20/12/2017 The One Show

Hello and welcome to

the One Show with Alex Jones.

And Matt Baker.

And, a musical welcome to this

evening's distinguished guests,

who'll all be lighting up the BBC's

Christmas schedule.

Providing the high drama

on Christmas evening, it's Call

the Midwife's Jenny Agutter.

Helping get the party started later

that night, Sir Tom Jones.

And providing the laughs

in the slump between

the Christmas and New Year,

he's Still Open All

Hours, Johnny Vegas.

Lovely introductions with oomph

from Britain's Brass Band champions,

the world famous Brighouse

and Rastrick Band

from West Yorkshire.

He's still going.

Thank you, looking forward

to hearing you play

for us at the end of the show.

Happy birthday Jeni. Your treat isty

Tom Jones. We have it on good

authority that you were and probably

are a big fan?

When he was very

young and big star I was on a school

bus and we passed by him in a sports

car. He was in an open sports car.

The whole bus went completely nuts.

We were waving at you.

Wow.

They

still do go Nuts.

Thank, God.

It

wouldn't be Christmas week on the

One Show without the hip swivelling

Tom Jones. How is the hip?

It's

great. It swivels. The left hip is a

new one.

Had you new is the new one?

Swo months old.

Debut on the One

Show for the hip?

Yes. If you could

have anything replaced, what would

it be, Johnny?

My mid drift, then my

leg, then be my arms and then my

head. Basically, I'd be somebody

else. Seriously, I've got to clean

my spittal.

Good trumpeting by the

It wasn't bad way.

. I do lessons.

We will be hearing all about our

guests Christmas shows

Also

delving into the big freeze of 1962

and '63 which forms

the backdrop to Call

the Midwife on Christmas Day.

And, we'll have more

of your Christmas thank

you messages as well tonight.

So if you'd like to join in,

tell us on email or social media

who you'd like to thank and why,

and don't forget a picture.

I've not just worn this jacket to

meet people. I'm a genuine guest on

the show. Who doesn't want to go -

hello, mum! I've arrived.

Most schools are closed

for Christmas - bad luck

if you still have a day or two to go

- and that means a dreaded end

of term ritual has come and gone.

Yes, the parents evening,

the moment when mums,

dads and guardians find out what's

really been going on for

the past few months.

But according to former

teacher Mehreen Baig,

its often the teachers

who are the most nervous.

Parents evenings, they are a right

of passage for every parent, but are

they a career highlight for

teachers?

One thing that I least

look forward to is having a massive

headache at the end of it and being

exhausted the next day.

We spend 12

years of our children's lives

attending them, but what do we

actually learn?

We are aware that

each one is a different child at We

have three home.

.

That each child

is like two different children.

There is the version at home were

they don't always do what they are

told straightaway. There is a

version at school were -

Compliant.

Yeah.

She will sit on the carpet and

listen to instructions.

It's funny

that. You do know how to listen

then.

I was a secondary school

teacher for five years and loved how

eye-opening parents evenings could

be. I'm glad to be back this, but

this time seeing the through the

eyes of 23 teachers who are working

hard to inspire their pupils in

Hackney, East London.

Parents

evening makes me feel really proud

of my daughters because we tend to

hear great things about how much

they are enjoying their school.

I do

believe that parents evening is a

great opportunity for us as parents

to come in and give us an

opportunity to show off a little

bit.

Who is doing well.

I think he's

doing quite well from all the

feedback I've been getting.

I think

the teachers are probably judging me

as a parent.

To find out if that's

really true, who better to ask than

retired teachers.

Some parents are

very, very pushy. You know, they

think that if you are doing your job

correctly, you can almost guarantee

their child getting good results. It

actually doesn't work like that.

If

everything I give you was just easy,

there would be no learning, yeah?

I

would definitely tell the teacher if

the information is not right or if

they are not going in the right

direction that I want them to do

regarding my son's learning.

I've

disagreed with what teachers have

said to me before. I do feel it's

good to have an opinion.

Sometimes

the parents themselves were scared

of hearing the reality of what their

child was doing.

Whether it's

primary or secondary, if parents

don't like what teachers have to

say, conversations across the table

can get very heated.

I've had fists

slammed against tables, which is

very exciting.

One parents evening I

remember a brother came instead of

the father. He was annoyed because

he felt that his brother was being

bullied at school. When I tried to

point out that his brother was

actually causing a lot of this

because of the way he behaved

towards other children, he

threatened to dangle me out of the

window if I didn't sort the problem

out for him. He looked a bit like

Phil Michel. So it didn't actually

make me feel terribly happy.

There

was always members of senior

leadership teams to be there as back

up so I could call in the heavies

efficiently.

I can only think of one

that I didn't want to see. This was

a very volatile father. He was very

threatening and very intimidating

and I was quite frightened but I had

a phone on my desk and I managed to

grab it and press the panic button.

There was one thing I found

fascinating about meeting parents

face-to-face and that was the window

into the home lives of my students.

So much about their behaviour in the

classroom can be explained simply by

having a five minute conversation

with their parents.

I can remember

an occasion when a member of staff

said, "now, I've seen the parents

and the kind of parents they are, it

explains very clearly what this

child is like."

You can treat them

perhaps in a slightly less austere

or strict way if you realise their

behaviour is stemming from some sort

of trauma at home.

Tonight Your 6's

teacher is after honest feedback

from the kids himself.

He is

teaching you enough?

Not enough.

Experience teachers know to expect

the unexpected.

A parent came to

parents evening, she wasn't

interested in that time about

talking about her child but she

wanted me to help her book a holiday

to Spain, and we went ahead and did

that.

We are brilliant parents,

probably the best, I'd say.

It's not

easy being a parent, is it?

Wasn't

that magic.

It is tough, isn't it,

being a parent. I assume it gets The

school years tougher.

Is still to

come for you.

I can't wait for a

parents evening. In your time as a

teacher, were there any sticky

moments?

I was very fortunate. I

don't think I've ever had an angry

or upset parent. I've witnessed lots

of heated situations, which is

natural, but I think we need to

remember that ultimately the teacher

and parent are on the same side and

they need to come to a solution

which is best for the child.

Yeah.

What sort of perspective do you

take, Johnny, on parents evenings,

are you quite relaxed or fiery,

would you say?

No I think it's

listening to the teachers. You have

to take on board how your child has

been behaving. Do you know what I

mean? I don't think it's a teachers

responsibility to raise a child.

There are other times recently if

you feel like your child is doing

his best and the school is not

actually pulling their weight, the

other way round, you have to support

your child and go - you know what,

actually, it's give-and-take.

You

are two peas in a pod.

Look

Look at

that. No need for a DNA test there.

For all parents then next year

because there will be parents

evenings of course what is the best

way to get the most out of it. You

have a limited amount of time at the

school. You need to get your points

across.

The top three incompetent

its, first make sure you speak to

your child before parents evening.

Find out where they feel they are

excelling or need more help. That

avoids any nasty surprises when you

get there. I'd say come up with a

maximum of three things that you

want to discuss. Am you have a

limited amount of time. You want to

see as many teachers as possible.

You should be specific about what

you want to ask. I would say, ask

what you can do. There is a limited

amount of time in school. Parents

should ask, what can they do at home

to support their child in

progressing.

There has been a bit of

controversy, has there not, about

gifts at Christmas time for parents.

It's nice to say thank you from a

parents perspective, where do you

stand?

There have been stories in

the press about teachers receiving

spa days and expensive jewellery. A

council banned gifts for teachers

altogether. People cannot fathom how

hard teachers work until you have

been a teacher. Actually, as in any

profession, if you... If someone

wants to show their appreciation by

buying a gift and having that

gesture of saying - I appreciate and

value what you have done for me,

then we should allow them to do

that. Parents shouldn't feel

obligeded to spend thousands of

pounds. Some of most memorable gifts

-

Thank God!

When students...

Oh,

the relief.

They made a lip balm out

of spices from home.

Something The

letter must simple.

Be the important

thing. What they have to say is that

they really appreciate what you have

done.

Exactly. It's about showing

your appreciation and valuing what

the teacher has done for you.

I made

up elaborate gift bags, nothing over

the top, just to say thank you.

There is nothing like the look on a

teachers face when they Pulitzer out

a candle and they go TK Maxx and a

sense of disappointment it's not

Molton & Brown.

They have done a

Christmas song.

They are raising

money for Great Ormond Street

Hospital. It's called Christmas Is

Coming, I think.

Jenny, one of the joys of Call

the Midwife is the way the stories

react to real events.

We've had post war austerity and

the birth of the NHS, thalidomide.

It follows year-by-year, and the

beginning of the NHS.

Now we've hit the big

freeze, haven't we?

Yes.

Let's just take a moment

to reflect on just how brutal

that winter was Jenny.

In December 1962 the big freeze took

hold of Britain. With temperatures

reaching minus 20 degrees Celsius

the weather didn't relent until

March the following year. Rivers,

lakes and parts of the sea froze

over. This is near Cardiff. Villages

and towns were cut off. The RAF

delivered supplies to isolated

farms, like this one in the Scottish

Borders. In Devon the Royal Marines

were called on to free stranded

motorists. Many schools closed,

power cuts affected thousands of

homes, but others adapted and life

went on. Matt I know you were proud

of your family's effort this year,

but this is a snowman 1963 style in

Aberdeen. It's 17 foot high! They

don't make winters like they used

to!

That snowman was huge.

What a

winter.

Yes.

We wondered what you

were up to in 63? You were in Vegas.

No I was in South Wales iech was

playing in dance halls and working

men's clubs. That's the thing that

we had to deal with, trying to get

to these, the gigs.

Get the audience

snowed in.

Before I came to London.

I remember it I was trying to get a

contract and all that business. We

had to do gigs, you know. It was

getting to these places it was very

difficult.

Very difficult in the

Valleys. Jeni, what role does the

big freeze play in the Christmas

special, how does it fit in?

They

open the door to this extraordinary

scene that you see, which is a

massive snow. That completely

changes the house and the cold

affects them all. There wouldn't be

enough heat to keep them all warm.

The snow means that things like the

milk isn't delivered. Our tea is

affected!

Not the tea, Jeni!

But then there are things like

babies being born empirical

conditions, they can't get to the

hospital, people can move about, the

elderly are effective... Affected.

It is a great festive backdrop.

It

looks amazing.

How did you film it,

green screen? Cotton wool?

It was

Stowe. They had this extraordinary

material bubbles not bubbles or ash,

which is often used. It behaved like

snow and would compact on the ground

and you could make snowballs out of

it and it was hugely expensive, I

believe. More so than we were. There

were piles everywhere, great to play

with. Even though it was hot, you

started to feel quite sugary.

Your

character, Sister Julienne, spends a

lot of time helping a former

landlady of the Queen Vic?

Oh, yes,

any to Dobson. I was wondering

whether she had been drinking or

not. It was a subplot I had not come

out with.

But Anita Dobson makes

quite an appearance? Botia is

completely different, she is

wonderful in this. I saw her looking

wonderfully glamorous the other day,

reminded her of the fact that she is

a very

vulnerable, very badly

treated woman in this. They're all

sort of revelations the family. We

had a wail of a time together. She

can turn very quickly between humour

and talking and going right back

into the role, which was quite a

difficult, dark piece.

This is the

dramatic moment where your

characters meet for the first time.

Mrs Tillerson? Mrs Tillerson?

I did

what you said.

Don't be afraid. I

will light the heater, I will make

you tea and she will soon be warm.

APPLAUSE

The Christmas special almost

launches the series that is to come

next year?

Yes, Heidi Thomas is very clever,

she takes all of the regular

characters and everybody has a story

that they are totally involved with

and she weaves them together, you

have an hour and a half in which to

do that. And we get wonderful

guests, people like Anita Dobson

joining us. That all of these

different tales. It sets it up very

nicely for the new season that comes

along. So you are reminded of who

everybody is.

We have spoken about how the writers

mirror life, there is a series of

the back of the Christmas special in

the New Year. What other real-life

events are they looking at?

Coming

into 63, various things that affect

one in those times. Some of it is

similar, people from different

cultures arriving in the UK, again,

accepted or not accepted within

society or, indeed, finding problems

living the lives they want to live

within a different culture. So some

of that.

We are going to be getting

into the era of Tom Jones on the

wireless soon!

Indeed, one is

listening out for people like Tom

Jones.

Dancing in the done thing

holds and all of that.

Well, Jenny and Johnny,

if you're still waiting for that

starring theatre role you've always

hankered after don't worry,

there's still time.

This is quite something.

Yes, a woman is playing the donkey

in her first nativity play this

Christmas at the age of 98.

By contrast, one of the shepherds

in the production at Castleford,

in West Yorkshire, is a mere 87.

Quite a bunch! You are laughing,

but...

We've paired them up

with some local performers

with much more experience.

Even though they are

only eight and nine.

Hi, I am Ruby and I am nine. I am

playing Mary.

I am Lenny, I am a

donkey.

I am Mary, I am also a

donkey.

Joseph has to be really

caring towards Mary. Don't worry

Mary, we will find a place to stay.

I am Paula, I am the home manager

and today we will put on a

performance for our residents to

enjoy the Nativity. Because it is

the run-up to Christmas, what can we

do? Let's get everybody involved. We

can get local schools to come in,

let's get the residents taking part

alongside the stuff.

I am Tom, I

work at Newfield Lodge and I am the

producer of the Newfield Nativity

2017. I have a little bit of history

in the entertainment world, so Paula

has asked me to write a script. The

main focus is the stimulation of

residents, those that are

deteriorating, to bring them on.

# A town called Nazareth, oh, yeah.

Today we had visitors from the local

primary school, coming to see the

residents playing the same part as

them, they gave us fantastic advice

which I think will definitely help

the residents.

I am eight years old, I am a

Shepherd in the Nativity play.

I am

Hayden, I am also eight years old

and I also played the shattered.

So you should look after your sheet

and other lambs. -- look after your

sheep. So they do not get hurt or

anything. You have to look after

them.

You need to be really tired out,

because you have travelled all the

way to Bethlehem with Mary and

Joseph.

# Don't you worry, don't you worry,

child.

# God has a plan for you.

It is so rewarding seeing the

happiness brought all the residents

here at Newfield

happiness brought all the residents

here at Newfield, from those who

have made the costumes, they have

played a massive part, to those that

have been in the Nativity.

Our life

is having a babby.

Some have

dementia and it is very hard, but

with time and effort from everybody,

it has been fantastic.

We are not

performing actors, it is a care

staff team coming together with the

residents do have a really good time

and to entertain everybody in the

home.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE.

That was such a nice film. Really

nice. He has lost it now.

She was

amazing.

As the donkey?

Golden

Globe.

But people can share

Christmas with you, Tom? Christmas

night, BBC Two, a Gospel special?

It

is a Gospel special, I wanted to be

musical that I wanted it to be a

Gospel special because I was

influenced by Gospel music when I

was young, listening to it on the

radio.

I went to a Presbyterian chapel, we

were singing hymns in Chapel, but

then I heard black gospel singers

from America singing the same hymns

we were doing, but differently. I

thought why is that? Why does it

sound so different? That got me

interested. There is a song in

Wales, The Old Rugged Cross, that

was a big favourite. My cousin did a

wonderful version, Dorothy Jones,

she sang it really, really lovely.

But then I heard somebody singing it

on the radio and then on television

and I thought, well, we are not

singing it like that, but why? It

got me interested and it rubbed off

on me. So then I started to sing

songs, Christmas songs.

And your

boys really, really suited.

Here you

are a few years on, you will be

singing with Beverley Knight, let's

have a little look.

# Silent night.

# Holy night.

# All is calm.

# All is bright.

# Round yon virgin mother and child.

APPLAUSE

Tom, I mean...

Your voice is still sounding so

good.

Well, thank you. It has

deepened now.

Obbadi carries a note

quite like you. You know The Perfect

Day from years ago, the BBC, just go

back and listen to that. -- nobody

carries a note quite like you.

So

many people love to sing and carry

on singing through the live, but for

you to still seeing as you do...

Frank God my voice is still

powerful. It is not as high as it

was, but that is natural, when you

get older your voice gets lower. I

am a baritone now. I was touching on

tenor when I was younger, but it is

fuller and richer now.

It is like a

good aged wine.

Thank you very much!

When I was young it was a certain

sense, now I think it has more

depth. I read more into the songs as

well.

You can relish the music in that

way. Instead of thinking you cannot

sing as high as you used to, you

find different meaning.

When you are

young you attack things and want to

sing, sometimes you are not thinking

about the storyline of the song.

When you get older I think you get

more intimate.

Audio experience

comes through.

When you hear some new singers and

they go I can do this... All the

range. You don't have to do that.

Holds that emotion of that note.

What does the songs say? What is the

message?

A combination of you and

Beverly is magic, she has a

fantastic voice.

And a wonderful

choir.

When we went into that film,

you told us about your very first

note that you sang. Can you

enlighten the nation? About your

birth?

Especially because a Call the

Midwife. I was born during the war

in South Wales, 1940. I don't think

anybody went to hospital to have a

baby. I was born in the front room

of my grandmother's house. When I

was born, the midwife said I am

awfully sorry, he is dead. Because I

didn't make a sound. They didn't

think I was alive. My grandmother

said just a minute, she got a bucket

of cold water, grabbed me by the

ankles, did to me in it, this is the

truth, spun me around the room like

this, on my life, spend me around

the room. I screamed!

And that note

was born, literally exclamation

if

she hadn't have done that it would

have been like, sorry.

What a story.

You can see and hear Tom

in Tom Jones and Beverley Knight's

Gospel Christmas on BBC Two,

at 9.00pm, on Christmas Day.

You had to bring out an album called

Swirl Like A Baby. It is a natural

progression from a story.

The

viewers in Wales can see this on

Friday at 9pm.

It is a preview.

If you are wondering about religious

programmes on the BBC

amid the dramas and entertainment

there's plenty going on,

including Midnight Mass

on Christmas Eve live

from St Anne's Roman

Catholic Cathedral in Leeds

and the Christmas Day Service live

from All Saints, Fulham, in London.

There are special editions

of Songs Of Praise,

and BBC Two brings us

Carols From King's on Sunday.

We are heading to church now

because fresh from her triumph

getting Noel Gallagher to take part

in Gardeners' Question Time

here on the show last

week, Christine is back

on more familiar ground.

Her film still involves

Oasis, though.

Quite a lot of it actually

and armfuls of ivy to stick in it.

Very good!

York Minster, a 13th century

masterpiece in stained glass and

stone. I've been so looking forward

to wandering around this place and

soaking up its rich history, but I

think the One Show may have other

ideas, because they have asked me to

bring along these?

It is a site where people have

gathered to worship for more than

1000 years, but its Roman history

and Gothic magic beans you can just

feel the special atmosphere, and the

very Reverend Vivian is the Dean.

This is your office, what is it like

to be an chargeable this?

A huge

privilege and a delight.

-- to be in

charge of all this?

This building

was raised to heighten known in the

country and included one of our

glories, the great East window, the

largest expanse of medieval glass in

northern Europe.

With a building big enough to fit

3000 people, their Christmas Advent

wreath needs to be on a larger

scale.

We think it was about 20

years ago when the Church of England

started to celebrate all its

festivals with a bit more drama and

panache. Alastair Down Yarde Staffs

constructed what we believe is the

largest Advent wreath in the

country. -- our stone yard staff. We

hope you will be prepared to work

with the flower arrangers. We think

you have come equipped. We hope most

of our branches will not need those.

As you may expect for a building the

skill of York Minster, they don't

just do your average Advent wreath,

but the Lord of the rings, and to

make it we will need a team of 20

volunteers, led by head flower

arranger Andy Barker.

That is the normal size wreath he

would have on your door?

That is

what you would put on your door, if

you would feel that with a block of

floral foam, we have 40 in here.

That gives you some idea of the

scale, two big boxes.

This is a

phenomenal challenge?

Yes, it is

about logistics. Get that right, the

people have the skills, we will make

rather a nice show. You have got

your secateurs?

Yes, I wondered why

I was told to bring them.

With a diameter of four meters to

fill, the volunteer Rangers have

brought brings your five. -- plenty

of IP. -- IV. How long have you been

involved?

Nearly 18 years.

I have

never done any flower arranging, I

am learning as I go.

This is my

first time.

Why did you want to come

along?

I thought what a tremendous

privilege to be in this beautiful

place doing something with a lovely

bunch of people.

York Minster's head verger is

spreading the message about the

symbolism of the Advent wreath.

We have the ring, the wreath, which

is eternity. The evergreen, IV, it

could be holy. Even in the depths of

winter, the Harley and the ivy show

life is going on, and we have four

candles around the circumference for

each Sunday in Advent. The candle in

the middle will be lit on Christmas

Day.

Where does it go once it is

made?

It gets suspended from the

central tower. The children from the

Minster School will help us raise

the roof. They think they are doing

by themselves, with a little bit of

help from me, but you are the person

who will be pushing the right

buttons up right time.

Enter

No pressure, only the magic of

Christmas at stake. All I can do is

wait for my cue. They are ready, so

off we go! The childrens imaginingic

wishes, and some of my help, willing

it into the air.

Stop! Stop!

Wonderful. Thank you all very much.

Now in place, a spectacular feature

of this historic building. A

beautiful festive garden and one

that will need watering

occasionally, just like your

Christmas tree. Merry Christmas to

you all.

Christine is here now to give us

some tips and tell us the best way

of making some wreaths at home. We

heard in the film lots of people

brought ivy to hang up in York

Minster. You brought stuff from

home, haven't you, Johnny?

I brought

olive branches. I can't find them.

That is why I'm so far behind! I

brought olive branches and super Can

could be glue.

Everygreen foliage.

Il -- ever green foliage.

You can

wind around dogwood, willow, tie it

with branches or use fishing line.

That is quite good because it's

clear and you don't see. Jenny is

making a splendid yob. She must have

done it before.

I usually start with

a base and then just add.

You make

your own every year?

-- job.

That

will really set it off a treat.

Thanks Jenny no. It's finished. It's

done.

It is not meant to be done in

three minutes.

You can do it however

you like. You can use your own

decorations, dried fruit, baubles,

collect things from the countryside

and basically make your own

decoration that means something

personal to yourselves.

Hair grips

are brilliant.

If you have material

that is difficult and on a short

stem. Tie fishing line to the end.

With a hair grip slip it through the

end and slip it into the

arrangement. If you are using flor

April foam you have a really good

base to stick it straight in.

Very

effective.

Florist wire is good as

well.

Is yours on the front door?

Yes.

You tell everyone where you

have yours?

I have one on the front

door and one on my bedroom door.

Ah,

how lovely.

Romantic. Very

beautiful.

To entice strangers,

Christine? !

You know, one likes to

have a good time at Christmas. Yes,

but - what are you laughing at, man.

Not prickly at all!

They are a

beautiful thing, in my opinion. Live

material brought into the home at

Christmas is fantastic.

Yes.

If

you're feeling neglected by your

family you can announce yourself as

Zeus King of the Gods.

The Olympic

wreath was exactly that.

Ours isn't

so great, Matt, sorry about that.

It

looks a bit like Mickey Mouse. You

look like the lion from the Lion The

Witch and the Wardrobe.

All this week we've been giving

people across the country the chance

to say thanks at Christmas.

We've been to Aberdeen and Wrexham

and tonight we're in Bristol.

I want to say thank

you to my nana for taking me to a

pantomime.

Like to thank Harold who

took my dog to the vet.

I would like

to say the biggest thank you to all

of our incredible volunteers who

dedicate their time throughout the

year. Some people come in every day

and we truly couldn't do it without

them.

I'm the workshop manager at

Cambridge Motors I would like to

thank the Grammer Vigilante for

correcting our sign and putting the

grammar right. We didn't take any

notice of it and didn't realise it.

It's not just children who make

mistakes, it's grownups as well. Our

daughter was born three months early

and had brain damage which caused

her cerebral palsy. I'd like to say

a big Christmas thank you to Tony

from the Tesco team and Sandra from

the Thorn berry Club for helping us

raise money so our daughter could

walk independently for the first

time. They Detective Constable

everything over and above to help

us. -- did.

I can walk now.

We can

celebrate Christmas and give thanks

for everything that we have.

Happy

Christmas everybody. Thank you.

80,000. A lot of money.

Exactly. You

don't need us to say thank you for

you. If you feel it, say it,

especially at this time of year. We

have thank yous here. Lily would

like to say thank you to her mum.

Pauleen wants to say thank you to

her husband Lawrence for 39 years of

celebrating Christmas together.

Also

Gillan would like to say a thank you

to her mum will ma for being the

best grand ma, friend and biscuit

maker. And also to the staff at the

care home.

And a thank you to her maths teacher

who helped her.

I wanton say a very

sincere thank you to the NHS. This

year you cared for my dad until he

passed away. They are currently

caring for my mum with home visits.

Across the board. Everybody out

there thank you, it means the world

you look after the people that mean

the most. You will be working

through Christmas when we are not.

You are always there for us. Thank

you.

Well done.

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Thank you to all of you out there

who have been in all our films.

When

we ask for photos you are always

sending them in. Thank you.

Look out

for more thank you messages later on

this evening. When the bridge our

band will be playing us out. Tell us

any funny Christmas stories you

have. The more ridiculous the

better. They have to be true. We are

trying to catch out k Rob on Friday

in Would I Lie To you. You.

It may not be anything like as cold

as the winter of 1962/63

which we were talking about earlier.

But it's still a tough time

of the year for wildlife.

There's still plenty going on though

even in the most surprising places.

Here's Patrick.

The land around the River Tees is

filled with immense structures,

towering evidence of its industrial

past. In amongst this industrial

landscape wildlife thrives. The mud

of the estuary makes great growing

fields for weeds and invertebrates.

Tteal plunge their heads to feed on

them while others paddle underwater

with their feet to flash out fish to

catch. The hundredors can easily

become the hunted here. A red fox is

prowling. She has to consume over

10% of her body weight every day.

Something has caught her eye.

Missed. The black flecks on the show

are slag dumped in the estuary at

the height of the Industrial

Revolution. It's a useful hunting

ground for a kestrel. Her head is

perfectly still as she hovers by

flying into and at the same speed as

the oncoming wind. Her feathers are

stiffer than other falcons and give

her more stability whilst searching

for prey. Night falls over a month

ument of Teesside. The Tees

transporter bridge works around the

clock, has it has done for 100 years

-- monument. The Tees was so

polluted there was almost no fish

left for the wildlife to feed on.

Since the 1980s the river has become

much cleaner and supports some of

Britain's largest mammals. Harbour

and grey seals haul out on to the

mud banks to partake in a snooze, a

stretch or a scratch.

Down on the shoreline and 1,300

miles away from their Arctic Circle

breeding grounds these birds are

having a beach holiday. They run on

the sandy surface to catch prey. The

smallest breeze can send them off

course in a spin.

Further up the river our fox has

finally been successful. Keep

scavengers away is another matter.

The tireless search for food

continues throughout the

winter. I love that coastline. I'm

bias. From North Yorkshire to the

north-east. It's beautiful. If you

get a chance, check it out.

If

you're around there and you find a

hoodie it's mine. I was working up

there recently.

Were you?

I took it

off, stupidly. You know what I mean.

I was expecting to see the hood in

the wind.

You are back in Still Open

All Hours.

I am.

It's a Christmas

thing, isn't it?

It is. It's nice.

It bedded back in again. It's odd to

be part of a TV tradition.

I normally join a show and they axe

it.

Let's have a look -

It doesn't

matter. Before you show the clip,

Tom say hello to Gaynor.

Merry

Christmas, Happy New Year.

It's like

you're the only woman who ever

lived. I will get in trouble with

the producers. It's loads of fun.

Sir David will have me strung up for

that.

Talking of the name Gaynor,

what is wrong with your character is

his name, Wet Eric.

He can tell the

weather by his knee. When your agent

rings you up and he goes - Wet Eric,

you were born for this role. I

wasn't really blessed! I'm going to

get these kind of offers. I once got

called in for a casting when I was

30 to play a 50-year-old. He went,

"you do look a bit younger in life."

You do you have brilliant skin.

I

have brilliant skin. I've always

wore hats. I've stayed out of the

sun. Thank you for acknowledging

that. The viewers at home think it's

makeup, it really isn't. I

moisturise. I take care of it. The

rest will go to pot at Christmas

because I've ordered a cheese board.

Get in!

Oh, yes. I will gain about

15lbs and I'm not going to care.

I've got the smelly cheese. I had

smelly hes cheese on the chair and

my mum apologised because someone

thought they pooked but they

haven't. Still Open Hours it's

lovely. All the gang are being ba

together. What a lovely thing to be

part of. To be in a show that you

watched growing up and to be in it

yourself.

To sit down Sure.

With

your mum and your mum can go to the

bingo and her mates are going - love

the show. It's a real privilege. The

fact that so many people appreciate

it. I can't tell you how much fun as

well that the cast genuinely have,

hanging out in the green room is one

of the best working environments in

the year. Every time you find out

it's coming back, it's on your

calendar as a real looking forward

to.

Yeah, sure.

A couple of months

where you think - I will get in

every day, hang out with these

amazing actors and actresses.

Shall

we show the clip now?

Yeah. I was

going to talk about my love...

Here

it is.

Merry Christmas! Get a hernia!

I am

sorry, but there is no way I am

wasting my substance. You could pull

something vital.

And for what? Every

Christmas people die from

overheating, how big a fool are we

going to look if we die from over

crackering.

That is on Thursday the 28th.

I rock

the V neck.

Where would you be

spending Christmas? We were laughing

earlier about ordering the meat. You

are cooking?

Mum, stop worrying, I

have ordered the turkey crown and I

am collecting at Friday. I am

connecting it with the hand, because

I have to soak the Hanover Friday

night. -- I am collecting it with

the crackering, I will soak the

crackering on Friday night. I will

get Mark's meat when I get my own.

Jenny, are you hosting?

Away in the

country.

Do you cook, so Tom?

No, I

don't.

That was a definite.

What a

man!

I am with you.

MPs have revealed today that 9,000

people are sleeping rough,

and all across the country temporary

shelters are being set up

for the holiday period -

including one at Euston

Station in London.

That figure covers England alone.

One of the charities involved

in opening up the station to 200

homeless people is St Mungos -

which our artist in residence,

Adebanji, knows well.

Today I am taking my sketchbook to

St Mungos Centre for the homeless in

south London. This is a place close

to my heart, because I used to work

there.

I started meeting residents in the

hostel and helping them improve

their drawing skills.

Feeling that they can actually do

something of worth.

I'm back to meet some of the people

attending an art class today and

find out how they are feeling about

Christmas while I capture their

personalities in my sketches.

David's kind natured became his

downfall, leading to rent arrears

and eviction.

Everyone was saying

you will never do anything, and to

some extent my parents were pushing

me down a bit as well. I hadn't

learned how to live life, I hadn't

learned how to be part of the

community. People always knew they

could come to me and not pay back

any loan on things like that. So I

never had any money. So that is why

I was eventually evicted.

The thing

you brought up there was simple

financial education, which I don't

think you got the right side of and

people took advantage of you.

David is one of the people who has

been lobbying MPs for the

introduction of the homeless

reduction act, which aims to end all

rough sleeping.

Being part of society is being

useful.

Useful.

Having the pride to

stand up and say I am helping people

coming here they are. And

encouraging them to do something

about their lives.

Yes.

Street people are busy, thinking

about their own lives, they pass by

these homeless people, there is no

time and everybody is focused on

self, I would say. But one drawing,

one powerful sketch could draw them

in.

Lorraine first became homeless with

two young children 31 years ago

after her marriage broke down.

Then in 2015, things took a downward

turn once again.

I lost my dad, seven friends, my

nephew and my partner within six

months. And then I became an

alcoholic.

Are you totally... Clean

now?

I was 20 and a half months

sober. I relapsed on the 25th of

September. I am now three weeks into

sobriety.

Brilliant.

I have climbed

the ladder and I can still go

higher.

Brilliant.

I can still go

higher, and I would like to.

Brilliant.

A contract.

Christmas

time for anyone that is homeless is

not the most pleasant time, because

in those periods it brings back too

many memories that they can't

handle.

This time two years ago,

Christmas was a very dark place. I

didn't buy one Christmas presents, I

didn't write one single Christmas

card. I would have rather have chose

not to be on myself. It just takes a

little sparkle of light, a little

glint, to feel there is hope. I look

at my grandchildren 's face and life

is worth living every minute now.

Being on my own, not knowing people,

Christmas Day in that respect is the

same as any other day. Everyone says

Christmas is expensive, it is not

for me, I wish it was. It would be

nice to buy people presents, to

receive presents. Every year I keep

saying I will try and change my life

so that next year I can start doing

things for people and just carry on.

OK, all right, that is the way I see

you.

Crikey. Is my hair that wild? I

thought I had it under control, I am

sorry. But, having said that, yes, I

would say that is a very good

likeness of me.

Do you want to see?

Sure?

Yes. Oh, wow. Look above.

You

are my hero, that is what I would

call you.

That is magical.

Thank

you. Coming back here has really

lifted my spirits. There is a thin

line between having a home and being

homeless, but thinks to St Mungos

giving these people a second chance

at life and something to hope for

and get their lives back on track.

-- but thanks to St Mungos.

And good luck to Lorraine and David,

who are now both living

in their own homes and looking

forward to Christmas.

Happy Christmas to all the staff

and volunteers at St Mungos, too.

If watching that makes you think

it's a good idea to give

to homeless charities,

now's a good time.

Of course.

We're here with the Brighouse

and Rastrick Brass Band,

who have been crowned

the National Brass Band Champions

of Great Britain 2017.

Come on!

CHEERING

We have the best!

David, the conductor is here with

the biggest trophy in the world. You

have a dig brass band, you need a

big droopy, that is a whopper. You

have had this ten times?

Yes, it is

an incredible honour.

-- you have a

big brass band, you need a big

trophy. And you all have other jobs,

you do bits and pieces, this is a

hobby?

The band is incredibly busy

but we would like to say we are

professional in standard but amateur

in status.

This goes to prove that.

How do you compete as a brass band?

There is a qualifying process to

compete for this trophy, the top 20

bands in the country meet in October

at the Royal Albert Hall, we play

the same piece and are judged by

three adjudicators, this year the

band gave a stunning performance

and, as you can see, we were

successful.

Fill her with mulled wine and send

her round!

Huge congratulations once again.

David, get yourself ready.

Thanks to

our guests.

Thanks to Johnny, Jenny and Tom

for your company tonight.

We're back tomorrow with Jake Wood

from Eastenders and Emily Watson

who'll be telling us

all about the new production

of Little Women.

We'll leave you with

a medley from the Brighouse

and Rastrick Brass Band,

which features on their new double

album, A Christmas Carol -

keep an eye out for your Christmas

thank you messages, too!

BRASS BAND PLAYS THE HOLLY AND IVY

BRASS BAND PLAYS GOD

REST YE MERRY GENTLEMEN

BRASS BAND PLAYS HARK

THE HERALD ANGELS SING

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