22/02/2012 The One Show

Hello and welcome to The One Show with Matt Baker and Alex Jones.

Tonight's character plays a character who to be tipped over the

edge. Please welcome the star of Kidnap

and Ransom. It is Trevor Eve. It is good to have you back on. It is

good to be here. Well, Matt and I were lucky enough

to see the first episode in the new series of Kidnap and Ransom. I love

it. But before we start, we would like to know what is going on here

now then? You are in a boat? Yes. We think you are pushing a dead

body into a lake. Who was in the bag? I won't tell you that, Alex.

That's the whole point of the whole thing. Three hours later you find

out who is in the bag. This is the interesting thing

because the episode starts with the same scene as it finishes with.

Exactly and so does the next one and the story unfolds and tells you

who was in that bag and why. Has Dominic become a baddy? I have

got my thoughts. Well, we will see more of the new

series of Kidnap and Ransom later Coming up, Robert Peston has been

negotiation himself and brought us a The One Show by putting your

questions to the RBS Chief Executive, Stephen Hester.

First, the big weekend of Sport Relief takes place in over a

month's time. We need your help by getting involved with our One Show

Wanted, 1,000 One Show viewers, to run, job or crawl in a relay race

around the UK. Between them The One Show 1,000

will cover every inch of road from the Isle of Mul to London's Royal

Mall. To achieve this task, it will take ten-days non-stop running

around the clock. We have seen people like David

Walliams go to extraordinary lengths to support Sport Relief and

two years ago, Eddie Izzard ran around Britain on his own.

supported them with your money, but this time we want you to take

centre stage. But don't worry, you don't have to do it on your own.

No, just complete one mile before you hand over to the next One Show

viewer. Wherever you are, we need you to get behind The One Show

1,000. To find out out how you can take

Remember, you don't have to be an Olympic athlete. It is fine even if

you are on the slow side. You just need to be over 16 and be

able to manage one mile. Through your efforts, let's inspire

the hole country to go out and go that extra mile. Ah, you what? I

have got to do an extra mile? Matt, but it would be good to have

a practise. And the deal is if you take part,

you have to wear a minging tracksuit. You weren't happy, were

you? No, it was horrible. I looked like a snowman and you looked like

a tomato. The One Show 1,000 has to start somewhere and that's on the

Tobermory Harbour Mull. Lucy is there now.

Yes. I am in Mull. Lots of people have thrown their hat into the ring.

Maybe they want to wear this T- shirt. Look at that. It has number

one on the back because it is the first mile. If you have watched any

children's television, you may well be familiar with this beautiful

back backdrop that we saw earlier in the day and no doubt, you will

be familiar with the phrase, "What's the story, Balamorey." This

is Tobermory. Now after the mile has been chosen, that person has

been chosen, we need a continuous unbroken chain, 999 miles, weaving

through Scotland, England, Northern Ireland and Wales and it will run

non-stop for ten-days. We need each mile to be run by a One Show viewer.

We really, really need you to volunteer. It doesn't matter if you

think you are fast or slow, go to: Please, please volunteer. Who is

going to be that person here? Who is going to run the first mile?

Will it be him? Will it be her? Will it be him? No, you have got to

be over 16, sorry. Will it be him? No, because you are a Womble. But

we will be back later to find out who it is going to be!

It has got to be Josie Jump. She never stops running.

The details are on the Sport Relief website. I think we may have have

our first runner, Trevor. What do you think?

There we go. You're doing well. You are doing great. And you are still

going. What do you reckon reckon? We had to take over this street and

everyone stopped to watch and they were looking and thinking, "How

fast can this oldie run?" I gave it some and on the second take I hear

this, "Bop." I had what the footballer's know as a groin injury.

It was so painful and I had to do it again and by the end of it I was

hobbling which you don't see there. Goodness me.

You look athletic. I am just on wheels!

LAUGHTER OK, now to Robert Peston's

interview for The One Show. As the BBC's business editor, Robert has

charted the fortunes of the Royal Bank of Scotland which crashed and

had to be bailed out by the taxpayer.

The person charged with turning round the bank's fortunes was this

man, Stephen Hester. He took over as Chief Executive of

RBS in November 2008. One month ago, it was announced he was to receive

a bonus worth nearly �1 million. After huge public and political

outcry, he waived the package, but the controversy has not gone away,

has it Robert? No, it has not. Now when Stephen

Hester agreed to be interviewed by The One Show, we thought it only

proper that you should choose what to ask him. I have been going

through your questions and I can tell you, he is not in for an easy

time. A lot of questions on the general

issue of bonuses. There is a Surrey pensioner and a nurse called Sian

who asked a similar kind of question, nurses, doctors, when

they perform well, they don't expect a bonus. Why is it in your

industry, top bankers expect enormous bonuses? I understand

these things. I come from those backgrounds myself and you know, it

does seem like a lot of money. I don't think high pay is limited to

the banking industry. We are a commercial business. We attract

people who are driven by commercial business values. If we didn't, they

wouldn't be good at their job. Yes, they compare the money they get

with what they would get doing the same jobs elsewhere. When I was

asked to come and turn around RBS, I had to look all over the world

for the best people because we fired all the old management team.

They had to leave. And in restaffing this bank and the

top management of this bank, we had to go around the world and get good

people from other jobs, to come here and help us turn this bank

around and yes, we do have to pay a commercial rate for that.

Richard in Cardiff, wants to know know why the board thought you were

worth �1 million bonus when he is only getting 0.1% on his savings?

You have to ask the board why. The key thing is what are we achieving?

I hope when people see RBS's results for the year, they will see

good support of customers, they will see strong profits from the

ongoing bank and then they will see big progress and big losses from

the clean-up from the past and those are our three jobs.

On Richard's point, can't you do anything about his 0.1% low

interest? Low interest rates makes it easier for borrowers to pay

their debt and harder for savers. You could say the borrowers are the

ones who got us into this in the first place. That is one of life's

unfairnesses. It is not administered by banks like RBS.

Why is it that Royal Bank of Scotland isn't fixed? The

confidence in the banking system has not been restored, why not?

recession that the the world got into, exposed deep problems and

they are proving harder to get out and slower to get out of than any

of us thought. I believe we will get there. We started in a deep

hole, but the recovery is happening. We are serving our customers and I

think people should have confidence that RBS will in the end, repay the

trust and faith that has been put in us.

Frank says you are making staff in Scotland redundant and transferring

their jobs to India. One of the least pleasant things I have to do

is to make cost savings that come from job losses. It is a horrible

job, but if we don't do it, we can't recover RBS, we can't

safeguard the jobs of those that are left.

Now, I'm going to exert the privilege of sitting in this chair

and ask a question for myself. Bankers don't like the limelight,

you have had publicity that you probably wouldn't have chosen. Are

you enjoying yourself? limelight, I hate. I really hate it

and I don't know whether I would have done it if I my time again,

but I am here, and what I care a lot about is can RBS succeed? I

think it can. I want to be part of the team that made it succeed and I

guess, I'm gritting my teeth about the rest and pushing on with that.

Stephen Hester, many thanks. Thank you.

Robert is here. Is RBS on the way to being fixed? Will we see

evidence tomorrow that the bank is going to get healthier? We have the

annual results tomorrow. This is a bank that made big losses since the

2008 banking crisis and actually I think the losses tomorrow will look

a bit bigger than in the previous year. I mean it is because the

world, the economy, has been in a bit of a state in the past few

months, the eurozone crisis, for example, has not been comfortable

for banks. Royal Bank of Scotland will lose something like �1 billion

on its loans to the Greek Government. Underlying that, things

are getting better, the core operation is being fixed, but it

will be sometime until we, as taxpayers, get our money back.

On the subject of their wages, rob he either -- Robert, is it possible

to pay bankers any less? understand why people are angry

about the sums of money that are paid to bankers. These are the only

businesses that are always bailed out by governments when they get

into a mess and yet, these guys are paid like entrepreneurs taking

risks when personally, they are not taking the kind of risks that most

entrepreneurs take. I can understand why people get furious,

the problem is bankers over the world are paid colossal sums and if

you want the best bankers to run British banks, you have to pay the

world rate and the world rate is more than the people in this

country would feel comfortable, but would they want British banks to be

run by by meader oaker people. Thank you very much, Robert. Thank

you for put putting the -- putting the questions.

It was great fun. You might not associate Mike Dilger with high

fashion. He has discovered how it was fashion that became the feather

This area of Gloucestershire now forms a mosaic of separate legs.

Today, the Cotswold Water Park has visited by up to 200 species of

birds. Making it an internationally important site for these birds. In

my opinion, it's also the best place in the country to see one of

the most spectacular and the elaborate mating dances. I'm

talking about the courtship of the great crested grebe. It puts most

professional dancers to shame. It occurs right here. Before they made

they perform what is known as the we'd dance, and tango across the

surface of the water clutching their version of a red rose between

This remarkable behaviour demonstrates how strong and healthy

potential mates are. It also builds and strengthens the bond between

the pair - vital to ensure both parents will incubate the eggs and

bring up the chick's. For much of the years these birds are a dirty

brown and white. But in the winter of their breeding plumage really

develops. At 150 years ago, it was these feathers which very nearly

saw the species extinction. During the late Victorian era of the

plumes of thousands of egrets, grebes and even birds of paradise

were used in the manufacture of fashionable women's hats. The

demand for these elegant feathers began a barbarous trade, which

resulted in the shooting of many thousands of native birds. And by

the mid- 19th century, the number of great crested grebe mating pairs

plummeted from several thousand to just 40. Concern for falling

British bird numbers had already brought about the very first

Conservation Act. But none of these acts actually prevented the hunting

of the great crested grebe. Its salvation ultimately came from an

unexpected quarter. The wealthy Victorian hat wearing women

themselves. A small number of these women formed a conservation group

known as the plumage league, which soon joined forces with the fur,

Finn and feather of branch. They had two simple rules that members

should discourage the wanton destruction of birds. And that Lady

Members shall refrain from wearing the feathers of any bird not killed

for the purposes of food. They boycotted the use of exotic

feathers. In the first year they required 5000 members. In 1904, the

group became the RSPB. To this day it the largest wildlife

conservation charity in Europe. Protection is one thing but habitat

is another, which is why the Cotswold Water Park plays such an

important role in the greeds success. Gill works in the park.

Have you any idea how many pairs of great crested grebes of Reading?

150. When you think it was almost extinct 100 years ago, that's an

astonishing number. Why so many? The water is beautifully clear, it

is Lyme rich and has really rich plant life, fantastic food for the

birds and very secluded as well. With 150 Lakes, not many of them

Once the birds have paired off and the dancing is done, they will busy

themselves with nest-building. Then, in late April, you will be treated

to the site of the stunningly strike ticks. Like little mint

humbug being ferried around on The great crested grebe population

now numbers 20,000 individuals across much of the UK. It remains

to this day one of the greatest conservation stories in British

history. It's thanks to the protection of sites like this one

that nationwide support of the RSPB and the efforts of a few kind-

hearted Victorian ladies that future generations are still able

to seek these birds' brilliant plumage where F -- where it belongs,

As we've been saying, you do play a hostage negotiator in the new

series of Kidnap And Ransom. It is over three episodes. What is the

plot? It is an escalating situation and negotiations that is

interrupted by the police. It escalates into a crisis situation

involving 15 people initially and Dave Bus. 15 tourists on a bus. My

character, Dominic King, finds himself in the middle of that.

incredible, it just draws you in. It does. We can see a bit from

tomorrow night. The plot starts to unfold, we can see the people on

the bus and the police are being particularly and helpful. I know

you want to go in and shoot them because that's how you do things in

Kashmir but these people are not terrorists. Lever! Get a snipe and

take the woman out first. Kill the woman first, the man always gives

himself up. If you want to go and get yourself a shot it is fine by

me. You what a police officer? I'm a hostage negotiators. I'm

The interesting thing is she plays the head of the Kashmiri police.

The head of the Kashmiri police is in fact 23 years of age and a woman.

She is 25. The reason they couldn't find anyone who wasn't corrupt, the

only person who was not corrupt was this 23-year-old woman. That is

true to the situation. What is evident is the different techniques

you use. Sometimes you are forced four, then you are a good listener.

You've done a lot of research. we model ourselves on a particular

hostage negotiator or who I think was going to be here tonight and

hide behind a screen and talk but he's involved with Somali pirates.

The secrecy is still so important, they couldn't show his face. Yes.

They are all ex-military guys, the ones I've met, five of them. They

are cool and calm under pressure and are kind of adrenalin junkies.

They like getting in the thick of it. We noticed something, which may

have come from the research, was your character, Dominic, always has

three films. For there's the domestic one, the business 1 and

what they call a situation foam, which is just a number for the

kidnapper to contact on. That is always clear. When you are with

them that goes off all the time. It is non-stop. They will say, hang on,

it's the situation. Off they go. They come back and you say, is

everything all right? This is your own production. Is this all your

dreams are rolled into one? quite nervous about it. I hope

people are drawn to it because it's a major commitment, it's not just

like being an actor where someone sent to the script and you just go

off and do it. You come up with the idea, you pick the writer, you

spend 18 months developing it, you get the money, go and shoot it. I

love that but it's also kind of nerve racking. There are no excuses.

You should be proud of it, it's like the movie. For Kidnap And

Ransom is on tomorrow at 9pm on ITV1. Great romance often needs --

leads to great art. When that romance turns to heated passion,

the art gets even better. The man who painted this picture 140 years

ago was inspired by one thing. Luff. He was madly in love with this

woman. The painting is the blue silk dress, the artist is Rossetti.

He was a founding member of the group called the Pre-Raphaelites,

who were out to change British art. Their lifestyles would shock the

Victorian establishment. Rossetti was so in love with his model, Jane

Morris, so obsessed, that he painted her 56 the or more times.

He had a photograph and drew dozens of sketches of her. And this

painting is the most famous of those images. But there was a

complication. Rossetti's lover, his model Jane, was married to the man

who commissioned this picture, and that was Rossetti's best friend,

the designer William Morris. This is where the painting is housed in

Gloucestershire. Rossetti and Morris used the house to escape the

noise and bustle of London. They'd met when talented young Rossetti

joined his friend in the early days of the Pre-Raphaelite movement.

What were the Pre-Raphaelites about? They wanted to put real

people in pictures and tell Rhys -- tell real stories. They would go

one find girls on the street, normally poor girls, and put them

into their paintings. They introduced a different look to

British art very quickly. What was so special about Rossetti's work?

People talk about Pre-Raphaelite women. They are really talking

about Rossetti's version of Pre- Raphaelite women. That is was this

fascination with women that continued into something that would

become a recurring motif in his work. Girls, girls, goals. Rossetti

painted and had affairs with several of those models. But it was

Jane who was to have a lasting impact on his work. How did he get

involved with Jane? Like lots of the Pre-Raphaelite models, Jane was

spotted by Rossetti and his friends in Oxford. Initially, he did a

flurry of sketches of this girl who he was instantly entranced with.

Then he went away from Oxford. Why he was away, William Morris nipped-

in, married Jane and they were very happy couple but two or three years.

But Rossetti was always this figure on the periphery. When this

portrait of was commissioned it gave them an excuse to see a lot

more of one another. At that point, I think they just really began to

fall back in love and the affair ignited. What makes the painting so

special? It intrigues us because of the biographical aspects. This is a

painting of another man's wife by a painter who is in love with the

subject. Mrs Morris has a little flower in her belt, which is

supposed to be a little simple about love and loyalty. It is

talking about Mrs Maurice' love for her husband, or is it about the

love that was developing between Jane and Rossetti? What it William

Morris think of this? Extraordinarily, he allowed it. He

rented this house which was out of the way and away from the side of

London gossips. Rossetti and Jane were able to carry on without

prying eyes. William facilitated that. The rather unusual

arrangements of the manor came to an end in 1874, when William Morris

said enough is enough and withdrew his consent for Rossetti to see

Jane. But Rossetti's passion for Jane never wavered. He kept writing

to her and he never stopped Do you want me to sum up the

settee? You are a painter, as we were saying. He loves a bit of art.

Now we can find out who is going to lead our Sport Relief challenge,

The One Show 1000. We need 1001 has to run 1000 miles from the Isle of

Mull to be Royal Mile in London. Lucy, have you got your tracks it

No, my sports teacher at school used to call me sick note, but I am

feeling inspired to dust off my trainers. There are some brilliant

candidates here who really want to do it. So Reina set up Mums On The

Run, which is a brilliant title. How many marathons have you run?

quite a few. I've done six in the past six years since I had my first

son. The woman is a machine! We also have got everybody who has put

their hat in the ring. A lifeboat squad and the rugby team, they all

want to be the ones to run the first mile. Let's have a cheer! I

want to speak to a few people, especially these guys who've done a

lot to raise funds for Sport Relief. Which school you from? How much

money have you raised? �103. There's not many of you, is there?

How many? 37. You've done so well. We've met some lovely people today.

Including our favourite biscuit maker, Joe. Your biscuits go on the

journey as well. Yes, we are hoping we can give the runners lots of

biscuits to enable as they go. you running? Too busy baking, I'm

afraid. If it's you who runs the first mile, will you run with that

cheese? I would have a go but it would be easier to roll it. David

Sexton is from the RSPB. Can you give us a random wildlife statistic

for the Isle of Mull? If the wildlife watching capital of the UK.

There's 25 % of the UK's white- tailed eagles rest on the Isle of

Mull. Sea eagles. Let's get on and find out who is going to run a

smile. This is Jock, he's a fisherman. Could you pick a name

out of this fishing net and read it? This is the person who will run

the first mile. David Black. Come on down! Let's give him the T-shirt.

David, put the T-shirt on. While David is coming to terms with the

fact he's got to run uphill, we need viewers to do the next 999

David Black, brilliant. You can find out how to apply online.