24/06/2011 The One Show

Is there anybody watching? We are on BBC Two! Have you been on BBC

Two before? BBC to Wales. How does this field? A lot different. Thank

you for tuning into The One Show with Alex and myself. Tonight we

have a fashionable guessed. He is the man who tells people what to

wear. He also get them to strip naked in front of strangers. After

that, they still love him. He also topped the sexiest celebrity in

spectacles list. I didn't enter. Guess who came 5th! The tears Gok

Wan, everyone! -- It is. He is beautiful, he is Gok Wan. Thank you.

How are you? Look at this, check me out for the summer. We heard that

every Sunday night you get on your computer and you plan what you are

going to wear for the next seven days. Is that right? It is. I have

the worst OCD when it comes to clothes so everything is organised.

I have to be very prepared. If I haven't sorted out my outfit, it

has happened twice in my entire life, I can't sleep. I have to wake

up about four hours early because it has to be planned. Owing you

what I was wearing today a week ago. I have the opposite of that problem,

I just don't care. You can't tell. How low down was that! You called

me unfashionable. It was a slip of the Tonk! This is 65 year-old

American businessman who has sparked a row about airline dress

code when he was allowed to fly wearing this lovely outfit. I can't

believe you have got a picture of my dad! I think if I was flying and

he walked onto the airplane, I would not be flying that day. I

think he would terrify me slightly, and I love the drag-queen. The you

have an idea he was trying to smuggle something, don't you?

budgie. I have no idea what that means. Gok is here to talk about

the paper -- paperback of York are to bear if -- of your autobiography.

Here are some of the photos of the mud at Glastonbury. This is on

Wednesday before a guitar was plugged in. They have still got

five days to go there! He would just want to go home! That is a

kind of four by former crows in the frame. She is going the opposite

way to everyone else but I am sure she is having a great time. This is

the ultimate. Is there a human being inside that mud? Are you a

festival boy? I went to a festival once. You have heard about my it

OCD with clothes, so I don't like going anywhere I can't plug in a

hair dryer or use a credit card. I went once and I lasted about 45

seconds and slept in the back of my car. I don't even like nature. I

hate mud, I hate dirt. I like concrete and shops. What is the one

thing you think people should take with them? By the looks of it, on

umbrella. In was supposed to be nice this weekend. Personally, I

find it hard to get the festival thing. Music is wonderful, but

their idea of not being able to wash or go to the toilet for four

days... When I come to BBC Two, everybody! How about some of your

classic festival photographs? will show some of the best later in

the show. If you are not at Glastonbury this weekend, how about

joining the thousands who have already taken up hi-tech treasure

hunting? Anyone can do it, it is called geocaching and involves

looking for hidden packages all over the world. Tonight we are

going to be having our own geocaching challenge with a very

special guest. But first, here is Alex Riley in Wales with a crash

course. I have heard about a new kind of Treasure Hunt called

geocaching and I am on a quest to find out more. It is something to

do with using GPS receivers. I have been given some cordon it's that

have brought me to this spot on the Brecon Beacons and I am going to

meet a family who can tell me all about it. How do you go geocaching?

You go on to the website, put in the place you want to go, and it

comes up as co-ordinate. You put it into your GPS, you get a map.

think I know what we are doing so let's go and find it. That is the

box, so it is slightly somewhere over here on the right. How big

will it be? Maybe about the size of a sandwich. No, OK. What do like

most about geocaching? You get to go on a country walk and it is

really fun. What is the appeal for you, Simon? It gets us out in the

fresh air and to places I wouldn't normally have chosen to go to.

Probably in those rocks. They are small plastic box. What have we got

in there? A quarter dollar. Is that chocolate? Do you register the fact

you have found this in some way? Yes, we write it in here what we

took and what we left. We left a pair of scissors. There are 1.4

million geocaching spot in Britain alone. I have found one here. I am

about to meet David Schofield who knows a lot about finding them and

he makes them as well. The first one hidden in Wales was made by him.

We have ones that are accessible to disabled users ranging to the other

extreme. We have some on bridge spans which you have to abseil, and

also scuba-diving geocaching. get the final co-ordinate and when

you get there you have to search around. Can we find it? You will

need some equipment. So I am going in there? This is where it is.

this extreme geocaching? It is, at its best. Gigantic. It could be

anywhere around here. It is not in there, is it? Hello! What is your

first impression of geocaching then? I preferred the one when it

was a nice country hike. Is it in here? Yes, you are very close now.

Hello! I have got one. People have written little messages, some have

put stickers in. "cracking place, which I had a better torch".

Geocaching seems to be a great way of motivating yourself to get out

of the house, but the treasure is also in the stuff you experience

along the way. How the hell do we get out of this place? Pretty good,

and that has inspired us to hold our very own geocaching challenge.

We have hidden are Roman treasure. Let's see who has got the clues.

Hang on, it can't be... That is the bottom of the jumpsuit. Would she

do it for us? She would! It is Anneka Rice. Hello! This is so

exciting. Is that one of the original suits? It is. I am

slightly traumatised that Gok is with you in the studio because I

would have won a bin-liner and covered my entire body up. Anneka,

you were my first ever girl crushed. I loved you. You were my first

introduction to a girl's bottom running out of the helicopter, so.

You very much. How I am glad I help your child could initiation. I am

just sorry I swan knew the wrong way! I don't think it was

necessarily down to you, arnica! Don't be so hard on yourself.

want a T-shirt saying Anneka Rice turned me gay! Please don't spread

that around. I want to make men red-blooded and lost all. It is BBC

Two, we can be racy. It is collapsing. It must be lovely

tonight to be looking after the treasure instead of hunting for it.

This is so pleasant. If it wasn't pouring with rain, we would have

laid down a picnic, had a bottle of champagne. We would be hammering it

but unfortunately it is pouring with rain. It is very nice, I don't

have to do anything tonight. I have set a treasure hunt and it is up to

the viewers at home to listen to the court a net and see if you can

get to this clue, which is me actually, in the hour that this

show is on. That is the main premise of the programme. You can

use sat-nav, G Pearce, an old- fashioned map. -- GPS. Just make

sure that you can get to us in the hour of the programme. We want to

watch the rest of the tennis! Here are the co-ordinate its. -- co-

ordinates. This is your chance to win a fantastic prize. It is The

One Show so it won't be that That probably means absolutely

nothing to anyone in the studio. Does it? I think we have got a bit

of degrees, a bit of minutes, a bit of longitude and latitude. A quick

clue - we are in the city where the mighty Concorde was built in the

1960s. We will come back to you later in the programme so get

solving the clue, and hopefully we will see some of you viewers before

8 o'clock. The best thing is to get a seat

arnica live in that jumpsuit. a bit star-struck. Time to meet a

man who is very brave. How many of us would step in if we saw someone

attacked, really? Wendy Robbins has met someone who faced that snap

decision, one that took him to an ordinary man -- from an ordinary

man to a superhero. My name is Michael Seery. I am 71 years old.

One day, when I was in my local bookmakers, an armed robber entered.

My decision was to do something Michael has had a busy life, a

career in the army followed by a stint in the oil business, bringing

adventure around the globe. He has earned an easy retirement, but as

you will see, he is still a man of action, despite the fact that 13

years ago he was told he was terminally ill with a tumour on his

lungs. My doctor at the time informed me that my life span was a

matter of weeks. But he did say to me that miracles do happen. In my

case, thankfully, here I am, 13 years down the line, and I am still

around. I am amazed that, despite still being wheezy and short of

breath, he took on an armed robber. He showed me the betting shop

across the road where it happened. I was sitting in this chair,

waiting for my friends to turn up, when I was aware of the door being

flung open behind me. I did not pay much attention to it. I looked up

and heard somebody shout, give me the bloody money. He started to

smash the screens around the two Cashier's behind the counter. The

Lady screamed. I rushed up, carrying a chair and I hit the chap

over the back with that. He staggered round and turned to face

me. At this stage, I did not know he was armed, so we struggled. I

did not manage to overpower him. -- I did manage to overpower him and I

had him on the floor face down. I shouted to the girls, I have got

him. He did stand up. We struggled further, at which stage I became

fully aware of the knife, because it entered into my side. He stabbed

you? Yes. The problem I had is that I am blind in the left eye, and at

the time I had a cataract in my right eye. So you could not see

anything. It was a blur, and out line. He stabbed me in the thigh to

begin with, and that happened before I overcame him. I could feel

the blood running down the inside of my leg. Then he stabbed me in

the side. As he ran from the shop, the Home it fell off. The girls

recognised him as somebody who had been in the shop, which proved his

undoing. The thief was caught by the police and sentenced to nine

years. My initial reaction was to clean up. When they arrived with

medics, I was tidying. Despite two stab wounds. It looks funny in

retrospect but that is what happened. But that is the question

people keep asking when they see the tape. Why were you cleaning the

shop? He may have tried to literally brush-off the incident,

but his wife was not quite as cool headed. One of his friends that he

meets over there, he came across and told me that Michael had been

stabbed. What do you remember feeling? I felt numb, scared. I

thought, what do I do? I suppose he is my hero. Did he have to hear

that. Did you hear that? Her hero. He does not see what the fuss is

about. Despite receiving accolades, he says it was the caveman in him.

No bravery attached. It is primordial, it is in the genes of

most red-blooded males, but they must protect the ladies. That makes

it automatic when such things happen. Great, absolutely brilliant

story, Top man. All about protection, stepping up to the

plate if you are needed. Your book is about that, isn't it? People not

stepping in and helping. Yes, it was hard to write it because I was

not sure I wanted to tell the story because a lot of the stuff in there,

it was the first time I discussed it with any family or friends. I

suppose, in contrast to the film, I was not very brave when I was

growing up. I was afraid of admitting that I was bullied,

admitting I was worried that people did not like me. I was worried

about being mixed race and being gay, and very overweight. And I was

really afraid of that. In fact, I was probably the least brave person.

But you should not have to be brave when you're a kid. You think that,

but you are told you have to be a certain way. I felt I had to prove

myself to my family, mainly, and my friends, who were adorable and

wonderful. But it was the outside world. Friends and family were

great but I felt the outside world hated me, picked on me and called

me names and pinched and poked. And then it stopped for a little while,

but it happened again when I was an adult. So I had this roller-coaster

of people thinking, me thinking that people hated me. It was a

tough time. It was really upsetting to write. You are brave to write it,

but I think you are braver than you think. Even though you speak about

being bullied, you turned it around. You speak about her trip to a

clothing shop which we cannot mention, and you gave yourself the

first makeover. From there, you became stronger and stronger.

it was like my superhero costume. I was fed up with being called Gay

and fat, and I figured, I am going to create this aesthetic, just like

what I do for a living now, create this aesthetic that your comments

and you're punching will just rebound from. It worked. I never

realised I was doing my first makeover on myself. It proves to me,

when people say clothing and image is materialistic, it is not. You

can prove to yourself just how confident you are, because it gives

you some armour. So that happened, and it was an interesting time.

Let's have a look at you as a child. Are you very small, all the glasses

very big? They are my dad's glasses. I desperately wanted to be my dad.

And them. This issue at what age? Probably eight or nine. I have got

big and round. I had a haircut like that. Were you eating because you

were worried? Did you realise you were panicked eating? I came from a

family of caterers, so we is -- we were surrounded by food. And with

my dad being Chinese, food is symbolic for everything, anything

you are celebrating or commiserating, there is food

involved. So I was just enjoying the process of eating. As I got

older and the bullying started and I was really overweight, and it was

the food that made me overweight, I sought comfort in the food. I would

take a bite from food and it would make me feel comforted, but I got

bigger and bigger until I hit 21 stone. You have a complex

relationship with food, but in your autobiography, you have recipes at

the front of nearly every chapter. I love of food. I have a love

affair with eating and catering. I think later in the book I talk

about going from being a piece to having anorexia. My relationship

has always been complex, too much and then too little. When you have

an eating disorder, it stays with you forever. But I have made peace

with food, and I understand it. Thank goodness, because it is over

to Jay. We are talking about Wimbledon

fortnight and it might make you think of the Williams sisters. For

me, it means some other top seeded smashers - strawberries.

It is not a British summer without Wimbledon, and as tennis fever

takes hold, the caterers work furiously to serve half a million

visitors with a massive 28,000 kilos of strawberries. And this is

where they start. We are in Kent, the Garden of England. This farm

supplies the entire strawberry needs of Wimbledon. This year, the

strawberry has produced a bumper crop. We are made Harvest, at the

height of Wimbledon fortnight, and making sure the punnets are filled

is nothing short of a military exercise. Picking starts at 5am,

and the harvest is chilled overnight before loading the

following morning for the journey to London. But when Wimbledon

orders an extra load, like today, the rush to get more strawberries

from the field to the tennis courts is really on. We keep picking, both

before and after, but the height of the season is Wimbledon fortnight

or. In these two weeks, it is really significant for us.

Wimbledon like a classic English strawberry. We grow a variety

called El Santa. It is not very big and crunchy, so you can balance it

in a bowl on your knee and eat it with a teaspoon. And it is very

sweet and juicy. The weather has given this lot a helping hand.

Strawberries thrive on warm days and caul nights. Unlike many other

crops, conditions this spring have been perfect for them. I think it

is contributing to the high sugar level in the fruit. It was also

very good for pollinators, so we had lots of bees flying and it was

very good for a perfect shaped strawberries. My first taste of

this year's crop. It is firm but not overly hard or crisper. Sweet,

bit of acidity, tang of strawberry. You grow rather good strawberries,

don't you? Thank you. Time to take my own punnet to Wimbledon. The

tennis championship began here in 1887, but SW19's love-affair with

strawberries and cream is thick -- recorded long before that. Eaten at

fashionable early summer social gatherings. Here you are, united

with your true soulmate. Even further back, it is said that

Cardinal Wolsey was the first to put the combination together in

Tudor times. Originally, Derry was considered pauper's food, but

Cardinal Wolsey thought it was better than that and first-served

strawberries with cream at the Court of Henry the eighth. But why

has the tradition been so enduring? It is part of Wimbledon, part of

the day out. Very nice, very sweet, loads of sugar. Somebody said you

have to have Pym's and strawberries and cream, so I am documenting it.

Behind the scenes, frenetic activity to get the strawberries on

sale. These are the very ones we saw leaving the farm at 7am. Those

early tennis fans had the right idea. The acidity of the strawberry

cuts through the richness of the cream. As doubles pairings go, it

is good to know there will be won British champion at Wimbledon every

year. By the way, Andy Murray is still on

BBC One but we are not allowed to mention it. What have you got?

one of these little pills. Because we are on BBC Two, I can do this.

Put it on your tongue. There is a reason for this. Let's talk about

these sandwiches. A supermarket has come Obadeyi strawberries and cream

sandwich. Do you want one? -- they have come up with a strawberries

and cream sandwich. It is about a quarter of the daily intake of

calories for women. They claim it is the only sweet sandwich on the

market. Apart from the ones that children make themselves. Nobody

else is selling them. It is just like a jam sandwich. It is not

worth the calories. Look at all the strawberries. We have two

interesting varieties. The white ones, they are meant to taste of

pineapple. I am the only one eating. They don't taste like pineapples.

But they look pretty. These ones are more interesting. They are

derived from an old wild strawberry variety, and these are meant to be

special. That is lovely. The best strawberries are the wild ones but

they are hideously expensive, very small and there are not many.

are we dissolving these pills? is called the miracle berry. The

idea is that anything sour will taste sweet after eating one of

these. Sir have a piece of lime and tell me what it tastes like. Do I

keep it in? That is all right. God, it works! It is like putting

sugar on grapefruit. It will get sweeter as time goes by. You can

prove that they are bitter. Is that a proper lemon? These are not fake,

they are real lemons. I have a vinegar here. All of it? I would

not! No! Let me smell that. I will have another one. That is proper

vinegar. It is an interesting little pale. I have to say that it

cannot be sold as a foodstuff. In certain parts of the world, it is

used by diabetics because they can eat stuff with lower sugar content.

That vinegar was horrible. I did not mind it. I am sweating now.

is an extraordinary berry. We liked to bring forward strange things you

can do at home. Where were you last week? I cannot say. A welcome back.

It is happy Wallace and Gromit Wrong Trousers Day. It is beard day.

That was Gok with a beard. I am Chinese and we cannot grow body

hair. Happy Bannockburn Dave. Smurfs day. There are cards for

everything, is what we are saying. There is a day or a week for

everything and it makes Arthur Life today it is an information

overload, and on top of everything else there is every increasing list

of things to give up or be aware of - from cleavage day, via the loud

tie campaign to the rabbit awareness Week. There are now

nearly 1000 awareness events a year. It is ridiculous, insane and

impossible. Why do we need them? And who is in charge? I am going to

year ahead, which keeps a long list of events which they tell to

journalists. How do they qualify? Any one can organise an awareness

Day. They come about for various different reasons. You can set up a

website and it just rolls from itself. As long as the public takes

upon it, there is no reason you can't have one. Do they make a

difference? They make a massive amount of difference as. Red nose

day raised �71 million in one night this year. What is the most

ridiculous one you have heard? to national talk like a pirate day.

He is good, but first I thought this awareness stuff was rubbish,

but now... If you can't beat them, join them. I am going to settle up

the Smith awareness Day. I need strategy, branding, a big idea from

professionals like the people at National Family week. Hello.

Suzanne, I am Arthur. So, awareness, how do we promote it? I feel the

world should know more about me? The there is no other agenda? So

you want to be more famous? Yes. Why not try and get everybody with

the same name together. The areas a urologist who was called Arthur

Smith. We could create an online rock. I want to make it clear I am

the main Arthur Smith. The more Arthur Smiths you can get together,

the more you can think about whether you want to raise money for

charity or use it for some good, other than just Euro of infamy.

is really my own ego mainly. I love it. I need an awareness guru, and a

cuddle. This lady offers both. How can I get my awareness Day going,

like you have got you're cuddling day going? It has got to excite

people. I am not sure how intriguing I can be, but thank you

for your advice. Can I have another couple to get going? Absolutely.

Resurge complete, it is time to hit the streets with are the Smith

-- Arthur. It is at the Smith awareness Day. It has worked, well

done. Are you going to become more aware of me? I am substantially

more aware. Just when I was beginning to flag, there it was -

more expert advice. It is my fellow... What do you call

yourselves? Walkers. You should shout. Everybody, be more aware of

me! Do you get a reaction? They look at us and laugh. There was a

spring in my step and a thrill in my heart, but it didn't last long,

even when I got someone else to hold the sign. I will try again in

November, then it will just be me and Guy Fawkes. I might get a few

more birthday cards as well. Tomorrow there is a more important

day taking place, tomorrow Armed Forces Day. Here to tell us more,

Colonel Tim Collins who became a hero of the first Iraq war. Welcome

to the programme. Nice to see you. How big is this day? The IT is just

getting off the ground, it is the third year. This year we have the

main event in Edinburgh and there will be a veteran's village. In

Northern Ireland, Carrick Fergus Harbour will have an event, and

there are events in Manchester and a pop concert in Hillsborough.

this year be better than ever? two still getting off the ground.

Armed Forces Day was one of these government things that when the

armed forces were told we are going to have a special day for you, we

asked so what are you cutting? But it is a free day. Why do you think

now the armed forces are much more popular than they were say five

years ago? You remember stories about soldiers being spat on in the

streets, what has changed? recent conflicts have brought the

armed forces into more focused and people realise that the armed

forces are the people around you, they have motivated young men and

women. My guys, the young hoodies you see on the street have been

turned into valued members of society for start do you think

these good vibes are getting through to the soldiers on the

front line? They are so busy and focused on their jobs, honestly I

don't think they really notice. are an ex-Colonel, but do we still

call you Colonel? You retire as a colonel so it is an honorary title,

I guess. You keep the Colonel? people choose. We will keep it

tonight. Have you ever made over any guise or girls in the services?

No other. Would you go to Helmand and do it? The course, I am coming

over. Only if you let me call you Colonel!

It is also Glastonbury this weekend and we asked for some of your

and we asked for some of your festival photographs. This is class.

taken in 20th June 11. They are ear defenders and not headphones! This

was taken into 1005 when there was so much water at Glastonbury that

the electricity went off meaning no music and no beer. Steve cent this

one end, it was taken at a festival in Bury St Edmunds. Are we missing

out on Glastonbury in the mud? Earlier on we gave the precise co-

ordinates to a location where ordinates to a location where

Anneka Rice has had an some One Show treasure. Is anyone there yet?

It is quite hilarious. We have just heard from the local police that

traffic is gridlocked around this area and we are hoping it is

treasure-hunters on their way, or it could just be the rush-hour. A

lot of people have been coming up and saying what are you doing

standing in the pouring rain in your jumpsuit? Am going to give you

another clue, look at this quickly. If you are sitting at home and you

recognise that, come and find us. From arnica, we remember the

elephant whose plight under cruel circus handler caused outcry

earlier this year. There she is now at Longleat, have you ever seen a

happier elephant in your life? I don't think so. As a result of this,

MPs voted yesterday for a ban in wild animals in circuses in Great

Britain. But over 100 years ago, when you came to the zoo, you

didn't go to it, it came to you. Victorian times, in villages like

this one in Devon, life was pretty boring so you can imagine the

excitement when suddenly there were caged lions and tigers, elephants

and poisonous snakes. The travelling menagerie had arrived.

In the 19th century, travelling showman Drouin the crowds with

their lively colourful shows. Menageries of wild animals

travelled through the cities and villages across the country. What

might seem cool today and rolled the Victorians. -- what might seem

cruel. There were something like 50 horses pulling wagons of wild

beasts. How important was it that these were wild animals? They were

certainly billed as wild, ferocious Forest bread Lions. That is what

people came to see. With the expansion of the British Empire,

all kinds of exotic animals began arriving in Britain but taking them

on the road was risky. Menageries could be dangerous - in 1849 the

nephew of a menagerie owner was killed by an elephant. The

coroner's report said the principle wind was in the left groin. The

task of the elephants had penetrated through the thigh,

separating the muscles and exposing the large arteries. A verdict of

accidental death was recorded. Was that bad for business? On the

contrary, they flock to see that sort of thing. It might happen

again. Simon has ancestors founded the famous menagerie here. His

famous grandfather as a teenager ran away from home to join

Britain's largest menagerie, or stock and when Wells. He became an

elephant boy. He would clean the animals, and when the showers on

they would lay him down and the ringmaster would bring the relevant

in, and sit him on the little George do they, and the crowd would

be screaming. People would be running out because they thought

the boy had been crushed to death. The scandal was caused when he fell

in love with Martha, the owner's daughter. The owner was a very well

respected man and George was a humble workmen. They went away and

got married in secret, no family were present at the wedding.

eventually the marriage was accepted come they began life on

the road. Their family caravan still exist at the fairground

Heritage Centre in Devon. We end this was brought out, it was the

Rolls-Royce of caravans. This is the bedroom, a double bed and the

hand basin on the corner. Then you have got the lounge area, and the

cooking would have been done on the stove. All so one of the animals

lived here, I gather. Yes, when the reptiles hibernated there used to

put the python in this locker. The family would be living here, but

perfect place, and kept warm by the stove. Perfect. All part of the

family. By the end of the century, rising costs and competition from

zoos forced menageries into decline. In 1898, the animals from this

menagerie were sold. They were entrepreneurs in their day. They

needed to look at what was going to bring the crowds in. What did your

family moved on to? The latest craze, moving pictures. They took

an electric buyer scope on the road and the new generation of steam-

driven rides. Today, the family still tour the West Country, though

in very different accommodation. This is quite a caravan, isn't it?

Thank you. The best I have ever seen. It is our home and we live

here all year round. Why has the business changed? The nature of the

business is the same - we go to the same places and we are still

entertaining. And you would never one to give up? Never, I am a

showman. Travelling menageries were exciting and dramatic form of

entertainment for more than 130 years. They are long past, but that

spirit of the show must go on will John is here with us in the studio.

You were telling us before there was lots of rivalry between the

owners. Tremendous rivalry. There was one show man who wanted to put

on an elephant and his rival was desperate to do the same, but his

elephant died that morning. The first show man put up a great sign

saying, the only live elephant in the show. The other show man said,

I can top this. I have got the only dead elephant in the show. And then

what happened - this is a sad story - more people flock to see the dead

elephant. Because that was rare. spoke about the plight of the

circus elephant, so what is the latest question much they are

banning wild animals. MPs agreed yesterday that wild animals should

be banned from circuses. The RSPCA reckon there are 46 wild animals in

British circuses. And seven of them are tigers. It's a lot of animals.

MPs agreed that, but the Government are not bound by it. So the

Government are reviewing the whole thing and their arguments about the

law and the rest of it, so there has been no immediate decision.

was a surprise result because people thought they would just

recommend better care. That is right. The MP involved felt very

strongly that wild animals should not be paraded in front of people

in a circus. And you can see it. Opinion has changed a lot on

animals. You went to look for Tigers in their natural habitat and

you did not see any. I was in India in a tiger reserve. We spent the

whole day looking for tigers and did not see one. Back here, seven

of them in circuses. Tigers, if you are watching, John would like to

see you. It is Friday and Angela Rippon is in the house, which means

it is time for you to make the news in Rippon's Britain. You go,

girlfriend! Tonight's headlines:

Pensioner goes plane crazy. Man goes to Manchester 25 times.

Lippy lady sticks it to the Canadians.

And teachers, leave those wigs alone.

91-year-old Tom Lackey from Birmingham has become the oldest

person to fly across the Channel and back on top of the plane. He

took off from an airport in Kent and he didn't even get off when the

plane landed. He got to France, had a glass of cognac, turned round and

came home. Since taking up wing walking 10 years ago in memory of

his wife, this daredevil has completed over 20 wing walks and

raised more than �1 million for charity. He also holds the record

for being the oldest person to do a loop the loop. Tom, they do have

site -- seats inside the plane as well!

How long does it take to get to Manchester? It depends on how many

you are going to. Loyal Mancunian Pete Johnson was so fascinated by

the fact that there are 33 right across America and Canada that he

decided he would visit them all by motorbike. He says he wanted to see

if they had heard of Coronation Street and Old Trafford. It took

him one month, but tornadoes meant he only reached 25. Never mind,

Pete. Have an Eccles cake to make you feel at home. Well done.

The staff at Forfar Academy and Angus have not stopped believing.

They created their very own video to promote a new glee club for

their pupils. It is rather good. # Some we will win

# Some we will lose the # Has some will only sing the blues

# It goes on and on and on a. # But are they going to make the

national championships? Finally, a make-up counter assistant Claire

madam wrote to us to say she has managed to paint herself into the

record books by doing the most lipstick applications in one hour.

A line of people puckered up in the Meadowhall Centre in Sheffield,

while she got busy with the lippy. In the end, she managed 472

applications, beating the previous Canadian holder by 27. She is fast!

That is all for this week. I am Angela Rippon and you have been

watching Rippon's Britain. Thank you, Angela, and thank you to

all of the brilliant Rippon's Britain people. You could be part

of Rippon's Britain next week. Get your stories to us at the One Show.

Big or small, we will read them all. This year, two British holiday camp

institutions celebrate anniversaries. Pontins is 65, but

Butlins is 75. Happy birthday, campers! That did not work in

rehearsal either! So this week, Gyles Brandreth has found some Hi-

In 1973, just as cheap foreign travel had started to tempt Brits

abroad, BBC Two's manner live of followed the happy campers and

hoping for son, songs and silliness at Pontins holiday camp by the

Sussex seaside. Welcome. The bar opens at 11 o'clock. The camp

philosophy was supremely simple - a week's holiday for a week's pay.

The sun was not guaranteed but wacky ways to let off steam

certainly were. There was lots of monkeying around, and the

obligatory middle aged men in mini- skirts. What do you do for a

living? A security officer. lovely legs competition. Ladies

could win prizes for a nice set of pins, but watch out for the

wandering hands. Steady on! Is it necessary for you to keep moving

the legs from place to place? this is what people like. They do

not like the legs just standing there, they have to be in a nice

position. It a Pontins bluecoat earned 25 -- �12 a week for the

rollovers babysitters and seaside sergeant majors. Some went on to

television fame, but others did not. Would you like to be doing

television? Yes. I think everybody The kid's got their own

entertainment, even if some of those trendy 70s names proved a

little difficult to grasp. What is the little girl's name. Zoe. That

is rather unusual. His name is Darren and he is stuck with it for

the rest of his life. Mealtime meant good, traditional British

fare. Mo pizzas and pitta bread. Yorkshire pudding and custard.

Tasty! While it might not look appetising today, it was a lot

better than the foreign muck they had been forced to experience

abroad. What were you having to eat? You could not tell what it was.

A hotchpotch of pace on the plate. Did you eat it? He only eats beef.

Very sensible. Once the kids had gone to bed, time for dancing and

dating. Some singletons have the recipe for romance. Where would you

like to take the Linda? Take her out on the town, give her a good

time, take it to the dance. Then back home and show her my bedroom

wallpaper. Who could resist such charm? Nor this left Oreo as were

not so confident. Which girl would you take out? Any girl there would

come along and come out with me because I haven't got one myself

yet. What a shame. The week of food, flirting and enforced fun came to

an end with a good knees-up before the bags were packed and it was

time to go home. The exodus to Spain soon led to the holiday camps

adapting to the modern family favourites - the lovely legs and

glamorous grannies gave way to archery and health spas. Shame, I

always wanted to enter a knobbly knees competition.

This is brilliant! This book is brilliant. He is engrossed. We will

chat about How To Look Good Naked. It is in its 7th series. It was not

your idea originally, was it? Channel 4 came to me and asked me

to audition for it. They had seen a tape that I had done before. It was

their idea and they worked with a production company. They brought me

in. We made the first season, each one was half-an-hour, and we had no

idea what the women would tell us, how far we could ask them to go

with it, and even my relationship with them. It was not until we got

through to filming the end of the first series that we realised it

was a show in itself. I suppose it was an organic process to get to

where it is. I do love it. It is a simple idea, and you have to twist

it every series, like Top gear. One of the ultimate twist Soiza when

you did a makeover for a blind lady. We have a clip. Shall I show you

exactly what your body looks like. Head, shoulders, waste, HIPs, FT.

Wow! I think you don't need to change at all. Really? Was that the

best thing you ever did? When we made the disability Specials, the

three shows, I was really worried. I panicked so much thinking that it

had become an institution, the public knew the former, knew what

the outcome was, and I did not want to play God and pretend we could

cure anything. But what I wanted to do was to allow it to be a process

where every single woman could feel good about herself, regardless of

whether she had a disability or not. Whether it was the best thing I had

ever done, it was probably one of the most rewarding. He was very

touching. Even the hardest cameraman in the BBC got moist when

we played that. She was brilliant. One of the brilliant things that

came out of that was that the Royal Institution for the Blind used that

film to teach people, and also to introduce things like having

shoppers that can teach blind people about clothes and shopping.

It is just a show, but at the same time it has a massive effect on

people's lives and I am proud of it for that reason. At the end of

every show, these women feel incredible, that is down to you.

But they do not have a stylist in real life, so do you follow their

stories and keep in touch? Absolutely. We do catch up stories.

After-care is all we are talking about. When I first started making

the series, I was staying in touch with everyone but it became

impossible. These amazing women would go through a moment in their

lives when they would struggle again, which we all would do, and

they would go back to the show. It was not about that, but about them

finishing their journey and then repairing themselves. And there

will be more on the way. Earlier, we launched our One Show Treasure

Hunt on BBC Two. Now for the moment of truth. Anneka. She has a group

of people. Millions and millions of people

have come out from the woodwork. Seriously, this crowd have been

brilliant. The funny thing is, because they were watching it on TV

and wanted to get here as quick as possible, there are people in a

state of undress. They have literally left the lamb chops in

the oven. And you are in your pyjamas, aren't you? Did you just

leap into the car? Are your feet very cold? These three girls are

actually the winners. Mrs Megan and Molly and Ruby. So, you used the

satnav. Well done. We can see the moment when they go and find the

treasure. So it is very exciting, Chris. Can I just say, it has been

the most bonkers one hour I have ever spent, but I love these people.

They are so enthusiastic. Can you please open the treasure box? Look

at that. Everyone else got one of these. But lovely Megan, because

she is the main winner, there you Can you do us a favour and read out

what is happening in the show next week? Who is going to be their

guest. Ross Kemp, Sarah Macmillan, Cindy Lauper, Amanda Redman, and on

Friday, Sir Cliff Richard. Lots to look forward to next week. We have

had a wonderful time. Thank you to everyone in Bristol and back to you