:00:20. > :00:28.Hello, welcome to the One Show. In rehearsal yesterday, we were caught
:00:29. > :00:35.out by very cheeky OAPs, who decided to play a joke, knowing they were on
:00:36. > :00:40.the show tonight. Little rascals. They were from a Sunday night TV
:00:41. > :00:47.show, Off Their Rockers. They will join us later, to gloat. I am very
:00:48. > :00:51.glad they are here. First, a different rocker. Tonight's guest
:00:52. > :01:06.has a musical career spanning five decades, and it is all down to these
:01:07. > :01:14.incredible fingers. Who's are they quelled -- who's are they? Please
:01:15. > :01:23.welcome Rick Wakeman. Hello, how are you? What a start to the show. It
:01:24. > :01:32.was a shortened version. It is nine minutes long. Are your hands
:01:33. > :01:42.insured? Never because I thought if I had to claim, they probably would
:01:43. > :01:46.not pay out. If somebody says do not get your fingers in the door, you
:01:47. > :01:53.are likely to do it, so they are not insured. We heard in rehearsal what
:01:54. > :01:59.you play sounds incredible. We are talking about pranks. Over 40 years
:02:00. > :02:06.on the road, you must have had a fair few. You did a lot of things to
:02:07. > :02:14.keep yourselves amused on the road. First in a band, you never fall
:02:15. > :02:18.asleep on the plane. If you get a cup of warm water and somebody is
:02:19. > :02:29.asleep and you dip to fingers in the warm water... There is nothing you
:02:30. > :02:38.can do about it. And you never hanged your breakfast notice outside
:02:39. > :02:44.the door of the hotel. The order. People in the morning would say what
:02:45. > :02:51.do you want 67 sausages for? And another one be used to do, every
:02:52. > :02:55.hotel door opens inwards. You would get a newspaper and tape up the
:02:56. > :02:59.newspaper on the outside so that when they open the door they just
:03:00. > :03:11.saw newspaper. People would walk through it. You would have suitably
:03:12. > :03:16.placed buckets of stuff. Tonight, we are calling on pranksters who are
:03:17. > :03:22.watching. You might have tied your dad's shoelaces, all, left buckets
:03:23. > :03:27.inside hotels, who knows? We want photographic evidence. Send your
:03:28. > :03:34.pictures and we will show some of them later. Last year, we went to
:03:35. > :03:41.capture the structure in Scotland being created. Six months later
:03:42. > :03:52.Sarah Mack went to see the finished article.
:03:53. > :03:56.The opening day of Off Their Rockers's Kelpies. The sun is
:03:57. > :04:06.shining. Thousands of people have come to see them -- the opening day
:04:07. > :04:16.of Falkirk's sculpture. When I visited in October last year, the
:04:17. > :04:21.two horse heads were taking shape. Ten months later they stand together
:04:22. > :04:28.in their 100 foot, stainless steel glory. Now, they are open and the
:04:29. > :04:35.big question is what does the public think? They are beautiful and it
:04:36. > :04:40.will bring people to the area, spending money. I can see myself
:04:41. > :04:45.coming quite often. It is tremendous, it has regenerated the
:04:46. > :04:51.area. We come to watch from the other side of the canal. It is
:04:52. > :04:57.amazing. It has been fantastic. A great achievement. A perfect place
:04:58. > :05:09.for a family picnic. It has changed a lot. A few years ago it was a
:05:10. > :05:13.building site. It is great. The Kelpies are amazing from the
:05:14. > :05:26.outside and you can go inside, if you take a tour. This man has the
:05:27. > :05:34.right idea. Is it a good view? Awesome. The project director has
:05:35. > :05:42.been overwhelmed by the response. He gave his reaction to the opening
:05:43. > :05:47.day. It has been positive. Everybody I have spoken to, it has met and
:05:48. > :05:55.exceeded their expectations. My children will be brought up here,
:05:56. > :06:00.and so will their children. The majority of local see that.
:06:01. > :06:03.Annually, we would hope to get 350,000 people. If we have weather
:06:04. > :06:10.like this today, I think we will smash that number. It is hoped they
:06:11. > :06:16.will boost tourism spending by ?1.5 million each year. The Kelpies
:06:17. > :06:20.originate from Scottish folklore and with the addition of these stunning
:06:21. > :06:30.sculptures, they look to set their place in Scottish history.
:06:31. > :06:34.They are quite something. It is so lovely to see sculptures that looked
:06:35. > :06:41.like something rather than something from a scrap metal yard. You will be
:06:42. > :06:47.on tour in Scotland. I think the band will want to go and see that.
:06:48. > :06:53.Beautiful. 50 million people bought your album Journey To The Centre Of
:06:54. > :07:05.The Earth. You do not want me to name them?! Initially, I read the
:07:06. > :07:10.book. How old were you? About 14. My father had taken me to see Peter and
:07:11. > :07:16.the Wolf and there was a story told to music and I fell in love with
:07:17. > :07:21.it. I wanted to do that and when the opportunity came at the age of 24, I
:07:22. > :07:27.thought now is the moment. I did not have the money to do it as I wanted
:07:28. > :07:33.to, in a studio, and then do concerts, because it was expensive.
:07:34. > :07:39.I mortgage the house and everything I had. We put it on... It was
:07:40. > :07:43.performed three times, twice at the Royal Festival Hall and also at
:07:44. > :07:50.Crystal Palace, and we recorded it live. That was the only way we could
:07:51. > :07:57.get a recording. It was the London Symphony Orchestra, and my band.
:07:58. > :08:02.David Hemmings narrated it. The major problem was when I rated it
:08:03. > :08:06.was 55 minutes long but because of vinyl records, you could only get 36
:08:07. > :08:17.minutes on them and I have to reduce it. The musical went missing. We did
:08:18. > :08:22.a world tour. We played three shows in England. The musical went
:08:23. > :08:28.missing. It was before computers. We did not play it for years. It turned
:08:29. > :08:35.up seven years ago. The conductor's score, in terrible condition. But a
:08:36. > :08:38.great friend managed to spend six months taking it apart and putting
:08:39. > :08:44.it onto computer, which meant we could re-record it, put them missing
:08:45. > :08:50.music on and the website went mad with people saying, take it on tour.
:08:51. > :08:57.In a fit of madness I thought it was a good idea. We are doing 14 shows.
:08:58. > :09:02.We will not do it again because it is ridiculous karting symphony
:09:03. > :09:04.orchestras and choirs around. We can go back in time to 1975 and this is
:09:05. > :09:42.you in Australia. I remember that. How much do you get
:09:43. > :09:50.lost in the music? It is a motive to watch you. At my age, I get lost
:09:51. > :09:55.every where! I had a wonderful music teacher who taught me from the age
:09:56. > :10:00.of five. She taught me, you are immersed yourself like in a bubble
:10:01. > :10:06.and you are totally unaware of everything when you do it. I think
:10:07. > :10:13.actors do the same thing on stage. We have to talk about the hair and
:10:14. > :10:21.the Cape. It was extreme. Where did you get the idea? It was not
:10:22. > :10:25.deliberate. The head came courtesy of my piano professor at the Royal
:10:26. > :10:32.College of music who complained to the principle that my hair was too
:10:33. > :10:37.long. It was just touching my collar. Being rebellious, I decided
:10:38. > :10:43.not to have it cut again. By the time I left the college. The Cape
:10:44. > :10:50.came about because there was a review in America. It said that Rick
:10:51. > :10:57.Wakeman had played well. But with his arms and legs, he looked like a
:10:58. > :11:02.demented spider. I became aware of this. We played a show in America
:11:03. > :11:08.and there was a DJ introducing the show, he was wearing a cape. He
:11:09. > :11:16.turned round and he was huge, I thought, that covers up everything.
:11:17. > :11:21.We were paid $200 a week. About ?50. I said I want to buy your cape. He
:11:22. > :11:29.said it was not the cell. I said I have $200. And he said no. He looked
:11:30. > :11:34.at the money and took it off and gave it to me. I went on and thought
:11:35. > :11:44.it was the answer. And then I have made. We have some audience members
:11:45. > :11:47.wearing capes. The tour begins this Thursday in Newcastle and goes
:11:48. > :11:59.around the UK. Are you wearing a cape? I have two from the 1970s. It
:12:00. > :12:07.is ending in Wales on the 10th of May. We will get a taster at the end
:12:08. > :12:11.of the show. We have checked and around 40 melodies are mixed
:12:12. > :12:16.together to make up the Journey To The Centre Of The Earth's 80 minutes
:12:17. > :12:23.of music. The art of mixing melodies to create music has been around
:12:24. > :12:29.longer than we think. Music defines a generation with the
:12:30. > :12:36.40s having swing, the 1950s, skiffle, and the 90s gave birth to
:12:37. > :12:41.the mash-up. The blending of more than one melody into something that
:12:42. > :12:51.is more than the sum of its parts. Today a TV show has popularise the
:12:52. > :13:00.form. Glee. But mash-up as a musical history. The German composer Bach
:13:01. > :13:05.was a master of technical composition. What does his music
:13:06. > :13:11.have to do with mash-up? I have one word, counterpoint, two distinct
:13:12. > :13:16.melodies composed so they can be played somewhat tenuously. Before
:13:17. > :13:21.counterpoint, Western music only had one melodic line, no matter how many
:13:22. > :13:26.instruments and voices were used. You cannot play any two melodies and
:13:27. > :13:32.expect them to work, they have to be composed so they blend. This is the
:13:33. > :13:37.essence of counterpoint. The mathematical part of the brain
:13:38. > :13:42.instantly gets counterpoint. There is something pleasing about the way
:13:43. > :13:47.complex tunes fit together. Take the orchestral Suite number two in B
:13:48. > :13:58.minor. First one melody. And then other compliments. Finally, another
:13:59. > :14:06.melody -- accompaniment. And you add them together. Counterpoint's time
:14:07. > :14:12.was almost up as the Barack era came to an end. It fell out of fashion to
:14:13. > :14:16.be replaced by piano led music of the classical era. By the 20th
:14:17. > :14:21.century there was musical theatre and composers looked the new musical
:14:22. > :14:35.devices to express differing emotions of actors and they again
:14:36. > :14:38.turn to counterpoint. Take this. The two characters express different
:14:39. > :14:51.emotions and counterpoint helps to express that. 50 years on,
:14:52. > :15:04.counterpoint is back in fashion in the form on the mash up. This is one
:15:05. > :15:12.of the mash up's biggest exponents. This is Drop The Pressure which
:15:13. > :15:16.sounds like this in its normal form. Nice baseline. Exactly, and it
:15:17. > :15:32.leaves some space to go over the top of it, like this song by Gloria
:15:33. > :15:37.Estefan. I can hear the similarity! Mash ups are made of two parts but
:15:38. > :15:42.let's see what they sound like together. They are fighting with
:15:43. > :15:47.each other but the result is really lovely to listen to. It is like a
:15:48. > :15:53.live DJ mix but more sophisticated in the way it is put together,
:15:54. > :16:00.seamlessly in the computer. My challenge is to see whether I can
:16:01. > :16:08.get some Bach into a modern mash up so I have taken some Daft Punk riffs
:16:09. > :16:37.and mashed them with Bach. What do you think to my track?
:16:38. > :16:45.Wicked. Did you dance to it? Of course I danced to it. Even stuff
:16:46. > :16:54.100 years ago, we can mash it up? Definitely, as long as it has a good
:16:55. > :16:56.beat to it. I'm sure Bach would be pleased the principles of
:16:57. > :17:05.counterpoint are still relevant today.
:17:06. > :17:13.In saying wicked, it is slightly wrong. As we mentioned earlier on,
:17:14. > :17:17.those folk over there, they cranked us during the rehearsals, can you
:17:18. > :17:22.believe it? They got us hook line and sinker,
:17:23. > :17:27.but that's because they do it for a living. I just got through to the
:17:28. > :17:34.final round and by tomorrow I could be crowned the UK's top male pole
:17:35. > :17:48.dancer. How do you spell pole dancer? Is it one L or two? Keep
:17:49. > :17:53.looking at the top of the building. You have a great profile. Would you
:17:54. > :17:59.like to see it? Put your glasses on. How about that? I think it
:18:00. > :18:09.really captures the raw essence of you. Thank you, I am glad you are
:18:10. > :18:18.happy with that. Seb and Rosie are here now. Lovely to see you. That
:18:19. > :18:23.was last week, so you are huge fan. I love Charlie under the car,
:18:24. > :18:35.brilliant! The whole concept of the programme is to prank people who are
:18:36. > :18:40.younger than you. You have grandchildren as well. Yes, they
:18:41. > :18:46.will take anything you throw at them. They throw more things at us
:18:47. > :18:51.but they are such lovely people. If you need help, they really do want
:18:52. > :19:01.to help you. You should know better! Rosemary and Seb, you came
:19:02. > :19:10.in yesterday, didn't you, and this is what happened. They got us.
:19:11. > :19:32.Perfect! Lovely! is what happened. They got us.
:19:33. > :19:41.to say, rosemary, please make me the happiest man of my life. You are so
:19:42. > :19:51.sweet. You know I don't want to get married. You have a jolly good thing
:19:52. > :19:52.going physically anyway, we don't want any more. Tell you what, let's
:19:53. > :20:01.go home and I will cook you want any more. Tell you what, let's
:20:02. > :20:05.favourite fish pie and then we will have an early night. That would be
:20:06. > :20:10.nice. That is not serious, is it? Did that actually happen? It
:20:11. > :20:13.nice. That is not serious, is it? actually happen. Anyway, let's crack
:20:14. > :20:16.on with rehearsals. We aren't from Off Their Rockers and we have got
:20:17. > :20:26.you! It was very strange, wasn't it? Yes,
:20:27. > :20:38.we thought, gosh they were so convincing! What is your background
:20:39. > :20:46.then? Are you actors? Yes, we are. Three clowns! Rosemary, you were
:20:47. > :20:53.telling us about a brilliant clip on the show next Sunday. I have
:20:54. > :20:57.supposedly taken a dog for the walk in the woods but I mustn't
:20:58. > :21:01.supposedly taken a dog for the walk anybody it is a dog so I say I
:21:02. > :21:04.supposedly taken a dog for the walk taken my pet for a walk. My pet has
:21:05. > :21:12.supposedly taken a dog for the walk run into the bushes, and I say that
:21:13. > :21:22.I am so tired, and can you help me? This is what happens next. Good
:21:23. > :21:33.boy! At last! William! This is William. Amazing. What about that,
:21:34. > :21:39.Rick? Absolutely brilliant, and you can see Off Their Rockers on ITV at
:21:40. > :21:46.7:30pm on Sunday. Technology is everywhere these days.
:21:47. > :21:52.You can control your central heating with a smartphone, you can even buy
:21:53. > :22:04.cars that parked themselves. I need one of those. But there is one place
:22:05. > :22:04.you don't expect to see it, that is until now. This is one of England's
:22:05. > :22:11.oldest municipal graveyards, a until now. This is one of England's
:22:12. > :22:15.be told. It is all here. Wars, epidemics and catastrophes, the
:22:16. > :22:19.lives of ordinary people. The information on the gravestones is
:22:20. > :22:23.tantalising but the me it is never enough. But now we can learn more
:22:24. > :22:26.because here, smartphone technology enough. But now we can learn more
:22:27. > :22:30.is being used to bring history back enough. But now we can learn more
:22:31. > :22:36.to life. This is ordinarily found in magazines and adverts. You scan them
:22:37. > :22:38.with your smartphone, usually to take advantage of an irresistible
:22:39. > :22:46.offer, but in this instance it is take advantage of an irresistible
:22:47. > :22:58.for something far more meaningful. A special app can tell you all you
:22:59. > :23:05.need to know about the late Henry Whit. He was a fireman on the
:23:06. > :23:09.Titanic. Suddenly, Henry becomes more than just a name on a
:23:10. > :23:18.Titanic. Suddenly, Henry becomes You get a sense of the living man
:23:19. > :23:26.and what he did. Just a single click can give you information, and it
:23:27. > :23:35.will let future generations know who their ancestors were. Mr Davies has
:23:36. > :23:40.secured one of these on this grave. Scanning it takes people to a
:23:41. > :23:45.website filled with material about his father's exploits during the
:23:46. > :23:53.war, much of it recounted by the man himself. My father achieved such a
:23:54. > :23:56.lot and experienced such a lot in life that using this website and the
:23:57. > :24:00.code, I can basically share life that using this website and the
:24:01. > :24:05.story with many other people. Dorset life that using this website and the
:24:06. > :24:11.-based funeral director Stephen was one of the first in the UK to offer
:24:12. > :24:18.one of these codes. His firm has made around 100 in the past 18
:24:19. > :24:23.months, but with it costing up to ?275 for technology that
:24:24. > :24:23.months, but with it costing up to be outdated, and they anything more
:24:24. > :24:31.than a high-tech gimmick? In be outdated, and they anything more
:24:32. > :24:31.years' time, these things might be outdated, and they anything more
:24:32. > :24:35.redundant and we will have gravestones dotted with
:24:36. > :24:35.redundant and we will have default codes. This is the
:24:36. > :24:41.technology at the moment. Equally, we will keep up with the technology
:24:42. > :24:47.and if necessary these are removable and we can replace them. For Niki
:24:48. > :24:51.Hastings, the idea of creating a living memorial has a particular
:24:52. > :24:51.Hastings, the idea of creating a resonance. You are thinking of
:24:52. > :24:55.putting together one resonance. You are thinking of
:24:56. > :25:01.interactive memorials but it is not for a friend or relative, is it?
:25:02. > :25:04.No, it is for myself. I was diagnosed with breast cancer years
:25:05. > :25:15.ago, and at the time they said I had diagnosed with breast cancer years
:25:16. > :25:15.only months to live but I am diagnosed with breast cancer years
:25:16. > :25:20.really well. Eventually what do you think your
:25:21. > :25:20.really well. Eventually what do you this thing? I think it is a
:25:21. > :25:26.permanent memorial written down all about my life and
:25:27. > :25:31.my memories so that they know about written down all about my life and
:25:32. > :25:35.mummy if I am not around to tell them those things, and
:25:36. > :25:39.mummy if I am not around to tell are just an extension of that. It is
:25:40. > :25:39.mummy if I am not around to tell a piece of social history really,
:25:40. > :25:50.isn't it? Her children are now just a piece of social history really,
:25:51. > :25:50.seven and nine, she hopes they and future generations will be able to
:25:51. > :25:58.seven and nine, she hopes they and scan the code while
:25:59. > :25:58.seven and nine, she hopes they and the special videos on her memorial
:25:59. > :26:02.website. I think it is a nice way of the special videos on her memorial
:26:03. > :26:10.future generations being able the special videos on her memorial
:26:11. > :26:14.what great grandma looked like, to hear my voice and see my mannerisms.
:26:15. > :26:18.And just to be able to remember you. It is this idea of a virtual
:26:19. > :26:23.And just to be able to remember you. that could make these codes more
:26:24. > :26:23.And just to be able to remember you. than just
:26:24. > :26:28.And just to be able to remember you. link not just to a website but a
:26:29. > :26:33.connection between one and another. Initially I was sceptical about that
:26:34. > :26:39.but having seen that... Oh, the first time that has gone to
:26:40. > :26:45.technology! You were saying you remember your father with an old
:26:46. > :26:51.piano? Yes, he was a great piano player and when he died I inherited
:26:52. > :26:58.his piano, which is an 1899 upright piano which I love to bits. I have
:26:59. > :27:03.had a restored. I play it every day, I have a picture of my
:27:04. > :27:06.had a restored. I play it every day, top. I remember him playing it
:27:07. > :27:09.vividly, and my mum singing. I remember him playing it more than
:27:10. > :27:13.vividly, and my mum singing. I mum singing! It was a great
:27:14. > :27:19.encouragement to me. What a lovely tribute. Earlier on we asked for
:27:20. > :27:26.pictures of you pranking your friends and family. We have got a
:27:27. > :27:33.lot as you can imagine. Daniel covered his friend's car in cling
:27:34. > :27:37.film! Five-year-old Trent did this to his big sister who fell asleep
:27:38. > :27:44.film! Five-year-old Trent did this after a glass of wine. These people
:27:45. > :27:52.used their jet-lagged father's head as a table. We are in for a treat, I
:27:53. > :27:59.have been looking forward to this as a table. We are in for a treat, I
:28:00. > :28:04.all afternoon. We heard you tickling the ivories as you came in this
:28:05. > :28:09.all afternoon. We heard you tickling afternoon and now you are going to
:28:10. > :28:09.play us out, aren't you? From his Journey To The Centre Of The Earth
:28:10. > :28:16.tour, which continues Journey To The Centre Of The Earth
:28:17. > :28:20.UK until the 10th of May, it is Rick Wakeman with his version of the
:28:21. > :29:05.Beatles track Eleanor Rigby. You've become an Eeyore.
:29:06. > :29:11.And you've got to be a Tigger.