22/08/2011 The One Show

Tonight, he is one of Britain's biggest sportsmen. He went from

child refugee to President Obama's favourite basketball player. Yes,

he is 6'9". Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, it's Luol Deng.

Hello and welcome to The One Show. As we were saying our guest tonight

is big, he is the south London boy who became the �71 million face of

the Chicago Bulls. He is hoping to lead Team GB to Olympic basketball

gold. Luol Deng. What was it like for you to be home, it's a

different lifestyle to Chicago? It's very relaxing, I enjoy it.

Chicago is a big basketball city so everywhere you go people recognise

you. Is it right you can't leave the house without a disguise? If so,

what is your disguise? It's hard for me to disguise because I am

6'8". The height gives it away. always wear a hat. And I kind of

always pick a spot, the same spots that I go to. OK. It's nice to have

you home. Thank you. We have a studio full of little basketball

players, keen to ask you questions later. First it's to the

countryside. There are views on both sides in the debate about

controlling badger populations. Badgers, a conservation success

story, since gaining protects by law their numbers have increased

dramatically from a low point. Unfortunately, as badgers have

become more common, so have the incidents of disease, one that can

be spread between badgers and cattle. Bovine tuberclosis. Every

year thousands of cattle are slaughtered, costing compensation

payments. This is controversial and has pitted those who love badgers

against farmers who want to protect their lifestyle. For farmers like

myself the conflict between badgers and cattle is not just financial,

it's emotional too. If our animals have to be slaughtered following a

positive TB test, then the loss to the business can be astronomical.

In an attempt to control this disease, the Government has

recently announced plans to cull badgers in TB hot spots across

England. But the wild trust in Gloucestershire believes there's an

alternative to culling, one that will protect the badgers and the

livestock on their reserves. Gordon, this is your beautiful wildlife

reserve here. You have cattle grazing on it, what's the reason

for that? We need cattle if we are going to maintain the richness of

the site. It's very very rich in wild flowers, rich in insects and

in order to maintain it as a grassland it needs to be grazed and

cattle are the best animals to do that for us. Are badgers a problem

for you? Well, this is an area where there is a high population of

badgers, probably highest population probably anywhere in

England, in Gloucestershire. must be a difficult position for

you, because you want to preserve wildlife and protect your cattle?

We have had bovineTB. It is a problem. We are a wildlife trust.

Therefore, we have a responsibility to try and contribute to finding an

answer. Gloucestershire wildlife trust is one of the first

organisations in the country to vaccinate badgers against TB. But

in order to do this, first they have to catch them. Pete Bradshaw

has been priming the badgers to come to these humane traps. Last

Looks like a fair will you young adult, I think. Doesn't look very

old. I suppose one of the problems is that looking at the badger now

we can't actually test whether or not it's got TB. No, that's right.

You would have to go to a lengthy procedure to do that. So what we

will do is give it the vaccine and hope it's a healthy badger and let

him go. There we go. That's right it.

lad. Well done. To make sure it doesn't get

vaccinated if caught again Pete marks the badger before releasing

it. Just open the door here. There you go mate. Hopefully he will come

out. There you go. Good boy. Which way are you going

to go? There he goes. At the moment Pete is only one of a handful of

people in the country trained to administer the vaccine. For farmers

it's an expensive process. With estimates of �4,000 per square

kilometre to vaccinate all the badgers on their land the National

Farmers' Union fear the costs would just be too great. So, for them

culling currently remains the best solution. For Gordon and the

wildlife trust, however, their position is firmly on the side of

vaccination. If it's a volume Torrey cull we

wouldn't be part of that but by vaccinating we are actually taking

a positive action. We are doing something, rather than just

standing in the background and saying no badger cull. Although the

vaccination programme is in its early stages these trials are for

hope for farmers like myself who would like livestock and badgers to

co-exist without the fear of TB. Defra say they are currently

consulting on their proposals and a final decision about culling is

expected in the autumn. We haven't time to talk about the ins and outs

of a complicated situation but we are going to be investigating it on

Country File in the next couple of weeks. Back to you, how did you get

from the mean streets of south London to being a basketball

superstar, one of the best players in the world? I appreciate that. I

started here playing for Brixton and the way I got to the US was my

sister, who is two years older than me, she's very good at basketball,

and she got a scholarship. I was too young for my parents to let me

go to the US so the oepl way -- only way my dad let me go was to my

sister. I played high school basketball and started in varsity,

doesn't happen that often when you are young. My coach had no idea

that I could really play basketball, you know, he just took me in to

look after my sister. But it worked out well. After four years in high

school in New iersy I -- Jersey I got recruited by Duke University

and it's a powerhouse when it comes to basketball, one of the best

schools of basketball and I was there for one year and I was

drafted as a 7th pick by Chicago Bulls. Dream come true. Before that

and even before Britain you escaped Sudan in the civil war and ended up

in Egypt as well and over to Britain. What do you think would

have happened to you if you stayed? I am very blessed and very very

lucky. There's been a civil war in Sudan for over 25 years and

actually this year South Sudan got their independence so it's been a

long - and this is the flag that I have on my wrist. It's been an

amazing year. But we left Sudan when I was five years old and like

you said, because of the war we left as refugees and we fled to

Egypt. I was in Egypt for five years with my family and we were

given political asylum to come here to London since I was ten. When is

the movie coming out of your life! It's an increddily story. You have

done an awful lot. You have even set up a foundation to help young

people and you have set them up in places close to your heart, I guess,

Chicago, Sudan and here in the UK. Obama even awarded you an

humanitarian award for it, what does the foundation do?

foundation, being a refugee myself I know how lucky I am for what I

have now so I try to give back so we really focus on sports,

education, and we also do a lot of things where we provide refugees

with food and shelter and things likes that. The foundation has been

picking up, when I first started the foundation I did a lot of

things for other organisations to get going, but now we have the idea

we could really focus on things that we want to aim towards.

are an incredible inspiration. We have footage of you out in in Sudan.

As we said you are leading the British basketball team in the

Olympics next year. Now you might be one of the thousands who missed

out on tickets but... Never mind, watching the the Games there's

still time to believe it or not, compete in them, we will let Matt

explain all. I suppose you are thinking that

it's too late to win gold for Britain at 2012, well you are wrong.

There is a Team GB that needs you right now. The requirements, well

you have to be tall, you got to be athletic and you got to be a girl.

It's played by over 30 million people around the world so why do

we know nothing about handball? OK, well it's like five aside football

but you can't use your feet or basketball without the basket.

Handball first appeared at the Olympics in 1936 and as we are

hosting 2012, we have automatically qualified. Because it's so popular

throughout the world we have built a fancy stadium to host it, so the

least we can do is get our money's worth. You get to dribble, pass,

and score. But you have to do it all with your hands. I am not a

girl, but I am tall, I have lightning feet and great hands. So

the girls said I can have a go. Wasn't ready.

What's the lifestyle like? I think it's the greatest job in the world.

I get to get up, go to training. It keeps me fit, I have seen the world

doing something I love. You get so let off so much aggression on the

court and it's so fast. Describe your perfect team member, what are

you looking for? We are looking for a squad that will train with us,

work really hard towards the Olympics and we are looking for the

best people for handball and best people to put forward for the

Olympics. If you are tall, you have good hands, and you like

international travel and Norwegian men, handball. It could be you.

Yes, see, a girl, tall, athletic. Girl, tall-ish, not so athletic.

Could be in the Olympics! should log on to the website, all

the details are on there. Now, I was watching last night the

basketball, absolutely incredible finish. It's so exciting as a

spectator sport. There you are 80- 80 with Australia, one seconds to

go until the end of the match and this is what happened.

Deng, he gets it away and misses. How you got that shot away was

unbelievable but you can really do it. Look at this. This is

Brilliant. First-class. Is it frustrating for you to come back

from playing with the Chicago Bulls and playing with a team 56th in the

world at the minute? The ranking is wrong. Good answer. How wrong?

think it's really wrong. I think in the past I understand the ranking,

but where we are now GB basketball, I think we are way beyond, way

better than 56. I think only time will tell. Medal hopes then? We are

preparing for it. We are working very hard but we have the guys that

can do it. Brilliant. We are joined by some young players from the

Lewisham Thunder basketball club and we have questions for you here.

You are their hero, goes without saying. What is your question?

do you owe your success to for why you are here today? I mean, always

the first thing is always God, you know, just a blessing from God, but

I just my family, of course, my parents, being very positive, us

sticking together. If that didn't happen I wouldn't be here. Next,

Scarlett. What would you give to players like us that want to follow

in your footsteps? You guys are capable of anything, hard work and

believe in yourself, keep pushing yourself and you will get there.

question from Josh. In your career what is your greatest achievement

and why? My greatest achievement would be getting drafted. I think

it's always been a dream of mine when I was growing up and that day

hearing Commissioner say my name was an unbelievable feeling, it's

For why do you think basketball is not as popular over here? Maybe we

don't have the facilities. But the talent is here. What happens is, at

a young age, kids are really into it but as they get older there

isn't really much attention and there isn't enough facilities for

them. So it's a case of getting over the age of about 15. If you

can push through that and get on... If you are giving kids attention,

and there is attention towards what they are doing, they stick with it,

but otherwise they look for things to do.

Thanks to the Lewisham Fonda basketball club.

Our street doctors have a medical mission to travel the country and

spread some free advice. Tonight they are hitting Edinburgh in

search of some infections. I set up surgery on an open-top bus

in the city centre. Alastair fell on the ice last winter and has had

a painful knee ever since. starts getting paying for when I

left it after about three minutes. There is a bit of crackling, which

suggests you have a bit of arthritis. Arthritis is

surprisingly common, it affects around 10 million of us in the UK.

It can develop at any age, but it is most common in the over 50s.

Stanley helped me explain. When you have arthritis, have

roughening of this bone so they crunch against each other like

sandpaper. An injury will flare up some arthritis you have already got,

and once it has already flared up, it can take a while to settle down.

400 milligrams a Viagra profession three times a day and tried to

wrest it at the same time. -- fibre profession. -- ibuprofen. Daily

exercise can help prevent your joint becoming stiff and painful.

I have been down to the bingo. is feeling lucky today? I won

�1,000! In side, I meet Gina. She has some symptoms that are ringing

alarm bells. I have had pains in my chest the last couple of months.

you have any history of heart trouble? Yes, my mother died of a

heart attack. Have you been scared by it? Yes, I have been scared.

Chest pain made worse by exercise suggests you have narrowing of the

pipes, and it is angina. It is a warning sign, and if you don't do

anything about it, it can lead to heart attack. It is urgent. Do you

ever feel unwell? I have passed out a few times. You need to be seen as

a matter of priority. Gina has avoided going to her GP because she

is worried about potentially bad news of this is not uncommon for,

but her symptoms need to be investigated as soon as possible. I

hope I persuaded her to take action. In the afternoon, we set up surgery

in the square, in the heart of the city. You have a patchy area you

have lost. Squeeze my fingers really hard.

My next patient's baby is due in one week's time. I have a lot of

movement so I want to make sure it is in the right position. What is

in mummy's tummy? A baby! No, it is a cow. Many women have less

movement towards the end of their pregnancy. If you are concerned,

contact your GP or midwife. Can you feel something hard between your

fingers? I can, yes. That is the baby's head so I can reassure you

it is down. Go home and enjoy the rest of your day. As the day draws

to a close, there is just enough time to squeeze in some more

patients. Within days of seeing me, Gina was undergoing tests at

hospital and is waiting for results. This lady gave birth to a baby boy.

Mother and baby are happy. Now it is time to pack our bags until the

next time we hit the street with some no-nonsense advice. Dr Sarah

Jarvis is here, but some news today that the NHS trusts are restricting

Caesarean births, aren't they? but it does not mean if you need

one he will have problems getting one. This is about women who make a

choice, they say they want to have a Caesarean and the nice institute

says it has to be on health grounds. In our country, 25% of people have

Caesareans and they can't all need them. There have to be some yummy

mummies, too posh to push. Do you think that is pushing up the

percentage? I don't think it is all to do with that, but people forget,

because you think of Caesareans, having a baby, but actually this is

a major surgery. If it was any other operation, you weren't having

a baby, you would take to your bed for a couple of weeks. It is big

stuff, don't take it lightly. He would never take it lightly, would

you? Luol, you need to get warmed up because in a moment we will be

shooting some hoops. At the start of the week, revealing the beauty

of Britain's canals, here is Marty Jopson with a remarkable story

about termination, doomed love, and cheese. -- determination.

We see canals as places to walk, relax, wildlife corridors, and

waterways, but they are all part of the leisure industry. In their

heyday, canals were only about industry and this one is the daddy

of them all. Without canals, we would not have come a country we

did. We would not have been the first off the mark in the

industrial revolution and the British Empire would not have

survived for two centuries. On the road to these triumphs, the

Bridgewater Canal was the M won a bit staid. It opened in 1761. This

engineering marvel was the brainchild of Francis Edgington,

the third Duke of Bridgewater. He dreamt it up at his home after his

love life went down the pan. He had a turbulent love life and he fell

for a lady called Elizabeth. She was a very beautiful woman and the

Duke courted her and proposed. Scandal-hit, and the Duke called

off the engagement. So he transferred his energies from

romance to building canals? Yes, he decided he wanted nothing to do

with women again. When he returned to his estate, he sacked all his

female staff and focused on how to solve the financial problems of his

estate. The Duke turned to his next passion, making money. His timing

was perfect. Britain was on the verge of the Industrial Revolution,

and the fuel to power it was cold. He had a pit full of the stuff

right here in Worsley. Up the road in Manchester, they could not earn

enough of the stuff. His bright idea was to turn coal into boat

loads. He had the money, and two of Britain's top engineers. They put

the canal to good use. They did things the Roman way. The canal

would be built entirely on one level, both above ground and

underground. They began by building the underground section, here at

Worsley Delf, where the coal was mined. 46 miles of underground

canal later, barges of coal were heading into Manchester. Transport

on an industrial scale. A horse could carry out the ton of coal, a

barge could now carry 50. In every sense, the Duke would make a pile.

Cole was cold. The need for coal was like needing food. Every

factory needed it. The really clever thing about canals is that

they are flat. If one end is lower than the other, all of the water

goes out that end. There was another problem - this river was in

the way, blocking the canal at Barton, but nothing was allowed to

get in the way of by his ambition. They had gone through hills, they

would get over rivers. They got over it with an aqueduct, a bridge

to carry the canal over the river. For this larger than life solution,

they needed some larger than life propaganda to convince the

government of this castle in the air idea. So they made a model.

They made it out of cheese. Here is how it worked - three arches

spanning the river nearly 40 ft below, and running along the top

was the Barton aqueduct with a towpath for horses to pull the

narrowboats. Fast forward more than a century, vessels were too big to

pass under the aqueduct. It would have to come down. Swain was the

answer. The one and only Swing aqueduct in the world. That is

clever. Canals would be the making of us. The Bridgewater was the

start of 2000 mile waterway system. Towns that mind and made things

could join up and at low oil -- a global empire was in reach.

Alex is doing really well. I will tickle him! She has got the ball.

That is the way. Winner! What is happening? We know you can shoot

basketball's, but we have got some random items here. A coconut, a

frisbee, a chicken, so we want to see how many you can get through

the hoop in 30 seconds. From anywhere? Ideally from the spot but

to be honest that is too far. You can have one step forward. 30

This is a bag of flour, self- raising. Here we go, a honeydew

melon. It is heavier than you think. Get the chicken. I think that

chicken. One of my favourites, chicken in a basket. Here we go.

How long have I got left? That is it? Have a go with the qualifier, -