:00:22. > :00:26.# Seems as though I will never be blue.
:00:27. > :00:30.# Sometimes I'm happy... APPLAUSE Hello and welcome to
:00:31. > :00:32.the One Show with Alex Jones. Now it may be Monday night,
:00:33. > :00:37.but tonight we're going to spend an hour celebrating the king
:00:38. > :00:40.of Saturday night - Sir Bruce Forsyth,
:00:41. > :00:43.who died last week. I've never known a man more in love
:00:44. > :00:56.with the concept of show business. Tonight we're celebrating
:00:57. > :01:03.his life and career We will cover all aspects of Bruce's
:01:04. > :01:09.career and we will reveal the final three contestants of this year's
:01:10. > :01:18.Strictly. I'm sure they would have been Bruce's favourites, of course.
:01:19. > :01:30.Let's welcome guests who have played a significant chapter in his story.
:01:31. > :01:38.And we have somebody who shared the Strictly dance floor. Let's welcome
:01:39. > :01:43.Kenny Lynch, Rosemarie Ford and Anton du Beke. And later we have
:01:44. > :01:46.Strictly's Dave Arch and his wonderful orchestra and they will be
:01:47. > :01:54.here for a special musical tribute at the end of the show. Where do we
:01:55. > :02:03.start? At the beginning. The first time you met. The first time I met
:02:04. > :02:06.him was in a barbershop. I had gone to the barber two hours before and I
:02:07. > :02:14.saw a picture of Bruce on the wall, by the mirror. I said to the Barber,
:02:15. > :02:20.I know him, what is his name? He said, Bruce Forsyth. I thought, why
:02:21. > :02:26.do I know him? In those days, it was variety bills and I had seen him.
:02:27. > :02:37.When? I would not like to mention! 70 something. We were pals 55 years.
:02:38. > :02:44.He said he is coming in later, he is a regular like you. He said come
:02:45. > :02:50.over in an hour. I said I have not got time for that rubbish. It was in
:02:51. > :02:55.Gerard Street in the West End and I was probably shopping. I did go past
:02:56. > :03:03.an hour later and I saw him and he called me in, the Barber, and he
:03:04. > :03:09.introduced us. It was about four, five weeks from taking over The
:03:10. > :03:12.Generation Game. I met him in the BBC Roundhouse, in the bar, and we
:03:13. > :03:24.started talking and discovered we had a love of jazz. The same as me,
:03:25. > :03:30.he loved pianists and singers. Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan. Oscar
:03:31. > :03:41.Peterson. After that day we were inseparable. Rosemarie, how about
:03:42. > :03:46.you? This was probably 1985, 86, and I was working for a choreographer
:03:47. > :03:52.called Nigel Lythgoe and I was a dancer on his shows. He had
:03:53. > :03:57.different specials. We did a comedy routine which was great fun and a
:03:58. > :04:01.while after that, before The Generation Game, I was on a Royal
:04:02. > :04:07.variety singing for Andrew Lloyd Webber. Rather fortunate. Bruce
:04:08. > :04:13.said, who is that girl? You know, she did the comedy ballet routine.
:04:14. > :04:16.He said let's get her in, I want somebody for The Generation Game.
:04:17. > :04:21.And I got to know him better from that point but I was just a dancer
:04:22. > :04:30.on his show. I was starstruck because I wanted to be you,
:04:31. > :04:36.Rosemarie, back in the day. And Anton, I imagine it was Strictly. I
:04:37. > :04:43.met him once before that. We were just talking about this. I did one
:04:44. > :04:48.of the old Come Dancings. Rosemarie used to host them and Bruce did one
:04:49. > :04:55.show as a guest and it was one I was doing and he has been my hero, I
:04:56. > :05:00.have always loved him. I asked his manager, whoever at the time, saying
:05:01. > :05:04.can I meet him, please? He said, of course. I went to his dressing room
:05:05. > :05:11.and said it is a pleasure, an honour to meet you, thank you very much.
:05:12. > :05:18.What do you say to your hero? He said yes, lovely. And walked out. Is
:05:19. > :05:21.that it? Is that all you could say, hello? And Strictly Come Dancing
:05:22. > :05:27.came around and Brucie was going to be the host. Although we did not
:05:28. > :05:34.know what Strictly Come Dancing would be like. We knew as dancers it
:05:35. > :05:39.is wonderful, but Brucie, being the host and being able to work with
:05:40. > :05:45.Brucie on a show was sort of, you know, I had been sent to heaven. We
:05:46. > :05:49.did the launch show, press day, I think at Claridges and all the
:05:50. > :05:54.professionals and celebrities were fair and the press and Bruce and
:05:55. > :05:59.Tess Daly came out. We were putting our frocks on and stuff. Brucie was
:06:00. > :06:05.saying hello and I remember looking and going hello, again! Hello,
:06:06. > :06:12.lovely. We got chatting. After the show we spoke about golf. We are
:06:13. > :06:16.both keen golfers. And after the first series of Strictly Come
:06:17. > :06:20.Dancing, he invited me to his place and we played golf and I met him at
:06:21. > :06:31.the house and we went off and played golf. It was incredible. I could not
:06:32. > :06:37.believe it. I could not believe... To be in a show with Brucie is one
:06:38. > :06:46.thing. We all work together. To be in the buggy with Brucie. He was a
:06:47. > :06:56.terrible driver of a golf buggy. Kenny would know about that. He does
:06:57. > :07:00.not too good in the car, either. Both Alex and I, our experiences
:07:01. > :07:05.with Strictly, but from my perspective I remember when I was
:07:06. > :07:09.stood so close to him at the first time, at the judges' moment when you
:07:10. > :07:19.are waiting and he is mesmerising, to think I am in his company. He was
:07:20. > :07:27.always moving. When he met Anton, because I studied The Generation
:07:28. > :07:33.Game and I was asked to present Come Dancing and Bruce said, I always
:07:34. > :07:40.wanted to be on Come Dancing. , She said, can you ask if they will let
:07:41. > :07:45.me on. They were like yes, but, this is Bruce. I said he does not want
:07:46. > :07:50.anything, just a bit of lunch and a cup of tea. He does not want any
:07:51. > :07:58.thing, he just wants to be on the programme. He has a wonderful way
:07:59. > :08:04.and you will know this. You are in the studio rehearsing. You are doing
:08:05. > :08:10.a run through, the day before, you will be doing something and suddenly
:08:11. > :08:15.there will be a frisson in the background and you think, what is
:08:16. > :08:24.that? And Bruce has arrived. You did not have to turn around, you knew he
:08:25. > :08:30.was there. This charisma. I remember walking into the rehearsal room and
:08:31. > :08:33.he had this way, charisma. I was sitting at home and people from my
:08:34. > :08:38.village were coming and knocking on the door and saying they were sorry
:08:39. > :08:42.and I had never spoken to them in my life, just people knocking on the
:08:43. > :08:48.door to say they knew how close I was with him. We have an hour to
:08:49. > :08:51.talk about him. Let's relax and enjoy it and celebrate his life.
:08:52. > :09:00.He appealed to people of all ages from different backgrounds. We have
:09:01. > :09:07.favourite memories, but what did he mean to you? We went to the home of
:09:08. > :09:11.ballroom, Blackpool,. And his spiritual home, the London
:09:12. > :09:17.Palladium. From the moment he stepped in he would say hello, make
:09:18. > :09:20.you feel like you could have a conversation with him. He would
:09:21. > :09:23.store his sandwiches in the fridge and it was nice when he popped into
:09:24. > :09:28.the office to make sure nobody had eaten them.
:09:29. > :09:38.Didn't he do well? You are my favourite. Bruce Forsyth, childhood
:09:39. > :09:41.memories of family entertainment, traditional, family values and a
:09:42. > :09:49.good entertainer. When you watched him, you felt you knew him well. I
:09:50. > :09:55.like to see him dance. To do his shovels. Brucie was Brucie, he was
:09:56. > :09:59.telling. We will miss him madly. All about Strictly Come Dancing and the
:10:00. > :10:05.famous bit where Mark and Karen did their dance and it went wrong and
:10:06. > :10:11.Bruce steps in like a pro. I love it, live television! He let them do
:10:12. > :10:20.it again and we enjoyed the dance. Nice to see you, to see you, nice.
:10:21. > :10:25.Didn't he do well? Give us a twirl. As a child I saw him on the telly
:10:26. > :10:33.and more recently on Strictly, and we are avid watchers every year. He
:10:34. > :10:38.made my weekend. Ready, steady, go. Bruce was more talented than just
:10:39. > :10:43.his game shows. He was a great pianist, tap dancer, all those
:10:44. > :10:49.things. He will be missed by loads of people. I'm in charge! He brought
:10:50. > :10:57.in new phrases and ideas. Bruce was original. I loved it when he said
:10:58. > :11:05.that. It was really funny. Keep dancing! I knew Brucie when I was
:11:06. > :11:08.little, as a student, and up to the last years, I still liked him on
:11:09. > :11:15.Strictly Come Dancing. He was a star.
:11:16. > :11:19.I think there are some of your neighbours, Kenny. Thank you for
:11:20. > :11:26.taking part in the film and we would love to hear from you at home. If
:11:27. > :11:30.you met Bruce, perhaps you were a contestant on his game shows, or in
:11:31. > :11:36.the audience on Strictly. Send them to the address with your name and
:11:37. > :11:42.details and we will show as many as we can but important, please put the
:11:43. > :11:47.year. We have lovely photos of the three of you and lovely moments from
:11:48. > :12:07.your career. Kenny, it might be from 1978. Are these the three Fivers? Me
:12:08. > :12:14.and friends talking about the three Tenors. He had an idea that will we
:12:15. > :12:18.should do it. We said we could be the Three Fivers. The record company
:12:19. > :12:24.guy thought it was a good idea. We did it. What the boys did not
:12:25. > :12:29.realise, not being pop stars like myself, what they did not realise,
:12:30. > :12:34.when you bring out a record, you have to go up and down the country
:12:35. > :12:42.to different radio shows. Mersey radio, all over. I gave them a
:12:43. > :12:47.schedule of what we should do and they can tap me as if I was potty.
:12:48. > :12:58.They were going, we ain't going up there. I did some on my own. Good on
:12:59. > :13:05.you. I was driving home from a gig one night. It came on the news,
:13:06. > :13:10.which was great, and it said me and Jimmy and Bruce, they were going to
:13:11. > :13:16.take away our record, because they did not like the idea of the Three
:13:17. > :13:21.Fivers. The Bruce used to go to football. We supported Malaga
:13:22. > :13:28.because we had flats there. And we would sit near placid au Domingo.
:13:29. > :13:34.And he asked about taking the record out. He said what record? I said I
:13:35. > :13:44.called us the Three Fivers. He could not stop laughing. They find us
:13:45. > :13:53.10,000, as well. I think Jimmy must have paid it because me and Bruce
:13:54. > :13:58.definitely didn't! We move onto a picture of yourself, Rosemarie. Look
:13:59. > :14:06.at that. That is the classic I want to be you from Alex Jones. That
:14:07. > :14:09.dress. I loved wearing the dresses, every week choosing something
:14:10. > :14:14.different and having it made and going to designers. It was special.
:14:15. > :14:19.On the day of filming, what would be your routine before you got to the
:14:20. > :14:25.studio floor? When we first started rehearsals, because it was a big
:14:26. > :14:30.step and quite scary because you know once the first programme goes
:14:31. > :14:35.out, your life is going to change. Because you are the new girl on the
:14:36. > :14:41.Generation Game. I thought years before watching with my parents,
:14:42. > :14:45.little did I know I would be the next girl on the Generation Game and
:14:46. > :14:49.so it was a huge step. It started usually having a cup of tea and a
:14:50. > :14:55.digestive biscuit because he liked to put me at my ease, because I was
:14:56. > :15:02.nervous. We realised we needed to build up a nice rapport for it to
:15:03. > :15:07.work anyway. He would spend time every rehearsal day and he would say
:15:08. > :15:12.come and sit down. We would chat about his daughters and about
:15:13. > :15:19.everything. And the shows I had done and the choreographers. It was a
:15:20. > :15:25.special way of building up the relationship and I feel very
:15:26. > :15:30.fortunate I had the time to build up that relationship and work with him
:15:31. > :15:41.in that way, which was just doing everything, all the dance routines
:15:42. > :15:44.and comedy plays. Everything. I even sat with Cleo Laine. We will talk
:15:45. > :15:50.about the Generation Game tonight because we have the producer Jim
:15:51. > :15:51.Moir coming on. And we have a photo of you Anton, you singing and
:15:52. > :15:55.dancing with Sir Bruce. Bruce was an old-school entertainer
:15:56. > :15:57.with timeless appeal. He was a variety performer
:15:58. > :16:00.in the truest sense of the word. Here's a look at his early years
:16:01. > :16:16.to see where and how Bruce joseph Forsyth Johnson was
:16:17. > :16:20.born in 1928 in Edmonton, North London, where his father owned a
:16:21. > :16:26.garage business. It was not long before Bruce's Spock was kindled.
:16:27. > :16:32.From the age of nine when I first saw if Fred Astaire film and he
:16:33. > :16:39.danced, it just did something to my brain, my body, and all I wanted to
:16:40. > :16:45.do was dance. I used to dance my dad's garage roof. We had 32 lock-up
:16:46. > :16:48.garages and they really did not make a noise so I would see Fred Astaire
:16:49. > :16:55.doing this model is routine dancing on the roof and I would get up and I
:16:56. > :16:59.would dance on the roof and the rain would come and the garages would
:17:00. > :17:05.leak! Bruce's first TV appearance was in
:17:06. > :17:08.1939, and a talent show. I went on and she did the little interview
:17:09. > :17:12.with me and she said, OK, you will get up and sing and dance, I
:17:13. > :17:16.believe? I said, yes, I had been dancing for about a year now, tap
:17:17. > :17:22.dancing. That would be lovely. What is your ambition? I said, I want to
:17:23. > :17:25.become a star and to buy my mum a fur coat!
:17:26. > :17:29.She used to make the little satin suits that I would wear and she
:17:30. > :17:35.would stay up till 2am making these little dancing suits.
:17:36. > :17:42.By the age of 14, younger Bruce had honed his song and dance routine for
:17:43. > :17:50.the stage. I used to call myself Boy Bruce, the mighty atom. And I got a
:17:51. > :17:54.job for five quid and I worked the theatre in Bilston. It was the most
:17:55. > :18:03.awful place to work. And at the end of the week, the takings were so
:18:04. > :18:07.bad, I got 13 and 4p in old money. Things looked up when Bruce got a
:18:08. > :18:11.chance to join the line-up at London's Windmill Theatre. Famous
:18:12. > :18:14.for the review which featured scantily clad showgirls and
:18:15. > :18:19.comedians like Tony Hancock and Peter Sellers. It was the most
:18:20. > :18:23.wonderful place and so many of our great comics started at the Windmill
:18:24. > :18:28.to find out if they had value regarding being an entertainer. I
:18:29. > :18:32.think the worst moment was when I was at the Empress, Brixton.
:18:33. > :18:36.Remember going there and dying as a whole week. Absolutely dying. And it
:18:37. > :18:41.was the most horrible week of my life. I did myself five years and if
:18:42. > :18:47.I did not make it, get out. I did not want to be a frustrated pro, it
:18:48. > :18:52.would hate to be that. Bruce's big break came in 1958 when he was 30.
:18:53. > :18:59.This theatre changed my life completely. I went from a summer
:19:00. > :19:04.season in Eastbourne with just 200 people may be on a Saturday night
:19:05. > :19:10.and then travelling up to London to the Palladium with 2,500 people.
:19:11. > :19:16.This was a mecca. Good evening!
:19:17. > :19:19.# Ladies and gents are, welcome to Sunday night at the London
:19:20. > :19:23.Palladium! They used to get a Church service
:19:24. > :19:30.over early and the pubs shut early because Sunday night at the
:19:31. > :19:35.Palladium was on it was a gnome is. Sunday night at the Palladium was a
:19:36. > :19:40.wonderful life lunatic event. Made more lunatic by the presence of this
:19:41. > :19:44.stick then insect. It was a big family occasion and largely because
:19:45. > :19:53.of him. The whole family loved Brucie. The cool thing about Bruce
:19:54. > :19:57.was that when people like Sammy was coming and he would stands with him,
:19:58. > :20:05.he kept up with him and that was like, this is cool!
:20:06. > :20:09.With me making such a hit on those first few weeks, I finished up with
:20:10. > :20:13.Sunday night at the Palladium every Sunday.
:20:14. > :20:17.Thank you very much! My mother never even saw me hit it
:20:18. > :20:22.big. I always felt very sad that after all the years of some of those
:20:23. > :20:28.sequins on the things she never saw me be a big name of the business.
:20:29. > :20:32.But I always say she was up there and I am sure she met a couple of
:20:33. > :20:39.agents up there. And she got me the job. I still believe that to this
:20:40. > :20:44.day. Charity macro.
:20:45. > :20:52.That was lovely to watch. It was lovely. We have also been joined by
:20:53. > :20:57.former writer and friend Barry Cryer. Thank you so at you and Bruce
:20:58. > :21:02.had been friends 60 years. Yes, it was the Windmill and we did six
:21:03. > :21:06.shows a day, six days a week and this man was brilliant six times a
:21:07. > :21:11.day. The rest of us were sweating because they have not come in to see
:21:12. > :21:16.you telling jokes, it was to see our friend posing and dancing. I got the
:21:17. > :21:19.impression Bruce, the energy of that man was just amazing. We sat in the
:21:20. > :21:25.canteen one day and he said, I am thinking of packing it in. I said,
:21:26. > :21:31.what are you talking about? So that was back in the Windmill? 1957. So
:21:32. > :21:37.he was in his 20s? Yes, pushing 30 by then. I said, what are you going
:21:38. > :21:42.to do and as a joke, he said, I'm going to have a little tobacconist.
:21:43. > :21:47.The following year, 1958, I hear my friend is now the new Compere of
:21:48. > :21:51.Sunday night at the Palladium and walking down Kingsway in London and
:21:52. > :21:56.there he is. He had been to a press conference, his first was coming up
:21:57. > :22:00.that Sunday live, in those days, millions of viewers. I said, what
:22:01. > :22:06.happens to the tobacconist? Postponed! A very long time after
:22:07. > :22:12.that, the years go on and I work with him on The Generation Game and
:22:13. > :22:16.TV specials. When you say work, how did you work with him, what was your
:22:17. > :22:20.relationship like? You gave Bruce ideas rather than tight script. You
:22:21. > :22:25.knew whatever tight script she gave him, he would be running off it
:22:26. > :22:33.brilliantly with whatever was happening. He loved people. He loved
:22:34. > :22:39.something going wrong, that is what he almost wanted to happen. I will
:22:40. > :22:42.tell you a story about a woman in The Generation Game. Bruce could be
:22:43. > :22:46.rude to somebody but everybody would laugh because they knew it was not
:22:47. > :22:52.real, it was affectionate. A small woman was being very verbose and The
:22:53. > :22:57.Generation Game, going on and on, and Bruce embraced her and he looked
:22:58. > :23:03.at the audience over her head. And she went in a long story about being
:23:04. > :23:08.in Bellevue zoo in Manchester. She said at one point, Bruce, I thought
:23:09. > :23:15.the Lion was going to drag me into his cage. He looked over head of the
:23:16. > :23:19.camera and he said, I wish he had! Anybody else saying that, but
:23:20. > :23:22.everybody laughed including her and that was the great gift the man had,
:23:23. > :23:26.sending them up and making fun of them, but in a warm way and
:23:27. > :23:32.involving them. He loved them getting a laugh. The bigger shame,
:23:33. > :23:35.something many people have said, actually, there was only one Bruce
:23:36. > :23:42.and there is nobody else we can think of that is following in his
:23:43. > :23:47.footsteps, nobody... Merely, Anton! Nobody has quite got the full
:23:48. > :23:52.package! Anti-very much! He could do the lot. He could sing and dance and
:23:53. > :23:55.play the piano and everything. And where he was very shrewd when he
:23:56. > :24:00.took over the Palladium, he did not throw it all at the audience
:24:01. > :24:03.immediately. He let it creep in and week by week. He is playing the
:24:04. > :24:09.piano, he is singing with that star, he has just done an impression of
:24:10. > :24:17.Sammy Davis Jr. The man could do the lot! When you start thinking about
:24:18. > :24:23.that transition from the stage, on the television, and using the camera
:24:24. > :24:27.as an extra member of the audience. How he managed to do that. He had an
:24:28. > :24:34.instinct, Bruce, with the camera in front of him. He had been schooled
:24:35. > :24:38.in the live audience, but it was still a live audience and boy, he
:24:39. > :24:41.knew where the camera was. That looks suddenly over to the camera
:24:42. > :24:46.and he could work the camera. But his obsession was people. He was
:24:47. > :24:53.wonderful with people. Whoever you met, walking down the street or a
:24:54. > :24:57.waitress or anybody, hello! He was the same. There was no sort of
:24:58. > :25:01.celebrity thing, leave me alone, I'm walking down the street. And people
:25:02. > :25:02.would sense that, I think. You are going to stay with us a bit longer.
:25:03. > :25:05.Thank you. Bruce was married to
:25:06. > :25:07.former Miss World winner But it was his love affair
:25:08. > :25:10.with the audience that made him the undisputed king
:25:11. > :25:12.of light entertainment. Here's a look back at that
:25:13. > :25:27.special relationship. Good evening! Fancy sitting there in
:25:28. > :25:29.a sport shirt! The first thing about audience
:25:30. > :25:32.participation, you have got to enjoy it.
:25:33. > :25:37.Is this a husband? Well, you can't have everything! I
:25:38. > :25:40.have always loved it, because you never know what is going to happen.
:25:41. > :25:46.Stand up, let's have a look at you! Blimey! I love getting out of a
:25:47. > :25:50.situation. If somebody says something, I like to go back at them
:25:51. > :25:54.and if they do something, I love to pounce on it.
:25:55. > :25:59.I love the hat, dear! Yes, like a blancmange gone wrong!
:26:00. > :26:02.He never alienates anybody, he brings people with him, includes
:26:03. > :26:06.them in his joke. If he ends up being the but of the joke, that is
:26:07. > :26:15.fine by him, he loves that. The lines are on the back of your
:26:16. > :26:18.fan! The thing I love about Bruce, he he has a complete ability to
:26:19. > :26:30.react to any strange member of the public. Argh! Anybody who has
:26:31. > :26:34.switched off -- switch on, they will think we have gone mad! He turns it
:26:35. > :26:39.into comedy gold. I cannot see anything if I put them on now!, I
:26:40. > :26:45.see. Have we really got research people the show?! A French maid
:26:46. > :26:50.called Daphne who is blind as a bat! He is believed with people on stage,
:26:51. > :26:54.what they say is funny but they are being funny because they are stored
:26:55. > :27:00.next to Bruce Forsyth. What do you do, Agnes? I am a casual farm
:27:01. > :27:10.worker... Could you play that back for me?
:27:11. > :27:17.I try to make the camera a person that I am always laying off on. The
:27:18. > :27:24.camera will always understand my feelings. If somebody is giving me
:27:25. > :27:33.trouble, I looked at the camera, you stupid full!
:27:34. > :27:37.What did they do to you, dear? They wanted to do my hair! There is
:27:38. > :27:43.nothing new about that, Oliver Hardy was doing that years ago. He would
:27:44. > :27:47.always look at Stanley and he would go,...
:27:48. > :27:51.I love going on safari, I always send my luggage on ahead. Do not
:27:52. > :27:57.talk to a laugh, dear, never with me! With Bruce Forsyth, whatever you
:27:58. > :28:00.do with him, if you are dancing or interviewing with him of being on a
:28:01. > :28:06.show as a contestant, you are second.
:28:07. > :28:11.# Shine a light on me! I am the star, all right, mate, I am
:28:12. > :28:16.the star! Get out!
:28:17. > :28:21.I love to make contact. With an audience. Because without them, I
:28:22. > :28:25.have got nothing. I have got nothing to offer.
:28:26. > :28:26.We have definitely hit on something here.
:28:27. > :28:34.There is no feeling in the world like pleasing and audience and
:28:35. > :28:35.knowing they have liked you. You know you have left them and they are
:28:36. > :28:44.still enthusiast it. That is what he loved about The One
:28:45. > :28:48.Show, that community viewing and the fact that everybody was sat there of
:28:49. > :28:54.all ages. He was in his element here. But The Generation Game
:28:55. > :28:57.allowed Bruce to interact with the public and create those moments of
:28:58. > :29:05.genius we were watching and we are now joined by the show's producer
:29:06. > :29:11.Jim Moir. You first produced Bruce in 1971, 120 shows. Yes, we did. And
:29:12. > :29:20.it was as if the show was meant for him. It was a Dutch television show,
:29:21. > :29:24.it was one out of eight, eight contestants which is what we had on
:29:25. > :29:29.The Generation Game and one of them wins. We did a pilot show and in
:29:30. > :29:32.1971, things were less sophisticated. Nowadays if you are
:29:33. > :29:36.launching a big special production, you would go through many pilots, we
:29:37. > :29:41.had one pilot, no outside rehearsal, he turned up on the day having been
:29:42. > :29:44.briefed by me and many telephone calls and meetings, and we shot the
:29:45. > :29:52.pilot Friday afternoon and Saturday evening. It was, to be candid,
:29:53. > :29:59.pretty much a blinding success. Sadly, the first show was not! But
:30:00. > :30:04.in the end, what we did is, we joked around the pilot and the pilot was
:30:05. > :30:09.transmitted as the first show and we became a bit overambitious and
:30:10. > :30:13.carried away by our first success. But he was an intuitive performer.
:30:14. > :30:19.If you trusted you and happily he and I got on absolutely famously in
:30:20. > :30:23.all those 120 shows, I do not think we had a crossword, if you trusted
:30:24. > :30:28.you, he accepted the material and then he made gold from it.
:30:29. > :30:34.Absolutely brilliant. One or two games always stand out in my mind as
:30:35. > :30:40.being classics, in particular, we would all remember the potter's
:30:41. > :30:46.we'll suggested to me by my wife Julia.
:30:47. > :30:59.He looked at the mess they made. And yes, a bit puckered, love. Well
:31:00. > :31:11.puckered. As all have said tonight, he was a genius with people.
:31:12. > :31:15.Caustic, but kind. It looked like it just happened on the Generation Game
:31:16. > :31:21.but Rosemarie, nothing just happen. It was meticulously planned. Very
:31:22. > :31:26.much the professional all of the time. Bruce loved rehearsals and he
:31:27. > :31:32.loved the point where he could sit around and go around a table and
:31:33. > :31:38.throw ideas around. We would rehearse the plays withstandings to
:31:39. > :31:43.see where the pitfalls were. We would rehearse a dance routine and
:31:44. > :31:49.various games. That is what he loved. From this solid base you
:31:50. > :31:54.could go anywhere. Because you had the solid base and once you knew it
:31:55. > :31:57.was there anything could happen. I always felt safe in his hands
:31:58. > :32:04.because whatever happened, he would be there and it would be funny. We
:32:05. > :32:05.have a dance routine you did. Absolute meticulous choreography.
:32:06. > :32:23.This taken hours. Thank you! LAUGHTER.
:32:24. > :32:31.APPLAUSE Beautifully done.
:32:32. > :32:40.Can you still do that? I have my point shoes still but they have not
:32:41. > :32:45.been on my feet long time. That tutu was from the Royal Ballet. I was
:32:46. > :32:51.amazed I got into it. We did rehearse it a lot and we did a lot
:32:52. > :32:57.of rehearsals. We did one demonstration for the contestants.
:32:58. > :33:00.We had to make sure it was absolutely right, otherwise there
:33:01. > :33:09.was no going back and if we messed it up it would not look good. It was
:33:10. > :33:15.such fun. I think I gained wrinkles over those five years because as a
:33:16. > :33:21.performer, Bruce used to involve me in everything. He was so kind. It
:33:22. > :33:24.was that feeling of giving the audience a great time. Meticulous
:33:25. > :33:32.planning, whatever it took to get the most out of the moment. And also
:33:33. > :33:35.he was a star of the Theatre club, the great plays we did when the
:33:36. > :33:40.script was written on bits and pieces of the props. The first time
:33:41. > :33:44.I did it I almost collapsed directing the show. It was fantastic
:33:45. > :33:50.humour and we loved doing them. We have asked you to send in pictures
:33:51. > :34:00.of your cells with Brucie. We have been inundated. This is Bruce and
:34:01. > :34:08.Colin in Wentworth in 2009. 2009? The next picture, will it be higher
:34:09. > :34:21.or lower than 2009? They are going lower. It is 2015. Sue met Sir Bruce
:34:22. > :34:26.after a show in Norwich. They were invited backstage and Sir Bruce was
:34:27. > :34:33.a gentleman. Good game, good game. Keep them coming. It will be nice to
:34:34. > :34:41.see them, to see them... Nice. When it comes to catch phrases, didn't he
:34:42. > :34:49.do well? Nice to see you, to see you, nice. Didn't she do well? I let
:34:50. > :34:55.catchphrases happen. I never force them. I'm in charge was my first
:34:56. > :34:59.catchphrase in Beat the Clock. I had a couple who messed up the game
:35:00. > :35:04.completely. I said hold on, and started to show them how to do it.
:35:05. > :35:11.Before I could finish, they started the clock again. I said, hold on,
:35:12. > :35:16.hold on. It is my game, I'm in charge. The next day, a lot of
:35:17. > :35:23.people phoned and said it was a marvellous catchphrase. The best
:35:24. > :35:28.happen when you are working. They are so appealing, OK, dollies,
:35:29. > :35:33.do your dealing. You can get fed up with it, especially when you are
:35:34. > :35:41.out. I went to the cup final and if I heard good game once... I heard it
:35:42. > :35:47.1000 times. Good game, good game. All right, my love? They are
:35:48. > :35:53.marvellous. Things that have happened throughout the years.
:35:54. > :36:04.You are so much better. Nice to see you.
:36:05. > :36:09.Didn't he do well? Magic. His most recent was of course keep dancing
:36:10. > :36:13.and we are joined by Dave Arch from Strictly. Welcome. This will be the
:36:14. > :36:20.first time people have heard you speak. There is no piano to hide
:36:21. > :36:27.behind. What was your relationship with Bruce? He would always nod to
:36:28. > :36:32.you before every show. He was lovely and respected musicians and he
:36:33. > :36:37.always had time for me and the band and would come to say hello, which
:36:38. > :36:42.goes a long way. He loved to feel the warmth of a live orchestra.
:36:43. > :36:47.Wrapping around him almost. We did a warm up every show and he would sing
:36:48. > :36:51.a song every time. It was really good. For the audience it is
:36:52. > :37:00.brilliant when he came on to do his little bit, a bonus. Anton, he also
:37:01. > :37:04.did a stand-up routine. He always did his own warm up. He would come
:37:05. > :37:12.out to the audience and say hello and do ten minutes. Ten minutes of
:37:13. > :37:17.stand-up. Do a song, always get a lady from the audience and dance
:37:18. > :37:23.with a lady and it would be like The Generation Game. 300 people in the
:37:24. > :37:30.studio and I had to pick you! It was nice for us because you felt it
:37:31. > :37:35.can't you down before the show. He was brilliant at putting people at
:37:36. > :37:40.their ease. And sticking up for people when the judges, Craig, were
:37:41. > :37:47.sometimes too harsh. It was not always ladies he danced with. He
:37:48. > :37:52.danced with you, Anton. It was his idea. We were playing golf and after
:37:53. > :37:58.a couple of years of doing the show we were chatting and we loved Frank
:37:59. > :38:05.Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jr and they did a great thing, Me And My Shadow.
:38:06. > :38:10.We said how much we liked it. The next year, the series comes around
:38:11. > :38:15.and in the car park egos, we are going to do that number. What
:38:16. > :38:21.number? He said, Me And My Shadow, I have had a word, we are going to do
:38:22. > :38:30.that. Where? He said, on the show. Brilliant. We rehearsed a routine
:38:31. > :38:34.and did it on the show. I have to be honest, this still is one of the
:38:35. > :38:40.highlights of my entire life. Other than the birth of my children, I
:38:41. > :38:45.think this is the highlight of my entire life. Obviously, and getting
:38:46. > :38:56.married. Would you like to see it? Spoil me.
:38:57. > :38:58.# Twelve o'clock, we'll climb the stairs
:38:59. > :39:31.As a performer and dancer, that is the highlight. To be able to do
:39:32. > :39:36.something like that with your absolute hero, to do something you
:39:37. > :39:42.would watch great performers do and get to do it with the greatest
:39:43. > :39:47.performer that we have ever produced bar none, is sort of unbelievable.
:39:48. > :39:52.Still now, it makes me well up a bit. I love it. He is the only
:39:53. > :39:58.partner I have danced with on Strictly Come Dancing who has not
:39:59. > :40:03.gone wrong. A beautiful moment. This is an interesting question, we have
:40:04. > :40:10.seen him in so many facets, as a dancer, host, comedian. Barry, where
:40:11. > :40:15.do you think he sits best? Sits best? He was show business on legs.
:40:16. > :40:20.He was everything, you cannot categorise Bruce, you cannot slot
:40:21. > :40:26.him into a category. He was pretty good at all of them. He was on the
:40:27. > :40:30.other nights with Miranda Hart and walked over to the piano and plays
:40:31. > :40:40.Mystique in the style of Errol Garner. He could play. -- Misty. He
:40:41. > :40:46.could not read music. He would get the record and learn it by one
:40:47. > :40:54.finger. He loved jazz. We also listen to Errol Garner. I tried to
:40:55. > :41:01.learn it the way he did it and I could not do it. He was shrewd when
:41:02. > :41:05.he did the Palladium. He did not throw all his talents at the
:41:06. > :41:09.audience immediately. As the weeks went by you thought, wait a minute,
:41:10. > :41:13.he is playing piano. Wait a minute, he is singing with the star of the
:41:14. > :41:22.show. He did not throw it all at them. Saying to him, will you do
:41:23. > :41:27.those 11 things? At the end of the show, Dave and his wonderful
:41:28. > :41:32.orchestra and the Strictly singers will perform a special tribute.
:41:33. > :41:41.First, this is a reminder of Bruce's unique brand of Saturday Night
:41:42. > :41:47.Fever. # I just want you to dance with me
:41:48. > :41:56.tonight. Nice to twirl you, to twirled you.
:41:57. > :42:01.I had the wrong idea about Strictly. I thought it was going to be a
:42:02. > :42:06.comedy show with these contestants trying to dance. They would not be
:42:07. > :42:11.able to and people will be falling all over the place and I would be
:42:12. > :42:15.amongst them, like The Generation Game.
:42:16. > :42:22.I did not realise there is nobody more competitive than a ballroom
:42:23. > :42:27.dancer. They are as competitive as any athlete and somehow they got
:42:28. > :42:31.this into the celebrity. And then we had a different show. A wonderful,
:42:32. > :42:39.wonderful show. Seven.
:42:40. > :42:47.Don't tell the others, you're my favourite.
:42:48. > :43:00.# Let me entertain you. Tell me, Tom, have I still got it?
:43:01. > :43:07.Yes, Bruce, but it looks worn out to me. You are working with a legend,
:43:08. > :43:23.don't you understand that? Gangnam Style. I do apologise. My
:43:24. > :43:24.behaviour was totes inappropes. Oh, we have gone all Strictly. This
:43:25. > :43:30.set is lovely. No ideas. Strictly Come Dancing
:43:31. > :43:32.kicks off its new series Bruce always believed
:43:33. > :43:36.'the show must go on' and, to keep that spirit alive,
:43:37. > :43:38.we wanted to play our part by honouring the One Show
:43:39. > :43:40.tradition of revealing Brian Conley, Mollie
:43:41. > :43:50.King and Simon Rimmer. The first celebrity
:43:51. > :44:00.joining them is.... That is the music that makes you
:44:01. > :44:03.feel sick. She was once asked what first
:44:04. > :44:06.attracted her to her She's been dissected,
:44:07. > :44:12.locked up and made to disappear. She was part of the longest-running
:44:13. > :44:35.ever magic show in the West End. Hello, Debbie. Congratulations.
:44:36. > :44:39.Hello, Debbie, nice to see you. Oh, my word. This is exciting. You said
:44:40. > :44:50.you have had your first day of rehearsal. Yes, and I trod on Matt's
:44:51. > :44:56.tone. Was it fun? Totally exciting. It was nerve-racking. But we had a
:44:57. > :45:01.ball already. We are like you do it already. Everybody got on. They
:45:02. > :45:06.could not shut us up and then we met the pros and they really could not
:45:07. > :45:10.shut us up. Somebody had to get a whistle to shut us up so we can
:45:11. > :45:16.start dancing and we have already been dancing today. Once you start,
:45:17. > :45:21.you do not stop. It is not the first time we have met. I did Strictly
:45:22. > :45:26.with your husband Paul Daniels. Did his experience inspire you to do
:45:27. > :45:32.this? I always loved the programme and wanted to do it and when he got
:45:33. > :45:37.it I was really jealous. I wanted to do it. I loved it when he did it and
:45:38. > :45:39.so yes, of course. When they rang and said whether I would like to do
:45:40. > :45:52.it, yes. Just getting back to your late
:45:53. > :45:57.husband, Paul, Sir Bruce was a big inspiration of his. Whenever Paul
:45:58. > :46:02.was interviewed, he said his inspiration was Bruce and when he
:46:03. > :46:06.gave a masterclass to a young music -- magician, he said do not watch a
:46:07. > :46:11.magician, watch somebody in show business who has been there a long
:46:12. > :46:15.time and he would always name Bruce. You were there, Matt, you would not
:46:16. > :46:19.have known this because I was in the audience every week, half an hour
:46:20. > :46:23.before the recording, Bruce would come in and kick the warm up man off
:46:24. > :46:28.and entertain us for half an hour before the cameras were rolling. And
:46:29. > :46:32.as soon as he walked into that studio, and it has its own
:46:33. > :46:37.electricity, but when Bruce walked in, it lit up. He just filled it.
:46:38. > :46:40.That is lovely memories of him. You have sat there and watched it and
:46:41. > :46:45.now you are going to do it. I cannot believe it! It is out there, good
:46:46. > :46:51.luck! You can talk to people about it now!
:46:52. > :46:53.So let's find out who else is going to be joining Q.
:46:54. > :46:54.OK, well... He's used to being
:46:55. > :46:56.first past the post. His face has been
:46:57. > :46:59.on first-class stamps. A post box in Doddington
:47:00. > :47:05.was painted gold in his honour. It's gold-medal winning
:47:06. > :47:17.Paralympian Jonnie Peacock! Jonnie! Good to see you, body!
:47:18. > :47:23.Welcome! Hello, Jonnie!
:47:24. > :47:26.Congratulations. Have a seat. Your first question, with a name like
:47:27. > :47:33.Peacock, you must be really excited about the feathers! Yes, you do not
:47:34. > :47:38.be giving them ideas to early! How did today go for you, we heard from
:47:39. > :47:42.Debbie about the first Major day of rehearsal? It was great fun, I got
:47:43. > :47:48.the chance to do a Waltz with Debbie. I did not start on her toes,
:47:49. > :47:53.that was a bonus. Day one and OK. As the first Paralympian to take part
:47:54. > :47:58.in Strictly, it is a big thing, what will be the challenges for you? This
:47:59. > :48:02.is the first time they have got a disabled person on the main show so
:48:03. > :48:11.that is going to be really good, I think. Hopefully, we can change the
:48:12. > :48:14.stigma. It is about time! We did... A dancer came to check out my
:48:15. > :48:18.movement patterns to see what would be a restriction with my legs and
:48:19. > :48:23.she quickly realised it was me that was the restriction and not the leg!
:48:24. > :48:28.If you do see me not dance so well, do not blame it on the leg. Although
:48:29. > :48:32.I might try and use it as an excuse! You should have kept that quiet!
:48:33. > :48:37.Will you be using your sprinting is that it? No, that is a slightly
:48:38. > :48:41.different alignment, but I might have to get something made for a
:48:42. > :48:47.quick dance like the Jive. Or the quick step!
:48:48. > :48:51.Focus on the close ones first. Everything will go well.
:48:52. > :48:56.Let's complete our line-up for Strictly 2017. Stand by!
:48:57. > :49:05.She is the daughter of a Soul to Soul singer.
:49:06. > :49:07.She's already proved she's got the X Factor.
:49:08. > :49:28.Hello! Thank you so much. This is so exciting! I am so excited, I am so
:49:29. > :49:32.nervous. What are you most nervous about? He was such an experienced
:49:33. > :49:37.performer! It is so different, I am a singer, I am not a dancer at all.
:49:38. > :49:41.The dancing I have done with my songs, it is completely different to
:49:42. > :49:45.this. This is such a challenge. It is the show I have wanted to be a
:49:46. > :49:53.part for the longest time so it is a massive dream come. Massively. There
:49:54. > :49:59.is nearly more pressure. Me, no expectation! But you, lots of
:50:00. > :50:06.expectation! My family has just found out just now because I kept it
:50:07. > :50:11.from them. Sorry, guys! But they all, they all said to me, my mum
:50:12. > :50:16.said, if you ever get Strictly one day, it will be great. I said, I
:50:17. > :50:20.don't know Latin and ballroom! It is completely different. Doing the
:50:21. > :50:26.waltz today felt fabulous, but it is so nerve-racking. Was this on your
:50:27. > :50:33.radar, Strictly? On my radar! Is it too soon to runaway! Did it come as
:50:34. > :50:38.a surprise or did you say, can I do it? It was a fantastic offer, and it
:50:39. > :50:42.was too good to turn down. For me, I have never danced before, it is not
:50:43. > :50:50.something... IMO is the last person on the dance floor, paralytic or
:50:51. > :50:53.stored by the bar! Never on the dance floor. I wanted to challenge
:50:54. > :50:59.myself. This is something wet experiences like this, you grow as a
:51:00. > :51:06.person. It will be a journey! That famous word! Alexandra, you have
:51:07. > :51:10.been in Sister Act the West End and Craig was a choreographer. Do you
:51:11. > :51:15.think it is going to be tough for you? Yes, I am touring the show
:51:16. > :51:20.right now, I am on the show tomorrow and he is going to be brutal! He was
:51:21. > :51:26.like that just directed the show! He put me through my paces. With this,
:51:27. > :51:29.I have said as long as it is constructive criticism, am ready for
:51:30. > :51:34.it because that is how you learn. He is going to be horrendous to me, I
:51:35. > :51:42.am sure! This is the line-up. It is now complete. There you all are!
:51:43. > :51:49.Friends and enemies! No! We have a special message for you
:51:50. > :51:54.from former head judge Len. View three, good luck! I am sure you are
:51:55. > :52:02.going to get out there, shaking and baking, the only sadness, you will
:52:03. > :52:09.not be getting a ten from Len. Bless him! We wish you the very best. We
:52:10. > :52:13.know how it is going to go, good luck from all others! And good luck
:52:14. > :52:19.to whoever is going to lift that mirror ball! Not long.
:52:20. > :52:22.Yes, many younger viewers will only know Bruce is the presenter of
:52:23. > :52:28.Strictly but decades before he ruled the dance floor, he was very much
:52:29. > :52:32.King of the game show. # Life Is The Name Of The Game and I
:52:33. > :52:36.want to play the game with you. It was back in 1971 when BBC
:52:37. > :52:42.producers and Bruce Forsyth unleashed a new game show based on a
:52:43. > :52:50.new Dutch TV format. Nice to see you, to see you... Nice! This was
:52:51. > :52:57.prescribed family viewing. Saturday night, The Generation Game. You have
:52:58. > :53:03.a deaf white cat called botch? He is quite deaf. Must be trouble at night
:53:04. > :53:07.getting him in! Here, Kitty! He took hold of it, grabbed it by the scruff
:53:08. > :53:16.of the neck and he knew that he could make it work. The parrot goes
:53:17. > :53:21.like this... Starting from now! He portrays the man who is running the
:53:22. > :53:29.show and everything, but he loves it when things start falling apart. The
:53:30. > :53:35.worst, the better Bruce Forsyth became. This is your big dying scene
:53:36. > :53:42.so you let the as bite you on the bus. Which one? On the conveyor belt
:53:43. > :53:49.tonight, Christmas hamper, a trade, a rotisserie. A cuddly... He helped
:53:50. > :53:51.them. A digital clock? Bruce was giving the answers. Silver goblets
:53:52. > :54:03.as well. Suddenly, these shows were not just
:54:04. > :54:11.a show in their own right, they were Brucie. The price is right! Putting
:54:12. > :54:14.the name and gave it the stamp of approval. Everybody has a favourite
:54:15. > :54:24.Bruce, The Generation Game or the price is right. For me, it was Play
:54:25. > :54:27.Your Cards Right. Jack! Seven. All the stuff since Generation Game,
:54:28. > :54:33.they had been different games, but it has kind of been the same Brucie
:54:34. > :54:39.in the middle. That everybody loves. Do you want to bet on it? Well, you
:54:40. > :54:45.better get on it. So don't fret, get set, are you ready? You bet! Bruce
:54:46. > :54:54.wet his game show magic any new audience in 2010. Have I Got News
:54:55. > :54:58.for You, for you, have I got... News! Was not entirely sure it was a
:54:59. > :55:01.good idea to have Bruce Forsyth hosting the show, he was not the
:55:02. > :55:05.obvious choice for a topical news quiz. He did not trust to the show,
:55:06. > :55:15.he took over. It is definitely time for... Play your Iraqi cards right!
:55:16. > :55:20.By the end of it, he had sort of stormed it. Tony Blair insists that
:55:21. > :55:24.weapons of mass destruction would eventually be found in Iraq. Well,
:55:25. > :55:32.it would be nice to see them, to see them... Nice! When I look back, I do
:55:33. > :55:38.realise I did too many game shows. But you see, you could do them some
:55:39. > :55:43.quick and the money was fantastic. What he does looks easy, it looks
:55:44. > :55:48.fun, what he does looks as if it is just happening off the spirit of the
:55:49. > :55:51.moment. But what he is doing has been meticulously planned because
:55:52. > :55:59.make no mistake about it, this man is a real pro.
:56:00. > :56:02.CHEERING AND APPLAUSE. What a programme this has been!
:56:03. > :56:04.It has been lovely. Thank you to all our
:56:05. > :56:19.guests for joining us And we have had a message from
:56:20. > :56:24.Bruce's family. It is from Lady Forsyth and his children. They would
:56:25. > :56:29.like to thank the many people who have sent messages of condolence.
:56:30. > :56:32.Our hearts are truly broken and the tributes paid to him in the last few
:56:33. > :56:36.days have helped us tremendously through this very difficult time. It
:56:37. > :56:39.has been humbling and comforting the others to realise just how much
:56:40. > :56:40.Bruce was loved and how many lives he touched.
:56:41. > :56:44.Indeed. We leave you now with some more
:56:45. > :56:47.of the photos you've been sending And Dave Arch's special arrangement
:56:48. > :56:51.of the Generation Game theme, # If you don't play
:56:52. > :57:25.the game with two # And I'd be so pleased
:57:26. > :57:35.to go with you # If you don't play
:57:36. > :57:43.the game with two # Live every minute
:57:44. > :57:53.of each hour, of every day # Well, don't you dare give way
:57:54. > :58:03.when it's time to play # And I wanna race
:58:04. > :58:14.the tracks with you # If you don't play
:58:15. > :58:30.the game with two # And you may find lots
:58:31. > :58:43.of trouble and strife