alaska
:27:56. > :28:00.and hopefully I'm going to have an encounter with the largest land
:28:01. > :28:06.predator on Earth, the Kodiak bear. They are about nine feet tall. They
:28:07. > :28:09.can get bigger than that. So, they are very big and used to be
:28:10. > :28:15.considered a subspecies of the brown bear but it is the largest of the
:28:16. > :28:18.brown bears and they are huge! Really, this is all about the
:28:19. > :28:23.salmon, Steve. Everything is driven by the salmon 's most of the animals
:28:24. > :28:27.I will be filming are predating on the salmon. But others are therefore
:28:28. > :28:30.the same reason. There are five different species of salmon heading
:28:31. > :28:35.up the rivers in extraordinary numbers and that amount of protein
:28:36. > :28:40.brings in predators. And the trees are thick with Eagles, the Riverside
:28:41. > :28:45.is with black bears and brown bears feeding on salmon, wolves coming
:28:46. > :28:49.down to the waterside. It is an absolute spectacle and hopefully
:28:50. > :28:55.Wales will be back. Probably the greatest wildlife account I've ever
:28:56. > :29:00.had, these are the photos... That is your trip! I got back last week from
:29:01. > :29:07.Alaska and the Wales are there in large numbers. Thanks for bringing
:29:08. > :29:10.in that picture, Steve Backshall. Meet The Hedgehogs is on Channel
:29:11. > :29:12.five tomorrow. And tomorrow we will be joined by Kevin Spacey. Good
:29:13. > :29:18.night. some of his finest
:29:19. > :29:20.and funniest moments.