:00:20. > :00:25.your Friday one show with Fierce Panda, Fern Cotton, and the Ginger
:00:26. > :00:30.Ninja, Chris Evans. Not tonight, because we have the
:00:31. > :00:35.genuine article in the house. Jake is one of only 50 bonafide,
:00:36. > :00:42.qualified, and certified ninjas in the world. Ninja, show them your
:00:43. > :00:48.certificate! We did rehearse that, I promise. An actual certificate right
:00:49. > :00:51.there. Ninjas are a philosophical bunch, so tonight he will be
:00:52. > :01:02.imparting wisdom throughout the show. Let's start with this. 10,000
:01:03. > :01:10.changes, no surprises. Which means learn to manage change. I like that.
:01:11. > :01:16.I like that a lot. And another huge fan of philosophy is sitting on our
:01:17. > :01:23.sofa, Paloma Faith. Hello, beautiful lady. One of the most wonderful
:01:24. > :01:29.performers in the world. We love what you do. What is your mantra for
:01:30. > :01:36.today? Today, specifically, it has just been, keep your eyes open.
:01:37. > :01:39.Because I am afraid it is not that philosophical, but I am so exhausted
:01:40. > :01:47.I have fallen asleep three times today. Let's get a coffee! Let's get
:01:48. > :01:50.this show on quickly! We've got something to keep you
:01:51. > :01:55.interested. We have a challenge for Paloma and also for you at home,
:01:56. > :02:03.which could put some extra pounds in your piggyback. There has been a
:02:04. > :02:08.story about a 50p. If you have a 50p with a picture of the Chinese pagoda
:02:09. > :02:13.at Kew gardens on the other side, you are incredibly rare and selling
:02:14. > :02:17.up to 100 times their face value. Have a look at home and if there is
:02:18. > :02:21.any sign of that, send us a picture or, even better, send us the 50p.
:02:22. > :02:26.You are throwing money away! There are 250 year to look through.
:02:27. > :02:34.I will start sorting! Paloma, it is time to find out more
:02:35. > :02:38.about our one show Ninja. Jake wanted to show the world that there
:02:39. > :02:44.is a lot more to being in Ninja and just creeping about with a balaclava
:02:45. > :02:49.on your head. What you mean? You have to start
:02:50. > :02:53.somewhere! In Japan, as far back as the 12th
:02:54. > :02:57.century, samurai warriors hired ninjas to spy, sabotage and killed.
:02:58. > :03:03.Usually, they were peasants or farmers working in the fields, hence
:03:04. > :03:08.the swords and spears. I grew up watching my fair share of martial
:03:09. > :03:12.arts movies, enter the Dragon, revenge of the Ninja, and I
:03:13. > :03:14.should've missed to being obsessed with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
:03:15. > :03:18.Imagine my excitement to learn that I'm going to meet a real-life Ninja,
:03:19. > :03:23.and not just somebody dressed up as one. I am talking about it drop,
:03:24. > :03:28.initiated student of a grandmaster. -- about a proper. Jake has been
:03:29. > :03:33.learning the art of jujitsu for 25 years. What is the difference
:03:34. > :03:36.between being a real Ninja and the ninjas we see in films? A real Ninja
:03:37. > :03:41.is somebody looking to protect themselves, somebody who was looking
:03:42. > :03:45.to protect other people. But ninjas in films that I have seen tend to
:03:46. > :03:58.just be assassins, trying to kill someone. What is the thought behind
:03:59. > :04:03.ninjas? The symbol means injuries. It is important to keep going. A lot
:04:04. > :04:07.of people are defeated because they stop. A lot of people make the
:04:08. > :04:12.mistake of thinking that it is just punching and kicking, but we learn
:04:13. > :04:17.all sorts of skills among that, explosives, disguise and
:04:18. > :04:22.impersonation. It is important to have a fighting spirit. The warrior
:04:23. > :04:27.heart, we college. Without a good spirits, no amount of practice
:04:28. > :04:30.technique is going to work. Jake has agreed to show me some of the
:04:31. > :04:37.teachings of the Ninja. It is time to sit up. -- suit. The point of the
:04:38. > :04:46.Ninja is to be on scene. That means you have to blend in. First up,
:04:47. > :04:51.stealth. If you take this leg of the ground am a and place it on the
:04:52. > :05:00.ground, once your foot is down, transfer your weight across. This is
:05:01. > :05:12.the art of stealth. Try that on me.
:05:13. > :05:18.This is why you do not speak up on a Ninja without proper training. Next,
:05:19. > :05:21.a lesson in distraction. If you go to punch me, that can be a
:05:22. > :05:28.distraction. If you chase me, to punch me, that can be a
:05:29. > :05:37.Never ask this man for a business card. This is where you get your own
:05:38. > :05:43.back. You can conceal that, and smash it on your leg. So we are
:05:44. > :05:49.chatting and you get hostile and I know I cannot beat you in a fight
:05:50. > :05:56.so... Away I go. Where has he gone? There years. -- there he is. And
:05:57. > :06:02.finally, using any object as a weapon. Anything you have to hand?
:06:03. > :06:08.Exactly. And that is to help you survive. That is the crucial thing,
:06:09. > :06:16.just survival. If I have learned one thing from today, it might be how to
:06:17. > :06:20.run away. Good idea. Thank you. Don't mess with Jake, that is what
:06:21. > :06:30.we have learned. What is your next piece of wisdom,
:06:31. > :06:38.Jake? Don't try to win, just try to survive. It is a much smaller task.
:06:39. > :06:43.Good. That probably goes for these 50p is. I think we should not try to
:06:44. > :06:51.win with this, we should just appreciate the beauty of 50p Rumack
:06:52. > :06:56.as it is. -- of the 50ps as it is. I can feel a new album coming on. We
:06:57. > :06:59.are excited because Paloma has new material. This is a big deal. A
:07:00. > :07:05.brand-new song called Can't Rely On You and Pharrell Williams, the
:07:06. > :07:09.producer, how come this guy is such a Merlin like figure in the music
:07:10. > :07:14.industry? What is so special about him? He's been around for ages in so
:07:15. > :07:25.many different guises. I do not know of people know about NERD, and the
:07:26. > :07:33.Neptune is -- Neptunes. He produced loads of great songs, like half the
:07:34. > :07:37.charts. He is amazing. And he is still going, reinventing himself
:07:38. > :07:41.summoning times. He also is in credibly good-looking. He is very
:07:42. > :07:46.handsome. I really hate him now! And he looks
:07:47. > :07:52.all young, it is unreal. Come down!
:07:53. > :07:57.He is 43 and he looks like he is 25. How did you get time with him? He is
:07:58. > :08:01.working flat out, so how did the collaboration come about? I went to
:08:02. > :08:08.a fashion event in New York, and I was not allowed to bring a guest so
:08:09. > :08:15.I had to go on my own. Full. And they were proper celebrities there.
:08:16. > :08:22.And I was a bit nervous. I had to go up the stairs and greet the editor
:08:23. > :08:28.of American Vogue like royalty. Yes, your Highness. And then I went to
:08:29. > :08:35.the toilet cubicle, and sat there and text of my friends, saying I
:08:36. > :08:39.wanted to die, for about 20 minutes. You are looking at me like, I've
:08:40. > :08:46.been there! And I was out of my depth thinking, why am I even hear?
:08:47. > :08:52.I was sure I had a seat by the toilets. But my friends persuaded me
:08:53. > :08:55.to go out and confront the room. And out of the crowd, Pharrell Williams
:08:56. > :09:00.watch towards me and he was singing a song called New York, which was on
:09:01. > :09:07.my first album. What a lovely moment! And I was like, how do you
:09:08. > :09:11.even know that? ! I was looking behind me and I thought, it must be
:09:12. > :09:15.from me because it is my song and he said, I think you're cool, and then
:09:16. > :09:25.he said a square world -- swearword. I have said that I would
:09:26. > :09:30.not. I think you are something cool. And I thought, how could you think
:09:31. > :09:34.that about me?! And he said, well, give me your phone. He put his phone
:09:35. > :09:39.number in it and said, I am ready to work with you. And I was just like,
:09:40. > :09:43.I could not believe it! I text it and saying, is this your real
:09:44. > :09:49.number? I expected to get back an insurance company or something. Have
:09:50. > :09:54.you ever been hurt? But it was really him and he waved across the
:09:55. > :09:59.room to say, high, it is me. And then it happened and we did this
:10:00. > :10:06.song. We did a few songs together and this is the one that is the big
:10:07. > :10:12.one. It is his voice. Let's see the video. It is out of this Sunday. I
:10:13. > :10:21.just cannot rely on you. I just cannot rely on you.
:10:22. > :10:29.# You got that good stuff, so I just can't rely on you.
:10:30. > :10:33.# I just can't rely on you. I say! Top drawer! That is out on
:10:34. > :10:37.Sunday. We know that you put everything in your videos, time and
:10:38. > :10:43.passion. Do you think the music video is a dying art? I feel like
:10:44. > :10:45.there is not enough platforms to celebrate brilliant videos. When you
:10:46. > :10:51.look back at some of the great ones you remember, like that Portishead
:10:52. > :10:57.one where they were floating, and the chemical Brothers that did that
:10:58. > :11:02.beautiful moon thing, people do not do that any more. I love your
:11:03. > :11:06.videos. You are in an audible medium, but
:11:07. > :11:11.you are very visual. You are so good at that.
:11:12. > :11:15.I bump into you outside of work and you always look glamorous. Chris,
:11:16. > :11:20.let's have a look at Chris on his day off.
:11:21. > :11:29.That's not too bad, to be honest. One of the better ones.
:11:30. > :11:35.And then you, yesterday. This is not yesterday. I was nine
:11:36. > :11:45.months pregnant. Yesterday afternoon at 3:30pm. However, Paloma, popping
:11:46. > :11:54.out for a curry. Just casually, and always Glam. Do you ever have an off
:11:55. > :11:58.day? I do, yeah. Of course. But you always say when I see you in the
:11:59. > :12:10.street, you look amazing! And I feel that I look dreadful. But she always
:12:11. > :12:15.looks amazing! Here is Jay Rayner, some nice
:12:16. > :12:18.juxtaposition there. He is looking for something fruity in Berlin. No,
:12:19. > :12:21.he hasn't been invited on a strange stag do, Jay's at a fruit and veg
:12:22. > :12:28.conference, although things do start to get pretty weird.
:12:29. > :12:31.Apples, oranges, bananas and pears. Over the years, our choice of
:12:32. > :12:36.favourite fruit has changed very little. Now, the supermarkets are on
:12:37. > :12:45.the lookout for the next big thing. And there is one place that they all
:12:46. > :12:49.flocked to in search of it, here. This is Europe's biggest fruit and
:12:50. > :12:55.veg trade fair, held every year in Berlin. There are over 2500
:12:56. > :13:01.producers here from 85 countries, offering exotic finds from range
:13:02. > :13:04.forest and jungles as well as new twists on the classics. --
:13:05. > :13:08.rainforests. It is three days of colour and creativity must spread
:13:09. > :13:16.across a site the size of four football pitches. This is citrus
:13:17. > :13:22.caviar. It comes from Australia. It is perfect in cocktails or
:13:23. > :13:28.champagne. This is like cucumber but it is fresh and sweet. These are
:13:29. > :13:37.green lemons, great when you want something different at a party. This
:13:38. > :13:40.man is a fruit buyer for Marks Spencer and his job is to slip out
:13:41. > :13:47.of the newest thing in fruit and bring it to the supermarket in the
:13:48. > :13:51.UK. -- sniff out. Is it like the first day of the sales, competing to
:13:52. > :13:55.get your hands on the good stuff? Definitely. We are next looking for
:13:56. > :14:01.the next bubble gum plum or a grape that tastes like a mango. That is
:14:02. > :14:06.the holy grail for us. It is down to personal taste? Do you ever think, I
:14:07. > :14:10.don't like this but the market will. I have eaten a payer and I did not
:14:11. > :14:17.like it, in fairness, but we give it a chance and it was a big hit. It
:14:18. > :14:19.can take ten years to get a new fruit or vegetable to market so
:14:20. > :14:26.backing a winner is key. British-based company, -- this
:14:27. > :14:29.British-based company won an award last year for the flowers sprout, a
:14:30. > :14:35.cross between a Brussels sprouts and kale. Why was there needs muck with
:14:36. > :14:38.Brussels sprouts? Many people were not eating them because the flavours
:14:39. > :14:42.were strong. And we thought that, actually, we could probably would
:14:43. > :14:46.use a version of a Brussels sprouts with a milder flavour that looked
:14:47. > :14:54.very good and was also easy to prepare. Is this a unique example of
:14:55. > :14:58.a man-made vegetable? Not really. It is just the newest example of a
:14:59. > :15:02.brassica. Other examples like broccoli and cabbage are man-made.
:15:03. > :15:07.They all come from wild cabbage. Is it developed using conventional
:15:08. > :15:14.crossbreeding? It is done in a field, not a laboratory.
:15:15. > :15:20.It has clearly paid off. Waitrose and Marks Spencer all now stock
:15:21. > :15:25.the product and he is here to tempt international buyers. It is
:15:26. > :15:37.something special, really. I like it. Does anything catch shazam
:15:38. > :15:43.detention for this year? These are lemon shaped plums. The concern
:15:44. > :15:52.would be the tip. I would travel? Wooded brews? Lovely, fresh flavour.
:15:53. > :15:56.What is this? This is originally from Bolivia but now grown in
:15:57. > :16:00.Australia. It is called the achacha fruit. There is a unique way to open
:16:01. > :16:11.it. You put your nail on the skin, and then you pop it open. Simple as
:16:12. > :16:17.that. How does it taste? Very sweet and exotic. Like a sorbet. I should
:16:18. > :16:22.not try it, because I have had a lot to me today. I will let you guys in
:16:23. > :16:26.the studio trying it. -- I will let you guys in the studio try it. We
:16:27. > :16:35.can hear the plane landing, screeching around the corner.
:16:36. > :16:40.Here is Jay Rayner! I have never tried one of these. You have to put
:16:41. > :16:48.your thumbnail into it, unless you happen to bite your thumbnail, which
:16:49. > :16:55.I might. Chris, do you? Yeah, I am a bloke! Go for it, tell us what you
:16:56. > :17:04.think. Is it like a light she? It is perfused me. I like it. What else
:17:05. > :17:09.did you find in Berlin? One of the things I found was this, do you know
:17:10. > :17:15.what this is? I bought was in a supermarket and regretted it!
:17:16. > :17:19.Tamarind. It is tamarind. There is an awful lot of this, there is a
:17:20. > :17:23.paste inside with a lot of seeds. This is one of the major ingredients
:17:24. > :17:33.for Worcestershire sauce, brown sauce. It turns up in a lot of
:17:34. > :17:41.Asiana to cookery. Watch this. You can stroke these! The old ones are
:17:42. > :17:48.the best. Not you, the joke! This is called... How to do one of these end
:17:49. > :17:53.up in the supermarket? Up the show that I was out in Berlin is where
:17:54. > :17:57.the supermarket buyers go, and they are looking for something to grab
:17:58. > :18:03.the public attention. That is beautiful! This is the kiwano, or
:18:04. > :18:09.horned melon. I'm not entirely convinced by the taste, a cross
:18:10. > :18:13.between melon and cucumber. It is more like cucumber. If you are in
:18:14. > :18:19.the Kalahari desert in the dry season, I do not know why I am
:18:20. > :18:25.waving this knife around! I preferred the other one. Did you?
:18:26. > :18:28.Back to basics, these are exotic, but what about the number one
:18:29. > :18:37.selling fruit in Team GB? Any guesses? Banana! I was in rehearsal!
:18:38. > :18:41.It has stayed the best. On average, we each eat about 100 bananas per
:18:42. > :18:47.person per year, unless you are a two-year-old child, in which case it
:18:48. > :18:52.is about 1000. They are the perfect thing to feed a toddler. But they
:18:53. > :19:00.arrive green, pretty much, because they ripen off the bush. Let's put
:19:01. > :19:03.up the banana chart! I love that. Millions of bananas are held in a
:19:04. > :19:07.big storage facility in Coventry, where else? They come out of storage
:19:08. > :19:19.according to what the supermarkets want. Most go for 3.5-4.5. I would
:19:20. > :19:29.go for 7. You could take them home to ripen. Thank you very much
:19:30. > :19:33.indeed. Always a pleasure. On Monday, the BBC will be telling
:19:34. > :19:36.stories of life on the home front for the World War I at home season,
:19:37. > :19:42.and this is the first of those stories.
:19:43. > :19:49.In the summer of 1916, British soldiers were fighting one of the
:19:50. > :19:52.deadliest battles of the Great War. Bombardier Edward Hassell was in the
:19:53. > :19:58.thick of the action with the Royal Artillery on the Somme. Any little
:19:59. > :20:03.thing that reminded a soldier what he was fighting for was precious.
:20:04. > :20:11.One day he came across a chocolate wrapper, and inside it there was a
:20:12. > :20:17.message. From Little Joan, White Rock, Wade bridge. Some lucky
:20:18. > :20:21.soldier had eaten the chocolate and discarded the wrapper. Others might
:20:22. > :20:28.have passed it by, but not this Tommy. Intrigued by what he saw
:20:29. > :20:31.inside, Edward was to begin one of the most extraordinary pen pal
:20:32. > :20:41.relationships of the war, one that gave him a way of holding at bay the
:20:42. > :20:44.worst demons of war. Dear miss Joan, I can assure you that the
:20:45. > :20:49.inscription on the packet came as a message from the children of England
:20:50. > :20:55.in whose defence we are fighting. In July, his letter arrived in
:20:56. > :20:59.Wadebridge on the Cornish coast, but Little Joan might have needed help
:21:00. > :21:05.reading it. She was just six years old. Her father replied to Edward on
:21:06. > :21:09.her behalf. Ian closed her photo and asked if she had a message for the
:21:10. > :21:18.man he had nicknamed her chocolate soldier. She said, yes, telling one
:21:19. > :21:24.day I will marry him. -- the enclosed. The proposal appealed to
:21:25. > :21:29.Edward's sense of humour. Being 33 years of age and decidedly plain and
:21:30. > :21:34.as clumsiest as the clumsiest fellow living, I had abandoned hope long
:21:35. > :21:40.ago, but as Joan has promised or threatened marriage, high bar with
:21:41. > :21:45.the most humble grace. Edward even fashioned Little Joan and engagement
:21:46. > :21:50.ring, and her photo became his lucky charm. Rather like the soldier poets
:21:51. > :21:55.who wrote verse about the terror and despair that they were witnessing,
:21:56. > :22:01.Edward was able to briefly escape the brutal mayhem around him by
:22:02. > :22:06.becoming Joan's chocolate soldier. As the battle of the Somme dragged
:22:07. > :22:10.on, Edward's letters reveal how the fight became desperate. Every day he
:22:11. > :22:14.witnessed his comrades make the ultimate sacrifice, hundreds of
:22:15. > :22:21.thousands of men fell in this battle alone. We have been in some
:22:22. > :22:25.decidedly warm positions, but the one I will call Joan's trench is the
:22:26. > :22:32.warmest of the lot and cost us rather dearly. It must go on and on
:22:33. > :22:37.until we stagger exhausted into the arms of victory, and that will be,
:22:38. > :22:44.God only knows! In his last letter, dated December 1918, Edward had not
:22:45. > :22:52.forgotten his engagement to Little Joan. Mice in sea gratitude to her
:22:53. > :23:03.for her magic powers as a mascot. -- my sincere.
:23:04. > :23:11.One century later, the remarkable relationship lives on at the
:23:12. > :23:14.Imperial War Museum. I am looking through its chocolate soldier
:23:15. > :23:19.collection and introducing Joan and Edward's families to each other for
:23:20. > :23:24.the very first time. It is 100 years ago, and yet as soon as you see this
:23:25. > :23:33.stuff, it becomes so personal. It is amazing. Very, very moving. What
:23:34. > :23:41.sort of person was she? She was a very genteel lady, very quiet. She
:23:42. > :23:46.died in 1995. Married, children? Absolutely not, she did not marry
:23:47. > :23:50.the chocolate soldier! Despite the warmth and affection in the letters,
:23:51. > :23:54.Edward and Joan never got the chance to meet. Five years after the war,
:23:55. > :24:04.Edward's sisters sent a final letter. I am sure you will be
:24:05. > :24:09.extremely sorry to hear that Joan's dear chocolate soldier is dead after
:24:10. > :24:15.a long and terribly painful illness. All through, he carried
:24:16. > :24:22.with him the photo of Joan, which he regarded as his mascot.
:24:23. > :24:27.Lots more like those, part of the World War I at home season, with BBC
:24:28. > :24:32.Television and radio. Keep it local, look out for more stories on local
:24:33. > :24:37.radio and television. Thank you to the Imperial War Museum for their
:24:38. > :24:43.help. Go to the website form all stories and more information.
:24:44. > :24:47.Earlier we asked you to look out for the Kew Gardens Collins, 92 people
:24:48. > :24:53.have found them, like Morgan. Tommy has sent in this photo, and this one
:24:54. > :24:58.is not for sale! Thank you very much for all of those. Time for one last
:24:59. > :25:08.piece of ninja wisdom passed down through 34 generations. Kucan
:25:09. > :25:12.translates as space, learn to control the space around you, and
:25:13. > :25:20.you will learn to control your inner space and the cosmos. Very good, a
:25:21. > :25:26.round of applause! Thank you to Jake and Paloma, her single is out on
:25:27. > :25:28.Sunday. Good luck to Wales against France, have a great weekend. Before
:25:29. > :25:32.we go, some ninja moves!