:00:29. > :00:35.That was totally awesome. Don't get me wrong, John, but when will you
:00:36. > :00:38.stop pretending to be American. As soon as you stop pretending to ride
:00:39. > :00:49.this bike! Fair enough!
:00:50. > :00:56.Welcome to The One Show with tonight's guest presenter, a man of
:00:57. > :00:59.many talents. It's John Barrowman. And also the lovely comedian, Alex
:01:00. > :01:04.Jones! How does it feel? This is not the
:01:05. > :01:08.first time you've sat on the side, isn't it? I am excited to be here.
:01:09. > :01:13.It is a great show. One thing, I'm not nervous and that is worrying me.
:01:14. > :01:17.There's no need to be. So if anything goes wrong, don't blame me!
:01:18. > :01:23.There's only 27 minutes left! What can happen? Our guest tonight has
:01:24. > :01:32.showbiz pedigree. She arrived a few hours ago. Here are all her fans
:01:33. > :01:36.waiting to catch a glimpse of her. There she S unphased by all the
:01:37. > :01:41.attention. Please welcome to The One Show the famous furball herself,
:01:42. > :01:48.it's Peggy... APPLAUSE Don't worry, because Peggy
:01:49. > :01:52.is not here by herself. She actually came with her pet-human. That is
:01:53. > :01:56.right. We have let her off the lead. We have put the newspaper down, it's
:01:57. > :02:06.Miranda Hart! APPLAUSE She is so cute. Very well
:02:07. > :02:10.behaved. She is like, applause for me!
:02:11. > :02:16.What is she A cross between a Shih Tzu, she's off... She's like,
:02:17. > :02:19.whatever, I've had my applause. A Shih Tzu and a Bichon Frise.
:02:20. > :02:26.Together they have created that little... Look at the state of it!
:02:27. > :02:31.Tonight she's on our sofa. Is she allowed on the sofa at home? I would
:02:32. > :02:38.love to say, never on the sofa, never on the bed. She doesn't moult,
:02:39. > :02:45.you know? Really? She's very clean. We hear that you like a dogs by
:02:46. > :02:55.debt. Is that right? -- like a dog biscuit. Is that right?
:02:56. > :03:02.I've eaten one! What are you doing? They are dog biscuits. They are
:03:03. > :03:09.liver and bacon, tripe and haddock! They are actually quite nice! I was
:03:10. > :03:16.given a dog biscuit made of honey and oats. It was shaped like a bone.
:03:17. > :03:20.I looked mad eating it. It was like porridge in a biscuit. There is
:03:21. > :03:27.something in it like basil... Basil... In a dog biscuit!
:03:28. > :03:33.My breathe will be good later. Peggy, what's this... ? It will be
:03:34. > :03:36.crazy, I can tell. We will talk to the great pretender herself -
:03:37. > :03:40.Chrissie Hynde. And the Pretenders will treat us to a live performance
:03:41. > :03:46.at the end of the show. I am looking forward to that. As we have Captain
:03:47. > :03:51.Jack with us tonight, let's start with Sci-fi robots. My friend, the
:03:52. > :03:55.doctor, has had a run in with robots. This week Professor Stephen
:03:56. > :03:59.Hawking warned one day they could become intelligent enough to take
:04:00. > :04:04.over the world. To see where our obsession began we powered up the
:04:05. > :04:10.Sergeant 3,000 and it took a while. We sent him to metre ribbing.
:04:11. > :04:17.In the depths of the Science Museum in London, a metal menace is
:04:18. > :04:21.lurking. A collection of robots which can
:04:22. > :04:30.trace their existence back to one individual. His name was Eric. In
:04:31. > :04:34.the 1920s, this legendry figure single-handedly revolutionised the
:04:35. > :04:39.field of robotics, leaving a legacy still with us today. Eric was not
:04:40. > :04:47.human. He was Britain's very first robot. Unveiled in 1928, he wowed
:04:48. > :04:51.the crowd, as he moved his limbs and gave a short speech. Just like a
:04:52. > :04:55.real man. He became an overnight success and a global tour began,
:04:56. > :04:59.showcasing this pioneering robot to the world.
:05:00. > :05:07.Ben Russell is lead curator at the museum. He has invited me behind the
:05:08. > :05:13.scenes to find out more about this forerobot. He is an amazing
:05:14. > :05:19.landmark. Built in 1928. Actually until only a few years before the
:05:20. > :05:24.word robot did not exist. He is work of some technical endeavour. What
:05:25. > :05:29.inspired his building? The Duke of York was invited to open a model
:05:30. > :05:37.engineering exhibition. He couldn't go and a robot was built to replace
:05:38. > :05:40.him. He looks regal. He was constructed by an engineer and
:05:41. > :05:46.journalist. Deborah Richards is his great
:05:47. > :05:53.granddaughter. So these are pictures of Captain Richards. So this is your
:05:54. > :05:57.great grandfather. The great robot and great grandfather went to
:05:58. > :06:02.America. They went to do a tour in 1929, in New York. Eric was shot at
:06:03. > :06:08.by a night watchman because he was terrified of him. Really! What
:06:09. > :06:15.happened to Eric in the end? It is a mystery. He vanished. We just don't
:06:16. > :06:19.know. Eric mysteriously disappeared. After the Science Museum uncovered
:06:20. > :06:25.original plans, a project has been under way to bring Eric whack to
:06:26. > :06:31.life. A new Eric, that is something. The family are excited. We cannot
:06:32. > :06:35.wait to see him. Robotic artist Giles Walker has been tasked with
:06:36. > :06:42.rebuilding Eric from scratch. After five months the new Eric is nearing
:06:43. > :06:48.completion. Hello. Hi. Eric, isn't he wonderful? Bigger than I thought.
:06:49. > :06:54.About six foot. In the 1920s to see him, that would be startling. He had
:06:55. > :07:02.35,000 volts sparking through his teeth. He does not spark. He has
:07:03. > :07:08.LEDs flashing. It is not the same as 35,000 volts, but safer. How much is
:07:09. > :07:14.the same inside? I have converted a load of pulleys and electro magnets
:07:15. > :07:21.into digital systems. He's a very modern old robot. In 1932 Eric was
:07:22. > :07:26.film toed r the last time before he vanished. And now, 84 years later,
:07:27. > :07:34.The One Show has arranged for Deborah to meet the finished Eric
:07:35. > :07:38.for the very first time. Good Lord! Great uncle Eric, there you are!
:07:39. > :07:44.Fantastic! Hello, Deborah. My name is Eric. It
:07:45. > :07:49.is lovely to meet a member of the Richards family after all these
:07:50. > :07:54.years. And great to meet you! What do you think? Delighted. From a
:07:55. > :08:01.small girl I ran with the idea when I saw the photographs that my
:08:02. > :08:06.grandfather had shown me. It was his life's wish he could refind Eric. It
:08:07. > :08:13.is emotional. I am very happy. Who knows if the original Eric will
:08:14. > :08:16.ever be found. It is great to see a new Eric come to life for this
:08:17. > :08:23.generation to enjoy. You can see him on display free of
:08:24. > :08:27.charge at London's Science Museum until 30th November. It reminded me
:08:28. > :08:33.of an older type siber man. You said that in the meeting. I did. Did you
:08:34. > :08:39.know that a cyberman once fainted in our studio. Because it is so hot. I
:08:40. > :08:42.am so warm. It will be your expensive jacket! We don't have to
:08:43. > :08:47.go into that. Are you good with technology? I appreciate it. I am
:08:48. > :08:50.not great with it. I feel 95 in technology years. You had a problem
:08:51. > :08:55.with your laptop. What happened when you were doing the book? I first
:08:56. > :09:00.wrote my book three years ago. It was sort of my fault
:09:01. > :09:03.technology-wise. I got burgled. I got home one night. I was about that
:09:04. > :09:10.day. I thought, no I will read it tomorrow. I was about to send... Oh,
:09:11. > :09:14.all right, Peggy! I was about to press send to my agent. I got home
:09:15. > :09:19.and it had been stolen. I finished the whole thing. And it happened
:09:20. > :09:22.that night. How do you motivate yourself to write the whole thing
:09:23. > :09:27.again? It was heartbreaking! I cried. My sister and I write. I felt
:09:28. > :09:35.ill when I read that of. It was horrible. I cried for two days. And
:09:36. > :09:38.I felt shamed because technology-wise I did not back up. I
:09:39. > :09:44.thought that was a bit of concity pacing. I didn't know what that was!
:09:45. > :09:49.I hadn't backed up and felt silly for that. I cried for a long time.
:09:50. > :09:53.Writers were sending me messages, saying, I totally understand. Other
:09:54. > :09:57.people have lost books. I realised they had stolen my time. You know, I
:09:58. > :10:00.thought of all the times on holidays when I could have been with
:10:01. > :10:05.friends... Maybe it was not the right time for the book. Maybe now
:10:06. > :10:11.is the time. You do credit Peggy with a lot of your success. She's
:10:12. > :10:15.been a real companion. It It is basically me! But it is true, I do
:10:16. > :10:22.say in the book how she really kept me company. I found the writing of
:10:23. > :10:27.my sitcom much harder. Lonely? I am not a writer who can sit in cafes. I
:10:28. > :10:31.need to... And I act it out as well as a writer-performer. I would love
:10:32. > :10:38.to be a fly on the wall! It would be awesome! I play random
:10:39. > :10:42.Stevy and to mum and so it does not work for that writing. Having here
:10:43. > :10:48.she brought that community and connection. Where did you guys meet?
:10:49. > :10:55.We met on the set of Not Going Out. I was acting in it. And the costume
:10:56. > :11:01.lady had puppies. Well, her dog had puppies, just to be clear!
:11:02. > :11:06.Just to be clear! In case some woman never works on television again! She
:11:07. > :11:13.had a litter of puppy. Peggy was one of them. She was bagged at the time
:11:14. > :11:17.by somebody else. Someone else had... Not bagged!
:11:18. > :11:21.People will have nightmares. Oh, look at the state of her, on the
:11:22. > :11:27.monitor. Oh, she's so beautiful. Much like her owner!
:11:28. > :11:30.And yes, so I spend a lot of time in the costume department with these
:11:31. > :11:38.puppies. They were... Can you imagine... I have seen some puppies
:11:39. > :11:43.like this. They are gorgeous. But that doesn't, it is not where
:11:44. > :11:49.her show business connections end. She has show business heritage. In a
:11:50. > :11:54.section called, Whose Dog Do You Think You Are? We will take a look
:11:55. > :11:57.at Peggy's family tree. Peggy apparently had a grandfather
:11:58. > :12:04.with proper showbiz credentials. Is that right? Can you confirm or deny?
:12:05. > :12:09.Would you like me to name. Michael Barrymoore. You say that... I have
:12:10. > :12:16.said it in my book! It might not be right. Really. Our
:12:17. > :12:20.research team discovered it was Peggy's grandmother... Grandmother.
:12:21. > :12:24.That belonged to Michael, who was called Sprite. She was a Bichon
:12:25. > :12:30.Frise as well. Sprite. So it is still Michael's. I said grandfather.
:12:31. > :12:37.OK! Right,ly have to amend that for the paperwork. Sprite then met...
:12:38. > :12:44.You just ruined my book. Sprite then had a litter from which
:12:45. > :12:54.Doris, Peggy's mum was born. Yes. Doris then had a fling with a Shih
:12:55. > :13:08.Tzu called Jo-Jo. A Shih Tzu. Do you know who Joe-Joe belonged to? I hope
:13:09. > :13:14.this is right, Samantha Jannice/Womack. Here is Doris and
:13:15. > :13:21.Joe, Peggy's mum and dad. Isn't that Gorg! Between them they created
:13:22. > :13:23.this! They created Peggy and all of her little siblings. Can you
:13:24. > :13:36.remember the names? And Peggy was Eunice.
:13:37. > :13:45.I quickly changed that. Fine on an 80-year-old piano teacher. Not on
:13:46. > :13:50.this. Look at that face! It, John! You talked about lady who had
:13:51. > :13:55.puppies, but not really. She works in television. She works here at The
:13:56. > :14:02.One Show. You couldn't make it up. Here she is, with her dad and her
:14:03. > :14:06.sisters. This is your family here. This is Gladys, who is now called
:14:07. > :14:12.Rosy. This is Mavis, your sister. You have your two sisters and this
:14:13. > :14:14.is your daddy here. Your daddy Joe-Joe. They miss you and they will
:14:15. > :14:27.see you later. Aren't you, chaps? I feel the emotional about that.
:14:28. > :14:32.Peggy, how are you feeling? She doesn't care. She is well trained,
:14:33. > :14:42.she goes straight to the book! Good for her! Miranda's but, Peggy And
:14:43. > :14:49.Me, is out now. It has been an emotional day at Westminster, as MPs
:14:50. > :14:54.have debated how to pardon thousands of men with criminal convictions.
:14:55. > :15:02.The Government will put forward its own version of the bill. Here are
:15:03. > :15:08.the words of a poet and activist. Alan Turing's pardon comes 60 years
:15:09. > :15:12.too late. Our country showed him no love then, just hate. By branding
:15:13. > :15:17.him a criminal, they sealed his fate. So I beg your pardon if I
:15:18. > :15:24.choose not to celebrate. Alan Turing was a hero, I wrote my poem I Beg
:15:25. > :15:30.Your Pardon because it's not enough that one person is just symbolically
:15:31. > :15:36.pardoned. Can we pardon 50,000 other men convicted? For not hiding who
:15:37. > :15:43.they choose to have sex with? The other being reported for what they
:15:44. > :15:51.did conceptually? Can we get some justice for them, eventually? Every
:15:52. > :15:55.time they use the word pardon, that word grates with me. Pardon only
:15:56. > :16:03.goes with a crime. There was no crime! The crime, they say, was
:16:04. > :16:10.because we loved other men, and that was not acceptable. Because Alan
:16:11. > :16:18.Turing was a genius and Alan Turing was a hero. That does not make me a
:16:19. > :16:25.0. Because Tom Daley coming out made news. I met someone, and that
:16:26. > :16:30.someone was a guy. And yet so mini people said, that's not news. So
:16:31. > :16:36.many would not do the same in his shoes. Now, that Youtube video has
:16:37. > :16:45.10 million views. But many men and women had to fight... For his
:16:46. > :16:51.freedom to love is now his right. Alan Turing did not have that, and
:16:52. > :16:56.nor did 50,000 others. We lost a war with the law for being lovers. My
:16:57. > :17:02.great uncle would have been absolutely, absolutely delighted if
:17:03. > :17:06.he had been here today. He was a very honest and kind man. He would
:17:07. > :17:12.have wanted fairness for everybody. We must pardon those 50,000 mothers'
:17:13. > :17:21.sons, because it's not really justice if it's justice for one.
:17:22. > :17:24.Really touching, and thank you to everyone who took part. It means a
:17:25. > :17:30.lot to everyone out there in the nation, and I am one of them. Well,
:17:31. > :17:39.look who has turned up, it's Chrissie Hynde, everybody! Meet
:17:40. > :17:43.Miranda and Peggy! Now, this is quite strange, that you're both here
:17:44. > :17:47.on the same night. Because Miranda, is it right that back in the day,
:17:48. > :17:53.people used to say that you looked a bit like Chrissie Hynde, which gave
:17:54. > :17:57.you a lot of confidence? Yes. I'm sorry to put that on you! At
:17:58. > :18:03.university I was very down on my looks. Someone then said, you look a
:18:04. > :18:08.bit like Chrissie Hynde. And I was like... Because I slightly adore
:18:09. > :18:16.you. So thank you cars... I loved my face. Did you hide behind your, too?
:18:17. > :18:22.Can that's the rock look. It's the give up look, actually! Never! You
:18:23. > :18:25.started with a so low album. When did you know when you were making
:18:26. > :18:31.this that you realised it is actually a Pretenders album? It's
:18:32. > :18:35.interesting, pretty much if I'm doing it, it's still a long history
:18:36. > :18:43.with The Pretenders. Some line-up changes along the way, but... But is
:18:44. > :18:51.it a certain sound? I guess, yes. It's pretty rock. And the album is
:18:52. > :18:54.called Alone. You say it's all in the name. It's not about loneliness,
:18:55. > :18:59.it's about celebrating the fact that actually you're really happy being
:19:00. > :19:07.on your own? Well... Steady on, there is an element of loneliness,
:19:08. > :19:13.but yes, the title track is about being all right at being alone. It's
:19:14. > :19:20.not the best, but it's better than sometimes not being on your own. So
:19:21. > :19:24.do you enjoy touring? I love it, yes. You don't want to do it for too
:19:25. > :19:35.long, and then it starts to go the wrong way. One of the songs on the
:19:36. > :19:38.album, Rodey Man. But is also a lesser celebrated Finn, I think. But
:19:39. > :19:43.you had some pressure from Elvis Costello, to put that on the album?
:19:44. > :19:51.I think I sang it to Elvis quite a few years ago. And he loves it? Yes,
:19:52. > :19:55.he said I should do it, so... I must get in touch with him and tell him
:19:56. > :19:58.I've done it. We were very excited that you're going to be working with
:19:59. > :20:03.Stevie nicks. How did it come about and when is it going to happen? I
:20:04. > :20:10.met Stevie over the years, and we were both going out on the road at
:20:11. > :20:14.the same time. It just coincided, she's doing arenas, not my first
:20:15. > :20:19.choice, I like theatres and clubs. But we're not that big. It's not my
:20:20. > :20:27.cup of tea, I like small stuff. Intimate stuff. I wanted to get the
:20:28. > :20:32.band out, and she's going, I think it's a good fit. Do you still have a
:20:33. > :20:35.list of people you would like to work with? I would love to do
:20:36. > :20:43.something with Kate Bush. That would be awesome. It would. Do you want
:20:44. > :20:49.to...? I just... Just get some singing lessons? I don't know, we
:20:50. > :20:57.look like... And we both have a dog! No, I don't have a dog. The
:20:58. > :21:01.Pretenders' new album Alone is out today. And Chrissy and the band will
:21:02. > :21:15.be performing their new single Holy Commotion at the end of the show.
:21:16. > :21:24.Meanwhile, here is an award-winning cellist paying tribute to his very
:21:25. > :21:27.supportive parents. Like all parents, we thought our
:21:28. > :21:30.children were talented and win new music would be a big part of their
:21:31. > :21:41.lives. We just did not realise how big a part it would be. I won BBC
:21:42. > :21:50.London News ocean, and I could not have done it without my family. As a
:21:51. > :21:59.toddler, he was very cheeky. If you heard a noise in the house, you knew
:22:00. > :22:03.it was Sheku. He started the piano at five, and the cello at six, and
:22:04. > :22:07.it went from there. From the minute I pick up the cello, I loved the
:22:08. > :22:12.sound and wanted to play it all the time. I think because I loved it so
:22:13. > :22:17.much, I got Tilly Gray date when I was about nine, I think. All of my
:22:18. > :22:26.brothers and sisters play music. -- I got to grade eight. The youngest
:22:27. > :22:31.is seven years old. And there's seven of us in total. We did not set
:22:32. > :22:39.out to have an orchestra, it just came about, as one by one they
:22:40. > :22:43.started to learn instruments. I started playing the cello, and this
:22:44. > :22:47.is the one that Sheku used to play. And I think I might be better than
:22:48. > :22:51.him. From a very young age, I've always been encouraged by my
:22:52. > :22:55.parents. But up until now I have never really thought about the
:22:56. > :22:58.impact it has had on their lives. We have made sacrifices, we had
:22:59. > :23:03.wallpaper peeling off, things we could not repair in the house, but
:23:04. > :23:05.we're happy because of the benefits they get from playing and the
:23:06. > :23:11.enjoyment they get. Looking after all of our instruments costs a
:23:12. > :23:19.fortune, and during the string finals in Bbc Young Musician, I
:23:20. > :23:23.snapped a string. Luckily, it did not throw me and I just came back
:23:24. > :23:27.on. But I reckon my dad in the audience was probably thinking,
:23:28. > :23:33.that's ?80 down the drain! Every Saturday morning, my parents get us
:23:34. > :23:37.all up at five and take us to the Royal Academy of music in London. It
:23:38. > :23:43.is very difficult keeping track of everything that the children do.
:23:44. > :23:46.Sheku has type 1 diabetes, which is an extra worry for me because he has
:23:47. > :23:50.to monitor his blood levels, especially before he performs. I
:23:51. > :23:56.have to always check to make sure he has eaten enough. Like most
:23:57. > :24:05.17-year-olds, Sheku is very forgetful and messy. He turned up at
:24:06. > :24:12.a major concert in London, without a bow. We're very lucky because the
:24:13. > :24:17.children all go to Trinity school, a local comprehensive school, which is
:24:18. > :24:21.very good at music. At high school, all pupils learning the violin and
:24:22. > :24:24.the record recorder. Because of that, all of my friends understand
:24:25. > :24:28.what I do and I have never been bullied or teased for what I do.
:24:29. > :24:32.People might think that my parents have been pushy and forced me to do
:24:33. > :24:36.it from a young age, but I think it's definitely been something I've
:24:37. > :24:38.always wanted to do, and they've encouraged me, but it's always come
:24:39. > :24:50.from me. Think that's really important. The 17-year-old cellist
:24:51. > :24:59.from Nottingham... I was absolutely terrified, I just wanted it to be
:25:00. > :25:05.over! The winner of the BBC Young Musician Pretty 16 is Sheku
:25:06. > :25:08.Kanneh-Mason full stop when it was announced, I was very happy. Also
:25:09. > :25:12.being the first black winner was very important to me, because a have
:25:13. > :25:16.always wanted to inspire young black people to take up music, being given
:25:17. > :25:22.the opportunity myself. We're very proud of Sheku, not just for winning
:25:23. > :25:26.but for the way he has handled it. He hasn't changed. I will always be
:25:27. > :25:30.very grateful for all of the support my parents have given to me in
:25:31. > :25:37.music. And I think that always inspires me to work hard and give my
:25:38. > :25:41.all in every performance. My younger sisters have always wanted to do
:25:42. > :25:44.well in the Young Musician competition, so I'll leave that to
:25:45. > :26:01.them! And maybe they can start practising for The One Show!
:26:02. > :26:09.What a brilliant family! It is amazing, thank you to Sheku and all
:26:10. > :26:13.his brothers and sisters. Wouldn't it be great if one of the sisters
:26:14. > :26:19.won the Young Musician Of The Year award? It would be fantastic, and I
:26:20. > :26:23.think there is a chance that they will as well! A very big thank you
:26:24. > :26:30.to Peggy and to Miranda. John, did you enjoy it? I had a great time and
:26:31. > :26:36.I would love to be back. I will be back with Matt on Monday. Now,
:26:37. > :26:40.playing us out with their single Holy Commotion, from their new album
:26:41. > :27:25.Alone, it is the fantastic, amazing, Pretenders!
:27:26. > :27:44.# I just want, I want, I want, to see your face
:27:45. > :27:53.# I just want, I want, I want to dance all night
:27:54. > :28:02.# When the walls come tumbling down And the love drags all around
:28:03. > :28:05.# And the dogs of war come around no more
:28:06. > :28:07.# No more rape or torture or mutilation
:28:08. > :28:13.# One love one way One
:28:14. > :28:38.# Devotion, devotion, come on devotion
:28:39. > :28:51.# Massive devotion. # Come on.
:28:52. > :28:53.# Come on # Oh, oh
:28:54. > :29:00.# Let's go.