:00:16. > :00:18.Hello and welcome to The One Show with Matt Baker.
:00:19. > :00:24.Joining us tonight, an 80s superstar who is back on tour with his classic
:00:25. > :00:27.hits - and he's gone to a lot of effort...
:00:28. > :00:33.And it's worked, because he's had to add more tour dates
:00:34. > :00:53.It is good to see you. It is good to be here, thank you for having me.
:00:54. > :00:56.We'll talk all about your upcoming tour shortly.
:00:57. > :00:58.First, forget David Cameron vs Bo Jo - some big Neighbours news
:00:59. > :01:03.Did you see this in today's papers - Scott and Charlene have a teenage
:01:04. > :01:07.daughter who is heading to Ramsey Street?
:01:08. > :01:15.So I hear. I saw something on Twitter, this is funny, the soap
:01:16. > :01:20.opera after the soap opera. It has been in the newspapers. She looks
:01:21. > :01:29.healthy. She looks attractive. What more could you want? My dad has just
:01:30. > :01:36.finished Neighbours himself, he has been working there for about two
:01:37. > :01:41.years. So you have had the family connection. Yes, my half-sister was
:01:42. > :01:44.in it for about four years. Any actor who is in Melbourne has to go
:01:45. > :01:46.through Neighbours at some point in their life.
:01:47. > :01:49.Well we'll come back to that later in the show.
:01:50. > :01:51.Just over four weeks ago, the government announced
:01:52. > :01:53.a ?20 million pound scheme for non-EU migrants to learn
:01:54. > :01:55.English, with the focus on Muslim women.
:01:56. > :01:57.Fiona Foster went to meet one particular woman,
:01:58. > :01:59.for whom learning English not only means British Citizenship,
:02:00. > :02:10.but it's the bridge between her, and her own children.
:02:11. > :02:17.Today young mother Aisha is arriving in Manchester for an exam. Feeling a
:02:18. > :02:22.bit nervous, it is important to learn English to have a relationship
:02:23. > :02:26.with my daughters. A single mum, she is from Pakistan but has been living
:02:27. > :02:30.in Lancashire are almost three years. She is taking an
:02:31. > :02:34.English-language test as part of her application for a full British
:02:35. > :02:38.citizenship. Passing is vital if she is to get leave to remain in England
:02:39. > :02:46.with her two young daughters. We will find out later how she gets on.
:02:47. > :02:52.The government says 190,000 Muslim women living in England speak little
:02:53. > :02:56.or no English. At factor it believes contributes to their isolation and
:02:57. > :03:01.separate development. Last month that Prime Minister said hard truths
:03:02. > :03:06.were needed. The backward attitude of some Muslim men was leading them
:03:07. > :03:14.to exert damaging control over women in the family. So five years after
:03:15. > :03:17.the government cut English lessons for many migrants, ?20 million is
:03:18. > :03:22.being made available aimed at helping Muslim women learn English.
:03:23. > :03:26.And from October women who have moved here to live with their
:03:27. > :03:31.husbands but wish to become British citizens must pass a new
:03:32. > :03:35.English-language test. Failure could mean losing the right to stay here.
:03:36. > :03:45.The new tests will be some were to the one Aisha is taking. You have to
:03:46. > :03:51.do two courses, hopefully I can apply for my Visa. Nine years ago
:03:52. > :03:55.Aisha separated from her British husband when there are arranged
:03:56. > :04:00.marriage failed. She was left in Pakistan whilst her daughters stayed
:04:01. > :04:02.in England. Reunited five years later, her lack of English made
:04:03. > :04:10.medication with them virtually impossible. -- made communication.
:04:11. > :04:15.It was so hard, I was literally crying. I wanted to tell them I love
:04:16. > :04:23.them but you cannot communicate. You don't know the language, you cannot
:04:24. > :04:28.do anything I think. Did you meet any resistance from family or the
:04:29. > :04:34.community when you said you wanted to learn English? Some families are
:04:35. > :04:41.really controlling. If somebody give me the chance I would definitely
:04:42. > :04:50.learn English, why not? QED is an education and training charity in
:04:51. > :04:53.Bradford. The Prime Minister has pledged ?20 million to help Muslim
:04:54. > :05:01.women in particular learn English to tackle segregation and help them
:05:02. > :05:04.keep away from the lure of extremism. What are your thoughts?
:05:05. > :05:10.We welcome the announcement that money will be made available, what I
:05:11. > :05:13.struggled with was the connection of having the low level of English and
:05:14. > :05:18.connecting it to extremism because there is no evidence of that. What I
:05:19. > :05:24.have experienced is that women who don't have the English-language
:05:25. > :05:27.skills are disconnected to society and having conversations with
:05:28. > :05:32.children about these issues in English, in a language the children
:05:33. > :05:37.will understand, will be crucial. Ten miles down the road in Keighley,
:05:38. > :05:44.this 24-year-old and 29-year-old North learn English at the community
:05:45. > :05:49.centre. They credit the classes here with helping them integrate
:05:50. > :05:54.successfully. They help me to improve English, they help me to
:05:55. > :05:59.make friends and again my confidence and help me find a job. If you enjoy
:06:00. > :06:05.your life in England you have to know English. The women came to
:06:06. > :06:09.Britain from Pakistan on spousal visas with little English but both
:06:10. > :06:16.now hope they will be good enough to obtain full British citizenship in
:06:17. > :06:21.their own right. One believes that learning English has given them
:06:22. > :06:26.freedom. I feel much more confident in my words and sentences and now I
:06:27. > :06:31.can talk to anyone. I am much, much more free in my life. The Prime
:06:32. > :06:37.Minister wants to make sure that it is a requirement to speak English
:06:38. > :06:42.before you can stay in this country. I agree with him at the country we
:06:43. > :06:52.are living in, we must know the language. I am happy he said that.
:06:53. > :06:57.Back in Manchester and Aisha's test results are in. Congratulations, you
:06:58. > :07:00.have passed. Your certificate will arrive in around seven days. I
:07:01. > :07:04.passed, I am so happy. For more information
:07:05. > :07:08.on The English Language Test for non-EU migrants,
:07:09. > :07:14.head to our website. Now Jason, your Ten Good Reasons
:07:15. > :07:25.Tour kicks off on the 26th February, and here's three good
:07:26. > :07:35.reasons in just 20 seconds, # Too Many Broken Hearts in the
:07:36. > :07:39.world. # Now we are back together,
:07:40. > :07:46.together... # And seal it with the case
:07:47. > :07:58.# A cheeky look to the camera towards
:07:59. > :08:07.the end. I was so in love with you then. I am now! What happened? Are
:08:08. > :08:13.you married? Give us an idea of how this will work, you are singing the
:08:14. > :08:18.album? Yes, I thought it would be an interesting way to go out and do
:08:19. > :08:22.something fresh and for all the fans that had bought the album, it sold
:08:23. > :08:30.extremely well in 1989. The bestselling album. It was an
:08:31. > :08:35.opportunity to really have that moment and I think music puts you in
:08:36. > :08:39.a place and time like no other medium does. You can listen to those
:08:40. > :08:45.songs and transports you right back to where you where and what you were
:08:46. > :08:49.doing, Alex. It takes me back like that, I remember walking up the road
:08:50. > :08:54.to the shop listening to it on my Walkman and thinking why you don't I
:08:55. > :09:00.have a Jason in my life? Double bed with shoulder pads. Thinking one day
:09:01. > :09:06.if only I could meet him and here you are! You were 21 when you
:09:07. > :09:11.recorded it, what can you remember of your life then? It was pretty
:09:12. > :09:22.crazy back then because Neighbours was such a big success. The music
:09:23. > :09:29.became part of the wave of that but I never anticipated how successful
:09:30. > :09:35.it would become. I was fascinated by music more than acting because you
:09:36. > :09:42.can't reach your own story. But everything together was the perfect
:09:43. > :09:46.storm. In those days, television you see now, things like X factor build
:09:47. > :09:52.up the back story of people so you fall in love with the characters,
:09:53. > :09:58.that was sort of the early incarnation with Neighbours in a
:09:59. > :10:04.way. So hopefully this tour will bring back a few memories. I am
:10:05. > :10:10.guessing a lot of the tracks did not go into our lives situation, had you
:10:11. > :10:18.not sung some of them before? I do a lot of them at festivals but I have
:10:19. > :10:22.never sung the whole record as such. I think it is interesting, they were
:10:23. > :10:29.well crafted pop songs in those days and cutting forward to today we are
:10:30. > :10:34.kids are on computers and can cut and paste and you know, I think
:10:35. > :10:40.people underestimate how successful stock, Aitken and Waterman wearer.
:10:41. > :10:46.And the melodies, wonderful melodies. I think the music has
:10:47. > :11:00.dated a little but it is OK. That is why there is a big resurgence of the
:11:01. > :11:04.80s, Sonia, Tiffany, 5-star... I do a radio show on a Sunday night and
:11:05. > :11:12.the 80s are quite important, a bit like the 60s, a lot of colour, MTV,
:11:13. > :11:17.the visual aspect, not just the music. The clothes and the culture,
:11:18. > :11:24.I don't know what happened. I think the 90s was a rebellion against the
:11:25. > :11:31.80s in a way, but I am flying the 80s flag. Your children would have
:11:32. > :11:35.seen you a lot, you said you are match ready because of this page
:11:36. > :11:38.work you have done, they have seen you as an actor in all these
:11:39. > :11:46.wonderful characters on stage, will be see you as the pop star? They are
:11:47. > :11:50.extremely embarrassed! Very frightened I might do anything but
:11:51. > :11:56.standing behind the microphone, if I look like I will start dancing I am
:11:57. > :12:01.sure they will keep their distance. But I think they are excited at the
:12:02. > :12:05.fact that I am working in a part of the business which can maybe express
:12:06. > :12:10.them to the front of Justin Bieber Q or something. That is where it is
:12:11. > :12:14.exciting. Have they listened to the album and do they like a particular
:12:15. > :12:22.song? I asked them to come to rehearsal and they quite frankly
:12:23. > :12:27.refused. Maybe some work experience, see how some plugs are going, but
:12:28. > :12:36.they were not interested at all. They are missing out. They will be
:12:37. > :12:39.there! The tour begins on Friday and goes right across the UK.
:12:40. > :12:41.Now, what's your child's favourite toy?
:12:42. > :12:44.A games console, tablet or the light saber they fight Darth Vader with?
:12:45. > :12:55.Here's the story of a pioneering teacher, who brought bundles of joy
:12:56. > :13:08.These seven and eight-year-olds from the Clara Grant primary school are
:13:09. > :13:17.queueing up to receive bundles of toys. This ceremony was once a
:13:18. > :13:28.weekly tradition unique to hear. At the turn of the 20th century living
:13:29. > :13:35.conditions in Bow were squalid. Most of the children lacked the basics,
:13:36. > :13:38.food, shoes, even clean water. But I young teacher called Clara Grant
:13:39. > :13:45.became Headmistress of the local primary school. She became that --
:13:46. > :13:49.she saw that they also lack something else. She believed that as
:13:50. > :13:57.well as basic needs children needed to play. I spoke to the current
:13:58. > :14:03.headteacher. She was worried about the families of the dockers, the
:14:04. > :14:09.number of children they had and they didn't have enough to feed them and
:14:10. > :14:12.clothe them. So she set up an initiative to help raise the
:14:13. > :14:18.families standard of living and give the children something to play with.
:14:19. > :14:25.She put together these bundles of broken toys, boxes, bits of paper,
:14:26. > :14:28.in a bundle tied up with string. She soon became known as Bundle Woman of
:14:29. > :14:33.Bow. She wanted the children to value the toys so they paid one
:14:34. > :14:52.Wawrinka, a quarter of an old penny and the smallest coin in circulation
:14:53. > :14:55.-- the paid one farthing. The children had to pass underneath and
:14:56. > :15:03.if they could not be did not get a bundle. Doreen and Joyce received
:15:04. > :15:08.these bundles. They went to the school in the 1940s and it was the
:15:09. > :15:15.highlight of the week. It was lovely, you would hope you are not
:15:16. > :15:21.too tall to go under the arch. You would run home with a bundle and
:15:22. > :15:24.open it up. It was a packet of cards wrapped up in newspaper and then
:15:25. > :15:32.another with little odds and ends, but in, Wessel, a piece of cloth.
:15:33. > :15:37.Little tiny things but they were treasures. We were very poor and we
:15:38. > :15:43.did not have much in the way of toys. We would look forward to it.
:15:44. > :15:50.Exactly. About every other week we looked forward to going. Clara Grant
:15:51. > :15:53.received an OBE in 1948 just one year before she died. But the
:15:54. > :15:59.bundles continued well into the 1980s. Now Doreen and Joyce are
:16:00. > :16:06.helping gather picture postcards and dolls made of pegs to bring the
:16:07. > :16:10.tradition back for one day only. It is going to be interesting to see
:16:11. > :16:16.what today's children make of what is inside these bundles. I think
:16:17. > :16:23.they will fit under the arch. Today we have exchanged the farthings for
:16:24. > :16:35.special tickets. Fit under the arch, good. Bend your knees a little bit.
:16:36. > :16:46.Thank you. So what do the children think? Look what I got! It's a
:16:47. > :16:54.little doll made out of a pig. I got a picture! This is my favourite!
:16:55. > :17:03.When you look through it everything is pink. The toys in the bundles are
:17:04. > :17:10.so simple. But we have had so much fun. Nice, don't you think, that
:17:11. > :17:18.this sort of toy can still bring a smile to children's faces.
:17:19. > :17:26.Those bundles will keep you entertained for hours. On that note
:17:27. > :17:35.I went to the props cupboard and I made a little bag for you. If you
:17:36. > :17:42.excuse me... We are surrounded by all these toys, but before that we
:17:43. > :17:47.have got this photograph of Clara's funeral in 1949. Look at the
:17:48. > :17:54.turnout. Exactly and can you see in the back it said Fern Street
:17:55. > :17:57.Settlement. They have even named the local primary school after her and
:17:58. > :18:02.it is the Clara Brown primary school. You could tell by the way
:18:03. > :18:10.the ladies were talking what an impact she had. You have brought in
:18:11. > :18:16.some toys from the 1800s and 1900s. Shall we start here? Most of these
:18:17. > :18:21.are the sorts of things that the children could not afford. That was
:18:22. > :18:31.a penny toy, although it probably cost about 2p. It was a lot. They
:18:32. > :18:38.would have had to save up for a few months in order to have one toy like
:18:39. > :18:43.that. Where would it have been made? Like most of the early 19th century
:18:44. > :18:48.toys it was made in Germany, that is where the Tory industry was centred.
:18:49. > :18:54.You can imagine in the First World War people going, I do not want a
:18:55. > :18:58.German toys because we were at war with Germany. It provided an impetus
:18:59. > :19:09.for the British industry to get started. We have come a long way.
:19:10. > :19:17.What was your favourite? I like the Knievel. Did you have the thing
:19:18. > :19:27.where you pulled it? We used to wind it up and his legs would be
:19:28. > :19:37.flexible. You are still playing with that. You cannot leave it alone.
:19:38. > :19:42.Simple little dolls like this. They are one of the things that if you
:19:43. > :19:47.had, it made the bundle very special because the bundle was full of
:19:48. > :19:53.fabric and ribbon and you could make clothes for your simple, wooden
:19:54. > :20:00.dolls. And this little box of cards here? These are fun, some of the
:20:01. > :20:06.very first ideas of moving image toys. It is a card with a picture of
:20:07. > :20:13.a pigeon on one side and a picture on the other side of the cage. If
:20:14. > :20:21.you twist it back and forth. It appears as if the pigeon is inside
:20:22. > :20:33.the cage. It is a bit like when you do a book. The books that you flick.
:20:34. > :20:44.We have got a modern thaumatrope. Isn't that nice? From the 19th and
:20:45. > :20:55.18th centuries. And we have also got the phenakistoscope. I am impressed.
:20:56. > :21:00.Your ancient Greek is marvellous. It means to deceive and the idea is
:21:01. > :21:08.that it would deceive the eye. It was invented in 1829 by a physicist.
:21:09. > :21:11.We have one here. You are holding it correctly. There is a mirror
:21:12. > :21:19.opposite you and you look through these little slits and you spent it.
:21:20. > :21:26.You should be able to see it moving. It is like a short section of film.
:21:27. > :21:31.A gentleman called Richard has put something up online so everyone can
:21:32. > :21:38.enjoy it. It is wonderful stuff, from around the 1830s, preserved for
:21:39. > :21:43.posterity. Thank you, Ruth, and thank you to Robert with his toy
:21:44. > :21:47.Museum which is a West Mullen. But do not touch anything. I asked what
:21:48. > :21:54.kind of toy Robert would have wanted to have in his collection, but if
:21:55. > :21:55.you have a wartime can of spam at home, contact us.
:21:56. > :22:00.Now, the story of a girl called Iris who was diagnosed
:22:01. > :22:03.Through the love of her family and a very special cat,
:22:04. > :22:10.she's blossomed into quite the artist.
:22:11. > :22:17.This one is called dance to the oboe, it is very energetic, there is
:22:18. > :22:23.a definite separation of colours. This is one of my favourites, it
:22:24. > :22:29.reminds me of reflections in water. She was very happy with this one.
:22:30. > :22:34.Can you hear me, Iris? I hope you know my voice by now. I cannot wait
:22:35. > :22:38.to know how you feel and how you think.
:22:39. > :22:43.Gazing at a child at play takes me back to when I was a little girl
:22:44. > :22:46.with my imaginary friends hosting catalyst tea parties. I would be
:22:47. > :22:56.lost for hours in my own little world. And for iris Gray is being
:22:57. > :23:07.lost in her own world is an everyday reality. In 2011, at just two years
:23:08. > :23:16.old, she was diagnosed with a severe form of autism and her prognosis was
:23:17. > :23:21.bleak. They told us that she may not talk, she may not live independently
:23:22. > :23:27.and it all seemed like focusing on the negative, but it brought out a
:23:28. > :23:35.side of me that said, I am going to bring her on. It is like a real
:23:36. > :23:40.detachment. They are there, but they are so closed off. She would put her
:23:41. > :23:47.books or around her like a little fortress. I always believed that
:23:48. > :23:51.animals played a big part in therapy and we tried equine therapy and we
:23:52. > :23:57.also tried dogs, but that did not work. And we heard about a cat, the
:23:58. > :24:01.main coon, that light water and that was important at the time because
:24:02. > :24:09.she did not like having a bath and she got stressed. Then we found a
:24:10. > :24:15.cat. From the very start they seemed to connect and they did everything
:24:16. > :24:20.together. She even had a bath with Iris and that's sorted that problem.
:24:21. > :24:24.It was an incredible change in her life. They were incredible best
:24:25. > :24:32.friends, it was something that she had not had. Therapist and best pal
:24:33. > :24:35.all wrapped up in one. Not only did Toola offer her friendship, she
:24:36. > :24:41.inspired her to be more open and express herself. She did not make a
:24:42. > :24:51.mess, she was not like another child, she thought about it. Wow.
:24:52. > :24:59.After she has painted she is a lot calmer. It is almost as if she feels
:25:00. > :25:02.content and happy. How has the painting affected your understanding
:25:03. > :25:09.of what she is going through and feeling? We began to see some cat
:25:10. > :25:13.shapes in her paintings, so she was being influenced by Toola. Toola
:25:14. > :25:22.would get onto the table and be ready and waiting. When I saw her do
:25:23. > :25:25.a lot of high flicking, when she was stamping very hard on the paper, I
:25:26. > :25:31.could tell there was some tension there. It was as though we began to
:25:32. > :25:36.hear her, even though it was not through words, but to painting. Then
:25:37. > :25:43.when I saw her being more fluid, I would know she was more relaxed and
:25:44. > :25:46.calm, using pale blue and fluids. I never thought we would be painting
:25:47. > :25:57.everyday and I never thought we would have a like Toola. It is an
:25:58. > :26:00.amazing feeling. We do not have to think for her, we can go with the
:26:01. > :26:12.flow and follow things and she is happy.
:26:13. > :26:16.What an uplifting film. We just want to look at all her work.
:26:17. > :26:18.We just want to look at all her work.
:26:19. > :26:20.Thanks to Arabella, Iris and Toola the cat.
:26:21. > :26:23.You can read more of Iris's story, as well as see more of her
:26:24. > :26:27.paintings, in the book Iris Grace which is out on Thursday.
:26:28. > :26:35.We still can't believe Scott and Charlene have a daughter.
:26:36. > :26:42.Each map you did not know anything about it.
:26:43. > :26:45.Two years ago, we had Kylie and we surprised her with a video
:26:46. > :26:47.message from Scott and Charlene's son Daniel
:26:48. > :27:00.Hello, ma'am, it is Daniel, your son. I have not heard from you in
:27:01. > :27:02.ages. Somebody said you were doing your new album. You did not tell me
:27:03. > :27:06.that. Kylie reacted brilliantly. So we called Neighbours HQ and asked
:27:07. > :27:22.for a video message. They did not? How depressing. That
:27:23. > :27:31.is awful. Shall we finish the interview now? Or are we could go
:27:32. > :27:39.one better. Good day, I have not seen you in ages. That sounds as if
:27:40. > :27:44.it is live. Not only is it live, she flew over from Melbourne and she is
:27:45. > :27:53.with us tonight. Please meet your on-screen daughter who you have
:27:54. > :27:55.never met, Madison Robinson. Good to meet you. Nice to meet you. That is
:27:56. > :28:08.a bit of a surprise. And your real name is Sarah Allen.
:28:09. > :28:13.Thank you so much for being on the show. Thank you for having me. I am
:28:14. > :28:20.surprised how you have grown without me knowing what you look like. You
:28:21. > :28:27.guys have set this up really well. Very briefly, you are making your
:28:28. > :28:35.debut, aren't you? Yes, I am, it is super exciting. What can you tell us
:28:36. > :28:45.about your family? Madison comes down from Brisbane. From Vegas as we
:28:46. > :28:46.call it in Melbourne. You have got a lot of catching up to do.
:28:47. > :28:49.You have got a lot of catching up to do.
:28:50. > :28:51.You can see Sarah's Ramsey Street debut on April 22nd,
:28:52. > :28:54.and Neighbours continues weekdays on Channel 5 at 1.45 and 5.30pm.
:28:55. > :28:59.Still twice a day like the good old days.