:00:22. > :00:27.Welcome to The One Show from Glasgow, on the banks of the River
:00:28. > :00:32.Clyde, at what is a very exciting time for Scotland. We will be based
:00:33. > :00:36.here for three days, so that we can soak up the atmosphere, in a city
:00:37. > :00:42.which is just 58 days away from the independence referendum. 11 days
:00:43. > :00:46.away from the fastest man on the planet exploding down the track, and
:00:47. > :00:52.just two days away from the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games.
:00:53. > :01:00.We have built a stage, and we will be chatting to Nicola Benedetti
:01:01. > :01:05.about her role in the opening ceremony. Don't mention that, it is
:01:06. > :01:09.a massive secret, do not even go there. Something else you should
:01:10. > :01:13.probably not mention around here this week is London 2012. But we
:01:14. > :01:17.think that in some ways, these Commonwealth Games could be better
:01:18. > :01:25.than the Olympics. And so do the people of Glasgow. Matching London
:01:26. > :01:35.2012 would be a huge achievement, but I am an optimist, so here goes.
:01:36. > :01:40.It is a more friendly environment. The Commonwealth is a family,
:01:41. > :01:45.whereas the world is still divided. All different countries are
:01:46. > :01:50.competing. England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, I think that is
:01:51. > :01:58.exciting. Have you felt the bars? Absolutely, the whole of Glasgow is
:01:59. > :02:01.buzzing. Just here in the East End of Glasgow, what is the Commonwealth
:02:02. > :02:07.Games going to do for that area? It is going to bring a bit of money for
:02:08. > :02:11.that area. Glasgow is a big city, but any investment which comes in
:02:12. > :02:15.should go back to the people, to make more areas accessible, to
:02:16. > :02:20.inspire the next generation to do more sport. Who will win in terms of
:02:21. > :02:22.the partying stakes, between England and Scotland? Scotland, definitely,
:02:23. > :02:36.win or lose. The Commonwealth is a family! Isn't
:02:37. > :02:41.that a lovely phrase? Now, Hang on, everybody, brace yourselves for some
:02:42. > :02:46.more applause, because, from an opening ceremony point of view, the
:02:47. > :02:49.one thing the Olympics did not have, which the Commonwealth Games will
:02:50. > :03:04.have, is Nicola Benedetti. Over to you.
:03:05. > :04:17.APPLAUSE NICOLA BENEDETTI, EVERYONE.
:04:18. > :04:23.COME AND JOIN US. Welcome. And we have got the Commonwealth tartan on
:04:24. > :04:27.our sofa, which is very nice. Now, we said earlier, you were performing
:04:28. > :04:35.in the opening ceremony and in what can you tell us? Not very much! I
:04:36. > :04:41.have been sworn to secrecy. Right, have you rehearsed any of it? Oh,
:04:42. > :04:48.yes. I know lots, I just cannot tell you very much. Who have you
:04:49. > :04:54.rehearsed with?! All kinds of wonderful people! Yes, that has got
:04:55. > :05:00.a round of applause! Talking of wonderful people, you are sat
:05:01. > :05:05.alongside Iwan Thomas and Ade Adepitan. We were just hearing in
:05:06. > :05:08.that film about comparing the Olympic Games with the
:05:09. > :05:15.Commonwealths, so where do you stand? I think the Commonwealths is
:05:16. > :05:19.better then the Olympics, because it is the only global Games with
:05:20. > :05:23.Paralympic events going alongside the able-bodied events. For the
:05:24. > :05:30.price of one ticket, you can get to watch some of the best athletes,
:05:31. > :05:37.both able-bodied and para-athletes. Are you on commission for tickets?!
:05:38. > :05:40.I am stating facts! And also one of the main differences is perhaps that
:05:41. > :05:44.in the Olympics, you compete as Great Britain, and in the
:05:45. > :05:49.Commonwealth Games, you compete for your home country. Yes, as you said,
:05:50. > :05:55.in the Commonwealth Games, for an athlete, it is every four years,
:05:56. > :06:03.which is a lifetime. For me, to run for Wales, I trained my heart out,
:06:04. > :06:06.in the mighty red of Wales, and for me, honestly, that medal means more
:06:07. > :06:14.to me than any other medal I have got. And you are incredibly proud,
:06:15. > :06:23.you have brought your medals along. Which one would you be happy for me
:06:24. > :06:30.to keep? I would probably let you take home the Olympic medal, purely
:06:31. > :06:35.because... Let me say, all of a sudden, you come to the Commonwealth
:06:36. > :06:40.Games, those guys, from my British team, I hate them! That is what
:06:41. > :06:42.makes the Commonwealths so special, the opportunity to run for your home
:06:43. > :06:48.nation. I am sure a lot the opportunity to run for your home
:06:49. > :06:50.home will be agreeing with you. We were wondering, if you do have a
:06:51. > :06:55.personal connection to the Commonwealth Games, would you please
:06:56. > :07:01.let us know? We are looking forward to the opening ceremony of the 20th
:07:02. > :07:05.Commonwealth Games, but thinking back over all 19 previous ones, can
:07:06. > :07:11.we possibly get a collage going? Send whatever you have got in, even
:07:12. > :07:18.if you have got something going back to 1930. We hope to get something
:07:19. > :07:21.from all 19 of them. Now, of course, there is something else going on in
:07:22. > :07:25.Scotland this year besides the Commonwealth Games. I am of course
:07:26. > :07:29.talking about the independence referendum. We took a journey from
:07:30. > :07:32.Aberdeen to Glasgow, picking up passengers on both sides of the
:07:33. > :07:37.vote, and this is the first leg of that journey.
:07:38. > :07:45.I live about 550 miles that way, but no matter where you are in the UK,
:07:46. > :07:49.you will be well aware that something very, very important is
:07:50. > :07:52.happening right here in Scotland. The 5 million people who live here
:07:53. > :07:57.are facing a difficult decision, a decision on whether Scotland leaves
:07:58. > :08:01.the UK or not, a referendum on Scottish independence. To find out
:08:02. > :08:07.more, I am setting off on a referendum road trip to gauge
:08:08. > :08:10.people's opinions, starting in Aberdeen, where the talk is all
:08:11. > :08:14.about business and oil. Michelle, why are you going to be voting for
:08:15. > :08:18.an independent Scotland? Fundamentally, it means that we have
:08:19. > :08:23.control over our economic losses, which can make Scotland not only
:08:24. > :08:29.wealthier, but fairer as well. Looking out to sea from Aberdeen, we
:08:30. > :08:34.see oil wells, and looking inland, we see food banks. That is
:08:35. > :08:39.completely unacceptable. What do you make of that? This city is thriving
:08:40. > :08:43.in the United Kingdom, and I am voting no because I want to keep
:08:44. > :08:47.what we have, as well as giving more powers to the Scottish Parliament.
:08:48. > :08:51.We will have the best of both world's if we vote no. We want
:08:52. > :08:58.certainty, we need to know where things are going in the future. So,
:08:59. > :09:02.that was Aberdeen. Aberdeen is always going to be about the money,
:09:03. > :09:06.the big industrial and business. Now, I am heading south towards
:09:07. > :09:12.Dundee, stopping off along the way to gauge opinion. You think an
:09:13. > :09:21.independent Scotland could work? There is no reason why not. What are
:09:22. > :09:28.your thoughts on an independent Scotland, is that what you are
:09:29. > :09:35.angling for? I think we are better together. How would you consider
:09:36. > :09:46.yourself? No, I am Scottish, right through. How are you going to vote
:09:47. > :09:52.in September? I am a no. I am a yes. But you are still happy together?
:09:53. > :09:56.Still pals. Finally, I reached Dundee, to meet a young professional
:09:57. > :10:03.and a young postgrad student. I will be voting yes, because I feel that I
:10:04. > :10:06.truly believe in democracy, and I think that whoever we vote for
:10:07. > :10:10.should represent us at government level, which will allow us to have
:10:11. > :10:14.policies which fit Scotland and create more opportunities for the
:10:15. > :10:18.people. I am doing the right thing for my country, voting no, because I
:10:19. > :10:24.think that secures the opportunities for young people in the future. So
:10:25. > :10:28.you are worried about your own opportunities? Yes, why should we
:10:29. > :10:31.put jobs at risk? Tomorrow I will be travelling to the big cities of
:10:32. > :10:40.Edinburgh and Glasgow, where opinion is divided. Have you got stick for
:10:41. > :10:46.wearing this? I have, yes. Yes, and we have paid for another tank of
:10:47. > :10:53.petrol, and he is off on the second leg of that journey tomorrow.
:10:54. > :11:03.Speaking of journeys, we have been following... We have been following
:11:04. > :11:09.the Queen's baton around Britain. And you have had this pinger with
:11:10. > :11:14.you all the way, haven't you? And there it is. Two days to go, of
:11:15. > :11:18.course come until the opening ceremony, with some very interesting
:11:19. > :11:24.people, we do not know any more than that! But your new album, Homecoming
:11:25. > :11:30.- A Scottish Fantasy, it has done phenomenally well, it has got into
:11:31. > :11:36.the top 20. You must be thrilled? I was shocked. For a classical
:11:37. > :11:39.musician, you do not I am hoping there is something about the context
:11:40. > :11:43.of the CD which has resonated with people. I think the fact that it is
:11:44. > :11:48.focusing on my journey back home. The violin is one of the most
:11:49. > :11:52.integral instruments to Scottish traditional music, and yet I have
:11:53. > :11:56.only really played music from other countries, which is strange. Is it
:11:57. > :12:02.fair to say that it is more folk than classical? It has three
:12:03. > :12:06.sections the first is very classical, although based on
:12:07. > :12:11.Scottish tunes. The second section is based on Robert burns, because I
:12:12. > :12:16.grew up in Ayrshire, so he was always a part of my up ringing. And
:12:17. > :12:23.the third is collaboration is with all kinds of Scottish folk
:12:24. > :12:28.musicians. The guitarist I played with today, well, actually he is
:12:29. > :12:32.Irish. Could you play a bit for us, then, because we would love to hear
:12:33. > :12:37.the difference? It will be quite a challenge for me. The piece I played
:12:38. > :12:40.today, you have to have quite a strong downbeat, which was really
:12:41. > :12:50.helped by everybody clapping. But if I were to play it like... People
:12:51. > :13:01.cannot stop! But if I were to play it in a more classical way... Which
:13:02. > :13:06.is also beautiful. Nobody clapped! Now, we do know obviously that for
:13:07. > :13:10.you, music is a really, really big part of your life and it has been
:13:11. > :13:14.ever since you were a child. You are a strong advocate for introducing
:13:15. > :13:20.classical music to young people at school? Very much so. I have been
:13:21. > :13:23.aligning myself with different organisations who spend every day of
:13:24. > :13:28.every minute trying to establish that, and also putting on workshops
:13:29. > :13:32.to try to provide a no, platform, for hundreds of young people, who
:13:33. > :13:36.can play relatively simple pieces, but altogether, and equally working
:13:37. > :13:41.with some of the best students that we have in the UK. It is an ongoing
:13:42. > :13:48.thing, because classical music is one of those subject which does get
:13:49. > :13:52.sidelined. They do say that if you want your child to be a musician,
:13:53. > :13:57.the best thing to do is to play music jarring the pregnancy. What
:13:58. > :14:01.happens if you want your offspring to be a world-class table tennis
:14:02. > :14:03.champion and no well, as it happens, I know a man who can answer that
:14:04. > :14:17.question. pushing and wanted to win. For the
:14:18. > :14:23.Chinese, you need to outperform your competitors to be successful. It is
:14:24. > :14:36.important to succeed for me. My father would be really proud of me.
:14:37. > :14:42.I am Tin Tin, I'm 15, and I've won 34 gold medals at the National Table
:14:43. > :14:50.Tennis Championships. This is my big brother, also my practice partner.
:14:51. > :14:57.My father's passion started when he was a young boy in Hong Kong. You
:14:58. > :15:02.could see he was passionate in the house. Two floors are dedicated to
:15:03. > :15:10.table tennis. When my wife was pregnant, I used to bounce the table
:15:11. > :15:19.tennis balls on a bat, hoping that they would get familiar with the
:15:20. > :15:30.sound. I think he planned ahead. So much so that he called me Ping, and
:15:31. > :15:44.my sister Tin Tin. But there is also a Chinese influence. It means every
:15:45. > :15:51.day, but It also means sky. So I think he was thinking about rooting
:15:52. > :15:54.for the sky. He made me a small bat, because my fingers are too small to
:15:55. > :16:00.hold a normal one. He built me a platform to stand on so I could see
:16:01. > :16:10.over the table. I believe in specialisation, I also believe table
:16:11. > :16:14.tennis is a sport for life. If we do something, we have to work as hard
:16:15. > :16:18.as we can. I train FIFA hours a day, normally. Also in school, I am doing
:16:19. > :16:29.11 GCSEs. I started the piano at quite a young
:16:30. > :16:40.age. I finished my grade eight last year. I make my children do the
:16:41. > :16:49.classical music. Good music has good rhythm. Table tennis, the
:16:50. > :16:56.consistency, the stroke returns, it makes a rhythm. It's got to be
:16:57. > :17:04.consistent. Get the ball back across the table. Don't rush. Try to
:17:05. > :17:08.disrupt her rhythm. During domestic tournaments, my father usually
:17:09. > :17:11.coaches me. Before we play someone, usually we would analyse the
:17:12. > :17:18.opponent together. After the match, he would give me some advice. He was
:17:19. > :17:22.always driving us to play table tennis the best we could play. The
:17:23. > :17:26.pressure got to me a bit too much. I haven't stopped, I've just relaxed a
:17:27. > :17:31.bit. I don't think my father was too pleased. He did give a lot of his
:17:32. > :17:38.time and effort. When they were young, I used the wrong strategy.
:17:39. > :17:46.And I'm sorry that I appeared to be dominant, and that was not right.
:17:47. > :17:50.Now he is a bit more relaxed, but I still want to play. He said if I
:17:51. > :17:55.wanted to do anything else, he was happy with whatever I did. I just
:17:56. > :18:04.had to try my hardest in whatever I did, he didn't really mind. She has
:18:05. > :18:15.won many, many medals. And we are hopeful for the Commonwealth Games
:18:16. > :18:19.that she will contribute to achieving good results. My message
:18:20. > :18:23.to my dad would be, thank you for getting me interested in table
:18:24. > :18:32.tennis. Because it's a big part of my life. Well, after all of that, I
:18:33. > :18:36.am certainly on Team Tin Tin. Her first match is on Thursday. Do you
:18:37. > :18:41.reckon she can get a gold medal? The beauty of sport is that it's all on
:18:42. > :18:47.the day. She is so focused and works so hard. If you can get it right on
:18:48. > :18:52.the day, I'm intimidated by her. I'm glad my dad didn't bounce a
:18:53. > :19:00.basketball on my mum's stomach! Lets stay on this topic of ones to look
:19:01. > :19:03.out for. Who wants to go first? David Weir, he won four gold medals
:19:04. > :19:07.at the Paralympics. You would think that was the pinnacle of his
:19:08. > :19:11.career. He said yesterday he is a fitter and faster now. He's a proud
:19:12. > :19:17.Englishman and he's desperate to win gold in the 1500 metres. He's one to
:19:18. > :19:31.watch out for. And then various Victoria Vincent, a 13-year-old
:19:32. > :19:35.sensation. Her nickname is Va-va-voom. She got her first title
:19:36. > :19:42.in June. Only ten months after her first dive. Can you are Jim going to
:19:43. > :19:46.the Commonwealth games at the age of 13? I struggled to turn up for
:19:47. > :19:59.school or do a paper round at the age of 13, never mind perform on a
:20:00. > :20:02.global stage. Scottish athlete a Eilidh Child. She's beaten all of
:20:03. > :20:05.the Americans on the circuit, and she's a favourite to win. If she
:20:06. > :20:08.does get a she's a favourite to win. If she
:20:09. > :20:14.first gold medal for Scotland in track and field, since Yvonne Murray
:20:15. > :20:17.in 1994. Believe it or not, I was there. 20 years ago. I'd love to see
:20:18. > :20:23.her win. Very quickly, is your there. 20 years ago. I'd love to see
:20:24. > :20:25.record going to go? I think it will. Ronnie James, the Olympic
:20:26. > :20:30.champion, he's will. Ronnie James, the Olympic
:20:31. > :20:34.I hold the record, if I'm honest, he can do that in his sleep. But it's
:20:35. > :20:41.all to do with pressure, going through the rounds. Who knows? We
:20:42. > :20:46.have brought most of the team with us. Everybody wanted a mini
:20:47. > :20:52.Glasgow. Angelica is on HMS Bangor, just down there. Who have you found?
:20:53. > :20:56.I found the Commanding Officer, Mike Carter Quinn. Thank you so much for
:20:57. > :21:03.having us on board. Tell us a bit about what HMS Bangor really does.
:21:04. > :21:07.We are one of the 15 minehunters. Our job is to go worldwide, dispose
:21:08. > :21:12.of them wherever they may be. Once the sonar has detected one,
:21:13. > :21:17.of them wherever they may be. Once you do next? We need to identify it
:21:18. > :21:22.and exactly what it is. We send down Seafox, however remote vehicle with
:21:23. > :21:29.a camera on the front. A second vehicle can go down and detonated if
:21:30. > :21:32.it is confirmed as a mine. We have the divers, two of them are dressed
:21:33. > :21:37.in a kit. They can go down there and be very hands-on, if necessary place
:21:38. > :21:42.charges and dispose of any they find. So it's pretty dangerous? It
:21:43. > :21:45.can be, but they are highly professional, well-trained, great
:21:46. > :21:51.guys, much like the other 40 behind me. You can come on HMS Bangor over
:21:52. > :21:55.these two and half weeks and see what goes on. David, you are a chef
:21:56. > :22:03.on board, but also involved in the games? Yes, I'm also a volunteer on
:22:04. > :22:08.the athletes village, driving the team around. And you are a local
:22:09. > :22:12.boy? Proud of what you do? I'm a Glasgow boy, very proud. We did hear
:22:13. > :22:19.the siren, but I think we should hear it again. Absolutely.
:22:20. > :22:29.Noisy bunch! Nice of David to go and volunteer.
:22:30. > :22:35.Back in the day, one of my favourite sporting films ever was Cool
:22:36. > :22:39.Runnings, based on the Jamaican... That got a reaction! It was based on
:22:40. > :22:45.a Jamaican bobsleigh team who, against all of the odds, qualified
:22:46. > :22:48.for the 1988 Winter Olympics. We wondered if there were any similar
:22:49. > :22:55.stories in Glasgow. We sent Edith Bowman to find out.
:22:56. > :22:59.In 21st-century sport, winning medals means more than pushing an
:23:00. > :23:02.athlete to extremes. Success can depend on scientific diets,
:23:03. > :23:07.high-tech kit and the best facilities. But for some athletes,
:23:08. > :23:13.competing in the Commonwealth Games, that's just not possible. In
:23:14. > :23:17.the furthest reaches of the Commonwealth, they might have sun,
:23:18. > :23:21.sea and sand that we dream of, but what many don't have other vital
:23:22. > :23:25.bits of kit that most top athletes use everyday. So, how do you compete
:23:26. > :23:33.in a world-class event without world-class facilities?
:23:34. > :23:47.It's making my heart go. Oscar is from Congo. -- Tonga. He's training
:23:48. > :23:53.in a gym that a big contrast to what he's used to. Back in Tonga, the
:23:54. > :23:59.training facilities we used our unmatched. There is only one
:24:00. > :24:03.punching bag. There's a skipping rope. That is all we have. We only
:24:04. > :24:06.eat, like, once-a-day will stop just once.
:24:07. > :24:15.I think my competitors have better facilities than me. But that won't
:24:16. > :24:17.stop me. Who wants it more get sitcom you know? I've got that big
:24:18. > :24:26.Tongan heart. He's determined to show that poor
:24:27. > :24:31.training facilities will not hold him back. But he's not the only
:24:32. > :24:34.competitor with something to prove. The Barbados rugby 17 started on the
:24:35. > :24:39.back foot. Six months ago they failed to qualify for the
:24:40. > :24:43.Commonwealth Games. When Nigeria dropped out of the competition, this
:24:44. > :24:48.part-time team got a call. The problem was, the players were spread
:24:49. > :24:52.across the world. Somewhere in Barbados and the others were living
:24:53. > :24:57.in the UK. So their coach brought them together for last-minute
:24:58. > :25:01.training in Sutton Coldfield. The team don't normally get to play
:25:02. > :25:07.together? Yeah, this is the longest they have been together. It's really
:25:08. > :25:11.helped. You can see the Barbados boys bring something to the table,
:25:12. > :25:15.the UK boys bring something to the table. We are trying to get the best
:25:16. > :25:22.attributes of both. But getting to play together isn't the only
:25:23. > :25:27.advantage to training in the UK. Our training back home is everything we
:25:28. > :25:33.can get our hands on, tractor tyres, scaffolding, anything we can use.
:25:34. > :25:39.Trees, ropes, each other. Keeping a natural? Basically. Here, big
:25:40. > :25:46.difference. We've got five pitches, a gym, loads of equipment, very good
:25:47. > :25:50.trainers. Do you see a difference? Yes, I feel a lot better. Your
:25:51. > :25:54.posture has changed, your whole outlook has changed. It's a very
:25:55. > :25:58.positive. The best is working together. You get to push each
:25:59. > :26:00.other, guide each other, argue with each other when somebody is doing
:26:01. > :26:05.something different. It's like a family. Even after weeks of
:26:06. > :26:12.intensive training, they still face a mighty barrier, the competition.
:26:13. > :26:15.They are taking on home nation Scotland and Commonwealth champions
:26:16. > :26:20.New Zealand. We are days away from the game is starting. How are you
:26:21. > :26:24.feeling? We are showing that we can be competitive if we were together.
:26:25. > :26:28.We are looking forward to hearing the anthem, hearing our hearts
:26:29. > :26:31.beating fast and wanting to get out there and represent our country.
:26:32. > :26:41.That's what the Commonwealth Games work -- means for us. Do you see
:26:42. > :26:48.yourselves as underdogs? Under underdogs. Nobody sees as coming.
:26:49. > :26:52.Earlier on, we asked for photographs of previous Commonwealth Games. We
:26:53. > :27:00.had lots from this year, but not many from previous games. Eleanor,
:27:01. > :27:07.the 2012 Commonwealth Games in Delhi. She came seventh in the shot
:27:08. > :27:12.put. Keep them coming. And you can see Nicola Benedetti on the
:27:13. > :27:15.Commonwealth games. Her album is out now. We are finishing with a
:27:16. > :27:21.brilliant piece of music which has been found by scientists to give
:27:22. > :27:24.people a feeling of excitement. This is Red Hot Chilli Pipers with
:27:25. > :27:27.Avicii's Wake Me Up.