22/12/2011 The One Show

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

Tonight we are playing secrets and there. See if you can guess who

this is. -- secret Santa. It's Grace Jones! Lovely to see you.

We are getting you are a lot more enthusiastic about Christmas than

in the that clip? A tad more. Just a little bit. Two shopping days

left, tomorrow is apparently the busiest of the year. Have you done

it all? I have, at last year I was shopping on Christmas Eve. I did it

all in my local area, in Cardiff. I got it all done on Christmas Eve.

This year I am a bit more organised. It only takes you two days? I said

the site 2, but it doesn't work. You need a lot more. Do you do a

whole list? It's ridiculous, it escalates. I've got to start

tomorrow! Good luck. We are going to be hearing about your new show,

Stella. Claire Balding will be in Salford with some of the UK's

biggest sports stars before tonight's Sports Personality Of The

Year. On the surface, Christine Gibson and her husband Peter were a

run of the milk couple from Essex. When they started buying flash cars

and depositing wads of cash into the local building society, they

started to stand out a little bit. Where was that money coming from?

Could it have anything to do with the fact that Christine was working

at the Bank of England? Well, Tuffers is on the case.

Imagine a bank heist involving hundreds of thousands of pounds. It

probably conjures up men in balaclavas, bank blueprints and a

But sometimes, as it turns out, all you need is black sticky tape and

size 18 underpants. 17th January, 1992. Mr Gibson had arranged to see

a pension provider, to pay �100,000 in for him and his wife. The only

trouble was, he chose to make the deposit in cash, in crumpled old

bank notes from a plastic bag. The stunned manager was even more

suspicious when he produced another huge wad of �50 notes from a

leather holdall and boasted that he was off to buy a car. At every day

Essex couple also enjoyed the jet- set lifestyle, taking holidays to

the Far East and Hawaii. Slightly suspicious, thought police. When

they found out that Christine was overseeing the burning of millions

of pounds worth of bank notes for the Bank of England, alarm bells

were ringing. Destroying old notes is standard practice. Darryl only

so many hands they can pass through before they become worn out. That

might be five years for something like a 50 pound note, but you are

lucky to get more than one year out of a lowly five pound note. Pam

West is an expert on British bank notes and author of the collector's

Guide to English paper money. the old days, they used to be

incinerated. It would keep the building warm. Now they are

shredded and become landfill. this shredded money? Yes. How much

would be in that? I don't know, a big jigsaw puzzle. How do you think

Christine and her gang stole the money? It is the burning question!

The cash would sit in cages. Each of them were secured with padlocks,

coloured with black or white tape. No one person possessed the keys to

both. A seemingly secure system. Christine Gibson, who held a white

key for years, found a way around it. Was the holder of the black

blocker removed it, she was able to swap it with a white one, which she

had the keyboard, having disguised it with black tape. That way, she

was able to access it later. It emerged that she had stuck to

bundles of notes into her clothing and into her underwear, before

substituting the correct padlock and clocking off. Within days of

his ill-conceived trip to the pension adviser, Gibson, his wife

and a handful of other Bank of England employees were arrested.

One of the accused, Kevin Winwright, immediately confessed to the theft

of 100 centre �1,000 and agreed to give evidence against co-

conspirators. That meant the unlikely gang ended up here.

Christian de Cann is the barrister who represented the Gibsons in the

trial. This was an extraordinary case? Yes. Over a four year period

between 1998 and 1992, four employees of the Bank of England

were accused of stealing some �700,000. They must have got a long

prison sentence? They were not prosecuted by the police. The

police refused to prosecute them because they could not prove over

what period of time and how much money had been actually stolen from

the Bank of England. So the Bank of England brought a civil prosecution

in front of a judge, not a jury. They proved it because they were

not able to justify the money that they were earning between them,

�69,000, as opposed to the �300,000 that they spent over that period.

The Bank of England has successfully sued three former

employees for the return of more than �500,000. Peter Gibson claimed

that a lifetime of cash-in-hand work and dodging the taxman could

explain the money. But the judge rejected that as wholly incredible

and unsupported, before finding the gang liable and ordering to pay

back just under �1 million. Whilst the one person who admitted to the

crime got an 18 month sentence, the rest of the gang walked free from

court. The Bank of England has significantly tighten security and

controls around the destruction of bank notes. But where they have as

big bucks at stake, you can bet that someone, somewhere, would be

trying to beat the system. Nearly Not quite. Good luck with that one.

Ruth, you created and starred in Gavin & Stacey. People were gutted

when it came to an end. But you are back in a brand new comedy drama.

Tell us about that. It's not how it quite started out? It started out

as something that was supposed to be live? It is called Stella, a

tent part series for Sky One, starting on 6th January. Basically,

it is a 10 part series and it is a comedy drama. When it started out,

the idea was that it would be filmed in front of a studio, a

situation comedy with an audience. But I found when I tried to right

it, I couldn't write in that way. Gavin & Stacey was not a sitcom in

that way, a single camera, no audience. It grew up from being

half an hour in front of an audience to being a single camera,

one hour long. Because of that, it has maybe a bit more drama in it

than Gavin and Stacey hand. I play Stella. She is a woman in her 40s

who really spends her time trying to get to the day, looking after

her kids. She hasn't got a lot of money, she wears a lot of rugby

shirts and not much make-up. She hasn't got a great deal going for

her. It is really about her life. It is a bit of a blossoming that

goes on in her life. Let's have a little look at you as Stella,

meeting her ex-husband and his partner. This brings back memories.

Not for me. You never got detention? Of course. I thought we

were in the same year? He was older. I was only two years above you in

school. But he's got the body of a That was her ex-husband. What I

wanted to create was that she had a relationship with him that was not

unfriendly, particularly. He got on her nerves, and when he went off,

she was secretly glad. When you are looking at a blank piece of paper,

where do you start with this world that you are creating? I was

intrigued to writing about a woman who thought her life was going to

go in one direction, and then she got pregnant at 16. That is the

overriding story arc of the 10 episodes. I don't want to give too

much away. But that event in her life, it sort of comes back. Not to

haunt her, because that makes it sound negative, but it comes back

into her life. It was really just about finding out who Stella was.

Then that the people that lived in her world, really. Have you enjoyed

playing hair? I loved it. But because of creating more of the

other characters, you sort Karl and Nadine, they are played by

brilliant actors. When I was writing it, I loved acting out

their roles and all of them, really. Watching the first couple of

episodes, it is hard to imagine it based anywhere else but Wales. But

it nearly wasn't? That's right. Because of Gavin and Stacey being

set in South Wales, I thought maybe it would be a good idea to set it

in Bristol. I was thinking, well, it's not too far away from home

because I live in Cardiff. I have to pay a lot of tolls on the Severn

Bridge, and that is going up in January. That is beside the point,

I thought if it was Bristol it would not be too far. Then I

thought, you know what, I know about Wales. It's silly. Maybe

people who are not Welsh will go, well, it's the same as Gavin and

Stacey. It's a very different accent. You know that Barrie talks

like that. Then add in the valleys it is much more what you would

expect from a proper Welsh accent. I buy it on a Friday, I sell it

again on Saturday. It's a completely different story, as well.

It is a different story. I just hope that people will enjoy the

characters in it. As much as I enjoyed creating them, really.

We're looking forward to seeing that in January. The BBC sent James

Martin in to a hospital in Scarborough to transform patient

food. We sent him back to see if the hospital continued with the

project without him. Scarborough General Hospital. As

part of a BBC daytime series, I spent last summer working alongside

catering manager Pat Bell and her team. I aim was to improve the

quality of the food, while sticking to in the NHS budget. I was pretty

disappointed by some of what I found. There was broken equipment,

dissatisfied patients and a menu that had not been changed for nine

years. It has been almost six months since my last visit. But now

I am back. It feels good to be back, actually. Most of the cameras have

gone, earlier on this summer. I've still been in regular contact with

the team. This was a project, when I first started it, it was not

something I knew you could walk away from. I feel like when I left

we were in the right direction. God only knows where we have gone now.

Fingers crossed! I passionately believe that food should be treated

as medicine. To me, the kitchens here are just as vital as the wards,

the operating theatres. It may look a lot, it may look like a large

kitchen, trust me, this is very small, given the amount of people

they are serving. 1000 meals a day come out of here, all for just over

�1 per patient, per meal. These are the creamed leeks? This is a recent

addition to the menu. This is one of the dishes that we worked on.

The initial concept was to create something that was really

inexpensive, that could hold, more than anything else, that was going

to be good for the patient. So, how does it taste? This tastes really

good! And it is all done for the same budget. It is a far cry from

what I discovered on my first visit. Everything is out of a tin, out of

a packet. Everything, all of the vegetables are frozen. I reduced

the menu cycle from three weeks down to just one week, slashing the

number of dishes. The result should be fewer tins and packets and more

fresh, locally sourced ingredients. At least that is the theory... This

is a bit different from last time I came in. Just a little bit.

have less stock, so you have more fresh bits and pieces? Baulks, that

was a mass of a packet soups. Now they use free-range eggs and milk

from the local dairy. Time for lunch and day-trip to Pat's plays.

It is the staff and visitors dining room. It was looking sorry for

itself on my first visit. A lick of paint and some new meal options,

including these begets. But has it made any difference to the turnover

in the six months? We are up 5500 customers. 5500 more people?

terms of income, I am up just over �18,000, from the same period of

last year. That is why you're smiling? It's brilliant. It is

fantastic to see the dining room so busy. She plans to use the extra

takings to buy some much-needed new kit for the kitchen. When I took

this project on, making sure that patients got some tasty, nutritious

meals was my biggest priority. At the beginning of last summer, a

lunchtime trip to the wards was You have been here six months, you

must have tasted everything, I assume? I have. It's not good. I

appreciate it is difficult to cook for all of these people, but I

would like it to be better and taste better.

And now? Yesterday it was sausage with bacon and a mustard glaze.

OK? It was a bit strong. Other than that it was very nice.

You have geten rid of all of the starch. All of that I have to lie

down for an hour feeling. That was bad for people who are ill, they

want to be up an running, you know? The food then when I was nine years

old was good, but this is fantastic. It is like a five-star hotel.

Quite aturn around. When I left here I believed what we

had done was a success. Little did I know it would be the success that

it is. It is the hardest thing I have ever done. Running a

restaurant is a walk in the park compared with. This this is a huge

organisation where you have to please all American of different

people at all different levels and you are never going to change

things overnight, but surely to change a small thing benefits so

many people. Pat and her team should be immensely proud of the

progress they have made so far. With plans to roll some of the

changes here out to Bridlington Hospital, this could be just the

beginning. APPLAUSE James, you should be proud

of yourself, that was brilliant. I'm not. It's the team. Pat is the

leader of a great team. We got the Trust involved. It's the team work,

they need to know they have done so well.

It is one of those things you can't leave it. Once you do anything like

that you can't leave it and mo on. OK. This was the start, the soup.

This is the key? Is it, to changing the hospital food? We were given

�3749 per pence per patient per day. That covers, the tea, coffee,

biscuits, everything. So the soup, everything was out of packets. That

is like a lot of the NHS to be fair. So we put fresh soup back on the

menu. Ruth said you were not keen on

hospital food? What is it? This is butternut squash and lime. The menu

cycle was the big key. It is lovely. You can taste the

lime. This is hospital food? That is on the menu now at skarb borough

General Hospital. You have -- at Scarborough General

Hospital. And you have a Royal appointment?

Yes, the Prince Charles, has called me. He has helped us. There are

only 12 hospitals that offer really good food. He has invited us all to

Clarence House to have a closed h door meeting to see how we can make

it better and change for the future. So hopefully in the coming year we

are going to work together, including himself to make it all

better. So, out of the �3.49 how much did

that cost? Eight pence! I find the environment of sitting in a

hospital, eating, that puts me off. To me, half of the process of

getting better is in the mind. If you look forward to eating rather

than getting depressed... I never get put off my food! That is never

a problem. It is just being in hospitals.

Ruth, keep talking as James is going to stay with us.

A few weeks ago, Gary Lineker revealed the nominations for the

Sports Pesonality Of The Year Award right here on The One Show. Later

on BBC One the winner is to be announced. Clare Balding is there

to see the stars as they arrive. Clare, it is a glamorous event, but

has anybody let the side down and turned up in a pair of track ies?

No, you must be joking it is glamour city, look at this, Paula

Radcliffe! Earlier I caught up with some of the arrivals.

Well, it is a wonderful event it always has been. I was lucky enough

to win it one year. It is just such a great collection of people.

think it is very special for everyone, esperb ale those

nominated and in view of the fact that the Olympics are coming up

soon. The atmosphere will be exciting.

In sporting term it is means that Christmas is here? It does. If I

spoke to my mum and dad about it, they would automattically re-count

Christmas tales of me wanting to stay up and watch Sports Pesonality

Of The Year Award. It is very much a date in the diary

as far as sports people are concerned, this is when Christmas

starts for them. Two form Erwiners of the Sports Pesonality Of The

Year are with me, and now, Paula Radcliffe, let's start with you

first, how much is 2012 going to be a defining year for you? From the

minute that they announced in 2005 this we got the bid to host the

Olympics it became a huge goal. For me with what I have been through in

the past two Olympics. It is not the be all and end all, but it will

be important to go to the Olympics and give it my best shot on the day.

That is all I'm asking for, to be healthy enough and fit enough to

give it my best race. It would be the ultimate comeback story.

Now, Sir Steve Redgrave, tonight, you are receiving something

special? The Lifetime Achievement Award, it makes me feel very old

indeed! It is probably the last time I will win an award of this

sort. So the BBC are looking after me. I'm very proud.

The people that I know and have work with, they are all here. The

Sports Pesonality Of The Year Award is always a great programme to come

to. It is fantastic. And please, give the One Show

viewers a wave for us... Yes, a little bit of trouble.

And now, Oliver Golding, the US Open and junior tennis champion,

how amazing is this for you? It is an amazing experience for me.

How much does it matter that you may make an impact and be a nominee

in the future? It would abdream. These are the greatest people who

have played sport for our country. To be nominated as one of them in

the future would be amazing. Oil jer is -- Oliver is stepping up

from the juniors to the seniors. We wish you luck next year. The

programme starts on BBC One at 8.00pm this evening.

Thank you very much indeed, Clare. You can vote for your Sports

Pesonality Of The Year Award on the show at 8.00pm on BBC One.

Right, back to Christmas dinner. Ruth, you are cooking, but you

don't know where to start with the turkey? OK. I know there is a

snobbery value here, but my turkey is frozen. I know, judge me! Judge

me! Is it still frozen? It is. I would keep it in the freezer and

buy beef. Seriously? Yes. Or go for a shoulder of lamb or

pork. Cover it in tin foil and have it covered and leave it in the oven

for five hours. The plan is to defrost the turkey tomorrow and

stick it on the plate warmer for 24 hours.

It cooks, apparently! Well, keep getting the tips, we have to move

on! Alex and I have been presenting the one show -- One Show but if it

had been in the 1800, we would have been sitting under this at this

time. Christine Walkden is with us to

tell us more about the history. Christmas would not be Christmas

without a sprig or two of mistletoe. Steeped in history and mystical

power. Let's face it. It must have

something going for it. Or why else would you pucker up under a

parasite ?! In most of Britain it is rare, but in the Midlands and in

the south-west, in the counties of Herefordshire, Worcestershire, and

Gloucestershire and Somerset, the conditions are perfect for

mistletoe to thrive. Here, the mistletoe is widely recognised as

the cap tow -- capital for it to grow in.

Here, it has forked branches, and white, sticky berries. They are

over 1,400 tree parasites in the world, but mistletoe is the only

airline parasite in Britain. It is a partial parasite of tree

branches. So it is relies on host trees for water and nutrients. It

does not have roots of its own, it cannot grow in the ground it must

grow on the branch of another wooded tree.

Why so much here? It is partly climatic. It likes the climate here

it likes the wints and the summers and the temperatures, but it is

also the fact that its favourite host tree is here. Apple trees,

cultivated apple trees are the favourite by far.

And that makes for easier harvesting too. The trees are not

that high. So they can be reached by poems or hands, but due to the

weather, there is now a glut of mistletoe. It could lead to a lower

yield of apples next year. The way to control the mistletoe is

to cut it out. Do you take all of it? There is

female and male mistletoe. How del tell the difference?

berries. The female has the berries, the males don't.

The glorious females? Yes. In this corner of the Midlands, the

mistletoe is big business. If you find yourself smooching under some

this Christmas, there is a chance it was harvested here. For over 100

years, the town of Tenbury have held mistletoe auctions.

Here, they had mistletoe traditions and romantic stories were handed

down through the generations. Our druid ancestors would have seen

this amazing plant growing on a dormant winter tree, they would

have thought it a gift from God. That it must be sacred.

Don't we have the druids for all of this kissing under the mistletoe?

would like to think so. Mistletoe was an ancient fertility plant.

There is a theory it can stimulate ovlaigs, but don't try it at home!

-- it is a mysterious plant. Some people say it cures sterilyity,

others that it counteracts poisons, but it is the absolute pulling

power of mistletoe every year that cap tivaits us. One look and your

lips start to moisten. I've had plenty of snogs under the

mistletoe, but don't tell my husband! No, they always went

missing when I got the mistletoe out.

What is your experience of the mistletoe? Not a lot, really, but

you look OK! Come on, then! There we go. The call of duty. I don't

know if we should stay on mistletoe. There is the idea of the traditions

of the holly and the ivy too? and ivy are part of the tradition

of Christmas and have been ever since early pagan times. The holly,

the spikes pushed off the evil spirits. The ivy was used because

it warded away the gremlins and the gremlins are more active in the

winter. They like to come in doors. Is that why you make a wreath to

come n -- to put on the door? Absolutely it is all about that.

Get out of here! And ever greens is eternal optimism. In the early days,

the people would see the bleak landscape, but the holly and ivy,

the every greens would shine out. Even today, a garden with ever

Green is alive. A guard within no ever greens looks dead.

We have time for one more plant? Escallonia. A beautiful plant. With

red flowers, you can put it in the garden in a container, providing it