:00:16. > :00:17.Hello, and welcome to the One Show with Matt Baker.
:00:18. > :00:29.Isn't life more interesting when there's a few facts involved?
:00:30. > :00:34.Like wearing white in Wimbledon began as a way of hiding
:00:35. > :00:47.Or a gram of soil contains a million different species.
:00:48. > :00:51.It is going to be a great night tonight! On believable!
:00:52. > :00:54.Well, if you like a fact, you're in luck tonight because watching
:00:55. > :00:57.the show live from the depths of the BBC are the researchers from
:00:58. > :01:02.They are obsessed with facts, and will spend the next half hour
:01:03. > :01:04.adding their own weird and wonderful trivia to tonight's show.
:01:05. > :01:07.And you'll be able to listen to their running commentary as
:01:08. > :01:15.a podcast via The One Show website, at the end of the programme.
:01:16. > :01:28.James, can we have a 1 Show fact? Yes, you can. The total number of
:01:29. > :01:33.hours people have spent watching The One Show this year is the total
:01:34. > :01:40.number of years since people left Africa. The guests look confused!
:01:41. > :01:42.Well, we've got a few facts about tonight's guest:
:01:43. > :01:49.And he fell asleep rowing The Channel.
:01:50. > :02:09.That was a fact! Nice starting fact. But I think they are wrong. Those
:02:10. > :02:15.beavers. I have been to Africa and there are still people there! He
:02:16. > :02:20.said it was the total number of hours since people have left Africa,
:02:21. > :02:25.they have not all left, that all modes living there! Yes,
:02:26. > :02:29.confirmation. Do you have a fact you throw out at dinner parties? You are
:02:30. > :02:36.sitting around, saying, have you got a fact? Liverpool have got more
:02:37. > :02:43.listed buildings than any English city apart from London. Is that
:02:44. > :02:46.right? Impressive. Somebody is going to write in before the end of the
:02:47. > :02:50.show and say it is not, but it will do for now.
:02:51. > :02:54.Later, we'll meet the dad and daughter team who collect
:02:55. > :02:58.One of Peter's vans even has a bar in it.
:02:59. > :03:14.We're looking for a van - of any make - that has something
:03:15. > :03:26.That is tough. Stand by now but geological facts. With another sink
:03:27. > :03:31.hole opening up at this time near Newcastle. Helen has been further
:03:32. > :03:33.South to meet the community who is six weeks later still reeling the
:03:34. > :03:39.effects of what appeared on their doorsteps.
:03:40. > :03:43.Nothing much happened in St Albans until last month when the sudden
:03:44. > :03:51.appearance of a huge sink hole catapulted it into the headlines. 12
:03:52. > :03:53.metres wide and seven metres debt, it swallowed up two front gardens
:03:54. > :03:57.and left more than 50 local homes without power.
:03:58. > :04:02.A month later, five and we still have not been able to move back home
:04:03. > :04:08.and geologists fear there could be a second sink hole lurking -- and
:04:09. > :04:11.families have not. Rosemary and Derek had to move from their home
:04:12. > :04:15.into a hotel. They have been there ever since.
:04:16. > :04:20.What was the first you knew something had happened? I heard an
:04:21. > :04:24.almighty sound. Derek went to the toilet and I thought he had fallen
:04:25. > :04:29.down the stairs. I said, what have you done? He said, I have not done
:04:30. > :04:33.anything, he goes back to bed. Ten minutes later, the road was full of
:04:34. > :04:35.police. You read about it happening all over
:04:36. > :04:39.the world but you never think it will happen in your back garden,
:04:40. > :04:43.your front garden! Some of your neighbours have returned, why can
:04:44. > :04:48.you not move back #. We have no gas and no heating. We
:04:49. > :04:52.have an electricity cable through the letterbox. We have no water but
:04:53. > :04:58.back can be put on when the other things get sorted out so we hope to
:04:59. > :05:05.get back in. You cannot say, I want a shirt, no, I haven't. It goes on.
:05:06. > :05:13.So you are in limbo. It took 48 lorry loads of foaming concrete to
:05:14. > :05:18.fill up the whole. Is this simply papering up more serious cracks? The
:05:19. > :05:23.ongoing geological survey has experts worried a potential second
:05:24. > :05:28.collapse could lead to a second hole up to three times as big as the
:05:29. > :05:32.first. Geology engineer Iwan Thomas led the
:05:33. > :05:37.survey. How common sink holes of this size and magnitude?
:05:38. > :05:42.Not very common, I am glad to say. We could find a natural cavity
:05:43. > :05:47.beneath us that has caused the roads to collapse. There could be
:05:48. > :05:52.unrecorded mine workings in the chalk or they could have been a
:05:53. > :05:56.significant walker leakage -- water leakage which has disrupted
:05:57. > :06:00.particles under the road. We have carried out a survey in this
:06:01. > :06:04.area. The measurements at each point to tell us how much gravity we have
:06:05. > :06:11.and that is important because where we have gravity missing, we have
:06:12. > :06:15.missing mass. Where you have missing mass, is underneath where you think
:06:16. > :06:20.the potential second sink hole is? That is right. Map shows the areas
:06:21. > :06:26.in red and yellow with normal gravity. The blue means gravity is
:06:27. > :06:30.lower than it should be. And that blue area is next to the collapse?
:06:31. > :06:37.Yes, that leads us to believe this made me a feature related to this.
:06:38. > :06:42.That could be part of a bigger collapse that has not fallen yet?
:06:43. > :06:46.That is right, we think that is a plausible explanation. We will drill
:06:47. > :06:50.into those areas and we can then make an assessment of the risk. A 2
:06:51. > :06:58.-year-old Frank is blind. He lives on the street close by. The damage
:06:59. > :07:04.means cars cannot get to homes -- 80. He has to rely on daughter Maria
:07:05. > :07:09.to get safely in and out. It caused a lot of problems for the
:07:10. > :07:14.families in the road. We have been told X probably six months or more.
:07:15. > :07:22.But nothing much is happening. You feel like a prisoner. It much -- it
:07:23. > :07:25.must be more difficult for you without your site and the sink hole
:07:26. > :07:30.situation has made it worse, you cannot get out as much. You cannot
:07:31. > :07:39.say, another six months and you can drive. What if you need an ambulance
:07:40. > :07:41.or a fire engine? What happens then? Hertfordshire County Council say
:07:42. > :07:47.they are working as quickly as possible. Residents and their safety
:07:48. > :07:52.must remain a priority. So here, knowing its future lies
:07:53. > :07:57.literally beneath my feet, it is quite an unsettling feeling.
:07:58. > :08:01.And good news, Rosemary and Derek got in touch and they were allowed
:08:02. > :08:05.Yes, the water is on, the gas is running and they've just eaten their
:08:06. > :08:10.Roast chicken with broccoli, sweetcorn,
:08:11. > :08:33.Yes! The biggest cheer of the night! Not told in the whole! -- hole. That
:08:34. > :08:38.is good. I am here all week. On the jokes seem.
:08:39. > :08:51.A new DVD. That is the title, well done. I have had four or five but I
:08:52. > :08:57.think this is the best. As a tour, I felt most comfortable. Over the last
:08:58. > :09:01.five years, my life has changed so much and I have been trying to keep
:09:02. > :09:07.up. Now I feel comfortable in my own skin. Maybe Constable onstage but
:09:08. > :09:12.not at home. Let's look at you with a word on a loved one.
:09:13. > :09:17.When you live with somebody, you start fighting and there is a day
:09:18. > :09:24.stuff changes. To be honest, I think it is the day when you hear them
:09:25. > :09:27.breathing. Do you know what I mean? You are on the couch watching the
:09:28. > :09:33.television and you just hear... You think, what? And you look at them at
:09:34. > :09:38.the end of the couch curled up watching the television. Eating
:09:39. > :09:41.biscuits, going... I don't know why I'm fat!
:09:42. > :09:48.John! Seriously... After that, is your wife Melanie
:09:49. > :09:56.still talking to you? Melanie knows that is a joke because
:09:57. > :10:03.she is not fat. She is gorgeous. I am very lucky to have her. We have
:10:04. > :10:09.been married 23 years on and off... But during that time, all of this
:10:10. > :10:15.has had and evolved so she knows it is coming from love. You are going
:10:16. > :10:19.to get married soon and you will get fined -- you will find there is a
:10:20. > :10:24.day in a relationship, you look at them and go, I did not marry that!
:10:25. > :10:31.It just happens. Then you get over it. You move on to the second phase
:10:32. > :10:35.of your life. It is based on love. When you do come up with these
:10:36. > :10:41.thoughts and joke is, do you have a discussion with your family and say,
:10:42. > :10:48.I am going to be saying this? No. I don't even have a discussion with
:10:49. > :10:55.myself. I do write it. If I try to write a story, it never looks funny.
:10:56. > :11:01.On a tour, I do warm up gigs and I hold onto the story and let it
:11:02. > :11:08.develop. If I censor myself, it would not work. My children are
:11:09. > :11:13.older, 21, 19, 17. You have to give them credit, they are all lads and
:11:14. > :11:17.big and they can all hit me! That is the only censorship I need.
:11:18. > :11:23.It looks gorgeous, it is the Royal Albert Hall. You normally do an
:11:24. > :11:28.arena. Was it different? It was something I chose to do. I did it
:11:29. > :11:33.all last year, October to December. I wanted to do the DVD in the Albert
:11:34. > :11:39.Hall because it is so iconic, it is beautiful. On a personal level, to
:11:40. > :11:43.be there is exciting. And it looks fantastic. The atmosphere is
:11:44. > :11:47.amazing. It was one of those things, we wanted the venue to feel
:11:48. > :11:53.part of the DVDs so watching that, you are excited. The arena is
:11:54. > :11:59.fantastic but as a viewer, it is just a lot of people. It is
:12:00. > :12:02.beautiful. If you would like to see it for yourself, his stand-up DVD
:12:03. > :12:08.Supersonic is out now. As we mentioned earlier,
:12:09. > :12:11.the QI research team - aka, the QI Elves - are listening
:12:12. > :12:13.in to tonight's programme. They are using The One Show
:12:14. > :12:16.as inspiration for an online radio show, which you will be able to
:12:17. > :12:19.download later via our website. They're part of our show
:12:20. > :12:21.and we're part of theirs. Elves, has John Bishop
:12:22. > :12:32.given you any inspiration? Yes, he has. You were saying that
:12:33. > :12:38.his new DVD is called Supersonic. Did you know every time you pop a
:12:39. > :12:43.party balloon, you are going supersonic, you break the speed of
:12:44. > :12:46.sound? The speed at which the latex retracts this bustard than the speed
:12:47. > :12:56.of sound so the noise you hear is a sonic boom. -- retracts basta. That
:12:57. > :12:58.is why I called it that! They are good.
:12:59. > :13:01.Well, that supersonic fact was fact number...
:13:02. > :13:06.with a bird that is the exact opposite of 'supersonic'.
:13:07. > :13:11.Elves, get your kestrel facts at the ready.
:13:12. > :13:16.At the end of the Mendip Hills range...
:13:17. > :13:23.In Somerset, sits a spectacular National Trust reserve. The 600 foot
:13:24. > :13:28.tall croc peak. It is not just walkers and that dogs that enjoy the
:13:29. > :13:33.fresh -- enjoy the fresh air, it is also home to one of the most
:13:34. > :13:39.beatable aerial acrobats, a kestrel. It is one of the best places to see
:13:40. > :13:44.the kestrels and you can sometimes get right on the same level as these
:13:45. > :13:50.incredibly agile predators. Why is it such a good spot? I am eating a
:13:51. > :13:53.member of the local glider club, Peter Evans, who can help to explain
:13:54. > :13:58.why. How long have you been coming here?
:13:59. > :14:01.I have been flying gliders here for 18 years since we moved to Bristol.
:14:02. > :14:09.The unique thing about Crook Peak is it is a hill which has slopes facing
:14:10. > :14:13.different directions. We rely on Rich left? That means the wind is
:14:14. > :14:23.blowing against this case and it is quite steep so the wind is. The hill
:14:24. > :14:29.so there is not a draft. Do you ever see kestrels? Guess, we have seen
:14:30. > :14:32.several today and we are always amazed how incredibly they can buy
:14:33. > :14:37.on a windy day and we struggle with aeroplanes. You see a kestrel and it
:14:38. > :14:41.looks to be pinned to the sky. Do you ever get jealous of its ability
:14:42. > :14:46.to remain motionless? I do not think we will ever get that
:14:47. > :14:54.good, they are amazing birds. Kestrels take advantage of ridge
:14:55. > :14:58.lift in the same way as these gliders but they can do something
:14:59. > :15:04.else, they are masters of hovering. Offering enables kestrels to look
:15:05. > :15:09.for their prey in open country and many it into a perfect position for
:15:10. > :15:11.a strike. Not many other birds hover, let alone with the skill of a
:15:12. > :15:12.kestrel. hover, let alone with the skill of a
:15:13. > :15:17.wind so they are moving through the hover, let alone with the skill of a
:15:18. > :15:20.air but they stay stationary with respect to the ground. The technique
:15:21. > :15:34.is called wind hovering. What is the secret of the kestrel?
:15:35. > :15:37.The answer is the feathers. The tail feathers spread, supplementing the
:15:38. > :15:40.air catching effect of the wings, and the feathers on the wings
:15:41. > :15:45.flutter up in response to the turbulent airflow, increasing
:15:46. > :15:51.stability and allowing the bird to retain control and stay airborne at
:15:52. > :15:59.such low speeds. Feathers are so effective at improving stability,
:16:00. > :16:05.that engineers are looking at adding structures which are like this to
:16:06. > :16:09.their mechanisms, we have come here to find out how it works. We will
:16:10. > :16:14.start with this section of model glider wing, it is just like the
:16:15. > :16:24.wings and Peter's model gliders, we will see what happens. Let's go.
:16:25. > :16:28.Straightaway, we can see that the wing is all over the place, and that
:16:29. > :16:35.is because as much as it needs air to create uplift, it also needs
:16:36. > :16:37.forward momentum to self stabilise, otherwise it is completely unstable,
:16:38. > :16:50.we can try this again with a slightly modified wing. This wings
:16:51. > :16:52.action date macro section -- this wing section has assimilated
:16:53. > :16:57.feathers, and this is much more stable, because of the feathers
:16:58. > :17:01.underneath becoming much more active, something is going on, to
:17:02. > :17:06.make the wing much more stable. As the air flow goes over the wing, the
:17:07. > :17:10.feathers create little for disease which adds lift and provide
:17:11. > :17:17.stability. -- create little vortexes. Kestrels can do flight
:17:18. > :17:23.manoeuvres which are the envy of any pilot, and they are a true master of
:17:24. > :17:31.the air which it is great to marvel at. STUDIO: All they did was add
:17:32. > :17:38.feathers to wings? I don't know. Are you ready for the next fact. In
:17:39. > :17:44.2019, in Turkey, a kestrel was arrested for spying we have been
:17:45. > :17:52.told by our QI Elves. I have no more details. Is he in jail? Is he doing
:17:53. > :17:55.bird? LAUGHTER John, we're going to talk about your
:17:56. > :18:07.animals, you have a menagerie of animals. Yes. When I go away, Mandy
:18:08. > :18:10.get something and I found out -- Melanie get something and I find out
:18:11. > :18:16.what it is, they are all rescue animals, we have got four horses,
:18:17. > :18:25.three pigs, four alpacas, plenty of guinea fowl, they are very funny. A
:18:26. > :18:30.couple of dogs. Do you enjoy spending time with them? Is it her
:18:31. > :18:35.thing? I do enjoy it, even though she does it most of all, and I think
:18:36. > :18:41.she enjoys it when I don't come. That is the deal. Have you ever
:18:42. > :18:45.tried riding on the horses? There is one horse which you can ride them at
:18:46. > :18:50.you get on it, Melanie seems to get on it and it decided it wants to go
:18:51. > :18:54.anywhere because it is an old horse, but the horse I love the most, I
:18:55. > :19:00.have a relationship with. You cannot ride it, it does not know it has got
:19:01. > :19:10.means, it looks beta full, but it runs like this -- it doesn't know it
:19:11. > :19:17.has got knees, it looks beautiful. We can have a look. You are stepping
:19:18. > :19:24.into Attenborough's shoes, you have been to Rwanda to see gorillas?
:19:25. > :19:30.Added come about? I was asked if I would be interested, it is a show
:19:31. > :19:35.going with the... They are called big arena doctors, who treat the
:19:36. > :19:41.mountain gorillas, in the rainforest, the only place where
:19:42. > :19:46.they live on the planet -- they are called the gorilla doctors. To be
:19:47. > :19:54.that those must be amazing? It is amazing. -- that close. They tell
:19:55. > :19:58.you to stay seven metres away so you do not pass any diseases on, and I
:19:59. > :20:08.thought, if I could see a mountain gorilla seven metres from myself in
:20:09. > :20:16.its natural habitat, I thought that would be amazing. They just start
:20:17. > :20:19.walking towards you, one of the most moving experiences I have ever had,
:20:20. > :20:25.to be close to something so natural and strong, it was beautiful. And a
:20:26. > :20:31.slightly different note, thanks for the van pictures. Yes, that is a
:20:32. > :20:37.different note. We are on The One Show now! Yes, let's turn the page.
:20:38. > :20:41.Thanks for the photographs, we are going to take a look in a moment.
:20:42. > :20:47.But first, Christine celebrates a van which has found a special place
:20:48. > :20:52.in Britain's history. Whether it is a white van man or the emergence of
:20:53. > :20:55.services, British drivers seem to have a strangely loyal bond to their
:20:56. > :21:07.vans, but where would this love affair begin? 1965, the British
:21:08. > :21:11.maker Ford are about to read lease a -- release a new model onto the
:21:12. > :21:17.scene. They released the transit, it was soon to take a life of its own.
:21:18. > :21:22.Peter Lee would not swap his collection of 12 transits for a
:21:23. > :21:26.fleet of Ferraris. The transit van has changed my life, when I was a
:21:27. > :21:31.young man it gave me transport and it has put food in my mouth, given
:21:32. > :21:38.my family holidays, it is perfect in every way for my style of life. How
:21:39. > :21:42.did the transit change things? It was revolutionary, it had a sharper
:21:43. > :21:47.turning circle compared with commercial vehicles previous, it was
:21:48. > :21:53.faster and more like a car, even then, in 1965, freedom and wheels, I
:21:54. > :21:56.call it. These were the first man is not to need special licences, so
:21:57. > :22:04.youngsters like Peter were free to drive them anywhere. I worked with
:22:05. > :22:08.Ford at Langley, on the line, putting gearboxes into transits, and
:22:09. > :22:11.that is when it started. I bought the transit and I went to Spain and
:22:12. > :22:18.I lived in the back of it for 13 months as a hippie. I lived on a
:22:19. > :22:22.strawberry farm. Young bands were freed up, as well, piling into
:22:23. > :22:29.transits to take their early songs to a wider audience and rough and
:22:30. > :22:33.ready tolls. By the 1970s, the transit had become trendy and handy,
:22:34. > :22:39.and while some were much more fashion conscious than others. Peter
:22:40. > :22:43.and his daughter Natasha are part of the street than seeing, and motoring
:22:44. > :22:49.subculture whose aim is to have the flashiest custom van at huge
:22:50. > :22:56.gatherings. The thing that stuck in my mind as a child was the artwork.
:22:57. > :23:00.Such amazing artwork on the vans. It started in California where so many
:23:01. > :23:07.call things started in the 60s. -- cooler. The youngsters saw it. What
:23:08. > :23:13.makes me happy as a father is to see my daughter keeping that history
:23:14. > :23:18.alive. We are a firm edible team, he finds them and I make them pretty.
:23:19. > :23:27.-- formidable. Is there an element of showing off? Do we show up? Yeah.
:23:28. > :23:32.What it is about, and loads of people, getting together, and having
:23:33. > :23:41.a really good time. And most of all, no trouble. But trouble is exactly
:23:42. > :23:44.what attracted crooks to transits, British traits were the setting of
:23:45. > :23:49.huge games of cops and robbers from the 60s onwards, played out in
:23:50. > :23:56.transits. Former Met police officer in Clarke was one of the good guys.
:23:57. > :23:59.-- Ian Clark. They were easy to steal and there were thousands on
:24:00. > :24:04.the roads and they did not stand out. You could get half a dozen guys
:24:05. > :24:09.in here and no one would know. After the robbery, shut the doors, blend
:24:10. > :24:12.in with the other transits. At one stage in the early 80s you could
:24:13. > :24:18.guarantee that the getaway vehicle would be a Ford transit, and
:24:19. > :24:21.although it was popular with the bad guys, it was popular with us, as
:24:22. > :24:26.well, for the same reason, you could drive to the streets of London
:24:27. > :24:31.safely, they were multipurpose, observation, surveillance, it could
:24:32. > :24:35.be used for everything. Despite fond memories of this British classic at
:24:36. > :24:41.the last UK built transit rolled out of the Southampton plant in 2013,
:24:42. > :24:45.and production moved to Turkey, so is this British love affair over? Is
:24:46. > :24:52.the transit like any other commercial van? I love them, the
:24:53. > :24:55.only reason the other commercial van manufacturers are on the road is
:24:56. > :25:00.because of the transit, which is the godfather of vans, it has always
:25:01. > :25:07.looked after me. I have got a fact about vans, Matt Baker in here has
:25:08. > :25:15.always had a van, since you passed your driving test and you learned in
:25:16. > :25:19.a van? Yes, I did. In a big box van, which we got from the town of
:25:20. > :25:24.Peterlee, funnily enough. Incredible. Peter, we are going to
:25:25. > :25:34.have a look in your house, now we have had a look at your van, you
:25:35. > :25:37.have this built specially? Yes, we built the house, we had four
:25:38. > :25:42.daughters and we needed to move, we bought the house and the whole top
:25:43. > :25:47.floor needed to be my van room where I keep my models and stuff. You have
:25:48. > :25:55.so much stuff. Such a big collection. We saw the picture of
:25:56. > :25:58.your van earlier on and we asked our viewers to send pictures of their
:25:59. > :26:08.vans and what they have done with them. This is Phil and this is his
:26:09. > :26:15.van full of plants. I like that. That is just a delivery van. We did
:26:16. > :26:20.ask for things in vans. What about this, Roy's coffee shop? That is
:26:21. > :26:28.good. This is Jim from Chislehurst, his lovely camper bar. This is
:26:29. > :26:36.great. Ruth has turned this into a dog grooming van. Like it? It looks
:26:37. > :26:41.a bit like an operating theatre. I thought that, until I read the back.
:26:42. > :26:47.It looks a bit rough to me, that. LAUGHTER
:26:48. > :26:54.Who is your favourite singer, Van Morrison? LAUGHTER
:26:55. > :26:58.We have always had vans, my dad should be credited with creating the
:26:59. > :27:03.people carrier, we have the Ford Escort van, and he put glass in and
:27:04. > :27:07.a bench in the back, and all the kids used to get in the back, before
:27:08. > :27:16.the days of health and safety. Simple days. But if you fell out, it
:27:17. > :27:21.was your own file. Very true. -- your own fault. Today is
:27:22. > :27:24.international mainstay with the intention to celebrate man's
:27:25. > :27:29.achievements and focus on men's health and well-being -- today is
:27:30. > :27:37.International Men's Day. The real question is, do we need
:27:38. > :27:45.International Men's Day? Today is international mainstay, isn't that
:27:46. > :27:49.great? Yes, for my husband. -- international mainstay. It is nice
:27:50. > :27:54.there is some pride about being a man and it is not just about women's
:27:55. > :28:02.issues. It is their world, really, isn't it? We cook for them and look
:28:03. > :28:08.after them. We want to make this day different. What about everywhere,
:28:09. > :28:16.throughout the world, how could they make it special? Men's issues,
:28:17. > :28:18.things like that, cancer. As a man, mental problems, things like that,
:28:19. > :28:28.you don't really talk about them because it is all about
:28:29. > :28:34.masculinity. When they get a mate, their mate uplifts them, and that
:28:35. > :28:46.would be something nice to do for your mate. Good for you. It is
:28:47. > :28:54.International Men's Day. Get them presents. Free pints. Maybe a
:28:55. > :29:05.special treat in his lunchbox. Anything in particular? LAUGHTER
:29:06. > :29:12.You have made my day. Thanks. There we are. John, thanks to your
:29:13. > :29:21.company. John's stand-up DVD Supersonic is out now. And thanks to
:29:22. > :29:27.the QI Elves. There are over thousand more facts in the latest QI
:29:28. > :29:31.book. We will see you tomorrow with Andy Hamilton. That night.