22/01/2018 The One Show

Welcome to the first One Show of

week with Matt Baker.

And Angela

Scanlon. With Princess Eugenie and

boyfriend Jack Brooksbank and

announcing their engagement earlier

today I went to meet them this

afternoon which is why I am looking

a bit smarter. There she is surely

the incredible engagement ring, a

beautiful sapphire. Find out more

about that later on.

This

about that later on.

This weekends,

freezing temperatures brought snow

and ice too much of the country and

gave us the coldest night for almost

two years, minus 13.5 Celsius in

Dalwhinnie in the Scottish

Highlands.

Highlands.

Our guests tonight have

promised to help us put the wind of

a misery to one side, to forget all

about the cold, those chilly

temperatures, they are in a play

together and what is it called...

It

is called Frozen.

Please welcome

Saran Jones and Jason Watkins! How

are we both, welcome to the

programme.

Jason you are used to

knocking around these parts. On your

bike. Huh yes, I did not come in my

bike.

I run the building.

You came

to rehearsals on the bike.

I have

got a road bike. But I do cycle into

work.

Let's talk about The National

Television Awards, you are up for

them tomorrow.

She is up for an

individual award. But I'm not. I

don't know why that happened.

Neither are we. Do you enjoy an

evening like that?

Because we are at

rehearsals, then we shot off to come

here, tomorrow, working in the

morning, then running off, I don't

even have my outfit yet. That is a

big thing I need to do. I will do it

when I arrive at the hotel to get

ready and hopefully have something

to wear! Hopefully. If not I will

just go in this, it looks all right.

What, just keep winning it?

What, just keep winning it?

If

you're watching football this

weekend you will no tributes were

paid at Premier League matches this

weekend to commemorate Cyrille Regis

who died last week, a real

trailblazer for Black football

players. Several did so much to

confront racism in his footballing

career but there is still another

prejudice in the game which another

player is determined to tackle,

Richie Anderson, with his own

announcement. Right back my name is

Richie Anderson and I love football.

I love playing for my Sunday league

team. I love competing and I love

the banter with my team-mates. But I

have got a secret iconography from

them. It is time to tell my

team-mates I am gay. To the best of

my knowledge my team-mates are

straight and have no idea I am gay.

It's funny because in every other

aspect of society I am out and

proud. My friends and family know

but as soon as I get on a football

pitch it feels like to do. So why am

I and other David Bolt keeping

quiet? Last year kicked out received

its highest number of reports of

abuse across all levels of football.

I often hear homophobic comments

whilst I am playing and watching.

Birmingham are an LGBT that play any

gay league. So it is a safe

environment for a gay footballers to

enjoy the game.

The last team I was

in there were problems, one of my

friends announced I was gay and then

turned sour. A couple of weeks later

I was at the team and I wondered why

it changed because I was gay?

You

can be the first person dropped.

There is something about football

which has prevented progress in the

same way we have seen elsewhere. How

we get to that is a difficult

question but what we have tried so

far has not worked.

That could also

explain why there's not a single out

gay footballer in the professional

game. I have come to beat Paul

Elliott who looks after the football

Association's includes an advisory

board. I hear homophobic bets on the

pitch and I see referees not batting

an eyelid.

There are ongoing

challenges and certainly around

homophobia that is one we want to do

more. The reporting is the key.

How

do I report?

Reported to the referee

and he has to put it in his

statement.

This is me just being

honest with you, I just feel there

is not enough they at the minute

which says to me if I hear in

homophobic comment, you speak to

that person.

Homophobia is to have

the same level of importance as

discrimination by virtue of your

ethnicity. I think it is important

and you have to report it.

Before I

commit to my team-mates I want to

know what to expect. My friend Neil

is also gay and he is owed to the

Sunday league team he manages.

It

will be difficult, it will not feel

good leading up to it but be

confident, be yourself, do not

expect the massive reaction.

Will it

help on Sunday if I score a

hat-trick?

It will not do you a lot

of favours if you miss a lot of

chances.

Its match day. At full-time I am

coming out to the lads. My nerves

calmed by getting on the scoresheet.

The game ends in a morale boosting

7-2 victory for the team. Now I just

have too find the right moment.

So now... I'm just ready to do it

now. Shall we just get it out the

way? My team-mates know I am making

a film about grassroots football but

have no idea what I'm about to say.

Boys, before you go I just want of a

quick chat with you all, one of the

big issues we have looked at this

week, sorry, it's really close to my

heart. It's homophobia in football.

The reason why that means a lot to

me is I am a gay footballer. So... I

just wanted to be open and honest

because with you lads, it's just

been class. This is hard for me to

do but I kind of felt like...

APPLAUSE

Seriously, thank you. That means a

lot.

There's going to be absolutely

no difference whatsoever. Doesn't

matter who you are, what colour,

what race, what sexuality, you are a

player for this team. That's it.

It

takes a lot of courage. You could

see he was emotional. Fair play to

him.

Probably doesn't mean as much

to us as it does to him so I am

proud of him to be able to come out

and say what he said and for the

lads to be as supportive as they

wear.

So relieved. So relieved.

Cannot even tell you. I expected it

because they are a good bunch of

lads and it probably helped that I

scored but I am so relieved. I just

hope people are watching this and

they are in the same boat and are

thinking you know what, I can do

that as well.

Brilliant. I think

that deserves an applause. Thank you

for letting us in on that moment. A

week ago now, it must have been...?

It was frightening and I am so

humbled by their reaction. I was

just saying, watching that back it's

like watching somebody else because

I was so nervous and so spaced out I

felt like I was watching someone

else do it and when I did it, I was

like, go on, whoever you are and it

was me! It's been brilliant sense,

we have a group chat which is mainly

used spitting excuses for not

turning up to training but they have

flooded with support. I am so

humbled with how they have reacted.

It must have felt very different to

how you thought it might so did you

go through what you wanted to say to

your team-mates, did you practice?

This is embarrassing, the night

before at home with my other half I

rearranged the living room, dragging

these coaches across and we did it

so it replicated the changing rooms

and I make a big speech and he was

thrilled as you can imagine. When I

got into the shared the day after I

went to jelly. I kept talking and

waffling, and then he started

clapping and it was like, oh my God.

It just felt like such an amazing

moment. I expected it because they

are such a lovely bunch.

You are out

and proud in all other areas of your

life but this was the one place you

did not feel until now comfortable

doing it.

I don't get why there is a

feeling with football not being in

line with the rest of society. I

feel like if you do that with your

friends or at the workplace nobody

would bat an eyelid. So I don't know

why I feel uneasy on the football

pitch. There was a survey done by

BBC Radio 5Live in 2016 and it said

8% of football fans would stop

watching their team if a player came

out as gay. That was 2016. You can

understand why more people are not

doing it when people have those

attitude. How is that a thing?

So

what is the answer in your eyes?

What level does it have to start

changing? Are we talking the

premiership, globally, grassroots?

It starts at the top with the FA.

They have done some incredible

things like the rainbow laces

campaign but I have played Sunday

morning football for 20 years and

before every match the referee comes

in and says no racism, now running

up to the referee, now squaring up,

you will be sent off and find. But

in homophobia, I have never heard a

referee make any reference and I

think that needs to come from the

top. People need to know that if you

say something even as a banter,

which I hate, it is not banter, but

if you say anything you should not

be playing.

That happens in

professional grounds as well, racism

is not tolerated, fans can be

ejected for the growing for racism

and I think, phobia should be

treated equally. It is unpleasant

for families to hear that language.

Do you think it is looked at on that

level? Do you think in football they

are on the same level?

I think any

kind of abuse should not be

tolerated football is such an

amazing game.

You are

semiprofessional.

I tried. I had a

go. I was at Wrexham very briefly

with Mark Hughes and I, we are the

same age and I played against him at

under 17, I don't know what happened

to him...

Are you surprised it is

still an issue?

Yeah, I think, it's

a great opportunity in the

professional game to take the lead.

You can imagine people younger and

you are so sort of, such, great

personality and sometimes people who

feel they cannot come out are

suffering in silence however much

they are loving the games. It's an

expression may have and yet somehow

they cannot fully express

themselves.

Richie thank you for

allowing the cameras to come and

share that important moment in your

life.

I am just glad they included

the goal!

LAUGHTER

Another football great has passed

away today, World Cup winner who was

part of Sir Alf Ramsey's victorious

England squad in 1966, former

England captain and Blackpool great

Jimmy Armfield has died at the age

of 82.

We'll be holding the FA Cup

draw live on the next Monday. Soon

we'll be talking to Suranne and

Jason about their new play Frozen

which features the disappearance of

a young girl. To help prepare the

cast worked closely with the

organisation Missing People.

They

are the only charity in the UK

dedicated to bringing missing

children and adults back together

with families. We spent the day with

them.

We are launching the publicity

campaign which is vitally important

for the family, if you have a lot

one missing you want the world. And

the world to show they care.

There

is not a typical day here at Missing

People, we support families at any

stage of someone being missing.

It's

a very particular type of loss we

understand the experience, the

uncertainty of having someone away,

thinking about where they are and

what has happened, when they make

comeback and how long that might

take.

When we get the referral we

look at what we can do for the

person and we have different steps.

That will be things like posters. We

can then see what local media

organisations we have connections

with. We will then look at other

printed media partners like the

Daily Mirror and the big issue and

we can go all the way up to the big

digital billboards you see in

railway stations along the side of

the road. Anyone can help us and

join the search. You can get your

community engaged and a lot of

families we work with tell us how

important it is that we are here not

just for the emotional support but

the proactive doing something.

The main three groups helplines are

targeted for our adults away from

home or thinking of leaving,

children running away or thinking of

love running away and families who

have been left behind. For some

people if they are thinking of

leaving home or have had to leave

home run away it might be a big

thing and they may not have had a

chance to even say out loud what has

been happening and have a chance to

talk to someone where they can be

listened to, it can hopefully help

them think through what they might

want to do next.

This is a special system that only

the police can use so it has to be

someone registered as a missing

person. The text messages sent to

their phone letting them know that

our team is here so if someone

chooses to respond they will get

through to our 24-hour team.

Everyone wants to know they are OK

and they are safe.

We can also help

people by reconnecting them with

family members, pass messages to

family members and connect people on

3-way calls and it's just that sense

of having someone else on the line

who can support the process and help

the person explain what is going on

and on make sure both parties are

OK. It can lead to some really

positive re-connections.

When I

speak to people who have a child

missing or have a family member

missing, there are people I have in

my life, it makes you understand how

painful it is, that experience. That

is why I work here because I

recognise it's a very human issue

having someone missing that you love

when we all have families and we all

love people. In means this

experience could happen to anybody.

That brings us onto the topic of

your play Frozen and you have been

working with the charity to prepare

for this?

Yes, my character has a

missing daughter and within the

first weeks of rehearsal we thought

it was really important to involve

charities like Missing People and

what they did was introduced me to

three parents and two of the mothers

came to talk to us about their

children who were still missing.

It's entertainment and it's a play

but actually when you are dealing

with things like this I think it's

really important to do your research

in the correct way and it was brave

of those women to come and talk to

us about their experiences and how

they feel and we also had a

criminologist which takes us onto

Jason's character. We find out what

happened to my daughter throughout

the play, which runs over 20 years.

I get the opportunity to meet the

person is perhaps responsible for my

daughter going missing.

There is a lot of mystery

surrounding this and we don't want

to go into the details, but Jason,

what do you want to say about the

perspective of your character?

There

is huge empathy for people with

missing children. This has a strong

theme of empathy and understanding.

Suranne is right, you want to get

into the reality and we have had

success in television playing in

trek Sting and complex characters.

The more you reflect society and

individuals in society accurately

and with empathy, it makes things

very special. Something about the

live elements of watching incredibly

complex, difficult, challenging

characters in difficult situations,

makes theatre a special thing. One

always looks for those characters in

whatever medium and this play has a

psychologist, a criminologist who

comes to study my character. So,

there is that element as well. We

have been working with an expert

criminologists.

Let's have a little

look at the most glossy trailer we

have ever seen from a stage play.

They say missing children often

phone on their birthday. When she

comes back, everything will be nice.

The same. Familiar.

The same. Familiar. Rhona, where are

you? I know you are somewhere.

you? I know you are somewhere.

I

tell you what. Gives me shivers.

I

was just saying, it is mainly

monologue, and there is a lot of

monologues as the trailer suggests.

They are quite singular stories. I

haven't been rehearsing with Jason

and I don't know if he is any good.

I will hopefully find out.

I will hopefully find out. You

looked really good on the trailer.

I

am better on the screen.

You are

friends? Yes, Vicky is responsible

for giving away a big secret. I was

very good at handstands.

Extraordinary at handstands. He has

been trying to teach me how to do

cartwheels.

What is your record with

handstands?

You mean in in terms of

distance? I used to run the length

of a basketball court when I was

about 14 and I got close to the

world record for running on my

hands. Clearly, cannot do that now.

I have slipped a disc, otherwise

would have helped too. Feel free to

do one, if you fancy it, it is

entirely up to yourself.

I will do

one, if you want me to. But I would

love it if you did.

love it if you did.

I can warm up

slightly.

I do this at every single

party, every chat show.

I will go

this site, you go that side. I am

going to do it with my jacket on.

Be

careful.

APPLAUSE

Slightly awkward how we went from

the topic we were talking about two

handstand competition.

That wasn't planned. Frozen, get

back to the play, it is on the 12

weeks at the Theatre Royal in

Haymarket. It starts on the 9th of

February.

Handstands aren't in it.

If Her Majesty the Queen didn't have

enough reasons to celebrate this

year with Prince Harry and Meghan's

wedding and a great grandchild on

the way, there was another

announcement that her granddaughter,

Princess Eugenie is to marry in the

autumn.

I met up with Eugenie and

her fiance, a few hours ago. How

does it feel the news is finally out

there?

So exciting.

How many people

knew up until today?

We tell the

parents, brother and sister and my

grandparents.

Very few people.

We

kept it a secret. Everybody will

want to see the ring, Eugenie. What

is the story behind it, Jack?

I

found an amazing sapphire but then

didn't want to do anything until

Eugenie had signed off on it.

How

long have you been wearing it?

Literally less than 24 hours. It

feels very strange.

You look down at

your hands and his sake, I am

engaged. Jack, did you go down on

one knee? I did. This is your first

ever TV interview and for those

people that don't read gossip

columns, introduce us to your

husband to be.

That is the first

time anyone has said that. This is

Jack, we met when I was 20 and Jack

was 24. We fell in love and we have

the same passions and drive for

life. It is so nice we get to share

this moment with everyone and you

get to meet Jack.

With a background

in hospitality, are you planning to

do most of the planning for the

wedding?

I am not sure I will get a

word in edgeways.

We will do it

together.

Do you have a dress in

mind? I have three sisters and the

conversation is always either

straight or like orang.

Gnome orang

shoulders. Planning will start as of

tomorrow.

Where were you when you

met?

We were skiing. Love at first

sight.

Was it? Have you had a word

with Her Majesty the Queen, was she

on the list of the phone calls he

made this morning?

Granny you at the

beginning, she was one of the very

few people that knew from the

beginning. She was very happy, as

was my grandfather.

What did she say

to you, Jack?

That she was

incredibly happy and she wished as

well.

Do you feel quite royal or do

you feel you will have to learn to

be Royal?

It is very special to be

part of your family now, but it is

very, very nice to be part of it.

Jack, what do they make of it, your

parents?

My parents are over the

moon for us.

Jack supports me and

supports my family, I am just as

happy to support his family. They

are wonderful people and they have

been so lovely. Over seven years you

get to know people very well. They

are already parents and little

brother.

You have been together

seven years, does your relationship

feel different this morning?

Yes,

but for the better. It is amazing. I

love Eugenie so much and we are very

happy and over the moon for what is

to come. I am so excited now to be

telling friends and family. Just

very, very excited to spend our

lifetime together, which is amazing.

After seven years, where you

wondering what was keeping him so

long?

Maybe. I knew.

We wish you all

the very best. You look great

together.

Thank you so much.

Thank

you so much.

You got through your

first TV interview, well done.

It was very much like that. It was

lovely to be sharing in their

special day and spreading the word.

They are a great couple and I liked

Jack.

From royalty to comedy

royalty, you will be working with

John Cleese interested?

Yes, it is

called Hold The Sunset. It is John

Cleese, Alison Steadman and myself.

It is very funny. I am looking

forward to being transmitted.

You

had such a busy year last year, so

you are not slowing down?

No, I keep

covering the Monty Python 's, I did

one, Terry Gillingham film that he

made 20 years ago with Johnny Depp.

I had a part in that, so I spent the

spring in Spain, Portugal.

Suranne,

you were working with Michael Pailin

en Vanity Fair?

Yes, the brilliant

Olivia Cook is playing the lead.

Back with your old pal, Sally

Wainright?

Yes, we are filming

Gentleman Jack and I am playing Anne

Lister of Shibden Hall. She left a

lot of diaries in code, because they

talked about her lovers. She is a

lesbian landowner, entrepreneur

diarist of the 19th century who was

hidden away. Now we get to celebrate

her because the diaries hidden away.

And Sally Wainright has written

eight beautiful scripts and I cannot

wait to celebrate this woman who

should have been celebrated years

ago, but we are going to do it now.

Finished the play, all the best with

that. Haven't they been marvellous.

You can see Frozen at Haymarket from

the 9th of February.

We're back

tomorrow with Elaine