:00:21. > :00:26.That is where the bells came from. Hello, friends, and welcome to your
:00:26. > :00:35.Christmas Eve Eve One Show with Alex Jones. And Chris Evans.
:00:35. > :00:39.Tonight's show is tinselled packed and filled with Christmas cheer.
:00:39. > :00:46.are going to unite the nation with Christmas carolling from across the
:00:46. > :00:50.UK, with singers from Wales... # We wish you a merry Christmas.
:00:50. > :00:55.Northern Ireland. # We wish you a merry Christmas.
:00:55. > :01:02.And Scotland. # We wish you a merry Christmas.
:01:03. > :01:08.And England. # And a happy new year.
:01:08. > :01:17.It all came together. We have also got Christmas Carol Kirkwood, with
:01:17. > :01:21.the all-important Christmas weather forecast. And we have Christmas Jay
:01:21. > :01:25.Rayner, with a special Christmas pudding. A plus, Bear Grylls will
:01:25. > :01:35.tell us where he is taking Miranda Hart this Christmas. Plus the
:01:35. > :01:40.
:01:40. > :01:50.undisputed king of Christmas telly, it is only Sir David Jason. Good
:01:50. > :01:52.
:01:52. > :01:55.evening, sir. Merry Christmas to you. David Jason, everyone. Later,
:01:55. > :02:02.with your permission, we will talk about your new show, The Royal
:02:02. > :02:07.Bodyguard. We must talk about Only Fools And Horses. Absolutely.
:02:07. > :02:12.we must talk about Christmas. Where is your jumper? Did you not get the
:02:12. > :02:19.e-mail? No. I and the poor relation. Are you prepared for Christmas?
:02:19. > :02:28.yes. A very quiet, as normal. Just spend it with the family, my wife
:02:28. > :02:32.and daughter. And her mother. your fridge stocked? Absolutely. We
:02:32. > :02:37.battened down the hatches and Lochore the doors and switch on the
:02:37. > :02:41.telly and open a glass or two and have a very relaxing time. I hope
:02:41. > :02:46.that is what a lot of people will do. If you are young and good-
:02:46. > :02:51.looking like you, you are probably out head-banging. She does that a
:02:51. > :02:55.lot. Anyway, the supermarkets will be back tomorrow with Christmas
:02:55. > :03:01.food shoppers, but if you have got it already done and dusted and are
:03:01. > :03:05.in the seasonal smug zone, send us a photo. We want to see your full
:03:05. > :03:11.festive fridges and freezers, with you standing by, proud as punch. If
:03:11. > :03:16.I was way ahead of the game, I would be like this. We want to show
:03:16. > :03:18.as many as we can, so get them in. Throughout this year, we have been
:03:18. > :03:23.following the life changing work performed by plastic surgeons at
:03:23. > :03:27.the Royal Free Hospital in London. Tonight, Dr Mark Porter meets a boy
:03:27. > :03:31.who had been born without the ability to smile. But hopefully,
:03:31. > :03:36.that will soon be a thing of the past.
:03:36. > :03:40.When Joe was first born, we noticed straightaway that there was a
:03:40. > :03:46.difference in his facial expression. A five-year-old Joe Henson as Moby
:03:46. > :03:56.syndrome. He has nerves missing on both sides of his face. Show me
:03:56. > :03:57.
:03:57. > :04:05.your teeth. I had to do it like this. He loves school, loves his
:04:05. > :04:09.friends. He is a very sociable little boy. He does know that he is
:04:09. > :04:15.slightly different, because he cannot use this part of his muscle,
:04:15. > :04:20.but he gets on with it. When he smiles, you will see one side
:04:20. > :04:23.smiling, so it will be lopsided. The other side will be static.
:04:23. > :04:28.Tomorrow, Joe is having pioneering plastic surgery to transplant
:04:28. > :04:37.muscle from under his arm into both sides of his face. This will
:04:37. > :04:43.hopefully give him the ability to smile. We are going to hospital.
:04:43. > :04:49.knows that the doctor is going to fix his face, and he will make this
:04:49. > :04:54.bit worker, he says. It was a hard decision, because you have to think,
:04:54. > :04:59.do you want to put him through the pain of the operation? But you have
:04:59. > :05:05.to think long term. The older he gets, the less likely his brain can
:05:05. > :05:09.adapt to using the nerve control to areas of his face. I don't want him
:05:09. > :05:15.to turn round when his 16 and so, why didn't you have this done? It
:05:15. > :05:22.would break my heart. So we will do everything we can for him. It is
:05:22. > :05:25.the day of the operation, and the family have mixed emotions.
:05:25. > :05:35.might go through this and there might be a not -- not a lot of
:05:35. > :05:42.difference, so to put him through When it is completely out of your
:05:43. > :05:49.control, you feel a bit helpless. Joe's surgery will be performed by
:05:50. > :05:59.a Royal Free consultant surgeon who is one of the world's leading
:05:59. > :06:04.facial we animation specialists. everybody is happy, we can start.
:06:04. > :06:11.He makes the first incision on Gera's face. He needs to find two a
:06:11. > :06:18.blood vessels and a nerve in less than -- less than 2 mm in diameter.
:06:18. > :06:24.Meanwhile, another surgeon removes a muscle from Joe's underarm. It
:06:24. > :06:32.will be attached to his face using microsurgery. The clock is ticking,
:06:32. > :06:38.as the muscle will not survive long outside his body. This is such a
:06:38. > :06:42.complex procedure that this is the only surgeon in the world to
:06:42. > :06:48.operate on both sides of the face in one continuous operation. He
:06:49. > :06:56.begins on the other side of Joe's face. Only around 50 patients in
:06:56. > :07:02.the world have had this operation. So it is a rare chance for
:07:02. > :07:06.colleagues to watch. Everyone looks happy. You can see the blood coming
:07:06. > :07:11.out from the muscle, so that is a good indication that things are
:07:11. > :07:21.working. Little Joe Henson has been through a complex operation
:07:21. > :07:22.
:07:22. > :07:26.involving two muscle transplants. Joe's family know they may not see
:07:26. > :07:30.results for some months, but there are already signs that the new
:07:30. > :07:39.nerves are beginning to work. looking at Joe, you can see a
:07:39. > :07:44.change in his face. A bit more symmetrical around his mouth area.
:07:44. > :07:54.He can now blow through a straw and make bubbles in a cup, which he
:07:54. > :07:57.
:07:57. > :08:01.finds funny. We are hoping that that smile gets bigger and wider,
:08:02. > :08:08.and his mouth gets to open more fully. But it is a long process,
:08:08. > :08:13.and it will take time. He can definitely pronounce words are a
:08:13. > :08:20.lot better than he could. He has been through a lot. I am proud of
:08:20. > :08:26.the way he has adapted. It is just little things, but we think we made
:08:26. > :08:30.the right choice. That was filmed a couple of months ago, and Joe's mum
:08:30. > :08:35.and dad say there is more of a smile on the horizon every day. And
:08:35. > :08:45.just in case Santa is watching, he wants a racing car for Christmas.
:08:45. > :08:46.
:08:46. > :08:52.He can ride in one of mine any time. David Jason is with us. Sir David,
:08:52. > :08:55.how are you? You have a new show on the BBC on Boxing Day. It is a show
:08:55. > :09:00.called The Royal Bodyguard. It is the birth of a new Jason -- David
:09:00. > :09:10.Jason character, which in TV land is a massive thing. Tell us about
:09:10. > :09:10.
:09:10. > :09:17.the character. He is an ex-military man. And he made such a mess of his
:09:17. > :09:22.career that he ended up being a car park attendant at Buckingham Palace.
:09:22. > :09:27.I can't tell you exactly what happens, because that is the
:09:27. > :09:33.opening of the first episode. But he saves the Queen because of
:09:34. > :09:37.something he does. And because he saved her, she then says, this is
:09:38. > :09:44.the man that I want to look after me. He must be my bodyguard. Of
:09:44. > :09:54.course, she does not realise that he is a full of the first water.
:09:54. > :10:04.Everything he does is an absolute catastrophe. I could not even get
:10:04. > :10:07.
:10:07. > :10:14.the word out. Anyway, to get back to be point. He then becomes her
:10:14. > :10:21.personal bodyguard and. I was doing it again. Have you been on the
:10:21. > :10:26.Christmas sherry? Anyway, the adventure starts, and he saves the
:10:26. > :10:29.Queen. Every episode, he goes through these amazing feats where
:10:29. > :10:36.he makes a complete mess of everything. But at the end of the
:10:36. > :10:46.day, he succeeds. And because he succeeds, he lives to fight another
:10:46. > :10:48.
:10:48. > :10:53.episode. It is not subtle. Is it like Inspector Crusoe? Yes. Years
:10:53. > :11:00.ago, when that was on, poor old Peter Sellers was brilliant, but he
:11:00. > :11:06.unfortunately passed away. I was desperate to do the part. But I did
:11:06. > :11:12.not have anything like the profile they needed. So years passed, and
:11:12. > :11:19.this script came up. And when I read it, I thought, this is the
:11:19. > :11:24.same character. It is the nearest I would get. It is a cross between
:11:24. > :11:34.him and Mr Bean. It is very family orientated. Great fun, and we have
:11:34. > :11:38.Watch me and learn. This room has remained unoccupied for the last
:11:38. > :11:45.three weeks, as requested by Special Branch, while they can do
:11:45. > :11:55.to their security operations. We have complied with all requests.
:11:55. > :11:56.
:11:56. > :12:06.One, two. Are you all right? Yes, of course I am. I am fine. Just
:12:06. > :12:08.
:12:08. > :12:12.checking for hiding places under the bed. Let's look at the shows
:12:12. > :12:18.you have been involved in - Darling Buds of May, Touch of Frost, Open
:12:18. > :12:23.All Hours. You seem to have a nose for a hit, David. How much does
:12:23. > :12:32.this one smell like a hit? You have asked me the million dollar
:12:32. > :12:38.question. The answer to that is, if I did know the answer, I would be
:12:38. > :12:42.massively rich. But there is not anyone who knows that it will be a
:12:42. > :12:51.success. There is a famous Hollywood film producer who said,
:12:51. > :12:56.nobody knows nothing. We have enjoyed it. As I did with open all
:12:56. > :13:00.hours and Frost and everything. But I now leave it to the audience to
:13:00. > :13:08.make their decision. If they enjoy it and keep watching, I have done
:13:08. > :13:11.my job. If not, I have made a boo- boo. But it does look great. With
:13:11. > :13:21.Only Fools And Horses, you said the first series was OK but it did not
:13:21. > :13:22.
:13:22. > :13:32.hit the ground until the second series. Yes, this is the problem we
:13:32. > :13:33.
:13:33. > :13:39.may have. Not the problem you may have. You are not in it. Nowadays,
:13:39. > :13:47.they do not give it time. Thank you very much, I knew that. What
:13:47. > :13:54.happens is, you come into a new show, it doesn't matter what it is.
:13:54. > :14:00.And whilst we are watching it, as an audience, we are thinking, do we
:14:00. > :14:06.like it? Who is that bloke? Why does he do that? And slowly, you
:14:06. > :14:11.start to learn and you go actually, that was not bad. Next time, you
:14:11. > :14:17.start to go, he becomes. You start to feel comfortable with the
:14:17. > :14:22.characters. You get to know them. We just had a classic example with
:14:22. > :14:30.open all hours and Only Fools and horses. All those characters in
:14:30. > :14:35.Only Fools And Horses, we had such a fantastic team. If Figure comes
:14:35. > :14:39.on... You are laughing already. And that is a learning process that the
:14:39. > :14:48.audience learns and identifiers, and then they feel comfortable and
:14:48. > :14:52.The Royal Bodyguard begins on Boxing Day had 9:30pm on BBC One.
:14:52. > :14:57.His new show. At the end of the show we will be going around the
:14:57. > :15:04.country uniting the UK by singing a Carroll. Let's meet the Northern
:15:04. > :15:14.Ireland Office. Good evening, Belfast. Hello from Belfast. Hello,
:15:14. > :15:15.
:15:15. > :15:20.how long has your choir been together? 137 years. Is that all?
:15:20. > :15:30.Is it freezing in Belfast? My nose is freezing but everything else is
:15:30. > :15:51.
:15:51. > :15:56.not too bad. How about a quick That sounded good already. Belfast,
:15:56. > :16:00.thank you. Continuing the theme, Gyles Brandreth has picked In The
:16:00. > :16:08.Bleak Midwinter, not so much for the song, but rather for the
:16:08. > :16:13.bittersweet story of the woman who Walk down any high street at this
:16:13. > :16:17.time of year and you will hear a cacophony of Christmas music
:16:17. > :16:27.beckoning you in to spend, spend, spend. But towering above that
:16:27. > :16:28.
:16:28. > :16:34.jingle Bells music is a song that evokes the heart of Christmas.
:16:34. > :16:38.# In the bleak midwinter. # In the bleak midwinter is one of
:16:38. > :16:42.Britain's favourite carols. The tune is by Gustav Holst, but the
:16:42. > :16:47.lyrics are by Christina Rossetti, daughter of an Italian Refugee who
:16:47. > :16:51.grew up in Victorian London. Christina was devoutly religious.
:16:51. > :16:55.She is sometimes thought of almost as a saintly figure. But look
:16:55. > :17:03.behind the public image and you find a contradictory personality,
:17:03. > :17:08.racked by paradox. I have come to dictate's high-security warehouse
:17:08. > :17:14.to meet Christina's biographer. -- the Tate Museum's high-security
:17:14. > :17:17.warehouse. Why have you brought me here? We have come to see two
:17:17. > :17:21.paintings by Dante Rossetti, her brother, one of the most famous
:17:21. > :17:25.Pre-Raphaelite painters. This is the enunciation, and that is
:17:25. > :17:30.Christina Rossetti posing as a model for the Virgin Mary. You get
:17:30. > :17:35.an idea from that of how beautiful she was as a young girl. Also a bit
:17:35. > :17:39.haunted. She does not look particularly happy. So repeatedly
:17:39. > :17:43.she is asked to portray the ultimate perfect, virtuous woman.
:17:43. > :17:47.Quite a role to live up to. Absolutely impossible and she had
:17:47. > :17:52.great difficulty with it because she was a passionate, rebellious
:17:52. > :17:56.Italian Girl. As a young woman, Christina put devotion to God
:17:56. > :18:01.before everything. Suppressing her emotions, she turned down numerous
:18:01. > :18:06.suitors, but the strain was taking its toll. She was torn by the
:18:06. > :18:09.conflict between the divine and the flesh. It is a paradox that the
:18:09. > :18:13.poet who wrote In The Bleak Midwinter also wrote one of the
:18:13. > :18:18.most erotic poems in the English language, Goblin Market. It is now
:18:18. > :18:22.regarded almost as emotional pornography, it is so explicit.
:18:22. > :18:28.remember reading it at school and it is a fairytale. But it operates
:18:28. > :18:34.at another level, too. I will just see if this is suitable for you.
:18:34. > :18:38.Actually, it is not suitable for you! The conflict within her lead
:18:38. > :18:42.her to an emotional breakdown. Increasingly shy and reclusive, her
:18:42. > :18:47.poetry became heavy with desolate imagery, the most famous being In
:18:47. > :18:54.The Bleak Midwinter. They say Christmas is always just round the
:18:54. > :19:04.corner and here it is. # In the bleak midwinter
:19:04. > :19:15.
:19:15. > :19:25.# Frosty winds made moan if # Water like a stone
:19:25. > :19:28.
:19:28. > :19:32.# Snow had fallen, snow on snow # Snow on snow. #
:19:32. > :19:36.what is happening in a writer's life colours everything that they
:19:36. > :19:39.write. This was written at a very bleak point in her life. She had
:19:39. > :19:44.just broken her engagement to a man she loved deeply because of
:19:44. > :19:48.religious differences and she suffered terribly because of it.
:19:48. > :19:52.joy and a bleak midwinter together. Yes, and it resonates with us
:19:52. > :19:57.because Christmas is the most colourful, joyful festival in the
:19:57. > :20:07.whole calendar. And yet it comes at the bleakest, coldest point of the
:20:07. > :20:09.
:20:09. > :20:16.year. The angelic Christina Rossetti
:20:16. > :20:21.never married. She died in 1894, aged 64. It was only after her
:20:21. > :20:25.death that her poem was set to music, which is sad, because she
:20:25. > :20:35.never heard it sung, or came to know how Britain loved her
:20:35. > :20:43.
:20:43. > :20:48.Lovely singing and a good scarf From Gyles. Send more of your
:20:48. > :20:54.fridge pictures. If you are sorted for Christmas, what is chilling in
:20:54. > :20:58.your fridge? This is Charlie chickenpox. I do not know if he has
:20:58. > :21:03.chicken pox or if that is his surname. I could live with these
:21:03. > :21:08.people because they have all of the stuff that I really like. A bit of
:21:08. > :21:14.Branston, some cheese, a bit of cream. If you could live with them,
:21:14. > :21:20.I could live with him, because this is mostly beer. Look how proud he
:21:20. > :21:26.is. Steve, you need some food at some point. David, what do you
:21:26. > :21:34.have? Mind is not as nice as all that, but this is clearly with her
:21:34. > :21:37.family's fridge. Will have they got? Milk? It looks like serial.
:21:37. > :21:41.will be a white Christmas in their house, but only from the milk. You
:21:41. > :21:47.have heard about the bleak midwinter but how about not such a
:21:47. > :21:51.bleak midwinter. If you do not believe me, here is Carol Kirkwood.
:21:51. > :22:01.It is certainly not going to be called on Christmas Day, but it
:22:01. > :22:05.Very windy on Christmas Day with heavy rain and the risk of flooding
:22:05. > :22:10.across Scotland. For central and eastern areas, some sunshine,
:22:10. > :22:13.including Aberdeen Show. Strong winds across Scotland. Northern
:22:13. > :22:18.Ireland might break the temperature record as we head into Christmas
:22:18. > :22:23.Day. Quite wet across Wales but for the rest of England and the east of
:22:23. > :22:27.Wales, dry weather and even some sunshine. But for Santa clause, it
:22:27. > :22:37.is looking fantastic, no problems with his journey. We should all get
:22:37. > :22:42.Come and join us on the sofa. a bit disappointed that it will not
:22:42. > :22:49.be colder. You do not want it hot on Christmas Day, do you? It is not
:22:49. > :22:57.going to be hot! Hibbard be a unseasonably warm. Last year was
:22:57. > :23:03.almost the coldest ever. Last year was almost the record, just 0.1 of
:23:03. > :23:10.a degree above it. But we have also had some warm temperatures. In 1920
:23:10. > :23:18.in Kineton, Devon, the temperature on Christmas Day was 15.6. Almost
:23:18. > :23:25.T-shirt weather. It was shared by Leith in 1896. We have had plenty
:23:25. > :23:30.of wind. Speak for yourself! It was windy in December. On the eighth of
:23:30. > :23:36.December, a gust of wind of 165 mph was recorded, which is pretty high
:23:36. > :23:46.but not a record. The record was a gust of 173 mph. You would not be
:23:46. > :23:46.
:23:46. > :23:54.able to stand in that. How is your singing voice? Not too shabby.
:23:54. > :24:02.about Carol Kirkwood for Strictly next year? With you, David.
:24:02. > :24:07.could be partners. Not for long. You would be all right. She is
:24:07. > :24:12.ready to rock. Only Fools and horses run for an incredible 22
:24:12. > :24:17.years and has never been off the TV, really. It is still much loved, so
:24:17. > :24:27.we sent Alex Rowley free trip down memory lane, Gorky Street, to its
:24:27. > :24:31.
:24:31. > :24:35.This is Chapel Market in north London which featured in the
:24:35. > :24:40.opening titles, and like all the other locations in Only Fools And
:24:40. > :24:50.Horses, it is nowhere near Peckham. But it looks like the perfect place
:24:50. > :24:54.
:24:54. > :24:58.to go in search of a real-life Del Boy. Have a look! All the original.
:24:58. > :25:04.Of course, one of the most memorable aspects of the series was
:25:04. > :25:11.still boy's catchphrases. Rodney, you plonker. Hit his off the back
:25:11. > :25:17.of a lorry, works 100%. More than the catchphrases and locations, it
:25:17. > :25:22.was the comic situations that John Sullivan put the trotters in that
:25:22. > :25:28.makes the series unforgettable. goes into a a bar and he is trying
:25:28. > :25:38.to impress some women. He has transfixed on the ladies. We are on
:25:38. > :25:44.
:25:44. > :25:48.to a winner. Play it cool. Nice and He completely blows his chances.
:25:48. > :25:55.Typical, classic. Even though he lives in a council flat, he can
:25:55. > :26:02.still pull a nice sort. That is a nice dream. Because it is not
:26:02. > :26:12.reality. They will have a bit of rough, but do they marry them?
:26:12. > :26:14.
:26:14. > :26:18.is happening? I have not got the Every time you watch it, there are
:26:18. > :26:22.bits that you think you must have missed. It is still very funny.
:26:22. > :26:28.Such hilarious moments helped Only Fools And Horses become the most
:26:28. > :26:35.watched sitcom of all time. In 1996 it got 24 million viewers, almost
:26:35. > :26:40.40% of the population. It is safe to say that Only Fools And Horses
:26:40. > :26:50.is still as popular as it has ever been. Take it away.
:26:50. > :26:55.
:26:56. > :27:05.# God bless Hooky Street # Long live Hooky Street
:27:05. > :27:14.# Bookie streaked # Hookey Street. #
:27:14. > :27:22.Put your back into it. Come on. And that car really did breakdown,
:27:22. > :27:26.honestly. It is fair to say that the success was mostly down to the
:27:26. > :27:30.fact that people genuinely cared about the characters. John
:27:30. > :27:37.Sullivan's writing was probably as much about the tragedy as the
:27:37. > :27:39.comedy. You are absolutely right. As I was saying earlier, the
:27:39. > :27:46.audience began to love the characters, each individual
:27:46. > :27:51.character. But the most important part of the whole thing was John
:27:51. > :27:57.Sullivan. His ability to write for those characters. He came from that
:27:57. > :28:02.part of the world. He was brought up in Peckham. But the people that
:28:02. > :28:08.he met, friends of his that he knew, he brought into Fools and horses.
:28:08. > :28:13.But he was just quite a genius. He wrote every single one of those
:28:13. > :28:20.himself, one man. Unbelievable. You could not do that in America. They
:28:20. > :28:24.have dozens of writers. But he just managed to do it. Earlier, you told
:28:24. > :28:30.us a lovely story about what happened when the original grandad
:28:30. > :28:35.died. Yes, what happened was that we were filming, in the middle of
:28:35. > :28:41.filming. Bless him, he fell down the stairs and had a heart attack
:28:41. > :28:47.and unfortunately he died. We stopped filming. We did not know
:28:47. > :28:50.what to do. We went to see the heads of the BBC at the time. They
:28:50. > :28:56.were so desperate for us to continue that they said they would
:28:56. > :29:01.get a lookalike and carry on. We said, no, we could not do that.
:29:01. > :29:07.John Sullivan was particularly strong about this. I remember him
:29:07. > :29:12.saying at the meeting, he said, we did not want him to die. Nobody
:29:12. > :29:19.wants anyone in their family to die, and we certainly don't. So he said,
:29:19. > :29:22.I am going to write the episode about the family's loss of grandad,
:29:22. > :29:30.and I'm going to do it out of respect for him, because we loved
:29:31. > :29:35.him. So he went home and within a week, back came the script. But the
:29:36. > :29:42.magic of John Sullivan, he could not stop himself from making some
:29:42. > :29:48.wonderful gags, which he achieved. My favourite one, which we will all
:29:48. > :29:53.remember, is that I gave, I took the hat, his hat, off the front of
:29:53. > :29:57.the car and gave it to Rodney, and I said, Rodney, you throw his hat
:29:57. > :30:07.into the grave, which he did. We were all emotional and upset. As we
:30:07. > :30:14.left, the priest came out and said, as anybody seen my hat? Genius. He
:30:14. > :30:18.pours Union, like a fisherman. -- he pulls you in. Time to chicken
:30:18. > :30:28.with the choir will be taking on the Scottish leg of our around the
:30:28. > :30:34.
:30:34. > :30:38.Hello! IUD choirmaster? I am. you beat Northern Ireland's 137
:30:38. > :30:44.years together as a choir? Unfortunately not, because we have
:30:45. > :30:51.only been together for three years. You still have a lovely bit of
:30:51. > :30:58.tinsel on your top. What have you done in the past? We will perform
:30:58. > :31:02.to anyone who wants to come and listen to us. We're are a Community
:31:02. > :31:08.Choir. Feel free to join us. I noticed you are in a red jumper.
:31:09. > :31:16.You don't want Chris. That is dear me invite I have had this Christmas.
:31:16. > :31:20.Later, we will all be singing O Little Town Of Bethlehem. They were
:31:20. > :31:30.it will be on the screen. And if you would like to print them
:31:30. > :31:30.
:31:30. > :31:35.off, they are online for the very keen. Now, there is plenty of telly
:31:35. > :31:38.to watch over Christmas, including The One Show Best of 2011 on
:31:38. > :31:43.December 30th. But there is only one man whose show will tell you
:31:43. > :31:47.have to traverse a glacier, upset about a waterfall walk across an
:31:47. > :31:55.active volcano. That man is Bear Grylls, and this Christmas he takes
:31:55. > :32:02.Miranda Hart right to the edge. Keep gripping the hand. Honestly, I
:32:02. > :32:08.am having a complete out-of-body experience. I cannot believe I am
:32:08. > :32:18.doing this. I know this is normal for you. It must be weird but
:32:18. > :32:23.
:32:23. > :32:33.someone is so scared. But this is literally my worst nightmare.
:32:33. > :32:37.
:32:37. > :32:40.Grylls is here with us this evening. Bear Grylls, Sir David Jensen.
:32:40. > :32:43.Which other celebrities have you taken out and what have you put
:32:43. > :32:48.them through? Or we have done a few of them. We took Will Ferrell to
:32:48. > :32:53.the Arctic, which was an adventure. And Jake Gyllenhaal, who we took to
:32:53. > :32:58.Iceland. And then we did this with Miranda in the Alps. And we took
:32:58. > :33:02.another lost to the jungle a few weeks ago. Is he still there? --
:33:02. > :33:06.Jonathan Ross. But they did brilliantly. It is always scary to
:33:06. > :33:11.step out of your comfort zone and trust someone with your life. But
:33:11. > :33:17.they did brilliantly. So total respect, and I think the shows are
:33:17. > :33:21.great. What was Miranda's fear? When was she most out of her
:33:21. > :33:25.comfort zone? She was out of her comfort zone the whole time. You
:33:25. > :33:30.normally see people like Miranda or Jonathan Ross on a chat show
:33:30. > :33:33.ordering a sitcom. But you see the real person when you are up a
:33:33. > :33:42.mountain with someone. She had a lot of fears, bless her. She was
:33:42. > :33:47.very scared of heights, scared of small places, big places. She did
:33:47. > :33:52.have a tell-tale sign when she got really scared. She would break wind.
:33:52. > :33:56.So I always had a warning that this was getting scary. She was
:33:57. > :34:03.brilliant. I have total respect for her. She did some properly scary
:34:03. > :34:09.stuff. Let's have a look. Put all your weight on the rope. Lean back.
:34:09. > :34:14.You are not going anywhere, because I have got you. Lean back. Now you
:34:14. > :34:24.can ease your arm. Can I just say this? Just off camera, there is a
:34:24. > :34:25.
:34:25. > :34:29.very strong chance that there is no way am doing that. David, you love
:34:29. > :34:36.a bit of devilry. You are a big diver. But I would not want to do
:34:36. > :34:41.what he does. He is terrifying. That was my next question. You have
:34:41. > :34:47.more brain cells than me. You love diving. But that is different from
:34:47. > :34:54.throwing yourself out of aircraft and hurtling down and what was that
:34:54. > :34:57.stuff you were eating last time? It made me ill just to look at it.
:34:57. > :35:03.Someone did complain to said they had their dinner on their lap while
:35:03. > :35:08.there were watching. That was me! It was something like a raw goat
:35:08. > :35:15.testicle, and this person threw up on their dinner and had to complain.
:35:15. > :35:25.Who would you like to get your hands on up there? We have a hot
:35:25. > :35:26.
:35:26. > :35:30.list. Next challenge! I will keep it quiet. We have a couple of great
:35:30. > :35:34.ones to announce soon. You love parachuting as well. And you live
:35:35. > :35:38.on an island. David could fly you to your island, and you could
:35:38. > :35:45.parachute out of his helicopter, because you are a qualified
:35:45. > :35:51.helicopter pilot. So are you. it is your interview. Talking about
:35:51. > :35:58.that, the one thing that would interest me is the diving. That is
:35:58. > :36:04.one area where I do have a comfort. It does push you a bit beyond your
:36:04. > :36:12.limits. When you come face-to-face with certain creatures, not actors,
:36:13. > :36:22.I have to say...! But it is intriguing and can give you quite a
:36:23. > :36:25.
:36:25. > :36:31.turn. Bear, good luck. Boxing Day, Channel 4. It is not up against you,
:36:31. > :36:36.David. Although we are quite close. You can record things so easily now.
:36:36. > :36:40.Now, they say a dog is for life, not just for Christmas. In which
:36:40. > :36:43.case the Sullivan family from the Brecon Beacons have had enough
:36:43. > :36:52.puppies for 15 lifetimes. And they are Dalmatian puppies, which is why
:36:52. > :36:57.we sent Lucy de Ville to meet them. You may have noticed that I have
:36:57. > :37:01.changed my image a bit today, modelling it almost entirely on the
:37:01. > :37:05.villain from 101 Dalmatians, that cold hearted woman who tried to
:37:05. > :37:10.round up all the Dalmatian puppies to turn them into a new fur coat.
:37:10. > :37:14.Rest assured, this is almost entirely nylon and the large litter
:37:14. > :37:22.of puppies and on my way to see will only be stroked, cuddled and
:37:22. > :37:26.adored during this production. Come on, you nincompoop! I am late. The
:37:27. > :37:32.tale of the two dogs and their spotty puppies being chased is
:37:32. > :37:36.undoubtedly a family favourite. The film helped to revolutionise
:37:36. > :37:40.animation when in the late 1950s, Disney experimented with Xerox
:37:40. > :37:46.technology. This meant during production, they did not have to
:37:46. > :37:55.animate all of the docks and all of the spots. That is enough of that.
:37:55. > :38:00.Back to normal. Now, where are those puppies? K Sullivan's dogs
:38:00. > :38:08.had their first litter of pups a month ago. From the look on her
:38:08. > :38:17.face now, it came as a surprise. They are asleep! Oh, my goodness,
:38:17. > :38:25.that is so cute. What was it like when they were borne? They said,
:38:25. > :38:32.you have 15th. It was a shock. has life be like since the arrival?
:38:32. > :38:40.Busy, chaotic. Feeding and cleaning all the time. Joining in this
:38:40. > :38:45.Dalmatian caper is One Show vet Joe. Joe! What have you come as? As a
:38:45. > :38:53.character from the film, like you said. We have done that. Come and
:38:53. > :38:57.see the Dalmatians anyway. Why are they a spotty Dog? It is a fashion
:38:57. > :39:05.thing. Originally, the first Dalmatians were probably a bit
:39:05. > :39:11.spotty and people thought, that looks nice. So they have been bred
:39:11. > :39:21.like that. The genetics of the spot is link to another genetic trait,
:39:21. > :39:31.which his deafness. You can't take this one home. So sweet! Ones I
:39:31. > :39:46.
:39:46. > :39:54.Who is this? Is he your special one? Yeah. Well, the puppies have
:39:54. > :40:00.made their evening viewing choice. Excellent decision. And we have
:40:00. > :40:04.found the 101 Showed Dalmatians. The family are still taking
:40:05. > :40:10.suggestions for names for the pets. Go to their Facebook page. Now, we
:40:10. > :40:18.want more of your full smug festive fridges. David, what have you got?
:40:18. > :40:27.You have enough here for a fortnight! Stephen from Liverpool.
:40:27. > :40:33.We have another family in Derbyshire, Daisy and Jack. This is
:40:33. > :40:38.a whole country. You think there are too many biscuits here. It is
:40:38. > :40:42.because she is snow been in the Highlands. Bless you. So it is a
:40:42. > :40:50.white Christmas. Hayden and Lily are eight, but it is their birthday
:40:50. > :40:54.tomorrow. But his them with their mum. Happy birthday. Time now for
:40:54. > :41:04.the last Foodie Friday of 2011. To tell us what Jay Rayner has got,
:41:04. > :41:05.
:41:05. > :41:15.here is the Cardiff polyphonic choir.
:41:15. > :41:15.
:41:15. > :41:20.# Gloria, Jay's Christmas pudding! The sun is shining, the trees are
:41:20. > :41:26.green, it is the middle of summer. But here in deepest Derbyshire,
:41:26. > :41:30.there is a bit of Christmas just around the corner. This is the
:41:30. > :41:37.Matthew Walker factory, the world's oldest Christmas pudding maker.
:41:37. > :41:42.They have been producing goods here since 1899. Today, they supply over
:41:42. > :41:45.70% of the UK market. That is around 90 million puddings a year.
:41:45. > :41:54.The best puddings are made months an advance, which is why they take
:41:54. > :41:59.a year to do their Christmas cooking. This is the first factory
:41:59. > :42:03.I have been in that has insisted on one of these, a beard snoods. It is
:42:03. > :42:08.a good look. Most of the puddings you see in your local supermarket
:42:08. > :42:13.are made here. You might be called puddings taste the same, but the
:42:13. > :42:17.factory produces over 200 different varieties, something for everyone.
:42:17. > :42:22.General manager Bill Mackey takes me on a talk. First stop, the
:42:22. > :42:30.mixing Hall, where over half a million tons of dried fruits are
:42:30. > :42:34.used every year. We always start with vine fruits. Then that mixing
:42:34. > :42:38.bowl will generate its way down the room, and have the other
:42:38. > :42:42.ingredients added. For many consumers, the most important
:42:42. > :42:46.ingredient in their Christmas pudding is did the alcohol. This
:42:46. > :42:50.company uses over 1 million litres a year, making it one of the
:42:51. > :42:56.largest buyers of booze outside the drinks industry. The alcohol is an
:42:56. > :43:02.important part of it. We use strong flavoured alcohols to come through,
:43:02. > :43:08.because they mellow with the fruit. Personally, I think the best drink
:43:08. > :43:13.his brandy. I agree, the brandy gives the flavour. We do not buy
:43:14. > :43:18.the finest brandy, because that has a gentle flavour. We by cognac,
:43:18. > :43:24.which is still quite rough. That is what you need to compete with the
:43:24. > :43:29.other flavours. But the use of alcohol is not just about taste. It
:43:29. > :43:33.is an extremely effective natural preservative, which kills bacteria.
:43:34. > :43:38.The Traditional puddings have a shelf-life of up to four years,
:43:38. > :43:40.whilst the alcohol-free variety keep for only six months. The first
:43:40. > :43:45.recipes for its Christmas pudding date back to the Middle Ages. But
:43:46. > :43:49.then, it was a savoury dish, a kind of porridge with mutton or beef,
:43:49. > :43:54.and 88 pudding with meet like partridge or pheasant. The
:43:54. > :44:04.Christmas pudding we have today comes back to the Victorian era. We
:44:04. > :44:08.
:44:08. > :44:13.I have seen enough. It is time to get my hands dirty and make my own
:44:13. > :44:18.One Show Christmas pudding. I have decided to go with an orange theme.
:44:18. > :44:24.Orange shreds, some mixed peel, some cherries, because I like them,
:44:24. > :44:33.and a bunch of other staff. As with any recipe, the important thing is
:44:33. > :44:39.what to leave out. Editor of sherry, madam? I get busy combining the
:44:39. > :44:44.selected ingredients, with high hopes that it all comes together.
:44:44. > :44:50.That is the One Show Christmas pudding, ready to go to the steamer.
:44:50. > :44:55.Now, my pudding is ready to be cooked. The factory uses a secret
:44:55. > :44:59.steaming process to cook the puddings. My pudding will be
:44:59. > :45:04.steaming for about three hours. Normally you can eat them within 12
:45:04. > :45:08.hours of having steamed them, but to get the full flavour effect, we
:45:08. > :45:13.will leave mine to mature for four months, which means my work here is
:45:13. > :45:23.done and I might as well push off. When Christmas comes round, the
:45:23. > :45:33.flavours will have fully matured, ready for us to tuck in.
:45:33. > :45:35.
:45:36. > :45:40.So, Jay is here. I have a present. It is a beard snood. I am like a
:45:40. > :45:50.very cold Santa. This is the Christmas pudding. Would you like
:45:50. > :45:50.
:45:50. > :45:56.to try it? David, are you a pudding man? I will try. I am hoping it has
:45:56. > :46:00.matured properly and you have a real depth of flavour. In my
:46:00. > :46:09.experience, if it has been festering for four months, it could
:46:09. > :46:15.be dangerous. I would not say this has been festering. It should be
:46:15. > :46:19.good. This would keep you going for a while, wouldn't it? I am
:46:20. > :46:24.generally pretty wary of delicacies, but this is amazing. I hate to say
:46:24. > :46:30.it, but that is beautiful. other one is coming home with me
:46:30. > :46:35.for Christmas Day. You put some orange liqueur in this. Can you put
:46:35. > :46:41.different liqueur in them? You can put anything in them. It adds as a
:46:41. > :46:46.preservative but also adds flavour. If you name the liqueur, they
:46:46. > :46:52.probably make a Christmas pudding full of it. In pudding terms, this
:46:52. > :46:57.is brand new. You have the oldest one in the world here. This was
:46:57. > :47:00.sent to the sailors in the war in 1900, the Boer War. It is now in
:47:00. > :47:07.the Connexion of the National Museum of the Royal Navy. It was
:47:07. > :47:10.found in the back of someone's cupboard. She was known as the
:47:10. > :47:15.friend of the Navy, and she sent these two sailors to look after
:47:16. > :47:21.them and make sure they were well fed. But there was no booze.
:47:21. > :47:25.Temperance, she believed in the temperance movement, so no alcohol.
:47:25. > :47:31.The sailors enjoyed that in 1899, but how does the modern military
:47:31. > :47:35.provide Christmas for the troops? Earlier, Staff Sergeant Nick Savell,
:47:35. > :47:40.master chef at Camp Bastion in Afghanistan, showed Caroline Wyatt
:47:40. > :47:44.around his kitchen. If you think cooking for your
:47:44. > :47:49.family and extended family is bad on Christmas Day, meet the man
:47:49. > :47:53.cooking for 5000 people. We are feeding just over 4000 through the
:47:53. > :47:57.main kitchen and 500 in the forward operation bases. A couple of
:47:57. > :48:00.warrant officers will jump on a helicopter with the Russians, fly
:48:00. > :48:06.out, dropping off, and they were have won our window to feed them,
:48:06. > :48:12.and then get picked up and come back here. Just over 1000 kilos of
:48:12. > :48:19.potatoes, around 500 kilos of carrots, 750 kilos of sprouts.
:48:19. > :48:22.have Christmas pudding. 40 boxes of them. Traditional roast turkey,
:48:22. > :48:27.chestnut and hazelnut stuffing, sausages, bacon and all the
:48:27. > :48:32.traditional parts. Do you look forward to Christmas Day? Yes, we
:48:32. > :48:35.look forward to feeding the guys. We endeavour to come up with the
:48:35. > :48:41.best result. If we can cheer them up with a nice Christmas dinner,
:48:41. > :48:46.that is what we tried to do. And a very merry Christmas to the Queen's
:48:46. > :48:52.first Dragoon Guards. Jay Rayner, star of Christmas celebrity
:48:52. > :48:58.mastermind on December 27th on BBC One. None of your rubbish. Your
:48:58. > :49:02.chosen subject? The musicals of Stephen Sondheim. It is almost time
:49:02. > :49:07.for our Christmas carols. First, we are off to a church in
:49:07. > :49:11.Leicestershire which could be about to host its last Christmas.
:49:11. > :49:16.Many of Britain's 40,000 churches are among the oldest buildings in
:49:16. > :49:20.the UK. Keeping historical churches like this looking beautiful can
:49:20. > :49:23.come at a great cost. Maintenance fees can run into hundreds of
:49:23. > :49:28.thousands of pounds. And as traditional church attendance
:49:28. > :49:31.continues to drop, more and more churches are falling into ruin. In
:49:31. > :49:38.many cases, a drastic transformation is the only
:49:38. > :49:42.salvation. St James is the Church of the quiet village in
:49:42. > :49:46.Leicestershire. Built in the 13th century, it was in regular use
:49:46. > :49:51.until four years ago when a large piece of plaster fell from the
:49:51. > :49:55.ceiling and narrowly missed the vicar. A structural survey deemed
:49:55. > :49:59.it unsafe for regular use, and because the congregation was small,
:49:59. > :50:03.the diocese could not afford the repairs, so the church had to close
:50:04. > :50:08.its doors at and it has remained derelict ever since. But before it
:50:08. > :50:11.becomes too dangerous to even enter, we have invited the residents of
:50:11. > :50:17.the village to come together for what could be the very last
:50:17. > :50:21.Christmas carol service ever to be held in this 750 year-old church.
:50:21. > :50:25.Architect Peter is part of the team responsible for monitoring the
:50:25. > :50:30.structural condition of the Church. Where is the piece of plaster that
:50:30. > :50:34.fell on the vicar? It fell from behind the poppet, down behind the
:50:34. > :50:38.vicar as he was in the middle of service. -- the pulpit. It was
:50:38. > :50:42.plastered with hard Victorian plaster which cannot accept the
:50:42. > :50:50.movement. As the Church has flexed, the plaster worked loose and
:50:50. > :50:55.dropped off. How much does it cost to repair? �250,000. That must be
:50:55. > :50:59.difficult to find. A foray small village, that is a lot of money.
:50:59. > :51:03.make the church safe for tonight, we need to cordon off the back of
:51:03. > :51:11.the nave. We need to check beneath the pews for rotten boards, and
:51:11. > :51:15.finally, the vicar and the choir will need to wear hard hats. Time
:51:15. > :51:21.to leave Peter Lowe alone and rustle up some help from the local
:51:21. > :51:27.village. Hello. 7pm tonight, we have a carol service. It could be
:51:27. > :51:32.the last ever. 7pm. The Church has no running water and no lavatories,
:51:32. > :51:36.so Elaine, who lives nearby, has opened her doors to anyone caught
:51:36. > :51:43.short. With no heating, she is making a giant vat of mulled wine
:51:43. > :51:48.to keep everyone warm. The vicar of the parish is Sue Patterson. Is it
:51:48. > :51:51.a common problem that medieval churches are falling into disrepair.
:51:51. > :51:55.Medieval buildings are no joke to look after. They are wonderful,
:51:55. > :52:00.queued atmosphere, a sense of the presence of God, fantastic, I would
:52:00. > :52:04.not swap it for anything but they are a huge burden. Everyone thinks
:52:04. > :52:08.the Government provides funds, but that is not the case. Is the Church
:52:08. > :52:11.still relevant to the community? Often it is the only community
:52:11. > :52:15.building you have. People need somewhere to go to, so more and
:52:15. > :52:20.more we are reinventing the church and putting it as a community
:52:20. > :52:25.resource. We have the church for tonight. Would you be prepared to
:52:25. > :52:30.host it? Yes. We are going to be wearing hard hats. If you see
:52:30. > :52:33.anything falling, do not think white Christmas, just run. It is
:52:33. > :52:37.time to start lighting and decorating the church. One of the
:52:37. > :52:43.locals has donated a Christmas tree to liven up the doorway and to hide
:52:43. > :52:46.a large crack in the west window. Before long, the choir arrives and
:52:46. > :52:52.begin practising. And soon enough, the first few villagers start to
:52:52. > :52:59.arrive. Hello, take his seat. You got married here, didn't you? How
:52:59. > :53:04.long ago? 27 years. When the bells of St James rang regularly. Can you
:53:04. > :53:10.remember the last time you were in this church? When I was christened.
:53:10. > :53:15.You were the last one. No children got christened after you. As the
:53:15. > :53:18.last of the congregation take their place, it is a full house. This
:53:18. > :53:23.service is happening in a church which is structurally unsound. You
:53:23. > :53:33.may not have noticed, but the hard hats are here for a purpose because
:53:33. > :53:35.
:53:36. > :53:39.we are sitting in the dangerous area.
:53:39. > :53:43.It is easy to forget, but actually churches like this are not just for
:53:43. > :53:48.Christmas. This is a place we come to declare our love, to remember
:53:48. > :53:51.those who have passed away, a place we come to name our children. But
:53:51. > :53:56.they are also the place that is the centre of the community, the place
:53:56. > :54:01.where we find faith. I hope this is not the last service of this church,
:54:02. > :54:07.but if it is, at least we gave it a good send-off. How -- Happy
:54:07. > :54:11.Christmas. We are downstairs and his is time for our carol-singing.
:54:11. > :54:16.This is real snow, because we do not take things on the BBC, ask
:54:16. > :54:21.David Attenborough! -- we do not fake things. We have to say thank
:54:22. > :54:30.you to the guests. Let's talk to the choir's first. No, let's talk
:54:30. > :54:35.to the guests first. All right. Thank you, David Jason. Bear Grylls
:54:35. > :54:42.on Channel 4. Jay Rayner, the day after. And Carol Kirkwood with the
:54:42. > :54:51.weather. You are representing England in awe of this. Are you
:54:51. > :54:59.ready to do your best? Yes. How did you meet and is it true you are
:54:59. > :55:05.getting married? May be when we are a bit older. You are leading the
:55:05. > :55:11.Welsh squad, finishing off in style. Trying to. Do you feel the