20/01/2014 The One Show

Hello and welcome to The One Show with Alex Jones And Matt Baker.

Today is meant to be 'Blue Monday' supposedly the most depressing day

of the year. Apparently, due to a combination of awful weather,

post-Christmas debt and broken New Year resolutions, today's the day

when our collective well-being is at an all time low. But how could it be

sat next to somebody with pink trousers? It's impossible. But this

isn't a problem for tonight's guest who says when he feels blue all he

needs are these. Please welcome, Frank Skinner and a plate of

sausages. Frank, good to see you. They do smell absolutely delicious,

but, I mean, of all the things that would bring a smile to your face,

why the humble sausage? I think if the actual cooking process because I

am blessed with a cooker that has an observation window. It has a glass

front. I can watch them going from clammy and draw two sizzling and

bubbling. Yeah. My girlfriend says I actually stand like that looking

into the window. She says I have high serotonin levels, which is a

happy thing. That's good. We will be finding out more about your body as

we go on because we have Doctor Sarah Jarvis with us. As well as all

of that, smart tonight. Sausage in a man, I'm

thinking. If you're sat at home thinking the man in your life would

smarten up, listen up. We want you to send as a picture of him in an

outfit that you love that he hates. We will banish it to our very own

fashion Room 101. Do you know what, I should have warned that jacket

with his elbow patches on. I didn't want to say anything. It's like ass

lamb trying to get out. That's my first ever CS Lewis joke. -- Aslan.

We will go live to became gone where Chris Packham is waiting to tell of

how this mild winter has affected wildlife in your neck of the woods.

Good to see you. It looks freezing there, doesn't it? Although it's

been a mild winter, over the past few months, energy price rises have

never been far from the front pages as the Big Six have increased costs

to their customers. And whilst keeping the heating on low might

make good financial sense, for some, the cost to their health could

offset those savings. Here's Inside Out reporter Sam Smith. This is

Pamela Tilney Ellis. Fit and active at 79 and determined to stay that

way. As its 82-year-old retired postman, Keith, and they also have

something else in common. They don't like to put their heating on. We

have the heating on for an hour in the morning, from 8am until 9am, and

then in the evening, from 9pm until 10pm. The insurers on the house,

electric, the gas, the council tax, it works out at ?98 a week and

that's nothing including food and luxuries. When you take that out of

your pension, you ain't got that much left. For Pamela, budget isn't

the reason. The current temperature in their house is a chilly 15

degrees. I don't believe in keeping it very hot. I think it's unhealthy.

I prefer to put more clothes on. Why do you think it's unhealthy? Because

you go out to a great change of temperature when you go outside.

Experts say 21 Celsius is the ideal temperature for your living room.

Pamela and Keith's homes are too cold putting them at risk of heart

attacks. Professor James Goodman as head of research at the charity, aid

UK, and also advises the Met Office on how the cold can affect the

elderly. For every one degree, the present wind is colder than the 30

year average, there are 80,000 deaths extra, less than 1% from

hypothermia. And the statement I normally give is, the cold will kill

you long before your pension gets to be that cold. The elderly can become

ill because the cold can thicken the blood and push up blood and push up

BP. Risks begin to mount at the age of 65 and vulnerable people, that

can lead to strokes, heart attacks and breathing problems. In order to

see the effects of temperature on blood pressure, both Keith and

Pamela agreed to have theirs monitored over 24 hours. Is that

comfortable for you? Yes. We have set this monitor is take a blood

pressure reading every 20 minutes during the day and once an hour at

night and the information will be downloaded onto a computer, reducing

a graph and our scientists will look at it, look at any peaks and troughs

in your blood pressure, and they will be able to analyse whether that

looks like you are increasing your risk of things like heart attack and

stroke. With any changes of temperature. The period we chose was

not freezing by any means, just around 10 degrees. But Pamela's

results have alerted the professor to a potential problem. Definitely

throughout the working day, while she's away, her BP is higher than I

would want to see. And if she is living in conditions lower than 15

Celsius, even though she may perceive it is a risk to her health,

there's properly an effect on her BP. In Plymouth, Keith's BP is, as

you would expect, elevated during his daily exercises in his unheated

kitchen. What is even more interesting is, as he goes outside,

there's a big increase and you can see it in the colour red on the

screen, this low BP reading, and it shows a clear effect of low

temperatures, and although Keith is wearing a coat, he has got no hat

on, and no gloves and scarf, and we know that their art trigger signs in

the body which pick up the temperature, the hands, face, the

airways and the feet. If they are cold, then the BP will rise

irrespective of whether or not you have got a coat on. Despite

Professor Goodwin's concerns about her BP, Pamela says she feels fit in

well and when be turning up her heating. Back at Keith's has, how

does he feel about his results? -- Keith's house. Your blood pressure

is being affected by the cold. Yes. In quite a dramatic way. Does that

surprise you? Not really. Could you heat up your home more? I could turn

the heating on but I got to pay for them, haven't I? I can't pay much

more. I have tried. Thanks to Pamela and Keith. Viewers in some regions

can see more on that story on Inside Out straight after us. We're joined

now by Dr Sarah Jarvis. Lovely to see you. The surgery must be packed

to the rafters with people suffering with cold related illnesses.

Absolutely, and the most common one is the cold. On the plus side,

Pamela and Keith are less likely to be suffering from both because cold

weather does not give you the cold. What does, the winter. My

grandmother has lied to me all this time. Neither does going out with

your hair wet. Really? That's a shock. It really doesn't. In fact,

because they are exercising Wrigley,... If you swallow chewing

gum, does it matter your insides? Yes, no, I'm lying for them if you

exercise Wrigley, it'll be very good, but for older people, Pamela

said she feels absolutely fine but it's not going to put it temperature

up. High blood pressure and the sticky platelets inside your blood

in cold weather can increase your increase of heart attack and stroke.

You don't know you have got themselves you could be at risk even

though she feels fine. It is important to get it as warm as you

can afford. But you are saying you struggle to go outside but make sure

you have got the right gear on. Absolutely right. Wrap up warm and

make sure your hands and feet are wrapped up. Wear layers, which are

better trapping the warmth. Wear gloves and a hat but exercise is

very good. Don't old people dressed like that in the summer? They do,

don't they? They are not going to go out in T-shirt and shorts. The

problem is, they go out in these slippery slippers. You have got to

dress for the weather but the fresh air, that are vital, isn't it? It's

important you don't fall over because it's so slippery. I know it

feels like we have the wettest summer on record but actually, if

you go out in the cold and the ice, you can easily slip over and what I

see a lot of it old people slipping over and fracturing things. Frank,

you have got a question? Yes, Doctor, I have been meaning to ask

this for a long time. Me and my girlfriend are in the same room at

the same temperature. I'm always cold and she's always hot. It's the

same in bed. In the car, you can heat the separate sides of the car,

she always has her's on freezer and I always cranked right up. What is

that? She thinks immersion heater is broken. You probably never heard

this before, that you are not a normal manner.

LAUGHTER -- man. Women are designed to be

colder than men, and evolution thing. We are small on average which

means our surface area is bigger so we lose heat. We have fat underneath

the skin, padding, which insulates your skin. My girlfriend doesn't

have lots of padding. I want to make that official now. I don't want to

get home... They would be no point going home. I assume you do want me

to ask whether she's menopausal because that's also a factor? I'm

looking forward to it, something to warm my hands up on. The alternative

explanation is exercise is good at warming you up but it clear that

she's running around after you keeping warm. I get warm when

watching the sausages cooked because I'm doing that. You carry on with

the diagnosis. Thanks, Sarah. Now, as we were saying, today is supposed

to be the day when the nation is the most down in the mouth. So Alex

Riley has been to Chelmsford to try and spread some cheer. Hooray! With

Christmas a distant memory and the weather still freezing cold and

bills come in, is it any wonder that today is known as Blue Monday? The

most miserable day of the year. Don't worry, the one show has got

the happy vibe and we are going to put a smile on your face. A bit

down, bitter blue, yes. I'm always miserable. It's Monday, never happy.

I'm miserable anyway. Once you have been here, you won't be miserable

for a week. Go into the happy tent. How are you feeling? So much

happier. It's transformed my day. Thank you for making us happy. You

are welcome. LAUGHTER

Why are you laughing? It's funny. That's just made my day. Has the one

show made you happy? Yes. Next time bring Alex! I love you. There you

go. It was nice to see was nice and warm with his hat and scarf on.

Thanks to Alex and to the people of Chelmsford. If you want to find out

what was in that tent, stay tuned. Was there a secret camera in my

dressing room? Maybe. No, it wasn't. Well tents of fun might be one way

to keep the blues at bay. But here's a more traditional method. A bit of

Frank Skinner. I had a gold tooth fitted, right? And I thought it

would make me look a bit more "Street" . So, about four days

afterwards, I was in a bar, trendy bar in the West End of London, I was

meeting someone, early evening, and I were sitting at the bar talking to

the barmaid, who was very attractive, mid-20s. I could see she

had no idea who I was by could tell she had clocked the tooth. I

thought, she's possibly thinking, he's a bit of hip-hop dude. And

then, after about three minutes she said to me, " do you work on the

waltzer?" LAUGHTER

Frank, that was six years ago? I look much younger, don't I? No, I

think you better now. Do you? Thanks. I think you look better as

well. Thanks, Frank. So, Man In A Suit, is David something to do this,

David Baddiel, because he had invited us to his 50th party by the

way. That's the only invite I've had it through the medium of the one

show. I thought his show was brilliant. I thought it about time I

got on the road. He was my inspiration. Lots of things have

changed since you were on tour last. The biggest thing - you have had

your son. Is it all about dad jokes and raising baby? I'm wary of

cometics who do jokes about their children. I don't do any at all. I'm

thinking, at some point in the future, I might incorporate him into

a double act. He has started doing jokes. Has he? How old is he? 21

months! Very early, then! What sort of gags do a 21-month-old do? He

would hand me - he went to hand me a spoon. When I went to take it, he

took it back like that. That is a classic. That would have me in fits!

I was feeding him, so he is sitting there, and I start doing my Louis

Armstrong impression... He was laughing. I don't know if he got the

reference! LAUGHTER I used his flannel to mop my brow. Later in the

meal, I went - # I see trees... #

He handed me the flannel like that. He is going to be a major comedy

star. If he isn't, he can get out! I predict it now. What do you hope

people will get from coming to see you? You are relaxed when you are

performing. Are you more reflective now than you used to be? Not when I

have been powdered! No. I think - I used to be quite rude, I think, in

my early days. I'm a bit rude now but much cleaner. I have just got

older. Yeah. It is that young men are supposed to think about sex

every 42 seconds? I don't. Are they? Maybe Dime bars, that is what I

think about. And sausages. I think about sex - it is the first Thursday

in every month. It is not such a big deal for me now. I think I've -

maybe I've matured. We wish you all the best. Man in a Suit starts

tomorrow night in London until 22nd February and then it continues

around the country until June. You have a busy start of the year. Yes.

I have staggered the schedule so I get four days on the road and three

days with the baby. Perfect. Now, after his disappearance back in

1930, the family of William Briggs have had to live with the mystery of

what might have happened to him. They weren't sure whether or not

their relative had been the victim of a brutal murder. That was until

now. For more than 80 years, a mystery at

the heart of one of Britain's most notorious murders has gone unsolved.

In the 1930s, Alfred Rouse was a successful travelling salesman, but

he had an eye for the ladies. Before long, he had women and illegitimate

children across the children demanding money, money he did not

have. In this desperate state, he began to hatch a dastardly plan. He

would make everybody think he had been killed in a car crash and to

fake his own death, he decided somebody had to die to take his

place. The case files are held at Northamptonshire Police

headquarters. Once he had the idea, what did Rouse do? He met a man in a

London pub who was a similar build to him and the idea formed that he

would be his victim. On 5th November, Rouse duped the man to

come into the car and Rouse and the man drove north. With Bonfire Night

as a cover, Rouse was planning his own blaze. Pulling into a quiet

Northampton street, he pounced, strangling his unsuspecting

passenger with his bare hands. Dousing the unconscious body in

petrol, he lit a match and ran for cover. It was then that things began

to unravel. Alfred Rouse was spotted as he left the scene, with his alibi

destroyed in court he was hanged for murder. The police had their man.

But one key question remained - who was that innocent victim tragically

caught up in Rouse's bizarre scheme? His remains were buried here at

Hardingstone Graveyard. The grave inscribed, "In memory of an unknown

man." There is one family that may hold the key to this 80-year-old

mystery. William Briggs was 23 when he left the family home for an

appointment. He never returned. His family believe William may have been

Rouse's unfortunate victim. William's niece has spent her left

wondering what happened to her mother's brother. It is all the

things I have heard from a child that my mother has told me about it.

We have never known - I know she was so upset and wanted to find out so I

would like to find out for her. A lot of the family stories we've got,

such as William leaving the family home dressed in a suit, there was

cloth found at the scene of the crime. A sample of auburn hair was

found. There were a lot of things that matched the stories we have

grown up with. The family has approached Dr John Bond, a forensic

science at the University of Leicester who specialises in

investigating cold cases. Initially, I thought probably no after all this

time, it is unlikely we will be able to do anything to help. When I

realised there were some slides still in existence, I thought yes,

maybe, we can get some DNA from this to help the family. You have DNA

from the victim and from the family. Will that be enough to give you

conclusive evidence to know whether or not they are related to the

unknown man? Yes, we will get a definite yes, or a definite no. The

scientists today will deliver this result. Let us know if you are happy

to talk to us afterwards. Thank you. As you can imagine, the sense of

anticipation in the room is quite intense. It is a big moment for the

family. If the result is positive, they will know whether William was

in fact a murder victim. If it is negative, they may never know what

happened to him. I'm not sure which is better. Hi, would you like to

come through? Thank you. We have had a chat with the family. We have been

able to tell them that their missing relative, William Briggs, is

definitely not the unknown victim in the "blazing car" murder. How are

you feeling now? Are you relieved that at least there's been an answer

for you? Very relieved about that. Still puzzled what happened to him.

If it wasn't William Briggs that accompanied Alfred Rouse on that

fateful night, then who was it? In his final confession, Rouse said,

"He was the sort of man no-one would miss." And for now, at least, the

identity of the unknown man remains a mystery.

Thank you, Angelica and to the Briggs family. We hope you find out

what happened to William eventually. The Cairngorms National Park is one

of the coldest places in the UK with temperatures having plummeted to o

-27.2 Celsius on two occasions. Let's go back to Chris Packham to

see what effect it is having on the wildlife. He is by a fire, but,

Chris, you have a new home for this series, tell us all about it? We

have, we have come up here to the Cairngorms National Park, to the Mar

Lodge Estate. It is a beautiful place, nestled in amongst the

Cairngorm mountains on a floodplain by surrounded by forest, moorland

and marches, perfect for Winterwatch. Has this mild, wet

weather had an effect on wildlife around the UK? It has had a profound

effect. All of those flooded fields will be a real benefit to species

like wildfowl, so geese and swans and ducks will fly out there to

graze on the grass knowing that they are safe from predators like foxes.

There will also be some losers too. We will be seeing some of those

later this evening. Chris, listen, we have had quite a few e-mails in

from our One Show viewers to ask you questions. Andrea King says, I have

frogs in my garden and they are still around. They have been all

winter. Plenty of spawn. Is this normal?" It is becoming normal. In

the last 25 years, we have seen a lot more frogs spawning early in the

year, January, February. Especially in the West Country - Devon and

Cornwall. Of course, if the spawn freezes, if all of it freezes, it

kills it. Typically, if it is floating on the surface of the

water, and the surface freezes, some of it survives. Angie says one of

her hedgehogs was feeding at the back door last week. She thought

they had all hibernated. Is this because of the milder weather? It

is. We used to think that hedgehogs went to sleep for the entire winter.

We have recently learned that if it is mild, they will wake up, go out,

tripe and find some food and go back to sleep again. As long as they are

not awake for too long, they obviously make it through the

winter. One last one. Yvonne says she has primroses in her garden,

plus plenty of birds, but the primroses being there, is that

normal? We have seen daffodils up, snowdrops up. The trouble with

flowering if you are a primrose this time of year, the flowers are there

to attract insects. If it is too cold for the insects, you are

wasting your time flowering. It is not a good strategy. Nevertheless,

let's enjoy them because hopefully there will be some snow coming by

the end of the week here. Keep warm. Thank you, Chris, and the rest of

the Winterwatch team. Their first show is tonight at 8.30pm on BBC

Two. We asked you earlier on for pictures of your men in outfits that

they love, but you hate! Frank's new show is called Man in a Suit. Since

he is the host of Room 101, he is going to pick the worst offender and

banish it forever to our Fashion Room 101. Let's wander over to this

remarkable cupboard to see what happens(!) The man whose outfit is

deemed the worst will get to be a man in a suit. From his very own

wardrobe, Frank has kindly donated this, his suit! Isn't that a beauty?

I have worn that suit. You can play battleships with it! OK. This is

Toby. What do we think? Toby - what I like, he's got an idea and he's

stuck with it. I like blue all the way down. As long as he doesn't

stand against the sky. It is stylish. John - this is John. This

has been sent in by his wife. He has stuck with it. Is that one big pair

of pants that he's stretched? It is a onesie. You have the choice of

them two. Is everyone taking this competition seriously? You choose.

You have swayed me now. This must go into the Fashion Room 101! Brill.

Thank you to everyone for sending in... You get yourself over there.

Frank is about to do a remarkable performance with the Ukulele

Orchestra of Great Britain. We will see you tomorrow with Richard E

Grant. Enjoy. Good night. # When you're smiling

# The whole world smiles with you # When you're laughing

# The sun comes shining through # When you're crying

# You bring out the rain # When you're smiling

# The whole world smiles with you. #