22/08/2012 The One Show

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

with us tonight is one of the most famous actresses ever to come out

of Liverpool - mind you, you wouldn't know it from her accent.

You really wouldn't. She played quint essential New Yorker Samantha

in Sex and the City, but as this photo proves, you can take the girl

out of Liverpool, but you can't take the Liverpool out of the girl.

It's Kim Cattrall. APPLAUSE

Good to see you, Kim. What a nice welcome, thank you.

your shirt is lovely, matches the sofa. Yes, I had no idea. We were

shocked earlier. I had no idea you were born in Liverpool, but you did

leave at three years old. Where have you been? I know. Do you still

feel a connection with Liverpool now? Yes. I proudly call myself -

or I say on Facebook and I say I'm a Liverpudlian raised in Canada,

also a New Yorker. So still, obviously, you feel quite a big

connection. Do you still have family, then? Yes, most of my

family - some I am born with, some in Norfolk, but most - my memories

are from Liverpool. I left when I was three months old, but I came

back in the '60s and went to theatre school for awhile, and

that's where my dream to become an actress started was in Liverpool.

We'll talk about all of that in a little while and also your new role

as Cleopatra - all coming up. It is Ladies Day tonight. Ann

Widecombe is here, and will be telling us what to do if debt

collectors start sending you demands for money you don't know.

As it's harvest time Lucy Siegle will be out on the farms for us

over the next few days. She's in Norfolk to see how they're coping

with one of the best years on record. How is it looking out there

today, Lucy? Pretty good, actually. We have had really good weather

today, which is great because it's allowed the farmer here, Nigel

Stangroom, and his team of 11 to make up some ground in what's been

a very difficult harvest period. They specialise in herbs here.

These are chives, and they've actually harvested eight times this

amount today, which is great. Those are being dried now. To do this

they work very hard. They get up early. They don't mind that, but

what's difficult for them - and farmers everywhere - is obviously

the unpredictability of the weather, but also the unpredictability of us

as consumers. What do we want? When do we want it? Take a look at this.

So how do did supermarkets make sure that the shelves are stocked

with the fresh produce we want when we want come rain or shine?

This is the daily planning meeting at Morrison's headquarters in

Bradford, where the weather forecasts are analysed and acted on.

Looking at the weather forecast for the end of the week, temperatures

are still strong so we're looking at 26 Celsius down south. Andrew is

the Director of Produce and horticulture. We work closely with

a weather organisation that gives us information daily, weekly and

monthly. Our buying teams will be talking to growers from 6.30am

every morning in the UK to work out what's happening in their area.

there a precise temperature at which certain products fly out the

door? Brits think when it gets to 18 degrees that summer has arrived,

and that generally tends to be the temperature we see the switch from

potatoes, carrots and broccoli to tomatoes, cucumbers, strawberries -

soft fruits get bought in abundance. In an average week 2 to 300 iceberg

lettucees. When the sun comes up we can sell up to six to 700,000.

they reckon they'll need more salad on the shelves here, the message

comes through here to get cutting. We get a massive Pike when the sun

comes out, puts a lot of pressure on all areas of the business from

the harvesting side, the growing side and right the way through to

the distribution network. These guys are going pretty fast.

Presumably, they can't go any faster than this. There is surplus

harvesters to cope with the spiex in the sale, but these guys will

have a little bit of notice. The sales will know that we're looking

at the weather patterns of it's becoming warm. Sales are going to

start to increase. We're looking at where we can move people around the

farm to where the peak production will be. Producers only receive the

orders from the supermarkets the night before, then at first light,

pickers are dispatched to cut over 5,000 lettucees each a day. They

are packed in the field and on the supermarket shelves within 24 hours.

On a sunny day this can lead to an increased order of 60%.

Excessive wind and rain are what farmers dread, so Chris Makin

leaves nothing to chance. His three million strawberry plants are lined

up in polytunnels on more than 200 miles of shelving, but the crop

still needs one more vital ingredient. The sunlight is what we

need to make the crop ripe, and we cannot control that, and that's put

us behind this year by 21 days. That's what's delayed the season.

What is it like when you don't get the summer that you expect...

Terrible. As a grower? Terrible because we can close the doors. We

can do everything, but the customer is shouting for the fruit. "We want

the fruit!" And we're doing everything we possibly can. What

would I see if a strawberry has been affected by the weather

conditions? That's a typical condition - the misshape. Which

people aren't going to buy, are Tay? Of course not. In one season

Chris will produce 1500 tonnes of strawberries. That's more than the

weight of a hundred double-decker buses, but even then sometimes it's

not enough. So how do you deal with the stress - you know, when the

supermarkets are on the phone going, "We want more. We want them now?"

always tell them we have the telephone number for God, we'll

have a word with him. Send us some more sunshine. This feast or famine

of the business leads to a headache for produce specialist Adrian Ford

who needs to change the store to suit the stock. With the British

weather, we have to be flexible in stores and change at short notice.

For example, if a farm had a glut of produce we need to sell quickly,

we need to be able to move things on to the promotional end.

unpredictability of the weather, demand and supply leads to a fine

balancing act for the supermarkets. Customers fundamentally make their

minds up of what they want to buy in our shop, but it's how we can

get those crops as quickly as possible to meet the demands of our

customer, which can be up or down depending on the weather. So the

next time you decide to buy a melon because it's warm or a cabbage

because it's turned cool, bear in mind that the supermarket probably

knew what you were going to buy a few days before you did.

Just incredible, isn't it? We'll have more from Lucy on the farm

with the biggest amount of parsley you'll ever witness. I didn't know

there was that much parsley in the world. There you go. And the

connections just keep on coming - you can say hello to your cousins

up there. Indeed. You have plenty of people to look after you while

you're here? I do. You're back playing Cleopatra for the second

time. You were here in 2010 playing Cleopatra. We were talking in the

film there - lots of people see her as a seductress, but you were

explaining to Matt and I there's a lot more to Cleopatra, isn't there?

Yes. This is one of the greatest love stories of all time, but it's

also a very political game of chess between Caesar - October aivius

Caesar and Antony and Cleopatra, so I think this version that is being

directed and has been adapted from the original play is really

riveting, and you get that emotional connection. You get the

romance, the connection of these two strong people being drawn

together but also split apart by the events that are happening in

their lives and how politically savvy this particular woman is. I

like savvy, strong, sexy, funny women. It's just a very cunning...

Have you used any women in particular for the role as

inspiration or anything like that? Oh, there's so many wonderful women

- Hillary Clinton in her own way is very much that way. OK. I look at

the women, and I think about the challenges that they have even

today to be as powerful as this woman was. I mean, she was a Queen.

She was a goddess. She was in some ways a little girl too, so to play

that - the challenge of playing this particular character is that

she's so changeable all the time. It's not very often that women

characters have that kind of psychology written into them - into

the character. They're either very good or very bad.

LAUGHTER Ann Widecombe is a great example -

she's coming up very shortly. We have played -- you have played

an ancient Egyptian before. Oh, no. I knew you were going to show this.

This is Somme bairsing. Oh, God. This is serious. Mother, I want to

settle down. I want to do things. I want to invent things. I want to

try things nobody has ever tried before. I want to fly. Sure, and I

want to smoke and tell your father to go to hell.

APPLAUSE You do look - There will be none of

that in this production. I was going to say, have they more budget

for the costumes? In theatre, yes, of course they do. That looked like

toilet paper. It did a little bit. It was the '80s, you know? It

didn't look the way it was supposed to. You mentioned in the programme

you wanted to be an actress - looking at the director that was

directing the production - you were 11 years old. Yes, I saw her in a

production of As You Like It at the RSC. It was one of most moments

where I thought if I work hard I might be able to do that in my life.

How did you end up hopping the Atlantic and training on both

sides? It's one of those things - it was sort of the journey I took.

I had no control over it. My parents immigrated because there

wasn't a lot of work in the middle '50s in Liverpool, and it was a

chance for a new beginning, and we had really tough times, and then we

came back in the '60s, and that's when I sort of harvested this dream

of being an actor, and then I went to summer schools, and I got

accepted to the American Academy in New York and then work begot work.

I got an agent. I started working and having a career and people

saying, "Oh, I like what you're doing," and just working more and

getting more of a reputation and studying and continuing to do what

I love. Yeah. You have had a very, very long career. I know!

LAUGHTER And you have spoken candidly about

it being quite tough for women of a certain age in Hollywood, so

playing the role of Samantha Jones must have been a blessing even

though you started in your 40s and carried on into your 50s. It was. I

wouldn't be sitting here talking to you today if I hadn't done Sex and

the City. It was such a wonderful - it came in my early 40s, and to

play a femme fatale even when it all began, it just wasn't heard of.

A femme fatale was in their early 30s at the very least, but I think

that really broadened people's idea of women at that age and how sexy

and wonderful and fabulous they can be. You were fabulous in it. Thank

you. I really enjoyed it. Kim will be in Anthony and Cleopatra from

September 7th at the Chichester Theatre. Here's a question - if you

were an industry body spokesman defending your industry's behaviour,

who was the last person you would want to turn up with a film crew?

I'd have to say Ann Widecombe. can't top that, can you? He's the

very image of a successful businessman, but look at Andrew

Walker's financial records and a different picture begins to emerge.

For the last six years, Andrew's been bombarded by debt collection

agencies pursuing him for sums that amount to �100,000. There have been

letters - lots of letters - and phone calls, lots of phone calls.

Some demanding repayment, others threatening a visit to his home,

and he's got thick files stuffed full of correspondence with debt

company, but here's the thing - Andrew doesn't owe a penny. They've

got the wrong Andrew Walker, but it seems there is absolutely nothing

that he can do about it. There are 1,700 Andrew Walkers in

the UK. One of them's got the same date of birth as this Andrew Walker,

and he's got a lot of debts. The companies he owes money to hired

debt collectors to find him, but they keep getting the wrong Andrew

Walker. They keep writing to me, phoning me up, and they still keep

doing this. I am at my wit's end about it all, but I am not the

Andrew Walker with any debt at all, but the problem is they still think

I am. Every time he gets a letter or a phone call, he persuades them

he doesn't owe the money. Then suddenly it reappears again with

another debt agency or phone call, then I have to go through the whole

rigmarole of proving I am not the man with this debt. So why do debt

collectors keep chasing this man for money he doesn't owe? I am

going to get dot bottom of it. -- to the bottom of it. I have a lot

of sympathy for Andrew because a couple of years ago debt collection

agencies were bombarding my house with requests for payment for a

debt that had nothing whatever to It was a real struggle to get rid

of them and hundreds of people go through this every year. Francis I

have come to the home of the Credit Services Association, the umbrella

body that represents debt collectors. Andrew Walker have to

suffer this forever if you people do not get their act together.

not believe it is asked to blame. No? Clearly you would expect me to

defend my members. They are not turning up on a Monday morning

hell-bent on making people's lives a misery. When debt collectors are

looking for someone that owes them money, the use information held by

credit agencies. They hold details of nearly every adult in the UK. In

theory, the debt collectors are supposed to verify the information

they are given. If they find they have the wrong person, they are

supposed to pass the information back. Why is Andrew Walker still

being bothered? Where does the buck stop? Our members do pass

information back to their clients, and it is usually the banks or

other creditors that would advise the credit agency that the address

is no longer correct. This is not happening. It is not something the

members what to do, Cook -- repeatedly contacting the wrong

person. It costs money and they would rather avoid the expense.

Never mind the issues of contacting somebody in correctly. He is not

taking responsibility for this mess in the way I had hoped. The Office

of Fair Trading is not pleased either. They have warned the

industry they must improve the accuracy of their information.

There is some good news for Andrew at the end of this. One of the

companies that have been chasing him sent him a letter of apology

and a cheque for �100. All the companies have said he will not be

missed traced again. -- mistraced. I will be watching. Talk about a

strong, powerful woman. Andrew had you on his side, but for the people

at home who do not have you, what do they do? Do not ignore it and

throw it away because it does not go away. The first thing to do is

write to the debt collection company, give them the fact, if

that does not work, you need to go up to a higher level. If that fails,

get a solicitor. I'm afraid it is a difficult thing to get rid of.

do you think the system can be improved? The problem is there is

no one body that takes responsibility. The creditor passes

on the information they have got originally, the debt collection

agency Act side, discovers it is wrong. -- the debt collection

agency uses the information. But then the information is passed on.

I think the original creditor should be made responsible for the

accuracy. Peter did quite well behind the desk, I would have been

a nervous wreck. Have you seen Sex And The City? I would much rather

see Antony and Cleopatra. tickets are on the. I will take you

up on that. -- on me. Yesterday we spent with Lucy Siegle on farms,

she is seeing how it farmers are dealing with crazy weather. It is

sun rise on a beautiful Norfolk morning, but on Hamrow Farm, the

weather conditions have made attaining a good crop difficult.

Good morning. This is beautiful, very pretty. We have a field over

here we would like to look at. has just gone 6pm. -- 6am. From

parts lated chives, this diversity has helped this borough to deal

with the downturn at in fortunes. - - This farmer. We need to wait for

the sun to come out and burn the moisture off. Jason Mitchell has

worked on Hamrow Farm for five years. This crop represents about

50% of the income. The farm has 15 acres set aside for this crop.

Sometimes we are working 24 hours a day because it is such a bad spring.

We need to get certain crops in before they go over the top and rot

in the soil. This is the dry area? Yes. When the chive crop is ready,

several loads are dry-eyed throughout the day. -- dried.

mid is ready. Would you like to help? I have just checked it, when

you rub your hands on it, you can do is not getting wet. Completely

dry. When I squeeze it, there is no water coming out at all. Ready to

go. These crops around the a small part of the challenger Nigel faces

when it comes to harvest. There is a lot more to do and work has only

just begun. Lucy is live on the farm with that

enormous crop. I want to show you what 50 tons of dried parsley looks

like. This is amazing. You were hybrids think -- harvesting chives

today. Did you get this much? This would take about 40 days.

you are pleased with today. Yes, it has been a nice day. What has your

heart has been like generally? Pretty challenging. I knew that you

would say that. -- you harvest. Have you lost crops? Yes, because

we have not had the sunlight we hoped for. There has been lot of

inclement weather. We have had farmers bringing in hundreds of

tons of potatoes because they cannot pick them up, are you

worried you will lose out to foreign herbs? I hope not because

the customers are local, and we deliver in an hour. That is

brilliant. Here is trite chives. How much is this worth? 50p. I.

Throwing it all over the place. Just a quick word to your wife.

What is it like during the harvest? It can be quite lonely, you're

pretty much a single parent during the harvest season. It is a long

season. From the end of May until November. Do you miss your dad when

he is at a harvest? Yes! Soon you can help him. Thank you for showing

me around. Tomorrow night, I will be at another farm. It is very near

to this farm. We will be looking at his hardest. He is nine miles in

that direction so I should get a move on. Goodbye! We will catch up

with her tomorrow for the second day of harvest. It is really busy.

We want to see any crops you have been harvesting at home. Send us

pictures of what you have been digging up in the garden or

allotment. We will show them tomorrow. It is a project. Kim, you

cannot believe this. It is more than I ever thought I needed to

know. Have you ever grown anything? That is legal? I am joking! I had a

vegetable garden. It was neglected. I was like the farmer's wife.

not worry, my plants have died. Farmers across the land will not

have been the only ones working. We have been finding out how animals

can struggle to survive when the combine is moving. Farming is a way

of life, I job and it provides a vital source of food for the nation.

But stop from moment and there is much more than that going on. Just

out of sight, countless insects, mammals and birds live in these

fields. Among them is a harvest mice. They used to harvest --

hibernate in crops, but now they live on the brink. When the combine

harvesters arrive, the mice, their nests, and everything else in their

path faces destruction. It is a big deal because a quarter of the

British countryside is arable. David Mills from the British

Wildlife Centre in Surrey used to be a farmer. He says a harvest mice

are particularly hard hit. Years ago, when the corn was brought in

in September, they were brought into the farm hard -- barnyard, the

mice would be inside them. Today, the harvest is much earlier, you

have big modern machinery. In the past they were given places to

shelter? It is all about loss of habitat. There are many animals

impacted. The impact on harvest mice has been so serious they have

been added to a government list of animals at risk. Farmers get

funding to create refuges for small animals at harvest time. The good

news is simple practices by farmers can really make a difference.

margins of on cultivated weeds at the side of fields give animals

places to shelter. We can artificially boost the populations

of some tiny man also -- a tiny mammals. David runs a project to

breed them in captivity and release them into the wild. He has asked me

to help. Where do you release them? Normally on the edge of cornfield

where there is plenty of cover, because they need to be on the edge

where they can find shelter and food. They will make a nest in here.

They come out of here and they will live here. This is the big moment.

I'll just put it there. There you go. How all that these mice? These

are juveniles, about five weeks old. They will stack breeding when they

are six weeks old. -- begin breeding. They could have two

letters before the weather turns nasty in October. Can I have a

shot? Please do, take it by the tail. I will put him in there. Off

He is a wild animal, and is very happy sitting there. They are so

cute and so tiny. It is like holding an insect, not an animal.

You deserve a little space in the grass. Do you want to go there?

This breeding project, is it on going? Is there ever going to be a

time when the population is be established? No. These are the food

source, and quite honestly, you keep releasing them, you'd read

them, breed thousands of them, because you are helping nature.

Freedom for another dozen mice. This is one tiny example of how

hard this and nature can live side by side. -- harvest. There is a

side that has gone out across the nation. We would like to say happy

birthday for yesterday. We got you a little present. There is a story

behind this. The deputy editor is a man. He put your age on it. We will

not sure that. -- display that. is up to year. Look at that!

erect and be proud. That is all we have time talk -- a time for. Kim,

thank you. Antony and Cleopatra starts at Chichester Theatre on

September 7th. This time next week, we will be in the middle of a