0:00:14 > 0:00:24Hello and welcome to the last One Show before
0:00:26 > 0:00:33Christmas. With my special Friday guest presenter.The traffic out
0:00:33 > 0:00:45there is unbelievable. Thank you so much.I like it.It is top-heavy. If
0:00:45 > 0:00:48I lean forward, I fall forward.
0:00:48 > 0:00:51School gates have been closed, black bin liners are full
0:00:51 > 0:00:53of the remains of office parties and The One Show is
0:00:53 > 0:00:55about to shut up shop.
0:00:55 > 0:00:57But before we do, we've got a show full of music,
0:00:57 > 0:01:01lights and goodwill.
0:01:01 > 0:01:05The Canterbury Cathedral Girls Choir are here.
0:01:05 > 0:01:15They'll be performing a classic carol later for us.
0:01:15 > 0:01:25Team Rickshaw are here.
0:01:25 > 0:01:27Always good to see you.
0:01:27 > 0:01:29And we're all waiting for the arrival of a jolly man
0:01:29 > 0:01:31in a red suit who always brings Christmas cheer.
0:01:31 > 0:01:32No, not that one.
0:01:32 > 0:01:36This one.
0:01:36 > 0:01:49I'm Father Christmas. Who is first? Yes, I am a reindeer. Look at my
0:01:49 > 0:01:59antlers. Christmas is a special time for me, and a special time for you.
0:01:59 > 0:02:06Please welcome Santa Rob Brydon!
0:02:06 > 0:02:17Good to see you.Are you all set for Christmas?Why couldn't I wear that?
0:02:17 > 0:02:21I am ready for Christmas, yes. I have been doing a little shopping
0:02:21 > 0:02:27because we are in London, too good an opportunity to miss.So you are
0:02:27 > 0:02:34sorted. Did your gift assistant do the wrapping?My assistant's
0:02:34 > 0:02:38assistant did the main wrapping, in conjunction with the shop assistant.
0:02:38 > 0:02:45But they had assistance.We will be talking about the Highway Rat later.
0:02:45 > 0:02:48This year we've seen Matt Allwright take on the A to Z
0:02:48 > 0:02:49of Britain challenge.
0:02:49 > 0:02:52We've been sending him to towns all across the country in search
0:02:52 > 0:02:54of the best food and somewhere to stay the night.
0:02:54 > 0:03:02And we've saved him somewhere special for Christmas.
0:03:02 > 0:03:07I'm heading way out west to the Cornish fishing village of Mousehole
0:03:07 > 0:03:13in our a to Z of great British food towns. Tonight marks the beginning
0:03:13 > 0:03:16of Mousehole's legendary Christmas celebrations, to which we are
0:03:16 > 0:03:23Cordelia invited. The harbour is being festooned with lights by Peter
0:03:23 > 0:03:28Taylor and his team of volunteers. All hands on Christmas decks. I
0:03:28 > 0:03:34think you have a couple of bulbs missing. How many are there?Over
0:03:34 > 0:03:39100,000. The lights are arranged in a circle around the harbour, so
0:03:39 > 0:03:43anywhere you stand in Mousehole, you will see lots of pieces. It's a
0:03:43 > 0:03:51fantastic sensation.Hit my lights. Yes! Job done. One of the displays
0:03:51 > 0:03:58depicts a local delicacy called stargazing pie, which has fish heads
0:03:58 > 0:04:02sticking out of it. The story goes that a local fisherman went out in a
0:04:02 > 0:04:06storm to feed the starving village, and came back with seven different
0:04:06 > 0:04:11types of fish. It is still cooked at Christmas time in Mousehole, and
0:04:11 > 0:04:16hotelier Charles is going to show me how. That is a lot of fish for a
0:04:16 > 0:04:19single pie.There were a lot of people in the village to feed and
0:04:19 > 0:04:24they were very hungry. We will use three today, Pollock, smoked haddock
0:04:24 > 0:04:30An.We mix a sauce made with fish stock, cream, parsley, wilted
0:04:30 > 0:04:36spinach and eggs, topped off with a puff pastry crust. This is where you
0:04:36 > 0:04:41take a really good fish pie and make 70% of people not want to eat it,
0:04:41 > 0:04:45the idea that the fish are looking at you.Diving through the sea and
0:04:45 > 0:04:52up and looking to the stars.So what does it taste like? The question is,
0:04:52 > 0:04:58heads or tails?I think you should try a head. The whole fish in the
0:04:58 > 0:05:04pie, the oil seeps into the source, and you get a real intense flavour.
0:05:04 > 0:05:08Here is my advice. If you come to Mousehole, don't be put off by the
0:05:08 > 0:05:14way it looks. It tastes incredible. While we eat, outside people are
0:05:14 > 0:05:20pouring into Mousehole.We are from Plymouth and we have come to see the
0:05:20 > 0:05:27lights.I had no idea it was such a big deal.It is a thing.The
0:05:27 > 0:05:29population has swelled six times tonight and Santa is collecting for
0:05:29 > 0:05:35the harbour lights.Free mistletoe for a small donation. Get your money
0:05:35 > 0:05:41out.All that I have got is 20 quid. Most expensive mistletoe I have ever
0:05:41 > 0:05:46bought. Somehow I have to get value for money from this. I paid 20 quid
0:05:46 > 0:05:50for this, so I have to get as many Christmas kisses as possible. Pull
0:05:50 > 0:06:09him in.I thought you were going to...That was a good one.Hang on!
0:06:09 > 0:06:15Oh, my goodness. I'm so sorry. Please don't let me start anything.
0:06:15 > 0:06:21Can I just say, he's got lipstick on him.I have. Enough of the
0:06:21 > 0:06:34mistletoe. Now for the lights. Three, two, one... It's a fantastic
0:06:34 > 0:06:40evening, but will I be able to find somewhere to stay tonight?It will
0:06:40 > 0:06:45be totally busy. Booked probably for a year.Sure enough, there is
0:06:45 > 0:06:50genuinely no room at the inn. Luckily, there is plenty of
0:06:50 > 0:06:55Christmas spirit. Do you know anywhere I can state a night?We
0:06:55 > 0:06:59have got a spare room in our cottage. Christmas is all about
0:06:59 > 0:07:05sharing, reaching out to people you've never met before.Bless you.
0:07:05 > 0:07:09You are blooming lucky I've got a spare bed for you. You might have
0:07:09 > 0:07:14two sharing with Max.That's all right. Hello, everybody. Such a
0:07:14 > 0:07:20gate-crasher. Marvellous Mousehole, new friends partying late into the
0:07:20 > 0:07:27night. Max is a Battersea dog and I am a straight taken in by kind
0:07:27 > 0:07:34people. It doesn't get much better, just before Christmas.
0:07:34 > 0:07:39He will get Christmas flu, kissing people randomly like that. I love a
0:07:39 > 0:07:47bit of mistletoe. You take what you can get!
0:07:47 > 0:07:50As far as the Rob Brydon household is concerned, is it a traditional
0:07:50 > 0:07:59Christmas that you have? Do you get involved?I am very much there.
0:07:59 > 0:08:06There is a definite physical presence from me.Just overseeing?
0:08:06 > 0:08:13Just being there, just for Mauro, really. I'm not a big talent in the
0:08:13 > 0:08:18kitchen, but I help, like Santa's little helper. My big thing is
0:08:18 > 0:08:21always wanting to get rid of the wrapping paper as soon as it has
0:08:21 > 0:08:26come off. I am like elderly relatives used to be, and I used to
0:08:26 > 0:08:31think, why are they doing that? Now, give that to me. I crunch it up
0:08:31 > 0:08:38small, saving all the ribbon. People used to go, why are you saving it,
0:08:38 > 0:08:42but I will keep that. And it never gets seen again.Hopefully the
0:08:42 > 0:08:48dinner will be cleared and the dishwasher stacked by 4:45pm when
0:08:48 > 0:08:53the Highway Rat is on.It is on them, such a lovely film.This is a
0:08:53 > 0:08:56very popular book but some people who have not got children might not
0:08:56 > 0:09:03know the story.Julia Donaldson, the writer, Axel Scheffler, the
0:09:03 > 0:09:08illustrator, she wrote the Gruffalo. The Highway Rat is played by David
0:09:08 > 0:09:13Tennant in our version, and he has a sweet tooth, so he steals food from
0:09:13 > 0:09:19all of the other creatures in this wonderful world. If you have
0:09:19 > 0:09:23children, you can't not have heard of the Highway Rat, but there will
0:09:23 > 0:09:27be the odd friend who I mention it to and they will say, what's that?
0:09:27 > 0:09:32You don't know the Highway Rat?! It's a lovely book, I think one of
0:09:32 > 0:09:39her best. And the guys that have done this, who also did the Gruffalo
0:09:39 > 0:09:45and stick man and others, they have done such a lovely job. They find
0:09:45 > 0:09:49new things that fit perfectly in Julia's world. It's something I'm
0:09:49 > 0:09:55really proud to be apart of.I think we should introduce all of your
0:09:55 > 0:09:58friends to this wonderful story. Let's look and listen your lovely
0:09:58 > 0:10:03narrator.Do you have cakes and chocolates, the highway robber
0:10:03 > 0:10:10cried. And... Chocolates, chocolates, chocolates, the voice
0:10:10 > 0:10:16from the cave replied. I'm coming to take them, the rat thief yelled. His
0:10:16 > 0:10:20greedy eyes grew round. Take them, take them, take them, came back the
0:10:20 > 0:10:30welcome sound.
0:10:35 > 0:10:40It is another perfect time.It is a lovely film. They had a screening
0:10:40 > 0:10:45and I went to see it, so proud to be part of it. Very heart-warming.You
0:10:45 > 0:10:51must be a dream father to read bedtime stories.Well, what I have
0:10:51 > 0:10:57found is that when I have read bedtime stories... I've got five
0:10:57 > 0:11:00altogether, they are older now. I would put on a voice and they would
0:11:00 > 0:11:09say, do your own voice, because naturally...The ultimate insult.I
0:11:09 > 0:11:13think any story sounds better with Anthony Hopkins. So when I used to
0:11:13 > 0:11:18read the Highway Rat to the kids I would do it in my Anthony Hopkins
0:11:18 > 0:11:26voice. And I would be listening and going, that sounds good. And the
0:11:26 > 0:11:33kids would look up from the pillow, do your own voice.When you were a
0:11:33 > 0:11:35little boy, were your parents good storytellers? What was your
0:11:35 > 0:11:43favourite?Stuff like Rupert the Bear.I used to love Rupert the
0:11:43 > 0:11:50Bear. He's gone quiet.Robin Hood tax very popular in Port Talbot. I
0:11:50 > 0:12:00remember him. Why are you laughing at that? One mention of Port Talbot
0:12:00 > 0:12:07and she is away.It's Christmas, it reminds me of home.That's right, it
0:12:07 > 0:12:12is Christmas, well done, Alex. Your grip on reality has not lessened.
0:12:12 > 0:12:17But all of the stuff that is around now, it makes you realise, there was
0:12:17 > 0:12:22no Harry Potter, no Gruffalo, none of that.But we managed.We got by,
0:12:22 > 0:12:31Alex.The Highway Rat is on Christmas Day at 4:45pm on BBC One.
0:12:31 > 0:12:41We've been up and down the country all week sending
0:12:41 > 0:12:43So thank you for all of your thank yous; from the dogs
0:12:43 > 0:12:46of Aberdeen to the topless rugby players of Belfast.
0:12:46 > 0:12:48And one last stop - tonight it's Liverpool.
0:12:48 > 0:12:52Merry Christmas to my family and friends and thanks to my mum for
0:12:52 > 0:12:56making Christmas so special.A message to my mum and dad to say
0:12:56 > 0:13:02thanks for being such great mums and dads.And my mum and dad as well,
0:13:02 > 0:13:07all the baby-sitting throughout the year.Thank you for 16 years of
0:13:07 > 0:13:15happy marriage. I love the.And I love her, too.
0:13:19 > 0:13:26Welcome aboard one of the Mersey ferries. We are quite close as a
0:13:26 > 0:13:30workforce, more like a family than friendship. I would like to wish
0:13:30 > 0:13:35Merry Christmas to our regulars and all our visitors in 2017. Look
0:13:35 > 0:13:44forward to seeing you in 2018. Thank you.We were invited to a Christmas
0:13:44 > 0:13:51lunch. By students from the University. It was for pensioners
0:13:51 > 0:13:58and we were waited on hand and foot. The students were lovely.It's the
0:13:58 > 0:14:03coming together of the older and younger generation.Thank you to
0:14:03 > 0:14:10them all.Merry Christmas!I am the postmistress, and today we have come
0:14:10 > 0:14:16along to thank Sally for our Christmas top are on our postbox
0:14:16 > 0:14:21because she made it and it has brought joy to everyone.I had not
0:14:21 > 0:14:23appreciated how much pleasure it would given this reception is
0:14:23 > 0:14:32amazing.Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer had a very shiny nose...
0:14:38 > 0:14:42Merry Christmas to all those lovely people. Now then, we have come up
0:14:42 > 0:14:46with a little game. I know you have had your Christmas special but we
0:14:46 > 0:14:53are going to do it and we are going to call it...
0:14:53 > 0:14:57That's very clever because you've taken a Christmas word.
0:15:01 > 0:15:04Bingo. There is a team involved in this show, it's not just the two of
0:15:04 > 0:15:11you.More than that. We've got three people.We've got more people lined
0:15:11 > 0:15:14up for this.They've each got a Christmas story and you basically
0:15:14 > 0:15:20have to guess which one is lying. Which is the lie.There is one in
0:15:20 > 0:15:23now. We'll start with Susie and... We'll hear all the stories first.
0:15:23 > 0:15:29Susie off you go.Every other year on Christmas Day I have a picnic
0:15:29 > 0:15:41outside eight nuclear power plant. Interesting. We'll now move on to
0:15:41 > 0:15:44Abena.I spent Christmas Day locked in a bus garage after falling asleep
0:15:44 > 0:15:48on the night bus home.Locked in a bus garage after falling asleep on
0:15:48 > 0:15:53the night bus home. Finally David. One Christmas morning I had to dash
0:15:53 > 0:16:00to the airport to send my mum's false teeth to America.There you
0:16:00 > 0:16:08are, three stories.Only one is alive.You can question.Which one
0:16:08 > 0:16:18of you is lying? Not that question. Not that question.The lie I think,
0:16:18 > 0:16:26I have a feeling the first Lady was a David seemed confident.You can
0:16:26 > 0:16:31question.These are your mother's teeth. And you had to send them to
0:16:31 > 0:16:35which country?America, to California.You went to an airport
0:16:35 > 0:16:39is not a post office?It was Christmas Day, post offices were
0:16:39 > 0:16:46shut. But there one flight from America, to America from the UK.
0:16:46 > 0:16:53Which airport?Heathrow.All right. In 1979.I think he's telling the
0:16:53 > 0:16:58truth.Lots of detail.You were wondering about Abena.Tell me yours
0:16:58 > 0:17:05again.I spent Christmas Day in a bus garage.She's telling me her lie
0:17:05 > 0:17:11again. Christmas Day...In a bus garage because I fell asleep on the
0:17:11 > 0:17:19night bus.That could be the lie. The nuclear...Suzy, yes.Every
0:17:19 > 0:17:24other year on Christmas Day I have a picnic outside a nuclear power
0:17:24 > 0:17:33plant.I think Abena is telling the lie.Are you OK with people having a
0:17:33 > 0:17:42picnic outside a power station?Do you not do that? You don't do that?
0:17:42 > 0:17:47It's a branch of Rumbelows, but much the same thing. All I'm sure of is
0:17:47 > 0:17:53that David is telling the truth, I'm not really sure...You're saying
0:17:53 > 0:17:59Abena is lying, would be a liar... I've changed my mind, Suzy is lying.
0:17:59 > 0:18:08Would the liar step forward?It was Abena!Why did you let me change?
0:18:08 > 0:18:13The other two were true. Very quickly to prove the others are
0:18:13 > 0:18:19true, we've got Suzy first of all. Oh my goodness!Enjoying a picnic
0:18:19 > 0:18:24stroke Christmas lunch.I'm going to ask why.Hang on... There rather
0:18:24 > 0:18:29teeth. The teeth are in!It could just be the picture of a woman with
0:18:29 > 0:18:35teeth.We'll have a chat with Suzy during the next bit to sort this
0:18:35 > 0:18:42power station thing out.Shortly we'll be giving you 25 choir girls
0:18:42 > 0:18:48a-singing and rickshaw ride is relaxing. Here is a cricketer trying
0:18:48 > 0:18:52to take on a 25 days of Christmas challenge.
0:18:58 > 0:19:05Cerys, it's Phil. I need your help, they've asked me to find one of the
0:19:05 > 0:19:08nation's favourite Christmas carols and give it a twist.Are you
0:19:08 > 0:19:14serious?I never joke about business, can you rustle me up 12
0:19:14 > 0:19:18drummers?I'll see what I can do.
0:19:20 > 0:19:30Whoa. Hello. Phil, hi.Richard, I need some papers.OK, leave it with
0:19:30 > 0:19:32me.
0:19:35 > 0:19:39Where can I lay my hands on a couple of turtle doves?I think you're in
0:19:39 > 0:19:44luck I've just found the specimen you're looking for.Andy have you
0:19:44 > 0:19:48got any geese your way?It's a bit of a tall order old chap but I think
0:19:48 > 0:19:57I've got an idea.You want what? Nine ladies.I'll see what I can do.
0:19:57 > 0:20:05Phil.Matt, it's me, I need some maids milking.OK, listen, this is
0:20:05 > 0:20:15the last time I'm going to help, all right? Yeah... By. Such a chanter.
0:20:15 > 0:20:21-- Chancellor.It's not been easy but I think we've pulled it off. Sit
0:20:21 > 0:20:24back, relax and prepare yourself for some Christmas magic wand show
0:20:24 > 0:20:25style.
0:20:29 > 0:20:33# In the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me a partridge in
0:20:33 > 0:20:40a pear tree # On the second day of Christmas my
0:20:40 > 0:20:51true love gave to me two turtledoves # On the third day of Christmas my
0:20:51 > 0:20:58true love gave to me # Three French hens
0:20:58 > 0:21:05# Hello. # On the fourth day of Christmas my
0:21:05 > 0:21:11true love sent to me four calling doves that's just three calling
0:21:11 > 0:21:16birds, I wanted four. # On the fifth day of Christmas my
0:21:16 > 0:21:30true love gave to me five gold rings # On the sixth day of Christmas my
0:21:30 > 0:21:42true love gave to me six geese a- laying
0:21:42 > 0:21:48# On the second day of Christmas my true love gave to me seven Swans a-
0:21:48 > 0:21:56Swimming... # On the eighth day of Christmas my
0:21:56 > 0:22:06true love gave to me eight maids a- milking
0:22:06 > 0:22:11# On the ninth day of Christmas my true love gave to me nine ladies
0:22:11 > 0:22:15dancing
0:22:18 > 0:22:29# On the tenth day of Christmas my true love sent to me ten Time Lords
0:22:29 > 0:22:32leaping # On the 11th day of Christmas my
0:22:32 > 0:22:41true love gave to me 11 pipers piping
0:22:41 > 0:22:47# On the 12th day of Christmas my true love gave to me 12 drummers
0:22:47 > 0:22:55drumming... # Ten Lords leaping
0:22:55 > 0:23:01# Nine ladies dancing # Eight maids milking
0:23:01 > 0:23:04# Seven Swans Swimming # Six geese laying
0:23:04 > 0:23:06# Five gold rings # Four calling birds
0:23:06 > 0:23:10# Three French hens # Two turtledoves
0:23:10 > 0:23:21# And a partridge in a pear tree #. Cheers!
0:23:22 > 0:23:26It happened.Thank you to all of the groups who sang their hearts out for
0:23:26 > 0:23:30us.Back in November you will probably remember myself I'm six
0:23:30 > 0:23:33incredible riders, here they are, rode 500 miles from London to
0:23:33 > 0:23:37Glasgow in nine days will stop APPLAUSE
0:23:37 > 0:23:41They did a sterling job, great to see you all again. I said before I
0:23:41 > 0:23:46hardly recognise you because you're looking rested. How has life been?
0:23:46 > 0:23:53Doing Christmas lights switching on? I switched on the projections.
0:23:53 > 0:23:58You've been getting involved in Western markets I switched on the
0:23:58 > 0:24:03village Christmas tree lights. It was an exhausting nine days. How
0:24:03 > 0:24:07much sleep did you have to after that presenter-macro?I've been
0:24:07 > 0:24:12sleeping every day up until the evening.Still going. Look, we
0:24:12 > 0:24:16talked about going back to school, the reaction you would get, what was
0:24:16 > 0:24:18it like?It was unreal to see the support I got was amazing. The
0:24:18 > 0:24:24school alone raised £4000 for the challenge, so I'm very grateful.
0:24:24 > 0:24:27Brilliant. We have to say an enormous thank you to everyone who
0:24:27 > 0:24:32donated.Absolutely.You've worked wonders. I've got the trouble for
0:24:32 > 0:24:36the end of the year and it has gone up, I can tell you. Stand by... For
0:24:36 > 0:24:51the terrible... -- for the total. It stands out... 5,402,326! Goodness
0:24:51 > 0:24:57me, thank you from each and every one of you.Every year we work with
0:24:57 > 0:25:00our neighbours at all souls Church to make all sorts of things happen.
0:25:00 > 0:25:05We're joined by the reverend Hugh Palmer, lovely to see you again.
0:25:05 > 0:25:09It's been a difficult year for some people in 2017, what message do you
0:25:09 > 0:25:18have for those people going forward to 2018?Well, there was a mum in a
0:25:18 > 0:25:21hospital bed where a six-year-old was dying and the chaplain comes by,
0:25:21 > 0:25:25put his arm on her shoulder and says, I know how you feel. She's a
0:25:25 > 0:25:29out of her seat in an instant, eyes blazing, she says that my son die
0:25:29 > 0:25:34in, how dare you say you know how I feel? He stops her and says, last
0:25:34 > 0:25:38year my eight-year-old boy died in this hospital, too. He said, I do
0:25:38 > 0:25:45know how you feel. And Christmas is a reminder that the God and Jesus
0:25:45 > 0:25:51know that as well. He gave his one and only at Christmas and Easter.
0:25:51 > 0:25:55That is the hand I would want on my shoulder going into 2018.Thank you
0:25:55 > 0:25:59so much. And have a restful Christmas yourself. Peaceful
0:25:59 > 0:26:04Christmas.Everybody is so generous out there. I was just thinking as
0:26:04 > 0:26:08you were saying, the generosity of out there. I was doing maths in my
0:26:08 > 0:26:11head and over the seven years we've done that challenge it has raised
0:26:11 > 0:26:16over £21 million.Incredible.Huge thank you to everybody who has
0:26:16 > 0:26:20donated.And thank you for watching this year. We'll see you again in
0:26:20 > 0:26:252018. Thank you to Rob for being such a fantastic dust. The Highway
0:26:25 > 0:26:29Rat is on Christmas Day at quarter to five on BBC One and we'll be back
0:26:29 > 0:26:36on the 8th of January with the Hairy Bikers. Happy birthday to Matt Baker
0:26:36 > 0:26:40for tomorrow. Happy birthday!We'll leave you with the Canterbury
0:26:40 > 0:26:45Cathedral Girls Choir singing not happy birthday, Silent Night.Merry
0:26:45 > 0:26:49Christmas.And a very Happy New Year.
0:26:49 > 0:26:52# Silent night Holy night
0:26:52 > 0:26:59# All is calm all is bright
0:26:59 > 0:27:04# Round yon virgin mother and child
0:27:06 > 0:27:14# Holy infant so tender and mild
0:27:14 > 0:27:22# Sleep in heavenly peace
0:27:29 > 0:27:32# Silent night
0:27:32 > 0:27:36# Holy night
0:27:36 > 0:27:43# Shepherds quake at the sight
0:27:43 > 0:27:52# Glories stream from heaven afar
0:27:52 > 0:27:59# Heavenly hosts sing Alleluia
0:27:59 > 0:28:16# Christ the Savior is born #.
0:28:17 > 0:28:26# Silent night Holy night
0:28:26 > 0:28:42# Son of God # Radiant beams from thy holy face
0:28:42 > 0:29:00# With the dawn of redeeming grace # Jesus is Lord at thy birth
0:29:00 > 0:29:05# Jesus Lord at thy birth #.
0:29:08 > 0:29:10Ho-ho-ho! Merry Christmas!