20/08/2012 The One Show

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

have got our stetsons on to welcome the ultimate bad boy oil baron who

gripped the road in the '80s. It is JR Ewing himself, Larry Hagman.

Larry, so good to see you. Before we came on air, Larry shaped our

hats for us so that we were looking right. They were a mess. And you

have even got cowboy boots on. Don't joke, they are not fun. They

are made for riding on horses, not walking around London. But you do

feel at home around here. I lived in St John's Wood for five years.

1961 till 1966. It was wonderful. Very different back then. Well, I

don't know. The smell of London is here. It has just got more people.

We also read that you are partial to hat. You are wearing a lovely

Stenson, but you have a collection of them? I collect hats. My friends

send me hands from everywhere in the world, so I have a few thousand.

We do you keep them? I don't know, my wife hides them. I am not

kidding. I must have a thousand hats. I have not the faintest idea

where most of them are. But some are really expensive, aren't they?

This one was $5,000. That is a hell of a hat. What material is that?

is beaver. The other one is some kind of flannel. Made in Australia?

Then I had better say nice things. That is a good hat. But is it

really a working man's hat? I will lay it down that way. Because if

you don't, your luck runs out. know lots of people at home have

cowboy hats and they never have the excuse to put them on, so tonight

is the night for all of you out there with a cowboy hat. If you

have one, get it on and come back to the telly and take a picture of

yourself, and we will show some later. People who have been on hen

nights will have loads. I have a fight. Now, Larry, Dallas was

constantly in the headlines back in the day. Later, we will meet a mum

and daughter who made the papers in Texas for their special connection

with your show back in the 1980s. Eighties, '90s? Long time ago. Now,

everyone remembers that JR Ewing was shot, but can you remember who

did it? Our very own cowgirl Lucy Siegle launches her own debts and-

style investigation. A JR Ewing epitomised the money,

oil and glamour that made Dallas and '80s soap smash hit. It -- in

scenes where alpha males regularly locked horns... Somehow, the

ruthless businessman always won. am going to nail you. You have to

be a man. The show spawned probably the most famous whodunnit in

television history, gripping an estimated 350 million viewers

across the globe, with one infamous storyline. Stealing into the office

of the mean old Texan oil baron, an unknown assailant fires two 38

calibre slugs into JR Ewing, leaving him for dead. A nail-biting

end to its third season. The sound that followed was of millions of

viewers in the UK falling off their seats. One question was on their

lips - who shot JR? It seemed everyone wanted to know whodunnit,

from the Queen Mother to US President Jimmy Carter. I came to

Dallas to find out confidentially who shot JR. Possibly the most bet

upon showing TV history, the series even spark some odd tributes.

Speculation over the shooter's identity was rife, but now we all

know who did it, don't we? Who shot JR? Oh, um... That was a long time

ago. Your man Cliff? I thought it was so Welland. It was a dream.

can't say. I will not say. I don't remember who shot JR. Gerard was a

man with a long list of enemies, from bamboozled oil barons to his

wife Sue Allen, Cliff Barnes and what about Miceli? Actually, she

was his mum. When the heavily guarded first episode of Dallas

series four arrived in the UK, it even made the 9 o'clock News.

secret of whodunit is contained in videotape brought into Heathrow

Airport by an American security guard. And a long eight months

after the shots were fired, the nation held its collective breath,

waiting for the cliffhanger to be resolved. Even after 30 years, you

want to know who did it. Ready? Dramatically, the camera tilts up

to reveal of JR's sister-in-law and mistress Kristin Shepard had pulled

the trigger. I thought it was so well and! De twas Kristin all along.

And she had a very famous dad. and Crosby was her father, and my

mother worked for him -- with him for two and a half years on his

radio show in the '40s. Did you meet him as a younger lad? I never

did, but I went to school with his sons. Small world. Actor who shot

JR. Did you know the outcome, or is it true that only Sue Allen, from

the cast, or Linda Gray, knew who it was? I didn't know and I don't

think anybody else did. But she says, it was you, Christin, who

shot JR. She had to do that in a voice-over, and that was how she

found out. Barras is back, 21 years on, it will be on in September on

Channel 5 -- Dallas. We know the background. It was about two

families. I was a big fan. Before we see the new version, let's

remind ourselves of summed up as just relationships between yourself

and Solent. There were some great scenes. They wanted to see if you

could make it through the ceremony without passing out. I admit, I

fell off the wagon. I had a few drinks, but that is over now. I

will stop drinking. So Llewellyn, don't bother with that story on my

account, honey. We both know if you are a lush. Was it hard keeping a

straight face during that scene? didn't, I was laughing inside.

did have great chemistry with Linda Gray and Patrick Duffy, so much so

that you were great friends. still are. We have lunch or dinner

a few times a month. What was it about you three? Were just struck a

chord and worked with each other for 13 years, happily. How often do

people do that? Are you friends? course. But when the phone call

came and they said, we are thinking of bringing Barras back, was it an

easy decision for the three of you that that would be a great thing?

Will heard about it for two years, and finally, someone sent us a

script. And they read it, and I waited to see what they thought

before I bothered. Usually, it is dreadful. But it was quite good, or

doable. So I said, you want to do it? And they said yeah, let's do it.

Linda Gray said, you will do it. what do we need to know about J are

in the last 21 years? What has happened to him? I don't really

know. You haven't seen any of this? For not the new series. I don't

know how much I can tell you, because there is a secret. If you

have a cousin in America, they will tell you. We will show people a

clip now what you with your son, John Ross junior. Bobby was always

a fool. Stubborn as a mule. And particularly hare-brained about

Christopher. He was not even a Ewing. On what grounds are you

contesting my mother's will? Mental incompetence. That is the great

thing about the new Dallas, there is a new generation of Ewings

coming in, including Jesse Metcalfe from Desperate Housewives playing

Bobby's son. It must have been overwhelming for them to do the

first read-through of the first day on set. Did they seem nervous?

They say they work, but I don't think so. I never give advice. You

can't give a kid advice. These are seasoned actors, they are not just

coming in off the street. They have done this for a living for a long

time. They have proved themselves. Did you snap straight back into

that character? Of course. It was like coming home. Is there any part

of you that thinks it was such a big success, maybe it was a mistake

to bring it back? At my age, darling, it is worth the gamble.

What have I got to lose? You can see Dallas on Channel 5 from early

September. The now, time for some real-life drama as Mike Dilger

investigates a dangerous beast that is popping up in parts of the

country and causing havoc. Not as toxic as JR, but pretty troublesome

nonetheless. In 2006, here in the leafy suburbs

of west London, a mysterious alien outbreak had government agencies on

high alert. 30 people from one estate near Kew began to suffer

from a mysterious, itchy rash on exposed parts of their body,

bloodshot eyes and some even had difficulty breathing. Richmond

environmental health was immediately called in to

investigate. At first, it was suspected to be biting mosquitoes,

attractive to a nearby water plant. But this theory was quickly

eliminated. Whilst looking for further clues in the surrounding

environment, they discovered a strange coincidence. Damaged oak

trees in the area were found to bear similarities to these photos

taken in southern Europe, along with strange, nest-like are

structures on the bark of the affected trees which were made by

an unidentified organism. Local experts were stumped. The answer

finally came when photos were sent to leading entomologist Martin

Townsend, who identified the creatures as the non-native and

highly toxic caterpillars of the Coke recessionary moth. The moth

themselves are harmless, it is only the caterpillars that cause

problems. It has a black band along the back. There are minute hairs a

long but backbend which are like little barbs. They become detached

and float in the air, causing a nasty rash, which can be persistent.

Very rarely, it can cause a life- threatening condition. The moths

were introduced to Britain absently with imported foreign oak trees,

and since their discovery in west London, more nests have been found

in Pangbourne, Sheffield and Leeds. One expert tried to stop the spread,

Dr Mark Townshend. Can it be contained? I at the moment, with

the level of resources being devoted to it, it will be hard to

contain her. They are covering an area of 100 square kilometres now.

It can be done, but it will be hard work. To remove the species from

Britain entirely may prove impossible, but just as they do in

Europe, UK councils are now eradicating nested trees as soon as

they are spotted near populated areas. I am going to see how they

do that here in healing. I can see the oak tree, but not the

caterpillars. The fuel to the second branch across, follow it

down. Underneath, you see the little ball? I can see it.

Presumably, the caterpillars are abundant inside? To which the nest,

we need a cherry picker, but first, I need to get dressed for the job.

These suits are standard practice on the Continent, because exposures

to the caterpillar's toxic hares can result in life-threatening

anaphylactic shock, and the camera crew are not taking any chances

either. In 2007, several soldiers were rushed to hospital after

refusing to wear such protection. Thus clearing nests in southern

Europe. This is the secret weapon, an industrial vacuum cleaner, used

to remove asbestos fibres from old buildings. This will suck up not

only the caterpillars and the nest, but any extra hairs flying around

in the air. This must be the most unusual place I have ever used a

vacuum cleaner. But vacuuming them up is not the end of the story. The

only way to completely destroy the caterpillar's harmful toxins is to

incinerate the contents of these vacuum cleaners, along with the

suits we are wearing at over 600 degrees centigrade. Thankfully,

there are now much stricter regulations on imported oak trees.

Hopefully, no more caterpillars will be brought into Britain.

Personally, I never like to see a species eradicated at the hands of

man, but it is a health and safety You looked a bit like Ghost Busters.

I was suited and booted. Those tiny hairs are serious business. As of

recently, a new infestation has been found in Bromley and the nests

are so numerous that they are trying to contain them. It is an

ongoing problem. We about scaring the living daylights out of the

people, they can approach caterpillars but these once you

have got to watch out for them. the moment the youngsters are in

the gregarious nests so if you see a lot of gregarious caterpillars in

oak trees, let the environmental health know. Do they sting you?

they have little tiny hairs that can fly off and get into your

throat. Really? They are not the only thing giving the Forestry

Commission a headache at the minute. The Asian longhorn beetle as of

20th March 12 they recently found in Tunbridge Wells. It doesn't

cause harm to humans. They were found coming from China in packing

crates. They live in here for several years. It takes them a long

time to turn into adults. This is the thing that causes the damage to

the trees. Where is the mouth? chomps through the wood amount they

caused so much damage that whole trees had to be chopped down within

100 metres radius. They ended up with 65 trees which were found and

they could end up, colonising Britain. Potentially they are still

here. We don't want you to feel left out so we did get you a

stetson as well. Larry might want to shape it. I met him before we

came on and he put his hand out for a fist pomp and I shook it. I am so

pathetic. The only one today! of people at home have got their

stetsons out. This is Chris, and she went to the

trouble of taking a photo of you and went upstairs wearing this top,

rodeo queen 1978, unbelievable. This is Emily from Horsham. You are

at an icon, Larry. Time now to celebrate the work of an inventor

from Derby who went to extraordinary lengths to save lives.

Over to Marty Jopson. Edgar Pask was called the bravest man in the

RAF never to have flown an aeroplane. During World War Two he

put his life on the line many times but his research led to the

development of the modern life jacket and that has saved countless

lives around the world. In the 1940s, Edgar Pask was investigating

ways of improving the survival chances of aircrew who had baled

out of their aeroplanes. This included coming into the sea to

watch people being rescued. He was presented with a disturbing sight -

men wearing life jackets, but face down in the water, dead. The fear

was that they died not from injuries sustained in battle but

because the life jackets they were wearing didn't keep their heads

above water if they blacked out. Circumstances surrounding these

deaths have to be handled carefully. He began his research, but there

was a problem. Nobody had found an accurate way of testing how to do

this in the 1940s. The reason being that imitating an unconscious

person in water is impossible because the body will always

automatically protect itself, giving on realistic results. He

realised there was only one way to test how an unconscious body reacts

when it is wearing a lifejacket, and that was to test it on an

unconscious human being, and who better than himself? That was his

Eureka moment. He became the guinea-pig for his own experiment,

which these remarkable photographs show. He got dressed up in the full

battle out for it and put whatever flotation device they were testing,

then laid down at the side of the pool and was anaesthetised. Once

out cold, he was set adrift in the pool. The only thing keeping him

alive was the tune that fed him air and more anaesthetic to keep him

knocked out. Sometimes he sank, sometimes flipped over, sometimes

floated nicely. A very dangerous experiment to do. After every Test,

Edgar Pask had to be hospitalised but this didn't put him off pushing

things further. He in studios were already making propaganda films but

he got them to contribute in a different way, by commandeering

their wave tank. The model ships normally filmed being tossed around

for high seas were replaced by a knocked out Edgar Pask. This is

very rare footage of him in conditions you would find in the

Channel. All of these experiments gave vital information about how

life jacket of the altered so they always looked unconscious people on

to their back. He had to play around with the buoyancy quite a

lot, but one thing he found was the optimum place to put it allowed the

body to rotate and float at about 45 degrees, allowing your airways

to stay clear. By placing a crutch strap to keep the lifejacket in

place actually allowed the lifejacket to rotate successfully.

His pioneering work started the ball rolling for the life jackets

we see all over the world today, including these ones worn by the

RNLI. What better place to test it out than their centre in Poole.

They can recreate a storm. Even in these high seas, I feel completely

safe. This buoyancy device here keeps me off my back. If I turnover,

it just pops me over again. It is all thanks to Edgar Pask. There is

no doubt these experiments took their toll on his health, but by

putting his life on the line for others, it allowed lifejackets

today to save hundreds if not thousands of lives.

That film was extraordinary. Next time you are on the aeroplane and

watching them give the demonstration, think of Edgar Pask.

We have mentioned how big Dallas was in 1980, so big that thousands

of people entered a competition run by the BBC show Nationwide to send

a family out to Southfork to meet the whole cast of Dallas. This is

the story of how Nationwide followed her mother and daughter

from Crewe and travelled them out to Texas. Leonora and Katie were

stars from the moment they landed. Dallas, at last! Leonora was not

just a secretary from an English town, she was a celebrity - they

were fascinated by her. By the end of the first day, they could have

been few of the citizens here who didn't know of the gun and trees

from Crewe -- gallantries. Hello, it is charming to meet you. This is

my daughter, Katie. Can I give you a little something, which is a very

small token. It is a shilling, and English chilling. I hope you will

keep that and sometimes remember me. I certainly will. It is something

you don't dream will happen to you. We really are here, it is

incredible. 32 years on, Leonora and daughter Katie are here! Nice

to see you. There you are, old friends now. How good to see you.

I'm bumping like that because I am strange. Or cool! That kind, did

that go where the hats went? I hope not! For how did you feel seeing

that because it was a long time ago? You yes, 32 years. Was a

strange watching it back? Embarrassing. We will come back to

that in a minute because the idea was to come up with a plot of what

happened when JR got shot, so what was your idea? That nobody else did

it, but in fact he was not really shot but he was wearing a bullet-

proof vest and a corrupt policeman shot him, but of course he just

fell down. He wasn't shot, he got better. That is pretty good. I was

the only one... Everybody else said... For can they use that in

the new series? You should be in the new series, you look great in

that hat. Use four the competition, and then

Katie you were dragged in to go with your mum. We still look a bit

embarrassed by the whole thing. Was it traumatic? It was very

overwhelming. People didn't get on aeroplanes and fly halfway across

the world to meet stars and it was just a total shock. Were we

everything you expected us to be? Be Go and better. Did you get

sucked in with your whole life, Dallas, Leonora? It is a big place,

Big Country, big people. Everything was so big for a midget like me.

The must be over the moon it is coming back? Yes, we did know it

was coming back. It is nice to have you both here. We have been asking

people all night to send in pictures and we have had a lot. The

most successful call out we have most successful call out we have

ever done apparently. This is William from Norfolk.

This is Samantha. This is Ali the sheriff from Twickenham. Owen from

Liverpool, or is it Usain Bolt? For these were taken whilst watching

the television. There is Robert in Glasgow. Nick from Crouch End in