23/12/2011 The One Show

That is where the bells came from. Hello, friends, and welcome to your

Christmas Eve Eve One Show with Alex Jones. And Chris Evans.

Tonight's show is tinselled packed and filled with Christmas cheer.

are going to unite the nation with Christmas carolling from across the

UK, with singers from Wales... # We wish you a merry Christmas.

Northern Ireland. # We wish you a merry Christmas.

And Scotland. # We wish you a merry Christmas.

And England. # And a happy new year.

It all came together. We have also got Christmas Carol Kirkwood, with

the all-important Christmas weather forecast. And we have Christmas Jay

Rayner, with a special Christmas pudding. A plus, Bear Grylls will

tell us where he is taking Miranda Hart this Christmas. Plus the

undisputed king of Christmas telly, it is only Sir David Jason. Good

evening, sir. Merry Christmas to you. David Jason, everyone. Later,

with your permission, we will talk about your new show, The Royal

Bodyguard. We must talk about Only Fools And Horses. Absolutely.

we must talk about Christmas. Where is your jumper? Did you not get the

e-mail? No. I and the poor relation. Are you prepared for Christmas?

yes. A very quiet, as normal. Just spend it with the family, my wife

and daughter. And her mother. your fridge stocked? Absolutely. We

battened down the hatches and Lochore the doors and switch on the

telly and open a glass or two and have a very relaxing time. I hope

that is what a lot of people will do. If you are young and good-

looking like you, you are probably out head-banging. She does that a

lot. Anyway, the supermarkets will be back tomorrow with Christmas

food shoppers, but if you have got it already done and dusted and are

in the seasonal smug zone, send us a photo. We want to see your full

festive fridges and freezers, with you standing by, proud as punch. If

I was way ahead of the game, I would be like this. We want to show

as many as we can, so get them in. Throughout this year, we have been

following the life changing work performed by plastic surgeons at

the Royal Free Hospital in London. Tonight, Dr Mark Porter meets a boy

who had been born without the ability to smile. But hopefully,

that will soon be a thing of the past.

When Joe was first born, we noticed straightaway that there was a

difference in his facial expression. A five-year-old Joe Henson as Moby

syndrome. He has nerves missing on both sides of his face. Show me

your teeth. I had to do it like this. He loves school, loves his

friends. He is a very sociable little boy. He does know that he is

slightly different, because he cannot use this part of his muscle,

but he gets on with it. When he smiles, you will see one side

smiling, so it will be lopsided. The other side will be static.

Tomorrow, Joe is having pioneering plastic surgery to transplant

muscle from under his arm into both sides of his face. This will

hopefully give him the ability to smile. We are going to hospital.

knows that the doctor is going to fix his face, and he will make this

bit worker, he says. It was a hard decision, because you have to think,

do you want to put him through the pain of the operation? But you have

to think long term. The older he gets, the less likely his brain can

adapt to using the nerve control to areas of his face. I don't want him

to turn round when his 16 and so, why didn't you have this done? It

would break my heart. So we will do everything we can for him. It is

the day of the operation, and the family have mixed emotions.

might go through this and there might be a not -- not a lot of

difference, so to put him through When it is completely out of your

control, you feel a bit helpless. Joe's surgery will be performed by

a Royal Free consultant surgeon who is one of the world's leading

facial we animation specialists. everybody is happy, we can start.

He makes the first incision on Gera's face. He needs to find two a

blood vessels and a nerve in less than -- less than 2 mm in diameter.

Meanwhile, another surgeon removes a muscle from Joe's underarm. It

will be attached to his face using microsurgery. The clock is ticking,

as the muscle will not survive long outside his body. This is such a

complex procedure that this is the only surgeon in the world to

operate on both sides of the face in one continuous operation. He

begins on the other side of Joe's face. Only around 50 patients in

the world have had this operation. So it is a rare chance for

colleagues to watch. Everyone looks happy. You can see the blood coming

out from the muscle, so that is a good indication that things are

working. Little Joe Henson has been through a complex operation

involving two muscle transplants. Joe's family know they may not see

results for some months, but there are already signs that the new

nerves are beginning to work. looking at Joe, you can see a

change in his face. A bit more symmetrical around his mouth area.

He can now blow through a straw and make bubbles in a cup, which he

finds funny. We are hoping that that smile gets bigger and wider,

and his mouth gets to open more fully. But it is a long process,

and it will take time. He can definitely pronounce words are a

lot better than he could. He has been through a lot. I am proud of

the way he has adapted. It is just little things, but we think we made

the right choice. That was filmed a couple of months ago, and Joe's mum

and dad say there is more of a smile on the horizon every day. And

just in case Santa is watching, he wants a racing car for Christmas.

He can ride in one of mine any time. David Jason is with us. Sir David,

how are you? You have a new show on the BBC on Boxing Day. It is a show

called The Royal Bodyguard. It is the birth of a new Jason -- David

Jason character, which in TV land is a massive thing. Tell us about

the character. He is an ex-military man. And he made such a mess of his

career that he ended up being a car park attendant at Buckingham Palace.

I can't tell you exactly what happens, because that is the

opening of the first episode. But he saves the Queen because of

something he does. And because he saved her, she then says, this is

the man that I want to look after me. He must be my bodyguard. Of

course, she does not realise that he is a full of the first water.

Everything he does is an absolute catastrophe. I could not even get

the word out. Anyway, to get back to be point. He then becomes her

personal bodyguard and. I was doing it again. Have you been on the

Christmas sherry? Anyway, the adventure starts, and he saves the

Queen. Every episode, he goes through these amazing feats where

he makes a complete mess of everything. But at the end of the

day, he succeeds. And because he succeeds, he lives to fight another

episode. It is not subtle. Is it like Inspector Crusoe? Yes. Years

ago, when that was on, poor old Peter Sellers was brilliant, but he

unfortunately passed away. I was desperate to do the part. But I did

not have anything like the profile they needed. So years passed, and

this script came up. And when I read it, I thought, this is the

same character. It is the nearest I would get. It is a cross between

him and Mr Bean. It is very family orientated. Great fun, and we have

Watch me and learn. This room has remained unoccupied for the last

three weeks, as requested by Special Branch, while they can do

to their security operations. We have complied with all requests.

One, two. Are you all right? Yes, of course I am. I am fine. Just

checking for hiding places under the bed. Let's look at the shows

you have been involved in - Darling Buds of May, Touch of Frost, Open

All Hours. You seem to have a nose for a hit, David. How much does

this one smell like a hit? You have asked me the million dollar

question. The answer to that is, if I did know the answer, I would be

massively rich. But there is not anyone who knows that it will be a

success. There is a famous Hollywood film producer who said,

nobody knows nothing. We have enjoyed it. As I did with open all

hours and Frost and everything. But I now leave it to the audience to

make their decision. If they enjoy it and keep watching, I have done

my job. If not, I have made a boo- boo. But it does look great. With

Only Fools And Horses, you said the first series was OK but it did not

hit the ground until the second series. Yes, this is the problem we

may have. Not the problem you may have. You are not in it. Nowadays,

they do not give it time. Thank you very much, I knew that. What

happens is, you come into a new show, it doesn't matter what it is.

And whilst we are watching it, as an audience, we are thinking, do we

like it? Who is that bloke? Why does he do that? And slowly, you

start to learn and you go actually, that was not bad. Next time, you

start to go, he becomes. You start to feel comfortable with the

characters. You get to know them. We just had a classic example with

open all hours and Only Fools and horses. All those characters in

Only Fools And Horses, we had such a fantastic team. If Figure comes

on... You are laughing already. And that is a learning process that the

audience learns and identifiers, and then they feel comfortable and

The Royal Bodyguard begins on Boxing Day had 9:30pm on BBC One.

His new show. At the end of the show we will be going around the

country uniting the UK by singing a Carroll. Let's meet the Northern

Ireland Office. Good evening, Belfast. Hello from Belfast. Hello,

how long has your choir been together? 137 years. Is that all?

Is it freezing in Belfast? My nose is freezing but everything else is

not too bad. How about a quick That sounded good already. Belfast,

thank you. Continuing the theme, Gyles Brandreth has picked In The

Bleak Midwinter, not so much for the song, but rather for the

bittersweet story of the woman who Walk down any high street at this

time of year and you will hear a cacophony of Christmas music

beckoning you in to spend, spend, spend. But towering above that

jingle Bells music is a song that evokes the heart of Christmas.

# In the bleak midwinter. # In the bleak midwinter is one of

Britain's favourite carols. The tune is by Gustav Holst, but the

lyrics are by Christina Rossetti, daughter of an Italian Refugee who

grew up in Victorian London. Christina was devoutly religious.

She is sometimes thought of almost as a saintly figure. But look

behind the public image and you find a contradictory personality,

racked by paradox. I have come to dictate's high-security warehouse

to meet Christina's biographer. -- the Tate Museum's high-security

warehouse. Why have you brought me here? We have come to see two

paintings by Dante Rossetti, her brother, one of the most famous

Pre-Raphaelite painters. This is the enunciation, and that is

Christina Rossetti posing as a model for the Virgin Mary. You get

an idea from that of how beautiful she was as a young girl. Also a bit

haunted. She does not look particularly happy. So repeatedly

she is asked to portray the ultimate perfect, virtuous woman.

Quite a role to live up to. Absolutely impossible and she had

great difficulty with it because she was a passionate, rebellious

Italian Girl. As a young woman, Christina put devotion to God

before everything. Suppressing her emotions, she turned down numerous

suitors, but the strain was taking its toll. She was torn by the

conflict between the divine and the flesh. It is a paradox that the

poet who wrote In The Bleak Midwinter also wrote one of the

most erotic poems in the English language, Goblin Market. It is now

regarded almost as emotional pornography, it is so explicit.

remember reading it at school and it is a fairytale. But it operates

at another level, too. I will just see if this is suitable for you.

Actually, it is not suitable for you! The conflict within her lead

her to an emotional breakdown. Increasingly shy and reclusive, her

poetry became heavy with desolate imagery, the most famous being In

The Bleak Midwinter. They say Christmas is always just round the

corner and here it is. # In the bleak midwinter

# Frosty winds made moan if # Water like a stone

# Snow had fallen, snow on snow # Snow on snow. #

what is happening in a writer's life colours everything that they

write. This was written at a very bleak point in her life. She had

just broken her engagement to a man she loved deeply because of

religious differences and she suffered terribly because of it.

joy and a bleak midwinter together. Yes, and it resonates with us

because Christmas is the most colourful, joyful festival in the

whole calendar. And yet it comes at the bleakest, coldest point of the

year. The angelic Christina Rossetti

never married. She died in 1894, aged 64. It was only after her

death that her poem was set to music, which is sad, because she

never heard it sung, or came to know how Britain loved her

Lovely singing and a good scarf From Gyles. Send more of your

fridge pictures. If you are sorted for Christmas, what is chilling in

your fridge? This is Charlie chickenpox. I do not know if he has

chicken pox or if that is his surname. I could live with these

people because they have all of the stuff that I really like. A bit of

Branston, some cheese, a bit of cream. If you could live with them,

I could live with him, because this is mostly beer. Look how proud he

is. Steve, you need some food at some point. David, what do you

have? Mind is not as nice as all that, but this is clearly with her

family's fridge. Will have they got? Milk? It looks like serial.

will be a white Christmas in their house, but only from the milk. You

have heard about the bleak midwinter but how about not such a

bleak midwinter. If you do not believe me, here is Carol Kirkwood.

It is certainly not going to be called on Christmas Day, but it

Very windy on Christmas Day with heavy rain and the risk of flooding

across Scotland. For central and eastern areas, some sunshine,

including Aberdeen Show. Strong winds across Scotland. Northern

Ireland might break the temperature record as we head into Christmas

Day. Quite wet across Wales but for the rest of England and the east of

Wales, dry weather and even some sunshine. But for Santa clause, it

is looking fantastic, no problems with his journey. We should all get

Come and join us on the sofa. a bit disappointed that it will not

be colder. You do not want it hot on Christmas Day, do you? It is not

going to be hot! Hibbard be a unseasonably warm. Last year was

almost the coldest ever. Last year was almost the record, just 0.1 of

a degree above it. But we have also had some warm temperatures. In 1920

in Kineton, Devon, the temperature on Christmas Day was 15.6. Almost

T-shirt weather. It was shared by Leith in 1896. We have had plenty

of wind. Speak for yourself! It was windy in December. On the eighth of

December, a gust of wind of 165 mph was recorded, which is pretty high

but not a record. The record was a gust of 173 mph. You would not be

able to stand in that. How is your singing voice? Not too shabby.

about Carol Kirkwood for Strictly next year? With you, David.

could be partners. Not for long. You would be all right. She is

ready to rock. Only Fools and horses run for an incredible 22

years and has never been off the TV, really. It is still much loved, so

we sent Alex Rowley free trip down memory lane, Gorky Street, to its

This is Chapel Market in north London which featured in the

opening titles, and like all the other locations in Only Fools And

Horses, it is nowhere near Peckham. But it looks like the perfect place

to go in search of a real-life Del Boy. Have a look! All the original.

Of course, one of the most memorable aspects of the series was

still boy's catchphrases. Rodney, you plonker. Hit his off the back

of a lorry, works 100%. More than the catchphrases and locations, it

was the comic situations that John Sullivan put the trotters in that

makes the series unforgettable. goes into a a bar and he is trying

to impress some women. He has transfixed on the ladies. We are on

to a winner. Play it cool. Nice and He completely blows his chances.

Typical, classic. Even though he lives in a council flat, he can

still pull a nice sort. That is a nice dream. Because it is not

reality. They will have a bit of rough, but do they marry them?

is happening? I have not got the Every time you watch it, there are

bits that you think you must have missed. It is still very funny.

Such hilarious moments helped Only Fools And Horses become the most

watched sitcom of all time. In 1996 it got 24 million viewers, almost

40% of the population. It is safe to say that Only Fools And Horses

is still as popular as it has ever been. Take it away.

# God bless Hooky Street # Long live Hooky Street

# Bookie streaked # Hookey Street. #

Put your back into it. Come on. And that car really did breakdown,

honestly. It is fair to say that the success was mostly down to the

fact that people genuinely cared about the characters. John

Sullivan's writing was probably as much about the tragedy as the

comedy. You are absolutely right. As I was saying earlier, the

audience began to love the characters, each individual

character. But the most important part of the whole thing was John

Sullivan. His ability to write for those characters. He came from that

part of the world. He was brought up in Peckham. But the people that

he met, friends of his that he knew, he brought into Fools and horses.

But he was just quite a genius. He wrote every single one of those

himself, one man. Unbelievable. You could not do that in America. They

have dozens of writers. But he just managed to do it. Earlier, you told

us a lovely story about what happened when the original grandad

died. Yes, what happened was that we were filming, in the middle of

filming. Bless him, he fell down the stairs and had a heart attack

and unfortunately he died. We stopped filming. We did not know

what to do. We went to see the heads of the BBC at the time. They

were so desperate for us to continue that they said they would

get a lookalike and carry on. We said, no, we could not do that.

John Sullivan was particularly strong about this. I remember him

saying at the meeting, he said, we did not want him to die. Nobody

wants anyone in their family to die, and we certainly don't. So he said,

I am going to write the episode about the family's loss of grandad,

and I'm going to do it out of respect for him, because we loved

him. So he went home and within a week, back came the script. But the

magic of John Sullivan, he could not stop himself from making some

wonderful gags, which he achieved. My favourite one, which we will all

remember, is that I gave, I took the hat, his hat, off the front of

the car and gave it to Rodney, and I said, Rodney, you throw his hat

into the grave, which he did. We were all emotional and upset. As we

left, the priest came out and said, as anybody seen my hat? Genius. He

pours Union, like a fisherman. -- he pulls you in. Time to chicken

with the choir will be taking on the Scottish leg of our around the

Hello! IUD choirmaster? I am. you beat Northern Ireland's 137

years together as a choir? Unfortunately not, because we have

only been together for three years. You still have a lovely bit of

tinsel on your top. What have you done in the past? We will perform

to anyone who wants to come and listen to us. We're are a Community

Choir. Feel free to join us. I noticed you are in a red jumper.

You don't want Chris. That is dear me invite I have had this Christmas.

Later, we will all be singing O Little Town Of Bethlehem. They were

it will be on the screen. And if you would like to print them

off, they are online for the very keen. Now, there is plenty of telly

to watch over Christmas, including The One Show Best of 2011 on

December 30th. But there is only one man whose show will tell you

have to traverse a glacier, upset about a waterfall walk across an

active volcano. That man is Bear Grylls, and this Christmas he takes

Miranda Hart right to the edge. Keep gripping the hand. Honestly, I

am having a complete out-of-body experience. I cannot believe I am

doing this. I know this is normal for you. It must be weird but

someone is so scared. But this is literally my worst nightmare.

Grylls is here with us this evening. Bear Grylls, Sir David Jensen.

Which other celebrities have you taken out and what have you put

them through? Or we have done a few of them. We took Will Ferrell to

the Arctic, which was an adventure. And Jake Gyllenhaal, who we took to

Iceland. And then we did this with Miranda in the Alps. And we took

another lost to the jungle a few weeks ago. Is he still there? --

Jonathan Ross. But they did brilliantly. It is always scary to

step out of your comfort zone and trust someone with your life. But

they did brilliantly. So total respect, and I think the shows are

great. What was Miranda's fear? When was she most out of her

comfort zone? She was out of her comfort zone the whole time. You

normally see people like Miranda or Jonathan Ross on a chat show

ordering a sitcom. But you see the real person when you are up a

mountain with someone. She had a lot of fears, bless her. She was

very scared of heights, scared of small places, big places. She did

have a tell-tale sign when she got really scared. She would break wind.

So I always had a warning that this was getting scary. She was

brilliant. I have total respect for her. She did some properly scary

stuff. Let's have a look. Put all your weight on the rope. Lean back.

You are not going anywhere, because I have got you. Lean back. Now you

can ease your arm. Can I just say this? Just off camera, there is a

very strong chance that there is no way am doing that. David, you love

a bit of devilry. You are a big diver. But I would not want to do

what he does. He is terrifying. That was my next question. You have

more brain cells than me. You love diving. But that is different from

throwing yourself out of aircraft and hurtling down and what was that

stuff you were eating last time? It made me ill just to look at it.

Someone did complain to said they had their dinner on their lap while

there were watching. That was me! It was something like a raw goat

testicle, and this person threw up on their dinner and had to complain.

Who would you like to get your hands on up there? We have a hot

list. Next challenge! I will keep it quiet. We have a couple of great

ones to announce soon. You love parachuting as well. And you live

on an island. David could fly you to your island, and you could

parachute out of his helicopter, because you are a qualified

helicopter pilot. So are you. it is your interview. Talking about

that, the one thing that would interest me is the diving. That is

one area where I do have a comfort. It does push you a bit beyond your

limits. When you come face-to-face with certain creatures, not actors,

I have to say...! But it is intriguing and can give you quite a

turn. Bear, good luck. Boxing Day, Channel 4. It is not up against you,

David. Although we are quite close. You can record things so easily now.

Now, they say a dog is for life, not just for Christmas. In which

case the Sullivan family from the Brecon Beacons have had enough

puppies for 15 lifetimes. And they are Dalmatian puppies, which is why

we sent Lucy de Ville to meet them. You may have noticed that I have

changed my image a bit today, modelling it almost entirely on the

villain from 101 Dalmatians, that cold hearted woman who tried to

round up all the Dalmatian puppies to turn them into a new fur coat.

Rest assured, this is almost entirely nylon and the large litter

of puppies and on my way to see will only be stroked, cuddled and

adored during this production. Come on, you nincompoop! I am late. The

tale of the two dogs and their spotty puppies being chased is

undoubtedly a family favourite. The film helped to revolutionise

animation when in the late 1950s, Disney experimented with Xerox

technology. This meant during production, they did not have to

animate all of the docks and all of the spots. That is enough of that.

Back to normal. Now, where are those puppies? K Sullivan's dogs

had their first litter of pups a month ago. From the look on her

face now, it came as a surprise. They are asleep! Oh, my goodness,

that is so cute. What was it like when they were borne? They said,

you have 15th. It was a shock. has life be like since the arrival?

Busy, chaotic. Feeding and cleaning all the time. Joining in this

Dalmatian caper is One Show vet Joe. Joe! What have you come as? As a

character from the film, like you said. We have done that. Come and

see the Dalmatians anyway. Why are they a spotty Dog? It is a fashion

thing. Originally, the first Dalmatians were probably a bit

spotty and people thought, that looks nice. So they have been bred

like that. The genetics of the spot is link to another genetic trait,

which his deafness. You can't take this one home. So sweet! Ones I

Who is this? Is he your special one? Yeah. Well, the puppies have

made their evening viewing choice. Excellent decision. And we have

found the 101 Showed Dalmatians. The family are still taking

suggestions for names for the pets. Go to their Facebook page. Now, we

want more of your full smug festive fridges. David, what have you got?

You have enough here for a fortnight! Stephen from Liverpool.

We have another family in Derbyshire, Daisy and Jack. This is

a whole country. You think there are too many biscuits here. It is

because she is snow been in the Highlands. Bless you. So it is a

white Christmas. Hayden and Lily are eight, but it is their birthday

tomorrow. But his them with their mum. Happy birthday. Time now for

the last Foodie Friday of 2011. To tell us what Jay Rayner has got,

here is the Cardiff polyphonic choir.

# Gloria, Jay's Christmas pudding! The sun is shining, the trees are

green, it is the middle of summer. But here in deepest Derbyshire,

there is a bit of Christmas just around the corner. This is the

Matthew Walker factory, the world's oldest Christmas pudding maker.

They have been producing goods here since 1899. Today, they supply over

70% of the UK market. That is around 90 million puddings a year.

The best puddings are made months an advance, which is why they take

a year to do their Christmas cooking. This is the first factory

I have been in that has insisted on one of these, a beard snoods. It is

a good look. Most of the puddings you see in your local supermarket

are made here. You might be called puddings taste the same, but the

factory produces over 200 different varieties, something for everyone.

General manager Bill Mackey takes me on a talk. First stop, the

mixing Hall, where over half a million tons of dried fruits are

used every year. We always start with vine fruits. Then that mixing

bowl will generate its way down the room, and have the other

ingredients added. For many consumers, the most important

ingredient in their Christmas pudding is did the alcohol. This

company uses over 1 million litres a year, making it one of the

largest buyers of booze outside the drinks industry. The alcohol is an

important part of it. We use strong flavoured alcohols to come through,

because they mellow with the fruit. Personally, I think the best drink

his brandy. I agree, the brandy gives the flavour. We do not buy

the finest brandy, because that has a gentle flavour. We by cognac,

which is still quite rough. That is what you need to compete with the

other flavours. But the use of alcohol is not just about taste. It

is an extremely effective natural preservative, which kills bacteria.

The Traditional puddings have a shelf-life of up to four years,

whilst the alcohol-free variety keep for only six months. The first

recipes for its Christmas pudding date back to the Middle Ages. But

then, it was a savoury dish, a kind of porridge with mutton or beef,

and 88 pudding with meet like partridge or pheasant. The

Christmas pudding we have today comes back to the Victorian era. We

I have seen enough. It is time to get my hands dirty and make my own

One Show Christmas pudding. I have decided to go with an orange theme.

Orange shreds, some mixed peel, some cherries, because I like them,

and a bunch of other staff. As with any recipe, the important thing is

what to leave out. Editor of sherry, madam? I get busy combining the

selected ingredients, with high hopes that it all comes together.

That is the One Show Christmas pudding, ready to go to the steamer.

Now, my pudding is ready to be cooked. The factory uses a secret

steaming process to cook the puddings. My pudding will be

steaming for about three hours. Normally you can eat them within 12

hours of having steamed them, but to get the full flavour effect, we

will leave mine to mature for four months, which means my work here is

done and I might as well push off. When Christmas comes round, the

flavours will have fully matured, ready for us to tuck in.

So, Jay is here. I have a present. It is a beard snood. I am like a

very cold Santa. This is the Christmas pudding. Would you like

to try it? David, are you a pudding man? I will try. I am hoping it has

matured properly and you have a real depth of flavour. In my

experience, if it has been festering for four months, it could

be dangerous. I would not say this has been festering. It should be

good. This would keep you going for a while, wouldn't it? I am

generally pretty wary of delicacies, but this is amazing. I hate to say

it, but that is beautiful. other one is coming home with me

for Christmas Day. You put some orange liqueur in this. Can you put

different liqueur in them? You can put anything in them. It adds as a

preservative but also adds flavour. If you name the liqueur, they

probably make a Christmas pudding full of it. In pudding terms, this

is brand new. You have the oldest one in the world here. This was

sent to the sailors in the war in 1900, the Boer War. It is now in

the Connexion of the National Museum of the Royal Navy. It was

found in the back of someone's cupboard. She was known as the

friend of the Navy, and she sent these two sailors to look after

them and make sure they were well fed. But there was no booze.

Temperance, she believed in the temperance movement, so no alcohol.

The sailors enjoyed that in 1899, but how does the modern military

provide Christmas for the troops? Earlier, Staff Sergeant Nick Savell,

master chef at Camp Bastion in Afghanistan, showed Caroline Wyatt

around his kitchen. If you think cooking for your

family and extended family is bad on Christmas Day, meet the man

cooking for 5000 people. We are feeding just over 4000 through the

main kitchen and 500 in the forward operation bases. A couple of

warrant officers will jump on a helicopter with the Russians, fly

out, dropping off, and they were have won our window to feed them,

and then get picked up and come back here. Just over 1000 kilos of

potatoes, around 500 kilos of carrots, 750 kilos of sprouts.

have Christmas pudding. 40 boxes of them. Traditional roast turkey,

chestnut and hazelnut stuffing, sausages, bacon and all the

traditional parts. Do you look forward to Christmas Day? Yes, we

look forward to feeding the guys. We endeavour to come up with the

best result. If we can cheer them up with a nice Christmas dinner,

that is what we tried to do. And a very merry Christmas to the Queen's

first Dragoon Guards. Jay Rayner, star of Christmas celebrity

mastermind on December 27th on BBC One. None of your rubbish. Your

chosen subject? The musicals of Stephen Sondheim. It is almost time

for our Christmas carols. First, we are off to a church in

Leicestershire which could be about to host its last Christmas.

Many of Britain's 40,000 churches are among the oldest buildings in

the UK. Keeping historical churches like this looking beautiful can

come at a great cost. Maintenance fees can run into hundreds of

thousands of pounds. And as traditional church attendance

continues to drop, more and more churches are falling into ruin. In

many cases, a drastic transformation is the only

salvation. St James is the Church of the quiet village in

Leicestershire. Built in the 13th century, it was in regular use

until four years ago when a large piece of plaster fell from the

ceiling and narrowly missed the vicar. A structural survey deemed

it unsafe for regular use, and because the congregation was small,

the diocese could not afford the repairs, so the church had to close

its doors at and it has remained derelict ever since. But before it

becomes too dangerous to even enter, we have invited the residents of

the village to come together for what could be the very last

Christmas carol service ever to be held in this 750 year-old church.

Architect Peter is part of the team responsible for monitoring the

structural condition of the Church. Where is the piece of plaster that

fell on the vicar? It fell from behind the poppet, down behind the

vicar as he was in the middle of service. -- the pulpit. It was

plastered with hard Victorian plaster which cannot accept the

movement. As the Church has flexed, the plaster worked loose and

dropped off. How much does it cost to repair? �250,000. That must be

difficult to find. A foray small village, that is a lot of money.

make the church safe for tonight, we need to cordon off the back of

the nave. We need to check beneath the pews for rotten boards, and

finally, the vicar and the choir will need to wear hard hats. Time

to leave Peter Lowe alone and rustle up some help from the local

village. Hello. 7pm tonight, we have a carol service. It could be

the last ever. 7pm. The Church has no running water and no lavatories,

so Elaine, who lives nearby, has opened her doors to anyone caught

short. With no heating, she is making a giant vat of mulled wine

to keep everyone warm. The vicar of the parish is Sue Patterson. Is it

a common problem that medieval churches are falling into disrepair.

Medieval buildings are no joke to look after. They are wonderful,

queued atmosphere, a sense of the presence of God, fantastic, I would

not swap it for anything but they are a huge burden. Everyone thinks

the Government provides funds, but that is not the case. Is the Church

still relevant to the community? Often it is the only community

building you have. People need somewhere to go to, so more and

more we are reinventing the church and putting it as a community

resource. We have the church for tonight. Would you be prepared to

host it? Yes. We are going to be wearing hard hats. If you see

anything falling, do not think white Christmas, just run. It is

time to start lighting and decorating the church. One of the

locals has donated a Christmas tree to liven up the doorway and to hide

a large crack in the west window. Before long, the choir arrives and

begin practising. And soon enough, the first few villagers start to

arrive. Hello, take his seat. You got married here, didn't you? How

long ago? 27 years. When the bells of St James rang regularly. Can you

remember the last time you were in this church? When I was christened.

You were the last one. No children got christened after you. As the

last of the congregation take their place, it is a full house. This

service is happening in a church which is structurally unsound. You

may not have noticed, but the hard hats are here for a purpose because

we are sitting in the dangerous area.

It is easy to forget, but actually churches like this are not just for

Christmas. This is a place we come to declare our love, to remember

those who have passed away, a place we come to name our children. But

they are also the place that is the centre of the community, the place

where we find faith. I hope this is not the last service of this church,

but if it is, at least we gave it a good send-off. How -- Happy

Christmas. We are downstairs and his is time for our carol-singing.

This is real snow, because we do not take things on the BBC, ask

David Attenborough! -- we do not fake things. We have to say thank

you to the guests. Let's talk to the choir's first. No, let's talk

to the guests first. All right. Thank you, David Jason. Bear Grylls

on Channel 4. Jay Rayner, the day after. And Carol Kirkwood with the

weather. You are representing England in awe of this. Are you

ready to do your best? Yes. How did you meet and is it true you are

getting married? May be when we are a bit older. You are leading the

Welsh squad, finishing off in style. Trying to. Do you feel the